Parole urged for ex state senator in Alabama
Governor Miller to day took under consideration an officially approved parole plea for former State Senator E. D. Jordan of Etowah county, convicted of soliciting a bribe while in the legislature and serving a two to two and a half year term. Etowah delegation urged clemency after recommendations from State Auditor John Brandon and John J. Haynes. Jordan was convicted in 1932 in Montgomery county for soliciting a bribe to aid a Sunday amusements bill for his hometown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
B. M. Miller
E. D. Jordan
Etowah County
John Brandon
John J. Haynes
Haynes
Brandon
State Board of Pardons
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Jordan
Pete B. Jarman
Third
Montgomery County
Gausden
Etowah
George S. Vann
Gadsden
Eulis E. McLendon
H. M. McLendon
Attalla Business
Negro Good Will Flight Crashes in Trinidad Backyard
In Port of Spain Trinidad December 14 AP two air tourists Dr A E B Forsythe and Alfred Anderson survived a crash landing in a suburban yard after their good will flight. The craft suffered unknown damage and the pilots sustained only superficial cuts and bruises as the plane circled the city and narrowly avoided houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Negro Fliers
A. EB. Forsythe
Alfred Anderson
Bank clearings rise across US in week to December 12
Nationwide bank clearings reached 4.165 billion dollars for the week ending December 12, up 15.7 percent from a year ago. New York totals hit 3.222 billion, up 13.8 percent, with Detroit leading gains at 58 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Dun and Bradstreet
Detroit
Boy King: Queen Marie Sees Yugoslavia's Young Ruler
Queen Marie writes of Yugoslavia's boy king for The Dothan Eagle and AP. She portrays a shy, sensitive child clinging to childish dreams, describing him as more than a king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yugoslavia
Marie
Dothan Eagle
Associated Press
Christmas Toy Ball Planning Steps Forward
Preparations advance for Dothan's first annual Christmas Toy Ball on December 21. The event, under Wiregrass Post VFW, aims to deliver gifts to needy children with St Nick's visit and bands from 8 to midnight. Donations of toys and wearables are requested for distribution by VFW, American Legion, Salvation Army, and Child Welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Yuletide
Wiregrass Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Carl E. Sellers
V. F. W. Post
St. Nick
American Legion
Salvation Army and
Child Welfare Department
Sellers
The
Legion, Salvation Army and Welfare Department
Elk’s Club
Foster Street
Howard Stetson Football Clash Targeting Dothan Venue
Howard and Stetson Colleges near final arrangements for a football game in Wiregrass Stadium in Dothan. The date hinges on Auburn Kentucky conflict at Montgomery and the plan calls for a Friday night or Saturday afternoon game in mid October 1935. The Dothan Rotary Club, led by W C Hardin, negotiated with multiple Southern teams to make Dothan the midway meeting point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard and Stetson
Dothan
Southern Grid
European nations announce war debt default totals
Envoys from France Italy Poland Czechoslovakia and Hungary said they would default on war debt payments totaling 630 million dollars due tomorrow. Britain Belgium Finland and others yet to respond with amounts owed. Estonia Latvia Lithuania Romania listed. French ambassador Laboulaye note to be public tomorrow.
