City Officials Arrested in Augusta Bribery Scandal
Four high city officials and a bar operator were arrested on bribery charges tied to the numbers racket in Augusta. Police Capt George R Folds and Sgt I W Richardson faced suspensions, with about 1300 dollars recovered from the implicated civil service commissioners and officers.
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Augusta
C.J. Wilson
Homer L. Baston
Herbert Kernaghan
Civil Service Commission
George R. Folds
I W. Richardson
Frank Weathersbee
Wilson
Folds
Richardson
Commission
Edwin L. Douglass
J Mason Williams
C. Y. Kreps
W. D. Jennings
Charles Britt
Edwin Fulcher
Kernaghan
Boston
Douglass
Kreps
Birmingham City Officials Win New Terms in Primary
In Birmingham on May 4, three city commissions won decisive victories in yesterday's primary. Mayor Cooper Green led with 17 204 votes, over Bennett T Waites Jr 3 933 and Perry Frederick 838. Public Improvements Commissioner James W Morgan topped the associate race with 14 860, while Eugene Bull Connor led the Public Safety Commission with 1 265. Other results include Wade Bradley 6 053 Luther Patrick 5 260 Marston Muir 3 437 T O Ellis 1 168 and Howard B Smith 975. Campaigns were quiet this year.
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Brmingham
Birmingham
Cooper Green
Bennett T. Waites
Perry Frederick
Public Improvements
James W. Morgan
Eugene (Bull) Connor
Public Safety
Wade Bradley
Luther Patrick
Marston Muir
T. O. Ellis
Howard B. Smith
Coal miner dies in Docena mine accident
Sanders Devin aged 63 died after being crushed between a coal car and a conveyor at the Docena coal mine. Devin, a coal loader, had worked in the mine since 1930.
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Birmingham
Ala
Sanders Devin
Docena
Devin
Cow without horns proves to be a horse joke
Pretty Girl asks why a cow lacks horns and a farmer explains there are several reasons. The punch line reveals the hornless animal is not a cow but a horse, delivering a rural humor moment.
There's Always Something For Years We've Told You
A short quip credits Thomas Gaskell about postage stamps losing adhesion and the growing excess of stamp size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Thomas Gaskell
Time Waster Puzzles and Nighttime Anecdotes
A string of humorous snippets and riddles about math tricks at 2:00 A. M. and odd exchanges among workers and students. The items include a counting riddle about living brothers and sisters, a sarcastic note about indigestion remedies, a baseball joke, and a pajama shooting quip.
Roaming city kid finds pile of empty condensed
A fragment from a Boston newspaper item describes a city youth roaming the coal, a parrot purchase and a salesman quip about a talkative bird, with a wry closing note on reading people like books and keeping quiet.
New York Lady Leads World Largest Tile Job Bid
Mary Crocetti, head of a major tile contracting firm, oversees clay tile installation on the Brooklyn Manhattan tunnels ceiling. The 9,117 feet of ceiling tiles represent the nation’s longest ever laid, part of an $80 million tunnel link with 3.2 million tiles set by hand. She rose to lead after her husband’s 1943 death, runs a nationwide business, and notes most workers are Italian. she also writes home advice columns and has 1,500 tested recipes.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Mary Crocetti
America
Brooklyn
Manhattan
United States
Emall Éceen
Moon
Diligil
G. M. Crocetti
Becme
Reno
Emma
Cow Finds Nest in Milk Can Heard by Group
A group hears a boy exclaim he has found a cow's nest inside a milk can. The moment is shared with friends as they gather to inspect the unexpected find.
Man Killed When Car Drops 200 Feet Into Creek
A 25 year old Birmingham man Bill Stockman died yesterday after his car plunged over 200 feet into Shades Creek near Birmingham. He was pronounced dead after artificial respiration failed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Shades Creek
Here
Bill Stockman
Car Crash Leaves Two Injured In Valley Road Collision
R. A. Kennedy of Birmingham and L. D. Dodd of Gardendale were hospitalized after a car crash that sent the vehicle 220 feet into a valley. Kennedy suffered shock while Dodd, on 30 day Marine leave, had a broken arm.
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R. A. Kennedy
Birmingham
L. D. Dodd
Gardendale
Kennedy
Dodd
Marine Corps
Bottom Depth Reveals 90 Feet Below Highway Level
A fragment notes a subterranean feature roughly 90 feet beneath the highway, suggesting a subsurface area or tunnel. No further context or authorities are provided in the readable text.
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Griffin Allwite
Griffin
Bellida Wit
Ula
A. A. Jones
J. H. Jones
Sterchi
Gene Aker
Don's
Don Williams
Tmiversary
Sterchis Mast
McDougal
Twe
Jones
Brown
Him
Mne
Decatur Hunter
Hunter
Tas
Reprovi
Ares
C. L. Archibald
B. P.O. E. Lodge
Joseph Aspirini
Dillehay’s
Grant
Stone Lumber Co
Courtland Ready
City Cemetery
Finder
Billy Steed
R.F.D
Nash Dealer
Automotive News
NASH
Carplyte
Nash Motors
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Beirou
Midgoe
McRae Motors
Lee Street
Decatur, Ala
Glen Gray
Casa Loma Orchestra
Decatur Armory
Casa Loma
Alabama Drug Co
Nungester Drug Co
Loyd’s Drug Store
Caddell Drug Co
Hagerty Drugs
Goidel’s Drug Store
Clements Drug Stores
Watkins & Perry Grill
Decatur
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