Roosevelt weighing Patman bonus measure as vote moves
President Roosevelt meets with Morgenthau Sac and the veterans administrator to press the Patman bill clarifying the $2,000 veterans bonus. Senate leaders indicate no compromise on currency funding while Little progress is reported on sufficient votes to overcome a veto.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Secredex Morgenthau
Frank T. Sac
Veterans Administrator
Clark
North Carolina
Gee
Oklahoma
Thome
Oklahoman Ld
Thomas
Wll Lee
France Nears Pledge to Keep Gold Standard Power
In Paris on May 9 AP reports France’s Minister of Finance Germain Martin reassured 126 chambers of commerce that France will keep the gold standard. A prior resolution urged balancing the budget and cutting government expenses to protect the franc from attacks.
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France
Germain Martin
Tech Chambers of Commerce
Paris
Deal
Mrs McNutt: Birmingham Wife Linked to Husband Slaying
Police questioned 30 year old Mattie Lee McNutt as she refused to discuss alleged differences before she shot her husband Paul FE McNutt in the Woodlawn home. He died later in hospital after the kitchen incident.
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Birmingham
Mattie Lee McNutt
Paul FE. McNutt
Woodlawn
Yenay
Moll Rogers Says Flight From Mexico Tricks the Eye
Everly Hills reports a garbled May 9 item about aviation and a fast ship with gas. The text mentions Amelia Roosevelt Mrs Roosevelt and a mix of locations Moscow Tokyo and Bering sea. The fragment suggests a discussion of flight speed and envy rather than a clear event or quote.
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Everly Hills
Calif
Mextty
Cheater Proof Chain Letter Booms in Springfield
In Springfield Missouri on May 9 AP reports a cheater proof chain letter craze draws diverse participants. Investors put in two to five dollars and factories claim up to eighteen thousand dollars in five hours while exchanges stay open late and police search for legal avenues to halt the scam.
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Springfield
Midas
Wallingsfords
Graduation near with 227 to get school diplomas
Dothan High School will award 83 diplomas and Young Junior High School 144 diplomas, the largest junior class yet and the next largest high school class after 1931. Commencement week opens May 19 with a baccalaureate service at the city auditorium led by Rev. W E Middlebrooks. Diplomas are to be issued May 23 after a pageant, with detailed graduate lists announced later.
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Dothan High School
Young Junior High School
City Auditorium
W. E. Middlebrooks
Foster Street Methodist Church
Comer Knight Loses Appeal On 45 Years In Pen For Killing
Comer Knight, convicted of second degree murder in the slaying of Wilma Belcher last summer, must serve 45 years after a Houston circuit court jury. The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the sentence finding no error in the judgment. Knight, Belcher’s former sweetheart, was shot near Troy and Apple Tree streets after one July midnight and died minutes later. The defense argued the death was self inflicted.
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Comer Knight
Wilma Belcher
Houston
Alabama Supreme Court
High Court
Circuit Court
Knight
Belcher
Troy and
Appletree Streets
Ezell Undecided on Calling Election for Change of Rule
Mayor I C Ezell has not set a date to ballot whether Dothan should adopt a commission form of government. Probate Judge Saxon Poyner notified Ezell to call the election after a petition by qualified voters. Ezell indicated no decision on when to proceed.
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Ezell
I. C. Ezell
Dothan
Saxon Poyner
Exell
Apple of Her Eye in Court Prompted Alimony in Dawn Court
Nellie Radigan testified in domestic relations court that her husband William was the apple of her eye but she needed to melt gold fillings from her teeth to buy coffee and doughnuts. The judge ordered William to pay his wife $6 weekly once he secures employment.
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Chicago
Nellie Radigan
William
Parley Hunts Ways to Help Dixie Cotton
Birmingham May 9 AP Suggestions to cover every phase of the cotton control program affecting 13 Southern states were presented to a meeting of agriculture commissioners cotton marketing representatives and growers seeking a resolution for farmer prosperity. Goode Alabama commissioner proposed tax changes and continued 12 cent tax on cotton. Discussion included processing tax effects on textile industry and producer long range impact.
