City Council Favors Short Term Loan to Pay Teachers
City officials consider borrowing $20,000 from local banks to pay teachers amid ongoing budget tensions. The plan would secure bonds with revenues from privilege licenses and local taxes, with $10,000 from each bank. Objections focus on tying up city revenues and impacting bond payments. a committee will meet with a bond company after a conference with New York financiers.
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Ios
Ixwis
Council
City Alley
Lewis
Newton
M. D. Wack
Teachta
Gly
New York
Miller
Black
Coun Gee
Exell
L. Vaughn
Adey Lewis
Five Pound Trout Jumps Into Boat For Dothan Anglers
R W Plant and W C Lokey of DoJian boast a five pound trout that leaped into their boat at Lucas pond, Pla., as they fished Monday night. A second large trout was landed by conventional hook and line. The anglers remark the flashlight may have prompted the surprising catch.
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R. W. Plant
W. C. Lokey
DoJian
Lucas Pond
Pla
Dothan
Daylight kidnap ends with $300 ransom in Philadelphia
Dora Gerson, 19, was abducted on a street near her home by four men and released after her father, Nathan Gerson, paid $300. Police say the urban daylight incident was staged for publicity and the girl later described her abductors.
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Philadelphia
Nathan Gerson
Dora
Gerson
Webb Youth Wins American Legion School Honor Medal
Robert Collins of Webb will receive an American Legion school medal at the Masonic home for boys in Montgomery on Wednesday night. He graduates from Cloverdale junior high in Montgomery this year for excellence in study conduct and industry. Herman Smith of Collinsville also receives one of the medals.
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Robert Collins
Webb
American Legion
Masonic Home
Montgomery
Cloverdale
Masonic
Herman Smith
Collinsville
Ala
Riots in Bhendy Bazaar Leave 72 Dead and 800 Hurt
Royal Irish Fusiliers fired on a mob of Muslims looting and burning shops in Bhendy Bazaar. The riots, the worst since they began Saturday, killed 72 and injured more than 800. A wounded Pathan was captured trying to enter a rat occupied by a British sergeant's young wife.
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Bombay
India
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Bhendy Bazaar
Pathan
Plans for Citizenship Day June 14 in Dothan
Representatives from Dothan organizations will meet at council chambers at 7 30 tonight to formulate plans for the Citizenship Day event commemorating the bi centennial of George Washington.
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George Washington
Frengy motorship Arden fires. many passengers trapped
In Arabia on May 17 AP reports 81 to 100 persons mostly first class passengers were trapped aboard the Frengy motorship Phillippar after a fire broke out. Survivors reached the British steamer Con tractor. 600 passengers sought lifeboats amid heat and smoke. some jumped into shark infested waters before rescue.
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Arden
Arabia
Phillippar
Contractor
Joy Riding Federal Judges Criticized By LaGuardia
Representative LaGuardia accused federal judges of judicial joyriding, citing 29 judges who received 27 025 in subsistence and travel expenses from 1929 to 1931 in the Southern District of New York. Listed was Judge Halsted L Ritter of Miami Florida with 425.
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Washington
Representative LaGuardia
House
Moving Day Ends in Jail for Man With Outhouse Wagon
Moving day for C K Herrington of Dothan ended in the city jail. He was halted as he drove past the police station with an outhouse on his wagon. Officers searched the vehicle and found nothing, docketing him on a charge of drunkenness.
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Mount Rose-Hopewell
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
William Allen
Orville Williams
Hinemen
Lindbergh
Sourland Mountain
Mt. Rose
C.K. Herrington
Dothan
Herrington
Norrington
Alabama man wins Columbia William Bayard Cutting fellowship
William E. White of Anniston Alabama, a 1929 Alabama graduate, is awarded one of seven William Bayard Cutting fellowships to Columbia University. The $2000 fellowship honors promising graduate students who can contribute to letters science law medicine or the fine arts.
