The Dothan Eagle from Dothan, Alabama • 1

The Weather Alabama: Generally fair and Continued warm tonight and riday VOLUME 24 The Dothan EAGLE I Heard Them Say 'Let Us Go To Genesis 37 tl7 DOTHAN ALABAMA THURSDAY ATERNOON JULY 14 1932 Dothan Spot Strict low middling 497 Middling 62? Strict middling 642 NUMBER 251 HEAT RECORDS ukely today ALL OVER One Death At Newark NJ and Another at New Orleans Reported Early In Morning MAGIC CITY1EMPERATURE REACHES 89 BEORE NOON 'a I Above 100 Readings Predicted In Kansas Missouri Rain May Bring Relief By The Associated Press Most of the United States swelt red today in a heat wave whichpromised to break seasonal records in many places One death caused by the heat was reported in the early hours at New ark and another one a short time later at New Orleans Temperature alarmists in Mlssou rl and Kansas freely predicted the thermometer would go above a hr dred before the day and hope for relief in numerous places was pinned on showers predicted fortonight Some temperatures before noon today were: Birmingham 89 Atlanta 92 Memphis 95 Washington 86 New York 80 Lightning bolts killed two per: yesterday and one death was attrib uted to the heat CITIZENS SWELTER IN DOTHAN ALSO Residents of this section contin ued to perspire as the mercury rose to a high mark of 95 degrees this afternoon at 2 No re lief was promised in the Wiregrass by the weatherman who announced for about the fourteenth cbnsecu tive day "continued tonight ana tomorrow Many Dothan persons today ex pressed their opinion the past week 'produced some of the hottest weath er here in several years Tempera tures also have ascended to high 'poinfS' atlrfng' the night Party Convention Visitors Describe Gathering To Club rank Pridgen and Robert Ram sey gave 'high of the national Democratic convention held recent ly in Chicago Ill at the regular meeting of the Dothan Kiwanis club at the Houston hotel Wednes day The speakers were presented by Myer Blumberg who has served the club as program chairman for the past six months Harry Hall Eagle advertising manager was also a guest HH Binns gave his Kiwanian Binns was born at Wash ington Ga where he lived until 1902 when he went to Atlanta and obtained a job with RG Dunn Co He moved to Albany Ga in 1904 to represent a mill supply house and later went into the pro duce business which he followed un til 1920 when he went into the ho tel game He has operated hotels in Moultrie Cordele Thomasville and Athens Ga and Sanford la He came to Dothan from Thomasville in ebruary of this year Mr Binns also gave club members some instructive data on "hotel business in President Andrew Miller ap pointed WR Jordan as program chairman for the next six months Mrs WS Wilson presided at the piano during the club singing which was led by Dr Arthur Key ton TAXPAYERS TO PLAN CUTTING GOVERNMENT EXPENSE IN HOUSTON A meeting of Houston county tax payers was to be held at the county courthouse this afternoon to or ganize taxpayers with a view to ward reducing the cost of govern ment The county is being organ teed by former Lieutenant Gover nor Davis state chairman of the Economy League of Alabama Mr Davis who is accompanied by Horton secretary of the league has been organizing taxpay i rs in Ozark Geneva Abbeville and Headland during the week Permit To Repair Residence Issued Tht 151st building permit to be Issued this year was obtained yes terday by Srnth to repair aresidence at 203 oster street Thp work will according to the permit The permit issued was the first from a new book the old one hav bg been exhausted of its supply of permit sheets MECHANIC NOW ARMER AND MEALS HE MISSED BECOME ONLY MEMORY BIRMINGHAM Ala July 14 Walter Redmcn Mrs Redmon and Junior are laugh Ing up their sleeves at the de pression' City bred and an automobile mechanic by trade Redmon has turned farmer and the bitter ness of eight months unemploy ment when skipped meals were a rule rather than the excep tion has faded from his mind Redmon left his bome in Mo bile in search of work and hit upon the idea of tiling the soli A landowner accepted his prop ositlon that he would clear 10 acres cultivate the plot and buy It when money loosens up Redmon cleared the property on Gunnison Creek 15 miles north of Birmingham and with $100 borrowed money