Bonus Forces Woving Today 10 New Camp
Aug 1 AP report from Johnstown Ps describes the Bonus Expeditionary Force in Washington and Laurel Maryland where a 25 acre deed is acquired for a veterans camp. Waters announces possible 209 acre tract and a self sustaining farm village to shelter homeless veterans with cabins gardens and stock. A semi military political group called Held Shirts is planned as a separate entity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Umelly
Bonus Expeditionary Force
W. W. Waters
Laurel
Wronzen
Onco
Water
Washington
Waters
Barch
Bonus
Wattre
Maud Edgell
Imington
Waters” Diapossl
High‘way
Donna Hosta
River Flood Kills Hundreds in Canton Districts
Shanghai Aug 1 AP reports the Canton river surged over its banks, flooding poorer districts. The rising flood has already caused about 800 deaths, traced to heavy rains in the Canton area last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Canton
Man Slashed After Carrying Flour to Neighbor’s Wife
Clarence Boatwright, a Black man, carried a sack of flour to Albert Grubb's home for Grubb's wife and was slashed in the attack. Boatwright, bandaged, identified Grubb as the assailant at the sheriff's office. The alleged knife attack occurred Sunday morning at Spann's farm west of Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Bostwright
Albert Grubb
Boatwright
Grubbs
Grubb
Spann
Dothan
Explosion at Ritz Towers Paint Shop Kills and Injures Many
An explosion at the Ritz Towers hotel on Park Avenue injures and kills a dozen men. Firefighters recover two bodies from the ruins. two more are reported trapped. A jewelry store is demolished and over $100,000 in gems scatter the street debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ritz Towers
Park Avenue
Azores
Heavy Downpour Drenches Dothan City Streets
A Sunday afternoon downpour flooded Dothan causing widespread damage. Three and two thirds inches of rain fell between four and five o'clock, inundating basements streets and many intersections. Over 100 people gathered on W North Street where water reached four to five feet along the block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
W. North Street
Bewteen
U. S Story
Program of Band Concert Tuesday Night Announced
The 1h Field Artillery band will give a concert at the courthouse lawn Tuesday at 8 o'clock. Bandmaster Saxon Poytrer announced the program including March The Squealer Over ture Alda Waltz Paraside Coronet Solo True Love Polka by Roy Driggers Trombone Smear Dusty Trombone Indian Song By the Waters of Minnetonka March Etoile Walt When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver March The Thundertr Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field Artilery
Courthouse Lawn
Saxon Poytrer
Alda
Roy Driggers
The
Waters of
Minnetonka
Etoile
Walt
All Day Sacred Harp Singing Near Malvern
An all day Sacred Harp singing will be held Friday at Burow School two miles south of Malvern in Geneva County marking the close of a 200 day staging school taught by J A Tew of Malvern The public is invited and asked to bring lunches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burow School
Malvern
Geneva County
J. A. Tew
Tewpala
Germany election yields strength for Hitler but no clear majority
Berlin reports that Hitler’s push for total power fell short of a majority, winning 229 of 585 Reichstag seats as Nazism strengthened but failed to secure control. Voters backed the center and left parties, with President Hindenburg dictating the government in name while the Weimar system nears crisis. Local note from Geneva, Alabama, seeks a one year debt moratorium to ease burdens on residents and businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Adolph Hitler
Junker
Conschleicher
Hitler
Bruening
Hiters Nazis
Paul von Hindenburg
Martinsow
Prussia
Bennenle Party
Christian Socialists
Fannere Party
Mrs. E. G. Ivey Dies After Two Year Illness
Mrs. E G Ivey of Webb died at home in Pollock Sunday afternoon after a long illness. Survived by husband, two daughters Eunice and Elizabeth Ivey. three sons Melborn Tvan and Marshall Ivey, all of Webb. Also three sisters Edna, Ann, and Alice Marshall of Cottonwood. three brothers Dan Amos and J T Marshall of Cottonwood. parents Mr. and Mrs J W Marshall of Cottonwood. Funeral 6 p m with Rev B A Smith of Columbia officiating. Burial Webb cemetery. Dowling Rhodes in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.G. Ivey
