Death threat note demands 10000 cash sent via train to Dothan man
L J Lunsford of 207 North Montana street received a crude extortion note demanding $10,000 with a threat to his life. The letter, written on brown paper, mailed on a Atlantic Coast Line train, bears a three cent stamp and was found to be part of a gangland extortion pattern linked to a Montgomery hold up. Police continue the intensive investigation with county guards at the Lunsford home.
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L. J. Lunsford
Montana Street
Lunsford
Dothan
Montgomery
A.C. L
U. S
Fountain L. Fletcher
The
Eagle
American Legion
Gadsden
Grotery
167 U.S. Infantry
Tragic Drowning Report From Rock Creek Yough
A Mrs Ada Baird 32 and two sisters Tressie 18 and Ezra Wilson 14 drowned while swimming in Rock Creek Winston county near Arley Alabama. They were swept into deep swift water and recovered hours later after a neighbor alarmed rescue efforts.
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Jasper
Ala
Rock Creek
Winston County
Ada Baird
Tressie
Ezra Wilson
Baird
Wilson
Arley
Als
How to Watch the Eclipse Without Eye Peril
Miss Eleanor Brown of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness warns that staring at the solar eclipse can harm vision. She cautions against light tinted glasses and explains a test to verify darkness, recommending smoked glass made by candle flame or uniformly exposed photographic film, used with the smoked side away from the face.
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Old Sol
Eleanor Brown
The
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Method to Determine Sex Before Children Are Born Reported
At the International Congress of Genetics in Ithaca New York a method using lactic acid to favor girls and bicarbonate of soda to favor boys was claimed to succeed in 77 of 78 trials. Dr F Unterberger of Koenigsberg developed it. Dr Jacob Sanders reported results on humans and animals.
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Ithaca
International Congress of Genetics
F. Unterberger
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Bainbridge business man seriously hurt by fall on concrete
Bainbridge Georgia August 30 Haynes G Born a Bainbridge business man was seriously hurt after fainting and striking his head on the sidewalk in front of a hotel. A passerby physician rushed him to a hospital where he regained consciousness hours later and doctors held cautious hope for recovery. Born is unmarried.
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Bainbridge
Haynes G. Bor
Born
Mr. Born
Teacher Confesses Slaying Wife Over Dishes
H C Moor a 31 year old Robinson teacher confessed to shooting his wife Marjorie on a lonely road near Marshall after claiming she kept a dirty house and unwashed dishes. He said he planned the murder to pay his debt to society and seeks life imprisonment if he pleads guilty.
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Marshall Til
H. C. Moor
Robinson
Marjorie
Victor Miller
Moor
Miller
Indianapolis
Butler University
University of
Steps to Stop Road Picketing Began Today in Midwest
Farmers seeking higher prices for produce tried to extend picket lines at Des Moines while sheriffs and county attorneys prepared for investigations. Twelve men were arrested as part of efforts to end the protests. Nebraska and Iowa officials demanded action against cross‑border participants inciting riot. Governors of three states received a joint chamber of commerce appeal noting the situation was beyond control and requesting state aid.
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Des Moines
Missildine
Keeling
Endress
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Sioux City
Cotton Production Drops in Houston County Before Aug 16 1932
Before August 16 1932 Houston county ginned 224 bales from the 1482 crop, 967 fewer than 1931 when 1 191 bales were ginned. John M Dykes special cotton agent reports the drop. Dealers expect the reduced output to push staple cotton prices higher.
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Houston
John M. Dykes
Corn To Be Stored In Tobacco Barns
Thomasville Georgia farmers plan to store corn in tobacco barns after harvest to combat corn weevils. With the tobacco season ending soon, barns will be heated to kill weevils that invade corn stored in them.
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Thomasville
Edith Rockefeller McCormick Will Filed For Probate
The will includes a clause to deter challenges and leaves five twelfths of the estate to Edwin D Krenn, a friend and business associate who loaned large sums. The estate's value has fallen from over 40 million dollars to perhaps one third, while McCormick remains a famed Chicago social leader once dubbed the world's richest woman.
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Chicago
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Edwin D Krenn
Krenn
Dothan Young Men Kill Big Rattler
Grady Spann and Bill Wilder displayed 12 rattles and a button, the only trophy remaining from a clash with an 8 rattlesnake near Edison Georgia. They reported the snake measured 62.5 inches and were credited with killing it after capturing it alive.
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Grady Spann
Bill Wilder
Edison
Spann
Wilder
Dothan
Judiciary ruling against Walker in ouster case
Albany N Y Aug 30 AP Mayor James J Walker lost his bid to block Governor Roosevelt from acting on ouster charges. Supreme Court Justice Ejlis J Staley ruled the judiciary cannot interfere in executive functions. The decision says the governor may proceed and the court cannot force action.
