Rain and heat relief sweep Alabama with storms
Thunderstorms across northern Alabama cooled temperatures after a heat wave. Rain totals included Anniston 1.90 inches and Birmingham 1.16. Hottest spots reached 105 in Thomasville and 104 in Wetumpka, with three locales reporting no rain. Winds damaged roofs and lines in Walker County with about 10,000 dollars in damage.
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Montgomery
Ala
Smyth
Montgomery Weather Bureau
Alabama
Anniston
Auburn
Birmingham
Gadeden
Leeds
Clanton
Evergreen
Union Springs
Thomasville
Decatur
Eufaula
Gadsden
Greenville
Ozark
Wetumpka
Belma
North Alabama
Walker County
Mosquito Control Drive Near Brannon's Stand
Mosquito control workers began a drive in the Brannon's Stand area targeting water holes near the sewerage outlet. Crews used grays and sprayed waterside pools after Engineer P A Stephens surveyed conditions and reported widespread breeding at the outlet and along the creek.
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Citys
Brannon’s
Mate Health Department
P. A. Stephens
State Health Department
Montgomery
Stephens
Sewerape
Montgomery Man Testifies Before Trade Commission
Frank H. Fielder a Montgomery broker testified before the federal trade commission investigating Alabama cottonseed prices. He said he was told to destroy all communications from the National Cottonseed Products association and was discharged for failing to follow the association code. Fielder cited a 50 cent per ton commission to mill operators and small town bank cashiers paid $1 to $3 per ton to influence seed direction. E T Allen of Swift and Company was expected to testify later.
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Montgomery
Ale
Frank H. Fielder
National Cottonseed Products Association
Federal Trade Commission
Alabama
Fielder
E .T. Allen
Swift and Company
T. R .Cain
Cottonseed Products Association
More Than 800 Men Return To Work In Ensley
Birmingham Ala July 24 AP more than 800 men returned to work today after a three week idle period as the Ensley works of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company resumed operations. Increased demand for raw materials for the rail mill open hearth furnace and blast furnace led to further operations of auxiliary plants with additional workers. Officials said work on the Fairfield plant is being pushed and expected to be completed early in 1931. Currently only workers previously employed by the company are being rehired.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ensley Works
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Fairfield
Enterprise Buys Ellison Drug Stock After Bankruptcy
Bryars and Warren, high bidders at the public sale, moved Ellison Drug stock to Enterprise. The $1,200 purchase follows Ellison’s bankruptcy, a longtime Dothan drug firm with creditors totaling under $1,000 who filed the petition.
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Ellison Drug Company
Enterprise
Bryars and Warren
Dothan
No Champaigne and Wines At Governmental Expense
President Hoover signs an executive order barring champagne and wines at American embassies and consulates abroad paid from government funds. The rule also bans auto hire and repair printing and engraving and club dues, while permitting official receptions flowers and wreaths for weddings and funerals tips and gratuities and dinners. Foreign service officers note liquor expenses are a heavy personal burden and London ambassador Dawes previously limited alcohol at the embassy.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
State Department
Department
Dawes
London
Bandits Strike In Argo Suburb During Heist
In Argo, a Southwest suburb near Chicago, five bandits armed with a marine gum or similar blunt weapon robbed a group of racing followers. No profits were reported from the incident as horses ran poorly.
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Chicago
Argo
Republicans expect Huston to resign as party chair
Washington reports say Claudius Huston is expected to quit as Republican national chairman. James Burke and Joseph Nutt met Huston, then discussed with President Hoover, with plans likely to delay an official resignation until an executive committee meeting in late August or early September.
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James Francis Burke
Joseph R. Nutt
New York
Huston
Hoover
Washington
Burke
Nutt
Senate Lobby Committee
Association
Louisiana and Mississippi Pass Two Million Population Mark
Louisiana and Mississippi surpassed the two million population mark per AP figures. Louisiana’s 1939 census shows 2,532,008, an increase of 290,267 since 1924. Mississippi reaches 2,911,388, up 220,770. New Orleans area drives Louisiana gains in the 11th district. the 10th district falls.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Associated Press
Louisiiana
Miastaalppi
Jefferson
Orleans
Plaquemines
St. Bernard
Ascension
Asumption
LaFourche
St. Charles
J. James
St. John the Baptist
Subpoenas Issued as Mobile Grand Jury Probes Ballots
More than 100 subpoenas were issued today for witnesses to appear before Mobile County's grand jury in a special session investigating absentee ballot traffic. Judge Price Williams testified with a list of persons who obtained ballots, with over 158 ballots reportedly issued. The panel also probes the Dauphin Island bond election defeat and examined four ballot boxes from the sixth ward and Heron Bay.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile County Grand Jury
Price Williams
Probate Court
Grand Jury
Dauphin Island
Sixth Ward
Heron Bay
Cause of Killing Radio Announcer Is Being Sought
Detroit July 24 AP police said an affidavit suggests radio announcer Jerry Buckley was extorting money from bootleggers when he was slain in the La Salle Hotel lobby two and a half hours after announcing the recall of Mayor Bowles. Buckley championed the unemployed and urged aid for those in distress.
