Lindbergh Sets Record Flight Time Across United States
AP reports a new cross continental flight record from Glendale to Roosevelt Field with a time of 14 hours 23 minutes 27 seconds and an average speed of 172 mph. Captain Hawks’ earlier flight times are cited for comparison, noting a 14 hour 45 minute 32 second road record and other historic attempts.
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New York
Woman to Direct Rat Killing Drive Backed by Mayor
Miss Helen Caldwell of Huntington West Virginia will lead a ten day rat extermination campaign in Dothan business district starting tomorrow. City divided into sections with one person per building to monitor bait. Caldwell, with five years in the field and work in 44 states plus Cuba Mexico and Canada, uses barium carbonate bait mixed one to four with hamburger cheese and other foods. Bait is placed 16 feet apart and examined each morning. Freach Bull to be used nightly. warnings to keep poultry and pets away. Local health officials and trustees of county home and farm association to meet tonight to plan the campaign.
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Huntington
W.va
Dothan
Miss Caldwell
Cuba
Mexico
Canada
United States Public Healtheervice
Atlantic Months
United States Public Health Service
Caldwell
Neff
Houston County Health Unit
Miss Caldweill
Houston County
Rat Killing Week Proclaimed in Dothan
Mayor I. C. Ezell proclaims the week beginning Monday April 21 rat fighting week in Dothan. He acknowledges Miss Helen Caldwell's nationwide work against rats and mice and notes the approved poison Barium Carbonate available in stores.
Police Return To First Suspect In Mary Baker Case
Washington April 21 AP police renewed questioning of Fred Wilson the first man arrested in the Mary Baker death near Arlington National Cemetery. Mervin Sisson and Julian Gallagher remaining in custody while investigators reassess alibis and identify Sisson from a lineup.
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Mary Baker
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Fred Wilson
Treasury Department
Five Die From Poisoned Food Trichinosis Claims Picnic Victims
AP reports five deaths from trichinosis after a picnic where home made valami was served weeks ago. Among the deceased are Irene Maar and Louis Wunschell, both 16, plus Mrs. Loula Wunschell, 45, her daughter Frieda, 13, and George A. Wunschel, brother-in-law. Seventeen others were made ill.
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Irene Maar
Louis. Wunschell
Loula. Wunschell
Frieda
George A. Wunschel
Four Injured When Bus Leaves Highway Near Rehobeth
A Lee Coach Line bus ran off the Panama City highway near Rehobeth Sunday night injuring four. Miss Gertrude Dammerman of St. Joseph Missouri suffered a scalp wound and other injuries. Miss Annie Wheeler of Roanoke Alabama and Miss Eleanor McMillan of Stockton Alabama were hurt but not seriously. driver Robert Lee sustained head bruises. Dammerman remained hospitalized at noon. others were discharged. The driver blamed a failed steering gear that dropped loose and prevented stopping the bus.
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Lee Coach Line
Rehobeth
Panama City
Gertrude Dammerman
St. Joseph
Annie Wheeler
Roanoke
Ala
Eleanor McMillan
Stockton
Tallahassee
Robert
Lee
Dammerman
Enterprise Man Dies At A Local Hospital
J. K. Bradley, 58 year old Enterprise resident, died at a local hospital early today after an amputation performed for an old injury that became inflamed. Hospital records list his wife as his sole survivor.
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Enterprise
J. K. Bradley
Easie
Not Jazz Exactly Symphonic Selections At New York Church
New York on April 21 AP report notes a dance orchestra played a syncopated Pilgrim's chorus from Tannhauser at Manhattan Congregational Church housed in a 3,000,000 dollar 23 story hotel. Rev Dr Edward H Emett introduced Paul Specht's jazz ensemble as symphonic selections amid church rites. The program included To a Wild Rose and Meditation from Thais. the hotel owner is the church. Specht's orchestra loans support six Sunday mornings services. Later in Montgomery Gov Graves pardoned Raymond Franklin for forgery to two and a half years. Also Dr A F Harman will speak at Enterpris elementary school auditorium dedication.
