Mystery links in Montgomery robbery case loom
The Montgomery underworld and a series of confessions tie a armed robbery and the slaying of Fountain to B L Mark and radio salesman Fietch. Police report a stolen 1979 coach automobile linked to Clark, with another car repossessed after a prior arrest, as investigations spread to Dothan and across state lines. Officers seek Durrell, a cousin, and await further confessions from Preston and others.
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Teher
Montgomery
Lim
Ingomery
B. L. Mark
Bodsy
Fietehgq
RANE
Kent
Adwe
Clark
Sher- Rollim
Department of Justice
Tomobile
Groves
Stu
Rue Roysl
Yyal
Tamer Preston
Ark
Dothan
Durrelliste
Ald
Flusserl
Bus Damage Suits Against Judge Continued
Two damage suits against Judge A Carniey of Enterprise and Wapinst O Wade Houston bus driver were continued to the west session due to Mrs Carniey’s hospitalization in Enterprise. The suits followed a late fall crash injuring Tittypatx pupils in Tamia when the boot bus collided with a Homedue driven by the judge.
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Enterprise
Wapinst O
Wade
Houston
Dvi
Carniey
Carrim
U S Fliers Killed When Plane Crashes Near Shore
Zone, Sept 1 United States Navy fliers died when a plane crashed 400 feet from the shore. The dead include Schalleein of Brooklyn N F Maptharns Brochton Maas A Claze Hopking county Tex ia Bugehian Binghampton. The motor failed and Kitlin, pilot, attempted a forced landing nose dived and settled ten feet of water.
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Cera
United States Navy
Schalleein
Brooklyn
Maptharns Brochton
Maas
Hopking County
Texia Bugehian
Binghampton
Kitlin
MacNider Resigns as U.S. Minister to Canada
President Hoover accepted the resignation of Hanford MacNider American minister to Canada. The brief note says MacNider quit the post to pursue private affairs and resigns in connection with the St. Lawrence waterway treaty. The statement hints at consummation of the treaty. The source is a condensed, garbled OCR.
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U. S
Seington
Hoover
Hanford MacNid
Canada
Ald
Mierton
Priva
St. Were
Clouds Hampered Sun Eclipse Work In Boston
The total eclipse passed over Boston amid thick clouds delaying scientists’ photos and spectroscopic aims. Observers hoped for clear moments, but most plates risked haze, while spectators enjoyed the corona framed by clouds. Researchers vowed to regroup for the next eclipse as Montreal reports mirrored cloud interference.
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Green Mountains
Canadian
White Mountains
Maine
Cape Cod
Mfontreal
Report of Tragedy Starts As Ambulances Hasten Through Dothan
Ambulances from Dothan funeral homes crowded the business district on Wednesday afternoon carrying underprivileged children from the Salvation Army clinic. Children were moved to their homes after treatment as residents questioned a supposed wreck or hurricane victims from Florida, all sparked by the charity march of service vehicles.
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Dothan
Dothan Funeral Homes
Salvation Army
Eagle
Florida
Alabama Legislators Pay Day Uncertain Amid Payroll Crisis
An injunction suit seeks to halt legislative salaries arguing the 1927 $4 to $8 per day pay raise is unconstitutional. Treasurer Blan faces depleted funds and a temporary loan recall as Gov Miller and Atty Gen Knight confer. Court action and hearings loom, with the First National Bank of Montgomery covering payroll cash until funds restore.
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Montgomery
Treas
House
Senate
S. A Blan
Treasury
Birmingham
Horace Wilkinson
Frank A. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Synoon
Blan
R. V. Evan
Gen. Knight
B. M. Miller
Jtge Evans
Miller
First National Bank of
Miles
Knight
Officers Seek Lender of Threat Note in Death Threat Case
County officers pursued the source of a $10,000 death threat note sent to Lunsford of 307 N Montane Street. A guard was placed at Lunsford’s home but later withdrawn as investigators, led by Sheriff Joe Rollins, examine the note’s origin and motive. The missive, mailed on a Dothan Montgomery train, arrived in an improvised envelope and referenced prior insurance payments.
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Lunsford
N. Montane Street
Oagh
Luneford
Joe Rollins
Dothan
Montgomery A
Demand for Arms Treaty Revision
Germany renewed in a communication to the French government a demand for a revision of the Versailles treaty to permit German equality with other European nations in strength of arms. The note was not formal but a loose aide memoire. France and Britain were informed. Britain was not taking part in the negotiations for now.
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Germany
France
Great Britain
Crowd floods Montgomery Ward sale forcing 40 minute door shutdown
Large turnout at Montgomery Ward & Co store required doors to be closed for 40 minutes to manage a mob inside and outside. Eight to ten thousand shoppers were seen, with customers commuting from Batavis Abbeville Chipley Marianna and up to 75 miles away. The first customer arrived at 7 o'clock from somewhere in Florida.
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Montgomery Ward & Co
G C Chambers
Customare
Batavis
Abbeville
Chipley
Marianna
Baby Pigeons Show Speed in Kansas City Race
AP reports baby pigeons from Joplin and St Louis raced to the Old Mission Club in Kansas City during a summer series. Speeds reached about Amort00 miles per hour with distances of 145 mafles. some young birds increased pace by up to 400 yards per minute during tests.
