Dillinger Identified in Bank Robbery in South Bend
South Bend police say a gang led by John Dillinger robbed Merchants National Bank, shooting Patrolman Howard Wenger and wounding three others. Detective Harry Henderson, arriving as the robbers left, identified the driver as Dillinger after firing at the car. $20,000 was taken.
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South Bend
Ind
John Dillinger
Merchants National Bank
Harry Henderson
Dillinger
Henderson
Howard Wenger
P. G. Stokley
Burdsill Manufacturing Company
Jake Solomon
Delos N. Coen
Wenger
Ouster Fought By Troy Official
Troy Alabama June 30 AP The Troy city council voted to impeach president Dolph Owens on habitual drunkenness charges Owens called the move a farce and said he would challenge it in court Councilman S E B Mary introduced the resolution and it passed without dissent though Carl Dunford abstained Attorney Ewell C Orme said Owens would test the council action in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Ala
Dolph Owens
Owens
S. E B. Mary
Carl Dunford
Ewell C. Orme
New Rail Connection Planned In Central Alabama
Montgomery June 30 The Meridian & Bigbee railroad contracts begin to build a 28 mile track from Cromwell to Myrtlewood linking Choctaw and Marengo counties. Financed by a 100 installment on a federal loan of 744 252, the line will meet the Louisville & Nashville at Marengo County to Selma. Work starts Monday with completion expected by January 1935.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Atlanta
Meridian
Miss
Cromwell
Myr-tlewood
Choctaw County
Marengo County
Meridian & Bigbee Railroad
Louisville & Nashville
Selma
Houston farm agents summoned to Auburn conference
C. M. Ling, Houston county farm agent, and M. L. White, assistant agent, were to leave today for Auburn to attend a state wide conference of county agents. The Bankhead Cotton Control Bill administration was to be discussed. Several Alabama agent conferences already addressed administration of the staple control measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Ling
Houston County
M. L. White
Auburn
Alabama
Weather forecast for Gulf states and vicinity
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered thundershowers tonight and Sunday across Alabama and Northwest Florida. Central and East Gulf States expect similar patterns with coastal areas seeing showers near the start of the week. Temperature changes expected to be light with showers later in the week in southern and eastern regions.
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Altbama
Northwest Florida
Central
East Gulf States
Alabama Power pays $1610 in electrocution case near Webb
The Alabama Power Co paid $1610 to J A Holiday administrator of Seaborn Rainey estate for the death of a Black man electrocuted June 7 after a broken high tension wire near Webb was touched by a low flying crane. Holiday sued the utility alleging negligence.
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The
Alabama Power Co
Seaborn Rainey
J. A. Holiday
Holiday
Webb
Two Brooklyn brothers land short of Warsaw in France
Benjamin and Joseph Adamowicz, soda manufacturers of Brooklyn, piloted the monoplane City of Warsaw from Harbor Grace Newfoundland. Short of gasoline, they landed near Caen at Saint Andre De Messei while aiming for Warsaw and planned to continue to Le Bourget Field near Paris. The craft carried 610 gallons at takeoff, a 30 hour, 3,000 mile objective.
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Paris
Warsaw
Brooklyn
Caen
France
Poland
Benjamin
Joseph Adamowicz
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Saint Andre de Messei
Fliers
North Dakota moves to oust Gov Langer over felony conviction
Fargo June 36 AP A North Dakota official launches a bid to remove Governor William Langer after his felony conviction and 15 month federal sentence. Lieut. Governor Ole Olson claims the role of chief executive and seeks supreme court permission to file removal proceedings following the court's prior refusal to take original jurisdiction.
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Fargo
N. D
William Langer
Ole Olson
Olson
Lege
North Dakota
Langer
Supeme
Supreme Court
Wee
High Court
Cemetery Work at Union Hill Cemetery
A cemetery working is planned Thursday July 5 at Union Hill Cemetery nine miles from Dothan on the Cottonwood road. The public is invited to attend and participate.
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Union Hill Church
Dothan
Cottonwood Road
Nazi police chief shot and killed in Potsdam
Berlin bulletins report Count Wolf Heinrich Heldorf, Nazi police president of Potsdam, killed by a shooting. Washington announces a national labor board under the new industrial disputes act, created outside the labor secretary’s judicial supervision, with three impartial members earning $10,000 annually.
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Berlin
Wolf Heinrich Heldorf
Potsdam
Washington
Wedt
Department of Labor
Mills workers threaten strike over Clara Bull dispute
Gastonia North Carolina Jane AP reports four operatives of Dunn Armstrong and Piedmont Mills declared they will strike Monday unless owners and strikers reach an agreement at the Clara Bull under the same management as the other three mills.
