Two Airmen Start Oslo Flight From Harbor Grace
Clyde Lee aged 24 and John Bochkon began a transatlantic attempt from Harbor Grace at 5 am aboard The Green Mountain Boy. The route to Oslo via Dublin Boston England and Cuxhaven aimed for 30 hours covering thousands of miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor Grace
N. F
Clyde Lee
John Bochkon
Oslo
Norway
Green Mountain Boy
Atlantic Ocean
Dublin
Ireland
Boston
England
Cuxhaven
Germany
Lee
Brodhkon
Brooklyn
N. Y
Barre
Newfoundland
Green Mountain Bay
Democrats Rally Draws Selma Crowd for Presidential Ticket
Democrats flocked to Selma for a rally in support of the party’s presidential ticket. Lawmakers joined the march, abandoning budget duties to back the campaign as organizers urged a decisive November majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Alazema Democrats
Minnesota University Sees Attendance Rise From Lower Costs
University of Minnesota comptroller W F Middlebrook says lower costs have reduced education expenses. Tuition remains, but room and board theater tickets and incidentals are cheaper. He estimates a student living at home can attend for about a year with tuition books lunch and carfare included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
W. F. Middlebrook
University of Minnesota
Middlebrook
Melon Growers Meet In Dothan Saturday
Houston County Truck Growers association members will gather at Poyner Seed Co. on Saturday at 10 a.m. to discuss melon shipments and payment checks. Secretary H. G. Underwood warned that missing tickets could delay settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melon Growers
Dothan
Houston County Truck Growers Association
Poyner Seed Co
H. G. Underwood
Mr. Under- Wood
Injured Lakeland Woman Improving at Local Hospital
Mrs Ora D Mc Gaghren 55 of Lakeland Fla in hospital here after Aug 13 automobile crash near Dothan suffered a fractured hip and double fracture of right arm. Her son traveling with her to Birmingham was uninjured and she is expected to leave hospital soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora D. McGaghren
Lakeland
Fla
Dothan
Floridian Saved From Execution In Chair Friday
A. W. Larrimore of Marianna had his death sentence delayed when Circuit Judge A Z Adkins granted a writ of error challenging Florida’s electric chair law. Larrimore, to be executed for murdering taxi driver Alex Porter, awaits state Supreme Court ruling after habeas corpus action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balford
State Supreme Court
J. W. Buchanan
Taylor County
Larrimore
Buchanan
Supreme Court
Adkins
Circuit Court
Union County
State Pardon Board
French Investors Concede Loss On Chinese Railway
Paris officials say the Dillion and a half pre war francs raised by French citizens to back the Chinese Eastern railway are lost. Paris financiers doubt a loan for Manchoukuo would attract French buyers and the effort to resuscitate claims faces slim prospects. The loss is a setback for French loans and for future credit in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Manchoukuo
Far
Alfred Massenet
Franco-Asiatic Bank of
Russo- Asiatic Bank
M. Massenet
Guest Found Dying In Hotel Believed Kidnaping Victim
A hotel guest in New Orleans found dying is tentatively identified as Dave Ettinger of the Chicago Optical company, who was kidnapped in Chicago days earlier. He died before aid could reach him. Another room occupant was not immediately located after a call requesting an antidote for poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Dave Ettinger
Chicago Optical Company
Chicago
Deak
Mrs. Culpepper Celebrates Birthday With Large Family
Mrs. E. C. Culpepper marks her 76th birthday at her son W. M. Culpepper's home. Seventy-six relatives and friends attend, including one brother, five children, 16 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, two sisters-in-law, 17 cousins, two nephews, and 12 visitors. A bountiful dinner features the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Culpepper
W.M. Culpepper
Culpepper
Dothan Kiwanis Club Outing Details and A Clinic Notice
The Dothan Kiwanis club met at Porter's Fairyland with wives and friends attending. After a swim, a buffet supper followed with W. R. Jordan as toastmaster and singing led by Myer Blumberg and Mrs. W. S. Wilson. Next meeting will be at the Houston hotel. a ton sil clinic for underprivileged children is planned at the Salvation Army home August 31 under Dr. Keyton Granger and Thacker, with six nurses and Salvation Army Captain Tidman and Mrs. Collins assisting. notable luncheon guests included Mrs. Blumberg, Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Cotton, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Porter
Fairyland
W. R. Jordan
Myer Blumberg
W. S. Wilson
Houston
Salvation Army
Arthur Keyton
F. G. Granger
V. J. Thacker
Victor A.tidman
C. L. Collins
Child Welfare Department
C. W. Johnson
Claude Cotton
Lilla Story
Lee Shugerman
Birmingham
N. Frank Pridgen
Beryl Hart
Frances Espy
John W. Rish
Miriam Rish
Trading stamps spark Century of Progress promotion
The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair adopts trading stamps as advertising. Eight hundred million water marked merchandise certificates will be printed in 1 5 and 25 cent denominations. Merchants issue them as premiums and they can be exchanged for admission, travel, theater, meals and more June 1 to December 5 1622. Chicago Merchandise Certificates Inc will issue the certificates under a contract with the exposition and a trust agreement with a downtown Chicago bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Merchandise Certificates, Inc
Georgia Peach Crop Short in Year Says Agriculture Dept
