Rail Traffic Demoralized Across Alabama State
Special to The Item Montgomery March 15 traffic in every direction except to Birmingham and to Tuscaloosa is isolated. L and N lines at Montgomery stagnated with lines under water and slides near Ramrock and Flomaton. Coast Line tracks blown for miles, Central faces a landslide near Union Springs, washouts twenty two miles south of Montgomery. No trains from New York in twenty four hours. Selma division hit hard. detours via Birmingham attempted.
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Montgomery
Ala
Birmings
Tuscaloosa
Louisville
Nashville
Ontgomery
Greenville
Flomaton
Coast Line
Ramrock
Seaboard
Central
Miss Cora Pearson Named to Teachers Examiners Board
Miss Cora Pearson of Selma receives appointment to the board of teachers examiners by Superintendent Ingham, replacing Miss Priscilla Wyn who resigns effective April 10. Pearson, native of Champ County, studied at the Normal School and the Teachers College of New York. The notice also mentions Easter opening and a home bargain day at Weinacker's with contact numbers Bell 2229 and Home 306.
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Montgomery
Ala
Cora Pearson
Selma
Re Board of
Teachers’ Examiners
Te Superintendent of Education
Ingham
Priscillawyn
Pearsénid
Cham County
Tandi
Normal School
Teachers’ College of New York
Weinacker’s
Tragic self-inflicted death in Birmingham station
At Birmingham Terminal station a Tennessee Power Company employee from Dades Georgia T Sumner King shot himself in the head in the smoking room. He died before aid arrived. A note to Dear Ones spoke of avoiding disgrace and attempting it on the other side with fifty dollars in his pocket. He was a stranger to the city.
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Birmingham
Ala
T. Sumner King
Tennessee Power Company
Dades
Senate Begins on Economic Lines
Washington March 15 The Democratic patronage committee in the Senate will report cutting useless offices from the payroll by 46000 while keeping a secretary and messenger for each senator. The chairmen of major committees will receive the excess patronage, with about 3000 allocated to each senator.
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International News Service
Washington
Democratic
Senate
Dredge Mobile Destroyed by Fire Along River
The hydraulic dredge Mobile owned by the Southern Dredging Company burned and sank after a Saturday night fire. Docked opposite Beauregard street, it was used to deepen the river in front of railroad terminal property. Estimated loss exceeds 30000, with crew mirroring safe escape. Master and crew aboard at the time escaped unharmed. The origin remains unknown as no boiler fire had occurred recently. Nearby observers watched the blaze from the riverfront.
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Mobile
Southern Dredging Company
Beauregard Street
W. H. Goldthwaite
Rittenhouse Moore
Moore
Goldthwaite
Boliers
Mary T Godau to testify in Moblie murder case
Mrs. Mary T. Godau serving a life sentence at Speigner's Farm for the murder of her son in law Fred Wasserleben will be brought to Mobile as a material witness in the case of her daughter Theresa Virginia Wasserleben who is jointly indicted for the murder of her husband A writ of habeas corpus ad testifi specifies the move and proceedings
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Mary T. Godau
Speigner
Fred Wasserleben
Mobile
Theresa Virginia Wasserleben
Neat Stylish Clothes Promise Wide Selection in Local Contest
Neat stylish clothes for men and boys offer more models in more weaves and patterns than any store in the locality. Buyers may choose exactly what suits taste and pocketbook. The Item conducts a $4,000 contest with details in another paper section.
Dreaper and Burns Special Bargain Week Promises Refunds
Dreaper and Burns at 55 and 57 Dauphin Street announce fare refunds under the Co operative schedule during Special Bargain Week. The store emphasizes its commitment to customer savings and value as the event runs.
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Co-operative
Judge Grants Writ For Wasserleben Habeas Corpus
In Mobile, Judge Semmes orders the warden to produce Mrs. Wasserleben before the court for her daughter's case on March 20. The habeas corpus ad testificandum proceeding is described as the first of its kind in Mobile in years. Wasserleben and her mother face murder charges in the killing of police officer Fred Wasserleben and will be arraigned next Thursday in city court amid public interest.
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Wasserleben
Fred Waasserleben
Oates Speaks For Children at Florida Congress
Jacksonville March 15 Dr William H Oates Alabama factory examiner was among principal speakers at the Child Labor Congress session in Jacksonville McCune Lane vice chairman of the National Child Labor committee followed Oates lines urging laws to keep children out of cotton and canning factories
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Jacksonville
Fla
William H. Oates
Alabama
Child Labor Congress
Samuel McCune Lane
National Child Labor Committee
Oates
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Pearson
Yeend Potter CO
Penitentiary
Dreaper & Burns
Dauphin ST
Yeend Potter
BELL
Drug Department
Mobile Electric Company
H. M.byllesby & Company
T. K. Jackson
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