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Washington
State Department
France
Italy
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Great Britain
Belgium
Finland
Andre de Laboulaye
Estonia
Latvia
Lithunia
Rumania
Hartford native Prof Ward dies in Birmingham hotel
Professor J. 38 Ward, Hartford native and language scholar at Alabama College for Women Montevallo, died suddenly while a guest in a Birmingham hotel. Burial at Montevallo followed with student body assistance. he left a widow and four children and is survived by a large family across Hartford and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Ward
Hartford
J. 38. Ward
Alabama College For Women
Montevallo
Prof. Ward
Birmingham
Ward
Howard
Columbia
Madie Belle
Evelyn
Julia
David
J. H. Ward
B. Woodham
C.L. Digby
Dothan
D. M. Hicks
Cottonwood
W. B. Stanley
Haleburg
Mra
EB. B. Bullard
Thomasville
B. T. Rister
Du Pont Uncovers Wartime Repulse by Baker
Pierre S. du Pont testified before the Senate munitions committee that Newton D. Baker called the Du Pont powder company an outlaws figure in November 1917. The dispute centered on terms for a government powder plant at Old Hickory Tennessee with huge profit projections and a government-borne cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Robertson
Washington
Pierre S. du Pont
Senate Munitions Committee
Newton D. Baker
du Pont Powder Company
du Pont
Old Hickory
Tenn
Baker
War Industries Board
du Ponts
Robert S. Brooking
The
Irenee du Pont
Powder Company
United States
Brooking
Nashville
Crozier
Hoffner
McRobert
Kidnap Suspect in Marianna Identified as Escape Case
Rufus Harris, 22, of Bristol Tennessee, held in Marianna as a suspected kidnapper of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, is identified as an escapee from a Morgantown North Carolina asylum. Sheriff Chambliss announced the finding but would not say if Harris would be sent back or how the identification was made. Coroner Jay Hardy, a fingerprint expert from Dothan Alabama, said Harris is not Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianna
Rufus Harris
Bristol
Tenn
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
Morgantown
N.C
Flake Chambliss
Harris
North Carolina
Jay Hardy
Dothan
Ala
Robinson
Love Triangle Slayer Executed as Woman Is Acquitted
Rufus Satterfield, 43, confessed slayer of Herbert Grice, was electrocuted at State's Prison Raleigh at 10 32 a m four shocks marking the first time the electric chair required four jolts. Mrs Ruby Grice, widow of the slain iron worker, was acquitted with her brother Donald Sasser in Wayne county superior court Goldsboro of conspiracy charges.
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Raleigh
N. C
Rufus Satterfield
Herbert Grice
Wayne County
State's Prison
Satterfield
State’s
Ruby
Grice
Donald Sasser
Goldsboro
Steel Industry Awakens With Renewed Activity
Pittsburgh December report shows open hearths and finishing mills glowing as prospects for a strong first quarter of 1935 grow. Weirton Folansbee Wheeling teams announce higher output. Weirton hires workers. Detroit plans a new $12 million plant and Ford adds $6 million more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marxen Graham
Pittsburgh
Steel
Ohio River
A. R. Kennedy
Pittsburgh Steel Company
General Steel
Carnegie Steel Company
United States Steel Corporation
Wheeling and Weirton Steel Corporation
Folansbee Brothers
American Sheet and Tin Plate
Weirton
Folansbee and Wheeling
W. Va
Steubenville
Yorkville
Toronto
Martin's Ferry
EE. D. Weir
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ohito
Evacuations Ordered as Flood Rushes Toward Montrose
In Montrose near Los Angeles, more than 300 residents were urged to evacuate as torrential rainfall drenches Montrose Se Crescenza and Pickens Canyon. Deputy flood control chief J R Mimi warned a wall of water races down the canyon toward the town, the foothill area still reeling from prior fires and a deadly 1934 storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Sierra Madre Mountains
Montrose
Montrose-Se Crescenza
California
J. R. Mimi
Pickens Canyon
Pickeng Canyon
Southern Farmers Vote On Bankhead Act In Harris County
Balloting by about 6,500 white and Negro farmers in Houston county on the continuation of the Bankhead Cotton Control Act showed heavy early turnout. Negroes voted for the first time and a whispering campaign was alleged to have influenced opinions as boxes opened at 9 a.m. in Beat 3 with a quick count expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Will
Up For Judgment on Bankhead Cotton Control Act
Cotton farmers in 16 southern states vote on continuing the Bankhead compulsory cotton control act in 1935. A two thirds majority is required to keep the program, which taxes cotton marketed above 10 400 000 bales. The decision carries grave indirect implications beyond the act itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southland
America
Raid Solves Gang Killing and Armory Robbery in Philadelphia
A midnight raid in North Philadelphia captured three men and a woman, ending the slaying of Detective William Feltz, a Morristown armory robbery, and a convict escape. Suspects Zeid and two others were identified. a missing Philadelphia nightlife figure Weiss was also connected by rumors, with Federal agents on scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Norristown
William Weiss
Poce
Welas
Department of Justice
James Malone
Robert Mais
Richmond
Charles
Tony) Zeld
William Feitz
Camden
Roy Wiley
Martin Farrell
Fastern Penitentiary
Ag Grace Wilkinson
Weiss
George Harvey
Wess
Overbrook Fills
Nolice
Stewart Memorial
Morristown
Woman discovers mate's death at New Orleans morgue
Mrs Ernest Swanner learns her husband has died after a freight train accident near Michoud Louisiana. Police say he fell under wheels and died from brain concussion and shock. The couple had traveled from New Orleans to visit relatives in Mobile, Alabama, when the incident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Ernest
Swanner
Otfflosr
Ernest O. Swannar
Grave of Grace Budd Leads to Fish Conviction
The grave of Grace Budd yielded key evidence in the Grace Budd kidnapping and murder case, linking Albert H. Fish to the crime. Fish confessed after mail taunts and letters directed police to the body, found in East Irvington. He was charged with homicide and kidnapping after police captured him in a midtown post office substation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cassidy
New York
Grace Budd
Albert H. Fish
Fish
Irvington
Painter
America
Albert Budd
Edward
Grace
Pollece
CCC
Budd
City debt reduced in 1934 period says officials
City of Dothaon reduced aggregated indebtedness by 83 962 84 during the year ending November 30 1934. Bonded debt fell 54 750 from 2 037 350 to 1 982 600 and fronting debt declined 29 212 44 from 75 504 05 to 46 202 12. Total debt stood at 2 028 892 12 on November 30 this year, down from 2 112 854 96 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothaon
Walker County Man Held on Mann Act Charge in Arkansas
A 39 year old Alabama man, listed as Charles Virgil Owen of Burnwell, was jailed in Little Rock awaiting transfer to Walker County Alabama on a Federal Mann Act count. He confessed to firing on officers near Jackson Mississippi during a prior pursuit. He had operated a small restaurant under the name B Davis before his arrest.
