Norfolk Man Accused in Fake Kidnapping Case
Police traced a hoax led by Frank Parzych and others involving a fake kidnapping of a baby in New Jersey. Investigators linked the Norfolk man to false statements and a plan to manipulate authorities. Parzych admitted the tale was a fabrication after questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J
Ohn Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
Paby
New Jersey
Samnor Moore
Curtis
Aris Curtis
York
Frank Parzych
Lindbergh
Parzych
Steagall to Speak at Alabama Bankers Meeting in Mobile
Alabama bankers gather in Mobile May 20 with Representative Henry Steagall as the keynote speaker on recent banking legislation. Steagall, chair of the House banking committee, is among several speakers including Milton H. Files J. Raiford and W. D. Robinson as the group discusses banking bills and proposed guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewashington
Henry Steagall
Alabama Takers Association
Washington
House
Yagahd Currency Committee
Steagall
Steagall Bank
Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Henry Steafl
Ozerk
Guss Steagall
Congress
Hoe
Waaeh Benking
Milton H. Files
Demingham
theBardeleben Coal Company
J. Raiford
Selma
Jefferson County Republicans nominate delegates to national convention
MINGHAM Ala May 18 Republicans of the ninth Jefferson county select J G Baas and Marshal T J Kennamer to attend the national convention June 14. Forty two were chosen for the state delegation at Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ming
Mingham
Ala
Jefferson County
J. G. Baas
Marshal T. J. Kennamer
Birmingham
Citizenship Day program mapped out at meeting
Dothan civic groups plan a June 14 Citizenship Day for residents who turned 21 this year. The two part celebration includes a citizenship discussion in the morning and entertainment with a downtown parade, sponsored by the Womans League and other clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
City Council Chamber
Houston County
Womans League
Lindbergh
A. D. Whiddon
Sarah Crawford
Miss Crawford
N. Frank Pridgen
Wound in Back Precludes Acquittal in Alabama Murder
The Alabama Court of Appeals upholds a five year sentence for John Allen Riddle in the 1930 Randolph county slaying of Homer Gibson, ruling no directed verdict of acquittal is possible when the victim was shot in the back. Presiding Justice Bricken notes the back wound, undisputed, bars the defense’s request for the general affirmative charge.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Court of Appeals
John Allen Riddle
Homer Gibson
Randolph County
Riddle
Gibson
Charles R. Bricken
Rainfall Boosts Wiregrass Crops in Dothan
Heavy rain drenched Dothan with 1.38 inches over 24 hours from Tuesday afternoon into today. Gardens benefited as crops recovered from a monthlong drought and soil absorbed the steady showers.
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Dothan
Home Demonstration Club Leaders Meet
Miss Ruth Devyne of Auburn district agent spoke at the Houston county home demonstration club leaders meeting at City Hall council chambers. Plans for June rally were to be formed and reports on the year’s work were to be presented at the rally.
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Ruth Devyne
Auburn
Houston County
City Hall
Four year old bitten by rattler near Dothan
Junior Walden, four year old son of Wilbur Walden, was bitten twice below the right ankle by a rattler while walking through grass near his home four miles south of Dothan. He received treatment from a local physician and was sent home to recover.
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Junior Walden
Wilbur Walden
Dothan
Black Challenged to Debate Issues of Senate Drive
Alabama voters may see a series of debates as former Governor Kilby challenges Senator Hugo Black to a joint debate on campaign issues. Kilby accuses Black of evading key topics and treaching restraint on prohibition, while Black campaigns across Southeast Alabama with six planned speeches.
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Senate
Anniston
Ala
Alabama
Gene
Hugo Black
Thomas E. Kilby
Kilby
Senator Black
Montgomry
Montgomery
Dadeville
Alexander City
Troy
Elba
Enterprise
Dothan
Black
Bibb Mills
Anti- Saloon League
Gallery Reserved For Negroes June 7 Benefit Concert
The city auditorium gallery will be reserved for Negroes for a June 7 benefit concert by Josephine Haynes Cannon and Arch Cannon to aid the unemployed in Dothan. Lamar Feagle reports tickets are selling fast drawing attendees from northwest Florida southwest Georgia and southeast Alabama. The Cannons, now teaching at a Chicago conservatory, will arrive in Dothan early next month. Mrs. Cannon is the daughter of local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Haynes Cannon
Arch Cannon
Dothan
Lamar Feagle
Sald
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Cannon
Conservatory of Music
Chicago
J. C. Haynes
Married and Single Baseball Games In Geneva
A charity double header is set for Thursday afternoon in Geneva to benefit the Child Welfare department. Married men will play single men, and married women will play single women in diamond games designed for community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Als
Negro Out of Pen Only Year When He Is Given Another Sentence
Austin Eddins known as a Negro had been out of the penitentiary a year when he was sentenced in county court to three months for carrying a concealed pistol. He told officials I just served seven years and called it a little misdemeanor after pleading guilty.
