Globe Fliers Forced Down Near Minsk
American round the world fliers James Mattern and Bennett Griffin were forced to land near Borisov, 50 miles from Minsk, after their controls failed. Both escaped with slight bruises, their plane wrecked, and they planned to continue to Moscow by train. They left Berlin eight hours earlier and were over half the distance to Moscow. Minsk lies near the Polish border.
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Moscow
Russia
James Mattern
Bennett Griffin
Borisov
Minsk
Tass
Mattern
Griffin
Berlin
Matfern
Post and Gat
Century of Progress
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Ieft
Harbor Grace, N. F
Junior court may get case of boy police here say
Police said the case of Joe Floyd Brown charged with petty larceny in a gasoline theft would be turned over to the juvenile court though officials said they had received no papers. Brown is held on a $50 bond after the fatal shooting of Clarence Cochran. J H Ingram, accused of first degree murder in Cochran’s death, is free on bond and waived to the grand jury.
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Joe Floyd Brown
Clarence Cochran
Brown
J. H. Ingram
Cochran
Sterilizing Drinking Glasses Aids Epidemic Fight
Dr. F G Granger, county health officer, announced that all Dothan drug stores have installed sterilization for drinking glasses to combat Vincent Angina or trench mouth. He said 300 to 400 cases have been reported in Houston county with many reaching serious stages.
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Vincent Angina O
Trench Mouth
Dothan
F.g.granger
Granger
Houston County
Cabinet man turns to making fiddles in Alabama
Frank Aderholt, from Gadsden Alabama, abandoned cabinet making to craft violins after finding a maple tree in Black Creek bottoms. It took four months to complete the first fiddle. Local musicians say the instrument rivals masters in tonal quality.
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Gadsden
Als
Frank Aderholt
Black Creek
Aderholt
Memorial Service Opens Alabama Legion Convention
In Gadsden Alabama the American Legion Alabama Department holds a memorial service Sunday July 24 at First Baptist Church for fallen comrades before its July 25 27 convention. Posts across the state urged to arrive early as activities begin with parades sidelights and various entertainments including a bathing beauty contest junior baseball championship bowling four man golf and a barbecue. Gadsden Attalla and Alabama City coordinate housing for visitors with extra homes prepared.
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Gadsden
Alat
Alabama Department
American Legion
First Baptist Church
Attalla
Alabama City
Legion Posts Strive To Reach Membership Goal Of 10880
American Legion posts across Alabama push a final drive to hit the 10880 member target before the July 25 convention. Adjutant D Trotter Jones in Montgomery says 342 new members are needed and expects a top finish as posts report. Gadsden post plans a three day program for visiting delegates with barbecues dancing and outdoor sports.
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Montgomery
Ala
American Legion
Gadeden
D. Trotter Jones
Gadsden Post
Inc
Sses Barbecus
Children Dreaming Knock Over Lamp Start Bed Fire
Firemen reported a kerosene lamp overturned by a sleeping child, causing a mattress blaze in a bed shared by two youngsters of W N Culpepper. The lamp on a table between two beds toppled and set the bed afire. several mattresses burned but no child was burned.
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W. N. Culpepper
Libby Holman’s Tumultuous Life Before Tragic Death
Libby Holman the former Broadway star and vocalist endured poverty wealth and theatrical triumphs and disasters before her 20 year old husband Smith Reynolds killed himself amid a fortune tied to a will. Reynolds heir to a vast estate reportedly valued around 100 million left no provision for Libby.
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New York
Libby Holman
Smith Reynolds
Broadway
Great Weath
Hollywood
Reno
Libby Jong
Honolulu
Reynolds
Winston Salem
WN. C
Husband Poisoned Wife Lodger Held For Investigation
In Burlington North Carolina the death of Duncan Stewart is under investigation after burial was halted. His widow and a former roomer, Mrs. Stewart and George McBee, were jailed after UNC findings suggested poisoning. Both denied involvement while police pursue new facts.