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Kansas City
Joplin
Sto
Misesion Club
Worker Struck by Car as Mill Strikers Gather in North Carolina
At Righ Point North Carolina on September 1 seven workers were injured when a Brebhsie mill employee drove a car into a group of striking workers in an attempt to resume work. The driver, Ernest Albertson, was arrested on reckless driving and assault with a deadly weapon charges. Mill officials announced that 400 workers would continue the strike against wage reductions and plants would remain closed indefinitely.
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Righ Point
N.C
Brebhsie Mil
Ernest Albertson
Doolittle flies 293 miles an hour record attempt
Cleveland AP Maj James H Doolittle flew a stubby plane over a 3 kilometer course averaging 293 miles per hour. The flight broke the 1924 record of 278.48 mph but lacked a barograph for official certification. Doolittle plans another attempt when space allows and a barograph is available.
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James H. Doolittle
Air Corps
Bennett
France
Doolittle
Ine
National Aeronautic Association
Federation Aeronamique International
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Skn
Lawail Eagles
Doolitte
University of California
Army
Fils
Jacksonville
Flo
San Diego
Calif
Baltimore
Wolls
Employment Committee For Dothan And Alaga Road Paving Appointed
The highway department names four Dothan representatives to oversee road paving labor for the Dothan and Alaga route. Cor J E Brecewood, Mrs C Le Collins, H H Brown, and I H Bell, plus about 1000 registered workers. The project plans a paved highway from Savannah to New Orleans, shortening travel and boosting tourism, with an expected 337240 dollars for the paving effort.
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Alaga
Todey
Tanfan G. Smith
Highway Department
Cor. J. E. Brecewod
American Legion
C. le Collins
Welfare Department
HH. Brown
Red Cross
IH Bell
Abele
Dethan
Savarnah
Cotter
Arson Trials Start Septembers Dothan Court
Nine Dothan residents face arson charges when circuit court opens September 19. Eight defendants linked to an alleged arson ring were indicted by the Houston County grand jury this spring. Others include appeals on dynamiting fish charges and a robbery case tied to the Gordon store hold-up in which Nellie Vickers, 16, was forced to hand over $45. Marvin Holman also faces an assault to murder charge.
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Houston County Grand
Mike Saliba
J.C. Willis
Jack Altman
Jack Wilson
Jamen A Lewis
Robert Brooks
Royce Hatchen
William ‘Penn
Lonnie Campbell
Byra Harrison
el Holland
J.T. Cherry
William Penn
C. W. Vickers
At Gordon
Nellie Vickers
Marvin Holman
Criminal Court
Brang Sarceny
Lewin Branseil
Will Tee Lewis
Wille C. Lewie
Sbi
Pat Knight
Robert Hughes
Odis Mixon
Uctle Kirkland
J. Z. Shinholster
Wiley Kirkland
A. W. McFachern
J . Baxley
8. & Yann
H. Clay Picher
Howel Hughes
Gaston Kirkland
Charlie Whalley
John Richeards
HN. Seay
Blue Proteine
Roc Var ‘Ner
Allan
Ypl
Jack Ente
B. Hughes M. Sallha
TW. Hart
Mervin Hotman
Bennev Kiley
Ian Wherine
Mor Brooks
K Bexley
Pounce Jackson
Vpl
Koot McLaain
Georee Grady Johnson
Herman Forrester
Norman Willem
Epl
Calape Deal
Chae Deal
Petty
Allivon Lynn
Revere
Anpeni
Lonnie
Hurricane Slams Mobile Bay Area Then Moves Inland
The hurricane struck southwest of Mobile and moved northeast with winds up to 30 mph. Bayou La Batre and Coden flooded from high tide driven by the Mobile river surge. one fatality reported in Pensacola as a 12 year old boy died from a charged wire. Warnings extended from Panama City to Biloxi as residents prepared and ships sought shelter along the coast.
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Coden
Mobile
Mable
Pensacola
Ben Baker
A Baker
Pensacola Beach
Panama City
Biloxi
Mion
Gulf Coast
Panancoly Weather Bureau
Ernest Carron
Pennachin
al’ Evant
Weather Bureau
Gatf
Florida Pentnania
Ked Cross
Roata
United States Naval Air Station
Haven
Brymage
Owrlerfeont
Dertion Na Dain
Fay
Mora
Smadett Zyce
Bon Fecour
Cofen
Stecke
Jefferson Davis Home at Memphis Destroyed Plan
Memphis Tenn Sept The Confederate home of Jefferson Davis in Memphis was ordered razed and its windows boarded before immediate destruction. City officials said the act would proceed under orders from the Post Commander John Shea and local decrees as the American Legion Woman’s Auxiliary and other groups planned commemorative and relief measures for affected families.
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Jefferson Davis
Memphis
John Shea
Illness of Walker May Delay Oyster Case Until October
Albany dispatch reports that the James J. Walker case could stay dormant until October pending the mayoral health and Roosevelt's travel. If Walker remains exhausted, Roosevelt may depart September 12 for the West, with no return to New York State until October 3. The delay follows Walker’s nervous exhaustion and a possible meeting postponement this week.
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Albany
N. Y
James J. Walker
Roosevelt
Rooenvell
New York State
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