Cotton pooling at high rate boosts Alabama farmers
Alabama corn and cotton figures show the Farm Bureau Cotton Association pooling about 17 000 bales in one month. Farmers have leveraged advances to hold equity while awaiting higher market prices, with 8500 bales delivered recently and total pooling reaching 382 500 dollars. The market remains weak though a September uptick is noted.
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Alatems Farm Bureau Co‘ton
Manaee Cnotie
Association Sr
Jon
Hurricane Furies Ashore On North Carolina Coast
A tropical hurricane struck the lower North Carolina coast and moved northeastward along the shore with gale winds expected to reach the Mid Atlantic by noon. The storm caused property damage including broken panes, uprooted trees, and several demolished buildings, with no fixed reports of loss of life.
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Washington
Sept
North Carolina
Atlantic City
Delaware and
Jermy
North Carolina Stent Downs
Two Murder Trials In Shelby County
In Columbiana Alabama on September 15 two murder trials drew wide interest in Bh l county court. Cecil Bell James Turner and Garence Turner face murder charges linked to the death of Dr A W Bell ent of Woodlawn Saw Bank Birmingham whose body was recovered from the Coosa river near Vincent after a bank incident last summer. The second case, C C Witte Sr, involves alleged complicity in the death of Dr G C Repeyeat according to testimony at a preliminary hearing where the physician was reportedly summoned to a residence.
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Columbiana, Aln
County Criminal Court
Cecil Bell
James Turner
Garence Turner
Tharge
Bees
Vincent
C. C. Witte
G. C. Repeyeat
Sep Wetter
Witenes
Spann Farm projects over one bale per acre this season
Spann farm near Dothan on Enterprise highway expects about 900 acres of cotton to yield roughly 900 bales, with 732 already picked. Leading tenants report 351 bales from 369 acres, and managers warn rain and wind could trim the overall average. The county could see around 45,000 bales, the largest cotton crop history.
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Spann
Dothan
Norman Spann
Neal
Howard
Starling and Evans
Houston County
Jefferson County Appropriates 45000 For Highway Completion
Jefferson county board of revenue voted to appropriate 45090 toward paving the Bessemer Tuscaloosa highway. The 10 1 2 mile project expected total cost about 180000 with federal funding covering half and the rest split between state and county. Gov Bibb Graves warned the state share would go elsewhere if Jefferson did not meet one fourth the cost.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County Board of Revenue
Bessemer-Tuscaloosa Hihway
Bessemer
Bibb Graves
Jefferson
Peach disease cases remain rare in Georgia county
Of nearly ten million peach trees in Georgia, only a few have shown infection by the false peach disease. Authorities note low spread and emphasize monitoring as experts urge continued vigilance in orchards.
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Georgia
Malvern Man Sought After Friday Shooting
Malvern farmer Bob Lord, 60, is wanted by Geneva County deputies in connection with a Friday shooting that left Hosea Paulk, a local young farmer, badly wounded. Paulk, 32 caliber pistol wound to the lower abdomen, is hospitalized in Dothan with slim chances of recovery. Witnesses say Paulk and Jim Thomas were drunk and threatened Lord. Thomas blamed as the true initiator. The shooting occurred at a residence north of Malvern near a Hall with first name unknown.
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Geneva
Bob Lord
Geneva County
Malvern Section
Hosea Paulk
Malvern
Grady Kelly
The
Eagle
Hughes
Lord
Kelly
Paulk
Jim Thomas
Thomas
Segral
Hall
Another Woman Dies From Radium Poison
WEST ORANGE N J Sept 15 AP Another name is crossed off the doom book kept by Dr Harrison Martland medical examiner for Essex county After the death of Mrs Anna Stasi of radium poisoning yesterday Dr Martland shows a list of women employed at numbering luminous watch dials with radium paint Mrs Sisi is the sixteenth death among women who contracted radium poisoning by touching paint brushes with their lips
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West Orange
N. J
Harrison
Martland
Essex County
Anna Stasi
Sisi
First Parachute Jump Ends in a Fatal Fall
Binghamton New York September 15 A.P. report says 16 year old Clara Lechner died during her first parachute jump with a circus troupe when both chutes failed to open. She fell about 2 500 feet and struck a wire while her body hit the ground.
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Binghampton
Esterday
Clara Lechner
On All Circus
Another Girl Murder Shocks South Bend Residents
South Bend residents cry for swift arrest as 17 year old Alice Woltman is slain in her bed. Her throat was cut with a razor and the killer remained unknown. Two young men once connected to Alice are being questioned as crowds gather, nerves on edge after a prior child murder in the same area.
