Seed loan trial shifts focus as McArthur testifies
In a long session in Augusta court, McArthur denied conspiring with other defendants to defraud the government over seed loans. The defense and government sparred over evidence and wording as witnesses, including Henry Witherington, described loan handling and possible falsifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Henry Wither
Houston County
Ashford
Earle Hammond
Witherington
Hammond
McArthur
O. D. Street
Birmingham
Columbus
Thomas L. Hutchings
Street
Henry Witherington
U. S
Barger
Hutchings
Kennamer
McCall declines Webb debate on repeal of Eighteenth Amendment
Charlie C. McCall, former Alabama attorney general and U S Senate hopeful, replies to Dr Atticus Webb of Dallas Texas and Anti-Saloon League urging a public debate in Alabama on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. Webb invited McCall to meet in a major Alabama city in the coming days.
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Charlie C. McCall
Alabama
Atticus Webb
Dallas
Texas
Texas Anti Saloon League
U. S
AntiSaloon League
Edward F Swift Plunges to Death in Chicago
Edward F Swift Sr, 64, chairman of Swift and Company, died after leaping from a sixth floor apartment window in Chicago. He had been in ill health, and his brother Charlie said Swift planned to depart for Europe on Tuesday for a vacation. The stockyards circle known him since childhood and described his finances as in excellent condition.
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Barger
Street
Hutchings
McArthur
Charlie
Kennamer
Io Columbus
Columbus
Wyatt B. Cain
Abbeville
Chicago
Edward F. Swift
The
Swift and Company
Charlies Swift
Swift
Europe
Building Activity Rises in 568 Cities in April
Building activity across 568 U S cities rose 19.7 percent in April from March, led by Montgomery with 798 532 and Birmingham posting 92 298 while Alabama cities Anniston 2 155 Bessemer 2 048 Mobile 40 733 contribute.
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Birmingham
United States
W. Straus and Company
Montgomery
Alabama
Anniston
Bessemer
Mobile
Weather outlook for the week
Fall or partly cloudy with likely afternoon thundershowers in the latter part of the week. Seasonable temperatures expected throughout the period.
Funeral for Mrs G M Lewis Held In Dothan Today
Funeral for Mrs. G. M. Lewis a prominent Dothan clubwoman was held at Foster Street Methodist Church at 10 a.m. today with Rev. W. R. Bicker and Rev. A. E. Shafer officiating. Burial followed in the city cemetery with Fellows and Forrester in charge. She died at home Thursday of pneumonia and is survived by her husband G. M. Lewis son Marvin Jr and sisters Mrs. Annie Laurie Harmon and Miss Idolene Brown.
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G. M. Lewis
Dothan
Heme
Foster Street Methodist Church
W. R. Bickerstaff
A. E. Shafer
Fellows
Forrester
Marvin, Jr
Annie Laurie Harmon
Idolene Brown
Summer School Here Will Start Monday
Officials announced that summer school will start Monday at the Dothan High School building at 8 30 a m Bruce Flurry principal will oversee the session. All pupils above fourth grade who have not completed their work may enroll and should do so by Wednesday.
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Dothan High School
Bruce Flurry
Safety leaders tour Dothan for statewide campaign
Perkins J. Prewitt director of the Alabama Safety Council and the Birmingham Safety Council and Dewey Copeland of the Birmingham police traffic division visited Dothan today to promote a statewide safety campaign. They left for Mobile this afternoon.
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Perkins J. Prewitt
Alabama Safety Council
Birmingham Safety Council
Dewey Copeland
Birmingham Police Department
Dothan
Mobile
Secrecy Delays Economic Bill As Tornadic Cloud Spooks Alabama
Washington May 28 AP guarded today the economy bill was fully restored for Senate action. Six senators who rebuilt the measure feared disclosure could trigger renewed opposition while the appropriation committee set to approve the bill. Meanwhile a tornadic cloud passed near Dothan and Midland City with rain and wind but no significant damage reported.
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Washington
Senate
House
Dothan
Midland City
L. L. Davenport
W. A. Pittman
Elizabeth
Clo
Prichard
Newton
Mothan
Perfect Attendance Roll Attained By 47 At Highland School
Forty seven pupils at Highlands Elementary earned perfect attendance for the school year, announced by principal Mrs Buniey O Folkes. Grades list named students by teacher and pupil.
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Highland School
the Highlands Elementary School
Buniey O. Folkes
Hazel Gowen
Nell Harris
Woodfin Riley
Lennie Floyd
Barbie May
Hattie Palmer
Mary Will Autrey
George Harris
James Earl Gwaltney
Bertha Howell
Samuel Eric
Martha Peterman
Mary Lydia Reese
Mildred Warrick
Funeral for Former Probate Judge Held
Funeral service for 74 year old 8 B Wood former probate judge of Henry county was held Friday at County Line church. He died at his home near Abbeville Thursday and was uncle to Mrs Damon Mrs Crawford Mrs Lewis and C Crawford of Deothac.
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B. Wood
Henry County
Abbeville
Wee
County Line
Mr. Wood
M. F. Damon
Mies Marys Crawford
Willie Mae Lewis
Judge Rules for Wife in Divorce Violence Dispute
In Biersuinghalm May 76 AP report Judge Willists Walker ruled in favor of wife Mrs. Duke Salcago after considering which spouse acted violently in the divorce. The ruling granted the decree to the wife.
