School Board adopts land supervisor post for Mobile County
At an April meeting the Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County approved creating a supervisor of public school lands job with a salary up to $1,800 annually. W. L. Seeley reported lands should be split into farming and timber pasture, with farming land leased for 50 cents an acre for five years and then $1 per acre. grazing land could fetch $100 to $150 per section yearly. A dedicated surveying supervisor is urged to manage division, drainage, and oversight, with duties not full-time.
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Board ‘of
Vickers
The
Land Committee
Board of School Commissioners
Bancroft
Jordan
Quinn
Roach
Roe
Hartwell
Cochrane
McCall
School Lands and Country Schools
Country Schools Committee
W. L. Seeley
Citronelle
Rev Parkhurst Mixed in Politics in Presbytery Hearing
Charges of conduct unbecoming a minister against Rev. Dr Charles H. Parkhurst of Madison Square Presbyterian Church will be heard by the Presbytery of New York. Oakland Presbytery filed the complaint, accusing him of aiding the wets and saying California was not ready for prohibition.
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Parkhurst
New York
Chaarles H. Parkhurst
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Presbytery of
Presbytery
Oakland
Cal
California
Billingsley Fire Tags Stolen Fire at Capitol Burns Tags
A premeditated blaze at the Alabama state capitol destroyed nearly a quarter of a million dollars in pure food stamps. The face value totaled 2235,600 and were bought by former state food department clerk C. H. Billingsley. He is now a fugitive after the stamps were deemed out of date and ordered burned by a legislative committee.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama State Capitol
C. H. Billingsley
State Food Department
Billingsley
Legislative Investigating Committee
Burned Brand to Bind Wife Is Charged Case in Cleveland
Mrs. Alexandra Kozlinska says her husband Alexander burned a K across her wrist with a lit cigar on Easter Sunday to ensure she would not leave him. She, with two young children, filed an affidavit as police investigated an assault and battery claim.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Alexandra Kozlinska
Theo
Kozlinska
Silbert
Alexander
Helen
Clara
Duty First French Court Quietly Frees Killers Wife
Paris court martial acquits Captain Jean Herail who killed his wife after she refused to leave him to fulfill military duties. Judges say duties to country override family ties, citing his intense devotion and the dangers of the front. The couple's romance rose from Paris society, and the trial weighed love against duty.
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C. F. Bertilli
Paris
Jean Herail
Herail
Republic
Captain Herail
Europe
Compiegne
Cotton Up 12 to 25 Points for the Week in Orleans Market
New Orleans cotton futures rose 12 to 25 points for the week with active months 18 to 28 points higher at times and 22 to 28 points lower at others. The weekly range spanned 42 to 51 points and middling spots closed up 25 points at 9 31. Week sales totaled 11,675 bales with 8,700 to arrive, up from the prior week.
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Orleans
New Orleans
Three Cutting Affairs On Saturday Night
Davis a 22 year old Oakdale resident was cut five times in a late night fight with Ella Stewart and received care at the City Health Office. Robert Jackson was wounded in a Scott street row with Dick Taylor who fled. An unnamed woman was cut in a Davis avenue and Live Oak street fight near midnight.
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Davis
Oakdale
Ella Stewart
Charles A. Mohr
Robert Jackson
Dick Taylor
Scott Street
Texas
Taylor
Davis Avenue
Live Oak Street
London Spectator calls for total prohibition
The Spectator urges a complete ban on alcohol, arguing the nation must prepare for a strenuous temperance struggle. It notes government doubts and says the cabinet will reconsider the drink question as Parliament reconvenes. The piece frames prohibition as essential for national wartime footing.
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London
the Spectator
State Agriculture Department Probe Ordered by Legislature
The state legislative investigating committee in Montgomery Alabama on April 10 ordered an inquiry into the accounts and all features of the state departments of agriculture.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Legislative Investigating Committee
State Departments of Agriculture
Public Opinion Drives Railroad Labor Disputes Says Kruttschnitt
Julius Kruttschnitt, Union Pacific chairman, tells the federal industrial relations board that public opinion decides strikes and urges limited voluntary mediation while opposing compulsory arbitration. He notes unions faced persecution from reporters and defends wage levels as among the best in the United States. He questions feasibility of $60 monthly family wages.
