State gasoline funds distributed to Houston County districts
District four received 12009.07, district three 8985.93, and district two 7010.51 from the state gasoline tax since January, with district four highest. The report to commissioners by Judge Harry K. Martin shows distributions by district and notes additions from October 22 and outstanding claims for road and bridge work. The total county receipt from the gasoline fund is about the same as last year.
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Houston County
Morethan
Harry K. Martin
Martin
Cc. C. McEachern
Revival Starts Here Tomorrow in Dothan
Evangelist Bob Jones arrives from Montgomery to begin a two week revival at the city auditorium, starting at 2 30 p m. The opening features addresses by Mayor Ezell Oscar Tompkins Byrd Farmer and L W Dockery with 35 others on the platform. Dothan High School boys led by Watership’s Young Boozer and Fred Holmes will serve as ushers.
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Bob Jones
Dothan
Montgomery
City Auditorium
Capital
Houston County
City Auditorum
I. ©. Ezell
Oscar Tompkins
Byrd Farmer
L. W. Dockery
First Baptist Church
Dothan High School
Young Boozer
Fred Holmes
Barn Fire on W Burdeshaw Destroys Structure in Dothan
Fire destroyed a barn on W Burdeshaw street in Dothan last night with an estimated loss of 200 dollars. The barn belonged to T. M. Espy. Firefighters reported the incident and noted a can suspected to have contained gasoline. A separate false alarm occurred on W Powell street Thursday night.
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W. Burdeshaw Street
T. M. Espy
Dothan
E. Lafayette
W. Powell Street
Warrants Ready for Confederate Veterans and Widows
Seventy three warrants for three months await at the probate office for Confederate veterans and widows. Seventeen warrants target veterans and nineteen for widows. Veterans receive 190 dollars every three months while widow pensions are split according to a formula.
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Veterans and
Church Officers for 1932 Named at First Christian
At a New Year meeting 65 members elected 1932 church officers for the First Christian church. Elders M E Sparks L L Kirby S B Wooin deacons M F Pridgen Beatty Whiddon W M Fortner B Z Reynolds clerk Lucile Seaborn financial secretary Mrs W M Fortner treasurer M E Sparks Bible school supt L L Kirby assistant Beatty Whiddon The program included songs and prayers as the group observed the new year with candles and a benediction.
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First Christian Church
M. E. Sparks
L. L. Kirby
S. B. Wooin
M. F. Pridgen
Beatty Whiddon
W. M. Fortner
B. Z. Reynolds
Lucile Seaborn
L.L. Kirby
8. B. Wooten
Women's Missionary Society
Clement Titter
Presbyterian Church
America
J. M. Blankenship
J. N. Mullins
Burton
L. Hoffman
Christian Endeavor Society
Victor Tidman
Jesus
Christ
Paper Mill Resumes Work At Bay Harbor
The Southern Kraft paper mill at Bay Harbor has resumed operations after Christmas week. Machinery was inspected and set for the new year, warehouses emptied to fill booked orders, and records indicate a strong return for their first year of operation.
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Bay Harbor
Panama City
Geneva County Eliminates Three County Offices
Geneva county discontinues county farm agent home demonstration agent and sanitary inspector positions. H B Helmy and Miss Floy Moses left their posts, while I J Hale also departed as sanitary inspector. Health department retains officer nurse and secretary. welfare worker to continue until end of the school year.
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Geneva
Board of County Commissioners
H. B. Helmy
Miss Floy Moses
Taylor County
Florida
Miss Moses
I. J. Hale
Health Department
L. S. Nichols
Zola Brewer
Vera Gallenwater
Hale
Department of Education
Anne Griffin
Windstorm Causes $10,000 Damage in Quincy Florida
A southwest moving cyclone struck near Quincy Florida causing extensive damage. Seven shade leaf tobacco barns were destroyed on multiple farms and at the State Tobacco Experiment Station. Two churches a store and a residence in Fairmont were razed. Twenty acres of flat tobacco shade were blown down and timber damage was reported. Early estimates may rise.
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Quincy
Fla
James J. Love
A. S. T. Corporation
State Tobacco Experiment Station
Fairmont Negro Quarters
Love Plantation
Tallahassee
Editor in Jail Writes Editorials From Cell
J. W. Mapples editor of the Hopewell News was jailed for 30 days for failing to reveal the writer of a letter published in the paper. The letter signed Jokester criticized Virginia bar members and Judge Robertson. Sixteen attorneys appeared for the police chief and a writ of habeas corpus was returnable today.
