Roosevelt Smith hug on stage at Albany convention
At Albany the Roosevelt Smith greeting followed a tense Chicago split over the Democratic ticket. They praised Lehman’s nomination and Ford-Hemman line up while the Albany scene underscored party unity and regional influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Archibald McNeil
Robert Jackson
Democratic
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
McNeil
Jackson
Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Smith
Herbert Hehman
Chicago
Frank
City committees named by Ezell with Martin and Bates in key roles
Council President W. F. Martin and I. C. Bates head five committees each and chair two. T. H. McEntyre serves on one committee, the cemetery panel. The mayor’s list includes Finance, Educational, Water and Light, Municipal Building, Street, Building and Property, Purchasing, Cemetery, Fire Department, Police, and Sanitary with chairs named. Bates sought to reject the slate, but city attorney O. S. Lewis ruled the mayor’s appointments stand under ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Martin
I. C. Bates
J. C. Ezell
T. H. McEntyre
Ezell
A.R. Gissendanner
I C. Bates
A. R. Gissendaner
J. P Botts
Ic. Bates
J. J. Newton
Dan Jerkins
J. P. Botts
W. Burkett
A. J. Grant
Sanitary
I. C Bates
Mrs Tatum Still Unconscious After Train Fall
Mrs. M Tatum wife of former Sheriff Menefee Tatum remained unconscious in a hospital after a fall from a moving Central of Georgia train Monday night. A hospital X ray showed no skull fracture but doctors described her condition as serious as she remained unconscious through the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Tatum
Menefee Tatum
Central of Georgia
Tatum
Two Negroes Slug Georgia Man and Assault His Wife
Web ster county officers said two Negroes, Charlie Green and Paschal Baker, slugged a Webster county man unconscious and assaulted his wife while she slept. The pair were taken to Bibb county jail for safekeeping and previously sentenced at Preston to die in the electric chair on October 28. The crime was committed three miles from Preston at midnight August 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Webster County
Bibb County
Preston
Charlie Green
Paschal Baker
Lehman Family Ties in Alabama Politics and Business
The Lehman family built the Alabama Warehouse once a major hub and ran Lehman Abraham in New Orleans. They stayed politically quiet until 1894 when Grover Cleveland ran, Mayer Lehman visited Montgomery yearly, and Adolph Lehman, a cotton broker, is noted as deceased. Sam Kaufman of Schloss and Kahn Grocery is the new gubernatorial nominee’s nearest Montgomery relative.
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Mayer Leh
Montgomery
The
Emanuel
South
Lehman
New York
Herbert Man
Bates
Lehmans
Lehman Cotton Company
Alabama
Ons Free
Lehman. Darrang Company
Cor We
Lehman, Abraham Company
New Orleans
Grover Cleveland
Mayer Lehman
Tallasses Mills
Sam Kaufman
Schloss and Kahn Grocery Company
Adolph Lehman
Blonde Sentenced in Dance Slaying
Grace Goode, 19, was found guilty of first degree manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years for the February dance hall slaying of Mrs. Margaret Allen, 19, mother of two. Jurors deliberated under four hours as prosecutors described her as brazen and the defense portrayed her as churchgoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Grace Goode
Margaret Allen
Jim Long
Kathryn Maddox
Miss Goode
300 C. E. S. Members Expected To Attend Annual Convention
More than 300 members of the Order of the Eastern Star are expected for Alabama Grand Chapter sessions in Montgomery October 18 19 and 29. Mary E. Causey presides over business at the Masonic temple with welcome by Mayor William A. Gunter and other dignitaries. J. M. Jones Sr. to close his term as worthy grand patron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Order of the Eastern Star
Grand Chapter of
Alabama
Mary E. Causey
York
Masonic Temple
William A. Gunter
W. L. Les
Dothan
Masonic Fraternity
Dorothy Gillette
J. M. Jones
Birmingham City Commission
Badman Carries On for Alabama Football
Newt Godfree known as the Bad Man, Alabama tackle and alternate captain, fought through a bad knee all last season and seemed set to sit this autumn. He refused to be kept down by injury and plans to play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University
Ala
Badman
Newt Godfree
Alabama
Insull Indicted With Brother In Major Utility Collapse
Samuel Insull and his brother Martin were indicted on four counts each for embezzlement and larceny tied to the Insull holding empire. The case centers on $514,942.74 diverted from Middle West Utilities and Mississippi Valley Investment, with extradition sought from Canada and France.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Martin
Insull
Martin Insull
Paris
Canada
Samuel
John A. Swanson
Swanson
Louis L. Emmerson
Hindy
Sthmson
France
Middle West Utilities Company
Banlee
Middle West Utilities
Mississippi Valley Investment Company
Dollar Day Repeat Set As Weather Delays Shopping
Inclement weather slowed Dollar Day sales in Dothan but merchants announced a repeat tomorrow. Rain totals reached two and three quarters inches with colder air expected tonight and Thursday for the Wiregrass area.
