Passenger Mail Service Begins to Havana and San Juan
Miami reports the new air mail and passenger service launching with 15 sacks of mail on board. First flight carried Amelia Earhart, William McCracken, James Warner Bellah, and others, including Postmaster General New. A second plane followed for San Juan, with disembarkation in Havana planned.
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Miami
Havan Air
Havana
Porto Rico
Nassau
Amelia Elihart
William McCracken
Lathes
Warner Bellah
Harry
New
San Juan
Western Union Cuts Night Letter Rate to Great Britain
Western Union announces a new lower rate for its 50 word night letter service, effective January 14, extending to offices in London Liverpool Birmingham Bristol Manchester Newcastle on Tyne Southampton Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow and Belfast. The rate is two cents per word cheaper than the regular cable letter. The move follows high speed ocean cable capacity and aims to expand service across Great Britain and Ireland once arrangements with British authorities are made.
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The
Western Union
London
Liverpool
Birmingham
Bristol
Manchestr
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Southampton
Dundee
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Belfast
Charlie Mae Baughman
Miss Baughman
Great Britain
Grandmother Mrs Hall Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs Martha Gunter of Troy died at her daughter’s home in Lockhart Tuesday night after a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held in Troy with interment Thursday. Survived by daughter and granddaughter Mrs Harry P Hall of this city.
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Martha Gunter
Troy
M. Gottingham
Lockhart
Harry P. Hall
Dumbbell Club Honors Burwell With Air Stunt Feat
In San Antonio Texas Lieutenant J B Burwell holds the Dumbbell Flag after a daring air stunt at Kelly Field. He clashed with a mule hitched to a press cutter while flying over the field to win the emblem. The Dumbbell club mirrors Wright Field’s Flying Jackass fraternity in seeking extreme airborne deeds.
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San Antonio
Tex.p
Army Air Corps
J. B. Burwell
Wright Field
Burwell
Kelly Field
Army Air Corps Training School
Printing Civil War Records Estimated At 4 Million
A House appropriation committee was told it would cost four million dollars to print complete records of Union and Confederate forces in the Civil War. The item appears in a wartime funding context and outlines the scope and cost of the archival project.
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Washington (P
House
Free Radio Program At Auditorium To Aid Dothan Listeners
The American Legion Auxiliary will broadcast a free radio program at the city auditorium next month. Mrs. Henry Wesley announces the venue will be equipped with loud speakers and open to all without charge. Plans include a Pensacola group quartet, soloists, a string band, pianists, and an orchestra with a singing guitarist touted as a marvel.
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American Legion Auxilary
Pensacola
Henry Wesley
Senators Borah and Norris Cleared of Payoff Claims
A Senate committee found documents alleging $100,000 payments to Senators Borah of Idaho and Norris of Nebraska by the Soviet government for recognizing Russia to be false. The probe also tracked papers about payments to the Mexican government involving Borah Norris Heflin and La Follette.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Russia
Senate
Heflin
la Follette
County Road Taxes Due By February Toll Penalty Noted
Citizens of the rural district of Houston county must pay their road tax of $5.00 by February 1 or face a penalty of $2.50. The tax collector warns delinquents of a $2.59 penalty.
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Houston County
Houston County Board of Revenue Plans January Budget Meeting
The Houston County board of revenue will hold a meeting at the courthouse on Monday January 4. The session aims to adopt the 1929 budget with business of importance, including financial planning and fiscal decisions.
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Houston County Board OF Revenue
Officers To Be Sworn In On Tuesday In County
County officers including the Judge of Probate the county clerk and judges of the court of common pleas and circuit court elected at the last general election will take the oath of office Tuesday January 15.
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Court of Common Pleas
Russia Drinks Less Vodka Than in 1914
Recent official figures show vodka consumption under the present system in Russia is 30 percent lower than before the war. In the last year the state monopoly sold over 530 million litres of vodka.
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Moscow
Russia
Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Pharmacy Burglary
John Henry Harrel, 21, of Tennessee, pleaded guilty in mayor's court to attempted burglary of Bee Line Pharmacy Medday night. He was fined 102 dollars and sentenced to six months at hard labor. No trace of two accomplices was found.
