Trial in Geneva ends with Price life imprisonment recommendation
In Geneva Alabama February 11 special report Gaunty received a life imprisonment recommendation after over 14 hours of jury deliberation in the C. Price Jr murder trial. The verdict left six jurors for death and six for life, and Bowen’s homicide trial began as Price returned to jail.
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Geneva
Als
Gaunty
C. C. Price, Jr
Price
Frice
Wallace Bowen
Newville
Bowen
Circuit Court
Sp. m
Emmitt
Thigpen
Mullins
Oscar Mulkey
Dothan
Mulkey
Otto Dio
Lapis
H.C. Price, Jr
Woman With Afflicted Husband Seeks Work in Dothan
A woman with six children and a largely blind husband visited the free employment agency in Dothan seeking washing jobs to support her family. She relies on Salvation Army and Child Welfare aid and keeps three older children in school while caring for younger ones at home.
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Dothan
Free Employment Agency
Salvation Army
Child Welfare Department
Food Delivering Writers Escort Out of Kentucky
In Pineville Bell county officers arrest 36 people and release 12 including 11 writers who had brought food supplies from Knoxville. New York attorney Alan Taub and the 11 writers crossing into Tennessee were charged with disorderly conduct, arraigned, then dismissed and escorted to the state border after the hourlong incident.
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Pineville
Bell County
Alan Taub
New York
Knoxville
Tenn
Dothan Boy and His Orchestra Broadcast At 4 This Afternoon
Max Jones of High Point North Carolina will lead his orchestra in a 4 PM radio broadcast over WBIG Greensboro. The 12 year veteran musician is son of Mr and Mrs D G Jones of Dothan. The broadcast was confirmed in a letter to his sister Mrs Ben Hornsby.
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Max Jones
High Point
N. C
WBIG
Greensboro
Ben Hornsby
Max
D. G. Jones
Alex Whiddon III Seriously Ill From Pneumonia
Dothay businessman Alex Whiddon III is gravely ill at his Pontiac Avenue home with double pneumonia, according to local reports. He has been under care and his condition is being monitored closely by physicians.
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Alex Whiddon
Dothay
Pontiac Avenue
Mr. Whiddon
Trial details on Price murder case in Geneva county
The case against Price progressed with strong state evidence for the murder of Ethel Price. Willie Wells, the defendant's cousin and a defense witness, testified the iron bar used as the weapon was at his father’s home, embedded at a barn gate for months after the death, challenging the prosecution’s narrative.
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Price
Willie Wells
Ethel Price
Wells
Will Les
Oscar Mulkey
Melkey
Geneva County
Log Rollers gather in Wiregrass for quarterly meeting
Several hundred members of the Wiregrass Log Rollers association met in the quarterly session with Judge Harry K. Martin reelected president. B G McCall was named secretary treasurer and Abbeville chosen as next meeting site.
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Harry K. Martin
Wiregrass Log Rollers Association
B. G. McCall
Troy
T. M. Holland
Dothan
Escort
J. W. Kelsoe
Enterprise
Watchman
A.D. Whiddon
Houston
B. H. Stough
Dale
J. A. Kirkland
Henry
W. C. Bell
Geneva
W. P. Reynolds
Barbour
W. F. Lee
Butler
W. R. Yarbrough
Coffee
W. T. Bailes
Crenshaw
J. F. Davis
Covington
W. BR. Peacock
Pike
Abbeville
Martin
I. C. Ezell
Keener Baxley
John Gamble
L. D. Holtway
Montgomery
W.O.W
Woodmen Circle
Woodmen Circle Grove
W. O. W. Hall
Wiggins
L. D. Holiway
Dora Alexander Talley
Woomen
Porter
Fairyland
Middleton promoted to Alabama agriculture department attorney
J O Middleton United States attorney for the Middle District of Alabama has been named attorney for the U S Department of Agriculture for Alabama and surrounding territory. The promotion follows Agriculture Department plans to assign one attorney to handle civil cases arising in the state and area, including thousands of farm loan cases for weed feed and fertilizer purchases. Middleton’s new assignment honors his service as assistant district attorney in Mobile Montgomery and Birmingham districts.
