Relief grant may be final for Alabama December funds
Thad Holt says unofficial Washington advices indicate December relief grant for Alabama may be an outright grant on current basis, with December 15 deadline for commitments to finish qualifying projects. The state will also face a 50 percent cut to common labor wages, while skilled wages stay unchanged, to shift workers off relief rolls.
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Montgomery
Thad Holt
Washington
Alabama
Alabama Relief
NRA
ARA
CWA
Dothan
Federal Emergency
Relief Administration
Holt
G. P. Morrison
FERA
Morrison
Alabama Faces Stanford In Rose Bowl Game On Jan 1
Alabama was selected to meet Stanford in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day in Pasadena. The Crimson Tide, making its fourth Rose trip, finished the season strong with a 34 to 0 win over Vanderbilt and 114 points in the last three games. Stanford, Pac Coast champion, is unbeaten and was chosen unanimously. Masters noted no invitation was extended to Minnesota due to Western Conference post season rules.
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Pasadena
Calif
Alabama
Stanford
Alfred Masters
Crimson Tide
Frank Thomas
Vanderbilt
Indians
Santa Clara
Masters
University of Minnesota
Alabama Vows Rose Bowl Showdown With Stanford
Alabama officials confirmed the inviting Rose Bowl appearance against Stanford on New Year’s Day. President George Denny and coach Frank Thomas expressed happiness over the selection as the team begins final training and students plan to travel to California to cheer the Crimson Tide.
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Alabama
California
University
Als
George Denny
Frank Thomas
Stanford
Millard Howell
Jimmy Angelich
Bill Lee
Don Hutson
Pacific Coast
State's Women Lawyers Draft Legislative Program
Feminine barristers from Alabama meet in Montgomery at the call of Miss Alice Doyle to outline a legislative program. Lillian D. Hadnot and Judge Virginia Mayfield chair committees on jurisprudence reform and legislative matters, proposing higher widow homestead exemptions and criminal parole law reforms. Mrs Ide V. Rosenthal of Birmingham will be principal speaker.
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Montgomery
Alice Doyle
Alabama Women Lawyers Association
Mires
Lillian D. Hadhot
Birmingham
Virginia Mayfield
Ide V. Rosenthal
Birmingtheta
Birmingham Council of the State Association
Key demands city liquor store to balance Atlanta budget
Mayor James L Key urged the Atlanta budget commission to back a municipally operated liquor store to cover a $1.817 million deficit, threatening to push 32 percent salary cuts on city workers if rejected. Police chief Sturdivant backs the plan while prosecutors warn of action if the store opens. Council to consider $10,000 for wines and lacquers.
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Atlanta
James L. Key
Key
T. O. Sturdivant
Animal parasite hunt to take federal men to government preserve
An eight to ten day hunt is planned in Baldwin county by W A McCullough director of the local ecto parasite survey workers Dr A Rumreich P A Surgeon of the National Institute of Health and Dr Hoge of the state health department. The team will leave Dothan tonight for a government game preserve in Baldwin county. Animals captured will be used in a vermin survey by the ecto parasite division officials said.
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Baldwin County
W. A .McCullough
A. Rumreich
P. A
National Institute of Health of Washington
Dr. Hoge
State Health Department
Montgomery
Dothan
Teachers Paid as October Salaries Disbursed in Houston County
Houston county educators and bus drivers received long delayed October salaries today. The office of Solomon Baxter, county superintendent, disbursed 18000 dollars, 13000 of which came from a state appropriation and the rest from the schools' tax share.
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Houston County
Solomon Baxter
City and County Merger Proposal Meeting Impends
Mayor W W Ramsey of Russellville hosts the Alabama League of Municipalities executive committee in Montgomery to discuss Governor-elect Bibb Graves plans to reorganize city and county governments. Jefferson County Birmingham consolidation is the largest proposal under consideration with Birmingham officials invited amid illness of J M Jones. Graves aims for no forced removals and vacancies by election. Horace C Wilkinson has drafted a Jefferson County Birmingham consolidation bill for 1935.
