Lottery Ring Paid 500 Weekly In New Orleans Probe
Lang, a Mississippi native, testified about a New Orleans lottery ring tied to Mayor Semmes and Police Superintendent Reyer. He described a payroll totaling 3,500 weekly with 8,500 weekly protection pay, and named division payoffs across Canal Street vendors and captains. Witnesses indicated organized management and protection schemes connected to the lottery operation.
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Aleans
Lang
Missisthe
Louisiana
New
Sem Imsley
Kly
George Reyer
Otal
Canal Street
Henry Long
Eseid
Missing details in Ossipee abduction case prompts manhunt
An arrest seeks a courteous gunman who allegedly stole $200 from the United Sewing office at Ossipee near Liberty after abducting two stenographers, Lambert and Lucy Ek, forcing them to accompany him as shields. The band fled in a robbed car with cash and employees aboard, then disappeared after a 5 mile drive.
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Ngton
N. C
United Sewing Office
Ossipee
Lambert
Lucy Ek
County Court Docket Shows 75 Cases On Monday
About 75 cases are listed on the county court docket for Monday. The docket notes Art will begin at 9 a.m. with Harry K. Martin presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art
Harry K. Martin
Weather forecast summary for Florida region
Generally fair today and Monday with clearing tonight. Interior areas may see lingering mist tonight and scattered conditions. Palm Beach and coastal zones expect mild temperatures with light winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IMA
KWEST
Florida
Tragic Midwestern Plane Crash Kills Aviator and Four Passengers
A Rapid Air Lines tri motor crashed near Oregon Missouri during a storm, killing pilot Don Bontrager and four travelers: Mrs Maude Schiffmacher of Edwardsville Kansas. Harry Schiffmacher, a Detroit packing buyer. Frank Mahan, 25, visiting Omaha. W W Truelson, 52, VP of the Corn Belt Farm Dailies. Dallas Leitch, 19, a Dartmouth student. The plane had stopped at St Joseph due to weather before the crash, missing a nearby house by 50 feet.
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Oregon
Missouri
Tri-Motor
Rapid Air Lines, Inc
Omaha
Maude Schiffmacher
Edwardsville
Kas
Omehba
Lewis Kurtz
John Hornecker
Hornecker
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Birmingham Coed Slaying Case Aides With Shirt Tip
Birmingham Sept 1 AP police investigate a shirt found near the death of Faye New Howard College coed. An anonymous tip pointed to possible human blood while a mine camp commissary area was checked under steps. No knife found. shirt sent to the lab. Harold Taylor faces trial Tuesday for the killing with 54 witnesses subpoenaed.
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Birmingham
Alas
Faye New
Howard College
Miss New
G.C. Giles
City Laboratory
Harold Taylor
Taylor
Seed loan collector to visit weekly in Houston County
Tom Speight, collector for all Wiregrass seed loans, will be in C M Ling’s office, county agent, every Saturday morning to collect on 12 loans in Houston County. Other business with borrowers will also be handled on that day, with loan collections in other counties continuing as well.
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Tom Speight
C. M.ling
Houstom
Thia
Pena
Speight
Budget Director Douglas Resigns Over Relief Policy
New York Sept 1 AP confirms the resignation of Lewis W Douglas as budget director appears in Roosevelt's hands after disagreements on unemployment and drought relief expenditures. Reports say Douglas handed in his resignation. Roosevelt proceeds with relief plans aided by Hopkins and Tugwell.
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Francis M. Stephenson
New York
Lewis W. Douglas
Roosevelt
Douglas
Congress
Arizona
Public Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Rexford G. Tugwell
Hopkins
Tugwell
Reef
White House
Two Chicago Doctors Held as Dillinger Aides
Federal agents arrest two Chicago physicians for face lifting and fingerprint tampering tied to outlaw John Dillinger and Homer Van Meter. Also detained are Louis Piquett attorney and four others for harboring the fugitives.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Homer van Meter
Department of Justice
Louis Piquett
Wilhelm Loeser
Harold Bernard Cassidy
Piquett
Dillinger
Crown Point
Ind
Arthur W. O'Leary
Piquette
William and
Elia Finerty
Marie Confetti
van Meter
Calumet City
Nimrods Polish Up Shooting Irons Opening Day
Houston county Nimrods and hunters across Alabama counties prepared to begin the hunting season. Land office licenses were limited with few issued at the probate judge's office. A Federal Duck Stamp requirement warned duck hunters to obtain stamps at the post office, funds aiding migratory waterfowl nesting and feeding ground restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Alabama
Land Office
Record attempt pilot lands near St Louis then departs
Col. Rocco Turner, speed flyer, landed at Lembert-St. Louis airport at 11:39 a.m. CST refueled and took off five minutes later. He flew from Wichita, Kansas covering 50 miles in an hour and 38 minutes as he aimed to lower the west-east transcontinental record.
