Indicted Fire Case Moves Through Dothan Grand Jury
Eight persons were indicted on arson charges after a Houston County grand jury probing mysterious fires in Dothan. The defendants include Altman and Saliba, linked to local businesses, with bonds set and further investigations ordered as the session adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwriff
Joe Hollins
Gad
Dothan
Houston ‘Gevaty
J. E. Zeiglar
Efosces
Jek Altman
East Main Catrect
Mike T. Saliba
Altman
Lewis
D. A. Saliba
East Main Street
Jack Wilson
South Appletree Street
H. A. Pearce
Mity
Barnes
Jerge Pearce
Race Hatcher
Hatcher
L C. Ezell
Coun
Vns
Tobe Domin FM
Zeigiar
RC. Searcy
Pocetdad
Casas
Sherrie Mie
J. Nortoney
Pearce
Grand Jury
Glenn wins Rotary medal at Waycross High School
Robert Glenn son of Mr and Mrs J R Glenn is declared winner of the Rotary club medal for best all around Junior class member at Waycross High School. Principal A R Walton announced the award. Havana Cuba May 12 AP Dr Orestes Ferrera will resign as Cuban ambassador to the United States before month end and on June 1 become secretary of state in President Machado s cabinet.
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ST. Petersburg
High C. Moore
Nashville
Tenn
Moore
Coliseum
Egept
Woman’s Missionary Union
Baptist Brotherhood
Baptist Brotherhood of the South
Pat M. Neff
Baylor University
Texas
Brotherhood
Southern Baptist Women
Women’s Missionary Union
W. J. Cox
Memphis
Kathleen Mallory
Birmingham
Florida
Waycross
Robert Glenn
J.r.glenn
Rotary Club
Waycross High School
A. R. Walton
Havana
Orestes Ferrera
United States
Machado
League of Nations
Geneva
Robert Whitlow
Tulsa
Okla
League of Nations Association, Inc
New York City
Roach Wins But Pays Court Costs in $5 Judgment
Roland Roach sued Rambo Lumber Co. for 11000 in circuit court claiming timber cutting on his property. He won a $5 judgment but must pay court costs, leaving him no financial gain from the case. The Roach v. Rambo Lumber Co. was the highlight of yesterday's docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Roach
Rambo Lumber Co
Roach
Black Short By 659 Votes For Democratic Senate Majority
In Montgomery Alabama on May 12 the Democratic executive committee reported that Senator Black trails the needed majority by 659 votes from the May 3 primary out of 187 176 ballots. He trails by 1 317 votes when compared to the combined total of Kilby Burns McCall and Anderton. The panel ruled next two high finishers in district races with no majority advance to a second primary for the remaining post.
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Montgomery
Ala
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Senator Black
Thomas E. Kilby
Morgan Burns
Charlie McCall
Henry Anderton
Democratic Committee
Two men rob Roanoke bank in broad daylight
Roanoke Alabama May 12 two men held up the City Bank and Trust company escaping with between four and five thousand dollars. The holdup pair entered through a rear door and waved pistols ordering customers and employees to lie on the floor. The assistant cashier loaded the bag with money and the robbers fled in an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Ala
City Bank and Trust Company
Mrs. J A Culbreth Dies After Six Weeks Paralysis
Mrs. J A Culbreth 76 of Columbia route two died at home after a six week paralysis illness. Survived by husband five sons four daughters two brothers and other relatives. Funeral at Ebenezer church Friday at three with Rev H M Giving officiating and Fellows Forrester in charge.
