Malone Automobile Show Promises Biggest Ever Opening
The Malone Coal Grain and Motor company will open its fourth annual automobile show on Tuesday April 6 with doors at two o clock. Four orchestras will perform and a New York ensemble is considered. 75 000 to 100 000 visitors expected over five days. An electric elevator and expanded floor space will modernize the Malone block to accommodate crowds and a branch post office will service the event.
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Malone Coal, Grain and Motor Company
B. L. Malone
Malone Block
W. W. Rahm
Hauk
New York
Alabama
T. H. Alexander
U. S
Pensions 10 Cost 20 Billion Projected for Veterans
Washington reports that future government pension costs for veterans may reach about 20 billion dollars. Representative Claud Kitchen, leading Democrat on the veteran legislation committee, warned that the policy shows veterans will be cared for in old age.
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Washington
Claud Kitchen
Ment
Daniels calls for a bigger navy and 69 ship build plan
Secretary of the Navy Daniels told the House Naval Affairs Committee the navy is weak in essential ship types and urged a 30 ship program for next year. He said if the peace treaty and League of Nations were not ratified he would push for 69 ships. Also, Thomas A Bowles announced his candidacy for Democratic National Convention delegate from Alabama's Eighth District.
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Net News
Thomas A. Bowles
Central National Bank
North Alabama
San Francisco
Mr. Bowles
Bowles
Turks Prepare 10 Mobilize Army
London dispatch reports from Constantinople that the Turkish war office is preparing for mobilization if necessary. The Daily Express says the allies have decided to occupy Constantinople.
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London
Falkville Boy Thought to Suffer Sleeping Sickness
Nelson Douglass, 10, of Falkville Alabama, is at the South Highlands infirmary in Birmingham with doctors baffled by a likely case of sleeping sickness. He was brought to Birmingham after several days of a strange illness and is unconscious most of the time.
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Birmingham
Ala
Nelson Douglass
Jesse Douglass
Falkville
South Highlands
Dog Tray Tax Debacle Sees Delinquent Dogs at Risk
A historical notice warns owners to pay the state dog tax or face doubling fees after March 1 as the Circuit court clerk collects delinquent charges. Officials are ordered to euthanize untagged dogs under penalties for noncompliance, with Dog Tray depicted as a pessimist in a somber view.
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Tray
Fate of Treaty as with Wilson
Washington reports the fate of the peace treaty rests with President Wilson as Senator Simmons seeks a meeting representing a Republican coalition. Doubt grows over acceptance of Simmons proposals for article 10 compromises and the Jackson day message looms as a political backdrop. If Simmons meets the President and opposes Lodge reservations, a congressional resolution to end the technical state of war with Germany could be urged.
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Washington
Wilson
Hitchcock
Simmons
North Carolina
Santention
Anxrane
Ray of Hope
Congress
U. S
Germany
Reverend Johnson Called to Willoughby Presbyterian Church
The Rev. Dr. Johnson of Memphis has accepted the call to Willoughby Presbyterian Church of South Albany and will preach his first sermon next Sunday. He succeeds Rev. George S. McCluney who resigned last December to join a Texas church.
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Dr. Johnson
Memphis
Presbyterian Church
Willoughby Presbyterian Church of
South Albany
Johnson
George S. McCluney
Texas
Mary Pickford Denies Planned Marriage To Fairbanks
Mary Pickford denies rumors of an engagement to Douglass Fairbanks. She states the notion has never entered her mind and dismisses reports of impending nuptials.
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Mary Pickford
Doug
Los Angeles
Douglass Fairbanks
Chicago Libel Ruling Upholds Right to Publish Testimony
Circuit Judge Oscar Torri rules newspapers may publish all court testimony in libel cases. The decision grants broad press rights in Chicago and signals national implications for news organizations.
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International News Service
Chicago
Oscar Torrion
Comer Widens Senate Contest After Bankhead Death
Birmingham March 6 Mrs Braxton Bragg Comer wife of B B Comer dies after months of illness at Birmingham hospital. The Senate race opens with J Thomas Heflin and Emmet O Neal among early entrants, and Frank S White preparing to join. The appointment of Comer as senator prompted a three way contest with more entrants possible.
