Wall Street, Cotton Jump on Acreage Leasing Plan
New Orleans reports cotton futures surged after Secretary Wallace outlined plans to lease sections of land now under cotton for payments to growers. October futures rose to 9.16, a yearly high, as profit taking and stock gains followed. Washington said a $150 million program could sustain prices at ten to twelve cents per pound.
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New Orleans
Wallace
Raoved
New York Exchange
New York
Washington
C. A. Cobb
South
Chicago
Fires Reported in Dothan Sunday
Two Sunday chimney fires caused small damage in Dothan. The first at 408 Avenue, home of J. A. White, involved smoke pouring down the chimney. no interior flames. The second fire at Wadlington Hotel, chimney stack, caused soot but no damage.
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3. A. White
Wadlington Hotel
Dallas Mills Huntsville to Add 200 to Payroll
Als May 20. The Dallas Manufacturing announced that Boning tomorrow morning 200 workers would be added to the fire at the cotton mills here. One and fifty people were put to work a few weeks ago on a night shift bringing the total force to
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Huntsville
Als
Dallas
Police Say Force Proves Efficient in Delivery to Owner
A fragmented report notes police efficiency in delivering a message to the owner after multiple patrol attempts. The text reflects confusion over delivery and communication between parties.
Trial of Bankers Moves Slowly in U S Court Here
Four former Elba First National Bank officials L A Boyd H C Johnson Ridgeway S Boyd and Claude E Dorsey face fraud charges as the bank failure case advances slowly in U S district court. A co-defendant bookkeeper Phillip F Kingsley was tried earlier and acquitted with jurors not yet reaching a verdict on the four. Progress hinges on consulting bank records and, due to the need for records, cases proceed slowly with additional trials planned for next week.
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Elba First National Bank
U. S. District Court
L. A. Boyd
H. C. Johnson
Ridgeway S. Boyd
Claude E. Dorsey
Phillip F. Kingsley
Ainsworth warns dry forces face desperate fight
Bishop Ainsworth told over 700 at the city auditorium that the battle to keep the 18th amendment may end in gloom but will not retreat. He likened the struggle to Wheeler and Roosevelt at Santiago and urged persistence despite doubts about Alabama’s repeal vote. O L Tompkins introduced him and Rev Shafer presided as churches canceled night services for the lecture.
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Ciry
Ainsworth
City Auditorium
Bishop Ainsworth
Joe” Wheeler
Teddy” Roosevelt
Santiago
Alabama
O. L. Tompkins
A. E. Shafer
Dothan
Alnsworth
Heart disease fatal to Mrs Cunningham in Midland City
Mrs Emma Cunningham 56 died at her home on Midland City route one last night due to heart disease. Survived by husband W M Cunningham two sons Bascomb and Gray both of different areas and four daughters Corlee Sosnett Ludie Jerkins Leila Monk Wade Bean all of Midland City. Funeral held at Sylvan Grove church at 11 am today with Rev Pittman of Dothan officiating Houston Funeral Co in charge.
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Emma Cunningham
Midland City
W. M. Cunningham
Bascomb Cunningham
Gray Cunningham
Cottondale
Fla
Corlee Sosnett
Newton
Ludie Jerkins
Leila Monk
Wade Bean
Sylvan Grove Church
Pittman
Dothan
Houston Funeral Co
Laura Vickery Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Laura Jane Vickery 69 died at her home 203 East Crawford Street Sunday at 2 PM after more than a year of illness. She leaves son C Vickery of Dothan two grandchildren a sister Mrs M E Mercer of Dothan and brother W S Bennett of Lumpkin Ga. Funeral was at 3 PM today conducted by Rev Lamar Jones. Burial in the city cemetery with Dowling Rhodes in charge.
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Laura Jane Vickery
East Crawford Street
C. Vickery
Dothan
Sinter
M. E. Mercer
W. 8. Bennett
Lumpkin
Lamar Jones
Weather delays proposed world flight from New York
Adverse weather from Newfoundland kept James Mattern's planned round the world flight grounded. The May 20 report notes ongoing meteorological issues delaying the takeoff attempt.
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New York
Newfoundland
James Mattern
Ex Sheriff Slain at Selma Prompted Farmer Held in Jail
Selma report says L. Lewis, a farmer, is jailed in Dallas County on charges of killing former Lowndes County Sheriff Maury Willoughby last night in an ambush. Sheriff Tucker calls it a family affair as Lewis surrenders claiming motive tied to his wife. The couple had been estranged for some time.
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Selma
Farmer
L. Lewis
Dallas County
Maury Willoughby
Lowndes County
Tucker
Lewis
Willoughby
Lewises
Fall on plate cuts young woman's face in Dothan
Miss Farle Atkins 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs H B Atkins was treated at a Dothan hospital yesterday for cuts and lacerations on her face after slipping on a plate at home. Several stitches were required but her condition is not serious.
