Bankhead Defeats Thompson For Senate Nomination
W C Davis leads in lieutenant governor tally with 29 105 to 1 006 for Miller as 908 precincts counted 998 remaining Second choice ballots could decide outcome Finnell third with 4888 McCall 5002 Carnes 1991 Brown 1182 The senatorial nominees face general election for first time in over 38 years without such opposition in party history in Alabama.
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Montgomery
Als
W. C. Davis
Jasper
B. M. Miller
Camden
Miller
Davis
Woolsey Finnell
Tuscaloosa
Charlie C. McCall
A. Carnles
Enterprise
Watt T. Brown
Birmington
Nomines
Hawks Start Transcontinental Flight In Record Attempt
Frank Hawks launched from Grand Central Air Terminal at 2 16 27 a m to beat the Lindberghs Pacific to Atlantic record. He aims for about 12 hours and has fuel stops planned at Albuquerque Wichita and Indianapolis. Weather favors flight with tail winds east of New Mexico. Meanwhile Dale Jackson and Forest O Bring set a new sustained flight world record at 9 52 a m CDT after 554 hours 41 minutes aloft. They envision reaching 1 000 hours as their next target.
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Glendale
Cal
Frank Hawks
Grand Central Air Terminal
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hawks
Albuquerque
New Mexico City
Wichita
Kas
Indianapolis
Lambert Field
St. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Bring
Chicago
Kenneth
John Hunter
Illinois
Jackson
O'Brine
O’brine
K D Creech Dies Sudden On Florida Run
K D Creech veteran engineer of the Atlanta and St Andrews Bay railroad died after a stroke at Compass Lake Florida where he was on duty with an eight man work train. He collapsed beside a water trough after a brief illness and died aboard a northbound train in Dothan two and a half hours later. He was nearly 60 and survived by his widow and several children and siblings. Funeral plans pending.
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Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay
K. D. Creech
Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railroad
Compass Lake
Fla
Dothan
Mr. Creech
Newton
Dale County
Bay Line
Florida
W. & Sern
New Brockton
Birmingham
J. R.binon
J. W. Horn, Jr
Thomasville
Frances Creech
Kenneth
Oklahoma City
Okla
Gus Ad Charies
C. C. Matthews
Temple
Texas
Lige Trawick
Stewart
Hawks Reach Wichita on Transcontinental Flight Attempt
Captain Frank Hawks arrives in Wichita at 10 20 CST today as he pursues a new West East transcontinental flight record.
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Frank Hawks
Wichita
Rise in Annulments Alarms Sociologists in Italy
Rome reports that despite divorce not existing in Italy, legal separations without rights to remarry are rare. annulments have risen sharply, with 1928 showing 74 percent of 22 petitions granted and 1920 seeing 28 of 127 successful. In Shanghai profiteering tied to rice shortages, city controls price at each market opening to curb hoardings.
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Rome
Italy
Shanghai
Manchuria bans cereal exports amid grain shortage risk
Manchuria moves to stop all cereal exports as grain crop prospects dim and the local currency weakens. The government acts to prevent a domestic shortage and stabilize the economy.
Reichstag approves bread sale by weight policy
In Berlin on August 13 the social democratic motion for future bread sales by weight was approved by 200 votes to 190 in the Reichstag. The record notes a 7 percent year rise in a Lom beard college context and mentions Know College in Galesburg.
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Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Enterprise Farmer Alva Martin Killed In Wreck
Alva Martin, a prominent young farmer living about four miles from Enterprise, Alabama, was killed when a truck he drove overturned on a field road. The cotton-filled truck crushed him as it toppled into a ditch after he reportedly tried to fix the motor while driving. He had married Maula Martin only about three months earlier. funeral services were planned.
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Alva Martin
Field Road
Enterprise
Ala
Here
Martin
Maula Martin
Near Enterprise
Saw Mill Fire Claims $300000 In Fulton
Fulton Ala Aug 13 AP loss of about 300000 to the Scott Lumber Co saw mill last night. The blaze one of the largest in the south damaged the plant and threatened the planing mill and yard lumber. Fire fighters aided by Mobile equipment battled the flames after midnight.
