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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1935
Page
1
New Orleans March 11 AP cotton markets saw a rapid drop from the 6.9 bale level amid fear of government action on next year’s crop. Prices recovered mid day with May near 10.50, July 10.65, Oct 10.59, Dec 10.75, all about 125 to 163 points under Saturday’s close.
Marianna Florida March 11 Three people were hospitalized and a fourth at home after a car overturned while swerving to avoid a child in front of the vehicle. Injured include F M Golson Kenny Gaufe High Simmons and Mrs Simmons. Barclay Gaufe was unconscious with undetermined injuries. The crash occurred seven miles from Marianna on the Huntstown highway.
LIBERTY Tennessee March 11 AP Others cast aside their high eel bikes as andpa put on his first long nts but not Lavodar Woodward A house painter by trade he still rides to his work on the big tall wheel he bought in 1884 and takes him to communities far from home Marriage licenses were issued during the weekend to F D Fol n 24 Tallahassee Fla and ry Cliff Harris 21 Columbia rell A Adams 18 and Louise rrell 18 both of Cottonwood ite and Odell White 25 and Lamb 18 both of Ashford
In a March column from Everly Hills California Will Rogers comments on Oliver Wendell Holmes’s will and gift to the government. He notes 80 years of service to the country and expresses gratitude while probing what ails the world and people’s selfishness.
Pittsburgh March 11 The government deferred testimony on alleged Union Trust tax evasion matters during Andrew Mellon income tax hearing as Karl Korb was withdrawn from the stand. Mellon seeks a 139000 refund for 1931 taxes. Henry Clay McEldowney Union Trust president died recently. The hearings shift to the McClintic Marshall Company Bethlehem Steel merger with Mellon a major stockholder.
Police chase a young athletically built man in a torn coat linked to three auto mobiles stored in Marianna Florida. Detectives from Taylor Hicks and Pat Warrick intercept the youth at a bus terminal in drizzle and cold rain after he alights from a bus with two others. He matches the Marianna description and is questioned before being escorted to headquarters. an exchange of blows interrupted the arrest.
Federal agents in Marianna Florida rounded up six alleged violators of the internal revenue act and held warrants for two more. Among those seized were Henry C Hardwick who swam across Par rish Lake before surrendering. Wardell Messer William C Harrison Robert Laramore and Ben Neel were taken in two miles north Catts? mill and eight miles south of Marianna. All men are under $500 bonds. Illicit stills whiskey and mash were seized.
Miss Kathryn Ivey of Marianna, a Huntingdon College student and Marianna High alumna, was named one of the two best debaters. She becomes vice-president and social director of the college debating society. Her honors include winning West Florida contests and state honors at Gainesville. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs H M Ivey of Marianna.
In Huntsville on March 11 AP reports a barber shop remark solved the death identity of Millard F. Brewer, 63, a Thatch farmer killed on the Athens Huntsville route after a Thursday accident. A Huntsville bystander learned the description from a newspaper and traced the body, saying the man was his father. Officials deem the crash unavoidable.
Houston county cotton producers who signed acreage reduction contracts in 1934 will meet this week to sign agreements for 1935. CC M Ling, county agent, lists meetings: Beats 1 and 2 Brannon Stand Tuesday, Vicksburg Wednesday, Jellico Thursday. Beat 3 Dothan Tuesday and Wednesday. Beats 4 and 5 Rehobeth Tuesday and Wednesday. Bir Creek Wednesday and Taylor Thursday. Beat 6 Cottonwood Tuesday and Wednesday. Hodgesville Thursday morning. Beats 7 and 4 Ardilla Tuesday. Waller's store Wednesday. Cameron's Mill Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. Beats 10 and 13 Columbia Tuesday. Ashford Wednesday and Thursday morning. Beats 11 and 12 Pawsey Tuesday. Gordon Wednesday morning. Crosby Wednesday afternoon. Grangerburg Thursday morning.
County cotton committeemen in Houston schedule a Friday meeting as the last day for new cotton growers to sign contracts reducing their 1935 acreage. New signers must meet with the committeemen on Friday to sign forms and will be advised where to meet beforehand.
A 10 year old Omaha girl, Alyce Jane McHenry, who underwent surgery for an inverted stomach at Truesdale hospital, remains stable. Her temperature, pulse, and respiration are within normal ranges as she rests, drinks fluids, and awaits stitch removal in about eight days with precautions against infection.
Burglars last night ransacked the Alemite Services Station on N St Andrews street near police headquarters. They smashed a side door lock to enter and stole inner tubes and $18 from the cash register.
