Hoover Budget Seeks 1932 Financing To Govern Next Year
President Hoover proposes a 1932 federal budget totaling 3.932 billion dollars to finance the government next year. He foresees potential deficits if unemployment relief and drought aid extend beyond six months and outlines specific increases and cuts in various departments. He urges careful funds management, potential temporary borrowing, and notes surpluses in prior years to support the plan.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Shipping Board
Treasury
Sugar talks in Amsterdam stall over Chadbourne plan
In Amsterdam on December 3, reports said negotiations between Cuba and other sugar producers stalled due to continued disagreements over the Chadbourne plan. Talks were expected to resume on Friday.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Thomas L. Chad
Belton veteran visits William Jewell College after 75 years
Richard M. Johnson, 94, of Belton Missouri, enjoyed a first campus visit at William Jewell College since his graduation 75 years earlier. The alumnus walked the grounds in Liberty on December 3 reflecting on his enduring college spirit.
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Johnson
Liberty
Richard M. Johnson
Belton
William Jewell College
Weather outlook and river forecast notes for Alabama region
Increasing cloudiness with possible light rain Wednesday night and Thursday. Warmth rising near the coast with occasional showers. southeast portion may see similar conditions. Northwest areas turn cooler Thursday. Tombigbee river and Alabama river show minor tonight changes with no major shifts reported.
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Alabama
Tombigbee
Senate approves bill for cotton price decline probe
The Senate adopted a resolution by Sen. Sheppard directing the secretary of agriculture to investigate cotton price declines and short selling on exchanges. The inquiry would review cotton exchange operations in early 1930 and the prior four years, plus public participation and outcomes.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Senate
Sheppard
Texas
Party Battle Looms On Relief Measures
Washington reports increasing party strife over Hoover’s proposed 100 million to 150 million unemployment relief fund. Democrats oppose the method while Republicans push immediate action with the larger amount.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Muscular Shoals pact heads to House vote after stalemate
Washington December 3. Senate and house conferees on Muscle Shoals legislation virtually agree to report a disagreement and send the Senate bill for government operation to the House for a vote. Senate conferees reject all House compromise proposals to blend the bills. Chairman McNary signals a disagreement and three House members tentatively back the plan, pending talks with two absent colleagues.
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Washington
Dec
House
Senate
Muscle Shoals
McNary
Reece
Tennessee
Shooting at Missouri hunting camp leaves couple torn by tragedy
Mrs. Charles J. Johnson of Steele Missouri is hospitalized in Memphis with a bullet wound after a hunting lodge incident near New Madrid. Newberry Johnson says his father Newberry Johnson shot himself while cleaning a pistol and joking with his wife. the father is dead in Missouri and the wife is in critical condition.
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Memphis
Tenn
Charles J. Johnson
Steele
New Madrid
Newberry Johnson
Johnson
Robbery by Three Unmasked Men in Birmingham Bank Heist
Three unmasked white men robbed the Exchange Bank in Birmingham early today of about 1500 dollars after binding five employees and customers. They fled in an automobile, believed linked to a Ford touring car with a 1930 Alabama plate stolen from Dr F Faggett, a former quarantine officer recently reassigned to Cleveland. Authorities traced the license to aid road searches.
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Lions
Birmingham
Mobile
Alabama
Dr. F. Faggett
United States
Cleveland
Ala
Exchange Bank
District Chairman Seeks Early Completion of Federal Projects
John T. Cochrane district chairman for Alabama of the Emergency Employment Commission wires Congressman John McDuffie urging fast action on district projects. The note asks for completion of the federal building housing all agencies, extra beds for the marine hospital, a wharf at the quarantine station, and a bridge over Three Mile Creek delayed by lack of federal aid.
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John T. Cochrane
Alabama
Emergency Employment Commission
John McDuffie
Washington
Cochrane
Marine Hospital
Three Mile Creek
Ten Lowndes Citizens Face Jury Probe On Wet Charge
Ten Lowndes county residents including Sheriff Morrow Willoughby faced grand jury inquiry on conspiracy to violate the prohibition law after a preliminary hearing. Sheriff-elect Buck Meadows and others were released after bond as evidence failed to prove their guilt. Federal evidence was presented by H. K. Elliott of the attorney general's department.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lowndes County
Morrow Willoughby
United States
Buck Meadows
Sheriff Willoughby
Dickie Carr
Bennett McWhorter
Leon West
M. N. Patterson
Jim Turner
Virginia Thompson
Wilbur Winn
Charlie McCall
Meadows
Owen Farrior
Clifford Dean
George Stanberry, Sr
Julius Morgan
Albert Pritchett
H. K. Elliott
Attorney General's Department
President Hoover Nominates Over 200 To Government Posts
The president sent a list of more than 200 nominations to the Senate including William N. Doak of Virginia for labor secretary and J. Reuben Clark of Utah as ambassador to Mexico. Also named were Hoff man Philip to Norway and Nicholas Roosevelt to Hungary, with Randolph Bryant as district judge for eastern Texas and Charles D. Mahaffie to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
William N. Doak
Virginia
Senate
Hoover
J. Reuben Clark
Utah
Mexico
Hoffman Philip
New York
United States
Norway
Nicholas Roosevelt
Hungary
J. Butler Wright
Wyoming
Uruguay
Randolph Bryant
Texas
Charles D. Mahaffie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Frank McManamy
Floyd R. Harrison
Federal Farm Loan Board
Davis Burnet
Ohio
Internal Revenue
Harry J. Anslinger
Pennsylvania
Herbert E. L. Coombs
Liberia
Charles E. Mitchell
West Virginia
Reserve Board
Eugene Meyer
Samuel E. Winslow
Board of Mediation
James Walter Clift
Michigan
Norville Speaks On Real Estate Tax Burden At Luncheon
Peyton Norville a Mobile realtor addressed the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Cawthon hotel on real estate taxation and the shift of tax burden to other industries. An emblem committee was named to select a badge for the junior order to be placed in the hotel lobby. The Juniors passed a resolution opposing a letter rate increase.
