Burkett Vann Improves After Hotel Suicide Attempt
Burkett Vann a 27 year old Dothan artillery dealer shot himself in the left chest with a 32 calibre pistol at a local hotel Monday afternoon. He is reported on the road to recovery with hospital attaches noting marked improvement and growing strength. He left a note on the hotel dressing table but tore it up when taken to the hospital and refused to discuss motives or the note. Relatives say he had been in good health and was married with several years in the region.
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Burkett Vann
Dothan @attle
Janitress Attacked Slain Near Her Chicago Home
Chicago police investigated a fatal attack on Mary Jakublak a 44 year old janitress and mother of four found slain along a path near her home. Her throat was slashed and valuables were scattered as investigators pursued a suspect.
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Chicago
Mary Jakublak
Admiral Hughes resigns naval director post in Navy reshuffle
Admiral Charles F Hughes steps down as chief of naval operations to back Admiral William V Pratt’s naval policy leadership ahead of a submarine building program under the London treaty. Rear Admiral John Halligan Jr. becomes assistant chief of operations, with several other fleet posts reassigned.
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Washington
Charles F.hughes
William V. Pratt
Congress
Hughes
Navy
London
Pratt
Senate
John Halligan, Jr
William H. Tandley
Battle Fleet
Pacific
Halligan
United States Fleet
John W. Chase
Frank H. Schofield
Hoover
Adams
Golf surgeon sues for ten thousand in eye injury
Dr. Shepherd Eplan of Atlanta sues Burton C. Harris for $10,000 damages alleging a golf ball struck him in the eye, fracturing a bone and impairing vision during a game. The suit is on record in Fulton County Superior Court.
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Atlanta
Shepherd Eplan
Burton C. Harris
Fulton County Superior Court
Eplan
Harris
Explosion in Hueytown gravel pit injures workers
County officials investigated a blast at a gravel pit near Hueytown injuring J. P. Morrison a guard and two Black convicts. Believed caused by an electric drift touching a powder charge Morrison released after burns. Injured Simon Sanders and Ed Mastin remained in hospital with facial and arm burns.
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Birmingham
Ala
Hueytown
J. P. Morrtgan
Morrison
Simon Sanders
Ed Mastin
Two Robbers Haul Currency in Florida Express Heist
In Marianna Florida sheriff and police chase two unmasked suspects described as a tall heavy man and a medium build shorter man. They robbed Railway Express Agent H H McNeil of about 7600 dollars in currency and silver tied and gagged him before fleeing. Most cash was from a shipment to the Federal Reserve in Jacksonville.
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Marianna
Fila
A. J. Lewin
Railway Express Agency
H. H. McNeil
First National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Jacksonville
Boulder Dam construction begins with regional ceremony
Las Vegas Sept 17 officials and delegates from six western states opened work on the Boulder Dam project worth 165 million dollars. Dr Rey Lyman Wilbur spoke of a new era in development as a sledge hammer driven to start a 22 mile Union Pacific spur toward the dam site. Arizona abstained citing ongoing legal challenges.
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Las Vegas
Nevada
Colorado River
Rey Lyman Wilbur
President Hoover
California
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Wyoming
Wilbur
Union Pacific Railroad
Summit
Reclamation Service
Elwood Mead
Whbur
Arizona
John C. Phillips
St Louis Pitcher Says Kidnappers Forcibly Seized Him
Flint Rhem told Gabby Street two armed men abducted him to a roadhouse, fed him liquor, and warned him not to pitch against Brooklyn. He returned to the Cardinals hotel after 24 hours, and Street shifted pitching plans to Sylvester Johnson and Burleigh Grimes.
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ST. Louis
Flint Rhem
St. Louis Cardinals
Gabby Street
Rhem
Globe-Democrat
Cardinals
New York
Brooklyn
Cardinal
Street
Sylvester Johnson
Burleigh Grimes
Foreign trade shows slight export gain August
United States August exports reached 200 million dollars, up from July but below last year's August figure, while imports fell to 217 million. The August trade balance stood at 83 million dollars in favor of the U S Gold outflow continued with net 19.6 million dollars lost, and eight months show a net gold gain of 183.3 million dollars. Silver trade shrank with exports 4.543 million and imports 2.982 million.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Farmer's Murder Baffles Officers in Tennessee
Sheriff Fred Exum said he and deputies found no slayer or motive in the death of A. B. McKenzie a farmer with two children, whose body was found beaten or choked in an automobile near her. He noted no known enemies and questioned the lack of money taken.
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Jackson. Tenn
Fred Exum
A. B. McKenzie
McKenzie
Limestone Official Pleads Guilty in Embezzlement Case
A. T. Bottoms of Athens Alabama, former secretary and treasurer of the Limestone Farm Loan association, pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzlement and false entry charges. Sentence was continued to the next term of court.
