Oranges From Florida Quarantined As Bootlegging Fears Rise
A Florida freight carload of oranges was padlocked outside the Alabama municipal building by Sheriff Rollins under state quarantine orders amid fear the fruit is infested with the fruit fly. Owner Joe Yeabik sought release, claiming shipment occurred before the ban but officials planned tests that afternoon. Houston County and state officers coordinate a blockade to bar prohibited imports into Alabama to prevent bootlegging of infested fruit.
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Florida
Rollins
Office of Commissioner of Agriclture
Joe Yeabik
Dothan
Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Houston County
Legon Auxiliary Plans Wednesday Meeting and Campaign Reports
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet in regular session Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock in the Legion lab rooms. Captains of both membership campaign teams will report. The losing team will host a dinner for the victors at a later date.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Subway Crash in Bronx Kills Four and Wounds Forty
A rear end collision between a subway and an elevated train at 167th Street Bronx killed four people and injured about 40. Fire erupted in wooden cars causing panic as passengers fought to escape. Motorman J Cullen, student William Schults and another unnamed passenger died on site, with Michael McLean dying later from a fractured skull.
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New York
167Th Street
Bronx
J. Cullen
Subway
William Schults
Michael McLean
House and Senate Pass Two Important Resolutions Today
The House adopted a resolution to use funds for storm relief in the Southern states, leaving about $2,000,000 from a $6,000,000 appropriation. The Senate joined with the House to make $4,250,000 immediately available to fight the Mediterranean fruit fly in Florida.
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House
Senate
Washington
Florida
Half Campus Is Farm But No Ag Taught
Topeka Kansas Washburn College offers no academic courses and half its campus is a farm. The south eighty of the 160 acre campus forms a chicken and corn farm this year. The barn on the farm is leased to private farmers and used as a gymnasium.
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Topeka
Kas.p
Washburn College
Washbee's
Promoter Baldwin Alleged Cash Trouble in Local Benefit Show
Chief Zeigler reports promoter Guy Baldwin lacked funds for the Police and Firemen's Benefit show and may have attempted to leave town without paying vaudeville performers. Investigators found no clear profits or fraud, and $100 from the Firemen's Fund was distributed to performers.
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Guy Baldwin
Zeigler
Baldwin
Zeiglar
Ziegler
Wheat straw used to make insulation board in Missouri
A St Joseph factory bought 30 000 tons of wheat straw and is producing insulation board at 125 000 square feet daily. Prof O R Sweeney of Iowa State College says walls with the board save 25 to 20 percent in heating fuel. Farmers are using it in poultry houses hog houses and other buildings.
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ST. Joseph
O. R. Sweeney
Iowa State College
Derelicts Desert London Embankment
London officials challenge melodramatic images of the city’s homeless. The London County Council reports only 31 sleeping out this year but census shows 14 000 in common lodging houses and 900 more in casual wards. Critics note the survey occurred during an unusually severe winter.
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London
London County Council
Alleged Wife Murderer May Survive Wound
Tommy Tipton shot and killed his estranged wife in Marianna Florida as she left the telephone exchange where she worked and then shot himself. He survived some hours after the incident according to a Marianna hospital report. Sheriff Lewis said Tipton had just been released from jail at the instigation of his former wife and obtained a gun to ambush her as she appeared on the street.
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Tommy Tipton
Marianna
Fla
Marianna Hospital
Tipton
Lewis
Woodman Praises Dothan In Article From Haleyville Advertiser
H R Hunter of Haleyville contributed an article to The Haleyville Advertiser praising Dothan after the Woodmen of the World Head Camp Convention held April 16 to 18 1929. The piece notes Dothan as a clean progressive agrarian town with high quality public officers and cites officials like Probate Judge H K Martin and Mayor J C Ezell.
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Woodman
Dothan
Woodmen of the World
H. R. Hunter
Haleyville
O. C. Bennett
Clarence Miller
Z. Isbell
Double Springs
Willie Elam
Addison
Woodman Circle
H. K. Martin
J. C. Ezeli
Havana Police Expose Gigantic Bootleg Plans
Cuban secret police uncovered a multi state bootlegging scheme centered in Havana with the American chemist Sydney Hoffman named as leader. Eighteen Americans are implicated as runners with ties to a central Havana distribution point. The case is linked to a Florida liquor swindle and a New Yorker victim.
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Havana
United States
Sydney Hoffman
Washington
Thomas Welch
Florida
City-Wide Clean-Up Week Proclaimed by Mayor Ezell
Mayor Ezell proclaims a city wide Clean Up Week to remove rubbish and refuse with Dr. R E Neff directing the effort. The drive, run with mosquito control, urges residents to cooperate and phone the city clerk or auditor when trash is ready for hauling.
