Cotton Conference Seeks Cut to Boost King Cotton
Memphis delegates report a plan variety aims to reduce cotton output as the key, proposing acreage limits or sale quotas. Governors from major cotton states prepare for a conference to push unified action, with leaders like Dr. Tait Butler steering discussions. World cotton surplus numbers loom as authorities warn of five cent cotton unless production is curtailed.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tait Butler
C. C. Hanser
Hareon
Nm- Ming
Hanson
Liptle
Louisena
Conner
Mississippi
Petell
Arkenses
Alten
Louisiana
Blackwood
South Carolina
Goonelec
Hill McAllister
Tennessees
Eugene Talmadge
Geat G
Royce Lewis Wins Essay Contest On Life Insurance
Royce Lewis son of Judge and Mrs Lewis has been named one of eight winners in a Protective Life Insurance Co contest for the best essay Why Life Insurance Should Be A Boy's First Investment. The eight Alabama schoolboys will visit Birmingham today and tomorrow. Royce leaves with district wrangler Betts Stingluff to attend the celebration. The top essayist among the eight will win a trip to the worlds fair in Chicago next August, with tickets for the boy's party included.
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Royce Lewis
Mra O
Lewis
Protective Life Tosurance Co
Birmingham
Royce
Betts Stingluff
Wranger
Mra Gling
John Bowers
Troy
Wille
Gicago
Snom Alto
Kidnapping Victim William Whit Dies at 31 in Sharon
Sharon Pa December 28 AP William Whit 31, once abducted at eight in a 23 year old case that shocked the nation, died of pneumonia. He was kidnapped by James Boyle and wife Alen, taken to Cleveland after a $10 ransom. Boyle served prison, Alen 25 years, later pardoned.
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Sharon
William ‘White
James Borie
Alen
Cleveland
Ohio
Boyle
Old Hen Fights Hawk to Death Protects Chicks
Conway area reports a farm clash where a mother hen defended her remaining three chicks from a hawk. After the hawk attacked, the hen clucked and charged, delivering a fatal blow that left the bird dead. the scene ended with the hen calmly guarding her three youngsters.
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Hawk
Dorman
Getten
Indy
Undeclared War Pauses as Rain Ends Jungle Skirmish
AP reports the rainy season begins in Gras Chaco and the Bolivia Paraguay border conflict appears postponed. Troop withdrawals and boundary movements are noted amid unclear plans.
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Buenos Aires
Der
Bolivia
Paraguay
Fire destroys house and barn on Alabama Florida highway
Fire suspected arson destroyed a house and barn near the Alabama Florida highway last night, with property losses over 2000. Ches ter Cherry and a bus driver helped fight flames until both structures burned, investigators found gasoline traces, and Sheriff Rolling ordered a state fire marshal inquiry.
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Bate
Henry Weathers
Cherry
Bates
Bers
Umits
Teporte
Sherif Jon Rolling
Timber Damage From Ice Reported In Alabama
Alabama forester Col. Page Bunker reports that ice during the recent cold snap damaged evergreen timber in the western part of the state. Preliminary survey shows losses from Choctaw County northward, with pines and cedars encased in a heavy mantle of ice.
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Montgomery
Ale
Col. Page &. Bunker
State Forester
Cotchel Bunker
Eres
Choctaw County
Old Shoes Wanted For Jobless Men In City
Captain Tidman of the Salvation Army asks for 80 extra pairs of shoes to aid jobless men in the city. He says 610 shoes are ordered to assist men in obtaining groceries and supporting their families, with Salvation Army representatives ready to fit those who have 207 old shoes available for short use.
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Victor A. Tydman
Salvation Army
Inday
Tidman
Fire from Grease Ignites, No Major Damage Reported
A grease fire in a Collins Bading Co facility caused a brief blaze this morning. An employee of the Deking firm narrowly escaped burns as firefighters contained the flames with no major damage reported.
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Collins Bading Co
Parronly
Missing Safe Recovered From Creek Northeast Of Dothan
A safe stolen Saturday night from Haigh Grocery Co on N Lena Street was found Tuesday afternoon in a shallow creek four miles northeast of Dothan. Checks, papers and other items from the safe were scattered near the creek. Most of the safe’s contents, except a small amount of money, were recovered. City and county officers were working on clues for the theft and also the Pan Am Petroleum Co office robbery and the Central of Georgia Railway office burglary.
