Seed loan conspiracy trial nears rebuttal testimony in Dothan
In federal court here rebuttal witnesses from Columbus Georgia were called as defense rested its case in the seed loan conspiracy trial. The government challenged defense witnesses on Mrs Thelma Richards character and named several Columbus witnesses including J D Goodman and Tony Sampson. The session featured tense exchanges over a notebook reference and motions as Judge Kennamer presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl E. Hammond
Dothan
Columbus
Thelma Richards
U. S
Georgia City
J. D. Goodman
W. Paul Miller
C. C. Dalton
R. C. Russell
Mrs. Richards
Tony Sampson
Thomas L. Hutchrogs
Harry S. Barger
Hutchings
Columbia
S. C
Barger
O. D. Street
Defense
Charlies B. Kennamer
Street
Michael Sollie
Abe Ivey
W. L. Harrington
Herrington
Ivey
Bertha Ready
3. C. Woodham
Near Ashford
Beaty Whiddon
Ed Boyd
Headland
W. C. Brown
B. W. Austin
James G. Bennett
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dalton Roney
Dothan Plans to Pay Teachers During Vacation
The Dothan city auditor said the city will attempt to pay delinquent teachers during the summer or before the new term starts. Over $25,000 has been paid this school year, more than in some other cities and more than the state pays Dothan teachers. Two payrolls totaling about $10,000 have been issued in the last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lu. Vaughn
Dothan
Vaughn
Speaker Garner urges relief bill in first witness role
Speaker Garner testified before the House Ways and Means Committee urging passage of a 2.309 billion relief measure to aid starving and suffering Americans. He became the first speaker to take the witness chair in the committee, citing nationwide reports of hunger without relief.
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Washington
Garner
House
Ways and Means Committee
Dothan Man's Niece Fatally Wounded in Georgia
Miss Lucille Batts of Ocilla Georgia died May 22 from a pistol discharge at her home while searching a dresser drawer. The accident occurred when the pistol fired through her temple while tangled in her dinner ring. She was a niece of A T Marchman of Dothan. Funeral held at Ocila Baptist Church last Tuesday attended by Mr Marchman. Batts had friends in Dothan from prior visits.
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Lucille Batts
Ocilla
A. T. Marchman
Dothan
Miss Batts
Ocila Baptist Church
Mr. Marchman
Airplane dives into bay before Pacific hop
New York aviator Nat C. Browne and refueling aide Frank Brooks survived a crash when Browne's red Fokker Lone Star fell into Puget Sound near Seattle during in-air refueling for a non stop flight to Tokyo for a 30000 prize. Browne suffered a dislocated shoulder.
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Seattle
Wash
Nat C. Browne
Tokyo
New York
Frank Brooks
Browne
Brooks
Ballard Emergency Hospital
Puget Sound
Lone Star
Frank Whaley
Texas cow puncher Browne’s Seattle to Tokyo flight ends in crash
Nat C. Browne, a 37 year old Texas rancher and former Baylor University athlete, aimed for a long distance Seattle to Tokyo flight after a year of preparations. His monoplane plunged into Elliott Bay at the start of the voyage, ending his dream and leaving him with a record of mechanical troubles and persistence.
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New York
Nat C. Browne
Elliott Bay
Seattle
Tokyo
Browne
Old Orchard
Buenos Aires
Olid Orchard
Maine
Auto bus crash kills two young Birmingham men
Seymour Indiana May 31 AP report says G B McCormack 22 and Stanley Smith 17 both of Birmingham were killed when their car was struck by a bus returning from the Indianapolis speedway race. Three other Birmingham youths were injured and ten bus passengers escaped serious injury.
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Seymour
Ind
G. B. McCormack
Stanley Smith
Birmingham
Indianapolis
McCormack
Smith
Taylor Smith
Frederick Darby
William Wingo
Veterans Find Easy Going in Alabama on Bonus March
Three hundred Louisiana veterans of the bonus expeditionary forces moved through Alabama in convoys of trucks awaiting at each county line to transport them toward Washington. Mobile and Baldwin counties coordinated pickups while Montgomery officials denied free rides through their county. The group was expected in Montgomery in the afternoon.
