Hoover signs relief bill expands Reconstruction Finance power
Washington July 22 AP President Hoover signed the new relief bill without comment enabling the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to deploy 1.5 billion in new funds. Meyer and Bestor to be replaced. The act doubles resources, funds unemployment relief, public construction and agricultural credit, with strict state distribution and monthly loan reports to Congress.
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Washington
Federal
Presient Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corportion
Hoover
Recontruction Corporation
National Parks and Forests
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Meyer
Federal Reserve System
Bestor
Reconstruction Board
Congress
Finance Corporation
Leader of Roosevelt Opposition to Meet Nominee Next Week
Governor Joseph Ely, Mass anti-Roosevelt leader, agreed with James A Farley to meet Roosevelt in Albany next week after a conference that concluded with Farley stating Ely would meet the Democratic nominee and issue a statement thereafter.
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Roosevelt
Springfield
Mass
Joseph Ely
Masssachusetts
James A. Farley
Albany
Farley
Ely
Pursued bicycle and purses found in Midland City
Midland City police recovered a bicycle and several purses believed stolen from Dothan. Authorities said the items were located today, and the bicycle number 85047 was identified among the found goods.
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Midland City
Dothan
Negro Ax Wielder Forces City Workers Off Mosquito Site
Ed Douglas, 65, Negro, jailed on disorderly conduct after allegedly chasing two city mosquito control workers from a property with an axe. Coker Sims and Tom House reported the incident. officers searched the premises for liquor but found none.
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Ed Douglas
Douglas
Coker Sims
Tom House
Dothan Abbeville Highway May Get Tar Surface Soon
The Dothan and Abbeville highway may receive tar surface if Henry county commissioners approve state collection of the one cent gasoline tax. Houston County already voted to keep its tax. state crews would lay slag and tar over 32 miles to two miles north of Abbeville, with material costs funded by the tax.
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Dothan
Abbeville
Henry County
Houston County
State Highway Department
Eufaula
E. O. Jones
Geneva Kidnapping Charge Collapses
Geneva county grand jury did not return true bills on charges of kidnapping against State Fire Marshal R C Searcy and deputy W R West. Miss Pearl Holland had alleged they abducted her and held her for a week while seeking information about a fire. The jury also did not indict on arson.
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R. C. Searcy
W.r.west
Geneva County Grand Jury
Miss Pearl Holland
Miss Holland
Memorial of Peace Dedication at Oglethorpe University
Oglethorpe University Georgia invites all relatives of World War I to contribute a painting or nonfiction book for the Peace Memorial dedication honoring fallen soldiers. The works will be housed in the university memorial per a letter from W Early Hopper director. Washington AP Hoover signed an act charging publishers for notices on undeliverable second class mail.
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Oglethorpe University
Georgia
Dothan
W. Early Hopper
Hopper
Washington
Hoover
Southern Liquid Gas Co plans in Dothan for gas stoves
Victor T. Mavity of Andalusia and J R Clark of Elba in Dothan to organize Southern Liquid Gas Co. to install gas stoves in local homes. Gas to come from Oklahoma in 10 000 gallon tank cars. Office in Merrill Building. $15 000 to launch. $5 000 in stock sold. Mavity intends to move his family to Dothan.
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Victor T. Mavity
Andalusia
J .R. Clark
Elba
Dothan
Southern Liquid Gag Co
Oklahoma
Merrill
Mavity
Alabama Utilities Co
Chile
Honduras
Clark
United States
Panama City
Bainbridge Andalusia
Young Stillman and Mother Injured in Plane Crash Near Gary
Alexander Stillman and his mother Mrs Fowler McCormick were injured in two separate crashes while flying to Gary Indiana from Chicago. Stillman suffered facial lacerations and a skull fracture minor. Mrs McCormick bruises and shock. They expect to return home in a few days.
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Gary
Ind
Alexander Stillman
New York
Fowler McCormick
Mercy Hospital
Young Stillman
Yankee pilgrimages to rebel friends graves veteran visits
George Hill a York Pa Yankee aged 87 makes his annual trip to honor rebel friends Thomas Reardon and his daughter Honorah at White Post graveyard. He served with Sheridan against Stonewall Jackson, nursed back to health, and continues these visits as long as he remains able.
