Shipbuilding Plant Seen as Key for Mobile Growth
The Mobile Item reports renewed interest by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co in Mobile as a potential site for a major shipbuilding plant. Former Mobile Commercial Club secretary B B Cox highlighted Mobile’s suitability via its port, ore, and river systems. A wave of civic unity is urged to attract the project and propel Mobile to gulf port leadership.
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Mobile
Southern, Commercial Congress
Atlanta
B. B. Cox
Mobile Commercial Club
Birmingham
Alabama
Mobile Bay
Cuba
Venezuela
United States
Mobile Basin
Coosa
Warrior
Cox
Gulf
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
A. L. Hopkins
Church Street
New York City
Enlf
Newport Newey Shipbuilding Company
New Orleans
Editors Learn Much Through Canal Trip
Victor Hanson publisher of the Birmingham News argues the Monroe Doctrine imposes obligations to keep peace in Latin America. He praises the Panama Canal project, government ownership of utilities, and the high co operation of workers, predicting the canal will open for through steamship by October 1 and noting a recent landslide at Culebra.
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United States
Panama Canal
Rio Grande
Victor H. Hanson
Birmingham News
South
Panama
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Hanson
North American
Latin-America
Hanron
Birmingham
Canal Zone
Tropics
Flanscon
Southwestern Publishers Association
Anerial Rueste
Seibert
Central Division
Phillips
Ancon
Smith
Panama Canal Commission Railroad
Mallory Nomination Controversy Stirring Alabama Politics
The Selma Journal suggests Colonel H. S. D. Mallory of Dallas County may be urged to run for governor next year. The Advertiser and Birmingham News deny nominating him, while Birmingham host committees and political gossip circulate in Birmingham. The dispute highlights cross paper tensions and questions about editorials on Mallory's candidacy.
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Mallory
Dallas County
Alabama
Selma Journal
H. S. D. Mallory
Journal
Birmingham News
Montgomery Advertiser
Advertiser
Selma
Colonel Mallory
Birmingham
Selm& Journal
Birminghams
Montery Journal
Montgomery Journal
New Biographical Sketch Of Augusta Evans Wilson Issued
G W Dillingham Company releases a biographical sketch of Augusta Evans Wilson in connection with a new edition of Devota. The portrait, written by intimate friend T G C, highlights the author’s remarkable personal charm and enduring literary influence despite modern fiction trends. The piece notes her widowhood and lasting freshness of her works.
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Augusta Evans Wilson
Augusta Vans Wilson
G. W. Dillingham Company
Devota
T. GC. Gon
Tin plate trade shifts in early 20th century United States
A Commerce and Labor report details 1912 tin plate exports of 183 million pounds valued at 6.13 million dollars and imports of 4.5 million pounds, with production rising to 1,756 million pounds in 1911. It notes sharp 1911–12 import declines due to export can use and domestic substitution.
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United States
England
Department of Commerce and Labor
Call for Clean Athletics After Thorpe Amateur Scandal
The Brooklyn Times argues that Thorpe’s acceptance of pay from a pro baseball club while posing as an amateur taints American athletics. It urges the A A T to cleanse amateur ranks, weed out professionals, and restore integrity to track and field.
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Thorpe
Simon Pure Sports
America
Arncle Sam
Stockholm
Thorne
Broklyn Times
Everglades Drain Plan Propagated by New Orleans Hoboes
A group described as hoboes met in New Orleans and urged the U S government to move Panama Canal dredging machinery to Florida after completion to drain the Everglades. They claim it would provide steady jobs for the unemployed and reduce nuisance calls.
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New Orleans
United States
Panama Canal
Florida
Everglades
Witnessed Duel Ends in Tea and Reconciliation
In a city office a lawyer narrator foils a murder plot by Roslin who hides behind a screen. Westgarth, the client, learns his wife’s brother is present and the two men resolve the feud with a promise of nonviolence and a port wine reconciliation.
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Westzarth
Westfarth
Westearth
Westgarth
Slin
Heseltine
Foslin
Rodeza
Getting Ready to Move in The Second Year
Delia and Helen prepare to move to a new apartment with a moving estimate of thirty dollars for two vans. Warren doubts packing speed while Helen faces sentimental reluctance about leaving surroundings and wedding gifts as they inspect the new paint and papering.
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Helen
Warren
Delia
Punishment Causes Alarm In Neighboring Yard
Mrs Wiffles used a carpet beater on Master George Wiffles. His sobs drew a neighbor to the fence who asked what was wrong. She joked he had about two hundred feet of gas inside him as the tale of punishment spread.
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National Sugar Refining Com
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Mabel Herbert Urner
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