Real Plot to Clip the Blue Eagle Stirs Debate
The article outlines internal New Deal tensions over the NRA and wage policies, with critics arguing codes are rushed and unfair while supporters seek moderation. It notes business and government figures weighing how far to push reforms and mentions Andrew Mellon and Roosevelt allies in related tax and loan discussions. The piece also references Postmaster General Farley and a forthcoming continuation on Page Nine.
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Ion
Weather outlook for Saturday with fair and cloudy periods
The forecast shows generally fair conditions with little change into Saturday. Cloudy intervals and possible showers are noted in the northwest region with unsettled weather in parts of the south.
United States Uses Johnson Act to Pressure Debt Talks
President Roosevelt leverages the Johnson act to block token June 15 payments, locking out defaulting nations from U S money markets. Envoys from France Belgium Italy Germany and Czechoslovakia informed that only full or large installments could lead to debt readjustments. Britain is expected to act first as the discussion of further negotiations continues in Washington.
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Lloyd A. Lehreas
Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
America
William Phillips
State Department
White House
Lock
Britain
Great Britain
Marianna Fire Chief Involved In Highway Accident
Mrs. Clara Harris of Marianna sustained a broken leg and severe cuts when a car driven by Gig Cushing Marianna fire chief struck her on the Tallahassee highway. The crash occurred after another car forced the Cushing vehicle toward the road shoulder. No charges were filed as the collision was deemed unavoidable.
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Marianna
Fra
Clara. Herris
Gig Cushing
Tallahassee
Harris
Cushing
Record bids on ten highway projects in Alabama
Montgomery May 11 Eighty seven bids set a record for the current federal aid program for ten highway projects estimated at nine hundred thousand dollars. State Highway Director Capt L G Smith said low bidders would be announced late this afternoon after tabulation.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Department
L. G. Smith
Marianna Implements Half Day Weekly Holiday
Marianna merchants announce next Thursday as the start of a weekly half day holiday observed annually in the area. The measure will affect most local businesses including the post office.
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Marianna
Fia
Lea and Son Begin Prison Term in North Carolina
Luke Lea former Tennessee finance and political figure and his son Luke Lea Jr enter North Carolina State Prison for banking law violations. They are processed as Convict Nos 29408 and 29409 after a 700 mile transfer from Nashville. The elder Lea vows prison holds no terror despite wartime service.
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Raleigh
N. C
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Luke, Jr
Nashville
Tenn
North Carolina
Leas
L. E. Gwin
Luke Lea, Jr
Lea
France
Copeland's Tax Map for City Completed for Ten Years
The City of Dothan's tax map by W D Copeland is completed and accepted by the council. The four bound books contain a 95 percent accurate listing of property owners and will likely pay for itself through escaped taxes over the next decade. Copeland worked nine months under contract despite a year on the project.
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City of
Dothan
W. D. Copeland
Copeland
Birmingham Abductor Sought After 4 Year Old Is Found
Birmingham police sought a Black man described as a big Negro after a four year old girl Shirley Kresses was abducted from her home and imprisoned two hours in a nearby filling station. The child identified the restroom where she was kept and was returned home unharmed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Shirley Kresses
Hyman Kresses
Kresses
Murdered Woman Found in Trunk in Philadelphia
The slashed body of Mary Hoge, 39, a bride for ten months, was found in a steamer trunk. Police seek her stepson Joseph Hoge, 21, after he allegedly sat on the trunk awaiting an expressman to remove it. Evidence includes an ice pick and chisel stained with blood.
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Philadelphia
Jacob Hoge
Joseph
Hoge
Mary Hoge
Express
140 Men Working On Cwood Route
140 men employed by the FERA are at work on the Dothan to Cottonwood highway. The five mile final stretch remains to meet state specifications and will take three months to finish. Once complete the route shortens the trip to Marianna by five miles and connects to a Florida highway at Malone.
