Two Gun Crowley Executed After Tumultuous End
At Sing Sing on January 22, Fran Crowley known as Two Gun was executed for the murder of Frederick Hirsch. Crowley wore strapped pistols as he died, expressing hatred for police and attempting to see his former girlfriend Helen Walsh, who sat outside in the drizzle during the event.
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Ossing
N. Y
Fran
Crowley
Sing Sing Ma
Helen Walsh
Olman Frederick Hirsch
New York City
Sweatart
Lewis
Lawes
Crowly
New York
Durringer
Ing
Virginia Brannen
Frederick Hirsch
Voters Urged to Pay Poll Tax Within Eight Days
Suston county voters face one more day to settle poll taxes to be eligible for elections. Officials warn that about 33 people paid yesterday and 14 more payments are recorded. deadline set for February 3.
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Suston County
Dothan Golf Week Sets Public Instruction and Exhibition
The Do than Country club hosts Play Golf Week with free beginner lessons Monday to Wednesday led by John Budd and joint Pro-Amateur exhibition Thursday with Cove Country Club Panama City. Cubs tournament Friday for new players, then Saturday school child clinics. Sunday closes with an 18 hole medal event and prize flights.
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Dothan Country Club
John ,Budd
Dothan
Budd
Dothan Course
Cove Country Club
Panama City
Fla
John Willbrand
Cove Club
Young Willbrand
St. Louis
Evangelist Caleb A Ridley dies in Atlanta GA
Dr. Caleb A Ridley 58 year old Baptist minister died in Atlanta hospital. He led Third Baptist Church briefly then did evangelistic work and later worked with William Joseph Simmons founder of the Ku Klux Klan in promoting the organization. He was born in Macon County North Carolina and studied at Wake Forest Mercer and Moody Bible Institute. He served churches in Monticello Quitman Live Oak Beaumont and Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Caleb A. Ridley
Third Baptist Church
Wiliam Joseph Simmons
Ku Kiuz Klan
Macon County
Wake Forest
Mercer
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Monticello, Ga
Quitman, Ga
Live Oak,Fla
Beaumount Texas
Poultry Cooperative Sales Reach in Pickens County
In December 478 Pickens county farmers sold 17,300 pounds of poultry for 2381.87 dollars at cooperative sales held in Alierilie Carrollton Reform and Gorda.
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Carrollton
Ala
Pickens County
Alierilie
Reform and Gorda
Party Must Meet Liquor Question Shouse Declares
Philadelphia January 22 AP Democratic leaders faced the prohibition issue at a national committee dinner. Jouett Shouse chairman said the party must confront temperance amid national problems. He criticized the Anti Saloon League for praising Bishop Cannon at a Washington meeting.
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Philadelphia
Jouett Shouse
National Committee
Shouse
Anti-Saloon League
Bishop Cannon
Washington
Higher Alabama rail rate hearing set amid protest
The Alabama Public Service Commission will reopen Feb 2 to hear petition by Louisville and Nashville lines seeking higher interstate petroleum rates in Alabama. Mobile ports and four carriers oppose. Mobile seeks same reduction given to Louisiana ports. Continuance granted for rebuttal testimony after a key witness missed the hearing.
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Montgomery
Mobile
Alabama
Alabama Public Service Commission
Louisville & Mashville Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Marion M. Caskie
Decatur
Ala
Alabama, Tennessee & Northern
Gulf
St. Louis
San Francisco
Gulf, Mobile & Northern
Leap Year Fails to Boost Marriage Licenses in Houston County
Records from the probate office show marriage licenses issued this week dropped to one couple, indicating leap year has no effect on nuptial activity. Licenses rose late in 1931 but have since declined, with no uptick during the new year.
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Houston
Price Trial Set in Geneva Murder Case
The Price and Bowen murder case moves forward with H. C. Price Jr. scheduled for February 8 in Geneva and Wallace Bowen set for February 11. A confession by Bowen prompted arrests after Mrs. Price died in an Hartford area accident. An axle from the crash scene remains as evidence. Also to face trial are Harold and Clyde Dixon for the Crutchfield shooting on the Bonifay highway. The January 25 session marks Geneva County’s first under Judge Emmett E. Thigpen after district reorganization.
