County money bill approved by committee
Montgomery October 26 AP report says the senate judiciary committee gave a favorable report on the Norman bills allowing counties to borrow money from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for self liquidating projects. The Morrow bill to extend redemptions of property sold for public improvement assessments was discussed. Measures boosting Public Service Commission authority were favorably reported. The Teasley bill and pay cuts for legislators faced delays. The house appropriations committee set a post-session meeting to act on the appropriations bill approved by the senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Public Service Commission
Committee On Revision of Laws
House Appropriations Committee
Legion to Plan Armistice Day Program in Dothan
Dothan American Legion post will meet at 7 30 tonight to plan an Armistice day celebration. The session will cover a parade and an address by a nationally known speaker to honor soldiers who died in World War I and may invite Geneva and Henry county posts to join the event on November 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Dothan American Legion
Dothan Legionnaires
Geneva
Henry County
Organization
Ward
Legion
Revival At Salvation Army Auditorium Draws Crowds
Evangelist Elizabeth Barter of Birmingham leads a revival at the Dothan Salvation Army auditorium with Captain Victor A. Tidman reporting daily attendance and strong hymn singing. Barter stresses that recognizing sin is essential to salvation and warns against forgetting past dangers as life improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Salvation Army
Elizabeth Barter
Birmingham
Victor A. Tidtan
Tidman
Evangelist Barter
God
the Evangelist
Tri States Singing Convention Draws Wiregrass Performers
Wiregrass singers plan to attend the Georgia Alabama Singing Convention at the Georgia courthouse Sunday. The program includes performances by henry county Quin and mian winner counties and a quartet from Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry County
Quin
Winner County
J. He’s Quartatte
Dothan
Two Dothan Men Hurt When Auto Hits Calf
B. G. Farmer Sr. and Dr. Henry Green sustained bruises after an automobile crashed into a calf near Blountstown Florida while returning from a fishing trip. Driver K T Clark was slightly injured. Farmer’s condition was not serious and Green went downtown this morning. The crash occurred shortly after dark as the animal was not seen in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Farmer
Henry Green
Blountstown
Fla
K. T. Clark
Cleric Convicted in Poison Death of Former Wife
The Rev. S. A. Berrie, 52, an unfrocked Cumberland Presbyterian minister, is found guilty of murdering his first wife Mrs. Fannie Berrie by poison. Sentencing set for Monday with life imprisonment. defense plans a motion for a new trial and possible appeal. The trial revealed alleged motives, relationships, and verses tied to the case. Berrie will be jailed at McAlester pending appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
A. Berrie
Cumberland Presbyterian
Fannie Berrie
Ida Bess Bright
Berrie
McAlester
Tiff Berrie
Ruth
Ida Bess
Fannie Bertie
Clem ‘Trotter
Sentinel
Trotter
Bernie
Government Victor In War Risk Cases
Suits against the government in two war risk Insurance cases were won by the government Monday and not by the plaintiffs as was stated in yesterday's Exgle. The two cases were of Herbert Wesley McKinnon and Hartridge Hal. More war risk cases were being heard in court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Wesley McKinnon
Hartridge Hal
Merchants Group Urges Income Tax Passage in Alabama
A copy of a resolution from the Alabama Independent Merchants association asks Alabama voters to pass the income tax and bond amendments on November 8. It warns that without the income tax a general sales tax would be imposed, harming the unemployed and poor while arguing the income tax is fairer under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Independent Merchants Association
Alabama
Dothan
Leas—Sentence Stay Pending New Appeal in Bank Fraud Case
North Carolina Supreme Court stayed the sentences of Col Luke Lea and Luke Lea Jr both of Nashville Tennessee pending a further bid to place their bank fraud convictions before the U S Supreme Court. The stay follows the court's denial of a new trial based on after discovered evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Luke Lea
Nashville
Washington
Tennesseans
Lea
Central Bank and Trust Company of
Asheville
Coronel Lex
Young Lea
Wallace B. Davis
Taxes of One Day's Collection Reach $1500
A state and county tax collection yesterday totaled 1309 dollars, the largest daily amount since taxes became due October 1. Tax collector A. Mullins noted several large payers helped push the tally, with about 7.5 percent of the total collected since October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Mullins
Mulling
Millionaire Mystery: Gray Questions Half Million Inheritance
Kansas City man George C Gray, jobless former policeman, meets a West Coast lawyer claiming Donita Schambers left him half a million in Los Angeles and Nome. Gray plans to hire counsel and travel to verify before signing, wary of a possible fraud or hoax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
George C. Gray
Gray
Donita Schambers
Pageant Tonight by Baptist Young People Group
A pageant titled The Loom for God will be presented at 7 20 tonight in the auditorium of the First Baptist church as part of Home Cooperation Week. Mrs S M Bentley, Mrs Curtis Adams, and Mrs Johnnie Bullins direct the 24 character program highlighting Bible scenes and church home cooperation. All are invited especially parents of Sunday School children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
God
Young Peoples Department
Chiren
Ewid Tnday
Former convict confesses second murder in Ohio
John Downing a 44 year old former convict paroled from a life sentence for killing Mrs Allan Williams in Cincinnati confessed to slaying his second victim, Mrs Daniel Bonzo 44 wife of the penitentiary record clerk. Downing said Mrs Bonzo had befriended him and he did not know why he killed her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Daniel Bonzo
Allan Wiliams
Cincinnati
Auto Mishap Keeps Blakely Rotarians From Meeting
Alvin Fleming and C A Grubb of the Blakely Georgia Rotary Club missed the inter city gathering with Marianna and Dothan clubs after an accident en route to Dethan. Their car struck a man on the highway and went into a ditch injuring the pedestrian severely. About 200 Rotarians attended the inter city event with clubs from Selma Andalusia Montgomery Troy and Enfaula represented. Algernon Blair district governor gave the feature address with Rotarians from Florida Georgia and Mississippi in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Fleming
Blakely, Ga
Rotary Club
C. A. Grubb
Blakely
Marianna
Dothan
Dethan
Blakely Rotarians
Selma
Andalusia
Montgomery
Troy
Enufaula Clube
Algernon Blair
Rotary
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Accused In Seed Loan Enter Pleas In City Tomorrow
Twenty nine defendants charged in a seed loan investigation will enter pleas tomorrow before Judge C B Keenamer. The group includes county farm demonstration agent, a former county agent, a mayor and a county president.