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Dothan
Haigh, Grocery Co
N. Lena Street
Wafe
Pan-Am Petroleum Co
Central of Georgia Railway
Revival at Grandview Church Continues Through Sunday
Grandview Baptist church hosts nightly revival services announced today led by Webb Brooks and assistant John Rutland of Bob Jones College. Prayer meetings start at 7 and sermons at 7 30 every evening with a monthly weighty message, sponsored by the Young Peoples Fellowship club.
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Grandview Baptist Church
Webb Brooks
Bob Jones College
John Rutland
Young Peoples Fellowship Club Tt
Eye Doctors Board Holds Special Montgomery Meeting
Dr G W Blakey led a morning trip to Montgomery for a special meeting of the Alabama Board of Examiners in Optometry. The session aimed to examine specific individuals, while the board’s regular meeting is scheduled for June in Dothan. Also reported is the city’s new garbage truck bought this week for 68 dollars, replacing the old discarded vehicle with an allowed trade of 65 dollars.
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G. W. Blakey
Montgomery
Alabama Late Board of Examiners
Ih Optometry
Dothan
Father and son die in Oneonta duel shock
Moving order led to fatal clash between a father and his son in Oneonta. Reported events say the sheriff declared the father shot the son with a pistol, and the son then summoned his gun and fired buckshot into his father's chest. Both men died within minutes.
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Oneonta
John Plunkett
Greg
Buck
Brother of Man Ure Is Killed in Highway Crash
Lewis Armistead of Decatur Georgia, brother of George Armistead of this city, died in a head on collision yesterday on the Opelika Auburn road. Mrs J M Means of Zebulon Georgia, in the other car, also died. Seven others were injured, including Means husband Lucy Howell and three Howell occupants, and D Peace and T Does of Decatur. Armistead funeral set for Atlanta tomorrow. brother left for rites today.
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Lewis Armistead
Decatur
George Armiateld
Opelika
Auburn
J. M.means
Zebulon
Artelsteld
Means
Lucy Howell
Wil- Mam
Howell
D. Peace
T. Does
Armistead
Atlante
Alabama bank debits higher in January than December
University of Alabama bureau of business research notes that Alabama bank debits or charges to individual accounts are legally higher in January than in December. Data from 1919 onward show Alabama with slightly faster growth than the Sixth District and the U.S. during different periods, with declines around 1929 to 1932 mirroring national trends.
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Alabama
Adamace Gad
Distriet Federal Reserve
United States
Alabamna
Epidemic of Flu Breaks Up in Alabama State
Ann Montgomery reports Dr. D G Gill of the Alabama State Health Department said the influenza epidemic is breaking up and cases will dimish in weeks. Peak reached Dec 17 with 7 037 cases. Elmore led weekly with 690, Jefferson 496. Complete county totals list 3965.
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Montgomery
Ann
D. G Gill
Bureau of
Atute Health Department
Alabama
Elmore County
Jefferson County
Baldwin
Barbour
Bullock
Calhoun
Chambers
Cherokee
Choctaw
Cleburne
Coneeth
Dale
Dallas
DeKalb
Elmere
Encambia
Etowah
Frankin
Hatston
Jackson
Jefferson
Lauderdale
Lee
Macon
Marengo
Marlon
Mobile
Morgen
Perry
Pickens
Pike
Shelby
Sumter
State solons propose salary cuts and clerks elimination
A seven member House group proposes six measures including cutting elective and appointive salaries and eliminating committee clerks to free funds for urgent state obligations. The plan calls for funding current education by tax and reallocating last special session appropriations, with a potential statewide vote if needed.
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John Wish
Dothan
Rouse of Representatives
Beenad
Meamlts Aimilar
Sparks
Treasury
RJ. Good
Wilson Praised In Speech On His Birthday In Philadelphia
Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy, hailed Woodrow Wilson as a central figure in modern history during a Philadelphia speech commemorating his 76th birthday. He quoted Jan Smuts praising Wilson and urged faith in another half century of equality as Democratic leadership returns to America.
