Legion picks Clarkburg man as commander amid repeal vote
In Oregon at the American Legion convention a Virginia delegate Laula A. John of Clarksburg was named fellowal commander. The group voted 1 167 to 109 for immediate veteran bonus payment and 1 144 to 133 for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. The decisions were met with shouts and disorder as delegates debated.
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Riland
Ore
American Legion
Laula A. John
Clarksburg
W. Va
Henry Levens, Jr
Hhe
War Department
Patrick J. Hurley
Washington
Harry M. Arthur
Department Coommander
South Carolina
Stevens
Huron
8. D
Hurley
Northco
Legislative Committee
Legionnaires
Theo Dery
Sam Reynolds
Nebraska
Reynolds
Lindsley
Spaffert
Pres- Ment Hoover
Hawaii
Bett Carolina
Florida
Winots
Missouri
New York
Vermont
Wrening
Invaders Routed in Mine Section Near Braidwood
On Sept 16 three miners were wounded as state police and Chield Walter Moody confronted union pickets from Peoria and Springfield districts. The encampment planned protests against a $5 daily wage but began to disperse and said they would go home under escort. Mines to reopen tomorrow.
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Braidwood
Northern
Illinois
Chield Walter Moody
Peoria
Springfield
Attendance Awards Given To 45 Highland Pupils
Forty five Highland elementary students received perfect attendance certificates at Thursday chapel. After a talk by Mrs. C. L. Collins, the awards were presented by principal Mrs. E. Folkes. Names include Nell Harris, George Harris, James Earl Gwaltney Jr., Barbara Georgie May, and others. the final certificate went to Mary Lydia Reese from a Birmingham school.
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Highland Elementary School
C. L. Collins
E. Folkes
Nell Harris
Woodfin Riley
Mary Will Autrey
George Harris
James Earl Gwaltney
Barbrie Georgie May
Margaret Rollins
Minnie Mae White
Orin Anderson
Walter Harris
Waymon May
Samuel Eric Gellerstedt
Ralph Larkin
Fay Griffin
Henrietta Burkett
Henry Wesley
Leon Delpit Casey
la Bruce Tidwell
Henry T. Wright
James Campbell
Joe Garner
Howard Glover
James Joiner
Vivian Lott
Marion Mostes
Mary Sybil Roberts
Randolph Todd
Clara M. Tasker
J. Luke Adams
Beverly Blair
Louise Garner
Roy Hill
Ben May
Nina Joe Newberry
Earl Register
Camille Thornton
Opal Hall
Joyce Lasseter
Martha Peterman
Eugene Lane
J. C. Spivey
Mary Lydia Reese
Mildred Warrick
Charles Patterson
Sarah Florence
Birmingham
Home Coming Day Arranged At Howard Grove Church
Members and former members of the Howard Grove church are invited to attend a home coming day this Saturday. Services begin at 10 a.m. and run through the day with dinner served on the grounds.
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Howard Grove
Sheriff Detains Lamar Hollins in Auto Theft Case
Sheriff Joe Rollins escorted Lamar Hollins, a former convict, from Montgomery to face charges of stealing a car from Jim Cobb. Hollins allegedly tried to sell the vehicle at a police station before his arrest.
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Joe Rollins
Montgomery
Lamar Hollins
Jim Cobb
Hollins
Pike County
State Penitentiary
Shari” Rollins
Tampa Bay Bottom Acreage Leased to Malone Gillespie
Approximately 18000 acres of bottom lands to Tampa Bay and Clearwater Bay were leased today by trustees of the State International Improvement fund to the Malone Gillespie company of Tampa. The company said it proposed to prospect for oil.
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Tallahassee
Tampa Bay
Clearwater Bay
State Intentional Improvement Fund
Malone Gillespie Company
Tam
Miller urges Alabama lawmakers to cut expenses now
Governor B M Miller blasted fiscal waste before the legislature in Montgomery calling for deep cuts starting at home. He urged reducing clerks from 256 to 56 and urged a salary roll back along with passage of the Fletcher omnibus bill and an income tax proposal in November.
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Montgomery
B. M. Miller
Alabama
Miller
Councilman Miller Stricken After Appendicitis Operation
Miles Miller councilman of Ward three was reported improved at a Dothan hospital after an appendicitis operation. The Bay Line railroad engineer fell ill on his return from a Panama City run and was rushed to a hospital. His illness will prevent attendance at the last 1928 1932 council meeting next Monday night.
