Insull Brothers Lose Bid to Flee Extradition
Samuel Insull Sr is located aboard the Greek freighter Maiotis and will be returned to Greek jurisdiction after a lengthy search. Martin Insull, in Canada, is ordered extradited to the United States to face Chicago grand larceny and embezzlement charges.
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Associated Press
Insull Brothers
Friday
Chicago
Samuel Insull
Athens
Greece
Mediterranean Sea
Piraeus
Insull
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Martin Insull
United States
William Mulock
Orillia
Ont
Insull Utility Organization
Ministry of Marine
Hadjikyriakos
Marine
D. Maximos
Suez Canal
Port Said
Amerin
Intirasull
Landowner Cleared in Arkansas Eviction Case
Tyronza Arkansas March 16 AP A Miller an agent of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration today closed his investigation into the eviction of Ed Boston from a Tyronza farm with a statement exonerating his former landlord. No decision was to be made. Last week Boston signified his intention to leave. another family was secured to take his place. When he found he was unable to get another crop he refused to leave and was evicted. I have an affidavit to that effect.
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Tyronza
A. Miller
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Ed Boston
Ndlord
Miller
Boston
Ami Wag
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Northwest Florida
Partly warmer tonight. Saturday cloudy with warmer conditions in the eastern areas. East Gulf coast shows fair and warmer night, with Saturday showers. West and Central regions expect a colder Saturday afternoon, with much colder conditions later.
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Alabama
A&nd
Florida
Mg. EE
Infants fatal furnace act shocks Akron household
Akron police quote Howard K. Gross saying he sacrificed his two year old son to the Lord after dragging him to a furnace in the cellar. The child John Gross died in hospital while detectives investigate his claimed divine command. Gross, 34, had just recovered from car crash injuries and faced a sanity hearing.
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Akron
Howard K. Gross
John Gross
Gross
Elsie
Rookies Seek Berth as Volunteer Pitchers Grow Roster
The Nashville Volunteers begin light workouts with many rookies hoping for regular roles under Manager Dressen and President Hamilton. Thirteen pitchers report, joined by four catchers and an infield of Kinler, McCullough, and Milner Doster, plus three outfield candidates Trivett, Smiths, and Joyner. Shovel Hodge focuses on pitching, with a March 24 exhibition against Minneapolis planned for local fans.
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Nashville
Dressen
Hamilton
Dothan
Jimmy Hamilton
Lefty Brillheart
Byron Speece
Sharkey Elland
Earl Stafford
Ted Pearce
Joyner
Labor Board Sets Higher Wages for Birmingham Laundries
The Regional Labor Board ordered wage increases for Birmingham laundry and dry cleaning plants on March 16, raising inside workers to 15 cents per hour for Negro staff and 30 cents per hour for white staff. Stenographers and bookkeepers receive a minimum of $15 weekly, with prices to rise accordingly to cover the new scales, noting Birmingham’s historically low laundry costs.
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Atlanta
Birmingham
Regional Labor Board
Georgia Raps Rail Telephone Concerns
Atlanta March 16 AP The state of Georgia increased valuations for 13 railroads and 10 telephone companies to force higher taxes after opposing rate reductions. Railroads rose by 144,608,650 and telephones by 943,288 to 60 percent of company rate-making valuations, raising total state tax income by 582,207.25 and pushing overall taxes to 4,803,213.95 across state county municipal and school districts.
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Atlanta
State of
Georgia
Negro Partner of Dillinger Shot by Police
Herbert Youngblood, companion of John Dillinger during the Crown Point jail escape, died in Port Huron hospital from gunshot wounds after a gun battle with sheriff's deputies who trapped him in a South Port Huron store. Police checked vehicles crossing the St Clair River and pursued a car with Illinois or Indiana plates.
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Port Huron
Mich
Herbert Youngblood
John Dillinger
Crown Point
Ind
Monk Avenue
Youngblood
Gary
William L. van Antwerp
Dillinger
Illinois
Indiana
van Antwerp
Matt Leach
Indiana State Police
St. Clair River
Canada
Ontario
William N. van Antwerp
Charles Cavanaugh
Howard Lohr
Ferris Lucas
Postmaster Confirmations Spread Across Alabama
The Senate confirmed Charles S. Leyden as postmaster at Anniston Alabama after he had acted in the role since last April. Additional confirmations named Willard D. Leakey postmaster at Jasper James T. Monnier at Demopolis and John F Harmon at Troy.
