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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1930
Page
3
Local gasoline dealers press for reducing the city two cent per gallon tax to one cent to help city stations compete with outside outlets. They seek repeal and warn of plant closures if the tax remains, while council discusses fire hall repairs and possible tax shifts.
Texarkana Arkansas April 7 Two men face preliminary hearings on murder charges for the accidental slaying of a three year old boy at Kiblah thirty five miles away The grandfather 60 and a 30 year old man Arnold have been jailed or free on bond since the injury occurred during a gunfight between the two The shooting occurred in a field near Harve Broom whose son witnessed the boy fall Sheriff Fleet McGee reported the child was struck by a bullet fired during the clash between the men.
Fort Smith Ark ny%ur 7 E F Creekmore newly elected general manager and vice president of the American Cotton Cooperative Association set about liquidating the Fort Smith Cotton firm bearing his name to devote attention to the cooperative which he said would be in active operation about August 1. Creekmore expects the association to handle between one and two million bales in its first year.
Only two spit ball pitchers remain in the Texas league. They are Oscar Tuero with the Shreveport club and Lon Esti with Beaumont. Friends will regret to learn that O. R. Morgan is in a Waycross Georgia hospital for treatment.
In Scottsboro Alabama, Mrs. Myrtle Graham 24 and Miss Ruby Moats 17 were detained after the slaying of Harry Cunningham 20 of Tupelo. Cunningham died ten minutes after a knife slash in a drug store crowd. Grand jury to investigate murder charges.
The Columbia Association of the Women’s Missionary Union will hold its meeting at Cowarts Baptist Church on Wednesday, instead of Headland Avenue Baptist Church. Local officials announced the change today, with no reason given for the relocation.
Doeg defeats Van Ryn 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 1-6, 6-4 to win the New Orleans Country Club invitation tournament singles crown. Earlier, Doeg beat Sidney B. Wood Jr. 6-4 6-2 9-7. Van Ryn topped Frank X. Shields 6-3.
At Hays Kansas a biplane failed to straighten from a wing over and crashed at the flying field. Pilot Leslie Marshall 34 died with passengers Orville Herbert and Melvin Ridgeway both 19. The aircraft fell from about 500 feet and burned on impact. Marshall left a wife and six children in Anderson Missouri. Herbert and Ridgeway resided in Ellis Kansas and were unmarried.
Daily news reports show rising sales as Sargon medicine helps thousands regain health. Emma Gardner, a Montgomery resident of 821 Bell St, voices strong praise amid widespread endorsements.
A reader praises Sargon Treatment and Sargon Soft Mass Pills for restoring health after years of illness including chronic digestive trouble and nerve distress. The testimonial credits improved sleep, appetite, and elimination, with liver function normalization and shoulder pain relief. A Chicago note mentions a postponed featherweight title bout between Fidel La Barba and Earl Mastro, rescheduled for April 21 due to Mastro's mother’s death.
Barry Scobee of Fort Davis shot a hole in one on the eighth hole but the feat did not count after a redo tee shot. He teed up another ball following a poor first tee shot and later found the ball in the cup.
The Defender, a Goodyear zeppelin, will visit Dothan in May or June, announced by Jim Brennan Goodyear local representative. It will ride many residents, stay about two days, traveling from Florida base and on to Gadaden. Brennan toured Akron training and spoke on the vast Goodyear Zeppelin Dock, highlighting its size, engineering and a 50,000 spectator rivet ceremony for ZRS-4.
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