Election returns show many GOP and Democratic losses in primaries
Washington reports indicate substantial defections in both parties with several incumbents eliminated or poised for retirement. Among defeated are Senate candidates Louis C. Cramton and H. Bell with limited opposition heard. James O Connor plans to contest Democratic primary. Notable losses include Willis Sears Grant Hudson and John Franklin Miller, plus John C Box Joseph Whitehead and Zach Spearing.
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Ench County
Louis C. Cramton
Michigan
Giatmost
Georgia
H. Bell
James O'Connor
New Oxeans
Willis J. Sears
Nebraska
W. Chambers
Ohio
Grant M. Hudson
John
Franklin Miller
Washington
John C. Box
Joseph Whitehead
Virginia
J. Zach Spearing
Louisiana
Miller
Hudson
Chalmers
Wilbur M. White
Boz
Texas
Martin
Sears
Wess
H. Malcom Baldridge
Whitehead
H. Burch
Isue
Burns on Monotype machine injure Eagle's Reese
Richard Reese, an 18 year old Monotype operator at Eagle's Composing Room, suffered severe eye burns when a Monotype machine emitted a blast of 750 degree metal after a part slipped. Initial concern was eye damage, but examinations showed only a small amount of metal near the eye and no lasting vision loss. Reese is the son of S. H. Reese and has been operating the machine for several months.
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Richard Reese
Monotype
The
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Mr. Reese
Richard
Reese
S. H. Reese
Eagle Linotype
French Fliers Plan 15000 Mile Good Will Tour of States
Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte will launch a 15000 mile goodwill tour starting Monday. They will fly over 100 cities in 30 states, visiting Boston Cleveland Indianapolis Detroit Chicago Milwaukee Minneapolis Omaha Denver Salt Lake Boise Seattle Portland San Francisco Los Angeles Phoenix El Paso San Antonio Oklahoma City Kansas City St Louis Memphis New Orleans Pensacola Atlanta Winston-Salem Richmond Baltimore Philadelphia. Major George Whitten will escort in a Commerce Department plane and Charles Hayden chairs the sponsoring committee.
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New York
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Boston
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Detroit
Chicago
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Omaha
Denver
Salt Lake
Boise
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Phoenix
el Paso
Ben Ethridge Held On Forgery Charge
Ben Ethridge was arrested by county officers on forgery charges. He is held in the county jail awaiting a preliminary hearing. The alleged forged check for $7.50 was written to J. F. Beall Dry Goods. Sheriff Rollins could not provide the first name or address of the check writer Hobbs.
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Ben Ethridge
J. F. Beall Dry Goods Company
Rollins
Hobbs
Addrese
Man Kills Wife and Shoots Self in Oklahoma
Dave Chandler a Delaware County court clerk and Democratic nominee to the state legislature shot and killed Mrs. Dick Stafford former actress and wife of a Talequah musician and perhaps fatally wounded himself last night. He told officers It was a death by own action pect.
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Muscogee
Oklo
Dave Chandler
Delaware County
Dick Stafford
Arrest of former president Irigoyen on cruiser Belgrano in Argentina
Sánchez Sorondo says Irigoyen is under arrest on the cruiser Belgrano and not allowed to leave Argentine jurisdiction. The Interior Minister denied plans to move him to a steamer or land him at Montevideo as the Belgrano remains in Argentine waters near La Plata. Irigoyen, ill with pneumonia, was taken from a barracks at 11 AM with strict secrecy as troops blocked reporters. The navy dissolved its third division ships Riario Parra Independencia and Libertad now entering Buenos Aires. The U.S. chamber of commerce in Argentina reports to Washington seeking support for the new government, hoping U.S. business backing will follow.
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Trigoyen
Belgrano
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Seventh Infantry
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Riario
Paraa
Independencia
Libertad
Houston County Cotton Production Gains This Season
Government Statistician J. M. Dykes reports Houston county has ginned 18 910 bales before September this year, up from 16 159 last year. Local conservators estimate the crop may exceed 40 000 bales, possibly over 45 000, with 37 000 bales ginned in 1928.
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Houston County
J. M. Dykes
Dothan
Geneva County Special Court Week Cancelled
Judge H. A. Pearce told The Eagle the planned special session of circuit court in Geneva County, set to begin next Monday, has been cancelled. Regular session will begin September 22 and last about two weeks to hear cases postponed from the special week.
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H. A. Pearce
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Storm Warning Issued Off Carolina Coast
The weather bureau issued a storm warning noting hurricane warnings from South Port North Carolina to Beaufort North Carolina and southeast storm warnings north of Beaufort to Virginia Capes. Center near Frying Pan Shoals at 8 a m likely to move inland over the North Carolina coast south of Beaufort this afternoon and then diminish in intensity.
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Weather Bureau
South Port
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Beaufort
Virginia Capes
North Carolina
Bonds Found in Crater's Effects After Disappearance
The New York World reports $75 000 in securities found in the safe deposit box of missing Supreme Court Justice Joseph Force Crater. Police search three Adirondack locations while two men resembling Crater are tracked from a Racquette Lake lodge. Also notes Tammany ties in an income tax fraud probe involving George Ewald and Martin Healy.
