Picking Officers For Election Adds Zest to Campaigns
Houston county officials and candidates shift into the home stretch of the Democratic primary. The county executive committee selected election managers and clerks at the courthouse. Eight seek the tax collector job, with rural battles shaping the race for county and state posts. Judges Speight and Steagall engage in a fierce battle for influence as the campaign heats up.
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Houston
Democratic Executive Committee
Court House
Board of Revenue
J. Hubert Farmer
John Rish
Dothan
Alex Wood
Columbia
A. Y. Malone
T. E. Buntin
L. A. Farmer
Julian Hall
J. J. Speight
Henry B. Steagall
Smallest Austin Bantam on display at local garage
The Austin Bantam, 112 inches long, is shown at 8 O Kelly Motor Co on South Oates Street. Hundreds of Dothan residents view the tiny coupe as traffic slows and sidewalks fill. The car features a four cylinder engine, 72 inch wheelbase, four wheel brakes, top speed 95 mph and fuel economy around 40 mpg with oil changes only every 1,000 miles. Mr. Kelly has a sales contract for Houston, Henry, Geneva and Dale counties and the finished product will sell for delivery in Do then.
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8. O. Kelly Motor Company
South Oates Street
Dothan
Kelly
Houston
Henry
Geneva
Dale
Montgomery Yestern
Investigation of Cottonseed War Continues
Federal trade commission probes into alleged cottonseed price fixing in Alabama proceed with E. T. Allen testifying after Frank H. Fielder. Allen denies Fielder’s claim of his earlier dismissal over code violations and says the meeting cited was only a conference between mill managers. Fielder asserts he got advance price information and that mills sold tank cars of crude oil, while the line sale terms for out of state shipments matched local prices.
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Montgomery
Ala
Federal Trade Commission
Alabama
E. T. Allen
Packing House
Allen
Frank H. Fielder
National Cottonseed Oil Producers Association
Fielder
Buckeye Cotton Oil Company
Southern Cotton Oil Company
W. W. Sheppard
Tennessee State Line
Oscar Mulkey to Speak for Miller at Houston County Courthouse
Geneva attorney Oscar Mulkey will address the Houston county courthouse Saturday at 3 PM in support of Governor candidate B. M. Miller. He will discuss campaign issues and critique W. C. Davis' platform. This is the second in a series by local lawyers for Miller, following Judge W. J. Tindle’s recent speech at Vicksburg.
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Oscar Mulkey
Geneva
Houston County
B. M. Miller
Mulkey
W. C. Davis
Vicksburg
Detroit Mayor Bowles vows fight after recall defeat
Detroit mayor Charles Bowles announces he will run again in a special election after losing the recall vote. The piece notes Buckley’s slaying in a hotel lobby and ties to Bowles and gangland elements, with police and state help pledged and a $5,000 reward offered for Buckley’s killers.
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Detroit
Charles Bowles
Bowles
Babies Not Mixed After Hospital Mixup Clarified
In Chicago on July 25 an early morning conference confirmed that the babies of Mr. and Mrs. Bamberger and Mr. and Mrs. Watkins were never swapped. Parents and artists agreed the tapes were misapplied at Englewood Hospital and had been washed off during baths. Dr. Arnold Kegel, health commissioner, considered public policy action. The parents took the babies home and closed the incident.
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Chicago
William Watkins
Charles Bamberger
Watkins
Bamberger
Bamberger-Watkins
Charlies Bamberger
Englewood Hospital
Arnold Kegel
Faamberger
Roller Coaster Crash Kills Two in Omaha Park
Two people died and 17 were injured after a four car roller coaster at Krug amusement park in Omaha derailed during ascent. The front wheels of the lead car left the track as the train climbed the first incline.
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Omaha
Neb
Krug Amusement Park
Alabama Junior Chamber of Commerce Sets Executive Meeting
Ed H. Moore president of the Alabama Junior Chamber of Commerce announced an executive committee meeting in Montgomery on Monday July 2. The spring general meeting was discontinued and the group now meets as an executive committee. Ten Alabama citizens lead junior chambers, with Moore and Gordon Kuster representing Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ed H. Moore
Alabama Junior Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery
Moore
Alabama
Chambers of Commerce
Gordon Kuster
Birmingham Organizion
North Alabama Hit by Torrential July Rain
Torrential rains drenched North Central Alabama with 4.50 inches at Goodwater as an electrical storm cleared heat, while southern sections remained drought prone. Roads clogged by heavy showers halted motorists and trapped some, with Birmingham areas spared and temperatures reaching into the 90s across the state.
