Eufaula Murder Sparks Wide Posse Search
In Alabama near Eufaula Jack Hines 25 was killed and Beatrice Clark 18 injured when attacked after a car travel. Clark a witness said the assailant was a negro who fled in Hines car. State and county officers joined large citizen posses across Barbour Bullock and Montgomery counties to hunt the suspect.
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Eufaula
Ala
Jack Hines
Beatrice Clark
Here
Hines
Clark
Montgomery
Montgomery County
Kilby
Mamye
Barbour
Bullock
Best Friend of Charleston Reproduced by Southern Railway Display
The restored Best Friend of Charleston, the first locomotive in U S service, will run on a miniature train at Union Station at 3 30 p m Monday for display. The original engine was built in New York for the South Carolina Canal and Railroad and arrived in Charleston in 1830, later destroyed by boiler explosion.
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Best Friend
Charleston
United States
Southern Railway System
Union Station
New York City
South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company
The
Southern
Charleson
Memphis
Memphis and
Atlantic Ocean
Thom P B. Stoney
Mamata
Atlantic
Mississippi
Old Man River Come to Prominence in River Craft Race
Memphis surgeon Dr. Louis Leroy and George M. Cox plan July 18 speed attempt on the Mississippi to beat the Robert E. Lee record from New Orleans to St. Louis in 1870. The Bogie and the Mary Jane face long odds as river hazards test pilot skill and luck.
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Memphis
Tenn
Robert E. Lee
Mississippi River
New Orleans
St. Louis
Louis Leroy
George M. Cox
Captain Cannon
Captain Leathers
Lee- Natchez
Leroy
Lee
Lauren Foreman Visits City Ahead of Train Exhibit
Lauren Foreman publicity agent for the Southern Railway system was in the city for a short time. He is promoting the upcoming Southern and miniature train exhibit set to be displayed in Decatur next Monday.
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Lauren Foreman
Southern Railway System
City
Foreman
Southern
Decatur
Miss Lucille Oldacre Plans Move to Willcox College
Miss Lucille Oldacre returns from Birmingham to visit her mother Mrs W H Oldacre then departs for Cleveland Ohio to enter Willcox College for study.
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Lucille Oldacre
Birmingham
W. H. Oldacre
Miss Oldacre
Cleveland
Ohio
Willcox Collean
Tag Day Nets Be Benevolent Hospital Hundred Donation
The Be Benevolent hospital’s second tag day raised exactly 100 dollars from the general public. Monthly tag days are planned with the 29th as the asking date, as the hospital faces a bonded indebtedness exceeding 30 thousand dollars and trustees urge continued public support.
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Benevolent Hospital
Board of Trustees
Twenty Remain In Jail At Present
Twenty prisoners are held in the Morgan county jail at the present time following transfers to state penitentiaries after the June term of the circuit court. One more transfer may reduce the in jail number to 19 as county officers continue daily arrests.
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Morgan County
State
Endurance Flight Tops World Record at 217 Hours
Culver City Cal July 11 entering the tenth day of their endurance flight L W Mendell and R B Reinhart resumed through refueling to surpass world sustained flight records. The 220 horsepower motor and 100 gallon supply kept the biplane aloft as they push beyond 217 hours with four hours sleep and four hours flying forming their routine.
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Culver City
Cal
L. W. Mendell
R. B. Reinhart
Five Burned To Death As Train Hits Tank Car
Five people died and a sixth likely fatal injured after the eastbound Erie passenger train struck a derailed tank car of a westbound freight near Corning New York. Names listed include Fred E. Blake and W J LaTonik with others among the dead and injured. The crash occurred around 12:35 a.m. as the trains passed the derailed freight car and the wooden passenger coach was destroyed.
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Corning
N. Y
Cleveland-New York Express
Erie Railroad
Here
Fred E. Blake
Hornell
W. J. LaTonik
Susquehanna
H. A. Hulbert
Arport
Herbert Fagan
Salamanca
Swan Berger
Moline
Vaughn Rose
New York City
Vice Consul Ying Kao Suspended Over Opium Smuggling Accusation
Ying Kao the Chinese vice consul in San Francisco and his wife face suspension after opium was found in trunks brought to the United States. The action, taken by Minister C. C. Wu in Washington, follows reports from Chinese in the United States and a preliminary Nanking dispatch.
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Washington
Ying Kao
San Francisco
United States
Pekin
C. C. Wu
Yu Nanking
Nanking
Morgan County Singing Convention Opens With Three Sessions
Morgan County singers convene for a three session event at the old camp ground near Hartselle starting Saturday at 10 AM. Sparkman presides as leaders plan two days and one night of singing with lighting added for Saturday night. Several thousand performers from nearby counties are expected with groups such as the Vaughan quartet and Vinson boys quartet attending along with W. O. Cooper. Election of officers and next scene selection are on Saturday morning as about 5 000 people anticipated for the second day.
