Two Militia Officers Face Murder Count
Warrants charge Colonel Robert Davis and Captain Carl Meacham with murder after miner Andy Ganis died from a bullet wound reportedly inflicted by a militiaman during the Christian county miners war. Corporal Russell Myers of the 130 Infantry is held as the case is reviewed by a military tribunal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylorsville
Tr- Gelf National Guard
Christian County
Robert Davis
Carl Meacham
Andy Ganis
Miner
Russel Myers
130 Infantry
Ganis
John Foder
Navigation Lock To Be Built Soon In Tennessee River Project
Washington Oct 14 AP Bids for the Tennessee river navigation lock will be advertised in Chattanooga tomorrow. A team three is to be hired. lack of funds allows only the lock, not the dam. The full lock and dam project totals 4.5 million dollars.
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South
Washington
Tennessee River
Chattanooga
War Department
Bank City Helps Share in Payroll
Municipal employees and the Central Hanover Banking Trust Co of New York shared in a city payroll of 29030 to cover delinquent salaries up to October 1. A check for 6030 was mailed to the bank, 30 of which covered interest, while 23000 went to firemen police on street water and light departments and city clerk. Warrants issued weeks earlier for back salaries were absorbed with money loaned by M L Hanahan to meet the warrants without discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Hanover Banking Trust Co
New York
New York Banking Company
M. L. Hanahan
Dothan Andalusia Grid Tilt Draws Local Leaders
A large crowd from Dothan and Andalusia attended the football game in Andalusia this afternoon. Attendees included Mayor I. C. Ezell and numerous city officials, plus local residents and many high school students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Andalusia
GRID
I. C. Ezell
I. P. Scar- Porough
R. J. Goodwin
Water and Light Department
J. C. Wadington
Paul Porter
Charlie Rush Coolidge Burtleshaw
Curtis Granferry
Lawson Johnson
Billy Brown
W. A. Tidman
Ross Helms
James King
W. C. King
Betts Slingluff
Johan Lynch
Tom Lane
Jim Bren-nan
Charlie Lewis
Miss Beesie
Effie Mae Scarborough
John Sanders, Jr
G. W. Riley
Auburn Georgia Tech Referee Umpire Assignments
Officials named for the Auburn at Georgia Tech game in Atlanta on Saturday include F C Lane of Cincinnati as referee John E Pitts of Auburn as umpire G W Kaikman of St Louis as line judge and B M Ban San of Mees state as sea judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
Offills
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
F.C. Lane
Cincinnati
John E. Pitts
G. W.an
Birmingham
James Halligan
New Orleans
Lane
Detroit
Pitts
Kaikman
St. Us
Heminesman
Ban San
Mees
State
Six Twin Sets Complicate Roll Call at Alabama College
At Alabama College six pairs of twins study together this semester creating roll call puzzles for professors. The Handleys from Roanoke include Ross and Sarah while the Delanys, Ledbetters, Smiths, Sellers, and LeBarons share twin names across Leighton Anniston Lineville Montevallo and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevallo
Ala
Alabama College
Ross
Sarah Handley
Roanoke
Ada
Anna Delany
Leighton
Mary
Adelaide Ledbetter
Anniston
Alaine
Anita Smith
Lineville
Eugenia
Julia Sellers
Ruth
Barbara LeBaron
Cannot Support Hoover Declares Senator Johnson
Senator Hiram Johnson, progressive Republican, told reporters he cannot and will not support Hoover. He had criticized the Hoover administration in recent remarks including a speech before the California Federation of Labor attacking relief and foreign policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
California
Hiram Johnson
Hoover
Johnson
California Federation of Labor
Smith to campaign with six speeches in New England and New York
Alfred Smith will speak six times next week in support of Democratic tickets in New England New Jersey and New York. The schedule includes Tammany Hall New York City on Wednesday followed by Newark Boston Providence Albany and Buffalo appearances through October 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred Smith
New England
New Jersey
New York State
Smith
Tammany Hall
New York City
Newark
N. J
Boston
Providence
Albany
N. Y
Buffalo, N. Y
Cold not needed for pork curing
