Alabama Firms and Individuals Receive Tax Refunds Over $1,000
Treasury report to Congress lists more than sixty Alabama claimants for fiscal 1929 refunds. Notables include Alabama- Business entities such as Alabama By-Products Corpora tion receiving $10,000 and John H. Bankhead $2,838, among others from Birmingham, Montgomery, Demopolis, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Treasury Department
Congress
Alabama By-Products Corporation
Birmingham
Alabama- Georgia Syrup Company
Montgomery
Alabama National Life Insurance Company
Rosalie Dow and the Martino Case in the City Jail
Rosalie sits in a jail cell listless after the death of Martino. A crumpled note warns of danger while detective Rowdy Dow, in disguise as Sherlock Holmes, reveals he has replaced Martino and secured a stash of loot. He vows to free Rosalie and crush the racketeers as the cliffhanger ends with a window intruder.
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Osalie
Rosalie
Martino
Mother Murphy
Tim
Tell
Rowdy
Sherlock Holmes
du Barry
Boggs and Clarke's
Kenessa
Chi
Roy
Papa Dow
Railroaders Play Santa to Invalid Boy in Huntsville
Yesterday morning passenger train No. 42 stopped at Dallas Mills to visit a young boy ill for months with bone tuberculosis. Santa Claus delivered gifts including an electric train wrist watch clothing and money. The Memphis division of the Southern financed and arranged the act with cooperation from officials, bringing a moment of Christmas spirit to the Tri Cities and the homebound journey to Chattanooga.
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Sheffield
Ala
Southern
Dallas Mills
Huntsville
Santa Claus
Chattanooga
Memphis
Tri-Cities
Railroad Men Bring Christmas Joy to Ill Huntsville Boy
J. T. Corder, ill in his Huntsville home, watched trains from his window as railroad workers from the Memphis division organized a charity drive. From Chattanooga to Sheffield, dozens offered to light his world with gifts. Representatives visited yesterday morning, delivering toys and happiness to the bedridden boy and to themselves, creating memories that outlast the season.
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J. T. Corder
Huntsville
Southern
Alabama
J. T
Memphis
Chattanooga
Sheffield
Day visitors from Danville route attract local attention
Among the many visitors here today from rural sections was J. E. Wiley a well known resident of the Danville Route 2 section of Lawrence county.
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J. E. Wiley
Wiley
Danville
Lawrence County
Twenty Three Industries Work ing Daily in Decatur
A Decatur report notes twenty three industries operate daily in the city, reflecting varied manufacturing and service sectors contributing to local employment and economic activity.
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Decatur
Dividends Declared by Athens Banks in Tough Year
Athens Alabama December reports show Farmers & Merchants Bank paying sixteen percent to stockholders in Christmas mailings. Limestone County Bank, two years old, declares eight percent. Citizens Bank & Trust declares twelve percent with potential extra dividend later if business improves.
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Athens
Ala
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Limestone County Bank
Citizens Bank & Truste Company
Prominent Colonel George S. Houston Visits City
Colonel George S. Houston, well known in the Valley and a Belle Mina resident, was in the city today.
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George
Houston
Belle Mina
Ducks Scarce as Holiday Hunt Resumes
Duck hunters report scarce game at nearby lakes since Christmas holidays with few mallards bagged, while quail hunters report better luck and several good kills for the week.
Deer herd grows to about three hundred in Alabama reservation
In Moulton Alabama authorities estimate the deer herd in the 100000 acre Alabama National Forest has risen from one hundred to at least three hundred. State and federal officials temporarily lift the ban on deer hunting allowing licensed sportsmen to hunt the herd. About 150 hunters from Birmingham Cullman Decatur Huntsville Sheffield Florence Memphis and other cities participated despite bad weather and the dog ban. Several deer are reported killed.
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Moulton
Ala
Alabama National Forst
Lawrence County
Birmingham
Cullman
Decatur
Huntsville
Sheffield
Florence
Memphis
The Ghost Talks Featured At Princess Today And Saturday
Stepin Fetchit, real name proven by his Hollywood rise, stars in The Ghost Talks a Fox Movietone special. The Florida native, celebrated for his Step and Fetch It persona, performs as a ghost roamer in a feature length haunted house farce.
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Princess Today
Step
P Fetchit
Fox Movietone
Dixie
Stepin
County Fair Gatustreley
Lon Chaney
Charleston
Gene
Joe Perry
Hollywood
Old
Kentucky
Joe
Christopher ©. Lee
Everglades
Florida
Stepin Fetchit
Increased School Enrollment Expected Across County After Holidays
Reports from across the county indicate higher school enrollment after Christmas. Some children have been kept from school during the fall term for cotton picking and will soon return to class, with a second group entering school.
Hardware dealers ship heavy farming tools to county
Local merchants show confidence in the county’s outlook as large shipments of farming tools arrive. Hot plows and corn drills are now in the city ready to meet spring plowing demand.
Morris Crowder Visits Talucah on Business
Morris Crowder, a well known planter from the Talucah area, was in the region on daytime business.
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Morris Crowder
Talucah
Visitor here Colonel William Hundley on city business
Colonel William Hundley of the Greenbriar section visited the city today on business, meeting local officials and discussing local affairs.
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William Hundley
Greenbriar
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Ensley Motor Company
Ensley
First National Bank
Elba
National Bank
Jesse French and Sons Piano Company
Alex Gunn
Thomasville
W. H. Hanson
Harold M. Henderson
Hood- Whittle Furniture Company
Baton Rouge
Miller Mill Company
Brewton
T.H. Morton
Mary C. Munger
Munger
Eugene Munger
Jeeee H. Earle
Vredenburgh Saw Mill Company
Vredenburgh
Wall- Hay-Wall Lumber Company
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
W. M
Wedgeworth
Welded Products Company
D. L. Whetstone
C. L. Windham
Girard
A. H. Woodward
Martha B. Woodward
Woodward
Young & Vann Supply Company
William H. Zinn
R. H. Stickney
L. H .Garre
Armiston
Sigante
Wey
Central Press Assoctation, Inc
In Steel Merger
Associated Press
E. T. McCleary
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Santa
Montevallo
Straven
Cahaba
Decatur Coal& Merc
Commpany
London
Aristide Briand
Andre Tardieu
M. A. de Fiecuriau
Georges Leygues
New York
Kathryn Carver
Adolph Menjou
Parle
Princess
Coleanor
Marvel
Empire
Jellico
SEMET
Solvay Coke
Decatur Ice & Coal C
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