Militant Days Vote to March on Goat Hill
More than 800 prohibitionists at a state rally in Montgomery vote to march on the State Capitol to confront the Governor and urge action on liquor control and taxation bills. Speakers include Dr. Robert Echol and Rep. R. L. Hamner, with committees formed to press interviews and plan further action.
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Dothan
Denmand
Capitol
Long Fight Won Giving Bholfield Was On Yam Power
Sheffield officials announce TVA plans to supply city power after a decade long struggle. F Beauchamp says the system will connect to a minor transmission line at the dam under a covenant with the city. Officials note Florence and Tuscumbia also sought municipal distribution but faced court obstacles.
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Speeding Street Car Motorman Fined Ten Dollars
Washington report shows motorman Bater P. Bikine fined ten dollars for driving 34 miles per hour on a street car line. Judge McMahon condemned speeding street cars as encouraging traffic violations and warned against private rights of way.
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Burglar Profit Burglary Targets General Foods Plant
Burglars believed to be the same crew who looted the Huntley night operation struck General Foods on Pan Main Street in North Highlands. They reportedly escaped with between 6 and 10 dollars and the earlier haul totaled about 15 to 20 dollars.
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Wen
Safety Council to seek plea for caution near schools
Dothan's newly formed Safety Council plans to involve students in school safety patrols at elementary and high schools. The group will emphasize removing drunken driving, aiming to reduce incidents around campuses during and after class hours. Organization and program details will be finalized next week.
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Fourth Highway Fatality Listed
A Houston county highway crash raised fatalities to five as Ada Harria died from injuries after a head on collision involving a school bus and auto. Earlier deaths: three Black occupants in the car, two killed instantly, one died at a hospital. The incident marks a grim start to a safety drive.
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Dothan Enterprise
Dun‘Nam
Tatum
Dothan
Ashford
Montgemeny
Len Lawrence
Iseedawn Raid Solves 427000 Armored Car Hold Up
Brooklyn detectives question seven men and three women in a two year old payroll robbery case. Willian O'Brien, 25, linked by fingerprints to a wanted card. Raid uncovered sawed off shotguns, rifles, silencers, and radio gear in a rooming house near Riverside Drive. Harboring criminals charges filed against a woman. others held under Sullivan law.
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Newark
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Eiyo
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Wf. O Brien
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Grim Death Edict Shadows Bruno Taut in Quer
A fragmentary notice reports a grim death edict affecting Bruno Taut in Quer. The readable text hints at a legal or administrative action with unsettled details and a shadow over the subject. Further context is unavailable in the fragment.
Lightning roars as Spann Bros barn toppled by storm
A fierce storm tallied Monday night winds scouring the region. A lightning struck a Spann Brothers barn, overturning signs and damaging nearby trees. The uninsured hay inside valued at about 260 dollars was destroyed. Temperatures plunged around 30 to 40 degrees before daylight, with frost forecast. Weather warnings extended from Carrabelle to Mobile as the system moved south from Alabama and Georgia.
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Senate probes AT&T monopoly and farm subsidy plans
Washington reports a Senate inquiry into American Telephone and Telegraph Co. with Walter Stifford testifying on its private monopoly status while a separate push coordinates a 440 million dollar, three year farm subsidy program led by Wallace RoVman. Debate over war depositions and critical appropriations also surfaces, including ship canal funding. An unrelated Yangtze inland area near Anchors Island is reported as anchored to avoid navigation shifts.
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Willing to discuss Lindbergh case at own home
Dr. John F. Condon, returning from Panama, said to be very willing to discuss the Lindbergh kidnapping with Gov. Hoffman at his Bronx home. He refused further comment on Bruno Hauptmann’s efforts to obtain a new trial and offered no details on the case.
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New York
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Income Tax Returns Rise in District by 30 Percent
Income tax returns for 1935 in Dothan and vicinity totaled 250 for the 30 day period ending Monday midnight, with a about 40 percent increase in payments over the previous year. Deputy collector W. L. Born said most taxpayers paid in full, few used the installment plan, and many filers were first-year reporters. Nationwide, tax collections reached 281,718,042 for the first 16 days of March, a 44 percent gain.