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John Henry Harrel
Tennessee
Bee Line
Harrell
Citizens Must Register by Friday Afternoon
Hinduston County voters are warned by the board of registrars that the court house meeting will adjourn Friday at 4 o clock and will not convene again this year. Poll tax books close February 1 and stay shut until next January.
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Hinduston County
Board of Registrars
Court House
Berlin Suffers Dearth of Good Artist Models
The Prussian State School complains that professional models are scarce as workers turn to posing out of unemployment and need. Artists say fees of twenty five cents an hour for a four hour day are too low, with most engagements lasting only a week before new work is sought.
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Berlin
Germany
Negro to Lie With the Heroic Arlington Dead
Washington D C tale of Uncle Jim Parks an 84 year old Black man to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery by order of the War Department He was born there and formerly a slave on the Custis estate He served Col Robert E Lee and his burial permit came through lawyer Enoch A Chase
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Washington PA
Jim Parks
Great Valhalla
America
Jim
Arlington National Cemetery
Army
Navy
War Department
Uncle Jim
Arlington
George Washington Parke Custis
Hartha Washington
George Washington
Col
Robert E. Lee
Enoch A. Chase
Washington
Pastor Captures 15-Pound Eagle in Tennessee Hunt
The Rev. W. L. Hall reports a successful Bean Mountain hunt in Elizabethton Tennessee. A gray eagle weighing about 15 pounds was captured after it struck a fence and was stunned, marking a notable achievement in the season.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
C?i
W. L. Hall
Bean Mountain
Richards Magician to Answer Questions in Dothan Eagle Promotion
Readers urged to write questions to Richards America's Greatest Magician in care of The Dothan Eagle. He will perform at City Auditorium for three days starting Monday and publish answers with initials only. The show features a large company, elaborate scenery and twelve scenes.
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Richards
America
Dothan Eagle
City Auditorium
Dothan
Second Death Visits Midland City Home
For the second time within a week death has come to a home in Midland City. Mrs. Josh Cox, 65, died this morning at 3 o clock in a local hospital from influenza. Last Friday her husband died from the same malady. Mrs. Cox was to be buried this afternoon at Midland City with Rev. J. M. Baldwin officiating, and the Dothan Undertaking Co. in charge of arrangements. No near relatives survive the couple.
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Josh Cox
Midland City
J. W. Roney Dies Tuesday Night
J. W. Roney died at his Ashford Route 2 home in the early hours Tuesday. He is survived by A. L. and Lem Roney and several daughters including Lizzie Shelley Mattie Bonner Janett Ril ey Lottie Womack and Reba Ingram. Funeral services were held at Prospect Church near Dothan with Rev. Joe Eldridge of Cottondale Fla officiating and Fellows & Forrester in charge of arrangements.
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Ashford
A. L
Lem Roney
Lizzie Shelley
Mattie Bonner
Janett Riley
Lottie Womack
Reba Ingram
Prospect Church
Dothan
Joe Eldridge
Cottondale, Fla
Fellows & Forrester
Tooth Ills Common to the Early Indians
Skeletal remains dating between 900 and 1000 years are under inspection by Allen E. K. Fisher of the Milwaukee Public Museum to test whether uncooked foods affected native teeth. Evidence suggests rough diet did not produce the expected dental outcomes.
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Allen EK. Fisher
Milwaukee Public Museum
Wiener Ha
True bills returned in witchcraft killing case
York legal action reports true bills returned charging murder in the alleged witchcraft killing of Nelson D. Reymer. Defendants John W. Plymer Wilbert G. He and John Curry faced charges in York County.
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York
John WH. Plymer
Wilbert G
John Curry
York County
Nelson D. Rey
Two Dothan Women Share In Penny Christmas Bonus
The J. C. Penny store in Dothan distributed Christmas bonus checks totaling 112,507 dollars to 4,842 female employees. Manager H. W. Ader names Marion Hynson as the top length of service recipient and Ruby Reeves as the top sales award winner.
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J. C. Pennny
H.W. Ader
Marion Hynson
Ruby Reeves
Ader
J C Poole Addresses Kiwanis Club Meeting
The Kiwanis Club at the Houston Hotel held its noon session with strong attendance. Vice presidents Myer Blumberg and J J Vaughn presided in President Reyton's absence. Committee assignments included death of S A Jeter resolutions and naming two new members Dr RD McCarty and J S Nail.