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Washington
Charles S. Leyden
Anniston
Ala
Senate
Leyden
Willard D. Leakey
Jasper
James T. Monnier
Demopolis
John F. Harmon
Troy
Kentucky Dispute Reaches White House Over Psalm of Politics
The Kentucky House of Representatives in a heated move seeks to recall publisher Robert W. Bingham to London after the Courier Journal withholds the writer’s identity behind the Psalm of Politics. Editor Vance Armentrout faces a $50,000 defamation suit for false arrest as lawmakers push President Roosevelt to demand disclosure within six hours. The House panel also urges an inquiry into the Courier Journal and Louisville Times for alleged criminal wire against state officials.
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Louisville
White House
Louisville Courier- Journal
Kentucky House of Representatives
Robert W. Bingham
Pspar
London
Courier-Journal
House of Representatives
Vance Armentronut
Armentronut
House
Roosevelt
Bingham U
Courier Journal
House Lobby
Louisville Times
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Coal Miners and Operators Readying Ratification Agreement
In Birmingham Alabama more than 16 000 striking coal miners and coal operators face a district convention vote on a proposed six member committee drafted settlement. The strike nears four weeks with expected ratification and a return to full production by Monday. National guardsmen remain in the field as miners await convention results.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
United Mine Workers of Amntrica
Teir
National
Recess Extended After Highland Elementary School Blaze
A blaze broke out beneath a Highland elementary classroom at 10 am, blowing an extended recess for hundreds of pupils while firefighters battled the flames. Minor damage occurred to rubbish under the room. officials suspect a pupil’s match started the fire. A separate daytime fire on N St Andrews street scorched a burning telephone pole, likely from faulty wiring.
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Highland
Fiarfer
N. St. Andrews Street
Graves to Speak Here on March 19
Col Babb Graves, candidate for Hoverner, brings his campaign to the Wiregrass March 34, speaking at the courthouse at 10:80 p.m. The opposing candidates Major Frank M. Dixon and Judge Sean McCord have already spoken in Dothan. Cal Graves will travel from Mobile and then address crowds in Abbeville, Ozark, Troy, Talladega, Sy i… Livingston, Carrollton, Fayette, Winfield and Russellville.
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Col Babb Graves
Hoverner
Graves
Frank M. Dixon
Sean McCord
Dothan
Cal Graves
Mobile
Court House
Abbeville
Ozark
Troy
Talladega
Syiesuga
Livingston
Carrollton
Fayette
Winfield
Russellville
Nudist colonies religion sparkles amid winter musings
Hollywood chatter questions religion in nudist colonies while noting a Senate defeat of the St. Lawrence canal project. The piece jokes about partnerships with Canada, partisan reception, and future political reprisals as regional plans shift, reflecting a satirical newsy tone.
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Hollywood
Calif
St. Lawrence Canal
Canada
Senate
Income Tax Collections Surge Across Nation
Tax collectors reported strong rushes before the deadline with national collections expected to beat last year. Pittsburgh reached 5 million by midnight versus 3 million a year ago, while New York processed envelopes totaling about 100,000 in a single office. Chicago and Philadelphia showed notable gains, and St. Louis projected first-quarter payments about 32 percent ahead of last year.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Treasury
New York
Metropolia
Chicago
Phila- Amphis
Thomas J. Sheehan
Internal Revenue
St. Louis
Alabama First State Income Tax Returns Reported Over 300000
Montgomery March 16 AP Alabama's first state income tax returns were described as considerably over 300000 by Roy Billings chief of the income tax division. He noted the heaviest daily mail on record faced the three workers as returns continued to arrive and would take hours to enter on the books.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Daily Mail
State Tax Commission
Roy Billings
Income Tax Division
Lindbergh Calls Airmail Move Unjust in Senate Hearing
Col Charles A Lindbergh testifies that returning airmail to private hands is unjust and that the cancelled contracts should have an opportunity for trial. He cites $6,000 yearly from Transcontinental and Western Air and $10,000 from Pan American, says he benefits from no meetings on the contracts. He urges keeping private bidders eligible and warns of two to three years needed to restore service if old firms cannot bid. Whitney of the NYSE adds data on aviation stock dealings as hearings continue.