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North Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Goodwater
Clanton
Wetumpka
Totally Blind Woman Regains Sight Before Death
A Moultrie Georgia woman Mrs F C Green age 64 who had been totally blind for years briefly regained sight a few hours before she died yesterday according to a dispatch from AP. Family members doubted at first but tested her and confirmed vision before she passed.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Moultrie
Mra. F. C
Waycross Sheriff Charged in Palmer Corbett Killing
Warrants charging murder were placed with the coroner for the arrest of Sheriff Lewie White and Deputy Sheriff E. White in Atkinson County. Palmer R. Corbett, 21, died after being shot in the back by Deputy White Tuesday night. The two officers reportedly fled into a swamp when pursued by a party of officers.
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Waycross
Atkinson County
Lewie White
E. White
Palmer R. Corbett
Young Corbett
White
Huston Controversy Ends With Surprise Resignation
Washington July 25 The stormy tenure of Claudius Huston as Republican National Committee chair ends after he informs President Hoover of plans to resign. Senator Fess of Ohio favored to succeed him with an August 7 executive committee vote. Robert Lucas of Kentucky slated to lead campaign work for the upcoming congressional elections.
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Washington
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Huston
Hoover
National Committee
Fess
Ohio
Republican High Command
Executive Committee
Robert Lucas
Kentucky
Internal Revenue
Houston
James Francis Surke
White House
Senate
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Muscle Shoals
Association
Hillaton
Con Xgrees
Congress
Red headed Charlotte's 11 suitors clash in riot
In Hammond Indiana 18 year old Charlotte Seidenstopp prompted a mass contest among 11 suitors to escort her home. A brawl ensued with biff bang crash injuring and twelve people jailed including Miss Seidenstopp. Police chased the commotion at headquarters.
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Hammond
Ind
Charlotte Seidenstopp
Charlotte
Charlies Carlson
Senator E. J. Dennis Shot Amid Berkeley County Feud
Political hostility in Berkeley County blamed for the shooting of State Senator E. J. Dennis known as the boss of Hell Hole politics. Dennis, hospitalized in Charleston with poor prospects, was shot while buying a watermelon, likely blinded for life if he survives. Dennis led anti moonshine campaigns in Hell Hole amid long feuds and liquor activity. Thornley, arrested, claimed amnesia.
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Moncks Corner
8. C
Berkeley County
E. J. Dennis
Dennis
Hell Hole
One-Armed Convict Escapes Prison Again
Otto Youd, a one-armed inmate in North Carolina's state prison, escapes for the fourth time. He broke a pledge to Gov. Gardner after prior recaptures and was known as Hou din by fellow inmates. Read details on his jailbreaks, a thwarted hold up, and escape tricks.
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NEA
Raleigh
N. C
Otto Youd
North Carolina
O. Max Gardner
Wood
Houdin
Preaon
Terre Haute
Ind
Jim
Prin
Pri Gon
Bal Campbell
Otto Wort Above
C. Max Gardner
Ariane Hurricane Strikes. King Visits Stricken Italians
Rome reports a new Ariana hurricane and a stronger aftershock causing panic among thousands left homeless by Wednesday's quake. Official death toll nears 1,883 with estimates up to 3,800. relief funds top one million lire as King Victor Emmanuel heads to Naples to boost morale and witness injured in makeshift shelters.
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Rome
Ariana
Naples
Victor Emmanuel
Hoepitele
Local Committee Seeks Flood Survey Schedule Change
President Hoover was urged to speed up the Choctawhatchee river flood control survey in Alabama and Florida. Rep Yon and Geneva officials M. H. Harper and D. H. Morris Jr asked the president to address the delay as the War Department had postponed the start from August to September.
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Washington
Hoover
Choctawhatchee
Alabama
Florida
Yon
M. H. Harper
Geneva
Ala
D. H. Morris, Jr
War Department
Connecticut Woman Is Hacked to Death
In Hartford on July 3 AP reports Mrs Ida Diamond 27 was hacked to death in her home while her three children slept nearby. Her husband Nathan Diamond 29, a taxicab driver, was questioned for hours and held after he claimed responsibility or involvement with the crime.
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Hartford
Conn
Ida Diamond
Nathan Diamond
Diamond
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