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J. O. Middleton
United States District Attorney
Middle District of
Alabama
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Middleton
Department of Agriculture
Department
Mobile
Montgomery
Birmingham
Arts Class Visits Feagie-Miller Furniture Co
Do than High School applied arts class led by Miss Fitzabeth Horsley visited Feagie-Miller Furniture Co for a rug talk by A. J. Miller. Students include Everlin Beverette Marvin Saliba Annetle Green Fahimy Sapp Louise Burdeshaw Dorris Rhodes Wile Pearle Relen Marion Pilcher and Merie McMichael.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local Furniture Co
Dothan High School
Fitzabeth Horsley
Feagie-Miller Furniture Co
A. J. Miller
Everlin Beverette
Marvin Saliba
Annetle Green
Fahimy Sapp
Louise Burdeshaw
Dorris Rhodes
Wile Pearle Relen
Marion Pilcher
Merie McMichael
Truce Eases Noncombatant Exit Near Chapel Woosung
A four hour truce secured by Father Jacquot allows 30 foreigners with white flags to leave the Chapel area under Japanese escort. Women children and wounded will be moved from the danger zone while both sides dig in for a major clash despite sporadic shelling and a Japanese aerial bombing near a cotton mill that killed Chinese civilians.
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Shanghay
China
Chape
Woosung
Father JacQuinot
31St Infantry
Shanghai
Chapel
United States
International Settlement
Japanes Command
Ashford Co-op Hog Sale Nets Houston Farmers
A cooperative hog sale in Ashford yesterday grossed $2,015.33 for 83 Houston county farmers. J. H. Witherington, county farm agent, noted 401 hogs were sold to White Provision Co. of Atlanta across six cars. Next sale is February 19 at Dothan. hog prices ranged from $2.05 to $3.05 per head.
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Ashford
Houston County
J. H. Witherington
White Provision Co
Atlanta
Dothan
Tops
Men Hurt In Auto Accidents Resting Well
W. L. Gunter and J. F. King were injured in an automobile accident near here on Sunday and are reported resting well at a Dothan hospital. J. D. Fleming, who was with them, was only slightly injured and released after first aid. All three men reside in New Brookton.
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W. L. Gunter
Here
Dothan
J. F. King
J. D. Fleming
Gunter
New Brocton
Funeral Friday for W H Clifton Father of Mrs Lunsford
Funeral will be held at 10 a m Friday in Eufaula for W H Clifton of Eufaula the father of Mrs G M Lunsford of Dothan route one. He died in a hospital in Eufaula where Mrs Lunsford is receiving treatment. Survivors include four sons W Alton and Walter A of Eufaula John M of West Palm Beach and Lewis Clifton of Montgomery and daughters Addie Gracie and Florence Clifton of Montgomery Eufaula.
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Eufaula
W. H. Clifton
G. M. Lunsford
Dothan
Clifton
Lumsford
Lumsaford
W. Alton
John M
West Palm Beach
Walter A
Lewis Clifton
Dothan High Edges Graceville 33 32 In Double OT
Dothan High School edged Graceville 33 to 32 after two overtime periods at the Do than A. C. court. Regular time 30-30, first OT 32-32, with a second OT free throw deciding the game. McKany led Graceville with 13 points. Kirkland and Sallbs each had seven for Dothan.
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Dothan A. C
Dothan High School
Graceville High
Dothan
Graceville
McKany
Kirkland
Sallbs
Funeral held for Clement Shugerman in Birmingham
Mr. and Mrs. Myer Blumberg and Harold Blumberg traveled to Birmingham to attend the funeral of Clement H. Shugerman 2% brother in law of Mrs. Lee Shugerman. Shugerman was found shot in his car in Birmingham and police believe a robbery was the motive.
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Myer Blumberg
Harold Blumberg
Birmingham
Clement H. Shugerman
Lee Shugerman
Mr. Shugerman
Lige Loy's
Beth-El
Shugerman
Wealth Worker R. C. Fuller Visits Dothan on Business
R C Fuller of Geneva county a malaria control worker and former Houston county malaria worker was in Dothan on business today.
