Houston County Democratic Committee Petition Sparks Qualification Changes
The Houston County Democratic Committee raised barriers for 1928 presidential election candidates by signing a petition led by Will L. Lee to ease entry for August primary hopefuls. May 1 was set as the last day to qualify with fees from five to ten dollars. Nine of thirteen committee members reportedly signed the petition.
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Pete Mahan
Houston County
Will L. Lee
Chalter
PD. A. Cameron
Dothan Committee
Lee
Cameron
Will Lee
Dan Bakr
Eagle
Houston County Committee
Criminal Court Room
Houston
Gadsden
Wil Lee
Dan Baker
W. T. Jarvis
Baker Murphy
A. M. Baxter
Charles McArthur
J. J. Marsh
Amos Fuller
A. M. Kenisaw
John Lee Goff
Dunk Howard
Rome Windham
Montgomery Negro Admits Assault on Two Women
Mose Daniel a 19 year old negro confessed to assaulting a white woman in Montgomery Alabama and is held at Kilby Prison awaiting a preliminary hearing likely Friday. A regular county grand jury will convene in May and no special grand jury was called. He denied involvement in a separate attack but admitted to the Sunday assault and identified the earlier suspect.
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Montgomery
Kilby
Ala
Mose Daniel
Leon C. McCord
Temple Siebels
John Scogin
Rie
Martin Maryland
Clothilde Marchand
Henri Marchand
Buffalo Artit
Nancy Bowen
Buffalo
Marchand
Lillian Jimerson
Ten Men Rescued From Burning Mine Near Amsterdam
Fire trapped 89 workers in the Wolf Run mine of Warner Colleries. 87 escaped, two died. Sparks from a trolley pole ignited the blaze as rescuers fought flames through timber and coal with Steubenville fire squads aiding. Two inspectors collapsed from exhaustion.
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Steubenville
UPI
Wolf Run
Warner Colleries
Amsterdam
Paul’ Borkowski
Jack Pewoski
George Allman
Sidney Wale
Arnold Horton
Huge Waves Overturn Boat Off Vera Cruz Killing Six
In a Mexican storm off Vera Cruz a fishing smack named Deamita overturned. One survivor, Carlos Avila, said sharks and barracuda fed on two of the crew as he clung to a rock for fifty hours before rescue. Captain Jose Ruis Merillo perished with the craft.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Deamita
Carlos Avila
Jose Ruis Merillo
Philadelphia Lawyer In Dothan Today To Watch Circuit Court
Robert A. Meier of Philadelphia was in Dothan to observe circuit court proceedings and defend Walter Smith on a first degree murder charge. Meier, admitted to the bar in 1879, traveled with Sid Wilson Jr. from Tampa, where he spends winters and Wilson practices law.
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Robert A. Meier
Philadelphia
Dothan
Meir
Sid Wilson, Jr
Walter Smith
Meier
The
Eagle
Wilson
Tampa
Fla
National Republican Club votes to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment
The National Republican Club, with members including Chief Justice Hughes and Elvin Root, voted 461 to 335 against prohibition, calling the amendment disruptive to federalism and urging Congress to repeal it. The session featured wets and drys proxies and aimed to boost James W. Wadsworth before his 1926 Senate defeat.
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National Republican Club
New York
Justice Hughes
Elvin Root
Ogden Mills
Theodore Roosevelt
Hoover
Aote
Republican Party
Congress
Newbrand
Richard W. Lawrence
Motin
Wit
Drys
James W. Wadsworth
Senate
Wadsworth
Alfred G. Crozier
Association Against
Henry H. Curran
Association
Ford says big money backs bootlegging and press control
Henry Ford charges New York money interests back bootlegging in the United States and says liquor interests concentrate near his Dearborn factory because he is a dry. He cites prohibition as a force for comfort and prosperity and claims newspapers are controlled and do what they are told to show up his town.
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New York
New York World Today
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Ford
Fhe House Molitary Committee
United States
Henry
Three Arkansas teen boys admit owning three moonshine stills
In Helena Arkansas three teen boys Burnice Collier 17 Lester Neal 17 and Tom Ellis 19 admitted ownership of three stills with a total capacity of 1000 gallons of liquor and 9000 gallons of mash ready for distillation. They received six months ninety day and sixty day sentences and fines.
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Helena
Ark
Burnice Collier
Lester Neal
Tom Ellis
L’anguille River
John E. Martineau
Collier
Martineau
White Neal
William Tell stunt ends with boy shot in La Porte yard
In La Porte Indiana a backyard William Tell act turned deadly when 14 year old Harry Mandeville fired at a can placed on a fence post. The projectile struck 15 year old Leland Day in the head leaving him seriously wounded. Police investigated as the incident drew local shock.
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LA Porte
Ind
William Tell
Leland Day
Harry Mandeville
Leland
Harry
Weather Update Alabama Fair Skies Tonight
An interior forecast for Alabama reports fair conditions tonight and continuing Wednesday with no significant changes. Skies should stay clear and temperatures mild across regions inland.
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Alabama
Dothan Historian Bennett Recalls Mud Streets Five Thousand Inhabitants
In a series on notable Dothan residents C C Bennett Central of Georgia Railway agent recalls the city’s early days when about 5000 people lived here and streets were muddy and sidewalks rare. He moved here 22 years ago from Macon and rose from telegraph operator to a Central of Georgia official as Dothan grew into a regional city. Bennett notes paving began in 1910 and shares memories of school and work routines in his youth.
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Central of Georgia
Dothan
Iits
Alabama
CC CL Bennett
Central of Georgia Railway
Bennett
Macon
Central
Louisville
Ala
Dethan
Hom
The
Western Union
Telegraph Company
Centrol of Georgia
Mr. Bennet
Byrd Party Slowed by New York Return Auto Scene
Admiral Byrd and his Antarctic expedition crew, after a year in the snow, return to Dunedin New Zealand and are puzzled by automobiles and streetcars. The City of New York goes to drydock while Byrd plans next legs, noting limited remaining cargo and possible financial strain.
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Admiral Byrd
Antarctic
Richer
Bo Byrd
Hi. E.person
New York
Maurice Hanson
Dunedin
Strance
Antarct
South Pole
Marie Gord-Band
Serdek Oun
Littl America
Prune Cn
Bord
Last Rites for Taft Marked by Simplicity
Taft lies in state as thousands attend the funeral events. The service featured chimes of Lead Kindly Light and readings of poems before the final taps.
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Taft
Taft Funeral Procession Through Washington
The AP report recounts Taft's funeral events from his home escort by cavalry to the Capitol, a wreath-laying at the rotunda, a procession to All Souls Unitarian, funeral at 2:00 PM led by Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, Arlington burial with 23 gun salutes at Fort Myer, and a final Arlington burial at 3:16 PM with taps.
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Associated Press
Taft
Wire House
Pennsylvania
Capitol
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Ulysses G. B. Pierce
D. D
Arlington National Cemetery
Fort Myer
Arlington
Dr. Pierce
Taft Enters Capitol Casket in Chief Justice Robes
In Washington in March 1947 William Howard Taft appeared in his chief justice robes as his body lay in state at the Capitol. The neckline and folds of the black robe framed a grave, gravely aged profile while illness had left marks on his face under soft dome light.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
United States
Capitol
Taft Receives Nation's Highest Honors at Death
President Taft is honored with national mourning at Arlington and the White House as Americans reflect on his long public service from president to chief justice. Congress, the cabinet, and the nation lay aside business to pay homage at his bier and Capitol salute.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Taft of Oblo
Congress
Taft
Americana
Wyoming Avenue
High St
Ocoeen
America
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