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Chicago
Julius Kruttschnitt
Union Pacific Railroad
E. H. Harriman
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Kruttschnitt
Harriman Lines
Commissioner O'Connell
Illinois
Central
United States
Made in U S A Week Proclaimed by League
The Women s National Made in the United States League calls on members nationwide to observe May 3 through May 8 as National Made in the United States of America Week. During that period thousands of members will promote the slogan Made in the United States of America.
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Washington
United States League Today
United States of America
League
Mass meeting backs Governor Henderson in Alabama
A Walker county mass meeting endorsed Governor Henderson and his legislative program. Delegates urged legislature to cooperate, back the bond issue of 1.5 million dollars, and support harmony between the governor and the Democratic majority.
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Jasper
Ala
Court House
Henderson
F. C. Marquis
Dora
Bankhead
Marquis
W. C. Davis
Walker County
Davis
Alabama
Momber
Negroes Rob Woman on Dauphin Street
Two black men about 10:45 p.m. Saturday stopped Mrs. Frederick on Dauphin near Scott and robbed her of a pocketbook with $25 and a gold watch. They fled. Officer Pistole later arrested Jim Bailey on suspicion. Mrs. Frederick was very frightened by the robbery.
Tampico Crisis Draws Naval Reinforcements and Claims
News from New York on April 10 reports mounting tensions in Tampico as Admiral Caperton orders the armored cruiser Washington to reinforce gunboats Sacramento and Petrel. Secretary Daniels notes ongoing fighting while discrepancies persist between Carranza and Villa state department accounts about Celaya’s battle fate. The gunboat Wheeling heads to Vera Cruz as Carruthers’ April 7 dispatch suggests Carranzistas likely withdraw to Querétaro.
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New York
Tampico
Carranza
Villa
State Department
Celaya
Caperton
Washington
Sacramento
Petrel
Daniels
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Carruthers
Queretero
O Neal Receives Loving Cup From Montgomery Democrats
Former Governor Emmet O Neal is presented a loving cup by 300 Montgomery County Democrats at the Exchange hotel. John H Wallace Jr state game and fish commissioner delivered the presentation, and O Neal expressed gratitude amid warm applause for his second Montgomery tribute since retirement.
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Montgomery
Aln
Emmet O'Neal
O'Neal
Exchange Hotel
John H. Wallace, Jr
Bubonic Plague Reported in Havana With New Cases
Washington reports two bubonic plague cases and one death in Havana. The Cuban government bacteriologist has been placed in charge of the response.
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Havana
Washington
Public Health Service
Bbacteriologist
Alabama beauty contest links two papers to honor state woman
The Mobile Item and The Birmingham News launch a joint effort to name Alabama’s most beautiful woman. The winner travels to the San Francisco Exposition with all expenses paid, representing the state in a nationwide film venture.
Birmingham News seeks cooperative beauty contest for Alabama
The Birmingham News invites The Mobile Item to help select Alabama's most beautiful woman with a round trip to the San Francisco Panama Exposition as prize. Two Birmingham charity boards will assist. a May beauty ball at the Tutwiler Hotel will crown the winner. voting is not part of the plan.
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Wm. Clemens
Mobile Item
Mobile
Ala
Birmingham
The
Birmingham News
Alabama
San Francisco Panama Exposition
Universal Film Company
Tutwiler
The Acceptation contest challenge from The Mobile Item
The Mobile Item and The Birmingham News join in locating the most beautiful woman in Alabama and then the United States. The Item also challenges judges to find a rival in north Alabama equal to the fairest from south Alabama or Birmingham versus Mobile.
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Birmingham News
Birmingham
Ala
Mobile Item
Alabama
United States
North
South
Mobile
W. M. Clemens
Alabama to choose beauty representative by May 15
Birmingham and northern Alabama residents may send photographs of a beautiful woman to The Beauty Editors at The Birmingham News or The Mobile Item. The winner will be chosen on beauty alone with no voting, and the name of Alabama's representative must be sent to Universal Film Company by May 15.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Universal Film Company
Birmingham News
Hadley Y Brooke Dies in St Louis After Operations
Hadley Y. Brooke federal reserve bank examiner died in St Louis following an operation. A former Alabama state bank examiner and longtime government printer, he was about 55 and left Mobile to work in plans for publication. He is survived by his wife two sons and relatives in Washington.
