Birmingham Gunmen Linked to Hotel Robberies
A dramatic night in Birmingham ends with Kelly Coates alive in custody after a shootout and linked to a string of hotel robberies. Police tie him and his brother Luther to daring holdups in Birmingham Meridian and beyond, with investigations spanning several states. Coates confirms involvement in Birmingham and Meridian while denying other robberies.
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Birmingham
Bessemer
Kelly Coates
Coates
Downown
Luther
Encusstione
Meridian
Miss
Louisiana
Mississippi
Young Coates
Luther E. Hollms
Hollums
Janely
Jackson
Ken
W. C. Downs
Police Commissionw
Redmont
Sun Totin Mountaineer Confronts U S D A Man With Gun
In Norris Tennessee a Tennessee mountaineer on horseback stops a TVA engineer in a remote area. He asks about the letters on the man’s U S D A tag. The man explains United States Department of Agriculture. The pistol is lowered and apologies are offered.
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Sun Totin
Mountaineer
Tag
Weather Forecast Fragments
Forecast hints generally fair conditions with a chance of thundershowers in the west. Cooler tonight and Friday, with southeastern regions remaining fair but cooler.
Reich religious split fuels Nazi conflicts and fear
Berlin reports warn of spreading paganism and renewed anti Jewish actions after Hitler orders church state separation. Confessional Synod opponents and sources claim Mueller may resign while Rosenberg and Streicher push pagan and anti Jewish movements. Possible Vatican concordat cancellation discussed as Protestant fairness could extend to Catholics. Church leaders question Hitler’s Christian foundation plan and Christian leaders in secret service.
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A. D. Stefferud
Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Reichbishop
Ludwig Mueller
Mueller
der Fuehrer
Alfred Rosenberg
Third Reich
Julian Streicher
The
Stormer
Vatican
Deposed utility magnate to deny Titanic swindle
Samuel Insull took the witness stand in Chicago to deny charges that his career ended in a hundred million dollar stock swindle. A capacity crowd gathered before Federal Judge James H Wilkerson's court as Insull faced two years of anticipation. The defense opened with Insull's attorney Floyd E Thompson calling the defense.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
James H. Wilkerson
Insull
Turkey
Citizens of Knoxville Call Meeting to Assail Litigation Against TVA
Knoxville citizens plan a mass meeting to protest delays in selling Tennessee Public Service properties to the Tennessee Valley Authority. City council power committee sponsored the gathering after Circuit Judge Langford ordered a rehearing. the railways and public utilities commission had approved the sale. A $75,000 bond set by the judge faces challenge as too low given the sale’s importance and TVA rate savings.
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Knoxville
Tennessee Public Service Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
E. F. Langford
Nashville
State Railway and Public Utilities Commission
W. A. Cockrum
Langford
Cockrum
Venturesome Aviators Poised To Hop Off On Last Lap Of Sea Dash
Honolulu November 1 AP The Australian fliers Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain P G Taylor prepared to depart around noon for Oakland California on the final leg of their 7365 mile flight from Brisbane. They faced 2408 miles of Pacific Ocean and expected easier hops than Brisbane to Suva and Suva to Honolulu with favorable weather predicted.
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SEA Dash
Honolulu
Charles Kingsford-Smith
P. G. Taylor
Oakland
Calif
Brisbane
Australia
Pacific Ocean
Suva
Fiji Islands
Sheriff Entitled to $2 Fee in Every Rum Case
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that a sheriff is entitled to $2 as a witness fee in every liquor condemnation case and not limited to $2 for full day attendance. In the Stone v Holcomb case, Mobile County treasurer George Stone argued only one $2 fee per day. the Supreme Court upheld the appellate ruling and affirmed the broader entitlement.
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Montgomery
Alabama Supreme Court
George Stone
Mobile
W. H. Holcomb
Stone
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
England maps own arms probe and disarmament link
London reports say Britain plans an inquiry into private manufacture and sale of war materials and proposes an international conference on arms manufacture and export with joint control. The move follows the U S Senate inquiry and world disarmament deadlock, amid Vickers Armstrong testimony and Admiralty contract questions.
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London
Great Britain
Daily Mall
United States Senate
Washington
Vickers-Armstrong
Bolton Keyres-Mansell
Admiralty
House of Commons
Vickers- Armstrong
Outbreak of violence marks carpet factory strike in Bay State
Violence broke out near the Ohio Carpet Company plant as 250 pickets tried to overturn two cars carrying workers entering the factory. Stones were thrown, one car glass broken, no injuries reported. Police dispersed the disturbance after a short time.
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Bay State
West Warren
Mass
Ohio Carpet Company
Bad Weather Forces Airdmen To Land Near Athens
Athens Nov 1 AP Cath cart Jones and Ken Waller returned to Tatai near here after taking off for London from Melbourne. For the second successive day bad weather over Italy forced them back. They still have a good chance to set a remarkable round trip record.
