Alabama drought relief committee eyes relief grazing land
A state committee led by Secretary Hyde will assemble in Montgomery to plan drought relief at 10 AM Saturday. The group includes Gen. R. E. Macer Dr. George Denny and many Alabama officials. Hoover to meet bankers in Washington next Tuesday to define drought relief funding and consider local credit banks to aid farmers.
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Montgomery
Ale
Graves and
Comanasc
Agriculture and
Geth P. Storrs
Alabama
Shever Storrs
Yea
Secret of Agriculture
Arthur
Graves
Anth
Premer
R. E. Macer
George Denny
Tuscaloosa
Bradfeed Knapp
Auburn
L. N.duan
E. F. _Allison
Seremy
E. W. Sarver
Athens
Wiward A. O'Neal
Florence
Joseph Thompson
Roba
Thomas
Quiees
Crossville
W. J. Bruce
Seleieine
Stuart Washburn
Boli
Charles Scott
Bnow
Ty T
Hyde
Drouth
Washington
Hoover
Birmingham to New York air service bid details
Bids will be opened for contracts to combine Birmingham Alabama operations with routes from Atlanta to New York. The project spans more than a year and involves the Eastern Air Transport line.
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Birmingham
Ale
Irmingham
Alabama
Lee
Ole
Ce Iine
Atlanta
New York
Eastern Air Trane
Emelle July 4 disorders prompt grand jury action and resignations
Livingston Ala Aug 21 CAP The Sumter County grand jury charged three Negroes with murder tied to the Emelle July 4 disorders while noting the lynching and posse killings were deplorable. Four county officials resigned, including treasurer T B Ward who pled guilty to embezzlement and received five years. court clerk M C Jarman and circuit solicitor W R Kimbrough also resigned. Indictments named Tom Robertson and two sons Olij and John, plus two other Robertson relatives. killings followed an argument over a car battery. State police conducted the inquiry and a grand jury investigation was ordered.
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Livingston
Ala
Sumter County
Ward
Cuba
County Board of Education
Tom Robertson
Oljis
John
Kilby
Ernest Robertson
Ben Robertson
Clarence Boyd
Farmer kills child in shooting on Tennessee farm
Freeman Suiter a 30 year old farmer shot tenant J Wesley Motes 25 after finding him with Suiters wife Millie Wollard Sulter Motes died at the scene and Suiter said he fired again after pursuing him toward the road The child J W Suiter aged six was struck by the same shot and died instantly Sulter released on 2000 bond awaiting preliminary hearing on murder and shooting charges in Clarksville Tenn
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Clarksville
Tenn
Freeman Suiter
J. Wesley Motes
Millie Wollard Sulter
Sulter
Motes
Atruck Motes
J. W. Suiter
Sutter
Mies Letete Helms Enters Capital Training School
Mies Letete Helms of Chipley and niece of Mrs S J Eapy of Do than has entered the Fraster-Eilis h capital's training school for nerves. Helms, 2 died, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs J C Isuetme of Catpley.
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Mies Letete Helms
Chipley
Mra
Dothan Pioneer J H Brown Dies At 56
John Henry Brown 56 a Dothan pioneer died this afternoon at his South St Andrews home after weeks of heart trouble. He leaves nine children including John Mack Brown a Hollywood actor and movie star. Surviving are his widow Mrs Hattie Brown his mother five brothers five sisters and one grandchild. Funeral plans were not announced by press time.
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John Henry Brown
Dothan
South St. Andrews Street
Mr. Brown
Harry
Atlanta
John Mack
Hollywood
Calif
Tolbert
Detroit
Billy
Tuscaloosa
Fred
North Carolina
Louise
Elza
Doris
David
John Mack Brown
California
University of Alabama
Hattie Brown
J. M. Brown
Dothaen
J. H. Brown
Billie the Kid
New Orleans
Moonshiner fatally shot during raid by Morgan deputies
In Decatur Alabama F D Jack Waddell 27 was wounded fatally while fleeing a still during a raid by Morgan County deputies. Deputy J T Willoughby nabbed Charles Bethany at the site after a gunshot rang out prompting investigators to move D Waddell to a hospital where he died. Deputy Walker had not been arrested or quoted on the incident.
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Decatur
Ala
F. D
Jack) Waddell
Waddell
J. T. Willoughby
Charles Bethany
Walker
Willoughby
Prohibition enforcement widens federal docket backlog
Washington reports July figures from Amos W. W. Woodcock show 324 more cases awaiting disposition on federal court dockets after the first enforcement month. arrests totaled 6 524 with 3 828 bound over to grand jury and 1 918 placed on the docket.
