Quest of Big Fund Pushed by Democrats
Roosevelt Shouse and Smith gave victory addresses as Democrats launched a fund drive of 1,500,000 to pay debts and finance a campaign. Joutt Shouse warned against overconfidence in Chicago, Roosevelt urged a nonpartisan campaign in New York, and Alfred Smith received an ovation in Boston. Smith avoided committing to a 1932 candidacy.
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Associated Press
Democracy
1St Quest
Roosevelt
Bhouse
Smith
Chicago
Jouett Shouse
Democratic Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Resolutions Committee
North Dakota
Democratic Convenni
Alfred Smith
New England
Boston
Former Governor Smiths Son Arrested in Homicide Tech Charge
Walter Smith, 22, son of former Governor Alfred Smith, was arrested in New York on a technical charge of homicide after his car struck and killed Harry Wallace, 55, who was crossing the street against the traffic. Police said the charge follows routine procedure.
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New York
Walter Smith
Alfred Smith
Harry Wallace
Young Smith
Woman charged with bigamy in Florida case
Mrs H E Davis aged around twenty one faces bigamy charges in New Smyrna after allegedly marrying four times. Her latest husband Davis is jailed for knowingly marrying a wife of another man. Widow Widener alleges prior marriages and divorces. County court may impose up to a $500 fine.
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New Smyrna
H. E. Davis
Abdy
Davis
Oak Hill
Gary Widener
New Nyrna
Atlanta
Flagler
Widener
Florida
Former Lab Worker Starts New Lab Role in Mobile
Miss Eunice Watson, previously with the state branch, began work at the Mobile laboratory. Ming Watson assisted at the laboratory for the same period.
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Mobile
Court Rules Jurors Must Weigh Evidence Not Be Witnesses
Court of Appeals reverses six month petit larceny verdict against George and Herman Mitchell in Montgomery. Evidence showed 21 journal brasses were stolen but value not proven. Trial judge wrongly instructed jurors that any value meant guilt, leading to remand for new trial.
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Montgomery
Court of Appeals
Appelate
George
Herman Mitchell
Jefferson Circuit Court
Mitchells
Democrats Need War Chest of 1 5 Million Says Shouse
Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, urged a 1.5 million dollar war chest to expand party activities over the next six months. He spoke at the Illinois victory campaign luncheon in Chicago, aiming to tell the Democratic story more impressively before the convention opens and secure election gains prior to it.
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Chicago
Democratic Party
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Committee
Dlinois
Shouse
Ariton Prepares For Lanier Game On January Twenty Second
Ariton High School basketball team works overtime for the January 22 home game against Sidney Lanier High of Montgomery. Coach O C Doster declines to predict victory but hopes for a close score against the strong Montgomery five.
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Ariton, Ale
Ariton High
Sidney Lanier High
Montgomery
Ariton
O. C. Doster
Banquet Attracts Over 150 A C L Employees
More than 150 employees of the A C L Railway are expected to attend the January banquet tonight. Employees from surrounding towns will join the dinner hosted by the A C L employee club.
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A. C. L. Railway Company
A.C. L. Employes
A. C. le
Justice Department Probes Hawaii Law Enforcement
The Justice Department investigates Hawaii law enforcement amid a Honolulu murder case that drew Navy and Interior help and a House report blaming Governor Judd for island crime conditions. Four Americans await trial for killings as Senator McKellar seeks direct Senate committee inquiry. a preliminary survey could finish within 10 days and Mitchell will decide on further steps.
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Washington
Justice Department
Honolulu
Navy and Interior Departments
House
Judd
Hawaii
Mitchell
McKellar
Tennessee
Senate
Georgia Tulane clash to be played in Athens Oct 8
The Georgia Tulane football game is set for October 8 in Athens, marking an earlier meeting than usual. Georgia opens against Texas A M October 1, followed by Vanderbilt October 15 and Auburn October 22 with a slate of key games including South Carolina, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Sewanee, and LSU later in the season. Nellie Felts of Hattiesburg is captain and John Seaside of Bay St. Louis is alternate captain for the Green Wave.
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New Orleans
Athens
Green Wave
Texas A. & M
Vanderbilt
Auburn
South Carolina
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Kentucky
Lexington
Sewanee
Louisiana State
Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Nellie Felts
John Seaside
Felts
Hattiesburg
Seaside
Bay St. Louis
Sugg Named Local Rep for Birmingham Investment House
Headland resident F B Sugg has been appointed local representative of the Investora Syndicate of Birmingham. He will live in Headland but spend much time in Dothan as the Birmingham firm expands in the territory.
