Houston County Officials Study Replacing Horse Teams with Motorized Road Equipment
Houston County commissioners and Judge of Probate Harry K. Martin plan a Montgomery trip to study motorized highway machinery. They seek to compare costs of horse drawn versus motor driven equipment and may drop convict labor if a profitable plan proves feasible. A northern Alabama trend toward motorized road building is noted with manufacturers invited to showcase equipment and cover expenses. Despite tractors, mule drawn teams still dominate much county road work.
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Houston County
Harry K. Martin
Montgomery
Montgomery County
Alabama
Public Hearing Set on Airmail Routes Atlanta to Fort Worth
A June 12 public hearing announced by the interdepartmentalairways committee will consider petitions to establish an air mail route from Atlanta to Fort Worth via Birmingham. The committee will also review rerouting the Atlanta New Orleans line through Montgomery instead of Birmingham.
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Washington, D. C
UPI
Glover
Committee On Airways
Atlanta
Ft. Worth
Texas
Birmingham
Fort Worth
Tex
Reginald L. Robbins
Jim” Kelly
Kelly
Robbins
Avid Kelly
Well Dressed Bandits Take Cash From Bank President
Three well dressed bandits kidnapped Richard Johnson, president of South Bend State Bank, and a taxi driver to steal $13,100 during a money transfer from the bank to a second location in South Bend Indiana on May 29.
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South Bend
Ind
Richard Johnson
Policemen Listen to Secret WMP Radio Station in Boston
A discreet Massachusetts police safety station, WMP, operates for public benefit but is tuned by select officers only. It links state Police patrol barracks to the central police headquarters in the state house Boston with broadcasts from 1712 kilocycles. The microphone sits in Capt. Charles T. Beaupre’s basement office, broadcasting police bulletins at prearranged times.
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Boston
WMP
Massachusetts Department of Public Safety
State Police
State House
Charles T. Beaupre
State
Three Geneva County Men to Stand Trial for Grand Larceny
Ras Faulk Frank Mizelle and Malcolm Farmer of Geneva County face joint trial in Montgomery Circuit Court on charges of grand larceny and receiving stolen property for allegedly taking a car owned by J D Goldman of Atlanta and for receiving a stolen vehicle. Two additional car theft cases are scheduled, and the defendants have sued the Dothan Eagle for libel seeking damages up to 200000.
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MonTgomery
Ala
Ras Faulk
Frank Mizelle
Malcolm Farmer
Geneva County
Faulk
Mizelle
Farmer
J. D. Goldman
Atlanta
Earl Jerkins
Early Lee Messer
Houston Radford
H. E. Danville
R. R. Matheny
R. D. Dean
Florida
Sue
Picnic Supper Planned by Lafayette Street Methodists
A picnic supper will be held at Porter's Fairyland tomorrow night at 7 30 o clock. Members of Class 26 of the Lafayette Street Methodist Church Sunday school are asked to bring baskets and report on time.
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Porter’s Fairyland
Lafayette Street
Woman in Dothan Seeks Husband and Son for Support
Mrs. Ed Tomberlin of Oakman Alabama writes to the Chief of Police in Dothan seeking the whereabouts of her husband who officers say is not a Dothan resident. She says her daughter is seriously ill and her son Dewey is with her husband, and asks police to aid in locating them.
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Ed. Tomberlin
Oakman
Ala
Dothan
Dewey
Memorial Day Program Set With Memorial Address And Wreath
Memorial Day observance begins at 10 o'clock with Dr. Arthur Keyton delivering the memorial address at the cemetery. A mammoth wreath will honor soldiers of all wars with contributions from Boy Scouts Camp Fire Girls Red Cross and Gold Star Mothers. The American Legion posts and Auxiliary will lead floral tributes to Chester R. Vickery Miss Elizabeth McCleod and other veterans as merchants display flags and close 10 to 12 in tribute. Confederate veterans Spanish-American War vets meet at 9:15 on courthouse lawn for entertainment features before the ceremony.
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Arthur Keyton
Auxiliay
Chester R. Vickery
Houston County
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Red Cross
Gold Star
Berta Griffin Campbell
American Legion Auxiliary
Americal Legion
Elizabeth McCleod
Chester. R. Vickery
Legion
J. L. White
American Legion
Ida Inscor
Inscor
the Legion
Dothan
Clem Ezell
Weevil Damage Seen As Alabama Faces Peak In Years
Alabama agricultural officials warn of the largest boll weevil emergence in a decade, with Weather largely deciding crop loss. Calcium arsenate dust poisoning is urged, with county agents planning demonstrations and three spreading cycles through the season to protect cotton.
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Houston County
Alabama
Henry Witherington
W. A. Ruffin
Clay County
112 Die In Typhoon In Southern Leyte
Manila reports 112 dead as communications are restored after last Friday's typhoon struck Southern Leyte province. Disaster response teams continue search and relief operations amid damaged infrastructure and disrupted services across the region.
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Leyte
Manila
Frog Attacked by Rat Stirs Night Shift at Plant
Mournful frog cries echo in the municipal power plant after a huge wharf rat leapt onto a bull frog. Vetteran city employee T Whitehead and night foreman J H Parker investigated the commotion and removed the rodent with a coal chunk as the frog hopped away unharmed.
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T. Whitehead
Municipal Power Plant
J. H. Parker
Parker
Whitehead
Weather Update for Alabama Tonight
Partly cloudy conditions continue across Alabama tonight with a light breeze. Expect mild temperatures and no precipitation reported in the forecast.