Louisiana's Huey P. Long reemerges as the major obstacle to speeding the 4.88 billion dollar work relief program through Congress. He risks delaying action by demanding a Senate investigation of Postmaster General Fahey while the House sits on a tax return publicity bill. Richberg and Borah clash in the NRA inquiry over monopoly and policy.
In Marianna Florida March 11 special J D Smith received a 75 verdict from a circuit court jury in his lawsuit against Jackson County for 10949 49 claiming fees for legally representing the county before the state highway board over aid for the western approach of the Victory bridge over the Apalachicola about 11 years ago. Judge Ira Hutchinson Panama City presided replacing Judge Amos Lewis who was disqualified. The trial lasted two days.
The Alabama Education Association will hold its 54th annual convention in Birmingham March 28 and 29. President H. G. Dowling announced speakers include Governor Bibb Graves, Dr. G. B. Oxnam of DePauw University, and Dr. Edwin Mime of Vanderbilt.
A 19 year old girl testified before New York's grand jury in a major bid to expose the city’s white slave and vice networks. Directed by District Attorney William Dodge, she recounted four weeks of captivity and named a prominent vice overlord under investigation. The appearance drew attention alongside Polly Adler’s trial on a related vice charge from a raid earlier.
Marianna Fla March 11 Special Mrs Mattie Hayslip Cottondale is in serious condition at a Marianna hospital from injuries when the truck she rode in overturned Friday afternoon between Marianna and Cottondale. Her daughter Mrs Ambrose Wise and the driver Homer Williams were uninjured. Williams swung into a ditch to avoid a tire blown car careening across the road. Mrs Hayslip suffered a fractured pelvis bone a broken arm and body lacerations.
Solomon Baxter, Houston county superintendent of education, traveled to Montgomery to join a conference of county superintendents of education. The gathering included state superintendent J A Keller as a key participant.
An Atlanta report describes Georgia authorizing embargos on fruits vegetables and truck crops to shield home markets. The measure labeled state nationalism by critics aims to regulate interstate commerce and set minimum prices. Experts warn constitutional challenges may arise as precedents limit such state actions.
Washington reports a string of optimistic pronouncements from the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the AFL about rising production and purchasing power. The ACC notes a $45 million Pacific Gas and Electric refinancing as a sign of thawing capital, while Dawes forecasts a rebound by July with a call for budget balance. Commerce shows high industrial output in early 1935 and corporate reports hint improvements, yet warns of continued ups and downs and NRA uncertainty.
Eighty pounds of meat were stolen last night from Mrs Wyatt Cameron's smokehouse at Union Hill, Sheriff Alex H May said. The burglary resembles earlier incidents, where two African American men were arrested last week.
Cincinnati report says the sixth district court of appeals upheld a Nashville ruling ordering Thomon H. Robinson Sr to stand trial in Louisville for conspiracy in the kidnapping of Mrs. Berry Stoll and ransom demand. The decision denied a habeas corpus release as officers prepared to move him, with his son Thomas H. Robinson Jr and his daughter-in-law previously held or released.
Flood relief continued as heavy rains slowed river drops in Leaf and Bouie counties forcing hundreds from their homes. About 220 families in the Raleigh Callon area became temporarily homeless while dikes were strengthened and livestock moved from lowlands. Some Louisiana streams in Livingston and Ascension parishes rose, with families near Cranzales forced from homes.
The Alabama Public Service Commission approved St. Andrews Bay Transportation Company to run a freight truck line from Dothan to the Alabama Florida line toward Marianna and Panama City. The Florida link already authorized, the subsidiary operates with St. Andrews Bay Railway between Dothan and Panama City.
The Greek government reports the smashing of armed rebel opposition in Macedonia, claiming 3,000 rebel soldiers captured and the rebellion nearing end. Observers question the accuracy as fighting continues along the Nemirhissar Serres front with confusion over loyalist crossfront moves and morale.
A United Air Lines plane from the Chicago to San Francisco inaugural coast to coast run, eight years old, is still in service in South America. It has logged over 6 000 hours and was sold to Compania Nacional de Aviacion, now active in the Andes for the South American One route.
Weather outlook across Alabama Florida and Tennessee calls for cloudy skies with thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday. Cooler air moves in tonight in extreme northwest Alabama and in the west and north portions Tuesday. Florida sees cloudy skies with showers on Tuesday. Tennessee expects heavy rain tonight ending Tuesday morning, followed by much colder conditions west portion late tonight.
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