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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1933
Page
2
The piece surveys the NRA and brain trust discussions on milk price supports and potential government guarantees. It notes talk of a commodity dollar, wage/shop controls, and shifts in policy led by Wallace and Tugwell, with tensions among farm advisers and credit policy figures.
Sixteen men were shot and more than twenty beaten as rioting erupted in three H C Frick coal mines signaling a mining holiday. Deputies clashed with pickets while tear bombs flew. one deputy lost an arm. President Roosevelt summoned top officials for a White House coal crisis meeting with Governor Pinchot after reports of field unrest.
The crew of the Benjamin Barnes schooner, afire in Chesapeake Bay, was rescued by an oyster boat off Buckroe Beach near Old Point Comfort. An explosion and several minor blasts rocked the vessel as she neared shore. the cause was not known. Captain Foster and one crewman suffered burns.
The Alabama court of appeals ruled pawnbrokers may sell any article lawfully pawned without extra licenses. The ruling overturned a state claim for 260.75 dollars from Levy Loan Co. of Birmingham for licenses and penalties, supported by prior circuit court decisions.
The Census Bureau reports August cotton consumption at about 580000 bales of lint and 83000 linters. Active spindles reached over 25000000, up from just over 22000000 in August last year.
The sales committee of the United States Tobacco Association voted to postpone the opening of auction tobacco sales in the middle old bright and other belts where sales have not started by as many days as the South. Carolina and new bright belt markets remained closed.
Havana Sept 14 AP President San Martin works on a manifesto expected to demand dictatorial powers to curb disorder. He faces opposition from veteran leaders amid labor troubles and 500 officers pressing to reinstate his predecessor. Police reserves held in readiness with rifles, no reason given.
W L Ingram, claiming Norfolk origin, was arrested by U S Deputy Marshal J W Daughtry in Headland on impersonation of a federal radio commission officer. He faced a $2000 bond after a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner Beaty B Whiddon. Heard filed the charge, saying Ingram posed as an inspector for radio stations and sought funds for expenses. The pair traveled to Montgomery for the first inspection, where Ingram left after registration.
Work on the Shell Petroleum filling station at N. Oates and W. Main nears completion with a few weeks left. Preparations to erect the Sinclair Oil station at N. Oates and W. Troy are moving rapidly. The Shell site should be finished soon, while the Sinclair contract has not yet been awarded. The W. C. Fenn home will be moved to make room, with the residence expected on the new site later this week or early next.
Dallas county intends to apply soon to the Alabama Public Works Advisory Board for 600000 to fund a road resurfacing program. Officials met with board members this week to clear remaining technicalities before filing the application.
Jefferson City Sept 14 AP The Missouri penitentiary was quarantined as a precaution against encephalitis after 140 deaths in six weeks though prison physician Dr W W Rambo said no cases had appeared there and the move was preventive.
Two thefts were reported to city police. Haywood Wynn said a tire was removed from his car while City Coal Co. officials reported two front tires and the rims stolen from a company truck.
License tags for passenger cars rise under a new weight scale starting October 1 per inspector B. H. May. Vehicle weight determines class A to FE prices from 11.75 to 30.50 dollars, motorcycles at 5.50 without side cars, trucks unchanged by tonnage. Supplies are ready for distribution next month with orange tags and black figures.
Washington reports from the U S Department of Agriculture say 29 to 35 cents of each food dollar should go to milk and dairy products. The agency urges families to spend at least as much on milk as on meats and to ensure calcium and protein needs are met for both children and adults.
A $100,000 Polar Star diamond was snatched today from Samuels Harrison in Hatton Garden London. A youthful thief broke the shop window, pried the grill with iron, seized the gem, and escaped in a car in daylight raids that alarm the diamond trade area.
Police in a city call car pursued two men who allegedly collided with three autos before striking a police vehicle at a red light. The suspects escaped but were later arrested at a filling station. Names given: Ernest David and Ray Lawrence. David jailed for drunkenness prohibition violation and auto operation while intoxicated. Lawrence jailed for drunkenness. No injuries reported. two autos lightly damaged.
The theft of two 50 pound sacks of coffee from a box car at the Bay Line railway depot last night was reported to county officers today. The java, valued at 25 dollars, was being shipped to Mitt Carlisle at the state line.
Probate Judge H. K. Martin announced warrants from the senatorial election dated July 14 will be paid at the Houston County depository the Dothan Bank and Trust Co starting today. The warrants total about 800 dollars and all preferred registered warrants will be paid in registration order as funds allow.
Henry Butler, 52, of Blakely Gr, died at a local hospital yesterday at 1 05 p m after an illness of two weeks. He is survived by his widow, one brother John Butler of Blakely, and two sisters Mrs Joe Hamil and Miss Mattie Butler plus Mrs Clara Butler all of Blakely. The funeral was set for four this afternoon at Blakely Methodist Church with Rev A Hearn officiating. Interment followed at Blakely cemetery. Houston Funeral Company in charge of arrangements.
Home demonstration agents from Southeast Alabama gathered at the Houston Hotel as two State Extension Service representatives spoke on Clothing and Food Preservation. Four H Club specialist Miss Bess Fleming planned winter expansion. Dr B F Austin could not attend. A tour of Dothan followed the session and a county council round table will close the assembly Friday morning.
Birmingham report outlines Alabama Independent Merchants Association push to form local trade groups across the state to bolster President Roosevelt's recovery program. Secretary Apperson notes associations speed administration and bulk dealings with regions, listing early local chapters in Mobile Montgomery Birmingham Frontaville Selma and others.
Senator Harrison predicts administration action to raise commodity prices soon possibly via dollar devaluation. He cites talks with President Roosevelt Director of the Budget and the Federal Reserve governor and warns Congress will require action when it convenes.
The Tennessee Valley Authority set wholesale power costs for Muncie Shoals at seven mills per kilowatt hour for municipally owned distribution systems. Proposals include municipal retail charges with blocks, aiming for an average of about two to three mills for typical consumers and seven mills for a fully electrified home.
Veterans in the Wiregrans may join the Civilian Conservation Corps forestry program. Applications are available from the Veterans Administration at Birmingham. A quota of 135 veterans will be chosen Sept 25 and 26, allocated across 67 counties by the same ratio as the first allotment. Eligible veterans must be honorably discharged from World War I or Spanish American War service, with preference to unemployed former soldiers with dependents.
Washington Sept 14 AP reports plans to establish up to 24 civilian conservation units in the Norris reservoir area and nearby Tennessee Valley this winter. Men will work on erosion control projects and the program may extend to private lands under cooperative agreements with owners.
Newton citizens plan a nine month operation campaign as two local schools prepare to open next Monday for the 1983 34 term with an indefinite length.
Isador Saks, founder of the Saks bears department stores, died at his Elberon home at age 82, two days after celebrating his 58th wedding anniversary.
U S judge in Montgomery leniently sentences four former Houston National and Enterprise banks officials who pleaded guilty to federal banking act violations. Fines range from 1000 to 2000 dollars with one year and one day suspended sentences and three years probation. The October 1931 bank failure context noted.
Twenty one home demonstration agents and specialists attended a three day meeting hosted by the Dothan Kiwains Club at the Houston Hotel. Miss Dobyne summarized last year’s work noting products raised and canned totaling 2 724 662 dollars with curb market revenue of 267 318 dollars.
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