Trial of Dr Campbell Begins In Dothan Circuit Court
Witnesses arrive as Dr J A Campbell faces attempted assault charges in Dothan circuit court. The case, among the largest criminal defenses seen, features heavy legal representation and a closed proceeding amid contested grand jury validity. Judge Pearce sustains a demurrer to defense abatement.
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J. A. Campbell
Wide Dothan
Dodge H A
Campbell
Lergeumber
Mpedstora
Court House
Circuit Craft Criminal Division
Pearce
Grand Juris
Piga
Fudge Pearce
W ‘M Watford
Body of missing yachtsman sought after apparent murder
In Long Island waters a search for Benjamin Collings continued as investigators weigh a possible murder by a madman aided by a youth. Police consider other leads involving acquaintances or enemies of Collings, whose disappearance may hinge on his wife’s statements.
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Mineola
Fesachia
Long Island
Bolund
Benjamin
Collinga
Stamford
Conn
Aman
Depo
Pétrie
Collings
Principals in Arkansas Church Row Featured in Jonesboro Fracas
In Jonesboro Arkansas two church factions clashed prompting troops to be deployed to maintain order. The revivalist known as Fighting Joe Jeffers and Rev Dow H Heard of the First Baptist Church are pictured amid the disturbance. Jeffers refused to stop personal attacks and said he would answer only to God.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Joe” Jeffers
Joneshors
Dow H Heard
Jeffers
Call To Arms For Battle Of Century Being Sounded
Washington AP report outlines a looming congressional clash as the 72nd Congress faces a tense start with 48 R, 47 D, and one Farmer Labor in the Senate and 214 R, 212 D, one Farmer Labor and eight vacancies in the House. factions battle over speakers, leadership, and committee posts while debates over relief, deficits, taxes, and Volstead Act revisions spark early contention.
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Washington
Seventy-Second Congress
Mrme
Capitol
Senate
Farmer Labor
House
Xenste
Shiraulabes
Tison
Connecticut
Representative Snell
New York
Garver
Texas
Moses
New Hampshire
Woman 103rd Birthday Confusion in Whissendire
In Whissendire England AP reports Lucy Holmes believed she was turning 100 but church records show she is 103. Neighbors’ mix up altered her celebration plans and sparked local chatter as officials verified the corrected age.
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England
Lucy Holmes
Wong
Holmes
Robbery charge against Arthur Swann jailed locally
Arthur Swann is jailed on a robbery charge after a Saturday incident in Pleasant View. Sheriff Relline reports Swann allegedly beat L B Kelly and took $27 during the raid.
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Arthur Swann
Relline
Swann
L B
Kelly
Pleasant ‘View
Call to Anniston Church Accepted by Local Pastor
The Rev T O Slaughter, pastor of the First Christian Church here for two years, has been called back to the Anniston pastorate where he served four years before leading the Dothan church. Announcement of his return was made at the First Christian Church service last night. He will assume duties October 1.
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T O Slaughter
Pastor Slaughter Urged to Return to Anniston
Members of the First Christian church voiced regret over the pastorate move of Mr Slaughter who has served in Dothan for two and a half years after leading the Anniston Christian church from 1923 to 1927. He and his family petition to relocate to Anniston at month end.
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Slaughter
Dothan
Anniston
Two Houston County Dwellings Burned In Weekend Fires
Two farm homes in Houston county were destroyed by fire on a weekend. The Lane residence two miles northeast of Ashford and the Brown home south of Dothan were consumed after fires in stoves and chimneys. A pig house burned at the Lane farm. The Lane home loss was about 3500 dollars with partial insurance. Brown’s dwelling suffered total loss with estimated damage around 2200 dollars.
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Houston County
H C Lane
Ashford
J. B Brown
Dothan
Mminke
Lane
Arsa
Lene
Joan
Dothan Band Concert Scheduled at Courthouse
Inver Saton Poyner announces a 71 minute concert by the 13th Field Artillery Band at the courthouse tomorrow night. The National Guard unit will perform weekly programs including marches solos and polkas with Roy Driggers and other members featured in selections such as A Night in June and True Love Polka.
