Roosevelt Opens Campaign Amid Ohio Crowd of 50,000
In 30S Ohio on August 20 AP reports a crowd of about 50 000 gathered as Governor Roosevelt opened his presidential campaign. The event featured denouncing Hoover and supporting Democratic themes with Senator Bulkley and George White addressing the audience. Roosevelt planned a noon address focusing on national issues and party unity.
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Ohio
Mocrats
Working Harmony
Orm
D. Roosevelt
New Party
Roosevelt
Albany
A. Julian
National Com
United States
Bulkley
Hoover
George White
Nator Bulkley
Temperman
White
Gates
Republicv
Miners Rally Over Five Dollar Wage Protest In Illinois
In SBurg Illinois on August 20 miners urged coal workers across Christian county to quit in protest against the five dollar wage. About 500 men descended on Schuler and fed lunch to 50 miners while persuading others to return home. State police intervened without violence. Further work stoppages occurred in the Taylorsville area as expeditionary forces sought to halt minimum wage protests.
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Sburg, Til
Christian County
Schulerre
Taylorsville
Mit
Uit
Business News That Brightens Outlook Today
Illinois Manufacturers Association members report regained public confidence and improvements in manufacturing and retailing. A 13 percent rise in US cotton cloth exports in 1932 first half. Western Cartridge plant to resume with 800 workers. US weekly gold gains of 41 million reported by Federal Reserve banks. Tobacco prices higher by about four dollars per hundred pounds for better grades.
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Chicago
Ilinois Manufacturers Association
Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Tifton
Funeral for F M Sheehan in Dothan
Frederick McRae Sheehan 56 died at his home 103 N Lena Street at 6 20 am after months of illness He was a former L and N conductor a U S deputy marshal and worked in real estate He is survived by his widow mother brother and three nieces Funeral at 9 am Sunday with Rev W R Bickerstaff burial in Oakwood Montgomery Masons to assist with grave services Dothan Masons honorary pallbearers active pallbearers named
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Frederick McRae Sheehan
N. Lena Street
W. T. Sheehan
Montgomery Advertiser
M. A. Sheehan
Atlanta Journal
Sheehan
Montgomery
New Orleans
United States
Alabama
Tutwiler and Sheehan
Dothan
Sheehan and Lynch
Grandview
West Terrace
Blackshear
Pythagoras Lodge No
Atlanta
F. M. Sheehan
Betty P. Sheehan
Venice Paschal
Dana White
Goodwater
Ala
Ann Sheehan
W. R. Bickerstaff
Foster Street Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Montgomery Masons
Dowling
Rhodes
G. N. Rogers
William B. Jeffries
W. B. Thomas
John H. Lynch
P. E. Green
Clayton Baker
Dothan Masons
Zirar
Ziglar
Fir
J. E. Ziglar
Davis
Ozark Baptist Church
W.grider
Troy
W. Millard
Ozark
Ozark City
Holman Funeral Co
Fralish
Pauline Fralish
Billy Rae
J. R. Fratish
T. ©. Norland
Howard
Tom
Velpo
Hampton
Rockyhead
Fratish
Aritan
Are
TW. Avery
Newston
Gullatt Improves After Hospital Stay
Rural mail carrier W. A. Gullatt was released from a Dothan hospital yesterday after being taken there earlier in the week. His condition was reported improved today.
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W. A. Gullatt
Dothan
Lake land woman slightly improves after Montgomery highway crash
Mrs Ora D McCaghren of Lakeland Florida injured in an automobile accident on the Montgomery highway on Monday shows slight improvement at a Dothan hospital.
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Ora D. McCaghren
Lakeland
Fla
Montgomery
Dothan
Weather outlook for Central and East Gulf States this week
Forecast shows generally fair conditions in the Central and East Gulf States at the start of the week. Increasing cloudiness and possible scattered thundershowers are expected in the eastern portion mid to late week with seasonal temperatures persisting.
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Central
East Gulf States
Nucleus Chosen for Democratic Drive in State
Edmund W. Pettus selects a dozen Alabama leaders as the campaign nucleus for a statewide Democratic presidential bid. A sub committee will direct operations with district chairs and county officials aiding, targeting a September campaign start and headquarters openings set for Sept. 1.
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Selma
Ala
Edmund W. Pettus
Democratic Executive Committee
Alabama
Pettug
C. B. Brown
W. A. Gunter
Montgomery
Robert Blount
Jerome T. Fuller
John D. Petree
Yeon McCord
A. Y. Malone
Www. Co. Fitts
Fuller
W. W. Hill
Alfred M. Tunstall
Roy A. Nolen
North Alabama
Birmingham
Hill
South Alabama
Pettus
L. J. Rugg
C. EB. Brown
T. S. Faulk
W. P. Molfette
B. H. Mooney
J. Fred Aldridge
John D Petree
John W. Jones
George FB. Tarrant
Marianna Slaver Scheduled to Die At Raiford Friday
A. W. Larrimore, condemned for the killing of taxicab driver Alex Porter in Marianna, is set for execution at Raiford next Friday at 11 a.m. Sheriff A. J. Lewis will officiate as Larrimore seeks a possible commutation on appeal.
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Marianna
Raiford
L. F. Chapman
Florida State
A. W. Larrimore
Larrimore
Alex Porter
A. J. Lewis
Chapman
State Prison Board
Tn Sessing St Talla- Sascee
Grand Jury Here Convenes Tuesday in Ingram Case
The Houston county grand jury, moved from Monday to Tuesday, will consider the case of J. H. Ingram, traveling salesman charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Dothan youth George Cochran. Cochran reportedly stole gasoline from a parked car. Ingram waived to grand jury and remains free on bond.
