Obituary and funeral for Otis Buntin after highway crash
Otis Buntin died from injuries after a car crash on the Florida highway near Dothan. Guy Morris, 26, injured, remained hospitalized with head lacerations and other injuries. Buntin and Morris were in a car that struck a tree after losing control shortly before midnight. Burial at City Cemetery planned for Buntin at 4 PM. Funeral services to be conducted at the home of T. B. Buntin with Rev. Clement Ritter officiating.
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Panton
Dothan
Otis Buntin
Guy Morris
Buntin
Las
Moriried
Morris
Joe Baker
T. Bantin
E. Bantin
S. Range Street
Clement Ritter
First Presbyterian Church
Poultry Sales Net $1,400 To Farmers
In Andalusia Alabama on September 24 AP report notes cooperative poultry efforts in Coahoma County delivered 14 064 pounds of poultry for 1 400 dollars to farmers. The report mentions delivery to New Orleans amid current season ties.
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Andalusia
Ala
Coo- Min County
Cooperative Cream Sales Held Twice Weekly in Conecuh
In Evergreen Alabama on September 24 AP reports Conecuh County farmers, over 50, participate in cooperative cream sales held twice weekly. County Agent P. R. Pettis states farmers are preparing hogs for an early market by using feeding and corn.
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Evergreen
Ala
Conecuh Maty
P. R. Pettis Fur Let
Conecuh County
Cardinals field crippled lineup in Uncup tilt
In a rough game the St. Louis Cardinals used two of their 1931 regulars, Rey and Pepper Martin, as injuries limited the lineup. Martin played third base rather than his usual center field, reflecting the team's patched roster this season.
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St. Jocie Cardinals
Rey
Pepper Martin
Martin
Prominent Georgian Dies in Atlanta
Prominent Georgia figure Mim Z. Brantley and longtime Blackshear resident died in Atlanta yesterday after a period of ill health. Brantley served on the board of contre and was widely known in the region.
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Atlanta
Mim Z. Brantley
Board of Contre
Blackshear
Economists Call Meeting on Two Proposed Bills
Houston County Economy League officials announce a mass meeting at the courthouse on Oct 8 at 2 PM to oppose the income tax amendment and a $20,000,000 bond issue amendment. Prominent local figures will speak against both measures as leagues leaders vote to call the event.
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Houston County Economy League
Houston County
League
J. R. Dawsey
O. Smith
W. F. Oakley
J. W. Rish
J. T. Jackson
County Economy League
J. Hubert Farmer
Solons
Alabama Economy League
Dothan
Houston
The
Economy League
J.T. Jackson
Seasonal trade gains sustain modest recovery in September
New York reports weekly mercantile review shows sustained seasonal recovery in retail and wholesale trade. Bradstreet notes 55 cities see gradual improvement with fall demand strong in department stores and light manufacturing busy, while price hardening spurs manufacturers and distributors to adjust, as confidence rises.
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New York
Mercantile Review
Bradstreet’s Weekly
Dun’s
Dallas County forecasts record corn crop
Selma Alabama September 24 John Blake county agent reports Dallas county will produce the largest corn crop in its history due to extensive planting of winter legumes. Cotton following cover crops is best in the county though boll weevil damage has affected all crops.
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Selma
Ala
John Blake
Dallas County
Blake
Bullock County boys grow beef products
Union Springs Alabama September 24 AP beef production has been a major project for Bullock county club boys this year. County Agent James Nunn urges the boys to finish calves with good flesh to bring a premium at markets. Most use a ration of homemade corn supplemented by cottonseed meal.
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Union Springs
Ala
Bullock County Club
James Nunn
Negro baseball star Tootsie Walden jailed four months
Tootsie Walden, noted Negro baseball player, was sentenced to four months in the penitentiary by Judge H A Pearce in circuit court for assault and battery after a three year old indictment. A Panama City telegram requested his detention, but he will serve in the Alabama state penitentiary unless he can post 37.50 to avoid the term. Walden’s identity was revealed when a home run at the Houston county ball park sparked applause.
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Tootele Walden
H. A. Pearce
Panama City
Tootsie
Alabama State Penitentiary
Houston County
Walden
Ball Park
Dothan Players Star in 61-0 Auburn Rout at Cramton Bowl
Three Dothan youths Porter Grant Ed Owens and Maston O Neal faced Birmingham Southern as Auburn crushed the visitors 61 to 0 at Montgomery Cramton Bowl. Grant and Owens excelled on the flanks while O Neal quarterbacked the losers. Dupree and Hitchcock led A P I scoring with multiple touchdowns.