has built a home and has a good crop in the making With the assist ance of his 11 year old son a well has been dug and two boats built for fishing in the well stocked waters of the creek SEED LOAN CASE DEENDANT WILL GET TRIAL ALONE Separate Hearing or Witherington Jef fries To Be Tried County Agent JHWltherlngton one of eight defendants in the seed loan conspiracy case which twice ended in mistrials will be tried separately at one hearing and with other persons in four more cases when US court opens here July 25 Among those cases in which he will be tried with others is a charge against Witherington Wyatt Rollins and the son Aubrey who was brought from Texas to Alabama from an army post to appear as a defendant in the seed loan trial Between 80 and 100 witnesses have been summoned to appear in Dothan when court opens for the special session A number of the witnesses are from out of town A case against Will Jeffrifef former Houston county tax collector Is ex pected to take longer than any of the other hearings Other cases in which witnesses here have been summoned are: Will Jeffries July 25 JH With erington July 25 John Sanders Sr et al July 25 William Sidney Wilson July 25 Wesley Croom July 26 JH Witherington et al July 26 another case against With erington and others is also ached uled for July 26 Bell July 26 two cases against With erington et al July 27 Wesley Croom July 26 and Bell July 26 88 Year Old Woman Who Lived On Route One 50 Years Dies Miss Mary Peterman 88 died at her home Dothan route one late Wednesday of old age Infirm ities Miss had lived most of her life in Houston county and for the past 50 years resided on Dothan route one Miss Peterman is survived by one brother Peterman of Dothan route one two sisters Miv Eliza beth Peterman of Dothan route one and Mrs Harris of Shor tervilie Last rites were to be held at 4 today at cemetery near Brannon Stand with the Rev William Bush of New Brocton of ficiating Houston uneral Cowas in charge of arrangements Here Is One Kind Of License Which Is Not Guaranteed BAINBRIDGE July The De catur county ordinary does not guarantee satisfaction with each marriage license issued here A li cense was obtained from Mrs Manning Saturday afternoon and Monday afternoon the young bridegroom walked into the office and requested his money be refund ed Mrs Manning regretted but firm ly insisted she could not return the young money as a pastor had returned the license and duly' certi fled he had performed the marriage ceremony HOME RUNS YESTERDAY Simmons Athletics 2 McNair Athletics 1 Worthington Braves 1 Hargrave Braves 1 Morgan Indians 1 'Averill Indians 1 Stone Tigers 1 Ruth Yankees 1 Crosettl Yankees 1 Burns Browns 1 Seeds White Sox 1 Coney Island Which Was Swept By $300000 ire IsESii Here is a photograph of the world famous Coney Island beach where 25000 persons were in the surf when flames late yesterday reduced the buildings at the resort to a $3000000 ash heap When the above photograph was taken on one of New York's hottest days this summer nearly a million father and mother Knickerbockers and children were on the Coney Island beach almost obscuring the sand SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES BREAK RIENDLY STATUS Rupture Between Argentina and Uruguay Adds to Extensive Trouble Situation BUENOS AIRES July 14 (AP) complete and sudden break in diplomatic relations between Ar gentina and Uruguay was added to day to the boiling cauldron of South America's dlssecxtions which include: Up to date revolts In Bra zil Peru and Equador collapse of the peace negotiations which sought to end the ancient feud be tween Paraguay and Bolivia over the Grand Chaco boundary dispute and the new oture between Ar gentina and Uruguay Irked because Argentina showed a disposition to believe reports General Toranzo former Argentine army commander now in exilelnUriguay was Aboard lhlp which'recently visited Buenos Aires The Uruguayan government an nounced the severance of diplomat ic relations Adult Opportunity Schools Will Hear Mrs Pruett Talk Talks on food preservation fall gardening and similar home demon stratlon subjects will be made next week by Mrs WG Pruett county demonstration agent at the adult opportunity schools being held in the county Mrs Pruett will speak at the schools