City seeks federal loan for underground crossing project
Montgomery officials report a federal program may fund an underground crossing near N Foster Street to eliminate railroad crossings. Mayor I C Ezell says the city will not spend a dime, with government bearing the cost under the Reconstruction Act. The plan involves the Do than project and would use government funds rather than an RF C loan.
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N. Foster Street
Montgom
I. C. Ezell
Peadland Highway
Fair Grounds
Ezell
Ontgomery
Rf.c
Dothan
R. F.C
Negro Baseball Game Here Sunday at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
The Dothan Giants and the Troy Red Sox, Negro league teams, meet Sunday afternoon at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium in Dothan. Game starts at 3 PM, announced by Lester Porter of the Giants. The match is billed as the classic of the colored interstate league and may decide the first-half champion after local road wins and losses.
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Dothan Giants
Troy Red Sox
Memorial Stadium
Dothan
Lester
Gares
Eufaula
Blakely
Troy
Brewton
Greenville
Defuntak Springs
Pensacola
Tuskeegee
Selma
Roosevelt delegates power to Wallace on food recovery roles
President Roosevelt assigns Secretary Wallace all powers under the industrial recovery act related to handling milk tobacco all food and food stuffs excluding hours of labor. The move aims to smooth relations between the national recovery administration and the farm administration and prevent conflicts in applying food and agricultural provisions.
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Washington
National Recovery Administration
Farm Administration
Roosevelt
Wallace
Seven Shape Singing Society Meets at Wiggins Church
The regular monthly session of the Seven Shape Singing Society will convene at Wiggins church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Secretary C. C. Park announced the gathering inviting the public and all singers to attend as quartets duets and solos are promised a warm reception and privilege to render their numbers.
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Seven Shape Singing Society
Wiggins Church
C. C. P Ark
Es-T Salty All
Prevent
Ian
Pa June funds advance for Farrell pool project
A town in Pennsylvania advances $3,300 of its share to Farrell for pool construction. The note outlines state and local funding steps and the municipal project scope.
Farmer Chases Melon Thief Across County
Elton Vann, a farmer southeast of the city, reported a Black person stole melons by loading them in a truck and driving away. Deputies pursued for miles, one officer sprained an ankle, the suspect reportedly escaped with a three mile lead.
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Elton Vann
Alabama Receives 12 Million for Road Building Plan
Alabama will gain about 12 million dollars for road work under federal aid measures from the Industrial Recovery Act. The Alabama highway director Langdon Smith has not yet chosen specific projects and did not know when the program would be announced, though the state can match additional federal funds.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
United States Bureau of Roads
Langdon Smith
Roosevelt backs plan to curb dollar fluctuations
London dispatches report President Roosevelt favored the plea to prevent erratic dollar fluctuations. The reply indicated approval in principle and Assistant Secretary Moley was authorized to agree to a plan to stabilize the dollar against gold currencies.
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Roosevelt
London
Moley
Department store sales in Southeast show gain
Atlanta June 29 AP Department store sales in the sixth Federal Reserve District last month rose 12.8 percent over April as the seasonally adjusted daily average sales reached the district's peak since September. Wholesale trade increased 14.8 percent vs April, up 21.8 percent for May 1932. Building permits in 20 cities rose 87 percent from the prior month and were 11.4 percent higher than May 1932.
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Atlanta
Federal Reserve District
Captain of Yacht Dies in Yacht Cher Ami Blast
Memphis dispatch reports yacht Cher Ami exploded in the engine room while venting fumes. Captain Charles E. Hutchings, 39, died eight hours after the blast. Owner valued vessel at 35000 and a speed boat at 4000 was destroyed. Sheds burned and five launches damaged.
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Memphis
Charles E. Hutchings
Hutchings
Parns
Ayres Wins National Grocers Beauty Contest in Atlantic City
Miss Alice Mae Ayres of Tyler Texas won the National Association of Retail Grocers beauty contest in Atlantic City before about 10 000 spectators. Thirty competitors from several states vied for honors with second place earned by Miss Walt Whitman of Camden and third by Miss land whose full name not provided.
