Pivotal Mullins-Sessaman Repeal Bill Upheld By Court
The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the Mullins-Sessaman repeal bill but said advisory opinions can be reviewed by the U S Supreme Court. The referendum and delegate pledge provisions were upheld, scheduling a July 18 election of delegates and a August 8 convention to vote on ratification. Justice Virgil Bouldin authored the decision. Governor Miller offered no comment.
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Montgomery
Miller
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Howell Turner
Justice Bouldin
Gov. Miller
Mauignant
Final Rehearsals for Senior Class Play Seven Days
Final rehearsals proceed for the senior class farce Seven Days at City Auditorium tonight at 8. The comedy centers on seven youths quarantined at a home as public health officials uncover smallpox in a cook, with an elderly host dropping by during the visit.
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Tomollow
Booth of Health
Japan
Death Takes Singer Townsend Fellows in New Hampshire
New York May 11. Townsend Fellows widely known as Sweert and church singer died Monday. He was 71 and had been living in Lyme New Hampshire.
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New York
Townsend Fellows
Lyme
N. H
Harvest for Death as men wait in Sing Sing death house
In Sing Sing prison death house, 28 inmates await execution sentences as a grim procession looms. The report notes the looming deaths and the emotional weight on inmates and staff.
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N. Y
Deganteroom Ig Overrai
Sing Ng
Mailman Undergoes Operation After Mail Route Attack
A mail carrier identified as W. Groert underwent an operation following an assault during a mail delivery yesterday. Police reported the incident occurred on a suburban route and a suspect fled the scene.
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W. Groert
Ap S
Man Confesses Starting Fire In Maine Town
Norman Moore, 25, confessed setting a blaze in Ellsworth Maine causing 2 million dollars in damage and leaving 400 people homeless. He was arrested on a Hancock area farm. He said something in his head led him to act and had witnessed a prior factory fire.
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Ellsworth
Maine
Norman Moore
Hancock
Moore
Levee Blown Open Near Belzoni Threatens County Flooding
Three dynamite charges created a 50 foot gap in the Yazoo river levee a mile south of Belzoni Mississippi opening flood risk for South Humphreys county and the town. Sheriff Purvis warned that unless sealed the area could be inundated. National guardsmen reinforced the scene to prevent tampering.
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Yazoo River
Belzoni
Miss
Purvis
South Humphreys County
National
Nurses to Receive Diplomas at Frasier Ellis School
Commencement for the 1933 class of five nurses will be held Friday night at the nurses home starting at 8 o clock. Dr F G DuBose of Selma will deliver the graduating address and Dr A B Frasier will award diplomas. Mrs Jewel Thrasher will present the hospitaling. The graduates are Connie Snell Pauline Weaver Lucile Key Loleta Helms and Eva Mercer. The program includes invocation by Miss Weaver class history by Miss Snell class song reading by Miss Cofield nursing pledge and diploma presentation.
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Frasier-Ellis School of Nursing
Nurses’ Home
F. G. DuBose
Selma
American College of Surgery
Frasier
Jewel Thrasher
Connie Snell
Pauline Weaver
Lucile Key
Loleta Helms
Eva Mercer
American Legion Post to Meet Tomorrow Night
The Chester R. Vickery Post of the American Legion will hold an important meeting tomorrow at 7 30 PM in the Legion club house on South Oates Street. Commander Bracewell urges all members to attend.
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Chester R. Vickery
American Legion
Legion
South Oates Street
Bracewell
Federal Judge Drops Prohibition Conspiracy Charges
An order by Federal Judge Alexander Akerman of Tampa not to press prohibition conspiracy charges was entered in Miami Federal court. The case names Sheriff Louis Thorp of Collier County and several others including J. Harold Davis, Benton Bogges, and EB. L.