as follows: Dupree July 18 at 9 am Harmon July 18 at 10 am Mt Ararat July 19 at 10:30 am Mt Zion July 19 2:30 pm Union Hill church July 20 2 pm Cottonwood July 20 10 am Re hobeth July 21 2 pm Taylor July 21 4 pm Britain rance Debt Treaty Report Denied Officially in London LONDON July It was officially stated today at Number 10 Dowling street there was no truth In any statement of a new Anglo rench treaty applicable to the mat ter of British debts to the United States The statement was issued in an effort to dissipate confusion which arose from a statement by Premier Herriot of rance yesterday that as a result of a new agreement Great Britain could not make any 1 new arrangements for payments of debts to America without first con sulting rance Paper Mill Closes To Make Repairs PANAMA CITY July (Spe The Southern Kraft Paper Co mill here has been closed for several days to allow workmen to repair machinery The mill often shuts down for a few days so re pairs can be made officials ex plained Rumors that the mill would not reopen were branded as false The paper mill has a payroll of $10000 weekly PROESSOR APPOINTED 4 BIRMINGHAM Ala July Professor Joseph Ecker of the faculty of William and Mary college has been appointed assist ant professor of history at Birming ham Southern college He succeeds Dr Benjamin Thomas recently named director of the Abraham Lin coin oundation Springfield Mass SOLDIER ORTUNE AND DIVORCEE OUND DEAD IN AUTOMOBILE NEW ORLEANS July Borden 45 soldier of fortune and Mrs Julia Jou bert 32 year old divorcee were found shot to death In an auto mobile on a nearby highway to day The man still held a pis tol in his right hand and police said the evidence indicated he killed his companion then him self MINISTERSURGE SHOALDECISION lorence Preacher Join ight To Get Settlement of Old Operation Question LORENCE Ala July (AP) ministers have joined the long drawn out fight to settle the Muscle Shoals question A telegram to Senator John Bankhead urging him to work to bring about a compromise before the end of the present session of congress has been signed by Dr James Hunter pastor of the irst Methodist church the Rev DW Hollingsworth irst Presby texian church and the Rev Motley irst Baptist church Their telegram said: for all of the people let us urge that you use every faculty and every ounce of energy you pos sess to bring about compromises that will Insure Muscle Shoals leg Islatlon before congress adjourns possible delay other less Im portant legislation until Muscle Shoals gets justice Thousands up on thousands of good cit izens are hungry and half clad They want a chance to work and clothe their little ones Shoals in action will start prosperity in Alabama in a big way that will be felt throughout the na Birdmen Will Help Entertain Editors At Annual Session MONTGOMERY Ala July (AP) City officials and Maxwell ield fliers have joined forces to of fer an elaborate program of enter tainment for the annual convention of the Alabama Press association here July 21 and 22 Parachute demonstrations stunt flying formation maneuvers and other artistry of the air will be ex hibited for the 100 editors expected to attend the annual gathering A theater party and a sight st Ing trip to the historical spots in the city are Included on thp enter tainment program while speakers for the business ses sions include Congressman Lister Hill and Judge Leon McCord of Montgomery circuit court Houston Will Not Hold Chest Clinic No chest clinic will be held In Houston county this year accord ing to Dr Granger county health officer A large number of persons attended the annual clinic at the American Legion clubhouse last year The state has two units doing the clinic work but released one of them and the other unit has to hold clinics In each county of the state requiring about a week for each county Dr Granger said A cllnie may be held here next year however the health officer said AVIATRIX BREAKS RECORD ON LIGHT ACROSS COUNTRY Amelia Earhart Putnam Clips 10 Hours rom Mark of Ruth Nichols NEWARK NJ July (AP) Amelia Earhart Putnam broke the woman's transcontinental flight record by nearly 10 hours Although she failed by more than an hour to lower rank coast to coast time partly because of a forced landing nt Columbus Ohio she said she might