Posey Reports Louisiana Trip Mischief and Escapes
H Posey recounts tales from Louisiana including a theft where a man grabbed bacon and flour, a sheriff failing to arrest after seeing hungry children eating raw meat, a lightning strike on a boy in Arcadia, and a chick theft netting $600 from a pocketbook found with the culprits. Also notes a robber target, a car ruse, and a Sunday preaching invitation at Posey’s home in Round Lake Florida.
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Round Lake
Fla
the Eagle
Louisiana
Arcadia
Soman
Bandits Kill One And Shoot Another in Bronx Market
In New York on August 25 AP reports two bandits killed marketman Dominick De Lucca, 35, and wounded his partner Catello Gascon, 40, after forcing their truck to halt. The trio fled in a car, not attempting to rob the victims who carried £500 in cash. Gascon, De Lucca’s brother-in-law and partner, was shot in the elbow.
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New York
Bronx
Dominick de Lucca
Catello Casgone
Butcher Found Slain in Suburban Chicago Alley
Joseph Terravecchia, a Cicero butcher, was shot to death last night in an alley behind his home. Police suspect gangland killing though the widow is too hysterical to question and officials report he had no known gang connections. Shotgun slugs were found in the partially clothed body as authorities advance the murder theory.
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Chicago
Joseph Terravecchia
Cicero
Terravecchia
Troy Man Ends Own Life With Shotgun
Troy Alabama August 25 AP Gardener Herring 40 ended his life by firing a 410 shotgun into his head a note said I had decided to end it all He is survived by his wife and five children
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Troy
Ala
Herring
Long quest ends as man dies after train fall
In Decatur Alabama a man dies following a fall from a trestle after a collision with a train. Witnesses describe the scene as the victim, a father of several children, struggled to reach safety but was fatally injured.
Incoherent medical note hints at treatment trial
Unclear text documents a doctor patient exchange about trying a cyst related treatment and quick improvement concerns. Mentions money, tests, and possible failures. Names and locations are unreadable and no concrete actions or outcomes can be determined from the fragment.
German ocean fliers land at Halifax during perilous crossing
German aviation team led by Gronau completes a transatlantic westward crossing from Warnemuende to Halifax. The crew includes Edward Simmer Franz Hack and Albrecht with Kingsford Smith style parallels in earlier flights. German press treats the feat cautiously, noting Halifax arrival on front pages.
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Halifax
North Atlantic
Merman Hoehl
Baron von Iuenfeld
James Fitzmaurice
Charles Kingsford- Smith
Greenley Island
Labrador
St. John's Newfoundland
von Gronau
Edward Simmer
Aviatod
Franz Hack
Albrecht
Warnemuende
Germany
Fifth Sunday Meeting Program at Ebenezer Church
The Columbia Baptist Association set the Fifth Sunday meeting at Ebenezer church near Columbia for August 21. The day includes a song service, Sunday School, address by C C Clark, sermon by M C Givens, Woman's Part in the Baptist Program by Mrs L L Conner, Y P A work led by C C Moseley, committee announcements, reports, and adjournment chaired by W W Whiddon with C W Johnson as secretary.
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Columbia Baptist Association
Ebenezer Church
Columbia
Iin
C. C. Clark
Midland City
Ala
M. C. Givens
Slocomb
R.F.D
L. L. Conner
Eufaula
C. C. Moseley
Dothan
Alabama
W. W. Whiddon
C. W. Johnson
Mrs O'Donnell Favored To Win Pacific Derby
Mrs O Donnell leads the women's Dixie Derby as pilots race from Memphis and other cities continue to compete for the Thompson Trophy. The event draws spectators with 105000 attending the first two days. Col Charles Lindbergh was expected to attend amid the high speed trials. A Detroit entrant suffered a possible skull fracture in a glider crash during demonstrations in Chicago. Vera Dawn Walker and other women pilots faced mechanical issues causing withdrawals or delays in the Birmingham leg.
