Two Negroes Admit Brutal Murder of Lumber Man in Alabama
Two men, Tom May and Spencer Bates, confessed to the killing of Tom McKinstry, a Livingston lawyer, during a dispute over a lumber debt. They shot him, beat him with a shotgun butt, and hid the body in bushes, with a broken shotgun stock as evidence. They were moved to Kilby Prison for safety and held for further proceedings.
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Montgomery
Ala
Tom McKinstry
Livingston
Jhareday
Kilby
Ben F. Elmore
Sumter County
Tom May
Spencer Bates
Peter Smith
McKinstry
Tlewatt
Severe electrical storm sweeps northern England and Scotland
A severe electrical and rain storm, among the worst in British weather history, struck northern England and Scotland after a heat wave that killed over twenty people. London experienced cooling rain, while Ramsay MacDonald diverted to Scotland amid the turmoil. Edinburgh darkened as lamps came on early.
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London
England
Scotland
Ramsay MacDonald
Lossiemouth
Catterien Airdrome
Yorkshire
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Family Injured In Automobile Accident
O. A. Higgins, 40, was fatally injured near Bessemer Alabama when struck by a car as he stood beside a parked machine on the Bessemer Mulga highway. Deputy Coroner Joe W. Pickens planned to lead an investigation into the accident today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Ala
O. A. Higgins
Bessemer-Mulga
Joe W. Pickens
Wall Street Quiet as Markets Close for Holiday
New York reports a deserted financial district with security and commodity exchanges closed. Banks operated as usual while workers enjoyed an extended weekend through Labor Day, marking a rare market pause in a busy period.
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New York
Wall Street
Financial District
Texas Lawyer Ends Own Life in Prison Cell
Amarillo attorney A. D. Payne who confessed to killing his wife with a bomb ended his life in his jail cell by a nitroglycerin explosion carried on a bottle around his neck. He had faced a first degree murder indictment hours earlier and had boasted he would not stand trial.
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Amarillo
Tex
A. D. Payne
Payne
Gene Howe
Howe
Verona Thompson
Killer of 8 Year Old Girl Escapes
South Bend Indiana August 30 AP The kidnapper and slayer of Marveline Appel remained at large as police pursued clues. Rewards totaling 3100 offered for the arrest of the man who enticed the girl into his car last Wednesday held her prisoner almost thirty hours and killed her. Her body with a throat wound and head gash was found near her mother Eula Appe’s home. Several suspects questioned then released.
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South Bend
Ind
Marveline Appel
Eula Appe
Air Classic Death Toll Rises to Three at Chicago Event
The eighth day of national air races saw the death toll rise to three with George Fernie, designer from Staten Island, killed in a crash of his self-built plane. Earlier fatalities from a navy racing plane crash occurred near the spectators as crowds watched update on Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau and his crew arriving in a Dornier rowing boat after their Arctic Atlantic flight.
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Curtiss-Reynolds
Chicago
George Fernie
St. George
Staten Island
N. Y
Ferric
Fenric
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Detroit
Wolfgang von Gronau
Atlantic
Arctic
J. P. DeShazo
Louis Weiner
Navy
RUM RUNNERS KILL TWO OFFICERS NEAR ALTUS OKLAHOMA
Deputy Elmer L. Carter 32 was killed and Officer Joe Whitt was wounded when rum runners opened fire during a traffic stop four miles southwest of Altus. Two brothers Buster and Bernie Robertson were arrested at Frederick. Whitt remained hospitalized and Carter left a widow and two children.
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Altus
Okla
Elmer L. Carter
Joe Whitt
Borger
Texas
Buster
Bernie Robertson
Frederick
Here
Robertsons
Carter
Whitt
Certeria
Belief Andree Lived Two Years On White Island
Oslo report says Swedish balloonist Andree and two companions may have survived on White Island for one to two years after their disappearance while attempting a polar balloon flight. Dr. Adolf Hoel notes provisions and wildlife could sustain them. bodies found after 33 years. Page turn prompts continued dispatches.
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Oslo
Norway
Salmon Augustee Andree
White Island
Adolf Hoel
Spitzbergen
Hoel
North
Andree
North Pole
Hratvaaye
Weaselm
Fighe
Railways Get Permit to Cut Cotton Shipment Rates
The Alabama public service commission approved temporary rate cuts for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the Repton and Manistee Railroad on cotton shipments to Mobile. Effective Sept 1 through Dec 31, the rates drop 40 to 50 percent from designated south Alabama origins to Mobile, matching reductions granted to other lines to counter motor carrier competition.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Public Service Commission
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Repton and
Raihway
Alabama
N. C. and
St. Louis
Camden
Selma and Flomaton
Greenville
Montgomery and
Peruvian ex president Leguia sent to San Lorenzo jail
In Lima, Augusto B. Leguia, 67, a deposed Peruvian president, was taken from his sick bed aboard the cruiser Almirante Grau and placed in a San Lorenzo Island prison cell to await trial for alleged misdeeds of his dictatorship. His son Jan Legua also arrested. Military junta head Colonel Luis M. Sanchez Cerro vows severe punishment.
