Crop Advances In Alabama Boost Hope For Harvest
Alabama farmers report rapid cultivation progress and adequate moisture with July sun. Hot weather curbs boll weevil activity and fertilizer cuts slow growth, while blooming lags except where soil and fertilizer are rich. Corn remains steady but some Northern lowlands suffered June floods. other areas need rains to finish toward maturity. Farm families join canning drives as fields prepare for fall crops.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
Taken To Residence Following Illness
Mrs. Mason Matthews, a well known resident of 1407 6th Avenue South, was returned to her home from Baugh's Infirmary on Sunday morning after several days illness at the infirmary.
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Mason Matthews
6Th Avenue South
Baugh
Loot Recovered From Cullman Bank Robbery by Suspect Confession
Willie Peek, a white man, is jailed in Cullman County after confessing to a daytime robbery at Parker Bank & Trust in Cullman. The $3,557 stolen was recovered hidden in a bucket at a location Peek described, following his arrest near Blount County line.
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Parker Bank & Trust Company
Cullman
Willie Peek
Cullman County
Peek
Blount County
Cullman Bank
Clarence Brunner
24 Lives Is Cost of Hot Week End
A scorching week end in the South cost 24 lives in accidents. Ten died in auto crashes, six by trains, six drowned, one struck by lightning, and another gored by a bull. Louisiana and Virginia led with five each, Tennessee four, Arkansas three, Alabama and North Carolina two, and Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina one apiece.
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Atlanta
Louisiana
Virginia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Alabama
North Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Herbert Reed
Jasper
Thornton
Price
Hanceville
Resignation of Mellon Appears Likely
The Daily Herald reports Ambassador An drew Mellon is expected to resign on his Washington arrival. The move would place war debt negotiations with Hoover under a younger leader. London papers note Mellon's trip home and the simultaneous departure of Sir Roland Lindsay stirring speculation.
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London
The
Daily Herald
Andrew Mellon
Washington
United States
Hoover
the Herald
Roland Lindsay
Sheriff raid destroys rum in Morgan county sweep
Forces of the Morgan county sheriff attacked at Shady Grove and in West Vine Street on Saturday. Officers smashed the operation, arrested two white men, and destroyed home brew valued at about $2,000 after three hours of effort by seven men.
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Morgan County
Shady Grove
West Vine Street
Career of Youth Ends After Crash Near Greenbrier
Charles Pryor Buchanan age 15 dies after a Saturday night auto train collision near Greenbrier Limestone County. Driver W H Holt 47 injured. both taken to Decatur hospitals. Buchanan survived by parents and three brothers. funeral at Central Methodist with pallbearers named.
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Charles Pryor Buchanan
Greenbrier
Limestone County
You Buchanan
Tent Hospital
Southern
W. H. Holt
Benevolent Hospital
Holt
Norman man killed in revival shooting. Southern in jail
William D. Norman aged 85 died after Henry Southern fired a single shot at the Grove street revival meeting. Southern, who sought Jim Norman, turned himself in and is held in Morgan county jail. Funeral services set for Tuesday at the Norman home with city cemetery burial pending. Surviving family includes four sons James B Marvin Woodrow and seven daughters.
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William D. Norman
Henry Southern
Morgan County
Southern
Norman
Grove Street
Wilson Avenue
Jim Norman
Wiliam Norman
Benevolent Hospital
Madison County
Huntsville
Berkstresser
Troglen
City Cemetery
Brown
James
Marvin
Woodrow
Mary Haddon
Kate Smith
Evie Smith
Lula Hooper
Ritchie May
Denecy
Georgia Norman
Twin musk-mellon brought to town by carpenter turned farmer
Co. C. Jenning of Decatur, now a farmer, arrived with a remarkable twin musk-melon weighing 11 pounds. He farms on the edge of Lawrence county, and the two melons are perfect.
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Co. C. Jenning
Decatur
Jennings
Mr. Jennings
Lawrence County
Night Sticks Used To Halt Radical Marchers Near White House
Police repelled a radical wing of the bonus marchers near the White House in Washington with night sticks as scuffling broke out. Two marchers were arrested after they blocked traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue and crossed to resume their march toward the White House. John Pace of Detroit led the group.
