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Newspaper

Dothan Eagle

Location

Dothan, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1934

Page

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Roosevelt Moves in Auto Strike Crisis Sparks Market Rally

Washington March 21 The administration moved to defuse the automobile strike issue with a White House invitation to union leaders and a timely Weirton steel labor case decision. Wall Street promptly boosted stocks, and observers hailed a spontaneous confidence in President Roosevelt. The new stock market bill is regarded as the real measure, with margins limited and broad support despite liberal and Wall Street objections. The Diesels bill is seen as weak and unlikely to be used unless desired by the administration.

Washington Qa Rescue Insance Weirton Steel Wall Street White House Wall Union Automobile Workers Pontiac Mich Roosevelt New York White Way Cabrmen Weirton Steep Company NRA Federal True Commission Steel and Iron Code Berah Coe Hakodate Japan United States Paris France Germany England Seaviet Ami U. S New York City Welfare Island “Poor House Pope Pine Vatican City Republic Austria Emma Holland Lilyan Tashman al Smith New Outlook

Weather forecast for Alabama and neighboring regions

The forecast warns thundershowers and accumulating precipitation across Alabama tonight with freezing or sleet in northern areas. Expect cloudy skies and rain in southern portions with a colder trend, especially in extreme north. North Florida shows clouds and thundershowers tonight with colder conditions spreading westward by Sunday. Tennessee remains cloudy with a mix of wintry precipitations in the northeast, sleet possible at times, and gradual temperature rise in the west later Sunday.

Alabama NORT Florida Mlennessee

Agreement Near in Auto Labor Strike

Washington report says manufacturers, aiming to avert a strike, back an impartial board to pass on grievances while asserting unions seek dominance. Officials expect settlement soon as unions refuse to disclose who they represent, insisting only a government representative may view membership lists and payrolls.

Washington NRA William Collins Collins

Dillinger hideout found in Chicago apartment

Chicago police reported finding an abandoned hideout believed tied to John Dillinger. Photos show Dillinger and his companion Pearl Eliott occupying the unit from after his Crown Point jail escape until last Wednesday night, with Joseph Burns seen as a frequent visitor.

Chicago John Dillinger Indiana R. H. Kelly South Side Dillinger Pearl Eliott Crown Point Joseph Burns Lima Ohio Toea John W. Dillinger Morresville

Glass Drafting New Measure for Industrial Loans

Senator Glass proposes a five year direct loan plan to industry under the federal reserve system. He aims to replace Roosevelt and RFC proposals with his own draft after conferring with the President. The plan would let reserve banks loan through private banks or directly to business with partial private risk.

Nathan Robertson Washington Federal Reserve System Mae Senator Glass DVA Treasury Roosevelt RFC Glass White House Virginian Senate Banking Committee Reserve Board Reconstruction Corporation Reserve Banks Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Bank Deposit Insurance Corporation Glass Plan

Cold Wave Continues Across Much of the U S

The Associated Press reports widespread freezing temperatures with little change foreseen. Lowest readings include Sheridan Wyoming four below and Winnipeg minus 14. Snow affects parts of the Middle Atlantic, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas and Missouri with notable rains in the cotton belt and heavy Chattanooga rainfall.

Associated Press North Carolina Texas Panhandle Sheridan Wyoming United States Winnipeg Middle Atlantic Colorado Kansas Missouri Denver Kansas City Chicago Washington New York Boston Chattanooga Raleigh Memphis Little Rock Atlanta Charleston Augusta Pigs Orleans Birmingham

Kidnaped Girl Reunites With Mother After 15 Years

Mary Locke now 18, located her mother Mary Altier after persistent search. Abducted by her father at age three in Montgomery, Mary contacted Altier through an aunt, then traveled to Chicago to join the family. The reunion also joins Altier’s second husband and a 1-year-old son. Billy wonders if she will call him Sis.

Mary Locke Mary Altier Hved Pansey Stella Hart Montgomery Locke Little Mary J. T. Knight

Congress to Work on Job Insurance

President Roosevelt urges passage of unemployment insurance as part of a broader economic stabilizing plan. Hearings resume with Georg Swope opposing the proposed five percent tax on large employers while states chair plans to expand coverage.

Frank BB. Harper Washington Roosevelt Wayg and Means Doughton House Ways and Means Gerard Swope General Electric Wisconsin

California oil firms indicted in federal probe of price wars

A federal grand jury indicted 41 individuals and five companies including Standard Oil of California on charges of price war tactics and fair competition violations. Associated Oil and others named. counts allege Standard controlled Signal Gas and Oil by trust contracts. bonds set at $1,000 each.

Los Angeles California Standard OU Standard and Associated Oil Kenneth R. Kingsbury Standard Oscar Lawler Standard and Associated Signal Gas & Oi Companies Delaware Seaside of Co Signal Nancy Associated Seaside

Baltimore Post Sold to Hearst Chain Consolidates Evening Papers

The Baltimore Post, an evening paper, is sold by Scripps-Howard to the Baltimore Evening News owned by William Randolph Hearst. The Post will cease as a separate edition and join the News under the title News and the Post, reducing Baltimore’s three‑paper afternoon field to two.