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Mouth Bend
Ind
South Bend
Alice Woltman
Margerine Appel
Alex Fietrzak
Yeterday
Alice
Strzak
Woltman
Barney Kluszczynsci
Guardsmen Sent to Cartersville to Guard Negro Prisoner
National Guardsmen were dispatched to Cartersville Georgia by Adjutant General Homer C Parker after crowds gathered at the jail holding John Willie Clark a 22 year old Negro accused in the slaying of Police Chief Joe Jenkins The governor Governor L G Hardman ordered the arrival of troops to reinforce sheriffs deputies and police A detachment of fifty men aided officers as a milling crowd was warned away by a speaker from Atlanta who urged lynching but was ignored Clark an escaped convict had been shot in the hip and reportedly said the shooting of Chief Jenkins was accidental in a scuffle on September 5
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Cartersville
National
Homer C. Parker
John Willie Clark
Joe Jenkins
Parker
L. G. Hardman
Atlanta
Clark
Chief Jenkins
Dothanite Appointed Seed Loan Manager for Three Counties
Wiley Deal, former Dothan merchant, named government seed loan manager for Houston, Geneva and Covington counties. Announcement by County Agent J. H. Witherington. Deal replaces Attorney Claude Cotton who resigned, Cotton saying his law practice could not handle the job thoroughly.
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Wiley Deal
Dothan
Houston
Geneva
Covington
J. H. Witherington
Mr. Deal
Claude Cotton
Squirrels Invade Greensboro Guilford County Farm Crops
Squirrels in Guilford County North Carolina have grown numerous and brazen, feeding on farmers crops and causing concern among residents. Local authorities report increasing sightings and crop damage as winter stores deplete. Farmers seek remedies while awaiting further guidance from officials.
Mother Jones Near Death After Illness in Washington
Mary Jones, renowned labor crusader known as Mother Jones, neared death in Washington as she refused a special nurse and declined nourishment beyond a heart stimulant to aid sleep. Physicians noted a decline after a brief gain earlier, while she persisted in asserting her impending death.
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Washington
Mary Jones
Jones
Senate committee re opens hearing on McCormick probe
Senator Gerald P Nye reopened the Illinois primary senates committee inquiry into Ruth Hanna McCormick. He subpoenaed 59 witnesses including W C Dannenberg head of a detective agency hired by McCormick to probe the committee chairman. Prominent Chicago social names were expected to be called as the panel reviews campaign expenditures and the detectives employed to investigate the investigators.
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Chicago
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Senate
Illinois
Ruth Hanna McCormick
W. C. Dannenberg
McCormick
Chartle $. Denceen
Banker Is Shot By Would-be Robbers
In ATCO New Jersey on September 15 an attempted holdup left cashier Richard C. Ewan of the Aico National Peak seriously wounded after a bandit shot him and fired at his brother Harry. The assailant fled in a motor car. Ewan suffered a broken jaw. Police captured two men soon after. one claimed he was forced to drive the robber away at gunpoint.
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Atco
N. J
Richard C. Ewan Cashier
Aico National
Harry
Eaan
Bank closure near Cleveland after examiner action
Bank regulatory action closes Merchants Savings and Trust in Cleveland after examiners report insolvency and inability to meet loan obligations. Bank records show mismatched assets and deteriorating loan quality prompting immediate shutdown.
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Cleveland
Hs Rate Banking Department
Merchants Savings
Woman Held in Costa Slaying Case in Chicago
Margaret Reardon, 23, living with Jack Costa at 4050 Sheridan Road, is held incommunicado by Chicago police as an accessory before the crime in the Costa slaying. Costa was shot from an apartment at 4048 Sheridan Road. a man named Fred and Reardon left the Costa apartment before the shooting. Evidence included a cigarette with lipstick rouge, and police consider a possible link to the earlier murder of Inserra, known as Ashcan Pete.
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Jack Costa
Chicago
Sept. W
Margaret Reardon
Costa
Sheridan Road
Reardon
Fred
Ashcan
Pete” Inserra
Boy 15 Arrested on Forged 329 Dollar Checks
In Tuscaloosa County Alabama a 15 year old boy named George Martin was jailed on forgery charges. He admitted forging sixteen checks totaling 329 dollars drawn on Claude Taylor Jr and Taylor signed the warrant. Sheriff J Foster King presented the case to the grand jury.
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Ypuscaloosa
Als
Cai—George Martin
Tuscaloosa County
Martin
Fall Yeaster- Gay
Claude Taylor, Jr
Taylor
J. Foster King
Huge Lobster Caught Weighing 28 Pounds
A colossal lobster, claimed to be record breaking in size and age, was netted by the schooner Nina 55 miles southeast of Cape Cod. The crustacean weighed 24 pounds 12 ounces and measured over four feet, with marine biologist Dr. D L Bowditch estimating it to be at least 0 years old and likely the largest ever landed in the country.