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Farle Atkins
H. B. Atkins
Dothan
Habeas Corpus Hearings For Two Scottsboro Boys
Decatur Alabama May 29 Habeas corpus hearings set for Thursday June 1 in Morgan circuit court for Roy Wright and Eugene Williams two of the nine Scottsboro defendants Their attorneys argue both youths were 13 at the time of the alleged crime and should be under juvenile jurisdiction Wright was tried for attacking Ruby Eates Williams was condemned in 1931 but the Alabama Supreme Court overturned the verdict citing age questions.
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Decatur
Ala
Scottsboro
Morgan Circuit Court
James EB. Horton
Roy Wright
Eugene Williams
George W. Chamilee, Sr
Chattanooga
International Labor Defense
Nevroes
Chamiee
Ruby Eates
Heywood Atterson
Wright
Jefferson Circuit
Williams
Alabama Supreme Court
Nazis Defeated in Election for Bishop of German Church
Berlin May 23 AP The Rev Frederich von Bodelachwingh, a respected German social relief worker, was elected last night as the first evangelical bishop of the Reich by Landeskirchen representing 29 Protestant groups. They rejected the Nazi church’s bid to name a candidate despite being told Hitler would not approve their choice.
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Berlin
Frederich von Bodelachwingh
Social Relef
The
Reich
Herr Bodelachwing
Landeskirchen
Hitler
Finished Hero on the Scrap-Heap in New York
Nicholas Boyd, a fallen film star with a scarred face and a limp, contemplates a bleak future after being retired by a powerful producer. On a hot New York night he recalls his brief glory, a doomed rescue, and the looming problem of Bernie, his young wife, plus a party invitation that may seal his fate.
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America
Nicholas
Bernie
London
Bernie Woud
Boyd
Roosevelt pushes Morgan probe forward without limit
President Roosevelt urged the senate banking committee to press the Morgan company and private bankers investigation. He expressed full confidence in Pecora and the committee, while Senator Glass reported receiving a threatening assassination letter over Pecora’s tactics. The inquiry resumes Wednesday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Banking Committee
Morgan Company
Ferdinand Pecora
Glass
Pecora
Alford dies in Columbia at 47 from heart disease
Homer P. Alford, 47, died suddenly of heart disease at his Columbia home Saturday night. He worked for years with the State Department of Agriculture. Survived by widow, two children, sister Misa Maggie Alford of Columbia, brothers Wiley Alford of Attalla Alabama and John Alford of Columbia. Funeral held Sunday at 5 pm at home with Rev. Paul Stewart of Columbia and Rev. Clements of Geneva officiating. Burial in Columbia city cemetery. Houston Funeral Co. in charge.
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Homer P. Alford
Columbia
Geneva
Columbia City Cemetery
Houston Funeral Co
Jelke divorce trial expected decision by nightfall
The Jelke divorce trial in Newport superior court began May 13. Judge Charles A. Walsh was expected to file a written decision before nightfall. F. Frazier Jelke’s counsel sought under two hours for rebuttal. Mrs Jelke’s side had nearly finished their case when court adjourned last Friday until 10 am today.
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Newpork
R. Lt
Jelke
Newport Superior Court
Charles A. Walsh
F. Frazier Jelke
Newport
New York
Eugenia Woodward Jelke
Driver and Mechanic Die at Speedway
Indianapolis May 29. William Denver of Audubon Penn and Robert A Hurnt of Indianapolis were fatally injured when their race car lost control during a practice run at the Indianapolis Speedway. The car leaped the outer wall and caught fire on the northeast turn, as officials prepared for next Tuesday's 500 mile race. Both men died shortly after the crash, marking another deadly incident in the treacherous course from prior years.
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Indianapolis
William Denver
Audubon
Penn
Robert A. Hurnt
Indianaapolis Motorway
Prominent families unite in Philadelphia wedding
May 29 Philadelphia AP Miss Lourie Gordon Thomson married Lewis 8 Thompson Jr of Geneseo at Woodles Posemont home. Ceremony done privately by Judge W Roger Fronefield of Delaware County Court. About eighty relatives attended the reception.
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Philadelphia
Lourie Gordon Thomson
Lewis 8. Thompson, I Jr
Geneseo, N
W. Roger Fronefield
Delaware County Court
Kidnappers Pay Ransom for Kansas City Girl
Miss Mary McElroy, 25, was abducted from the Country Club district in Kansas City Missouri by two men. Her father H F McElroy and brother Henry F McElroy Jr. arranged a ransom delivery of 30 000 in bills on a Wyandotte County road and she appeared later at the Milburn Golf Club unharmed and exhausted.
