Graves Says Southern Bell Faces Court Fight Over Rates
Alabama Governor Bibb Graves announced the Southern Bell Telephone Company plans to fight a court suit to void a 300 annual rate reduction imposed by the Alabama Public Service Commission. He said the state, attorney general, and Birmingham would oppose the company, which claims its rates were reduced without a public hearing and calls the action unfair and confiscatory.
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Montgomery
Bibb Graves
Southern Bells Telephone Company
Alabama Public Serrice Commission
Birmingham
Ealt
W. E. Bare
Southern Bell
Montgomery Breuit Court
Telephone Company
Commission
Cotton Signatories Surpass Last Year in Acreage Pledge
County agent C. M. Ling reports about 3,000 cotton acreage reduction contracts signed, exceeding last year's 2,375. Some not yet approved, but total pledged acreage likely higher. Contracts expected to be sent to Montgomery state statement board for approval this week.
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Offi
Houston Counfarmers
C. M. Ling
Ling
State Alment Board
Montgomery
Sprroval
Howell Turns Film Contract For Diamond Career
Indianapolis era report states Dizie Howell of Alabama football fame rejects a movie role to pursue baseball. Universal serials chief Henry MacRea confirms Howell remains committed to baseball this summer, despite movie prospects.
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Ate Howell
Diamond
Dizie” Howell
Alabama
Lowell
Henry MacRea
Universal Studio
Lawyers To Decide Organization Name Tonight at Houston Hotel
Lawyers in Houston County Bar Association prepare to decide the revived organization name at a Scheo meeting at the Houston Hotel. Association president L Lee will preside. The agenda includes choosing a home, electing officers, and adopting by laws and regulations.
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Bar Association
Houston County Bar Association
Houston Hotel
L. Lee
Van Rogers Notes Tense Transatlantic Tensions
In a March dispatch from Hills Cal, Van Rogers writes that nations debate how to handle Germany. France and Italy urge talks with Germany while the Allies consider their own responses, warning of potential arms and penalties amid rising diplomatic strain.
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Evercy Hills
Cal
Germany
France
Italy
Ger
Fight Over Rich Tuscaloosa Post Appears Certain
Tuscaloosa probate judge Fleetwood Rice vows to hold the office until the 1936 general election, disputing Governor Graves appointment of Collier Foster to serve until then. Legal experts differ on Rice's term length, with ouster actions and appeals possible to settle the dispute.
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Tuscaloosa
Montgomery
Fleetwood Rice
Collier Foster
Bibb Graves
Graves
Tuscaloosa Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Salary increase brings Gissendanner back to Dothan post
Dr. A. R. Gissendanner will return as city meat and milk inspector in Dothan after the council granted a $50 per month raise. The sanitary committee had offered $25, but he refused, stating he would resume only with the higher raise. The measure was approved by council and will be ratified Friday, restoring leadership in a role without other qualified local replacements due to government employment.
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A. R. Gissendanner
Alabama
Gissendanner
Railroad Men Rally For Freight Parley
About 100 representatives of the Southern Railway will meet in Gadsden for a two day conference on freight traffic. Executives attending include E R Oliver vice president G H Kerr assistant vice president and B G Brown general freight traffic manager with other high officials. The conference is held annually to discuss freight problems in shipping centers across the region.
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Gadsden
Southern Railway
Maine
California
E. R. Oliver
G. H. Kerr
B. G. Brown
Accused Declares Shot From Ambush In Slaying Case
Marvin Wilson pleads not guilty to murder in the February 3 slaying of Ruth Lee during an automobile ride near Eutaw Alabama. Wilson wounded and says they were shot from ambush while he was repairing the car. A cousin accompanying them was questioned and released.
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Eutaw
Marvin Wilson
Ruth Lee
Greene County Grand Jury
Wilson
Tuscaloosa
Miss Lee
Young Wilson
Ohio relief shakeup as errors drive mass dismissals
A grand jury probe into Ohio relief corruption spurs administration changes. Federal relief chief Stillman axed 25 more workers, about 65 total since taking charge. Cash relief to replace grocery orders may begin around April 15. January relief rolls show 1,211,723 on aid, with 984,021 in families and 62,256 singles receiving direct or home relief.
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Ohio
Co. Co. Stillman
Chislers
Harry L. Hopkins
Stillman
Francis W. Poulson
Democratic State Executive Committee
Jack McCombs
Ravenna
Davey
Jack North
Cleveland
Dan W. Duffy
The
State Relief Commission
Calhoun Would Force Liability Insurance
Alabama bill by Rep. W. Perry Calhoun would require auto owners to carry at least 2000 dollars in liability insurance. The measure ties to a companion license bill, conditioning insurance on license eligibility and tag applications. Calhoun cites insurance availability only if irresponsible drivers are excluded and notes savings from possible lower tire costs could help finance the insurance.
