Howard College Professor Is Asked To Resign
Dr John C Dawson president of Howard College Birmingham announces resignation of Dr Horace Day assistant professor of biology over remarks about the Bible during chapel. Day says it reflects older fundamentalist modernist clash and plans to join Indiana or Stanford. He is 27 with a Stanford PhD, home in Lake Geneva.
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Birmingham
Ala
John C. Dawson
Howard Colege
Horace Calvin Day
Dawson
Day
Dr. Day
Lee Gallman
Tuscaloosa
Gallman
Howard College
Steadford
Chapel
Dr. Dey
Noah
Jonah
University of Indiana
Leland Stanford University
R. Day
Stanford
Lake Geneva
American Legion Meets At Clubhouse Tonight
The local American Legion post plans a 7:29 gathering at Ha dubhavs clubhouse with Commander Laney Ante announcing a full attendance. Community matters totaling 45 items to discuss are on the agenda for county fires and civic concerns.
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American Legion
Ha * Dubhavs
Gig
New device lets heart photograph itself may aid X rays
A University of Pennsylvania team led by Charles E Weyl and Dr E L Maurice McPherson demonstrated a device that makes the heart and lungs take X ray photographs at chosen points in their motion. The system uses mirrors electrical lights and percussion instruments to capture moving centers in one image. The invention aims to reduce variability in heart and lung X rays enabling clearer diagnosis.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Charles E. Weyl
Assistnt
Moore School of Freemin
EL Maurice McPherson
Reentgensiogis
Harry Philips Institute
Methodist bishops convene in Birmingham for two day policy session
The Methodist Episcopal Church South college of bishops opened a two day session in Birmingham Alabama to discuss church policy welfare adjustments and potential changes. Leaders from various denominations attend with Dr Arthur J Moore delivering welcome remarks and Bishop Mouton replying in place of Bishop Warren Aes.
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Birmingham
Ala
College of Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
D. Mouton
Charlotte
N. C
Hoyt M. Dobbs
City Auditorium
Methodist Church
Arthur J. Moore
First Methodist Church
Bimingham
Mouton
Warren Aes
Atanta
F. Sie
Fayette
Penney Store Posts Double Digit November Increase
Penney Store reports a 13.39 percent rise in November sales versus 1928, the top gain among company stores. Manager H. H. Ader cites the result as evidence of economic strength in Dothan and surrounding areas.
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J. C. Penney Co
H. H. Ader
Dothan
Mr. Ader
Cotton Ginned In Houston County Falls Short Of 1928
There were 23 565 bales of cotton ginned in Houston County from the 1929 crop prior to December 1, 1929, compared with 28 824 bales ginned in the previous year, indicating a year to date decline.
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Houston County
Tax Collector Short by 31667 Dollars in Bibb County
Discrepancies totaling 31667.06 dollars were found in the accounts of E. C. Tuttle, Bibb county tax collector whose body was found near Centreville. State examiner C. E. McCall says amounts due span Oct 1924 to death and 1928, with a conference set for Dec 21 in Birmingham with Maryland Casualty, the bond surety.
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Montgomery
Ala
E. C. Tuttle
Bibb County
Centerville
E. McCall
McCall
Maryland Casualty Company of
Baltimore
City of
Brent
Centreville
Tenute
Nationalists claim stand amid three rebel offensives in China
From Shanghai reports say Nationalist forces halted three separate rebel armies near Canton Chuchow and Hankow while insurgents tow toward Nanking. A bloody three day battle outside Canton cost rebels many lives. Missionaries in Kanchow Kiangsi reportedly appeal for relief as Reds threaten the region.
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Shanghai
China
Nanking
Canton
Ironsides
Chang Fak-Wei
Kwangsi
Hese
Pukow
Chuchow
Nobel
Honan
Hankow
Anand
Kanchow
Kiangsi
Kanchew
Veterans Hospital Bill Advances in Alabama
Adjutant B Sim reports a telegram from Rep Lamar Jeffer s showing the House veterans committee approved the bill for government funding to erect a World War veterans hospital in Alabama. Location undecided. Alabama American Legion pushes for a state hospital to aid hundreds of disabled veterans housed in other states.