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Fulton
Ala
Scott Lumber Company
Mobile
Planing Mill
FLIERS FIGHT MOSQUITOES IN MANAGUA CAMPAIGN
In Nicaragua the air wing fights malaria using aircraft to drop powdery insecticidal agents during the rainy season. Efforts focus on dispersing polesons to powder form with high activity as mosquitoes breed.
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Managua
Micaragua
Destiny
Five States See Shifts in Primary Leaders Across Races
Associated Press reports early results show Norris leading in Nebraska over Stebbins while Hitchcock appears set to oppose Norris in the Democratic lineup. Robinson leads in Arkansas and Gore dominates Oklahoma for the Democratic Senate nomination. Murray leads Oklahoma’s gubernatorial race. Bankhead leads in Alabama’s Senate race. Ohio shows a split with Buckley ahead for Senate and White for Governor. Nebraska indicates Bryan victory in the governor’s race. Please turn to page eight.
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Joe T. Robinson
Tom W. Campbell
Arkansas
Thomas E. Gore
Charles » .Wrightsman
Tulsa
Senate
Oklahoma
Wiliam H. “Alfalfa
bin” Murray
Frank Buttram
Oklahoma City
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
Frederick I. Thompson
Mobile
Ohio
W. B. Pine
Roscoe C. McCulloch
J. Thomas Heflin
Heflin
Davia
Nebraska
Charles W. Bryan
Alabama congressional races face unclear early returns
Early statewide results show Steagall leading Speight in the third district with 4808 to 4151 in counted boxes from Henry, Houston, and Geneva counties while Huddleston leads McArthur in the ninth. Allgood Herzberg Chestnut and Almon Patterson leads in their districts as votes are still rolling in.
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Houston County
Henry County
Geneva County
Speight
Steagall
Henry Steagall
Ozark
J. J. Speight
Dothan
George Huddleston
Birmingham
Jefferson County
F. D. McArthur
Huddleston
McArthur
Miles C. Allgood
A. ©. Herzberg
Webb Chestnut
W. M. Rayburn
E. B. Almon
A. G. Patterson
Murphysboro Aviator Held in Mine Bombing Case
Investigators from federal agencies and two states press a circumstantial case against Murphysboro aviator Paul Montgomery for Monday bombing near Providence Kentucky. Statements from Clara Paul Evelyn Fleming and Raymond Phifer place Montgomery at the airport with two rough men, one boarding his plane. Montgomery admits a pre dawn flight but says he flew solo toward Pickneyville not Providence. A felony warrant was issued at Dix, Kentucky, with further transport decisions pending. Officials questioned Montgomery the two girls and Phifer. Athens Greece adds note of a new electrical fire repair shop opening at the Acropolis.
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Murphysboro, II
Paul Montgomery
Murphysboro
Providence
Clara Paul
Evelyn Fleming
Raymond Phifer
Montgomery
Pickneyville
Montgomeryith
Dixon
Herman Goldman
Department of Justice
F. Alberry
Department of Commerce
William Flanigan
Jackson County
RB. L. Overby
Webster County
Kentucky
Phifer
Hardwick Leads in Henry County Sheriff Race
Returns from 23 of Henry County Ohio boxes show O G Hardwick leading with 942 votes to 883 for J W Corbitt. FE C Glover tops state legislature race with 1152 votes. opponents range from 305 to 728. Tax Collector R L McLendon and Tax Assessor B Evelyn Kelly faced no opposition.
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Abbeville
Als
Henry
O. G. Hardwick
J. W. Corbitt
FE. C. Glover
J. D. Ward
J. A. Parish
G. C. Halstad
J. W. Capps
R. F. Hall
R. Lb. McLendon
B. Evelyn Kelly
Geneva election upsets in Alabama county offices
In Geneva Alabama the county election returns show A D McDowell elected tax assessor by a large margin over incumbent A D Borland and A D Garrett. J Albert Driver leads over J C Hughes for sheriff and Arcus Childs wins the tax collector post by an estimated 100 to 150 votes. Other candidates include J H Owen and several locals seeking tax collector.
