Shrimping season brings big direct gains in Alabama
Mobile Alabama Sept 25 More than 5000 people directly benefited from the opening of Alabama's shrimping season Capt W E Akridge state oyster inspector at Bayou LaBarre reports 250 trawlers in Mobile Bay employing over 1000 workers and providing a direct benefit to 5000 He notes heavy catches and describes the gamble of shrimping with trawls sometimes snagging on obstructions or being destroyed by sharks each drag takes an hour and can yield about 22 barrels worth $6 each at factories
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Mobile
Alabama
W. E. Akridge
Bayou LaBarre
Mobile Bay
Akridge
Alabama motor carriers pay 44000 to state treasury
Alabama passengers and freight motor carriers paid 44000 to the Alabama Public Service Commission as mileage tax and permit fees during the last 11 months. The fund was collected under the 1931 and 1932 acts from 165 passenger buses and 285 freight carriers operating in the state. The University of North Carolina sponsored the state's first dogwood festival.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Public Service Commission
IntervIEWS at the State Capitol spark memories and highway talk
Attorney General Thomas E. Knight Jr. recalls school days as Walter G. Dugger, now a Philadelphia lawyer, phones from Montgomery. Earl Tucker presses to add a 2 mile Jackson paving project to the $11 million highway plan to ease a steep 19 percent grade and create local jobs. Senator Beasley criticizes current allocations and urges alternative projects while noting that ten cent cotton is good news in his area.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Walter G. Dugger
Philadelphia
Greensboro
Tom
Dugger
Earl Tucker
Clarke County
Jackson
C W Johnson Named To National Education Finance Panel
Paul C Stetson announced at association headquarters in Washington that former county superintendent C W Johnson of Dothan was appointed a member of a national committee on financing public education. The committee meets at the Cleveland convention of the Department of Superintendence from February 24 to March 1, 1934, among seven such panels tackling teacher training public education financing and related topics.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Department of Superintendence
National Education Association
Washington
C. W. Johnson
Dothan
Cleveland
Stetson
Cotton sale boosts outlook amid session talk in county
Report notes 50 bales of new cotton sold at 10 quarter per unit with a cautious mood as economic signs improve. A discussion of a special beer session arose but Pickens senator stressed the county’s July 18 vote against repeal.
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Pickens
Community Notices From Burns and Surrounding Areas
A crowded Burns sing at Sardis Sunday is noted along with numerous social calls and visits across Burns Slocomb Rehobeth and surrounding communities. Residents including Burns Barbers Graham Bedsole Coker Holloway Underwood Tew and Collins are recorded visiting relatives at various homes and attending dinners shows and Saturday night gatherings.
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Nadie
Annie Pearl Collins
Huey Davis
Sid Holloway
Wilmer
RB. L. Holloway
Fadette
Frank Collins
W. W. Graham
Rehobeth
Tex Wright
Euell
Homer Underwood
Hermon Byron
Spurreon Graham
Henry Ketcham
Mittie Graham
Bruce Hinson
Dixie Callins
Hubert Woods
Graves Williford
Dewey Murdock
Sidy Holloway
Walter Collins
Harvey Tew
Simple Way to Buy Your 1934 Auto License Tag
Montgomery September 27 AP A guide to purchasing the 1934 automobile license tag. Oct 1 to Nov 14 deadline. Requires 1933 tag number car details dealer data.
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Montgomery
Jolly Four To Sing At Wiggins Church Sunday
The Stamps Baxter Music Co. presents the Jolly Four at Wiggins church next Sunday at 1 30 PM. C C Clark says Alabama will hear the best singers with local talent joining. The public is invited to attend.
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Stamps-Baxter Music Co
Wiggins Church
C. C. Clark
Alabama
Dothan
Jolly Four
Gasoline consumption in Illinois declines 1.1 percent
Illinois gasoline use fell modestly by 1.1 percent in 1532 compared with 1931, reflecting a slight drop amid shifting demand and production patterns. The report notes consumption remained steady enough to indicate ongoing motor fuel reliance despite broader economic changes.
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Illinois
Fort Amanda the lone woman’s name among Ohio forts
In the series of 29 Ohio military strongholds built during the conflicts with Indians and British, only one carried a female name Fort Amanda illustrating the era’s naming practice.
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Ohio
Amanda
Local residents in city briefs and hires
Bob Fuller, formerly a malaria control worker, becomes a veterinarian in Quitman Georgia. Two boys born at a local hospital to families in Chipley and Ashford. Jimmie Borom joins the Houston Sweet Shop staff with his wife moving here. E G Jones from Tampa runs a chair at Acme Barber Shop. Millard F E Hughes, from Dothan route seven, graduates high school last May and enlisted September 25 in Macon headquarters district W Recruiting Office. The Stamps Baxter Quartet, the Jolly Four, performs across Southeast Alabama with pianist Clyde Howell. J R Fennell gains a permit to build a fruit stand on S Foster street. Over 250 rats and mice caught during Briles Fever campaign. parasite samples sent to Washington for typhus research. County agent notes curb market sales help families. Glenn Jones now in Dothan
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Millard FE. Hughes
Charley Hughes
Dothan
H. W. Stone
Macon, Ga
Hughes
Slocomb High School
Local license tags on sale. Dothan bank hires changes
A representative of a national clothing concern notes license blanks are ready in the office of E G Collins Tax Assessor for automobile tag sales starting Monday. Miss Lillian Lurie joins Dothan Bank and Trust Company, replacing Marcellus Spann who moved to the Federal Land Bank.
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E. G. Collins
Lillian Lurie
Dothan Bank and Trust Company
Marcellus Spann
Federal Land Bank
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