Local notes mix politics weather and humor in Houston County
An article fragment reports varied voices from Houston County including ex service members joining the American Legion 1080 total ex service men with 225 in Dothan and Cottonwood posts. It notes mild weather aiding farmers and malaria rate declines, political street tax talk and a cheeky council candidate pledge of free beef.
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R. F. Denard
American, Legion
Houstond County
Dothan
Cottonwood
Legion
Peace Parley Fails and Jap Attack Looms Near Shanghai
General Kenkichi Ugeda of Japan orders Chinese forces to withdraw twelve and a half miles from Shanghai by sunset after peace talks fail. Japan concentrates 25,000 troops in the area while Chinese defenses number about 50,000 as artillery opens in the Chapel sector.
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Shanghai
China
Kenkichi Ugeda
Dai Hing-Kai
Japan
Annual Drama Program at Young Junior High School Highlights
Pupils at Young Junior High School present a night of one act plays with intermission song and dance numbers. The program opens at 8 o clock and features multiple scenes including The Living Room at Holm acres and Three Pills in a Bottle with a cast of named students, directed by Miss Collie Roan and Miss Lela Holland.
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Judge Helmstead
Allen Merrill
Ben Sims
Woodfin Parkman
Bama
Regio
Athalee Reeves
Holmacres
Miss Collie Roan
Roly Poly Tumblers
Hansford ‘Watford
Victor Covington
Junior McMichael
Marvin Middlebrooks
Johnny Delaney
Rhett Bryson
Harry Council
Harold Cuiclosure
Charles William Shanks
Byron Gwaltney
Lawyer Flays Alabama Solon At Bill Trial
Defense contends Ernest Matthews is scapegoated for a Birmingham politician Amzi Barber amid closing arguments in a Jefferson county bill alteration trial. Matthews faces charges of inserting a fee clause and extending the term of office for a commissioner license bill. The jury was expected to begin deliberations today.
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Montgomery
Ernest Matthews
Amzi Barber
Birmingham
Jefferson County
Cramton Harris
Robert Arrington
Matthews
Representative Barber
Dothan Lawyer N. Frank Pridgen Seeks Democratic National Delegate Post
N Frank Pridgen a young Dothan attorney announced his candidacy for the Democratic National Convention delegate from Alabama Third District Two delegates and two alternates will be elected with the convention set for Chicago June 28 and the May 3 district vote Pridgen favors Roosevelt for the nomination and stresses party harmony He has practiced law in Dothan since graduating from the University of Alabama this is his first bid for office.
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N. Frank Pridgen
Dothan
Chicago
Roosevelt
Pridgen
University of Alabama
Albie Booth Returns To New Haven Home
Albert J. Booth Yale football captain returned to New Haven from Wallingford sanatorium with greatly improved lung condition. Doctors said he may attend classes and live at his home but must avoid athletic activity and social life at fraternity housing.
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New Haven
Albert J. Booth
Yale
Wallingford
Fraternity House
Grand finale and cast details for a mountain hut scene
The program lists performers including burn-Levi Thrower and Richmond Flowers with a Georgian cast for a bicentennial themed event. Directorial and costume notes name Misses Lela Holland Marie Turner and Lettle Stafford. Music by Virginia Hancock Eleanor Mullins. Scene set at a summer exterior hut with a Frances Turner direction.
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Burn
Levi Thrower
Junior McQuagge
Billy Kinsaul
Richmond Flowers
Hansford Watford
Charles Chapman
George Grubb
John C. Howell
Joh David Shanks
Woodfin Pitcher
Wallace Powell
Dan Hutchinson
Georgia Washington
Russell Arnold
Martha Washington
Mildred Seaborn
Fannie Kirby
Evelyn Jones
Annie Laura Wood
Catherine Hicks
Irene Danxy
Christine Hughes
Fiorrie McGowan
Margie Green
Lenora McClellan
Margaret Jones
Elisabeth Bexter
Louise Johnson
Lillie Ida Rainey
Mary Frances Stevens
Evelyn Harris
L. E. Owens
Misses Lela Holland
Marie Turner
Miss Lettle Stafford
Virginia Hancock
Eleanor Mullins
Margaret Bland
Samuel French
New York
Texie
Agnes Blaum
Roxie
Lewis Hilson
Ma—Jane Miller
Allen
Frances Booger
Miss Frances Turner
Officers of Country Club to Be Elected At Meeting
The Dothan country club will hold its annual election of officers Friday night at 7 39 p m at the club house. President T W Harris announced the meeting which was moved from last Friday because of the tri states golf tournament. Harris has been president for two years and the board of governors include Flowers Hanahan Mullins Bates Brennan Fall Stallings and Frasier.
