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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1933
Page
4
Washington May 20 AP projections indicate higher carloadings and cotton ining figures for the week ending May. A broader rise in shipments signals improved business trends with renewed activity across grain livestock steel and beer. Spindle hours rose while spinning output stayed above last year and near March levels.
Plans for a county canning project to aid needy residents were discussed at a Friday meeting chaired by Probate Judge H. K. Martin with the child welfare board county home demonstration agent Alabama Relief Administration and Alabama Extension Service representatives. L. B. Williamson outlined a county food preservation program and relief policy on providing containers and seed for community gardens. The county will buy part of the equipment such as pressure cookers and sealers, with Dothan Kiwanis club pledging aid. Nine county points will host community gardens producing surplus for canning.
A circuit court jury awarded D. L. Barnes of Cottonwood $25 in his suit against J. E. Adams doing business as Cottonwood Telephone Exchange after a tub rider claimed a pole and wire fell on his vehicle. Barnes sought $2,500, alleging the tub struck the pole and timber crushed the dash. Frank Venn's suit against Solomon-Liddon Co. failed, with a verdict for the defendant asserting he was not in a Solomon-Liddon owned automobile.
The First Presbyterian Church announces morning services tomorrow with a special evacuation sermon by Rev. Clement Ritter to be held at the City Auditorium. Evening services begin at 6 p.m. with the subject The Great Supper.
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Washington May 20 AP A warning to the unemployed to beware of spurious agencies promising jobs at Muscle Shoals was issued by Secretary Perkins The Labor Department said registers and agencies are being formed nationwide to aid securing positions at the Shoals and other government relief projects with methods often technically lawful making convictions difficult
Police believe a hot house for stolen cars operated in Dothan after two autos vanished overnight. Mrs. C. M. Stanley’s car on S Foster Street was taken while she visited a friend, and a car stolen from the Dothan Buick Co. lot Thursday night was cut from a wire fence. A Ray Hayes vehicle was stolen Wednesday but recovered hours later.
Atlanta voters watching as the city council passes a beer ordinance 22 to 14, legalizing a non intoxicating malt beverage. Licenses issued within hours, wholesalers charged 300 and retailers 100 or 50 depending on on premise consumption, Gov. Talmadge offers no state remedy. Mayor Key signs, making Atlanta the 14th Georgia city to permit beer.
Montgomery May 19 The National Surety Corporation of New York the reorganised National Surety Company was qualified to engage in general surety business in Alabama assuming practically all obligations of the old company announced by Charles C Greer late superintendent of insurance The announcement confirms the transfer and ongoing obligations in Alabama.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to immediately consider oil control legislation and proposed attaching it to the pending industrial supervision bill to save time. The measure, introduced by Rep Marland of Oklahoma, would authorize Secretary Ickes to fix prices for two years and regulate labor hours with wage limits tied to production demand.
Friends in Dothan learn Charles W. Brown has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the Western Maryland Railway Company with headquarters in Baltimore. He came to Western Maryland two or three years ago as general superintendent after leading Lehigh Valley Railroad in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Brown was born in Fort Gaines Georgia and grew up in Columbia and nearby areas. he is the brother of Bob Brown of Rothan and Mrs John Crawford.
New Orleans May 20 AP cotton faced a $1.15 to $1.45 drop per bale amid heavy liquidation. Traders cited continued good weather and hedging activity against Red Cross cotton. Trading remained active as spot cotton fell 28 points with middling at 8.18 cents.
Beatrice Walter, a Black woman, was hospitalized here with stab wounds after a clash with another Black woman. Officials reported no sheriff’s office filing and the exact circumstances remain unclear though the back wound is described as deep but not serious.
George H. Malone, a Dothan banker, urged faith and support for Roosevelt at a banquet honoring his 70th birthday. He spoke of signs of light on the horizon and the need for business leaders and citizens to back the president despite some disagreements, crediting Roosevelt as a man of action. The event, attended by numerous Wiregrass bankers and officials, highlighted Malone’s career from Pike County beginnings to Dothan leadership.
Geneva May 20 Special Asserting many Geneva county families are destitute and clothing cloth and blankets remain with the Welfare Department the Wire press Post of the American Legion passes resolutions urging immediate distribution to the needy. It cites Red Cross donations delivered for needy territory and notes a long unused stock held by the Geneva county Child Welfare department.
A cooperative hog sale will be held at Ozark on May 23 and 24, announced by Dale county farm agent W. D. Thomezon. Hogs from adjoining counties must be on the grounds by 2 p.m. Cash paid on delivery.
