Massie Kahahawai trial nears closing stages in Honolulu
In Honolulu on April 27 the Massie case moved toward verdict as both sides pressed for jury sympathy. Prosecutors argued for the insanity defense’s limits while the defense contended Massie was not fully sane at the time of the shooting. Judge Davis prepared to rule after arguments conclude, with Darrow and Kelley presenting broader Hawaii territory implications.
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Folulu
Thomas H. Massie
Ile Fortescue
Jotshahawal
Ulrich
Misory
Massie
Charles S. David
Kahahawai
Naval
Davis
Kahahakal
George S. Leisure
Clarence Darrow
Hawaii
Leisure
Hugh Attorney
Darrow
C. Kelley
Keh
Stich Ag
Harp Tonight at Roland’s Home Draws Large Crowd
A large crowd is expected tonight as a discussion led by s methods in charge is announced at the home of Roland. The event, titled as a fair, aims to share details on upcoming plans and engage local attendees.
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Roland
Roosevelt Leads In Pennsylvania Primary Ballots
Governor Franklin Roosevelt held a slim lead in Pennsylvania's preferential primary as 3,071 of 8,181 districts reported. Roosevelt had 47,310 votes to Smith's 46,674 with 76 convention votes at stake. James J. Davis led Republican Senatorship over Smedley Butler, while Massachusetts leaning toward Smith at the Democratic convention.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Alfred Smith
Roosevelt
Smith
James J. Davis
Smedley Butler
New York
Hoover
Massachusetts
Willam Whiting
Calvin Coolidge
Two Lindbergh Intermediaries Withdraw From Search
Salvatore Spitale and Irving Bitz, named by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh as mediators in the search for the kidnapped Lindbergh baby, quit the worldwide hunt. Their attorney says a $50,000 ransom payment to a suspect prompted the withdrawal. Police deny reports a Lindbergh official contacted the kidnappers.
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Spitale
Bitz
Hunt
New York
Salvatore Spitale
Irving Bitz
Charles A. Lindbergh
Abraham Kesselman
Kesselman
Lindbergh
Hopewell
N. J
Virginia
Young Columbia Woman Dies Here
Mrs J C Howell 19 of Columbia died at 2 45 am in a Do than hospital after illness lasting several weeks She entered a hospital in Eufaula and was brought to the local hospital where she underwent an operation She had returned home Sunday but was taken back to the hospital yesterday Survived by husband Jack son her parents Mr and Mrs R Allen two sisters Sara and Zada two brothers Robert Hill Allen Jr and William Clyde Funeral at Rocky Mountain church near Eufaula at 3 pm tomorrow Rev Smith of Columbia officiating Burial in church cemetery Fellows and Forrester in charge
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J. C. Howell
Columbia
Dothan
Howell
Eufaula
Jack
R. Allen
Sara
Zada
Robert Hill Allen, Jr
William Clyde
Rocky Mountain Church
Rev. Smith of
Fellows and Forrester
Pupils Sing Famous War of States Song at Memorial Day
Dorhan high school held a Memorial Day program with the Confederate era song Tenting On the Old Camp Grounds sung by Ralph Burdeshaw Wilburn May and Clyde Tindel. Beryl Barnes gave a reading The Soul of Lee.
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Dorhan High School
Ralph Burdeshaw
Wilburn May
Clyde Tindel
Beryl Barnes
Lee
Thai Epsilon Omega sorority to build new home
Contracts awarded for a new sorority house for the Thai Epsilon Omega at Tuscaloosa Alabama. Project cost around 20 pounds detailing the campus construction plan and funding.
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Tuscaloosa, Ala
Epsilon Omega
Houston County Men Indicted in Florence Seed Loan Case
A federal grand jury in Florence South Carolina indicted Houston County residents J Henry Witherington Norton Mullins William Lee and William Jeffries on mail fraud and seed loan act charges. The indictments allege forged names false representations and loan conspiracies tied to the Seed Loan Office in Columbia and related perjury charges.
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J. Henry Witherington
J. Norton Mullins
William Lee
Dothan
William Jeffries
Houston County
Florence
D. C
Associated Press
Jeffries
United States Treasury
Columbia
S. C
Witherington
Lee
Norton Mullins
Louis DeNette
Seed Loan Invstigators
Berta Walls
John Lee
Albert L. Lohm
Dothan Naional Bank
Thomas L. Hutchins
Harry Porter
Wallis
Solicitor Mulling
U. S
Mulling
Joan
Mullins
Montgomery
Young Man Accused of Hitting Another Sought
George Cooner an 18 year old youth near Cowarts is being hunted by Houston county officers to face a charge of striking Harvey Jackson over the head with an ax handle. Jackson remained in serious condition at the hospital with a badly fractured skull after the assault ending a dispute over biscuilta.
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George Cooner
Cowarts
Houston County
Harvey Jackson
Cooner
Jackson
Alabama’s early state finances mirror modern worries
The 1813 Alabama legislature moved to adjust accounts with Mississippi and borrow up to $20,000 from Huntsville banks to cover state needs. The record shows ongoing receipts and disbursements imbalances, with repeated credit and loan actions across early statehood.
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State Department of Archives and History
Alabama
William Wyatt Bibb
Alabam
Mississippi
Gov.Bibb
Candidates Warned To Record Expenses
Montgomery April 7 AP Candidates seeking office in the May 3 primary are warned by Pete B Jarman Jr that campaign expenditure statements must be filed within 15 days after the election. Failure to file will result in withholding of a certificate of election even if the candidate wins.