Prof. J C Grimes of the Alabama Experiment Station Auburn announces a pork curing method that does not require cold weather. Hog carcasses killed in late May at 90 degrees cooled and cured perfectly, with total curing cost about one cent per pound and minimal equipment. This method aims to reduce spoilage and improve meat quality, encouraging farmers to kill hogs when convenient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Als
J. C. Grimes
Department of
Animal Husbandry
Alabama Experiment Station
Grimes
Alabama
Alleged Handkerchief Thief Sentenced in Dothan
Wilmer Jiles, a Black man, began a six day hard labor sentence for stealing five handkerchiefs from a Dothan store. He was sentenced by recorder J. L. Vaughn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Wilmer Jiles
Jiles
J. L. Vaughn
Prizes Announced for Dothan Flower Show at Country Club
The Garden club officials announced prizes donated by a dozen nurseries for the Dothan flower show to be held October 26 at the Country club. Exhibitors must reserve space and the entry list closes at 10 p m October 26. Donors include Schad Flower Shop, Twin Oak Floral, Green Bay Gardens, Dye Nursery, Van Antwerp Nursery, Thomasville Floral, Hoganville Nursery, Glenn St Mary Nursery, J B Jackson Rose Co, Hatstens, and Peter Henderson Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Country Club
Garden Club
Schad Flower Shop
Twin Oak Floral Company
Green Bay Gardens
Dye Nursery Company
van Atwerp Nursery
Mobile
Thomasville Floral Company
Thomasville
Hoganville Nursery
Hoganville
Glenn St. Mary Nursery
St. Mary, Fla
J. B. Jackson Rose Company
Gainesville
Hatstens
Atlanta, Ga
Peter Henderson
New York City
Livestock Exhibition Planned for October 26 in Union Springs
Union Springs Alabama hosts Bullock county annual livestock show on October 26 with a street parade of cattle. Beef and dairy cattle hogs and poultry will be displayed along with nine beef calves exhibited by the Bullock county 4H club. Extension specialists from Auburn will assist in sale and judging. County officials bankers and businessmen will cooperate with County Agent James H. Nurn in staging the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Springs
Ala
Bullock County
Auburn
James H. Nurn
A G Riley Home On 30 Day Leave
A G Riley of the USS Biddle destroyer is on 30 days leave in Dothan visiting his parents Mr and Mrs G W Riley. He enlisted in 1923 and holds the rating machinist mate first class. He visited the Dothan recruiting office and is brother to Joe Riley captain and quarterback of Dothan High School football team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Riley
Biddle
Dothan
G. W. Riley
Riley
Joe Riley
Prize For Best Ton Pig Litter Awarded In Alabama
W N Poole a Jefferson county farmer won a $19 prize offered by the Birmingham Kiwanis club for the best ton litter of pigs. Feeding under County Agent J Liles Poole raised eight pigs to 2000 pounds at six months. Feed cost was $2 per 10 pounds with corn valued at a cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Ala
W. N. Poole
Jefferson County
Birmingham Kiwanis Club
JL. Liles
Arcadian Nights Start Engagement at Houston Hotel
The Arcadian Nights orchestra opens a engagement at a Houston hotel and will play and dance tonight at the American Legion home on S St Andrews street, announced by Legion officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadian Nights
Houston
American Legion
S St. Andrews Street
Legion
Surrender After 34 Years Haunts Robber Turned In
W. Kir by Robinson, 65, who escaped a 34 year old prison term by leaping from a moving train in Indian territory, surrendered at Leavenworth. He told how he fled after a Fort Smith Arkansas conviction for robbing a Little Rock office and summarized decades of work and travel before agreeing to incarceration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
W. Kirby Robinson
Old
Indian Territory
California
Fred Zerbst
Fort Smith
Ark
Little Rock
Robinson
Legion Leaders Speak at Dothan Legion Meeting
Ed Murry of Foley state commander and Trotter Jones Montgomery state adjutant addressed a large Dothan post gathering at the clubhouse. Murry cited ten year taxation trends showing federal tax cuts while state and county taxes rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Murry
Foley
American Legion
Trotter Jones
Montgomery
Dothan
Murry
Mass meeting of education chiefs called in Etowah