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Birmingham
Braxton Bragg Comer
B. B. Comer
Bankhead
Underwood
Senate
Comer
Ala
Kilby
U.S. Se Ee
J. Thomas Heflin
Congress
Emmet O'Neal
Frank S. White
U. S
Comer Wos
Heflin
Fifth
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
United States Senate
Senator Bankhead
Albany Decatur Sunday school workers institute program
The full program for the Albany- Decatur Sunday school workers institute at First Methodist church March 7 8 9 10 is announced. Attendees should register. cards available from Sunday school superintendents or Clyde Hendrix.
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Albany- Decatur
Short note on Birmingham appointment before Comer selection
Brief item notes Birmingham events on March 6 as short remarks precede the appointment of B. B. Comer.
Vogel's Minstrels Disbands After Flu Outbreak
Vogel's minstrels, a troupe of about thirty artists that appeared at the Elk's Theatre in Huntsville, disbanded today for the season as members head home mainly to New York. The group encountered flu bans in several towns, forcing theatre closures during the epidemic.
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Huntsville
Ala
John W. Vogel
Elk’s Theatre
New York
Alabama race signals shifts after Bankhead death
The unnamed U S Senator designated to succeed the late John H Bankhead indicated support for Oscar Underwood as minority leader in the Senate. Wm P Cobb the secretary of state and A W Briscoe the state insurance commissioner announced candidacies to replace Heflin as representative from the Fifth district amid the succession move.
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U. S
John H. Bankhead
Oscar Underwood
Senate
Wm. P. Cobb
A. W. Briscoe
Heflin
Eeene
Sena
Tractor School Ends Successful Meet In Alabama
The first state wide tractor school ends in Alabama with demonstrations of tractor operation. Prof M L Nichols praises the North Alabama farm agents and Auburn officials for organizing the event. More than a hundred visiting farmers attend lectures and a barbecue is served at Burk garage. The Albany Chamber and county agents help with lodging and arrangements.
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Alabama
Farm Extension Department
Auburn
M. L. Nichols
North Alabama
Nichols
Burk
Nievels
Albany Chamber of Commerce
Ernest of
Morgan
C. F. Striplin
Mada
Roper Resigns as Internal Revenue Chief
Washington March 6 President Wilson accepted the resignation of Daniel C Roper as secretary of internal revenue and appointed a successor in the federal department.
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Washington
Wilson
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
Registration Rush Opens Morgan County Voter Registration
Registrar McCulloch reports a crowded office as Morgan County starts the final bid to register voters for the spring primary. More than twenty names registered in the first hour and two days show hundreds more may enroll, with books open until 9 pm for E L and N shop workers.
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McCulloch
Morgan County
Decatur
McClellan urged to enter race for Alabama Senate
North Alabama friends press Judge McClellan of Athens to run for the full Senate term after Senator Bankhead's death. Kilby could appoint a temporary successor, but a four month deadline applies. McClellan, youngest Alabama Supreme Court member, would unite the north to back a national jurist with strong ties to the state.
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Fam McClellan
Athens
State Supreme Court
John H. Bankhead
North Alabama
Kilby
Bankhead
McClellan
Alabama
Supreme Court
Aurora
D. A. RB
Luke Pryor
North
Senate
South
Ican Bar Association
Express Employes Strike Ties Up Chicago Deliveries
Chicago March 6 a strike called by leaders of the Railway Express Company and the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks will tie up deliveries in Chicago and surrounding regions. The general embargo was declared to halt express freight both coming and going in Chicago starting at 6 A M. today by employees of the American Press Company and allied unions.
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Chicago
Land
Toledo
American Press Company
Iran Railway Express Company
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J. Tom Heflin
Daniels
League of Nations
Peceris
Willoughby
O'Neal
Frank
S. S. Workers Institute
First Methodist Church
Mr. Palmer
Greene
Palmer
Capps
Eagram
Miss Rose
Vogel
S. S. Institute
J. B. Green
Alabama Sunday School Association
Prof. Nichols
Roper
McLellan
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