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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1933
Page
1
Washington debates if the administration can maintain its gold price policy or shift course. Checks on cotton and corn to ease inflation in the South and Midwest are tested to win popular support for Sprague Baruch ideas.
Cyrus Wells 40, an employee of Seaborn Candy Co., died instantly when his small truck crashed into an embankment on the Ozark and Blue Springs highway near Ozark as poor visibility looming at nightfall caused the accident. He moved to Dothan six months ago and is survived by his widow, a son Cyrus Jr., a daughter Nadine, two brothers, two sisters, and was buried in Ozark.
A 17-year-old Edgar Peterson of China is accused of selling a Pomona wrecking firm’s clubhouse and two other buildings for 356 cars he did not own. Wrecker F. J. Bixler and brother were arrested for trespass after Peterson, claiming his family left the property, sold it to them. Peterson was arrested in Phoenix and returned to Los Angeles for juvenile court.
Police report James Griffin partly paralyzed negro confessed burglarizing a box car at Central of Georgia railway yards. Loot recovered at Griffin's home and rest traced after sale.
Paris November 24 Official sources said President Lebrun plans to ask Georges Bonnet Minister of Finance in the Sarraut cabinet overthrown last night to form a new French government and serve as Premier Lebrun hopes for a swift appointment of a capable financial cabinet to protect the franc Friends of Eduard Herriot urged that power should not return to him.
Colonel and Mrs Lindbergh landed in Funchal Madeira at midday after a flight from Ponta Delgada Azores. Their plane circled three times before resuming southward, having covered 699 miles that morning. The remaining distance to Africa is about 1250 miles, prompting speculation they may skip further stops.
Funeral services for John Jullins Ford aged 90 of Dothan route one will be held Sunday at White Oak Church at 11 o clock. He leaves four sons J C Lunsford Samson G F Lunsford Jacksonville G M Lunsford and E B Lunsford Miami a daughter Mrs J C King Enterprise and a sister Mrs Lucy Deshazo Hartford. Burial will be in White Oak cemetery with Dowling Rhodes in charge.
Former Gov Alfred E Smith urged private citizens to buy liquor legally after repeal takes effect December 5. He said the first victory is won and citizens must help by respecting state regulations, paying taxes, and resisting bootleggers to support law and revenue.
Police say a thief who stole a case of sample shoes from B. K. Jennings in Jacksonville more than a month ago likely escaped town. The right-foot shoes, valued at 75 dollars, were discovered in a refrigerator car at Compass Lake, where they were loaded during a move for oranges.
Washington reports politics allegedly intertwined with Civil Works in Youngstown Ohio as Harry L. Hopkins warns the relief fund could be cut. Democratic boss John J. Farrell urged job seekers to register at the City Employment Bureau and report to elections officials, saying he would try to place men while denying any job guarantees.
About 3000 Southern Pacific engineers firemen conductors trainmen and engine men in Texas and Louisiana plan to strike at noon Saturday as 108 issues divide labor and arbitration. Brotherhoods spokesman Lt. Fred W. Lewis says most members favor a broad arbitration while the company insists on arbitration only on selected items. General manager L B McDonald says the railroad’s position remains unchanged.
Memphis detectives quote three arrestees discussing their claimed role in the daylight holdup at a Jackson Mississippi bus station. The trio, named as J. H. Roberts Cecil Fyke age 28 Pauline Fyke 27 and Andrew Stephens Lewis 23 all from different states, face questions.
In Stockholm on November 24 AP reports Norrbo council in northern Sweden approved a 200 kronor travel bonus for each communist sympathizer who agrees to travel to Russia and reside there for at least two years. The plan aims to encourage emigration to the Soviet Union.
Atlanta November 24 AP A Roosevelt executive order urged banks nationwide to cash Civil Works Administration payroll checks at par for more than one million workers. The order, issued at Warm Springs, directed banks to honor checks with proper identification to prevent delay in paying CWA employees their first week's wages.