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Winchester
George Hill
York
Thomas Reardon
Honorah
White Post
Sheridan
Stonewall Jackson
Jailed Negro Taken to Geneva on Burglary Charge
Charlie Gross, jailed on suspicion as Willie Green, was moved to Geneva Thursday by Sheriff J O Driver who filed a burglary charge. Clothing in his possession matched items stolen from a Hartford store, according to local officers.
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Charlie Gross
Willie Green
Geneva
J. O. Driver
Hartford
City seeks Ellis Green in jail escape case
City officers search for Ellis Green a young man who escaped from the city jail after leaving through a self prepared exit. He reportedly ran to an alley behind the jail, obtained his clothes at home, and absconded to unknown parts while serving a sentence for drunkenness.
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Ellis Green
Dothan
Green
Local golfers win honors at Bainbridge invitational
Scottie Beverly of Thomasville won the championship by beating B. Scott of Bainbridge 2 up with 12 to play. Dothan golfers led by Horace Hall and Reynolds May claimed consolation and second flight wins. Final results list multiple flights with winners from Tallahassee Albany Bainbridge Cuthbert Quincy and Moultrie.
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Scottie Beverly
Thomasville
Dent
B. Scott
Bainbridge
Dothan
Horace Hall
Reynolds May
Hall
Robert Parker
Tallahassee
Young May
Paul Brown
Albany
May
Brown
J. G. Gainey
Scott
Jimmie Parmore
D. H. Stringer
C. E. Phillips
Cuthbert
Dr. W.e.van Brunt
Morris Adler
N. B. Jordan
Quincy
Ralph Kwilecki
Jess Cordell
Allgood Undergoes Appendectomy at Naval Hospital
Washington July 22 AP Representative Miles Allgood of Alabama was operated on yesterday for hernia and appendicitis and rested well at Naval hospital today. The veteran congressman, renominated for a sixth term, had planned to join his family in Mentone Alabama but entered the hospital instead. Allgood, longtime chair of the war claims committee and ranking member of irrigation and reclamation, worked through the recent session and took little time off for his campaign.
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Miles
Angold
Alabama
Naval Hospital
Mentone
Ala
Allgood
War Claims Committee
Irrigation and Reclamation Committee
Streames
Congress
Relative Game Latest Racket Being Worked
In Dothan a new racketeering scheme dubbed the relative racket targets businessmen. An impostor asks for financial help claiming kinship and a lost home from a hurricane in Florida and then borrows money from multiple victims. Three men were approached in the first part of the week. the suspect is described as about five eight, 155 pounds with black hair and neat dress.
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Dothan
Florida
Dethan
Youth Struck by Car Returns Home After Injury
Bruce Still of Dothan was injured when struck by an automobile while riding a bicycle on Main Street Wednesday morning. He was hospitalized but able to leave and was reported much improved. The driver was identified as S A Jordan of Lecebu, Florida.
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Bruce Still
Dothan
Still
F. Main Street
S.A. Jordan
Leceburg
Fla
Bandit in Blue Bandana Robs Parker Bank in Cullman
A blue bandana masked bandit robbed Parker Bank and Trust in Cullman Alabama stealing about 3590. The heist occurred during lunch hour as two employees were present and fled through the front door toward nearby streets. Sheriff Wood Jones investigated and described the escape path as clear with a vehicle not seen.
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Cullman
Ala
Parker Bank and Trust Company
Wood Jones
Belo Po
Carey
Halla
Vince
Satsuma Association Holds Meeting Here
Twenty five persons attended a meeting at the Houston nee today of the Round Lane Steers association. The business session followed a conference with BG and Archer map at the MR Beston hotel.
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Satsuma Association
Houston
Round Lane
Stecrs ' Association
Spores Comene
BOR
Labor surplus in Alabama June report details reduced mills and closures
The US Department of Labor survey shows surplus clerical and skilled labor statewide with coal mines and many textile mills shrinking or closing. Building work is dull in most cities though government projects provide some jobs. Anniston Gadsden Tuscaloosa Birmingham Mobile and Montgomery report varied curtailments and excess labor with limited new construction and municipal activity.