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Kansas City
Mary McElroy
H. F. McElroy
McElroy
Country Club
Henry F McElroy,Jr
Jonely
Wyandotte County
Kansas
Hne
More Production Pushes 1000 Back to Work in Alabama
Birmingham May 29 AP Approximately one thousand workers were added to Alabama industrial rolls as production rose in steel and textile plants. Tennessee Coal and Iron resumed production at reduced scale, lifting steel output about fifty percent, the largest in months. Textile strike at Anniston ended with settlement. Two mills elsewhere announced about five hundred new hires.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Alsent
Anniston
Second enlistment of Negroes for forest jobs begins
The Dothan recruiting station sent 45 Negroes to Ft. Benning Ga as part of the Clyiian Conservation Corps second enlistment bringing local totals to 90. Recruits will be paid 20 dollars a month same as white workers and each has about a dozen dependents.
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Clyiian Conservation Corps
Dothan
Ft. Benning
Nevada approves repeal as 21st Amendment favored
Reno reported near complete returns show Nevada voters overwhelmingly back repeal of the 18th Amendment in Saturdays primary. Prohibition forces likely won no delegates in next months county conventions, with at least 600 delegates pledged for repeal and no opposing slate. Some precincts pending but repealists expect adoption of the twenty first amendment statewide.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
Industrial School Medal Won by Houston County Cadet
Carl Reeves of Houston county, a student at the Alabama Boys Industrial school, won the Martha Susan Jordan gold medal as the best all around cadet. He is 17, and the award was given by the faculty and students of the school.
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Carl Reeves
Houston County
Alabama Boys Industrial School
Martha Susan Jordan
Reeves
Gandhi Ends Fast After Three Weeks in Poona
Mahatma Gandhi ends a three-week fast in Poona India at 8 a m British time 1 a m Dothan time. Medical advisers say he is holding his ground but the threat on his life will persist for nearly three more weeks.
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Poona
Indias
Mahatma Gandhi
Woodin to Stay as Treasury Head Amid Fiscal Storm
President Roosevelt will retain Woodin at the U S Treasury despite calls for his ouster after his name appeared among J P Morgan Co preferred customers. The president plans to keep his cabinet and aides to manage vast economic controls during the emergency and believes the present team can steady the market mood. The remarks emerged after a weekend Potomac cruise with Woodin.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Woodin
Treasury
J. P. Morgan & Co
Potomac
Great Lakes ship wreck on reef near Rock of Ages light
The Coast Guard cutter Crawford brought 118 passengers and crew from the George M. Cox wrecked Saturday night on a reef off the Rock of Ages light in Lake Superior. No one was lost this season, but two women were injured, one with a broken back and the other with a broken rib. They were picked up by the freighter M. S. Tramline and taken to Fort William, Ontario. The Cox, based in New Orleans, was making its first trip of the season from Chicago to Fort Arthur, Ontario.
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Houghton, Mich
Coast Guard
Crawford
Psessengers
George M. Cox
Rock of Ages Light
Lake Superior
Great Lakes
Genason
Georges M. Cox
New Orleans
Isle Royale Transit Company
Fort William
Ont
Long illness fatal to Graceville woman at Dothan hospital
Mra R L McCrary 43 of Graceville Fla died after a 14 week illness in a Dothan hospital last night. She leaves husband three sons Robert Billy Ben all of Graceville a daughter Mary Agnes of Graceville two sisters Mrs B L Daniela Chipley and Mrs Quay Yates Little Rock Ark three brothers Chester Edwin and Capus Yates all of Little Rock and her mother Mrs Cora Yates Graceville. Funeral at Graceville Methodist church at 4 p.m. tomorrow with Rev D W Haskew of Dothan and Rev Spencer Graceville pastor officiating and Houston Funeral Co in charge.
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Mra
R. L. McCrary
Graceville
Fla
Dothan
Robert
Billy
Ben
Mary Agnes
B. L. Daniela
Chipley
Quay Yates
Little Rock
Ark
Chester
Edwin
Capus Yates
Cora Yates
Methodist Church
D. W. Haskew
Spencer
Houston Funeral Co
Jury dodging a good sign in Chicago
Chicago May 29. AP It is harder to find men to serve on juries says Chief Justice John J. Sonsteby of Chicago municipal court. He interprets this as a sign that employment is on a definite increase.
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Chicago
John J. Sonsteby
Dothan Baseball Pledge Prompts Monthly Support
A pledge to support Dothan Baseball pledges three dollars per month for three months to cover Dixie Amateur League expenses. The donor agrees monthly donations will be used only for team expenses and signs as a sportsman for the Dothan entry.
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Dothan
Charlie Rush
Dixie
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