Commerce Head Defends Profit System in Breathing Spell Plan
Secretary of Commerce Roper assured the industry group that the current pause in regulation signals the end of governmental restrictions. He urged cooperation to reduce distribution waste and to promote international trade while defending big business as essential to national progress.
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New York
Secretary of Commerce
Roper
Associated Grocery Manufacturers of America
Charles Francis
General Foods Corporation
White House
Fe Commerce
Fdr
Roosevelt
Roy W. Howard
Commerce Department
Davis Recommended for Alabama Federal Judge Seat
Senator Black sent to the attorney general a recommendation to name David J. Davis of Birmingham to succeed the late Judge W. I. Grubb as federal district judge for northern Alabama. Black said Davis is sympathetic with the present administration and strong supporter, noting the North Alabama bench handles Tennessee Valley Authority legislation. He added the court must act fairly and justly and he believes Davis will.
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Washington
Sear Black
Alabama
Sear Bankhead
David J. Davis
Birmingham
W. I. Grubb
Davis
Black
North Alabama
America
Tennessee Valley Authority
British Voters Cast Ballots in General Election
Thirty one million voters cast ballots to shape domestic and foreign policy in Britain. Polls suggested Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin’s Conservatives would gain a solid majority in the House of Commons, amid a rowdy campaign and forecasts of Labor gains possibly offsetting the result.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Low bidders named on T3 roads in Louisiana projects
Louisiana highway commission announced low bidders for 13 farmers road projects and one federal concrete highway project. Vermilion and Cameron districts list bidders M. Goldberg and William T. Burton with bids of 57 639 and 44 700 respectively. Bids for 18 additional farmers road items are due December 11.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Vermilion
M. Goldberg
Abbeville
Cameron
Creole
William T. Burton
Sulphur
Iberia
Father Dies Trying to Save Son in House Fire
Sam Shaffer suffered serious burns while dragging his 13-year-old son Doyle from their Carrollton road home after an explosion lit the boy’s clothing. Doyle died at a Greenwood hospital, and Sam remained in serious condition. Funeral services for Doyle Shaffer will be held at Morgan City.
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Greenwood
Miss
Sam Shaffer
Carrollton Road
Doyle Shaffer
Shaffer
Morgan City
Nine Negroes Re Indicted In Scottsboro Case
In Scottsboro Alabama on November 14 nine black defendants were re indicted for the 1931 assault aboard a Southern Railway freight train. Creed Conyers a local farmer served on the 18 man jury that returned the new true bills. Virginia Price testified yesterday while Ruby Bates could not be found.
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Scottsboro
Ala
Supreme Court
Creed Conyers
Conyers
Paint Rock
Virginia Price
Ruby Bates
Southern Railway
Earthquake Felt in Florida Areas
Palatka Florida reports earthquakes added to a string of 1935 weather events. Residents along a northern Florida strip between Palatka and St Augustine felt tremors last night as the region records unusual summer rainfall and a freak November hurricane.
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Palatka
Fla
Florida
St. Augustine
Capone Wears Plain Underwear in Alcatraz Report
Washington November 14 The Justice Department said Al Capone wears the same plain underwear as other inmates at Alcatraz. Attorney General Cummings ordered an investigation after London reports claimed Capone bought fancy shirts and underwear abroad.
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Washington
al Capone
Alcatraz
London
Cummings
Capone
Island
Bankers Say Little Man Holds Current Wealth Advantage
The American Bankers Association policy commission reports that the average consumer has more money to spend than large corporations. Orval Adams of Salt Lake City is named second vice president as the convention nears its close. The report credits wage gains and federal public works with rising purchasing power while noting a lack of new capital issues throttling durable goods and plant investment.
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Orvald Adams
Salt Lake City
Utah
British Officer Kills Rioter in Egyptian Clash
In Cairo on November 14 1935 a British officer shot dead one rioter and seriously wounded three others as anti-British demonstrations spread. The officer named Bimbashi Lees sustained minor head injuries during a clash with Egyptians from Giza.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Giza
Bimbashi Lees
Roosevelt Will Get Alabama's Delegation
Alabama's executive committee named four at large delegates as it backed Franklin D. Roosevelt for renomination. The move makes Alabama the first state to declare for Roosevelt, reducing its total delegation by two votes from 28 to 22 due to a smaller congressional allotment. Senator Oscar Underwood is deceased. John W. Davis had led Alabama in 1924.
