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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1930
Page
1
Waves of rain and floods hit Nogales Sonora and Nogales Arizona with four known dead and 13 missing as 500 were left homeless. Rescue efforts paused by new storms while property losses reach $200,000 across the border.
The Cotton crop is forecast at 14.362 million bales with 62.2 percent of normal condition and a yield of 155.3 pounds per acre, while drought in Arkansas Louisiana and other states savages prospects. Prices fell about 2.50 a bale on New Orleans markets as futures slipped with the August report.
E. R. Porter Hardware and Malone Hardware announce a merger joining the Malone stock to Porter facilities on Main Street after remodeling. Porter notes plans to link the South Foster Street warehouse and the present store into one combined operation under a new name. Joint managers P. L. Thornton and H. T. Scarbrough to lead the merged business.
Dorothy Dell Goff of New Orleans 17 wins Galveston pageant grand prize title Miss Universe and $2000 cash. She bested rival contestants from many cities and earned top honors over foreign entrants. Second place goes to Miss Houmania Otherwise Mariane Mivica.
In Pikeville Tennessee last night a family feud flared during an election returns crowd. Walter Swafford died and his son Sam was seriously wounded when Paul Swafford opened fire. A relative J E Swafford was hit by a stray bullet. Sheriff T Y Swafford witnessed but did not intervene. No arrests reported.
Anti-Saloon League officials issue a showdown demand for specific proposals to replace or modify prohibition. They announce a five year educational campaign led by Dr. Ernest H. Cherrington and a half million dollar effort using motion pictures radio and press to sway voters and elect a dry Congress and White House.
In GAIN Alabama an automobile crash near here killed J. J. Mitchell 30 of Memphis and left Mrs. J. A. Mitchell 26 of Memphis fatally injured. Also injured were J. J. Mitchell 1, Mitchell 6, Thomas 7, and James 5. The other vehicle occupants Gerald Harvey 18 and Jesse Watson 18 of Marked Tree Ark were lightly hurt.
In Chattanooga Tennessee Mrs J M Posey 37 mother of six died from gunshots fired Sunday night by her son in law Fred Cornelison her husband died Tuesday and J Bowman a mechanic remains critically injured. Cornelison says he fired after Posey and Bowman fired first as he sought his estranged wife to serve divorce papers. Authorities hold Cornelison without bond pending a preliminary hearing August 12.
William Holloway of Fulton Alabama died in Selma from injuries in a late night automobile crash at Valley Creek bridge. Other party members escaped unharmed though their names were not learned. The report notes Holloway suffered a fractured skull and spine.
The report details ongoing drought and heat damaging crops in southern Illinois and across the Midwest and South. It notes drying streams and wells, high temperatures, scarce rainfall, and rising produce prices. Hoover coordinates relief efforts with the Farm Board as information from the agriculture department is awaited.
Chicago report on the slaying of Jack Zuta northside vice captain. The investigation links Ted Newberry to the murder at a lake resort dance hall near Delafield Wisconsin and notes Henry Finkelstein’s and George Moran’s suspected roles. Authorities pursue theories amid gangland links and past allegiances.
A series of electrical wind hail and rain storms hit the Wiregrass late yesterday causing trees to fall across highways near Dothan and Marianna. J C Warren a negro cotton picker was killed when struck by lightning on the Spann Brothers farm near Brannon Stand. Two other pickers were shocked and Thomas Cherry’s house east of Dothan was burned after a lightning strike. Damage to crops and roads plus telephone lines knocked out accompanied the storm.
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