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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1934
Page
1
Washington dispatch notes a vague bill named as S 2817 aims to amend the Farm Loan Act and related programs. It would let Congressmen borrow from the government, provoking alarm over thinly veiled motives and liberal appraisals, with opposition from Glass and the Stock Exchange panel.
Readable forecast notes generally fair to partly cloudy days with unsettled conditions. Tonight remains fair followed by a warmer period and potential for mild temperatures as winds shift.
President Roosevelt prepares a munitions embargo message to Congress amid Bolivian Paraguay conflict in the Chaco. U S envoys seek joint action with Argentina Brazil Chile and Peru to halt arms shipments and smuggling while diplomacy with Britain links Latin American and European efforts.
The League of Nations council sent the embargo proposal to jurists after Bolivian envoy Costa Durell opposed applying it to Bolivia. Paraguay’s Ramon Caballero De Bedoya urged examining aggressor responsibility while Denmark backed prewar embargo action. Seven nations support the embargo including Great Britain France Italy Argentina Australia and Czechoslovakia.
Maxim Litvinoff, Russian foreign affairs commissar, arrives in Geneva to confer with League of Nations leaders on disarmament and possible Soviet entry. He may press a non aggression pact and mutual security plan to keep the disarmament conference alive. Rumors say he could meet Leon Trotzky in exile for reconciliation with Joseph Stalin.
Clara Phillips, imprisoned since 1922 for killing Alberta Meadows with a claw hammer, is slated for parole next June 17 after 11 years in prison. The parole board’s decision drew opposition from District Attorney Baron Fitta, who called it an outrage.
Dothan Baseball Association plans a large opening home game crowd for May 25 against Abbeville. Merchants may close at game time to boost attendance and festivities include races and acts. A cup prize awaits if Dothan achieves top city turnout. Tickets are on sale to encourage fans.
Fabrication of a 275 ton steel beam, 20 feet long and 24 feet high, signals the new scale of gold dredges. The beam will be used in constructing a dredger planned for operation in the Marysville placer district.
In Troy Alabama May 18 a Pike circuit court jury acquitted Albert and George O Neal of second degree arson linked to a $275 000 February fire that killed livestock dealer R O Lawrence. The blaze destroyed the O Neal brothers automobile business block and stables where Lawrence died trapped by falling timbers.
In Washington May 18 AP Congress will accept statues of George Washington and Robert E Lee from Virginia tonight after decades of delay The issue faced opposition over Lee s role in the Confederacy with debates over how to phrase the gift while supporters noted the statues honor Virginia s contribution to the Hall of Fame
The All Union Society for Cultural Relations Abroad known as VOKS and Intourist organize a one month summer program at the First Moscow State University for British and American students. Lectures will be varied with trips to different parts of the Soviet Union.
Police answered a distress call at 605 Arlington Ave to find a bloodstained scene and a missing boy reported as murdered. After two hours of searching, officers traced clues toward a pasture where a bleeding cow led to the alleged killers and the case was resolved.
Two North Carolina officers were seriously wounded when a car with Tennessee plates opened fire. In Flint a bank raid netted between 25 000 and 30 000 dollars from an armored car delivery with six men and a woman involved. One robber looked like Dillinger, and a bystander described a machine gun on a suspect.
Alabama special supreme court considered the Legion PTA case seeking a pro rata share of 2,500,000 in general fund education appropriations. Chief Justice Stringfellow said a decision today was possible but not certain as the five-justice panel met in Montgomery to review arguments and the record from the circuit court ruling.
Downtown parking complaints rise as a special unit targets the business district. Chief Menefee Tatum warns the time ban will take effect without cooperation from locals and merchants. Police seek voluntary compliance to avoid enforcing the ordinance immediately.
The French Foreign Office voiced anger over visa strictness affecting 12 Smith College students and a Columbia visitor denied entry by Manuel Neville in Madrid. A radio miscue also delivered a vaudeville love song instead of a Lafayette anniversary address.
Shreveport Louisiana May 18 AP Fred Lockhart alias D B Napier hanged today for criminally attacking and murdering Mae Giffin a year old school girl in April. The trap was sprung at 12 11 p m
In Washington on May 18 Republicans pressed the reciprocal tariff bill in the Senate as House action paused. The push focused on tariff adjustments while Democrats expected victory, with news on tobacco control farmer relief foreclosures and a railway labor arbitral board also noted. The scene referenced the ongoing bonus march and housing financing debates amid a broader push on national economic measures.
Two Richland Georgia high school seniors Richard Godfrey and J Gordy Webb, both 18, were drowned when a boat capsized in Twin Lakes at Valdosta. The bodies were recovered.
Will Rogers writes from Hollyster California about cow town life at a Quien Sake cattle brand, praising old cow men and barbecued beef while noting prunes and Easterners gaining ground. He reflects on roping contests and the optimism found among ranchers and readers.
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