try to clip five hours from his time in a faster ship later The aviatrix first woman to make a solo flight across the At lantic landed here 19 hours 14 minutes and 40 seconds elapsed time after leaving Los Angeles She called the one stop land flight more trying in some ways than her perilous hop across the Atlantic had a nice soft cushion to sit on then' she explained with a grin time I had to sit on a hard parachute pack all the way I didn't wear a parachute on the ocean flight because I decided that even If I needed it It do me any When she left Ios Angtles Tues day afternoon there was a possibli ity she might set four records A new trasncontlnental mark for women fliers A new non stop transcontinental record A record as first woman to make a non stop transcontinental flight alone A new solo non stop distance rec ord for women She succeeded in the first failed in the second and third and today there was some doubt about the fourth When she was forced down at Co lumbus because of a faulty feed line she had gone approximately the satnc distance as her own re cent ocean flight of about 2000 the women's non stop record Because of the difficulty of cornput ing air instances it was not certain which flight was longf AST LYING TIME Her flying time from Los Angeles to Newark was officially set at 17 hours 59 minutes 40 seconds Elapsed time counts in setting rec ords record which has stood for flve years 1s 17 hours 38 mln utes 59 seconds Ruth Nichols In December 1930 the flight in 13 hours 21 minutes 43 seconds but she spent the night at Wichita which brought elapsed time jm over 29 hours Mrs Putnam said she would fly back to Los Angeles in about a week to rejoin her husband George Putnam and to sec the Olympic games Physician Is Slain By ormer Patient WASHINGTON July AP) Dr Victor A Aimone medical of fleer of the Mount Alto hospital was shot through thc heart and instantly killed yesterday by rank Castell former patient In the psychopathic vzard Castell fired the shot apparently without warning after entering the physician's office at the hospital He had been awaiting the arrival of another physician In an adjoin Ing hallway Orderlies seized Cas tell but he offered no resistance He refused to give a reason for the shooting or answer questions by police DOCTOR SHOT IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION HERE Largest Bass Prize Landed By Dothaniar 5000 BATHERS LOSE CLOTHING IN LARGE IRE Panama City Hospital Owner Brought To Dothan After Being Wounded By Pistol SHOOTING ACCIDENTAL PHYSICIAN DECLARES Nurse Rushes Into Back Room Of Institution and inds Man on loor Dr Adams 52 Panama City hospital owner was In a Do than hospital today with a bullet lodged In his head and his condi tion described as serious with little hope held for the recov ery Dr Adams was brought to the Dothan hospital from Panama City late Wednesday after he was found crumpled on the floor of a back room in the Panama City hospital A nurse hearing a shot rushed into the room where Dr Adams was found unconscious according to in formation received here The physician regained conscious ness later for a few moments when he told persons the shooting was accidental Dr Adams did not stay at bls hospital for treatment as only one physician besides him self Is connected with the Institu tion Dr Mixon is part own er of the hospital but is seriously ill with pneumonia and could not treat Dr Adams The physician was rushed to the hospital here in an ambulance The bullet was still imbedded to day in Dr head behind the ear hospital attendants said No operation had been performed thia afternoon in an attempt to remove the pistol bullet according to offi cials at the hospital nr Adams has two sons Jr and Powell Adams both ofwhom are students at Tulane uni versity New Orleans Dr Adams has lived in Panama City for the past 15 or 20 years The hospital was established eight years ago Man Killed Three Of His our Small Children Is Charge LYKES Pa July Barney Godleskl was placed under arresty esterday charged with kill ing three of his four small chldren The killings occurred Tuesday night Policp said that Godleskl who Is 31 been drinking heavily and that his wife left him Tuesday The children were Paul 8 Lil Han 6 and Alberta 4 Helen 10 saved herself by fleeing