Strike Ties Up New Jersey Dye Plants
Elaborate police precautions guarded Paterson and surrounding towns as dye plants statewide began a strike affecting about 30 000 workers. Picket lines formed before opening hours with an unofficial estimate of 15 000 on the lines, while shops remained closed and no disorders were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Roosevelt
Caterson Uxt No
Passaic Valley
Paterson Azte
Hinchcliffe Stadium
United States Protests Manchukuo Oil Monopoly
The United States has lodged representations with Japan opposing Manchukuo's state oil monopoly, arguing it violates the open door policy and the Nine Power Treaty and harms American oil firms. Britain and the Netherlands reportedly echoed concerns, citing losses to Standard Oil and their joint Petroleum Company interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Netherlands
Standard Oil Company, & American
British
Dutca
Orphan Thieves Operation Delivers Infant At Bristol
A baby boy born after the death of his mother and father is thriving at a Bristol hospital. The infant weighs nine pounds and ten ounces and was born ten minutes after the mother's death during an operation by Drs J. R. Ey and T. R. Bowers. The father, Robert G. Nicholson, drowned at Miami months earlier, and the widow Nicholson, 22, died shortly after arriving at the hospital in a dying condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Venn
Robert G. Nicholson
Miami
Nicholson
Dra. J. R.ey
T. R. Bowers
Weather summary for Alabama and surrounding areas
Partly cloudy tonight in Alabama with southeast rain and cooler northwest. Friday dry. Extreme northwest Florida cloudy with east rain tonight and Friday clearing. Tennessee shows partly cloudy with passing rain and warmer trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Orida
Petii
Tennessee
Cheap Dollars Debate On Birthday Marks One Year
Washington reports the first anniversary of the American drive to revalue prices by lowering the gold value of the dollar. Economists remain divided over its effects as gold and wholesale prices rise since the RFC began buying domestic gold a year ago. Some economists oppose cheapening the dollar while others favor raising the dollar price of gold to restore prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
RFC
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Educators Endorse United Plan for Alabama Legislation
The Alabama Education Association legislative committee adopted a tentative three point program for a six to seven month school term more teachers and additional buildings to handle rising attendance. secretary Frank Grove said the plan aims for a united drive with no split recommendations and includes classroom teacher Miss Johnny Stott of Birmingham on the panel for a broader view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Education Association
Frank Grove
AEA
Grove
Johnny Stott
Birmingham
H. G. Dowling
Tuscaloosa
A. F. Harman
J. A. Keller
Andalusia
R .H. Southerland
Livingston
Paul Munro
Selma
W. C. Griggs
Mobile
E. L. Morphet
J. 8. Lambert
H. J. Wilingham
Florence
John Bryant
Bessemer
C. J. Goin
Miss Stott
Mr. Grove
O. C. Carmichael
Montevallo
Education Board Officers to Take Office First in Houston County
The Houston County Board of Education will see two new members, Dr. J. L. Bracewell and I. J. Thomas, win in the spring primaries and be sworn in November 30. They replace longtime members W. L. Lee and J. Whiddon who withdrew. The slate includes Dr. Hicks of Cottonwood, J. M. Meadows of Eenioxe, and G. E. Jackson of Gorton who will serve with Bracewell and Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Board of Education
New Education Board
J. L. Bracewell
I. J. Thomas
W. L. Lee
J. Whiddon
Bracewell
Thomas
Dothan
D. M. Hicks
Cottonwood
J. M. Meadows
Eenioxe
G. E. Jackson
Goron
Injured Pedestrian Sues Driver in Inegne Count Case
E. O. Williams files in Houston county circuit court against C. C. Chapman for $200 claiming injuries from an August 11 auto strike on Crawford Street near Marone Motor Co. Williams says Chapman negligently operated the car causing a sore back and internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Williams
Houston County Circuit Court
C. C .Chapman
Chapman
Williams
E. Crawford Street
Marone Motor Co
Fair Executives Predict Attendance Near 60 000 at Houston County Fair