Baldwin County Alabama ranked forty ninth among American counties for vegetable production in the Department of Commerce survey based on the 1930 census. The county’s vegetable crop was valued at 1 668 260 with sweet potatoes valued at 382 50 percent of total. Aroostook County Maine led all counties with 44 million dollars in vegetable output driven by Irish potatoes valued at 48 2 million.
The Civil Service Commission certified Accy Wise Hawke Isaac L. Northrop and James Brown for appointment as postmasters in Atmore Alabama. It also certified William C. Stearns Samuel Foster and Robert T. Johnson for Lanett Alabama postmaster positions.
City police filed a charge of possessing stolen property against C. Thomas, a Negro, after a gallon of paint found in his possession was identified by Tom Jones, a company agent, as stolen from Jones's automobile earlier today.
Federal court in Philadelphia found State Senator John J. McClure and 70 co defendants guilty of conspiracy to violate national prohibition laws. The defendants included Eugene F. White chief clerk of the Pennsylvania House and several Chester ward leaders. A crowd in the corridors cheered after the verdict.
The Sewanee Province of the Episcopal Church chose Lexington Kentucky as next synod meeting site in 1935. Bishop Henry J. Mikell of Atlanta remains president. Rev J H Brown of Louisville secretary. Frank P Dearing of Jacksonville treasurer. The women's auxiliary elected Mrs J H McMinnlan and Mrs Dean Turner as officers. Bishop Perry urged mission support and predicted China and Japan will soon have independent churches.
In Decatur the defense for seven Scottsboro defendants seeks expert handwriting testimony to quash indictments as Negro names emerge on jury rolls. Judge Callahan expects more arraignments and trials set for mid-December while quashing would require a new indictment. In Chicago Dr. Alice Wynekoop confesses to killing her daughter in law Rheta, after urging from her son Earle. The body is found on an operating table and investigators reexamine Mr Wynekoop as the case develops.
Klammath Falls Oregon November 24 AP Lee Wallits a mail carrier hunting near town failed to see a buck charging his car The deer vaulted the windshield and was killed on impact leaving Wallits unharmed but shaken by the incident on Green Springs highway west of town
The freighter Ohioan of American Hawaiian line collided with the Liberty in Ambrose Channel shortly after midnight. Crew of 43 were evacuated by coast guardsemen. early reports claimed sinking but later said grounded. Liberty, Cosmo line, left Hoboken for Brooklyn, Ohioan bound for Brooklyn after departing Seattle October 27.
Houston county farmers who plowed under part of their cotton waited for WT checks. One more payment still not delivered as it was returned to Washington for correction of errors. ER officer B S Sage reports the 24 checks should reach farmers soon and the acreage retirement payoff will be completed.
Mrs. Nettle Calhoun Robineer, 35, was named the pistol wielder in the Meridian Nevada killing of her husband Dorbo L Stobinson, a physician. County officials said the shooting at the dinner table last Monday was in defense of herself and children and no prosecution was planned. Atty. Robert Dowd said no charges would be filed but the private investigation would go to the next Grand Jury. The statement followed a conference with the Robinson family at their home after three days of official silence.
CWA employees in Houston county lost a day of work as payday was moved from Saturday to Friday. Initial plans had work weeks run Monday to Friday, but the change now starts Friday and ends Thursday night. Officials expected to have the payroll for the partial week ready by tomorrow.
German Protestants move toward greater unity with a monthly unity service on the first Sunday where identical sermons and songs will be used across the Reich. Reichsbishop Ludwig Mueller designates December 3 as the date of his consecration and the first general service.
Funeral services for Mrs. Louise McFadden Anderson sister of Mrs. Charles Rush of Dothan were held in Greensboro from the home of Henry Pochnitz a brother in law. Mrs. Anderson died in Birmingham after an operation performed Sunday.
R. T. Gordon of Van Gordon Construction Co. Jacksonville Fla. was injured when the car he rode in hit a wagon near Dothan weeks ago. He has now left the local hospital where he had been confined.
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