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R. C. Fuller
Geneva County
Houston County
Dothan
Dothan Golfers Qualify for Tri States Tournament
Local players push for the Tri States golf title with Drury Flowers leading qualifiers at the Dothan course. Joe Martin Stallings Horace Hall close behind with scores of 37. Managers note excellent course condition and public access for Friday matches.
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Drury Flowers
Links
Flowers
Tri-States
Young Flowers
Joe Martin Stallings
Horace Hall
J. L. Warren
Floyd Baxter
Bell Woodley
Dr. I. C. Bates
Floy Hall
O. R. Hipp
Ray Edwards
John Budd
Dothan
Budd
Dotham Jewelry Company
Main Street
Episcopal Church
Tri- States
Dennia Scott
Bainbridge
Preston Watson
Montgomery
Herbert Bryson
Enterprise
Donald Darling
Andalusia
Georgia Man Is New Hotel Manager Here
H. H. Binns of Thomasville Georgia is named the new manager of the Houston hotel succeeding Geo English Jr. He previously ran the Holman hotel in Athens and the Tesco hotel in Thomasville. Mrs Binns and one of the couple’s two children will move to Dothan next week. The elder child is in college.
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H. H. Binns
Thomasville
Houston
Mr. Binns
Geo. English, Jr
Holman
Athens
Tesco
Bus Crash Near Columbia Leaves Dozens Injured
Beechen Meadows, driver of a Columbia school bus, died on the operating table at a Dothan hospital after a collision with a log truck about 4 PM. The crash injured 30 pupils, with at least 10 seriously hurt. many were crushed by logs. The bus was demolished and the driver reportedly saved a girl by grabbing her as she reeled.
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Houston County
Beechen Meadows
Columbia
Dothan
Bus Crash in Houston County Injures Nine Seriously
Superintendent C. W. Johnson said he received only meager reports of a collision between a school bus and a log truck in the afternoon. Nineteen pupils suffered injuries, nine serious, as authorities noted the bus was moving slowly while the truck speed remained unverified.
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Supt. Johnson
C. W. Johnson
Houston County
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Bus Crash Injures Forty Houston County Students
First reports say wreckage scattered along the highway where the collision occurred. Logs and bus windows shattered injuring children aged six to sixteen as parents and teachers rushed to hospitals. About 12 received first aid at one hospital. the rest were treated later. An accident near Oates and Main narrowly avoided as cars rushed with patients to the hospital. A traveling salesman witnessed the crash and helped transport several injured to Dothan.
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Ald
Oates
Main Streets
Houston County
Dothan
Bus Crash Involving Columbus Pupils Leaves Several Injured
A bus crash near Columbia injures multiple Columbus school children. Bonnie Wright, Pauline Crawford, Leroy Crawford, James Livingston, Doris Hinson, Doris Meadows and driver Beechem Meadows were treated. Livingston and Beechem Meadows are not expected to survive. Other injured include Walter Killingsworth Enffie Ellis Kate Clanney and Elma Mills, with various injuries reported. Some patients were able to leave the hospital the same night. Three at Frasier-Ellis hospital remain in serious condition.
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Columbus
Moody Hospital
Bonnie Wright
Pauline Crawford
Leroy Crawford
James Livingston
Doris Hinson
Doris Meadows
Beechem Meadows
W. H. Crawford
Fresier-Ellis Hospital
Young Crawford
Walter B. Killingsworth
Enffie Ellis
Columbia
Kate Clanney
Columbia Roote
Elma Mills
Ashford
Iue Clanney
Louis Mills
Webb
Dorothy May Hinson
Christine Bowerns
Rudolph Clenney
Mearvis North
Baffle Ellis
Frasier-Ellis Hospital
Columbia School
Dothan Spot Strict Middling Middling We See
A garbled clipping shows no clear event or identifiable persons or organizations. The legible terms include Dothan and phrases like strict middling and low MIGEI in canes, but no coherent report or outcome is discernible.
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Fury
Kentucky
Dothan Boy
Alex, Whiddon III
Harry K .Martin
J.O. Middleton
U. S
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Detroit
Lindbergh
Georgia
F. A. McNeal
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