Rish Declines State Nomination Move Amid Local Drama
Houston County nominee Jean W. Rish rejects returning his nomination to the party after W. B. Jeffries asks for his resignation as tax collector. The dispute includes poll tax questions, a contested election, and a call for a special primary in October.
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Houston County
W. B. Jeffries
Beck
Mr. Jeffries
Yestern
Seffries
Yar. Rish
State Committee
Jeffrest
Watesaley
Gor
Rish
Jeffries
Mate Rudol Ip
Paere
Peat
Mr. Rish
Georgia
Brothers Drown in Decatur Lake
In Decatur Alabama two brothers Paul and George Dretherieien Schmidt drowned while fishing in a small boat on Decatur Lake. An apparent accident led to their deaths as witnesses described the boat overturning and the pair failing to reach shore.
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Decatur Lake
Decatur
Ala
Paul
George
Dretherieien
WI Schmidt
Kiwanis Governor Elect Attends Local Club Breakfast
Kiwanis Governor elect Leroy Holt guest at Do than Kiwanis breakfast at the Houston hotel. He discussed entertaining the state convention, urged tying agricultural programs to Kiwanis training, and promoted the Peanut Pork Barrel idea with speakers J H Witherington and Ray. Holt noted his commissaries feed 80 000 to 60 000 persons.
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Dothan Kiwanis Club
Houston Hotel
Leroy Holt
M. F. Jackson
John Grimes
Birmingham
Arthur Keyton
J. W. Bish
C. C. Moseley
M .D. Black
A. J. Miller
Kiwanis
Holt
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Birmingham Kiwanis Club
Houston County
Crowded Conditions At Bryce Hospital To Be Examined
Tuscaloosa September 19 AP Crowded conditions at Bryce Hospital for the Insane and the Partlow state school will be investigated at the trustees annual meeting planned for late October. Dr W D Partlow said no statement would be issued about the called meeting attended by Gov Bibb Graves with other officials present.
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Tuscaloosa
Bryce Hospital For the Insane
Partlow Atate School
W. D. Partlow
George H. Searcy
Tusceteona
Charles A. Thigpen
Montgomery
J. M. Acker
Mobile
Particw
Prohibition Fight Intensifies As Wet Campaigns Grow
The wets report heavy spending in 1930 political totals with $425,370 in outlays while dry forces report $9,622. F Scott McBride says the issue is clearer than ever and wets pushed the campaign. dry forces hope to keep 70 percent of the House, with major activity in New Jersey and Missouri and $100,000 spent in Pennsylvania for the Phillips Boblen ticket.
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McBride
Senate
House of Representatives
Association Against the Prohibition
Pennsylvania
Thomas W. Phillips
Francis
Boblen
New Jersey
Missouri
Anti-Saloon League
John Lind Dies in Minneapolis at 76
John Lind, 76, former Minnesota governor and congressman and Wilson’s 1913 diplomatic representative to Mexico, died after a long illness in Minneapolis. A key figure in Minnesota Democratic politics, Lind earned praise for his early GOP service, later switching to the Democrats. He is survived by a widow, two sons and a daughter.
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Minneapolis
John Lind
Woodrow Wilson
Mexico
Minnesota
Lind
Wilson
Congress
Mechanical Lung Keeps Girl Alive
In Chicago on September 19 AP reports a girl with infantile paralysis had failing breathing muscles. A mechanical respirator placed on September 11 now sustains her life as cycles of air are delivered within a cabinet enclosing her body. The device operates quietly, its motor hum the only sound.
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Chicago
Phyalclang
Ruth Alexander Revealed as Secret Bride Before Fatal Flight
Ruth Alexander left notes to her husband Robert A. Elliott and her parents Mrs. and Mrs. W. T. Blaney. She married Elliott in June, planned a one stop transcontinental flight, and died in a fog shrouded hillside incident starting from Agua Caliente. Her wedding ring and a silver circle pendant were found in her hotel room.
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Ban Diego
Cal
Ruth Alexander
Robert A. Elliott
Yume
Aziz
Bob
Ruth
W. T. Blaney
Irving
Kansas
Agua Caliente
Mexico
Alexander
Grand Rapids Man Hurtles to Death from 11th Floor
Arthur B. Herppolsheimer 30, of Grand Rapids Michigan a socially prominent figure, was killed today when he fell or jumped from an 11th floor window of the Hotel White at 37th Street and Lexington Avenue. His body will be sent home to Grand Rapids. his wife was in another room and refused to discuss the incident.
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New York
Arthur B. Herppolsheimer
Grand Rapids
Mich
White
37Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Herppolsheimer
11 Year Old Davis Tried For Murder In Bucks County
William Davis an 11 year old from Philadelphia faced murder charges in Bucks county court for the shooting death of nine year old Stanley Picnsky of Hilltown township. He claimed the act was not planned and he did not realize the consequence. The grandfather Adam Rawa 30 was involved as they rode along the road.
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Dolestown
Wiliam Davis
Philadelphia
Bucks County
Stanley Picnsky
Hilltown Township
Davis
Adam Rawa
Stanley
Rawa
Not Unlawful To Sell Stills Court Rules
U S Court rules sale of stills not illegal if buyers do not intend unlawful use. Judge Alschuler ordered return to owners of 11 five gallon stills seized by prohibition agents. Internal revenue statutes do not bar selling or keeping stills for sale. Cop per smith case pursued under pre prohibition revenue laws.