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White
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Alabama
Woman Seeks 1000 Damages From City After Fall
Mrs. Lula Cox claims injuries from a fall on an uneven sidewalk in the 300 block of West Washington street on January 9. She listed glasses broken and injuries including eye lacerations, neck strain, knee injuries, facial scars, and nerve pain, and says she was unable to work for a week, seeking damages from the city.
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Lula Cox
West Washington Street
Boy in Hospital After Accident In Ozark
Nine year old Sanford Daughtery Jr. is hospitalized in Grace hospital with a serious injury from a car collision near Ozark. Homer Laviee of Tampa is jailed after pleading guilty to violating prohibition. The auto struck the boy as he rode home from school. the vehicle plunged into a ditch after the crash.
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Ozark
H. L. Daughtery
Sanford Daughtery
Grace Hospital
Homer Laviee
Tampa
Fla
Sheriff Weeks
Laviee
Charles Finks
Alabama's Infant Aviation Growing
Alabama aviation has grown from infancy to a husky youngster with 61 privately owned airplanes reported by the U. S. Commerce aeronautics bureau. Of these, 28 are licensed. Three enthusiasts own gliders but only one is qualified to pilot. Pilots outnumber planes by more than two to one, with 129 people qualified to fly. 49 hold transport licenses, 74 private licenses, and six have limited qualifications.
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Aeronautics Branch
U. S. Department Us Commerce
Bureau
Taxpayers Given May 25 Deadline For Delinquent Ad Valorem Taxes
Houston county announces a May 25 deadline for delinquent state and county ad valorem taxes to be paid without additional penalty. After that date, property will be advertised for sale and taxpayers must cover advertising costs. About 290 persons are delinquent, officials said.
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Houston County
150 Articles on Exhibit at School Wednesday
More than 1 products of the manual training and applied arts classes of Jeitha will be on exhibit at the school Wednesday. Visitors will be shown through the displays and prizes will be awarded to the best articles from each class. Judges are H. OT. Miller Mrs. Idi Inseer and Norman Spann.
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Jeitha
Jores
H. OT. Miller
Mre
Idi Inseer
Norman Spann
Dothan High Students Enter National Furniture Contest
Two pieces from the Dothan high school's manual training class will compete nationally. Willie Chapman built a maple center table and Jack Aixlar crafted a foot stool. Projects will be sent to the Industrial Bec a sponsor for the contest.
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Dothan
FE. W. Walker
Willie Chapman
Jack Aixlar
Cation
Dothan Young Man Porter Grant Honored
Porter Grant of Dothan is named among local youths honored at a church or school event. The article notes his ties to Dethan and mentions relatives and early life, with reference to attendance at institutions and possible athletic involvement.
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Dothan
A.D. 1
Dethin
Hall Pelos
Arel Ma
Ags
Joe Grer
Willam Larant
Ance
Porter Grant
Dethan Kirkesheet
Tehay
Spann Marchman Hardware announces Norke refrigerator line
Spann Marchman Hardware announces it has gained agency for the Norke refrigerator. The new department is led by James Spena and will handle electrical and refrigeration products for the business.
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Spann Marchman Hardware
Norke Refriigerator
James Spena
Voters Targeted in General Election Push
In Rimpingham Alabama on May 17 AP reports a nationwide drive by the Junior Chamber of Commerce to mobilize about 350000 voters for the upcoming general election. The effort seeks increased turnout and organized campaigning across states.
Negro Walks From Here to Grimes Arrested on Burglary Charge
James Thompson, a Black man, walked from Dothan to Grimes in an attempted escape and was arrested by railway detective B. M. Woodham on grand larceny charges. He allegedly entered Frank Andrews’s home, stole $26 and a clothes suitcase, and gained access by removing a window screen.
