Forty-Eight Bodies From Overton Mine Tragedy Continues
Rescue teams press on after a mine explosion at Overton where forty eight workers died or were trapped. Officials say gas hinders efforts but will not resume operations until all bodies are recovered. Families gather at the shaft as rescuers work through the night with Alabama Fuel and Iron Company leadership directing operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Birmingham
Charles de Bardelaben
Alabama Fuel and Iron Company
Pulghum
Chamber of Commerce Plans Big Banquet For Next Campaign
The Thomasville Chamber of Commerce held a large meeting at the YMCA to discuss future plans and to boost finances for next year. President Frank Harris led over forty members including the Junior Chamber, with talks by Hansell Watt and others and plans for a January pep meeting to organize for Greater Thomasville.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Y. M.C
Hansell Watt
Hansell Cone
Bryan Wright
Louis Steyerman
William McIntyre
Tom Caldwell
Frank Plantett
H. H. Merry
Charlie Smith
Ed Jerger
Mitchell
Perry
Greater
Thomasville
Commodore Perry Stoltz
W. T. Jay
Pringle
Madison Street
Andrew Zalamas
Madison
Fletcher Streets
Broad
B. H. Wright
P. C. Searcy
8. D. Tittle
W.S. Anderson
Arthur Clark
A. H. Scott
Lovelake
Nevada
Charlie Wall
Mr. Scott
Geott
Chicago and regional grain and market notices with prices
A dense market brief lists wheat corn oats and lard futures with December May and January pricing, plus London and New Orleans cotton quotes and New York stock and bond notes. Turpentine markets also noted in Savannah with dull trade.
Good Cleansing Process for Alabaster Ornaments
The article outlines two methods to clean alabaster ornaments. First, soak in milk of lime, rinse in clear water, then dust with French chalk once dry. Second, wash with soap and water plus a little washing soda or ammonia, then rinse thoroughly.
Explosion at mine prompts federal probe
Workers rushed the dead and injured to a bath house where a first aid station operated after a blast. No cause was given yet, and federal mine inspectors will investigate. Officials say the mine was gaseous but safety methods were in use.
Thomasville Bulldogs Attend Lions Club Luncheon
The Thomasville Bulldogs with Coach Harper and Superintendent Broughton were guests of the Lions Club. A $150 check funded athletic sweaters for the championship team, and gifts were also presented. Several team members attended, and discussions touched on a gridiron game at Eufaula and local tourism development projects.
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Thomasville Bulldogs
Lions Club
Harper
B. B. Broughton
Thomasville High School
Jay
Bulldog
W. R. Wiggins
George Pfeister
Kay Patterson
Arthur Barwick
Branson ‘Wilts
Billy Zalamas
Babe ‘Dunn
Bernard Reeves
Gardner Lambert
James Poole
Wilbur Milton
Walter Burch
Hight Danie
Edward Petty
Harry Covington
Broughton
Wister
Roy Hay
Batchelors
Lions
Bob" Burch
Jim Reed
Bob
Robert L. Totten
Birmingham
Thomasville
D. Respass, Jr
Texas propagandists press on inheritance tax protest
A conference of legislators from Alabama Arkansas Delaware Kentucky Louisiana Maryland North and South Carolina Rhode Island and Texas condemned the federal inheritance tax plan. The group warned the tax would force states to enact similar laws to collect at least 80 percent of federal revenues.
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Union
Tegislatures
Alabama
Arkansas
Delaware
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
North
South Carolina
Rhode Island
Texas
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RED Star Coal
Thomasville Ice & Mfg. CO
Thomasville, Ga
H.H. Vann & Son
Overton Mine
Overton
T.C. Yarbrough
Alfred Yarbrough
Yarbrough
Cone
Chicago Grain and Produce
Chicago
Rve
Sania
Wmsene
Savannah
ST. Louis Grain
St. Louis
Gorn
New York
New Orleans
Stegall
Stegall’s Dairy
Ware J
Sydney Styerman
Louis Moore
Neel Brothers
THE
Federal Reserve
Thomas County
First National Bank
W. A. Pringle
W. S. Anderson
Presid
S. L. Alderman
Asst. Cashier
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