Arson arrests shock Dothan as fires probe widens
J AltmAn and M Saliba are arrested in a widening arson probe. Mayor Clem Exell vows a full breakout of the fires, calling the acts vicious and demanding penitentiary sentences. State Fire Marshal R C Searcy praises investigations, noting eight indictments and nineteen alleged offenses, with more to come. A woman, Minnie Lee Childs alias Nolen, refused to testify and was jailed for contempt before release.
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Clem Exell
Eze
Rollins
Domingus
Zelgiar
Mullins
Dothan
R. C. Searcy
Grand Jury
W. BR. West
Yocat
Minnie Lee Childs
Nolen
Pearce
Geneva P T A closes year with officer votes and events
Geneva notes the P T A held its final meeting of the year at the school. Lois Thompson was elected secretary and Mrs. James Mulkey treasurer for the coming year. Mrs. D O Vaughan hosted the Athenaeum club. papers on natural resources were read by Mrs. Fred Fleming and Mrs. Zack Morris. Engagements and visits are also mentioned, including Mildred Early's engagement to Charles Frederick McClelland of New York City.
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Lois Thompson
James Mulkey
D. O. Vaughan
Athenaeum Club
Fred Fleming
Zack Morris
Geneva
Mildred Early
Who's a Sucker Now in the Stock Market Probe
Washington columnist reports the stock market investigation spiraling beyond a simple bear hunt. The Banking and Currency Committee, led by Walcott, faces hostile questions as Whitney and others reveal complex market practices, exposing public officials and financiers as potential suckers in a murky probe.
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Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Wee Washington
Texas Guinan
Senator Walcott
Connecticut
Hoover
Banking and Currency Committee
Walcott
Senate
Lke
George Barr Baker
Cruxes
Richard F. Whitney
The
Stock Exchange
the &Ret
Whitney
Norbeck
Brookhart
Percy Rockefeller
John J. Raskoh
Raskob
Rasskoh
Wall Street
Mally
Holly Wood Starlet Cora Sue Collins Aims for Fame
Four year old Cora Sue Collins, once ill during travel to Hollywood, lands film roles after crying on cue in The Unexpected Father and The Strange Case of Clara Deane. Her mother, Clyde Collins, funded the trip from Clarksburg before securing a test through a friend of an agent.
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Cora Sue Collins
Holly Wood
Cora Sue
Clara Deane
Clyde Collins
Clarksburg
W. Va
Collins
Hollywood
Madge
Decommissioning of coastal light ship ends era of wheel vessel
The light house tender Holly ends 50 years of service removing the last side wheel vessel from the coast service. An automatic headlight dimmer for autos, developed by a Parisian inventor, is described. The United States opens Q2 1932 with 17 628 pilots and 7 476 licensed aircraft.
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Coast Service
United States
Alabama Dairies Have $18,900,000 Market at Door
A survey by the Alabama Industrial Development board with state agencies shows Alabama cities in 1930 consumed dairy products worth 18.57 million dollars, with only 4.4 million pounds of cheese produced locally and most butter and evaporated milk imported from other states. per capita consumption ran 26.42 dollars, 47 percent below the national average, and 41.4 cents of each dollar spent on dairy left the state.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Industrial Development Board
State Department of Agriculture
The
Board of Health
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Anniston
Ben’semer
Decatur
Dothan
Florence
Gadsden
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Phenix City
Selma
Tuscaloosa
United States
Georgia
Mississippi
Akron Dirigible Tragedy Rescue Efforts Continue
The Akron airship struggles in a perilous rescue after a crewman dangles from the hull while two others perish. Electrical storms and zero visibility delayed the craft from Lakehurst toward Sunnyvale as it neared the California coast for fleet maneuvers. Commander Rosendahl confirmed the ship in excellent condition despite the perilous journey.
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Cowart
San Diego
Rosendahl
Naval Hospital
Akron
Lakehurst
Sunnyvale
San Francisco
United States Fleet
San Francisco Bay
Texas
Golden Gate
Pacific
Baloon over Ozark and Enterprise on first Southern flight
Residents of Ozark and Enterprise witnessed a large motor propelled balloon dirigible on a war practice flight to the Pacific coast. The craft inspired excitement among local Negroes who soon calmed as they learned it was Uncle Sam's defensive vehicle.
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Uncle Sam
Pacific Coast
Ozark
Enterprise
United States
Young America and Other Films With Stars
A compact film schedule notes Spencer Tracy and Doris Kenyon in Young America, Marian Marsh and Warren William in The Beauty and The Boss, John Barrymore with Helen Twelvetrees in States Attorney, and Tim McCoy in The Texas Cyclone. Also mentions Hotel Continental and Freight ers of Destiny. Roger McGee of St Louis, five year old, wins five baby show prizes.
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Spencer Tracy
Doris Kenyon
Ripley
Metro News
Tim McCoy
Fanny
Hotel Continental
Roger
Frost Hits Massachusetts Orchards May 12
Cold at 24 degrees brought heavy frost to lowlands around Springfield and Wilbraham Hampden. Peach growers on high ground reported no injury as trees were in full blossom, while growers in lower areas waited to assess damage.
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Massachusetts
Springfield
Mass
Wilbraham
Hampdee
Akron dirigible passes near Dothan and Ozark route
The Akron giant navy dirigible flew westward near Dothan within 30 miles, over Ozark and Enterprise toward Mobile then across Texas New Mexico and Arizona to California. Its Southern route links Pensacola to the western coast. News of the airship over Ozark caused panic at a local Negro camp meeting as preachers warned of the world’s end.
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Texas Plains
el Paso
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Pacifi Coast
Rosendahl
Akron
Dothan
Ozark
Enterprise
Mobile
Texas
Pensacola
Fla
U. S
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J. Altman
M. Saliba
Wayor
J. 3. Collins
Thelma Watson
Mary Lee Hargrove
Annie Ruth McKinnon
Quincey
L. G. Moimac
R. H. McKay
New York
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Philadelphia
Morgan
Rockefeller and
Walent
Zola Brewer
G. W. Griffin
Ruth Sirmon
Johnnie Rowell
Thomasville
J. J. Moate
Andalusia
D. H. Morris, Jr
Jim Johnson
Joel Johnson
Louise Vaughan
Chattahoochee
Dorothy Collins
S. T. Shank
MaryeLigh Vaughan
Quincy
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Auburn Motors
Bethlehem Stelee
Bendix ‘ Ware
Seaee Ee Ae
Chespeake Corp
Commonwealth & Son
Coca Cola
Chrysler
Dupont
Electric L. & PB
Ford
England
General Motors
Gen. Foods
General Electric L . Aonee
Uw Goodyear
Hudson Motors
Harvester
Telg
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R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Tb Radio
Keith Orph
Sears Roebuck
Southern Railway
Texas Corp
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Mentee Ewe
Texas Gulf Run
U. S. Steel Pree
United Fruit Bb Pwdbba
United Aircraft
Westinghouse
Woolworth Te
Western Union
T. W. Palmer & CO
New Orleans
DEATH
Chester R. Vickery
American Legion
Awarica
Legionnaires
Chester R. Vickery Peat
Aio
Houston
Strand
Robert Woolsey
Dorothy Lee
Tom Keene
Spencer Pons
Tracy Kenye Conlon
Sateri
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Teds
Friday
Sheppard
Seth Thomas Clock
Elgin Strap
Steve Waltham
Holmes & Edwards
Seth Thomm
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