Webb
Pollock
Eunice Ivey
Elabeth Ivey
Melborn
Tvan
Marshall Ivey
Edna Marshall
Ann Marshall
Allce Marshall
Cottonwood
Dan
Amos
J. T. Marshall
Mra
Negroes Charged With City Market Burglary
Carl Jordan and A. T. Leg, colored men, jailed by county officers after being charged with burglary in connection with the City Market looting last week. They admit entering the store. some cheese was recovered, but several hams were missing. Officers report the duo refused to disclose ham whereabouts. Five more individuals were jailed on drunkenness charges, and another was held for liquor possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Jordan
A. T. Leg
Plans for State Highway Projects Under Way
Montgomery Aug 1 AP The highway department has been increased more than 190 percent to prepare plans for highway construction relief program totaling 8 million dollars. Governor B M Miller said he would spend the next ten days arranging Alabama's full share of Re construction Finance corporation funds. Langdon Smight highway director said plans for several projects are being drawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
B. M. Miller
Alabama
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Langdon Smight
Mobilization Likely After Bolivian Attack Reported
Asuncion August 1 AP Paraguay congress received a recommendation for general mobilization of the armed forces and immediate approval was regarded as certain amid reports of a Bolivian attack on Fort Roqueron. Longstanding feud over Chaco frontier rights fuels tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paraguay
Paraguayan Congress
Fort Roqueron
Parquay
Bolivia
Chaco
Marriage License Issued in Houston County
A weekend report notes a single marriage license issued in Houston County during the period. The couple listed as Johnene and Flora Watton of Dothan obtained the license on a Saturday, marking the only such record for the week and month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Flora Watton
Dollar Day Ads Spark Wide Shopping Savings
Shoppers flock to numerous stores for Dollar Day bargains as merchants tout deep cuts across goods. Beall Drygoods Co features yard goods. Penney Co and Montgomery Ward promote low prices on apparel and housewares. New York Store, Houston Jewelry, and local independents promise notable values, drawing customers from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varius
Beall Drygonte Co
Penney Co. Meneiners
Yale
Meytovitz
Incuder
Gordon Sik
Montgomery Ward
T Yards
Blumbere
Wit
Otter
Ike Wranesdap
Praim
New York
Four Recent Events Bring Optimism
The American Bankers Association reports four milestones on the road to recovery including ending a run of gold resources, Britain's plan to issue new bonds to ease the war loan burden, and early signs from the armament conference toward realism. Weekend notices add expansions and reorganizations at Stevens Linen mill, Cocheco Woolen, American Wire, and Chicagos industry sectors plus new employment momentum in several regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Troan
American Bankers’ Association
Gome Ny
Britain
Eurgue
Germany
Wester
Thropiaine Matty
Stevens Linen Mill
Roeherter
N. HW
Cocheco Woolen Manufacturing Company
Dutuihe Ming
American Sitrel and Wire Company
Chinago
Chicago Association of Cominrren
Wheingale Geneery
Diviug
Wnine Atutin
Herenobilie
Accewacy
Eas
Inconvenience From Lightning Wires Reported
Local account notes more inconvenience than damage from a lightning event. Fragments mention several names and places and reference a May occurrence with references to a weaponized miscommunication and unclear outcomes. The readable text is fragmented and difficult to parse into a clear narrative.
Fragmented OCR Summary From Ve Atio
The readable text shows garbled phrases and missing context from a historical newspaper fragment. Key names and details are unclear, preventing a reliable full-item summary without the original source.