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ST. Louis
Sept
Roccoe Turner
Lembert-St. Louis
Wichita
Kan
Legal Actions Reported Filed In Election Fight
John W. Rish filed legal actions this afternoon with Circuit Judge H A Pearce on behalf of the Houston County Democratic Executive Committee against the sub-committee of the State Democratic Executive Committee in the group election controversy. Judge Pearce denied newspapermen access to the papers pending his review. Rish said one action is a quo warranto proceeding and the other a petition for an injunction, with further details delayed by his “pressing business.”
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Democratic Executive Committee
Houston County Democratic Executive Committee
H. A. Pearce
John W. Rish
Pearce
Rish
A F L Victorious In U S Decision Affecting Workers
Henry Richards a Kinsey farmer surrendered to county officers for the slaying of his step son Virgil Williams. Richards said he shot the young man and watched him fall into a ditch. Williams then obtained a warrant for Richards on a murder assault charge and rushed to the jail.
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Henry Richards
Kinsey
Virgil Williams
Richards
Williams
Local nurse dies after operation
Miss Eadner Earl Riley aged 27, a graduate of Davie Hospital School of Nursing, died at the hospital at 1 30 a m after an operation. She entered nursing school in 1930 and graduated in 1933. She is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs W H Riley of Dothan route one two brothers Horace Riley of Atlanta and Loltos Riley of Chancellor four sisters Mrs Daisy Lane of Miami Miss Vera Riley of Dothan route one and Inez and Ina Riley of Dothan route one. Funeral was held at 4 p m today at the Dowling Rhodes chapel with Dr L W Dockery officiating Burial followed in Rehobeth church cemetery. Active pallbearers were Sam Baker Walter Cooley Cecil Baker Boyd Deese Charles Robertson M E Clark Arlen Hand and Henry Hand. Honorary pallbearers were G H Malone T J Whatley Sr J L Crawford Dr C W Hillard C C Bennett F M Damon M K Ford S A Stapleton J N Mansey Whit King F M Baker C C Evans J W Hanson and J M Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eadner Earl Riley
Davie Hospital School
Dothan
Dowling-Rhodes
L. W. Dockery
First Baptist Church
Rehobeth Church
Sam Baker
Walter Cooley
Cecil Baker
Boyd Deese
Charles Robertson
M. E. Clark
Arler’ Hand
Henry Hand
G. HB. Malone
T. J. Whatley
J. L. Crawford
C. W. Hillard
C. C. Bennett
F. M. Damon
M. K. Ford
A. Stapleton
J. N. Mansey
Whit King
F. M. Baker
C. C. Evans
J. W., Hanson
J. M. Jones
Wiregrass FFA Elects President at First Meeting
The Wiregrass Future Farmers of America convened its first meeting last night in Midland City. Virgil Delaney of Ozark was named president and James O Parrish of Abbeville was elected vice president. The group includes six clubs across Southeast Alabama.
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Future Farmers of America
Midland City
Virgil Delaney
Ozark
James O. Parrish
Abbeville
Alabama
Ministers Meet Monday At Foster Street Church
The Ministerial Union will convene at 11 a.m. Monday at Foster Street Methodist church. Members are urged to attend the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster Street Methodist Church
Majority rule upheld in Buffalo case under Recovery Act
The National Labor Relations Board ruled House Engineering Company of Buffalo violated the Industrial Recovery Act by opposing an employer union after a federal union won an election 1105 to 647. The decision insists the Act promotes collective bargaining and stability through majority representations speaking for all workers, opposing rival company unions and limited cooperation.
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Washington, Rept
National Labor Relations Board
House Engineering Company of
Buffalo
N.Y
Automobile Workers Federal Union
American Federation of Labor
Congress
House
Auto Workers Union
Company Union
A. F. of L. Union
Youths Find 11000 Pot Of Old Gold
In Baltimore a 16 year old and a 15 year old while digging in a cellar unearthed a stash of gold coins totaling 11000. Police hold the treasure as authorities decide ownership. The boys turned the coins over to police and await legal title decisions amid questions of treasure trove law.
