Murder trial set for two deputies in Rubio Gomez case
Ardmore Oklahoma June 13 two former deputy sheriffs W E Guess and Cecil Crosby face murder charges for the slayings of Emilio Cortes Rubio and Manuel Garcia Gomez with trial set for June 24 Judge John B Ogden orders 100 more jurors drawn Prosecution says Rubio case stronger Guess and Crosby free on 25000 bond and say they opened fire when questioned on a highway in Ardmore Morelia Mexico June 13 bodies of Rubio and Gomez arrive with government escort Thousands gather at railway station for orderly arrival Funeral services planned tomorrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Okla
W. E. Guess
Cecil Crosby
Emilio Yortes Rubio
Manuel Garcia Gomez
John B. Ogden
Ogden
Marvin Shilling
Cortes Rubio
Guess
Crosby
Morelia
Mexico
Emilio Cortes Rubio
Beer Tax Fight Strikes Panama City Breweries
Panama City reports a tax clash as brewers and saloon-keepers refuse a new three cent per litre levy. Fines mount daily, only two small vendors paid, consumers shift to rum and whiskey amid the imposed tax that began Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City
Panama
Local Visitors And Notices At City
A sequence of short items notes visitors from Atlanta and Baltimore, travelers to Sea Island Beach, and local residents. Also advertised are sales at L. J. Sturdivant on South Broad Street and updates on children’s health and post operation recoveries at John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Sturdivant
South Broad Street
L. J. Sturdivant
Local Notices and Visitors Highlight Jackson Almanac
Jackson residents and guests appear in brief notices with names such as Mr W B Bridges Mrs J F Head Miss Isabel Kempe and Mr J M Heath while new arrivals include Dr E D McDougall and family and Mrs Jessie Dunlap hosting guests at 107 W Jackson St. The text also advertises services from a public stenographer roofing and concrete work and a Greek American restaurant offering chicken dinners and seafood specials.
Russian Cotton Acreage Surges in 1931 Plantings
Washington reports 1931 Russian cotton plantings at 6,178,000 acres, up 60.9 percent from 3,840,000 last year based on International Institute of Agriculture data. Farm Board member Carl Williams warns Soviet competition will erode the Russian market for Southern growers amid an expected 10 percent drop in American plantings and calls for two to three years of reduced domestic production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
International Institute of Agriculture
Carl Williams
Farm Board
Escaped Prisoner Shot to Death in Miami
In Miami Florida June 13 W D Kennedy 23 an escapee from the city jail died in a hospital after a fusillade via a slow moving car in a residential area Kennedy said the shooters were his friends and refused to name them A companion identified as D A Shell of Columbus Georgia was stopped for investigation Kennedy had escaped a month earlier by sawing a bar from his cell and was serving a vagrancy sentence Police theorize the shooting stemmed from hijacking activity in which Kennedy may have participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
D. Kennedy
Kennedy
D. A. Shell
Columbus
Georgia
Shell
Fort Lauderdale
Thomasville County Commission Minutes June 9 1931
Thomasville official minutes note 1931 meeting with all members present. Rev Robb White lists paupers 4 whites 13 colored for relief. Deputy Sheriff H A White fatally wounded. $150 burial aid proposed. Road matters and insurance requests discussed. courthouse insurance and furnishings approved. various tax, payroll, and committee actions recorded. Meeting adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittman
Robb White
Arms Committee
Vaughn
H. A. White
Thomas County
Hicks
McRae
Scott
Hardy
Mr . Hardy
Mr. Vaughn
Parker & Joseph
Mr. Bickley
Mr. Pittman
Mr. Hicks
Bickley and Hardy
E. W. McMillan
R. W. MacMillan
Bickley
Bradshaw
Moultrie
Mr. Bradshaw
City of
Boston
Bank of Boston
FE. W. McMillan
Lacy
Bank
W. T. Wilson
E. Tris Napier & Company
Thomasville-Moultrie Road
Boy& Car
Volunteer Membership Drive At John D. Archbold Hospital
One third of the hospital membership has renewed its membership in the John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital. The annual campaign urges others to send in the $5.00 membership fee before noon Monday June 15. The committee plans a final review Monday evening prior to canvassing Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Breckenridge Gamble
Tallahassee
John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital
John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital Corporation
Mother and Child Rescued From 30-Foot Well in Georgia
In Cartersville Georgia a mother and her two year old son were saved after three hours clinging to the well’s sides. Mrs Wesley Scott 18 descended a rope improvised from plow lines to rescue her child. The rope broke but she held the child until help arrived. Both were reported virtually recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cartersville
Taylorsville
Wesley Scott
Crowley Plot Thwarted by Guards at Sing Sing
