Miller Urges State Income Tax and Bonds
Governor B M Miller asked Alabama’s legislature to authorize constitutional amendments for an income tax and a $20 million bond issue to pay debts, fund schools, and balance the budget during a special session. He urged rapid passage before Sept 3 with measures to cut expenses and new revenue, including an income tax modeled on the federal system.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Senate
House
B. M. Miller
House of Representatives
Miller
Alabema
Gov. Miller
Work paving new road to be done in winter months
The highway from Dothan to the Georgia line will be paved in winter when work is scarce under a Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan to relieve unemployment. Mayor I C Ezell said the project to start within 40 days aims to hire about 300 local men, with Dothan workers given priority. Contracts to pave to Alaga will not be let until September.
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Dothan
Georgia State Line
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
I. C. Ezell
Miller
R.F.C
L. G. Smith
Houston County
Ezell
Alaga
Cottonwood Road
Georgia Line
R. F. C. Houston County Emergency Employment Commission
Alabama
R. D. Thomas
Eufaula
Emergency Employment Committee
Thomas
Birmingham
Dothan Council Plans Lighting to Halt Petting Parties
City officials consider installing electric lights at the High school building to deter late night gatherings described as petting parties. Councilman Miller suggested the measure after seeing youths near the building, while others questioned police patrols. The vote approved the light, with possible installations at other schools if disturbances persist.
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Miller
J. P. Botts
Councilman Botts
McEntyre
Dothan
Lindberghs Welcome Second Son Amid Old Tragedy
In Englewood at 6 30 am the Charles Lindberghs welcomed their second son five months after the Charles Junior kidnapping. The birth occurred at the Dwight Morrow home with mother and baby reported in good health. The new child’s name was not announced.
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Englewood
Charles Lindberghs
Charles Junior
Dwight Morrow
Mrs. Morrow
Lindbergh
Violet Sharpe
New Jersey
Charles Augustus, Jr
Morrow
Condition of Woman Hurt in Car Mishap
Mrs. Ora D. Mc Caghren of Lakeland Florida was injured in a Montgomery highway accident Monday morning. She was described as fair but serious at the hospital with a fractured hip and a double fracture of the right arm. Her son accompanying her was not injured.
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Ora D. McCaghren
Lakeland
Fla
Montgomery Highway
Permit to repair burned dwelling in city issued
Permit to repair a residence at 800 S St Andrews street was issued at the city clerk's office to Mrs. Bessie B Williams. The dwelling was gutted by flames and repairing will cost $800.
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S. St Andrews Street
Bessie B. Williams
Torpedo planes leave California for Pensacola
In San Diego on August 16 a group of three Navy torpedo land planes departed North Island bound for Pensacola Florida. Lieut Commander James M Shoemaker led the squadron with two enlisted pilots, Boats and aviation pilot first class Kuhn.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
North Island
Pensacola
Fla
James M. Shoemaker
Avision
Kuhn
Disappearance Reported Of Two Passengers At Sea
The Inner California reported from San Francisco that two passengers went missing during the voyage. Ernest Boulter a Pasadena California landscape gardener jumped overboard August 3. William Kerr Scott former Royal Indemnity Company representative at Portland Oregon presumably jumped overboard.
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New York
California
San Francisco
Ernest Boulter
Pasadena
Calif
Wiliam Kerr Scott
Royal Indemnity Company
Portland
Ora
Attempt to kill witness in milk bombing case
Police investigate an apparent assassination attempt on Ada Lance, a key witness in the Bridges milk plant bombing case. An ambush shot struck her car. Bridges received a new trial after prior convictions of Bridges and Burge Gilpin ending in life terms.
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Birmingham
Ada Lance
R. B. Bridges
Miss Lance
Bridges
Burge Gilpin
Peanut Lodged In Throat Causes Death Of Moody Taylor Jr
Moody Taylor Jr two year old son of Mr and Mrs Moody Taylor of Esto Florida died after a peanut became lodged in his throat. He swallowed the nut at home Monday afternoon and was taken to a Graceville physician then to a hospital where he died at 9 30 this morning. Survived by his parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs Davis Taylor of Esto and Mr and Mrs H H Holland of near Esto. Funeral at 3 pm Thursday at Lees Chapel near Esto with Rev Andrew Cozatt officiating Burial in Lees Chapel cemetery Fellows and Forrester in charge.
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Moody Taylor, Jr
Moody Taylor
Esto
Fla
Este
Graceville
Davis Taylor
H. H. Holland
Near
Lee’s Chapel
Alabama
Andrew Cozatt
Burlel
Lee's Chapel Cemetery
Fellows
Forrester
Armed Law Maintains Order in Iowa Farm Strike
Sioux City, Aug 16 The armed forces of the law organized to preserve order as leaders aim to spread the farm strike to other states. About one hundred unemployed were deputized to guard highways amid picketing and boycotts while plans to declare martial law were rejected. Reports say movements may start in the Dakotas Illinois and Nebraska.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Dakotas
Illinois
Nebraska
Highlights Of Gov Miller Address On Alabama Crisis
Associated Press reports Governor Miller calls for unity to confront a $20 million state debt led by education and teacher salaries. He proposes tax reforms, an income tax, and a $20 million bond plan to cover current debts with amendments possible at the November election. He suggests court and prison reforms and a sweeping overhaul of appropriations to start Oct 1.
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Alabama
Hmit
Port Panama City Opens The Chattahoochee Valley
The Chattahoochee valley stretches from Manchester Georgia through Albany Cuthbert and Bainbridge into Florida touching Tallahassee and Panama City. It praises the region as a rich agricultural belt with cotton corn fruit timber and abundant crops and notes hardwood timber along the river and creek country.