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Los Angeles
Frank Newland, Jr
San Quentin
Brno
Lois Wade
Miss Wade
Newland
Austin Eddins
Austin
Prizes Awarded in Dothan High Exhibits
Dothan High School honored winners in home economics and manual training during the annual visitor day exhibit. Judges named for each department announced first, second and honorable mention awards for both groups, with prizes including cakes, candies, lamps and bowls.
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Dothan High School
H. A. Miller
Ida Inscor
Norman Spann
W. G. Pruitt
Mary Emma Barnes
B& Hardin
Mildred Murdock
Mary Tom Wood
Georgia Freeman
Mary Louise Jones
Mary Nell Riley
Merle Edwards
Ozilla Wynn
Elsie Baker
Vivian Lane
Mary Anna Rogers
Marle Edwards
Wille Chapman
Joe Riley
Earle Atkins
Raymond White
Billy Longgrear
Tom Saliba
Whit Green
Maheba Saliha
Harry Anderson
Edwa Johnson
Willie Chapman
Ozark Bank Plan Reorganization Approved
Alabama Attorney General's office approves reorganization and reopening of Planters & Merchants Bank at Ozark. Stockholders must assent, charter amended to reduce capital, and the banking department must approve plans and secure Reconstruction Finance loan before action.
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Montgomery
Ala
Planters & Merchants Bank
Ozark
Attorney General's Office
Dent F. Green
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Former Hartford athlete wins Howard trophy
Aubrey Gresham former Hartford High School athlete who played for Howard against Southern College of Lake Land Florida last November 11 has been chosen to receive the Porter Cup at Birmingham College this year. Gresham a three sport star is a quarterback on football guard on basketball and catcher on baseball and is a Howard junior from Tallassee. Tom Bondurant also starred for the Bulldogs and won the Porter trophy cup at Howard in 1821.
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Aubrey Gresham
Hartford
Howard
Southern College of Lakeland
Fla
Birmingham College
Birmingham Southern
Alabama
Auburn
Sewanee
Virginia Miitory Institute
Gresham
Tallassee
Funeral for Morris Child Held at Home
The funeral for Nita Elizabeth Morris, 22 months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Max Morris, was conducted Tuesday at 510 Dusy Street with Rev A E Shafer officiating. Burial followed in the city cemetery with pallbearers Alice Derroh Lailey Griffin Gene Vickers and Jane Vickers. Honorary pallbearers included the Ruth Sunday school class of First Baptist and Le Gai Donzalne club members.
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Nita Elizabeth Morris
Max Morris
Dusy Street
A. E. Shafer
Alice Derroh
Lailey Griffin
Gene Vickers
Jane Vickers
Ruth
First Baptist Church
le Gai Donzalne Club
Pickens Farmers Use Crops As Fertilizer
Pickens county farmers in Carrollton Alabama plant hairy vetch and Austrian winter peas to fix nitrogen. Cotten and corn crops follow, aided by legumes, with an estimated fertilizer savings of 270 dollars reported by County Agent FA Rew.
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Pickens
Carrollton
Ala
Pickens County
Rew
Fackere
Last Motorcycle Cop Leaves Dothan Stirring Relief
Dothan motorists breathed easier as the final of two state motorcycle policemen departed north after more than a week of warnings and arrests for faulty car lamps. Only four motorcycle officers remain employed statewide, delaying any future patrols in the area.
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Dothan
Senate to vote on 2.75 percent beer reform
Washington May 18 AP The senate moved toward a vote on 2.75 per cent beer with advocates urging it as federal relief to finance a 1.5 billion public works program. Senator Walsh Massachusetts spoke for the Tydings amendment to permit the beer and ease prohibition pressure.
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Senate
Washington
Walsh
Massachusetts
Tydings
Bank Robbers Tie Up 11 at Noble County Bank
Three hold up men bound four officials and seven customers with rope at Noble County National Bank in Caldwell Ohio. They looted the cashier’s cage vault and victim pockets, then escaped after binding all present and searching the bank.
