Alabama WCTU Convention Opens at First Baptist Church
The forty fourth annual Alabama Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention began at the First Baptist Church with about seventy delegates. Mrs Mary T Jeffries and other officers attended as Miss Hardynan Norville spoke on temperance. A banquet at the Houston Hotel tonight was planned.
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Alabama
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
First Baptist Church
Board of Directors
Houston
Mary T. Jeffries
Birmingham
Lamar Smith
Gadsden
Mary F. Black
Decatur
Helen T. Renfroe
Dolhan
Claude M. Clayton
Hardynan Norville
South America
Three Men Die In Auto Explosion At Hot Springs
Police probe a car explosion in Hot Springs Arkansas that killed three men Roy V Pugh W W Sirke and Spencer Bryant. Investigators consider a link to an alleged labor lockout at a local theater and suspect timized nitroglycerine caused the blast.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Roy V. Pugh
Tulsa
Okla
W. W. Sirke
Seminole
Spencer Bryant
Fort Smith
Mortlay
Ft Smith
Senator Burton Dies in Washington at 77
Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio died late last night in Washington at the age of 77 after a long public career devoted to public service and world peace. President Hoover and others sent condolences as Congress prepared for a state funeral and burial in Cleveland.
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Washington
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Burton
Hoover
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Mellon
Treasury Department
House
Senate
Cleveland
Congress
Capitol
William F. McDowell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Knights Templar
Warren G. Harding
W C T U Convention Tuesday Evening Program
Program of the W C T U convention for Tuesday evening October 29 includes banquet at Hotel Houston at 8 o clock with music and processional The Red White and Blue and a roster of guests of honor from national and local groups with speeches by O L Tompkins Henry B Steagall and L L Branscomb among others and greetings from city and churches including Harmony Club Quartette and announcements continued on page nine
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Hotel Houston
Nelle G. Burger
National
Hardynia
Norville
South America
Henry B. Steagall
Washington, D.C
S. T. Slaton
Alabama
L. C. Branscomb
O. L. Tompkins
Dothan
J. F.mecleod
Foster Street Methodist Church
Muse
Harmony Club Quartette
Dems Blamed For Stock Market Decline Question
Alfred E. Smith sent a laconic message at a Western Massachusetts Democratic rally asking if the stock market would be blamed on the Democrats. The remark followed Franklin D. Roosevelt saying a market debacle under a Democratic administration would be blamed on business bungling by the party in power.
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Springfield
Mass
Alfred FE. Smith
Massachusetts
Democratic Cru
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Reverend John Roach Straton Dies in Clifton Springs
The Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in New York died at Clifton Springs New York at 5 55 A M after a heart attack aged 54 His illness included a nervous breakdown and a prior paralytic stroke He gained national prominence for his campaigns against modernism and evolution.
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Clifton Springs
WN. Y
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
New York
Atlanta
Cavary Baptist Church
Trail of Blood Points to Uniform Clue in Chicago Massacre Case
A blood trail leads from 910 Dakin street to a Detroit policeman's uniform and three .45 pistols found in an oven, intensifying inquiry into the St Valentines Day massacre of Moran gangsters. Allister O Brien was shot in the jaw nearby, claiming robbers wounded him.
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Chicago
Detroit
Dakin Street
St Valentine’s
Moran
Allister O'Brien
Polee
Rocond
Frank McCarthy
McCarthy
Massiere
Pirate
Bernice O’brien
Airship Missing With Five Aboard Over Arizona
An air express tri motor with three crew and two passengers disappeared Monday along the Western Air Express route between Navajo and Albuquerque. A storm with snow and rain grounded planes but failed to stop the missing ship from leaving Kidman at 3:24 AM MT. It was due in Albuquerque at noon and last sighted over Navajo at 10:30 AM with crew and passengers unlisted.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Continental Divide
Western Air Express
Navajo
Ariz
Rocky Mountains
Kidgman
Albouquerque
Pinto
Santa Fe
Alhambra
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Senate tariff debate and committee actions reported
Senate continues tariff debate as leaders blame each other for delays. A Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association president testifies before a Senate lobby committee. The tariff amendment passed to raise olive oil duties. a bitter dispute over Senator Bingham’s tariff aide is noted. The House met briefly and adjourned.
