Food prices and regional discrepancies in Alabama markets
The excerpt lists varied grocery prices from a Birmingham advertisement, noting items like Mullet, Swiss cheese, Armour's ham, Swift's bologna, grapefruit, and vegetables with per pound or per unit amounts. The piece questions why Dothan's prices are consistently 100 per cent higher than Birmingham, despite proximity to sources for Spanish mackerel shrimp beef and trout, and wonders about the higher costs borne by Dothan residents.
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Birmingham
Dothan
The Pot and the Kettle
Mr Marty L Hopkins relief administrator blasts Republican relief spending as proof they would neglect the underprivileged if in power He accuses Republicans of political effect and waste citing subsidies to shipping Dawes loan to a Chicago bank and broader New Deal era excesses attributed to Hoover and Roosevelt in a Selma Times Journal editorial fragment
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Marty L. Hopkins
Agweinet
Dawes Bank
Chicago
Dawes
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Roosevelt
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Milton epic study argues War Between States not inevitable
The Anniston Star reviews George Fort Milton’s The Eve of Conflict noting the study centers on Stephen A. Douglas and argues the Civil War was not destined, urging national solidarity and compromise over conflict to safeguard the Union amid renewed sectional tensions under New Deal era policies.
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South
Washington
Patrick Henry
Andrew Johnson
Winston
North Carolina
Stryker
Bowers
Milton
Count Keyserling
Stark Young
James Truslow
Adama
America
George Fort Milton
Anniston Star Today
New York Day by Day Notes and Nightlife Sketches
OGO McIntyre shares New York Society scenes from a November diary. Highlights include a Bruce Barton Betsy auto crash report, a moment with Gene Fowler and Mack Sennett, and a tour of Broadway’s latest hits. Mentions Farley, Duchin, and Reardon with reflections on Cohan and detective writers.
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New York
Ogo McIntyre
Bruce Barton
Betsy
Connecticut Hospital
Gene Markey
Joan
Ewing Galloway
Mark Twain
Roosevelts Wage Restorations and Hidden Economic Significance
News Behind the News notes President Roosevelt signaled wage restoration next July 1, linking it to a broader recovery. It explains the internal method, price level restoration, and the Spring 1935 business upturn as the core sign. It also critiques White House economic forecasting, mentions industry codes, and various cultural vignettes surrounding the era.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Urges Vote Against Fee System in Mobile County
Elba Alabama November 3 1934 editor of The Eagle urges Alabama voters to replace the fee system with salaries for county officials. Cites high salaries for tax assessor sheriff and probate judge with reference to Alabama School Journal and Senator designate from Mobile County Horace Batchelor urges passage of a bill reducing fees and standardizing pay across counties.
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Elba
Ala
The
Eagle
Alabama
Mobile
Alabama School Journal
C. M. A. Rogers
Mobile County
Rogers
Horace Batchelor
Litigation Over Reynolds Tobacco Fortune Enters New Phase
In Winston-Salem a new phase of the Reynolds tobacco fortune case begins as the late Z Smith Reynolds estate faces a claim from his posthumous son Christopher Smith Reynolds born to Libby Holman Reynolds. Christopher, via Robert C Vaughan as next friend, seeks entry to challenge a $1,000,000 trust fund created by Reynolds for his first wife and daughter Anne Cannon Reynolds-Smith, with a hearing set before Judge P A McElroy.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Z. Smith Reynolds
Christopher Smith Reynolds
Libby Holman Reynolds
Robert C. Vaughan
P. A. McElroy
Cabar- Tus Bank and Trust Company
Reynolds
Anne Cannon Reynolds-Smith
Anne Cannon Reynolds
Descendants of Robert E. Lee Said to Visit Dixie Manuscript
A note from Rockefeller Center Weekly reports Harry F. Marks’s rare book shop hosts the Dixie manuscript. It notes 122 visitors claim descent from Robert E. Lee, explained by an old Southern custom of calling elders Aunt and Uncle, blurring real and adopted relations.
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Leegionnaires
Harry F. Mark
RCA
Robert E. Lee
Mr. Marks
Wise husband buys wife costly chinaware in Toona Kansas
A lighthearted Cousin quotation from the Toona Kansas Tribune notes a man in the town boasting of gifting his wife expensive chinaware. The wife fears touching the dishes, fearing she might mar the purchase.
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Oour Town
Altoona
Kan
Tribune
Vic Schertzinger’s Rise From Silent Scores to Musical Films
Hollywood bio notes Victor Schertzinger, son of Pauline von Webber, began as a concert violinist and scored silent films. He directed with musical timing, kept four musicians on set, and faced early pay conflicts. He gained fame directing musical films notably after Grace Moore’s One Night of Love, with previous work including Beloved.
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Robben Coons
Hollywood
Victor Schertzinger
Pauline von Webber
Pictures
Schertzinger
la Hollywood
Vic
Grace Moore
Moore
Scherbseger
Jae
Columbia
Pacal
Pope
NRA Duties Split as Officials Change Roles
The text notes officials juggling NRA duties with other posts. Sidney Hillman handles bankers' code while Tobacconist Williams manages the automobile code. General Johnson remains connected via frequent talks with the new governing board. TVA staff adopt a new slogan about efficiency and a job applicant misstates residence length.
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NRA
Sidney Hillman
Williams
Johnson
TVA
Ers
Extra Man Bites Dog and Other Short Local Items
A string of brief notices from various U.S. cities covers odd incidents and light news. A boiler-maker bites a dog by accident in Cincinnati, a rabbit’s foot tale follows in Philadelphia, a golfer claims a birdie in Charleston, and hay fever remedies in Weston involve sheep around the house. Nebraskan farmer Patrick O’Connor becomes lonely after his ten dogs vanish, two raccoon hunters in Clarksburg report twin kills, and France seeks extradition of suspects in a Yugoslav matter via Rome.
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Cincinnati
Roy Bagloti
Boston
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