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Regional points to control soil subsidy program
The Associated Press reports Secretary Wallace announced a reorganization of the AAA and the creation of five regions for administering the new conservation program. Senate and House agreement on a large supply bill coincides with funding for early operation and soldier bonuses. Regional directors were named for commodity sections. former division heads shift to regional roles as the plan aims to start field work.
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Gontereen
Purest Explanation Due With Returning Party
The first working explanation of the government s wolf conversation progresses to Houston county farmers upon the return of CM Ling county agent M M Holle lend W H Hayer county cotton committeemen from Auburn where they will attend a state wide conference Wednesday. All county agents in the state have been called to the meeting by Dr J N Duncan director of the state catenation service who urges and the against revite two or three of the tending farmers in their counties. The conference is scheduled 9 Iust only one day Ling and with the planting melanion now at hand farmers are eagerly awaiting authentic information on what they may expect from the AAA s successor and some have delayed farming operation. Gat they learn that alien features of the new program.
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Ptate Catenaroa Service
AAA
Al-Ient
Butler Eligible for Retirement On Mia Anniversary
Justice Pierce Butler of the Supreme Court nears retirement age 70 after ten years on the bench and receiving the standard 20 000 annual pension. Reports suggest no special plan for the anniversary and family comments indicate limited awareness of retirement timing among Court members.
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Fragmentary Shreveport News Item On Ruby Pool Case
Disjointed report from Shreveport March 1 notes Ruby Pool, a year old student, alleged abuse and coercion by her claimed guardian. Parents J. Poule and Kre Poule of Haynesville La report Ruby's incoherent statements and inability to be restrained as authorities probe possible coercion. A separate March 17 dispatch from Peabody Maine mentions welfare checks and job allocations under a municipal welfare program.
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McNutt Proposed as Major Roosevelt Speechmaker
Washington March 17 AP Senator Minton of Indiana proposed Paul V McNutt of Indiana to President Roosevelt as a top keynote figure for the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The governor’s selection as lead speaker is seen as a distinct possibility in political circles.
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Delegates Battle Heads Toward Higher Tribunal
Alabama Democratic primary division moves to state and federal courts as McCord group seeks to force certification of Horace Fluery's slate. Circuit Judge Foster refused mandamus, saying the state supreme court lacks jurisdiction over party actions. McCord and allies argue the party should certify delegates in the May primary, not by state executive committee.
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Floods Threaten East as Rivers Rise Across Region
Widespread rainfall and snowmelt push rivers higher in New York Pennsylvania and New England. The Susquehanna at Selinsgrove climbs 13 feet with rising inches per hour while Hudson at Albany nears flood stage. Montpelier Vermont also warned as North Branch backs up. Attorneys file new suit against Southwestern Greyhound Lines in Houston circuit court.
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Germany Concession Leaves France Firm About Disarmament
Germany signals willingness to discuss disarmament but refuses to concede full German withdrawal from the Rhineland. France pins hopes on new treaties under Lacarno and Versailles while Britain seeks a Franco German rapprochement. Berlin has not yet formally accepted the league invitation.
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Cottonwood Police Chief Habeas Hearing Delayed
The Cottonwood chief of police C. P. Martin, jailed on a first degree murder indictment, had his habeas corpus and bond hearing postponed from Tuesday to Saturday due to circuit court proceedings. Judge Raxon P. Poyner ordered new summons for the Saturday date as court activities delayed the hearing. bail was denied after a grand jury indictment, with earlier preliminary hearings held before Judge Keener Baxley.
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Weather report for Alabama and Northwest Florida
Alabama forecasts show fair skies with slight cooling and freezing in the north. Temperatures 30 to 36 degrees inland with Tuesday night into Wednesday fair and gradual warming. Northwest Florida expects fall in temperature with frost possible Tuesday night, then fair on Wednesday with rising temperatures in the western portion.
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