Alabama Governor unleashes dry up drive across state
Governor B M Miller expands his campaign against beer and liquor dealers to every county urging sheriffs and solicitors to act. Open letters warn improprieties and propose injunctions to close nuisance establishments. The move follows Sheriff Sam Stearns resignation amid impeachment talks and reports of dealers paying federal taxes. Federal Judge Robert T Ervin weighs an injunction plea in Mobile.
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B. M. Miller
Alabama
Sam Stearns
Montgomery County
Stearns
Dozen Criminal Cases Set for U S Court Docket
A dozen criminal cases are slated for trial as the U S court opens a four day session. Most defendants face liquor tax violations for selling untaxed liquor. Trial days are Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
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United States Court
Mondsytor
Gag Letter Cited Urging Clear Policy Direction
From Santa Monica a lighthearted note about appealing to the president sparks discussion. National Association of Many: L Bardo, its president, calls for definite guidance on Patternment's direction, contrasting with Roosevelt’s guarantee responses.
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Santa Monica
Cal
L. Bardo
National Association of Manny
Mr. Roosevelt
Cotton Planters Urged to Cut Acreage to Seventy Five
Washington AP reports the AAA will urge cotton planters to reduce 1935 acreage to 75 percent of the 1928-32 average, a 25 percent cut under current contracts. Secretary Wallace to announce between 2 and 3 p m, with parity payments rising and rental payments falling, increasing producer support.
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Washington
AAA
Wallace
Dothan
LSU students suspend 26 amid protest against newspaper censorship
Baton Rouge reports note 26 journalism students at Louisiana State University suspended by President Dr James M Smith for gross disrespect during protests over censorship of the campus paper Reveille. Huey Long criticized the action saying Smith may have acted impatiently. He linked crowding to funding for 1,000 more students and claimed no interference with officials.
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Baton Rouge, la
School of Journalism
Louisiana State University
James M. Smith
Huey P. Long
New Orleans
Huey Long
Reveille
Huey
LSU suspends twenty six journalism students for petition
Twenty six students from Louisiana State University were suspended by President James M. Smith for gross disrespect after signing a petition advocating the reinstatement and free editorial expression of the Reveille staff. The action followed Huey Long’s dictatorial posture and threats of censorship as Long returned to Baton Rouge.
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Fiat Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Louisiana State University
James M. Smith
Reveille
Cataract Operation Saves Helen Keller’s Teacher
Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy, who taught Helen Keller, underwent a cataract removal in New York today. The operation was successful and the doctor hopes to preserve her eyesight. a more complex procedure on the affected eye is planned in about six weeks. Macy has been at Doctors' Hospital for five weeks, losing sight in her other eye five years ago.
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New York
Anne Sullivan Macy
Helen Keller
Six Students Injured In Dothan Accident Near Shamrock
An automobile carrying five young students collided with J R Moore of Quitman Ga on the Dothan Ash OK highway near Shamrock. Two students John L Howard and Ruby Lee Barfield both 17 remain in hospital with head arm injuries and facial lacerations. Inez Carmichael Eloise Boyd Omar Howard also suffered cuts and bruises but not hospitalized. Moore suffered a lacerated arm after being struck by the windshield. Investigator Strickland said Moore tried to pass and the student car swerved. Fellows and Forrester ambulance took the injured to hospital.
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J. R. Moore
Quitman
Dothan-Ashokie
Shamrock In
John L. Howard
Ruby Lee Barfield
Howard
Miss Barfield
Inez Carmichael
Eloise Boyd
Omar Howard
Race for Gavel of Speaker Nears In 1933 Fight
Washington AP November 28. The race for House speaker is tightening with Burns of Tennessee and Rayburn of Texas leading, Bankhead of Alabama emerging as a dark horse. A Democratic caucus on January 2 will decide, with Gar Christ Garner and Roosevelt policy talks shaping the race.
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Washington
Bankhead
Rayburn
Burns
Garner
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Joseph F. Guffey
McMilan
South Carolina
Kiwanis Leader-Elect Praises Clinic Workers At Dothan Luncheon
J Theodore Jackson president-elect of the Dothan Kiwanis Club praised workers who aided the Underprivileged Children's Clinic held with the Salvation Army and Child Welfare Department. A plan to make the clinic an annual event was approved.