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Miles Miller
Dothan
Miller
Bay Line
Hig ‘Run
Panama City
Fla
Lieut Wise Takes Off for Birmingham Visit
Lieut Walter Wise a National Guard aviator based in Birmingham flew here yesterday to visit his parents and returned to Birmingham today, taking off after noon. He was accompanied by Bob Bagley of the Birmingham squadron. Dothan aviator B W Armstrong Jr was flown to Dothan from Montgomery in a Maxwell Field plane yesterday afternoon to visit his mother, Mrs B W Armstrong Sr, after which the plane returned to Montgomery.
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Walter Wise
National Guard
Birmingham
Wise
Bob Bagley
Dothan
B. W. Armstrong, Jr
Montgomery
Maxwell Field
B. W. Armstrong
Armstrong
Sears Roebuck Sales Fall in Ninth Period
Sears Roebuck and Company reports sales for the ninth period August 15 to September 10 totaling 19,145,291 dollars, down 21.6 percent from 24,431,663 dollars last year. Year-to-date sales for January 2 to September 19 sum to 181,991,521 dollars versus 232,908,349 last year, a 21.9 percent decline.
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Chicago
Sears Roebuck and Company
New Orleans Belt Bridge Gets Major Rfi Loan
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation approves a large semilightli loan for the New Orleans belt bridge. The Mississippi toll bridge will serve rail and road traffic. The project will employ about 6,000 men for two years.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporations
New Orleans Belt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Mississippi
No Tax Changes Noted in Auto License Assessments
Tax Assessor E. G. Collins reports that no changes were made to tax assessments for automobile licenses this year. He said a shipment of blanks was received today from the state tax department.
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E. G. Collins
State Tax Department
Dothan High Scrimmage Notes Injury Decimate Line
Four regulars were sidelined with minor injuries during a 30 minute practice scrimmage. Arthur Neely James Hammond Brooks Sellers Grant Newberry missed action while Albert Phillips moved to fullback. Joe Riley Jack Riley Tom Saliba led ground gains as Phillips blocked well. upcoming scrimmage and season opener versus Geneva were noted.
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Dothan High Tigers
Paul Tubb
Tubb
Arthur Neely
James Hammond
Brooks Sellers
Grant Newberry
Albert Phillips
Douggie Bailey
McCintock
Collins
Walker
Joe Riley
Jack Riley
Tom Saliba
Phillips
Hart
Sheehan
Lewis
Trant
Dothan High
Geneva
County Slashes Gasoline Costs With 10000 Gallon Tank
The county reports savings of about 366 dollars per month on fuel since installing a 10 000 gallon storage tank in early summer. County road superintendent C C McEachin says purchases averaged 7.86 dollars per hundred gallons after the outlay of 709 91 dollars for the tank. All county tractors and road machines are serviced from the tank with extra supplies hauled daily to active work sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.C. McEachin
McEachin
Man Who Led First A E F Prisoner Capture Dies
University of Alabama alumnus War ner T. Hall died in Lawrence Kansas from a heart attack. He commanded the patrol that captured the first German prisoners for the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. Hall earned the Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross. He later taught vocational education at the University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa High School before joining Haskell Institute. He is survived by his widow and daughter Jeanette. Funeral services were held in Birmingham with interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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The
University
Tuscaloosa Senior High School
University of Alabama
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kaw
Daugher
Jeanette
Birmingham
Elmwood Cemetery
Quadruple Footed Chicken Hatches on Dothan Farm
A chicken hatched on R L Arnold farm in Dothan route one reportedly had four feet and four wings. Early Arnold brought the odd chick to The Eagle office saying he would preserve it. The hen may have killed it after its birth, unwilling to accept the unusual chick.
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R. L. Arnold
Dothan
Route One
Eagle Office
Early Arnold
Early
Greater Cotton Exports Swell Total in August
The Department of Commerce reports August exports rose by over 2 million dollars from July, while imports increased by 11.5 million. U S merchandise exported valued at 109 million dollars and imports at 91 million. The export rise is led by cotton totaling 18 million dollars.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Penny Cans Again In Stores Here
Penny cans will be placed in Do than stores Saturday officials of the Child Welfare Department announced. About 60 were left in stores last winter aiding many children who otherwise would not have survived. About 50 cans are ready to be placed, with many requested by merchants. The green painted cans were taken up last spring by welfare board members.
