Eight Alabama Scottsboro case witnesses target of plot
Police report a Chattanooga man signed a statement that he was hired to intoxicate Ruby Bates to sign a letter claiming her Scottsboro trial testimony was false. The letter aimed to secure a new trial for the eight condemned Negroes sentenced in 1930. Bates said she was intoxicated and unaware of signing. The case ties to ongoing Alabama Supreme Court arguments set for January 21.
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Huntsville
Ruby Bates
Scotsboro
D. G. Efflinger
Miron Pearlman
Danny Dundee
Chattanooga
George Chamilee
Exflinger
Pearlman
Scottsboro
Pesrlman
Efflinger
Chamlee
Chattanoogs
Chem Nee
Alabama Supreme Court
Paint Rock
Ala
Stevenson
Hunaville
Negro defendants denial in Scottsboro case statement
George W Charlee attorney for eight Scottsboro defendants denies charges that he hired Miron Pearlman alias Danny Dundee to obtain a statement from Ruby Bates. Pearlman was accused of drafting a letter repudiating Bates testimony. Pearlman was arrested in Huntsville and the signed letter was found in his possession.
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Chattanooga
Tegn
George W. Charlee
Scotisboro
Miron Pearlman
Danny Dundée
Ruby Bates
Peatiman
Huntsville
Three Navy Recruits From This Territory Enlist
George Lott, naval recruiting officer, announced three local residents enlisted in the U S Navy. The trio traveled from Coffee Springs and Ozark to Birmingham and then to Hampton Roads Virginia for their first sailoring assignment. Recruits are W E Riley 21 of Ozark E E Anderson 21 of Coffee Springs and Herbert Allen 18 of Coffee Springs.
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U.S. Navy
George Lott
Birmingham
Hampton Roads
W. E. Riley
Ozark
E. E. Anderson
Cofres Springs
Herbert Allen
Coffee Springs
Houston County urged to purge voter rolls in probe
Testimony in Birmingham inquiry into election irregularities tied to Heflin Bankhead campaign centered on Houston County. State examiners said the probate judge Harry K. Martin held office on a forged poll tax receipt, with records showing disqualified voters list inflated by 534 names.
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Birmingham
Houston County
Harry K. Martin
Dean
McLane
Teal
Federal Investigating Committee
Judge ‘of Probate
Lst
Dothan
H. K. Martin
W. A. Bonds
S. A. Mullins
Bond
H. E. Martin
Martin
Brandon
Gus) Mullins
J. L. McLane
J. N. Mullins
Man shoots wife and baby then self in Meridian incident
Elmer Martin shot and wounded his wife and 15 month old child and fired at his mother in law at Mrs Golden's home in Meridian Mississippi. He and his wife were hospitalized in serious condition while the baby was seriously wounded and his mother in law escaped harm. Police said the attack followed a aborted reconciliation embrace.
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Man
Meridian
Miss
Elmer Martin
Martin
Tom Golden
Only Six Warrants For Vets Unclaimed
Six of 73 warrants for Confederate veterans and widows of veterans remain undelivered, officials say. Seventeen warrants are for veterans and 56 for widows. Veterans receive $1 every three months while widow pensions are split into three classes. The probate office has 30 days to deliver the warrants.
Investigation Finds Disorder In Houston County Tax Office
The McLane report described the Houston county tax collector’s office as loose and indifferent, with little regard for law. Irregularities in poll tax collections and school funds misused were noted, and the examiner was left to handle the matter with Jeffries surety company.
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Houston County
McLane
Jeffries Surety Company
Heavy Snow Disrupts Roads Across Large Area
Snow blanketed a 100 mile swath from Michigan to the Texas Panhandle with 14 to 20 degree cold. Oklahoma fatalities occurred as rail air and road traffic faced widespread disruption. Snow plows cleared highways while farmers sheltered livestock amid flood risks elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Michigan Peninsula
Texas Panhandle
Minnesota
Iowa
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma Panhandle
Amarillo Council Bluffs
Mississippi Valley
Europe
England
Dutch East Indies
Germany
France
Czechoslovakia
British Isles
Good Old Fashioned Mothers Needed Now at Revival
Evangelist Bob Jones urged at the city auditorium revival that mothers do the biggest work by raising Christian children. He warned against forgetting God and cited Rome as a cautionary tale. Tonight he speaks on "The Man Who Sold Out" with men as special guests.
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Bob Jones
City Auditorium
Mr. Jones
Rome
God
Hell
the Evangelist
Tax Proposal Loses In County By Wide Margin
The Mobile 3 1 2 mills tax amendment failed in Houston County by 251 votes with 443 against and 192 for out of 635 ballots cast across 28 boxes. Officials cited low local interest and rain delaying returns, though the measure carried in Dothan by 14 votes with 102 for and 88 against in four boxes.
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Mobile
Houston County
Joe Rollins
Dothan
Navy Sailor Robert Stough Reaches One Day Furlough
Robert Stough son of Dr and Mrs M S Stough returns home on a one day furlough from the U S Navy He has eight years of service and leads the training station band at Hampton Roads Virginia where he has served as a musician throughout his naval career.