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Montgomery
Ala
Pete B.jacman, Jr
Three Hearings On Rates Reset In Alabama PSC
The Alabama Public Service Commission postponed three May hearings to June 16 at the request of interested parties. Steam railroads must appear in Montgomery May 10 to show cause on canned goods rates, now moved to June 16. Southern and Louisville and Nashville railroads must show cause on gravel rates between Jackson's Lake and Valley Head, switched to Birmingham June 16 after May 19.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Public Service Commission
Southern
Louisville and Nashville
Jackson's Lake
Valley Head
Birmingham
Alabama
Two Men Questioned in Dothan Arson Ring
Two men were questioned in connection with a Dothan arson ring as five total arrests were reported. Two admitted their roles in burning four buildings including the Del Monte cafe and the Golden Pumpkin barbecue stand, with more arrests possible.
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Dothan
William Penn
Robert Brooks
Jack Wilson
J. A. Hatcher
J. Albert Lewis
Marshall Searcy
del Monte Cafe
D. A. Saliba
E. Lafayette Street
Appreciation Letter for Dothan Legion Hospitality
An appreciation letter from Colonel Duncan K. Major, IR, commander of the Twenty Ninth Infantry, thanks the Dothan Legion post for hospitality during the unit's visit and camp in Dothan Alabama. The Legion assisted with arrangements as the troops conducted their annual hike to Panama City.
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Twenty-ninth Infantry
Fort Benning Ga
Dothan
Ben May
Legion
Dothan Legionnaires
U. S. Iffantry
Panama City
Chamber of Commerce
I.c.ezell
Dothan Legion
Dothan Post
American Legion
Alabama
Twenty Ninth Infantry
Dehan
Former Dothan Man Reported Death by His Own Action
H A Tupree of Houston County formerly ran a taxi stand in Dothan and was reported to have committed suicide over finances. Funeral will be Thursday at Ashford with three sons and a brother surviving. A pound supper at the American Legion Clubhouse S. Oates Street Thursday night to benefit the Legion and Auxiliary, requesting attendees bring a pound of food for beverages.
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Dothan
Capital
Legion Clubhouse
H A Tupree
Montgerie
Ashford
Siridre
Amos
Frank
Houston County
Jim Dupree
Siso
American Legion
S. Oates Street
The
Legion
Hoover Roosevelt to Sit Near Each Other at White House Dinner
Washington April 27 AP Only one seat between the leading Republican and Democratic presidential contenders will separate Hoover and Roosevelt at a White House dinner for the governors conference. Seat order honors go to Virginia Governor Pollard host with Mrs Hoover on his right and Rhode Island Governor Case on his left. Roosevelt ranks third in the guest list with a seat on the president’s right.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Roosevelt
New York
Governors’ Conference
Richmond
John Garland Pollard
Virginia
Herbert Hoover
Norman 8. Case
Rhode Island
Follard
Case
Ten Suggestions For Improvement Of Forests Made
The Southeastern Council Forestry Committee proposes ten remedies for forestry in the Southeast. Key points include increased state and federal support, tax reform, land classification, more federal and state research, expanded forest fire control, farm forestry extension, state tree nurseries, erosion prevention programs, study of forest cover and stream flow, and coordinated public forest ownership.
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Wilmington
N. C
Forestry Committee
The
Southeastern Council
Hugh McRae
Dan Jenkins to complete sentence in county jail
Dan Jenkins, sentenced in UC. 3. court here six months ago for violating the national prohibition act, will complete his sentence in the county jail tomorrow.
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Dan Jenkins
UC. 3
Tomor‘row
Bankhead Defends Senate Seat in Heflin Contest
In Washington on April 27 AP reports Senator Bankhead told the Senate he had not pressed his claim and sought a judicial, not political, ruling on Heflin's challenge. He said he would let members decide the law and facts without injecting politics.
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Washington
John H. Bankhead
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Heflin
Bankheead
Frank Smith
Hnels
William 8. Vare
Pennsylvania
Smith
Vare
Thomas Heflin
Bankhead
Hastings
Assassins Wage Attack on Ohio Weekly Reporter
Canton Ohio April 27 Harry Bouklais reporter for The Ohio Examiner a weekly newspaper was seriously wounded today by two assassins with a shotgun in front of his home The Examiner campaigns against organized crime in Canton and other Ohio cities Bouklais used a porch chair as a shield and survived The shooting mirrors the six year old murder of Don Mellet a crusading editor.
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Canton
Ohio
Harry Boukiasis
Qohlo Examiner
Examiner
Bouklals
Bouklais
Don Mellet
Trustees of Schools to Be Chosen May 3 by Patrons in State
In Alabama voters will elect three trustees for each school on May 3 in counties without city boards of education and with populations under 6 000. The law defines patrons as residents in the school’s territory who are parents guardians or custodians of attending children. Special election managers will serve at the polls without pay.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dad
Alabama
Boards of
Jin
Represtative Ware
Roanoke
A. F. Harman
Dr. Harman
Jim Blisett Arrested Under Prohibition Act in County Jail
Jim Blisett was arrested today by U S officers for allegedly violating the National Prohibition Act and is confined in the county jail. His bond is set at 500 dollars.
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Jim Blissett
U. S
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