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Atlantic City
W. J
Alice Mae Ayres
Tyler
Texas
National Association of Retail Grocers
Walt Whitman
Camden
Land
Doubles Final Set At Dothan Country Club
Dothan fans will see top doubles as Abbeville’s J. D. Maddox and Howard Byrd meet Reynolds May Jr. and William Espy in the club’s Invitation doubles final Saturday. Maddox and Byrd reached the final by edging Royce and Parnell Lewis. May and Espy beat Marion and Ingram Hanahan to reach the championship.
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Dothan
J. D. Maddox
Abbeville
Howard Byrd
Headland
Reynolds May, Jr
William Espy
Maddox
Byrd
Royce
Parnell Lewis
May
Espy
Marion
Ingram Hanahan
400000 Veterans Cut From Pension Rolls At Midnight
Washington June 30 AP Upwards of 400000 veterans were notified that payment ends at midnight Government officials planned early reviews of many more veterans cases to decide who remains on the rolls and what they receive About 387000 disability allowances not directly tied to service are slated for cuts bringing a savings of 83000000 dollars
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Washington
Rain Ravages County Near Vicksburg
Parts of the county face drought while Vicksburg area sees heavy rains. The highway department, led by County Highway Superintendent Mc Eachin, has spent two days repairing roads fills and bridges. A 12-foot fill was washed away by the downpour and several bridges were left shaky, with repairs completed today.
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Vicksburg
Highway Department
Co. Co
McEachin
Memphis Evening Appeal to Consolidate with Commercial Appeal
The Memphis Evening Appeal will cease as a separate paper and merge with The Commercial Appeal. Publisher James Hammond Jr announced that today’s issue is the last and final edition. The two papers will be printed as one in the morning and Sunday field.
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Memphis
Memphis Evening Appeal
Commercial Appeal
James Hammond
Evening Appeal
Hammond
Mississippi tax receipts rise in June sales tax leads
Jackson report shows June tax collections higher than May with two days yet to post. Sales tax alone reached 181,686 dollars for 28 days, over 10 thousand more than May. Officials credit improving retail business for the rise.
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Jackson
Miss
State Tax Commission Today
May
Commission
Dam construction funds approved for Wheeler Dam project
Washington reports the War Department approved a $425,900 allotment to change Lock 3 elevation at Wheeler Dam on the Tennessee River. Work is already underway under funds from the 1922 Emergency Relief Act. The department said the current contract remains favorable to the United States and should continue.
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Washington
War Department
Wheeler Dam
Tennessee River
Department
United States
French Celts Plan World Celtic Revival Convention
Celts from across the globe will gather in Brest France to form a Celtic International. The July meeting aims to revive Celtic culture, ceremonies, legends and language with Breton as the official tongue. American descendants will receive special invitations as prior meetings occurred in Dublin Cardiff and the Isle of Man.
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Brest
France
Cornwall
England
Dublin
Cardiff
Isle of Man
Hurricane Warning Issued For Caribbean Vessels
The weather bureau issued a hurricane warning to vessels in Caribbean waters south of Jamaica after reporting an atmospheric disturbance reached hurricane intensity. The alert was announced on Thursday.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Caribbean
Jamaica
Bureau
Globe Trotter Britlebank to Begin 14th World Tour
Julius B. Britlebank, Charleston's 74 year old globe trotter, leaves Thursday on his fourteenth voyage around the world. He will first visit Chicago for the Century of Progress exposition and noted he has attended every major world fair since 1832.
