Trains Crash Kills Many in Fog Bound Eastbound Collision
In Amherst and Elyria Ohio area a three train wreck involving New York Central lines killed thirty and left forty injured. The westbound Twentieth Century Limited and two Chicago Buffalo flyer sections collided, with one train rear ending another and the Century plunging into wreckage. Rescue crews recovered bodies and treated dozens. victims include Rev. Gustav Walyh of Detroit and several others from Cleveland Philadelphia and Toronto.
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Cleveland
New York
Amherst
Second 86
Gustav Walyh
First
Hungarian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Detroit
Walter B. Easton
Philadelphia
Frank Gallagher
Brooklyn
Dora Rosenburg
Toronto
A. B. Pablehall
B. E. Ash
Olmsted Falls
Ohio
J. H. Hearn
Gallipolis
Gyorgy Ojonea
Indianapolis
Rosénodah
C. C. Robinson
Moonlight Misfortune: 21 Proposals Beset a Windy City Tourist
Miss Helen Dow, a Chicagoan visiting San Francisco from Hawaii and the South Seas, jokes that the moon caused her to receive 21 marriage proposals. She laments the distraction of moonlit shores and city life, noting the endless offers affected her trip.
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Chicago
Helen Dow
Windy City
San Francisco
Hawaii
South Seas
Know Your City Stove Works Trip Today
Skilled workmen will display shells of all sizes for the government at Mobile Stove and Pulley Works this Wednesday afternoon. Visitors invited by the Know Your City committee of the Chamber of Commerce meet at the Cawthon hotel at 3 p.m. Chairman Joseph G Espaila Jr. asks all committee members and prospective travelers to arrive promptly.
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Cawthon ‘Hotel
Joseph G. Espaila, Jr
Fire sweeps ten buildings in Leadville business block
Leadville Colorado March 29 fire destroyed a business block by noon and spread. Dynamite used to check the flames, total loss estimated at 100060 dollars as ten buildings were destroyed.
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Leadville
Colo
Impeachment Urged for Estes and Edgington in Nashville
A House committee in Nashville reports it has been investigating the actions of Estes and Edgington and urges impeachment proceedings. The lawmakers move to compel testimonies and consider formal charges.
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Estes
Edgington
Nashville
Tenn
Committee of the
House of Representatives
Tourist Welcome Club of Mobile Forms New Group
Members of the Tourist Welcome Club of Mobile met at the Cawthon Hotel for a business session and lunch. The executive committee, via Dr W H Taylor, reported on by laws and constitution as the group plans to boost tourist travel and entertain visitors during fall and winter. The club name was finalized as Tourist Welcome Club of Mobile and attendance was large.
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Tourist Welcome Club
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
W. H. Taylor
Tourist Welcome Club of
Shipbuilding Revival Seen on Maine Coast
Bangor Maine March 29 shows renewed shipbuilding activity on the Maine coast as six four masted schooners are to be built by R L Bean of Camden under a new contract. Other coast towns report shipyards being revived or prepared for new construction after years idle due to high freight rates from the war.
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Bangor
Maine
R. L. Bean
Camden
Shackleton Vessel Aurora Nears New Zealand Arrival
The auxiliary ship Aurora of the Shackleton Antarctic expedition is expected to arrive off New Zealand Friday. The premier of New Zealand has been notified by wireless, according to a Reuters dispatch from Wellington.
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London
New Zealand
Aurora
Reuter
Wellington
N.Z
Baltimore Federal League Sues Baseball for 900000
The Baltimore Federal League club filed a federal court suit against organized baseball seeking 900000 in damages under the Sherman and Clayton anti trust acts. The action was announced from Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore Federal League Baseball Club
Organized Baseball
Gulf Coast Fair Set for Mobile October Dates
Mort L. Bixler announced the Gulf Coast Fair will run in Mobile from October 16 to 22. The event was previously scheduled for October 30 to November 5.
