Roosevelt plans conference trips before Warm Springs trip
President elect Franklin D Roosevelt will meet with congressmen and discuss foreign affairs before leaving for Warm Springs Ga. He will arrive January 22 after stops at Montgomery and Muscle Shoals. Senator Swanson of Virginia, a disarmament conference delegate, is to confer with Roosevelt this week.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Senator Swanson
Virginia
Roosevelt
Washington
Muscle Shoals
Montgomery
Trial of Alleged Robbers in April
Three men who admit taking part in the Miller county farmer W B Regan robbery will face Miller superior court in April after arrests in Blakely Georgia and Jacksonville Florida. Sheriff Howell says they deny stealing 12000 dollars. Dodson, 15, awaits mental exam in Jacksonville as hearing set for April 24.
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Blakely
W. B. Regan
Miller County
Regan
Miller Superior Cour
Sid Howell
Bary County
B. E. Houston
Chicago
Stephen Jalloway
Edison Carr
Himsef
Duval Dodson
Jacksonville
Howell
Houston
Dodson
Carr
S Ocomb
Ala
Fla
Duval Dodsin
Ben Houston
Georgia City
C. R.dodson
Durham
N C
Out of State Trucks Not Required to Carry Georgia Licenses
Superior Judge E. E. Pomeroy ruled that out of state motor freight trucks operating on irregular schedules into Georgia do not have to carry Georgia license plates. He granted a permanent injunction restraining the state revenue commission from enforcing regulators covering such trucks.
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Atlanta
E. E. Pomeroy
Georgia
State Revenue Commission
Hancock County School System Debt-Free, Moran Reports
Sparta Ga January 11 The nine month school system shows a zero liability column and assets of 39 140 cash on hand 9 518 due by state 19 233 tax revenue due 4 089 and trucks valued at 6 300 Moran who took office 16 years ago wiped out a 55 000 debt owed by the county board of education
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Sparta
C. W. Moran
Hancock County
Moran
County Board of Education
Pensions of Vets Being Paid Today
Confeder ate veterans in Houston county receive quarterly pensions ending January 1 distributed by the probate judge. First class includes 29 women at 75 dollars and 17 men at 150 dollars. Class two has 12 women at 45 dollars and class three six women at 30 dollars. Statewide pensions total 298335 dollars, announced by Comptroller J H Hard Jr at Montgomery.
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Houston County
J. H. Hard, Jr
Montgomery
Quincey Young Man Killed In Auto Accident
C R Shaw 21 a former University of Florida student was killed when his car overturned on a highway near Quitman Georgia He was en route to visit his mother and died after more than 12 hours in a Valdosta hospital He suffered a skull fracture and other injuries. He is survived by his mother sister Lucile and brother James with his uncle C R Shaw noted as a widely known businessman.
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Quincy
Fia
C. R. Shaw
University of Florida
Quitman
Valdosta
Young Shaw
J. S. Shaw
Lucile
James
Alleged Burglars of Bottling Plant Waive Their Cases
Ellis Green charged with burglary in the Coca Cola Bottling Co office waived his case to the grand jury before Judge Keener Baxley. Bond set at $500. Byrd Morris also waived his case to grand jury action. Gordon Melton remains at large.
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Ellis Green
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Keener Baxley
Common Pleas Court
Byrd Morris
Green
Judge Baxley
Gordon Melton
Headland Man Among Speakers at Pork Association Meeting
Swine specialists from Georgia Alabama and Florida will speak at the Southeastern Peanut Pork association annual meeting in Moultrie on January twenty six. R E Miller, association president, announced the lineup that includes J P Wilson from Headland Alabama. Hog raisers from the three states are invited to attend.
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Valdosta
Southeastern Peanut Pork Association
Moultrie
R. E. Miller
J. P. Wilson
Headland
Ala
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Automobile Mishap Kills Wanted Negro
H Thomas a Negro sought for stealing four sacks of flour from a city store was killed in a Florida automobile accident. Police received information that Thomas left the city days after the theft.
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H. Thomas
West Palm Beach
Fla
Thomas
Houston County Receives $2500 R F C Loan Start of Relief Work
Relief funds for Houston county are approved from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for 2500 dollars to begin road and sanitation relief work. The county sought 15900 dollars, with the remainder possibly approved later as work starts. funds repaid from future federal road money, officials say. Several Alabama counties share the initial 2500 allotment.
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Houston County
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Alabama
Houston
Autauge
Bullock
Butler
Clarke
Coffee
Covington
Crenshaw
Cullman
Dale
Etowah
Franklin
Geneva
Hale
Jackson
Marengo
Pike
Russell
Walker
Washington
Women Oppose Dry Law Repeal. Black Voices Opposition
Birmingham reports the Women’s organization for National Prohibition Reform for Alabama wires congratulations to Senator Hugo Black for opposing in committee the Blaine repeal bill. The group wants submission to constitutional conventions, not legislatures. Black explains his vote as opposed to measures conflicting with party platforms.