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FERA
Dothan and
Cottonwood
C. C. McEachin
Cline
Dothan
Delegates to State Convention of U S W V to Be Elected
Delegates to the State Convention of United Spanish War Veterans will be elected at the next meeting in the Hingston County Court House Sunday at 2 PM. All veterans of the Spanish American War are urged to attend.
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U.S.W.V
United Spanish War Veterans
Fufaula
Hingston County Court House
Rabies Confirmed in Columbia County Cow
A Columbia County cow tested positive for rabies at the state laboratory in Montgomery. The county health department was notified and authorities said the animal had been bitten by a dog, with farm agent CLOM Ling advising on the case.
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Columbia
A M. Skipper
Montgomery
State
County Health Department
Clom. Ling
Emunity
Frasier Ellis Nurses to Receive Diplomas Tonight
Eight members of the Frasier Ellis Hospital School of Nursing will be awarded diplomas at the annual graduation exercises tonight. Sir A. S. Frasier will present the diplomas and Myre Jewel Thrasher, hospital superintendent, will award the elastans. The public is invited to attend the exercises at the hospital on Stop Andrews Street starting at 7:00 o'clock.
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Frasier-kbs Hospital School of Nursing
Athe N Tires
S. Stop Andrews Street
A. S. Frasier
Myre Jewel Thrasher
Inek
Bridge construction begins on Hurricane Creek route in Houston County
The Houston County Paws Department started erecting a new bridge over Hurricane Creek on a road near Grenert highway, linking Pre an and Callah roads. The span will be feet long and 12 feet wide.
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Houston County Paws Department
Prean and
Callah
Industrial World Grapples with Fresh Walkouts
AP report details widespread labor unrest across industries. Akron bakers meet 600 to avert bread shortage while Cleveland gas station operators reject a peace plan. Buick plants affected with 14 000 and 5 000 idle workers. Buffalo Consolidated Aircraft resumes with strikes ongoing. Cincinnati Remington Rand 1100 workers walk out over recognition. Longshoremen strike at Mobile Galveston and San Francisco ports risks open shop and port disruption. Federal calls for truces amid looming Texas Louisiana delays.
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Associated Press
Akron
Cleveland
Ickes
International Oil Workers Union
William Green
A. Ik
L. Head
Oklahoma Seminole
Buick Motor Company
Flint
Mich
Fisher Body
Buick
Fisher
Consolidated Aircraft Factory
Buffalo
N. Y
Company 9
Curtis Aeroplane and Motor Company
Remington-Rand
Cincinnati
Mobile
Ala
Glalveston
Tex
San Francisco
Pacific
Texas
Louisiana
Woman Shot Him Says Farmer In Hospital In Serious Condition
Watson Bedsole, 24, a farmer near the Alabama Florida line, is in a focal hospital in serious condition with gunshot wounds to the neck and shoulder. He says a woman fired at him through a rear window after he and two companions knocked at the front door of Josie and Stella Walker. He fled, then returned, and drove to a relative’s home despite an order not to. Fellows and Forrester ambulances transported him.
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Watson
Farmer Ilying
Sloromb
Alabama and
Fiortin
Pinian
Fay Fillis
Josie
Stella Walker
Pedeale
Ellis
Fellows and Forrester
Missionary Reported Kidnapped in China By Bandit Gang
A report from Hankow says Chinese bandits kidnapped Rev Howard Smith from his Peng Shu mission in Szechuan. The alliance claims a 600 Mexican peso ransom demanded for his release. No other missionaries at the station were harmed.
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New York
Howard Steith
Washington
Peng Shu
Szechuan Province
China
Chioehan and
Miseiomary Alliance
Hankow
Allance
Rey Mtr Smith
Education Official Inspects Rehobeth Schools Today
A Rehobeth education official from Heandon county visited Porhobeth High School to review standards and seek accreditation from the State Department of Education. He discussed division oversight, veterandary duration, and the school’s readiness for state evaluation.