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Birmingham
W. W. Ramsey
Russellville
Alabama League of Municipalities
League
Montgomery
Bibb Graves
Jefferson County
Lewey Robinson
J. M. Jones
Commission
Birmingham News
Graves
Horace C. Wilkinson
Constitutional Law Authority
Japan seeks non aggression and lower naval limits
Tokyo November 30 AP Japan's foreign minister Koki Hirota argues the government aims to uphold a non menace non aggression principle. He calls for abolition of the ratio principle in naval disarmament and a common upper limit for powers Japan the United States and Britain. He hopes for a new naval pact to secure world peace and notes improving relations with Europe America and China.
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Tokyo
Japan
Koki Hirota
Diet
Hirota
United States
Britain
Hirda
Great Britain
Europe
America
China
East Asia
Federal Court Upholds Bailey Penalty for Urschel Kidnapping
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Harvey Bailey as a kidnapper of Charles F Urschel. Bailey, an Oklahoma millionaire, is serving a life term at Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay.
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Denver
Harvey Bailey
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Bailey
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
Dothan Red Cross Drive Extends Campaign
J A Logue chairman of the Dothan American Red Cross drive says enrollment lags last year and will continue until the city shows credible results. Only 92 memberships were received with 10 from Columbia and Coca Cola Bottling Co with 19 employees as the only 100 percent Dothan firm. He notes donations range from 1 to 500 dollars and 50 cents goes to national headquarters.
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Dothan
American Red Cross
J. A. Logue
Coca-Cola
Mr. Logue
Columbia
National Headquarters
FHA Offers Full Insurance for Large Low-Cost Housing
The Federal Housing Administration proposes full insurance coverage for the cost of large low cost housing developments excluding land, encouraging private capital involvement. Projects must be multiunit, either in one building or a group, with land paid, and capitalization limited to actual stockholder investments.
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Washington
Federal
FHA
James A. Moffett
Birmingham Street Shoot Leaves Man Dead and Woman Wounded
In Birmingham on November 30 AP reports a fatal shooting and injuries after a confrontation with a frightened assailant. Ernest Rochell, 36, died hours after being shot in the head. Mrs. R D Hill, 31, and her mother-in-law Mrs. Robert Hill were injured by flying glass. Both assailants fled and were not located. Rochell belonged to a prominent local family. his brother runs a bottling business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ernest Rochell
R. D. Hill
Robert Hill
Rochell
R. R. Rochell
Boy Scout 12 Dies in 100 Foot Watauga River Plunge
In Elizabethton Tennessee on November 30 1934 a 12 year old Boy Scout named Jack Herring fell about 100 feet from a cliff into the Watauga River during a camping trip. Dr E E Pearson reported a broken neck from the impact and death.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Watauga River
Jack Herring
E. E. Pearson
Portents of a Shorter Congress Session on Capitol Hill
The Roosevelt administration signals a relatively brief congressional session with emphasis on early action to shape the future of the NRA. Drafts by Donald Richberg propose changes to antitrust rules for trade agreements, minimum wages, and hours, while preserving Section 7 A on collective bargaining.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
NRA
Donald R. Richberg
Executive Council
White House
Anti-Japanese Night Riders Bomb Farm Homes in Arizona
In the Salt River valley peace officers hunted anti-Japanese night riders after renewed bombings on Oriental operated farms near Phoenix. A homemade missile exploded in Jim Takesuge’s yard endangering three children and seven mules nearby. two other bombs did not explode. DOJ agents joined the investigation into a white farmer driven campaign in the Salt River area.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Salt River Valley
Jim Takesuge
Department of Justice
Salt River
Bank Clearings Show 2.2 Percent Week Increase
Leading U.S. cities posted a 2.2 percent rise in bank clearings last week to 4.1763 billion, reversing a prior decline. New York City totaled 2.6228 billion, down 0.2 percent from a year earlier, while outside centers reached 1.5539 billion, up 18 percent.
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New York
New York City
800000 Dominate Bulk Of American Banking Deposits
The FDIC released figures showing 800000 of 50000000 depositors in 14000 banks hold two thirds of 36465763000. Analysts note many are corporations with numerous stockholders, separating individuals from corporate holders. Dr Mordecai Ezekiel warned that in 1929 seventy one percent of families earned under 2500 yearly.
