Walker Calm At Second Day Of His Hearing
Mayor Jimmy Walker, calm and deliberate, defended his administration at the ouster hearing before Governor Roosevelt. He denied pressuring a bus company franchise linked to a state senator and clashed with counsel over cross examination while crowds gathered outside the Albany state house.
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Walker
Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
New York
Supreme Court
George Donnelly
Bronx Chamber of Commerce
Jimmy Walker
Franklin Roosevelt
Hastings
Aim
John Curtain
John J. Curtin
Samuel Seabury
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Roosevilt
Seabury
Setinney
Gers
Hofstadter Committee
Sisto
Curtin
Parmalee Taxicab
Reliance Bronze and Steel Company
Benbury
Reliance Company
Hle
State House
Jimmy
Sidney Levine
Dothan Championship Golf Qualifiers Announced
Several golfers qualified this afternoon for the annual city golf championship at the Country Club course. Jim Brennan led qualifiers with 76, six over par, as flights of eight compete for 18 holes with the final set for August 21. Greens fees are $1.50 and prizes award each flight.
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Country Club
Dothan
Jim Brennan
Husky Dothan Golf
Enon Church Sing To Be Held Sunday
Many persons are expected to attend a sacred harp sing at Enon church near Webb on Sunday afternoon. The event begins at 1 30 p m and attendees are asked to bring their scoops as announced.
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Enon Church
Webb
Crippled sparrow carries note from Aliceville to Dothan
A crippled sparrow found in Dothan carried a note tied to its leg claiming to come from Aliceville Ala. The message warned I have a broken leg and was written on a Alice ville merchandise purchase blank. The bird was sighted near E Main street with one foot missing.
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Dothan
Aliceville
Ala
Picking County
Tuscaloosa
Sem Blumberg
New York
E .Main Street
Rioting in Spain: deaths as government seeks action
In Madrid Aug 12 rioters burned buildings across southern Spain as the government prepares to punish General San Jurjo after Wednesday's abortive rebellion. A civil guard and a workman were killed. several others wounded in clashes at Santa Fe and Seville while mobs attacked jails and a rural casino.
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Madrid
Spain
San Jurjo
Santa Fe
Seville
American Legion Commander Ed Wren Dies in Alabama
Ed Wren 38 of the Alabama American Legion died after an emergency operation. He was elected state commander at Gadsden two weeks earlier and served as national executive committeeman. Survived by wife and daughter Mary Virginia. Funeral Sunday at 10 with full military honors. Edward Murray of Foley will succeed him as state commander.
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Talladega
Ala
Ed Wren
Alabama American Legion
Wren
Gadsden
Mary Virginia
Legion
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Edward Murray
Foley
Legion of the State At Large
Jackson County Farm Agent Arrested On Seed Loan Charge
Sam Roundtree Jackson county farm agent is jailed on a seed loan misuse charge. He was arrested in Marianna Florida by federal officers and held on a five thousand dollar bond. Officials did not disclose the amount involved in the case. Roundtree was arrested Wednesday.
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Jackson County
Fla
Marianna, Fl
Sam Roundtree
U. S
Roundtree
Chipley youth in crash listed as resting well
Lorraine Tiller, 23, of Chipley Florida, injured when his car overturned near Chipley Thursday morning, was reported resting well at the hospital. He suffered scalp facial and body lacerations and contusions. His father is Washington County tax assessor.
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Lorraine Tiller
Chipley
Fla
Tiller
Washington County
Fia
Indictment Leads to Arrest in Florida Attack Case
Murray Pool a Bear Gordon resident of Houston county was arrested on an indictment charging assault with intent to murder and robbery with firearms related to an May 8 attack on a Florida preacher in Gainesville. Pool faced extradition questions as Sheriff Wells arrived to return him to Florida. Four co defendants H C Beard C L Wimbrey A J Jeffcoat E S Jeffcoat also charged. The preacher shot in the mouth and shoulder reportedly had about 3000 in a tackle box during the attack. Robbery with firearms carries a life penalty in Florida.
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Murray Pool
Houston County
Bear Gordon
Alachua County
Fla
Gainesville
R. J. Wells
Dothan
Florida
Pool
H. C. Beard
C. L. Wimbrey
A. J. Jeffcoat
E. S. Jeffcoat
Wells
No College Football Games Planned at City Stadium
Ed Weatherly secretary of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce says no bids will be made for college football at City Stadium this year. He notes three prior contests failed to yield gate receipts sufficient to justify continuing the plan.
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Ed Weatherly
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Weatherly
Smyrna Church Hosts Weeklong Sunday School Study
Thirty five attend the Smyrna church study course three miles east of Dothan. Reverend Lamar Jones of Dothan leads the sessions which continue through Friday night.
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Smyrna Church
Dothan
Lamar Jones
Stolen car found hidden in owner’s garage
Ellis Baker and police searched for a supposedly stolen car today. The vehicle was found parked behind closed doors in Baker’s garage when L Jones the chauffeur returned home and stated the auto was in the garage.
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Ellis Baker
Mr. Baker
L. Jones
Baker
Peanut Growers Plan Marketing of 1932 Harvest
The Alabama and Florida Cooperative Peanut Growers association met at the Houston hotel to map handling for the 1932 peanut crop. Directors approved peanut kered shells and more bonded warehouses, plus sales and settlements of last year’s crops. An officers’ erection was postponed to a later meeting.