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Ezell
R. E. Neff
Brewer Ellef Ringnes Dies at 86 in Oslo
Oslo obituary notes Ellef Ringnes generous patron of polar expeditions for Nansen Sverdrup and Amundsen died at 86. He financed one expedition that searched for Amundsen last summer after the Nobile disaster.
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Oslo
Norway
Ellef Ringnes
Nansen
Sverdrup
Amundsen
Six Pilots Plan Nonstop World Flight From New York
The Washington Post reports six renowned aviators will launch a nonstop world circumnavigation from New York in September. The mission is led by a World War II veteran with 5,000 flight hours. The aircraft will have five engines, in-flight refueling, and a top speed of 150 mph.
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Washington
The
Washington Post
New York
Weather outlook for Alabama and Gulf States
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday in Alabama. Central and East Gulf States see mainly fair weather, then unsettled and showery toward week end. Temperatures near or above seasonal normals.
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Alabama
Central
East Gulf States
No Soft Answer, But It Turned Away Wrath
A Mexican general jokes about executing a suspected revolutionary helper. The prisoner asks to witness his own death to prove he is a real man, and the general reluctantly agrees. Bravery is celebrated by Mexicans.
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Wrath
Mexico City
Mexico
Dothan Residents Pass Alabama Embalmer Exam
Three staff members of Fellows & Forrester Funeral home in Dothan Marshall Ballard Mrs Marshall Ballard and C C Bush Jr passed the Alabama Board of Embalmers exam in April earning diplomas. A board member praised Mrs Ballards paper as the best seen and she had the high score of 47.
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Marshall Ballard
C. C. Bush, Jr
Fellows & Forrester Funeral Home
Alabama Board of Embalmers
Ballard
Alabama
Push
Dothan
C. E. Fellows
Moscow City Council Prunes Voting Lists
Moscow City Council reduced the number of eligible voters in the municipal list. The move affected tens of thousands of residents as officials trimmed entries based on qualifying criteria.
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Moscow City Council
Prunes
Icebound Sea Rescue Nets 26 000 Pound Haul
In the Baltic region a fishing crew recovered 26 000 pounds of fish after a long idle period. Their nets reportedly became 89 heavy as they strained to haul the catch aboard the boats.
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Usedom
Germany
Senior Class Play Watch Your Step Wilton Set For May 3
Dothan High School announces its Senior Class production Watch Your Step Wilton will be presented Friday night May 3 at the city auditorium. The seniors pledge a creditable performance with humor and aristocratic Southern ladies among the featured roles. The annual show aims to make both the class and the public proud of this school tradition.
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Wilton
Dothan High School
Southland
City Auditorium
Floy Hall Wins First Flight in Golf Tourney
Floy Hall defeats Jim Brennan two up to win the first flight as a weeklong golf tournament based on elimination continues. Finalists for the second flight Jon Martin Stallings and Marcellus Spang will play an 18 hole match today or tomorrow.
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Floy Hall
Jim Brennan
Jon Martin Stallings
Marcellus Spang
John Flowers
Flower Crawford
Mr. Biseon
Enterprise
T. W. Harmbhree
Two Arrested For Liquor Law Violations Amid Alcohol Prohibition
The report notes two individuals arrested for violating liquor laws including a Black woman among them. A bond of £590 was set after the incident involving a local figure identified as She,ton. The article also mentions extensive Ohio river settlements reachable by boat from Cincinnati.
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Hbo
Lanoury
Confederate Vet Arrested On Liquor Charge
A 61-year-old Confederate veteran, G. A. Rochford, was arrested by Sheriff Rollins on liquor and concealed weapons charges after deputies searched his home. Two loaded pistols and a pint of liquor were found. his wife, Mrs Bodiford, resisted entry but no weapons were seized from her. The man claimed his wife made a mistake by not shooting deputies. He lives about 17 miles from town and receives $850 monthly from Alabama.
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G. A. Rochford
Erate
Rollins
Forsee
Mentf
Rociford
Badiford
Hedind
Bodiford
Aletams
Fruit Fly Threat Grows for Farm Sector in Florida
A report warns the Mediterranean fruit fly outbreak endangers the fruit and vegetable industry across Florida and beyond. Officials implement strict controls and importation bans as agriculture authorities mobilize to eradicate the pest. The menace could yield millions in losses if unchecked.
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Montgomery
Als
Beida
Congress
United State
Derian
Florida
Fee
Degarrtenert Bulletin
Senate
Corel
Warn
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