Two officials resign amid jury probe in Sumter County
In Sumter County Alabama a 40 member grand jury continues examining the Emelle July Fourth disorders and laxity in prohibition enforcement. Circuit Solicitor W R Kimbrough resigns effective Sept 15 after seeking Democratic renomination. Circuit Clerk M C Jarman resigns effective Sept 1 after ten years in office. Sheriff W T Seales says he will not resign. The probe follows a deadly battery incident involving Clarence Boyd and the Robertson family.
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Livingston
Als
Sumter County County
Tt S
Emelle
W. R. Kimbrough
Sumtre County
Seventeenth Judicial District
M. C. Jarman
Jarman
W. T. Seaies
Sta‘ed
Clarence Boyd
Ito
Robertson
Grover Boyd
Woodcock starts cleaning house in Prohibition Office
Prohibition Director Woodcock announced suspensions in Albany and Washington. George Golding, prohibition administrator, is under indefinite suspension on charges of personal misconduct filed by several stenographers, with the civil service commission to decide. Two other agents, Robert Myrtle and Basil Quinn, received five day suspensions for traffic rule disputes and confrontations with motorists. Woodcock vows further action if needed.
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Washington
George Golding
Prohibition
Albany
New York
Woodcock
Gelling
Civil Service Commission
Government Service
Robert F. Myrtle
Milwaukee
Basil N. Quinn
Washington, D. C
Myrtle
Quinn
Retail food prices drop 2.5 percent in July
Washington reports a 2.5 percent decline in retail food prices for July from the prior month. Twenty-six food items fell, with overall pricing 9 percent below a year ago. potatoes and cabbage lead with 21 percent drop, plate beef down 7 percent, and many meats vegetables and staples down 5 to under 0.5 percent. Eggs butter and canned salmon rose, while 13 staples remained unchanged.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Suffragette Discouraged By Women’s Politics In Washington
Emily Newell Blair, active in Missouri suffrage in 1914, says she is frankly discouraged about women in politics. The remark is part of a League of Women Voters compilation marking ten years since the 19th amendment. Others, including Mary E. Woolley and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt, offer varied assessments of suffrage's impact on governance.
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Washington
Emily Newell Blair
Missouri
League of Women Voters
America
Couly
Mary E. Woolley
Mount Holyoke College
League
Newton D. Baker
Franklin Roosevelt
Troopers Continue Search for Attacker in New Jersey Parks
In Stony Point New York and New Jersey state troopers aided by broadhounds search Best Mountain and Harriman Parks for William Hormer an assistant camp chief accused of attacking a 15 year old girl at the Herriman Park girls camp near Lake Cohasset. Hormer escaped after a Sunday capture near the camp and was sighted twice with gunfire exchanged. He resides in Broaz New York.
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Stony Point
N. J
Broadhounds
New York
New Jersey
Best Mountain
Harriman Parks
Naval
Iona Islands
West Point
William Hormner
Herriman Park
Lake Cohasset
Broaz
Shouse Tilson Clash Over Tariffs and Farm Relief
Washington August 19 The battle for control of Congress is on as Democratic National Committee chairwoman Jouette Shouse and Republican leader John Q Tilson spar over tariff farm relief and economic distress. Shouse accuses the administration of omissions and missteps while Tilson calls her speech an amazing collection of half truths and criticizes the lack of a constructive program. The debate centers on farm prices and the impact of the tariff bill as Hoover bears responsibility for farm relief actions and economic mood.
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Tilson
Jouette Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
John Q. Tilson
Connecticut
House of Representatives
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Shouse
Hoover
Congress
Make It Whole Hog Or None In Houston County Politics
The Eagle urges an anti corruption crusade to expose illegal votes and missing boxes in Houston County elections. It argues reform requires leading citizens to fund a broad investigation and warns many officials are involved. The paper stresses accountability for all guilty parties, not just a single scapegoat.
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Houston County
Thompson
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Tammany Hall
New York
Republicans 10 Decide Whether to Support Heflin
Alabama Republicans who teamed with dissident Democrats to back Herbert Hoover in 1928 plan a Birmingham convention to decide if they will support Senator J Thomas Heflin on an independent ticket. The scene hints at a factional battle over backing Heflin and Hugh Locke for governor, amid bar to Heflin and Locke from the recent Democratic primary.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Herbert Hoover
J. Thomas Heflin
Age-Herald
Heffin
Hugh Locke
Heflin
Locke
Council appoints committee to select state laboratory site
Council President Black names Auditor J. Vaughn Engineer Stewart and the sanitary committee to locate a site for the state branch laboratory the health department plans in Dothan. Mayor Ezell says the lab would attract professionals and provide salaries. State aims to begin equipment by October 14 though it is already bought.