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F. B. Sugg
Investment House
Headland
Investora Syndicate of
Birmingham
Sugg
Dothan
Birmingham Investment Company
L¢Nis
Former convict department employee testifies on Heflin fund
J. B. Mixon of Hamilton testified he contributed part of his wages to the Heflin Locke campaign in 1928 while a guard at the Marion county convict camp. He said a superior officer ordered the contributions and the last check was endorsed by Hamp Draper, head of the convict department.
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Birmingham
State Convict Department
Heflin Bank
Haring
Heffin
J. B. Mixon
Hamilton
Marion County
Heffin- Locke
Hamp Draper
City School Teachers Clash In Benefit Basketball Game
Dothan women instructors from Young Junior High will face women faculty from five city schools in a 7:30 pm charity tilt at the Dothan Athletic Club. Both sides trained daily as crowds prepare to watch the teachers play. Proceeds support the schools.
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Dothan
Two Dothan Golfers Set for Panama City Pro Am
John Budd of Dothan Country Club and Raymond Spann will play a four player pro-amateur 18 hole match in Panama City against John Willebrand of Cove Country Club and E. J. Johnston. A return match will be staged at Dothan Country Club later.
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Dothan
John Budd
Dothan Country Club
Raymond Spann
Panama City
John Willebrand
The
Cove Country Club
E. J. Johnston
Enterprise Banking Co Officers Named Dividend Declared
Enterprise Banking Co officers for 1932 were elected at the annual stockholders meeting. J. B. Byrd was reelected president, R. B. Martin vice president, J. B. Rollins cashier, and Ben Byrd Henderson assistant cashier. A ten percent dividend was declared, the 28th since founding. The dinner followed at Hotel Rawls hosted by President J. B. Byrd.
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Hotel Rawls
J. B. Byrd
Boy Feeds and Seeks Shelter for Destitute Horse in Atlanta
A 13 year old boy named William Jackson arrived at Atlanta police headquarters at dawn with a frail horse. He claimed to have hiked from Pennsylvania to find the animal a home and asked officers to feed it. The horse was given a meal and a stall as authorities arranged care.
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Atlanta
William Jackson
Pennsylvania
Albany Chamber Leader Named Georgia VP of Taft Memorial Highway
John A. Davis, president of the Albany Chamber of Commerce, is named Georgia vice president of the Taft Memorial Highway Association. The highway runs from Michigan to Fort Myers Florida, entering Georgia from Chattanooga and passing through Albany and Valdosta into Florida.
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Albany
John A. Davis
Albany Chamber of Commerce
Georgia
William Howard Taft Memorial Highway Association
Michigan
Fort Myers
Fla
Chattanooga
Valdosta
Floride
Careful Water Testing Aims to Detect Typhoid Germs
Houston county health officials and an Eagle reporter collected a well water sample from a Selma area farm home two miles southwest of Do than for typhoid analysis at the Dothan laboratory. The process used a cleaned bottle lowered by rope to avoid hand contact, and results will guide the family on obtaining pure water.
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County Health Department
Houston County Sanitary Inspector
Eagle
Selma
Dothan
State Laboratory
Branch State Laboratory
Houston
Crippled Children Travel to Birmingham for Treatment
Samuel Skipper, 3, and Alto John son Jr., 3, will visit the Children's Hospital in Birmingham for evaluation and shoe adjustments. They have prior treatment at the facility and will remain one day. Welfare officials note the trip covers work on cases from their first visit two months ago.
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Samuel Skipper
Alto Johnson, Jr
Birmingham
Children’s Hospital
Alto
Machado frees political prisoners in Cuba revolt fallout
President Machado orders release of 248 political prisoners held in Havana jails. The move follows earlier liberation of former President Menocal and others during the Cuban unrest.
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Havana
Machado
Cuba
Gall
Menocal
Wek
Weevils Forecast Tough Cotton Campaign Near Dothan
Eight miles from Dothan on the Montgomery highway L E Dasinger predicts a severe boll weevil year unless freezing weather arrives before March ends. He reports live weevils in cotton bolls and notes January presence is unusually strong. He doubts plowing will kill them and warns the crop may suffer or be wiped out.
