Canter Brothers Case Ends in Long Fight Over Innocence
Luther Canter confessed to killing Mrs. Wilson, exonerating his younger brother James. A series of trials and a capital sentence led to James gaining later life prospects as a potential soldier, with courts alternating between conviction and reversal and the last implications of innocence discussed as James awaits future outcomes.
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Luther Canter
James Canter
Luther
Virginia Supreme Court
Grant
Ed James
Rail timetable fragment shows mixed southbound and northbound arrivals
The snippet lists multiple train lines and itineraries between New Orleans Pensacola Mobile Chicago and Cincinnati with various departure and arrival times, including daily and Sunday only services and through connections.
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Railroad Schedules Highlight City To City Arrivals
Train timetable lists multiple routes with departures and arrivals including Mobile and Ohio, Gulf, Mobile and Northern, Southern Railway System and No. 23 No. 35. Times show morning and evening connections across Birmingham Cincinnati New York and more, indicating mixed service.
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Southern Railway System
Circuit Court Recesses Until Monday Week
The circuit court recessed for the July 4 closing and will reopen Monday week for formal orders. By law the court adjourns the Monday before July 4 and resumes the following Monday, though officials may extend the recess to a full summer break if possible.
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Circuit Court
District Board Sets July 11 For Reclassification Hearing
The district exemption board announced no meeting before July 11. On that date the board will consider appeals from reclassifications of local boards and others affected by the recent call, plus registrants who registered on June 5.
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District Exemption Board
Thron es Plentiful in Germany as Dynasties Propose Thrones
Amsterdam June 29 50 candidates for new thrones are cited among 22 dynasties in Vorwaerts the Berlin Socialist paper. It suggests Russia's future thrones be filled by Turkish princes.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Russia
Man in Death Chamber Longs for Army Service
The subject, facing repeated death sentences, keeps a calm, earnest demeanor even near execution. Now freed, he requests a chance to enter the army and serve the flag, a goal noted by those who have known him since his first trial.
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Supreme Judicial
Far Para County Court
Peer
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Canter
Richmond
Nephew of Junius H Woolf Falls In Action
News reaches Mobile that Beavin Patterson, nephew of Junius H Woolf assistant cashier at Bank of Mobile, was killed in action in France. Patterson, son of Frederick Martin of San Francisco, served in the Rainbow Division engineering corps after enlisting at the call to defend liberty. Details of the action are not yet known.
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Mobile
Bank of Mobile
Beavin Patterson
Francé
Frederick Martin
San Francisco
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Martin
Anna Woolf
Engineering Corps
Army
Rainbow Division
France
Wootts
Newcomers Buy Arlington Lots in Mobile Suburb
Arlington, a suburb marketed by Irvine-Allen Realty Co, has sold out its lots to newcomers arriving in Mobile. Water, gas, electric, and sewerage are planned, with the tract near the car line valued for quiet living. The firm plans a larger addition and will release details soon.
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Irvine-Allen Realty Co
Arlington
Mobile
Irvine Alien Realty Company
Undertaker's Locker Broken. Suspect Held
Louis Stallworth, a 23 year old Black man, arrested on burglary charge after allegedly breaking into the locker of Berouson and Sands Undertakers at Conception and Conti streets. Detective W. J. Murphy made the arrest. theft between $10 and $20 alleged. Stallworth has prior county jail time.
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Berouson& Sands
German Courts Established Amid Belgian Judge Arrest Protest
In Amsterdam June 29 Kaiser reports that German courts have been established as a result of a strike in Belgian law courts protesting the arrest of Belgian judges by Teutons.
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Amsterdam
For Sale Gulft City Sheffield Stock Quick Bargain
For sale Gulft City Sheffield stock ten shares at 50 dollars face value each. Bargain to a quick buyer. Address Postoffice Box 342 Mobile Alabama je30 21 WILL LEND 1500 on improved city real estate M Davidson 304 City Bank Building. it
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Sheffield
Mobile
Ala
M. Davidson
City Bank
Pickley May Be Named Head River Transportation
Federal control of the Warrior and Bigbee rivers is widely expected as McAdoo eyes federalizing waterways to aid coal and iron movement from the Birmingham district. E V Pickley of Mobile is rumored for a key transportation post if control shifts. River men note a years long push to keep navigation open year round.
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Pickley
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McAdoo
Warrior
Bigbee
MiAdoo
Birmingham
Mobile
New Orleans
E. V. Pickley
Washington
Skilled Railway Pay Increase Rumored in War Labor Talks
Unofficial USA reports from Mobile say skilled railroad workers may receive 67 cents an hour and a 25 percent general rise for unskilled labor and foremen. National War Labor Board discussions in Washington reportedly back the scale, with hundreds in Mobile affected.
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National War
Mobile
Protect Your valuables with Private Safe Deposit Box
Thousands own Liberty Bonds and other securities. The ad promotes renting a private safe deposit box in a fire and burglar proof vault to safeguard important papers jewelry and valuables from loss or harm for a small annual fee.
Four Indicted in Washington for War Contract Frauds
Government to disclose more evidence about an extensive plot to defraud war contracts. Four men have been indicted in Washington on charges of accepting commissions from manufacturers for negotiating war orders. The case is being pursued as part of a broad inquiry.
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Washington
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