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Commissioners of Agriculture
Robert J. Goode
Agriculture and Industries of
Alabama
Goode
A. Bertet
New Orleans
New England
Scott, Roberts
Atlanta
Rogers
Roabert
C. A. Stovall
Stovall, Miss
Roberts
School election slated May 17 for Houston county trustees
Trustees for 52 Houston county schools will be nominated Friday May 17 at special elections open only to patrons of the institutions. Six nominees per school compete for three chosen by the Board of Education. Nominees need not be patrons. The delay followed Judge Halstead nullifying an injunction that blocked the March 23 election after petitions from local trustees. Fifty three of fifty seven schools will have trustees elected as seven small schools consolidate.
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Houston County
Board of Education
Tudgzge D. C. Halstead
Treasury May 7 position shows deficit and receipts
The Treasury on May 7 reports receipts of 51.96 million dollars against expenditures of 64.74 million, leaving a net balance of 1.818 billion dollars. Customs receipts for the month total 6.909 million dollars.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Cotton storage levy accused of harming Alabama exports
The Alabama state docks commission and the Alabama Warehousemen's Association protested a $1 per bale cotton storage tax in a $22 million revenue bill. Dock official Palmer Gaillard warned the move could push cotton stocks to Gulfport and New Orleans, harming Alabama’s storage and export business. Separately, the House revision committee reported favorably on the Calhoun bill to reduce voluntary divorce abandonment to one year and granted immunity for newspapermen from revealing confidential sources.
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State Docks Commission
Alabama Warehousemen’s Association Today
Joint Legislative Committee On Finance and Taxation
Palmer Gaillard
Dock Commis
House Revision of Laws
Rep
Calhoun
Houston
Sion
Alabama
Gulfport
New Orleans
Last Avenue Closed For Hamilton Ride On Execution Eve
Gov. Allred refused to interfere with the executions of Raymond Hamilton and Jane Palmer. The Court of Criminal Appeals had refused a writ of habeas corpus. Hamilton, once Clyde Barrow's aide, and Palmer were to be electrocuted shortly after midnight. Camille Openshaw, Houston attorney, had filed the writ, which the judges found insufficient.
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Austin
Tex
James V. Allred
Raymond Hamilton
Jane Palmer
Court of Criminal Appeals
Forty-Eight Naval Planes Prepare for Trans-Pacific Flight
Honolulu reports the start of the great over-water flight as 48 naval patrol planes depart Pearl Harbor for Midway Island in a 1 323 mile mission. About 200 crew, secrecy surrounding the operation, and possible northern leg toward the Aleutians are noted.
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Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
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Pacific
Navy
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Midway
Aleutian Islands
Washington
Tokyo
Capitol
Textile Woes Put Squarely on Employers
Francis J. Gorman of the United Textile Workers told a cabinet committee that present cotton textile woes stem from employer policies and mercantile practices. He blamed mills for moving labor south, undermining wages and prices, and seeking subsidies while resisting reform.
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Washington
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers
Roper
State Department
Gorman
Dust Belt Receives Rains as Dust Storms Ease
Rain boosts hope in the dust belt of southeastern Colorado and nearby areas. A shower in Baca County brings nearly a third of an inch, aiding farmers planning to plant. Government relief ships 14 carloads of hay with 9 more due tomorrow as conditions vary across Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Cola
Colorado
Baca County
Goodland
Kas
Kansas
Beaver County
Oklahoma
Harper County
Stratford
Tex
Union of South Africa Open to Restoring Southwest Africa to Germany
Authoritative sources say South Africa is willing to return Southwest Africa to the Reich, as dominions discuss Britain's policy with the Cabinet. Hertzog reportedly prepared to support such a move, though no official policy declaration will occur until Germany raises the question.
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Reich
Hitler
Albert W. Wilson
London
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Germany
Britain
John Simon
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
J. B. M. Hertzog
Africa
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Ramsay MacDonald
O. Pirow
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Siberia
Europe
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Versailles
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Judge Thorington in Montgomery dies of pneumonia
Judge J. Winter Thorington of the Montgomery court of common pleas was critically ill with pneumonia and worsened overnight. The report from Montgomery notes other scattered items including sports and political notes from AP dispatches.