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Rehobeth
Heandon County
Enerte
State Department of Inducation
Consistent Campaign Planned For Roosevelt Memorial Highway
The Roosevelt Memorial Highway Association formed at Eufaula seeks the Alabama route from Warm Springs Georgia to Panama City Florida. The proposed Alabama path shortens the trip by 51 miles passing through Columbus Phoenix City Seale Fufaula Abbeville Headland Dothan Campbellton and Cottondale before Panama City. The group urges a permanent hard surfaced military road originating at Fort Remingtons and calls on Alabama lawmakers to fund the effort through a board authorized budget.
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Warm Springs
Panama City
Fla
Alabama
Roosevelt Memorial Highway Association
Eufaula
Georgia
Columbus
Phoenix City
Seale
Pittsview
Fufaula
Abbeville
Headland
Dothan
Campbellton
Cottondale
Blakely
Neal's Landing
Florida
Marianna
Gorgias
Blakly
Columbia
Neal
Fey
The
Gulf
Association
Ytite Organicization
Ferselves
Fort Remnings
Getadeen Water
Phoanix Cluy
Camphelton Campe Helitor
Coattondale
House of Representatives
Congress
Alahams
Fends Nec
Condition of man wounded in election clash worsens
Aston Cameron suffered a head wound during an election clash. He was treated at a hospital for a hemorrhage and a fractured jaw. An operation removed a blood clot, and Cameron remained in serious condition as Millard Smith, jailed on a related murder charge, was released on bail but later placed in detention after Cameron relapsed.
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Aston Cameran
van Cleen
Cameron
Millard Smith
Ekeanu Ta
Atendants
Smith
Datarin
Prisoner Escapes Marion Jail Steals Deputy's Gun
Prisoner Triplets slugs a deputy and breaks from Marion jail stealing the officer's pistol. He fled toward swamps with the help of others and was later captured after a witness aided authorities. John Che, visiting, was held on aiding a prisoner troupe charge.
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Marion
Selma
Praory
Tadlane
Allan
Sime Fleberts
Floyd County
Kentucky
Perry County
Richard Whithman
Tral
Megra
John Che
Mariwin Triypiett
Plea Filed to Force Vote on Bail Issue
A petition was filed to compel a vote on whether the Crosser Bill should establish a 36 hour week for road workers. Representative Withrow F2-Will led the effort and obtained the required 45 signatures to place the measure before the House.
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Wastitington
God
Truck owned by John Snell stolen downtown last night
A truck owned by John Snell was stolen last night and is being sought by county and city officers today. The vehicle was parked downtown at the time of the theft.
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John Snell
Couple Receives Marriage License in Local Office
J. A. Strickland of Dothan and Magemie Lee Griggs of Newville route one obtained a marriage license here yesterday.
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J. A. Strickland
Dothan
Magemie Lee Griggs
Newville
Kidnapers Demand 75000 For Beverly Hills Millionaire
A ransom of 75000 was demanded for the release of Beverly Hills millionaire William Gettle, with the district attorney’s office confirming the payment request. A bruising-appearing woman, about 30, was detained with six others as investigators pursue leads. A nationwide manhunt coordinates federal to local agencies as the Gettle family pleads for his safety and release.
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Los Angeles
William Fettle
Beverly Hills
Ernest Sc. Noon
Norris Stensland
Sheriff's Office
Pneumonia Fatal To Six Month Old Jeannette Johnson
Jeannette Johnson infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Edgar L Johnson of Dothan route five died this morning after a two week illness with pneumonia. Survived by parents three brothers and the grandparents C Johnson and Mr and Mrs GC A Givins. Funeral at Beulah church with burial in church cemetery Fellows and Forrester funeral home in charge.
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Jeannette Johnson
Edgar Ll. Johnson
Cathan
Johnson
Hall's Dairy
Robert
Lennie
Willie
Dothan
C. Johnson
GC. A. Giv Ins
Beulah Church
Fellows and Forrester Funeral Home
Revival to Be Held in Tent on Baker Lot
A Nazaren revival will be held Sunday under a tent on the Baker lot at B. Newton Street with evangelist W. R. Platt and his wife of Selma conducting. The public is invited to services beginning at 7 39.
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Baker Lot
B. Newton Street
W. R. Platt
Selma
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