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Lima
Peru
Augusto B. Legula
San Lorenzo Isle
Cailay Harbor
Jan Legua
San Lorenzo
Senor Leguia
Bour
Alfonso Livia
Luis M. Sanchez Cerro
Dothan Leaders Plan Industrial Campaign for Local Jobs
City wide cooperative drive launched by Home and Marine Protective association trustees aims to locate industries using regional raw materials. Committees to meet City Council Chamber of Commerce Rotary and other groups to enlist broader support for the employment and business benefits.
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Home and Marin Protective Association
Chamber of Cammeres
Rotary Club
Kmwants Club
Catry
State officers charged after shooting of woman in Mobile
In Mobile on August 30 deputies T H Sullivan and Lane fired at 24 year old Thelma Wooten, believed she carried a signer. Wooten in critical condition as doctors fight to save her. Deputies face murder charges if Wooten dies, while a chase and car search yielded no conclusive evidence.
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Mobile
Als
Thelma Wooten
T. H. Sullivan
Lane
Cotnr
Ager
Former Etowah County Deputy Indicted in Prohibition Case
J Yo Parkes, a former Etowah County deputy, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges linked to conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. He was arrested in Gadaten several weeks ago after alleged bribe requests from an unnamed party.
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Ain
J. Yo Parkes
Etowah County
Ballot Boxes Impounded In Two Alabama Counties
In Alabama references ballot boxes from the August Democratic primary were impounded in Jackson and Chambers counties as part of a grand jury probe into alleged fraud and irregularities. Attorney General Charlie C. McCall confirmed investigations in multiple counties and urged citizens with knowledge of ballot box stuffing or other irregularities to report them.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Jackson
Chambers
J. Thomas Heflin
Madison County
Charlie C. McCall
Madison
Heflin
Figat
Doctor and Negro Die From Poison in Ross County Office
Memphes Aug 29 A bottle of poison and whisky fed the deaths of Dr C W Baker a Poseville Tenn physician and Jim Foster the Negro barber who died after drinking from a bottle in the ante room of the doctor’s office at Ross County. Charles F Nash Memphis a pharmaceutical supplies salesman said he found the liquor and a half emptied poison vial on a shelf above and that the stopper was in the bottle suggesting poison may have entered the drink.
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Mempehes
Jr. CW. Baker
Poseville
Tenn
Dertar
Rosscalle
Jim Foster
Nuto
Bakers
Baker
Charlen F. Nash, Jr
Pharmaceutical Supplies
Memphis
Anid
Dr. Baker
Nash
Farmer Dies From Burns After Gas Mishap
Luther Peacock a 22 year old Houston county farmer died after a match was struck while he drained gasoline from a model T Ford Thursday night. J M Byrd commander of the Chester R Vickery post American Legion was injured while trying to extinguish the flames and remained in semi serious condition. Peacock died at a local hospital about 5 pm yesterday from gas fumes and severe burns.
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Luther Peacock
Houston County
Weather Outlook Beginning Monday
Central and East Gulf States see partly cloudy skies with showers on the east early week and scattered rain along the coast. The south and west Gulf states expect fair spell then scattered showers mid to late week with seasonable temps. Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys turn cooler early week then unsettled warmth later. South Atlantic states have mountain showers early and again Thursday with near normal temps. Ohio and Tennessee expect showers early and midweek with near normal temperatures.
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Central
East Gulf States
East Portion
South Portion
West Gulf States
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
South Atlantic States
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Ivo Negroes
North England
George Ferrie
South Alabama
Nances
Sanchez Abseaid
Harold H. Grow
Bem
Taguid
Sanchez Aermet Linant
Grow
Kenga
Sie
Areqsipa
Grow Wan
Wrathern
Quthienn
Aredquing Os
Bern
Dothan
Chamber of Commerce
City Council
Sajtelfar Turf JR Chamberlain
Mia, Wooten
Sarker Wae
Arreetad
Gadaten
Am Allege Pre Hitytean Lye Ylelaiare
Rish
Jeffries
John W. Bish
Kate Rudolph
W. B. Jeffries
Wish
Democratic County Committee
State Committee
Georgia
H. K. Martin
Dethan
Chieky
Farmer
Byrd
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
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