Strike Battle Creates Scare in Minneapolis
Reported clashes left 68 injured as police and strikers clashed in Minneapolis. Union driver leader Miles Dunne urged a nationwide walkout while Seattle rail workers faced tear gas and a 300-officer intervention. Portland and San Francisco saw ongoing strikes and a delayed return to normal.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Miles Dunne
Seattle
Charles L. Smith
Portland
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Carmen
Market Street Railway
Parkersburg
W. Va
ames-Baldwin-Wyoming Tool Works
Truck Drivers Strike Talks Falter In Minneapolis
Representatives of striking truck drivers accepted a tentative agreement in Minneapolis on July 21 but employers refused to sign, leaving the stalled labor dispute unresolved and the threat of continued work stoppages.
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Minneapolis
Guardsmen Return After Two Weeks of Drill
Dothan national guard unit members of the battery and medical detachment will return home Sunday with pay envelopes averaging $15 each. A special train from Columbia, South Carolina is scheduled to arrive after noon tomorrow, carrying the guardsmen who left two weeks ago for the annual encampment.
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Dothan
National Guard
Columbia
S.C
Headland Postmaster Examination Slated
The postponed examination for Headland postmaster will be held about August 18, announced by John H. Bell secretary of the local civil service examining board. Applicants for the $1,900 a year job may file through August 3. The Headland office is third class.
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Headland Post Office
John H. Bell
Civil Service Examining Board
Headland Office
Obligating of Members at Dothan VFW Post No 3073
Dothan's new VFW Post No 3073 will obligate members next Wednesday night at the Woodmen of the World hall. John B. Joyner adjutant of the Montgomery post and Alabama post leaders will attend. Lapel pins will be awarded to members. Commander Carl E. Sellers urges full attendance.
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Dothan
VFW
Woodmen of the World Hall
John B. Joyner
Montgomery Post
Alabama
Carl E. Sellers
Sellers
Weather roundup unsettled coastines and fair warm inland
Alabama expects generally fair and warm conditions with unsettled coastal areas. Tennessee forecasts fair and continuing warm tonight into Sunday. Florida shows fair tonight and cloudy Sunday with local thunder showers. Extreme Northwest mentions east portion.
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Alabama
Tennessee
Welcome Brother Church Foreclosure Turbulent Life
J A Russell bought Welcome Brother the Negro church at foreclosure but faced disruption as members continued worship. After a later court petition the congregation agreed to rent for 3 dollars a week, rents stopped after three weeks, a storm then destroyed the church, and Judge E B Pomeroy allowed recovery of the debris.
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Welcome Brother
J. A. Russell
Russel
Russell
E. B. Pomeroy
Future of Papen discussed by two Reich chieftains
Berlin July 21 AP two conservativer leaders President Paul von Hindenburg and Konstantin von Neurath met at Hindenburgs Neudeck estate to discuss Franz von Papens future amid opposition to Nazi policy. The meeting followed Hitler’s June 30 revolt and occurred during a vacation period with leaders away from the capital. Prison terms and fines reinforced Germanys drive to secure foreign exchange. Hendrick Bahlmann of Holland jailed seven months and fined 12000 marks for treason against public economy for failing to reveal a 80000 florin Dutch bank credit.
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Berlin
Germany
Paul von Hindenburg
Konstantin von Neurath
von Hindenburg
Neudeck
East Prussia
Adolf Hitler
Franz von Papen
Hendrick Bahlmann
Holland
Sweet Spirits Seized by Food Act Officials
Investigators of the Pure Food Act administrator condemned 126 bottles of Sweet Spirits of Nitrate at J. W. Daughtry's wholesale grocery. The bottles will be destroyed after Judge C B Kenner issues an order. Investigators have condemned many foods and drugs in local warehouses recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Daughtry
U. S
C. B. Kennamer
Convict Recaptured in Maine Prison Break
Allen H. Twitchell, 38, a member of a three man escape group from the state prison, was recaptured this morning in Wahoboro after escaping last night at Thomaston, Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomaston
Allen H. Twitchell
Wahoboro
Floods Beset Warsaw as Vistula Reaches Palace Gates
In Poland floods from the Vistula flood toward Warsaw with more than 200 dead and $200 million in damage. The water rose to 16 feet, threatening the Presidential palace if it passes 19 feet. Police, troops, and volunteers race to repair embankments as nearby towns flood and farmers suffer.