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Robert Stough
Mra. M
Stough
E WA
Navy
Young Stough
Hampton Roads
Young man acquitted in unlawful train riding case
A young man was acquitted in common pleas court yesterday of charges of riding trains unlawfully. A number of civil cases were heard at the session.
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Common Pleas Court
Bird Dog Match Draws Many Sportsmen in Lee County
Sportsmen from the South expected Monday for a three day bird dog match between Jake English setter owned by Bob Sealy of Panama City and Bozo pointer owned by Roy Pawk of Willacoohee Ga. Hilsman Walter of Albany will map the course on the Brown plantation. Chet Clark assists. Barbecue at noon. coveys only count with no points.
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Jake
Dothan
Bob Sealy
Panama City
Hunter
Bozo
Roy Pawk
Willachochee
Hilsman Walter
Albany
Chet Clark
Waiters
Georgia
Waynesboro
Former Dothan Man Dies In Texas City
W. W. Folsom of Dothan received word today of the death of his brother A. W. Folsom formerly of Dothan in Corpus Christi Texas. Mr. Folsom moved from Dothan about 40 years ago to Corpus Christi where he engaged in the cafe business. Besides W. W. Folsom another brother D. J. Folsom of Tallahassee Florida also survives.
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W. W. Folsom
Dothan
A. W. Folsom
Corpus Christi
Texas
Gun Threat Forcing Georgia Star to Marry in Alabama
John Rigdon, ex University of Georgia football and track star, claims Miss Levi Teel threatened to kill him and the Alabama judge unless they wed. The marriage in Seale, Alabama, December 23 was performed by Probate Judge H. R. Dudley who doubts its legality and did not record the license. Rigdon, from Tifton, Ga., had not lived with his bride since that night.
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Columbus
Levi Teel
John Rigdon
Seale
Ala
University of Georgia
Rigdon
H. R. Dudley
Georgia
Alabama
Dudley
Tifton
Bob Jones Invites Friends to Attend Special Meetings
Evangelist Bob Jones urges public attendance at revival gatherings in Dothan. Friday at 7 pm young people are invited to hear Who Iz A Christian, with Saturday night set as out of town night. Sunday at 2:30 pm men and boys meet, while Mrs Jones speaks to women at Foster Street Methodist Church.
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Bob Jones
Dothan
Alabama Delegation Backs Hoover Plan For Muscle Shoals
A 15 member Alabama delegation told President Hoover that his Muscle Shoals plan offers the only real path for major southern industrial growth. They sought his aid and pledged cooperation to operate Shoals as a fertilizer plant, saying such expansion would boost national business conditions. William W. Brandon noted the plea was courteously received.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Muscle Shoals
South
Muscle Shoals Project
William W. Brandon
Alabama
A. J. Miller Installed Kiwanis Club President
A. J. Miller of Feagie Miller Furniture was installed as president of the Dothan Kiwanis Club at the Houston hotel. Myer Blumberg conducted the ceremony and Dr. Arthur Keyton presented the gavel from the retiring president M. D. Black who outlined last year’s gains. Miller outlined plans for 1922 as officers including W. R. Jordan and J. L. Vaughn with a slate of directors and brief remarks from several members.
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A. J. Miller
Feagie-Miller Furniture Company
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Houston
Myer Blumberg
Arthur Keyton
M. D. Black
Iga
Black
Miller
W. R. Jordan
J. L. Vaughn
Arthur Joe Grant
John W. Bish
M.D. Black
Sam Blumberg
Harvey McBryde
M. E. Sparks
George English
S. O. Keily
R. D. McCarty
Matrimony Survived Hard Times With Fewer Divorces in 1931
Birmingham reports 904 divorces in 1931, a drop from 1 946 in 1836, reflecting fewer separations during economic hardship. The county records indicate marriage stability rose as prosperity waned.
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Birmingham
Father and son fatally wounded after quarrel at relative's home
Benton Murchison, 34, died at his home near Rockford after a shooting that wounded his father Will Murchison, 73, in the same incident. Barney Wood surrendered to Sheriff R O Neighbors after the fatal exchange sparked by a remonstrance over whipping Wood’s wife.
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Rockford
Benton Murchison
Benton Machison
Here
Will “Murchison
Elmore
Montgomery
Barney Wood
R. O
Murchison
Wood
Daredevil of Skies Falls in Fatal Florida Flight
Miami January 7 AP Daele Rad Jackson, famed daredevil of the skies and endurance record holder, plunged to his death at Municipal Airport while performing a stunt over a 3,000 foot altitude. After completing an inside loop he appeared to sit on his tail as a wing separated from the wingless plane and it crashed a mile from the grandstand with spectators watching. An ambulance found Jackson dead in the pilot seat.
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Miami
Ap—Daele
Rad’ Jackson
Municipal Aiport
Jackson
Grandstand
Hookworm Treatments Planned for 234 County Pupils
A total of 234 pupils in Houston county schools will receive hookworm treatment this week. Pupils in thirteen schools were examined. All but two will have their first treatment. two may require a second round if the initial two treatments fail.
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Houston County
Jail Inmates Have Guests for Night
Nine men en route to Kilby from Troy and Geneva stopped over the county jail last night to spend the night and eat meals. Jailers said no prisoners from Houston County were part of the trip.
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Kilby
Troy
Geneva
Houston County
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