Major John W Carroll of Ozark Dies at 51
Major John W Carroll of Ozark, 51, died at his home after a two week illness. A World War and Spanish American War veteran, he commanded Company G 4th Alabama and led the 167th Infantry in France. He was a prominent businessman with M. C. Carroll Grocery and a longtime American Legion leader. Funeral arrangements set with the 31st Tank Company and Dale County Post American Legion.
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Ozerk
Ala
John W. Carroll
Carroll
Lator Carroll
South Alabama
M. C. Carroll Grocery Company
Ozark
Montgomery
Alabama
Dothan
Nates
France
American Legon
Legion
Dale County
Alcazar Temple
Methodist Church
Martha
Major Carroll
A. W. McNeal
Jacksonville
Fla
John J. Espy
Headland
F. Eugene Butler
Alabama National Guard
William P. Screws
National Guard
Emmett P. Smith
167Th Infantry
McCall to Address Chain Store Growth on KWKH Tonight
Alabama Attorney General Charlie C. McCall will speak tonight on KWKH Shreveport between 9 and 10 p m. He opposes unregulated growth of foreign chain stores in Alabama and makes the issue a campaign plank for his bid for governor. He spoke last week on the topic and will continue the discussion during the broadcast.
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McCall
Montgomery
Ala
Charlie C. McCall
Alabama
KWKH
Shreveport
Ieme
Officials Not Planning New Year Resolutions
City and county leaders and prominent men were asked if they would make resolutions for the coming year. Only one of 15 replied affirmatively, and he did not know his aims. Others cited doubt or lack of need, with a patrolman noting uncertainty about his plans and officials at the courthouse saying no life changes are intended.
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J.L. Vaughn
Laney White
American Legion
Seven Die as European Storm Ravages Regions
A southwest gale across England and western France killed at least seven people and injured many. A Manchester house collapse killed a mother and daughter. in Harvre the tug Abeilie sank with three dead. Germany faced 75 mph winds, partial church collapse at Dortmund, and ships torn from moorings in Hamburg.
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London
England
France
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Manchester
Harvre
Abeilie
Hazebrouck
Britain
Normandy
Germany
Berlin
Rortmund
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Muenster
Elbe
Weser
Hamburg
Montgomery Pastor Ends 29 Year Pastorate at First Baptist
Dr Charles A Stakely dean of Montgomery ministers completed 29 years as pastor of First Baptist Church Montgomery and will become pastor emeritus He will be succeeded by Dr John W Inter from Chattanooga who arrives this week to preach his first sermon Sunday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Charles A. Stakely
First Baptist Church
Stakley
John W. Inter
Chattanooga
Allan Hoover to Host White House Dance for 100 Guests
Allan Hoover plans a dancing party at the White House tonight for about 100 invited guests. The event, arranged hurriedly, features a hotel orchestra instead of the Marine Band, and is expected to outshine other engagements.
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Allan Hoover
White House
Washington
Marine Band
Executive Mansion
Coast Guard Means Business in Enforcement
Washington reports Rear Admiral Frederick C. Billard declares the coast guard will not soften enforcement after three smugglers died trying to run liquor into Narragansett Bay. The remark follows heated debates with senators and agencies over prohibition and a Justice Department policy on case handling. A Hoover Commission report on enforcement is anticipated.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Frederick C. Billard
Narrangansett Bay
Borah
Idaho
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
Magistrate Vitale Linked to Narcotics Raid Probe
New York report states District Attorney Chas H. Tuttle disclosed a card found in a narcotics raid pocket listing Magistrate Albert H. Vitale Fordham 6435. Faccarona Harlem cafe owner’s bag contained “numbers frequently called.” Card photocopies to go to the New York Bar Association for review in a probe of Vitale’s connections following a robbery at a testimonial dinner.