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Alabama
W. Perry Calhoun
Houston County
Calhoun
High Court Upholds Wiregrass Appeals in Alabama
Montgomery March 21 The Alabama Supreme Court handed down decisions including Norma Deal vs Camden Fire Insurance Company from Covington Circuit Court affirming the ruling. Evelyn Armistead vs B A Leak elt from Houston Circuit Court also affirmed.
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High Court
Montgomery
Alabama Supreme Court
Gardner
Norma Deal
Camden Fire Insurance Company
Covington
Bouldin, J
Evelyn Armistead
Fortune Taken From Woman Under Guard
A fortune in currency and jewels was placed in the Battle Creek police safe as officers await the return of 60 year old Mrs Isabel May McHie from a hospital where she is under observation after being removed from a Chicago Montreal train. The sum includes 173505 in cash and jewels valued at at least 500000. The money will stay in custody until Grand Trunk railroad officials authorize its release.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Isabel May McHie
Hammond
Ind
Eugene Amboss
William Dugan
Grand Trunk Railroad
Stealing Senate Show From Stars Honored Custom
Washington March 21 AP Huey Long not first chorus member to steal the show from Senate stars. As Senate opens the gallery leans to spot favorites among senators. In the House visitors seek the show as bills and appropriations draw crowds from Kansas farmers to West Coast politicians, winter warmth often a lure.
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Washington
Huey Long
Senate
Huey
Bob
la Follette
Wisconsin
Borah
Jim Reed
Pat Harrison
Boise Penrose
Charles G. Dawes
Thomas R. Marshall
Nation
Kansas
Chicago
West Coast
Federal health agent visits Houston office on inspection tour
Dr. Applewhite of the United States Public Health Service, based in Washington, D.C., visited the Houston county health department yesterday during a tour of seven southern states. He was accompanied by Dr. W. H. Y. Smith from the state health department.
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Applewhite
United States Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
Houston County Health Department
W. H.Y. Smith
State Health Department
Money Bills Major Issue in Congress
Congress contends with two large money measures, one for relief totaling 4.88 billion dollars and another for a 2 billion dollar cash bonus. Debate length decides final passage as leaders forecast likely defeats. Patman supporters back currency issuance while Vinson bill backers favor immediate payment and define funding. Cochran urges a compromise paying in negotiable bonds, arguing the President will not sign the Patman or Vinson bills, and Senate votes may fail to override a veto.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Patman
Texas
Vinson
Kentucky
Cochran
Missouri
Senate
Representative Taker
New York
House
Newsmen Oppose Street Sedition Bill In Alabama
A delegation from the Alabama Press Association protested before the judicial reforms committee against the Street sedition bill.Bruce Shelton and editors from Tuccaloosa Selma Times Journal Anniston Star Huntsville Times Greenville Oneonta Ozark urged that treason anarchy and sedition laws already exist. Alf Tunstall is named as sponsor. the bill defines sedition as advocacy of overthrow by force while exempting newspapers sent by rail.
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Montgomery
Alabama Press Association
Judicial Reforms Committee
House
Bruce Shelton
Association
Tuccaloosa
F. T. Balford
Selma
Times-Journal
Harry Ayers
Anniston Star
Henry Johnston
Huntsville Times
Webb Stanley
Greenville
Cliff Walton
Lafayette
Forney Stephens
South Imploved To Abandon Cotton Fetish For New Gods
New York March 21 AP After a year long study the Committee on Minority Groups in the Economic Recovery urges drastic readjustments of the South’s excessive devotion to cotton its land tenure and outmoded credit system and the low status Negro farmers The 250 page report funded by 50000 from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation was released last night The panel proposes either continued segregation with relief for displaced tenants or a shift to peasant proprietorship with government aid The study was led by Edwin Embree Will Alexander and Charles Johnson and made public as Roosevelt considers policy options.
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New York
Julius Rosenwald
Edwin R. Embree
Chicago
Rosenwald Fund
Will W. Alexander
Atlanta
Commission On Inter-Racial Cooperation
Charles £. Johnson
Department of Sa
Fisk University
Nashville
Tenn
South
America
Ireland
Denmark
France Accuses Germany of Treaty Breach Over Army Rebuild
Paris charges Berlin with violating treaty obligations by rearming Germany and asks the League of Nations to intervene. France publishes its three page protest noting Germany’s actions breach international engagements and warnings of consequences while seeking international cooperation to maintain peace.
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Wilhelmstrasse
France
Italy
Berlin
Germany
Europe
Fort Benning Colonel Badly Hurt In Spill
Fort Benning Colonel J M Little commander of the 24th Infantry was seriously injured in an automobile crash near Georgetown Georgia while en route from Fort Benning to Panama City Florida. His wife and two others were hurt with Mrs Little suffering a broken collar bone. Captain Fenters adjutant was bruised and shaken. doctors feared skull fracture. The accident occurred after a short turn in the highway near the Alabama Georgia state line.