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Warsaw
Poland
Vistula
Carpathian Mountains
Prager
Luna Park
U S liquor agents arrest three in Geneva county
United States investigators of the alcohol tax unit arrested three men in the western part of Geneva county late Friday and seized ten gallons of unpaid liquor and an automobile. The trio was held for action of the U S grand jury with bond set at 500 dollars. Oscar J. Adams of Opp pleaded guilty while the others Fred G. Tomkins and John H. Reeves claimed innocence. The hearing was before Commissioner Beaty B. Whiddon.
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United States
Alcohol Tax Unit
Geneva County
Houston
U. S
Grand Jury
Oscar J. Adams
Opp
Fred G. Tomkins
John H. Reeves
Beaty B. Whiddon
Alberta Lillian Simms to Perform at Southeast Alabama High
The City Choral Club brings Alberta Lillian Simms a noted Negro musician and Tuskegee instructor to Southeast Alabama High School for a Monday evening concert at eight. Tuskegee students and others will participate. white reservations are being made per R. L. Holloway.
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City Choral Club
Alberta Lillian Simms
Chicago Conservatory of Music
Tuskegee
Southeast Alabama High School
R. L. Holloway
Death in Playhouse Traps Four Year Old Cyril Yetman
A children's play house in St John s Newfoundland caught fire after a child lit dry brush with a match. Four year old Cyril Yetman died as others escaped. The incident occurred in July, AP reported.
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ST. John's Newfoundlan
Cyril Yetman
Cyril
Allen Fiercely Denies Charges in Hollywood Morals Trial
Los Angeles July 21 AP vigorous denials marked the Hollywood morals trial as Dave Allen and Miss Gloria Marsh rebut state charges of involvement in an alleged wild party at Miss June Delong’s apartment. Allen denied participating with the witness and claimed a frame up by enemies.
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Los Angeles
Dave Allen
Gloria Marsh
Hollywood
Allen
Central Casting Bureau
June Delong
Marsh
Miss Delong
Miss Marsh
Mrs. Owings
New Orleans Officials Defy Governor Ouster
New Orleans mayor T Semmes Walmsley police chief George Reyer and district attorney Eugene Stanley refuse to surrender as Governor Allen orders removal. Long calls city a cess pool of iniquity while records guards block entry to the DA’s office amid ongoing anti vice drive.
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New Orleans
O. K. Allen
T. Semmes Walmsley
George Reyer
Eugene Stanley
Huey P. Long
State Administration
Allen
Guards Records
Rever
District Attorney's Office
Walmsley
Eagle River
Wis
Reyer
Stanley
Baton Rogue
Senator Long
Five CCC Workers Drown Near Speculator New York
Five men from a CCC camp at Speculator drowned when their boat capsized on Round Pond in Saratoga County. Three rescuers pulled to safety, including Earnest Brooks of Speculator who died, with four other victims named as William Havens of Syracuse Gerald Lynch of Harrison New Jersey Edgar Van Villard and Fred Rothfuss of Newark. The boat hit a stump while crossing the lake to save five miles of forest fire area.
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Providence
N. Y
CCC
Speculator
Round Pond
Here
Earnest Brooks
William H. Havens
Syracuse
Gerald Lynch
Harrison
N. J
Edgar J. van Villard
Newark
Fred Rothfuss
Brooks
Saratoga County
Alabama officer write ups featured for state magazine
HR. M. Fogarty of Birmingham associate editor of the Alabama Peace Officers and Sheriff's Magazine visited Dothan today. He announced a series of articles on this section and said write ups of local officers will appear in an early edition of the magazine.