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Alabama
Thorewlas
Runaway Girl Returned Home to Dothan
Dovie McClenny, 15 year old wife of C H McClenny, located at W H McClenny's home in Birmingham per N T Hutto. She had left Friday night from Dothan to Alabama City then to Birmingham, stayed with a sister, and telephoned she would return to Dothan tonight. No reason given for leaving.
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Birmingham
Dovie McClenny
C. H. McClenny
Inlaw
W. H. McClenny
N. T. Hutto
W. H. McCleany
Dothan
Alabama City
Governor Signs Bill Repeal Enforcement Act of Prohibition
Madison May 29 Gov Komler signed the bill repealing the state prohibition enforcement act. The action marks a shift in state policy and ends enforcement provisions that had governed alcohol regulations.
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Madison
Wis
Komler
Radio in Airplanes on Texas-Mexico Line
Brownsville officials report radio communication established between planes en route and the Brownsville naval air yard. Short wave equipment is installed on all ships flying the Brownsville to Mexico City route and constant contact will be maintained with moving aircraft.
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Texas-Mexico
Brownsville
Tex
Mexico City
Nay
Brownsville Naval Station
Through Traffic Opens On New Dothan Campbelton Highway
Traffic resumes on the Dothan Campbellton route after months of detours due to contractor changes and weather. Officials expect asphalt work to finish in about 30 days. Julius Merritt, a mail carrier on Dothan Route 6, helped lay limestone rocks to mark the milestone.
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Dothan-Campbellton Highway
Julius Merritt
Dothan
Tunney Hires Lawyer In Heart Balm Suit
Homer S. Cummings former DNC chairman will appear in Bridgeport court for James J. Tunney in a $500000 breach of promise suit filed by Mrs. Katherine King Fogarty of New York.
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Tunney
Stamford
Conn
Homer S. Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Bridgeport
James J. Tunney
Katherine King Fogarty
New York
Dry goods stores to close June 20
Local dry goods stores will begin closing on Thursdays starting June 20, according to J. T. Brock of Saxon-Heard's, who clarifies the impression that closures have already begun is false.
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J. T. Brock
Saxon-Heard’s
Emancipation Day disturbance ends with stabbing incident
Julia Wynn, a Black woman, allegedly stabbed a rival in a jealous attack after catching her husband with another woman. The victim is in a local hospital with injuries as Tar Sight marks a day of Emancipation celebrations. Wynn was jailed on a charge of assault with a public safety item and released on bond, to face Mayor's Court Friday.
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Julia Wynn
Julia
Mayor's Court
Prohi Violators Draw Fines In Circuit Court
The circuit court spent most of its term on prohibition cases. Leroy Glenn and Gus Hughes were punished for rum transport and assault with a weapon. Macon Ruffin and D. T. Anderson faced fines for transporting liquor, with executions stayed. Other cases included Pony West's grand larceny charge and J. C. McKinnon’s embezzlement release after no indictment.
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PROHI
Leroy Glenn
Cool Corners
H. A. Pearce
Columbus Dickerson
Gus Hughes
Pony West
Macon Ruffin
D. T. Anderson
Will Johnson
J. C. McKinnon
Noille
Defers Appointment of Successor Until Mabel Quits Service
Washington May 29 President Hoover likely will delay naming Willebrandt successor as assistant attorney general until she leaves government service on June 15. The deferral aims to await her departure before filling the post.
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Mabel
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Senate committee refers textile labor probe to federal agencies
In Washington on May 29 the Senate Manufacturers Committee voted to refer the proposed inquiry into labor conditions in the textile industry to the Federal Trade Commission and the Tariff Commission, reversing a prior plan for the Senate to handle the investigation.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Manufacturers Committee
Tade Commission and Tariff Commission
Senate
Radio Men’s Banquet To Be Chain Event
Chicago reports the Radio Manufacturers association banquet on June 5 will be broadcast across a NBC chain. Performers include Mme Ernestine Schumann-Heink Reinald Werrenrath Charles Marshall Gladys Rice Billie Jones Ernie Hare and the Chicago Civic Opera orchestra. The 8:30 pm CST program links 25 radio firms on a coast to coast feed.
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Chicago
Radio Manufacturers’ Association
NBC
Mme
Ernestine Schumann- Heink
Reinald Werrenrath
Charles Marshall
Gladys Rice
Billie Jones
Ernie Hare
Chicago Civic Opera Symphony Orchestra
WEAF
WJZ
WEEI
WTIC
WJAR
WCSH
WRC
WGY
WGS
WCAE
WWJ
WSAI
KSD
WOC
WOW
KOA
WSM
WMC
WSB
WFAA
WJAX
WBZ
WEZA
WBAL
WHAM
EDGA
WIR
WLW
KWK
WREN
KGO
KFL
KOMO
KHQ
WFJC
KSL
WKY
WICD
WSMB
WAPI
Rotary leader urges honesty for global understanding
J. B. Cutton of Tampico Mexico president of Rotary International spoke at the twentieth annual convention in Dallas urging a broad international understanding based on honesty fair dealing and the guiding rule.
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Cutton
Dallas
Texas
J. B. Cutton
Tampico
Mexico
Rotary International
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United States
Esme Howard
Lynchburg
Washington
Sir Esme
Radford
Dothan Eagle
News Iit
Eagle
Mexican Aviation Company
Navy
Negress
Columbus
Dickerson
Macon
Ruffin
Federal Trade Commissioner
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