from the house Justice of the Peace James Gold en said Godleskl provoked by dis tress had comp home at midnight from a drinking bout In William town One by one he carried the chil dren to the cellar and killed them with an axe Th bodies were found by Deputy Coroner George Wren Williams town shortly after noon Blind Women Now Can Get Cooking Help rom Books WASHINGTON July 14 AP) Cookbooks for the blind is the lat est contribution of the Braille sys tem to sightless women The book contains the Aunt Sam Radio Recipes published two years ago and is the first cook book printed In Braille "Despite their handicap blind women find it necessary to prepare meals for their families and many axe excellent says an ex pert of the Department of Agricul ture "They are quick to establish fixed habits in the kitchen and can depend on their highly developed senses of touch and smell" Copies of the cookbook have been placed in all libraries for the blind throughout the country UNDER $200 BOND Sam Adams was under $200 bond today following his arrest by coun I ty officers on a charge of assault land battery The warrant for Adams' arrest was sworn by Otho orrester who charged Adams assaulted him with a knife BRITISH SEAPLANE SINKS LONDON July 14 A Royal Air orce seaplane sank in the Irish channel off Larne Antrim yesterday and si xrnembers of the crew were saved by the steamer Nicos Life boats were searching for others who are believed to have got clear in a rubber boat Pettus Repeats His Success of Last Year At Rodeo Ability to catch bass has brought another fishing prize to WH Pet tus of Dothan Mr Pettus repeat ed his success this year at the an nual Baldwin county fishing rodeo being awarded a prize for landing the largest black bass in competl tlon with anglers from all over the South The Dothan angler won a similar award at last year's rodeo Two days of perfect weather and good fishing in the salt and fresh waters of Baldwin county marked the rodeo which closed Tuesday night with the presentation of the prizes at the bandstand in the ley city park Mackerel of different kinds fur nished the chief items of sport throughout the two days The largest mackerel was caught by AC Watson of Montgomery the second by HCIte of the same city and the third largest by Lloyd Magney of oley The Watson king weighed 18 1 4 pounds the others were nearly as large The four fishermen who came from Monroe county and Montgom ery bringing their sleeping quar ters as a trailer behind their auto returned Tuesday evening with 101 game fish chiefly king mackerel cooling in the Ice box to delight friends and neighbors on the mor row They won their boatmen a prize and carried off several of the Individual awards These uncrown cd champions are leming and DM Maddox of Monroeville TI Springer of risco City and Henry ite of Montgomery They fished with Capt Jimmie Hudson on the Magnolia or the largest bluefish Eric Hall of Montgomery received first prize A Shivers second and Haygood Patterson third Thorburn of Montgomery caught the largest speckled trout Col EL Higdon was awarded first and second prizes for the largpst bream Henry Rowe won the first prize for a Ung though it was a small one and Mr Grassflehl was award ed the second ling prize for one that was even smaller WH Web her of Montgomery caught a baby of the species for the third award Only one cavn'bt was caught It was landed by Peter Grassfiel 1 airhope and weighed 27 pounds leming Monroeville caught an 8 1 4 pound bonito for a first William James industrial agent of the and railroad caught the second largest bonito and Mr Web her won the third in that class Maj William Padgett of the Ma rln0 hospital New Orleans caught the largest Spanish mackerel! Mr Grasafleld second and Chief Game Warden Wharton third OM Pixel ps of Mobile president manager of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Sam Houston Lack land secretary of the deep sexi ro deo held annually at ort Gaines were at the get together meeting following the seafood dinner at Burkhardts Landing Tuesday and cordial relations between the two gulf fishing rodeo groups were es tabllshed Baldwin county will be well represented with boats and fishermen at the deep sea rodeo Aug 9 10 and 11 Mr Lackland suggsted an arrangement whereby the other coast