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Washington
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ezekiel
Mordecai Ezekiel
Agriculture Department
National Council of Teachers of English
Cyclones injure 30 and cause widespread property damage
Cyclone activity in Louisiana and Mississippi injures over 30 people and causes substantial property losses. Rain and flooding threaten areas from Baton Rouge to North Carolina, with rivers rising and multiple flood warnings issued. Weather worsens across the nation as storms and cold fronts move in.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Ohio Valley
United States
Newton
Miss
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Releigh
Wake Forest
N. C
Crabtree Creek
Neuse
Cape Fear
Birmingham
Nashville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
New Orleans
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Little Rock
Memphis
Indianapolis
New York
Cincinnati
Louisville
Washington
Knoxville
Richmond
Augusta
Jacksonville
Fla
High Speed Subtractor and Eye Read Atomic Secrets
At MIT Cambridge a new 50 000 subtraction per minute interval sorter analyzes spectral lines to reveal atomic energy levels. A mechanical eye using photoelectric cells measures spectrum lines far faster than human eyes, currently twenty times faster and hoped to reach two hundred times.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New World
Hunted Gangster Woman Captured Hope of Arrest
Federal agents pressed to capture Ellen Gillis widow of Baby Face Nelson. They sought Nelson's associates including John Hamilton after a machine gun battle in Barrington left Inspector Cowley and Special Agent Hollis dead. Officials believed Gillis was with Nelson.
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Chicago
Federal
Ellen Gillis
George
Baby Face
Barrington
Samuel P. Cowley
Herman Hollis
Fitzgerald Hall Named N C and St L President
Fitzgerald Hall of Nashville was elected president of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway succeeding James B. Hill who earlier this week became head of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Hall has been vice president and general counsel of the line.
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Nashville, Tenn
Fitzgerald Hall
Nashville
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
James B. Hill
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Hal
Thanksgiving Vacation Brightens Dothan And Houston County
Dothan and Houston County kept a calm holiday as police and jail records showed emptiness in the jails. Only a fatal automobile crash marked the day, a sole blemish on the holiday scene.
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Dothan
Houston County
Cotton figures from Liverpool weekly statistics
AP reports Liverpool on November 30 shows imports at 35,000 bales with 15,000 American, stock at 916,900, American 256,000, forwarded 53,000, American 19,000, exports 2,000, American 1,000.
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Liverpool
Letter From President Credited With Helping Boy
Chicago report credits a letter from President Franklin D Roosevelt with aiding Richard Presdawell's recovery from near paralysis. The boy spent nine days on an artificial respirator and regained partial use of a lung and one side of his body after following medical advice and rereading the President's note.
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Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard Presdawell
Richard
Local banker John J. Espy dies in head-on crash near Headland
John Jolly Espy 56 of Headland a banker businessman and former state senator was killed in a head-on collision eight miles south of Cothar on the Alabama Florida highway. Injured were Alto V. Mec Clenny a Headland contractor and D P Clark 17 of Campbellton Fla both reported in serious condition. C A Stringer escaped with minor bruises. Espy was returning from Panama City when the crash occurred.
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John J. Espy
Headland
Big Creek
Cothar
Alto V. MecClenny
D. P. Clark
Campbellton
Fla
C. A. Stringer
Panama City
Fiji
McClenny
Young Clark
Harry Arrivals
Clark
4& Wagon
Elisp
Marchine
Henry County
John Jolly Eepy
Tom E. Espy
Dothan
Ilso
Espy
Henry
Houston
State Senate
Democratic
Weather Forecast Digest for Southern States
The bulletin notes fair and cold conditions with frost likely in the southwest portion tonight. Saturday brings fair but colder weather. Tennessee shows generally fair and much colder with possible rain in the extreme east tonight. Saturday fair and colder in the east. Extreme Northwest Florida fair and colder tonight and Saturday with moderate southwest to northwest winds.
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Magic City
Birmingham-Jefferson
Urschel
Red Cross
Moffett
Birmian
Portents Herald
Capitol Hill
Warm Springs
Arizona
Oriental Farm
Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
Michoacan
Cardenas
National Revolutionary Party
Abelardo Rodriguez
Manilla
Philippines
Honolulu
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Leadville
Colo
Great Lakes
New “Eye
Bare Atom Secrets
George R. Harrison
Institute
Nelson
Fitzgerald
ST. L
Boyaliy
Alto V. McClenny
D. P. Clark Hart
Collisio
First Baptist Church
Headland Woodman of the World
Frosty
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