Armistice program in Dothan features Sollie, Ward speeches
World war veterans are urged to join the American Legion as Mike Sollie Jr and R S Ward address a crowd of 500 at the Armistice day ceremonies in the city auditorium. A downtown parade, a stadium football game, and student pageant accompanied the events led by Captain T E Buntin and major local figures.
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America
Mike Solle
Ozark
City Auditorium
National
T. E. Buntin
Litth Field Artillery Band
U.D.C
Hartford
Dothan
Mr. Sothe
Oscar 8. Lewis
Myer Blumberg
Buntin
Prison Evangelistic Revival Planned in Dothan Arena
The Rev. C. F. Mitchell of Mobile will conduct a non denominational country style revival at the Dothan Athletic Club arena starting 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Mitchell has claimed over 6 000 prison conversions in four years and will share his life story with a Palestine era sermon titled Palestine in the Light of Prophecy at the 7:30 p.m. Sunday service. Gene Hammond leads the music. Mitchell spoke at Lafayette Street Methodist Church Wednesday night and noted recent Alabama conversions.
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C. F. Mitchell
Mobile
Dothan Athletic Club
N. College Street
Mitchell
Gene Ham-mond
North Anbama
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
Mr. Mitchell
Palestine
Army of Occupation
Athletic Club
Witeben
Cottonwood Road
Hen Theft Charge Brought in Cowarts Case
A man is charged with stealing 20 hens from a Black Cowarts woman. He faces a serviary allegation in court today. Police say the suspect sold the chickens after taking them from the Cowarts resident.
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Cowarts
Walker
Ofcers
Big fight for repeal expected in short session
Anti prohibition forces gear up as returns show large wets majority in new Congress. Eleven states approved anti prohibition referenda while Gov elect Comstock hints at amnesty for dry law violators if legal. Republicans favor continuing dry statutes and debate beer legislation in the upcoming session.
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Congress
Wets
Drys
William A. Comstock
Michigan
Liquor Control Commission
Borah
Idaho
Idahoan
House
Senate
O’connor
New York
O'Connor
New Site Sought for Dothan Curb Market
Mrs. W. G. Pruett in charge said the Dothan curb market must move from the N. Oates street site owned by the Catholic church which has asked the market to relocate. The market may get a corrugated iron building to reduce fire hazards and has averaged over $11,000 in receipts last year with 15 to 20 farmers selling in winter and up to four in summer. The church plans to move to the curb market site at W. Main and N. Oates, with a filling station proposed at the new location.
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Dothan Curb
W. G. Pruett
N. Oates Street
Catholic Church
Curb Market
Chorced
W. Main and
Medal of Honor holder faces postwar hardship in Kansas City
Charles Den ver Barger, Argonne veteran and Mhof recipient, lives with his family in Kansas City amid debts and illness after war service and a police career ended by injury. He questions Armistice Day celebration and calls for full veterans’ bonuses.
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Kansas City
Charles Denver Barger
Argonne
United States
Barger
J. E
Police Department
Mabel Louise
Parger
Chicago Mayoral Forecast Cuts Beer Price to Five Cents
Mayor Anton J. Cermack predicted beer would cost five cents a glass and ten cents a stein in Chicago within a few months. The statement came as city leaders discuss pricing and consumer affordability.
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Chicago
Anton J. Cermack
Cold Wave Forecast Inches Toward Alabama Saturday
A New Orleans Weather Bureau dispatch warns a cold wave will bring freezing temperatures to interior Alabama by Saturday morning. Dothan reports south and southwest winds with a low pressure area over Mississippi and rain ending by nine this morning.
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Alabama
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Dothan
Mississippi
New Orleans
Geneva Chest Clinic Conducted This Week
A chest clinic is being held at the courthouse this week under Dr and Mrs B McPheters of the state health department for examination of county residents for lung and chest diseases. Dr L S Nichols county health officer and Miss Dixie Dollar county three assist in the work.
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Geneva
B. McPheters
State Health Department
L. 5. Nichols
Dixie Dollar
Einic
Feter Street Methodist Board of Stewards Set Tonight Meeting
Officials announced a church board of stewards meeting at Feter Street Methodist Church tonight. The session begins at 1 34 o clock with important business on the agenda.
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Feter Street Methodist Church Board of Stewards
Visitors visit 1079 city schools during Education Week day
A total of 1079 persons visited city schools in Dothan yesterday as part of Education Week Visitors Day. Attendance compares with 4036 last year, with regular classes held to show pupils at work and special exhibits, notably in manual training. Classes dismissed for Armistice Day parade participation.
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Dothan
United States
Former Ozark Woman Burned When Dress Catches Fire
Mrs Father Lay of Denalconville is seriously burned in Bainbridge after her dress caught fire from a wood stove while preparing neon meal for her husband and two small children. Neighbors and passersby extinguished the flames. doctors hold little hope for recovery.
