Massie Case Defense Calls for Racially Mixed Jury
Clarence Darrow urged the jury to judge the four accused in the Joseph Kahahawai slaying by the Golden Rule. He argued Massie had little personal responsibility and warned that convicting the four would stain the islands, citing the defense’s account of the attack on Mrs. Thalia Massie and the ensuing rumors.
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Saa
Thomas H
Joseph Awal
Jo Charles Davis
Urers
Massie
Granville We
Albert Jones
Erdaval
The
Lulu
Clarence Darrow
Joseph Kahahawai
H. Massie
Granville
Albert P. Jones
E.J
Thalia Massie
Forescue
Aswt
Kahahawai
Mas
Darrow
Honolulu
Fair Islands
Jones
Thayne
Miami Mother Provides For Unborn Child In Will
In Miami a 35 year old mother Mrs Clara Duff Beauchamp filed a will in probate court detailing the education plan for her unborn baby. She died ten days after giving birth to her son J Frank Beauchamp Jr The will directs $1100 from her estate into an insurance educational annuity to be paid in four installments after high school graduation and to cover four years of college or business training.
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Miami
Clara Duff Beauchamp
Post Office
J. Frank Beauchamp
Madrid man held for grand jury on counterfeit bill charges
J C Sims of Madrid was bound over to the U S grand jury with a $1000 bond after a preliminary hearing. He is charged with possessing a counterfeit five dollar bill passed at Dan Strickland store in Black Alabama. The note bore Lincoln’s image and secretary of the treasury’s name and used pencil ink and crayon to imitate currency.
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J.C. Sims
Madrid
U. S. Grand Jury
U. S
Beaty Whiddon
Sims
Dothan
Dan Strickland
Black
Ala
Abraham Lincoln
Secretary of the Treasury
Vessel to Carry Alabama Peanuts to New York from Panama City
Eighty tons of peanuts from Alabama will be loaded on the steam ship Ellenor after it arrives in Port Panama City on Friday. A thousand tons of kraft paper will also be taken aboard before the steamer sails Saturday for New York. Peanuts are arriving in large quantities from Alabama and shipments are expected to double in the coming weeks. This is a new commodity for Panama City and the shipments are handled for a New York steamship company with biweekly sailings to New York and Port Newark.
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Panama City
Fla
Alabama
Ellenor
Mrs Carrie Bryant of Geneva Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Carrie Bryant, 64, longtime Geneva resident, died Monday night at her home after a long illness. Funeral held at Presbyterian church with ministers W. B. Clemmons J. F. Ford T. C. Mahan and L. L. Wright officiating. Survived by three children Abner Bryant Willie Bryant and Mrs Howard Copeland and a sister Mrs A F Phoenix. Burial in family cemetery three miles north of Geneva.
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Geneva
Ala
Carrie Bryant
Presbyterian Church
W. B. Clemmons
J. F. Ford
Hartford
T. C. Mahan
L. L. Wright
North Carolina
Alabama
Bryant
The
Willie Bryant
Abner Bryant
Howard Copeland
Montgomery
A. F. Phoenix
Beckley
W.va
Case Dismissed and Docketed in Common Pleas Court
One case was dismissed one case was pressed and three hoboes discharged on the criminal docket of Common Pleas Court yesterday before Judge Keeni Baxfey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas
Keeni Baxfey
Deaths of Co-eds Probed in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City reports five recent deaths linked to alleged criminal operations. County Attorney Lewis Morris investigates the University of Oklahoma co-eds Frankie Lee 17 and Virginia Wyckoff, and Dr. Richard Thacker faces murder charges in Robbie Lou Thompson’s death. An additional physician will be questioned as part of the probe.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Lewis Morris
University of Oklahoma
Frankie Lee
Virginia Wyckoof
Richard Thacker
Robbie Lou Thompson
Highway to Heaven Revival At Baptist Church
Dr. L. W. Dockery preached on the Highway to Heaven during a 10 day revival at the First Baptist Church. He discussed Romans 10 10 and argued conviction conversion and confession are one blended experience rather than separate steps. A large crowd is expected Sunday as the revival concludes.
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L. W .Dockery
First Baptist Church
Heaven
Soldier Auerie E Rollins arraigned on loan fraud charge
Auerie E Rollins, a Fort Sam Houston soldier, was arraigned by U S Commissioner Paul A Lockhart in San Antonio. He was held in $2000 bond after being arrested on a Montgomery Alabama indictment for conspiring to make and making false representations to obtain a $700 government crop production loan under 1930 Congress joint resolutions aiding drought flood storm farmers.