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Houston County
Grand Jury
J. H. Ingram
George Cochran
Dothan
Ingram
Keener Baxley
Cochran
Blistering Heat Kills 21 in England
A blistering sun in England on August 20 set heat records, causing 21 deaths after a scorching prior day. Temperatures neared 99 degrees as crowds fled to sea, lakes, and rivers. the Thames embankment, once a fashion hub, became crowded with homeless. Swimmers filled London pools, blocking access for many.
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London
Eng
England
Thames Embankment
State Legislators Return From Montgomery
State Senator J. Hubert Farmer and State Representative John W. Rish returned from Montgomery after attending the Alabama legislature extra session. Rish predicted passage of a sales tax and a submission of an income tax proposal, with a bond issue in the House that may or may not pass in the Senate.
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J. Hubert Farmer
John W. Rish
Montgomery
Alabama
Rish
House
Senate
Last Day to Pay Delinquent Taxes in Houston County
About 400 county residents faced a Monday deadline to settle overdue property taxes to avoid sale. A list of 45 delinquent taxpayers had been compiled a week earlier but the list had been reduced since.
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Houston County
Final rehearsals for benefit show in city auditorium
Final rehearsals for a benefit production Bound For The Promise Land directed by Rev. John Adams are under way at the city auditorium. The program, starting at 8 pm and lasting about two hours, features a cast of 200 Negro performers performing spirituals and jubilee songs for the unemployed of Dothan with a segregated audience.
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City Auditorium
Dothan
John Adams
Cherry Street
Joe
Heaven's Gate
Hell
Little Edward
Officers Elected For Geneva Grove
Geneva Ala Aur 29 Officers elected at the Geneva Grove meeting Miss Lilia Story presided The Guardian Mirgie Vaughan advisor Mrs Fne Herring chaplain Mrs Ethel Continese Sart attendant Mrs Lille To Ternigs fraredns secretary Miss rar Pizehl harker The district meeting at Hucneg the RIPMING GHA Al Awra Wi z ons Bier tragrr AP note death of Mamie L. Beeehowm in East Lee Felloe.
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Geneva
Ala
Lilia Story
Toothan
Mstrict Monneer
Geneva Grove
Tham
Mre Tiive
Mirigie Vaughan
F Ne Herring
Mire de Kener
Ethel Continese
Sart Atendant
Mere Lille
Ternigs Fraredns
Pizehl Harker
Mamie L. Beeehowm
Aes Dent
Grand jurors may probe seed loans in more counties
Alleged frauds in government seed loans in Dale Henry Coffe and Geneva counties are expected to be considered when the U S grand jury convenes in Montgomery August 29. The charges, same as those that led to about 120 Houston county indictments, were linked to an expanding probe. No arrests yet in neighboring counties. The Houston county investigation began last fall with DOJ agents, followed by the arrest of J Henry Witherington county farm agent J Norton Mullings circuit solicitor and others.
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Dale
Henry
Coffe
Geneva
U. S
Montgomery
Houston County
Houston
Department of Justice
J. Henry Witherington
J. Norton Mullings
Legion Installation Gathering at Geneva
A special meeting of the Wiregrass Post American Legion was held at the Geneva courthouse on Friday night for officer installation and oath administration to new members. Ward, Hartford, is post commander with A A Smith also of Hartford and HG Tiller of Geneva among officers listed. John Stewart Sin cam serves as view commander and Jim Johnson Geneva is finance officer with other posts and officials named.
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Geneva
Armerican Legion
AL OS. Ward
Hartford
A. A. Smith
HG. Tiller
J. Frank Stewart
Sincam
Jim Johnson
M. Mt Rhanden
Miccotd
OM. Waoedhe
Co Sete
Haclerd
Florine
Unclear OCR Note Sets Class at Foster Street
Fragmentary text references teaching class 38 at Foster Street and various garbled names. It mentions Peace, Pa and Cullman week with a Reaver tip, but details are unreadable and inconsistent.
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Foster Street
Four Die From Collision In Alabama Convict Truck Crash
Ewell Fralish 25 of Ariton Jeff Davis 47 of Ozark and Clarence Beckham 44 and his son 5 died after a state convict truck and wagon crash on a bridge approach near Newton. The blaze burned most bodies. several convicts were injured, and a rescue followed as investigators examined the scene.
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Ewell Fralish
Dothan Hospital
Jeff Davis
Ozark
Highway Department
Burns
Frank Casher
Mobile
Kilby
Newton
Ariton
Dothan
Choctawhatchee River
Clarence Preston Beckham
Clarence Preston Beckham, Jr
Pinckard Baptist Church
Pinckard
Beckham
Davis
Fralish
Floyd
Thomas
Kathleen
Burrell Davis
E. H. Davis
Allen Davis
Chicago
Ill
A.d.davis
Dallas
Tex
Walter Pritchett
Jesse DeLoney
Birmingham
Iva Mainer
Macon
Spencer Ziglar
Ewell
Peckham
Ing
Howell
Homer Knight
Willie Jean Knight
Robert Mullins
Hartford
Ziglar
Mr. Beckham
Julians Kendrick
John Jefferson
J. C. Weeks
Oates
H. H. Houk
Fred McManus
Houlk
McManus
C. M. Taylor
State Board of Administration
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