Man charged with murder of his bride in Dadeville
Ira Marable, 37, was jailed after neighbors found his wife, 40, slain by an ax in their rural Dadeville home. Officials seek an unnamed accomplice. motive appears robbery as stocks and money were missing. A hatchet was found. dogs followed a blood trail, but the outcome remains unsettled.
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Dadeville
Ira Marable
Kyle Young
Ssr Marble
Marable
Dateville
Young
Spring Loses Power Of Romance In One County Of Alabama
Tuscaloosa county marriage licenses issued in 1932 show June with only 42 licenses, February leading with 72, December 68, November 67, and October 66, indicating a lull in spring nuptials.
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Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Sofar
Tuscaloosa County
Bus Line Petitions To Be Heard Feb 23
Two petitions by Capitol Motor Lines, buyers of the Montgomery to Andalusia bus line from White Bus Line, are set for consideration February 23 by the Alabama Public Service Commission. One seeks authority to take over the permit of the Montgomery Andalusia branch, the other for permission to extend the line from Andalusia through Florala via Opp.
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Montgomery
Capitol Motor Lines
Andalusia
White Bus
Alabama Public Service Commission
Montgomery-Andalusia
Florala
Opp
McFadden Proposes New Coin Denominations
Representative McFadden of Pennsylvania introduces a bill to authorize new coinage including a half cent, one and a quarter cent, one cent and a half cent, two cent, and three cent pieces in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McFadden
R. Pa
Dothan Headland Highway Open After Paving Finish
The seven mile Dothan Headland highway surface between Dothan and Henry county line is now open to traffic after contractors announced completion. Heavy rain slowed work but officials noted the surface mirrors the Alabama Florida highway standard and Henry County may rescind prior plans to hard surface beyond the county line.
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Dothan and
Headland Highway
Henry County Line
Alabama and Florida
Dothan
Henry County
Abbeville
Pencil Strangles Girl. Brooklyn Case Breaks Wide
A gaudy striped pencil found on a Brooklyn cellar floor led to the confession of Lloyd Price, 22, who admitted luring six year old Helen Sterler into the cellar and strangling her with a clothes line. Price had prior reformitory sentences for attacks on two boys and was among several suspects in the neighborhood’s pattern of girl assaults.
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New York
Helen Sterler
Brooklyn
Lloyd Price
Helen Eterler
Price
SCRIP CIRCULATES WITHOUT TROUBLE
Central Relief committee issues self liquidating coupons that circulate smoothly as merchants accept them for $1 purchases. Unemployment Relief bureau reports no refusals. stamps required only for later users, not initial receivers. Merchants are urged to stock stamps and cancel them by dating and stamping.
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Central Relief Committee
Unemployment Relief Bureau
Central Committee
John Doe
Laye Denied Bond in Woman's Death
Charlie Laye of Bigkely Georgia remained jailed after a Justice of the Peace refused bond on a murder charge connected to the Nov 11 Geneva Hartford highway collision that killed Mrs Susie Farmer of Dothan. Her four daughters were among the seriously injured as the case heads to the February grand jury.
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Geneva
Charlie Laye
Bigkely
Justice of the Peace
W. R. Draughon
Bond
Dewndant
Susie Farmer
Dothan
Justice of Peace
Georgia
Laye
Farmer
Geneva-Hartford
Hartford
Showgirl Mary Clark Sues Tyng for 250000 in Breach
New York report states Mary Clark a red haired showgirl from Anniston Alabama filed a 250000 breach of promise suit against Jewell T Tyng a social register member. Clark alleges Tyng asked her to marry in Europe then divorce in Reno and return to America.
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New York
The
Daily News
Mary
Clark
Broadway
Anniston
Ala
Jewell T. Tyng
Europe
Reno
Ruth Hapgood Tyng
Norman Hapgood
Miss Clark
Tyng
America
Motorcyclists Meet In This City Tonight
A meeting to form a Dothan motorcycle club is set for tonight at 7:30 at the courthouse. About 15 to 20 members are expected, with riders from Tallahassee Florida and Thomasville Georgia arriving to help organize. John C. Renfroe invites all interested in Dothan and nearby areas to join.
