Triple Killer Slays Brother and Two Uncles in Murder Spree
Police traced deposits totaling about 30 000 to motive as Charles Geary 43 confessed to killing his brother John Geary Orlando Levan and Benjamin Levan in their Tobeyhanna apartment before shooting his own head. The victims lay in kitchen and parlor areas as a note cited Frey and Wiley as tainted witnesses. The killer reportedly forced the four men to face him before the gunfire.
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Steve Merrill
Heware
Charles
Resell
Geary
Tian
Patrick McNamare
Harted McNamara
Jeferraldo
Divean
John & Geary
Orlando Levan
Orlando
Benjamin
Cherlen Geary
Omd
Kate Levan
Easton
Bevidten Charlee
Frey
Wiley
Sarah
Charles Geary
Rowe
John Geary
Orlanda Levan
John
Lavan
Rob Benjamin
Pomds
Geneva Dual Crime Still In Category Of Unsolved Cases
A fragmentary report notes the Geneva dual murder remains unsolved. Investigators, including one assigned by Gov. Bibb, probe the Oak Ridge home near the filling station as authorities cite a $1,200 stash found in a wall recess amid tenuous evidence and ongoing pursuit of a breakthrough.
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Geneva
Bibb Stillo
Salvation Army Drive Objective Fixed at $4,400
Salvation Army set a drive objective of 4400 dollars with 2400 aimed for the campaign opening next Tuesday. M L Hannahan Jr, chairman of the advisory board, said a large corps of solicitors would assist, with cash and in kind donations including clothes and groceries. Men will canvass in business areas while women go house to house. donors may specify counts when giving. Three men will radio promote the drive with W D Malone, Dr T C Bates, and H K Martin scheduled to speak on successive days.
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Salvation 5 Army
M. L. Hannahan, Jr
Army
Honahan
Salevation Army
W D. Malone
TC Bates
H KK Martin
Salvation Army critic meets Hahahan reply on city donations
Birmingham city officials debate Salvation Army funding as Commissioner Gellerstedt criticizes local management. Hanahan, head of the Army advisory board, defends headquarters findings after an inquiry by Major Hickey and Adjutant Pierce. The case, focusing on a dismissed editor and local commander Jack Key, was closed with no fault found. Groceries and medicines continued to be supplied to those in need.
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Salvation Army
E. Gellerstedt
Hanahan, Jr
Hanahan
Gellerstedt
Birmingham
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Gelerstedt
Division of Salvation Army
Hickey
Pierce
Jack Key
Balvation Army
School Authorities Seek PWA Help for School Building Plan
Solomon Baxter county superintendent of education reports wholesale rejection of recent PWA projects but hopes for approval of Houston plan asking 236000 for construction and repairs. County requests a 106000 grant and a 138000 loan to relieve crowding and expand facilities amid rising enrollment.
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PWA
Solomon Baxter
Hope la
Houston
Banter
Achoola
Baxter
Associated Press
Washington
Pew
Sams
Dothan Site Selected for General Foods Flour Plant
General Foods Sales Corp designates Dothan as the site for its new flour blending plant next to the railroad yard on East Main street. The $15,000 facility will employ 18 to 20 workers and serve South Georgia, West Florida, and South Alabama with opening set for October 15. Flour arrives from the Pacific coast via Panama City for blending, sacking, and distribution.
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Dothan
General Foods Sales Corp
Thin Elly
John A. Strever
Atlanta and
Alabama
The
Food Sales Corporation
WH Dowing
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Panama City
Fla
General Foods
J D Ingrehardt
Streyer
General Foode
Eerne
Dhistone
Last Minute Bulletins Across Cities
News bulletin roundup from Sandusky Chicago Montgomery Washington and Detroit. George Nichols the National Boxing Association light heavyweight champion lately divorced Cath eying Klein and plans a return to boxing. Chicago wheat prices rise amid war fears and Argentina crop damage reports. Alabama public service commission examined Southern Bell Telephone company finances since 1994 with rising revenues. AAA officials noted Comptroller McCarl approved a grain payment liability under Bankheld controls. Henry Ford told the Detroit News he is not pursuing a presidential bid or politics, predicting a general business upturn.
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Sandusky
Ohio
George Nichols
National Boxing Association
Catheying
Hit
Montgomery
Harold Otnatead
Aew
Alabama Public Service Commission
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Washington
AAA
J. KR. McCarl
Houston Bid Call For McSwain Bridge Approach
The Houston county Board of Revenue will receive bids October 14 for an approach paving to the McSwain bridge over the Little Choctawhatchee river. The bridge itself is to be built by Dale County, but Houston must furnish the approach.
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Houston County
Poerd
McSwain
Little Choctawhatchee River
Houston
Dale Counties
Dale County
Leaders' candidacy scrambles split Huey Long machine
New Orleans September news reports announce James A Noe for governor and Wade G Martin for the US Senate, shaking Louisiana politics. Governor O K Allen privately weighs the announcements, while Noe and Martin meet with officials and travel to Baton Rouge amid confusion over official sanction.
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Wheatley
New Orleans
Ben Huey P. Long
James A Noe
Wade G Martin
United States Senate
Jim
Noe
Martin
Not
Baton Rouge
Allen d Ottender
Houma
Incessant Rains Damage Houston Cotton Crop
Heavy rains and high winds ruined a significant portion of the 3925 cotton crop in Houston, with estimates of losses around one quarter. Deteriorated fiber and seed damage reduce prices, prompting fears farmers may quit acreage. Tax penalties on cotton above ADC allotments worsen profitability.