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Albany
N. J
James J. Walker
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Ejlis J. Staley
Justice Staley
John J. Curtin
Walker
John Cahil
M. Maldwin Fertig
Martin Conboy
John E. Mack
Staley
Justice Staley Curtin
Suit Against Church Brings 100 Negro Witnesses
Alto Jackson, a Negro plaintiff, sues the North Highlands Baptist church for 2000 dollars claiming labor and materials furnished for construction. Circuit court convened with about a hundred witnesses, all African American, many arriving without summons, and church deacons observed proceedings as attorneys prepared for the case.
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Alto Jackson
North Highlands Baptist Church
Jackson Isa
Jackson
India
Ma Ferguson Leads Sterling in Democratic Gubernatorial Nominatio
Ma Ferguson led Governor Ross Sterling by 372 votes in the Texas Democratic gubernatorial nomination race based on returns from all 254 counties, with 224 complete, among 946000 total votes cast in the state.
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Texas
Dallas
Ma" Ferguson
Ross Sterling
Texas Election Bureau
Illness of Week Fatal to Farmer Near Cottonwood
James Henry Barney Fohan 30 died of heart disease at his Cottonwood route one home after more than a week of illness. Survived by widow and four children Evelyn Elinora Horace and Alfred, a brother Willie, and sisters Dolly, Mattie and Beulah. Funeral at Howard Grove church with Rev Hicks officiating. Houston Funeral Co. in charge.
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James Henry
Barney” Fohan
Cottonwood
Mr. Fohan
Evelyn
Elnora
Horace
Alfred
Willie Fohan
Dolly Fohan
Mattie Brooks
Dothan
Beulah Rogers
Montgomery
Howard Grove Church
Rev. Hicks
Ashford
Burlgs
Howard Grove Cemetery
Houston Funeral Co
July orders surge at cloth mills in Sixth District
Atlanta Aug 30 AP a 150 percent rise in July orders from year earlier was reported by cloth and yarn mills in the Sixth District Federal Reserve review. While July cotton consumption fell versus a year ago orders to mills rose sharply from June and retail trades for the first seven months show declines but are expected to inch up over June after adjustments.
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Atlanta
Federal Reserve Banks
Milla
Tropical storm heads gulfward toward Florida coast
Tropical disturbances moved from the Atlantic bringing heavy rains and brisk winds to the lower east coast. The storm crossed the Everglades toward the Gulf of Mexico with no fatalities and only light property loss reported.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Everglades
Gulf of Mexico
Funeral for George Cotton Jr. in Lake City
George Cotton Jr., 36, who died from blood poisoning at Lake City Florida's veterans hospital, will be buried in the city cemetery after a 3:30 p.m. service at his home officiated by the Rev. L. W. Dockery and the Rev. T. G. Jones. Funeral escorts include John Hopkins and Charles G. McDowell of the TS Patrol Inspections Mereng.
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George Cotton, Jr
Veterans’ Hospital
Lake City
Fla
L. W. Dockery
T. G. Jones
Ctty
Louie Meyrovitz
Lester Farmer
Henry Crine
Floyd Forrester
Ben Hornsby
Heard Saxon
T. J. Whatley, Jr
Asbury Bieunt
O. C. Bennett
HH. Prawn
B. Gaines
I. C. Exell
Dan Paexer
Colle Baker
H.R. Boirdeshaw
Floyd McCarty
S. Loisenby
Che Ellison
Dowling
Bhoeer
Rangement
Merch
John Hopskins
Charles G. McDowell
Mereng
Former Dothan Man's Wife Dies in New York
Frings of L E Baker of New York formerly of Dothan mourns the death of his wife Mrs Baker an invalid for years. Funeral occurred Monday in New York her former home with burial there. Mr Baker is the second son of J WW Baker, brother of FT and Walter Baker of Dothan.
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Frings
L. E. Baker
New York
Dothan
Three Men Arrested in Alabama Gang Slaying Case
Dothan officers arrested B. J. Clark and Lamar and John Preston in connection with the Fountain D. Fletcher murder in Montgomery on August 17. The trio deny involvement, with one claiming to know nothing of the case while previously suing Chicago police for false arrest.
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Dothan
Fountain
Fletcher
Montgomery
Chicago
Preston
Bristol
Tenn
Ozark
Ruth Preston
Clark
Ony
Hiram Newton
Otix Goocher
Parents Face Charge Of Mistreating Boy
In Gallipolis Ohio Aug 2 1949 Mr and Mrs Sylvester Hooter were arrested after allegations they kept a unwanted child naked and starved in an upstairs room. They were held for the grand jury and released on bond. The three year old boy was later cared for at the county children's home and described as nearly a skeleton but expected to recover with care.
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Gallipolis
Ohis
Sylvester Hooter
Fred Millies
Lreen Hector
Deliaf
Hector
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Federal Reserve Report
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