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L. E. Dasinger
A. H
M. S. Carmichael
Dothan
Montgomery Highway
Dasinger
Eagle Office
Heiress Convicted of Slaying Garage Worker Sweetheart
Miss Helen Joy Morgan a 27 year old heiress was convicted of second degree murder for the April slaying of her garage mechanic sweetheart Les le Castell. Judge James Parker sentenced her to 2 to 24 years in prison with a recommendation of 29 years.
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Flint, Mich
Helen Joy Morgan
Lesle Castell
James Parker
Geneva rivers slowly receding after flood rise
The Choctawhatchee river at Geneva fell back to about eight feet above normal, with about 14 inches retreat since yesterday afternoon. The Pea river at Geneva also rose significantly, according to local reports.
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Geneva
Not Interested in Shoals Lease
Washington January 15 AP W B Bell president of American Cyanamid says he is not interested in leasing Muscle Shoals after a two hour meeting with the house military committee Bell cites current business conditions as making a bid unlikely and he notes unfamiliarity with the Shoals commission recommendation which favored leasing the plant for chemicals and fertilizer past bids by Cyanamid were rejected
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Washington
W. B. Bell
American Cyanid Company
House Military Committee
Bell
Shoals Commission
Cyanamid
Shoals
Churchmen Less Active Than Politicians, Jones Avers
Bob Jones at the city auditorium revival claims churchmen do not do half as much for God as politicians do for votes. He urges Christians to shoulder responsibility for salvation while noting two weeks of revival fees end Sunday. Clifford Lewis to lead youth meetings next week.
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Bob Jones
City Auditorium
Clifford Lewis
Former Kaiser IIIs Illness Reported in Holland
Former Kaiser Wilhelm III is ill with a stubborn bronchitis attack. Ten days earlier he suffered influenze and cold and was ordered to bed by physicians. He had reportedly recovered but remains indoors.
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DOORN
Holland
Kaiser Wilhelma
Road Funders' Association picks Cutler as president
T E Cutler of Jefferson City Missouri chief engineer of the Missouri State Highway Commission was named the next president of the American Road Funders Association in a report from the convention's nominating committee. He is slated to assume the role after the ceremony.
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Detroit
T. E. Cutler
Jefferson City
Missouri State Highway Commission
American Road Funders’ Association
Permit Issued to Repair Residence at 204 N Herring Street
A repair permit for the residence at 204 North Herring Street was issued yesterday by the city clerk. The permit cites a $1X cost and names J C Bond and W W Bond as the contractors, per clerk’s records.
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N. Herring Street
RF. Sheppard
J.C
W W. J. Bond
Ten Die as Gale Wrecks Tennessee Farm Homes
A tornado swept through two farming communities near Trenton Tennessee killing ten members of the Rice family and injuring others. Names listed include P W Rice Opal Hazel Edith James Horace P W Rice Jr six months Elsie McDaniel with Lucille Rice and May Ann Rice hospitalized. Telephone lines limited damage estimates.
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Trenton
Tenn
P.W Rice
P.W. Ricas Opal
Hazel
Edith
James
Horace
P.W. Ries Jr
Elsie
Clothing Available From Military Unit For Needy Persons
Military surplus clothing at low cost is offered to charitable organizations for distribution to the needy and unemployed. The program, authorized by Secretary of War Patrick Hurley, applies to items issued to U S Army recruits. Applications must specify item sizes and certify non resale and alteration to remove uniforms’ distinctive character. Eligible agencies include welfare offices, Associated Charities, Salvation Army, Y M C A, Y W C A, and the Red Cross.
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Montgomery
State Military Department
W. S Lewis
U. S
Patrick J. Hurley
Lewis
Alzes
U. S. Army
Hartley A. Moon
Bainbridge Street
City and County Welfare Workers
Associated Charities
Salvation Army
The
Red Cross
Registration Books For Houston County Voters Open Jan. 25
Registration of Houston County voters opens January 25 for ten days. T. G. Fortson chairs the board of registrars, with H. Purcell and C. B. Farmer on the registration committee. Sessions will be at the courthouse.
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Houston County
T. G. Fortson
H. Purcell
C. B. Farmer
Cotton crop seen at 11 million bales in 1932
HATTIESBURG Miss Jan 13 E F Creekmore general manager of the American Cotton Cooperative Association says the 1932 cotton crop will approximate 11 000 000 bales and will be a surplus crop.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
E. F. Creekmore
American Cotton Cooperative Association
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