Address Voters Friday Attacks Heflin Locke and Davis
The article reports speakers scheduled for Friday in Dothan addressing voters on political topics. Judge J A Cavally and Charlie C McCall previously spoke here. The candidates criticize the current administration and pledge opposition to the Ku Klux Klan while promising economy and state expense cuts.
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Kagie
Ku Klux Klan
Sedge Miller
Fe Dothan
J. A. Cavally
Charlie C. McCall
Federal Court Meeting Set for Dothan July 7
The southern division of the Central District Federal court of Abbame will convene in Dothan on July 7 with Judge W. L. Grubb of the Northern presiding. A petit jury will be empaneled as part of the proceedings.
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Central District Federal Court of Abbame
Dothan
Megle
W. IL. Grubb
Petit Jory
Tariff Clash Deepens Over Conference Report
The tariff effort grows more tangled as points of order challenge the conference report on rate sections. Senator Barkley argues conferees overstepped authority, risking a return to conferees and possible Senate vote delays. Hoover weighs signing or veto after expert review.
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Washington
Curtis
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Rouse
Congress
Harrison
Mississippi
Watson
Smoot
White House
Hoover
Recalcitrant Witness Ends Testimony in Smith Campaign Probe
The Senate lobby committee adjourned after Bishop James Cannon Jr announced his voluntary testimony was ended. With no witness present, the panel logged reports on the anti Smith campaign of 1928 and prepared for a possible subpoena. Contempt fate hangs on Chairman Caraway’s return as the hearing pauses until next Wednesday.
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Washington
James Cannon
Senate Lobby Committee
Walsh
Montana
Senate
Caraway
Arkansas
E. C. Jameson
House Approves Prohibition Enforcement Reform Measure
The House backed a Hoover committee plan to let U S commissioners handle minor city law violations without a jury. The package included four bills amending the Jones law and U S code to set maximum misdemeanor penalties and allow waiving jury trials. A reform bill to extend authority to petty offenses faced sharp opposition.
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Washington
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
House
Senate
United States
Administration
Mrs Herbert Hoover to Visit Presidential Camp This Summer
Mrs Herbert Hoover plans a weekend trip to the presidential camp in the Virginia mountains marking her first outing since a spring back injury. The White House says her mobility will allow the visit, with the First Lady enjoying the campsite and automobile rides similar to the president and other guests. Captain Joel T Boone, White House physician, confirmed her condition and movement limits.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Virginia
Meever
Joel T. Boone
Graf Zeppelin Reaches Seville After Atlantic Crossing
Seville welcomed the Graf Zeppelin as she neared Fried richshafen after completing 16 000 miles of her 18 000 mile four continent flight. The dirigible, delayed by rain and wind off the European coast, landed briefly near Seville before continuing toward Friedrichshafen.
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Seville
Spain
Friedrichshafen
Beville
Azores
Lisbon
Portugal
Pernambuso
Brasil
United States
Lakeburnt
Graf
Sheriff Seeks Capture of Schroeder in Burning Car Case
Marion county Sheriff George Winkler said plans exist to capture Herbert Herold Schroeder if alive, after a car and body were found burning near Indianapolis. He refused to reveal method, while clues hinder the probe and reports link Schroeder to Mobile, Illinois races, airports, and a Clermont Indiana home. Schroeder reportedly carried about $15000 in life and accident insurance and faced Mobile radiator business bankruptcy.
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Indianapolis
George Winkler
Marion County
Herbert Herold Schroeder
Mobile
Ala
Winkler
Schroeder
North Side
Clermont
Ind
Chicago
Stoppage plan haunts Chicago as gang carnage grows
Chicago police fear further gang violence as word spreads that eastern gunmen are joining local squads. Two major wars unfold among Sicilian leaders over liquor and extortion while Moran and Druggan feuds intensify after a triple Fox Lake murder. Detectives gain little from a questioned blonde linked to Thomas Somnerio’s death.