Hutchings Receives One Year And Day Federal Term
Thomas L. Hutchings former government seed loan collector in southeast Alabama admitted embezzling about $6000 and was sentenced by Judge Charles B Kennamer in Montgomery to one year and one day in federal prison on the embezzlement count. Conspiracy charges yielded two years with probation after suspension. Hutchings pleaded guilty last week to embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud the government. Also sentenced were J Henry Witherington two years on conspiracy with concurrent four years for fraud and other associates received various terms or suspended sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Hutchings
Joan
Mir Parvisar
U. S
Alabama
Charles B. Kennamer
Montgomery
Associated Press
Hutchings
Viviens
Enaén
Kennamer
Need
Neven
Houston
J. Henry Witherington
Hla Nentence
Paulity
Charles ©. McArthur
Asdford Planter
E. Hammond
Dothan
Guily
Notorious Criminal Conroy Found Shotto Death With Woman
New York dispatch reports Hubert L. Conroy a famed criminal linked to the Toledo patronage case and sought for a Toledo jewelry store holdup was found dead in a dingy area with a woman who also appeared shot. Police say Conroy alias Hobart Detroy faced warnings to be cautious and may have been lured into a trap. Authorities believe theft and counterfeiting rings tied to his crimes are connected to the double death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hubert L. Conroy
Toledo
Ohio
Poiceman
Kitasett
Potlee
Conroy
Patratcha Tearge
Zlontara
Conroy Wan Winlad
Uneder
Hobart Detroy
Were Mart
Atsey
Bids Sought for Geneva Postoffice Lease
Geneva town seeks bids for leasing the postoffice quarters as the current lease expires February 1933. Interested bidders must submit proposals to the postmaster in Tenn by September 1, with all bids in hand at the postoffice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Witherington Resigns County Agent Post In Houston County
Houston county commissioners voted to abolish the county demonstration post after County Agent J Henry Witherington pleaded guilty in federal court to seed tampering charges. The move saves the county over $100 month and ends a 12 year tenure tied to a wider seed investigation. Commissioners approved replacing the resignation with road projects, including a five and a half mile road from Mc Swain bridge to Geneva, crossing the Little Chocothatchee river, to be built to state specs with tar surface ambiguities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
J Henry Witherington
United States
Witherington
Ghasene Danner
Comenteaionera
Coal Mindoners Court
McSwain Bridge
Vicksburg
Geneva
Ino
Chocothatchee
Ely Backs Roosevelt in Massachusetts Governor Support
Governor Ely of Massachusetts announces support for Franklin Roosevelt amid 1932 presidential race. The statement signals alignment with the New York governor and confirms Ely’s continued backing of Al Smith’s cause, despite Roosevelts nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Roosevelt
Poston
Monn
Aug. J
Massachuetts
Franklin Roosevelt
New York
Himsell
Smith
Fst
Hine
Fry
al Smith
Democratic chairmen to confer in New York next week
New York August 1 TAP James Farley Democratic nations chairman has summoned all state chairmen to meet in New York in groups of five starting next week at the Roosevelt Garden headquarters. Opening next Monday every state chairman will visit within the month. County docket heard as Harry B.K. Martin weighed cases for trial with more than 39 defendants scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Farley
Democratic Nations
Nigts
Roosevelt Gainer Campare
Countey
Harry BK. Martin
Deportation of Cuban among 16 aliens case in Havana
Bulga Font, a Cuban deported by Florida authorities for introducing 16 aliens into the United States, is reported in Havana. The city council meets tonight to consider routine business, with City Auditor J. L. Vaughn present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tran
Havana
Cubs
Bulga Font
Florida
Sotting &Vantence
Tonigat
Oty
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maryland
Naelex
Bonus Camp
Anacostis
Washington, D. C
Anacostia River
Third Lt. S. Cavalry
Fort Myer
Ala
M. H. Harper
Sis
Banky
Mmasé
E. G. Ivey
Toney
Ford
Enterprise
Marinns
Hkankers Group
Bichonie
Ann Paras
Gorek
Mis Etre Ohare
Phealah
Ehreate
Red Way
Atlanta
Xennamer
County
N. Y
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!