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Dothan
Child Welfare Department
Welfare Board
Noted Architect Dies in Sarasota
Sarasota September 15 AP Death of Alex Browning 68 noted architect removes one of the last survivors of a Scotland to Sarasota colony that began in 1886. He designed numerous prominent buildings in the United States and Canada including the Julia Rosenwald home in Chicago and during World War I he was employed by the Canadian government to design munition plants.
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Sarasota
Alex Browning
Scotland
United States
Canada
Julins Rosenwald
Chicago
Marriage license issued to Chapel Hall and Audrey Oliver
Chapel Hall of Ashford and Audrey Oliver of Dothan received a marriage license from the probate judge's office yesterday.
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B. Chapel Hall
Ashford
Route One
Audrey Oliver
Dothan
Route Three
Father Returns Escaped Prisoner Eli Green to Authorities
Eli Green, a Dothan man charged with stealing an automobile, escaped from county jail after sawing bars and slipping past two guards. His father Will Green turned him in hours later, restoring custody at the jail after a seven hour escape, marking a third jail break in two weeks.
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Eli Green
Dothan
Green
Mberty
Will Green
Jall
Iir
William Penn
Billis
Ellis
Husband of Lost Wife Kills Self
Charles DuBois of Tuckahoe New York a jeweler killed himself in his home bathroom during the search for Edith DuBois his missing wife since August 10. He died after surgery in a Quincy hospital where doctors failed to revive him for a statement. National Guardsmen were in the woods around the summer home during the fatal act.
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Quincy
Mass
Charles DuBois
Tuckahoe
N. Y
Edith
DuBois
National Guardsmen
Roanoke Dairymen Build Trench Silos
Five dairymen near Roanoke dig trench silos with plans from County Agent L. M. Hollingsworth. They have planted sorghum and corn to fill the silos for cattle winter feed.
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Roanoke Dairymen
Wedowee
Ala
Roanoke
L. M. Hollingsworth
Alabama to Close Practice Ahead of Scrimmage Week
University action under Coach Frank Thomas shuts gates to spectators as Alabama prepares for Tuesday scrimmage. The Bailbirds will judge the team and players at upcoming games and in local corners like drug stores and barber shops.
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University
Ala
Frank Thomas
Alabama
Daughters of Confederacy to honor South heroine in Memphis
A convention ceremony in Memphis Tennessee will designate the late Mrs James Robb of Athens Georgia and Washington DC as the outstanding heroine of the Confederacy. The record portrays her charity toward Confederate soldiers, daring prison visits, and aid to escapees despite federal danger.
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Daughters OF Confederacy
James Robb
Athens
Washington, D.C
the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Memphis
Tenn
Lincoln
Spien
Mob harms Black suspect after jail escape attempt in Ark
In Crossett Arkansas a Black man accused of stealing ten dollars was fatally harmed by a mob after slashing a guard’s throat during an escape attempt. Deputy Henry Reed, mortally wounded, died as bystanders captured the suspect. A separate report near Warrenton Vermont notes a Black man identified as Shadrack Thompson found hanged near Linden after a prior confrontation.
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Crossett
Ark
Frank Tucker
Henry Reed
Reed
Warrenton, Ve
Shadrack Thompson
Henry Baxley
Linden
Baxley
Middlewest Utilities receivers report assets and liabilities
Receivers of the Middlewear Utilities company report in federal court that liabilities total about 310 million dollars and assets near 98.8 million. The statement notes profits from securities and stock exchanges of subsidiaries and stock dividends used to boost earnings.
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Chicago
Ill
Middlewear Utilities Company
Insuli Utilities System
Middlewest
Tle
Bellwood Initiation Set Friday Night by Woodmen Camp
Bellwood Woodmen of the World camp holds a large initiation Friday night with officers at stations and a new degree team led by Captain Udell Lee. Presiding will be Commandeer R F Walden, with Wiggins in charge of stunts. Speakers include Dr W M Crawford of Birmingham and L D Heilway of Montgomery. Refreshments will be served.
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Bellwood
Woodmen of the World
S .8
Wiggins
Udell Lee Wit
R. F. Walden
W. M. Crawford
Birmingham
Sovereign Auditor
L. D. Heilway
Montgomery
W.O.W
Hymn Writer Charles Gabriel Dies in Los Angeles
Charles H. Gabriel, a prolific hymn composer credited with more than 8,000 hymns and revival songs for Billy Sunday, died at 76 in Los Angeles. Born in Wilton Iowa, he began writing hymns early and produced classics such as Since Jesus Came Into My Heart and There Is A Glory In My Sons.
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Los Angeles
Charles H. Gabriel
Billy Sunday
Wilton
Iowa
Jesus
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