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Bainbridge. Ga
Elf
Summerford
Father Lay
Denalconville
Tezark
Hovse
Pasweredy
Sumomerfora
Neaby Hospital
Weeman
Election turmoil and street violence erupt near abandoned balcony
A chaotic scene unfolds as a group drags an empty bar from an abandoned balcony into the street amid a tense election period. Police cordon the area while bystanders react to the disturbance and the crowd disperses.
Deadly Caribbean Storm Devastates Central Cuba Town
Reports from Camaguey province say Santa Cruz Del Sur was virtually wiped out by a ten day old hurricane. Estimates of deaths ranged from 300 to 1,800 with hundreds injured and towns left in ruins as rescuers and doctors rushed in amid widespread flooding and destruction.
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Atlantic
Cuba
Camaguey
Santa Clara
Oriente
Santa Cruz
United States Navy
Scioto
Bassau
Navy
Dolphin
Abundance
Jamaica
Campaguey
Santa Cruz del Sur
Humberto Rodriguez
Mamaguey
Santiago
Manzanillo
Camepitey
Itzelf
Gurses
Fesrida
Smail
Casa de Socorres
Anc
Stolen Car Crashes Then Escapes After Collision
An unidentified man driving a stolen car without lights collided with Howard Patterson’s automobile at Main and Lena Streets last night. He leaped from the vehicle, which was reported owned by E. M. Hightower, and fled. Patterson’s car sustained heavy damage but no injuries occurred. Police say the theft appeared to be limited to a few blocks from Hightower’s Lena Street home and had not been discovered at the time of the crash.
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Main
Lena Streets
E. M. Hightower
Patterson
Hightower
N. Lena Street
Plane Far Off Flight Course Falls Five Die
A plane lost on a flight from Chicago to Atlanta crashed into woods near Kempville Tennessee killing five aboard. Identified victims include Mr and Mrs Joseph F Hitt of Chicago and Fort Lauderdale along with their young daughter and two other children. The craft had circled over the town before the crash. Hitt was a wood working engineer with a Chicago firm and developing a Florida farm near Pompano.
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Kempville. Tenn
Here
Joseph F. Hitt
Chicago
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Hitts
Nashville
Tenn
At & P
Burning of Cameron School Building Still Under Investigation
County officers investigating the Cameron school fire near Cottonwood say no arrests have been made but the blaze is believed incendiary. The 10 PM Wednesday destruction left pupils arriving to find only ashes with nothing saved.
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Cameron
Cottonwood
Rider Injured as Horse Throws Man in Armistice Parade
Henry Williams, a former Dothan High football player and Dothan National Guard member, was hurt when a parade horse tossed him near the Central of Georgia railway tracks on East Main Street. The horse also fell, causing Williams head injuries and prompting emergency aid at the scene.
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Henry Williams
Dothan National Guard
Wiliams
Central of Georgia
E. Main Street
Williama
Fiddlers Convention At Daleville Tonight
A fiddlers convention and hog catching contest will be held at Daleville High School starting at 7 30 tonight. Prizes will be awarded to top participants in events run by the Iyaleville Parent-Teacher Association aided by local officials.
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Dalevile High School
Iyaleville
Associa Haan
City approves permit to remodel four dwellings on FE Burdeshaw
Mrs John A Thompson secures city permit to remodel four Negro dwellings on FE Burdeshaw street. Project cost listed at 2000 dollars in permit records.
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Mra
John A. Thompson
FE. Burdeshaw Street
War veteran killed in Bonifay auto crash report
Hartford man Johnne Lowe a 35 year old World War veteran died in an auto crash near Bonifay Florida. Sheriff W B Driver says charges may be filed against C C Sellers who allegedly struck Lowe while driving west. Lowe and a wife and two hitchhikers were injured. Lowe’s body to Hartford for burial.
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Hartford
Bonifay
Fla
W. B. Driver
Mra
Lowe
Bris
C. C. Sellers
Bonifay Attorn
Dink Ezell
Driver
Sellers
Ealy
Low
Attempt To Bomb Lorain Journal Building
A bomb scare in Lorain Ohio involved four sticks of dynamite found in a leather bag outside The Journal building. Business manager John Graham reported the fuse had been ignited but burned out before detection. The Lorain Journal is linked to The Mansfield Journal which was bombed last year amid a crime crusade.
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Lorain
Ohio
Lorain Journal
Journal
John Graham
Plct
Graham
Mansfield Journal
Mansfield
Loe Rain
Windows Stolen From Forrester Building on St. Andrews
Wind blew through the Forrester building on S. St. Andrews street as county officers hunted thieves who last night removed panes ashes and shades from 11 windows. No clue was left about who removed the panes. Floyd Forrester owns the building.
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Forrester
S. St. Andrews Street
Floyd Forrester
Scottsboro Rioters Fined in Washington Court
Judge Isaac P. Hitton fined 13 demonstrators at the Capitol after illegal parading and assaults on police. The men, including Edward Richards, were sentenced to $100 fines or 60 days in jail with several freed after claiming participation. Leo Seltzer, a New York photographer, was identified in the disorder.
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Isaac PR
Hitton
Inday
Capitol
Supreme Court
Scottsboro
Edward Richardsqo
Negro
Leo Seltzer
New York
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