Inside Washingtons shifting loyalties and leadership shifts
Washington gossip tracks how Speaker Rainey and Floor Leader Byrnes quietly reward loyal Democrats with patronage, while insurgents maneuver for renomination. The piece notes intra party camaraderie, the silver lobby's split over a new bill, and mixed signals ahead of primaries and nominations.
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Montana
Byrnes
Congressional Record
Gulf States
Texas
Middle West
Dyrnes
Democratic Congressional
Weather outlook with scattered showers and warming trend
Partly cloudy to fair conditions with cooler interior tonight. Warmer and partly cloudy Saturday across the region. A few showers near the northwest portion tonight and Saturday. Overall upcoming weekend looks mild with no significant storms.
Rioting Flares In Toledo At Auto-Lite Riot
A 1,500-strong crowd of strikers and supporters attacked the Electric Auto-Lite plant in Toledo Ohio as guardsmen deployed a field telephone network and 1000 troops formed a defensive rectangle. Police warned of incoming Communist arrivals from Chicago and Detroit.
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Toledo
Electric Auto-Lite Company
Chicago
Detroit
Ohio National Guardsmen
Insane Prisoner Leads Jail Break at Talladega
At Talladega Alabama on May 25 six jail inmates escaped after Alivin Wilson who is held for transfer to Bryce Hospital for the insane crawled through a ceiling hole and opened doors. The escapees, all white, included Jack Wilson grand larceny William McSheridan robbery James Smith grand larceny Emory Smith assault and D H Gillam burglary.
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Talladega, Ala
Talladega County
Alivin Wilson
Bryce Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Wilson
Jack Wilson
William McSheridan
James Smith
Emory Smith
D. H. Gillam
Court bars Negroes from voting in Florida primary
In Jacksonville on May 25, Circuit Judge George Cooper Gibbs ruled Negroes cannot vote in the Florida Democratic primaries. The decision denied a petition to force county supervisors to register Sylvanus B. Hart, a Black man, as a Democratic elector, stating the party may limit membership to whites under state law. The judge contrasted Florida with a Texas Supreme Court case.
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Jacksonville, Fla
George Cooper Gibbs
Sylvanus B. Hart
Democratic Party
Gibbs
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Texas
United States Supreme Court
Rainy weather endangers Dothan Abbeville opener at Memorial Stadium
Heavy showers threatened to postpone the 3:30 opening game as Dothan and Abbeville prepared at Memorial Stadium. Officials planned for a delay only if the rain intensified. Attendance was expected to drop though many city businesses closed. Lee Rogers started on the mound for Dothan with Charles Kaley behind the plate. A box of candy and a half season pass were awarded to Mrs. Lawrence Oakley for naming the Bull Weevils.
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Abbeville
Memorial Stadium
Dothan
Cliff Green
Lee Rogers
Paul Tubb
Chales Kaley
Lawrence Oakley
Steel workers to organize at Birmingham meeting tonight
May 25 AP report says a mass meeting of Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co mill department workers will occur tonight in Fairfield to finish organizing the craft amid a pending strike settlement with 8 000 red ore miners. Talks resume Monday between the International Union of Mine Smelter and Mill Workers and Sloss Sheffield officials following a recognition demand from the Amalga mated Association.
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Birmingham
Tennessee, Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
International Union of Mine, Smelter and Mill Workers
Sloss-Sheffield Iron & Steel Co
Fairfield
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers
G. E. Haigier
Minister Escapes Flames After Gasoline Explosion
In Arcadia Florida on May 25 Reverend RB Rogers survived a dangerous homemade waterproofing mix incident. He heated nine quarts of gasoline on a stove and a back porch explosion engulfed his house destroying it. He was uninjured and called his escape miraculous.
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RB. J. Rogers
Dothan Boll Weevils Chosen for Local Baseball Team
From 80 entries the Dothan Boll-Weevils was chosen as the Dixie Amateur Baseball League entry. Mrs Lawrence Oakley suggested the name and will receive a three pound box of candy from Hilden Pharmacy and a half season pass to home games at the first game this afternoon. The judges favored the pun reflecting Dothan as a cotton center.
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Lawrence Oakley
Dothan
Dixie
Bolivian Forces Rally to Break Paraguayan Advance in Chaco
Bolivian dispatches report a dramatic counterattack in the Gran Chaco driving Paraguayan divisions into retreat. About 6,000 Paraguayans killed and twice that wounded as Bolivian units reinforced and halted the advance at Canada Strongest. Paraguay’s defense minister claimed Bolivian losses were heavy while Paraguay halted the attack.
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Associated Press
UA Paz
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Canada
la Paz
Paraguay
French Official Vows Action Over German Border Clash Incident
Paris May 25 AP Louis Barthou foreign secretary promised strong action on border clashes. In the chamber he cited the Kehl arrest of French railroad fireman Edouard Heimel May 18 for criticizing the Hitler regime. He said Berlin already received representations and the embassy demanded Heimel’s release.
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Louis Barthou
Chamber of Deputies
Kehl
Germany
Edouard Heimel
Hitler
Barthou
Berlin
Heimer
State moves to strike Scottsboro bill of exceptions
In Montgomery on May 25 the State moved to strike the bill of exceptions in Haywood Patterson's appeal, a move that could bar trial evidence in the case tied to Victoria Price's attack on a white woman aboard a Paint Rock, Alabama freight train. Clarence Norris's appeal was not similarly challenged. The Supreme Court heard from Samuel Leibowitz and Thomas Knight as arguments began with a small audience in chambers guarded by deputies.