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Roscoe Turner
William 8. Brock
New York
Tokio
L. F. Schoenhair
Wiley Post
Cap J. Frash Hawks
Plebe Omlie
Memphis
J. Wesley Smith
Philadelphia Air Mail
Trartford
Conn
Art Killips
LaGrange
Miami
Fla
Brownsville
Texas
John Livingston
Aurora
Hawks
Charles A -Lindbergh
Curtiss-Reynolds
Chicago
Kenneth Carr
Detroit
Ypsilanti
Mich
Birmingham
Ala
Vera Dawn Walker
Hick
Ming Walker
Nashville
Sam White Arrested On Prohi Charge
Sam White was arrested by city police on a prohibition charge after quart jars of liquor were found in a car driven by him. He was held on a $3509 bond and reportedly connected with a local truck company hauling near this section to Pen. IA lak?
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San White
Caorar
White
Heiss
Oo Truck Company
New
Pen
Assault charge leads to police action in city Saturday
Wine Tichinson was arrested Saturday by city police on a charge of assault and battery. Also noted were marriage licenses issued to several couples including Vereree Harr ion and Miss Cailie Kent, Otis L McNeal and Toby Worthington, Willie Smith and Odie May Turner, Melvin Rixto rza and Villa Res, J. David Janes and Satie Mridgen, and Willie Roth Seay among others.
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Tichinson
Meas
Nearels
Meats
Bardehha I
Willie Roth Seay
Toute
Better Times In The Offing Predicted For Alabama
Alabama leaders predict improved business conditions with autumn and fall harvest driving up retail sales and manufacturing activity. Thad Holt cites October 1 as when uptick may begin, with stronger effects felt in 1929- calendar year. City officials in Anniston Selma and Tuscaloosa foresee gains as cotton markets improve and public works progress boost employment.
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Alabama
Thad Holt
Alabama Industrial Development Board
Anniston
Selma
Tuscaloosa
Holt
New England
Middle West
Charles F. Warn
United Chambers of Commerce
Varn
Coosa-Alabama
Rome
Mobile
T. J. Rowell
Dallas County
Norfleet Harris
Board of Commissioners
Coach Line Sued Over $15000 damage claim
Mrs Velma Dantry sues Alaga Coach Line for 15000 damages alleging a collision on East Main Street on August 5 left her with a permanently disfigured face after she was painfully cut while riding in an automobile involved in the mishap.
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Alaga Coach Line
Velma Dantry
East Main Street
Sterling Chosen As Texas Governor
Sterling will be opposed in the November election by Dr. George C. Butte of Austin, nominated by the Republicans in the first primary a month ago. The Democratic nomination has been equivalent to election since Reconstruction days. The Democratic nominee, a capitalist and newspaper publisher, urged Democrats to forget the bitterness and join a constructive program of government.
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Page One
Sterling
George C. Butte
Austin
Daring youths resist hold up at engagement party
Cleveland police chased three masked youths into a mansion where a holiday engagement party turned violent. Wilkison, a Princeton Hockey manager, was fatally wounded as police opened fire when robbers returned fire. The Bell brothers, Angelo 20 and Mike 25, were wounded and captured. weapons and ammo were seized. their father Andrew Bell 39 was questioned.
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Wilkison
Angelo Bell
Mike
Angelo
Bell Brothers
Wilkinson
Dunham House
Cleveland
Bells
Andrew Bell
Princeton
Peta Mahan Confined to Bed with Throat Ailment
Eagle reporter Peta Mahan is confined to bed with a throat ailment, friends regret to learn.
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Peta Mahan
Eagle
Mrs. W. G. Pruett Returns From Vacation
County demonstration agent Mrs. W. G. Pruett has returned from a vacation in North Carolina.
Damage suits filed against Griffon Liddon Furniture Co
Suits totaling 5500 dollars have been filed against Griffon Liddon Furniture Company by Max Morris Lucile Reynolds and Mary R Russ over an August 11 accident at Oates and Powell streets. Plaintiffs allege negligent driving by the truck driver.
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Griffon-Liddon Furniture Company
Max Morris
Lucile Reynolds
Mary R. Russ
Oates and
Powell Streets
Furniture Company
Morris
City Considers Tax on Cotton Haulers passing through Dothan
Dothan officials probe a truck tax targeting cotton freight moving from the region to Pensacola. The proposed schedule would charge 25 dollars for the first ton and 3 dollars for each additional ton.
