Earhart Flies Nonstop Mexico to New York Record Attempt
Amelia Earhart starts a 2,100 mile nonstop flight from Mexico City toward New York. She taxied from the runway, lifted into a high pace over the Mexican mountains and Gulf of Mexico with 472 gallons of fuel and 3,000 pounds total load. A radio report near New Orleans said she was sighted 60 miles southwest of the city, flying northeast.
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Naval Station
Mobile
Ala
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New York
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U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Service
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Associated Fress
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Two Oceans
Capital
Tampico
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Miss Earhart
Honolulu
California
Two Hurt In Newton Collision Between Truck And Car
A head on collision at Newton late Tuesday left two injured. Freda Rodenbeck Jr., 55, of Birmingham, suffered head lacerations and possible rib fractures and remained in Dothan hospital. J C Adkinson, truck driver for Dothan Ice Cream Co., received first aid and was treated. A Negro riding in the truck was unharmed. The crash occurred as Rodenbeck swerved to avoid two women near the roadway while en route to Birmingham.
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Newton
Ore
Freda Rodenbeck, Jr
Birmingham
Dethan
JC. Adkinson
Dothan Ice Cream Co
Kinson
Rodenbeck
Cuban Executed By Firing Squad
Cuba on May 8 executed Jose Castiello Puentes by firing squad after convicting him of killing Lieutenant Juan Alvarez during a clash between bandits and soldiers. One bandit defendant refused to make a final statement and walked to the ground with a priest hearing his confession.
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Santa Clara
Cuba
Jose Castiello Puentes
Alabama House Rules Committee Backs Arnold Pay Bill
The rules committee voted 10 to 1 to advance the Arnold bill raising legislative pay from 4 to 6 dollars per day with Speaker Harry Walker dissenting. The bill moves to final passage next Wednesday amid questions on constitutionality and a possible Supreme Court ruling.
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Montgomery
Ala
House Rules Committee
Arnold
Harry Walker
Taylor
Mobile
House
Walker
Supreme Court
Senate
National Guard Camp Dates Set for 117th in Jackson
The fourth corps area releases a tentative schedule for summer encampments. In Alabama, Florida, Georgia and other states, 1 524 officers and 18 812 enlisted will train. Alabama units report at Camp Beauregard July 21 to August 4.
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Jackson
Atlanta
Fourth Corps
Ares
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas Veteran Frees Himself in Wife Slaying Verdict
Sylvester P. Darden, a 38 year old World War veteran, was acquitted by a Greenville Texas jury of murdering his wife. He claimed his sleepwalking son Jackie Glenn, eight, fired the fatal shotgun blast at their Caddo Mills home on April 22.
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Greenville
Texas
May
Sylvester P. Darden
Darden
Charles Berry
Jackie Glenn
Caddo Mills
County Plans Second Span Over Pen Hook
County highway supervisor C. C. McEachin announced plans for a second bridge over Pen Hook creek in the southwest, to be built on Clark's school house road at a cost of $175. The structure will be 60 feet long and 16 feet wide.
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Pen Hook Creek
C. C. McEachin
Clark's School House Road
Houston County Highway Department April Costs 6975.74
April expenses of the Houston county highway department totaled 6975.74 with 1143.34 for machinery payments 1548 feet of lumber at 1437.34 and 1100.59 for relief labor.
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Houston County Highway Department
Local optionists form drive for whisky plan in Alabama
In Montgomery advocates rally under Rep. A. L. Staples to push a controlled revenue producing whisky bill for counties with a wet majority in the February 26 referendum. Staples named chairman, forming a five member committee to craft a bill for all counties and report to a caucus. More than 50 local optionists attended the closed meeting with lawmakers from Jefferson Mobile and Montgomery counties.
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Montgomery
Ala
May S
Staples
Jefferson
Mobile
City council protests and stalled reform measures
Editorial scorn accompanies a petition for an election to switch to a three commissioner plus city manager form. The piece contrasts council opposition with procurement overcharges and a turbine purchase, while legislators debate dispensary bills and local options. Jefferson County delegation protests the Simpson bill before the Senate committee.