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Dothan Kiwanis Club
J. Theodore Jackson
Kiwanis Club
Salvation Army
Child Welfare Department
Jackson
J. L. Vaughn
Myer Blumberg
C. Moseley
John W
F. G. Cranger
G. O. Moseley
J. A. Keyton
Jack Key
Keyton
W. 8. Wilson
House Leader Opposes Jop-Fleet Parity
Representative Vinson of Georgia declares the House naval affairs committee will not grant naval equality to Japan at any price. He says if Tokyo insists on wrecking the treaty, the committee and Congress should fund five ships for every three Japan lays down. He hopes scrapping the treaty won’t be needed.
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Washington
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Japan
Vinson
Georgia
Tokyo
Congress
Abducted Mobile Girls Freed After Car Hijack
Three Mobile society girls aged 16 to 18 were kidnapped on a downtown street by two masked men and driven toward Jackson Alabama before being released near a toll bridge. The victims Miss Virginia Whiting Miss Loraine Walsh and Miss Janet Powers described fear and cooperation during the ordeal. Authorities in Mobile and Jackson counties launched a search for the car and suspects.
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Mobile
Mobile Society
Jackson
Ala
Tombigbee River
Virginia Whiting
D. P. Bestor
First National Bank
Loraine Walsh
Janet Powers
Janet
Arrest on Sight Threat Looms For Unlicensed Cars
J D Sanders Jr Houston county license inspector warned motorists they will be arrested on sight next week if operating without 1935 license plates. Previously citations were issued with no criminal charges. A roundup of delinquent owners has begun, targeting 600 to 800 offenders in the county.
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J.D. Sanders, Jr
Houston County
Sanders
Alabama Farmer Marries Stepmother in Court Approved Match
Montgomery November 28 AP Marriage of Alabama farmer Jeff Henderson to his stepmother Margaret Guy Henderson won court approval despite a law forbidding such unions. The couple, later sentenced to one to two years in Houston circuit court after the father’s death, married following the mother’s death and the father’s remarriage.
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Montgomery
Alabama
State Court of Appeals
Jeff Henderson
Margaret Guy Henderson
Houston
Jeff
Henry Henderson
Margaret Guy
Churchill warns of German air power security threat
London November 28 AP Winston Churchill told the House of Commons that Germany already fields a military air force approaching parity with Britain and that Britain’s defense forces are inadequate He urged rapid rearming and a decade of air power growth noting Germany is rearming on land sea and air and that a major air raid could devastate London within days
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Germany
Great Britain
Churchill
Europe
United Kingdom
Britain
Geneva Highway Projects in Montgomery to Start Soon
Two highway contracts totaling about 108000 will begin within 15 days. Chapman Sease and J P Parsons of Montgomery won 34157.42 for drainage and grading on 4.5 miles between Hartford and Vicksburg Geneva County. T M Strider of Nashville won 74921.94 for grading drainage and surfacing on 3688 miles between Larkinsville and Scottsboro Jackson County. December 14 bids are sought for 18 miles between Greenville and Camden with bituminous paving costing about 264000.
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Montgomery
State Highway Department
Hartford
Vicksburg
Geneva County
Chapman
T. M. Strider
Nashville
Greenville
Camden
Route consolidation cancels No 7 rural mail route
Dothan postmaster Mrs A Y Malone announced consolidation of Dothan R F D route seven with routes one four and five. Route seven’s cancellation marks the second rural route disbanded this year after route six was absorbed in February. Patrons west of Dothan were told to confer with carriers to learn future mail arrangements.
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Dothan R. F. D
A. Y. Malone
Dothan
Jelilico
Geneva County
Vicksburg
Reward Increases For Arrest Of Judge Pearce Killer
A contribution of £10 from J. G. Bennett of Montgomery raised the reward fund for the hit and run killing of Judge H. A. Pearce to $516 over half of the $1,000 goal. The government investigator noted the added incentive as authorities seek the suspect.
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J. G. Bennett
Montgomery
H. A. Pearce
Baby Face Nelson Found Dead Slain by Federal Agents
Nelson lies in a ditch at Niles Center after a Barrington gunfight that killed Hollis and Cowley. The body shows multiple gunshot wounds, with agents pursuing along Sheridan Road and Lake Bluff crackdown details tying to the Dillinger era.