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Alabama and Florida Cooperative Peanut Growers Association
Houston Hotel
J. J. Watson
Montgomery
W. C. Braswell
Elba
A. D. Jackson
Glenwood
Ala
M. C. Wood
Abbeville
Ford Snell
Dothan
Joe Peacock
Hartford
Parker Thompson
Goshen
J. O. Delaney
Ozark
L. S. Tender, Jr
W. B. Anderson
Greenwood
Fla
Peanut Growers Association
Watson
Shark Fighter Tarzan of the Sea May Battle in New York Tank
Panama City fisherman Wallace Caswell known as Tarzan of the Sea may perform in a large glass tank at Madison Square Garden New York City He plans exhibitions to showcase his shark and devilfish battles before crowds and is seeking sponsors in Jacksonville Florida He gained fame by diving with a knife to kill sharks and giant devilfish riding porpoises and drawing large crowds in multiple ports
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Wallace Caswell
Panama City
Fla
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Caswell
New York
Jacksonville
Florida City
Col
Hoe Stehlin
Jacksonville Beach
Shen
Uni
St. Andrews Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Ralph McGill
The
Atlanta Constitution
Charleston
Pensacola
Devil Fish
Tencrease
Gruesome Exhibit Highlights Murder Trial Defense
Miami August 12 AP Criminologist Arthur Hamilton testified Clarke killed himself with a pistol citing no evidence of homicide. Defense portrays Clarke as a dope victim who contemplated suicide, with Lavender and Richardson supporting self-inflicted death theories amid the Lancaster murder case. Lancaster described the scene again on the stand.
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Miami
Fla
Haden Clarke
Arthur Hamilton
Clarke
Hamilton
Wil.iam N. Lancaster
Lancaster
Jessie Keith Miller
Keith Miller
Dick Lavender
Richard Richardson
Haden
Lavender
Richardson
New Orleans
Keith
Keith- Miller
Condition of young diver with broken neck unchanged
Buford Bell, a Slocomb youth, remains in critical condition after a plunge into Hurricane creek near Slocomb Sunday afternoon. Hospital reports say recovery is problematical. he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Bell of Slocomb.
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Buford Bell
Slocomb
Hurricane Creek
Richard D. Bell
Fire damages home of Mattson Lisenby on Main Street
A small blaze at Mattson Lisenby’s residence on F Main Street caused $5 damage with a hole in a wall. Firemen could not determine the blaze’s origin. An insurance claim of $380 was filed. a worker, Vance Ward, faced illness and was out for several days.
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Mattson Lisenby
F. Main Street
Vance Ward
Mealy and Black to wed after license issued
John Tommie Mealy of Cottonwood Route One and Mattie Black of Cottonwood Route Two obtained a marriage license at the probate judge's office on Thursday.
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John Tommie Mealy
Cottonwood
Mattie Blackman
Chorus Girls Aid in Vote Drive for 1932 Democrats
Hollywood and Broadway figures volunteer for Democracy's ballot drive. Eddie Dowling chairs stage and screen division. Jim Roosevelt and Gene Tunney to barnstorm New England. Wayne Pierson invites Marion Davies and Jean Harlow to head women’s unit. Anchors Aweigh will be the campaign song.
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New York
Hollywood
Broadway
Democracy
Eddie Dowling
Democratic National Committee
Barnstorma New England
Jim” Roosevelt
Gene Tunney
Robert Jackson
New England
Williamstown
Mase
Tunney
Maine
Dowling
Screen
Wayne Pierson
Pierson
Marion Davies
Jean Harlow
Navy
Light Water Unit Prepares for Heavy Ginning Season
Dothan’s Light and Water Department expects a heavy ginning season this fall. Fulltime ginning and high electrical demand should begin by September. The city projects extra revenue from ginning, estimating $2,100 in current sales monthly for the three gins.
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Dothan
R. J. Goodwin
Firemen Give Last Shower This Summer
Dothan fire department planned a final summer shower at the corner of S Appletree and E LaFayette streets this afternoon. Firemen would open the hydrant at 3 o clock with many children expected and extra watchfulness cited as the reason for ending showers for the rest of the warm season.
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Dothan
S. Appletree
E. LaFayette Atreeta
All-Day Sacred Harp Sing At Damascus Church
An all day sacred harp sing will be held Sunday at the Damascus church a mile south of Graceville Florida. Attendees were asked to bring books and lunches and an invitation was extended to all singers and friends in the area.
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Damascus Church
Graceville
Fla
Counterfeiting Surges in Deep South Says Secret Service Chief
Memphis Tenn AP reports John C. Marsh, head of Secret Service operatives in the South, says hard times spur more counterfeit money. In the last two years counterfeit nickels dimes quarters and half dollars have circulated more than in the previous decade.
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Memphis
Tenn
John C. Marsh
Secret Service
South
Hoover Promises Prohibition Change In 1932 Campaign
Washington dispatch says Hoover accepts renomination with a plan for states to decide Prohibition while protecting dry states from neighboring interference. Roosevelt to respond in Columbus Ohio as Republicans push a new economic recovery program and a tougher stance against illegal liquor.
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Hoover
Washington
Representative Snell
New York
United States
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Curtis
E. W. Pettus
Alabama
John 3. Taylor
Columbus
Ohio
Constitutional Hall
White House
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