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J. A. Culbreth
Columbia
Culbreth
C. B
C. H. Culbreth
J. L. Culbreth
Headland
Mamie Deese
Slocomb
W. M. Forrester
Ashford
J. H. Forrester
Webb
J. S Carroll
R. C. White
Moultrie
Silas White
Blakely
Ebenezer Church
H. M. Giving
Fellows & Forrester
Hookworm Fatal to Youth After Treatment in Dothan
J. W. Crawford, 13, of Dothan route four, died at home from hookworm infection shortly after a late treatment. He became ill, died within two hours. Survived by parents I W and Mrs Crawford, three brothers Otis Jennings Winfred, five sisters Nettie Ruth Grace Danie Legatha. Funeral at home near Kinsey 10 a.m. with Rev Parrish. buried in Cowarta Cemetery. Fellows and Forrester in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Crawford
Dothan
Crawford
I.W Crawford
Otis
Swebb
Jennings
Winfred
Nettie
Ruth
Grace
Danie
Legatha
Kinsey
Mr. Parrish
Cowarta Cemetery
Fellows & Forrester
Retired Major General John I. Hines Returns to Washington
Major General John I. Hines former chief of staff of the U S army has returned from command of the Philippines department to retire May 31 in Washington D C. Hines 64 a West Point graduate served in the Spanish American War with Pershing expedition into Mexico and held regimental brigade divisional and corps commands in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John I. Hines
U. S. Army
Philippines Department
Washington, D. C
Hines
West Point
Pershing
Mexico
Harry Hall Speaks On Newspaper Work At Kiwanis
Harry Hall spoke to the Dothan Kiwanis Club at the Houston hotel about the inner workings of a big newspaper. He spent last summer with The New York Times in New York City. J. L. Vaughn John W. Bish and M. D. Black were tasked to draft resolutions on organized crime in Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Houston
Harry Hall
New York City
New York Times
Hall
Eagle
Metropolis
Dothan
J. L. Vaughn
John W. Bish
M. D. Black
A. J. Miller
Charlie Mae Baughman
B. H. Robinson
Western Union
Milledgeville
Lee Shugerman
Birmingham
Sam Blumberg
Welfare Board Cares For Closet Prisoner Of Convicted Couple
Edith Riley, 13, rescued from a closet prison six months ago, is committed to the board of public welfare until adulthood. Judge Mary O'Toole suggests placing her with maternal grandmother Augusta Anna Annadale for care and affection she lacked at 1110 Rhode Island avenue. Her father Harry Riley and stepmother receive two-year sentences for mistreatment. Edith has gained 33 pounds at Gallinger hospital since November 6, rising from 38 pounds to a healthier weight.
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Washington
Edith Riley
Board of Public Welfare
Welfare Board
Mary O'Toole
Augusta Anna Annadale
Rhode Island Avenue
Edith
Harry Riley
Gallinger Hospital
Doc Wilson Bailed After Forgery and Larceny Charges
Doc Wilson was released from the county jail late yesterday after posting bond on forgery and grand larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc Wilson
Iate
Roof Fire Damages Four-Shingle Roof at Range 471
Firemen reported a roof fire at 471 Range Street destroying four shingles on the Negro dwelling. Sparks were said to have ignited the roof, with damage noted yesterday and today by responders.
Marriage License Granted in Ashford
Hollias Haveem and Oulda Rice of Ashford obtained a marriage license at the probate officer's office.
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Hollias, Haveem
Oulda Rice
Ashford
Eight Houston Men Indicted in Savannah Frauds
Eight Houston county men including Solicitor Mullins and County Agent Witherington are indicted in Savannah Ga for fraud tied to government seed and fertilizer loans from 1929 to 1931. The charges cite conspiracies across Georgia South Carolina and Alabama with former Farmers Seed Loan Office agent Hutchings and others. Mullins Witherington and Hutchings had prior federal indictments and a mistrial earlier.
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Houston County
Solcitor J. Norton Mullins
J. Henry Witherington
Savannah Ga
Associated Press
Georgia City
U. S
Houston
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Mullins
Witherington
Charles C. McArthur
Ashford
R. Leo Espy
Gulon
Earl E. Hammond
Dothan
William W. Wofford
Thomas Lee Hutchings
Farmers Seed Loan Office
Fice Department of Agriculture
McArthur
Augusta
Hammond
Hetchingg
Hutchings
Savannah
Florence
S. C
Montgomery
Local Invitation Golf Tournament Attracts Ninety Players
Ninety golfers from southeast Alabama northwest Florida and southwest Georgia will compete in the annual invitation event at the Country Club course May 26 local pro John Fudd said. Dennis F R Scott a recent tri states tourney winner and Lynn Haven Florida addition is among favorites. Prize list being arranged by J M Stallings. Funeral services for T H Merrif were held at First Baptist Church on Hoatland with burial in the church cemetery.
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Alabama
Florida
Southewest Georgia
John Fudd
Dothan
Budd
J. M. Stallings
Dennis FR. Scott
Tri-States
Lynn Haven
Fla
Kid Crawford
Birmingham
Poultry Racket Blamed in Death of Second Cohen
New York on May 12 AP gunfire killed Braney Cohen in Jamaica corner as four men in a car fired into him while a church choir sang nearby. Daniel Belviso was wounded. the Cohen brothers had led a large poultry scheme once pegged at 8 50 million dollars and tied to the crime. Barney Cohen, 50, was one of three brothers. only Jack survives.