The Rev. C. T. Rogers of Do than will fill the pulpit of the Headland Avenue Baptist church at the Sunday night services in the absence of the Rev. J. M. Blenkenship who is attending the Baptist Convention in Washington D C. The public is cordially invited to attend.
Official Chinese views pointed to an imminent push by invaders from North China toward Peiping and Tientsin. A squadron of 11 bombers flew over Peiping, their bomb racks visible, before heading north. Chinese blame Japan for bombings and unrest in Tientsin as part of a bid to topple the Nanking government.
City payroll warrants issued in March, not due until June, will be redeemed Monday at the city clerk’s office with six percent interest. About $4,000 in certificates paid municipal employees in March. No interest after Monday. officials urged holders to redeem promptly. The first issue from February was redeemed the first of the month after council secured a loan of over $21,000 from Dothan banks.
A man believed by police to be Joseph Harriman an indicted banker who vanished from a New York sanatorium was located in Roslyn at a local hotel. He registered as Mr. Thomas New York City and appeared in a mental daze but police did not think he is experencing amnesia. The search followed a letter to an undertaker saying his body would be found nearby.
San Francisco reports an appeal to the State Supreme Court to halt Thoran J Mooney’s trial set for Monday on a 1918 indictment. John O Gara University of San Francisco law professor and former San Francisco ADA filed a petition for a writ directing Superior Judge Tants H Ward to dismiss the case. Associate Justice Kimmet Seawell said the petition would be considered Monday morning. The filing argues the trial would be unlawful create unnecessary tax payer expense and impair Californians rights to protection of the original judgment.
A federal court session will begin in Dothan Monday and run for two weeks. Bank cases are set for trial in the latter part of the first week and the first part of the second week. Docket for week one was not yet received and officials did not know which cases would be heard first.
Mayor Clem Ezell officially ushered Dothan into the Dixie Amateur League by delivering the ceremonial first pitch at Memorial Stadium. About 1,000 fans watched as the fast ball landed in the catcher's mitt for the opening game against Abbeville, marking a long awaited chapter for the city’s baseball fans in Alabama.
Backers of the Dothan entry in the Dixie Amateur League appealed for local support to sustain league baseball. Gate receipts from yesterday’s home opener were too low to cover expenses, prompting plans to recruit about 169 donors at 31 dollars a month for three months. A pledge form will appear in The Eagle to collect commitments of 38 dollars over three months.
Dothan churches will skip normal morning services as union services are planned at City Auditorium for the graduation sermon. Dr J W Dockery of First Baptist will deliver the commencement sermon. The service begins at 11 o clock and high school graduates will attend as a group.
About 45 to 49 African American enrollees were recruited at Dothan for the Civilian Conservation Corps. They will depart at noon for a two week training period before deployment to national forests for reforestation work. Dothan is the last station in the state to enlist Negroes.
New York May 20 Atn digo Corporation of America announces Newton D. Lax ker elected director to fill vacancy created by Owen D. Young resignation. David Sarnoff president notes the change on the board.
In Llano Texas on May 2 a local family notes a quarrel among poultry. CAP BME Scott reports two quail nests with bantam hens tending eggs. One nest holds eight quail and four bantam eggs while the other has eleven quail and eight bantam eggs. A bantam hen incubates the latter clutch.
In New York on May 20 AP reports Magistrate Sabbatino told a wife who accused her husband of calling names to give him a vacation and stay away for a while. He warned that women are all alike and that she would be peeking around the corner for him.
Washington May 20 The House Ways and Means committee favors higher income and gasoline taxes to finance a three billion dollar public works bond issue. A suspension provision is considered if prohibition repeal passes. Corporate stock dividends may be altered to fund the bond program. Sales tax plans are set aside. About $220 million annually is needed to cover costs.
Washington May 20 AP The Southern Baptist Convention approved a letter to President Roosevelt urging peace among nations while deploring the return of liquor and opposing the eighteenth amendment repeal. A 16-state committee planned to visit the president, though a plan to appeal for Reconstruction funds for churches was dropped. The letter praises Roosevelt, urges relief for the unemployed, and condemns legalized beer and wine sales as a calamity. Leaders including M. E. Dodd and J. E. Dillard formed the delegation. Dr. C Oxerr Johnson of St. Louis attended as Northern Baptists head.
Weers forecast projects a generally fall pattern with occasional thundershowers. Temperatures run mostly above normal, keeping data in line with late season norms.
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