Infiscation of pamphlets at Scottsboro trials ordered by judge
Decatur March 28 AP A Jackson county judge ordered seizure of pamphlets tied to the Scottsboro defense and a man who placed them faces arrest. Samuel Liebowitz, defense counsel for eleven Negro defendants, seeks a new trial on charges of attacking two white girls as testimony on jury qualifications continues.
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Decatur
Attsboro
Horton
Dge
Samuel Liewitz
Chef
Jackson County
Interrupon
Theackson County
Non
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Liebowitz
Alabama
Knight
J. 8
Benson
Progressive Age
Scotsboro
Lee
Associated Press
Paint Rock
Ala
Jackson County Grand Jury
A. E. Hawkins
Roy Wright
Alabama Supreme Court
Danny Dundee
Puelist
Huntsville
Ruby Bates
Cre
J. P. McCoy
Jefferson Circuit Court
Internatioal Labor Defense
Bates
New York
Mail Clerk Shoots Self Before Gallery Crowd
In Long Beach California on March 28 37 year old mail clerk Joseph A Recker of the USS Vestal fired four rifles at a shooting gallery and then a fifth, killing himself after declaring he wanted to show his skill. A note in his clothing said he was wanted by the Navy for desertion since March 21 and by federal authorities for misappropriation.
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Rucker
Navy
Council Keeps Four Year Term Despite Vote Result
City councilmembers at a special meeting announced they were elected to complete their four year term after canvassing last Friday’s election. 686 votes opposed adoption of the commission form and 512 supported it, with the commission form not adopted. The ward four ballot box was kept for evidence in county court next Monday as the fraud charge against C F Parrish is to be heard. City Clerk I P Scarborough was ordered to bring the box to court.
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I. P. Scarborough
C .F. Parrish
National Guardsman
Chronology of Scottsboro Case Chronology of Scottsboro Case
A timeline of events from March 1931 to March 1938 detailing arrests indictments trials convictions sentences appeals and changes of venue in the Scottsboro case. It lists key figures such as Norris Weems Patterson Wright Williams Montgomery Powell Robertson and others along with dates and judicial actions.
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Norris
Weems
Haywood Patterson
Patterson
Andy Wright
Eugene Williams
Olin Montgomery
Ozle Powell
Willie Robertson
Wiliams
Montgomery
Powell
Robertson
Wright
Roy Wright
Milk Citizens Here Drink Not Infested by Tubercular Germs
State veterinarian office reports no tubercular germs infest milk after inspection of dairy herds. Dr Milligan of Montgomery completed the inspection and urged citizens to read and report findings.
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Milligan
Montgomery
Alabama Education Association to convene 52nd annual meet
More than 2 000 Alabama teachers are expected for the AEA convention in Montgomery spanning Thursday to Saturday. Officers will be elected from the floor with county unit votes. 25 divisional meetings plan in churches hotels and schools around Sidney Lanier High and Baldwin Junior High. J A Keller of Covington county serves as current president amid a year marked by salary delays.
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Montgomery
Alt
Alabama
Alabama Education Association
Tweenty
J. A. Keller
Covington County
Sidney Lanier
New Baldwin Junior High
Investigation of Mellons tax failure prompts Senate action
Washington reports a Wheeler resolution seeking a Justice Department probe into charges that Andrew W. Mellon and former Treasury officials failed to collect over 600 million dollars in taxes from foreign steamship lines and Gulf Oil. Civil suits in DC Supreme Court accuse Mellon Mills Ballantine Gregg Blair and others of tax avoidance and improper collection.
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Department of Justice
Andrew W. Mellon
The
Treasury
Gulf Oil Company
Mellon
Wheeler
D Mont
David A. Olson
Veseigating Committee
Newspaperme
Senate
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Olson
Ogden L. Mills
the Treasury
Arthur A. Ballantine
Alexander W. Gregg
Internal Revenue Bureau
David H. Blair
David Burnet
Internal Revenue
Blair
Robert B. Lucas
W. L. Mellon
J. R. Nutty
W. J. Guthrie
H. L. Stone
J. EB. Nelson
F. A. Leavy
W. V. Hartman
Zululand’s Young Chief Holomon Dies at Four
AP reports Natal note that Holomon the Zululand chief died at age four. Despite being just four, he reportedly had sixty four wives, illustrating a controversial royal kinship claim.
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Yvrybrid
Natal
Holomon
Zululand
Pascagoula River Spring Chant Haunts Moss Point
In Moss Point Mississippi the Pascagoula River sings a spring chant whose meaning puzzles locals. Some hear a fish croak others the river wind around cypress knees. Some romantically claim it recalls a vanished Pascagoula Indian tribe. The river’s eerie nocturnal song draws curious travelers.