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Birmingham
Women's Organization For National Prohibition Reform For
Alabama
Hugo Black
Solon Jacobs
Organization For Alabama
Bankhead
Jacobs
Black
Washington
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Democratic Party
Libby Holman Welcomes Baby Boy In Philadelphia
Libby Holman Reynolds has a baby boy born at 6 48 pm weighing three and a half pounds. Both mother and infant are reported doing well. The child is heir to a substantial estate of the father who was killed on his North Carolina estate last summer.
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Philadelphia
Libby Holman Reynolds
Norris W. Vaux
North Carolina
Reynolds
Wilmington
Del
Louisa Carpenter Jenney
Louisa D’a. Carpenter
DuPont
South Carolina Governor Commutes Mother's Death Sentence
Beatrice Ferguson Snipes, 29, expecting a baby, sees her death sentence for killing Rural Policeman Elliott Harris commuted to life in prison by Governor Blackwood. The clemency follows her abandonment of appeal and broad public support. Harris was shot after a traffic stop and ensuing car search. Snipes claimed self defense.
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S. C
Columbia
8. C
Blackwood
Beatrice Ferguson Snipes
Elliott Harris
State Penitentiary
Yer
Snipes
York
Harris
South Carolina
United States
Directors Elect West to Head Hartford Bank
T. A. West of Dothan was reelected president of the First National Bank of Hartford by the board at the annual meeting. Directors also reelected J. A. Hughes and T. G. Hughes as vice presidents with Q. J. Borland as cashier and Fred R. Borland as assistant cashier. A 10 percent dividend was declared payable to stockholders of record January 10.
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T. A. West of
Dothan
First National Bank of Hartford
L. M. Bashinsky
G. H. Malone
T. A. West
Q. J. Borland
J. A. Hughes
J. W. Hetcher
T. G. Hughes
Condition of White Remains Serious After Auto Crash
A. L. White, former Dothan hotel clerk, who sustained a fractured skull in an automobile crash near Montgomery weeks ago, remains in extremely serious condition at a local hospital, relatives reported today.
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A. L. White
Dothan
Montgomery
Shooting at Spires Home Kills Kobbetz and Wounds Spires
Pallie Kobbetz aged 45 was killed and Mrs. Ruth May Spires 25 fatally wounded in a shooting at Spires home in Bamberg. Spires told officers Kobbetz fired twice hitting her once then killed himself.
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Bamberg
Pallie Kobbetz
Ruth May Spires
Hostel Clerk Shot After Saf e Refusal during Robbery
John Thweatt a 27 year old night clerk at a Huntsville hotel was shot and seriously wounded Tuesday when a bandit entered the lobby demanded opening the safe. The robber fled with about $200 from the cash drawer and was aided by a second man outside. Police began a search under a description linked to a former Florence jail inmate.
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Huntsville
Jam
John Thweatt
Bell
Wnrd
Thweatt
Florence
Alabama
Auxiliary Will Meet Friday at Legion Clubhouse
The American Legion Auxiliary announces its bi monthly meeting at the Legion clubhouse on 3 Oates street Friday at 2 20 p m. Officials say much business will be transacted and all members are urged to attend. A pleasant surprise will follow the session.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Oates Street
Auxiliary
Japanese Troops Reported Moving Into Jehol
Chinese dispatches report about 10 000 Japanese troops marching toward Tingyuan in Jehol from Baichung and Lingyuan with landing forces at Chinwanegtao near Shanhaikwan. Nanking says the Shanhaikwan affair is not a local incident but part of the larger dispute to be settled by the League of Nations.
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Shanghai
Jehol
Tingyuan
Baichung
Shanhaikwan
Lingyuan
Chinwanegtao
Nanking
League of Nations
Three Fires Alarm City Within Sixteen Hours
Three fire alarms were reported in the city within sixteen hours from last night to today. A nursery near J. J. Dye on West Burdeshaw street faced a potential loss if flames spread. At the Elite cafe on N Foster street smoke from a stove flue created the illusion of a blaze. A city tractor on Lafayette street caught fire due to defective wiring with little damage.
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N. Foster Street
Lafayette Street
New Seed Loan Collector Named for Wiregrass District
D L Frazier of Birmingham has taken over seed loan collection records for the Wiregrass district government officials announce. He succeeds J W Craig of Washington DC, the former collector, who reportedly has been suspended. Fragler will oversee collections in Houston Henry Dale Geneva and Coffee counties.
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D. L. Frazier
Birmingham
Frazier
J. W. Craig
Washington, D. C
Fragler
Houston
Henry, Dale
Geneva
Coffee Counties
Grandmother of local residents dies in Thomaston
Funeral for Mrs BF Lee of Thomaston Ga. will be Monday. She is mother of the late Mrs J M Strickland and grandmother of James and Frank Lee and Mary Ann Strickland of Dothan. She died Sunday in Thomaston and often visited Dothan. Paris report notes cabinet peril as Socialist support endangers Paul Francour’s budget plan with potential to topple the government.