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Gastonia
N.C
Dunn, Armstrong and Piedmont Mills
Clara Bull
Heflin Jr dies in Lafayette after illness
J Thomas Heflin Jr 33 son of former Sen J Thomas Heflin died at his Lafayette Alabama home at 6 55 am after a two week illness from bronchial pneumonia He practiced law with his father in Lafayette for about two years and was at his wedding when he passed Funeral likely Monday with burial in the family cemetery He survived by his wife and his father
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Lafayette
Ala
J. Thomas Heflin, Jr
Alabama
Heflin
Young Heflin
Y F W Chapter Organized Here in Wiregrass Post
The Wiregrass Post Veterans of Foreign Wars organized here last night with 36 charter members. Officers elected included Carl E. Sellers commander L J Lunsford Sr vice commander J W Folkes Jr vice commander J H Seay adjutant and J N Massey quartermaster. Charter membership fees stay in effect for three months and eligible veterans are urged to join immediately. Meetings are set for the first and second Mondays each month.
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Wiregrass Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Carl E. Sellers
L. J. Lunsford
J. W. Folkes, Jr
J. H. Seay
J. N. Massey
Milwaukee Strike Ends After Four Day Walkout
June 20 AP reports Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company workers end a four day strike after a settlement with the AFL unions. Transportation returns to normal as strikers are reinstated to their positions and 12 discharged workers are reinstated following national labor board hearings.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
American Federation of Labor Unioniets
Organized Labor
National Labor Board Tribunal
Funeral Held Near Cottonwood For Mrs Fannie Jordan
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Jordan of Cottonwood, who died in a local hospital, were held at the Cottonwood Methodist Church with Rev. A. L. Martin officiating. Burial followed at Con solation Cemetery nearby. She is survived by husband Noah Jordan, a son Albert of Columbus, and four daughters Mrs Clyde Windham of Gainesville Fla, Mrs Ennis Seay of Brundidge Ala, Mrs Ethel Tillman of Brundidge, and Mrs Mattie Pescock of Montgomery, plus two brothers and two sisters.
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Fannie Jordan
Cottonwood
Methodist
A. L. Martin
Consolation Cemetery
Lasseter
Noah Jordan
Albert
Columbus
Clyde Windham
Gainesville
Fle
Ennis Seay
Brundidge
Ala
Ethel = Tillman
Mattie Pescock
Montgomery
Mose Westey
E. T. Wesley
Chanceallor
W. E Barnes
Chancellor
L. C Brunson
Enterprise Salon
Sister of Local Man Dies in Sneads Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarth Elizabeth Patterson Walters, 4, sister of Z. F. Patterson of Dothan, were held at Mount Pleasant Church near Chattahoochee, Fla. She died at her Sncreda home after weeks of illness. Born in Dale County, she leaves husband W. M. Walters and 19 children, 38 grandchildren, and 26 great grandchildren.
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Sarth
Elizabeth Patterson Walters
Z. F. Patterson
Dothan
Mount Plassant Church
Chattahoochee
Fla
Sncreda
Vreek
Walters
Dale County
W. M. Walters
Exchange Control Programs Ready
Washington dates note midnight regulatory curb on stock markets as the new rules take effect with most not legal until September. President Roosevelt to name five regulatory commission members with Kennedy as possible chairman and Landis Mathews Healey among selections, verdict pending between Pecora and Shaughnessy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Regulatory Commission
New York
Joseph Kennedy
Harvard
Cseig
James M. Landis
Robert C. Mathews
Federal Trade Commission
Robert Healey
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Stock Inquiry
Frank Shaughnessy
San Francisco Stock Exchange
Heat Wave Death Toll Reaches Fourteen Nationwide
Heat across the east of the Rockies moderates but storms foreseen. temps neared 110 with a New York Central Park sun reading of 137 and 97 in shade. Fourteen total fatalities reported in eleven days as storms, hail, and winds cause damage and relief spreads to states from New York to California.
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Central Park
New Liberty, Sons
Taylorville
Ohio
Might
St. Louis
Indiana
Indianapolis
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Bethel
Richmond
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Lititz
Wenturky
Wicconsin
Oakland
Catt
Tomwell
Mercury
San Francisco Bay Region
Parsons
Needles
Calif
Fimporta
Kan
Kansas City
Rocky
Pneumonia Death Of 11 Year Old Boy In Dothan
Jim Hatfield 11 son of Mr and Mrs Cleve Hatfield died at home on Headland Avenue after a three week illness pneumonia listed as cause of death He is survived by ten sisters Eunice and Dorothy and three brothers John FR A and Bil all of Dothan Funeral services were held at Bev Ish church with Captain Kay of the Salvation Army officiating Burial was in the church cemetery Fellows and Forrarter funeral home in charge
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Jim Hatfield
Cleve Hatfield
Headland Avenue
Eunice
Dorothy
John
Bil
Dothan
Ifn'elock
Bev Ish
Captain Kay
Salvation Army
Fellows & Forrarter Funeral Home
Negro woman struck by truck in Columbia today
A metro woman was struck by a truck in Columbia this morning and slightly injured. Ambulance was summoned by a local funeral home's employees. she was not taken to a hospital as injuries were diagnosed by a physician in Columbia. Archie Puckhart was reported to have been driving the truck.