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Veterans Committee
Alabama
Montgome
A.a
B. Sim
American Legion
Lamar Jeffers
Washington
House Veterans Committee
Als
Jeffer
Syrenges
Alabama Department of the American Legion
Legion
Prisoners Escape From Tuberculosis Hospital
Grady Reynolds of St. Clair county and Max Sliter of Colbert county escaped from the state prison tuberculosis hospital by digging from a room and climbing a fence. They are pursued by bloodhounds. the top wire was reportedly unwired. Reynolds faced 35 year robbery sentence. Sliter 20 years for highway robbery.
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Grady Reynolds
St. Clair County
Max Sliter
Colbert County
Reynolds
Sliter
Miners Held After Nokomis Warrants Served
Three hundred National Miners Union members invaded Nokomis Illinois intent on picketing mine No 10 of the Illinois Indiana Coal Corp. Deputies blocked the crowd in a downtown block and held 300 miners prisoner while warrants were served on 35 men taken to Taylorville for arraignment. One shot rang out as officers moved to disperse the group.
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Nokomis
Striking
National Miners Union
Illinois-Indiana Coal Corporation
Christiaan County
Taylorville
D. L. Dunbar
Stitch” Vaught
AP Correction On Kilby Prison Escape Medical Claim
The AP corrected betrayal of Hamp Draper head of the State Convict Department. He said Kilby inmate Will Yarbrough did not receive medical treatment after an escape incident attacked by bloodhounds. Draper ordered an investigation by Warden R A Burns and a detailed report is pending.
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Montgomery
Ala
Associated Press
Hamp Draper
Will Yarbrough
Kilby
Draper
Yarbrough
R. A. Burns
Congress Debates Tax Cuts and Tariff Issues
Friday actions include Senate tax reduction moves and sugar tariff probe by lobby group. Agriculture subcommittee hears J P Hennican of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Interstates commerce panel grills communications bill. House opens general debate on agriculture appropriation. Foreign affairs and merchant marine committees weigh fisheries and White bill.
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Senate
Agriculture
J. P. Hennican
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Interstate Commerce Committe
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Interstate Commerce
Machado
Cuba
Hawley
Morrchett Marine Committee
Whitehill
Radio Commission
W. C. Lawson
Pathene Owen
Florida
Ralph E. Updike
Louis Ludlow
Indiana
Weather report for Alabama predicts partly cloudy night and Saturday
The forecast notes partly cloudy conditions across Alabama through tonight and into Saturday. Skies remain mostly clear with no precipitation expected and temperatures likely to be mild for the period.
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Alabama
Reprieve Delays Execution for Fred Edel in New York
Fred W. Edel, sentenced to death for the Emma Harrington murder, was saved from the electric chair less than an hour before execution after Gov Roosevelt granted a reprieve until December 30. Edel had claimed innocence and awaiting new evidence as officials prepared the death chamber at Sing Sing.
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Ossining
N. Y
UPI
Fred W. Edel
Sing Sing
Edel
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lewis E. Lawes
New York
Death House
Anthony Petersen
Benjamin Hill Maddox Dies at Home on Route Four
Benjamin Hill Maddox 49 died yesterday afternoon at his home on Route Four after a lingering illness. He is survived by his wife and four children Ted Irene and Theresa, sisters Mrs Birdie Tavie Myre Tavie and Mrs Bartha McGilvery, and others including Mrs GT Raney, Davis, Gis 6 Vile Stalling. Funeral services were set for Webb Baptisted Church at 2:20 pm with Rev Le wi Karklar officiating. interment followed in the church cemetery. Fellows and Forrester were in charge.
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Benjamin Hill Maddox
Dathan
Ted
Irene
Theresa
Poel
GT Raney
Calumnbi GB
Davis
Exdjeon
Vile Stalling
Trenaldvaty
Webb
Lewi Karklar O
Fellows
Forrester
Trust Head Dies in New York Presidency
H. A. Austin, recently elected president of the Equitable Trust Company, died this morning in New York. The death marks the end of a career prominent in banking circles. Austin had been chosen to lead the company at its recent meeting.
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New York
H. A. Austin
Equitable Trust Company
Benefit football game closes Chicago season
Sunday benefit game in Chicago features Toyota University of Chicago and Loyola University of the South closing their football seasons in New Orleans, with the teams meeting earlier this season. The earlier game ended 46 to 6.