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Baltimore
Theodore Jones
Henry Grob
Jones
Grob
Mantern
United States
England
Confession Made In Ranger Death At Turbeville Case
Reuben Alford, prisoner in Covington County jail, confessed to the Turbeville slaying more than a year ago. Forest Ranger W. E. Jordan has a 23 year sentence. two others jailed in Geneva County. Appeal in Jordan’s case now pending before the Supreme Court. Turbeville’s widow cited. Geneva Grand Jury to probe. Bedsole and Council held in Geneva jail in connection with the slaying investigation.
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Andalusia
Ala
Reuben Alford
Covington
Wil Turbeville
W. E. Jordan
Tom Head
Geneva
Robert S. Reid
Jordan
Turbeville
Supreme Court
Sollciter Reid
Geneva County Grand Jury
Tatum Bedsole
Hacods
Charles Council
Samson
Turkeville
Alford
Council
Bedsole
Highway program in Alabama gets 1.24 million approval
The U S Bureau of Roads approved projects totaling 1 240 000 in Alabama's 4 290 000 federal aid highway program. The State Highway Department will solicit bids on the projects within two weeks. Jefferson county receives three projects worth 219 090 including grading and draining 5 miles between Birmingham and Bessemer to remove a local speed trap near Lipscomb.
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Montgomery
Ala
U.S. Bureau of Roads
Alabama
State Highway Department
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Bessemer
Lipscomb
Dyssentery Epidemic Reported in Polish Border City
An epidemic of dysentery in Krzemienie near the Russian border leaves 250 dead and 1,400 seriously ill, as Warsaw reports a city of 16,000 suffering a severe outbreak.
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Warsaw
Poland
Krzemieier
Enraged mob takes suspect from police in Savannah area
In Savannah Georgia a masked mob seized a Negro accused of attempting to assault a young white woman from Bryan and Liberty County officers. The car chase followed as the mob drove into a woods and disappeared. Search efforts continued with no trace found.
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Savannah
Bryan
Liberty County
Bryan County
Ways Station
Kellers
Bryem Neck
Peer Three
Adams Relieved From Election Duties Amid Controversy
State Democratic officials face a split over a September 18 special election to nominate a sheriff candidate. C H Adams requests relief from the Houston county dominated subcommittee, citing nonresidency. four other members proceed with the plan while disputes continue about whether May’s name or a primary winner will appear on the general ticket. Police Chief M Tum and Deputy Walter J Cameron have qualified to run. May may enter if a primary is held, unclear until deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Adams
State Democratic Executive Committee
Adama
E. W. Pettus
State Committee
Houston County
T. FE. Buntin
le A. Buntin
L. A. Farmer
A. Y. Malone
Clem Faulk
Geneva County
Adams
Federal Land Bank
Land Bank
Houston County Democratic Executive Committee
Alex H. May
M. Tatum
Walter J. Cameron
May
County Committee
W. O. Wells
Karry K. Martin
Martin
Textile Strike Expands as Walkout Grows Nationwide
The general strike swells to 725,000 workers with 200,000 joining today, effect felt Tuesday in northern mills while southern plants operate Monday. Georgia strikers to receive relief aid only after exhausting other resources. violence threats surface in Alabama as union-led action spreads amid labor tensions.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Gay B. Shepperson
Georgia Relief Administration
Birmingham
Alabama
Albertville
Independent Texties Workers of Alabama
Guntersville
Saratoga Victory
Postal Workers Observe Labor Day Holiday
Postmaster Dawsey announced that all post office windows will close Monday for Labor Day. Only one hour of operations, from 11 to 12, will be kept for general delivery stamp and parcel post windows. One mail delivery will occur in the downtown area during the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Dawsey
Storm Warning From Weather Bureau Near Tampico Disturbance
The Weather Bureau issued an advisory noting a gulf disturbance inland north of Tampico with little movement, developing about 473 miles east of Cape Canaveral Florida, bringing heavy squalls and near gale force winds. Small craft off the South Atlantic and East Florida coast should exercise caution for 36 hours.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Tampico
Mexico
Cape Canaveral
Fla
South Atlantic
Florida
Play to Be Offered at Union Hill Church Tonight
The Heart of Jane, a play, will be presented at Union Hill church tonight by Sant Mary boys and girls. R. E. Whitehead announced that proceeds benefit the church.
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Union Hill Church
Sant Mary Boys and Girls
R. E. Whitehead
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