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Metro
Dothan
Columblea
Hom
Columbia
Archie Puckhart
Condemned Trio Gains New Reprieve From Executive
Governor Lehman granted a reprieve until July 9 1934 for Anne Antonio Vincent Saetta and Sam Feraci after a death sentence delay at Sing Sing. A fourth party’s claim prompted a new trial motion by Mrs Antonio’s counsel, with County Judge Gallup to hear the case.
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Henry Cassidy Ossining
Anne Antonio
Vincent Saetta
Sam Feraci
New York City
Saetta
Mra. Antonio
Sing Sing
Feraci
Seetta
Bastia
Lawes
Salvatore Antonio
Antonio Ao
Antonio
Lehman
Daniel H. Prior
Earle H. Gallup
Albany
Rollins Condition Remains Unchanged at Home
Sheriff-elect C J Rollins, now serving as chief deputy, remains in serious condition at home. A slight improvement over his status from more than a week ago was reported, but he remains critically ill.
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C. J. Rollins
Mr. Rollins
Marie Dressler Clings to Life Amid Uremic Poisoning
Santa Barbara California June 30 AP Marie Dressler, 62, clung to life battling uremic poisoning. She showed renewed strength since Thursday after a major crisis, with doctors believing she had days more. Telegrams poured in from across the country to the Montecito estate as she remained in a coma for days.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Marie Dressler
Hope
C.K. G. Billings
Montecito
Society Cnlony
Hollywood
Miss Dreasler
Tun
Ant
Handy Lopez of Brooklyn Dodgers Shines in Versatile Defense
AFP reports Senor Lopez of Brooklyn Dodgers, captain known as Lonas, shines across three positions in rapid succession. In two days he logged 111 game behind the plate and at third, plus stints at second, catching and fielding brilliantly. He even moved from catcher to third in the final two innings against the Frontier, delivering four spectacular plays.
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Brooklyn
AFP
Lonas
Dodgers
Senor
Alforsa Pampan Lopez
Casey Stange
Cuber
Maetors
Amece
Lopez
Natchere Hoy
Orowd
Second Revolution In Germany Ended By Hitler Forces
The second revolution in Germany ended as Hitler’s forces secured control. Goering announced arrests and killings of stormtroop leaders, with the Reichswehr ready for emergency duty. Von Schleicher was killed resisting arrest. Paepen was briefly detained. Reich and party statements blamed radicals and emphasized discipline.
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Germany
Hitler
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Prussia
Kurt von Schleicher
Goering
Reichswehr
Franz von Papen
Berlin
Inter
Rome
Washington
Paris
Ernst
Company Blamed For Held Kidnap Case
A telegram from the International Union of Tayulea Workers alleges Harriman Hosiery Mille bore responsibility for the kidnapping of Frad G Held, vice president of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers. Held was taken from a passenger car by four men at noon, driven out of town, and released with orders not to return. he may testify before the Grand Jury in Kingston next week.
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National Gocialist Party
Lea
der Fuehrer
Munich
Westphalia
Wiessee
Mer Prehrer
Prinassi
Berlin
Atorm
Hic
Tayulea Workers of America
Telarramtn
NFA
Hugh Johnson Tatey
Harriman Hosierv Mille
Frad G Held
American Federation of Hoetary
Goaragwa
W M. Hannah
Harriman
Kingston
Appointed Postmaster Named in Lafayette Alabama
Postmaster General Farley announced acting postmasters today including Sarah Talley of Lafayette Alabama.
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Washington
Farley
Lafayette
Ala
Sarah Talley
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Y.F. W. Chapter
Sneads, Fla
Rocky Mountains
Rollins
Senate Stock Market Inquisitor
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Pecora
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Senor Lopez
Brooklyn Dodgers
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N. Y
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Mans
Frederick
Edith Stedling
Steadling
Sac City
Cincinnati
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Say
Johnson Mill
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Tncal Union of the
Treg
Louisiana
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Louisiane Bangte
Tugwell
New Orleans
O. K. Allen
T. Semmes Waimaley
Huey P. Lorig
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Long
Newport
Roy
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Ellen
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Trinity Church
Ellen Tuck French
Elleen Gillespie
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French
Virginia Middleton French
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