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Dothan Country Club
T. W. Harris
Tri-States
Harris
John Flowers
LaBruce Hanahan
J. N. Mullins
J. C. Bates
Jim Brennan
Horace Fall
J. M. Stallings
A. 3. Frasier
Mr. Harris
Attendance Talks Made In Schools
A. R. Meadows state supervisor of school attendance and child accounting and Mrs. C. L. Colling child welfare worker accompanied by C. W. Johnston county superintendent of education and Miss Ruth Hamner visited schools in the county today to lecture on attendance practices.
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A. R. Meadows
C. L. Colling
C. W. Johbnson
Ruth Hamner
Time Out For Dinner Means Nothing To 5c An Hour Workers
A hungry workforce in Dothan digs a vacant lot at 5 cents an hour in script redeemable for groceries. When the overseer orders dinner, the men abandon meals only to return to digging, showing their eagerness to work despite pauper wages.
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West Main Street
Dothan
Magician Feature at Da than Kiwanis Club Meeting
Birch the magician Mrs Birch and Jack McNair entertained the Da than Kiwanis club at the Houston hotel. President A J Miller presided and reported Pansey church services with about 25 attendees. M D Black and John W Bish spoke and singing was led by the group. Next week’s meeting will feature a Ladies Night program. W R Jordan led the program with Mrs W S Wilson presiding during singing.
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Birch
A. J. Miller
Pansey Church
M.D. Black
John W. Bish
Groep
Thorniay
W. R. Jordan
WS. Wilson
Popular French statesman asked to form cabinet
Paris February 18 AP Former Premier Paul Painleve renowned mathematician and one of France's most popular statesmen accepted an invitation from President Paul Doumer to form a cabinet to replace that of Premier Pierre Laval who resigned Painleve aims to proceed with caution citing disarmament security and his plan to respond to President Doumer by tonight after talks with parliamentarians at Geneva
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Paris
France
Paul Painleve
Paul Doumer
Pierre Laval
Painleve
Geneva
High School Players To Observe Alabama Spring Practice
Dothan High School players and Coach Paul Tubb will travel to Tuscaloosa to watch Alabama University football spring training. The trip departs early Saturday and returns Sunday afternoon. Players from nearby towns including Takely, Hartford, and Slocomb are also expected to attend for pointers on the game.
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Dothan
Paul Tubb
Tuscaloosa
Alabama University
Tiger
Tubb
Takely
Hartford
Slocomb
Unemployment Group Buys Jobs For Dothan Needy
An unemployment agency in Dothan placed several recipients into work. One recipient received a permanent position, another a month long assignment, and a third a two week post, with eight more sent to work. Ida Inscor donated ivy for public buildings, available through Fr L W Docker of the First Raptsal church. Contributors included Mrs John Wilson Grant Hardware and Brimberg and Sons who pledged two percent of February salaries.
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Free
Ida Inscor
L. W. Dockers
First Alabama Railway Cost Per Mile in 1832
Records show the Area railroad built about three miles from Tuscumbia to Decatur in Alabama, supervised by planter Travia Hubbard. The line cost around $5.00 per mile, with trestles included, reflecting early 19th century rail construction.
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Alabama
Travia Hubbard
Tuscumbis
Decatur
Wheeler
Jeffries, Former County Official Free Under Bond
W B Jeffries former Houston county tax collector is released on bond totaling eleven thousand dollars after spending months in jail. Bonds include three thousand signed by Mrs W T Meadows of Opp Ala and John Hathorne of Dothan route seven plus eight bonds of one thousand each by A O Walker and J C Lima of Dothan. He was brought from West Palm Beach Florida by federal officers and indicted on seed loan charges by the U S grand jury.
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W. B. Jeffries
Houston County
U.S
W. T. Meadows
Opp. Ala
John Hathorne
Dothan
A. O. Walker
J. C. Lima
Dempsey Returns to Square Off With King Levinsky
In Chicago at the Chicago Stadium on February 18 Jack Dempsey, 37, faces King Levinsky, 21, in a four round exhibition with no decision if both fighters finish on their feet. Dempsey bets his comeback fate on proving he can regain the world heavyweight title amid Levinsky’s heavy punching and strong show of confidence.