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Charleston
D. C
Julius B. Britlebank
Globe Trotter
Brittlebank
Chicago
Woman finds body of father on steps near graves of mother
Enterprise Alabama June 30. Lena Baker recalls discovering her mother dead on the Macedonia porch fifteen years ago from a heart attack. Late Tuesday she found her father James E Baker 77 dead on the same steps. He was a Pale county native who lived in Enterprise most of his life and fathered 17 children nine surviving. Funeral held at Mt Liberty Baptist Church with Rev W V Wallace officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
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Enterprise
Ala
Lena Baker
Macedonia
Here
Miss Baker
James E. Baker
Mr. Baker
Pale County
Mt. Liberty Baptist Church
W. V. Wallace
Lasseter
Plane to Hop on Hunt for Mattern
A four man air party led by chief pilot William Alexander prepared to fly at dawn from New York to Alaska in a search for missing world tour flyer Jimmy Mattern. They planned stops at Dayton and Akron for gear, then Winnipeg, aiming to cover sections methodically. Accompanying Alexander were Fred Fatterman, Harold Persons, and Thomas Abbey, a Brooklyn motorcycle cop.
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New York
Alaska
Jimmy Mattern
William Alexander
Dayton
Akron
Oho
Winnipeg
Fred Fatterman
Harold Persons
Thomas Abbey
Brooklyn
Mississippi approves $10 million highway plan
Highways to be paved include gaps on U S Highway No 51 from Memphis to New Orleans and U S Highway No 49 from Gulfport to Memphis. The tentative schedule was completed by the state highway commission for a 10,090,000 highway program financed under the National Recovery bill.
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Jackson
Miss
Memphis
New Orleans
Gulfport
State Highway Commission
Woman Works for Ex-Husband After Divorce in Milford
Watseka Illinois June 39 AP the day after Mrs Iva Jones of Milford received a divorce she took a job as a housekeeper for her former husband on a salary continuation credit terms unspecified leading to a domestic employment arrangement reported in the AP note
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Watseka, IL
Iva Jones
Milford
Johnson Praises Officials On Eve Of Quitting
C. W. Johnson, Houston county schools superintendent for 13 years, leaves office on midnight tonight after praising teachers, the board, and staff. Baxter to assume duties tomorrow after defeating Johnson in last year's election. Johnson plans a vacation and summer study at the University of Alabama.
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Johnson
Joe
C. W. Johnson
Houston County
Solomon Baxter
Board of Education
Baxter
Caleh
Columbia
University of Alabama
Alabama Bank Loans Announced By RFC Officials
In May the Reconstruction Finance Corporation authorized eighteen loans to banks trust companies mortgage lenders and municipalities across Alabama. Banks and trust firms include The Peoples Bank Col Hannville Crossville First Bank of Crossville Demopolis Robertson Banking Company Bank of Electic Frisco City The Peoples Bank Gadsden National Bank receiver Citizens Bank Guntersville Monroe County Bank Bank of Peterman First State Bank Union Bank Bank of Tallassee totals range from 9 090 to 53 000. Mortgage loan companies Birmingham Bend Mortgage Company 90609 Birmingham Jackson Securities Investment Company 50000.
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Washington
Alabama
Reconstruction Finance Eiaorrinn
Col Hnaville
the Peoples Bank
Crossville
First Bank of Crossville
Demopolis
Robertson Banking Company
Flectic
Bank of Electic
Frisco City
The
Peoples Bank
Gadsden
Gadsden National Bank
Guntersville
Citizens Bank of Guntersville
Monroeville
Monroe County
Peterman
Bank of Petermen
Phil Campbell
First State Bank
Repton
Union Bank
Tallassee
Bank of Tallasser
Birmingham
Birmingham Bend & Mortgage Company
Birmingham, Jackson Securities & Investment Company
Assault and Battery Charge Ends in Jail
Houston Sims was arrested by county officers last night on four charges of assault and battery on the complaint of Henry Moss who secured a warrant of arrest. The warrant was issued on June 12. Sims was placed in jail in default of bond.
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Houston Sims
Henry Moss
Ane
Sima
Sime
Weather note at BT Paul on cool flight to Chicago
An airline passenger ship bound for Chicago found conditions cool midflight. Pilot Lee Smith climbed from 13 500 to 8 500 feet to warm passengers as air temperature fell to 39 above on the ground and 32 above at altitude 13 500 feet.