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Red Hills
North Georgia
West Point
Alabama
Georgia
Chattahoochee
Manchester
Albany
Cuthbert, Blakely
Bainbridge
Florida
Tallahasse
Gulf
Tallahassie
Gulf Coast
Carabelle
Apalachicole
Panama City
Choctawhatche
Bay
Valparaim
Florala Elba
Enterprise
Troy
Union Springs
Alexander City
Opelika
Chattahoochee Valley
Three Alabama Legislators Could Face Impeachment Charges
R B McCann said a Russell county mass meeting authorized a committee to draft impeachment charges against Senator Cecil Brown and Representatives Charles Clayton and George Wallace. The vote also called for an investigation into the legislature's qualifications amid opposition to nine local bills at the special session, including a plan to abolish and recreate the county board of education.
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Seale
Ala
R. B. McCann
Russell County
Cecil Brown
Charles Clayton
George Wallace
County Board of Education
Nomination Committee Named for Houston County Young Men’s Club
The Houston County Young Men’s Democratic club formed its nominating committee with N Frank Pridgen W Perry Calhoun and Calvin Welch appointed to serve and Rob ert Ramsey Robert Holman and Theodore Jackson tasked to draft a constitution or by laws. Acting chairman Tom Buntin announced the appointments at a Houston hotel meeting. Mrs A Y Malone pledged to gather Montgomery plan details for the next session. The group debated permanence versus temporary status and set the courthouse for next Tuesday night as the report date with wide attendance anticipated.
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N. Frank Pridgen
W. Perry Calhoun
Calvin Welch
Houston County
Young Men's Democratic Club
Houston
Robert Ramsey
Robert Holman
Theodore Jackson
Tom KB. Buntin
A. Y. Malone
National Democratic
Buntin
Frank Pridgen
Coourthouse
Indiana garden lots aid to unemployed
Indiana has turned to relet gardens to feed the unemployed and part time workers. H. E. Young of Purdue reports that fifty communities and twenty industries have projects including seven and a half industrial gardens of 1.9 acres, two community gardens of 784 acres, and 45 090 supervised home gardens of 6 000 acres.
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Lafayette, Ind
Indiana
H. E. Young
Purdue University
Larceny Bond Posted for Hogen Mitchell Near Cotton Wool
Hogen Mitchell of near Cotton Wool posted 1500 bond after arrest by Horton County officers on a Henry County warrant charging grand larceny. He was released from the county jail last night.
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Hogen Mitchell
Cottonwool
Hourton
Henry County
Montgomery Officials Meet Amid Tax Talk
Local debates center on county tax policy with Montgomery officials and named figures voicing positions. The meeting discusses fiscal plans and potential changes affecting residents and services.
Stolen Items Reported Near Lana Street
County officers report a theft with two items removed from a residence on Lana Street. The incident details are unclear due to damaged text but authorities are investigating and seeking information.
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Thieven
Nm Neer
Lana Street
Negro in Court Answers Disorderly Charge
Rube Safford faced a disorderly conduct charge in Mayor Ezell's court. During questioning he claimed he stayed away from home to win money, admitting occasional gambling. The mayor discharged him with a quip about his luck.
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Rube Safford
L C. Ezcil
Tauch
Rube
Ezell
Four Children Escape Dothan House Fire
Four children aged eight to fifteen escaped a house fire at 504 N Alice Street after flames gutted the roof around 11 15 last night. Firemen called the blaze incendiary and said only the four children were home as a lock failed and smoke blocked exits. The roof suffered major damage while the fire department contained the blaze and a crowd gathered at the scene.
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N. Alice Street
Evelyn White
Lily Mae
Carlton
Walter
Burk White
Ashford
T. J. Barnes
Dothan
Farmers Principal Sufferers in Texas Gulf Coast Storm
Tenant farmers were the principal sufferers of the hurricane that struck southern coastal Texas on Saturday night. The disaster killed at least 35 people and left about a thousand destitute. Relief workers and Red Cross teams provided treatment, food, and necessities at an emergency station.
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Houston
Texas
Red Cross
Chaplain of Florida Disabled Vets Dies
Marianna August 16 AP J Earley Wimberly of this city state chaplain of the Disabled American Veterans association died Sunday in the veterans hospital at Lake City He had been ill several weeks suffering from heart trouble and high blood pressure
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Marianna
J. Earley Wimberly
State Champlain
Disabled American War Veterans Association
Veterans Hospital
Lake City
Britain faces textile strike over wage dispute at Aug. 27
Britain's cotton industry could see a major strike as the Northern Counties Textile Trade Federation central board votes for a wage dispute stoppage on August 27. Employers may use the delay to present new proposals before the walkout.
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Central Board of the
Northern Counties Textile Trade Federation
Jace
Thomas
RAND CONCERT TONIGHT BY 117TH FIELD ARTILLERY
The regular weekly band concert of the 117th Field Artillery will be given on courthouse lawn tonight. A large audience is expected for the event with about 1400 local residents anticipated to attend.
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117Th Field Artillery
Farre
Oartilery Bend Leat
New Recorder to Oversee City Court in Dothan
Dothan council established the office of recorder by ordinance and elected Auditor J. L. Vaughn to the post. The recorder will handle city court duties, with salary up to 300 per year paid semi monthly. The move shifts duties from mayor to recorder and suspends rules for immediate effect.
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Council
J. L. Vaughn
Dothan
Vaughn
Recorder's Court
J. J. Newton
T. H. McEntyre
Newton
Floy Hall
Miller
W. Burkett
M. D. Black
Mr. Vaughn
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