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H. C. Price, Jr
Newville
Geneva
Wallace Bowen
Price
Bowen
Hartford
Dothan
Gom Hurrican Creek
Geneva County
J. A. Driver
Harold
Clyde Dixon
Gence
Adolph Crutchfield
Crutchfield
Bonifay
Emmett E. Thigpen
20Th Judicial District
22Nd Judicial District
Genuine Red Plot in South America
Santiago Chile January 22 AP secret investigations after seizures at communist headquarters show a genuine red plot to establish soviet republics on the west coast of South America remains active. Chile is central to coast agitation with plots tied to Moscow and Montevideo.
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Santiago
Chile
Red
South America
Montevideo
Uruguay
Moscow
Russia
Bolivia
Peru
Ecuador
Sail
Raul Haya de la Torre
Haye de la Torre
Marianna Plans George Washington Bicentennial Celebration
Marianna and Jackson county leaders announce February 22 events to mark Washington birth. A parade will include all schools and organizations, followed by patriotic exercises in the municipal plaza. High schools provide floats with Rotary Club Elks and others, while the Industrial School Drum and Bugle Corps and about 400 boys join the procession.
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Marianna
Jackson County
George ‘S Washington
Municipal Plaza
Rotary Club
Elks
Washington
George M. Cohan
New York
Industrial School
Marianna Band
Six Witnesses Not Yet Summoned to U S Grand Jury
More than 300 witnesses were summoned today to appear before the U S grand jury convening Monday over alleged irregularities in obtaining seed loans. Evidence gathered by government investigators covers Geneva Coffee Henry and Dale counties and may bring before the panel several prominent loan figures.
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U. S
Grand Jury
Geneva
Coffee
Henry
Dale
Boncour Named French Delegate to League Council Meeting
Paris reports Joseph Paul Boncour was named chief French delegate to the League Council meeting next Monday due to Aristide Briand’s illness and Premier Laval’s inability to leave Paris.
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Paris
Joseph Paul Boncour
League Council
Aristide Briand
Laval
Pars
James W. Taylor 50 Dies After Brief Illness at Home
James Walter Taylor, 50, died at his Taylor residence after a brief illness. Funeral will be held at Clark cemetery with Rev. J. D. Kirse and Rev. Peter Baldwin officiating. Houston Funeral Co. in charge. Survived by widow, three sons Bob Taylor of Savannah and Wallace and Jim Rose of Taylor, six daughters listed, four brothers Thomas Alto Taylor of Taylor and Will Moody Taylor of Jacksonville, two sisters Mrs. Langan Kingly of Dothan Route One and Mrs. T. S. Kelly of Columbus.
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James Walter SP Yior
Taylor
Clark Cemetery
J. D. Kirse
Peter Baldwin
Midland City
Houston Funeral Co
Bob Taylor
Savannah
Wallace
Jimrose
Geo. Dickinson
Douthan
Dothan Faces Hartford Quintet In Tonight’s Tilt
The Dothan Athletic club basketball team meets the Hartford Athletic club five on their court after Hartford’s 30 to 11 win over Midland City and 47 to 21 over Slocomb. Dothan has one previous game, a win over Dothan High. The Hartford and Enterprise High School game also headlines the bill. Dothan’s probable starters are Sellars Spann W B Lee forwards Raymond Spann center Flowers Crawford Billy Brown guards with substitutes Drewery Flowers Ashmore Wilder Tom Lane.
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Dothan Athletic Club
Hartford Athletic Club
Midland City Town
Slocomb
Dothan Club
Dothan High School
Hartford
Enterprise
Hartford High
Sellars Spann
W. B. Lee
Raymond Spann
Pupils in Houston County Get Hookworm Treatment
A total of 429 hookworm treatments were to be given today to pupils in 21 Houston county schools by the county health department. Second treatments reached 152, leaving 387 pupils for their first dose as officials examine western and southern areas and anticipate more cases.
