Insurance frame blamed for alleged plot to kill nurse
Mrs. Comma Davis, 22, said to be hospitalised in Dothan with knife wounds to chest arms and face, claims an alleged secret rendezvous near Abbeville involving Levy McCoy and son Gus McCoy. She says the elder plotted to kill her before Gus attacked with a knife and brass knuckles and fired a pistol five times. The case centers on an alleged insurance scheme tied to injuries to two men, one Black, with Mrs. Davis naming Levy and Gus McCoy as central actors. The two men in a separate buggy crash were reportedly unharmed. Sheriff O. G. Davis sought statements from Mrs. Davis as hospital officials warned of possible fatal complications.
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Henry County
Abbeville
Comma Davis
Lucile Murphy
Eagle
Levy McCoy
Gus McCoy
Davig
McCoy
Young McCoy
Gus
Ely
Ely I Kill Me Mrs. Davis
Whit Posey
Dothan
Mrs. Davis
Posey
Davis
Davi
Cotton and Wheat Prices Jump on Market Rally
New York April 19. Cotton wheat and stocks rose sharply as the dollar fell in Europe. September wheat hit 68 14 cents, July cotton at New Orleans up 7.07 points. Sterling strength and government deflation moves spurred buying. NYSE noon sales surpassed 2 million dollars amid brisk trading.
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New York
Europe
New Orleans
Liverpool
New York Stock Exchange
One Man May Die in Samson Fight
Willis Wise of Samson suffered a fractured skull and broken collar bone after an argument over a cow turned violent. Ab Smith, also of Samson, is jailed in Geneva on charges of throwing Wise to the pavement. Wise remains unconscious in a Dothan hospital as doctors warn he may not survive.
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Willis Wise
Samson
Dothan
Ab Smith
Geneva
Wise
Smith
Fight to tighten rules abandoned in Congress
Washington April 19 The House Democratic leadership quit its plan to tighten rules. Speaker Rainey ordered the abandonment of increasing petitioners required to bring a bill out of committee. The rules committee had approved the tightening plan yesterday and planned to bring it to the floor tomorrow.
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Washington
House
Rainey
House Rules Committee
Woman Found With Friends After Disappearance Sunday
Mrs. Ira Borland, who vanished from her W South Street home on Sunday, was found today at the home of friends seven miles away. Her son Paul Moates told officers she left home due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Borland
W. South Street
Friends
Paul Moates
Betty Speight to Play Fifi in Junior Class Play
Fifi DeLys of Paris will be portrayed by Betty Speight in Dothan High School junior class three act play Happy Landings. Beryl Barnes provides much of the comedy as the languid maid of all work and amid the farce when fear stirs confusion and thickens the plot.
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Fifi DeLys
Paris
Betty Speight
Dothan
City Auditorium
Beryl Barnes
Birmingham Man Killed by Ball During Amateur Game
Chester Lynn aged 36 was killed when struck in the heart by a pitched ball during an amateur game in Homewood. Police Chief Marshall Allen said Lynn dropped his bat after the impact, walked about 20 feet from home plate, and died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Chester Lynn
Marshall Allen
Homewood
Lynn
Black man found washed ashore in Chattahoochee near Gordon
A second unidentified Black man was found dead in the Chattahoochee River near Gordon and buried near the Alabama side. Earlier a previous unidentified Black man who disappeared weeks earlier was buried on the Georgia side. A pocket comb was the only item found on the latest body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Chattahoochee
Alabama
Georgia
Alabama School Term Advised To Drop To 117 Days
Montgomery April 18 AP Dr A F Herman state superintendent of education reports distressed school finances reflect in shorter terms with the coming term expected to average 117 days down from 147 last year The 1931-32 daily attendance rose to 508837 from 483691 in 1930-31 and daily attendance as a share of school population grew from 55 2 to 56 7 percent with greater gains in high schools while reports from counties and cities are pending final figures.