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Chicago
Jack Dempsey
King Levinsky
Dempsey
Levinsky
Levinskys
Tommy Loughran
Paulino Usendun
Primo Carnera
Dempacy
Aviator 23 Killed When Wing Breaks In Flight
Tom Binns a 23 year old local pilot died when his Nichols Beasley aircraft collapsed in midair over Lake Hart Ridge Winter Haven Florida The plane plunged to the ground and the motor lodged in sand Witnesses say the pilot was performing stunts and the wing crumpled The body was identified by his pilot license He had earned a commercial transport license at Tampa two months earlier Binns a Hopkinsville Kentucky native lived in Winter Haven 12 years and was a graduate of local high school He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs F J Binns.
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Winter Haven
Tom Binns
Binns
Lake Hartridge
North Limés
Binna
F. E. Brigham Grove
Nichols-Beasley
Cushman Fay
Tampa
South Florida
Wana
Hopkinsville
Oral High School
F. J. Binns
Vagrant Fine Paid in Common Pleas Court
One person paid a 12 dollar fine for vagrancy in common pleas court yesterday. Judy Keener Bailey Alan rendered judgments in seven toss cases during the session.
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Common Pleas Court
Yexterday
Judy Keener Bailey
Alan
Tost
Grand Jury Finds Bus Crash Unavoidable After Thorough Inquiry
The circuit court grand jury reported the school bus and log truck collision near Columbia last Thursday was unavoidable. It also inspected the courthouse and jail finding the records and bonds satisfactory while noting a tuberculosis concern and urging screening at the county poor house. Twenty-nine true bills were returned including twenty four felonies and five misdemeanors.
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Circuit Court Grand Jury
Columbia
Yeesterday
Bonnie Matt Wrant
Leroy Crawford
W. H. Crawford
Louis Mills
Bishop Killingsworth
Mills
Grand Jury
Bond
Hog Sale Scheduled at A C L Stockyards Tomorrow
J H Witherington county farm agent announced a hog sale at the A C L stockyards tomorrow. Two cars of hogs are expected to be loaded for the event.
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A.C. L
J. H. Witherington
Cotton Market Summary From New York and New Orleans
Market data from T. W. Palmer & Co shows Cotton open high low and close figures for futures contracts including March May July and October. The report lists prices for New York and New Orleans exchanges with figures such as open 760 close 773 for senior receipts and similar values for May July and October contracts.
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Alcazar
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Pew
Randall Newton
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Eagle
National Guard Artillery
Vnit'ti Dothan
I C. Bond
Yalé
A. Teporter
Albert Logue
Council
Albert
C. B. Farmer
Barris Furniture Co
Ed Jones
Pance
Mr. Farmer
de Harris
Kreeses
Yaseuh, Tong
Kelthes
J. Davis
Bradstreet
Clanton Press
Chilton
China County
Patter
Clyde One
Houston Marble Works
Clyde
Metadore
Sandown
Nipposs
JR. High School
Edgar Valentine Smith
Walter H. Baker Co
Boa
Donald Tolleson
Anne Strickland
Alice Welch
Lilien Willam
Martha Farmer
Laura Cols Trawick
Carolyn Domingus
Elizabeth Yarbrough
Anne Green
Mary Winnie Saron
Betty Johnson
Mildred Groom
Catherine Rooney
Jane Cooper
Frances Weatherly
Kade Cantor
Chestine Vickery
Amon ‘N' Andy Foy Wells
Seth Scarbrough
Bessy
Frances Farmer
Frances Mullen
Gladys Frith
Mary
Kathryn Jenkins
Carolyn Patterson
Mary Isa Walker
Joan Barnes
Alethia Wilson
Alabame
Flays
Solon
N. Frank
Albie Booth
Harry Blagden
Lake Placid
N .Y
Teg R. Wirstrom
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Blagden
Cleveland
E. Rolang Harriman
Hom
Hettie Anne Collins
Here
E. G. Collins
E. R.colling
Route Seven
Jellico
Collins
Newton
W. C
H. H
H. C. Collins
W. B. Casey
Clio
J. W. Drew
E. 8. Fowler
James Newman
Piney Grove Church
Clement Ritter
First Presbyterian Church
Houston Funeral Company
Piney Grove Cemetery
W. R
F. A. Granger
W. J. Renfroe
E. O. Jones
Co. L Collins
A. L. Bowden
Country Club
Edward Roland Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
N. Y
Kiwanis Club
Painleye
Doumer
Unemployment Group
First Railway
Jeffries
T. W. Palmer & CO
New Orleans
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