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Mobile
Mort L. Bixler
Verdun Battle Push Drives German Lines From Avecourt Woods
Paris reports that French forces attacked in the Avecourt woods northwest of Verdun driving German troops from portions of the trench works. German counter attacks were repelled with heavy losses. Rome notes ongoing heavy fighting on the Austro Italian front with Italian forces claimed victors.
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Verdun
Avecourt
Paris
Teutons
Rome
Avecourt Wood
The
Meuse
French Renew Verdun Drive With Heavy Losses
Paris reports French forces repelled a German counter attack near Avecourt and Malancourt, inflicting heavy losses. French infantry and 75 mm guns halted German efforts as Verdun operations resumed after a six day lull. Italian troops also retook positions northeast of Gorizia, taking 302 Austrians.
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Verdun
Paris
Verdun Im County
Avecourt
Malancourt
Furce
Gorizia
Rome
War Office
Russian Losses Put At 80000 In 75 Mile Front
An Overseas Agency statement dated March 29 estimates Russian casualties in the offensive against Field Marshal von Hindenburg's lines at not less than 80,000 along a 75 mile front where fighting has been active.
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Berlin
Tuckerton
Marshal von Hindenburg
French Positions Stormed North of Malancourt
Berlin reports French positions north of Malancourt along a 2000 yard front have been stormed by German troops. Paris says two German aircraft were lost and an aerial raid over Saloniki left twenty dead and thirty to forty wounded with two German planes destroyed.
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Berlin
Malancourt
Aman Manteentes
Saloniki
Paris
Committee seeks help for City Beautiful campaign
A delegation from the Ways and Means Committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet with Mobile city commissioners at 4 this afternoon to enlist support for the City Beautiful effort. The plan aims to plant azaleas along Government Street and other principal thoroughfares.
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Ways and ‘Means Committee
Chamber of Commerce
City Commissioners
City Beautiful
City Commission
Mobile
Government Street
Scarcity of Print Paper Boosts City Edition Price
Houston, March 29. Due to freight congestion in the East and paper shortages, a local afternoon paper raised the price of its edition. The move comes amid ongoing difficulties securing enough stock and transportation for timely circulation.
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Houston
Tex
Aeraen
Wales
Ae & Care
These Men Will Give a Clean Bill of Health to the South
National and Central American representatives will attend in New Orleans from April 12 to 16, 1946. The congress on health and social work aims to address civic issues with over 2,000 delegates expected and has set up headquarters in New Orleans for interested participants.
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United States
Bncipal
Central
South America
Orleaseans
South
Congress
New Orleans
Southern Sociological Congress
Railroad grants Mobile rate cuts to gulf coast travel
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad has granted Mobile Chamber of Commerce requests for reduced 30 day family coupons and 62 trip business rates to Gulf Coast points as far south as Bay St. Louis Mississippi. Tickets go on sale May 1 and are valid six months with prices ranging from 24 to 29.60 dollars depending on destination.
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Louisville and. Nashville Railroad Company
Ocean Springs
Biloxi
Mississippi City
Guilfport
Miss
Christian
Bay St. Louis
Mobile
Cardinal Mercier's Secretary Arrested
Berlin via London March 29. M. Loncin private secretary to Cardinal Mercier the Belgium primate has been arrested. An overseas Brussels dispatch says an investigation was begun some time ago of Loncin who was suspected of maintaining forbidden intercourse with the enemy.
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Berlin
London
M. Loncin
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Brussels
Dutch steamer Duiveland sunk. crew saved
Another Dutch steamship, the Duiveland, has been sunk with all hands saved. Weather reports note fair and warmer conditions with southerly winds in mobile and Mississippi and Alabama forecasts predicting warmer, partly cloudy days tonight and Thursday.