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Nol
Miami
Alexander Akerman
Tampa
Prohibition
Louis Thorp
Collier County
Ha Old Davis
Benton Bogges
EB. L
Conferees Yet to Agree on Muscle Shoals Bill
Washington May 1 AP Conferees on the Muscle Shoals bill met but settled only minor points failing to resolve the main issues. A follow up session was planned. Senators expect the House to approve the bill granting government power to build transmission lines and permit experimental fertilizer production rather than commercial output.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
House
Hart Woman Dies From Knife Wounds In City Hospital
Charlie Mae Hart, a Black woman, died from a knife wound received Monday night. Mozelle Blake, the alleged attacker, is jailed on an assault charge but faces murder charges after Hart's death.
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Charlie Mae Hart
Mozelle Blake
Hart
Sacred Harp Sing At Bethlehem Church Sunday This Week
Lovers of sacred harp singing are invited to attend a two mile north of Melvern event at Bethlehem church on Sunday. J A Tew says an all day sing will begin at a.m. with preaching and communion services fitting into the schedule.
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Sacred Harp
Bethlehem Church
Melvern
J. A. Tew
Malone undergoes operation in local hospital
Mrs A Y Malone National Democratic Committeewoman underwent an operation in a hospital here today. Her condition was reported to be satisfactory.
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A. Y. Malone
National Democratic
Bank Conservator Named in Starke
The State Banking Department announced that C. L. Stockwell of Starke has been appointed conservator of the Bank of Starke in Tallahassee.
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Tallahassee
State Banking Department
C. L. Stockwell of
Starke
Bank of Starke
Alliance Against Repeal Opens Fight Across Alabama Counties
The Sterling Committee of the Alliance Against the Repeal of the 18th Amendment announces statewide organization plans. Alabama remains dry and will oppose repeal through churches and reform groups, with county committees forming in coming weeks. May 20 set for statewide meetings as the campaign expands.
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Alliance Against
Alabama
The
Eagle
Sterling Committee
Alliance Against the
Birmingham
Sterling
Baptists
Methodists
Presbyterians
Disciples of Christ
Anti-Saloon League
Council of Allied Youth, Missionary Societies
Drya
Do than High Students Join World Fair Bus Tour
Half a dozen Do than High school students will join an educational bus tour to the World’s Fair in Canada Mammoth Cave and Lincoln birthplace among other sites. The 14 day trip covers 3000 miles through ten states with visits to the Parthenon Vanderbilt University Peabody College Ward Belmont the Hermitage and more.
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Dothan High School
Canada
Mammoth Cave
Abraham Lincolns Birthplace
Dothan
Selma
EH. W. Walker
Walter M. Jackson
Selma High School
Corra Jean Harrie
Elizabeth Espy
Allen Merrill
Robert Espy
Mary Ruth Johnson
Thomson
Mary Ann Adams
Macon
Parthenon
Vanderbilt University
Peabody College
Ward Belmont
The
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
Nashville
Tenn
Steven Foster
New York
Windsor
Hamilton
Toronto
Niagara Falls
Forbidden City May Be Scene Of Sino-Japanese War
In Peiping on May 11 a Japanese bombing plane over the forbidden city dropped handbills urging Chinese to cease opposing Japanese and Manchukuans. Chinese machine gunners fired as the plane completed its mission and departed.
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Forbidden City
Peiping
China
County Officials Seek Third 15000 Loan From RFC
Houston county relief funds from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation will extend through June. Officials announced an additional 15000 loan bringing the total borrowed to 45000. The second loan may be exhausted soon and notice of the third loan has been received.
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Houston County
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Sheriff Hobbs Awaiting Operation In Dothan Hospital
Sheriff O. K. Hobbs of Bay County Florida is in a Dothan hospital awaiting an operation. A severe cold has delayed the procedure for several days. Attendants say the officer's condition is not serious.
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O. KB. Hobbs
Bay County
Fla
Dothan Hopital
Florida
House backs bill shielding newspaper sources in New Jersey
In Trenton on May 11 the House approved a bill 46 to 6 to protect newspaper sources. The measure prohibits compelling a newspaper employee to disclose information source before a court, grand jury, or legislative committee. it now goes to the governor for action.