Ossining June 13 guards said they foiled Francis Crowley youth killer plan to club his way out of the Sing Sing death house a home made bludgeon hidden in his mattress found during inspection the device a tightly wrapped magazine bound with wire from cot springs Crowley under death sentence for shooting a policeman during a recent siege in a sensational apartment house incident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
N. Y
Francis Crowley
Sing Sing
Crowley
Methodist Church Notices and Revival Schedule
Silas Johnson pastor at 429 North Broad Street with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and worship at 11:15 a.m. W. E. Fillingim is general superintendent. A modern school offers classes for all ages. First Baptist Church reports junior leagues meet at 7:15 p.m. Sunday. no evening service or midweek prayer due to revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Silas Johnson
North Broad Street
E. Fillingim
First Baptist Church
Sunday Revival Services at First Baptist Church
Rev T K Callaway leads a unified two hour morning service with Sunday School by M H Goodwin and nursery care. Morning sermon on Seven Major Signs of the Second Coming of Christ. Evening message on The Centrality of the Cross. Revival continues all week with B Y P U groups and prayer meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
T. K. Callaway
Ardis McDougald
Hubert F. Davis
J. K. Harper
Crosby
L. D. Ferguson
T.W. Callaway
Christ
W. G. Stracener
J. H. Harris
Presbyterian Church Sunday Schedule and Sermon Plan
Presbyterian Church announces 10 o clock Sunday School led by Han sell Watt superintendent Dr E D McDougall of Memphis Tennessee will preach both morning and evening services at 2 00 p m Junior Christian Endeavor led by Mrs Dallas Scoggins September 7 45 p m Senior Christian Endeavor Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 8 00 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Hansell Watt
E. D. McDougall
Memphis
Tenn
ER. D. McDougall
Tennessee
The
Church Services At St Thomas and St Augustine Priests
St Thomas Episcopal led by Rev. Robb White holds Holy Communion at 8:00 a.m. and Church School at 10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer at 11:00 a.m. St Augustine Catholic under Rev. Thomas A. Brennan has Mass on the first, third and fifth Sundays at 9:00 a.m. and a Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Protestant Episcopal
Robb White
Holy Communion
St. Augustine Catholic
Thomas A. Brennan
Primitive Baptist Church Announces Sunday Pulpit Supply
The church schedules a Sunday Bible class at 10 a m and Wednesday prayers at 8 p m. Preaching occurs on the fourth Sunday and Friday night and Saturday before, with services Friday 8 p m Saturday 11 a m Sunday 11 a m and 8 p m. The public is invited to all gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Primitive Baptist Church
Christian Science Church Services Sunday at 11:30
Sunday services are held at 11 30 in the Dawson and Washington street church edifice with the sermon God the Preserver of Man The Sunday School meets at 10 30 and the reading room is open weekdays 10 00 to 12 00 for reading borrowing or purchasing Bible and authorized Christian Science literature A Wednesday testimony meeting at 3 00 pm invites the public to attend and visit the reading room
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
Washington Streets
God
Man
Twenty Grand Easily Wins Belmont Race
Twenty Grand, Kentucky Derby winner, clinched the three year old American turf title by winning the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park New York by ten lengths. Sun Meadow was second by a nose over James Town. The horse set a Belmont Stakes record for the mile and a half at 2 29 3 5, two seconds faster than the prior Gallant Fox mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont Park
N. Y
Katherine ©. Hitts
Sun Meadow
Jamestown
Gallant Fox
London and New York Interested in Miss Faithfull Case
The article reports Miss Faithfull’s crisis in New York with an unnamed physician saving her life after a sedative overdose. It notes her troubled temper and erratic behavior, her stepfather’s involvement, and plans to sail on the Franconia from New York on May 30. Dr Jameson Carr’s whereabouts are unknown as Cunard officials remain silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Daily Express
Miss Faithfull
Lfe
the Express
Stanley E. Faithfull
London
Franconia
America
Daily ‘Mail
New York
Jameson Carr
Cunard
Connec
Church of the Nazarene Bruce 8 B Hall Pastor
The Church of the Nazarene Bruce 8 B Hall presents a Sunday schedule with 10:00 a m Sunday School led by T W Spear 11:00 a m Morning Worship 3:20 p m Junior N Y P S led by Alma Yarbrough 7:30 p m Senior N Y P S led by Tabitha Cheshire with topic Overcoming Prejudices 8:30 p m Evening Evangelistic Service and 8:30 p m Wednesday mid week prayer service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Nazarene
Bruce
Hall
T. W. Spear
Alma Yarbrough
Tabitha Cheshire
Manchester sentence fought by attorney after Powers trial
Macon Ga June 13 Solicitor General Charles H Garrett postponed for several weeks the request for resentencing of Earl Manchester 21 Rochester Minn convicted of the murder of James W Parks 18 Hapeville Ga in an insurance plot Douglas Feagin attorney for Manchester will seek commutation since Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Powers 74 was given life on her second trial Feagin to file with the prison commission early next week Manchester death sentence had been sustained by the Georgia supreme court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Charles H. Garrett