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New York
Pilgrim’s Chorus
Edward H. Emett
Paul Specht
Manhattan Congregational Church
Eiac Dowell
Montgomery
Ala
Bibt Graves
Raymond Franklin
Limestone County
A. F. Harman
State Superintendent of Education
Enterpris
State Highway Commission invites bids for bridge project near Mo way
The State Highway Commission advertised for bids to construct a bridge on Three Isle Creek near Mo way. The notice outlines plans, required bids, and project scope for the bridge construction.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Commission
Three Isle Crek
Moway
Bishop Maxon Vows to Stand by Son in Homicide Case
In New York on April 21 AP Pt Rev James Matthew Maxon Episcopal bishop coadjutor of Tennessee arrived to defend his 21 year old son James Jr held without bail for a fatal brawl in a West End Avenue rooming house. He met jail officials but was barred by Sunday rules from visiting. The bishop said he will stick to the last ditch to right what he calls a wrongful act. The elder Maxon visited via notes and with attorney Myles Walsh.
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James Matthew Maxon
Episcopal
Tennessee
James, Jr
West End Avenue
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David Paynter
Bishop Maxon
Chattanoore
George Morris
Memphis
Mex Morris
Wear Side
Myles Walsh
Walsh
Maxon
Jim
Chery
Sheriff C. D. Clark Shot Dead on Blountstown Main Street
Sheriff C D Clark who led Calhoun County law enforcement for fourteen years was shot and killed on Blountstown Main Street by J T Blackwell an employee of the United States government. Blackwell was arrested minutes later after firing five shots at the veteran officer who died instantly. The motive is linked to Blackwell’s recent arrest for non support and failure to provide for his wife and children. The community is shaken but officials expect no lynching. Clark was a prominent figure in Florida enforcement, a Prohibition era raider, and a relative of Congressmen Tom Yon and Shepard Yon. He was well known in the Wiregrass and Houston counties and had many friends in the region.
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C. D. Clark
Calhoun
Main Street
J. T. Blackwell
United States
Clark
Ernest McClerland
Blackwell
McClelland
Calhoun County
Florida
Houston County
Wiregrans
Dothan
One Dead and Fourteen Injured in Easter Auto Crashes
A bright Easter Sunday drew thousands to open roads and left one dead and fourteen injured in traffic collisions across the state. A L Glardy, 42, Columbus, Miss, died when his car overturned near Jasper. several others, including Mrs George Long, 24, Carl Tulas ky, 24, and Miss Elizabeth Wheeler of Birmingham, were treated for injuries. | Bir mingham hospital treated Birx Lang, Pober Gardiner, and Mya Kendrick Mooring for injuries from crashes near Birmingham. Jimmie Sau Vienxors and others were injured in separate collisions at Pinson and surrounding areas. One driver, Nichole Robert Dobbs, Marty Brattien, OC Maron released after first aid.
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Columbus
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Jasper
George Long
Carl Tulasky
Mins Elizabeth Wheeler
Birmingham
Chardy
Jasper Hoapital
Birx Lang
Gardiner
Tom Driver
Mya Kendrick
Boy shoots father after family drunken fight in Dothan
A 13 year old Houston county boy said he shot his father after his elder brother and father beat his mother at their Cottonwood highway home. The youth claimed both men were drunk and that he acted to protect his mother. The father survived, the brother faced charges, and the boy remained in custody.
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Cottonwood Highway
H.C. Woodham
G. M. Woodham
Dothan
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Papa
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Negro Hurt In Fall From Moving Truck
Earl Smith, a negro, suffered a severe scalp wound when he fell from a moving log truck about four miles from Dothan on the Columbia highway around 10 oclock. The log chain broke, logs fell, striking Smith on the head above the right ear. He was brought to a local hospital but left after treatment.
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Dothan
Columbia Highway
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