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Trenton
N. J
House
Woman Ordered to Turn Over Farm in Alimony Case
Violet Turner must transfer a 180 acre farm to Thames Turner as alimony after Thames obtained a divorce on cruelty charges. Thames is granted custody of their two children.
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Alabama
America
Nquor
Pomeroy
Ohio
Mra
Violet Turner
Thames
Business Orders Rise As 1929 Corner Returns
Democratic leaders said farm relief inflation bill delayed until tomorrow due to Speaker Rainey's absence. Rainey delayed in Columbus by weather as orders rise for first time since 1929 with wage boosts and growing employment. New York stock market advances amid active trading and higher commodity prices.
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Washington
Rainey
White House
Garner
Roosevelt
Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Pacific Coast
New York
Chicago
Visitors Invited To Three Dothan Hospitals Friday
Three Dothan hospitals invite the public to tour facilities on National Hospital Day. Frasier-Ellis will open 2 to 4 p m while Moody and Davison hospitals welcome visitors all day. The observance honors Florence Nightingale’s birthday May 12 and aims to strengthen community hospital ties.
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Dothan
Frasier- Elis Hospital
Moody and Daviesoapitals
Florence Nightingale
Jewel Thrasher
Frasier-Ellis Hospital
American Hospital Association
Mrs Shade Lisenby Dies At Home
Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Lisenby age 70 died at her Hartford highway home after months of illness. She is survived by Shade Lisenby her husband one son B S Lisenby of Dothan route seven and two daughters Mrs A H Capps of Bonifay and Mrs T B Holland of Dothan. Funeral at Selina church at 4 p m today with Rev J W Craughon officiating burial in church cemetery. Houston Funeral company in charge active pallbearers listed.
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Sarah Elizabeth Lisenby
Hartford Highway
Shade Lisenby
Church
Houston Funeral Company
Co. A. Patterson
Alex Snell
Henry Kirkland
Dec Stevens
Clete Bond
Hammond Kirkland
Louis Gradick
Mothers Day Program at Memphis Church Sets Sunday Night
The B Y A of a Memphis church will present a Mother s Day program Sunday night at 7 30. A two act play Our Queen of the May is among the features of the evening. Rev Lamar Jones will speak on The Origin of Mother s Day.
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Memphis
Lamar Jones
Memorial Services for Moss and More at Harpers Joy Church
Memorial services will be held Sunday at Harpers Joy church for Moss and More. The services were announced today by Willie Pearl Varnum and attended by church members.
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Harpers Joy Church
Mra
Moss
Size More
Willie Pearl Varnum
Finals Set for Tennis Tourney at Country Club
Marion Hanahan and George Moore reach the final matches to be played Friday at 2 pm on the Country Club court. A large gallery is expected as both players, noted strong rackets, seek the Dothan club court championship. Hanahan defeated Archie Carmichael while Moore beat Ingraham Hanahan to reach the final.
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Marion Hanahan
George Moore
Country Club
Dothan Club
Hanahan
Archie D. Carmichael
Moore
Ingraham Hanahan
Three Men Bonded in Ranger Slaying Case at Geneva
Three men Ben Applin Homer Jackson and Bill Jordan, all near Hacoda, were granted bonds of 2000 each at a Geneva preliminary hearing before Justice W R Craughon in the Will Tubberville forest ranger slaying case. About two dozen others were questioned and released as investigations continue.
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Geneva
Will Tubberville
Forest Ranger
Geneva County
W. R. Craughon
Child Dies in Fort Gaines Early Today
James Donald Jordan aged two, son of Mr and Mrs J Jordan of Fort Gaines, died at 1 30 this morning in a local hospital after a two week illness. Survived by his parents, with funeral plans set for Shorterville tomorrow, body to be taken there by Dowling Rhodes ambulance.
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James Donald Jordan
J. ©. Jordan
Fort Gaines
Dowling-Rhodes
Shorterville
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