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Montgomery
Louisiana Veterans of the
Alabama
Washington
Mobile County
Baldwin County
Flomaton
Montgomery County
Florala Set to Stage 60th Annual Celebration
Florala's longtime festival returns June 24 with sports water games and dancing as the town readies plans for the 60th edition. Last year's lineup featured athletics boxing wrestling running boat racing bathing beauty contests a fiddlers convention and a grand night ball. Committees include Finance Neill B. Smith W. E. Duggar J. J. Turner Dr A. G. Williams Mayor H. G. White and others.
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Florala
New Orleans
Lake Jackson
Neill B. Smith
W. E. Duggar
J. J. Turner
A. G. Williams
H. G. White
Herbert Evans
Horace Martin
Walter Matthews
M. H. Matthews
E. M. Cannon
Disabled Veterans of Geneva Meet at Court House
Disabled veterans of Geneva will hold a meeting Thursday night at 7 39 o clock in the Geneva court house. Moses Z Jones senior vice commander says the gathering is important and all members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disabled Veterans of
Geneva
Court House
Moses Z. Jones
Rum river back of city hall goes dry in Birmingham
Birmingham May 31 AP The Rum River behind city hall has run dry as police chief orders officers to stop pouring seized liquor into the gutter. The contraband will be diverted to a sewer built for disposal to prevent ignition risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
City Hall
Fred McDuff
Jury duty payroll in Jefferson county averages per juror
Jefferson county payroll for jurors averages between 125.50 and 1,000 a year. More than 10,000 persons are summoned annually for jury duty and each serves five or six days. Pay for jury duty is two dollars and thirty cents a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rpirmingham
Jefferson County
Show Me originator Col Vandiver dies
Columbia Missouri May 31 AP Col Willard J D Vandiver 75 former Congressman and credited by some with originating the Show Me song died here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Col
Willard JD. Vandiver
Scrap on platform predicted at GOP convention
J W Daugherty a third district GOP delegate in Chicago predicted the platform uproar will begin the scrap. Alabama’s GOP delegation is instructed to back Hoover and is expected to favor Curtis for vice president, Daugherty said.
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J. W. Daughtery
Chicago
Daughtery
Alabama
Hoover
Curtis
Cotton progress delayed in state by cool weather
Alabama cotton growers face production worries as a cool spring slows crop progress while fertilizer use has been cut in half. Extension service notes a possible price boost from a smaller crop, with boll weevil pressures and variable rainfall shaping the outlook for June through August. Corn has been planted, hay crops benefit from moisture, and sweet potatoes and pastures respond to rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Extension Service
Agricultural Agency
Tennessee
Trials for about 29 jailed liquor defendants set for Friday
Twenty may get trials in federal court here tomorrow on charges of violating the national prohibition act. About 29 persons now jailed are to face acting trials after officials said Friday that several alleged liquor dealers in the territory will be heard.
Dothan Student Mendy Holmes to Receive Diploma at Commencement
Mendy Holmes son of Mir GoW Howes from Dothan will be awarded a diploma at the graduation ceremony. The Bob Jones event is set for tomorrow morning as part of the annual commencement program. Holmes graduated from the local high school in 722.
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Mendy Holmes
Mir Gow Howes
Dothan
Bob Jones
Herewas
Alabama Parent Teacher Association Convention Held in Birmingham
The annual Alabama Parent Teacher convention will be hosted by the Birmingham council. Inscription events are planned for October 17 and 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Birmingham Council
Supreme Court to Review Scottsboro Rape Convictions
The Supreme Court agreed to review the death sentences of seven Negro defendants convicted of attacking two white girls near Scottsboro Alabama. A ruling could delay executions set for June 24 and a hearing is scheduled for October 10 with oral arguments to follow. Police prepare for potential communist protest at the Capitol and heightened court security.