With the halfway mark reached officials expect attendance to rival the old Southeastern Alabama Fair. Friday features Bicyclists Day with free admission for cyclists from McMichael Bicycle Shop at 1 45 p m. Walter Nealand, noted rider and PR director, will start the races and may ride an exhibition lap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
McMichael
EB. Main Street
Nealand
South
Bobby Walthour
Peachtree Arena
Atlanta
Dothan
Houston County
Jackson to head Dothan Kiwanis
J Theodore Jackson attorney was named president of the Dothan Kiwanis Club for 1935 at the Houston Hotel luncheon. He succeeds J L Vaughn city auditor treasurer. Sam Blumberg and Solomon Baxter named first and second vice presidents. Rish spoke on what makes a good citizen as part of the Education Committee campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Theodore Jackson
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Houston
J. L. Vaughn
Jackson
Sam Blumberg
Solomon Baxter
Mr. Vaughn
Myer Blumberg
D. C. Haistings
S .O. Moseley
Groadus Willoughby
C. C. Moseley
John W. Rish
Rish
Education Committee
Sanford Pate
Ashford
City Officials Plan Escort for American Legion Caravan
Dothan officials will meet and escort a caravan of American Legionaires traveling from Miami to Chicago. The group will pass through Dothan briefly and proceed to Troy for a barbecue with a short program by the mayor and civic club officers followed by refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Dothan
American Legionaires
Miami
Fla
Chicago
Legionnaires
Troy
Police report: woman struck by auto at fairgrounds
Police said last night a Black woman was struck by a car at the fairgrounds and seriously injured but her identity could not be learned. She was not taken to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairgrounds
Health officials visit Houston County to photograph dairies
Health officers C. A. Abele and F. M. Downs of the state health department are visiting Houston County for several days. They will photograph dairies for a department book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Abele
F. M. Downs
State Health Department
Houston County Health Wait
Legion Urges Immediate Cash Bonus For Veterans
At the 16th annual American Legion convention in Miami Florida the group demanded immediate payment of veteran bonus certificates and forgiveness of loan interest. The floor vote showed strong state splits with New York opposing while Pennsylvania California Illinois and others supported the measure. A roll call was demanded by several states and the chair ruled there was no doubt on the result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
American Legion
Legion
The
Legislative Committee
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Illinois
Massachusetts
Michigan
Tennessee
Connecticut
Edward A. Hayes
Decatur, Til
Hearing on TVA sale adjourned to November 5
The Alabama Public Service Commission adjourned the hearing on a 221000 dollar sale of Alabama Power property in the Muncie Shoals area to the Tennessee Valley Authority until November 5. Intervening coal and ice companies, led by attorney Forney Johnston, pressed to show TVA expenses on the Athens Alabama distribution system excluded costs. The session featured cross examination of TVA rate engineer Edward Falek who denied the claim while noting no taxes or legal expenses were included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Als
Alabama Public Service Commission
Alabama Fower Company
Muncie Shoals
Tennessee Valley Authority
Forney Johnston
Fidward Falek
TVA
Johnston
Athens
Aln
Falek
Meagher to Stick With Same Starters vs Kentucky
Auburn coach Jack Meagher says he will start the same lineup that opened the game with Vanderbilt against Kentucky Saturday. The starters showed improved backs and linemen in practice, running faster and charging harder than before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
Jack Meagher
Kentucky Wildcats
Vanderbilt
Condon Identifies Hauptmann as Lindbergh Baby Kidnapper
Dr. John F. Condon said Hauptmann was the man "John" who received the $50,000 ransom for the Lindbergh baby. The assertion followed Condon's meetings in the Bronx jail and Flemington courthouse amid ongoing secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Condon
Hauptmann
Bronx County
Carpenter
Flemington Ceater- Gay
Pevid T. Wientz
Wientz
Condon
Mussolini orders guards from government at Exposition