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Athens
Cathcart Jones
Ken Waller
London
Melbourne
Tatai
Here
Italy
Mrs D W Haskew Killed In Wreck Near Evergreen
Mrs D W Haskew wife of Lafayette Street Methodist pastor was killed when their car overturned after hitting a cow near Evergreen. Dr Haskew the driver escaped serious injury. They were returning from Wadley Ala after attending the pastor brother funeral. Body to be brought to Do Than tomorrow. funeral plans not yet made.
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D. W. Haskew
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
Evergreen
Haskew
Democrats Seek to Offset Farley Sinclair Mix Up
Washington reports high Democratic leaders planned to counteract a misimpression linking James Farley to Upton Sinclair in the New York gubernatorial race. They aimed to reassure Catholic Jewish and Protestant voters that neither Farley nor Roosevelt endorsed Sinclair.
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Cecil B. Dickson
Washington
Farley
Robert Moses
Roosevelt
California
Sinclair
Renecent Asthve Hamilton Fish
New York
Mr. Farley
Upton Sinclair
Ford Motor Co sets 1935 production goal over 1.9 million units
Detroit reports Henry Ford declaring the Ford Motor Company is out of the depression and outlining a 1935 production schedule of 1.9 million units or more for the first time in four years. He urged American industrialists to abandon alphabet schemes and govern with sound business sense as managers from across the country foresee a great sales year.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Salaries Fixed for National Industrial Recovery Board
President Roosevelt sets salaries for the National Industrial Recovery Board at 12000 a year after a five percent pay cut. Ex officio members Henderson and Smith may be included. Reported consideration that three board members might return their pay, while broader price and value increases are planned by July.
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Washington
National Industrial Recovery Board
Hugh S. Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
Leon Henderson
Blackwell Smith
Clay Williams
Arthur D. Whiteside
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Wiliams
Insurance Agent Dead Found in Car Near Attalla
CAP John Talton, 47, an insurance agent, was found dead in his automobile in Attalla by Halloween pranksters. Coroner ruled death from natural causes. Talton left a barber shop in the afternoon and apparently died soon after. He is survived by a wife and two children.
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Gadsden
Ala
John Talton
Attalla
Hallowe'en
Talton
Roosevelt Tour Schedule Leaks Unofficial Plan
Unofficial tentative schedule for the President's southern trip released from Washington lists departure November 15 with visits to Knoxville and Harrodsburg Kentucky, a night in Nashville, then stops at Hermitage, Muscle Shoals and Sheffield. On November 18 he would briefly visit Tupelo Mississippi and proceed to Warm Springs Georgia arriving that night.
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Wasitington
Washington
Knoxville
Harrodsburg
Nashville
Wermitage
Muscle Rhnals
Sheffield
Tupelo
Mississippi
Warm Springs
Forest Fire Victims 1200 Acres Burned in Roosevelt NF
Three hundred firefighters toiled today to control a forest blaze in Roosevelt National Forest that scorched more than 1200 acres of timber in just a few hours. The effort involved 800 firefighters working through challenging conditions as crews attacked the fast moving blaze in Cola Nevly region.
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Tolland, Cola
Nevly
Roosevelt National Forest
Hardwick Seized On U S Warrant In Bank Scandal
A federal warrant charged W. R. Watford and W. M. Hardwick with embezzling 50000 of First National Bank funds. Hardwick was seized today and released on 10000 bond. Watford to be arrested tomorrow. both bonds set at 10000. Warrant cites August 20 as the embezzlement date.
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W. R. Watford
First National Bank
W. M. Hardwick
Hardwick
Watford
Trmas D. Samford
U. S
Federal Reserve System
W. D. Malone
Ellis D. Robb
National Bank Examiner
Atlanta
Harwick
Marvin Holman
C. L. Newton
A. B. Blount
John D. Ayers
Beatty B. Whiddon
Fred
Georgians Demand Immediate Vote on Bankhead Act
Georgia delegation calls for an immediate referendum on the Bankhead cotton control act to be conducted with a fair expression from every cotton producer. They ask Roosevelt to expand foreign markets for cotton and textiles and press Wallace for quick action and continued peanut benefits and compensation.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Congress
Wallace
Walter F. George
Roosevelt
John H. Fahy
Home Loan Bank Board
Washington
William F. Penniman
Hauptmann counsel says alien insists Jafsie fails to identify him
New York Nov 1 James M Fawcett counsel for Bruno Richard Hauptmann accused a lover of the Lindbergh baby saying Hauptmann told him that Dr John F Jassie Condon had not recognized him as the receiver of the 50 000 ransom money.
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Hauptmann
Jafsie
New York
James M. Fawcett
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
John F
Jassie’ Condon
College Prank Returns As Halstead Is Sworn In
Justice James Rice of the Alabama Court of Appeals swore in D. C. Halstead as judge of the 20th Judicial Circuit in Montgomery. The oath required a denial of dueling, recalling a 1908 prank where Halstead and Rice forged a telegram to J. C. Foster about William Jennings Bryan. Foster believed the message until the hoax was revealed.
