Recess Agreement Seen as Slap at Governor in Alabama
Montgomery Alabama January 30 staff correspondence reports that the majority faction in the Alabama legislature delays a long recess to block early action on child labor laws and water power regulation. Governor Henderson urged no fixed date and continued in session to avoid financial crisis but was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Charles Henderson
House
Water Power Trust
Judge Water Power
Henderson
Els
Erson
Coal Operators Start River Trip To Inspect Mobile Port
Erskine Ramay vice president of Pratt Consolidated Coal Company and George G. Crawford of Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad led a tour aboard the tow boat M. Carney along the Mobile river toward Warrior river. The mission aims to study river locks and potential developments for the port with promises of future announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Erskine’ Ram
Pratt Consolidated Coal Company
George G. Crawford
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Pratt Company
Jack 17
M. Carney
Warrior River
de Carney
Mobile River
Tuscaloosa
Hi. Ellis McCormick
Mr. McCormick
Auburn Loses 76 to 18 to Atlanta Athletic Club
Atlanta Athletic Club defeats Auburn 76 to 18 as the Auburn five struggle in a January game in Atlanta. The score showed Atlanta 41 Auburn 7 at halftime with most AAC players scoring while Auburn fought throughout the second half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Atlanta Athletic Club
International News Service
Atlanta
Mike Donovan
Ocal
Martin
Thei
Governor Glenn to Speak on Temperance Sunday
Governor Glenn of the state of Nevada will deliver an address on Nation's Greatest Problem at the Union Temperance meeting. The public is invited to attend and the event will be conducted under Federation oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novea Caria
Glenn
South
Arguments Heard in Pake Leinkauf Case
Proceedings resumed in chancery over the report of former Assignee H B Pake on his final accounts of the Leinkauf ing near. pee defur ct cha court. All parties are summoned to continue in the morning. Result of hearings and remaining issues to be reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Pake
Pee Defur
Cha
NASA Pifians
RB. T
Resignation of U S Attorney for Eastern District of New York
The U S attorney for the eastern district of New York resigns and his resignation is accepted by Attorney General Gregory. A successor appointment is awaited with interest amid speculation a Tammany Hall favored candidate may be chosen. Tammany has not prospered in national administration patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Eastern District of
New York
Gregory
Tammany Hall
Tammany
Rte Ae
Virginian Railway Stockholders Reelect Directors in Norfolk
Condensed telegrams report reserve deposits in the twelve federal reserve banks declined by about 4.4 million dollars last week ending January 29. Virginian Railway stockholders re elected all directors at the annual meeting in Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve
The
Virginian Railway
Norfolk
Fragmented OCR hints at 1860 event near Jaffa and Beirut
Reading shows garbled phrases about an 1860 date near Jaffa on the Seta coast and Beirut, with unclear mentions of Egypt and an Ay Capa ment. The fragment hints at a maritime or colonial context but lacks clear facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gineer ‘Tengesete Pring Wity
A A
Egypt
Leon
Jaffa
Seta Coast
Ay Capa Ment
North Carolina
Beirut
Postmaster General Seeks Cost Savings Without Hampering Service
Notice sent to postmasters nationwide urges reducing expenses where possible while preserving the efficiency of mail delivery and services.
Federal Reserve Sets Rediscount Rates for Dallas Bank
The Federal Reserve Board approved rediscount rates for the Dallas Reserve Bank. Four percent on maturities up to sixty days, 4.5 percent on sixty to ninety days, and 5 percent on maturities over ninety days were established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Bank At
Dallas
Striking workers win wage restoration at Armour plant Roosevelt NJ
Striking laborers at the Armour Utilizer Chemical Company plant in Roosevelt New Jersey win back the $2 a day wage cut to $1 60. The plant is part of a three plant strike in which nineteen men were shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour Utilizer Chemical Company
Roosevelt, N. J
Armour
Carranza Declares Wage Law, Forfeits Illicit Federal Concessions
The Carranza agency in Washington reports President Carranza has declared a minimum wage law and ordered the immediate forfeiture of concessions illegal under federal law, while promising no interference with legal concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
Washington
Italian steamer reports wreck near Bodie Island off Norfolk
The Italian steamer Agnello Ciampa reports sighting a wreck off Bodie Island about 120 feet long drifting upside down. The revenue cutter Seminole is standing by this wreck and will blow her up and identify her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnello Ciampa
Norfolk
Bodie Island
NYSE Sets New Floor For U S Steel Trading
In response to a continuing decline after the dividend suspension, the New York Stock Exchange governors on Saturday established a new minimum trading price of 38 for United States Steel common stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel
New York Stock Exchange
Representative Broussard Rushes Resolution on Sugar Clause
