Acquittal Delays Trial Of Alabama Seed Loan Ring
A juried verdict of acquittal was ordered for one of twelve defendants in a district court case involving a conspiracy to obstruct justice and defraud the government over seed loans. Espy and ten Aston county men faced testimony on their seed loan payments and related dealings with tenant farmers, with witnesses detailing loans, receipts, and trips to Washington and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Davennort
Asoc Proms
Espy
Gordon Mer
G. District Court
Ispy
Thomes L. Hutchings
Vernment
Alabama
Aston County
Odson
Sumter
D. C
Hutchings
Meyh
Itchings
Jorney Chilton
Ents
Shamrocks of Dothan Fade Amid Rain Watches
Patriotic Irishmen in Dothan wore green for St Patrick's Day but intermittent showers faded shamrocks and ribbons to almost white. Dothan residents revived legends of St Patrick driving out snakes, though some called the tale bunk. Several St Patrick Day dances were planned in the Wiregrass tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Ireland
St. Patrick
Witnesses recount loan schemes and cash loans in conspiracy trial
Testimony traces payments and land sales used to cover loans tied to a government conspiracy claim. Arthur Weathers identified checks Wofford cashed for the defendant while H. T. Adams and Sam Howard testified about cash loans and debt settlements. Hammond described seed loan payouts and cash transfers from a bank vault. Defense countered with cash book entries and witness limitations as Judge Croom ordered a verdict of sequential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Weathers
Dothan
Wofford
Weathers Grocery Co
H. T. Adams
Adams
Hutchings
Sam Howard
Howard
C. C. McArthur
Earl FE
Hammond
Houston National Bank
Young Drug Co
Chilton
Associated Press
Scqnitaal
J. W Croom
C. B
U. S. Income Tax Payments Slump
March 15 payments on incomes in 1931 totaled 12,648,765 dollars, down from 13,100,365 dollars on the same date last year. The month’s total reached 44,701,384 dollars and the fiscal year 702,822,726 dollars. For the comparable period last year March payments were 58,124,904 dollars and the fiscal year 1,229,555,929 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennamer Rules On Motions In Seed Loan Case
Judge Kennamer overruled motions as defense led nine witnesses in the opening hour. W. W. Rollins testified he paid a 1920 loan in cash to Hutchings, who has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and embezzlement. The government cites a bogus receipt. other witnesses questioned dates while defending loans and cross examining defendant Shell Trawick. Discrepancies in 1929 1930 1931 loan applications were noted by Do. B. Winstead and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennamer
Arthur V. Chilton
U. S
W. W. Rollins
Thomas L. Hutchings
Rollins
Chilton
Hutchings
C. C. McIntyre
O. B. Kirkland
Columbia
Kirkland
Clinton
Shell F
Trawick
Alabama Farm Bureau
Police restart search in Lindbergh baby mystery
Hopewell New Jersey March 17 police reopen lines of inquiry in the Lindbergh baby case after the Lightfoots contradict earlier statements. They recovered the chisel once linked to the ladder and noted missing wood and tools once thought connected to the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
N. J
Lindbergh
Leonardo Lightfoot
Franklin Park
Lightfoots
Cooler Temperature Forecast for This Territory Tonight
Cooler tonight was forecast to follow the heavy rain that fell in Dothan today. Cloudy weather appeared on the weather chart for Dothan and vicinity. About an inch of rain fell from early morning to afternoon while a strong wind struck Dothan after midnight with no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Benefit Dance for Unemployed at Houston Hotel
Interest grows for a benefit dance to aid the unemployed. The New Century Club sponsors the event at the Houston hotel dining room tomorrow night with a popular orchestra. all proceeds go to local unemployed workers and a large crowd is expected.
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Houston Hotel
New Century Club
Fiddlers Convention Set For Tonight At Hebron
A fiddling convention will be staged tonight near Headland eight miles east at the Hebron rr heal hovel. Prizes await winners and many fiddlers are expected. Several from Dothan said they intend to attend the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron Rr Heal Hovel
Headland
Dothan
Disabled American Veterans Meet in Woodmen Hall
The Do Than chapter of the Disabled American Veterans will hold its regular meeting at Woodmen's Hall tonight starting at 7 30 o'clock officials announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
The
Disabled American Veterans
Woodmen’ Hall
Missouri Woman and 2 Children Injured In Crash
Mrs. Mildred Saupe of Columbia and her two children were injured when their car overturned on the Montgomery highway. They left a hospital after first aid and continued toward Birmingham. they had been traveling from Tallahassee to Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Saupe
Columbia
Montgomery
Grounds of Geneva Library Beautified
The Athenaeum club sponsors improvements to Geneva's new public library grounds. Grass beds, laid walks, and shrubbery line the building with a rear lawn featuring native evergreens and a hedge of yapon with dogwood redbud and river cane. This is one of several civic beautification projects planned this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Athenaeum Club
Two men fined and warned after drunkenness hearings
In the common pleas court at Sion yesterday two persons were fined three ard costs on charges of drunkenness. Four others were warned after hearings. The session also wettied seven more cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion
Thor Frei
Health Inspectors Review County Dairies
HW G Caldweil of the Lireau of inspection branch of the ptste bu reau of health in Houston cour ty working out. the county health department ans asceuing in grad ing of dairies in the county. Mra Caldweil will be In Dothan the re mainder of the treek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HW. G. Caldweil
Lireau of Inspection Branch
Ptste Bureau of Health Ap
Houston
County Health Department
Ans
Mra Caldweil
Dothan
German Socialists Civil War Plans Reported Found
Berlin reports reveal Nazi plans for a civil war to be launched during the presidential election. The Prussian government ordered raids on NSDAP headquarters as the interior ministry stated Nazis planned a march on Berlin using revolts as cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Ministry of the Interior
Bluebeard Powers Faces Hange in West Virginia Tomorrow
Harry Powers known as Bluebeard plans to seek US Supreme Court relief to delay his execution for the murder of Dorothy Lemke in West Virginia. He has been denied habeas corpus relief and faces the gallows in the state penitentiary at Moundsville Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
Harry Powers
United States Supreme Court
Powers
Dorothy Lemke
Worthboro
Mass
Rom
Clarksburg
Harry F. Powers
Bluebeard
Permit Issued to H H Brown to Repair Structure
City clerk grants permit to H H Brown to repair a building at 205 W Main Street and install a driveway. The site was formerly an office for a miniature golf course. Project cost listed as 300 dollars. Tearing down the fence around the miniature golf course began this morning.
