County Probes Case as Wounding by Federal Officers During Orchard Raid
The Mobile News Item reports Judge A W Hargett says the man shot by a federal prohibition officer was not running when wounded during a raid in Wheelerville Friday. Ed Mays pleads not guilty to liquor charges claiming he was an onlooker at the outfit and was shot while fleeing with a shotgun in his hand.
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A. W. Hargett
Mobile
Outfit
Ed Mays
Wheelerville
Mays
United States
J. S. Burgett
D. R. Coley
D. S. Pennington
Harvey Hughes
Atek Mays
Er Meioras
T Te Outfit
Huey Long Faces Misuse Charges Amid War Over Women Voters
Baton Rouge reports Huey P. Long 35 faces 19 counts including misused funds bribery and intimidation of courts. The governor is accused after a war with women voters who accuse him of brutal acts and a plot to assassinate a legislator.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Wea
Jared Y. Sanders, Jr
Long
Harry
Mystery Shrouds Destination of Federal Soldiers Released
Report from San Antonio on April 6 Twelve attack airplanes from Crockett and six observation planes were released by Americans from Fort Bliss. Major General Wiser of the Eighth Corps area ordered the planes to proceed by rail to Naco by ground preparations at Fort Bliss.
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Fort Bliss
San Antonio
Improvements Underway At Municipal Airport Project
Improvements are under way at the Cedar Point road airport site. Oscar Barney reveals Mobile county crews began widening grading and gravelling the 1900 foot road from Cedar Point highway to the airport now. The 28 foot wide road should be completed soon. City workers are planting Bermuda grass on the landing field. Barney estimates the work will finish within ten days as part of a plan to make the municipal airport one of the best of its kind in the country.
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Cedar Point Road
Oscar Barney
Mobile County
Cedar Point Highway
Barney
Munirr
Explosion wrecks Santa Fe coach near Temple injuring none
A southbound Santa Fe passenger coach 15 miles north of Temple Texas was blown up early today. Fifteen passengers escaped serious injury while investigators questioned riders and pursued a bomb theory amid unclear explosives aboard the train.
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Temple
Tex
Santa Fe
Here
Association to Elect Officers Tonight at Cawthon Hotel
Officers will be elected tonight as the association holds its meeting at the Cawthon hotel. The event proceeds with the planned selection of leadership for the organization.
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Ee Ee Ee Ere Association
Cawthon Hotel
Baldwin County Old Spanish Trail paving delayed by flood damage
The Mobile county board of revenue will not object to postponing paving the 15 mile Baldwin county link of the Old Spanish Trail due to flood damage. President Arthur D. Davis says delaying reaffirmed plans avoids embarrassment to the state highway commission. Commissioner Estes D. Baker supports the board acting as a body. The route to Florida to Bay St. Louis would be paved if Baldwin county is paved, linking Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
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State Highway Department
Baldwin County
Mobile County Board of Revenue
Arthur D. Davis
State Highway Commission
Mr. Davis
Estes D. Baker
Davis
Florida West Coast
Bay St. Louis
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
New Bank Here The American Trust Company Opens Under Battle House
The American Trust Company Inc will operate a banking and trust business under the Battle House starting this month, filing in probate court today. Capital stock fixed at 500000 dollars. Directors include H S Denniston as chairman and E as cashier with Mobile figures listed.
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The
American Trust Company, Inc
Battle House
H. S. Denniston
Tor
A. On
Mobile
Street Levy Upheld in Mobile City Case
Recorder D H Edington rules the Mobile street tax of five dollars on men aged 21 to 60 is valid. W N Key fined ten dollars and costs, appeals to circuit court with bond of one hundred dollars. Key claimed nonresidency and no home in Mobile. evidence showed he leased a Mobile home and sent children to public school.
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D. H. Edington
W. N. Key
Gulf, Mobile and Northern
Gaillard Hamilton
Key
Jackson, Tenn
Vincent F. Kilborn
W. H. Cowan
Mobile
Hamilton
Supreme Court
Edington
Last
World Sugar Experts Eye Production Accord Reach
Sugar specialists meeting today in the season of world experts discussed a possible pact to study not raising output. They reportedly agreed to hold further talks outside official circles with Cuba Poland Czecho Slovakia Germany Hungary Belgium France Italy and perhaps Java.
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League of Nation
League
Cuba
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Hungary
Belgium
France
Italy
Java
Mexican rebel leader warns on Naco border crisis
SITUATION SERIOUS WASHINGTON April 6 TM Gerzayn Ugarte head of the Mexi can rebel mission to Washington expressed extreme concern today over reports of the border situation at Naco Ariz He wired General To pete head of the rebel force attacking Naco Sonora for additional information before issuing any statement He intimated however that the bombs discovered along the Southern Pacific railroad might have been part of a plot of the Mexican federal government to obtain American intervention in the revolutionary crisis.
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Washington
Gerzayn Ugarte
Naco
Ariz
Topete
Sonora
Southern Pacific
Connecticut considers abolishing fraternities in public schools
Connecticut lawmakers debate wiping out all secret societies in public schools or allowing them under supervision. The proposal would require parents of fraternity members to be notified within 60 days to pull their children from the groups or face punishment, likely expulsion.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Stillman Sails for England to Play Golf
James A. Stillman, retired New York banker, sailed on the Olympic to play golf in England and Scotland. He will be joined later by Mrs. Stillman. F. W. Simms supervises repairs to their hunting lodge damaged by fire three weeks ago.
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New York
James A. Stillman
England
Scotland
Generally Fair But Warmer Forecast For Mobile And St Louis
A forecast calls for generally fair skies and continued warmth in Mobile, with a morning temperature around 70. The same mild conditions are noted for St Louis. The river level dropped 22 feet to 55.1 feet this morning.