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Chicago
Alschuler
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Dorniers DO X Eyes Atlantic Flight Tests
The Dorner firm weighs a 1930 Atlantic crossing as the DO X undergoes endurance trials in October design to prove seaworthiness. Maurice Dormier notes motor and instrument performance as tests continue, with routes via Amsterdam and Travemunde and possible flights to Oslo Southampton Havre Santander and Lisbon before attempting an Azores Bermuda crossing.
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Altenrhein
Switzerland
Dornier
Atlantic Ocean
Maurice Dormier
Associated Press
American Motors
Atlantic
Amsterdam
Perlin
Travemuende
Lake Constance
Baltic Sea
Oslo
Southampton
Havre
Santander
Lisbon
Four Seek Tax Collector Post In Houston County Primary
Four candidates announce for the Houston County tax collector race with Mrs Kate Rudolph reportedly withdrawing. B F Harper and A J Mullins qualify for the August ballot while Susie Young and Alvin Davis enter the October special election. Rumors say Rudolph may not run and poll tax questions cloud eligibility as qualifying closes next Thursday.
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S. A. Mullins
Alvin Davis
S. B. Harper
Houston County
B. Harper
Uncle Gua
Mullins
State Committee
Kate Rudolph
W. B. Jeffries
Susie Young
H. K. Martin
Tax Collectors
Miss Young
Dothan
Sirs
Cinvass
Youngest Capone Brother Is Freed After Disorderly Charge
The youngest Capone brother Matthew Caponego was arrested for disorderly conduct and driving without city or Illinois tags but released after a judge dismissed charges. Judge W W Damron said Matthew’s record remains clean and noted he is not one of the 26 public enemies. He had admitted bond and cited out of state plates from Pennsylvania.
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Chicago
W. W. Damron
Jaws
Jet Matthew
Scarface Alphone
Ralph Capone
Matthew
Pennsylvania
Damron
Illinoia
Capone
Villa Nova College
Philadelphia
Graduation Exercises At San Quentin Pen
Graduation exercises were held at San Quentin prison for 657 inmates across fields from basic literacy to civil engineering and foreign languages. Instructors praised the convicts, but diplomas were postponed until they return to their cells.
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San Quentin
Cal
San Quentin Penitentiary
Epidemic Of Bank Robberies Sweeps U S
A nationwide surge of bank robberies since September 3 has looted at least 16 farms banks with over 130000 dollars taken. Robbers used motor cars and planes, hitting Iowa Missouri Nebraska Minnesota North Dakota and other states with multiple incidents and few arrests.
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Point of Gans
Chicago
James Boys
Missouri
Wesley and Hardy
Iowa
Gifford
Hay Springs
Neb
Nebraska
First National Bank
Lincoln National Big
Lincoln Neb
Tews
Minnesota
North Dakota
Verdi, Mian, Atate
Kramer, N. Cd
Central City
Kramer
N. D
Estranged husband kills father in law in Tennessee killing
Clint Snyder shot and killed his father in law Lee Prince and seriously wounded Robert Prince 10. Estrangement from his wife led to the attack in Dyer County Tennessee. A posse aided officers in pursuing Snyder after a gun battle with his mother in law and an escape by two fleeing children.
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Finley, Tean
Clint Snyder
Lee Prince
Robert Prince
Dyer County
Snyder
Prince
Snyders
Mediterranean Fruit Fly Quarantine Lifted at Mobile
Montgomery Ala Sept 19 AP Seth P Storrs state commissioner of agriculture announced the Mediterranean fruit fly quarantine was lifted from the port of Mobile after inspections showed Florida citrus can be accepted without risking crops. Unsterilized fruit may move to trains for shipment to unrestricted areas with proper sterilization precautions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Seth P. Storra
Mobile
Florida
Denver Boy, 12, Hangs Self in Basement Tragedy
In Denver on September 19 AP reports Norman Monnier a 12 year old high school freshman hanged himself with a belt in the family basement. His mother found the body upon returning from shopping. relatives offered no motive.
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Denver
Colo
Norman Monnier
Mine Physician Murder Trial on Columbiana
Defense contends Dr. Roper was assaulting White when the mine physician was slain in Columbiana Alabama The state finished its case and witnesses testified White shot in self defense Mrs Bessie Roper said her husband felt cornered and White claimed he fired to protect himself during the altercation
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Columbiana
Ala
C C White
A. Co. Roper
White
Attornevs
E. A. Lee
Lee
W. M. Hayes
Poothton
Dr. Roper
Bessie Roper
Hin
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Mabel A. Steele
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Los Angeles
Steele
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Peanut Pork Barrel
Bryce Hospital
Wobbler
Washington
F. Scott McBride
Anti- Saloon League
Wilbert Robinson
Gabby Street
Cardinals
Brooklyn
Hobbie
Gabby
Aviatrix
Last Jane
U. S
Azores
Bermuda
Curtiss Airport
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Milwaukee
Harper
By Pete Mahan
W. A. Wells
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