Jeffersonian Democrats rally as Heflin supporters run
In Alabama Aug 6 supporters of Senator J Thomas Heflin organized as Jeffersonian Democrats in Chambers and Jackson counties to back his bid for U S Senate. They plan August 12 conventions and a September 1 state meeting in Montgomery while fielding candidates for county offices.
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Thers
Senwor Heflin
Jackson County
Montgomery
Ala
Chambers County
C. L. Walton
LaFayette Sun
Heflin
Hoover
Hugh A.locke
Birmingham
Dempsey Powell
Greenville
Montgomery County
Auto and Truck Collision Kills Boy in Pine Hill
A Selma Alabama auto truck crash on a curve at Pine Hill killed 13 year old James Henry Rikard Jr and injured nine others, many children. The truck driver and several passengers suffered cuts and bruises, with Morgan and Sheffield among the injured and taken to a local hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
Pine Hill
James Henry Rikard, Jr
J. H. Rikard
Ivan Morgan
Virgil Sheffield
L. M. Hunter
Byron Shelton
Shelton
Wilbur Jackson
Billie Burne Shields
Taylor Shiels, Jr
Genteran
Sie
Sheffield
Morgan Gunter
Morgan
City Schools To Open September 8 In Dothan
Dothan Superintendent CC Mosley announced that city schools will open September 8. He listed 59 teachers for the coming year across Senior High, Young Junior High, Howell Elementary and other facilities with staff hailing from multiple Alabama towns and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
CC. C. Mosley
Mosley
Bruce Flurry
Ala
Louise Pelham
Anniston
Margaret Williams
Opelika
Als
Annie Morton
Newton
Corrie Mae Garret
Hope Hall
Odell Carmichael
Hollins
Flossie Jones
Enterprise
Vassie Morrow
Lynnville
Tenn
Elizabeth Horsley
Birmingham
Paul Tubb
Northport
E. W. Walker
Selma
Mary Thomas Maxwell
Elberton
Young
Minnie T. Heard
Dechard
Lettie Stafford
Plenteraville
Alliegen
Locust Grove
Wannie Mae Faulk
Ft. Deposit
Lela Holland
Castleberry
Ain
Asa F. Self
Hanceville
Howell
Dora Cook
Chattahoochee
Fla
Dora J. Moore
Prattville
Bernice Wood
Headland
Eva Lee
Elba
Marie Harris
Prichard
Mary Palmer
Midland City
Annie Ruth Williams
Wetumpka
Lillian Hodgson
Atmore
Marie Hall
Excel
Hellen Williams
Wilma
Investigation Begun Into Sailor Shooting at Ipswich
A Coast Guard board of inquiry convened at Salisbury Beach to investigate the fatal shooting of Chief Boatswain's Mate Louis A. Pratt by machine gun fire from a Coast Guard patrol boat off Ipswich. Pratt died hours after being shot while aiding a search for a burning boat near Plum Island.
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Salisbury Beach
Mass
Coastguard Board
Louis A. Pratt
Coast Guard
Ipswich
Pratt
Cleo Falkingham
Plum Island
Gas taxes bring in nearly five million in Massachusetts
Boston reports state gas tax receipts totaling 4,799,499 for the first half of 1930, up 10.2 percent from the same period in 1929. The rise reflects steady fuel sales despite the era's economic conditions.
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Boston
Massachusetts
1930 Wiregrass cotton crop ginning picks up pace in Dothan
The Wiregrass cotton season moves from field to gin with 113 bales ginned in Dothan since start of the season. Operators report daily gains and expect a bumper crop as seven gins run near full capacity by mid next week. continued coverage on page eight.
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Dothan Ginners
Dothan
Toose
Page Eight
New Orleans Girl Crowned Beauty Queen of Universe in Galveston
Dorothey Dell Goff of New Orleans, a 17 year old blond high school student and radio singer, won the Beauty Queen of the Universe title at the National pageant. She receives 2000 dollars and a silver plaque at a testimonial dinner after previously earning Miss United States of America.
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Galveston
Tex
Dorothy Dell Goff
New Orleans
New York
First U S Census Finds 122 Million in Continent
The first complete preliminary census shows the continental United States at 122 726 827 with outlying possessions adding 14 772 688 for a grand total of 137 501 561. Gains led by New York and California, California fastest growing at 646 percent, Montana a lone decline.
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Washington
United States
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
New York
California
Emith
Gan
Texas
Illinois
Montana
Florida
Chigan
New Jersey
Pacific States
Oregon
Whitehall
Indiana
Mobile Mayor Endorses Thompson in Alabama Senate Race
Mobile Mayor Harry T. Hartwell urged Houston County voters to back Frederick I. Thompson for United States senator. He attacked John H. Bankhead and Alabama Power as threats, urged federal relief for flood damage, and pressed party loyalty while noting Heflin and Locke aimed to split Alabama’s Democratic primary.
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John H. Bankhead
Alabama Power Company
Hoover
Houston County Court House
Harry T. Hartwell
Mobile
Houston
Frederick I. Thompson
United States
Hartwell
Bankhead
Power and Trust
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Thompson
Mr. Hartwell
Washington
Sying
Democratic Party of
Heflin
Locke
Harry Martin
Martin
Mayer Hartwell
Government Aid Is Sought In Drought Stricken Sections
Heat shifts to the east as midwest farmers face continued drought. Scattered showers bring brief relief but not enough to end the drought or save the corn crop. Washington reports 102 degrees, Philadelphia 98, New York 92 as moisture remains limited.