Georgia peach shipments to eastern and central states will fall to less than 28 percent of last year according to official reports from the state department of agriculture. The note highlights a tight supply affecting big city markets in the east and Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens. Ga
Georgia
East
Middle West
Department of Agriculture
War on picketing road blocking farmers ordered
In Sioux City Iowa Sheriff Davenport declared war on pickets and highway blockades to enforce the farm strike. By nine this morning thirty five strikers were arrested for disobeying orders to leave the highways. Council Bluffs Sheriff Lainson used tear gas and blackjacks but mobilized forces again. Special officers protected the courthouse and jail after a feared jail delivery of arrested pickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Lainson
Bandits Escape With Loot From Bay County Storehold Up
Four young bandits held up 75 year old Bay County storekeeper Lee Legann Tuesday night and escaped with 255 dollars cash two shotguns and two pistols. Officers reported no trace found and said the robbers headed toward Dothan in a high powered automobile with highways to Florida as roadblocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Legann
Bay County
Dothan
Florida
Jim Lewis
Marianna
Lewis
Install Officers At Eastern Star Meeting Tonight
Dothan chapter No. 76 Order of Eastern Star will hold a stated meeting at the new Masonic temple tonight at 8 o clock Mae Pemberton secretary announced urging officers and members to attend for the installation of officers and members to take part in the ceremony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Order of Eastern Star
New
Masonic Temple
Mae Pemberton
Reverend Bickerstaff and Family Depart for Vacation
The Rev W R Bickerstaff pastor of Foster Street Methodist church and his family left today for a short vacation visiting relatives in Union Springs Tuskegee Wetumpka and Montgomery They will return to Dothan in the middle of next week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.R. Bickerstaff
Foster Street Methodist Church
Union Springs
Tuskegee
Wetumpka
Montgomery
Dothan
Unusual Plants Thrive In Smoky Mountain Area
In Cullowhee North Carolina AP reports mountain forests host rare parasitic and saprophytic plants. Parasites include mistletoe and dodder while saprophytes like Indian pipe and pine rap thrive. Cherokee call mistletoe tidial meaning it is married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullowhee
N. C
North Carolina
Qualia Reservation
Plan to Make Jobs Offered by Mills
Washington August 25. Secretary Mills presented before a special committee a program to push national credit into business channels to create more jobs. Twelve chairmen of business and industrial conferences with Mills and other leaders studied the plan to be presented at the opening session Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mills
Federal Reserve System
Mille
Oren
Howard College professor on Southeast Alabama goodwill tour
Paul D Bayles physics professor at Howard College Birmingham is touring towns in southeast Alabama by car. He visits Hartford Dothan Opp Elba Geneva Florala Troy and others to promote a 10 year building program culminating in a 1942 centennial. He notes a large upcoming freshman class and total enrollment about 700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul D.bayles
Howard College
Birmingham
Dothan
Alabama
Tion
Bayles
Opp
Elba
Geneva
Florala
Troy
Hartford
Howard
Howard Summer School
University of Indiana
Cotton markets soar on bullish weather and demand
Exciting scenes on yesterday's New York and New Orleans cotton markets as prices rose to their strongest levels in over a year. Gains stemmed from favorable crop reports and growing demand for cotton goods, with New Orleans futures breaking eight cents and weather data fueling buying fervor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
New Orleans
Mil
Commission House
Texas
Brothers Surrender In Death of Mobile Real Estate Dealer
Raymond and Sam Dyson brothers from Fairhope Alabama surrendered to police in Jacksonville Florida and were held for Alabama authorities on a murder charge in the death of Mobile realty man Henry Butler Jr. They came to police headquarters voluntarily after murder warrants were issued and refused to discuss the case as Alabama officers prepared to transport them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Raymond
Sam Dyson
Fairhope
Ala
Alabama
Henry Butler, Jr
Mobile
Rewarded for Brave Act of 16 Years Ago
Washington August 25 193? A heroic act 16 years prior earned Claude Jones the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Hoover. The Memphis cruiser crew faced a hurricane off Santo Domingo and Jones stayed at his post aiding enlisted men and fellow officers amid danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
APS
Claude Jones
Hoover
White House
Jones
Memphis
Sante
Traveller General Lee's Horse Honored at West Virginia Celebration
In White Sulphur Springs West Virginia on August 25 AP reports General Robert E. Lee's horse Traveller shared honors at a Civil War era celebration. Excursions traced routes used by Lee and Traveller to Crow's Tavern Old Sweet Springs and Sewell Mountain. Mrs Conte Stevers dedicated the generals Baltimore home and unveiled markers as part of the commemoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ws oVa
Robert FE. Lee
Crow's Tavern
Old Sweet Springs
Ieee
Kates Mountain
Sewell Mountain
Baltimore
Conte Stevers
Virginia
George Cotten’s Leg Amputated in Hospital