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Eugene “Bull” Connor
Jefferson
Sanderson
Connor
Staples
Isham Dorsey
Lee
Jefferson County
Senate
Simpson
Houston To Send Farmers To Washington Cotton Conference
At least two Houston County farmers will represent the county at the cotton conference in Washington May 14 15. C M Ling county agent said a committee is seeking contributions to cover expenses with presidents officials and senators to attend. If funds permit more farmers may go and they will ride chartered Pullman cars from Montgomery to Atlanta. Over 75 dollars was raised quickly by the county committee with donors including Dothan Oil Mill Co Beau Dry Goods Co Spann Marchman Hardware Co and others.
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Washington
C. M. Ling
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Ling
Montgomery
Atlanta
County Cotton Committee
Dothan Oil Mill Co
Beau Dry Goods Co
Spann- Marchman Hardware Co
Porter Hardware Co
Singletary and Whiddon
Houston County Farmers’ Exchange
Dothan Grocery Co
Conamidated Produce Co
Maijone Motor Co
Dothan Motor Corp
Dowling-Griffin Funeral Home
The
Dothan Eagle and Blumberg and Sons
Patriots Use Taxpayer Funds On Legal Notice Ad
The Eagle questions a Monday night resolution by the Patriots described as a rehashed circular. The piece suggests the notice will be paid for with public funds and published as advertising, marking a change from prior council behavior since last October. It accuses political jobholders of punishing the paper by diverting legal ads to others.
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Eagle
Postal Heads Seek to Check Chain Letters
High officials say the government plans to centralize relief administration by July 1 with state directors answerable to Washington. The move aims to speed a 4 billion dollar work relief drive while preserving many current directors.
EPIC Candidates Win In Los Angeles
Los Angeles results show EPIC capturing three of eleven city council seats with one race undecided, while an EPIC challenger in Oakland loses decisively. Upton Sinclair, founder of End Poverty In Civilization, remains undeterred and plans to push the movement nationwide.
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Los Angeles
Upton Sinclair
America
EPIC
Oakland
Calif
John F. Slavich. Sinclair
California
Birmingham Taxi Bandits Hunted
Birmingham police hunted two youth suspects using a taxi to stage holdups. The plan involved a cab call to lure a driver, who would pick up masked riders, then be held and bound in the vehicle before the thieves fled. An intensive search urged cabbies to aid capture before nightfall.
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Birmingham
Officials discuss inspections and road paving plans
Capita officials urged farmers to have meat and milk products inspected three mornings weekly amid upcoming inspections of two killing plants in Dothan. State highway officials consider paving from Dothan to Enterprise as Houston and Coffee counties send delegations to Montgomery. Perry Howard, Mississippi Negro Republican committeeman, joins Hawkins and Scott at the Springfield meeting.
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Houston County
Saxon Foyner
Montgomery
Bibb Graves
Gaston Scott
State Highway Department
Enterprise
Hougton
Coffee County
Capitol
G. O. P. Washington
Perry Howard
Mississippi
John R. Hawkins
Emmet J. Scott
Howard University
Republican Party
Springfield
Aniston Man’s Lung Puncture Causes Left-Side Ballooning
A May 8 report describes J. R. Ragsdale in Anniston who was injured when a truck ran over him while he cranked it. Air leaking from a punctured left lung caused the left side from shoulder to hip to balloon, with medical staff hopeful the inflation will subside naturally.
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Anniston
J. R. Ragsdale
Ragsdale
Last Minute Bulletins From New York May AP Highlights
News briefs cover F W Dodge Corp reporting April residential contracts in 37 eastern states at highs since 1931. Alabama lawmakers urged against a 10 percent gross receipts tax on theaters. Antonio Guiteras, American born radical, reappeared at Matanzas. Chevrolet workers vote amid strike disruptions affecting 323,000 GM subsidiary employees. U.S. House backs permanent deposit insurance up to 5000 dollars with one amendment.
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New York
May
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Rocks Mountains
Montgomery
Ala
R. B. Wihs
Selma
Alabama
Senate
House Finance and Taxation
Wilby
Agents to Attend Auburn Conference
W G Pruett county home demonstration agent plans to attend a district conference at Auburn May when agents from the district will map the relief canning program for the state. The Lee county home economics school hosts the meeting for all agents and canning supervisors in district two under a state relief administration economist from Montgomery. Mrs Claude Catton Houston county supervisor will accompany Mrs Privett.
