Atlantic ocean flight plans end with crash and safe landing
Two Atlantic aspirants faced separate fates after long overdues. Thor Solberg and Carl Petersen landed badly at Harbor Grace to abandon their Oslo bound plan, while Clyde Lee and John Bochkon reached Harbor Grace safely beginning a pilot path to Oslo.
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Associated Press
Antiety
Harbor Grace
N. F
Thor Solberg
Carl Petersen
New York
Oslo
Norway
Clyde Lee
John Bochron
Barre
George Hutchinson
St. John
N. B
London
England
Hutchinson
Kathryn
Janet Lee
Peter Redpath
Joseph Ruff
G. J. Altfilisch
Norman W. Alley
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
William Uldrich
Leon Pisculli
Edna Newcomer
Rome
James A. Mollison
Britain
Solberg
Petersen
Lee-Bockkon
Green Mountain
Lee
Bochkon
Holman
Locust Plague Hits Southern Philippine Crops
Reports say forests consuming crops are a major pest in the southern Philippines. Inter-island steamers have brought thousands of sacks of cooked locusts ready for sale to Filipino laborer families. In some regions the locusts destroyed more than the harvest they consumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine
Plane used as death by own action shocks Washington
An attractive young woman, Miss Marjorie Fletcher, leaped from an aircraft between Washington and Annapolis, Md. She vanished into a wooded area near Edgewater Beach as searchers comb the locale. Fletcher, once of Fortesville, N. Y., had chartered the plane with Pilot Roger Scott paying 25 dollars for a round trip, and despondency over job prospects was cited. A pocketbook with 34 dollars and the McConaughys’ address were found aboard.
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Washington
Marjorie Fletcher
Here
Annapolis
Edgewater Beach
Fletcher
Fortesville
N. Y
Washington - Hoover
Roger Scott
H. C. McConaughy
Striking Miners Invasion Threatens Illinois Coal Field
A four mile long motor caravan of striking miners departed Staunton Illinois to pressure southern Illinois coal fields against the new five dollar wage scale. Benton and Franklin counties prepare armed barricades while Sheriff Robinson summons citizens to join a defense force with shotguns and machine guns. Two Midwest farm strike victories unfold with higher prices and continued transport disruption. Nebraska milk prices rise to two dollars per hundredweight, while Lincoln dealers lift by forty cents.
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Staunton
Mil
Ilinois
Benton
Franklin
Robinson
Des Moines
Iowa
Midwest
Nebraska
Omaha
Nebraska Cooperative Milk Association
Lincoln
Children of School Age in Dothan Census Count Reach 4024
Dothan's 1932 biennial school census tallies 4024 children, up from 3963 in 1930. White pupils number 2400 and 1624 are Negro. Census cost $184.96. white entries at five cents each and Negro at four. Grace Bonham and Ralph Moseley supervised white counts. G W McRae led Negro census. During the past year 372 pupils had perfect attendance, 344 of them white.
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Childrn
Grace Bonham
Ralph Moseley
G.W. McRae
Dothan Bowlers To Meet Panama City In First 32 Game
Dothan bowling team faces four Panama City bowlers at the Dothan Bowling Alley tomorrow night in the first club match of the year. Team lineup includes Paul McKinnon Bill Blount Leon Redding and Shuck Burtleshaw. Matches begin at 8 oclock with three encounters per player. Admission is free.
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Dothan
Panama City
Paul McKinnon
Bill Blount
Leon Redding
Shuck Burtleshaw
Tax Assessors Col ling and Judge Keener Bexley Return Today
County Tax Assessor E. G. Colling and Judge Keener Bexley, both from Dothan, were due back today from a business trip to Montgomery after leaving yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Colling
Keener Bexley
Montgomery
Young Democrats League Officers Warn in Campaign
Houston County Young Democrats officers warned during last night’s meeting against Republican efforts and Hoover clubs. President elect Tom Buntin urged loyalty to Democratic causes while secretary J R Rameey urged members to resist defection and seek honest politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Democrats League
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Houston County League
Herbert Hoover
Alabama
Tom Buntin
J. R. Rameey
League
Hoover
County League
Robert Holman
Claude T. Cotton
Julian Hall
State League of Young Democrats
Houston County Young Democrats
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Grand Jury Yet to Report Indictments Delay Deliberations
No report of indictments was returned as the grand jury continued deliberations. Witnesses remained outside the jury room while murder charges against J H Ingram and Jesse Rollins were expected to be reviewed. Possible arson indictments also under consideration.
