Rum Ring Trial Hearings and Fines In Mobile
In Mobile on May 8, court security measures were set for the liquor conspiracy trial with weapon searches for entrants. A fight near adjournment left P B Laurendine and Roy Shaffer fined 100 dollars or 10 days as witnesses clashed. Christman’s illness threatened trial delays, prompting a mistrial and severance action.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
United States
United States Marshal’s Office
Eblrt
P. B. Laurendine
Roy Shaffer
Betts
Shaffer
Laurendine
John W. Heaval
R. T. Ervin
Richard Christman
Christman
Robert Ervinby
Gonzauills
Harry H. Smith
Frank Boykin
Prminent
Ervin
Boykin
Unable To Agree On Fixed Date To Close Hearings
Morrison says no fixed date yet to end hearings on the Muscle Shoals bid. Union Carbide projects two bids for the plant and quarry lease with different terms, including a 50 year lease or 60 year lease with large guarantees, while Morrison notes a Swedish nitrogen process option and ongoing investigations.
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Morrison States
Union Carbide Company
Waco
Morrison
Muscle Shoals
E Shoals
Union Carbide
United States
Albany Council to Settle Ferry Franchise Disputes
At a special Albany city council meeting Friday night, final decisions are expected on ferry franchises operating boats at Bee Line landings in Morgan County and Limestone County. Talks between Limestone authorities and Twin City operators center on local control, with potential revocation if Limestone farmers are not ferried free. A proposal ties Benevolent Hospital funding to franchise proceeds to maintain local support.
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Albany
Bee Line
Morgan County
Limestone County
Twin City
Tennessee River
The
Benevolent Hospital
Troy Negro School Fire Sparks Inquiry
A request was filed with the Alabama state fire marshal for a full investigation of the Troy city negro school fire that destroyed the building last night. Superintendent E G McGehee said the blaze appeared incendiary and noted it was the third school fire since December 1923 with no December case solved and negligence named as the cause.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Troy
E.G. McGehee
TROOP TO NAME THREE COMMISSIONERS ON RIGHT OF WAY
Judge Lovick P. Troup of Morgan County will appoint three commissioners after a hearing on a proposed Alabama Power transmission line right of way between Twin Cities and Trinity. The appointees must report their valuation recommendations within twenty days. Heirs of the Simpson estate, represented by E. L. Simpson, own land near Trinity.
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Twin Cities
Trinity
Alabama Power
Copany
Lovick P. Troup
Morgan County
Simpson
E. L. Simpson
Hele Free
Ad Litem
Sodasene
E. Skeggs
John C. Eyster
Charles H. Eyster
H. A. McWorter
Birmingham
H. &. Thomas
Alabama Power Company
B. O. Byrd
The
Power Company
Troup
Personality Development Speech At Decatur High
Dr. H. M. Edmonds of Birmingham spoke at the Decatur high school auditorium on personality as the greatest force in the world. He urged students to protect and develop their individuality, arguing that God makes no two alike and that sin crowd fear and custom threaten personality.
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H. M. Edmonds
Birmingham
Decatur High School
W. W. Benson
Decatur Public Schools
Dr. Edmonds
Edmonds
Locals Lose Close One to Athenians
The Alabama over company baseball team lost 4 to 3 to the Athens town team in Athens. Ezell pitched well for locals, holding the Athenians until the ninth inning when support faltered and allowed the decisive run.
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Alabama Over Company
Athens
Ezell
Lodge Proposes New World Court Plan at Hague
Senator Lodge introduces a complete plan for a world court at The Hague. The proposal calls for a 16 member tribunal with an electoral commission selecting judges, a mixed committee of signatories, and compulsory jurisdiction over treaty interpretation breaches and indemnity.
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Lodge
Washington
The
Hague
United States
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations Committee
Coolidge
British Empire
France
Italy
Japan
Electoral Commission
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Immigration bill debate sharpens party lines in Washington
The Senate heatedly debated the immigration bill with Democratic and Republican lawmakers clashing over the conference report. Senator Robinson led the attack joined by Senators Borah and Johnson as critics argued the cancelling of the gentlemens agreement undermines domestic control of immigration. In Albany, public school students will hear Dr. Henry M. Edmonds Friday at 2:20 PM at Westminster Church, followed by a high school faculty meeting announced by Superintendent Wade.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
California
Coolidge
Albany Public School
Henry M. Edmonds
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Edmonds
Wade
Volunteer Road Crew Rebuilds Twin Cities Pike to Courtland
A volunteer team resumed Thursday rebuilding the pike toward Courtland from the Twin Cities. The workers, arriving with tools and trucks, planned to fix the worst sections where repairs would help most, despite fatigue.
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Twin Cities
Courtland
Wickemael
Courtland Pike
Wife of traveling salesman killed in auto accident
Mrs Dorothy Jackson 21 of Birmingham was killed when the automobile she rode in overturned one mile north of Mount Vernon Alabama early today Driver R S McLeod 85 of Dothan Alabama is held for investigation He says the car ran off an embankment pinning them both The body was sent to Mobile and then Birmingham per relatives instructions
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Mobile
Ala
Dorothy Jackson
19Th Street
Birmingham
J. L. Jackson
Mount Vernon
R.S. McLeod
Dothan
McLeod
Tennessee Valley figures visit Washington over Muscle Shoals offer
Prominent Tennessee Valley citizens named in Washington visit connected to the Tennessee River Improvement Association fight for Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals offer. John Knight of the city reported among those present, with a Florence dispatch noting further details.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
John Knight
Florence
Final Effur Maul 10 Save Boochio
Convicts in Tangipahoa parish jail await execution after being moved from New Orleans with National Guard escort for the Dallas Calmes bank robbery murder three years earlier. Authorities heightened security as trains were searched and guards deployed due to threats. The group, led by Roy Leona, faced decisive action after the Independence confrontation.
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Sana Sored
Dallas Calmas
Mhaos Sying
New Orleans
Tangipahoa Parish
Dallas Calmes
Independence
Calmes
Merchants and Planters Bank
National
Illinois Central Railroad
Wilson
South
Roy Leona
Brooklyn
N. Y
Iceland moves to curb scented liquids as drink risk rises
Copenhagen reports Iceland considers a bill to ban perfumes hair washes and toilet waters from being consumed as alcohol. The measure seeks to add bittering agents to such liquids to deter misuse and protect public health.
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Copenhagen
Iceland
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Congress
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Bird Millman
Miss Bird Miliman
Boston
Joseph F. O'Day
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Boochio
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