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HR. M. Fogarty
Birmingham
The
Alabama
Peace Officers
Sheriff's Magazine
Dothan
Fogarty
FERA payroll totals posted for Houston County workers
A payroll totaling 2192.37 was distributed to 763 Houston County FERA workers today at FERA headquarters at city hall for the past week. Twenty five special workers on the Cottonwood project for constructing the Cottonwood school building also received checks totaling 346.80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
FERA
City Hall
Cottonwood
Cottonwood School
City to open bids for 800 gallon gasoline tank car
City officials will open bids on a tank car of gasoline containing 800 gallons on Monday. A bid at 7 12 cents per gallon is expected to be accepted. The purchase was authorized by the city council last Monday night.
King of Andorra Kicked Off Throne in Comic Reign Ends
In Barcelona on July 21 AP reports Boris J or Boria Skyosayres, a Pole who proclaimed himself king of Andorra, was taken into custody on charges of disturbing the peace and being an undesirable alien. Detektives replaced guards as his imaginary court dissolved.
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Andorra
Barcelona
Spain
Boris J
Boris
Boria Skyosayres
Beourgell
Alabama Strikers Return to 1 Million Mills Closed
Alabama textile strike activity eased as 23 mills remained closed while the Munford plant of Southern Mills reopened. About 100 workers were affected. pickets stayed at Oxford and other sites, with no reopenings or new actions reported.
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Munford
Huntsville
Als
Alabama
Southern Mills Corporation
Oxford
Bame Company
Earthquakes Strike Panama City Destroy Homes
A second quake in Panama reported many deaths and widespread damage at the port area of Puerta Armuelle. Details were unavailable as tremors toppled houses in drenched districts and left property losses high.
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Panama
Pueesta Armuelle
Ines
Dravid City
Underpass Survey Planned For Local Road Project
State highway engineers will survey plans soon for a proposed underpass along Headland road to ease congestion. The project, funded with federal aid, would create a new Dothan access and rework curves on the Montpeor ery highway near Ber Line Pharmacy.
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Montpeorery Highway
Ber Line
Dothan
Five Leave Dothan for Legion Parley
Mr and Mrs C Chapman Mrs M Reese and Mrs Jim Folkes of Dothan plus Mrs George Barns of New Orleans depart for Birmingham to attend the Alabama Department American Legion convention which opens tomorrow and ends Wednesday. Many Dothan Legionnaires and Auxiliary members expected to join.
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C. Chapman
Mo Reese
Jim Folkes
Dothan
George Barns
New Orleans
Birmingham
Alabama Department of the American Legion
Dethan
FCA Reopens Emergency Crop Loan Fund
The Farr Credit Administration reopened its emergency crop loan fund due to national drought pressure. The program will run until September to assist farmers seeking emergency financing.
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FCA
Washingto
Farr Credit Administration
Tuscaloosa Jury Indicts Negro Man in Co ed Attack
Tuscaloosa Alabama July 21 AP James Banks 35 Negro indicted on assault with intent to ravish after an attempted attack on University of Alabama co ed Miss Mary Tate Kicker 20 Banks admitted guilt and was held without bond as a crowd gathered outside the courthouse.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Tuscaloosa County
James Banks
University of Alabama
Banks
State Penitentiary
Mary Tate Kicker
Alberta
Miss Kicker
Florida
Solcitor
Edward Degraffenreid
Castle Hin
Ricker
College of Commerce
R. L. Shamblin
Child Labor Shift Triggers Investigation by Child Bureau
Washington July 21 AP A major shift of child labor from factories to home prompts the Children Bureau to open an inquiry. Many girls aged 12 to 16 work as domestic servants under harsh conditions, rising as factory work wanes during the Depression. The trend worsened in clothing centers as households struggle to pay wages.
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Washington
Burray
Cratera
Gadsden Youth Killed as Car Hits Scooter
Gadsden Ala July 21 Paiie Hitt 34 killed when an automobile driven by Santal Creek hit him as he pulled into the road near Main Street widening project to Hartford highway and Woodland Drive. Project now complete paving 49 feet widening from 1% to 49 feet and will open to traffic in August.