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W.G. Pruett
Auburn
Lee County Home Economics School
Advents and
Canning
Hore
Scate Relief Adminstration
Monntromery
Claude Catton
Houston County Supervioor
Irs
Privett
Death by Own Action Routes Taken by Young University Prof
Clarence Cason 87 head of the journalism department at the University of Alabama was found dead at his desk with an automatic pistol nearby last midnight. The coroner returned no verdict of suicide after an investigation. Mrs. Cason found the locked office door in the Alabama Union Building. Cason had been despondent due to ill health. University president Dr. George T. Denny said no other cause was known. Cason recently completed a book to be released Saturday. He had led the department for seven years and was well known in the state. He is survived by Mrs. Cason and one child.
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May & (Ap
Colorado
Post Office
Roy E. Nelson
Denver
Nelson
K. P. Aldrich
Crowley
New York
Charles A. Oberwager
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Oberwater
New Jersey
Hauptmann
Tuscaloosa
May
Clarence Cason
Department of Journalism
University of Alabama
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Cason
Alabama Union
Clason
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de Kalb
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Gasan
Irvington
N. Y
Pan Kyle
Amore O. Squire
Kyle
New York City
Thele Wus
Mattis
Echonl
Rockland County
Three Alabama Men Drown in Bayview Lake
Six mosquito control workers were aboard a small boat when it capsized near shore at Bayview Lake. Three men Henry Jackson Frank Cantrel and Ernest araven died as the others fought to reach safety. Rescue efforts were hampered by water depth and darkness with bodies recovered late that night.
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Pirmingham
Bayview
Henry Jackson
Pionena
Frank Cantrel
Dearens
Ernest Araven
Seepre
Peipewater
Tenneeser Copel, Trod and Railroad Company
Imanes
Woodrow Webb
Webb
Harry Toubank
Cathes
Betta
The American Farm in 1935 feature overview
Eight farmers across the nation share opinions on farming today and future prospects. Reported by Associated Press writers, the stories aim to depict the agricultural situation beyond headlines. Page 10 presents the third installment under the headtag The American Farm in 1935.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt hints no veto message on Patman bill soon
President Roosevelt indicated no veto message would be sent to Congress shortly regarding the Patman bill. Speaker Byrne predicted a Senate sustain but House override effort, requiring a two thirds vote to pass over a presidential disapproval. The Senate approved paying off the bonus with 2.2019 billion in new money, while the measure fell short of a two thirds majority. The vote marked the first time in over a decade a cash payment bonus bill cleared both houses.
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Washington, May
Roosevelt
Messare
Congress
Byrne
House
Senate
Pnd
Roosevelt Receives Report on Supreme Court Ruling
President Roosevelt received a long report from Attorney General Cummings on the impact of the Supreme Court decision validating the Railroad Retirement Act. Officials see the ruling as not harming social security legislation and anticipate continued push for enactment, with possible amendments to address objections.
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Washington
Cummings
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Ramment
Senate
Footevelt
Two Accident Victims On Road To Recovery
Two people injured in highway crashes remain on the road to recovery. Joyce Becclenny suffered a broken leg and abdominal injury after a collision near the old port on the Montgomery highway. Mary Reeves endured a fractured skull after a separate incident on Main Street. A poultry car loading event will take place in Houston County with farmers loading in front of the Farmers' Expanse on N St Andrews Street Thursday and Friday from 9 am to 2 pm. Last week's sales netted about $400.
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Joyce BecClenny
Apport
Montcarmery Highway
Mary Reeves
Armo
Revere
McClenny
Reeves Girl
Houston County
N. St. Andrews Street
Weather Forecast Across States Mixed Skies Tonight
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday across Alabama and parts of Tennessee and Florida. Temperatures rise slightly in the extreme west and northwest areas with only light showers possible in northwest Tennessee. Weather outlook emphasizes generally fair skies with minor regional variations and no major temperature shifts.
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