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Dothan
Tallahassee
Fls
Thomasville
John C. Renfroe
Technocracy views by Dothan merchant in letter to Eagle
Joseph E Saliba argues technocracy is exaggerated yet highlights machines replacing workers. He says postwar reconstruction delayed unemployment but demand for new machinery fell, reducing employment and consumer power, and that a shorter workday could have eased the Hoover era downturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E.saliba
Dothan
The
Eagle
Mr. Saliba
Nine Enterprise Bank Executives Post Bonds in Dothan
Nine officials of Farmers and Merchants National bank of Enterprise linked to a merged bank faced seven federal indictments in Montgomery. Bonds were set at 5 000 dollars for the fire indictment and 2 000 dollars for each remaining count. The total alleged loss exceeds 25 000 dollars. Trials likely at a later session.
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Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Enterprise
First National Bank
Consolidated Bank
Dothan
U. S
Montgomery
John Linton Warren
J. Leo Jeter
Lene H. Sessions
Morgan P. Adams
John H. Sessions
Virgil O. Warren
Leon A. Byrd, Jr
Fred L. Conaidson
Ralph H. Harrison
Marianna
rJeter
Leon A. Boyd, Jr
Lewe H. Sessions
Jeter
Lewe H
Adams
John H
Fred Donaldson
Harrison
Atlanta Evangelist Will Speak Sunday At Beulah Church
The Rev. G. T. Hunt of Atlanta Ga will preach at Beulah church three miles north of Dothan at 11 a m and 7 p m Sunday. Church officials say he is an excellent speaker and large crowds are expected at both services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Hunt
Atlanta
Beulah Church
Dothan
Mr. Hunt
Bainbridge Woman Estelle Jackson Dies at 77
Bainbridge Ge Jan 27 Mrs Estelle Bruton Jackson 77 widow of L O Jackson died yesterday from a heart attack. Native of Bainbridge she is survived by son Dr F R W Jackson and grandson John Fleming whom she lived with. Funeral held this afternoon.
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Bainbridge
Estelle Bruton Jackson
L. O. Jackson
Petition seeks election on commission form of government
City officials avoided comment on a last minute petition drive to force a commission government election. By noon 460 signatures were collected toward the 480 needed from qualified voters in Dothan, with filing possible if the target is met today or tomorrow. Judge H K Martin would certify within ten days.
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H. K.martin
Martin
Commission
Dothan
San
Sheriff Rollins Named State Vice President in Alabama
Joe Rollins sheriff of Houston county was elected vice-president of the Alabama Sheriffs Association to head the third district at the first annual Birmingham meeting. Eight other sheriffs also won vice-presidencies for their districts and Fred H. McDuff Birmingham police chief became association president with Midblife chosen for the 1934 convention site. Rollins returns to Dothan tonight as officers W H Halcombe Jr and Capt George W Houtz were elected first vice president at large and secretary treasurer respectively.
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Joe Rollins
Houston County
Alabama Sheriffs Association
Birmingham
Fred H. McDuff
Midblife
Rollins
Dothan
W. H. Halcombe, Jr
Mobile County
George W. Houtz
Four $25 Peabody Scholarships Announced for Alabama Teachers
Dr A F Harman state superintendent announces a letter from Peabody College Nashville authorizing four $25 scholarships to Alabama teachers for the summer term at Peabody beginning in June.
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Montgomery
A. F. Harman
State Superintendent of Education
Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
Alabama
Peabody
Bird Over Five Feet Tall Baffles Coosa River Residents
In Gadsden on June 27 amateur natural history students were puzzled by a huge bird slain on the Coosa River by Orvilla Glenn. The 61 inch tall creature boasted a wingspan over six feet and resembled a crane but matched no known species.
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Coosa River Section
Gadsden
Coosa River
Orvilla Glenn
Glenn
Salt Lake
Four Injured When Car Leaves Road Near Dothan
An automobile with four passengers overturned in a cotton field near Ashford on the Dothan Ashford highway. Injured were Jesse Powell Walter Bruner Norman Bruner and a younger relative. Powell and the Bruner men were hospitalized with severe but not serious injuries. The youngest occupant was uninjured.