Representative Broussard of Louisiana introduced a resolution to suspend the free sugar clause of tariff law, abolishing duties after May 1916. He sponsors it as a method to increase government revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broussard
Louisiana
General Garibaldi forms 36000-strong Garibaldian legion
General Riccocetti Garibaldi announces the formation of a new Garibaldian legion of 36,000 men, an army corps size, to support France in its conflict. The rise of a distinct volunteer force signals shifting allegiances and regional mobilization during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riccocetti Garibaldi
Oklahoma and Texas Postmasters List Fragment
A partial 1930s era roster lists postmasters by town in Oklahoma and Texas. Names appear with multiple spellings and incomplete initials, including Guthrie, Bartles, Can, Clarendon, Eagle Lake, Gatesville, Fort A. Smith, and Pad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Snes
Oklahoma
H. E. Derwin
Guthrie
Lee H. Pitzhugh
Sandsprifge
C. D. Snyder
Frederick McDaniel
Bartles
Texas
McKinnon Jr
Can
C. Cc. Powell
Clarendon
Sam H
L. Eagle Lake
G._Edwards
Fort A. Smith
Gatesville
Andrew "Kilgore
W.B. Stradley
Pad
Interstate Commerce Commission Suspends Certain Rates Pending Probe
The commission freezes cross river rail and water rate proposals across multiple corridors pending a nationwide investigation. Authorities cite neutrality concerns and call for tighter controls on commodity movements from New York and Philadelphia centers toward river crossings and mobile hubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commisae
Andi
Nee’ Otons
Mobile
Republicans Fight On Ship Purchase Bill In Senate
The long filibuster against the ship purchase bill continues in Washington as Democrats protest Sabbath work and Republicans seek to press the measure. Senators Lodge Perkins Crawford and Smith deliver pointed remarks while heated exchanges over influence and authority punctuate the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern
Mary Leater Kern
Sutherland
Smoot
Senator Lodge
Fletcher
Lodge
Hamburg-American Line
Washington
Max Warburg
Federal Reserve Board
Hamburg- American Line
Judge
Tuntulty
Congress
Senate
McAdoo
Rield
Perkins
California
Senator Crawford
South Dakota
Villa Shot By Bodyguard In Mexican Turmoil
Reports from El Paso say General Villa was wounded three times last night by his personal bodyguard Col. Rodolfo Fierro, a claim denied by Juarez officials. San Luis Potosi reportedly fell to Carranza forces as Blanco and Robles prepared to attack Monterrey area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Villa
Rodolfo Fierro
Juarez
San Luis Potosi
Carranza
Monterey
Gutierrez
Blanco
Robles
de la Garza
Queretaro
Whistler News to Be Daily Feature in The Item
The Item appoints J. F. Hanley of Whistler as news reporter for Whistler and North Mobile. He and his wife will gather local news including social events church notes and lodge reports. Whistler residents may submit items directly to Hanley to appear daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler News
J. F. Hanley
Whistler
Mobile
Whistier
Hanley
Mr Gurley Improves After Family Illness
J Whitt Gurley a noted mobile contractor who worked on city projects in Tampa Florida was summoned home on New Year’s Day to attend his mother’s funeral He had been away for several months on city work and his condition is reported as improving
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Gurley
J. Whitt Gurley
Ampa
Fla
Receiver Named for Affairs of Missing Citizen
On the application of the wife and children of C C Green a wealthy Huntsville and Waynesboro landowner who disappeared January 1 the court appointed a receiver to manage his affairs for the family. The petition lists an outstanding debt of 29000 and assets of about 109770 tied to Green with creditors including Frank McLard Peoples Bank Delta Manufacturing L R Gwinn and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C C. Green
Huntsville
Ala
Waynesboro
Miss
T. H. Day
Lagett
Reegetts
North Mobiile
Charity Green
O. R. Green
Allie Green
Majorieeee Kanlay Tebe
Jessie Green
Gan Company
Daniel W. Taylor
Green
Frank McLard
Peoples. Bank
Delta Manufacturing Company
Jackson
L. R. Gwinn
Madhine Res
Hisootatn
Suffrage Fight Stalled by Prohibitionists in Alabama Capitol
In Montgomery on January 30, suffrage supporters flood the Alabama capitol as prohibition lawmakers block a woman's suffrage bill. The privileges and elections committee posts the report indefinitely, signaling the measure’s quiet defeat despite hopes of a favorable vote from most committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
Fair
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Chauffeur Crenshaw Destroys Lozier After Joy Ride
Edward Crenshaw a chauffeur for Asabel Kiutbara a fruit importer wrecked his employer Lozier car by colliding with a tree at Washington avenue and Baltimore street. He fled before police could find him and claimed relation to the police chief. The party included two women. Separately Thomas Wilder a Negro charged with embezzling 6.25 from John Leaper was upheld in police court and continued to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Crenshaw
Asabel
Kiutbara
Washington Avenue
Baltimore Street
Crenshaw
Thomas Wilder
John Leaper
Wilder
Burch and Pearson
Relatives challenge will of Mary C Bailiff in chancery case