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London
Duiveland
Mobile
Washington
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida Concern Outbids Mobilians For Mail Contract
Palatka brothers Hubert A C A and A O Hiscock were awarded mail route No 24100 known as the Eastern Shore mail between Mobile and across the bay The contract totals 2399 per year and starts July 1 The schedule has six daily trips six days a week with a Sunday round trip from Mobile to Fairhope Daphne Montrose Sea Cliff and Battles Wharf and back to Mobile The service times run from 7 am to 9 15 pm depending on segment with Sunday departures at 7 am and 2 30 pm from Mobile and Battles Wharf respectively
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Hubert A
C. A
A. O. Hiscock
Brothers
Palatka
Fla
Mobile
Bay
James K. Glennon
Battles
James H. Glennon
Fairhope
Battles Wharf
Day in Congress Signals Army Reorganization and Defense Hearings
Congress opened at noon with plans for army reorganization and ongoing national defense testimony. The House considered miscellaneous bills while Assistant Secretary Roosevelt continued naval committee testimony on defense matters.
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Roosevelt
Naval Committee
Head of Rotarians to Arrive Thursday
Allen D. Alberts international president of Rotary Clubs will visit Mobile for a reception and banquet. The Mobile Rotary Club will host him at the Battle House Thursday night. Ladies invited. He arrives Thursday afternoon and will be met at the railroad by a Rotary delegation.
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Allen D. Alberts
Rotary Clubs
Chicago, Ill
Mobile Rotary Club
Battle House
Rotarians
Mobile
Englishman in flight sunk. affidavits from survivors
March 29 reports state British horse ship Englishman shelled and torpedoed by a German submarine after attempting to escape. Survivors’ affidavits corroborate earlier Sussex torpedoing claims. US officials seek German confirmation while awaiting Berlin inquiry results.
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Washington
State Department
Liverpool
Bis
United States
Germany
Dover
Sussex
France
Gerard
Berlin
Foreign Office
Villa Fleeing South as U S Cavalry Presses Pursuit
Washington reports General Carranza agrees to permit U S forces to use the Mexican Northwester Railway to pursue Francisco Villa. Cavalrymen strain to overtake Villa amid volcanic terrain and harsh conditions along the continental divide.
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Washington
Carranza
United States Army
Mexico
Rail use in Mexico debated for immediate supply lines
U S officials weigh getting Carranza’s permission to use Mexican railways for transporting American forces. General Carranza’s assent is sought, while the War Department says $8 million in funds will allow a complete independent motor truck supply system regardless of rail access.
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State Department
Carranza
Mexico
Rodgers
Staro
War Department
Raid on Columbus Prompted War Department Probe
Funston declined comment on Washington's order for a full investigation of the lumbug raid. Colonel Hersbert J. Slocum reports Villa attacked Columbus before daybreak on March 9, killing civilians and soldiers and burning buildings. Slocum's telegram and a 1,000 word report reached General Funston and were sent to the War Department.
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San Antonio
Funston
Washington
War Department
Hersbert J. Slocum
Sica
Columbus
Villa
Slocum
Col. F. L. Leland Dead Yachtsman and Banker
Colonel Francis Lewis Leland, a noted yachtsman and banker, died in New York on Tuesday the 29th after a career spanning finance and sailing. He was a prominent figure in social and business circles.
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F. L. Leland
New York
Francis Lewis Leland
Funeral Notice of Dr Joseph C Sullivan
Died Tuesday noon March 28 1916 at 12 06 at forty ninth year of age Dr Joseph C Sullivan Friends of the family invited to attend from his late residence 255 St Josephs Street tomorrow Thursday morning at 8 30 oclock and from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with requiem mass at 9 oclock Interment in the Catholic cemetery
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Sullivan
Joseph C. Sullivan
St. Joseph ‘S Treet
the Immaculate Conception
Lost items and reward notices in community listings
Worden Bros advertise a stray mare mule about 1 weight slight, short mane, tail needs growth with reward for return near Goversspeyis Presbyterian Church Ember area. Also Gabriel automobile horn lost near 968 Seneca Street, return to Item Office C Ward 10 Ward.
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Seneca ‘St
Worden Bros
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Chicago Flyer
Moon
Stove Works
Shackleton
Federal League Club
0. B
Cobb
R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Border
Walter and
Birchmore
Avocourt
Scgardwer Lovsvile
Railroad
L. N
Florida
Senate
U.S
Mexi
PROBE
Goversspeyis
Presbyterian Church
Ember
Bere
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