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Council
Black
Stewart
Sanitary Committee
State Branch
Health Department
Dothan
Clem Ezell
Louredlyn mob lynches accused attacker in North Carolina
Oliver Moore a 29 year old black man charged with assaulting two young white girls, was seized from Edgecombe jail by about 200 masked men. He was hanged from a tree near the Wilson county line and shot with bullets. This marked North Carolina's first lynching since 1921 and followed a preliminary hearing on the two child victims, Ethel Morgan aged five and Luchie Morgan aged seven.
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Tabor
N. C
Oliver Moore
Edgecombe County
North Carolina
Moore
Ethel Morgan
Luchle Morgan
Prince of Wales to Fly Own Plane Soon
The Prince of Wales prepares for pilot tests to earn a license and fly solo. He has bought a De Havilland Puss Moth and will use a Royal Air Force aircraft under supervision until cleared to fly solo.
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Prince of Wales
London
Duke of York
Duke of Gloucester
Northolt
E. Felden
Prince George
Royal Air Force
Fourth Gary bank closed within week amid runs
Gary Ind Aug 19 AP another Gary bank was closed today the fourth within a week and the third within a day The Gary Labor Bank organized in 1925 announced it would remain closed today to protect its resources A small run upon the institution yesterday blamed on renewed fears due to the closing of nearby banks The Gary Labor Bank located in the heart of the city has total resources of 67000 State Senator J J Nejad of Whiting is president.
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Gary Ind
Gary Bank
Gary Labor Bank
Mnean Neas
Mid-City
Malaria Control Committee Forming in Houston County
The Eagle reports plans to form a county malaria control committee to work with the local health unit. State workers P A Stephens and R C Fuller note 615 current cases in 130 square miles, down from 1181 last year, with September seen as peak. A countywide screening and drainage drive is planned, plus education and low-cost materials.
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Houston County
The
Eagle Today
P. A. Stephens
R. C. Fuller
Malaria Control Committee
Stephens
Mississippi
Health officers added in Montgomery and Houston counties
Dr J N Faker state health officer announced the addition of a health officer in Montgomery County and in Houston County to accelerate the anti malaria campaign. Dr R E Eff in Houston County reported many of the 2.9 million in the survey showed malaria stages as screening drainage and spraying proceed.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. N. Faker
Houston County
R. C. Fuller
R. E.eff
Baker
Houston
Ten bodies found in Blakeburn mine disaster
Ten bodies were recovered at Blakeburn mine last night, raising the death toll from the Wednesday explosion to thirteen. Rescue workers found the latest victims on No 1 stope and near the pit port. no identifications had been made and caveins at the stope hinder further recovery for days.
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Plakeburn
FB. C
Blakeburnn
Reacher
Tax Collector Race Contested After Primary Defeat
Mrs. Kate Rudolph contests the election of W. B. Jeffries alleging malconduct by two ward four election officers and improper counting of votes in beat seven box one. Rudolph’s attorneys challenge the committee report and seek removal of illegal votes, claiming Jeffries may be unseated if those votes are erased. The fight centers on ballot accuracy and which candidate led the tally.
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Kate Rudolph
Democratic Committee
W. B. Jeffries
W. L. Low
B. G. Farmer, Jr
Richard Ramsey
Farmer
Rarmsey
Jeffries
Mrs. Rudolph
Rudolph
Oscar Lewis
John W. Bish
Burning airplane passengers saved during emergency landing
Bernard Rawson, 22, a Bay City Michigan pilot, safely landed a burning cabin monoplane from 3000 feet after passengers Cleo Slagle Florence Davis George Commons and Bousfield Ward used fire extinguishers to contain the fire. The aircraft exploded soon after landing. all occupants suffered only scratches. All passengers resided in Bay City.
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Pontiac
Mich
Bernard Rawson
Bay City
Rawson
Aircraft Corporation
Cleveland
Cleo Slagie
Florence Davis
New Use for Cherry Pits Reported by Government Chemists
Washington AP reports government chemists see cherry kernels as a potential salad oil and cosmetic ingredient. They note about 4 million pounds of pits are available each year for processing.
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Washington
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