Bride aviator Ruth Blaney Alexander dies in crash
Ruth Blaney Alexander, famed flyer known as Sauth Alexander, died when her small plane crashed four miles north of the port after a night flight from Vancouver to Mexico. She held a world altitude record for women in light airplanes and recently completed a long non stop flight, first divorced from Mack Alexander, she married instructor Elliott. Ensign Elliott was attached to the Saratoga off Long Beach.
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Wichita
Kansas
New York
Point Loma
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Alexander
Vancouver
B. C
Agus Caliente
Mexico
Mack Alexander
Elliott
Ruth L. Blaney
Ensign Elliott
U. S
Saratoge
Long Beach
Calif
Kiwanis Governor Elect Tours Local Club Today
Kiwanis Governor Elect visits local Kiwanis Club to discuss promoting the peanut fed hog product and expanding membership. Dr Arthur Keyton, newly elected district lieutenant governor, pledges cooperation and encourages surveying available material to recruit suitable members.
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Kiwanis
Page Oime
Alabama
Arthur Keyton
Teachers from Campbellton school trio shop in city
Mr and Mrs R E Poyner and teachers Miss Ruby Hardy Hazel Fields and Betty Wilson were seen shopping in the city Thursday afternoon. The group are associated with Campbellton schools in FIs.
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R. E. Poyner
Ruby Hardy
Hazel Fields
Betty Wilson
Campbellton
Fis
Geneva County Schools Opened in September
Geneva County High began on Monday with 225 students directed by Prof Ellsworth Ellis. Hartford City Schools opened the same day with 350 enrolled. faculty mostly unchanged with two new members. Notables include G H Gerrings Jr and Leonora Hatcher visiting Dothan. Mrs Glen Gibson and Julia Quillin guests of Dupree Davis in Dothan. Alvin McEachern, Navy, visited Hartford. C D Dowling injured in an automobile wreck and returned home. Mr Chancy improving in Dothan hospital.
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Geneva
Ala
Geneva County
Ellsworth Ellis
O. V. Bruner
T. J. Albritton
J. J. Collins
Nell Espy
Evie Woodham
Leona McDonald
Marion Read
Ruth Wilbanks
Hartford City
R. S. Ward
Carrie Peacock
Lottie Lee Brock
Eula Daughtry
Mises Pearle Murdock
Burma Murdock
Jean Guilford
Rushin White
Elizabeth Davis
Alice Albritton
G. H. Gerrings Jr
Leonora Hatcher
Dothan
Glenn Gibson
Macon
Julia Quillin
Dupree Davis
A. W. Thompson
John Thompson
Spring Hill
J. P Thompson
D Dowling
Howard College
Mettrey
South Carolina
Hartford
Alvin McEachern
U. S. Navy
Hampton Roads
R. C. Chancy
Mr Chancy
Prohibition Fights for Influence in National Pattern
National committee data shows Anti Saloon League spending 4065 with other groups reporting. McBride casts doubt on wet gains and projects dry senate strength. local names attend social events and family visits noted in community roundups.
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National Committee
Anti- Saloon League
National Campaign Committee
Anti-Prohibition Association
Congressional Districts Modification League
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
McBride
Senate
Palmer Cotton Letter Sees Decline Halted by Hedge Pressure
New York report notes easier cotton due to covering of positions and hedge pressure. Demand around 11 cents for December checked the downturn as weather brings rains across Mississippi Alabama Georgia and the Carolinas. Market shows steady buying under 11 cents and scale-down activity continues.
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Palmer Cotton
New York
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
Epidemic of Bank Robberies Sparks Public Outcry Across States
A wave of bank robberies sweeps the country with towns enacting a shoot to kill mood. Des Moines Register and Tribune offers 500 dollars for the first to shoot a bandit in the act. Vigilante groups, once curbed, are being revived to battle the renewed menace.
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Winterset
Des Moines Register and Tribune Today
Towa Bank
Rish Declines To Resign Nomination To State Legislature
Public remarks recount a 1930 proposition on resignations from Houston County Alabama Democratic nominations. Jeffries declined the initial plan and proposed submitting his qualification for tax collector to the state Democratic executive committee. The discussion called for special primaries to nominate a representative and tax collector.
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Jeffries
Nen
Houston County
Democratic Party
Ala
Democratic Executive Committee
Dismissed Manager Dies by Own Action in Memphis Autocide
William Tilton a 43 year old manager of a tire company in Memphis shot himself in an automobile near his home today He was declared dying by his doctor and his family said he had been depressed since losing his job recently.
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Memphis
William Tilton
Political maneuver in Houston county tax collector race
In a state Democratic committee hearing Jeffries proposed resigning as the Houston county tax collector nominee under two conditions: withdraw the tests of his qualification and authorize a special primary to nominate a successor. The plan was accepted pending state committee approval. A separate fragment describes a hunter encountering a black bear while seeking a rabbit, causing him to drop his weapon and flee.
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Wan Se
Eos
Democratic Executive Committee
Jeffries
Houston County
State
Hunteman
Back-Up Drivers Set Ford in Reverse Across Continent
A team known as the back-up boys, world champions of reverse driving, demonstrated a Ford driving 10 to 12 mph in reverse for 42 days. They simulated a New York to Los Angeles round trip and back, equating engine speed to 50 to 60 mph in high gear. Radiator ventilation and fan cooling were largely eliminated, with extreme heat on the Great Salt Lake Desert.
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New York
Los Angeles
Ford
Great Salt Lake Desert
James C. Hargis
St. Louis
Texaco
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T. B. Fortson
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Verlin
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