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Philadelphia
Woadrow Wilson
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Baldin m
Daniels
Onerat Jan Smut
Wilson
Washington
Lincoln
America
Health Station Work Praised In Alabama
Dr J Baker Alabama state health officer notes the Research station Andalunia, supported by International Health division of the Rockefeller Foundation, has operated since 1923. Studies on intestinal parasites hookworm waste disposal and rural health have yielded 19 articles in nine journals. Mrs F C Caldwall has directed since 1925, with staff contributing to public health in Covington County and nearby areas.
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Montgomery
Ata
Alabama
A Andalunia
J. Baker
International Health Division
Rockefeller Foundation
Health Department
Baker
F.C. Caldwall
de Wo G Smithe
Covington County
Clayton Man Invents Cutter for Ensilage Auto Attachment
Clayton, Dee 28 AP report: Albert Scarborough, Hive Springs farmer, invented a cutter for ensilage attached to a automobile. He produced 15 tons of winter feed in a day. Total cost was nine dollars for materials plus nine rations of gasoline and a quart of oil.
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Clayton Man
Clayton
Dee
Albert Scarborough
Scarborough
Hive Springs
New York textile official dies by suicide in penthouse
A New York textile official and Harvard-educated leader reportedly leapt from a penthouse of a Manhattan apartment building today. The tragic incident is detailed amid a surge in reported vertigo cases and medical records noting multiple related complications.
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New York
Aps
Matcolm Whitman
Anal
Gennla Champlor
Alser
Galg Wheman
Harvard
Rivers Roar Deceived by Puget, Alabama Rivers Flood
Severe floods spread across four Southern states as rivers surged and warning levels rose near Montgomery Rome Gadsden Wetumpka and Selma. Officials forecast cresting rivers with potential damage to basements and low land areas while rural routes and towns faced rising water and alerts through the region.
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Romet
Puget
Alabama
Associated Press
Webb
Sumner
Miay
Pearl
Fortsmith
Cross
Warrior Rivera
Montgomery
Mobile
Coona
Rome
North Carolina
Tuscaloosa
Black Warrior
Wetuatoka
Coonn
P.M. Smyth
Gadsden
Moodwater
Alabama, Former By the ‘Coons and Tallapoosa
Miller's Ferry
Weather Bureau
Hontgomery
Selma
Georgia
Oastanaula
Etowaha
Denton
Bloodhound hunted burglar chase ends with dog found near swamp
In Gulfport Mississippi a bloodhound sent to trail burglary suspect Fred Hoffman went missing and was later found deep in a woodland swamp nearly starved. Hoffman, linked to the hardware store burglary, had eluded officers after luring them to two supposed accomplices.
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Gulfport
Misa
Fred Hoffman
Poweren
Hotman
Hoffman
No Doubt What Would Happen If Big Comet Hit
Report to the American Association for the Advancement of Science describes a giant comet head about 400 miles across that could strike earth. The scenario focuses on South Carolina as the impact site with widespread but regional devastation and craters up to half a mile long.
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Atlantic City
Dee
Earth
South
Caroline
American Association For the Advancement of Selance
F. A. Melton
William Hehrlever
University of O
South Carolina
Bavannah River
Ahen
Oklahoma
Rhode
Telawarr
Maryland
Hampshire
Seberin
State Sunday School Gathering Plans Made Tonight
Plans for the late Sunday school convention on January 192 to be held in Dothan are discussed at a meeting tonight at First Baptist Church. David Cooper Jr of Montgomery, director of education and training, attends. CC Bennett urges all officers teachers and committee members to attend at 7 o'clock.
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Dothan
First Baptist Church
David Cooper, Jr
Montgomery
Yong
CC Bennett
Cubs Pitcher Guy Bush Emerges As Big Name In N.Y. Trade Buzz
AP report notes Guy Bush, a Chicago Cubs pitcher, becoming a major figure in baseball headlines after his successful season debut. The veteran hurler has drawn strong trade interest as teams eye his late season form and potential impact.
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Chivago
Guy Bush
Bush
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