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Caldwell
Ohio
Noble County National Bank
Flour shipment allocated for Geneva County relief
A carload of flour arrived for Geneva County and is being distributed this week. Geneva town gets 60 barrels with applications processed by the city clerk and a three member committee plus the county welfare superintendent. To date 220 applications filed. 122 pending, 3 rejected, 42 on file. Flour distribution occurs Tuesdays and Fridays. a second carload is anticipated. Also noted is a marriage license grant to W Spurgeon Rice and Velma Pradshaw.
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Geneva
Ala
Geneva County
Rebekah Kenan
Japanese Chinese Battle Rages Near Sungari River
In Harbin Manchuria on May 18 fierce fighting between Japanese forces and Chinese insurgents along the Sungari river caused heavy losses. Eighteen Japanese were killed at Sungpu and Chinese reports claim 50 Chinese fatalities. A 660 rebel force attacked Machuangkou but was routed by Japanese infantry and air units. Chinese retreated toward Fuchin. Some Japanese were captured at Nanwei and massacred.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Sungari River
Here
Sungpu
Machuangkou
Fuchin
Nan
Investment Bankers Confer With Dothan Officials
J M Levine of Steiner Brothers Birmingham met with Mayor I C Ezell City Auditor J L Vaughn City Attorney O S Lewis and the city finance committee today in Dothan to discuss the 00 600 bond issue due September 1 and October 1 this year.
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J. M. Levine
Steiner Brothers
Birmingham
Dothan
Levine
I. C. Ezell
J. L. Vaughn
O. S. Lewis
Call to Slash Government Expenditures Urged at San Francisco Meet
Silas H. Strawn urged cutting extravagant government costs to preserve national credit and curb interference with business. He spoke at the United States Chamber of Commerce annual gathering in San Francisco, calling on business leaders to pay taxes and reduce government debts and to focus on future economies.
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San Francisco
Silas H. Strawn
United States Chamber of Commerce
Rawn
Gadsden golf match adds Reese to deco ranks
In a mixed foursome at Gadsden Country Club, Bob sank a tee shot on No. 2 green as the match stayed all square until the hole and Bob with his partner won the bout.
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Bob
No. & Green
Gadsden Country Club
Hele
Third party warning looms before U S conventions
Senator Borah of Idaho warns a third party movement could arise if Congress does not pass unemployment relief before party conventions. He says two major parties must adopt a relief program, with Senator Watson of Indiana signaling support for the pending relief legislation.
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Borah
Washington
Congress
Senate
William E. Borah
Idaho
James E. Watson
Indiana
Eight Negroes Plead Guilty In City Court
Sonny Owens was fined one dollar for driving with no headlamps and no brakes, the sentence suspended. Seven others pleaded guilty to charges including car operation without rights and burglary. Malichi Roonce and Mert Welch got four months in the penitentiary for liquor violations, John Hays two years for grand larceny, James Thomas four months for burglary, Willis Gus Kirkland three months for assault and battery, John Davis four months for liquor violations, and Gaston Gates three months for operating without lights with suspended sentence.
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Sonny Owens
Harry K. Martin
Malichi Roonce
Mert Welch
John Hays
James Thomas
Willis Gus Kirkland
John Davis
Gaston Gates
Many Visit Dothan Schools Despite Rain
A large crowd toured Dothan city schools during the annual visitor day. Open house ran from 9 to 12 a m and 2 to 4 p m with exhibits from the high school manual training and applied arts classes. Prizes were awarded for top student work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Common Pleas Court Delayed Until June
Judge Keener Baxley announced no sessions of the Common Pleas Court will be held until the first Wednesday in June. The court meets each Wednesday monthly with two terms a month for criminal cases and two for civil cases.
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Common Pleas Court
Keener Baxley
Work of Draining the Kornegay Bay
Draining of Kornegay Bay south of the city began today using eight city convicts. Plans for the drainage were prepared over four months ago with maps and plats prepared for the project.
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Kornegay Bay
Etowah County Board Reduces Budget Expenditures
Etowah county board of revenue in Gadsden balances the 1932 budget with a monthly cut of 4009 and projects further reductions totaling 8 to 10 thousand dollars per month for the next eight months.
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Gadsden
Ala
Etowah County
Board of Revenue
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Houston
Eddins
Ozark Bank
Morris Child
Peas
Vers
Solon
Treasury
Trio
Ipswich
Phin Beebe
Aberdeen
W. Spurgeon Rice
Ashford
Velma Pradshaw
Hese Tuerifny
John Hughes Curtis
John F
Jassie) Condon
New York
Jongth
Gadsden. Ala
Wh Reese
U. S. Senate
Idaho Solon
Watson
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