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Grand Jury
J.H. Ingram
Jesse Rollins
Jeff Clark
Prohibition Board Slams Hoover Plan Disappointing
The Methodist Board of Prohibition and Public Morals in Washington denounced Hoover’s plan to alter prohibition laws as bitterly disappointing and praised Vice President Curtis as the only candidate worthy of commendation. The group vowed to oppose any congressman voting to repeal the eighteenth amendment by permitting beer or other intoxicants, urging continued enforcement.
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Washington
Curtis
Methodist Board of Prohibition and Public Morals
Hoover
Do than American Legion Post to Meet Thursday
The regular meeting of the Do than post of the American Legion will be held at the club house on S. Oates Street Thursday night starting at 8 o'clock. Routine business will be transacted. Officials announced.
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Dothan
the American Legion
S. Oates Street
Al Smith Named Editor in Chief of New Outlook Magazine
New York August 24 AP Al Smith announces he is editor in chief and monthly contributor to the New Outlook an offshoot of the Outlook and Independent He says no political questions today and will not let the magazine be political though he may continue party speeches He plans to write the new outlook himself and will dictate most material while managing other business ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
al’ Smith
New Outlook
Outlook
Henry Ward Beecher
Theodore Roosevelt
Smith
Roosevelt
Seagirt
N. J
Democratic Party
Birmingham Negro clubs set for weekend games at Seminary Field
The Birmingham Black Barons will host the Dothan Giants this Saturday and Sunday at Seminary field starting 3:30 p.m. Delavige, Giants manager, says Birminghams strong Negro league lineup will test the Dothan nine after a 0 to 1 loss to the Birmingham All-Stars and a 5 to 5 tie in a 19 inning showcase.
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Birmingham Black Barons
Dothan Giants
A. C. Delawage
Giants
Black Barons
Birmingham
Dothan
Umit
Delvage
Birmingham All-Stars
Seminary Field
Naval cadets laid to common grave after Niobe sinking
Twenty two naval cadets who died in the Niobe disaster were buried in a common grave after a grand outdoor funeral in Kiel. A warship fired a salute as survivor stood by the altar. Attending were Prince August Wilhelm, son of the former kaiser, and Prince Waldemar, the kaiser's nephew.
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Kiel
Germany
Niobe
Prince August Wilhelm
Kaiser
Prince Waldemar
Knoxville winner of national oratorical contest at Natforel convention
R D Barker reports Knoxville Tennessee is the winner of the annual oratorical contest held in connection with the Natforel convention of the Merely a T.M.CA affiliate in Detroit August 24.
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Detroit
R. D. Barker
Knoxville
Tenn
Natforel
T.m.ca
Cotton prices rise sharply on favorable weather reports
Cotton prices climbed 2.45 a bale amid weather optimism, reaching two year highs. Spot middling moved to 7.73, with New York and New Orleans futures posting notable gains as adverse conditions spurred buying.
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T. W. Palmer
Dothan
Palmer
New York Cotton Exchange
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
New Orleans
New York
Repeal of Alabama Blue Laws Advances in House
Alabama house committee on criminal laws favors the Manasco bill to repeal Sunday sports and card game prohibitions and places it on the calendar for a Friday vote. The house also adopts a Tunstall resolution to seek economies and draft reform legislation in state government.
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Montgomery
Ala
House Committee On Criminal Laws
Alabama
House
Tunstall
Committee On Appropriations
William Standland Dies After Heart Attack at 73
William D Standland, 73, died at his Gordon home thirty minutes after a heart attack. He is survived by his widow Carnea Standland. Funeral was set for 3 PM today at Friendship Church near Malone Florida with Rev J C Parrish of Ashford and Rev James Anderson officiating. Paria to follow in church cemetery. Fellows and Forrester handled arrangements.
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William
Stand_land
Gordon
George Cotton III Hospitalized After Leg Injury
George Cotton III, an employee of the TS Patrol Inspection bureau at 8th headquarters in Tampa, was reported seriously ill in a Veterans Hospital. Physicians informed relatives that a blood clot torn in his leg has cut circulation below the knee.
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George Cotton
Veterans Hospital
Lake Oufia
Cotton
TS Patrol Inspection Bureau
Tampa
Marriage notice for Chetor Story and Pearl Davia
Chetor Story and Pearl Davia of Dathan were wed in a formal marriage ceremony. The event records mention Tote Teeter as a notable name connected to the couple or ceremony.