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Little Rock
Ark
Charles Virgil Owen
Burnwell
Ala
Walker County
R. B. Conroy
State Office
Division of Investigation
Department of Justice
Jackson
Mixs
Conroy
B. Davis
Outrage at Table Over Two Beers Stirring Temperance Scene
Mrs. Ida B Wise Smith of Des Moines national president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union watched two beers be served at a table in a saloon setting. She lamented the repeal era conditions and prepared to preside over a meeting of 42 prohibitionist representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ida B. Wise Smith
Des Moines
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
County approves terracing plan to halt farm erosion
Houston County Board of Revenue authorized County Agent C. M. Ling to buy a $750 terracing machine and start an erosion control program on farm lands. The self funding plan charges farmers only the actual cost of work, with terraces built to last and later maintained by cultivation. About 2,000 acres already contracted. work to begin soon, Ling called it the county's greatest check against erosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Board of Revenue
C. M. Ling
Ling
Houston
Halled
Belgian Crew Rescues Crew From Distressed Usworth
A Belgian lifeboat crew from the freighter Jean Jadot crossed mountainous seas in a North Atlantic gale to rescue five crewmen from the British steamer Usworth. The Usworth, with 21 crew aboard, sent distress calls as the Cunard liner Ascania prepared to assist. The Black Gull relay reported the Usworth in a precarious condition and urged nearby vessels to render aid.
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New York
Jean Jadot
Usworth
MacKay Radio
North Atlantic
Ascania
Mackay
U S Promise to Help Keep Alabama Schools Open
State education officials consider funding options after a pledge from the governor elect to do its part. Houston county superintendent Solomon Baxter notes possible continued operation until mid January with legislatures' revenue decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Hopkins
Alabama
Montgomery
Solomon Baxter
Houston County
Washington
C. C. Moseley
Dothan
Relief Administration
Baxter
Coutnry
Marty Lloping
BRERA
Breet
Ribb Greven
Postoffice Urges Early Christmas Mailing and Shopping
Dothan postoffice officials urged residents to mail and shop early to ease the end of year workload and ensure on time delivery. Weather kept patrons from mailing, so officials plan extended Saturday hours and will hold cards and packages for sender chosen delivery dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Postoffice
Mrs Roosevelt Shoppers Early for Grandchildren
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt led the earliest Christmas shoppers in a downtown store as doors opened at nine. She visited the toy department spoke with Santa and bought a doll likely for one of her three granddaughters Sara Sistie and Ruth Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Snnoxevelt
Ruth
Elliott Roosevelt
Three Robbers Escape With $10,000 Bank Loot
In Toledo Ohio three bandits held up two Woodville state savings bank employees and escaped with more than 10000 dollars today. The incident occurred near Toledo on December 14 as investigators began tracing the suspects.
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Toledo, O
Woodville, O
Here
Weather Report Summary For Regions
The forecast indicates generally fair conditions with colder south portions tonight and frost in southern areas. Northwest portion warms for Saturday with rising temperatures, while North Florida shows frost and warmer trends later. Tennessee expects fair tonight and increasing cloudiness Saturday with gradual temperature rise.
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N. W
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