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Senate
Senate Lobby Committee
Joseph TR. Grundy
Pennsylvania
Revd
Bingham
Connecticut
Senate Judiciary
Albert L. Watson
House
Weather Alabama: Cloudy with showers tonight and Wednesday
A weather notice reports for Alabama that conditions will be cloudy with occasional showers tonight and on Wednesday. The target region is Alabama with likely light to moderate rain across the period. Local readers should plan for damp or cool conditions through midweek.
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Alabama
Panic hits New York stocks as bankers confer
Panicky selling drives a sharp market break on the New York exchanges. Prices plunge in early trading with U S Steel General Electric American Can tumbling before a late rebound shown in several names. Bankers hold a conference at J P Moreau and Co. as deliveries extend to 3 p.m.
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Stanley W
New York
Active
U. S. Steel Common
General Electric
American Can
New York Stock Exchange
J.P. Moreau and Co
Rev A J Daily to preach at Headland Ave Church tonite
Widely known evangelist Rev A J Daily is announced to deliver a sermon at Headland Avenue Baptist Church tonight. The notice invites the public to attend as the event is presented as an outreach by the church.
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A. J
Headland Ave
AL J. Vally
Headkins Avenue
Aelock
Heds Ardiet
Houston County Farmer Shoots Self in Apparent Suicide
Robert Vernon Lawrence prominent Houston County farmer was found dead at his home from a 32 calibre pistol wound to the head. Coroner Arthur Lane ruled death a suicide after an investigation noting long illness and prior threats.
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Robert Vernon Lawrence
Houston County
Pothan
Campbellton
Aguen
Arthur Lane
Lawrence
Mildred
Jef
De Priest Picture Sparks Virginia Governor Campaign Heat
In Richmond a circulated circular linked Oscar De Priest to the Virginia governor race, alleging repeal of the poll tax and featuring his speeches. Republican Henry W. Anderson demanded standing authorization. Democrat T. Mirrell Frazier denied official party ties and deflected blame to others.
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de Priest
Virginia
Richmond
Renaal Cam
Oscar de Priest
Pahghfet
Brown
RL Fragier
Ander
Aidimot
Frazier
Dr. Pollard
Ite
Dr. Brown
Dabney Henchmen
Steamer Wisconsin Sinks Off Kenosha in Lake Storm
The steamer Wisconsin sank near Kenosha after a Lake Michigan storm. Aboard were Captain Douglas Morrison and crews who stayed with the ship as lifeboats and life rafts saved some. at least five were unaccounted for as Coast Guard crews searched, with one passenger believed to have leapt from the deck into the sea.
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Kenosha
Wis
Wisconsin
Keno- Fi
Lake Michigan
Douglas Morrison
Chicago
C. H. Sjostrand
Eckelson, N. D
Hfe
Douglas
Morrison
Judas Buschmann
Manitowoc
Milwaukee
Davidson
Chicao
Coast Guard
Grand Jury May Investigate Avant Murder Case
Montgomery Oct 20 The attorney general said the Geneva county grand jury will be asked to investigate the Avant murder when it convenes in December. Solicitor J O Mullins was directed to present all evidence to the grand jury. Claude Avant principal of Slocomb pub school was found stabbed to death after a September year old car ride near the Florida line.
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Montgomery
Ala
Charlie C. McCall
Enid
Geneva County
Avant
J. O. Mullins
Prand
McCall
Lee Philips
Sta
Claude Avant
Yesthonl
Slocomb
Sian
Wraoeweile
Florida Line
Phillips
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Houston Hotel
Mrs. Slaton
Ecuned
Amd Cprese
Senator Burton
W. C. T. U. Convention
Mrs
C. C. Moseley
H.C. Bass
Dothan W
Rev. LL. C. Branscomb
Nele G. Burger
America
Calvary Baptist Church of
Michigan
Despa Crement
Arizona
George Rice
San Francisco
Ocean
Jackie
Eddie Diteman
Urban F. Diteman
Lillings, Mont
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Atlantic Ocean
England
Kinsey
Mr. Anderson
Kenosha, Wis
Goodrich Company
Geneva Jury
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