Baltimore Baltimore Post Scripps-Howard Baltimore Evening News William Randolph Hearst Baltimore Evening Field New Consolidated Evening Paper Fourthmoare Evenings Sun the Post The Post News the News Balt- More

Train wreck injures crew near Rawlins Wyoming

A Union Pacific Portland Rose passenger train derailed 32 miles east of Rawlins Wyoming late last night. The locomotive baggage car two chair cars and a tourist car left the rails. The engineer, fireman and several passengers are reported injured.

Denver Union Pacific Portland Rose Rawlins Wyo

Police Chief Killed in North Carolina Gun Battle

A. J. Fair, chief of police at Leakeville Spray, was killed in an eight gun battle at a tourist camp about ten miles south of Reidsville North Carolina. Details were not available immediately.

Reidsville N.C A. J. Fair Leakeville-Spray Here

Labor trouble and Jap fire in weeks news

In New York March 24 AP reports labor unrest from 44 000 auto workers 325 900 miners and 21 railway unions seeking higher wages while others threaten strikes. Japan endures a deadly Hakodate blaze killing 1000 and leaving 156 000 homeless.

Rader Winget New York Roosevelt White House

Woman and Man Held on Attack Charges

Two people, a woman named Ethel Tyson and a man named Henry Barnes, were held on assault and battery with a knife. They were bond $200 each after county officers arrested them. Tyson allegedly attacked C. B. White and Barnes allegedly attacked Crawford Oliver, per warrants sworn out by the victims.

Ethel Tyson C. B. White Henry Barnes Crawford Oliver

Fire gutted Transient Bureau. four teens dead in Virginia blaze

In Lynchburg Virginia the Transient Bureau building gutted by fire after grease flared on a hot stove. Four teen occupants perished and at least 80 injured as the two story and three section structure burned. evacuees were rushed to area hospitals amid frigid March dawn.

Lynchurg Federal Transient Bureau Federal Emergency Relief Administration Lynchburg Lynchburg Hospital Virginia Baptist Hospital Memorial Hospital Greane

Five Scottsboro Defendants Placed in Solitary at Jail

Five of the Scottsboro defendants in Jefferson County jail were put in solitary confinement after repeated fights and disturbances. Willie Robertson Flugene Williams and Ocie Powell joined Roy and Andy Wright in isolation following an incident involving 50 cents stolen from Zekiel Mitchell. Williams and Powell reportedly attacked inmate Sim Moore in the morning. Authorities found an open knife in Roy Wrights pocket after a prior fight with Mitchell. no injuries were reported. Warden Erwin described the group as a continuing source of trouble since arrival.

Birmingham Scottsboro Jefferson County Frankie Willie Robertson Flugene Williams Ocie Powell Roy Andy Wright Robertson Warren Felix L. Erwin Zekiel Mitchell Williamen Powell Sim Moore Mitchell Moore Woorden Erwin Roy Wright Erwin

Jury Frees Defendant in Arson Case After Short Deliberations

A circuit court jury acquitted Joe E Parce of arson after a hints of deliberation under 49 minutes. The panel heard yesterday's testimony and opened today. In related action Horace Forrester was found guilty of a lesser offense and Ben McLain received a six month sentence for assault and battery.

Les Joe E Parce Horace Forrester H. A. Pearce Ben McLain

County teachers may turn in certificates for 5 percent bonds

Houston County teachers holding certificates of indebtedness may exchange them for Alabama bonds. W. M. Hardwick, county school fund treasurer, announced that those with certificates should call at the First National Bank to transfer. The bonds carry 5 percent interest starting July 1933 and may be redeemed at about 90 percent of face value.

Houston County Alabama W. M. Hardwick County School Fund First National Bank Hardwick

Weather Outlook for Central and Esmat Gulf States

Partly cloudy first part of week with cooler start and rising temperatures later. Warmer daytime conditions expected after initial chill with occasional colder spells in the latter period.

Central and Esmat Gulf States

Holocaust Victims List Drafted in Lynchburg Bureau

A federal transient bureau in Lynchburg lists names of dead in a holocaust disaster. The addresses are unavailable and several individuals are identified by name including James Alexander Jack Hwift Sewnard Lloyd James Lowe Hubert Auger James Roberts Walter Moore James Miller William Lewis Willie Whitama and Frank Stuart. One other victim remains unidentified as white or Negro.

Lynchburg Federal Transient Bureau James Alexander Jack Hwift Sewnard Lloyd James Lowe Hubert Auger James Roberts Walter HH. Moore James Miller Wiliam Lewis Wille Whitama Willie Brookly Frank Stuart Haddy

Stove blamed for blaze in Lynchburg hotel killing many

A stove fire at a two story hotel in Lynchburg, started by grease in a five gallon kettle, rapidly ignited the wooden ceiling. Cook Williams Rash and assistant C H Fizer fought the flames while night watchman James Webb raised the alarm as hundreds slept nearby in a segregated two section building.

Lynchburgh Williams Rash Rash Rarsh C. H. Fizer James Webb Twelfth Street

Those old Wall Street boys fight to keep a cop on the corner

Hollywood report recalls Borah’s wheat policy critique and the government plan to move 2,00,000 city people to rural areas while agriculture experts face a tough traffic question.

Hollywood Wall Street Senator Bih! Borah Agriculture Department

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Paul Mallon Gapfright North American Newspaper Alliance Ferdinand Pecora Senate Pecora Rainey Congress U.S Hearst Joseph B. Eastman Freehold N. J Cleveland Philadelphia Akron Mr. Roosevelt Weather Outlook
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