Relatives led by Joseph B Gough Olive Gough Pres ton Gough Pink Gough Melton Gough and Everly Gough of Ellisville Mississippi file a bill in chancery court alleging Mary C Bailiff was of unsound mind when she made her will. Plaintiffs name Richard Read Sr Richard Read Jr David Green John Green and George Green as defendants seeking to set aside the will. The complaint cites influence over Mrs Bailiff by Unity G and Richard M Read Jr as a factor in the contested will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Gough
Olive Gough
Preston Gough
Pink Gough
Melton Gough
Everly Gough
Ellisville
Henry Round
William Burton
Thomas Burton
Frederick Burton
Lela Rogers
Chancery Court
Richard Read
Richard Read Jr
David Green
John Green
George Green
Mary C
Poll Tax Totals Highlight 1950 Deadline Warning
Tax collector cites low payments with Monday deadline for poll taxes for voting rights. Only 1,950 taxes paid so far, well below last year, risking loss of voting eligibility for those who fail to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phelan B. Doratet
Entire Regiment of French Wiped Out by Germans Wrecks Europe
International News notes German submarine U-21 raiding British shipping off the English coast. The Ben Crauchen and Linda Blanche were torpedoed near Fleetwood, with crews rescued by Fleetwood trawlers. German attacks alarm Britain as ships are sunk and crews forced to abandon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News
Liverpool
Myre
England
Ben Crauchen
Fleetwood
Lancashire
Waare
Graphic
Admiral von Tirpitz
German report claims annihilation of a French infantry regiment
London reports the German high command claiming a major setback for France in the Argonne with the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Infantry largely destroyed and French losses described as serious. Battles rage near Soissons and in northern fronts with heavy exchanges and renewed assaults against British positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Argonne
Paris
Solasons
Aisne
French War Office
Berlin
Ts Basesee
Landers
Soissons
Lombaertsryde
Nieuport
Lombaertzyde
la Massee
Arras
Rourle
Roclincourt
Neuvil-les-Haast
Petrograd
Sears Roebuck Declares 50 Percent Stock Dividend
Sears Roebuck & Co. declares a stock dividend of 50 percent for common stockholders at a special meeting in Chicago. The issuance amounts to $20,000,000 of new common stock free to holders, with a par value of $20,600,000 and payable April 1 to stockholders of record March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Billy Sunday to Tackle Wicked of New York City
Billy Sunday, famed evangelist, plans to campaign against alcohol in New York City. He vows to rearrange his schedule for the effort and calls for strict prohibition with three strikes against booze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Wicked
New York City
Een Billy
Eyehayeling
Phildelphia
Ana On
Wehiatelty
Babylon
Hes York
Bryan Strong for Woman Suffrage in North Carolina
International News Service reports in Raleigh that William J. Bryan urged initiative and referendum, called for recall of officers, and backed woman suffrage before the general assembly and crowded gallery. He also pressed child labor laws, temperance, education, and health conservation before lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLeod
Bryan
Social Service Conference
Gasoline schooner arrives with red snappers
The Louis B. Polar arrived late yesterday at Pascagoula carrying 7,600 pounds of red snappers. The schooner formerly sailed to Campeche, Mexico for fish, but now fishes nearer home yield higher prices and better shipping quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascagoula
Miss
Louis B. Pol
Florida
Campeche
Mexico
Ships assured for Mobile Mardi Gras by Navy letter
After weeks of correspondence officials secured a Navy pledge to send available warships to Mobile during the February Mardi Gras carnival. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels signed the letter to Representative Oscar Underwood noting ships would be sent as available, with seaplanes from the Pensacola station to fly over the city and bay during February 12 to 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Underwood
Gutederwood
Bay Mer
Naval Ty Eee
Pen= Leek
Pensacola
Mobile
Weiter & Mora
Cme
Smoot
Threat to Senator Over District Dryness Provokes Warning
An unnamed writer threats Senator Sheppard in Washington over agitation to abolish abstinence laws. The letter, signed One who loves liberty, claimed willingness to die in the chair to kill Sheppard and said the writer drinks only an occasional glass. Police received the note for investigation.
War's Money Cost: Two Million Per Hour In War
Washington Jan 20 The International News Service reports that European war costs run about two million dollars per hour by estimates from L Guyot and other economists. Daily costs range from forty million to sixty million, with six months totaling over seven billion. Lloyd George and RiLot figures indicate heavy monthly outlays as Britain maintains forces and France expands its expenditure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
L. Guyot
International Mews Service
Roger W. Babson
Leroy
Beau-Neu Pates
Mr“Lloyd+George
Exchequer
England
M. RiLot
France
Imperial Bank of Russia
Sean
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Pake-Leinkauf
U. S
New York State
William J. Young
Galveston
Levi B. Davis
Roangke, Va
Erahimanaey
Philadelphia
Repubs
C. C. Green
Steam Roller
Hubbard
Billy Sunday
Poser
Bryan Strong
Raleigh, N.C
Daniels
Carnival
Isadore G. Jacobson
Jacobson Clothing Store
Great Britain
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