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Washington, D. C
White House
John Pace
Detroit
Pennsylvania Avenue
Misses Warren Guests of Relatives Here
Misses Eloise and Elsie Warren of Moulton are guests of relatives and friends here.
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Eloise
Elsie Warren
Moulton
Pictures of faces from the past at Princess theatre
400 to 500 old slides show familiar faces from decades ago. Manager G P Banniza plans to screen them this week for laughs and memories as audience members recognize friends and relatives in silent era photos.
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Princess Theatre
G. P. Banniza
The
Princess
SEEK DRIVER THOUGHT HURT IN AUTO MISHAP NEAR HARTSELLE
Harteelle police seek to identify the driver of a damaged Model T Ford after a two o clock crash with Harold Vandiver Culman driving a Plymouth roadster. Vandiver was uninjured but the Ford driver fled the scene leaving no ID and blood at the wreckage indicates injuries.
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Harteelle
Harold Vandiver Culman
Hartselle
Vandiver
Thay
Ma Ferguson Leads Sterling by Wide Primary Margin
In Dallas Texas July 25 Mrs Miriam Ma Ferguson former Texas governor led Governor Ross Sterling by 73000 votes in the Democratic primary returns. With six other candidates polled the race likely forces a run off on August 27 between Ferguson and Sterling. The Ferguson Forum carried much of the campaign with attacks on Sterling. The article notes a nationwide prohibition repeal proposal reaching Congress for state submission.
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Dallas
Texas
Miriam Ma. Ferguson
Ross Sterling
Ferguson
Sterling
Ferguson Forum
Congress
Alabama urged to switch to four-part business tax plan
The Brookings Institution recommends replacing the privilege tax with a fourfold system for mercantile and manufacturing firms. It covers a modified corporation franchise tax, net income tax, net value product tax, and a flat minimum tax, plus repeal of the 1931 chain store tax and restoration of the three percent gross sales tax to the general fund.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Brookings Institution
Department of ‘Taxation
Sheriff Ayers Extends Still Capture Total to 349
Sheriff J. K. Ayers of Lawrence county increased the tally of still captures to 349 with four more added in the past week. The report claims his record is the best in the state for seizing stills, ahead of Sheriff Crittenden of Winston county.
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J. K. Ayers
Lawrence County
Ayers
Crittenden
Winston County
Robin Thomas Returns From Vacation in Tennessee
Robin Thomas has returned from a trip to Red Boiling Springs Tennessee where he spent the past week on vacation.
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Robin Thomas
Red Boiling Springs
Tenn
Alabama Delegation Seeks Federal Funds for Lee Highway
The North Alabama delegation urged Governor Miller to use emergency relief act funds to complete the Lee highway. They discussed Alabama's five million dollar share and road-building plans from December through July 1933. The group, including Malone Abramson McConnell and Walker, noted Alabama’s moral obligation to finish the Decatur to Tuscumbia and Huntsville to Tennessee line segments.
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Montgomery
Ala
North Alabama
Miller
Highway Department
Alabama
Tennessee Valley
B. L. Malone
Decatur
W. H Abramson
Florence
Almon
National House of Representatives
Washington
Committee On
Explosion at Pickwick Greyhound garage injures ten
Ten men were injured in an explosion that wrecked the front end of a large Pickwick Greyhound Lines service garage in St. Louis. Three are seriously hurt and one, Joseph Barber of Chicago, is missing. About 25 mechanics and drivers were inside. Fire officials estimate the damage at about 50 000 dollars.
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ST. Louis
Pickwick Greyhound Lines
Joseph Barber
Chicago
Couple Seeks Home For Girl Or Young Woman
W H Milligan of Hartselle route one says he and M Milligan can offer a home to a girl aged 12 to 15 or possibly a young woman. They seek someone to do housework for four dependent children needing homes. The Daily today notes their plea and readiness to provide shelter.
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W. H. Milligan
Hartselle Route One
The
Daily Today
M Milligan
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