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Supreme Court
Scottsboro
Ala
Washington
Capitol
Metropolitan
Scarface al Capone
Atty. Gen. Knight
Atty
Gen. Knight
T. S. Lawson
Six Murder Suspects Among 21 Prisoners for June Trials
Birmingham May 3 AP reports six persons charged with murder are among 21 prisoners slated for trials at the June 6 term of criminal court. Named defendants include W. C. Baird and Mrs. Fila Fields in the death of her estranged husband John Fields, plus Joe Franks Fred Stokes Frank West and Drennen Bagcott in separate alleged killings.
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Birmingham
W. C. Baird
Fila Fields
John Fields
Joe Franks
Dick Colloza
Fred Stokes
Florida
Filla Lamar
Frank West
Jim Higginbotham
Drennen Bagcott
W. J. Taylor
Massie reunion after release touches Kentucky family
Lieut Thomas Massie recently freed in the Hone bill inhing held a family reunion in Manchester Kentucky. Attending the celebration were Massie and his wife along with his brother William from Columbus Gal. Plans called for Massie and his wife to depart for New York for a brief visit before returning to California for further duties.
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Thomas Massie
Honoebill Innehing
Massie
William
Columbus
Gal
Nan
Hig
New York
Nas
Unclear historical report from Warsaw and Paarl dispatch
Fragmentary AP text notes tributes and movements related to capital officials and military figures. Readable details are limited. several names and places appear garbled, obscuring clear sequence or outcome.
First Band Concert This Summer at Courthouse Lawn
The 117th Field Artillery Band will perform tonight at 8 at courthouse lawn. Officials say the National Guard band is among the South’s best. Program includes Marsh Filmore’s Triumphal Overture, Arabian Nights, Moonlight and Roses, Anchors Aweigh, Silver Jubilee, and the Star Spangled Banner.
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Courthouse Lawn
117Th Field Artillery
South
Filmore
Lloyd Cherry
More Farms Now Under Operation
Montgomery May 31 AP The number of farms operated in Alabama this year will be about two percent greater than last year. State statistician F W Gist estimates 262 000 farms in operation this year up from 250 000 in 1930 census. Net gain about 5 000 farms due to people moving from industrial work to farming.
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Montgomery
Alabama
F. W. Gist
Federal
Alabama Crop Reporting Service
North Alabama
Black Belt
South Alabama
Mr. Gist
Prisoner Cleared for New Trial Gets First Shave Since July
RB A Bridges, convicted milk plant bomber, was granted a new trial by the supreme court. After the decision, Bridges ordered a shave for the first time since his July 19 conviction, his beard described as reaching his shoulders and giving a wild-man look. He is charged with throwing the bomb that wrecked the Pure Milk plant and killed two people during a milk price war in Birmingham.
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Pirmingham
Supreme Court
RB. A. Bridges
Jefferson County
Bridges
Pure Milk Company
Starts On Third Marriage Venture In Ashford
Millie Sheffield of Ashford seeks a third marriage as she and Fesse Johnson of Ashford receive a marriage license over the weekend. Another couple, James B. Allen of Conway South Carolina and Mae Revels of Heathen, also obtained licenses.
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Millie Sheffield
Ashford
Fesse Johnson
Seeks Boost in Cotton Consumption in Alabama
Auburn May 31 The extension service offices will issue daily letters to farmers showing how to increase cotton use and profit. Stationery with cotton content will be used to promote higher cotton prices and consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Service
Alabama
Freddy Frame wins 500 mile racing classic
Freddy Frame of Los Angeles won the twentieth Indianapolis 500, covering 500 miles in 4 48 03.79 at 104.144 mph setting new records. Howdy Wilcox finished second in his first major race, with Cliff Bergere third and Bob Carey fourth as only 14 of 40 starters finished amid crashes and mechanical failures.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Freddy Frame
Los Angeles
Indianapolis Speedway
Frame
Peter de Paolo
Howdy Wilcox
Cliff Bergere
Wilcox
Bob Carey
Anderson
Russell Snowberger
Philadelphia
Zeke Meyer
Ira Haltl
Terre Haute
Arnold
Gordon
Long Beach
Calif
Edsel T. Ford
Detroit
John Guadino
Buenos Aires
Guadino
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