The leg of George Cotten, a former Dothan resident, was amputated at the Veterans Hospital of Lake City, Florida. reports indicate the operation occurred this morning with details provided by hospital officials and the medical staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cotten
Dothan
Lake Cite
Fin
Tothar
Reporters barred from city hall over construction permits
A newspaper reporter was blocked from access to construction permit records at the city clerk’s office. Officials refused to identify who issued the order, and city officials, including Mayor Frell and City Clerk Scarborough, were unavailable. Auditor Vaughn could not explain the restriction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Eagle
I. C. Frell
I. P. Scarborough
J. L. Vaughn
Vaughn
Cotton price climbs to eight and a half cents
Cotton for nearby delivery rose to eight and a half cents a pound in active trading, the most in two years, as demand outpaced offerings. Early gains added to yesterday's advance, with net $1.50 per bale in the first hour amid profit taking and hedge selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Grand Jury Hearings Continue Amid Heavy Docket
Houston county grand jury remains in session with no indictment report expected before Saturday. Witnesses heard this afternoon in the J H Ingram case, the traveling salesman accused of fatally shooting 16 year old Clarence Cochran over gasoline theft from a parked car on June 23. Prominent Do than residents were noted as potentially facing review as more major cases were set for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Grand Jury
J. H. Ingram
Clarence Cochran
Ingram
Chicago Golfer Sets All Kinds of Marks
Chicago golfer Frank Nelson extended his endurance by playing 117 holes in one day on a 1 200 yard course near seven trips. He finished with 45 holes in par, earned three birdies, and covered about 20 miles in eight hours five minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank Nelson
Charleston Receipts Rise on Sugar Imports Record
Charleston reports a fiscal year gain of over 1 percent, setting a local office record. About 90 percent of receipts came from importing sugar from Cuba and related activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Cuba
Ohio river crossing fears rise after sea level note
An erroneous AP-style snippet discusses Ohio flooding and the Miami River waters reaching the Columbus area. It mentions the Staco river entering the Ohio and coastal water levels affecting the state, though the text is garbled and uncertain in details.
Death sentence for Sanjurjo in Spanish rebellion
Jose Sanjurjo Sucanello was sentenced to death by a mixed civil and military panel for leading a monarchist rebellion. General Herranz received 30 years and Colonel Infante 12 years. Sanjurjo’s son Justo was released. The court delivered verdict after heated deliberations as protests from both sides occurred nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Jose Sanjurgo
Sucanello
Supreme Court
Morocco
Sanjurgo
General Herranz
Infante
Justo
Coffee Springs Man Dies in Dothan Hospital
James O. Bowdoin 40 of Coffee Springs route two died of peritonitis at 11:35 a.m. in a Dothan hospital after an appendicitis attack. He was brought to the hospital Monday night and leaves a widow three children his father and three brothers and three sisters. Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Shady Grove Methodist church with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O. Bowdoin
Coffee Springs
Route Two
Dothan
Bowdoin
Wilmott
Thelma
Seroba
Turner Bowdoin
P.F
J.c
W.C
Slaters
Julia Thompson
Manola Mathis
Werby
Shady Grove Methodist Church
Chalker
Samson
Dowling
Rhodes
Man Faces Additional Forgery Charges
Ernest V. Etheredge a Tennessee insurance man now faces three charges of second degree forgery after two more warrants were sworn by James W. Hubbs. Etheredge failed to post bond Tuesday night and remained jailed with bonds set at 309 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest V
Etheredge
James W. Hubbs
Tennessee
Sing Sunday Night At Union Springs Church
Community sing planned at Union Springs church near Pansey. W S Coon, president of the ringing association, urges public participation and asks singers to bring their songbooks, with notice received in Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Springs Church
Pansey
Dothan
W.S. Coon
Ringing Association
Union Spring
Republican gubernatorial candidate visits Martanna
Martanna Florida August 25 shows W. J Howey the Republican candidate for governor visiting the area. He spoke at Graceville and Campbellton Tuesday morning and was accompanied by R. E. L. Pryor of Tampa as officials and local citizens paid respects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martanna
Fla
City and Couity
W. J Howey
Govenior
Howey
Graceville
Campbellton
R. E. L. Pryor
Tampz
Building increases Norfolk in first five months of 1932
Norfolk building operations from January to May 1932 rose $25,255 over the same period last year. Total permits reached $60,122 versus $53, - per year earlier, according to the city building bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk. Va
Norfolk
City Building Bureau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Teil Wind
Brochkon
Newark
N. J
Amelia Earhart Putnam
E.S.T
Assembly
Marianna Man
France
Beauty
New Models’ Union
Kathryn Swagegerty
Bernice Argast
Kathryn
American Federation of Labor
Porter’s
C. E.S
Temple
Smoky Mountain
Dares Atlantic
Clyde Allen Lee
Oshkosh
Wis
Paul D. Bayles
New York Exchange
Manchester
Liverpool
Sea
Traveller
Gen. Lee
W. Va
George Cotton
Coftns
Tos Gatec
Mepentine Bureau
Grand Jury
Miami River
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
The
Gen. Sanjurgo
W. J. Howey
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!