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Montgomery
Ala
Roosevelt
Alabama
Oscar Underwood
New York
John W. Davis
Senator Underwood
Quezon to be inaugurated as first Philippine president
Manila reports Manuel Quezon prepared for Friday’s inauguration as the first president of the Philippine commonwealth. Frank Murphy closed a 36 year era as last American governor-general and pledged democracy as the Filipino path to autonomy.
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Manila
P. 1
Manuel Quezon
Philippine Commonwealth
Frank Murphy
America
Murphy
Cotton exports show October rise to 711,664 bales
A census bureau report reveals October cotton exports at 711,664 bales, the highest for any month since January 1934. Exports compared with 615,593 bales in the same month last year, with Britain noted among importing nations.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Lattear
Students Of Southern Colleges To Attend Meet
University of Mississippi sponsors Southeastern Federation of College Students meeting to be held in Memphis next April. Invitation will extend to southern colleges to send student leaders with Southwestern University Memphis as host.
Mississippi governor proposes $46 million road program
Governor Sennett Conner submitted a $46,000,000 highway plan for 1,700 miles of paving in an extraordinary session. He argued for immediate consideration amid a looming clash with the incoming administration and noted broad legislative support.
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Jackson, Miss
Sennett Conner
United States
Conner
Hugh L. White
King George of Greece Begins Return to Throne
King George I of Greece leaves for Paris as the first leg of his journey home to resume the throne. The British royal family, led by the Prince of Wales, bids farewell from Victoria station with the Duke and Duchess of Kent joining the sendoff.
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London
George I
Greece
Paris
Prince of Wales
Victoria Station
Duke
Duchess of Kent
George
Bride-Elect Elizabeth Edwards Poisoning Case Shocks Birmingham
Miss Elizabeth Edwards a 26 year old bookkeeper and bride elect was found critically ill from poisoning at a camp outside Birmingham. She quit her job at a dress shop on Tuesday and left a pistol at police headquarters. She sent letters begging forgiveness to her fiancé L D Kemp and others as police investigated the dramatic incident.
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Birmingham
Ala
Elizabeth Edwards
L. D. Kemp
Miss Edwards
Wreck of Silver Hazel Marooned for Four Days by San Bernardino Strait
Survivors of the freighter Silver Hazel tell of horror and heroism after the ship wrecked off the San Bernardino straits. Of 54 aboard, four are dead, two seriously injured, others exhausted or exposed. The destroyer Peary landed 43 survivors today.
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Manila
San Bernardino Straits
Peary
Strike Evidence Still Under Way in Louisiana Case
In Lake Charles Louisiana on November 14 the fight for a federal court injunction against I L A strikers continued, seeking to stop interference with non ILA workers. A similar injunction had been granted in Beaumont Texas. W R Mayo led the local efforts as president.
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Lake Charles
International Longshoreman’s Association
Beaumont
Texas
W. R. Mayo
Mississippi Man Freed In Slaying Of Neighbor
Edwards Miss November 14 T L Cook farmer was freed today of criminal charges in the slaying of Archie Kirkley neighbor Cook said the two had difficulties Kirkley came to his home and threatened him then advanced on him prompting Cook to fire with a shotgun Cook was exonerated in magistrate court yesterday
Italians Cut Hours as Sanctions Loom in League Crisis
Reports from Rome say Italy enforces new work hours from 9 am to 4 30 pm as it awaits League replies on economic sanctions. In Egypt, anti British rioting in Cairo claims four lives and injures about 150 as the Wafd party demands Prime Minister Nesim Pasha resign. Italian forces clash with Ethiopian guerrillas in the north amid ongoing conflict.
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Associated Press
Pope Pis
Italy
Rome
Egypt
Cairo
Twefik Nessim Pasha
Nahas Pasha
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Ree
Two Blondes And Wife Complicate The Gebhardt Slaying
In New York on November 14 authorities plan to ask for a grand jury indictment of Vera Stretz one of two blondes tied to the murder of German industrialist Fritz Gebhardt. Police say Stretz tailed Gebhardt to a Beekman Tower hotel where he was shot on the twenty first floor after a confrontation. They had earlier considered a possible motive involving a romantic triangle and a potential ending of their affair.
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New York
Fritz Gebhardt
Vera Stretz
Gebhardt
Miss Stretz
Paling
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China
Yeung Sau-King
Hong Kong
Southern Colleges
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