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Morgan County
Old Camp Ground
Hartselle
Sparkman
Camp Ground
Boro
Vaughan
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Vinson Boys
Basham
McDonald
Birmingham
Bush
Gingers
W. O. Cooper
South
Trio Purchases Ginning Company in Local Deal
Floyd E. Taylor T. M. Jones Jr. and R. N. Harris bought Polytinsky and Shipper Ginning Co from A Polytinsky and M F Shipper. The sale closed Wednesday and takes effect immediately. The Cana Street gin spans 160 by 165 feet and is fully equipped. The plant served strong farm business last season and will be jointly run by the new owners for the upcoming cotton harvest.
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R. N. Harris
Floyd E. Taylor
T. M. Jones, Jr
Polytinsky & Shipper
A. Polytinsky
M. PF. Shipper
Cana Street
Electric storm hits Hartselle again
A severe thunderstorm visited Hartselle Tuesday evening with heavy rain and lightning. No major damage reported yet, but George Hartselle's Bethel road home suffered minor damage from ungrounded radio wires, and a small former city jail building near the railroad was destroyed by fire caused by the lightning.
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Hartselle
George Hartselle
Bethel Road
Building boom ahead in Decatur new homes planned soon
Local residents note substantial residential construction in Decatur over the next 30 to 60 days with activity expected to rise in fall and early winter as trades prepare for a busy period.
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Decatur
Almon Discusses Farm Aid and Policy in Lacey's Springs
Congressman Edward B. Almon spoke at a Morgan County gathering about farm relief measures including the Agricultural Marketing Act and the Federal Farm Board. He noted Wheat and cotton crop prospects, discussed Muscle Shoals, and praised the Hawley tariff bill as the highest protectionist measure yet.
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Edward B. Amon
Eighth
Morgan
Madison Counties
Lacey’s Springs
East
Morgan Coun
Almon
Morgan County
Tennessee Valley
Congress
United States
Lacey
President Hoover
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
White House
Topeka Police Seek Dorothy Sullivan in $14,000 Payroll Robbery
Topeka Kansas police seek 32 year old Dorothy Sullivan as the kidnapper who forced an automobile driver to intercept payroll messengers and rob them of fourteen thousand dollars.
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Dorothy Sullivan
Topeka, Kas
Goodyear Opens Large Tire Plant in Gadsden Alabama
Gadsden Alabama hosts the opening of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's 7.5 million plant with President Hoover signaling the flag raising. Governor Bibb Graves and Goodyear executives attend as the Dixie plant becomes Alabama's largest industrial development in over a decade with a potential daily output of 5 000 tires and plans for further units.
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Gadsden
Ala
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Presider Hoover
Washington
Bibb Graves
Goodyear Company
Parkerville
P. W. Litchfield
C. C. Slusser
Dixie
Alabama
Admiralty Abandons Salvage of Sunken Sub H-47
London dispatch reports the ad miralty has decided to abandon all further operations for salvaging the sunken submarine H-47. No salvage efforts will continue. The decision ends consultation on the wreck's recovery and related plans.
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London
Admiralty
Kiwanis Trip to Woodland Mills Set for Friday
Decatur Kiwanians depart at 6 30 PM from the M C A with a sandwich supper then travel to Woodland Mills for the fourth farm meeting in a series. A A Jones chairs the agricultural committee with Lynne as principal speaker and Dr T J Russell delivering the welcome program. H L Peterson introduces M R Rankin who will conduct club singing.
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Decatur
Hartselle
A. Lynne
T. J. Russell
Woodland Mills
H. L. Peterson
Kiwanis Club
M. R. Rankin
Rankin
Alabama County Commissioners urge extra session for roads
The Alabama Association of County Commissioners backed an extraordinary legislative session to keep the road building program. A resolution urged Governor Graves to call lawmakers into session as soon as possible, citing statewide support for continued road work beyond 1931. A special legislative committee and secretary Jamies Heustess were named. Montgomery won the 1930 convention vote over Huntsville.
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Montgomery
Ala
Association of County Commissioners of Alabama
Alabama
Graves
Association
Woolsey Finnell
Stateway
Finnell
Gadsden
W. H. Lindsay
Checotaw
Fred Winkler
Butler
Harry Martin
Dothan
E. A. Hammett
Talladega
E. J. Garrison
Joe Shepherd
Tuscaloosa
Co. E. Adkins
Asheville
M. D. Wiggins
Decatur
Culverhouse
Birmingham
E. W. Long
Jasper
Jamies Heustess
Huntsville
Negro Woman Not Seriously Hurt After West Street Shooting
Reba Gilbert, a negro woman shot Wednesday afternoon during an alleged affray on West street, is not believed to be seriously injured. Hilliard Jones, the other man involved, was still in the city hospital today with a flesh wound.
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Reba Gilbert
West Street
Hilliard Jones
Fuller Elected To Head Postmasters
N C Puller was re elected president of the camp branch national league of postmasters at the two day annual convent in Montgomery Alabama. Selection of the next city was left to the executive committee.
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Montgomery
Ala
N. C. Puller
Camp
National League of Thet
States
Mittee
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Yufaula
Southern Railway
Old Man River
Morgan Singers
TRIO
Ginning Company
Harris, Taylor and Jones
House
Associated Press
Goodyear
Fuller
Eben
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