Mystery Monster Terrorizes Mobile Dark Town Residents
In Mobile Alabama panic spread as squads of Black residents hunted a mysterious creature described as a sharklike beast with scales and a white ring around its neck. Eyewitnesses report bites and dog like tracks while police search and city officials offer a reward.
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Monster
Mobile
Ala
Marmotte Street
Fisher's Alley
S.L. Bowman
Bowman
Truvine’s
Henry Johnson
Johnson
Jes
Johnny Boykin
Warren Burch
Central City Pair Arrested After Suspected Reckless Driving
W. A. Barman, 52, and Raymond Schaffer, 38, both of Central City, were charged after officers followed their weaving car for twelve blocks. Barman faced reckless driving charges. Schaffer was charged with intoxication. Both admitted drinking beer at the station.
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W. A. Barman
Central City
Raymond Schaffer
Stearns and Walters
Barman
Schaffer
Twenty-third Street
First Avenue
Assigns Criminal Case Trials Starting Feb 7
District Judge N C Ring scheduled criminal cases for trial starting Feb 7 at 9 am. County Attorney G K Thompson prepared the assignment. Defendants listed include Elmer Speed Briles and Oma Lee for robbery with aggravation Ethel Reed for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and Harold Dean Thomason for burglary and breaking and entering.
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N. C. Ring
G. K. Thompson
Elmer
Speed” Briles
Oma Lee
Ethel Reed
Harold Dean Thomason
Unable To Pay Reckless Driving Fine in Police Court
Don Ladage of 408 Seventeenth Street NE was fined $25 and costs after a reckless driving arraignment. Judge Thomas B. Powell suspended all but $10 on condition of payment and good behavior, but Ladage cannot pay and must serve the full $25.
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Don Ladage
Seventeenth Street
Thomas B. Powell
Ladage
Illustrated Lecture by Capt Craig at Town Hall Thursday
Capt John D. Craig Hollywood adventure producer will speak next Thursday at the State theater on The Technique of Taking Dangerous Deep Sea Movies. The lecture begins at 8 p.m. and features prize winning films as illustrated by Craig and his eight technician crew. He has traveled to Africa India and the South seas and is renowned for deep sea exploits and wildlife studies.
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John D. Craig
Hollywood
Town Hall
State Theater
Capt. Craig
Capt
Craig
Thrilling Pictures
Africa
India
South Seas
American
One Dead in Cavein on Farm Mine Near Versailles
William June, 19, buried alive for hours when a mine cavern covered him. Orb Marriott, 50, was rescued alive Saturday night but died from suffocation. Ray Jones, 15, found them and alerted a crowd of miners and farmers who hurried to the Ozark farm to help. The mine’s narrow confines forced small work groups and rapid relay shifts.
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Versailles
William June
Orb Marriott
Marriott
June
Jane
Ray Jones
Ozark
Wisconsin tavernkeepers may face $1 million payment ruling
Wisconsin Attorney General Loomis announced an initial court victory in a case that could yield about $1,000,000 from tavern owners for liquor law violations. Circuit Judge Davison held that the $1,000 bond posted by Edna Chin of Brookfield may be forfeited, not merely held as indemnity, in a test case likely to reach the state Supreme Court.
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Madison
Wis
O. S. Loomis
Wisconsin
Loomis
C. M. Davison
Supreme Court
Edna Chin
Brookfield
Waukesha County
Sioux Falls Judge Becomes Y M C A North Central Chair
Sioux Falls Judge Lewis Larson was elected chairman of the North Central board of directors of the Y M C A at a Roosevelt hotel meeting. He succeeds Maurice Jenness of Minneapolis who moved to St Louis. J Russell Smith of Winona was chosen to fill a board vacancy.
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Lewis Larson
Sioux Falls
S. D
North Central Board of Directors
Roosevelt Hotel
Judge Larson
Maurice Jenness
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Area Council
J. Russell Smith
Winona
Minn
North Central Y M C A Area Council Meeting Speakers Named
Dr Frank Slutz of Dayton will keynote the North Central area council meeting in St Paul on April 8 and 9 A joint Cedar Rapids Y M C A dinner was held with S R Hawkins in charge Invitations went to all Iowa Y M C A groups but only Washington Y M C A attended due to bad weather Speakers included William J Grede Llyod R Killam T P Pearman W R Johnson and others from Wisconsin Illinois and Davenport Iowa
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Frank Slutz
Dayton
Ohio
North Central Area Council
St. Paul
North Central Board
Cedar Rapids Y. M. C. A
S. R. Hawkins
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Washington Y. M.C. A
H. L. Walker
L. W. Soule
City
Ira Carrithers
Judge Larson
William J. Grede
Wauwatosa
Wis
Llyod R. Killam
Chicago
Pioneer
National
Y. M. C. A. Organization
T. P. Pearman
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Y. M. C. A
W. R. Johnson
Davenport
Roosevelt High 9A Class Holds Yearend Assembly Program
The 9A class of Roosevelt Junior High held an assembly Thursday with Jack Linkletter as radio announcer delivering the farewell to the 9A students heading to senior high Monday. Letters were awarded by Miss Mary Bowne and Stewart Cooper. The program included music, solos, an act play Not Quite Such a Goose, and student performances by Virgilene Herring Betty Vomacka Patricia Gilchrist, and others.
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Roosevelt Junior High School
Jack Linkletter
Mary Bowne
Stewart Cooper
Uf Peevere Orchestya
William Vesely
Norman Hornan
Eleanor_ Kelley
Virgilene Herring
Betty Vomacka
Fred Blecher
Patricia Gilchrist
Bob, Mellon
Betty Hall
Virginia Adams
Doris Dunn
Don Gallagher
Louis Pazour
Don Preckel
Bob Mellon
Bernard Marbere
Anne Graw
Bill Heneks
Glen Seizer
1937 U S Building Best For Six Years
Chicago AP reports national 1937 building operations were the best in six years despite a late curtailment. The National Association of Building Trades Employers said 1938 prospects were optimistic in some localities.
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Chicago
National Association of Building Trades Employers
Diet Myths and The Uselessness of Acidity Theories
In a column by noted physician William Brady, M D, the author debunks diet plans for rheumatism and acidity. He argues uric acid is not a disease cause, warns against popular diet lists, and explains peptic ulcer menus are not cures. The piece mocks quackery and urges cautious, evidence based eating.
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Wiseacre
Fails Short Change Artists And Finds No Cash Shortage
Miss Betty Foster a bookkeeper at Modern Laundry 621 First Avenue East reports a $10 short change incident was a miscalculation of funds and that the suspected man and woman tried a confusion racket but only led to confusion without causing incorrect change.
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Betty Foster
First
Avenue E
German Seaplane Zephyr Forced Down Off Africa Coast
A German Zephyr seaplane flying from South America to Europe with a mail cargo was forced to land 250 miles off the African west coast after engine trouble. The aircraft was slightly damaged with no casualties. The Ostmark mother ship and Lufthansa Aviation respond to assist the crew.
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Berlin
INS
Zephyr
Europe
South America
Atlantic
Ostmark
South Atlantic
Lufthansa Aviation Company
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Gettysburg
Jolan D. Craig
Y.M
Roosevelt High
U.S
William Brady
M. D
Wiseacres
Memorial Coliseum
THE
Young Men’s Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Milk Fund
Camp Good Health
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