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Montgomery
A. F. Herman
Alabama
Superintendent of Education
Harman
Consolidated Rate Approved for Refrigerator Owners
City officials report approval for consolidating two electric current rates benefiting refrigerator owners. The new schedule is effective immediately, but many may not access the rate until the month ends, according to the city clerk’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Dothan Cooking School to Feature Mrs. S R Dull
The Dothan Eagle presents a free four day cooking school at the City Auditorium next week led by Mrs. S R Dull. Three sessions cover home management with demonstrations of new appliances and efficient kitchen practices. No sales, donations or commercial pitches, but gifts and recipes are offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Auditorium
Dothan Eagle
S. R. Dull
Dothan
Dull
The
Eagle
Distribution of Government Power in Tennessee Valley Bill
The House Military Committee restricted government power to distribute power within 400 miles of the generation point. It defeated a provision allowing a government corporation at Muscle Shoals to build transmission lines but added other limits. The committee also required the corporation to exhaust leasing, purchasing, or condemning existing lines before building its own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tennessee Valley
House Military Committee
Muscle Shoals
French airmen hunt desert for missing British pilot
AIRMEN BEARCH DESERT ALGIERS Algeria April 19 AP French military aviators were ordered from there to search the desert for Capt. William Lancaster British pilot who has been unreported since Wednesday night when attempting an England South Africa speed night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Algeria
Wiliam Lancaster
Breen
Dr Granger Heads to Alabama Medical Society Meeting
Dr. F. G. Granger Houston county health officer left for Montgomery to attend the Alabama Medical Society annual meeting. He is expected to return tomorrow or the next day.
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F. G. Granger
Houston County
Montgomery
Alabama Medical Society
Granger
Gold embargo restored to lift domestic prices
President Roosevelt announced the restoration of the gold embargo as a move to improve prices. He outlined a campaign to establish a controlled price level and awaited the 12 reserve governors meeting to plan using idle currency and freeing bank deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Martin Named Head Consul for State Woodmen
Probate Judge H. K. Martin was elected Head Consul for a second two year term at the Woodmen of the World convention in Birmingham. He is the only Alabama Woodman to hold the post twice and plans to form more Wiregrass model organizations statewide during his tenure. Delegates A Whiddon K L Forrester and L T Buntin accompanied him to the meeting.
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H. K. Martin
Woodmen of the World
Birmingham
Alabama
Acme
Judge Martin
Martin
Woodcraft
Wiregrass Log Rollers Association
Wiregrass Association
A. Whiddon
K.L. Forrester
Dothan
L. T. Buntin
Pansey
Aged Dothan Man John W Williams Sr Dies at 68
John W Williams Sr a Dothan resident born in Lawrenceville Henry County died at 6 this morning at his home 425 F North Street due to illness of age He leaves two daughters Mrs W M Cutts of Bedrid Alabama and Mrs FE Ma Taylor of Bellgrade Ohio nine sons all of Dothan with eight acting as pallbearers Funeral services will be at Clark Church tomorrow at 10 Rev F A Collings officiating Dowling Rhodes in charge of arrangements
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John W. Williame
Dotham
North Street
Lawrenceville
Henry County
Williams
Dothan
W. M. Cutts
Bedrid
FE. Ma Taylor
Bellgrade
Fila
Q. T
J.P
J. PR. B
John W., Jr
Clark Church
F. A. Collings
Clark Cemetery
Dowling & Rhodes
Bob Jones College to Move Next Fall
Trustees of Bob Jones College in Panama City announced the school will relocate to Cleveland Tennessee before the fall term. Tennessee interests offered three buildings equipment and a cash sum for improvements and operation.
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BOB Jones College
Panama City
Cleveland
Tenn
Tennessee
Veteran actor Fred Terry dies after long illness
London April 18 AP reports veteran actor Fred Terry died in Hampstead after a long illness. He is said to have performed in nearly every major town in England the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Fred Terry
Hampstead
England
United States
Canada
Local Golf Clubs Vanish and Reappear in News Reel
In February Jimmy Nichols one arm golf pro visited The Fagie to arrange an exhibition in Dothan on April 2. Horace Hall trusted Nichols with clubs bound for repairs at Jacksonville, but the branch had closed and Nichols vanished. He later reappeared in a Pathe News reel in Los Angeles swinging clubs Hall had given Nichols to deliver.