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13Th Field Artilery
Inver Saton Poyner
National Guard
County Officers Meet Resistance in Prohibition Case
Walter Harlow and Arthur Jere coat were jailed on prohibition charges after a running fight with two sheriff's deputies. Deputies Strickland and John Strickland pursued the fleeing car, blocking and wrestling with the occupants after a struggle that left the two captives in Dothan county jail while four other men escaped.
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Walter Harlow
Arthur Jerecoat Sre
Pear Gordon
Harlow
Jeffcoat
Strickland
John Strickland
Dothan
Air Patrol Guards To Be Recommended
A air patrol to guard against smuggling of Major into the United States along the Minnesota border will be recommended to a treasury department official by Curtis M Johnson, customs collector for the port of Duluth. The plan calls for five army air planes and a central radio station between Pigeon River Minnesota and Pembina North Dakota, with planes stationed 150 miles apart.
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Duluth, Minn
Mqnor
United States
Minnesota
Treasury Department
Curtla M Johnson
Duluth
Army
Pigeon River
Minn
Pembina
Man Dies As Truck Upsets Near Chipley
A six year old farmer, A F McDonald of Black, Alabama, was instantly killed when the automobile he rode in overturned on a highway near Chipley and Cottondale, Florida. McDonald’s body was pinned under the truck. two other occupants were uninjured. He left a wife and seven children.
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Chipley, Fin
F McDonald
Black
Ala
Chipley
Cottondale
Fin
McDonald
Sheriff's Deputies Have Busy Week End
County law enforcement officers had a busy weekend with several arrests on prohibition charges. James and Harold Edward Warner are in jail for violation of the prohibition law, while Caroline Waite, a Black woman, is also charged with violation of the prohibition law, bond set at $31. Sheriff Joe Polo reports five more arrests on theft and other offenses over the period.
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Jameh
Harold Edward
Warner
Mmty
Caroline Waite
Joe Pole Firs
City Police Jail 7 During Week End
City police jailed seven men during the week end on charges of drunkenness. Chet Domingum said all the charged persons were white men.
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Seth
Chet Domingum
Bale sailors to fly pragle in new plan reveal
A fragmentary AP report notes a plan involving experimental aircraft and aviation timing. It mentions manufacturers and ex air force personnel, aiming to fast track flight operations and coordinate wave timing for a naval or aerial test.
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Calfainen
Judge Lewis Attends Atlantic City Bar Convention trip
Judge Lewis city attorney departs for Atlantic City to join the American Bar Association convention. He then heads to Detroit for the American Legion national gathering and plans to return to Dothan late this month. He serves as judge advocate for the state American Legion. He traveled by steamship via Savannah to reach Atlantic City.
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Judge Lewis
Atlantic City
O ' Lewis
American Bar Asociation
Lewis
Detroit
Mich
The
American Legion
Lewin
Dothan
Advocate
State Department of the American Legion
Savannah
Bay Line Fete Draws 200 Attendees At Portman Bay
Two hundred are expected at the annual Allenta St Andrewa Bay railway fete at Porter's Fairyland Saturday. A barbecue plate dinner, athletic contests, vaudeville and dancing will headline. Prizes include hosiery, shirts, jewelry and more donated by local merchants.
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BAY Line
St Andrewa Bay
Fairyland
Jewsiry
Hlumberg & Sone
Avibama Machinery & Bupply Co
Porter Hardwars Co
Page & Coe Drug Co
Hilden’s Pharmacy Co
Than Jewelry Co
Harrison & Jonby Drug Co
Atlanta
Antons Bey
Dothay and
Christon Departmenttore
Peritonitis Fatal To Madrid Woman
Mrs Erther Mae Pearce aged 29 died at a Dothan hospital late last night from peritonitis after an attack of appendicitis. The funeral services were held at Washington trees with the Rey Toy Eben. Mourners included several relatives from Madrid and nearby towns.