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San Antonio
Texas
Auerie E. Rollins
Fort Sam Houston
U. S
Paul A. Lockhart
Montgomery
Ala
Five Men Charged in Arson Ring in City
Bonds set at 1900 dollars for five men arrested on second degree arson charges. Robert Brooks Royce Hatcher William Penn and J Albert Lewis accused in fires at Saliba store and Golden Pumpkin on E Main St. Penn Lewis Hatcher also charged in D A Saliba garage blaze and Del Monte safe case. Prisoners placed in county and city jails.
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Robert Brooks
Royce Hatcher
William Penn
J. Albert Lewis
Saliba
E. Main Street
Penn
Lewis and Hatcher
Sister of Dothan Woman Dies in Phoenix
Mrs. Fred Powell sister of Mrs. Rhydonia Burdeshaw of Dothan died at 9 15 last night in Phoenix Arizona. Powell moved there from Miami two years ago. She is survived by her husband and three children Madeline six Fred Jr nine and Tresa 11. Funeral arrangements not yet made when telegram was received.
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Fred Powell
Dothan
West
Rhydonia Burdeshaw
Dohan
Phoenix
Ariz
Powell
Miami
Fla
Madeline
Fred, Jr
Tresa
Fire Damages Car and Pigeon Houses on Alice Street
A car house and a pigeon house owned by Allen K. Merrill on Alice street were damaged by fire last night. Firemen said children entering the garage to obtain splinters dropped a match, starting the blaze.
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Allen K. Merrill
Alice Street
Pioneer of This City Dies at 70
Mike Kennedy age 70 a Dothan pioneer who moved to Birmingham ten years ago died in Birmingham early today His body will arrive in Dothan at 10 15 p m and funeral services are set for 2 p m Friday at Houston Funeral Home Burial will be in the city cemetery He is survived by his wife two sons Joe Kennedy of Gordon C M Kennedy of Birmingham and four daughters Eunice Elsie Carrie and Lillian with Rev W R Bickerstaff to officiate and Houston Funeral Co in charge of arrangements
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Mike Kennedy
Dothan
Birmingham
Houston
City Cemetery
Kennedy
W.R. Bickerstaff
Foster Street Methodist Church
The
Houston Funeral Co
Mr. Kennedy
Joe Kennedy
Gordon
C. M. Kennedy
Eunice
Elsie
Carrie
Lillian
Funeral of H A Dupree Held in Ashford
Funeral services for H A Dupree 53 a former Dothan resident who died in Montgomery from a cerebral hemorrhage were held this afternoon in Ashford with burial there. Dupree formerly ran a Dothan taxicab stand and later a Montgomery grocery and market. survivors include his widow, his father J L Dupree of Ashford, three sons Henry Milton Dupree C F Dupree and Willie C Dupree all of Pensacola, one sister Annie Collett of Ashford, three brothers Frank Floridge and Amos Dupree of Ashford. Pallbearers were A K Sellers D A Stott W H Herrington C R Watford J F Thagard and H M Dykes. Fellows and Forrester directed arrangements.
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H. A. Dupree
Dothan
Montgomery
Ashford
Dupree
Dupre
J. L. Dupree
Henry Milton Dupre
Pensacola
C. F. Dupree
Willie C. Dupree
City
Annie Collett
Frank Dupree
Floridge Dupree
Amos Dupree
K. Sellers
D. A. Stott
W. H. Herrington
C. R. Watford
J. F. Thagard
H. M. Dykes
Fellows and Forrester
Fire destroys hangar and planes at Roosevelt Field
An explosion at Roosevelt Field on Long Island caused a hangar to burn, destroying one of seven hangars and 10 airplanes with losses of 185000 dollars. Mechanics Carl Schneider badly burned and John Eguire slightly burned were the only people inside. Schneider, a former German pilot, was working on Whitney’s $50000 amphibian aircraft.
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Roosevelt Field
Long Island
N. Y
John Hay Whitney
Carl Schneider
John Eguire
Five hurt in highway crash near Redman's filling station
A two-vehicle collision on the Campbellton highway near Redman's filling station left five people injured, including Mrs. Travis Mixon Jr and her five year old son. Miss Edna Register, Mrs. John Newton, and Mrs. Obie Wells sustained head and facial bruises and minor cuts. Frank Johnson and another occupant were not hurt. both cars were badly damaged.