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Burlington
N. C
Duncan Stewart
University of North Carolina
Stewart
Vets Hospital Admission for John Rollins in Lake City
John Talley Rollins, brother of Sheriff Joe Rollins, was taken by ambulance to Lake City Florida today for admission to the veterans hospital. Sheriff Rollins and his brother Remus accompanied the sick man to Lake City.
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John Talley Rollins
Joe Rolling
I Lake City
Fla
Veterans Hospital
Sheriff Rollins
Remus
Lake City
Veterans Hospital Opens With Modern Medical Equipment
Tuscaloosa opens a new veterans hospital with a million dollar facility. It has 273 beds and a 31 nurse staff plus 11 physicians and surgeons and two dentists. The facility expects regional veterans and eastern Mississippi patients and will require regional bureau approval for admissions.
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Tuscaloosa
Veterans Hospital
George L. Johnson
Alabama
Johnson
Mississippi
United States
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Veterans Bureau
Cotton acreage down 9.5 percent from last year
The Department of Agriculture reports cotton under cultivation on July 1 totaling 37,280,000 acres, down 9.5 percent from a year ago. Alabama planted 3,079,000 acres, a 19 percent drop from last year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Large Crowd Attends D A V Ice Cream Melon Social
A large crowd of Dothan Disabled American Veterans members wives children and friends attended an ice cream and melon social at the Legion clubhouse last night. A short business session preceded the event, with routine matters discussed.
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Dothan
Legion Clubhouse
D.A V
Singers From Three States Expected At Thomasville Gathering
Crowds from Georgia Alabama and Florida are expected to attend an all day Georgia Alabama singing convention at the First Methodist church in Thomasville. James W Evans of Thomasville is president of the convention.
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Thomasville
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
First Methodist
James W. Evans
Thamesville
Liars of Fishing Realm Practice for Alabama Deep Sea Rodeo
Mobile residents report the Alabama Deep Sea rodeo will run August 8 9 and 20 with the contest of the year the biggest liar. Watts of Louisville Kentucky the 1931 winner recalls a fantastical tarpon tug of war while seven anglers bartered oaths and lines in a wild fishing tale.
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Mobile
Ala
Fisherman Watts
Louisville
Public hearing on Alabama railroad freight rates postponed
A public hearing on the Alabama railroad proposal to revise freight rates for scrap is delayed from July 76 to September 16. The session will be held in Birmingham. The postponement followed a vote of interested parties.
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Alabama Railresd
Birmopehim
Partier
Licensed to Wed in Gordon and Jakin GA
Elmer V. Lavenser of Gordon and Mae Springer of Jakin Georgia were offered a marriage license at the probate judge office here Thursday.
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Elmer V. Lavenser
Gordon, Or
Logis Mae Springer
Jakin Ga
Elks Gather for Sixty Eighth Grand Lodge Convention
Birmingham prepares for 10000 delegates as the Elks hold their sixty eighth annual grand lodge convention. Bands drill teams and visiting bands perform, with memorial services and a parade concluding the event. Local greetings, annual trapshoot and golf events, and a Dixie Jubilee are on the schedule with new officers to be installed.
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Birmingham
Ala
The
Elks
Grand Lodge of the Fraternal Order
John R. Coen
B. M. Allen
Golf Rivals Set for Alabama State Tourney
Pensacola, July 8. Sam Perry and Crenshaw, Southern Amateur finalists, prep for the Alabama state tournament in Birmingham July 20. Perry and Crenshaw lead a strong Birmingham entry including Johnny Morris, Jack Shipp, Sam Friedman, Walter Shearer, Fd Vaughan, Charlie Alison, Frank Litz, Beverly Wahbers, Eugene Munger, John Donovan, Gordon Smith, with invitations issued by Vice President Lowell Yerkes.