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Erther Mae Pearce
Pearce
Dothan
Jesse
Penament
Temas
Ie Rey Toy
Feleas & Ferrester
Flames Destroy Store at Pansey
Special report from Pansey says The Bare Melt and Croonsators store burned early Sunday with losses around 10000 dollars. Fire found no equipment to fight flames. brick building and contents charred. A cotton gin and Croons residence nearby escaped. W Burkett, Dothan councilman and Croons partner, owned part of the store. origin of the fire unknown.
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Pansey
W. 1 Croona
Croons
W Burkett
Dothan
Laborers from Robbins Brothers Circus Are Dismissed From Train
A crowd of 25 laborers attached to the Robbins Brothers Circus reported to Sheriff Willam H Holcombe that they were forcefully removed from the moving circus train about 16 miles north of Mobile Alabama. They showed bruises claimed to be from circus bosses with blackjacks and their feet. The discharged workers said they were given a dollar for a week’s work and shoved from the train. The hungry men and women gathered at the county jail and stayed in a warehouse. They sought action against the circus owners but the train was already out of state. The circus had tightened its tour after two performances in Mobile and is reportedly heading back to Lancaster Missouri for winter quarters.
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Mobile Ala
Robbins Brothers
Willam H Holcombe
Here
Io & Warehouse
Lancaster
Reunion Of Atkinson Family At Hartford
Large crowd attends the Atkinson family reunion at CW Atkinson’s Hartford home. A noon dinner was served in the yard. This first reunion will be an annual event with many members from PA, Warford, and nearby areas attending.
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Atkinson
Hartford
Nartford
Dan Adkin
Cho
Sire
Adkinton
Pathan
Adskireen
Warford
JoAdkinten
Tothan
Tey
Aiftineon
Harter
Dethan
Aira Maron
Martford
Herford
Lente Andrews
Midland City
Ovida Twan Harford
Elta
Elta Kotgt
Lodge Meets Tomorrow Special Work At Lodge Meeting
Pythagoras Lodge No AN announces a special entered apprentice degree to be conferred at the meeting tomorrow night. Members are urged to attend as the event marks a notable rite in the lodge’s schedule this week.
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Pythagoras Lodge
Weekend violence toll reaches thirty six deaths
AP report totals thirty six fatalities from violence across the south this weekend. Eight were killed in auto accidents, three by others, three in a plane crash near Vero Beach, one drowned, three run overs, two shooting incidents, and one Alabama train strike. Notables include E A Edwards, Miami photographer, and two crew members aboard the aircraft delivering hurricane images. The plane was believed struck by lightning during the storm.
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Atlanta
Gaias
Ant
Trama
Accients Thong
Vero Beach
E A Edwards
Miami
Belize
W J Mesney
Mobile
Clemson outlook uncertain says mentor of team
Clemson College football coach Neely says predicting the team’s future is folly in his first year at Clemson. He notes losses of key players from 1930, a rebuilding lines, and a backfield with fewLettermen. The South Carolina game looms as a tough early test with sophomores developing.
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Clemson
Dea
Neely
Clemson College
Téims Ag
Soda
Maxey Welch
Belley
Yerborough
Fordham
Bowles
Mons
Fleming
Proctor
Serge
Tome
Davin
Priester
Armatrong
Harvin
South Caroline
Fire crews respond to wiring fire at Adking Dethan home
Fire department arrived after a noisy wiring incident at the residence of garage operator B A Adking Dethan on Main Street. No damage reported. Fire Chief Zagint stated details today.
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Dethan
Wi Main Street
Dore Howe
Zagint
Couples Obtain Licenses to Wed Here Saturday
Two couples from Houston county secured marriage licenses to wed on Saturday. Grad Dickerson and Jimmie Adama, and Harmon Mer cer Batman Mae Tolar of Gor do, plan join in matrimony in the local ceremony.
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Houston County
Kenaea
Dickerson
Jimmie Adama
Dethan
Harmon E. Mercer
Batman Mae Tolar
Gordo- RB
Rubber Tired Rail Car Demonstrated Near Branch Line
A rubber tired rail car was shown on a branch line stretch near here. Demonstrators say the vehicle can start and stop almost instantly, offering rapid response in rail service and potential use in other lines.
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Paris
Hece
Ile
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