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Chicago
Toyota University of Chicaro
New Orleans
Loyola University of the South
Tlaving
Friday the 13th Mischief Myth Mocked in Dothan
A Dothan resident dismisses superstition about Friday the 13th as a rumor while noting racial prejudice and a joke about bad luck. The exchange recalls fear of ill fortune tied to the date and a reply about carrying a black cat.
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Dothan
Allgood Urges Harmony to Restore Alabama Democratic Party
Congressman Allgood of Alabama's Seventh district writes to Ben F Ray urging that the state Democratic Executive Committee focus on restoring harmony within the party. He states actions should aim to unify Democratic policies in Alabama.
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Lirmingham
Alt
Mileys
Allgood
Congress
Alabama
Ben F. Ray
Democratic Executive Committee
Shouse Urges Broad Alabama Democratic Primary Participation
Shouse, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, sent a telegram urging Alabama's state committee to let all qualified voters who agree to party principles participate in the next year's primary. Dr. Inzer plans to push a resolution allowing any qualified voter to vote or run if they accept the election outcome and support the party ticket.
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Shouse
Birmingham
Ala
Juuett Shouse
Democratic National Committee
Alabama State Committee
J. C. Inzer
Gadsden
Inzer
Executive Committee
Icket
National Committee
Democratic Party
Police Officer Fails to Fire in Store Holdup
Minneapolis policeman John C. Nordgaard waited behind the counter of Arthur Charley Grocery for two weeks and a bandit’s fourth visit. He fired when the holdup man returned but the shotgun misfired, allowing the robber to escape with $50 after the attempted hold up.
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Minneapolis
John C. Nordgaard
Arthur Charley
Nordgaard
Status of Avant Case Unchanged Says Official
Norton Mullins, solicitor of the 20th judicial circuit, says the repudiation of Lee Phillips’s testimony will not alter the case. McCall appeals the bond ruling for four Geneva defendants, with the Supreme Court of Alabama expected to act soon on the bond appeal. The four, denied habeas corpus relief, await the high court’s decision on the bail matter.
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Norton Mullins
20Th Judicial Circuit
Charlie C. McCall
C. F. Avant
Lee Phillips
G. W. Smith
Avant
Supreme Court of Alabama
McCall
Geneva
H. A. Pearce
Supreme Court
Ex football star sought by police in theft case
Louis Lee Berry also known as Derry, 25, former University of Arkansas and Missouri backfield player, faces theft charges after clothes and jewelry were taken from a fraternity house. Police, sheriff, and university officials pursue and note his probation and restoration to good standing. He received his varsity letter the night prior amid raid activity and questions remain over his whereabouts.
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Columbia
Missouri
Louis Lee Berry
University of Missouri Backfield
Ace
Derry
Clyde Ballon
University of Arkansas
Kyiusug Reformatory
University of Kansas
Albert K. Heckel
Dewh Heckel
School of Education
Franklin E. Reagan
Infant Burdeshaw Dies at Home in Whiddon Street
Minnie Luella Burdeshaw infant daughter of Mr and Mrs G G Burdeshaw died yesterday afternoon at their Whiddon Street home after a brief illness. Funeral services were set for 10 30 this morning at Burlah Church with Rev Jim Burdshaw officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Fellows and Forrester were in charge of arrangements.
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Minnie Luella
G. G. Burdeshaw
Whiddon Street
Shoe
Burlah Church
Jim Burdshaw
Fellows
Forrester
Miss Lovier Spooner Burns In Home Stove Fire
Detroit Free Press reports 24 year old Miss Lovier Spooner severely burned on back and neck when her clothing caught fire from a kitchen stove at 272 Trumbull Avenue. Her brother Murphy Spooner aided, extinguished flames, and drove her to Receiving Hospital, later moved to St Marys for care.
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Dothan
Detroit
Mich
Taunton Issues Draft for Grant Street Residence
Taunton issues a draft for the construction of a residence on Grant Street. The project is to cost 1000 dollars and is filed with the city clerk's office.
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Taunton
W. Taunton
Grant Street
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Route Four
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University of Missouri
Minnie Burdeshaw
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