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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1932
Page
4
Hawaii political turmoil centers on the Thalia Massie case as Clarence Darrow plans to end his defense by calling the assault victim to testify. Prosecutors push insanity claims as four defendants face possible conclusions in the Kahahawai lynching.
Dr G W Blakey of Dothan was elected president of the Southeastern Congress of Optometrism at the Charleston convention. Dr Thomas B Hopkins of Montgomery was named secretary as officers and directors were chosen. Blakey planned a return stop in Gadsden and a planned Alabama Optometrical Society meeting before resuming duties in Dothan.
More than 100 Houston county farmers have seed loan approvals for 1932 as the county committee meets. A portion of the loan checks have arrived at the Memphis seed loan office. About 3 percent of applications were declined, with some still under review. Total registrations reach 247 farmers so far.
Burns of Selma campaigned in Dothan this morning with WEF Taylor of Montgomery. He is the only candidate seeking repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and plans to return to Abbeville and area to address voters.
A collision near Atlanta Mia injures Mn 4 tag ter-L Acree and her granddaughter Carolyn seven as they traveled to Mente 4 Tage. The pair, daughter of Jim, were reported by The.
Judge C B Kennamer. urged Montgomery grand jury to consider perjury cases against County Agent J Henry Witherington and Ashford planter C C McArthur arising from the seed loan trial. Barger and other U S attorneys attended the grand jury organization.
Telegram from a tubercular young woman in Dothan reports arrival in Denver, Colo for a sanitarium program. The Eagle fund drive raised over 300 dollars to cover treatment, and she awaits admission as she rents a room and rests after her long journey.
William Penn, jailed on robbery charges, had the case postponed for the next grand jury. He is one of three men accused in the Vickers store holdup near Gordon last March where $45 was taken at gunpoint. Penn, the only one arrested, had bond set at 500 dollars after a preliminary hearing.
Washington April 20. Congress plans to cut its members salaries by ten percent as part of an omnibus re trenchment bill. The move targets 10 thousand dollar annual pay for Senators and Representatives with further budget cuts under a five day work week proposal.
Charges of assault against Ed Hendry Kir Thompson and Marlin Hilliard of Okeechobee County were dismissed by United States Commissioner George Fr. Short after Ivy Bird, a Seminole Indian agent near Okeechobee, claimed he was beaten on March 22.
Seven houses in Houston county were screened in the last month as part of malaria control work. Doors and windows received screening and sometimes paper was applied to walls to deter mosquitoes. Most effort occurred in rural areas under a malaria control worker, with several ditching projects being considered by the health department.
Walter L. Brown of Dothan won Auburn English department’s play review contest earning a five dollar prize. His review of The Dream Spectre performed by the Auburn Players outscored entries from several Auburn freshmen. Franklin Woodruff of Rome, Georgia took second with Linwood E. Funchess of Montgomery placed third.
Tucson reports on April 20 that divorce has ended the marriage of Paul Showalter the Arizona cowboy and his actress-wife Caroline Jackson Crittenden of Pittsburgh.
The Pansey school stage production Nobody's Darling will be performed Friday night with no admission charged. The announced cast includes Oleta Ether edge Lorraine Lawson Robbie El more Mrs. Lawson Flora Anglin James Lawson Lamar Culbreth Alice Norton Madine Etheredge Billy Norton Emmie Lou Brown Lindsay Norton Hubert Best Don ald Lane Paul McIntyre Captain Halstead Odelle Etheredge Mam my Julie Kitty Mae Etheredge the cook Lena Collins.
Several hundred people are expected to attend a Prospect Church singing Friday night at 7 30 announcing organizers. Many of the county s best singers will attend and readers were asked to bring their hymn books.
Mrs. Marie Bankhead Owen a department chairman and history director for Alabama will address listeners via WAPI Birmingham between four and five pm Thursday afternoon. Her talk covers world war orphans and auxiliary work on air.
Salt Lake City AP report details Delbert Green who declined to choose between hanging or shooting. If the Utah Supreme Court does not intervene, he faces execution by firing squad at the state prison, with no knowledge of the shooters' identities. The piece recounts prior convictions and a recreated prison scene with five volunteer marksmen and rifles ready for use.
Sixteen persons were indicted by the aprcial circuit court grand jury on charges ranging from auto theft to assault with intent to murder. Several defendants pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison terms from one to three years. others await trial or remain in jail or on bond.
Rev. E Clifford Hatcher plans to run the Southern Christian Recorder as editor manager and move publication from Nashville to Dothan Alabama He aims to raise funds and seek Alabama endorsement at the A M E church general conference in Cleveland Ohio where thousands are expected to attend during the two to three week event.
Dr F G Granger Houston county health officer left Tuesday for Mabne to attend the state meeting as a delegate of the Houston County Medical Society appointed last month.
Cecil Cantey left home in Quincy Florida to attend the funeral Thursday for a relative. The notice records the passing of an uncle of a local man and lists travel to attend services.
Local authorities announced charges against several alleged forgers in Charis County. Investigations led investigators to a group operating under multiple aliases. Police indicated the case involves counterfeit documents and financial interference.
In Cadiz Ohio on April 20 explosions rattled Jewett during a miners strike over wage cuts. About 100 strikers marched toward Cambridge as guards with anti aircraft guns watched from nearby mines. No injuries reported though six shots were fired near the Tasa mine.
Former Alabama governor Thomas E Kilby tours the state in support of his U S Senate bid he aims to cut government waste and reduce salaries arguing Hoover era excesses burden businesses He backs the Muscle Shoals commission plan and a prohibition referendum with Bishop Cannon and Dr Clarence True Wilson backing a vote on any change.
Kenneth Collins of Macy and Co argues in The Road to Good Advertising that newspapers are the dominant U S advertising medium. He says advertisers can boost business and recover from a slump by frank, value showing ads, and that current papers offer superior facilities compared with the past.
Five men were sent to the state penitentiary last week to begin their sentences in circuit court. Additional defendants are scheduled to begin their terms in the coming days as the penal process continues this week.
Mrs. Martha Anna Tindell of Cottonwood route two was killed when struck by a Panama City driver, Joe Holmes, on the Campbellton highway near her home 15 miles south of Dothan. The deaf victim walked into the path of the car around 5 30 p.m. and died before a physician could arrive. Surviving relatives include four sons and two daughters with services set at Big Creek church. Houston Funeral Co. arranged the burial.
Hugh V. Humphries 37 son of George W. Humphries probate judge of Baldwin county died at a Dothan hospital after an illness of four months. He was a representative for a Indianapolis drug company in the area for fifteen years and resided in Dothan. He is survived by his wife Kathryn and a brother G Mac Humphries of Bay Minette. Funeral services will be held in Bay Minette Wednesday with Rev. Cochran officiating. Houston Funeral Co. in charge. Burial will be in Bay Minette.
W. C. Gamble was jailed in the city after Tuesday night arrest on embezzlement charges. Officers raid on Gambie's home in Russell County found missing merchandise including soap sardines castor oil and cereals in Plittsview Alabama.
Cotton futures and prices across New York and New Orleans show active trading for Jan, Mar, May, July and Dec contracts. The table lists open high low and close figures with varying gains and declines across months and locations.
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