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Houston County
County Health Department
Coun
Hog Meat Stored In Thomasville Cold Storage
About 300000 pounds of fresh hog meat are hanging in the Thomasville ice plant cold storage. Hogs were killed and brought in by county farmers to wait for better prices.
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Thomasville
Reparation Deadlock Delays Reparations Conference
Europe stalls again over reparations and war debts as the LauSenne conference is postponed to January 25 after Britain and France agree to the delay. France demands U S reductions in French obligations and suggests extending Hoover moratorium. Germany's Bruening rejects temporary fixes and calls for a final settlement before moratorium ends.
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Associated Press
Europe
Lausenne
Great Britain
France
United States
U. S
Bruening
Germany
One Candidate Announces City Election in Dothan
Mayor J. C. Ezell stated plans to seek reelection as mayor of Dothan. Prospective candidates for councilmen, council president, and mayor must file petitions by February 26 with the city Democratic committee. A declaration form aligned with state rules was adopted by the committee in Birmingham.
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Dothan
City Democratic Committee
J. C. Ezell
Birmingham
Sidney Lanier Heir Bequeaths Rights and 2000 Royalties
Sidney Lanier the poet’s son receives all rights to his father’s writings and future royalties plus a $2000 bequest from his widow in probate. Another son Charles Lanier gets his mother’s jewelry and personal effects for family distribution. The estate’s residue, likely over $5000, will go to Henry W. Lanier of New York and others in Atlantic City and to the heirs of Robert B. Lanier.
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Greenwich, Conn
Sidney Lanier
Lanier
Charles D. Lanier
Henry W. Lanier
New York
Robert 8. Lanier
Mary Louise Day
Atlantic City
N. J
Charging Interest On Taxes Not Paid Not Paid Ad Valorem Taxes accrue interest
Houston county officials warn residents with unpaid ad valorem taxes that interest and fees apply. Real estate taxes were due January 1 and accruing interest since then.
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Houston County
Death of Billy Faulkner From Bicycle Accident
Ten-year-old Billy Faulkner died of a cerebral hemorrhage after a fall from a bicycle on West Main Street near Park Avenue. He previously rode home with Henry Hicks, both Highland school pupils. The Faulkner family is prominent. funeral services will be at 10 p.m. tomorrow at the family home with Rev. L W Dockery officiating.
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Bille Faulkner
W. C. Faulkner
West Main Street
Henry Hicks
H. A. Hicks
Faulkner
Park Avenue
Hicks
Highland School
Billy
Dothan Packing Company
Gene
Maurine
Jane
L. W. Dockery
First Baptist Church
City
Houston Funeral Company
Billy Faulkner
Harper Wright
Trammell Vann
Robert Rush
Charles Roy Hill, Jr
J. Luke Adame
Charles Harmon
Welfare group pays school lunch bill for some children
The Welfare department paid 41.75 for four weeks of school lunches for children unable to buy meals. Community contributions of 50 cents per week aided these lunches, with a 10 cent plate served daily. The program is limited and not available to children whose families have means.
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Welfare Department
Widow Convicted in Fatal Scalding of Stepson
In Lewisburg West Virginia January 22 1941 AP Minnie Stull a 30 year old Princeton widow was convicted of first degree murder for the fatal scalding of her nine year old stepson Mickey in a tub of water. The jury recommended mercy which renders imprisonment mandatory but with mercy.
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Lewisburg
West. Va
Minnie Stull
Princeton
Mickey
Tory
Farmers Receive 2250 For Local Farm Sales In Butler County
Farmers in Butler county have received 2250 dollars for pecans cream and poultry sold recently through the county farm bureau.
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Greenville
Butler County
Th County Farm Bureau
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Mich
Viola May Landon
Lavina Lendon
Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta, Ga
Thigpen
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arrow
Phoenix
Ariz
Agnes Leroi
Judd
Hedvig Samuelson
Leroi
Paul Schenck
J. B. Zaversack
CHIME
James W. Taylor
Justice Holmes
Orie L. Philips
Albuquerque
N. M
Hoover
Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Phillips
Tenth District
Lausanne
Billie Faulkner
W. Main Street
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