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Dothan
Textile Industry Shows Rapid Gains in September
Commerce department reports moderate improvement in business since late August with rapid gains in the textile industry. Indicators moved upward beyond seasonal norms as consumer demand boosts sectors including leather, food and processing.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Jubilee Singers to Perform Tonight on Courthouse Lawn
The Birmingham Jubilee Singers will present an hourlong program of songs tonight at 7 o clock on the courthouse lawn. The fourmember Negro quartet, known for Roanlal broadcasts on the Birt radio station, previously performed a chart program at Segreoh Sregrane and at Roanlal School.
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Jubilee Singers
Courthouse Lawn
Birmingham Juuhiine Singers
Regu Roan Lal
Gainesville, Fla
Sregrane
Dixie Money Crop To Be On Exhibit In Birmingham
The Dixie money crop of cotton will be showcased in Birmingham from October 15 to early December. The exhibit covers cotton uses from coarse canvas to Egypt and Orient fabrics, modern weaving, and byproducts. A pioneer home setting with a spinning convention, and displays from Egypt, Oriental weavings, and U S Department of Agriculture cars accompany loans from major institutions.
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DIXIE
Birmingham
Ala
King
Egypt
Orient
Sam Adler
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Extension Division
Auburn
Metropolitan Museum
Cotton Textile Institute
American Museum of Natural History
Alabama Gelogical Survey
Sing at Enterprise Church Draws Crowd
A Sunday afternoon sing at Enterprise church drew many singers. Ten participated in 12 songs across two lessons. Lester Knight, H. O. Guy, J. H. Newman, Spurgeon Deese sang three songs each with Miss Myrese Kelly at the piano. Taft Knight, Billy White, Horace Knight, Oliver Engram and B. B. White sang two songs each with Miss Jocie Fellows at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Enterprise Church
Lester Knight
H. O. Guy
J. H. Newman
Spurgeon Deese
Taft Knight
Billy White
Horace Knight Oliver Engram
B. B. White
Jocie Fellows
Geneva Senator Confronts Heated Senate Debate
Montgomery reporters describe a tense Alabama senate session on a measure regarding a WN proposal. A minor attack sparked cries of convictions as senators argued the validity of the measure with a cautious tone prevailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Senate
Official Advises Diphtheria Tests
Official guidance urges diphtheria testing as part of medical screening. The notice outlines recommended procedures and points to health authorities for proper implementation.
Cotton Tax Plan Advances In Alabama Legislature
The Goode bill to tax cotton lint and seed on acreage above one third of a grower’s total is approved by the house agriculture committee. It imposes three cents per pound on lint and one cent on seed cotton sold or moved without ginning, applying to 1933 34 and 35 crops.
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Montgomery
Goode
House Agriculture Committee
J. &. McDonald
Texas
Glivhan
House
Waye and Means Committee
Joint Committee On Appropriations
Alabama business revival drive outlined in Oneonta
A statewide business revival campaign planned for the week of November 12 to 19 was announced by Forney G. Stephens president of the Alabama Press Association. The effort includes newspapers offering reduced advertising rates and merchants specials to spur consumer activity with involvement from editors bankers and civic groups.
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Oneonta
Ala
Forney G. Stephens
Alabama Preanh Association
Stephens
Southern Democrat
Cody Hall
Alexander City Outlook
Charles H. Green
Sylacauga News
L. E. Foster
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
P. O. Davis
Auburn
Bankers, Merchants
County Demonstration
Press Association
Alabama Bankers Association
Merchants Association
Potary, Kiwante, Lions, Civisan
Exchange Clubs
Stevermevita
Oneonta Editer
Mercharte
Heads of Families Supper Tonight at Presbyterian Church
Supper for heads of families arranged by the Presbyterian church led by Rev. Rent Ritter. Dinner is scheduled for 7 o clock with men to arrive by 6 15 am as part of the church invitation extended to fathers and mothers in the seapage dispenser.
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Presbyterian Church
Rent Ritter
Seapgegrtiser
Farm Holiday Death Highlights Minnesota Picket Line
Nordahl Peterson a 25 year old farmer was shot and killed near a picket station as Minnesota farm holiday protests spread. Fred Hacker was fired upon but escaped uninjured, and two men fled in a car after the attack. Police indicated no link between the shooting and the plant picketing.
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Canby
Minn
Minnesota
Nordahl Peterson
Fred Hacker
Peterson
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Alfred Smith
Lehman Roosevelt
Tammany
New York City
John Bogg Thatcher
William Bray
Utica
Morris S Tre- Maine
Buffalo
John J. Bennett, Jr
F H. Lehman
Empire State
Oagomery
Martin, Bates
Mrs. Tatum
Georgia
Crescent Limited
Ward
Hmired
Limited
Middle West
Samuel Insgul
England
Thomas A. Edison
America
Inu
Edison
Grant Fury
Monntgomert
Wigettin
Opper
Geneva
Finaily
Feulk
Federe
al Penatetey
Reek
Ptah Renith
Ore
Sehr
Des Moines
Iowa
Hoover
Fair Grounds
Missouri
Curtin
Hoover, Hyde, Hell and Hart Times
Republican 4-H Club
Smith W.brookhart
Progressive Party
Brookhart
Town
Tiinois
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