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Detroit
Mich
Jerry” Buckley
Buckley
WMBC
Charles Bowles
la Salle Hotel
Youth Dies After 42 Hour Fight With Broken Neck
Joseph Henry Linehan, 24, died in a Montgomery hospital from a broken neck suffered during a dive into a gravel pit near Montgomery Monday night. He fought for 62 hours before death. Physicians attempted an operation. Funeral services set for tomorrow at St Peters Catholic Church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Surviving are his father and two sisters.
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Montgomery
Ala
Joseph Henry Linehan
Here
Tuemlay
St. Peters Catholic Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Lee Roy Peacock Injured in Truck and Wagon Crash
Lee Roy Peacock a 25 year old sausage maker at Do than Packing is in critical condition after a crash between the truck he drove and a one horse wagon at North and Oates streets just after noon yesterday. A wagon shaft pierced his chest entering below the left armpit. The wagon mule sustained only minor injuries and the wagon driver was unharmed. He lives at 201 Headland Avenue and was en route home for lunch.
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Lee Roy Peacock
Dothan Packing Company
North and
Oates Streets
Packing Company
Peacock
Headland Avenue
Major Eckerson Seen Recovering After Crash
Major Gilbert H. Eckerson of Portland Oregon, an aviator, was deemed to have a good chance of recovery by attending physicians at a hospital in Butte Montana after his plane crashed into a mountainside near the city on Tuesday.
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Butte
Mont
Gilbert H. Eckerson
Portland
Ore
Nn Hospital
First 1930 Cotton Bale Ginned in Wiregrass Area
The 1930 crop bale from Charity Pool’s Hartford farm was ginned at Hanrahan and Helms Gin in Hartford. Co. C. Smith of Geneva County delivered the 393 pound bale, sold at 10.5 cents per pound plus a $25 bonus for the first bale. The bale’s success sparked optimism for a strong farming year in the Wiregrass region.
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Alabama
Co. C. Smith
Geneva County
Tennant
Hartford
Hanrahan and Helms
Naples Earthquake and Hurricane Add to Italy’s Toll
Devastating Italian earthquake leaves 1,778 dead and 4,364 injured with Naples and Potenza hardest hit. A hurricane floods streets, increasing fear of epidemics as health authorities seek anti tetanus serum and medical supplies. relief efforts pour in from soldiers police and fire crews.
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Italy
Naples
Potenza
Melfi
Foggia
Bank of
Potense
Mt. Vesuvius
Naple
First Florida cotton bale of 1930 sells at 25 cents per lb
Specialy T. C. Adama of Spring Hill sold a 530 pound bale of Florida’s 1930 crop for 25 cents per pound. J. M. Kirkland of Graceville bought the middling classified bale, paying $132. The report notes the bale was ginned and weighed in Ciraceville.
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Ciraceville
Fla
T. C. Adama
Spring Hil
Florida
J. M. Kirkland
Graceville
Hill Billy Campaigner Seeks Arkansas Prosecution Post
Paris Arkansas July 24 A Arkansas hill billy outran dogs on Sunday to dodge a face washing and enters a vigorous bid for prosecuting attorney of Logan, Franklin and Crawford counties. Harney M. McGehee Democrat presents an unusual platform recounting a rough life and declaring he will fight crime and crooked law if elected.
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Paris
Ark
Arkanass Hill Billy
Logan
Franklin
Crawford
Harney M. McGehee
McGehee
Jaman
Arkansas
Boston Mountains
Ozark
Georgia
Crawford County
Marrie
Oklahoma
van Buren
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Ruth Alexander
San Diego
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Vancouver
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Before Trade Commission
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Enterprise Drug Firm
Ellison Drug Store
Foreign Service
Houston
Claudius Huston
Mr. Huston
White House
C. C. Moody
Fort Worth
Texas
Dan Moody
C. C. Smith
T. C. Adams
Chappel
Avello
THE
Rome
Leon
Avellino
Benevento
Villanova
Aquilonia
Trevino
Lacedonia
Treviso
Villanova A
San Sassio
Rocchetta
Grotta di Martare Lacedonia
Banlatte
San Ocele
Aquilonis
NEA
Crooka
Law
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