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C. BR. Keenamer
Pergany
Eortheast
Alabama
Gefendacts
Tomotroew
Ita State
Oteg County Farm Demonnstration Agente
States Discontinues Clinic In Houston
The venereal disease clinic in Houston county was ordered discontinued yesterday as part of a state retrenchment program and reduction of health department expenses. The Detroit branch laboratory was affected, with equipment being moved to Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
Houston
Houston County
State Health Department
Dethan
Alten Mac
No Justification for Tax Increase insists Alabama stance
Ex Senator J. C. Inter of Gadsden argues against any rise in Alabama taxes. He cites financial strain, criticizes diverting educational trust funds, and urges reducing state expenses aligned with national Democratic pledges while warning of burdens on business and taxpayers.
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Gadsden
Alabama
National Democratic Party
Miller
J. C. Inter
State Board of Education
Brandon
Mr. Inter
National Democratic Platform
Roosevelt
Fonda
Conference Plans for Child Welfare Workers in Dothan
The semi annual conference of Child Welfare Workers in Yownton County will be finalized at a committee meeting tomorrow in Dothan. The event runs next week with an expected attendance of over twenty five and a number of officials and guests will participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Yownton County
Dave
Georgia Woman Seeks Info on Crash Fatal to Husband
Mrs. G G Davis of Valdosta Ga seeks details on an April 22 1931 automobile accident near Dothan that killed her husband three days later before he disclosed the mishap. He drove home after the crash then died on the operating table in Valdosta. She asks informants to contact her or The Eagle.
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Georgia
Dothan
G. G. Davis
Valdosta
Davis
Georgia City
Southeastern district W M U meets at Ozark church
The annual Southeastern district meeting of the Alabama Baptist Woman's Missionary Union will be held November 2 and 3 at the Ozark Baptist church. Eleven counties participate, with 300 delegates expected. Mrs. F. M. Barnes will preside. Rev. C. W. Milford opens with prayer. Miss Florence Thomasson and others speak. Special music features planned. district officers listed.
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Ozark
Alabama Baptist Woman's Missionary Union
Baptist Church At
Mra. H. H. Hodges
Mra
Ozark Baptist Church
F. M. Helms
Mra. C
Florence Thomasson
Alabama
W.M.U
H. R. Moseley
Cuba
Jacob Garthenhaus
St. Louis
Palestine
Suzan Anderson
Africa
Milma Bucy
J. W. Avery
Newton
W. BR. Jordan
Dothan
Ralph Holman
F.M. Barnes
Montgomery
John Holley
Lockhart
Mire
J. L. Dozier
Troy
Ed Turner
Luverne
Ws. McLendon
PR. C. Conner
Enterprise
C. C. Pennett
White Cross
Rowe Watson
Royal Ambassadors
Railway Conductors Oppose Amendments in Alabama
Birmingham readers report the Alabama Great Southern Railway Conductors division 877 at a Sunday meeting passed resolutions opposing the Miller Income Tax Amendment and the 20 million bond issue. They condemn taxes as harming government economy and urge all organized labor in Alabama to vote against the amendments on November 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Alabama
Great Southern Prailway
S77
Suspect Held on Lindbergh Kidnap Clue in Spain
In Seville on October 26, a man identified as Jean Saul was detained at the request of the American vice consul and sent to Madrid for questioning in the Lindbergh kidnap case. An anonymous note from two American sailors said Saul seemed to know too much, he gave mixed nationality statements, admitted knowledge of the ransom, and English with a heavy accent suggested he was an alien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seville
Spain
Jean Saul
Madrid
Saul
Flowers on Show at Country Club Dothan
Dothan’s first flower show opened at the Country Club this afternoon and will run to 5 PM tomorrow due to rain today. The Garden club sponsors say the exhibit remains open 2 to 5 PM tomorrow with music by the Arabian Knights orchestra this afternoon and tonight along with vocal and violin solos and dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Country Club
Garden Club
Arabian Knights Orchestra
Tax digest completed for city residents
A tax digest of city residents and their property was completed and delivered to the city clerk today. It was compiled by Tax Assessor E. G. Collins and lists all taxpayers within the city.
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E. G. Collins
Pocketbook from trunk stolen for 1000 dollars found
Three pocketbooks with Confederate warrants and notes totaling 230 dollars were recovered yesterday in a woods near the trunk site. The 1000 dollars in cash remains missing. O M Hughes and son report the discovery and identify suspects Fletcher Mixon and Harmon Peterson as still in jail at Headland.
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George Hughes
Headland
Hughes
Dothan
Yanks Sikes
Fletcher Mixon
Harmon Peterson
Stesdfartly
Frughes
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