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Hopewell
J. W. Mapples
Hopewell News
Jokester
Virginia Bar
Thomas B. Robertson
Dothan Man Issued Subpoena in Senate Election Contest
Clarence May of Dothan was summoned to appear before the Senate Sub-Committee on Privileges and Elections in Birmingham on January 6 to testify in the contest of Senator Bankhead's election filed by Tom Hetlin. Deputy Marshal Daughtery said May is the only Dothan resident subpoenaed so far.
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Clarance May
Dothan
Senate of the United States
Senator Bankhead
Tom Hetlin
Birmingham
U. 5
Marshal Daughtery
May
Daughtery
Rites Set Tomorrow for Mrs. Bessie Bowen 34
Funeral for Mrs. Bessie Bowen of Abbeville and formerly of Dothan will be at her parents home in Abbeville at 10 a m with Rev L B Green officiating. Bowen widow of Thomas Bowen died after a long illness leaving two children John Ewell and Lucy Allen, her parents Mr and Mrs E S Summerford of Abbeville, and three brothers and three sisters.
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Bessie Brown
Abbeville
Dothan
L. B. Green
Bowen
Thomas Bowen
Heflin Contest Hearing Set In Birmingham January 4
Former Senator J Thomas Heflin challenges the November 1930 election of John H Bankhead to the U S Senate with testimony from more than 100 witnesses. A commissioner will be agreed by Bankhead and Heflin to hear the case as hearings resume with Congress convening January 4 in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
J. Thomas Heflin
John H. Bankhead
United States Senate
Bankhead
Congress
Heflin
Cotton Field Near Dothan Shows Early Open Bolls
On January 2 at the A. H. and M. S. Carmichael farm eight miles from Dothan, L. E. Dasinger brought cotton plants to The Eagle office showing open bolls and several bolls nearly bursting. The plants reveal boll weevil presence. frost overnight appeared not to injure the crop much.
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L. E. Dasinger
A. H
M. S. Carmichael
Dothan
Montgomery
Dasinger
Eagle Office
Overwhelming Wet Vote Cast In Referendum
Helsingin Fors shows 57 percent of local votes counted in the prohibition referendum with strong repeal support. Women cast about 60 percent repeal votes, marking a decisive urban stance that observers say signals potential national trends despite the capital’s result not deciding the national outcome.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Hielsingfors
Juz Fies
Pov
Cinest
Mieghedie Heversre
42 Men Rescued From Japanese Freighter Tomako Maru
The crew and officers of the Japanese freighter Tomako Maru, after a 60 hour battle with heavy seas, were rescued by the Reiyo Maru off Seattle. Forty two men were taken aboard the Reiyo after abandoning ship as distress messages reported disabled steering gear and a temporary rig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
North Pacific
Coast Guard
Woman and Child Die In North Florida Crash
A Valdosta Georgia woman Miss Lucy Woodhan and a five year old child were killed when their coupe struck a parked highway department truck eight miles north of Baxley Florida. A male passenger believed to be the woman's brother escaped with minor injuries. The truck driver said he had fallen asleep.
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Baxley
Fla
Lucy Woodhan
Valdosta
Highway Department
Here
Wilson Baxley
Funeral Held For Clopton Woman Mary Lingo 74
Funeral was held at the Clopton church at 10 a m for Mrs. Mary Lingo 74 of Clopton who died in a hospital after a short illness Rev Marcus Beasley officiated with Fellows and Forrester in charge She is survived by three sons L L Lingo of Clopton Dr M J Lingo of Okeechobee Frs and R B Lingo of Abbeville a daughter Mrs A E Freeman of Clopton two sisters Mrs W Steagall and Mrs John Saunders of Montgomery and a number of grandchildren
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W. A. Bosworth
Josephine Wright
Wichita
Kan
Bosworth
Kansas
Clopton Church
Mary Lingo
Clopton
Marcus Beasley
Fellows
Forrester
Letter Arrives, But It Is Eight Years Late
The eighty year late reply to Homer Williams of Thomasville arrives from Gainesville Florida. Williams a local lumberman wrote in 1923 about an urgent matter. the Florida company answered in December 1923, the letter reached Thomasville in December 1931. The missive is yellowed and slightly soiled, suggesting it was misplaced for years.
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Thomasville
Homer Williams
Willams
Gainesville
Fla
Florida Company
Man Kills Daughter When Wife Targeted in Norfolk
In Norfolk Virginia Mrs Gladys Virginia Fox, 29, was shot dead as she stepped between her parents in a pistol attack on W P Barnes who confessed. The bullet also struck the mother who was hospitalized with injuries not yet determined. Barnes claimed a decade of torment and said he intended to shoot his wife.