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Peyton Norville
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cawthon Hotel
High Class Feathery Heist Leads to Arrest in Prichard
Johnnie Lee Houston and Gobis Welch, two young men, were arrested in Prichard after police caught them in the act of feathering a prized barred rock. Houston faces theft charges while Welch is charged with aiding and concealing the fowl. Chief Gus Dixon credited with swift detective work.
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Johnnie Lee Houston
Gobis Wélch
Prichard
Gus Dixon
O Ae
Houston
Warhis
State Vote Probe Gathers Data in Montgomery
Senate investigator G H Creech visited Montgomery to study absentee ballot files and roll lists as part of the Alabama general election probe. He examined records at Judge David W Crossland's office related to absentee ballots and handling methods.
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Senate
Montgomery
Ala
G. H. Creech
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Alabama
Creech
David W. Crossland
Legion Talks On Air Schedule For Week
Commander Chris C Bailey of La mar Y McLeod Post 3 announces daily American Legion talks airing this week on station WAPI Birmingham. Hugh E McClung will speak for five minutes each session with times listed: Wednesday 10 am Thursday 6 pm Friday 6 30 pm Saturday 6 30 pm and Sunday 9 30 pm.
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Chris C. Bailey
Lamar Y. McLeod
American Legion
Legion
Hugh E. McClung
WAPI
Birmingham
Chest and Donated on First Day Tops City Drive
The city reports 21 021 raised and donated on the first day of the campaign. A total of 750 workers canvassed both business and residential sections as officials checked city sections.
Parade Thursday Officials Promote Drive Downtown
A Thursday Chest parade will start at Government and Royal streets at 3 30 p m. The march will go over downtown streets featuring the fire department drum and bugle corps the Boys Industrial School band the high school band and volunteers with signs promoting the drive.
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Government and
Royal Streets
Fire Department
Mobile Community Chest drives to $169,626 goal active day
The fifth annual campaign opened with over 750 volunteers canvassing Mobile as the thermometer rose to 21621.03 dollars on Wednesday and 21621.08 on Tuesday. Subscriptions on day one fell short of last year’s 22704.11 but showed strong local support across divisions including men’s, business, residential, employers, railroad, and outside corporations with Boy Scout troops pledging five dollars each.
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Mobile
Ures
W. Nevins
David H. Edington
R. C. Seeger
Nevins
Cawthon Hotel
Woman Fined in Federal Court for Liquor Violation
Mrs Harper was fined 25 dollars after pleading guilty to Violation of the prohibition law in federal court. Lester Coley, charged with her, received six months in county jail and was paroled. Walter Mosangue pled guilty to transporting liquor and was fined 1 dollar in two cases. The small fine reflected his intent to plead guilty to a pending state charge arising from the same offense.
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Harper
Lester Coley
Walter Mosangue
Hilbun Found Not Guilty in Rosenwald Funds Case
Judge W H Potter directed a not guilty verdict for Burn Hilbun former supervisor of negro education in Mississippi on a charge of false pretense involving about $700 in Rosenwald foundation school funds. The ruling followed defense arguments on peremptory instructions claiming the indictment failed to allege a false pretense.
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Jackson, Miss
W. H. Potter
Burn Hilbun
Mississippi
Rosenwald Foundation
Potter
Warrant drive targets 105 street tax non-payers in city
Police began distributing head tax warrants to 105 residents cited for failing to pay the $5 street tax for 1980. Recipients must report to police headquarters by December 11 for the initial trial, with another batch expected later the same day. About 4,500 male citizens are delinquent this year.
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Recorder’s Court
J. Rogers
Burgett
Bandits Rob Two in Separate Tuesday Night Holdups
Police report two armed robberies Tuesday night. Anna Olson, a crew member aboard the steamer Aryan at Todd shipyards, said two white men in a touring car stole $14, a carton of cigarettes, and a fountain pen at the foot of Elmira street. Mrs. J Ollis, 57 Booth Hallett street, described a six foot negro wearing a slouch hat taking $24 and toys from her on Hallett between Dauphin street and Caroline avenue. A sneak thief then stole an army overcoat from a Spring Hill auto parked on Hamilton street near Madison.