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Moss Point
Miss
Pascagoula River
Pascagoula
Gulf
Minnesota Legalizes Beer With 3.2 Percent Limit
Gov. Floyd B. Olson signed a measure regulating beer sales and a second setting maximum alcohol content at 3.2 percent by weight. The laws take effect April 7 along with national legalization at midnight.
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ST Paul
Minn
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Earthquakes Felt in Big Creek California
Two earthquake shocks were felt at Big Creek on Monday. The first quake was strong enough to wake residents while the second was weaker. No damage was reported.
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Big Creek
Calif
Mar
Governor to Decide on Repeal Measure Today
Indications point to a veto or amendment of Mullins prohibition repeal by the governor. The decision was not to be announced until 3 PM as the senate reconvenes. If vetoed the bill could be repassed by a majority in both houses and become law without the governor's signature.
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Montgomery
Senate
Boy Held In Plot To Force 25000 From Lindberghs
Akron, Ohio, March 28. A 15 year old boy admitted mailing two blackmail letters to Mrs Charles Lindbergh and was arrested near the drop spot. Authorities say the money was never received and the youth will likely be turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Lindberghs
Akron
Ohio
Charles Lindbergh
Fifteen Die in Imperial Airways Crash Near Essen
In Belgium near Essen a tri motored Imperial Airways passenger plane crashed killing fifteen. Eleven victims were English. The aircraft named City of Liverpool was en route from Cologne to Croydon when it went down.
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Belgium
Brusels
Imperial Airways
Essen
Cologne
Croydon
England
Liverpool
District Federal Grand Jury Opens Session for Week
No cases of immediate interest in Dothan are expected to be taken up this week by the U S grand jury in Montgomery. Fay Walden of Dothan serves on the jury along with A M McIntosh Enterprise Ward Espy Abbeville J A Price , Newville and A Y of Slocomb. More than 100 cases appear on the docket, most of them prohibition cases.
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U. S
Grand Jury
Montgomery
Fay Walden
Wiregrass
A. M. McIntosh
Enterprise
Ward Espy
Abbeville
J. A. Price
Newvile
A. Y
Slocomb
Greta Garbo Believed En Route to U S
Stockholm reports Greta Garbo slipped out of Sweden aboard the cargo ship Annie Johnson for a thirty day trip to San Francisco. The ship left Gothenburg last Friday with six married couples and one first class passenger. Garbo’s whereabouts remained unconfirmed.
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Stockholm
Greta Garbo
Sweden
San Francisco
Ann’e Johnson
Ijohnson Steamship
Miss Garbo
Sven Gustafsson
Annie Johnson
Gothenburg
J. Emerson
Couple Issued Marriage License in Vicksburg
Veriie Woodrow Gilley and Sadie Bowden, both of Vicksburg, were issued a marriage license Monday at the office of Probate Judge H. K. Martin.
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Veriie Woodrow Gilley
Sadie Bowden
Vicksburg
H. K Martin
Col ler Nominee Confirmed to Tariff Commission
Senatorial action confirms James W. Coller of Mississippi as a member of the tariff commission on Monday.
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Washington
James W. Coller
Mississippi
Tariff Commission
Senate
Retired General Sues Kingfish for Second Time
Brig. Gen. Samuel T. Ansell, retired, files new libel suit against Sen. Huey Long seeking 500000 damages over accusations of crookedness on the senate floor. He previously charged Long with attacks in the upper chamber and via mailed materials. The suit, filed in the District of Columbia Supreme Court, cites disputed immunity and Long’s alleged forgery claims.
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Washington
Samuel T. Ansell
Bel
Huey P. Long
Senate
Ansell
Louisiana
Long
Overton
Broussard
Lote
Mall
New Orleans
Ansel
Gulf
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Burr Tracy Ansell
Congressional Record
Legion Wrestle Night Promises Strong Card
American Legion officials prepared for a major wrestling show with a reconditioned ring reinforced to prevent wrecks. Australian champion Jim Hesslyn faces Kidd Lott of Birmingham while Lon Chaney and Ernest Kelly, two heavyweights, also appear with Chaney returning to local crowds.
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American Legion
Jim Hesslyn
Legion
Hesslyn
Kidd Lott
Birmingham
Lon Chaney
Ernest Kelly
Chaney
Kelly
T'S Fineia
Hght
Teazing Circus Lady Costs Boss His False Teeth
Baltimore reports Captain Malvina Emily Perry a 52 year old circus beard ed Jary bearded showwoman and seaman, recently jailed for 16 weeks washing to repay a boss for false teeth after a dispute over her masculine appearance. Her turbulent life includes sea service, circus work, a 1924 ship sinking, and welfare troubles.