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Pensacola
Fla
Perry
Montgomery
Shades Valley
Crenshaw
Birmingham
Johnny Morris
Jack Shipp
Anniston
Sam Friedman
Turcaloosa
Walter Shearer
Fd Vaughan
Mobile
Charlie Alison
Frank Litz
Gadaden
Beverly Wahbers
Eugene Munger
John Donovan
Gordon Smith
Bainbridge Employees Take First Pay Cut
In Bainbridge July event, city council approved a voluntary pay reduction for all workers, effective immediately. The mayor and council members accepted the cut, tied to fixed annual budgets, with expected savings of about $20 per worker per year. The move was described as at the request of the Decatur County Tarpererg league.
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Mayer J. M
Fee Ced
Decatur Coutts Tarpererg
Boy 4 Sues Father for $5,000 Injury Claim
Four year old John Gheesling sues his father J L Gheesling of Ashford in circuit court for $5,000 alleging injuries from an automobile crash on September 6, 1931. He seeks a jury trial and claims lacerations on the forehead and bruises due to negligent driving.
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John Gheesling
J.L. Gheesling
Ashford
Young Gheesling
Death of Noah D. Cameron Postal Employee in Ashford
Noah D. Cameron 51 a longtime letter carrier in Dothan died at his Ashford home of acute indigestion. He delivered mail yesterday and felt fine until 4 a m when breathing difficulties began. He died two hours later after a physician was summoned. Cameron served 19 years in the northeast Dothan route and earlier taught at Houston County schools. He was a Baptist Sunday school superintendent and a deacon, plus a Masonic member. Survived by wife Latsie four children and other relatives. funeral Sunday at Ashford Baptist Church with burial in Memphis church cemetery.
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Noah D. Cameron
Dothan
Ashford
Mr. Cameron
Cameron
Houston
Baptist Sunday School
Pythagoras Lodge
I. Cameron
Youths Gather for Alabama Future Farmers Convention
More than 600 Alabama youths are expected to attend the third annual Alabama Future Farmers of America convention July 15 and 16 at Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Prominent agricultural researchers and practical farming speakers will address attendees during a program blending education and entertainment.
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Atburn
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Division
Future Farmers of America
Hoya
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Alabama Vision
Average Hog Market in Houston County Falls
County farm agent J. H. Witherington says farmers raise more hogs for fall sales. No unusual market prices expected this fall. the regular market will be noted this year.
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Houston County
J. H. Withering
Bubbles Seen On Sea Where Submarine Promethee Vanished
Salvage vessels report air bubbles on the surface above the Promethee wreck seven miles north of Levi in 245 feet of water. The submarine with more than 60 men aboard went down after hull was located, with Italian salvage vessel Artiglio II en route from Brest to Cherbourg.
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Cherbourg
France
Jay
Levi
Artiglio TI
Brest
Town terrorized as bandits flee with policeman
Six unmasked bandits abducted town marshal J. R. Stevens in Childersburg Alabama, tied him and forced his car from town. They robbed a church, four stores, and a $500 safe, rifling cash registers across the business district. Stevens later found by a passerby. One bandit claimed he was forced to rob to earn a living since the government would not pay the bonus.
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Childersburg
Ala
J. R. Stevens
Stevens
Beer Legislation Voting Urged in Congress
In Washington July 8 AP urged immediate votes in both Senate and House on beer legalization to bolster finances. Senate bill by Republican Bingham of Connecticut proposes three and two tenths percent beer tax. House Republicans plus 77 signers pressed for an immediate roll call on taxing beer.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Bingham
Connecticut
House
Republicana
Garner
Daily Cotton Letter Market Fluctuates On Weather Outlook
New York July 8 initial cotton prices rose on cables and held steady before a brief intermission. The market reopened six points higher but longs liquidated ahead of weekend weather hopes. Lows were set by offerings and local selling as forecasts call for limited rain in Miss and eastern Ark with showers in Montgomery and Atlanta districts.
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New York
Longs
Ark
Ala
Miss
Montgomery
Atlanta
Secretary in Atlanta Aids Dothan Chamber Deals
The secretary of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce works in Atlanta today on business. Mr Weatherly is expected to return tomorrow.
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Fda Weatherly
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Bustriexe
Vaatherte
Tomorres
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