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New York
Chas. H. Tuttle
Albert H. Vitalead
Vitale
al Vitale
Fordham
Magistrate Vitale
Bar Association of New York
Tuttie
Victor J. Dowling
Appelate Division
Supreme Court
Arthur Johnson
Johnson
Cirro Terranova
Terranova
Chicago
Frankie Yale
Frank Marlow
Mrs. I. T. Quinn Injured In Automibile Mishap
Mrs. I. T. Quinn wife of the state commissioner of game and fish eries was hospitalized in Montgomery infirmary after a car ran off a highway and overturned. She suffered a severe scalp injury and arm cuts while her husband Mr. Quinn escaped injury.
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Montgomery
Ala
I. T. Quinn
State Commissioner of Game and Fisheries
Mr. Quinn
Montgomery Selma
Quinn
New Year Dollar Day Comes to Dothan
The first Dollar Day of 1930 falls on New Year’s Day. The cooperative sale includes nearly all stores in Dothan and draws shoppers from nearby areas, marking one of the Southeast’s largest monthly mercantile events.
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Dothan
Commission to Hear Bay Line Case Here January 14
The Alabama Public Service Commission will hear the Atlanta and St Andrews Bay Railroad petition to discontinue rail passenger service and run two mixed trains daily. The hearing is set for 9:30 a m January 14 at the chamber of commerce office. The commission will also consider a motor carrier certificate for the Atlanta and St Andrews Bay Transportation Co to operate between Dothan and Panama City. Weatherly notes prompt commission action on the hearing grant.
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Alabama Public Service Commission
Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad Company
Chamber of Commerce
Ed Weatherly
Atlanta and
Dothan
Panama
Weatherly
Banks Closed in Spartanburg By State Examiner Order
The Carolina National Bank and the Dollar Savings Bank in Spartanburg failed to open today with notices on their doors stating the banks were in the hands of the state bank examiner by order of the board of directors. The Dollar Savings Bank is a subsidiary of the Carolina National.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Carolina National Bank
Dollar Savings Bank
State Bank
The
Carolina National
Bank Robbery Ripples Through Bowling Green Manhunt
A manhunt involving the national guard and local officers continues for two of three robbers who struck Oakland Kentucky's Farmer's Bank, killing president J. Robert Kirby of Smiths Grove. Elmer Grayson of Indianapolis, a confessed member, is held after a Tennessee auto theft warrant prompted transfer to Bowling Green for trial.
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Bowling Green
National Guard
Oakland
J. Robert Kirby
Farmer's Bank
Smith’s Grove
National
Elmer Grayson
Indianapolis
Grayson
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Five Die In Prohi Raid Shootout In Idaho Ranch
Federal agent Robert Freeman was critically wounded during a liquor raid at John South’s ranch near Yountville Idaho. South and his wife were jailed as agents reported gunfire erupted during the confrontation with Freeman and fellow officers.
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Prohi
Yountville
Cal
John South
Here
Robert D. Freeman
South
Freeman
George Seaver
Harry Jones
South Ranch
Seaver
Jones
Two Shot In Kansas Battle Between Raiding Parties
Two liquor raiders were wounded in a gunfight between rival Kansas officers north of Columbus. Constable John Crawford was shot in the right lung and Deputy Sheriff Ora Folk was hit in the arm with a grazing scalp wound as both sides mistook the other for bootleggers during a raid on an abandoned coal mine five miles north of Columbus.
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Kansas
Columbus
Kas
Here
John Crawford
Ora Folk
Improved Reception Radio Predicted by Scientists at Meet
Des Moines, Dec 20. Scientists forecast improved radio reception over several years with a brief dip about four years hence. Harlan T. Stetson of Ohio Wesleyan University cited a remarkable fulfillment of prior sunspot forecasts, noting increased interference during Ortaher and November and evidence of sunspot cycles affecting radio bands used for programs.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press Feature Service
Des Moines
Iowa
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Harlan T. Stetson
Ohio Wesleyan University
Stetson
Greenleaf W. Pickard
Ortaher
Bank of Oarland incident ties to two deaths in Louisville
In Louisville police report a Rocheville iracle of confected pace participant James Bheer Grayton faces questions after the Bank of Oarland collapse left two dead. Robert Kisby, president of the Farmers Bank of Smiths Grove, was moved to Jefferson County jail for safekeeping yesterday.
