Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1936, Page 7

ALABAMA FIGHT IS DUE ON TAXES AND REPEAL Gross Receipts Levy and Ll'quor Control Bill Expected to Bring Legislative Battle. B7 the Associated Press. MONTGOMERY, Ala, December 8.—Alabama’s legislators, having set the stage for a showdown fight next week on the stormy topics of new taxes and. prohibition repeal, went home yesterday to feel the pulse of the people. ‘The real fight of the special session will begin Tuesday, when the law- makers reconvene to. consider the ad- ministration-sponsored gross receipts tax measure and a compromise liquor- control bill, “Economy, blocs” in both Senate THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. and House prepared to resist attempts to pass additional taxes, while dry forces, traditionally strong in Ala- bama, have mobilized for a fight over the prohibition repeal bill which would legalize whisky sold in State stores and wine and beer dispensed by private dealers. . In spite of its great bulk, the ele- phant can keep up a speed of 10 miles an hour for long distances. TO APPEAL CONVICTION Town Marshal to Fight Two-Year Slavery Sentence. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., December § (#)—N. F. Lamb, attorney for Paul D. Peacher, Earle town marshal, noti= fled Federal Judge John E. Marti- neau yesterday his client would ap- peal from a Federal court convic- C., DECEMBER 6, 1936—PART ONE. tion last week on a charge of sub- Jecting seven Negroes to slavery. Judge Martineau sentenced Peacher to two years in the penitentiary and fined him $3,500. Cigar Makers Have Music. Orchestras play for Havana's cigar makers, each of whom gives a few cents a day to pay the musicians for playing in the factories. HELD IN PEONAGE CASE Four Men in Florida Face Hearing Before U. 8. Commissioher. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., December § (P).—Four men accused of peonage on Federal warrants must face hear- ings next Friday before United States Commissioner Carl Noble. 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