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Dothan
Porter Grant
Ed Owens
Maston O'Neal
Montgomery
Birmingham Southern
Grant
Plainsmen
Owens
Panthers
Dothan High School
Cosc
Chet Wynne
Circuit Court Jury Acquits Negro Of Robbery Charge
Robert Crowell, a Black man, is acquitted by a circuit court jury of highway robbery. He was accused of holding up Prof. Jackson, a Black school teacher, in Pleasant View, a Negro district, last winter. Court adjourned after the verdict.
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Robert Crowell
Crowell
Jackson
Pleasant View
Man Sues Over Alleged August Assault Damages
Luther Outlaw files in circuit court seeking 1000 dollars against Wyatt Lewis and James Stanley for alleged assault and battery on August 29. The case appears in the circuit clerk's records with Outlaw awaiting trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Outlaw
Wyatt Lewis
James Stanley
Outlaw
Jory
Bainbridge Slashes Taxes In Revenue Tightening
Bainbridge Georgia faced financial strain as 1929 borrowing rose to 24000 dollars, then fell to 10000, and finally 0 borrowed this year. Property values dropped by about a million dollars while the city adopted a five mill tax cut and set budgets to fit income. Taxpayers now pay taxes in installments.
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Main Street
Bainbridge
Grid Player Dies After Leaving Game at Alexandria High
Foster Stewart an 18 year old Gaston High school football player died minutes after being removed from a game at Alexandria High School in Alabama. He played a quarter, left in apparent good condition, and died on the field soon after. He lived near Gadsten and is survived by his parents and two sisters.
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Anniston
Ala
Foster Stewart
Gaston High School
Alexandria
Here
Gaston High
Alexandria High School
W. O. Wooley
Stewart
Gaeton
Route 3
Gadsten
Bound for the Promised Land to Be Repeated at City Auditorium
A play by Negro citizens of Dothan led by Dr. John Adams and the Cherry Street A M E church, with city school staff under Principal G W McRae, will be repeated for white audiences Wednesday night at the city auditorium. About 200 performers will present jubilee songs and spirituals, with proceeds aiding the unemployed and city jobless relief. The event aims for 500 attendees and lasts over two hours.
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Jobleas
Non Leaks Guard Cotton Crop Report
Washington dispatch describes tightened security around the U S Department of Agriculture report on the cotton crop. Access is cut off during sessions on the second floor with locked doors armed guards and window shutters. Reporters in a secure room coordinate the release by wire telephone or messenger to the press.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Reporting Board
Lenks’ 9
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Man Admits Slaying Feeble-Minded Son in Wisconsin
LANCASTER Wisconsin September 24 AP Will Keebner a 49 year old farmer was held on first degree murder charges after confessing to killing his eight year old son Martin because the boy was feeble minded. He described beating the boy to death in the woods two weeks earlier and burying him marking the grove with a piece of an old chair. Keebner said the boy had been placed in an institution but admitted the slaying when asked for commitment papers.
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Lancaster
Wis
Will Keebner
Martin
Koehner
Keehner
Unemployed Rioters Clash With Police in Islington
Rioting among unemployed broke out again in Liverpool's Islington district. Mounted police charged the crowd, injuring several and dispersing the group.
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Liverpool
England
Islington
Hawaiian Auto Tag Explained by Navy Recruiter
Navy Recruiting Officer Edgar L. Brown explained the Hawaii license tag on his car seen in Dothan. He said the plate uses only numerals with no letters and noted Hawaii has too few cars for alphabetic lettering. Brown believes his vehicle is the first in Dothan to display a Hawaiian tag.
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Navy
Brown
Enrolment Boost Anticipated as Dothan Negro Schools Open
The Dothan Negro schools expect the largest enrollment in history Monday at 8 30 am. Board members led by Superintendent C C Moseley and Mrs J L Crawford attend the opening at the main building with talks by Rev J W Linud Dr John A M E Church Rev T J Jamar and others. The Hast Highland and South Alice street divisions host opening programs with welcomes by Rev J B Bruce and other patrons.
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Dothan
C. C. Moseley
J. L. Crawford
Board of Education
J. W. Linud
The
Negro Baptist Church
John Adams
Cherry Street A.M.E
T. J. Jamar
Parks Chapel
J. B. Bruce
P.T. A
Hast Highland
W. B. Neal
L. L. Knight
Slim Pelham to Join County Prisoners at Kilby
John Will Slim Pelham, convicted in circuit court of burglary, will be among ten prisoners sent to the state penitentiary next week for a two to three year term. Pelham was found guilty for July tire company burglary and was reportedly a ring leader in attempted jail breaks while awaiting trial. He was named by Jailer Howard Rogers as the prisoner who slashed his fingers during feeding.
