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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1934
Page
4
The growing Pacific Coast Maritime strike triggers a wave of walkouts across San Francisco and nearby areas. 27 000 already cut with 4 892 more joining as longshoremen sailors cooks engineers and officers join. Officials await crisis as city leaders mobilize.
The Houston theater advertised a Friday the Thirteenth showing of the mystery film Black Cat at 10:30 p.m. It drew questions from patrons about superstition and their ability to endure the scare. The film did not arrive on time but was rescheduled for showing later today.
County agent M Ling travels to Guin Alabama to be beside his mother who is critically ill at the bedside.
Forecast shows fair conditions in southern Alabama with increasing cloudiness and a chance of thunderstorms in the northern portions. Extreme northwest Florida sees generally fair tonight with Sunday partly cloudy skies and local thundershowers in the eastern areas.
Central and East Gulf States endure partly cloudy conditions with scattered afternoon thunder showers. Temperatures run normal to above average across the region.
McBee fans built a new Sand Hill league ballpark around a jailhouse. A major donor insisted inmates could watch games, so officials moved nothing and the jail remained inside the park enclosure. The town funded the project with community contributions.
Houston county Democratic committee weighs a primary to fill the sheriff vacancy after the death of Rollins. Six names circulate with various degrees of feasibility while Alex May renews push to be nominated. The committee meets at the courthouse to decide procedure as Joe Rollins cannot succeed his father.
Houston County Welfare board decided yesterday to reorganize the Child Welfare Department with a full-time director within ten days. Current director Mrs C L Colling may be retained or assigned to relief work. The county contributes $1,000 yearly to the unit, with state aid also received.
Examinations for teachers certificates will be held in every county seat town in Alabama on Monday and Tuesday under the supervision of county superintendents of education. Applicants from outside their county must present a state department permit.
Secretary Ickes allotted 2 million dollars in PWA funds for the Great Smoky National Parkway. The project extends from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee, covering about 350 miles.
Mrs. W. G. Pruett leaves for a weekend visit to Troy and Montgomery today. She will return to her office as demonstration agent on Monday.
A 27 year old man R. H. Kuehling and 50 year old Mrs. E. F. Faircloth were found face down on rocks near the 78th street causeway in Miami. Authorities noted facial injuries and investigated drowning theories amid alcohol possible involvement. An autopsy was ordered and liquor analyzed.
Hundreds of residents viewed the body of Wilma Belcher at a local funeral home after Comer Knight, charged with murder, maintained she died by self inflicted action. Knight claimed the girl killed herself. deputies deny a confession. Wilma Belcher, died from a heart wound near FE Troy and N Appletree streets. She is survived by her father W F Belcher, sisters Evelyn and Audrey, and brother John Allen, all of South Bay Florida. Funeral set for 10 a m tomorrow at Clark's cemetery with Houston Funeral Co. in charge.
Applications for junior agricultural statistician and junior legal assistant positions at labor law close July 24th and July 30th. Examinations occur about 15 days after closing. Statistician salary ranges from 2000 to 2600 dollars yearly. Applicants must graduate from an agricultural college or have three years of farm experience.
Doss Kelly a Houston county painter spoke to his girlfriend in jail from the sidewalk and then the back of the jail. Jailer Wiley Collins warned him to stop but Kelly kept talking and now awaits trial on a vagrancy charge.
Abbeville Alabama July 14 special life in jail worsens for Henry County inmates as three prison deliveries sparked a board of revenue decision to end free tobacco. Prisoners lose 15 cent weekly allowance costing taxpayers 15 dollars a month amid misbehavior.
Thirteen Moody Hospital nurses and eight from Frasier-Elms passed the state nursing board examination, earning the title of registered nurse. The Moody group includes Mildred Burns Juanita Arnold Georgia Kimbell Grace Rountree Ruby Hughes Beulah Whiddon Ferrell Harper Frances Shealy Ruby Elliott Idelle Anderson Susie Lee Elvera Bjorklund Estelle Anderson. The Frasier-Ellis list features Lizzie Ford Elizabeth Nordan Sarah Kelly Mildred Reeder Eileen Paul Louise Galt Bessie Guest McMillan Farish.
Tucker prison farm in Arkansas sees reforms as new penal chief L S Todhunter orders removal of shotguns from the Jacksonville women’s prison and abolishes the trusty guard system. Todhunter replaces A G Stedman after a deadly incident involving guard Frank Martin and Helen Spence Eaton.
Dewey Keith, 20, the third man in the Bonifay kidnapping case, was found guilty with mercy after a Holmes County jury deliberated 53 minutes. Co-defendants Barnard Retherford and Millard Keith were convicted with no mercy and face the death penalty. Dewey Keith faces 20 years to life. Mrs. J L Phelps, 77, testified three men entered her home, demanded money, beat her, and left with $1.80 after she hid $1,200.
Hartdale New Jersey July 14 AP agents await a ransom note to justify entering the search for 21 month old Bobby Conner missing since Thursday. FBI and Greenhurst police scrutinize letters as a possible lead while pursuing a suspected itinerant toilet articles peddler in the case.
Savannah, Georgia, reports a lean year record with prompt pay, tax cuts, and budget discipline. Mayor Thomas Gamble credits a 12 percent tax assessment reduction and ongoing savings, noting no bank debt and a united 12-member aldermanic board that votes unanimously after closed-door discussions.
Berlin reports that Adolf Hitler defended the June 30 purge and the execution of 76 men and a woman, warning that any traitor faces certain death. He urged blind obedience while facing mixed foreign opinion and absent diplomats.
The article recalls Blanche Barrow, wife of Clyde Barrow’s brother, jailed in Dothan 55 days as a suspect in an attempted hold up. She later served 20 years in Missouri for a gum battle where her husband and Bonnie and Clyde were involved. Officers were killed. Blanche wrote to Bonnie Parker for money and received $100.
Rainbow Division veterans hold their annual reunion in Detroit to honor dead from the United States and Canada with wreath layings at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument and Joe Ceno tomb in Windsor. Officers to be elected and plans for next year’s gathering discussed. Miami and Washington, D C are interested in hosting. General Henry J Reilly and Col. John M Johnson send greetings.
Relief cases at Houston county FERA headquarters received free pork with their relief checks today as officials disposed of government meat. Checks totaling $2.01 and shared by 741 persons were distributed. Twenty two more men received checks for work on the Cottonwood school building.
B C Apperson executive secretary of Alabama food and grocery distributors code authority will arrive Monday to discuss conditions with Claude Cotton attorney and secretary treasurer of the Dothan control board. Apperson is from Birmingham.
A St Louis mother of four, Mrs Bessie Masterson, was shot to death when Lear B Reed an agent in charge of the Justice Department district fired through her door during a raid seeking the slayer of John C Johnson a witness in the Kelly kidnapping case Her husband Harry Masterson feared opening the door Reed and a team conducted the raid but found no weapons The case prompted an investigation and possible homicide charges against Reed with coroner's inquest pending
Montgomery July 14 AP The death of Dr Hiram C Chalf humane officer was ruled death by own action. A penciled note found by Detective Dennison claimed he planned to take his own life citing age and job loss. The body was found after a shotgun blast in his home and office.
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