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Washington
Charles A. Tdndbergh
Senate
Army
Army Aviation
Transcontinental
Western Air
Pan-American Airways
Lindbergh
Logan
House
Carlton Putosi
Pacific Seaboard Airlines
California
McKelar
Richard Whitney
New York
Piychange
59 Year Old Florida Farmer Believed Great Grandfather
C S Maddox, a Hasty Pond farmer near Marianna, is 57 and claims to be the youngest great grandfather in the United States. He married Nancy Medlock at sixteen, had Frances at nineteen, who married Mark Harrell who is now dead. Their daughter Cora Lee Harrell wed Joseph Pitts, making Maddox a great grandfather at 57.
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Marianna, Fla
C. S. Maddox
Hasty Pond
United States
Nancy Medlock
Maddox
Frances
Mark Harrell
Cora Lee Harrell
Cora Lee
Joseph Pitts
Nancy Mildred Pitts
RFC seeks power to make direct industrial loans
Reconstruction Corporation seeks unprecedented authority to loan directly to industry, with loans up to five years for companies employing 19 or more that comply with NRA. Senate confirmation looming. bill would also extend financing for foreign trade and broaden RFC functions. Jones emphasizes aiding industrial recovery and credit.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Jesse FE. Jones
Senate Banking Committee
RFC Board
Jones
REC
Roosevelt
Credit Beonksk
Federal Reserve Board
NRA
RFC
Federal Reserve Banks
Reserve Board
Commerce
Naval officials probe burning of gunboat Fulton
Hongkong March 16 A naval court of inquiry will examine the burning of the gunboat Fulton north of Hongkong Wednesday night. The Fulton remained smouldering near Junk Bay as a bystander Tulsa stood by. Only one magazine flooded after opening seacocks. Fire pipes were damaged and why another unflooded magazine did not explode remains a mystery. The Fulton’s crew of 187 were rescued by the British destroyer HMS Wishart.
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Hongkong
Naval Court of Enquiry
Fulton
Tulsa
Junk Bay
Hoover Campaign Aide Dies of Heart Disease
Colonel Horace Mann, once a Hoover ally and later foe, died in Nashville at 65 from heart disease after four weeks in hospital. He helped Hoover break the Bella South in 1928 but became a bitter political enemy a year later.
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Nashville
Tenn
Horace Mann
Herbert Hoover
Col Mann
Injunction Plea In Advisegment In Dothan Stoker Pact
A temporary injunction request to stop City of Dothan officials and the Hoffman Combustion Engineering Co. from contracting for three stokers for the municipal light and water plant was under advisement by Circuit Judge H A Pearce after a hearing in equity court. The suit, filed by C L Tompkins J A Keyton and Julian Hall on behalf of themselves and other taxpayers, alleges the $22 000 contract is illegal and the Hoffman firm unqualified to do business in Alabama.
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City of Dothan
Hoffman Combustion Engineering Co
Municipal Light and Water Plant
H. A. Pearce
Equity Court
Westinghouse Manufacturing Co
C. L. Tompkins
J. A. Keyton
Julian Hall
Ilegal
Hoffman
Alabama
Ty. BE. Buntin
Council
W. F. Martin
B. H. Lisenby
J. P. Botts
J. J. Newton
I, C. Bates
W. Burkett
A. J. Grant
D. M. Jerking
T. H. McIntyre
Puntin
Stoker
Buntin
Scarborough
Bentify
Bates
Weatinghouse
Tompkins
Hoffman Company
Proposals on automobile strike to be reviewed in New York
Washington reports Hugh 8 Johnson will present settlement proposals for the threatened automobile strike. The executive committee of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce will meet in New York on Monday to consider them. MONTGOMERY March 16 AP Patterson and Norris Scottsboro death sentence appeals read by Alabama Supreme Court. MIAMI March 16 AP Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives after 11 day economic survey flight to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. Washington March 16 AP Democratic leaders see two major obstacles blocking quick House action on the Benkben contingency plan.
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Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
New York
Montgomery
Haywood Patterson
Clarence Norris
Scottsboro
Morgan Circuit Court
Alabama Supreme Court
Miami
Fla
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
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John J. Pershing
Tucson
James H. Harbord
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
Fershing
Harbord
San Francisco
Kentucky
F. DR
Kentucky House
Highland School
Ternal Revenue Officer
Lindy
Famous Flier
Harold Oliver
Marianna
Senate Committee
By Nathan Robertson
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Fulton WA
H. M.S. Wishart
Hoover
Stokers
Finance Group
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