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Boston
Nina
Cape Cod
D. L. Bowditch
Kills Sister to Cure Her of Broken Heart
Mrs. Ruth B Weimer was arrested for the slaying of her sister Mrs. Mabel Agnes Steele 41. She admitted shooting to cure her of a broken heart amid grieving over the kidnapping of her two children. Police said she was placed in a psychopathic ward after the incident.
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Sister
Los Angles
Sept
Ruth B Weimer
Mabel Agnes Steele
Sterile
Veesmeer
Mire Steele
Five State Primaries Set For Tomorrow Across Regions
Farmers and civic leaders in Houston County meet at the courthouse to plan agricultural cooperation with city interests. The session, chaired by J T Vaughn, aims to map a cooperative program with the Chamber of Commerce Kiwanis Rotary Home and Farm Protective Association and local farmers. Dr Arthur Keyton spoke as the meeting wrapped with a note to continue on the back page.
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Houston County Court House
Chamber of Commerce, Home and Farm Protective Association
Kiwanis and
Rotary Clubs
J.T. Vaughn
Clem Ezell
Arthur Keyton
Connecticut Republicans to Hold Convention in Hartford
Washington AP report notes five states hold last primaries of year. In Connecticut Republicans nominate party choices as Massachusetts Wisconsin New York Delaware Democrats select standard bearers. Massachusetts and Connecticut feature gubernatorial contests with prohibition as key issue in senatorial races.
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New York
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Delaware
Washington
Connecticut
Democrata
Massachusett
New York State
House
Youth Suffers Broken Ankle In Headland Avenue Crash
Gilbert Kirby a 19 year old Dixie market employee sustained a broken right ankle and multiple bruises when his motorcycle collided with a wood hauling truck on Headland avenue early today. A Black truck driver unidentified by The Eagle transported Kirby to a local hospital where he is expected to recover at home within a week.
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Gilbert Kirby
Dixie Market
Headland Avenue
Young Kirby
Heflin Locke and Powell certify to secretary of state
The names of Senator J Thomas Heflin Hugh A Locke of Birmingham and Tempeoy M Powell of treaosiile Independent candidates for Senator Governor and Lieutenant Governor respectively were certified to the Secretary of State today. The names were certified by JO Wainworth chairman of the Independent good convention and Samuel Tr weon Secretary in compliance with the election laws.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. Thomas Heflin
Hugh A. Locke
Birmingham
Tempeoy M Powell
Treeaosiile
Covennor
Beerstary of State
Sardinia
JO Wainworth
Good Vention
Samuel Tr Weon
County Officers Seize Gallons in Four Raids
Sheriff C. J. Rollins reports four weekend raids netting seven gallons of liquor and three arrests for violating prohibition laws. Oscar Pearce an Ashford filling station operator Helton Pitts of Det an ard Iian Mefcriff cere Grodan were named among those charged in connection with the crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Rollins
Oscar Pearce
Ashford
Helton Pitts
Det
Af Grodan
President Hoover Accepts World Series Invite in Philadelphia
President Hoover told Mayor Harry Mackey he would attend the opening game of the World Series in Philadelphia on October 1. He planned to leave Washington in the forenoon and, after the game, proceed to Cleveland to address the American Bankers Association the next day.
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Washington
Hoover
Harry A. Mackey
Philadelphia
Mackey
White House
Cleveland
American Bankers Association
Senator’s Wife Sues for 200000 in Damages
State Senator from Tennessee figures in a civil suit over the July 24 1930 shooting of Edward J Dennis. Plaintiffs name McKnight Thornley Curtis Thornley and Clarence Woodward alleging joint and separate actions to wound Dennis mortally. Thornley confessed conspiracy aided by Tyarnley and others.
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Monches Cornet
S.C
Fila Mar Dennis
Rao
McRnight
W. L. Thornly
Curtis Thornley
Clarence Woodward
Edward J. Dennis
W. J. Thorniey
Ehrt Tennie
Ma Knight
Woodwerd
Tyarnley
Sity
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Guilford County
Ruth
Hanna McCormick
Milinois
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Lottie Holman O'Neill
J. Hamilton Lewis
Ohio Bank
van Lisane
Ashcan Pete
Hecen
Court House
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Repubican
Gillette
William M. Butler
National Committee
Eben 8. Draper
Andrew J. (Bossy) Gillis
Newburyport
Marcus A. Coolidge
Fitchburg
Eusgene N. Foss
Peter J. Joyce
Thomas C. O’brien
Joseph F. O'Connell
Congress
Alfred E. Smith
Thomas F. Bayard
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Daniel O. Hastings
Frank G. Allen
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