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Justice Department
Washington
Department of Justice
Prohibition
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Grand Jury
United States
Davia Confesses to Killing Woman Over Checks
William H. Davis, 25, confessed to shooting his former employer Mrs. Doris Loree 53, after forcing her to write two checks totaling 300 dollars. He cashed a 200 dollar check and kept the other, saying a debt on his car pushed him to the crime. He said he took relatives to Grand Rapids to settle the debt before the murder.
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Carson City
Mich
William H. Davia
Doris Loree
Davis
Francia M. Waldo
Grand Rapids
Fenwick
Ed Finance Company
Hitchhiker Arrested in Wichita Kidnapping Case
Pauline Bailey of Kyle Texas was held in Wichita Kansas on kidnapping charges after a 13 month old girl named Juanita Baker vanished from a tourist camp. She was arrested with the infant in a nearby town and said she was weak from hunger having spent all her money on clothes for the baby.
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Wichita
Kas
Pauline Bailey
Kyle
Tex
Juanita Baker
Romanian King Carol Declines Reconciliation Amid Divorce Drama
A Romanian statesman linked to Bucharest’s court cites King Carol’s obstinate stance against reconciliation as the reason for postponing the coronation. He describes political grounds, wife Helen’s divorce, and personal estrangement, while London reports deny any plan for Carol to wed again or rule solo.
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Vienna
Bucharest
Carol
Mzeniu
Romania
London
Helen
Legation
Mit Foundation
Rumors of Contests and Investigations Shake Houston County Politics
Houston county faces a charged political atmosphere as rumors swirl about investigations into poll tax records and circuit court docket handling. Bob Ward may contest Mullins for solicitor, while Will Jeffries supporters probe county election certificates amid talk of resignations and irregularities.
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Houston County
Henry Broom
State
Circuit Court
Bob Ward
Geneva
J. Norton Mullins
Ward
The
Eagle
Hartford
Birmingham
Will L. Lee
Democratic Committee
Montgomery
Lee
State Committee
Mullins
Bosh
Broom
Harry K. Martin
Lst
Rudolph
Ami’sner
Wickersham Addresses Bar Association on Law Enforcement
George W. Wickersham, head of Hoover’s law observance commission, told American Bar Association members that most citizens do not fully obey laws yet must respect legal restraints. He condemned the Jones law as creating felonies for minor offenses and urged hearings by U S commissioners for petty offenses with juries optional. He cited political influence as a major failure in criminal justice.
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Chicago
George W. Wickersham
Hoover
Commission On Law
American Bar Association
Wickersham
Federal Congress
Law Enforcement Commission
Seld
Commission
U. S
Wickershawn
Bar
Mr. Wickersham
Alabama Republicans weigh independent ticket at convention
More than 200 delegates at the Alabama Republican convention indicated support for the Jeffersonian independents led by Sen. J. Thomas Heflin and Hugh A. Locke. The convention favored not nominating a full state ticket, hoping to split the Democratic machine and boost a Republican organization. D. M. Moody and Judge L. J. Reynolds urged contest and unity.
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J. Thomas Heflin
Hugh Locke
United States Senate
Benate
Birmingham
Ale
Alabama
Hugh A. Locke
Dempsey Powell
Greenville
J. C. Swann
Mobile
C. B. Kennamer
United States District Attorney
Heflin
Hoover
JL. E. Reynolds
Chilton County
D. M. Moody
Oneonta, Wag
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Con Man Swindles Luverne Man in Stock Scam
Alabama police seek Hayden alias Jack Spalding a con man accused of swindling J W Williams Luverne out of stock valued around 35 000 Williams says Hayden posed as a bond broker with offices in New York Atlanta and Memphis using a brokerage firm stationery and exchanged 2 percent shares plus cash for stock of equal value but never mailed the stock reports show others in Alabama were swindled out of thousands in recent gate scheme.
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Luverne
Ala
Alabama
Hayden
Jack Spalding
J. W. Wiliams
Williams
New York
Atlanta
Memphis
W. C. Oates
State Securities Commission
Delegations From Georgia Tennessee And Mississippi Invited
Delegations from Georgia Tennessee and Mississippi have been invited to attend the Alabama Merchants association fifth annual convention in Birmingham on August 27 28. Alabama retailers plan to arrive the Monday before the meeting to transact business and buy season supplies. The wholesalers division of the chamber of commerce is finalizing the two day program featuring a revue water carnival banquet and ball.
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Birmingham
Ala
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama Merchants Association
Alabama
M. H. Norton
Chamber of Commerce
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Ruth Barron
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Mildred Morgan
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