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Montgomery
J. Winter Thorington
Montgomery Court of Common Pleas
Visitor Attendance Shatters All Marks For Dothan Schools
Superintendent CC Mosley announced that 1,067 people visited five Dothan city schools on Wednesday. Young Junior High led with 357 visitors, Highland second with 22 percent, Rose Hill third with 206, Southeide fourth with Jam, and Havel fifth with 16 percent. Senior High did not host a victory day. exhibits at the five other schools were ready for inspection Wednesday and praised by attendees.
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CC. Mosley
Highland
Rose Hil
Southeide
Jam
Havel
Bank Clearings Reach New Three Year High
Bank clearings for the week ending in May reached a new high for the year in the 22 leading cities. Total clearings were $6,062,917,060, up 21 percent from the same week last year and well above the prior week. Volume exceeded the week prior by $221,762,000.
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Addiven
Gheelaeecs
Toun & Pradetreet
Bull Weevil Backers Plan Meeting For Dixie Amateur Season
Bull Weevil supporters meet at Wadlington hotel to discuss final plans for opening day May 22. Pres Joe Rollins and Manager Paul Tubb invite fans to 7 30 p m gathering as city firms pledge to close for the game and Shrine events include a dance parade free show and concert by the Alestar temple Shine band from Monty mer.
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Joe Rollins
Mgr
Paul Tubb
Bull Weevil
Wadlington Hotel
Alestar Temple Shine
Montymer
Robbers Take 3000 From East Lauderdale Bank in Rodgersville
Three unmasked bandits robbed the East Lauderdale Banking company in Rodgersville Alabama at 11 a.m. taking 3000 in currency. They fled toward Tennessee, driving through Anderson and Lexington Alabama. The cashier Herbert Bailey was locked in the vault during the heist and released by president M Pate shortly after. Police questioned a carnival show proprietor in Red River valley area as part of the inquiry.
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Florence
East Lauderdale Banking Company
Rodgersville
Ala
Tennessee
Herbert Bailey
M. Pate
Bailey
Anderson
Lexington
Pollen H. 8S
Willams
Red- Rerevilla
Robertsville
Bank Robberies Target New Jersey Massachusetts and Illinois
Five bandits with a machine gun robbed the Broad way branch of the Highland-Quas saick Nations bank in New Burgh New Jersey fleeing toward Pennsylvania with about 15000. In Worcester Massachusetts three armed men held up the Worcester County Institute for Savings bank and escaped with 14400. In Chicago Illinois five robbers including three in police uniforms seized 3000 from the payroll at the Fisher General Electrical Appliance plant on West Traylor street.
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N. J
Broadway
Highland-Quassaick Nations Bank and Trust Company
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Trio
Worcester
Mass
Worcester County Institute For Savings
Chicago
West Traylor Street
Ficison General Electrical Appliance Company
Graves Promises Wiregrass Share In Road Paving Plan
Delegations from Houston and Coffee counties met Gov. Bibb Graves and Highway Commissioner Gaston Beott in Montgomery to discuss paving the 20 mile Mothan Enterprise highway with federal funds. Graves said he would take care of the Wiregrass and did not have full details on federal money yet.
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Houston
Coffee County
Montgomery
Bibb Graves
Gaston Beott
Federal court schedule opens May 26 in Alabama district
The U S district court for the Middle Alabama District will convene at the Federal Court House in Morgan Monday May 29 with Judge B Kennamer presiding. Both criminal and civil cases are set for trial though the criminal docket is light. In Pennsylvania, James A McGowain the 75 year old burgess of Prospect says he is done with his long travels after a 2090 mile tour to Orlando Florida in six days and 28 hops and will stop traveling.
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Middle Alabama
Federal Court House
B. Kennamer
Butler
James A. McGowain
Prospect
Orlando
Fla
Burgness McGowan
Weather Update for Alabama and Panhandle
Cloudy conditions with local showers expected Thursday night or Friday. Cooler air moves into northern Alabama on Friday.
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Alabama
Florida
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