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Petl Hong
Willists Walker
Duke Salcago
Angieworm aid helps Birmingham jail captain on fishing trips
In Birmingham on May 2, Captain Charlie Glovers, a noted fisherman of the city jail, uses worm and coffee grounds as bait on expeditions to nearby streams. The odd diet reportedly aids his angling efforts through the jail.
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Birmingham
Charlie
Man Accused of Stoning Bees and Stealing Honey
Dempsey Snellgrove a 30 year old jailed here was taken to Kinsey for a hearing before Justice of the Peace Reese on a petty larceny charge. He is alleged to have stolen honey after stoning the bees that produced it and also held on a peace warrant.
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Dempsey Snellgrove
Kinsey
Justice of the Peace
Reese
Snellgrove
Young Plan Annuities Suggested for Reduction
Paris reports Victor Henry Berenger, involved in the 1925 Franco American debt talks, urged cutting Young plan annuities by one third to align with a 30 percent drop in business. He proposed a moratorium on all payments if Germany cannot bear the new level, except 440 million Reich marks.
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Paris
Victor Henry Berenger
Germany
Berenger
Health officer warns Dothan drugstores over glass sterilization
County health officer Dr. F. G. Granger says sanitary grades for Dothan drugstores lose 10 points without sterilizing drinking glasses. Trenchmouth cases linked to glasses prompted the warning. Lime solution sterilizing used two months ago is no longer employed by some stores. State law requires glass sterilization and does not affect taste or color of drinks.
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Dothan
F. G. Granger
Granger
Headland Church Revival Set for Next Week
Headland Methodist church hosts a week long revival led by Rev. J. M. Truett with morning and evening services. Sunday night opens with Hell Is A Place, Monday morning The Blood Saves, and Monday night Hell Is The Home of Lost Souls. Choirs will accompany the services as plans unfold.
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Headland Methodist Church
J. M. Truett
Hell
Tax Payers Bombard Jefferson Board of Review
Twelve thousand delinquent taxpayers flood the Jefferson county board of review with protests against property assessments. Protests close May 30 and hearings begin in June as more than ten thousand owe the county substantial delinquent taxes.
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Jefferson Board
Birmingham
Jefferson County Board of Review
Able Hoffman Held on Prohibition Violation Charge
Able Hoffman remained in the county jail today after an arrest this morning on a charge of violating the national prohibition law. Officers reported the arrest followed his trest.
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Able Hoffman
Aerial Armada Set to Move on Birmingham
An aerial armada from Pensacola naval air station and Maxwell Field along with Montgomery army air base plans to move on Birmingham on June 3.
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Pensacola Naval Air Station
Maxwell Field
Army
Montgomery
Birmingham
Indictment Said Curtis May Be Arraigned Next Month
An indictment believed to name John Hughes Curtis, the Norfolk hoaxer in the Lindbergh case, was delivered to Justice Thomas Trenchard for quarter sessions. The grand jury also sent two other indictments to the court while Curtis is slated to be arraigned for pleading June 4.
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Flemington
N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
Thomas Trenchard
Quarter Sessions Court
Grand Jury
Curtis
Trenchward
Hauck
Democrats Name Delegates in Colorado and Utah
Democrats of Colorado and Utah opened conventions to select delegates likely backing Franklin D. Roosevelt. Colorado expected explicit support for Roosevelt, Utah set to launch a bid for Governor George Dean as his running mate. No Republican delegates chosen. no further selections until June 7. Illinois Republicans named 22 uninstructed delegates while pushing a prohibition repeal platform.
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Colorado
Utah
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
George Dean
Roosevelt
Tlinois
Murderer Advises Boys to Run When Pistols Are Sold
Emanuel Jackson, a Negro murderer, was hanged in Liberty Mississippi for killing Bramiette Bates. Two National Guard companies guarded the scene to prevent mob violence. Just before the trap, Jackson told all the boys to run from anyone selling a pistol, saying one bullet cost him his life.
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Liberty, Miss
Emanual Jackson
Bramiette Bates
Amite County
Jackson
National
Health Office Opens Saturday Afternoons
The Houston county health office will be open Saturday afternoons starting June 4, announced Dr. F G Granger. The office will stay open in the afternoons for residents outside the city seeking typhoid and other inoculations. The office had previously closed at noon on Saturdays.
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Houston County
F.G. Granger
Paroles Granted For Short Term Distilling Offenses
Gov B M Miller issued good behavior paroles to five state prisoners serving short term sentences for distilling. Paroled are Sam Easterwood Winston county one year Melvin Hollis St Clair county one to two years Floyd Harthcock Franklin county one to two years Davis Grubb Cleburne county one year to eighteen months William Kilgore Cleburne county one year to eighteen months.
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Montgomery
B. M. Miller
Sam Easterwood
Winston County
Melvin Hollis
St. Clair County
Floyd Harthcock
Franklin County
Davis Grubb
Cleburne County
William Kilgore
Free Will Baptist Convention Opens Near Millport
The state Sunday school convention of the Free Will Baptist church was set to convene today at Macedonia church three miles from Millport with Viett Carter of Birmingham serving as convention secretary.
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Birmingham
The
Free Will Baptist Church
Macedonia Church
Millport
Viett Carter
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