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Baltimore
Malvina Emily Perry
Perry
Yuratan
No Joke For City On April 1 Bond Interest Due
City officials faced a hard April 1 as they must meet interest on 1 500 000 dollars in bonds due Saturday. Interest totals just over 43 000 dollars with 23 430 20 sent to Central Hanover Bank Trust Co New York and 9 766 88 mailed today. The payment also covers 4 000 bond redemption. Officials call it one of the administration’s toughest tasks amid bank holiday and election day.
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Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co
New York
Honda
Navigator Believes Redfern Still Alive
Captain of the Norwegian steamer Christian Krogh says Paul Redfern may still be alive after his 1920s flight to Brazil. He recalls Redfern circling 125 miles from land off Venezuela and speculates the aviator could have landed inland or been captured by jungle tribes. Redfern began his flight from Brunswick, Georgia.
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Bavannah
ST A. Hamre
Christian Krogh
Paul Redfern
Brazil
Filer
Krogh
Redfern
Venezuela
Hamre
Mariner
Doctor Fowler Resigns as Confederate Soldiers Home Superintendent
Dr J T Fowler former Kothan physician resigned yesterday as superintendent of the Confederate Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek after many years in charge. A J Demniz of Mountain Creek was named the new superintendent. Fowler moved from Dothan about 15 years ago.
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J. T. Fowler
Confederate Soldlers
Mountain Creek
Board of
A. J. Demniz
Fowler
Dothan
William Randolph Hearst Jr to wed Lorelle Moore today
William Randolph Hearst Jr and Lorelle McCarver Moore plan nuptials in Palm Beach Florida this afternoon at the residence of Mr and Mrs R Amecotts Wilson. The license was issued Monday.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Willam Randolph Hearst, Jr
Lorelle McCarver Moore
Palm Beach
R. Amecotts Wilson
Pythagoras Lodge Meets Tonight at Masonic Temple
The regular meeting of Pythagoras Lodge No. 658 A F and A M will be held tonight at the Masonic temple starting at 7 o'clock.
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Pythagoras Lodge No. 658
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Globe-trotting flag returns to Explorers Club honor
Earl Hanson, who carried a flag 23 000 miles on a 18 month journey through South American jungles, returns to the Explorers Club. He studied terrestrial magnetism during the trek.
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New York
Explorers Club
Earl Hanson
South America
Senate removes limit on RFC loan funding
The Senate lifted the 15 percent cap on state borrowing from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation relief fund of 300 million dollars. The finance committee also backed a separate measure pledging half a billion dollars for direct relief, to be considered after the reforestation bill.
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Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Corporation
Jews Worldwide Protest German Anti Jewish Campaign
World wide demonstrations followed reports of increasing Nazi oppression in Germany. Massive crowds gathered in New York at Madison Square Garden to condemn treatment of Jews while Berlin hospitals expelled Jew sick and German Nazis moved to boycott Jewish business. In Sofia young fascists disrupted a Jewish meeting and tear gas bombs injured crowds in Buenos Aires. In Prunavick police arrested 1500 Steel Helmet veterans amid fears of revolt as Nazis faced signs of internal panic.
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Associated Press
Germany
Madison Square Garden
New York
Berlin
Hitler
Sofia
Bulgaria
Buenos Aires
Steel Helmet
National Socialist Party
Prunawick
Cash Drug Company Opens in New N Foster Building
The Cash Drug Store opens today in the former Saxon Heard Dry Goods Co. building on N Foster Street. The larger section houses the drug firm, a barber shop occupies the other portion, and upstairs offices have been added after a costly remodeling.
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Cash Drug Company
N. Foster Building
Cash Drug Store
Saxon-Heard Dry Goods Co
N. Foster Street
East Main Street
President Talks Muscle Shoals Plans With Steagall and Hill
The president discussed hopes for early legislation on the Muscle Shoals power and nitrate plant with Representatives Steagall and Hill. He indicated that Muscle Shoals will be moving along very soon as he prepared to leave the White House.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
Steagall and
Hill
White House
Wife, Meet the Missus: Adam Tora Held for Bigamy
Police explain Adam Tora burst into his home with a blonde, introduced her as Sophie Golden and ordered his wife Anna to pack. He is held on bigamy charges.
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New York
Adam Tora
Anna
Sophie Golden
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