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Kiwanis Club
Houston
Arthur Reyton
Myer Blumberg
J. J. Vaughn
L. J. Thomas
J. L. Vaughn
S. A. Jeter
J. 8. Nail
Be. J. Thomas
Harry K. Martin
Houston Hotel
J. C. Poole
Napedtia
Houston County
B.O. Loftin
Mary Strother
Phan
Headland Youth Accidentally Shot by Friend
A Headland teen, Markstein Howell, 16, reportedly discharged a gun while he stopped to pick up a bird, injuring his companion John Baker Burdeshaw, 16, who lost three fingers. Burdeshaw was treated by locals and rushed to a Dothan hospital about two miles from Headland.
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Markstein Howell
Tip Howell
Headland
John Baker Burdeshaw
Lee Burdeshaw
John Baker
Dothan
Man Kills Boy Wounds 3 Others in Tuskegee
Police sought J Lehman H Griffin a logger at a lumber camp after he shot Francis J Heath 10 to death and wounded three others. Authorities said the shooting followed the boy's mother destroying a bottle believed to belong to Griffin.
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Tuskegee
Ala
J. Lehman H. Griffin
Lumyer Camp
Arar
Francis J. Heath
Polies
Westminster athletes told to write game impressions
At Westminster College Fulton Missouri all football and basketball players are required to jot their immediate after game impressions. Director of athletics James E. Pixlee emphasizes notes will help guide future training and evaluation for the teams.
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Fulton
Westminster College
James E
Possum
Pixlee
Cuba Sees Tourists as Wild Ducks in Winter Migration
Havana welcomes a winter tourist influx with January to February peak. Hotels report unprecedented bookings, yacht races and regattas draw crowds, and a new country club and yacht club open on Havana’s outskirts at substantial cost.
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Cuba
Havana
Ane
Blue Harbor
Havamni
Hasans
Chtory
Weather in Alabama Brings Rain and Warmer Temperatures
An Alabama weather bulletin notes rain and rising temperatures tonight with Thursday rain. On the coast fresh southeast winds are expected to cut across coastal areas.
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Alabama
Florida Girls Run Away From Florida. Two Arrested Here
Two Kissimmee girls aged 14 and 15 from Florida were arrested in Dothan after running away on a Saturday afternoon. Helen Rogers and Susie Mae Stallings are being held while their father and a possible court order determine custody. They asked for funds to return north and expressed fear of returning to Florida. Their mother, in Michigan, had been contacted, and Helen awaits a telegram influencing custody.
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Kissime
Florida
Rollins
Salvation Army
Michigan
Helena Rogers
Susie Mae Stallings
Helen
Susie Mae
Helen Rogers
Rogera
Dothan
Secrecy Guards Sunbury Salvation Army High Council
Guards surrounded Sunbury Curt as the Salvation Army high council met to decide if Gen Bramwell Booth is fit to carry on command. Access was restricted and no details on any action were released.
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High Council
Salvation Army
Gen
Booth
Sunbury-On-The-Thames
England
Sunbury
High Council of the
Bramwell Booth
Notice to Increase Gasoline Price Not Yet Received in Dothan
Notice says the increase in the sale price of gasoline has not been received in Dothan though approved in Montgomery and other cities.
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Dothan
Acline
Montgomery
Ciies
Steady Decline in Flu Cases Reported in Dothan Area
Local physicians say the number of flu cases is steadily dropping in Dothan and surrounding areas. Health authorities hope the waning epidemic will continue, signaling an improving public health situation.
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Dothan
Swede Employed by Rockefeller Arrested for Deportation
A nationwide search for Erhard AAgreen for deportation to Sweden ended with his arrest on the Rockefeller estate in Ormond Beach Florida. He had been employed as an odd job man by John J Rockefeller sr. The report notes the arrest occurred January 9 and the man was sought on immigration charges.
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Ormond Beach
Fla
Erhard I. Aagreen
Sweden
John J. Rockefeller, Sr
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Dothan Drug Company
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