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Baby Face Nelson
Washington
George
Nelson
Niles Center
Homer C. Cummings
Samuel P. Cowley
H. E. Hollis
Barrington
Cummings
Hollis
Cowley
Department of Justice
Lester Tiffany
Lake County
Eugene Spald
Lake Bluff
Jack Durand
Scott Durands
Sheridan Road
Chicago
Herman FE. Holls
Dillinger
Holla
John Hamilton
Outlaw Hunt Yields No Trace After Wide Search
Officers searched the home from attic to cellar and extended their hunt to barns, outhouses, and woods but found no trace of the outlaw. They then proceeded to the Scott Durand residence to continue searches through barns.
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Scott Durand
Airmail Pilot Bails Out At 5000 Feet Near Scottsboro
Eastern Air Lines pilot R G Chew bailed out from a mail plane at 5 o'clock about eight miles north of Scottsboro after the motor failed in fog. He landed with a leg injury, the plane burned with its cargo, and Chew later aided postal authorities at the crash site. It was his second bailout in darkness from a dead engine.
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Scottsboro
Eastern Air Lines
Atlanta
Chicago
Here
R. G
Bob) Chew
Chew
Tennessee
North
Alabama
Arkansas youth seized in extortion attempt
Federal officials say a 17 year old youth named James Beck Morgan was taken into custody after sending four extortion notes to Leon and Vector Moore demanding 500 dollars. He was arrested near Rison, and the package directed by a note was discarded by Leon Moore from his car. He is jailed at Pine Bluff while a warrant is prepared.
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Little Rock
Ark
Rison
James Beck Morgan
Leon
Vector Moore
R. B. Conroy
Division of Investigation
Department of Justice
Arkansas
Leon Moore
Pine Bluff
Conroy
U. S
Fred A. Isgrig
Senators Seek Cash Bonus Deal for Needy Veterans
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Harrison said a compromise to cash service certificates for needy ex soldiers could win congressional passage with the administration backing. He noted Roosevelt’s support after a Warm Springs meeting and predicted Congress would not override a presidential veto on a full cash bonus.
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Washington
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Senate
Diones Thrive Quintuplets Mark Six Months In Health
Callander Ontario November 2 AP The Dionne quintuplets reached six months of age today and their physician Dr. A R Dafoe says all five are free of organic disorder and in better health than at birth They are described as healthy and big with a normal expected life span and growing health advantages ahead.
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Callander
Ont
A. R. Dafoe
State police solve puzzle in five Pennsylvania deaths mystery
Carlisle November 28 state police probing four day old mystery of five bodies found in the Pennsylvania mountains report progress and a developing chain of circumstances. leads stretch to New England California and South Baltimore area within a 160 mile radius of Carlisle. investigators focus on Langhorne area along the Lincoln highway and a South Langhorne tourist camp.
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Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Harry L. McElroy
New England
California
Balthmore
South Langhorne
Philadelphia
Duncanaville
Lincoln Highway
Dutch Schultz Surrenders to Face Tax Evasion Charge
Arthur Flegenheimer known as Dutch Schultz surrendered to U S Commissioner Lester T Hubbard in Albany to answer a federal income tax evasion charge. He pleaded not guilty and was held on a 50000 dollar bond and sent to Albany county jail. Reports had stated he lived near Saratoga Springs.
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Albany
N. Y
Arthur Flegenheimer
Dutch Schultz
New York
United States
Lester T. Hubbard
Schultz
Saratoga Springs
Paris Peasants Clash as Police Disperse Demonstration
In Paris on November 28 hundreds of disgruntled peasants tried to march against a government ban on demonstrations. Police used force to break up the protest. several peasants were bruised in the clashes.
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Paris
Weather Outlook Mixed Clouds and Rain Likely East
The forecast notes mostly cloudy conditions tonight with a drop in temperature. Thursday brings further partly cloudy skies with occasional rain in the eastern portion and cooler temperatures, while Tennessee shows cloudy conditions with possible rain tonight and Thursday, especially in the northwest.
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Ala
Tenn
Northwest
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