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Chicago
Fox Lake
Thomas Somner
Mabie
Somnerio
Movement to halt extra session over London treaty
Rumors circulate on Capitol Hill that efforts aim to upset Senate plans for a special session to debate the London naval treaty. Leaders from all factions except the young Republicans back the pact, with Vandenberg Allen Hoover Watson Moses and Borah weighing a winter deferment against the president’s wishes.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol Hill
Hoover
Sesson
Vandenberg
Michigan
Allen
Kansas
White House
Watson
Moses
New Hampshire
Reward for body drowned Negro near Birmingham dispute over terms
Deputies were called to a lake near Wylam to calm hundreds of African Americans amid a dispute with a professional diver over a $50 reward for recovering two drowned men. The diver retrieved one body and claimed payment. after a standstill, terms were agreed for landing the body, but he did not search for the second.
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Birmingham
Ala
Wylam
Fire clerk found unconscious after fall in Birmingham
Leonard L. Busby a Birmingham fire company clerk was found unconscious at the foot of a flight of stairs in the North Side and was in serious condition at a city hospital. Police are investigating the cause.
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Birmingham
Ala
North Side
Leonard L. Busby
Widow protests innocence in killer of husband case
A widow alleges her innocence as police hold her in connection with the death of her husband during the time his daughter Catherine was en route to a school exercise. The ongoing case involves questions about the husband’s fatal injury.
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Catherine
Annual Meeting of Alabama League of Municipalities
Florence Alabama June 5 AP scores of city officials gather for the first annual Alabama League of Municipalities meeting to discuss traffic and airport development. John H. Taylor leads uniform laws committee reports while roundtable discussions follow. The program features mayors, university and city leaders with tomorrow's lineup including Anniston Tuscaloosa Bessemer and Selma. The Taylor report urges adoption of the uniform vehicle code and model traffic ordinance.
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Florence
Ala
Alabama League of Municipalities
John H. Taylor
Birmingham City Commission
Birmingham City Commission and Chairman of the Committee On Uniform Laws
League
Selma
W. S. Easter
Harry T. Hartwell
Mobile
Pique
J. M. Jones, Jr
George H. Denny
University of Alabama
Henry J. Martin
Birmingham
Henry K. Dickinson
Opelika
W. E. Copeland
Auburn
J. Reaves
Anniston
Norfleet Harris
Tuscalo
Oia
P. M. Matthews
Bessemer
Sumpter Cogswell
Pell City
Carl A. Kiinge
T. J. Rowell
B. L. Malone
Decatur
W. W. Ramsay
Russellville
John C. Anderson
Demopolia
W. H. Mitchell
Naval aviator Soucek fails altitude record attempt
Lieutenant Apolo Soucek soared nearly eight miles above the earth and logged 42,009 feet on a refined altimeter but could not confirm breaking Will Nennhof’s 42,122 foot record. If instruments prove short, he plans another attempt using a wooden propeller or higher pitch, noting the cockpit was 38 degrees below zero and wing thermometer showed 60 below.
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Washington
Apollo Soucek
Bureau of Standards
Will Nennhof
Germany
Suucek
Twelve injured in three motor plane crash off Boston
A tri motor air transport crashed into Boston waters after taking off for New York. One passenger was fatally injured and eleven others sustained injuries while twelve passengers and two pilots were rescued. Cause given as right engine failure by a French aviator. Coast guard and private boats aided in the rescue. Passengers listed include J F Gilleaple Boston and Mrs Herbert E Webster New York City among others.
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Boston
Coast Guard
New York
J. F. Gilleaple
Herbert E. Webster
New York City
Robert Desrosier
W. £. Wilson
Unrest in India Threatens Round Table Conference Prospects
London dispatches report serious political unrest in India with civil disobedience by rationalists as the October round table conference appears unlikely while the viceroy Lord Irwin seeks moderates to lay groundwork. Boycott spreads to goods including cigarettes and tires, hurting imports and signaling wide social impact.
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India
Bombay
Daily Herald
Lord Irwin
Mall
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