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Geneva
Ala
A. D. McDowell
A.D. Borland
A. D. Garrett
J. Albert Driver
J. C. Hughes
B.C. Hughes
John D. Wilson
Chancellor
Arcus Childs
Hartford
T. C. Black
J. H. Owen
N. W. Thornton
A. J. Hatcher
Abbie Ward
Dennis Cotton
T. J. Ward
J. E. Pronson
J. FE. Sellera
Slocomb
Civil pilots nominate list of air race fliers
Commercial airmen have elbowed military entrants from the national air races. An AP report notes most planes in the meet are military, with a minority of entrants from commercial or private fleets.
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Chicago
Army
Navy
Marine
A.z
Thompson offers service to party despite defeat
Frederick I. Thompson of Mobile conceded the Bankhead nomination in the Alabama Democratic primary. He telegrammed congratulation and offered aid for unified party effort to preserve Democratic authority. Bankhead led Thompson 62,825 to 32,025 with 1,147 of 1,488 precincts reporting.
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T. M. Davenport
Associated Press
Montgomery
Frederick I. Thompson
Mobile
John H. Bankhead
Jasper
U. S
Thompson
Alabama
Frederick IL Thompson
Senator
Bankhead
Gambling houses closed in Mobile area amid impeachment threats
In New Orleans Aug 13 an AP report says State's Attorney General Percy Saint ordered all gambling resorts in the New Orleans area closed after petitions from citizens of St Bernard and Jefferson parishes. He warned that impeachment proceedings would be demanded if closures were not completed by Tuesday night. Officials note earlier closures by Governor Huey P Long had been reopened.
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New Orleans
Percy Saint
St. Bernard
Jefferson Parishes
Chance
Mr. Saint
Huey P. Long
Mullins Leads Mullins Ward Vote Split In County Returns
Joe Rollins, World War veteran, led Houston county sheriff race with 1,546 votes to 774 for Alex H. May as Henry and Geneva county boxes reported. Mullins gained in Dothan wards, with Mullins ahead 901 to 713 in Henry and Ward 1,800 to 1,003 in Geneva, as results shifted through the day.
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Joe Rollins
Houston County
The
Eagle
Rollins
Alex H. May
M. Tatum
Dothan
J. Norton Mulling
Bob Ward
Geneva County
Ward
Mullina
Mullins
Henry County
Dethan
Geneva
Mulling
Veteran of Civil War Passes Away at 90
John Porter Wilson 90 a Civil War veteran died at 2 20 am at his home on the old Hosea Wilson plantation near Dothan after a long illness. He served in the Sixth Alabama volunteers the Raccoon Roughs and later in the 15th Confederate Cavalry. He was a prominent Wiregrass farmer and father of W S Wilson and Johnnie Wilson. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 9 am with burial at the family cemetery.
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John Porter Wilson
Hosea Wilson
Dothan
Cottonwood
Mr. Wilson
Alabama Volunteers
John B. Gordon
Raccoon Roughs
Seven Pines
Sharrottesville
15Th
Confederate Calvary
W. 8. Wilson
Johnnie Wilson
Old Wilson Plantation
Gordon
Houston Funeral Company
Joe Wilson
Gainerville
Fla
Sid Wilson
Tampa
Bartow Liddon
W. 3. Wilson
Boy Drowns During Swimming Party Near Fayette
Harold Berry, 15, son of Mack Berry of Birmingham, drowned at Newtons Mill near Fayette while on a group swimming party. His body was recovered about two hours after he disappeared from his companions. He was a nephew of Fayette County Sheriff Berry.
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Fayette
Ala
Harold Berry
Mack Berry
Birmingham
Newton's Mill
Here
Young Berry
Sheriff Berry
Fayette County
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Newell Vaughn
Chy
Manchuria
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George W. Norris
Alfred E. Smith
William M. Stebbins
Gilbert N. Hitchcock
Norris
A. P. Dispatch
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Hardwick
Glover
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NEW
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St. Paul
Chicago and Northwestern
Mamer
Aberdeen
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Fatte
Missouia
Mort
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Dempsey Powell
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Rudolph
E. G. Collins
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