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Fafaula
J. M. Little
24Th Infantry
Fort. Benning
Little
Fentere
Fort Benning
Panama City
Fla
Georgetown
Tate
Black Hooded Bandit Gang Rounded Up in 24-Hour Sweep
MEMPHIS Tenn March 2 AP The roundup of the black hooded terrorist gang is practically finished police announced with the arrest of four men last night and this morning in a 24 hour drive The gang wore black satin pillow case hoods with eye gotches and has operated for months in three states Inspector Will T Griffin said Two other men were arrested earlier one at Caruthersville Missouri and another near West Memphis Arkansas after a gun battle with officers
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Memprhis
Tenn
Will T. Griffin
Caruthergville
West Memphis
Ark
Arkansas
Howe Amazes Medico By Remarkable Fight
Louis M. Howe secretary to President Roosevelt grew weaker yet astonished doctors and friends with notable vitality in his White House struggle. He reportedly had a restful night though the White House bulletin said his condition remained extremely critical and uncertain.
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Washington
Louis M. Howe
Roosevelt
White House
Dinamited Levee Triggers Guard Patrols in Mississippi
Greenwooon Mississippi March 2 A violent night ends with dynamited dykes and private guards facing vandals ready to battle. State troops deployed after hundreds overpowered guards at a Tallahatchie river levee near Phillips destroying 40 feet of embankment. A bystander Redford Jacks, 23, injured by flying debris as authorities seek to contain the damage and threats.
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Miss
Mississippi
Tallahatchie
Teflore
Tallshatchie
Phillinp
Mace
Tallahatchie c
Sennett Conner
Phillip Levee
Redford Jacks
County Highways Officials Attend Troy Conference
County authorities led by Highway Superintendent Prepare Tudge Saxon Poyner and C Mc Kachin joined the Public Roads and Highways sub committee meeting in Troy. Southeast Alabama probate judges highway superintendents and county commissioners were invited to discuss vital highway matters at the session.
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Tudge Saxon Poyner
C. McKachin
Houston County Board of Revenue
Troy
Legislative
Alabama
Injunction Sought Over Poplar Creek Sewage Pollution
Five petitions for an injunction to restrain Dothan city sewage disposal in Poplar Head creek in the northeast part of the city were filed in Chancery Court. Complainants T. E. Cherry Mrs. Costello Cherry E P Holland A O Walker and Mrs M G Howell claim sewage dumped since 1923 degrades the creek and damages property along its course as the population grows.
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Poplar Head Creek
Dothan
Chancery Court
T. E. Cherry
Costello Cherry
E. P. Holland
A. O. Walker
M. G. Howell
French Italian Protests Rejected By German Leader
Paris protests over Hitler rearming the Reich are dismissed by Baron von Neurath. France and Italy urge action at the League of Nations as Berlin declares plans to rebuild the military, signaling a grave crisis for the league and global diplomacy.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Berlin
Paris
Geneva
League of Nations
Reich
League League
International Pace Body
France
Council
Washington
London
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
Hitler
Roosevelt aides study British view of German rearmament
President Roosevelt and his foreign affairs advisers reviewed a report from the U.S. embassy in London that presents the British version of the German rearmament situation. No details were released and no decision on Washington action was announced.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
London
Geneva Crisis Over France Article 11 Challenge to Germany
Geneva notes say the League of Nations faces its gravest crisis as France appeals under Article 11 of the covenant against Germany rearmament. Rome reports Italian government protests in Sta as Germany’s stance unfolds, declaring it cannot accept the situation.
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Geneva
League of Nae Fions
France
Germany
Rome
Spurrer
Italy
Geremany
Two More Children To Get Treatments Across the South
Beatrice Benton, five, travels to Mobile for treatment with funds from the Roosevelt Birthday Ball. William McKay Jr and Geraldine Lane, both cited as infantile paralysis victims, will also receive care at parents' expense through Rotary, Houston County Child Welfare, and local supporters. Mrs Collins notes $60 remained in Dothan after $80 proceeds were sent toward the Warm Springs Foundation to cover Beatrice's expenses.
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Bernice Benton
Mobile
Geraldine Lane
William McKay
Jn Colina
Houston County
Beatrice
William
Geraldine
Rotary Club
Collins
Warm Springs Foundation
Four Detained After Eufaula Robbery Report
Four youths refused to give names and were detained in Dothan jail awaiting A G Nance, once a state license inspector in Eufaula, who says someone robbed him of 85 dollars early today. The youths claimed innocence and knew nothing of the crime. Police found four pistols and ammo in their car, which had no license plate but carried a nearby city name plate.
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Dothan
A. G. Nance
Eufaula
Weather report for Alabama clouds and partial night forecast
Alabama weather notes mostly cloudy tonight and Friday. Partly cloudy conditions are expected tonight with limited detail currently available.
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