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Louisville
James Bheer Grayton
Bank of Oarland
Robert Kisby
Smiths Grove
Jefferon County
Week End Enforcement Activities Report
Prohibition enforcers linked weekend drives to Coast Guard actions. Three smugglers were killed, five thousand cases of liquor seized, and three officers were critically wounded in Virginia and California. A federal jury in Coeur D Alene found 24 of 29 Mullen Idaho officials guilty on liquor law violations. Coast Guard Commandant Billard said the service means business after raids that left Deputy Bernard P. and Sheriff Mack Tuck seriously wounded in Mecklenburg County Virginia.
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Associated Pres
Coast Guard
Viginia
California
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Mullen
Washington
F. C. Billard
Bernard P
Mack FE. Tuck
Clarksdale
Virginia
Mecklenburg County
Oxford
North Carolina
John South
Yountville
Robert D. Freeman
San Francisco
N. C
Bernard Puryear
Mack E. Tuck
Clarksville
Tuck
Boydton
Mecklenburg
24 Found Guilty of Violations In Idaho Town
Twenty four residents of Mullan Idaho including the Mayor and City Councilmen and the Shoshone County sheriff were convicted of conspiracy to violate federal prohibition law. Five others were acquitted after a 21 hour jury verdict. The roundup charging officials with licensing liquor gambling and disorderly houses aimed to fund the municipality. Judge Webster signaled leniency toward women defendants and no immediate sentence details.
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Cour D'Alene
Idaho
Mullan
Shoshone County
J. Stanley Webster
GANG PLOTS 10 EXTORT HUGE SUMS IS BARED
Chicago reports wire tapped plots by gangs to extort millions from unions and businesses. One gang allegedly targeted 22 organizations. The piece links Capone’s possible release to a gang war with Moran and Aiello factions and notes cross city talks on wiping out racketeering.
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Chicago
Herald and Examiner
Scarface al” Capone
Philadelphia
George “Bugs” Moran
Grover A. Whalen
New York
Wiliam Russell
Three Liquor Smugglers Killed by Coast Guardsmen
Mecklen burg county deputies and a Clarksville, Virginia officer were wounded during a raiding run on a liquor distillery near Clarksville. In New London Connecticut three smugglers died and 5,000 cases of liquor were seized after coast guard encounters with the Black Duck and other vessels in Narragansett Bay and Long Island Sound.
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New London
Long Island Sound
Roamer
Benjamin M. McClyman
Rhode Iand
United States
Henry i. Ross
Providence Federal District
U.S. Maintains American Courts in China for Now
Washington declares it will continue extraterritorial courts for American citizens in China despite moves by the Nationalist government to end them. The policy remains firm until Chinese law progresses to align with modern concepts, with the United States ready to take stringent measures to uphold the courts.
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Washington
China
United States
Mr and Mrs Sallas Buried Here After Fatal Miami Crash
The remains of Hess Sallas and his wife, former Dotha residents, killed in an automobile wreck in Miami, were brought here yesterday morning. Funeral services were held at Memphis Church at 3 o clock with Rev A C Bass officiating. Fellows and Forrester led arrangements.
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Hess Sallas
Dotha
Miami
Fla
Memphis Church
A. C. Bass
Fellows
Forrecter
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U.S. Coast Guard
Albert H. Vitale
BAY Line
Public Service
South Carolina
Kentucky Bank
Meet
Idaho Town
Gangland
Capone
Danville
W. R. Deales
Necklenburg
Bernand Puryear
U.S
Mrs. Sallas
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