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Gadsden
Ala
Paiie Hitt
Santal Creek
Attalla
Main Street
Hartford Highway
Woodland Jorive
Marie Dressler Fails Steadily After Long Illness
Santa Barbara California July 21 AP Marie Dressler aged 62 continues in a coma from cancer and complications. Doctors report only slight daily changes but over ten days her condition has steadily deteriorated.
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Marie Dressler
Santa Barbara
Calif
F. R. Nuzum
Fight Over Young Girl Ends in Double Slaying in Florence
In Florence Alabama 80 year old Cap Fuller and Miss Dolly Perry with two men in a buggy. Fuller and her brother Ike Perry were shot dead after Fuller seized a cane and attacked rival O B Hill Sr who was in a buggy with Perry. Hill was jailed on a slayings warrant.
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Florence
Ala
Cap” Fuller
O. B. Hill
Dolly Perry
Fuller
Hill
Miss Perry
Ike Perry
Perry
Ming Perry
Mail robber dies with sealed lips in New York
Herbert Myers, alleged mail robber and jail breaker, died early today after resisting arrest with a knife. He was shot by Detective Frank O Neill while being captured at his estranged wife’s apartment and died of peritonitis hours later without confessing to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert Myers
Frank O'Neill
O'Neill
Myers
James Garvey
Northwest Arkansas Hopes for Rain Amid Severe Drought
Fort Smith residents prayed for relief from an extreme dry spell described as one of the worst in the nation. They gathered in humility and faith, asking for rain to ease the heat and dryness gripping the area.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Arkansas City
Fishin Mechanic Invents Gasoline Filtration Plant
Allen, a gasoline pump mechanic, demonstrates a patent pending filtration plant for station pumps. The 16 gallon tank uses a float, mesh strainer, and automatic water separation to keep gas pure, preventing water damage and pump downtime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fishin
Allen
Geneva
Heat Wave Kills Over One Hundred Across Nation
The ongoing heat wave has caused at least 150 deaths nationwide, with Missouri reporting 38 fatalities in two days and Nebraska 23 in about a week. Other affected areas include Kansas four, Oklahoma six, Connecticut two, Ohio ten, Minnesota three, Chicago 26, Iowa six, New York three, Texas ten, Joliet Illinois one, and Pennsylvania and Indiana one each.
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Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Connecticut
Ohio
Minnesota
Chicago
Quincy
Iowa
Ew York
Texas
Joliet, Il
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Record Heat Sweeps Midwest as Temperatures Surge
Day three of blistering heat saw readings above 100 across Ohio and Iowa with highs near 109 in St Louis and 114 in Mexico Missouri. Cities urged water use limits and fire hazard precautions while livestock losses rose as drought and thirst intensify. A case of child punishment in Fort Wayne drew humane society attention as heat worsened conditions.
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Ohio
Iowa
Mexico
Iowan
Mid-West
Chicago
Fort Smith
Ark
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ray Schoff
Humane Society
Schoff
Hvestock
Breckinridge's Daughter Dies in Target Shooting Accident
Louise Dudley Breckenridge, 17, daughter of Colonel Henry Breckinridge, was killed at Battery Park Maryland when her .22 rifle snagged on a fence as she attempted to scale it. The weapon discharged, striking her in the heart. Breckinridge, a New York lawyer, served as an assistant secretary of war under Wilson and was a close associate of Charles A. Lindbergh.
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Washington
Louise Dudley Breckenridge
Henry Breck Inridge
Battery Park
Bethesda
Maryland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Wilson
New York
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Columbia, D. C
Headland
Papen
Neurath
U.S
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Screen Villian
Pearl Howings
Harman
State Magazine
Alabama Strikers
Canal Zone
Cottage Grove
Child Bureau
Girl
St. Louis
Plains States
Pierre, & D
Leavenworth
Kan
Breckinridge
Self
Santa Monica
Jim Farley
Baby Leroy
Jim
Leroy
Will Rogers
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