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Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Maryland
Upper Great Lakes
Charges Dropped in Hobday Manslaughter Case
Manslaughter charges against G. E. Hobday were nolle pressed due to lack of prosecution after the Campbellton highway crash that killed Estis Annie and J. D. Barnes and injured another. Relatives of the deceased did not appear to prosecute, Judge Martin said, leading to dismissal.
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G. E. Hobday
Chattanooga
Campbellton Highway
Killin
Estis
Annie
J. D. Barnes
Sir. Hobday
Frederick I. Thompson
C. Z. Strickland
Grand Jury
John Strickland
Houston County
A. C. Cook Held After Birmingham Slaying
A. C. Cook, a Black man, wanted in the slaying of Everage Ingle in Birmingham Sunday night, was captured and taken into custody today at his aunt’s Northport home. He will be held for Jefferson County authorities.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
A. C. Cook
Everage Ingle
Birmingham
Northport
Jeffernnan
Communists Advance in China Threaten Key Cities and Foreigners
Dispatches report 2000 Chinese executed after Changsha fall and 4000 missing in Hunan. Foreign warships rush to the Yangtze red zone as Red forces siege Hankow and Nanchang. foreigners flee Kiukiang as battles flare along the Yangtze valley. Government vows to halt northern rebels with 30,000 troops from Canton moving to Shantung front.
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Shanghai
Changsha
Hunan
Nanking
Hankow
Yangtse
Liang River
Hunan Hupeh
Klangsi
Fukien
Reda
Kiu Kiang
Kisngst
Kiukiang
Yangtae
Nanchang
Kiangel
Henan
Shantung
Tsingtao
Canton
China
Tasingtao-Tasinanfu
Three Governors and Congress Candidates File Expense Reports
Montgomery August 6 AP Three gubernatorial hopefuls and seven congressional contenders filed campaign expense reports with Secretary of State John Brandon. Notable totals include Judge B. M. Miller 7218.91 J A Darnley 2251.90 Watt T Brown 2256.27 for governor. Senate candidate John H Bankhead reported 6106.78. Other filings include John M Bowman 1272.65 and W M Pratt 3175.13.
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Montgomery
Congressional Neuta
John Brandon
B. M. Miller
J. A. Darnley
Watt T. Brown
John McDuffie
Webb Chestnut
Miles C. Allgood
Lamar Jeffers
A. G. Patterson
H. B. Steagall
Lister Hill
John H. Bankhead
United States Senate
J. M. Bowman
Public Service Commission
W. M. Pratt
Farm Board And Smith Supporters Get Comfort
The Associated Press reports comfort and support growing from the primaries in four states. In Kansas Senator Henry J. Allen won the Republican nomination to fill out Curtis’s unexpired term with ample votes. Frank Haucke defeated Governor Clyde M. Reed in the GOP primary, while Arthur Capper was unopposed for the nomination. In Virginia Thomas G. Burch beat Rep. Joseph Whitehead for the Fifth District nomination. Howard Smith won the Democratic nod over Frank Ball.
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Associated Press
Farm Board
Alfred E. Smith
Virginia
West Virginia
Kansas
Henry J. Allen
Curtis
Clyde M. Reed
Keansas
Frank Haucke
Cornell
Haucke
Arthur Capper
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas House
al Smith
Thomas G. Burch
Joseph Whitehead
Smith
Howard Smith
Anti- Saloon League
Frank Ball
Relief plans evolving to aid drought stricken regions
The Hoover administration coordinates drought relief via the Agriculture Department and Farm Board to assess needs and possible government measures. President Hoover expects a report on Monday. Kentucky Governor Samson telegraphed a plea for nationwide prayer for rain and relief. The Virgin Islands appealed for food for people and livestock amid ongoing showers reports.
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Department of Agericulture
Farm Board
Hoover
Samson
Kentucky
Potomac
Virgin Islands
Young murderer marries after he kills salesman
Leonard Thompson a 19 year old from Bhawnes Oklo told officers he married Lucy Belle McKinley 21 of Perdido Ala a day after fatally beating Frank A Webb Jr 33 of Eutaw Ala near White Harbor Miss Thompson said he killed Webb during a liquor dispute dragged him into a thicket took 17 dollars from Webb then used the car for their honeymoon plan in Oklahoma The couple were stopped by officers at Perdido before starting their trip
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Gulfport
Miss
Leonard Thompson
Bhawnes
Oklo
Frank A. Webb
Eutaw
Ala
Lucy Belle McKinely
Perdide
Ale
Thompson
Harrison County
Bay Minette
Webb
White Harbor
Mise
Thompscs
Perdido
Miss McKinley
Oklahoma
Dynamite explosion kills Hartsville dairyman in drought
In Hartsville Tennessee on August 6 a 41 year old dairyman Leon H Beasley set off a dynamite charge to boost water flow from a well. The blast killed him instantly after his failure to return home triggered a search by his wife.
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Hartsville
Tenn
Leon H. Beasley
Beasley
Motors finance figures for 1928 reported by Chicago club
The Chicago Motor Club reports that 3.478 million new and used cars were financed in 1928, totaling about 1.003 billion dollars in value.
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Chicago
Chicago Motor Club
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James Rickard
Ubconscious Mobile
Rarita Kingery
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Sailor
Air Baby
Lindy, Jr
Charlies
A.’ Lindbergh, Jr
Louise McPherridge Thaden
Pittsburgh
Mother Thaden
Som
Victor A. Thaden
By Pete Mahan
Helen Hannan
Mariane Mivica
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Peipingz
Honan
Wuchang
Jachangsha
Peking
Snanchang
Kinkfang
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Thelang River
Hobday
George Thompson
Red
Tri-Cities
Hanyang
Farm Board and Smith
Leonard
Frank Webb
Bettle
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