Hot County Races Drive Election Day Campaign
Voters across Houston County faced a busy election day with 58 residents seeking 46 offices plus two circuit solicitor candidates and eight district executive committee posts. Early turnout in Dothan showed a rush then a slowdown as polls opened at 8 am and expected to peak after noon. Women led the morning voting, while key races centered on tax collector sheriff and circuit solicitor.
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Pete Mahan
Penne
Houston County
House of Representatives
Dothan
Ward One
Ward Two
Ward Three
Ward Four
B. M. Miller
W. C. Davis
Eagle will give election returns with live coverage
The Dothan Eagle plans to break news on Alabama elections with AP dispatches and Houston county results. A moving picture camera with slide device and a large screen on Oates street will flash returns at intervals. Eagle representatives will gather county and Wiregrass precinct data starting at seven o clock, inviting all to attend the election party.
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Alabama
Dothan Eagle
Eagle
Houston County Health Department
Oates Street
Opce
Troy Ant
Onice Stresta
Troy
Oates Streets
Associated Press
Eagle Representatives
Houston
Dothan to Get State Branch Laboratory
A state health laboratory branch will be established in Dothan within weeks to serve the Wiregrass region. Dr. Leon C. Havens will visit Thursday to select a site for the office, making it the eighth in the state and the only one south of Montgomery except Mobile. About 150 physicians in southeast Alabama will gain one day service for all specimens.
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State
State Department of Health
Dothan
Russell E. Neff
Houston County
Montgomery
Mobile
Eagle S
Alabama
Norris to gain party backing for renomination
Senator Norris of Nebraska will receive Republican National machine support if he wins his party’s renomination. National chairman Fess stated the committee will back nominees from primaries and will soon push a vigorous campaign for Senate and House candidates. He cited Hoover administration, tariff, and farm relief as key issues while ruling out prohibition and the world court as campaign flashpoints.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Norris
Nebraska
Republican National Machine
Fess
Ohio
White House
Nortis
Great Lakes
Senate
House
Hoover
Cotton Care for the Coffee Shortage in Brazil
In Sao Paulo Aug 12, planters fear coffee overproduction and shift to cotton. A government circular urges cotton interplanted between coffee rows. Brazil’s largest southern mill city produces over 40,000 tons annually, with drought-affected Ceara state supplying much of the cotton.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
United States
Secretary of Agriculture For State
Equator
Brasil
Ceara
Crop Prospects Decline in July Amid Drought
United States crop prospects fell about 7 percent in July due to drought and heat. Wheat totals are forecast at 820.6 million bushels all wheat with winter wheat at 597.4 million, oats at 1.316 billion, and corn at 2.212 billion bushels based on August 1 conditions. Hoover prepared relief plans as agencies report conditions. continuation noted on page eight.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Hoover
Hartford Governor Refuses Extradition of John Williams
Governor Trumbull refused to extradite John Williams to Alabama for the murder of Carrie Mooring, saying he had not been indicted by a grand jury and the charges were not attached to a valid warrant. Sheriff Gibbons attended. Williams may be held in Hartford until just before his trial.
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Hartford
Trumbull
John Williams
Alabama
Williams
Carrie Mooring
Abbeville
Henry County
L. E. Gibbons
Why No Witnesses Appeared At Greenville Cock Fight
Governor John G. Richards learned why no one testified as 21 of 27 Greenville county men faced charges after a July 4 cock fight. Sheriff Bramlett said a jury acquitted Magistrate E. E. Chapman, and with similar evidence no one would convict the others, so trials were dropped after 22 posted bond and 21 returned.
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Greenville
S. C
John G. Richards
Greenville County
Cliff R. Bramlett
E. E. Chapman
Bramlett
Chapman
Auto Tree Crash Injures Four Hospitalized
Mary B Bass Lucile Reynolds Max Morris and Hardwick Ethridge were injured when their car swerved from Oates street into a tree near Powell street at noon yesterday. All are confined to beds with non life threatening injuries and improved. Reynolds suffered a head blow and Miss Rus has multiple facial injuries and a broken rib. Morris swerved to avoid a truck before hitting the tree. Please turn to page fight.