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Montgomery
Haywood Patterson
Supreme Court
Victoria Price
Paint Rock
Ala
Thomas S. Lawson
Clarence Norris
Scottsboro
Henry County Grand Jury Report Expected Today
A Henry county grand jury, summoned to probe fraud claims in the Newville box during the Democratic Primary, was to report today. All Beat Seven electors who voted in Newville received summons. About 265 voters were examined Monday and another half Tuesday while officials were questioned later in the week.
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Henry
Henry County
Newville
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow Buried Separately
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were buried apart in Dallas after their killings in Arcadia. Bonnie’s relatives kept funeral plans private while Clyde’s family held a private service. L C Barrow attended on bond amid police scrutiny. Billie Mace White was denied attendance due to jail time on patrolman slaying charges.
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Tex
Bonnie Parker
Clyde Barrow
Clyde
Jesus
West Dallas
Bonnie
L. C. Barrow
Billie Mace White
Tarrant County
Alleged shoplifter chased by clerks through blocks
Ben Graddy a Black man was pursued by Montgomery Ward & Co clerks and bystanders after allegedly stealing five pairs of hose. He was captured and turned over to city police and booked on petty larceny charges.
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Montgomery Ward & Co
Ben Graddy
Firma
Double Slaying Ties Dillinger to Indiana Search
Police officers Martin OBrien 44 and Lloyd Mulvihill 28 were machine-gunned to death while patrolling a road near East Chicago Indiana as authorities intensified the hunt for John Dillinger. Detained by a roadblock and sightings of a car with four or five gunmen, officers pursued the gang toward Chicago amid renewed efforts to link Dillinger to the January OMalley killing.
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Ind
Dillinger
Wil- Po. O'Malley
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Martin O'Brien
Lloyd Mulvihill
Crown Point
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O’brien
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Vas
Hammond
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Milinger
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Huey Is Lone Barrier to Tariff Bill Vote
Washington May 25 AP Almost every Senator except Huey Long agreed he is a one man filibuster against the tariff bill delaying a Senate vote Long denied intentions and suggested a substitute based on the 1932 Harrison bill that would require Congressional approval for all presidential tariff changes and reciprocal actions with other nations
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Rainey
Byrnes
Eis
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Washington
Huey Long
Senate
Hoover
Comeback on Relief Staked for 31 Houston County Farmers
Thirty one farmers in Houston county begin a farm rehabilitation effort under the federal relief administration. Twenty one plow with steers and ten with mules, with some owners owning their stock. Eleven more farmers with approved applications will be placed on farms next week per FERA director G. P. Morrison.
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Federal Relief Administration
Houston County
G. P. Morrison
FERA
Tompkins Awards Seniors Diplomas At Dothan High
Col. O. L. Tompkins, on the city board of education, gave diplomas to 68 Dothan High School seniors at the city auditorium. The 38 girls and 30 boys heard class history, will, prophecy, poem, and giftitory readings. Superintendent C. G. Moxeley praised Tompkins noting his long service and the 1934 class’s reach. Inclement weather did not deter the ceremony.
Rabies treatment spread after dog deaths in Alabama
More than 39 people including Thomas F. Knight Jr, Alabama attorney general and lieutenant governor elect, began anti rabies treatment after a litter of wire haired terriers died and a dog handled by Knight tested positive. Health officials said demand exhausted state lab supplies but a nearby lab replenished stocks.
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Ala
Thomas FE. Knight
Alabama
Knight
J. N. Baker
Reid Estate Valued Over 18 Million Mark
Elizabeth Mills Reid widow of Whitelaw Reid and mother of Ogden Reid leaves a net estate of 15.55 million dollars with securities totaling 17.21 million. Died April 19 in Cap Ferrat Nice France with eleven public bequests totaling 645 thousand dollars distributed among 52 beneficiaries. Executors named Ogden Mills Reid and Henry W Bull, both of New York.
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Elizabeth Mills Reid
Whitelaw Reid
London
Ogdenfeld
Reid
Cap Ferrat
Nice
France
Ogden Reid
Lady Jean Templeton Ward
Hungerford
England
Ogden Mills Reid
Henry W. Bull
Fog Shrouded Collision Kills Several in Sao Paulo Streetcars
In Sao Paulo on May 25 an undetermined number of persons were killed and at least three injured when two street cars collided in dense fog and telescoped into one another.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Bank raid ends in gunfire as guard kills attacker near Chicago
A bank guard in South Holland shoots and kills one robber and mortally wounds a second during a raid on the South Holland Trust and Savings Bank. A third robber is wounded. vigilantes aid the pursuit as the bandits flee toward a Michigan-licensed car. Police suspect links to a Chicago-Indiana crime wave amid ongoing manhunt.
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South Holland Trust and Savings Bank
Iittle Bank
Indiana
Ind
Dillinger
Michigan
Joseph de Young
Leon Lagentee
South Holland
Government arbitration for strikes urged in Beverly Hills letter
A letter from Beverly Hills argues that settling strikes is the country’s top priority, calling for compulsory arbitration to resolve wage disputes. The writer says workers and employers should remain on the job during arbitration, with wages restored to the date of the complaint if a raise is granted.
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