Premier Mussolini requires cabinet ministers and high officials to perform guard duty at the National Fascist Exposition in Rome. government members will march in uniform with rifles at the portals as the event nears closure. Notable figures Marconi Balbo and other grand council members are mentioned among those serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Grand Council of Fascism
Euglielmo Marconi
Italo Balbo
Libya
Grand Council
Family of Slain Girl In Custody For Death Probe
In Laurel Mississippi on October 25 1950 the mother and father and two brothers of 15 year old Hester Jackson were jailed on murder charges related to her death. Sheriff Basgett said neighbors threatened and ordered separate jails. Initial reports claimed she shot herself in the breast with a shotgun while with her father in the fields. Investigators pursued leads after neighbors urged inquiry. George Jackson 50 and Louis Jackson 21 were jailed in Jones County Jail at Laurel. Mrs Jackson was jailed in Ellisville. Kermie Jackson 13 was held in Bay Springs Jasper County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel
Miss
Hester Jackson
Sherrfe J. CC. Basgett
Bay Springs
Jackson
George Jackson
Louis Jackson
Jones County
Isaac Stewart Carroll Dies After Brief Illness
Isaac Stewart Carroll known as Ike died at his home on route 1 at 4 34 PM after a few days illness. He was 56. Survived by widow Aubrey Carroll son four daughters four brothers and four sisters. Funeral at Clarke church at 10 AM tomorrow with burial in the church cemetery. Houston Funeral Home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Stewart Carroll
Ike
Aubrey Carroll
Miami
Fla
Frank Martin
Route A
Millard Arnold
Blakely
G. R. Wheeler
Jessie Carroll
Route 1
Frank
Pandora
Tex
Willis
Allen
Dothan
Joe Carorll
Columbia
Sallie Shores
Cedar Keys
John W. Bass
Andalusia
T. Howell
J. T. Trawick
Clarke Church
Knight Promises To Speed Bill For Reapportionment
Alabama attorney general candidate Thomas Knight Jr. pledges to appoint a senate committee to draft a reapportionment bill when the Senate convenes in January. Knight would preside over the Senate and appoint committees, signaling reapportionment as a top issue in Montgomery. Former rival Harry Walker led the 11th hour fight for reapportionment, with the constitution basing representation on the 1900 census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Thomas ¥. Knight, Jr
Senate
Knight
Alabama
Montgomery
Harry Walker
Limestone County
Walker
House
Field Day Of Swapping Surplus Cotton Certificates
Houston county farmers with surplus or shortage of ginning certificates will gather at the courthouse on Tuesday and Wednesday for a field day of swapping trading and buying. I M White assistant in cotton adjustment said surplus certificates from other states may be avoided by adjusting the local balance. Farmers may buy swap or trade certificates during the two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
I. M. White
White
Union Plaza massacre probe widens as 8 indicted plotters
A federal grand jury adds eight defendants in the Union Plaza killings case. Indictments allege a conspiracy to free gangster Frank Nash from officers, with named defendants including Laula Stacchi, Frances Nash, Richard Tallman Galatas, Herbert Afien Farmer, Fritz Mulloy, Vivian Hatchins, Verne Miller, and Adams Richetts. The package details plan and a rescue attempt at Union Station after Nash’s capture in Hot Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Get
Federal Grand Jury
Union Station Plaza
Frank Nash
Nash
Laula Staccci
Melrose Park
Charles
Pretty Boy) Floyd
Adams Richetts
Union Station
Overton and Henry Fight in Roosevelt Hotel Lobby
United States Senator John H. Overton and attorney Burt W. Henry, leader of the Honest Election League of New Orleans, engaged in a ferocious fist fight in the Roosevelt Hotel lobby. The clash lasted a minute or two with blows and cuts as Overton was carried to his room badly injured. He blamed Henry for remarks on the Senate floor and refused to apologize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
United States
John H. Overton
Huey P. Long
Burt W. Henry
Honest Election League of
Roosevelt Hotel
Overton
Henry
United States Senate
Uniform State Gasoline Price Aims to Equalize Costs
The plan to set a uniform gasoline price is being tried by oil firms with Alabama seeing Dothan at 21 cents per gallon before taxes. The base price would be 13 cents while an eight cent excise is split among state city and federal governments. Standard Oil Co Waco Pep and Gulf led the move. Higher test fuels will keep prior percentage changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Dothan