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Dothan
Pensacola
Sunday School Adopts Orphan Boy in Alabama Church
ENTERPRISE Ala Aug 26 Special At a Dorcas class meeting of the First Baptist church the class voted to adopt another orphan from the Troy Baptist orphanage a small boy to be named to the class soon For four years the class has clothed Louise Marsh from the orphanage who graduated high school last spring and is now a student nurse in Hillman hospital Birmingham Two new officers were elected Mrs C D Wallace president and Mrs Ed Nichols group captain A surprise shower honored long serving teacher Mrs J J Faulk who received many gifts showing the class affection.
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Enterprise
Ala
Dorcas
First Baptist Church
Baptist
Troy
Louise Marsh
Hillman Hospital
Birmingham
C. D. Wallace
Ed Nichols
J. J. Faulk
Negro man arrested for assault and battery case
John Henry Brock was arrested during the week end by sheriff's forces on a charge of assault and battery. He allegedly stabbed Pecola Pierson, a Black woman, who was not seriously hurt. Brock remains jailed pending trial.
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John Henry Brock
Pecola Pierson
Brock
Appointments Made For Farm Seed Loan Collectors Here
Claude T. Cotton and Herbert Deal of Do'han and H. E. Milligen of Newton were named collectors of the Farm Seed Loan by J. H. Lynch of Columbia administration office per J. H. Witherington County Agent. Cotton covers Houston and Henry Counties, Deal handles Southwest Alabama with Evergreen as HQ, Milligen oversees Darbour Pike and Crenshaw from Troy. Henderson moves to Coffee Geneva and Dale Counties. Houston County loans totaled 69000 and Henry County 58000 this year.
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Claude T. Cotton
Herbert Deal
Do‘han
H. E. Milligen
Newton
J. H. Lynch
Columbia
Af C
J. H. Witherington
A. M. Henderson
Geneva
Dale
Houston County
Henry County
Salvation Army Urges Jobless To Stay At Home
The Salvation Army plans a nationwide pull to curb winter wanderlust among unemployed. Commissioner Alexander M. Damon leads the effort from Atlanta with three thousand localities to be informed via officials and media to keep transients at home, easing annual burdens on city charities.
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Salvation Army
Alexander M. Damon
Atlanta
United States
Ontario Trials Grow Turkish Tobacco Under Greek Expert
The report notes Turkish tobacco grown experimentally in Ontario under a Greek expert’s supervision, described as nearly frost-proof and promising for northern cultivation.
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South
Ontario
Palmer Cotton Lapin New York Weather Session Report
A garbled weather and market blurb notes a New York session starting with a moderate hedge and light to heavy rains across central Texas and adjacent regions. Mentions a tropical disturbance north of Puerto Rico moving toward North Carolina or Virginia, with prices possibly rising on last half hour cov ering and over-sold costs.
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Palmer Cotton Lapin
New York
Texas
Pris
Porto Rico
North Carolina
Virgins
Warnigh
Elevator runs wild in New York hotel shaft accident
An elevator at the Hotel Gelber on Fifth Avenue ran amok injuring and killing. Engineer Andrew Dublin was repairing the car at street level when it suddenly separated and dropped to the shaft bottom then shot upward crushing into a water tank on the roof. Water flooded the lobby and cellar. Dublin's belt was recovered at the shaft bottom.
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Wis
New York
Gelber
Fifth Avenue
Killng’s Ag
Andrew Dublin
Assistes E
Dublin
Four Hurt In Wrecks Near Selma Alabama
Four persons were injured in two automobile wrecks near Selma over the weekend and were treated in the hospital. Mrs J R Bearden and James of Adamsville were hospitalized after their car overturned. M J McCraney of Birmingham and W D Arrington of Cathority also sustained injuries in a separate overturning.
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Selma
Ala
Bowphita
J. R. Bearden
James
Adamsville
M. J. McCraney
Birminghen
W. D. Arrington
Cathority
Determined Posse Closes In On Betty Jane Abductor
A district-wide hunt centers on the Dillner case as police pursue the man who abducted Betty Jane from the Foster farm. Dillner lured Betty Jane and two other children after dinner, then drove off with her in a car. A note found on the farm claims he planned the act for a year and threatens harm if police are alerted.
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Dillner
Foster Farm
Fosters
Diliner
Betty Jane
Returns From Chicago John Sanders Jr
John Sanders Jr returns from a business trip to Chicago. In a cafe a policeman shot two men attempting to rob the place, occurring about fifteen minutes earlier.
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John Sanders, Jr
Chicago
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