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Mary B. Bass
Lucile Reynolds
Max Morris
Hardwick
Etheridge
Morris
Reynolds
Page Fight
Monoplane duo nears endurance flying record
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine aboard the Greater of St Louis push toward the 554 hour mark set by the Hunter brothers at Lambert field. They hover around 529 hours with plans to exceed the record by staying aloft eight days or more, while sponsors and rivals watch closely.
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ST. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brine
Jackson
O'Brine
Hunter Brothers
John Hunter
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Brothers
Heer
Harry Perkins
Perkins
Hunters
Perking
Miers
Balcony collapse injures twelve in Memphis store
In Memphis Tennessee twelve women were injured when a furniture store balcony collapsed under a crowd of shoppers. About thirty others were discharged. City building inspectors began checks for similar hazards in area stores.
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Memphis
Tenn
Wrecks and trials mark Pacific Era plane saga
The Pacific Era monoplane rests at Ladner Field after a landing overshoot near Vancouver while owner Bob Wark is hospitalized with possible internal injuries. Eddie Brown was not aboard the craft when it crashed during preparations for a four stop flight from Tacoma to Tokyo.
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Bob Wark
Red Brown
Canada
Japan
British Columbia
Wark
Pacific
Vancouver
B. C
Ladner Field
Lulu Island Air Field
Tacoma
Wash
Tokyo
Eddie Brown
Holland
Pedro Zaani
C. C. Osborne
Halifax
WN. S
Oakland
Cal
Hawaii
Osborne
Fingland
D. Tt. McLaren
Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Arctic
Seattle
James Brewster
U.S N
Brewster
E. E. Dildane
Dildane
Dave Logg
Dave Rhodes
Miss Rhodes
Brown
Lulu
Ground to Pieces in Concrete Mixer Fatal Accidents
In Gadsden Alabama on August 12 Steve Ivuke 22 was killed when a concrete mixer crushed him as he fell during landing. His body was found after the mixer was filled with concrete and started. Ivuke from Crossville Kansas. A separate report notes a father and his three children found dead in a fire wreckage at their home. Albert Watkins Frine Elizabeth Margaret Alberta 8 and Charles Albert 2 are named victims.
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Gadsuden
Ala
Steve Ivuke
Duke
Crossville
Kinsley
Kansas
Albert Wat Kine
Friine Elizabeth
Margaret Alberta
Charlies Albert
Five States Hold Primaries for Party Nominees Today
The Associated Press reports five states hold primaries to nominate candidates for state and federal offices. George W. Norris of Nebraska faces two Republican rivals while Alabama's Heflin steps aside to run as an independent. In Arkansas Benn Tor Fobinson and in Oklahoma and Ohio Democrats choose nominees to oppose Republican incumbents Pine and McCullouch.
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T. M. Davenport
Associated Press
Montgomery
Alabama
United States
John H. Bankhead
Jasper
Frederick J. Thompson
Moblie
J. Thomas Heflin
Heflin
National Party
Thompson
Bankhead
Party Solidarity
Boltera
Watt
Arkansas
Benn‘tor Joy T. Fobinson
J. Thomes Heflin
Stlde
Frederick Thompson
Mobile
Oklahoma
Ohio
W. B. Pine
Roscoe Do. McCullouch
Malfeasance Charged In Warrant Served On Florida Comptroller
Warrant charging State Comptroller Ernest Amos with malfeasance in office was served in Tallahassee over the liquidation of the Bank of Ray Biscayne in Miami. Sheriff Frank Stout released Amos on his own recognizance after the warrant, issued at the request of depositor Jack A. Selby, alleged use of former bank officials in a liquidator audit. A habeas corpus writ was obtained from the Florida Supreme Court and returnable next Monday.
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Tallahassee
Fra
Ray Biscayne
Miami
Ernest Amos
Frank Stoutamire
Leon County
Jack A. Selby
Amos
Supreme Court
Supreme Ernst
King's Physician Opposes Prohibition View
Lord Dawson of Penn, physician to the king, argued against banning all alcoholic drinks. He cited public opinion, education, and England’s temperance trend as reasons not to enforce broad prohibition. He warned excess use threatens health and noted surveys showing most patrons abstain or limit intake.
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Montreal
Lord Dawson of
Penn
England
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Suneau
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Bob
Red” Brown
Paul Montgomery
Murphysboro
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Rome
Texas
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Kentucky
Rome-to-Dallan
Tex
Bolters
George W. Norris
Florida
Lord Dawson
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