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BF. Lee
Thomaston
James and
Frank Lee
Mary Ann Strickland
Paris
Fapi
Paul Ronecour
Hts
M. Paul-Francour
Chamber of Deputies
Agriculture Board Meets in Montgomery on Routine Session
The state board of agriculture held its quarterly meeting at the department of agriculture in Montgomery. The session adjourned before noon after renetting routine business. Board chairman RB. J. Goode of Gastonburg said the matters were purely routine with Seth P. Storrs, commissioner of agriculture, presiding.
30 Day Jail Sentence For Oil Theft At Plant
James Gordon a Negro youth was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail after pleading guilty to entering the Cudahy packing company plant and stealing quantities of cooking oil. Judge Keener Baxley presided in common pleas court and remarked the sentence matched the defendant’s view of sufficiency.
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James Gordon
Cudahy Packing Company
James
Common Pleas Court
Keener Baxley
Gordon
Senate Judiciary Group to Redraft House Beer Bill
The Senate Judiciary subcommittee voted to redraft the House 3.2 percent beer bill with Blaine noting it would fit constitutional limits. An overwhelming majority favored the plan and a new draft with penalties for high percentage beer was discussed while a prohibition repeal resolution awaits Senate action amid House objections.
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Senate
Judiciary Group
Washington
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
House
Blaine
Group of
Judiciary Committee
Garner
Legion spokesman opposes cuts to veterans funds
John Thomas Taylor of the American Legion told a joint veterans committee that wealthy interests seek to shift costs from wealthy taxpayers to distressed local taxpayers. He challenged demands by the National Economy League and the Chamber of Commerce for reductions in veterans expenditures, warning of higher city county and state costs.
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Washington
Ameritecan Legion Today
Joint Veterans Committee
National Economy League
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
John Thomas Taylor
Legion
Train collision kills nine in Bucharest snowstorm
A Bucharest express train collided with a suburban train amid heavy snow, killing nine and injuring about 20. Four suburban coaches were demolished as authorities respond to the crash. In Montgomery, Swift & Co. announced a new cheese plant will start before March 1, creating a 20 000 pound daily milk market and 12 jobs.
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Bucharest
Romania
Cap
Montgomery
Swift & Co
Alabama
Shoplifter Chased by Clerks Through Downtown Block
Jose phine Ward, a Negro woman, led a clerk chase after allegedly stealing a hat from the New Yok store. She refused to halt and ran for over a block before being caught by Officer A C Firth. Ward was bonded out and is due in recorder's court Monday afternoon.
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Josephine Ward
A. C. Firth
Negroriends
Recorder'’S Court
Riots and Military Measures Across Six Nations
Riots and revolts spread through six countries this week with four invoking military law and one threatening action. Spain and Alwar in India saw continued disturbances with dozens killed or wounded as martial law took hold in influenced provinces.
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Associated Press
Trish Free State
Spain
Alwar
India
Germany
Argentina
Cuba
Mrs Stallings Dies in Dothan at 71
Mrs. Fannie Stallings 71 died at 1205 Magnolia avenue home of her son in law Floyd C. Forrester after a brief pneumonia illness at 2 20 am. She leaves one daughter Mrs Floyd Forrester and one sister Mrs Alice Shelton of Columbia Tenn. Funeral at 4 pm at Forrester residence with Rev W R Bickerstaff and Rev Clement Ritter officiating burial in city cemetery active pallbearers listed and arrangements by Dowling and Rhodes.
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Fannie Stallings
Floyd C. Forrester
Magnolia Avenue
Stallings
Slater
Alice Shelton
Columbia, Tenn
Foster Street
Forrester
J E Lewis Installed As Kiwanis Governor Of Dothan District
J E Lewis of Selma was installed Tuesday as governor of the Kiwanis clubs in the district succeeding John K Watking of Ope Uke. The ceremony followed a luncheon in his honor after a club presidents meeting on a 1933 membership drive and district program. George Kimball of Kiwanis International joined guests in Birmingham before the Montgomery meeting.
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Montgomery
J. E. Lewis
Selma
Kiwanis Clubs
John K. Watking
Ope- Uke
Lewis
Birmingham
Kiwanis
George Kimball
Kiwanis International
Ensley
Reverend Bates Dies From Paralysis Attack in Tennessee
Jackson AP report says Reverend A. L. Bates aged 48, pastor of Guntersville Alabama Baptist church, died Tuesday from a paralysis attack suffered while visiting relatives. Funeral set for today in Jackson Tennessee.
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Jackson, Tenn
A. L. Bates
Guntersville
Ala
Baptist
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