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Newspaper
The Sunday Times
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1933
Page
1
The piece notes renewed optimism in Mobile and national mood shifts, mentions plans for Day Island bridge, Moffat road paving, a federal courthouse, and surging real estate activity in Baldwin County. It criticizes Feagin over textbooks pricing, urging action to reduce costs and questioning impeachment efforts.
A public missive urges reducing school book prices or providing free books through state support. It attacks a plan to expand the school board to seven members, accusing the proposal of political manipulation by Mobile's senator and warning against local interference in education.
The editorial warns that one person attempting to control school commissioner picks could harm district governance for years. It urges parents to oppose the move in the house and notes the school board's delay in adding a fifth member risks broader action. Mardi Gras mood shifts to Ash Wednesday concerns as readers are reminded of Lent and civic duties.
President-elect Roosevelt chats with three future appointees about taxation budget war debts and world economic conference. William H Woodin Daniel C Roper and Professor Raymond Moley joined by a telephoned secretary of state Cordell Hull while Roper arrived quietly as Woodin left Hyde Park.
Alabama education officials warned that rural schools will close in Shelby Baldwin and Cleburne counties with 15 000 children left without classrooms pushing total student losses beyond 100 000 across 22 counties. Health department funding and state aid are slashed halting programs and delaying Mobile County payments. Officials had hoped about 1 million dollars would be distributed statewide.
Martha Ederton Fell widow of John R. Fell will not share in the Drexel fortune. The Drexel will grants her only the personal estate, while the income from the grand fortune may pass to others. Fell and her husband had been tied to the Drexel wealth, but the will restricts her claim to personal assets.
In Miami on February 25 Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak survives a blood transfusion and responds well to oxygen and digitalis in a dramatic update. He is revived enough to shave, chew gum, and take jello as doctors report a fighting chance amid prior gloom.
Eight hundred feet of pipe ordered from Mobile for a test core at the St Stephens drilling project. Interest grew after a heavy gas blowout last week as Jackson Alabama businessmen show interest in the venture.
The next regular session of the United States grand jury at Mobile will convene on April 17, announced at the federal building Saturday. No cases of outstanding significance are yet docketed for investigation.
Shelton Lord of Mobile's Junior Chamber of Commerce Azalea Trail committee says advertising will proceed as planned. Florists and horticulturists report only 10 to 15 percent damage to azaleas from the freeze, with early bloomers spared and most bushes expected to open by March 15 if no new cold snaps occur.
Washington notes U S support for League of Nations measures after State Department talks between Secretary Hull and Secretary Stimson. The note responds to the league's request on whether the United States joins the assembly in condemning Japan's Manchurian moves and non recognition of Manchukuo.
Chinese regulars and Manchu kua along with Japanese troops clash near Lingnan inside the Jehol border in a major offensive. Japanese employ heavy artillery and bombing planes as two Japanese columns advance from Sui Chung Hsien and another location amid intense combat.
Maryland issued a three day banking holiday as Governor Albert C. Ritchie ordered most banks trust companies and building and loan associations shut until Wednesday due to heavy withdrawals. Garrett and Cumberland counties largely ignored the order and kept banks open. Baltimore and others operated without normal facilities.
City and county officials announced a Mardi Gras holiday from noon Monday through Tuesday. Banks and many businesses will close Tuesday. No cases docketed for the circuit court, but emergency litigation will be handled.
Four members of Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago escaped serious harm when the brakes of their car locked and nearly sent them into Biscayne Bay near Miami on February 25.
John T. Cochrane, chair of a committee, appeals to Mobile and South Alabama residents to back a measure to remove tolls from the Mobile bay bridge and 15 state toll bridges. He cites support from Senator Craft, Representatives Taylor Sossaman and Granade, and Senator Scruggs, with the bill needing two thirds support in both chambers.
Chief Warren Burch says the daylight hold up of Frank Guili and W E Fulton, auditors for the A and W drug stores, is solvable and the pair are believed hiding in the city with arrests imminent.
The Mardi Gras program lists Monday events starting with King Felix III arriving aboard the Gresham at Government street foot at 12 30 p m. A 1 p m parade follows with the king, then a concert in Bienville Square by bands from Thomasville Monroeville and State Line. At 7 15 p m an elaborate Infant Mystics parade is slated.
A special committee announced eight new directors elected to a three year term beginning April 1. The list includes A. B. Adams of Adams Lumber Co and John F. Al… among others chosen by members in recent days.
A legislative clash over Mobile county public schools unfolds on Saturday as four local legislators tussle over how to handle the system. While all agree teachers should be paid, plans diverge from board reorganization to a hands off approach. Senator Craft proposes bills to expand the five member board to seven while keeping current commissioners.
Joseph H. Saunders chairman of the National Education Association urged that free education in America must be decided by the people. He spoke at the Minneapolis meeting of the Department of Superintendence as 9,000 educators gathered to review standards and cost efficient reforms with child welfare at the fore.
Miles around Mobilian crowds anticipate carnival revelry as Felix III leads celebrations. A royal welcome greets King Henry B and Queen Miss Bestor, with pages and knights named for the court and parade roles amid the Gras spirit.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad names its Go Where Yo Please trips Kim Tam by assembling state letters from Kentucky Illinois Mississippi and Tam. Tickets priced at one cent per mile for round trips go on sale March 10 11 with March 18 return.
Roan, writer, stands trial for a fatal shooting at his home party two years ago. The Alabama case returns for a third arraignment as witnesses testify Roan fired the shots that killed Dr. Hicks.
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