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Anna Olson
Todd Shipyards
Olson
Elmira Street
Mra. J. Ollis
Booth Hallett Street
Hallett
Dauphin Street
Caroline Avenue
Blaze Injures Five Firemen In Santiago District
Five firemen were injured and a half block of buildings burned in a night blaze in Santiago. Property damage was estimated at sixty thousand dollars.
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Santiago
Chile
Jail Closes in Woodhull After 12 Month Crime-Free Run
Woodhull New York ends use of its portable wooden jail after a year with no crimes logged and only tramps seeking shelter. The town notes a record 12 consecutive crimeless months and votes to close the facility.
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Woodhull
N. Y
Sugar imports pay 600 duty at Mobile port on large Cuban cargo
Funds of Uncle Sam collected at the port of Mobile as duty on foreign cargoes were increased by 63 600 dollars. A cargo of 30 000 bags of sugar from Havana Cuba shipped on the steamship Labeck of the Munson line was consigned to H H Pike and Company which has a Mobile branch. The vessel unloaded at state docks with another sugar shipment from Cuba expected next month.
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Uncle Sam
Mobile
Havana
Cuba
Labeck
Munson Line
H. H. Pike and Company
Fire at Mill Station Causes Major Damage
Fire about 5 30 Wednesday morning tore through a rayon silk mill section at Tacon station. All machinery in the fire struck area was badly damaged along with part of the building. Fire trucks 12 10 3 and 16 responded. Total damage estimate unavailable.
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Rayon
Tacon Station
Death of Baron Hermann Groebel in Hungary
Budapest dispatch reports Baron Hermann Groebel head of a wealthy Hungarian empire family has died at age 75. Groebel led a prominent household and was a notable figure among Hungary's elite. He passed away on December 3 according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
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Baron Hermann Groebel
Budapest
Hungary
Jewish Telegraphic Agency Today
Hermann Groebel
Cotton en route to Mobile with 4100 bales reported
Officials of the Alabama Warehousing Company announced a barge carrying 4100 bales is en route to Mobile. When added to 2100 bales already stored in Selma territory, the total will reach 6300 bales. The heavy cargo is expected within a few days.
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Mobile
Selma
Alabama Warehousing Company
Coast Guard Seeks 15 Million Fund to Fight Liquor Smuggling
The coast guard seeks more than 15 million dollars for next year to curb cross border liquor running. The House appropriations panel endorses a total guard appropriation of 32.9 million and notes half of spending goes to border protection against contraband liquor. Rear Admiral Billard says rum runners remain organized and now operate differently, with smuggling continuing offshore and small boats from the Bahamas seen off Florida. Canada’s lax liquor vessel clearance has cut Great Lakes smuggling but more ships target U S coasts.
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Washington
Coast Guard
House Appropriations Committee
Francis C. Billard
Guard
Atlantic
Florida
Bahama Islands
Canada
United States
Great Lakes
Sullivan on Stand Describes Car Chase in Wooten Slaying Case
Trial nears end as Thomas H. Sullivan testifies about movements the night of August 28 near Magazine Point. He and co defendant Lane claim to have attempted to stop a car carrying Mrs Thelma Wooten and others. shots were fired as the car sped toward a creek. Jurors viewed the scene early today to gauge witness descriptions.
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Thomas H. Sullivan
Thelma Wooten
Magazine Point
Sullivan
C. Lane
Clay Davis
Emory Whitehurst
Wooten
Lindsey
Solicitor Chamberlain
Lindsey's
Thornton
Thenews
Sulivan
Lane
Lower cattle rate from Kansas City to Mobile announced
Gulf Mobile and NorthernCoast Road set a reduced cattle rate from Kansas City to Mobile. Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Line grants transit privileges at St Louis for mahogany shipments via Mobile. Lumber to be worked at St Louis and distributed west on through rate.
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Sas City
Mobile
Tate
Guatemala
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Cot
Chameer of Commerce
Alabama
Tennessee
St. Louis
Cobb to Attend Nashville Meetings on Traffic League
Cobb will leave Wednesday for Nashville to attend a Southern Traffic League meeting and a Southern Regional Advisory Board session. He will represent Mobile as traffic manager of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and plans to participate in both events.
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Southern Convention
Nashville
R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Southern Traffic League
Southern Regional Advisory Board
Mr. Cobb
Cattle Examined for Tuberculosis in Mobile County
Cattle examined for tuberculosis in Mobile County after a 12 month suspension. State veterinarian Dr. Cr. A. Cary of Auburn assigns Dr. J. G. and Dr. Houston to the work. infected cattle are to be destroyed.
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Mobile County
Cr. A. Cary
Auburn
J. G
Houston
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