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BT. Paul
Here
Chicago
Lee Smith
Wen
Gunmen Holdup Billings Memorial Hospital
Four gunmen went to Billings Memorial hospital not for care but to steal the hospital office cash of 175 dollars. A woman escorting a patient fainted at the scene as the robbers fled with the money.
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Chicago
Billings Memorial Hospital
Heat Wave Pushes Oklahoma Mercury To 120 Degrees
Drenching rains and high winds in sections of the Midwest eased drought briefly. Shattuck Oklahoma recorded 120 degrees yesterday while Junction City Kansas reported 116 and many places topped 100 in Oklahoma Missouri and Indiana. Cooling rains and storms accompanied the heat relief. Nebraska received its first rain in a month helping corn.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Shattuck
Okla
Junction City
Kan
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Social Life Of Teachers Held Down By Board
Houston county teachers face board bans on midnight shows, parties, camping and social engagements. The resolutions threaten resignation for those who disregard rules and require "school mums" to remain in their teaching community Monday to Thursday unless boarding options force an exception.
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Houston County
County Board of Education
Textile Industry Labor Dispute Still Unsettled
Washington June 30 The nation’s textile magnates are sharply divided over concessions to labor for higher wages and shorter hours than the proposed industry code. After long conferences, manufacturers resumed the struggle to decide their course. Northern and Southern groups united to resolve objections delaying settlement.
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Washington
2000 Acres Removed Here In Cotton Reduction Effort
In Houston county an estimated 2000 acres of cotton are slated for removal from production with more than 1500 acres signed yesterday. R J Sugg, in charge, says the 2000 acre figure is tentative and subject to appraisal. Farmers may receive more time to sign pledges as campaigns near closing.
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Houston County
Sugg
Sife
South
Hurricane devastates Trinidad with many drownings
In Port of Spain on June 30 AP reports a hurricane Tuesday night caused extensive destruction in Southern Trinidad. Early counts list several drownings as boats foundered, trees toppled, and telegraph poles were fallen. Homes were unroofed and oilfield derricks damaged as the storm lashed the coast through Wednesday.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Mobile Woman Freed After Murder Trial
Miss Merle Wallace a 23 year old bookkeeper was acquitted by a Mobile county jury of the murder of Nathan Dr. Thomas a 21 year old insurance man killed during a September holdup. She testified two armed men killed him as she claimed and a widow and his three year old son from Dalton Ga watched the trial.
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Mobile
Ala
Merle Wallace
Nathan Dr. Thomas
Thomas
Here
Dalton
Wendel Relatives Win Small Estate Share
Four distant relatives settle claims against the will of Miss Elle V. Von Wendel. They drop actions challenging her sanity. The estate is estimated between $40.6 million and $109 million, with $2.125 million awarded to the four as consideration. The claimants are Rosa Dew Stansbury, Grace Barnary McQuarrie, Hattie Barney Simmons, and Laura Ora Harrison's estate.
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New York
Elle V. von KE
Wendel
Fifth Avenue
Rosa Dew Stansbury
Vicksburg
Grace Barnary McQuarrie
Oakland
Calif
Hattie Barney Simmons
Spokans
Wash
Laura Ora’ Harrison
Alameda
World Disarmament Conference adjourns to October 16
Geneva June 30 AP The World Disarmament Conference adjourned to Oct 16 after agreeing to private conversations among governments through the summer. Hungary and Germany protested the long recess as a funeral for disarmament while Rene Masson for France urged cooperation and peaceful participation.
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Geneva
Rudolf Beademy
Germany
Rene Masson
France
Denton Little Better After Serious Dothan Hospital Stay
Denton Little Better H A Denton a Dothan contractor in a Dothan hospital was reported to be slightly improved today.
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H. A. Denton
Dothan
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Missouri
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Warn
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