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Dothan
Grimes
James Thompson
B. M. Woodham
Thompson
Frank Andrews
A. Co. L
Fifth Man Posts Bond On Arson Charges In City
Royce Hatcher indicted on first degree arson and four second degree arson counts. He posted bonds totaling 4000 and was released from the county jail. Bonds signed by D M Sammons J S Fields A L Chancey J A Hughes and J M Dowling. Eight men indicted in arson ring with further arrests anticipated.
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Royce Hatcher
D. M. Sammons
J. S. Fields
Hatcher
A. L. Chancey
J. A. Hughes
J. M. Dowling
Jack Altman
Mike Saliba
J. C. Willis
Robert Brooks
William Penn
Jack Wilson
J. Albert Lewis
Grand Jury
Concert to aid unemployed in Dothan June seventh
Tickets are selling rapidly for a June 7 concert at the city auditorium to benefit the unemployed of Dothan. Josephine Haynes Cannon and Arch Cannon, famed musicians, will perform with Beverly Heater of Judson College at the piano. The organizers aim to raise several hundred dollars. The Cannons will arrive from Chicago the first of the month.
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Dothan
Florida
Alabama
Josephine Haynes Cannon
Arch Cannon
Beverly Heater
Judson College
Cannon
Chicago
Conservatory of Music
Illinois
Dollar Stabilizing Bill Frowned Upon By Secretary Mills
Secretary Mills told the senate banking committee passage by the Goldsborough dollar stabilization bill would be disturbing and the Federal Reserve Board opposed it. He noted a similar Fletcher bill would seek to restore dollar purchasing power via currency expansion, but price levels depend on factors beyond control.
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Mills
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
House
Federal Reserve Board
Bills
Fletcher
Treasury
Canthy Packing Plant Reopens Under New Partnership
Ty Colfer reports the Canthy Packing plant, closed last July, will reopen under a new partnership with Faulk and Woo. The Dothan facility will operate the packing and slaughtering, with Mr Colfer and Mr Faulk overseeing and several workers to be hired now, more positions to follow.
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To. Ty. Colfer
Canthy Packing Ae
Eeven
Tolay
Woo, Faikn
Dothan Packing Try
Colfer
Faulk
Nepowerold
Caltier
Lindbergh Baby Ransom Probe Opens in Bronx Grand Jury
Bronx grand jury starts inquiry into the $50,000 Lindbergh ransom payment. Colonel Henry Breckenridge leads the probe at the district attorney's request while Dr. John F. Condon and Al Reich appear as witnesses amid ongoing Lindbergh case matters.
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New York
Lindbergh
Bronx
Breckenridge
John F. Condon
Condon
al Reich
Tuscaloosa Boy Slashed to Death in New Orleans
A white youth identified as Robert Spencer Jr., 18, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was found dead in New Orleans with 15 knife wounds. His father and uncle, arriving to verify identity from a signet ring, reported a slashed throat, pocket contents emptied, and a large stick in his hand. Spencer had come to New Orleans a week earlier seeking work.
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New Orleans
Micheaud
Robert Spencer, Jr
Tuscaloosa
Ala
F. C. Turner
Spencer
Rain Delivers Benefit to Crops in Dothan Area
Thirsting crops in this section received a much needed shower this afternoon in Dothan around 1 45 pm. The rain was not heavy enough to meet all demand but beneficial to growth. Forecasters predict more rain and cooler weather for the Wire 1 region tonight.
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Dothan
Two Couples Obtain Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses were issued at the probate judge's office this weekend to four individuals. W Marian Jener of Birmingham and Juanita Sternbridge of Dothan registered as a couple, as did Lester Cook and Vivian Meads Worth of Gordon.
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W. Marian Jener
Birmingham
Juanita Sternbridge
Dothan
Lester Cook
Vivian Meadswoth
Gordon
Jonn Jitney Jungle Manager Announces Bat Holiday Plan
Trouis Willoughby, manager of Jonn Jitney Jungle stores, says he will grant one em blotge in each store a bat holiday during the summer. The action follows a change from leaving stores open Thursday afternoons in summer months.
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Trouis Willoughby
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