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New York
Cohen
Joseph Cohen
Braney Cohen
Barney Cohen
Jamaica Corner
Daniel Belviso
Jack Cohen
Poultry Trust
Murder on High Seas Charges Against Man Captured In Florida
J. Murry was arrested in Quincy Florida and charged by Federal agents with murder on the high seas in the killing of David Romberger a customs border patrolman. He faces assault with a deadly weapon kidnapping and conspiring to violate the tariff act in the case tied to a rum running boat incident.
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High Seas
Florida
Miami
Murray
David A. Romberger
Customs Border
Quincy
Fla
Romberger
Boutlerness
Aquor
Danta
Here
Invertestinas
Women’s Clubs Federation in Europe Formed
Mrs Careene Carts Broan of Larcon and New York appointed president of the newly organized Federation of American Women’s clubs in Europe. Other officers include Mrs BEC preschow of The Hague and Camden, 8 C., as vice president.
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Berlin
Careene Carts Broan
Larcon
New York
Europe
Cere
Bec
Preschow
the Hague
Camden
Woman Refuses Grand Jury Testimony Released From Jail
Minnie Lee Childs 18 was freed from Dothan county jail after a week on an accessory charge in the Golden Pumpkin roadhouse fire. She had been jailed for contempt for refusing to testify before the grand jury and was ordered back to jail before being released 24 hours later.
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Minnie Lee Childs
Dothan
Ashford
H. A. Pearce
Alford
Fla
Ritchie Seeks Democratic Path as Maryland Delegates Chosen
The Associated Press reports 16 Maryland delegates mark Albert C. Ritchie’s entry into the Democratic presidential favorite list. Maryland convention was the day’s sole political meeting with Governor Ritchie assured. DC Republicans tapped two Hoover delegates, while Roosevelt’s Montana options vanished and its eighth vote was set to support him next Tuesday.
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Maryland
Albert C. Ritchie
San
Ritchie
District of Columbia Republian
Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Montana
Banking in South Making Progress
Baltimore May 12 AP material progress in the banking situation in the South is reported by the Manufactur ers Record Banking departments. The Record credits the Reconstruction Finance Corporation with improved results as banks resume operations across Kentucky Georgia Mississippi Arkansas and other states. Optimism is voiced by officials overseeing Georgia Mississippi Alabama South Carolina Louisiana Virginia and North Carolina as bank closings decline and deposits rise.
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Baltimore
South
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
J. R. Dorman
Kentucky Banking and Securities Commissioner
R. E. Gormley
Georgia
Mississippi
J. S. Love
PR. G. Dickinson
State Bank Department of Arkansas
Faces V. P L Charge
Ed Grant was arrested yesterday on a charge of violating the prohibition law after officers reportedly found nine gallons of whiskey in his home. Grant posted bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Grant
Akron Airship Drama Ends With Rescue Of Third Man
The U S S Akron attempted a landing at Camp Kearny California amid storms. Two mooring crew members died and Bud Cowart hung from a 300 foot rope for over an hour before being hauled into the airship. Ground crews finally stabilized the ship and he was saved as spectators watched in silence.
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Camp Kearney
Calif
U.S.S. Akron
Bud Cowart
Cowart
Joe van Dusen
Navy
Akron
Lakehurst
N. J
Robert Edfalt
Nigel Henton
San Diego Naval Training Station
Edfafl
Henton
C. E. Rosendahl
Welfare Board to Hear Quarterly Child Welfare Report
The Houston County Child Welfare board will hold its quarterly meeting this afternoon. Officials from the department will present a report covering the past three months, marking the first session in some time as no special meetings were called in the previous quarter.
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Houston County Child Welfare Board
Wise 4
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Gi Saliba Ree
BOND
LC Willis
Tennessean
W. J. McGlothlin
Furman College
McGlothlin
Roanoke Bank OF Big Sum
McGriff
T. H. Mcrriff
Teesday
Hoatland
Bob Grimley
Blue. Plant
J. FR. Davis
J. To Knowles
CE. Adams
J. UW. Kean
L. Db. Griffin
D. D. Bush
J. J. Yarbrough
C.F. Wilkerson
Luther Cunningham
Second Cohen
Asime
Kierapink
Aes
Heads Club Federation
Roosevelt
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V. P.L
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Camp Kearny Field
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