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St. Louis
Hadley Y. Brooke
Federal Reserve Bank
Brooke
Alabama
Government
Washington
Capital
Washington Light Artillery Corps
State
Theo Lacy
H. Y. Brooke
Mobile Register
Mobile
Fred 8. Cox
Daily News
Luverne
Crenshaw County
Jelks
John W. Abercrombie
Ongalls
Osborne
Edward Brooke
Washington, D.C
Peace Talk Story A German Plant Report In The U S
London dispatch reports heavy gunfire in west Flanders with a severe artillery duel. An official message from Nish to the Serbian legation claims Bulgarians responsible for raids on Serbian Greek soil, noting passports found on dead raiders.
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U.S
London
Amsterdam
West Flanders
Nish
Legation
Death of H Y Brooke Examin er of Public Accounts
Capitol officials and Montgomery residents mourn the death of H Y Brooke longtime state examiner of public accounts. He died after surgery in St Louis for acute appendicitis his body sent to Mobile for interment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Capitol
H. Y. Brooke
St. Louis
Brooke
Theophilus Lacy
Mobile
British Steamer Guernsey Sunk Off Cape La Hogue
Lloyd's reports the London and West railway steamer Guernsey, 634 tons, iron, single screw, built 1874, registered under the British flag, has sunk off Cape La Hogue after a disaster at 10 o clock last night. No further details are available.
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London
Lloyd's
London and West Railway
Guernsey
Cape la Hogue
Lloyd’s Register
Germany Uses Peace Talk To Split Allied Stand
Washington officials view a reported German propaganda drive as an attempt to sow discord among Britain France Russia and Italy. The plan aims to push for separate peace talks while delaying a decisive end to the war, with Germany betting on a longer conflict.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
Petrogra
France
Paris
Gert
Leased Wire Briefs Span Coast to Coast Highlights
A digest of brief reports includes Captain Cooke and crew rescued at sea after five days on rations. U S Steel reports March unfilled tonnage at 4,265,749 tons. Paris restricts tango dancing. Governor Johnson opposes Western Pacific purchase. Railway rate talk and derailed German officers reported. Judge denies Rock Island injunction. Geo Farmer death claim filed in New Orleans. British losses, Kentucky fires, and Richmond candy factory fire losses noted. U S tender notes and silver holdings rise. Legion advisory council expands. Island Railroad faces receiver bid. cotton prices in Little Rock rise. Pope Benedict proclaims prayers for peace in May.
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Liverpool
Nova Scotia
Cooke
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Paris
Sacramento
Hiram W. Johnson
Western Pacific
California
Washington
Lincoln Green
Southern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cummins
London
Petrograd
Poland
Chicago
Carpenter
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
New Orleans
Geo. Farmer
Edward Farmer
Neuve Chappelle
Lexington
Pulaski
McCreary
Kentucky
Cit
Whitley and
Bauer
Richmond
Moreland Candy Company
Federal Reserve
E. O. Power
Ame Legion
Advisory Council of the Legion
Rome
Benedict Urdayi
Willard Pleazes Fight Fans of Philadelphia by Work in Exhibition
Willard, the world heavyweight champion, performed at the National Athletic Club in Philadelphia. He boxed three rounds with Walter Monahan of Angeles and closed with a knockout exhibition. His footwork, sidestepping, and blocking drew praise from skeptics.
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Willard
Philadelphia
Jess Willard
Philadelphia Fight
National Athletic Club
Walter Monahan
Angeles
Johnson
Avith
Monahan
Mob incident leaves Joe Green fatally harmed near Pinewood
April 10 report from Pinewood says Joe Green a Black man was fatally harmed by a mob after being freed in a swamp site by bloodhounds. He carried a public safety item and a knife and wore a steel breastplate when struck by a passing vehicle.
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Pinewood
3. C
Joe Green
Save From Cripple's Fate by Operation
In New York on April 10 an unusual operation saved eighteen year old Mary of Medusa from paralysis after a bureau drawer handle caused a bullet to lodge in her spine. Surgeons at the Swedish Hospital Brooklyn removed the bullet and later repair of the spine allowed her to walk again.
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New York
Mary
Brooklyn
William L
Ralph J. Levy
Menfeld
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the Birmingham News
Mobile, Ala
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