Earl Manchester
Rochester
Minn
James W. Parks
Hapeville
Manchester
Georgia
Douglas Feagin
Sarah Elizabeth Powers
Feagin
Prison Commission
Georgia Supreme Court
Mystery draws editors to interview New York figures
Public interest surrounds the cage mystery as editors from several papers call New York to interview the leading figures. The bustling coverage reflects heightened public curiosity and coordinated reporting efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
New York
Church Activities and Revival News From Local Churches
Baptist Missionary Society meets Monday at 4 00 for a business session. Presbyterian Church hosts missionary auxiliary at 430 with executive board at 330. Dr McDougall of Memphis preaches tomorrow at both Presbyterian services. First Baptist Revival nears climax with T W Callaway preaching at 11 and Centra lity of the Cross theme at night. Music by W G Stracener then J H Harris for final week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Missionary Society
Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
The
Presbyterian Church
Early Baseball Scores From The American League
Summary of two early league doubleheaders with hits and errors. St Louis and Philadelphia opened with high run totals, key home runs by Kress Heving and Lary, while Detroit, Cleveland, and Chicago posted modest outputs in later games. National League results include Philadelphia Chicago New York Pittsburgh Brooklyn Cincinnati with limited scoring and notable pitching by Brame and Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RH B
St. Louis
Phil’phia
Stewart
Stiles
Ferrell
Grove
Heving
Kress
Negroes Becoming Communists, Hill Tells Urban League
Arnold Hill of New York City warned at a national Urban League conference in Minneapolis that communism is gaining a foothold among Negroes due to unemployment. He said interracial efforts aim to educate a small elite while white and Black workers face a broad, nationwide battle line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
T. Arnold Hill
New York City
National Conference of Urban Leagues
United States
Hill
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
New Orleans
Seattle
Los Angeles
Methodist reports consolidated for district conference
Brief notices announce morning reports at the Methodist Church on the first six months of the year to be consolidated with other district churches for the district conference at Camilla on Tuesday morning. Young People's Conference in Macon is set for June 15 to 20. No evening worship due to revival at the Baptist Church. Congregation to join the Baptist Church. Epworth League meets as usual. A mysterious "king's banquet" appears in the Famous Mystery Lunch offered by AMERICAN CAFE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Camilla
Marniing
Young ‘Peoples
Macon
Baptist Church
The
Baptist
Epworth League
Methodist Pastor Beals Shoots Self Near Atlanta
The Reverend Young A. Beals pastor of Jefferson Street Methodist Church was found dead with a shotgun wound near his car in East Point Georgia. A penciled note addressed to his widow Mrs Helen Beals was found in his pocket. An inquest will be held. Beals a Greenville native came to Atlanta five years ago from Savannah and was Emory University graduate class of 1928. He is survived by his widow two sons a sister three brothers and his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Young A. Beals
Jefferson Street Methodist Church
East Point
J. W. Miller
Helen Beals
Jefferson Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Emory University
Allen, Jr
Thomas
H. L. Pearson
Woodberry
W. L. Beall
Manchester
L. C. Beall
C. R. Beall
LaGrange
B. W. Beal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oklahoma
Mortuary Service
Holder & Clark Funeral Home
Gordon Avenue
John H. Brooks
John W. Vann
Mr. J. T. Kaylor
Mr. S. M. Barek of
Baltimore
W. W. Burgess
C. J. Reilly
Burnham
Sea Island Beach
Frank Plunkett
Florence Vaughn
Far Hills
N. J
Mrs. J. C. Vaughn
JRS
McCkracken
North Broad
Thomasville
Corinna Jarrett
O. H. Wilson
Jacksonville
Little Shelton Kimball Chastain
Georgia Waterman
N. Madison St
Charles H. Duff
Nell Duff
W. B. Bridges of
Jackson
ALRED
D. J. Maddox
J. F. Head
Albany
Sara Levitt
W. Jackson St
Mr. J. M. Heath of
Isabel Kempe
St. Petersburg
Florida
Jessie Dunlap
Mary Hargrave
Charles Pittman, Jr
Winston Ramsey
Tampa, Fla
B. L. Brewton
Francis Goodwin
Peabody College
R. E. Goodwin
Margaret
Merrill
Presbyterian Manse
McDougall
P. C
Fostoria
Robison Hardware Company
E. Jackson St
Christian Science
Powers
Kirby-Evans Material Co
South Madison Stree
DR. McDougall
Missionary Society
Baxley
Philadelphia
Gray
Kimsey
Crouch
Earnshaw
Chicago
Caraway
Braxton
Henline
Grube
Pennock
Pipgras
Dickey
Lary
Detroit
Wyatt
Grabowski
Morris
Berry
Cleveland
Shaffner
Lawson
Myatt
Crowder and Spencer
Dudley
Davis
Moone
Hemsley
Artlett
Pittsburgh
Mitchell and
O'Farrell
B. Brame
Phillips
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Phelps and
Lombardi
Benton
Styles
Urban League
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!