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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1934
Page
3
Notice reports a petition to the Governor and Board of Pardons for parole of Ed Wheeler who was convicted in Houston County Circuit Court on March 12, 1930 for murder in the second degree and sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary. This notice is dated December 7, 1934.
Mrs J W Morris of 29 12 Fast Main Street died yesterday afternoon after a lingering illness. Her funeral was to be held from the family residence at 3 PM this afternoon. She leaves eight grandchildren.
The obituary notes he served five enlistments and lists active pallbearers I E Bellflower C A Bellflower Carl Hunter D Blackshear I C Ezell and J Bevis. Burial in city cemetery with Rev L W Dockery officiating and Dowling Griffin in charge. Enlistments from Dothan will be sent to Fort Barrancas and Fort Benning.
Army recruitment opens at the Dothan post office building led by Corporal R G Dale. Men aged 18 to 35 who pass the physical and meet references may enlist today, with Dale bringing five years in Florida and two years in service to the effort.
Montgomery December 7 AP Scores of state leaders in the automobile business and allied trades gathered to hear Governor-elect Bibb Graves outline his legislative program for the industry. The session, called by Charles E. Ingalls of Montgomery president of the Alabama Automotive Trade Association, aimed to draw more than 250 dealers and gasoline men. The association plans a joint legislative program to extend the sector’s recovery and oppose higher taxes on autos oil and gasoline. Graves proposed a sliding scale license tag reduction about 50 percent. In Oakland California Traffic Judge C B Fox fined attorney Frederick Dubovsky $2 on six parking violation tags and gave a suspended sentence on 23 others.
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