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John Will
Slim
Pelham
State
Howard Rogers
Madrid P T A Meeting Attracts Sixty Five Attendees
Sixty five parents and teachers attended the P T A meeting at the Madrid school building. Dothan visitors included Mrs. J L Crawford city education official Miss Marle Turner music supervisor Miss Mary Moon health nurse and Miss Ruth Hamner county school supervisor. A tacky party and dance are planned for next Friday night at Madrid school.
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Buiding
Madrid
Dothan
J. L. Crawford
City Board of Education
Marle Turner
Mary Moon
Ruth Hamner
P.T. A
Fear Felt for Fliers in Goodwill Plane
Anxiety surrounded the Japanese Goodwill plane en route to Nome Alaska then San Francisco after a violent storm was reported by an American freighter in the Bering Sea. The three aviators aboard the plane were 12 hours from takeoff in Tokyo Japan as the incident drew concern seizing a 12 hour marker.
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Tokyo
Japan
Stlenece
Nome
Alaska
San Francisco
Bering Ses
Chipley Boy Wounded In Drive-By Incident
Four year old Counsil Smith of Chipley survived a drive by gunfire from a passing car Wednesday night and was discharged from a Dothan hospital Friday night. He had been wounded three times.
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Counsil Smith
Chipley
Gandhi Fast Ends Clash Over Untouchables Pact
Poona India Sept 24 Leaders of caste Hindus and untouchables reached an agreement to end the death fast of Mahatma Gandhi after a rift among negotiators and Gandhi’s physician warned his condition was growing grave. The pact will be cabled to London to Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in hope of British acceptance to persuade Gandhi to end his fast.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
London
Ramsay MacDonald
Ghandi
Columbia High school tops Cuthbert 13 to 12 opener
Columbia opened the 1932 schedule with a 13 12 victory over Cuthbert High in Columbia Georgia Friday. Two early forward passes set up the opening scoring as Antley and Blackwell led the ground game and a stout defensive effort held off late Cuthbert drives. The Columbians face Foufaula next Friday in the season’s second tilt with final team lineups and key plays noted.
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Columbia
Columbia High School
Cuthbert High
White
Georgia
Columbians
Ita
Cuthbert
Houston
Antley
Blackwell
Philips
Tralley
Foufaula
Weather outlook for Central East Gulf states and week
Cloudy conditions with showers early in the week and clearer, warmer conditions later. Temperatures trend toward near seasonal norms as the week progresses.
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Central East Gulf States
Milk Strikes Grow Across U S In Food Price War
Milk strikes deepen in major centers as producers push for higher prices. Upstate New York threatens to halt supply to New York City unless price goals are met. Farmers seek five cents per quart and wholesalers eight cents. Strikes also active in Atlanta Toledo and parts of Michigan and Nebraska.
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Chicago
Ill
America
Iowa
New York
Upstate
New York City
Atlanta
Toledo
Michigan
Nebraska
Cheerful news for farmers from August price report
The U S Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics says farm product prices are probably a little higher than mid August. Cotton and wheat markets rose in August and early September while livestock stayed steady but cotton and other prices fell in the second week of September. Farmers paid 108 percent of the 1910 14 average in mid August compared with 109 percent a month earlier, and the exchange value of farm products for farmers purchases rose from 47 percent of pre war on June 15 to 55 percent on August 15.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Young College Student Collapses at Downtown Cafe
Ruben Roberts 18 of Cedar Keys Florida and a Bob Jones College student collapsed in a downtown Dothan cafe last night. He was rushed to a hospital where he briefly regained consciousness and was told his condition was not serious and he could be discharged today or tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruben Roberts
Cedar Keys
Fla
Bob Jones College
Dothan
Minister Injured When Buggy Hit by Car in Bainbridge
W. R. Howell a 70 year old Baptist minister of West Bainbridge was badly shaken when his buggy was struck by an automobile on the Lone Star trail Friday. The car was reported driven by Horace Funderburk. Howell was thrown onto the car and then to the ground. extent of injuries not yet determined.
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Bainbridge
Horace Funderburk
W. R. Howell
West Bainbridge
Howell
Man Kills Wife and Two Sons then Wounds Self
In Wilmington Delaware on September 24 George Hart 46 killed his wife and two sons Charles Alfred 21 and Wilbur 13 and seriously wounded himself. Police said he feared losing property over marital problems after neighbors noted strange behavior for several days.
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Wilmington
Del
George Hart
Hart
Wrore
Charles Alfred
Wilbur
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Dupree
Hitchcock
Alabama Poly
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Catalina Island
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Frederick van Nuys
Indiana
James E. Watson
van Nuys
Indianapolis
U. S
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