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Barnum
Thera Im
Jimmy Nichols
Fagie
Dothan
Horace Hall
Mr. Nichols
Hall
Jacksonville
Nichols
Florida
Imargine Hall
Houston
Pathe News
Los Angeles
National Guard Moves to Levee at Glendora
Two National Guard companies moved to Glendora Mississippi to assume control of the Tallahatchie river levee system after the Chute bridge was dynamited. Gov. Sennett Connor ordered the troops to Glendora to back civilian levee guards who fled the area as 250 men arrived to plan widening the breach at Chute bridge.
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Glendora
Miss
National
Tallahatchiee River
Chute Bridge
Delia Cotto
Gendore
Sennett Conner
Mitchell
Ereverse
Chite Bridge
Hard Going for Beer Predicted in Florida Senate
Tallahassee April 19 AP lawmakers faced likely Senate action on beer legalization and tax bills. A full hearing was advertised with a vote on flour measures in sight. Proponents said committees would report favorably but Senate lines remained evenly divided at best.
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Senate
Florida
Tallahassee
Temperance and
Judiciary
Lneup
Local Woman Injured Visiting Son in Crestview
Mrs. J. W. Britt of Dothan was in Crestview Florida last week when she suffered a broken leg. After initial first aid she was brought to a local hospital where her condition today shows marked improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Britt
Dothan
Crestview
Fla
Dothan Woman Hurt in Florida Mishap
Mrs. J. E. Henderson of Dothan was injured in an auto accident near Jacksonville Florida last week. She suffered a broken leg and five broken ribs and is improving in a Dothan hospital.
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J. E. Henderson
Dothan
Madison
Fis
Jacksonville
Henderson
Britain Imposes Embargo on Russian Goods
Britain will enforce an embargo on all nonessential Russian imports beginning April 26. The proclamation, signed by King George VI, targets grain butter cotton petroleum and timber. Parliament authorized retaliation after six Britons were accused in Moscow of sabotage. Prime Minister Baldwin acts in Ramsay MacDonald’s absence.
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London
Great Britain
Russia
Georges
Moscow
Japanese Bombard Lewanchow Press Reported
Japanese bombing planes and heavy artillery struck Lewanchow, a coastal city in north China. Combined forces of Japanese and Manchu kuan armies pressed along the Lwan river while Chinese troops began fighting. American missionaries were advised to leave as the bombardment began, with fall of Lewanchow seen aiding a push toward Tientsin where American troops are stationed.
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Tifenstin
China
Lewanchow
North China Coast
Lwan River
Lwanchow
Tientsin
Weekend Fishing Licenses Boost Revenue in Alabama
Montgomery April 19 AP reports the Carmichael law offering reduced price weekend licenses to out of state fishing and hunting parties has raised revenue. Since passage in a special legislative session, over five applications have been filed in Florence for the $2 fishing license for weekend trips on the Tennessee River near Muscle Shoals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Florence
Tennessee River
Muscle Shoals
Alabama Farmers Return to Horses and Mules
A state agriculture survey of 585 Alabama farms finds 65 own tractors but only 20 used them this season. Farmers are returning to horse and mule power as the agricultural economy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
State Departme of Agriculture
Albama
Jailed for Lashings in Indianapolis
Alva C. Wheeler was sentenced to 30 days in jail for whipping his 11 year old son Arthur with a leather strap after the boy spilled sugar while preparing dinner in Indianapolis. The case was reported by AP on April 18.
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Indianapolis
Alva C. Wheeler
Arthur
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Bearch Desert
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Privy Council
Windsor Castle
Stanley Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Ameriica
C. Thornton
William J. MacDonald
Thornton
MacDonald
Pritons
Thornton Wriven
MacDonal
Swanchow
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