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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1930
Page
4
The Rish Jeffries dispute centers on renouncing the nominations for state legislature and tax collector. Jeffries asked Rish to renounce the legislature nomination to support his tax collector bid, with both conceding a possible resignation and special election to aid party unity. The confrontation arose after claims of poll tax delinquency and contest of Jeffries’ election, with statements to be published tomorrow.
In Jasper Alabama September 18 AP Mewner Frost a cripple claimed they hired Newt Earnest last April to seek revenge Frost paralyzed waist down from a gunshot wound suffered by Earnest April his brother Taft drove him to a theater where a mock trial was held for the killing of Earnest in the presence of Sheriff S D Kugore Judge Lacy and Solicitor B G who took part in the trial Frost was indicted on a murder charge though he admitted he believed his brother Mewetet would shoot Earnest.
Ella Herbert, 86, was injured in Prattsville on September 17 when she substituted to even a children’s game during a football match and suffered a broken hip. She recalling Civil War memories from a hospital bed at Fitts Hill hospital. The game was paused after her fall.
In Jasper Alabama authorities probe motive in the death of 73 year old Jack Dylan a wealthy farmer found shot at his Coal Valley residence. Coroner A B Legg said the wound was a back shot from about 35 yards with two empty cartridges found nearby and an unfired shotgun on the porch. Dylan lived reclusively in Coal Valley for 15 years and is survived by one brother.
The Alabama attorney general ruled toll gate crashers face a ten dollar fine and liable damages for each attempt even if unsuccessful. The finding cites a Birmingham motorist who refused to pay at a state bridge, with court action likely now that the legal status is settled.
Marion Talley 23 year old former opera star, who left grand opera for a Kansas wheat farm in 1928, is studying singing in New York again under Frank Forge. She came east last August after the farm’s wheat crop was good but corn failed, and speculation grows she will resume a career begun at the Metropolitan Opera.
Ruth Alexander a 24 year old San Diego aviatrix died after takeoff as she pursued a record transcontinental flight from Agua Caliente Mexico to Newark New Jersey. Her light monoplane crashed four miles north of Lindbergh Field. Authorities suspected gasoline explosion.
James Turner, 25, found guilty by a Shelby county circuit court jury of second degree murder in the 1928 death of H. Henderson. He faces a 15 year sentence and appeal bond while trials for Clarence Turner and Cecil Bell were postponed to November. The case tied to a $25 000 life insurance and a Birmingham bank connection. A second trial for C. C. White Sr., on a murder charge for Dr. G. C. Roper's death, followed.
A meeting today reviewed steps to implement Red Cross drought relief in Alabama. Attendees included Seth P. Storrs state agriculture commissioner, Mrs. Alfred M. Tunstall state child welfare director, and C. H. McFarland of the Red Cross.
Brooklyn AP reports the St Louis Cardinals break through in the fourth with a walk a triple and a homer off Babe Phelps to take a 3 0 lead. Frisch hits a three bagger and a homer while Douthit scores twice as Adams scores on a forced play. The Robins answer in the last half of the inning with Gilbert s triple and Herman s sacrifice fly.
Police in Detroit reported the destruction of a large illegal alcohol plant with a $1,000,000 per month operation. The facility on Woodward avenue near Grand boulevard housed vats, elevators, and a ventilating system, with 80,000 gallons of grain mash and 20,000 gallons of alcohol seized. Operators escaped by rope ladders as officers sealed the site.
Regional offices of the United States Veterans Bureau will stay in Birmingham Alabama while a new veterans hospital will be placed at Tuscaloosa. Brig Gen Frank T Hines chairman of the federal board of hospitalization advised the Birmingham industrial board. Tuscaloosa was chosen for the hospital after a committee studied offered sites earlier in summer. He said plans include an air soldiers home in the southeast.
Heavy rains across the last several days have beaten out at least 5 000 bales and sprouted seeds in fields, threatening market quality. With many unpicked bales, labor shortages worsen the impact as growers face ruined profits and delayed harvesting past the equinox.
Marguerite Beery told friends in Hollywood there is no mystery to her absence from the North Hollywood ranch after returning from Las Vegas where she said she established a residence. Noah Beery reported her disappearance to police and alleged a reward. she clarified she may again relocate to Las Vegas and noted trust fund income. Nash Beery, their son, is mentioned in the background of the couple's 22 year marriage.
A state Democratic subcommittee set October 7 as a special primary in Houston county to select a party nominee for tax collector after incumbent Jeffries renounced his nomination. Kate Rudolph, who had challenged Jeffries, awaits word on her candidacy amid fraud claims and contest filings.
More than 5,000 Democratic primary ballots from August 12 were destroyed by Wil L. Lee, former Houston county Democratic chairman. Lee said he burned them in a furnace per state law after contests were dropped. He cited advice from state chair E. W. Pettus that no contest remained. The Rudolph contest was the only pending case, amid charges of vote fraud by two Dothan men, which they denied.
Senator J Thomas Heflin wires state agriculture commissioners urging Federal Farm Board to raise loan value of cotton to 13 and 18 cents per pound. He asks other cotton states to join in the move to lift market value and improve cotton financing. Abe Conrad Nagel reports a man posing as his younger brother cashed checks, prompting police action.
Miss Susie Young a clerk in Probate Judge Harry K. Martin office and Dothan resident announces candidacy for tax collector in the Houston county special primary on October 7. She cites years in court house offices and business positions. Two other women sought the regular primary, Mrs Rudolph and Mrs Saunders.
General opinion in political and legal circles held the woman would not be a candidate. She was deemed not a qualified elector and ineligible to run. Probate records show Mrs. Rudolph did not pay her 1921 poll tax, confirmed by her attorneys who declined to state she would run. Six others sought the regular primary nomination beside Mrs. Rudolph and Mr. Jeffries.
Two men were arrested near Marianna Florida after a hold up of H H McNeil of the Railway Express Agency. They were released when McNeil identified they were not the robbers. McNeil described one tall and one short robber and said he was alone during the incident. The band escaped with a bank shipment of about 700.
Northeast storm warnings were issued to Mobile as Albert Aschenberger, a local meteorologist, described a disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico of only slight intensity.
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