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Main Street
H.H. Brown
Birmingham Commission Spends $1134 in First Half Budget Gap
Birmingham three city commissioners used 1133.99 to run city affairs in the first half of the fiscal year. The amount trails the budget by about 7099 dollars, reflecting a shortfall in planned spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Houston Kiwanis Discusses County School System
John W. Rish spoke on Building Citizenship and the Houston County school system at the Dothan Kiwanis meeting. He compared per capita outlay, pupil transport, and school facilities with Alabama counties and noted capital expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
John W. Rish
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Houston Hotel
Rish
Troy Club
Panama City
H. E. Caldwell
Montgomery
State Board of Health
F. G. Granger
Jack McNair
Gainesville
Fla
W. 8. Wilson
C. C. Moseley
Birmingham
Alabama Educational Association
T. G. Jones
Boys and Girls
A. J. Miller
Myer Blumberg
Parisian to Open in Dothan on East Main Street
A new Parisian store opens Friday in Dothan on East Main Street under W F Cody a merchandising veteran formerly of Laverne Alabama. The remodeled building will house ready to wear clothing shoes hosiery notions and piece goods with a fresh Easter merchandise stock offered at popular prices. The Parisian already operates as a leading retailer in other localities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
East Main Street
W. F. Cody
Laverne
Ala
Cody
Famous Old Frigate To Arrive In St. Joe
Washington reports the Old Trans sides is slated to reach St. Joseph port on March 29 after stopping at Gulfport on March 27. The journey depends on weather and possible delays, with official updates planned if schedules shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joe
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of
Fla
Yon
N. E. Goodwin
Navy Department
Texas
Gulfport
Miss
St. Jor
Dr Dockery Attends Birmingham Meeting
Mr C W Clerky, pastor of the Paper Paglist church, left this morning for Birmingham to attend a Howard College board of trustees meeting. Dr Dockery has long served on the Howard College executive board and is expected to return to Dothan tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W Lerkery
Paper Paglist Church
Birmingham
Howard College
Dockery
Dothan Tomor
Guard Placed Around Governor as Demonstrators Rally
Plain clothesmen guarded Governor Sennett Conner's mansion after a day of protests against the sales tax proposal. A mass march ended at the capitol with a pistol threat by an unarmed man who was pulled back by the crowd. The demonstrators milled in the rotunda crying for the governor to appear and dispersed after distributing anti tax placards. The retail sales tax bill passed the House and moves to the Senate finance committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Capitol
Sennett Conner
Rotunda
Senate Chamber
House
Senate Finance
Freeze damages less than first feared in state Auburn
Farmers statewide report far less damage from last week’s deep freeze than anticipated. Auburn station head R Bailey notes oats wheat and other grains mostly spared except in Tennessee Valley. Peach trees pears plums apples and garden crops faced losses. pecans unharmed. strawberries severely hit. overall outlook mixed with insect kill potentially beneficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
R. ¥. Bailey
Tennessee
L. M. Ware
Department of Horticulture
Fairhope
Baldwin
Mobile
Criminal Cases In Circuit Court Scheduled For April
Court officials announced criminal cases will be heard April 11 to 16 in circuit court. The docket is not yet completed and will be posted later.
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Gordon
DWT
R. L. Espy
W. W. Wofford
Tok
Abney Arthur B. Chilton
Woffor
Ryth
Beaumont
Tre
J. Henry Atherington
Charlie C. Merthur
Congress
D. A.V
University of Missouri Engineering
Mary Butterfield
Kansas City
Missouri
Staitf
Herf
Hitler
Bluebeard” Powers
T. W. Palmer & CO
New York
New Orleans
Parisian
Laverne Man
Dr. Dockery
Mississippi
Mills
Executive
Tor
Bailey
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