Standard Oil Co
Waco Pep
Gulf
Relief Chiefs Attend District Conferences Hosted by Andalusia
Alabama Neves Administration officials gathered in Andalusia for the Alabama Institute of Social Work district conference to learn contract implementation under the FERA terms. Fred Smith led the instruction with officials from Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Choctaw, Coffer, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Escambia, Henry, Monroe, Houston, Washington and Wilcox counties. Dothan delegates included Mrs Charles Berry and others from local ARA and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Neves
Andalusia
Alabama Institute of Social Work
Fred Smith
Baldwin
Butler
Clarke
Choctaw
Coffer
Coneeuh
Covington
Dale
Geneva
Escambia
Henry
Monroe
Houston
Washington
Wilcox
FERA
Negro convict slain in Kilby Prison fight
Robert Coley a Montgomery Negro convict was stabbed to death today by Rufus Grown an other Negro during a fight at Kilby Prison. The report comes to the State Convict Department from Warden George P Walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Robert Coley
Rufus Grown
Kilby
State Convict Department
George P. Walls
Five gunmen abduct Long Beach marshal. raid Maloy home
Five armed men kidnapped the Long Beach town marshal and used him as a decoy to gain entry to the home of Thomas Maloy, head of the Chicago Motion Picture Operators Union, robbing it of cash and jewelry totaling about 63,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Long Beach
Thomas Maloy
Chicago Motion Picture Operators Union
Bankers Make Peace Demand Budget Plumb
American bankers voted to cooperate with the Roosevelt administration while insisting on a balanced budget. The American Bankers Association adopted proposals urging government cooperation and fiscal restraint, noting emergencies may require spending but income must not be exceeded. The resolutions await adoption and reference the president's speech to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
American Bankers Association
United States
Congress
Hauptmann Trial Date Set In Lindbergh Baby Case
Bruno Richard Hauptmann appeared in Hunterdon County court pleading not guilty to murder in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. Trial date fixed for January 2 by Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Trenchard after arraignment. Hauptmann, interviewed in the county jail by intermediary Dr. John F. Condon who arranged $50,000 payoff, discussed events of the night in the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemington
N. J
Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Bronx
Hunterdon County
Hauptmann
John F
Jofale) Condon
David T. Witentz
High Court Dismisses Plea of Youth in Williams Case
The Alabama Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of Wil le Williams of Mobile who was sentenced to die in the electric chair for robbery. Williams cited lack of funds and said he would seek a commute from Governor Miller. His brother Lawrence Williams received a life sentence. The ruling returns the case to Mobile circuit court for a new execution date and clemency hearing timing pending Kilby prison arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Wille Williams
Mobile
B. M. Miller
Lawrence Williams
Supreme Court
Mobile Circuit Court
Willams
Kilby
Radioman of Mobile Ship Missing at Sea
William J. Lascade 31 a wireless operator on the Waterman Line steamship West Kyska was reported lost at sea October 5 while en route from Bremen to Baltimore. His wife Hive resides in New Orleans. First Officer J J Reilly reported the disappearance. Captain Wheadon was hospitalized in Bremen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
William J. Lascade
Waterman Line
West Kyska
Bremen
Germany
Baltimore
Lscade
Hives
New Orleans
J. J. Reilly
E. L. Wheadon
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New Jersey
Manchukuo
Orphan Thieves
Education Board
Dothan Kiwanis
New States
Legion Thunders Immediate
Meagher
Kentucky
Jassie
John
Eaglet
Trenton
John F. Condon
IL Duce
By John Lloyd
Union Plaza
Senator Overton
Charles Berry
G. P. Morrison
C. L. Willams
Allison Culbreth
Lillian Crawford
ARA
People OF America
High Court
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