Gadsden reports a mass meeting of Etowah county principals and trustees will gather to push Goode bills as the state seeks legislative passage. The plan envisions county meetings to urge lawmakers, with 33 000 educators joining a Montgomery appeal for the measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Etowah County
Montgomery
Forget-Me-Not Day Fundraiser in Dothan Volunteers Sell Flowers
Tomorrow in Dothan women will sell forget me not flowers to raise funds for Disabled American Veterans. Mrs James Folkes chairs the drive with headquarters at Cash Drug store starting 8 a m. M Medema of Dothan chapter 160 AV urged volunteers to report to headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
James Folkes
Cash Drug
M. Medema
A. V
Medema
PD. A. V
Meuse-Arzonne
24 At Cricken Fry Given In Ashford
Twenty of Wilkie Jackoon at mo chimes Tesday near the bows of Mtr Lio Gur pation wen ms and Mrs Warvis Gambie at Att ford. Those attesting the shines fry in addition to Mer. Sarna and Mre and Mere, Gambie, were: Mer. and Mre Ode F dere ant Carstea Thome Leusard and Ia Tee Peboe Fithorea MeGiers ste ar Percae ela Cede en ten Adleon Ide Mav Fieberta Deby Sanford Dave Prous Rose Gol pie Lennie Hegel Yor Lows Lannie Ta Wonorses 7.1 Box ton Alton Broan Lars Shelton Jr Thema Gamble Eric Pheree ine crance aa eemnan te ong Dothan hospital recovering from ao ape tatric peratrec fared eaeier te the grace Pleere cate ty Tebar from Trav separa y mean aths ago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkie Jackoon
Mo Chimes
Mtr
Pation
Warvis Gambie
Attford
Fry
Mer. Sarna
Mre
Mere
Gambie
Mer
Tax official surveys Birmingham area for revenue
W E Snead of Birmingham federal income tax collector surveyed taxpaying residents in this section during a visit Wednesday and today He conferred with L A Carrol deputy collector for the district to discuss tax administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.E. Snead
Birmingham
Dethan
Mr. Snead
L. A. Carrol
Milwaukee Tragedy: Aunt Throws Two Children From Hotel Window
In Milwaukee on an October afternoon, Mrs. Amelia Lorenz 31 leaped with her nieces and nephews from a sixteenth floor hotel window. The children Vivian five and Milton four died alongside their aunt. Lorenz left a note blaming her brother Rudolph Libo for mistreatment and then killed herself. Investigators hold Libo for questioning as they probe the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Amelia Lorenz
Southeast Livestock Association Plans Alabama Convention
The first annual Southeast Livestock Association convention will meet in Montgomery October 27 and 28 drawing over 500 delegates from Florida Georgia Mississippi and Alabama. The federal livestock credit bank opens for business by then with loan capability. A livestock show and a Golden Mean banquet hosted with the Alabama Bankers Association will attract hundreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Capital
Southeastern Livestock Association
Chamber of Commerce
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
Jesse B. Hearin
Federal Livestock Credit Bank
Hax
The
Livestock Association
Alabama Bankers Association
Alabama Industrial Development Board
State Department of Agriculture
Midland City Men Attend Meeting and Field Trials
J Webster Buckner and B J Aratd of Midland City departed to attend a meeting and field trials in Stone Pay, Oklahoma. The trip included participation with gag tat web galt Ph yt etd wears and associated events, with plans to return by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
J. Webster Buckner
B. J. Aratd
Midlard City
Gerdman Fox and Jareeders Associathan
Tia Stone Pay
Mit
Two Ginners Die After Boiler Explodes in Georgia
A boiler explosion at a cotton gin in Cusimings Georgia killed two ginners yesterday. The blast occurred near the gin yard and the victims were identified as Au ltew Spriggs and another man who died shortly after. The incident injured no others and investigators began examining the causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Spriggs
Care in Buying Timber to Ensure Valid Transactions
Col Page S Bunker Alabama state forester cautions timber buyers and sawmill operators to verify the validity of timber and timber land sales before closing. J M Stauffer reports fraudulent timber sales across the state and urges buyers to demand an abstract of title and not rely on imperfect instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Page S. Bunker