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Joseph Force Crater
Supreme Court
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Justice
Adirondacks
Racquette Lake
George F. Ewald
United States
Tuttle
Martin J. Healy
Tammany
Ewald
American Book Company
Fwald
Tammany Club
Healy
Yeader
Service Commission Grants Permit To Increase Gun Rates
The Alabama Public Service Commission approved higher electric rates for Alabama Utilities. Charges are four cents per kilowatt hour up to 2% kilowatts and three cents for energy beyond 2% kilowatts per season, with a minimum $8 season charge, covering the 1930-21 season. The proposal had sought $9 per connected horsepower per season with 15 kWh included at five cents per kWh until a $2 charge.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Public Services Commission
Alabama Utilities Company
Alabama License Officers Arrest Florida Truck Drivers
Alabama license officers arrested six Florida truck drivers for hauling cotton to Mobile without Alabama license tags. Truck owners plan to remove Alabama tags to continue hauling to the port. Drivers say Pensacola lacks storage for their cotton. Florida state tax and mileage taxes are involved. The Riley Transportation Co. appeals to the Florida Railroad Commission, which will hold a special session in Tallahassee on September 28 to hear arguments.
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Pensacola
Florida State Tax Commission
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Tallahassee
Former Solicitor James Davis Faces Embezzlement Charge
James Davis former Jefferson county solicitor faced arrest on a embezzlement charge filed by P E Gibbs of Fairfield. The warrant sworn yesterday alleges Davis embezzled 2.55 dollars while acting as an agent in a business deal and had not yet been served as Davis was reported out of the city.
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Birmingham
Ala
James Davis
Jefferson County
PE. Gibbs
Fairfield
Gibbs
Davis
Tenement Fire in Newark Kills Two Children
Two children John Borsero and Edward Santen died and ten adults were injured when a three story brick house burned in Newark New Jersey. The blaze left five serious and origin not learned.
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Newark
WW. J
John Borsero
Edward Santen
Defeated Candidate Joins Independents
Sam Childers, once defeated candidate for Walker County Democratic chair, resigns from the state Democratic executive committee and joins the Independent ticket, signaling a split in party support and a new candidacy path.
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Jasper
Als
Sam Childers
Walker County
Democratic
Republicans Endorse National Platform in Ohio Convention
In Columbus Ohio the Republican state platform was adopted without a prohibition plank the resolutions committee report read We heartily endorse the declaration on law observance and enforcement from the national platform while calls for repeal of prohibition or referendums on Volstead acts were defeated Three Cleveland committee members voted in favor only.
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Republican State Platform Convention
Resolutions Committee
Cleveland
Kansas City
Two Youths Arrested on Robbery Charges in Dothan Area
Eugene Shields and Edwin Ennis are held in Houston County jail on robbery charges. Nelse Skipper, a Houston County farmer, says the pair abducted him on the Headland highway, stripped him, stole $20, and locked him in a cotton house near Dan Sage’s farm before fleeing toward the Dixie area. Deputies found Skipper, clothed in a gum sack, and he swore out warrants against the two alleged criminals.
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Edwin Ennis
Houston
N. Skipper
Houston County
Nelse Skipper
Dothan
Efton Bulge
Dan
Skipper
Suggs
C. J. Pavlins
City Enforces Parking Rules In Downtown Streets
City authorities now issue parking slips in downtown zones along St Andrews and Fougter streets for violations over one hour. Police have begun enforcing ordinances with fines and warnings from Mayor Clem Egeloan's office.
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Tobacco raising to be considered at farm meeting
Houston county officials and local groups convene a mass meeting at the county courthouse next Saturday at 2 PM to weigh an experimental tobacco venture for Wiregrass farms. George Y. Malone leads the tobacco angle with Mills from Quincy Florida and a plans group ready to present data to farmers and investors.
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Houston County Court House
South Georgia
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Georgia
George Y. Matone
Quincy
Fla
Malone
Houston County
Agriculture Board Allocates Funds for Fair Exhibits
The Agriculture Board at Montgomery approved about $10,000 for space at two state and eight county fairs this fall. The board also approved a cattle quarantine in Lowndes County for TB testing. Vaccination and cattle health notes were reported by State Veterinarian Dr. Cary, with certain counties expected TB-free by dates in November.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Board of Agriculture
Lowndes
A. Cary
Atate
Montgomery County
Jefferson
Dallas
Birmingham
Madison County
Hantevile
Mobile Gulf Coast
Alabama
Anniston
Opricks
Alexander City
Talladega County
Sinacauga
Athens
Northwest Alabama
Haleyville
Two County High Schools Set to Open Monday
Columbia and Ashford high schools will begin the 1930-31 term Monday at 8 am with 32 teachers for several hundred pupils. Rehobeth High will open a week later due to delayed seating equipment, in a new $21,000 building serving southeast county.
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Ashford
Ashford Higheni
Rehobeth
C. W. Johnson
Johnson
Committeewoman in New Orleans backs Roosevelt on repeal
Stella Hamlin Democratic National Committeewoman of Louisiana agrees with Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York against prohibition. She calls New York's chief executive progressive and praises his stance for repealing the Eighteenth Amendment while reserving liquor control to each state.
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New Orleans
Mia
Stella Hamlin
Loulgala
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Mrs. Hamlin
America
Roosevelt
Textile Workers Favor Prohibition Repeal For Jobs
New York September 12 The United Textile Workers of America adopted resolutions urging repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and a six hour day and five day week to relieve unemployment. Advocates argued repeal would create brewery jobs and indirectly employ millions. The committee also backed a thirty hour week in principle with no debate.
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United Textile Workers of
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