Tornado Strikes South Killing Eleven Across Five Counties
A tornado swept through five counties in west central Alabama and adjacent Mississippi, killing eleven and injuring more than 150. The worst losses were in Moundville Alabama where nine people died. Homes were destroyed and property damaged across multiple towns with heavy rainfall reports in several cities.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Moundville
Ala
Frank Simmons
New Hamilton
Miss
Helen
Aberdeen
Farnsdale
Forest
Miss. MaGee
Jasper
Walker County Court House
Pensacola
Fila
United States Weather Bureau
Vicksburg
Montgomery
Louisville
Atlanta
Forrest
Tornado Toll Rises Across Alabama and Mississippi
A severe tornado swept through Moundville and nearby areas killing nine people and injuring many more as over 30 farm homes were destroyed. Two other fatalities occurred near Farnsdale with extensive property damage across five counties in Alabama and Mississippi.
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Millie Rene Griffin
I. M. Griffin
Tuscaloosa
Patman to Charge Mellon With Fraud in Impeachment Bid
Representative Patman announces to the house judiciary committee his plan to impeach Secretary Mellon, alleging corruption and malfeasance in office. He asserts Mellon has been indirectly and directly involved in business, and cites a federal statute as the basis for charges.
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House Judiciary Committee
Washington
Patman
Texas
Mellon
Treasury
Judiciary Committee
Alexander W. Gregg
Solicitor of the Treasury
Hoover weighs new diplomatic posts as Holmes successor eyed
President Hoover opens a major staffing push choosing up to ten diplomats financiers and legal minds for vacant and soon to be vacant posts. Debate focuses on who should replace Justice Holmes amid White House discussions of ambassadors in London Tokyo and Porto Rico and new members for the radio commission and reconstruction corporation directorships.
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Washington
Hoover
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court
White House
Dawes
London
Geneva
Forbes
Tokyo
Theodore Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Radio Commission
Reconstruction Corporation
Congress
Justice Holmes
Dwight Wilbur
Nay
Wilb
Ppas
Hoover Weighs Action on Muscle Shoals Lease Bill
President Hoover and House Minority Leader Snell discussed accelerating action to place Muscle Shoals in operation. Snell said the aim is a quick clean leasing bill. The New York Republican noted Hoover favors House action, unclear on extending to the Tennessee river project.
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Washington
House
Hoover
Snell
White House
New York Republican
Tennessee River
Federal State Commission
Muscle Shoals
Congress
Funding board criticized for bond disposal method in Tennessee
Senator Grover C. Ault denounced the funding board in Nashville for selling $2,000,000 of state bonds last week without advertisement and via secret negotiations. He questioned future unadvertised sales and noted Comptroller Roy Wallace alone objected to the long term issue while New York bankers pressured bids.
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Nashville
Grover C. Ault
Bledsoe
Ault
Funding Board
Bers
Roy Wallace
Wallace
Dupont
New York
Honolulu Legislature considers crime linked to Kahahawai case
Honolulu officials study a special territorial session to address the crime situation and the Kahahawai murder case. Washington orders surrender of three navy men tied to the slaying. trials to begin for Mrs Fortescuey and others as 23 witnesses already testified. Surrender orders and hotel reservations losses accompany the political move.
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Honolulu
Lawrence M. Judd
Joseph Kahahawai
Navy
Kahahawai
Washington
Granville Fortescuey
Thomas H. Massie
E. J. Lord
Albert O. Jones
Confereng
Hawaiian Senate
Weather notes for Tennessee and Virginia forecast
Tennessee sees increasing chances of showers tonight with cooler southwesterly winds tomorrow and a warm spell in the southwest then cold in the eastern portion Thursday night. Virginia turns mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with cooler conditions and fresh winds from the south and west. Yesterday’s high 64 and low 31 with no rainfall reported. readings taken at 6 p.m. for the prior 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Caraway's Widow Elected Senator for Arkansas
Mrs Hattie W Caraway widow of Senator Thaddeus Caraway won a special election in Arkansas to become the first woman elected to the United States Senate. She defeated Sam D Carson and Rex Floyd with about 14 121 votes to 436 and 925 respectively. She will serve until March 1933 after no campaign and remains in Washington under a temporary appointment.