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Frank Johnson
Redman’s
Campbellton Highway
Travis Mixon, Jr
Dothan
Madrid
Johnson
Mixon
Miss Register
Florida
Seed Loan Office Closes Tomorrow In 1922 Drive
Seed loan office will close tomorrow after 255 applications filed for government loans. About 69 percent approved by the Houston county committee. Remaining loans in Memphis Tennessee awaiting processing with some farmers awaiting returns or complete applications.
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Houston
Memphis
Tenn
Publishers Bar Features From Radio
In New York on April 2 publishers unanimously passed a resolution condemning court action in Aberdeen South Dakota as an encroachment on press freedom. They moved to bar newspaper futures from radio advertising citing freedom of the press concerns.
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Nave York
Aberdeen, 3.D
Swallowing of corn fatal to 15 month old in Daleville
Gre tha Hamrick, 15 months old child of Mr. and Mrs Doster Hamrick of Daleville route one, died today after an attempt to remove three grains of corn. Funeral set for Pilgrim's Rest church near Jellico Friday at 9 a.m. with Rev Marshal of Midland City officiating. Survivors include the parents and one brother.
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Gretha Hamrick
Doster Hamrick
Daleville
Pilgrim’s Rest Church
Jellico
Marshal
Midland City
Fellows & Forrester
Taxpayers urged to file for tax reduction in Houston county
John Rish, head of the tax assessment reduction committee, urged Houston county taxpayers to file with the board of review for tax relief. The board plans a 20 percent reduction consideration at the April county commissioners meeting, with hearings set for Monday.
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Board of Review
Houston County
John Rish
Fle
Fish
Commissioners Court
Rish
Kiwanis Memorial Day Program in Houston Hotel
Kiwanis club held a Memorial Day program at the Houston hotel. President A J Miller presided while Myer Blumberg led the exercises. The sextette sang Tenting on the Old Camp Ground and Oscar L Tompking spoke on secession and Civil War history.
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Kiwanis Club
Houston Hotel
A. J. Miller
Club
Myer Blumberg
America
Dixie
John W. Bish
J. L. Vaughn
Jack Re Volt
C. C. Moseley
Arthur Joe Grant
Oscar L. Tompking
W.S. Wilson
D. F. McDougall
Camp Bartow
United Confederate Veterans
Frank L. Kernan
Memphis, Tenn
Lost at Sea Hart Crane Reported Missing on Sea Route
Iterativer of Hart Crane reported lost at sea with dispatches from Vera Cruz to New York. Crane, Gugenheim Prize winner last year, had been in Mexico City most of the past year.
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Wabeen
Ohio
Hart Crane
Steames Orizabs
Vera Craz Furs
New York
Crane
Gugenheim Foundation
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Bankhead Defends Alabama Seat in Senate Battle
The Senate voted 63 to 19 to seat John K. Bankhead from Alabama, rejecting a Heflin contest bid. Bankhead spoke five hours in a calm defense of the 1930 Alabama primary and general election, while Hastings urged denial and Norris pressed illegality claims.
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Heflin
Washington
Senate Today
John K. Bankhead
Alabama
Bankhead
Hastings
Delaware
Thomas Heflin
Senate
Congress
J. Tom Heflin
Norris
Nebraska
George
Bankhend
Democratic Committee
Alabama Governor Miller comments on election result
Governor B M Miller, elected on the same ticket in November 1930 with Senator John H Bankhead, welcomed AP word of Alabama's junior senator status and expressed pleasure at the reported vote, stating the result was fair and orderly.
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Montgomery
Ala
B. M. Miller
John H. Bankhead
Associated Press
Alabama
Mille
Webb Monument Nominates Webb for President at National Convention
The Farmer Labor party convention nominated Frank E Bridge Webb of San Francisco for president in 1952. Mayor Jaco Coxey of Masonville Ohio was chosen as the vice presidential candidate.
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Omaha
Neb
National Farmer-Labor Party Convention
Frank Ebridge Webb
San Francisco
Ite
Jaco &. Coxey
Maseillon Ohio
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Tally
WLULU
Thomas HH. Massie
Ianville Fortesque
E. J
A. O. Jones
League
Woosung Fort
Woosung
Shanghai
League of Nations
Earl of Lytton
Arrow
Baptist Church
Chester R. Vickery Post
American Legion
Fae
Ann
Legionnaires
Ign
Chester BL Vickery Post
Eagle
Schneider
Whitney
Kiwanis
Conesting Solon
Walter ¥. George
Georgia
Sam G. Bratton
New Mexico
William Ware
Pennsylvania
Bratton
Ware
Webb
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