Ministers Press Church Law Clash Over Bishop Charges
Four Methodist Episcopal Church South ministers from Baltimore Richmond and others say they followed the Spirit and letter of church law in filing charges against Bishop James Cannon Jr. as he heads to Brazil and defends against the protest. The ministers believe the investigation should proceed.
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Idec
Washington
Costen J. Harrell
And
Methodist Episco- Church
Carges
James Dan
Baltimore
Ceanuine
Dan
Forrest J
Waboo Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episegal Church
South
Cannon
United States
Brazil
Associated Press
Ainsworth
College of Bish
Saxon to Assume Duties on Monday
John Heard Saxon named tax collector for Houston Panty will start duties Monday morning after bond and commission processing. Governor Graves appointed him Wednesday night. official credentials from the secretary of state expected for Stefan Monday morning.
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John Heard Saxon
Houston
Saxon
Graves
Coll Weeter
Secretary of State
Stefan
Clerks Face Grand Jury for Shortages in Alabama
In Memingham Alabama Judge R V Evans ordered an audit of the books of two former Jefferson County circuit clerks for several years. The audit by Henry C Broom found shortages in fiduciary funds and the amount is to be presented to the grand jury for investigation.
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Memingham
Ala
R. Vv. Evans
Grand Jury
Jefferson Wanty Fiduciary Fund
Henry C. Broom
Astaat
Markhom
L. W. Brown
Jeter
State Legature
Jefferson County
Brown
Gist estimates 130000 Alabama hunger as drought, low prices bite
Agricultural statistician F W Gist estimates 130000 Alabamians will be left moneyless after the harvest due to drought and low crop prices. Some 26000 tenant farmers face hunger, based on a count of five people per family from 528 crop condition reports dated September 1.
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Montgomery
F. W. Gist
Agriculturaltaustician
Alabama
Humber
Gist
Trial nears end in murder case of Mrs Dovie Hicks
Mrs Dovie Hicks 24 ready to testify in her second degree murder trial over the January death of Gilbert D Ayers a boarder at Addison The state case led by H G Culbreath who testified he aided in disposing of the body after Ayers was killed Culbreath previously convicted of murder and sentenced to 30 years The pair were arrested in Guntersville after Hicks handed a barber a note claiming Culbreath killed a man and forced her to drive across six north Alabama counties with the body
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Double Springs
Als
Dovie Hicks
Gilbert D. Ayers
Addison
H. G. Culbreath
Culbreath
Ayers
Gunteraville
Hicks
Guntersville
Qualifications for Tax Collector Were Closed At Midnight
Eight candidates qualified for the tax collector race by midnight. Seven men and one woman enter the campaign for the October 7 election, including Miss Susie Young A W Gwaltney S A Mullins B W Armstrong Edward Jones Alvin Davis B S B Harper and J H Linch Sr Linch moved to Dothan from Dadeville 12 years ago and is active in business and politics having run for sheriff four years ago.
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Susie Young
A. W. Gwaltney
A. Mullins
B. W. Armstrong
Edward Jones
Alvin Davis
B. Harper
J. H. Linch
Mr. Linch
Dothan
Dadeville
Executive Legion Meeting Called By Post Commander
The American Legion executive committee and past post commanders are summoned to meet at Wadlington hotel Sunday at 8 30 AM. The notice was announced by J Byrd and states the meeting is called by the local post commander.
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Legion
American Legion
Wadlington Hotel
J. ¥. Byrd
Pom
New York Republicans Call for Repeal of Prohibition
At the New York Republican state convention in Albany the party adopted a platform including a repeal of the 18th amendment by a 733 to 258 vote. The minority protested but the repeal plank passed under a rule allowing the rest of the platform to be adopted first.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Dity
Penent
Joseph A. McGinnies
State Assembly
Order of Business
United States
Charles BR. Tuttle
Govenor
Bus Hits Tree Injures 21 Near Hybla Valley
In Alexandria on September 26 a Washington Richmond bus crashed into a tree injuring 21 people, two seriously. Driver Norman Dove suffered a fractured skull in critical condition, while Mrs Wade H Allen of New York had multiple limb injuries. Eleven remained hospitalized. Officials cited headlights from an oncoming car as the possible cause.
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Alexandria
Hybla Valley
Washington
Trio electrocuted while removing radio aerial in Pine Bluff
In Pine Bluff Arkansas three men Ulysses Long 26 Louis Halcomb 22 and Walter Halcomb 16 were killed when an abandoned radio aerial contacted a 2300 volt line during its removal. Mrs Blanche Long watched as the wire killed her husband and brothers in law.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Ulysses Long
Louis D. Halcomb
Walter Halcomb
Blanche Long
Halcomb
Dothan Fans Head to Birmingham Southern Auburn Game
A long list of Dothan residents and guests prepare to travel to Montgomery this afternoon to attend the Birmingham Southern versus Auburn football game at Cramton Bowl this evening. Names include Grant Hart Hartfield Hart Crawford Lee Spann Carmichael Davis Hall Sanders and others.
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Dothan
Capital
Montgomery
Birmingham Southern
Auburn
Cramton Bowl
James Grant
William Grant
Lawson Johnson
William Johnson
Roy Hatfield
Harry Hall
J. B. Hart
Beryl Hart
Eva Lee
John Sanders
John Budd
Paul Tubb
Whit Harris
Flowers Crawford
Buster Garfield
Archie D. Carmichael
Severe Midwest Storm Injures Many in Iowa and Nearby States
A violent storm system across the middle west brings injuries in Iowa from Council Bluffs to Keokuk, with downed wires, damaged farms, torn barns, and hail. In Summitville and Keokuk funnels, unroofed houses, shattered windows, and destroyed orchards are reported.În
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Middle - West
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Keokuk
Mississippi
Galesburg
Alba
Stuart
Atlantic
Casey
Guthrie Center
Summitville
Welfare Bureau Forms County Committees for Welfare Work
The Child Welfare bureau plans county committees to aid welfare and child training. Committees will be organized in communities across the county to work with the County Child Welfare office. The bureau, entering its sixth year in Dothan this fall, aims to involve all residents in this important work.