J. M. Stauffer
Alabama Forestry Commission
Former Warden Freed in Death Case in Georgia
In Griffin Georgia on October 14 194? former Warden P H Randall was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the July death of prisoner J T Lassiter. Testimony by federal convicts preceded Randall's unsworn statement. Randall claimed Lassiter attacked him with a pick, his switch broke, Lassiter fell and died later at the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin
Spalding County Superior Court
P. H. Randall
J. T. Lassiter
Randall
Rendall
State Prison Commission
Lassiter
MARVIN BAXLEY DIES AT HOME AT AGE 71
MARVIN BAXLEY 71 DIED AT HOME IN DOHTAN ROUTE SIX AFTER A TWO YEAR ILLNESS. HE SUFFERED A PARALYSIS STROKE TWO YEARS AGO. SURVIVORS INCLUDE WIDOW FOUR SONS AND SEVERAL DAUGHTERS. FUNERAL SERVICES SET FOR REHOBETH CHURCH WITH REV J H W WHITE. BURIAL IN LOCAL CEMETERY. MACONS FUNERAL DIRECTORS IN CHARGE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Baxley
Marvin Faxley
Dothan
Mr. Baxley
Taylor
EF. D
BR. L
J. W
A. G. Baxley
rMs
A. C. Clark
Madrid
S&s. Napier
Aloha
Fra
R. Harricon
H. G. Swan
Isthan
F. A. Pippins
Ethan
Miz Roney
Ant Doshie Paxley
Ian Merrit
Panerel
Rehobeth
J. HW. White
Thar Ho
Macons
Tres Migatt
Monument Unveiling Sunday at Dothan Woodmen Camp
A ceremony at 2 30 p m Sunday will unveil a monument to OC Doster longtime consul commander of Dothan Camp No 131 Woodmen of the World. T M Holland clerk announced. The WOW drill team and officers will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OC. Doster
Dothan Camp No. 131
T. M. Holland
Dothan Wow
Camry
Cotton consumption and lintier usage rise in September
U S Census Bureau data show September cotton consumption at more than 490000 bales of lint plus 61000 bales of linters, up from August totals of 402000 lint and 47000 linters. September 30 stocks list consuming establishments with about 1000000 bales of lint and 269000 linters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Cénsus Bureau
Seed loan defendants enter pleas in October arraignment
Thirty Southeast Alabama residents are among more than 150 indicted on seed loan charges. Wilbur Morris of Samson travels far to appear before Judge C B Kenna mer after posting bond in Houston. Other defendants include State Senator T S Faulk and son Clem Faulk, plus farm agents G W Rey Willis M Ray and Harley B Helms. Two Dothan men, J L Crawford and W B Jeffries, face indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
United States Court
Wilbur Morris
Samson
C. B. Kennamer
Morris i
Houston
Texas
T.S. Faulk
Clem Faulk
Democratic Executive Committee
G. W. Rey
Dale County
Willis M. Ray
Coffee County
Harley B. Helms
Geneva County
Dothan
J. L. Crawford
Dothan National Bank
W. 2 B. Jeffries
Houston County
Cotton Ginnings Decrease Reported in Houston County
Statistics released by special cotton agent John M. Dykes show Houston County ginned 14,724 bales before Oct 1 this year, down 9,154 bales from 23,878 in the same period of 1931. The 1932 crop yields 8,054 fewer bales overall than 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
John M. Dykes
Geneva Enterprise Meet On Gridiron
Geneva and Enterprise prepared for a gridiron clash in Geneva as the Tigers seek their third game of the season after losses to Dothan and DeFuniak Springs. Senior Aubrey Skipper Jr returns to the lineup this week to reinforce the Geneva squad. A pep rally was held Thursday to boost support for today’s game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneva
Enterprise
Geneva
Dothan
DeFunia
Aubrey Skipper
Wre
Georgia to Study Traffic to Aid Legislation
The Georgia Public Service commission ordered an exhaustive investigation of bus and truck traffic in Georgia. The report will be submitted to the general assembly for guidance in formulating new laws and will cover transportation of persons and property for hire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
General Assembly
Georgia Public Service Commission
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R. E. Wetterly
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Chicago
Imperial Valley
Imperial County
Vetterly
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Willam Mitchell
Senate
Committee On Finance and Taxation
Cricken
Ashford
Eric Pheree
Ine Crance Aa Eemnan
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