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Dathan
Neorg
Tote Teeter
Doolittle Lands Safely After Faulty Gear Skid
Maj. James H. Doolittle, testing a rebuilt Laird biplane, could not release landing gear and rode a skid to a hard but nonfatal touchdown. He escaped with the craft damaged but repairable, quoted plans to enter the Bendix race and set Transcontinental marks.
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Wichita
James H
Jimmy) Doolittle
Doolittle
Laird
July inspections total 2438 by state health bureau
C A Abele reports 2438 inspections by the state health department bureau in July. milk inspectors conducted 419 dairy and 75 plant inspections across 28 counties in 3 states, including work for Southern Dairies and Birmingham health dept with hundreds of milk samples examined.
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Montgomery
Ala
C. A. Abele
Bureau of Inspection
State Health Department
Milk Inspectora
Southern Dairies, Inc
Selma
Birmingham Health Department
Panama City Forester Whittington Named Assistant State Forester
In Panama City Aug 24 AP WHittington a district forester with the Florida Forestry Service was named assistant state forester succeeding C H Cauther who resigned from the post to take a federal position.
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Panama City
Tallahasser
Whittington
Clorida Forestry Servie
Aesistant State Streetor
C. H. Cauiter
Teermes
Orphan Youth Seeks Married Sister in Dothan
Jimmie Farrell an 18 year old orphan from Selma, living on a farm, searches for an older sister said to reside in Dothan or nearby. He lacks her name or knowledge of his mother or brother Charlie Farrell. Local residents and police assist in tracing possible Russell county kin.
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Dothan
Jimmie Farrell
Selma v
Jimmie
Here
Charlie Farrell
Selma
L. T. Ferrell
Farrell
Russell County
City schools plan for 1932-33 await council action
City officials have not announced plans to open schools for the 1932-33 term. C C Moseley said action by the city council was expected this week. The district awaits 15 990 dollars from a 41 006 dollar 1931 32 appropriation, with two months of teacher salaries in arrears.
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C.C. Moseley
Board of Education
New Tobacco Tax Bill Introduced in Alabama
A tobacco tax bill, proposed by Representative Givhan of Dallas, would tax pipe tobacco chewing and roll your own products along with cigars and cigarettes. The plan uses stamps on all tobacco, with retailers posting within 24 hours of receipt and wholesalers limited to 72 hours before stamping.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Givhan
Dallas
Insurance Salesman Accused of Forgery
Ernert Vo Etheredge, an insurance salesman, was jailed on a $2 bond after being charged with second degree forgery. County officers arrested Etheredge on a warrant sworn by James W. Hubbe, Tennessee.
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Tosaxstan Defac
Ethercige
James W. Hubbe
Tennessee
Miss Jewell Glover Improves After Appendix Operation
Miss Jewell Glover, daughter of Mr and Mrs E W Glover of Dothan, is reported improving after an appendix operation at a Dothan hospital on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell Glover
Dothan
Miss Glover
E.W. Glover
Armed four robbers escape with cash and weapons near Bay County
Four young bandits robbed a country store near the Florida line at 7:30 pm, forcing Lee Legan and his wife to surrender 255 dollars two shotguns and two pistols and cigars. Officers from Dothan and Marianna staffed highways but the fugitives vanished after a high speed northbound escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Bay County
Florida
Jim Lewis
Marianna
Lee Legan
Lewis
Tax Amendment Proposes $1500 Exemption to Singles $3000 to Heads
The state house passed an income tax amendment aimed at allowing a $1500 exemption for unmarried individuals and $3000 for the head of a family. It would authorize levying taxes on net incomes from all sources within the state for 1932 and later, with income not treated as property for ad valorem purposes and reductions to ad valorem taxes as revenue justifies. Only one exemption allowed per married couple filing separately.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
B. M. Miller
Beaumont speedster Tauby shines in Texas League debut
Beaumont speedster Fred Tauby, in his first Texas league season, continues to pace the game with strong baserunning and contact hitting. Despite rough OCR, reports indicate he led Pinemont leagues and posted notable totals this summer, maintaining his early season form.
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Beaumont
Texas
Fred Tauby
Sinien
Fve Sears
Piecmont
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New Brunswick
America
Ite
Illinois
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Church Prohibition Board
American Legion Meeting
Alfred Smith
William Standland
George Cotton III
Vets Hospital
Preston Kirk
Burbank
Calif
Cleveland
National Air Race
Newark
Abele
Im Etowah
Lauderdale Tes
Limestone
Madicca
Morgan
Tallacoera
Torrentoees
Rorde
Srda Inoutaine
Ernert Vo Etheredge
Insurance
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