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Birmingham
Ala
A. T. Bottoms
Athens
Als
Limestone Farm Loan Association
Beer raid at Peter Briedt Brewery leaves river of foam
Prohibition agents seized 159,00 gallons of beer in Elizabeth New Jersey after a search warrant raid. Nine men were arrested and jailed on sale and possession charges. A group led by Jack Dunne claimed an injunction blocked destruction of the beer while several suspects fled through a tunnel to a nearby plant.
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Elizabeth
N J
Astreets
Peter Briedt
Prohibition
Jack Dunne
West New York
N. J
United States
Holland
Senator Lafollette Weds Rachel Wilson Young in Madison
United States Senator Robert M. Lafollette of Wisconsin married Miss Rachel Wilson Young of Washington in Madison on September 17. A correction clarifies that Coy Vann was not involved, and the arrest pertains to Corey Vann after a vehicle collision.
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Madison
Wis
Robert M. Lafollette
United States
Wisconsin
Rachel Wilson Young
Washington
Coy Vann
Coy
Corey
Tuttle resigns U S Attorney post seeks repeal of Eighteenth Amendment
Charles H. Tuttle announces resignation as United States attorney for the southern district of New York to take effect by November 16. He urges repeal of national Prohibition, proposing a constitutional guarantee against saloon traffic and state option to keep or end prohibition, with strict enforcement of the Volstead Act in the meantime. He favors state control of liquor where wet.
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New York
Charles H. Tuttle
United States
Southern District of
New York State
William J. Maier
Republican State Committee
Tuttle
Lquor
Congress
Souvenir Prize Hits Lincoln Tomb Sarcophagus
Springfield plans to restore the Lincoln tomb after a white marble sarcophagus used for Lincoln’s body from 1874 to 1876 was dismantled. Workers misinterpreted disposal plans and some pieces vanished while discussions explored placing Mrs Lincoln’s body or the sarcophagus elsewhere in the tomb.
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Lincoln
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Taft
Lincoln Memorial
Hurley urges federal aid for highways campaign
Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley told Birmingham that extensive highway campaigns are ripe and federal help is ready to cooperate with states and municipalities. He toured toward Chattanooga and planned to reach Washington after a 2,500 mile Mississippi River inspection.
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Birmingham
Ala
Patrick J. Hurley
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Lytle Brown
Army Engineers
Fdr
Hurley
Warrior
Tennessee
Warrior River
Mississippi River
Washington
Shamrock Loses MainSail In Race On Americas Cup Course
The British challenger Shamrock lost its mainsail early in the third race against Enterprise off the Americas Cup course. The loss left Shamrock immobilized, while Enterprise pressed ahead toward a possible win as spectators watched the dramatic mishap unfold.
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Shamrock
J. S. Kane
Umrock WV
Enterprise
Holiday
Susan A. Moran
Thomas Lipton
Challenger
Ned Hearé
Gordon Man Held On Charge Violating State Revenue Law
C. J. Morris of near Gordon was arrested on warrants sworn by License Officer A. O. Walker. The warrants charge Morris with violating the state revenue law governing automobile tags. Jesse Rollins, a Black man, was arrested on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Gordon Man
C.J. Morris
Near
Gordon
A. O. Walker
Mr. Morris
Jesse Rollins
Three Women Flyers Make Forced Landing Near Moorestown
Mrs Mabel W Willebrand of Washington and three other women fliers en route from New York to Washington made a forced landing at Burlington Airfield during a powered emergency. The group completed their trip to Washington by train.
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Moorestown
Mabel W. Willebrand
Washington
New York
Purlington Aero Cink Field
LaFollette Wins Wisconsin Primary in Battle for Governor
Philip F. LaFollette led Wisconsin Republicans to nominate him for governor, defeating Governor Kohler as margins widened. In Massachusetts, William M. Butler led the Republican senate race while Marcus A. Coolidge headed the Democratic field. Governor Frank G. Allen was renominated by Republicans.
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Massachusetts
Ciry
Willam M. Butler
Senate
Eben
Draper
Walter J. Kohler
Kohler
Butler
Republican National Committee
Frederick H. Gillett
Marcus A. Coolidge
Fitchburg
Joseph F. O'Connell
Boston
Shelby Murder Trial Continues in Coluniana Alabama
Shelby murder trial proceedings unfold as defense witnesses seek to show James Turner was not present during the November 4 1928 killing of 38 Henderson, overseer on the Beil farm, amid questions over a $25000 life insurance policy and testimony from key state witness Mrs Clarence Turner.
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Columbiana
Ala
James Turner
H. Henderson
Turner
Henderson
A. W. Beil
Birmingham
State Board
Clarence Turner
Cecil Bell
Pell
Former Bank Official Receives 12 Year Sentence
Horace W. Davis, former Bank of Verbena official in Verbena Alabama, was sentenced by Judge George F. Smoot to three to four years for false entry and seven to eight years for embezzlement after pleading guilty. Davis was arrested July 20 following discovery of alleged shortages in his accounts.
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Clanton
Ala
George F. Smoot
Horace W. Davis
Bank of
Verbena
Davis
Smoot
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