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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1930
Page
4
Walter Nelson Jr aged 27 is believed to be the youngest mayor in Texas and in Wichita Falls history. He won the recent election defeating two veteran candidates and is attached to Tex tex University with his father in a local law office.
Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina informed Senator Overman he would be glad to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer protests against his nomination to the Supreme Court. The committee will meet Monday and may invite Parker to speak. Protests by Negro associations over remarks attributed to Parker in 1920 prompted GOP concerns. Parker’s friends say withdrawal is unlikely.
Augustus Thompson explored a new egg selling stunt in Evanston on April 1. A customer bet a half dozen eggs against a staged nose balance contest, drawing brisk business until a police officer intervened. The judge dismissed the charge of selling eggs under sales precautions amid the odd gambling claim.
Boston awaited the Patriots Day marathon with 215 entrants led by Kare Koski of New York, a Finn favored to win. Notables include Johney Miles of Hamilton Ontario and Clarence Demar of Metropolis. Koski, runner-up several times, seeks another title as a large crowd packs the course.
Easter Sunday weather across the nation including New York promises clear to fair skies in most regions, except the Pacific coast and Rocky Mountains. Forecasters from Chicago to New Orleans report generally fair conditions, while Denver and San Francisco expect unsettled weather and a storm moving toward California. In New York fashion crowds anticipate Easter week events on Fifth and Park Avenues and the White House egg rolling Monday with the First Lady.
Deputy Sheriff W B Vines was wounded during a raid on a still in Birmingham Alabama and taken to a Bessemer hospital in serious condition. Jose Cartes was arrested for murder and assault with intent to murder. Chief Deputy W T Kemp of Beamer Reed Carlee fired at Vines, who confronted Carson as officers surrounded the still.
Funeral services for George Washington Cherry will be held Sunday at 3 30 p m at his home on Kinsey highway within the city limits. Cherry, a pioneer of the region and former Baptist preacher born near Dothan 60 years ago, will be laid to rest with pallbearers from his seven sons and white members of Dothan Lodge 44 serving as honorary pallbearers. Rev J J Burdeshaw will conduct the rites with assistance from Dr H C Bass and Rev J M Blankenship.
Fragmented OCR text discusses Clement Wood and the idea that great literature hinges on a Middle Industrial Prosperity era. It argues Sapho’s fragmentions may outvalue modern South’s literary output after fifty years of industrialism.
Sybil Burdeshaw a 12 year old student fainted during a game at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium and was rushed to a local hospital where her condition was described as not serious. The incident occurred during the County Schools Play Day event. Mr and Mrs F W Cook were called to Atlanta Saturday due to the death of Mrs Cook's brother in law LD Laston who passed away Friday night.
Henry County grand jury returned eighty true bills, with six felonies and two misdemeanors, as Circuit Court Judge H A Pearce disclosed. The spring criminal docket will open in Abbeville on Monday per the court calendar.
The Dothan Masonic Order 466 plans a Sunday 2 PM gathering at the Masonic Hall announced by G. M. Blakey and secretary Pat Warwick. They also announce funeral and burial services for George Washington Cherry, pioneer Dothanite, who died Friday at his home.
Major Charles A. Sheppard 59 of the Army Medical Corps is indicted by a federal grand jury in Topeka on a first degree murder charge for allegedly poisoning his wife at Fort Riley Kansas. Bond set at $20000 with federal trial likely at the term convening in Kansas City Kansas.
Dorothy Dean, 19, was jailed on an assault with intent to murder charge after her husband David Dean, 20, was shot twice at their northside Birmingham home. He was in critical condition at a local hospital. Neighbors said two shots were heard and a pistol with two empty cartridges was found under the floor. Charlie Sperrow of Montgomery and J.T. Trawick hosted visitors during the incident.
A district health report by Dr. Russell Neff reveals eleven of fifteen dairies in Dothan supply Grade A milk. The list names Locust Grove Dairy J W Hall, New Dalry A R Daughtry, Mulling Brog Dairy RL and 8 S Mulline, Quality Dairy Rhodes, Bennett Dairy B Bennett, Sanitary Dairy Forrester and Edding, City Dairy W G Reeves, Ideal Dairy Joe Fall, and Reeves.
Three dairies Carrol Dairy Talley and Guillet Dairy and Murphy Dairy have not yet been entounded this period as they recently began selling milk and cream. Their grades will be announced soon and all dairies in Dothan jurisdiction will have grades published quarterly going forward.
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