Man Who Wired World Series News Visits Monroe
Albert Kern, former Western Union telegrapher from St. Louis, visiting Monroe with relatives at 510 Pine street. He sent world series news from the Sportsman’s Park press box for 11 years and 41 years with Western Union, aided by Dizzy and Paul Dean friends. he plans to visit a son in Miami after leaving Monroe.
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Albert Kern
St. Louis
Monroe
Dora Weir
Pine Street
Mr. Kern
Western Union
T. G. Pugh
Johnnie Windes
D. Stein and Company
Farmerville
Texas
Key
Sportsman's Park
Cardinals
Browns
Telegraph Company
Jerome Herman
Dizzy” Dean
Paul “Deffy” Dean
Governors Move to Alter Rates Across South and East
Southern governors at Birmingham agreed to press Congress to end interstate rate differentials. They instructed public service commissions to ask the ICC to investigate intra territorial rates and plan legal changes to harmonize rules. Governor-elect Bibb Graves will convene a Washington meeting in late January to present the plan to lawmakers. Also noted is a note on paraffin wax as a potential lubricant.
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Birmingham
Ala
South
East
Public Service Commission
Libe
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Kentucky
Georgia
Florida
Interstate Commerce
Bibb Graves
Washington
Graves
Eugene Talmadge
Sennett Connor
Code Violation Charged To St Louis Beer Firm
LAKE CHARLES La Dec 20 The Anheuser Busch Inc of St Louis is indicted by a federal grand jury on 11 counts for violating the brewers code by furnishing free equipment and fixtures to 17 Lake Charles division retailers in exchange for exclusive use of the company's beer Philip H Mecom United States attorney said the indictment marks the first criminal brewers case and carries a fine if conviction.
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St. Louis
Lake Charles
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
Federal Court Grand Jury
Philip H. Mecom
United States
Woolridge Dies In Accidental Shooting Scuffle
A B Woolridge 55 year old sawmill operator was shot and killed during a scuffle with his son Orin over a pistol in Meridian Mississippi. No charges were filed against the son and Woolridge is survived by his widow and seven children.
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Meridian
Miss
Orin
A. B. Woolridge
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