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Norfolk
Gladys Virginia Fox
W. PF. Barnes
Mra Fox
Three Quarter Year Auto Tags On Sale In Alabama
Three quarter year automobile tags are on sale at the Probate Office for the first time in Alabama. The State provided a special affidavit form for applicants swearing they have not operated the automobile since Oct. 1, said Judge Martin today. The three quarter year plates went on sale yesterday. half year tags will go on sale April 1.
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Alabama
Martin
Two Voltage Deaths Reported in Broadnax Va
Vernon Moore aged 50 a farmer was killed while aiding Paul Lynch one year old son of Mr and Mrs Wililee Lynch whom he found in a ditch beside a rural road Police said the child touched a telephone wire that fell across a high current line in Broadnax Virginia January 2 AP report by Vernon Moore
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Vernon Moore
Paul Lynch
Wililee Lynch
Grandfather’s Clock Marks Washington Bicentennial Moment
In Fredericksburg Virginia a grandfather clock, tied to Mary Ball Washington the mother of George Washington, stood in the den as 12 noon struck marking the bicentennial anniversary of his birth to honor the founding figure.
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Fredericksburg
George Wrathngton
Mary Ball Washington
Two In County Jail Here Await Action Of U S Grand Jury
Two inmates in the county jail await federal grand jury action while seven others are serving terms. Deputies report suspects linked to a crime spree, with one charged and awaiting the next court term.
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U.S
United
Heurton
Pire
Eeven
Couple Granted License Despite Messy OCR Text
A couple is reported to have obtained a marriage license. The unclear OCR fragment mentions a couple and a license event, with garbled surrounding text making precise details hard to confirm.
Youth Returned to Georgia to Face Auto Theft Charge
An youth was brought back to Colquitt County in Georgia to face an auto theft charge. He is alleged to have driven a vehicle in Colquitt and fled, with authorities pursuing the case as the investigation continues.
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Georgia
Frank South
Colyaltthers
Arity
Colquitt
Unclear Text Summary Not Available
Fragmentary OCR text mentions names like John Griffin and Arthur, with garbled phrases about next week and an event. No coherent facts or context to form a valid news summary.
Japanese Capture Chinchow Without Resistance
Chinchow Manchuria January 2 AP reports the rising sun flag over the city signaling its capture by the Japanese army. The brigade entered at 1 pm and took control with no Chinese defenders remaining as the last troop train departed earlier, allowing evacuation from the Tailing river area 15 miles north.
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Chinchow
Manchuria
Taling
Bombing Inquiry Proposed in U S Congress
Rep Fish of New York urged a congressional inquiry into Fascist and anti Fascist activities in the United States. He drafted a resolution for the House Foreign Affairs Committee and cited a terror plot described as a djabolical conspiracy. A telegram from Dr Charles Fama of New York, president of Defenders of the Constitution, spurred action.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Representative Fish
New York
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Fish
Charlies Fama
Defenders of the Constitution
Stray Bullet Kills Woman During New Year Celebrations
In Anniston on New Year's Eve a stray bullet struck Mrs. Paul Cornelius, wife of a wholesale produce dealer, on a downtown street. She died at hospital an hour after being shot in the back of the head. Charles Familton, 35, son of the local chamber of commerce president, was released after investigators found the shooting accidental.
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Anniston
Paul Cornelius
Charles Familton
Anniston Chamber of Commerce
Waa
Cornelius
Hatchery Construction to Start April Near Marion
Construction on a new federal fish hatchery six miles from Marion will begin April 1. Six hundred acres have been bought, with Charles R. Wiant of Tupelo in charge. Five brick buildings will house workers and administration, and 55 acres will be ponds.
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Marion. Als
Marion
Charles R. Wiant
Tupelo, Miss
Repairs Drain Half of Birmingham Building Costs in 1931
Birmingham reports 2,264,801 dollars spent on building operations in 1931 with repairs making up about half. The outlay declines by roughly 200,909 dollars from 1929, reflecting reduced expenditure.
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Birmingham
Huntsville Adopts 1932 Budget of 397 92274 Dollars
Huntsville city government sets 1932 budget at 397 92274 dollars after council projects revenues totaling 277 72689 from various sources during the year. The Linget was adopted by the city council based on revenue estimates and anticipated crashes during the year.
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Huntsville
APO
Marriage Rush Huntsville
Tan Capic was caught in the holiday rage in Huntsville, but his popularity lasted for only a day. Court house records show marriage licenses were issued Christmas Day.
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Huntsville
Tan Capic
Courthaise
Arrow Injury at Gadsden Meet Sparks Odd Event
A participant at the Gadsden track event suffers an eye injury after a bow and arrow mishap. The accident occurs during a peculiar holiday meet when a playmate’s arrow is released, striking the injured eye.
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Jan
Martwell Dover
Gadsder
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