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Dothan
Ashford
Jesse Powell
Walter Bruner
Norman Bruner
Powell
Bruner
Dowling & Rhodes
Death summons Mrs W H Horne at 61 in Dothan
Mrs. W. H. Horne aged 61 died at her Dothan route six home at 1 a.m after a weeklong illness from complications. She is survived by husband W. H. Horne two sons Clayton and Lawrence of Dothan route six two daughters Mrs Emmett Adams near Dothan and Mrs H F Lewis of Ozark four brothers J D Hughes W C Hughes and W C Hughes of Skipperville Al n and J W Hughes of Tampa Fla three sisters Mrs Barto Ward of Ozark Mrs Warren Payne of Skipperville and Mrs Alto Stephens of Skipperville Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m tomorrow at Piney Grove church with Revs O M Murphy and M M Griffin officiating Burial will be in Piney Grove church cemetery Active pallbearers are T J Jackson Frank Melvin L M Walden Ivy Loewis John Griggs Roy Griggs Dowling & Rhodes in charge of arrangements.
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W. H. Horne
Dothan
Route Six
Clayton and
Lawrence Horne
Route Alx
Emmett Adams
Near Dothan
H. F. Lewis
Ozark
J. D. Hughes
W. C. Hughes
Skipperville
Aln
J. W. Hughes
Tampa
Fla
Barto Ward
Warren Payne
Alto Stephens
Piney Grove Church
O. M. Murphy
M. M. Griffin
T. J. Jackson
Frank Melvin
L. M. Walden
Ivy Loewis
John Griggs
Roy Griggs
Dowling & Rhodes
Memorial Building To Alabama Legion Commander
Talladega post of the American Legion plans a memorial building for Capt. Edward R. Wren the state commander who died last year He is the first Alabama state commander to die since 1918 A building site has been secured and the post holds several hundred dollars toward the memorial fund Other posts and auxiliaries statewide will be invited to contribute A contributed book will honor all donors in the building
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talladega
Edward R
Legion Drive Ends Statewide Membership Push
The Alabama American Legion closes its state wide drive Feb 2 with meetings at 115 posts. More than 190 speakers have been assigned to visit posts in every county led by D. Trotter Jones. Membership at state headquarters stands at 5,344 versus 7,641 last year.
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Montgomery
Alabama Department of the Americean Legion
D. Trotter Jones
Alabama Department
Jones
A J Casey Seriously Ill At His Residence
A J Casey living two miles south of Dothan is seriously ill at home with high blood pressure after more than two weeks of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Casey
Dothan
Mr. Casey
Japanese Halt Chinese Drive In Great Wall Conflict
Reports say a Chinese counteroffensive failed to dislodge Japanese forces from Chiamenkow as Japan captured the city two weeks earlier in Jehol preparation for invasion. Japanese planes conducted a sixth bombing raid over northeast Jehol. over 30 000 Chinese troops brace for a push near Kaifu.
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Chiamenkow
Great Wall of China
Jehol
Kaifu
Tokyo
Japanie T
Heiho
Siberian
Ruastiar
Ci'na
MISS MESSER RITES ATTENDED BY MANY FRIENDS IN DOTHAN
Funeral for Miss Katherine Messer who died in a Denver hospital after a long illness was held at the First Baptist church in Campbellton Florida. Burial followed in Campbellton cemetery. Dothan friends who knew her in town attended the services. Nurses from a local hospital were among the mourners.
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Messer
Dothan
Katherine Mesager
Denver
Colo
Fiist Baptist
Campbellton
Fla
Miss Messer
Bessie Marshall
Lenor Hatcher
Booby Paul
Louise Gay Pearl Coots
Kittle Sellers
Jobless of Houston to Start Eight New Projects Monday
Eight more projects in Houston county funded by RFC will begin Monday, boosting employment to 300. Drainage work at Pawsey Webb Kinsey Ashford and road work at Sigma Gordon Madrid and Wilson's Mill on Cottonwood road are included. About 136 men already work on RFC funded jobs.
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Houston County
R.F.C
Pawsey, Webb, Kinsey
Ashford
Sigma, Gordon
Madrid
Wilson's Mill
Cottonwood Road
Foan
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Legion
Great Wall
Jebol
Russia
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Serbia
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