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Mobile
St. Louis
Impeachment Hearing Sparks Governor Long Pressure
Baton Rouge reports Governor Huey P. Long mobilizes lawmakers before impeachment votes. Representatives Shattauck and Bennett back a confidence resolution while Heintz moves to adjourn honors for late Rep. Martin. George K. Perrault details the tense scene as votes loom.
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Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
Huey P. Long
House
Shattauck
Calcasieu
W. H. Bennett
East Feliciana
Long
Bennett
Heintz
St. Tammany
Martin
National House of Representatives
Louisiana
Bronx Man Henson Receives Posthumous Award Tribute
The piece notes Robert Peary era explorer Henson to be honored on the anniversary of the expedition. A Bronx chamber silver cup will be presented in tribute to his service in the dash to the pole. Henson, a customs clerk, survived as the last member of the party after two Eskimos died. He is 62.
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Bronx
Peary
Henson
Damage assessment awaited on Mobile schooner Geneva collision
A survey board convened after the Geneva, a Mobile schooner, was rammed near the bay mouth by the Hapgood tanker. The vessel sustained bow sprit and rigging damage. lights remained burning. Expected two weeks to repair. Kathleen owned by Captain Felix Verzone.
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Board of
Yesterda
Resu
Geneva
Hapgood
Gokusen
Kathleen
Felix Verzone
South Ann Street
Watch Mobile—Her Port Is Growing Rapidly
In the Nautical Gazette a feature reports on Mobile's port growth since the $10,000,000 state docks were built. O M Phelps of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce is the article author, with pictures of ships in the harbor and terminal facilities.
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Mobile
Nautical Gazette
O. M. Phelps
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Todd Drydock and Shipbuilding
Mobile City Commission
Consider Plans for Health Board Building Labor Bids
County to supply labor for engineering department projects or bids will proceed with external contractors. The notice outlines plan consideration by the health board and county in event of bids or labor supply.
Stormy Career of Governor Long Highlighted
Governor Long's turbulent tenure roots in a northern Louisiana farm upbringing. The piece traces his boyhood drive for battle and his rise in state politics amid controversy and conflict.
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Governor Long
Red Clay Piney Hills
North
Louisiana
Tornadoes Kill Nine in Western U S and Rip Across States
Spring storms of tornadic violence ripped through Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa killing nine people. Three remain missing and feared dead while more than 100 were hospitalized. Damage runs into hundreds of thousands with North Minneapolis alone listed at 100000. Andrew Hanson George Lundgren C F Bryan and four others perished as the storm swept from Lake Minnetonka through Rice Lake and Reeves Wisconsin.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Lake Minnetonka
Andrew Hanson
George Lundgren
Forest Lake
Taylor Falls
C. F. Bryan
Rice Lake
Reeves
Wis
Louis
Copper Whopper vending machine lands in St Louis
A local St Louis inventor has introduced the Copper Whopper, a literature vending device. For four cents a reader can obtain printed matter, replacing common items like matches and cigarettes in a new public utility.
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ST. Louis
Parrakeet stolen from porch in local theft
Mrs. M. Quinn of 133 South Dearborn street reported a parrot species stolen from her porch yesterday afternoon. She provided police with a description of the suspected thief as part of the missing bird inquiry.
Pershing Touted as Possible Next Ambassador to France
Washington reports stir speculation that General John J. Pershing may become the next ambassador to France. Analysts cite his World War leadership and fond relations with France as factors, suggesting a balance with Dawes potentially joining Britain. Pershing has often visited France and spoke at Paris funeral services.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
France
Frank B. Kellogg
Dwight F. Davis
Henry P. Fletcher
Rome
General Pershing
America
Myron T. Herrick
Dawes
Great Britain
Paris
Des Moines Hotel Fire Claims Three Dead
A Des Moines hotel fire killed at least three people and injured many others. Twelve residents were hospitalized, with four men leaping from the fifth floor toward the court roof. the blaze damaged a prewar hotel at Fourth and Walnut, valued at 200000 to 250000 dollars. John P. Scott, 42, of Mexico City, was later identified among the victims.
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Des Moines
Towa
Red Watson
Red” Jarrup
Fourth and
Walnut Streets
John P. Scott
Mexico City
Atlanta Realtor Storm Carson Bonds in Embezzlement Case
Storm Carson, a prominent Atlanta realtor, faced charges of embezzlement larceny after trust and forgery and was to post 25000 bond. His son W Clifton Carson as co defendant posted 2500. Indictments were returned yesterday detailing the alleged misconduct and conversion of funds.
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Atlanta
Storm Carson
W. Clifton Carson
Carson
Bombs Found Across Rail Lines After Explosions
Reports describe power cuts near a tunnel east of here in Arizona. Eight bombs were found on the Southern Pacific line east of town. A tunnel east of the site was blown up. A troop of the Tenth Cavalry departed for the scene. Later 75 bombs were found in a tunnel the train carrying Mexican federal soldiers would have used.
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Ariz
Rex
Southern Pacific
Tenth United Strow Cavalry
Eight Migrants Found Dead East of Naco on SP Tracks
Douglas Arizona April 6 reports say United States border patrol found eight mg on the Southern Pacific rails eight miles east of Naco. The train carrying Mexican federal soldiers is involved.
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Douglas, Ariz
United Border
Diathermal Treatment Considered for Rhetor Patients
King London reports a diathermal treatment being considered for a health issue affecting the rhetoric patients in town. The note outlines early discussion of a medical approach and potential implications.
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London
Kin
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