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Alabama
Anniston
Gadsden
Tuscaloosa
Veterans
Birmingham
Bessemer
Ensley
Fairfield
Mobile
Montgomery
Signe Chetlee
Convention July 31 Postponed By Officials
The State Line convention scheduled for July 31 at Prospect Free Will Baptist church is postponed indefinitely. Secretary J C Hagey reports the event will be rescheduled, with Mr Howell to announce new details.
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Prospect Free Wi Rapist
J.C Hagei
Negro physician fends off three attackers with pill box swing
M. L. Newsome, a Black doctor, went to a patient’s home with two other Black men. Three assailants lunged at him and attempted robbery. He struck one man with his pill box, knocked a pistol from a coat pocket, and the trio fled as shots rang out amid a crowd. Police noted the events.
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M. L. Newsome
Newsome
Gale Makes Lake Death Trap as Boaters Vanish
A sudden gale on Placia Lake near Pontiac Michigan turned the water into a deadly trap. At least one body has been recovered and up to fourteen are feared dead after hundreds of rowboats were hit by six foot waves and heavy rain. Rescue efforts continued into the night with many missing, including nine Negroes.
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Pontiac
Mich
Placia Lake
William Burns
Detroit
Huron
Young to Confer With Roosevelt at Hyde Park
Albany July 22 Owen Doh and Governor Franklin D Roosevelt will hold a conference at Hyde Park tomorrow to discuss national and international problems. Doh, an industrialist and preparation expert, is a prominent Democratic figure and will meet Roosevelt for the first time since his candidacy began. They are expected to discuss the foreign situation as part of the talks.
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Albany
N. Y
Owen D Oh
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hyde Park Home
Young
Poosevelt
Voice of Mullins Missing When Court Opens
The report states J Norton Mullins will be absent when court opens in Houston circuit court in late August. Officials cited a vacation and a medical test extending over a month. State attorney KeleraG commented on the absence affecting proceedings.
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Mullins
J. Norton
Houston Circuit Crimings
Solicitors Office
Jurong Mouchins
Rieke
Gang War on Labor Escalates in Chicago Area
Chicago reports a gangster driven assault linked to labor unrest as Patrick Berrell a labor leader and his bodyguard Will Marks were killed near a Wisconsin resort. Police target James Fur Sammons in a reprisal tied to a prior Moran allylinked slaying suspected to escalate organized labor violence.
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Chicago
Patrick Berrell
Will Marks
Wisconsin
James “Fur’ Sammons
Joliet Prison
Shawano
Wis
George Red Barker
Sammons
Oil stove blast wipes out G. J. Parrish home on Cottonwood road
Fire caused by an oil stove destroyed the Parrish dwelling on Cottonwood road Friday night with losses exceeding 1500 dollars. Insurance covered 1500 carelessly timed response delayed crews and misdirected initial alarm before correct address. Parrish family away. G J Parrish listed as a local tax official in Houston county.
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G. J. Parrish
Cottonwood Road
Parrish
Commerce Street
Russell Parrish
A. Mulling
Houston County
Widely Known Sunday School Worker to Speak at Baptist Church
William P. Phillips of the Southern Baptist convention will speak at 8 tonight at the Baptist church. He is secretary of the young peoples and adult departments of the Sunday school board in Nashville and editor of the Young Peoples and Adult Magazine. The talk targets officers and members of those departments, but others are welcome.
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William P. Phillips
Southern Baptist Convention
Baptist Church
Mr. Phillips
Young Peoples and Adult
Sunday School Board
Nashville, Tenn
Phillips
Young Peoples
Nashville
First Baptist Church
Miners in Birmingham Voice Safer Working Conditions
Thousands of workers at the Sav Reten mines in the Rerwhite Steel enclave near Birmingham gathered Thursday to hear Mytrarch and officials call for safer conditions and wage-related reforms. Speakers urged practical steps while officials noted ongoing policy discussions.
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Pirmingham
Thuredey
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L. I
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Stark
Hizenski
Thomasville Star
Bainbridge Tourney
United States Department of Labor
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Mr. Howell
Dr. Newsome
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Lake
al Hint
Aclic
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