First Woman Transport Pilot Keeps On Conservative Side of Profession
Washington July 28 AP Jolen Richey’s great granddaughter Nolan Day pilots a trimotor on the Washington Detroit run. She is the nation’s first woman to fly mail and hold a regular airline job. She endures a long flight schedule and emphasizes routine over sensationalism while breaking barriers for women in aviation.
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Helen Richey
Pittsburgh
Frances Marsalis
Farm income outlook tied to rising prices and costs
A July report sees gross farm income reaching about $8.81 billion this year, up 12.6 percent from 1934 as rising prices for farm labor and farm commodities push value higher. Agricultural buyers and equipment dealers anticipate continued demand, while total cash payments under federal programs remain a small share of crop and livestock receipts.
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Rader Winget York
Lile
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Jear
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Mers
Contested Calhoun Law Raises Prison Feeding Costs
July 23 Montgomery AP reports opponents of Calhoun Law contesting an increased sheriff allowance for feeding prisoners, claiming the state would pay about $80,000 annually. The provision covers food, cooking, and serving with higher per prisoner daily costs and scales across multiple jails.
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Calhoun
Perry Calhoun
Houston County
Bibh Graven
Houston Oratorical Winner to Vie for District Title
Mrs. N. Houston of Houston county won the Houston county public speaking contest at Hite Inn on July 6 and traveled to Auburn on Tuesday to compete for the district championship. The district winner will advance to the state title on July 30. Her speech titled The American Farm Home and the World Today was chosen by judges to represent the county, and she was accompanied by Mrs. WW G. Pruett, county home demonstration agent. AJ M McArn marks his tenth year as pastor of the Pia Presbyterian Church at Cherw.
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Armory Commission Forms to Set Armories Statewide
The Armory Commission launches activities to establish a state armory program created five years ago. Gov. Al Smith names members including Maj. Gen. W. A. Gayle and Gen. John C. Persons to select sites and coordinate with federal officials on eight armories funded by federal grants. Construction has begun with two arms funded, eight more planned, and funding applications pending.
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Erection National
Gotham cops may guide traffic from airship era
Deputy Police Commissioner Harold Fowler predicts using airship traffic control in New York as blimps could slow car and motorist flow. He argues planes are too fast for effective directing, making lighter airships ideal for monitoring Sunday traffic from the sky.
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Harold Fowler
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Frat Enter Prints Airs Night Triptited Tart Kiynnobn
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a fraternity event and a late night print item, with unclear names and figures. No coherent details to confirm event date or participant roles.
Movie listings for Tuesday to Saturday at Houston and Alabama theaters
The notice lists film showings including Alias Mary Dow with Sally Ellers and Raymond Milland on Tuesday at Houston, plus Rah Rah Radio Row and Old Folks. Wednesday features Silk Was Hid with Lew Ayres and Mas Clark, along with Moving Melodies and Screen Topics. Thursday and Friday feature The Atlanta Kid sensation, Jane Withers in Ginger with O P Heggie and Jackie Pearl, plus Paramount Pictorial, Grantland Rice Sportlight, Fighting Fish, and musicians Borrah Minevitch and his Harmonica Nascals. Saturday adds Smart Girl with Gail Patrick and Kent Taylor, Bela Lugosi in The Return of Chandu, Edgar Hamil comedy Robber Kitten, and more. ALABAMA listings show James Cagney in Public Enemy with Lois Wilson and Crane Wilbur, Love In A Hurry, and George O Brien in Hardrock Harrigan across Wed Thu. Also Hilde, Wine and Handsome, Friday and Saturday Bek Jones in The Avenger, plus The Miracle Rider serial and The Nightingale. ALCAZAR runs Walace Beery in Went Point of the Air Tue-Wed, Medbury in Old Days, Snapshots Thu-Fri, Life Begins at Forty with Will Rogers, Drawing Rumors, Sat Ken Maynard in Old Santa Fe, Popeye in String to the Finish and The Lost City. Forty farmers in Asheville NC apply for erosion central work on 1700 acres. William Goebel administered oath of office as Kentucky governor on his death bed.
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Raymond Milland
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Lew Ayres
Mas Clark
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Jane Withers
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Gail Patrick
Birmingham
4A Lupina
Kent Taylor
Bela Lugosi
Chandu
Edgar Hamil
Robber Kitten
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James Cagney
Lois Wilson
Crane Wilbur
George O'Brien
Medbury
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Will Rogers
Ken Maynard
Old Santa Fe
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