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Child Welfare Bureau
County
Dothan
Extension Teachers To Meet Tomorrow At the High School
A 1930 31 extension meeting is set for 9 20 a m tomorrow in the Dothan High School auditorium. All extension teachers are urged to attend as the first class session. Miss Catherine Gardner of State Teachers College Troy will offer primary methods education. Doctors Farmer Morphet and Shaver will discuss city and county courses.
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Dothan High School
Catherine Gardner
State Teachers’ College
Troy
C. M. Farmer
E L. Morphet
Mr. Shaver
Jones Triumphs Over Sweetser In Amateur Semifinal
Bobby Jones defeated Jess Sweetser 9 and 8 in a lopsided semi final at Merion, dominating after the morning lead and unleashing a dazzling second half to reach the 1929 American Amateur final against Gene Homans.
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Merion Cricket Club
Ardmore
Hobby Jones
Jess Sweetser
Sweetser
Jones
Bobby
Merion Cricket Clik
Bobby Jones
Gene Homans
Enzieword
N. 3
Atlanta Loses In Her Census Fight
Washington AP reports in a brief filed before the Supreme Court the Census Bureau denied Atlanta’s claim to a greater population figure of 245 692. Center Director William M. Staxart said Atlanta’s population should be published in comparison with other cities.
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Atlanta
Washington
Cent
William M. Staxart
156 Year Old Turk Struck By Car in New York
Zara Agha a Turk claiming to be 156 years old lay in critical condition after a car struck him on Broadway at 61st street The impact knocked him down his head hitting the running board He was in a hotel suffering internal injuries and possible skull and leg fractures Others with him Ahmet Mussa and Assim Ridwan were not harmed The driver fled but was later notified and police investigated The aged man's longevity claims have attracted scientists since his arrival in the United States last July
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New York
Zara Agha
Turk
Broadway
Agha
Ahmet Mussa
Assim Ridwan
61St Street
Napoleon
Mobile election probe before committee today
A Mobile Alabama subcommittee of the Democratic Executive investigates irregularities in the August 12 primary. The Mobile county grand jury recessed to allow access to ballot boxes while the inquiry proceeds, with figures J P Berbeze and Joseph Brb Crow contesting nominations in separate races.
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Mobile
Ala
Democratic Executive
Mobile County Grand Jury
J. P. Berbeze
Te Board of Revenue
Matt FH. Boykin
Joseph Brb Crow
George BK. Dorlan
Seventieth-Year-Old Man Faces Murder Charge Next Week
James Neely, 70, arrested in Texas, is set for arraignment in Marshall County circuit court on first degree murder charges in the 1883 death of Hiram Cooley. He plans to plead not guilty by reason of self defense as officials note the trial will occur in the third or fourth week of the term beginning Monday. Local crowds have gathered outside the jail during the week.
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Guntersville
Ala
James Neely
Hiram Cooley
Marshall County
Texas
Neely
Bodies of Two Men Found Bullet-Riddled On Public Highway
Utica New York September 26 bullet riddled bodies of Tallis Mulkoon 46 and son Rocco 26 found on a road outside the city. They lay on opposite sides of the road. A roadster in the center may be the father’s car. Both shot at close range with a 45 caliber revolver and a shotgun. One head was nearly blown off. No motive yet. Father carried 249 dollars and a diamond ring with money in his pockets.
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Sweetser
Bob
Jones
Jess
Helf
Jegs
Pie
Jres
Bob Roliet
Swerteers
Faith Ated
Wang
Green Jones
Utica
N.Y
Tallis Mulkoon
Rocco
Pere
Disarmament Again Claims Hoover's Mind
Washington reports disarmament again taking government attention as the Gen eva meeting of the preparatory dis armament commission draws near. Hugh S Gibson met with President Hoover and state officials to discuss the issue ahead of Europe travel. The League of Nations commission plans a November session to draft a general disarmament formula spanning sea land and air reductions.
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Washington
Geneva
Preparatory Disarmament Commission
Hugh 8. Gibson
Belgium
Hoover
State Department
Commission
Europe
League of National Commission
Gibson
Hugh 8. Wilson
Switzerland
United States
Henderson Boy Bit by Mad Cat
John Ward Henderson aged five was bitten on the right arm by a pet household cat at his home on West Adams street. The cat died soon after the bite. The boy will receive Pasteur and rabies treatment from the County Health Department.
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John Ward Henderson
W. W. Henderson
West Adams Street
Henderson
Dr. Moody
Moody Hospital
Montgomery
County Health Department
Two American Gunboats Break Through Barage Fire Along Yantze River
Two U S ships the Guam and the Oahu fought through Chinese artillery along the middle Yantze. The Guam engaged a shore battery 139 miles above Hankow and escaped undamaged. The Oahu silenced a Red field gun battery above Kieukiang and moved to safety.
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Shanghat
Yary‘tse
Guam
Hankow
St. S Oahu
Kieukiang
Oahu
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Charles H. Tuttle
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Black Hills
Corn Belt
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Middle West
U. S
Sweeter
Human
Seaver
Homans
Jens Sweetster
Mobile County
Alten
State Executive Committee
Cyrus PR. Brown
L. A. Farmer
A. L. Crumpton
Autangaville
Thomas J. Judge
Birmingham
George P. Walle
Prattville
League of Nations’ Commission
Henderson Boy
Mad Cat
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