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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1930
Page
3
A Dottian National Bank reorganization committee reports momentum from a weekend push to sell new stock and attract out of town capital, aiming to reopen the bank closed due to frozen assets last Wednesday. The plan envisions a holding company absorbing frozen assets and former stockholders receiving stock in the new organization.
Readable fragments describe a family dispute at Lasalle Street involving Albert and his father. Police cleared the scene as neighbors and an accompanying woman named Mrs. Sheren Chutiel were present. No clear outcome or formal charges are given in the surviving text.
Funeral services for Pillie Meyer, a well known Dothan resident, were held from the home at 2 PM with Dr. H C Bass and Rev J M Blankenship officiating. Interment followed in City Cemetery. survivors include his widow, daughter Dorothy, two Hartford sisters, four brothers, and other relatives. The death was due to apoplexy after a day of work.
A brief schedule lists contralto performances and a day night program on WV airwaves. The event features music acts and a radio showcase in a mixed entertainment lineup.
The Eagle reports at 3 PM that corruption charges against city administration and police officers raised by Evangelist Dailey are not substantiated by evidence. No official action before the committee's report to the city council tonight. The transcript will run about 40 pages and be filed for public access, with main portions to be published tomorrow.
The House nears action on Hoover's plan to merge enforcement units from the Treasury with Justice prosecuting offices under the attorney general. Four hours of debate are planned, with repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment favored in both chambers. A special federal grand jury in Montgomery probes prohibition violations in the Middle District of Alabama.
Washington February 3 William Howard Taft resigns as Chief Justice after a long career. President Hoover has not yet accepted the resignation, with discussions of successors including Stone Coolidge and Hughes. Taft had returned from Asheville to Washington for rest and gave his resignation through his son Robert A Taft.
Chicago and Cook County face payroll strains as suburbs test finances. The South Park Board plans a 15 percent wage cut for 1500 employees, with 320 policemen affected. City payrolls may prompt a request for 6 million from the Citizens Relief Committee to cover police, fire and health salaries, amid political resistance and talks of emergency funding.
Fragmentary weather note indicates rain and warmer forecasts along the coast tonight. Mentions Central air and Gulf sea conditions with vague timing for the week and weekend.
Police report eight slot machines confiscated in a city raid begun this morning. The devices, allegedly linked to Co. C. Bueh and individuals including Dan Carmichael Lula Robinson and K. Sapp, were taken under a blanket charge as officers expected further seizures later in the day. No warrants had been sworn at noon and police expected the drive to continue with more machines and possible arrests.
Birmingham police report a new outbreak of crime over the weekend including the shooting death of James Stephens a 55 year old clerk during a hold up at a grocery store and multiple burglaries and robberies across Prospect FOP in Magic City Dollars Day amid the unsettled conditions.
A Columbia woman was laid to rest today in a local burial service. The report notes community attendance and details of the ceremony held at the Pine Place Cemetery, with mention of family members and local acknowledgments.
Hartford report states over 3800 residents of Heuster County paid poll tax before midnight Saturday. Jeffries notes this year’s total exceeds the previous five years. About 1200 may be denied polls for nonpayment, per the tax collector. Also mentions a Newark to Boston transport service inquiry and a plane crash near Hartford Field with a small building struck and the craft overturning into the river. The National Youth conference is scheduled for later this year in September.
The board of trustees of the Thane Ahd Borsa Protective Association plans a meeting at the city auditorium tonight. The session will discuss membership growth and committee updates with several new names possibly joining the group.
Funeral services for James L. Smith were held this afternoon with a Christian service at the Goothak church and burial at Columbia cemetery. The rites were conducted by local clergy, followed by interment in the family plot.]]
A three-store building housing Cash Drug Store Bedsule Cafe and Morris Cafe burned early today near Dothan Abbeville with total losses estimated in the tens of thousands. Dothan firefighters aided, fire put out by 9 am after a 45 minute truck trip.
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