points might In the future hold their fishing contests on simultaneous dates to cultivate a friendly rivalry LT Quinn Col Higdon Judge Hare and other con BervatlmlstH addressed the noon day meeting which Is a feature of th annual rodeo In Baldwin county waters Herman Dreis of oley was awarded the premier In the annual fish liars contest while William James of the and was given the second place In the same cate gory Dr Sibley Holmes chairman of the rodeo commttee assured those assembled at the city park that the 1933 rodeo will be observed with even greater enthusiasm Two of Ga Trains To Be Discontinued Agent Here Reports Trains No 13 and 14 operating between Dothan and Albany on the Central of Georgia railway will be discontinued Sunday CC Bi nett agent announced today Train No 13 arrives In Dothan at 7 at night from Albany and No 14 departs from Dothan for that city at 8 in the morn Ing Trains No 15 and 16 will be op erated as mixed trains with the discontinuance of 13 and 14 Mr Bennett explained No 15 arrives heze at 10 a and No 16 leaves at pm for Albany 200 Persons Hurt Two Serious ly As $3000000 lames Make Ashes Out of Coney Island Places THREE BLOCKS RESORT GONE BUT BANDS PLAY ON Many Thousand Made Home less Hundreds of Automo biles Houses Destroyed NEW YORK July 14 (AP) The heart of Coney Island was a $3000000 ash pile today but the bands play on ire which started In rubbish under the boardwalk Coney polyglot promenade swept three square blocks of the resort late yesterday While monotonous music was sent piping through rolling waves of smoke fire bellowed by a fresh breeze off the ocean destroyed the colony 50 bungalows and houses bathing pavilion 200 parked auto mobiles the Pergola Street of an amusement place small apartment building five blocks of board walk and most of the build Ings fronting on it Two score houses and several business places were damaged Many thousand of persons were made homeless and at least 5000 bathers among the 25000 tn the surf at the time lost their clothes and personal possessions as the flames destroyed the bathhouses Two hundred persons were in jured seriously enough to need first aid Two persons both firemen were reported seriously hurt The fire was still smouldering DEBT AGREEMENT TEXT PUBLISHED Lausanne Accords Will Not Go Into orce Until They Are Ratified PARTS rance July 14 (API Text of the much discussed gntle man's agreement entered into at Lausanne by European nations was published today The agreement provides it shall not be ratified until each of the countries has obtained a satisfacto ry settlement between it and its creditors The agreement which was initialed by rance Great Brit ain Italy and Belgium also pro vldes thp Lausanne accords shall not definitely go into force until they have been rati'S as provided In the treaties themselves When satisfactory arrangement had been made concerning their own debt the gentleman's agree ment provided the Initialing govern ments will ratify the general ac cords with Germany and these will become effective Bootlegger Dirty As Devil Youthful Preacher Declares The bootlegger is as dirty as the devil' Homer Hail 11 year old evan gelist declared while speaking be fore a large number of persons on the courthouse lawn last night Bootleggers drink some of the liquor they have for sale and stay drunk most of the time while their wives take in washing for a living the boy preacher continued Most crimes can be traced to drink he said Tonight subject will be Devil isnpona Wage Earners Led Others In iling Bankruptcy Writs BIRMINGHAM Ala July 14 Wage earners led all others In filing bankruptcy petitions in north Alabama during the fiscal year ending June 30 Petlt ons numbering 2943 wr filed by thfl working rnan 180 by merchants 69 by farmers 13 by manufacturers 5 by professional men and 85 by other classes Liabilities represented by thp pe titions totaled $12081099 of which voluntary petitions accounted for $7352398 and involuntary $4728 791 Expense of administering the cases was $224730 SCHEDULE CHANGE POSSIBLE MEMPHIS Tenn July President John Martin of the Southern Association expressed hope today that the league schedule can be rearranged by consent of other clubs so as to furnish Bir mingham with Sunday baseball th earliest possible IsESii.