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Montgomery
Als
James Rice
Court of Appeals
D. C. Halstead
Headland
20Th Judicial Circuit
B. M. Miller
Alabama
Rice
Halstead
University of Alabama
William Jen
Nings Bryan
College Law Society
Bryan
J. C. Foster
Perry County
Carpus
Justice Rice and
Foster
Justice Rice
Catholic Students Protest Mexico Education Policy
Mobile students at Spring Hill College and Jesuit high schools launched a protest against Mexico's policy to secularize education. They seek a nationwide Catholic movement, inviting other schools to join, urging the U S to oppose funding that supports religious suppression and throttling of educational liberties. Ambassador Daniels is accused of misstating U S endorsement of nonreligious schools.
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Mobile
Ala
Josecphius Daniels
Spring Hill College
Mexico
Spring Hill
State Department
Daniels
America
F H A Drive Receives $480 Allocation In City
G P Morrison announces final approval of an FERA project aiding the Federal Housing Administration drive for better housing. A crew of 12 will canvass the city, with $460 allotted for salaries. A seven person team currently works with plans to add five more next week.
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FERA
Federal Housing Administration
G. P. Morrison
Son of Dixie general Hindman dies at 71
Chicago November 1 AP Colonel Thomas Carmichael Hindman 71 son of Confederate general Thomas G Hindman who opposed Sherman s march to the sea died early today at his hotel apartment after a stroke Monday night He is survived by cousin Dr Paxter Ellis an attending physician
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Chicago
Thomas Carmichael Hindman
Thomas GC. Hindman
Sherman
Hindman
Paxter Ellis
Louisiana Gets Lion's Share of Federal Harbors Funds
Washington dispatch reports War Department allocating 29 000 dollars to South river and harbor projects. The largest item, 200 000 dollars, funds dike construction at Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, removal of a submerged sill at South Pass, and rectification of the West headland dike. An additional 60 000 dollars supports examination surveys and contingencies in the Mobile district for the remainder of the fiscal year.
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Washington
Apythe War Department
Mississipn
Louisiana
South Pass
Mobile
Ala
Dam Burst Floods Town in Guanajuato Mexico
In Guanajuato on November 1, reports say at least three people were killed and many houses destroyed as a dam built by Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company burst, flooding a wide area. The disaster prompted rescue efforts and assessments of infrastructure safety.
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Guanajuato
Mexico
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Engine Strikes Auto in Collision at Crossing
An unidentified man was slightly bruised and his car damaged when a Atlantic and St Andrews Bay Line switch engine struck the vehicle at the Fast Main crossing of the railroad, according to police.
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Atlantic
Governor orders grand jury in Neal lynching case
SHOLTZ TELLS JURY 10 LIFT LYNCHING BEE. Gov Davie Shultz ordered a grand jury investigation into the Claude Neal lynching near Marianna after receiving a report from Sheriff Chambliss. The panel is to convene Monday to probe Neal’s death, with National Guardsmen deployed to Marianna when a second mob formation arose.
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Sholtz
Tallahassee
Fla
Claude Neal
Marianna
Dava Shultz
W. F. Chambliss
Jackson County
John H. Carter, Jr
Chambliss
Neal
Shultz
Jackson County Driver Awaits Manslaughter Sentence
Marianna Fla Nov 1 AP. B M L Franklin awaiting sentence after being convicted of manslaughter in the death of Mrs Ada Pickard of Opp Ala. A collision involving his car and a truck carrying Mrs Pickard led to the fatal crash.
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Jackson County
OPP
Marianna
Fla
Ada Piickard
Ala
Franklin
Ftard
Rates Deemed Unlikely For Dothan Immediate
A municipal electric rate cut is not in sight for Dothan residents. A council committee member said a reduction awaits completion of stake holders installation and a 30 day test run to gauge potential savings. Data from other cities with light plants is in the committee’s hands. Prices would fall only after cheaper current is proven and electric sales rise.
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Roosevelt
White House
Dothan
City Payroll Checks Lose Bounce at Last
For the first time in ten months city employees on the monthly payroll received checks that were good for cash at the bank. The payroll totaled 1800 dollars, including councilmember salaries. Officials announced they were completing details for future payrolls to be made in cash rather than interest-bearing warrants.
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Grey Coates
Lowe
Reich
Chicago Court Room
Floyd £. Thompson
Citizens OF
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England
OWN Arms Probe
Airdmen
Evergreen Smash
Cho
Clerk
Mr. Ford
Br. Ford
NIRA
Hugh Johnson
Flay Daniels
Josephus Daniels
SON OF
Dixie
LION
Federal
Florida
Jackson Countian
Brewton
Beverly Hills
Will Rogers
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