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S. A. Mulling
Mullins
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Sewage Disposition Injunction Prayers Slated For Hearing
Nine Northeastern city property owners seek an injunction to restrain the city from dumping sewage into a creek near their properties. Judge DC Hatstead was to hear the case Thursday afternoon along with claims for damages for the past decade due to sewage disposal into the stream.
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Thalt
DC Hatstead
Tn Addiiion
Kiwanis to Back Revival of Boy Scouts in Dothan
The Dothan Kiwanis Club decided at a regular meeting to sponsor revival of the Boy Scout movement in Dothan. A committee reported favorably and the effort will be supported by Kiwanis as it seeks to reorganize the Southeast Alabama Northwest Florida council area with Dothan as the center. The plan includes future territorial conferences and school-year alignment. Commemoration of Constitution Week featured John W. Rish and remarks from Dr E A Tandesu of Albany Georgia.
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Dothan Kiwaniselvh
T & Bond
Houston
Dothan
Chactawhatchee
Alabama
Florida
Alaharma Countles
Levman
Schowl
John W Rish
E A Tandesu
Albany Ga
Mina Tima Dave
Watson Mies Martie
Sharpe
Wary Monn
Forrester
Cole Mog
Keener Poxley
Tank Kee Vielare
Roosevelt Atlanta Speech Stirs Talmadge Challenge
Atlanta reports a predicted challenge to Governor Eugene Talmadge as President Roosevelt plans a renomination speech in Atlanta during his Warm Springs visit. Georgia leaders Richard E Russell and Walter B. George coordinate plans with Hyde Teath and local officials signaling a November address.
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W. ¥. Caldwell
Atanta
APJ
Eugene Talmade Wan
Todis
Roosevelt
Hyde Teath
Railways Reach New High Amid Four Year Gap Recovery
Rail traffic and bank clearings surge as railroads report carloadings above 700000 for the first time in four years. Analysts credit improved industrial activity and freight demand, with preliminary figures showing a peak near 710000, the strongest since November 1931. Bank clearings hit records in mid July, driven by internal revenue payments and nationwide gains, New York City clearings up 20 percent from last year.
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Radney Winget
Associated Press Financial
Wester
New York
Midway Alto
Steregate
TOF
Dun & Bradstreet
Compensation Claim Investigation Here Soon May Start
Houston county veterans seek compensation as claims begin to be investigated. A local adjutant reports representatives will arrive Friday to assist veterans in filing and negotiating for benefits. State offices will oversee the process with powers of attorney required for formal action.
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Houston County
Ann
Milne
Morriean
Morrison
Saul
Borrison Wald
Pervice Nihe
Morrigan
Fuentes
NRA
Hearing set for Slocomb chief accused of killing
Preliminary hearing slated before Justice of the Peace Draugh an tomorrow for Slocomb Chief of Police Ernest Davis who allegedly shot Tit Calton last Sunday after Calton reported his father attacked the officer with an iron bar. Davis attempted to arrest.
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Geneva
Justice of the Pesce Draughan
Ernest Davie
Btocomb
Tit Calton
Davis
Four Million More Ordered Into Service
Ex envoy Jules Cambon, a 90 year old former French ambassador to Washington and Berlin, dies. The veteran diplomat, who shaped franco‑german dialogue and advised France under wartime pressures, passed away after a long career noted for quiet counsel and seasoned diplomacy.
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Jules Cambon Nave
Switzerland
Jules Cambon
Washington
Berlin
France
Eider
Howe
War fears flare as Italy claims provocation to conflict
Italian premier accuses Britain and others of seeking war to curb Ethiopia crisis. Italy orders rails torn up, mobilizes 4.1 million for service checks, while Britain and League of Nations discuss sanctions and naval measures in the Mediterranean amid escalating tensions.
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A. EB. Biuntz
Frese Foreign
Rome
Prema
England
Mary
Ethiopia
Itaiy
Bern
Britain
Mussolini
London
API
Tod
British
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Atrakgit
Mediterranean
Italy
Admiralty
Great Britain
AY Joneph
Sharkey
Geneva
League of Nations
Walker WPA Pay Strike Cuts 600 Women Off Rolls
In Walker County the WPA sewing room labor shut down workers, about 600 women removed from rolls as a pay strike spread. A meeting led by local officials urged continuation of the action into the first week, with pay cutoffs from 24 cents to 12 cents an hour cited as justification. WPA administrator Thad Holt ordered the plants reopened at the county request after talks with local leaders.
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Jasper
Walker Crnanty
Mrx Morty Loliar
Wament Project
PWA
Arkorp
Hoor Am Preyceta
Algtris
Hodearrions
Walker
Jefferson County Rite
McNutt
Dare
Thad Holt
WPA
JT White
County Farm Agents Await Official Debt Adjustment Data
County farm agents await official data on debt adjustment. Ling says few applications were filed, with about a dozen still pending. He notes Houston farmers will not know how many will apply. a district supervisor will oversee adjustments and provide a broader explanation of the program’s purposes.
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Ling
Houston
Weather forecast for Alabama and Northwest Florida
Cloudy conditions with chances of showers across southern and central Alabama and northwest Florida. Expect cloudy to persist Thursday night and Friday with limited visibility and cooler air, as indications point to a stabilizing, unsettled pattern across the region.
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Alabama
Florida
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