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Little Rock
Ark
United States Senate
White House
Hattie W. Caraway
Tennessee
Thaddeus H. Caraway
Arkansas
Sam D. Carson
Rex R. Floyd
Caraway
Washington
Senate
Harvey Parnell
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Georgia
Politicians Must Be Tax Dollar Do Overtime Job
Executives of large New York banks say 1932 will test politicians by whether one tax dollar can do the work of two. After 1929 boom spending, cities face low tax receipts and looming commitments as bond markets falter. Wall Street bankers point to New York City's struggle to secure additional funds as an example of shrinking lending confidence.
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New York
Inters
York City
Wall Street
Society Woman Found Murdered in Maryland Area Home
Mrs Agnes B Ilsley 40, a prominent society and sports figure, and her maid about 65 were found murdered in the Ilsley home near Middleburg Va. Their skulls were crushed and both lay in separate rooms. The attacker likely used a heavy weapon. fingerprints were requested for analysis. The bodies were found by Mrs Ilsley’s brother Paul Boe ing.
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Middlepurg
Agnes B. Ilsley
Ilsley
Virginia Governor Proposes Budget Cuts No Tax Increase
Governor Pollard sent to the General Assembly a budget of 85.357 million dollars with 7.4 percent general fund reductions and a 10 percent salary cut for state employes and teachers, aiming to end the biennium June 30 1932 without a deficit and urging county government reform including manager and executive forms for centralized control.
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Richmond
Vai
General Assembly of Virginia
Pollard
Virginia
Blizzard Toll and Tornado Toll Across Regions
Tornadoes killed ten people and injured over a hundred in Alabama and Mississippi while Texas saw two deaths and seven injuries from earlier storms. Blizzards swept the Rocky Mountains as northwestern states faced subzero temps, Denver golfers kept sunny skies, and Black Canyon weather disrupted travel with heavy snow and ice jams threaten flooding near Shiprock.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountain
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Mississippi River
San Juan
Navajo Indian Agency
Shiprock
N. M
Lisgah Taylor
Glen Ellen
Sask
Great Falls
Mont
Wyoming
Pacific Slope
Boulder Canyon
Boulder City
Hoover Dam
Denver
Middle West
Dakotas
North Dakota
Minot
South Dakota
Chinese volunteers renew fight in Manchuria reports say
Chinese newspapers report volunteer militia bands across Manchuria renewing warfare against Japanese forces. They claim tactics surround and wipe out small garrisons near Chinchow with prisoners taken, while a Japanese battalion is sent back to Shanhaikwan as tensions ease. Chinese groups seek aid from Nanking and Marshal Chang Hsiao-Liang.
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Tientsin
China
Shanhaikwan
Chinchow
Manchuria
South Manchurian
Chichow
Peiping-Mukden
Nanking
Chang Hsiao-Liang
Mellon Submits Tax Plan to Congress for 1934 Budget
Secretary Mellon testifies before the Ways and Means Committee, urging a balanced 1934 end, higher revenue, and debt control. He proposes a selective sales tax, higher income and corporate taxes, a super estate tax, and increased surtaxes to curb borrowing and restore credit.
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Mellon
Congress
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Gene Y
Treasury Secretary
Congress Deliberates on Land Bank Bill and Tax Probes
The Chamber discusses a capitalization bill for land banks while key committees hold hearings. Francis White appears before the finance panel on foreign bond sales. Other panels examine a beer bill, naval construction, shipping board operations, impeachment charges against Secretary Mellon, and wage legislation.
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Francis White
Finance Committee
Manufactures
Foreign Relations
HOUSE
Judiciary Committee
Mellon
Ways and Means Committee
Merchant Marine Committee
Shipping Board
Naval Committee
Labor Committee
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Joe Odom
Odom
Baxter Bealle
Oklasowa
Dawes, Holmes
Luther Mazur
Cresson Shaft
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mazur
Legislature
Grand Central Palace
National Auto
Board of Supervisors
Rockies
Secretary of Treasury
Administration
U. S
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