Shipping Board Financing Plan Outlined For Mobile Port
De Cleay, treasurer of the United Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet, explains a new method of financing shipping operations south of Mobile. The plan aims to adapt operations to approved banking facilities and standardize accounting nationwide, with a Mobile disbursing officer to handle all board fees. The old system will be abandoned, and costs will be borne by the Shipping Board with revenue to the board.
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Mobile
de Cleay
Uniteads Shipping Board
Emergae ‘Fleet Corporation
Clear
Peron
United States
A R. Clear
Galveston
Hipping Board
He Harding
Panama Canal
Final tests on harbor facility near completion
Major Karl North of the United States district engineer section directs the final tests on the unloading equipment at the coal terminal. Two test phases split by available coal volumes assess readiness for immediate activation by the Warrior river barge line. The reloading tower remains under construction.
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Karl North
United States
Warrior River
Birmingham
North
Warrior River Barge Line
Coal strike recedes as Alabama mines return to work
Workers of Garnsey Coal Company and other Alabama mines end nationwide United Mine Workers strike and resume operations. Official reports say district 20 is free from disturbances with production rising toward 300,000 tons this week as demand improves. Meanwhile, U S House labor committee presses talks between operators and miners amid continued nonresponse from union leaders.
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Garnsey Coal Company
Washington
Atty
Daugherty
House Labor Committee
Nolan
Eve
John Brophy
United Mine Workers of
Central
Pennsylvania
Barton Open House Day At Barton Academy Draws Crowds
Parents visit Barton Academy during Open House Day as the school board promotes interest in local schools and plans for a new high school. Posters and theater slides spread word, with the event the first of three visiting days aimed at highlighting conditions and future school needs.
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Barton Academy
Heed School Board
Barton
Auburn Band to Parade Ahead of IIT vs Bears Game
The Auburn band will march in a parade at 10:30 a.m. ahead of the game between the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and the Bearcats. The route runs from Cawthon Muphin Street to Dauphin, Government, St. Michael, St. Joseph, and to the band stand at the square where a concert will be held.
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Auburn
Ala Polytechnic Institute
Ie Bears
Cawthon Muphin
Dauphin Pome
Government
St. Michael
St. Joseph
Insurance Agents Close Session in Alabama
A session of agents for the Alabama National Insurance Company concluded with a banquet at the Battle venue. Attendees included H. M. Weston Bayou tre J Hurt Citronelle Hoy pith Georgiana N B Stewart Mobile Johnson and Martin Mc Ballars agency organiser 5 P Bryan state agent J D Heacock medical director of the home office.
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Alabama National Insurance Company
H. M. Weston
Baybdutre
J. Hurt
Citronelle
Hoypith
Georgiana
Stewart
Mobile
Johnson and Martin
Mc Ballars
South Ma
P. Bryan
J. D. Heacock
Home Office
Weather Outlook for Ashington in April
The Mississippi area expected cloudy conditions tonight with a chance of local showers. Cooler temperatures forecast for Saturday across the region.
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Ashington
Wissippi
Merchants urged to close half day for Mobile baseball opening
Rotary and Kiwanis committees call on Mobile merchants to close mid day next Wednesday for the Southern Association opening. They plan a 3 PM meeting at the Battle House with President R M Weinacker to outline ticket distribution and incentives. In rain, tickets valid for any game that season.
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Rotary
Kiwanis
Merchants of
Mobile
Battle House
R. M. Weinacker
City Commission
Southern Association
Rate On Gravel To Mobile Increased Thirty Percent
The Southern Railroad raised gravel transportation rates to Mobile by about 30 percent, affecting county gravel from the Glen Don pit and from Walker Springs contractor routes. County Engineer Leslie E. Prouty said the higher rates threaten road work progress and may delay opening the county gravel pit.
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Mobile County
Southern Railroad
London
Walker Sp
R. M
Ile
Walker Springs
Leslie E. Prouty
Glendon
Mobile
R. G. Cobb
Mobile Traffic Bureau
Board of Revenue
Walker Prings
Engineer Held Not Wilful Violator In Oil Dump Case
L. S. Pomeroy chief engineer of the steamer Effingham, arrested by Special Officer Jack H. Lee on dumping oil in Mobile river, was exonerated by the recorder. He showed two buckets of oil likely spilled accidentally and reported the incident to the steamship company before arrest. The recorder found no wilful violation and noted intent to aid enforcement.
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L. S. Pomeroy
Effingham
Jack H. Lee
Mobile
Recorder
Steamship Company
Nee
Negro man fined for carrying a pistol in town
Ernest Turner, a Black man, was fined fifty dollars or sixty days by the recorder for carrying a revolver. Turner was taken into custody by the chief of police and another officer after unable to justify his presence in the locality.
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Ernest Turner
Turner
Albert Marshall
Jail Record of Jury Tamperer Unearthed
A man named Hockin, linked to a 28 man conspiracy case, is charged with influencing veniremen in the Arthur Co. Burch murder trial. He, an ex private investigator, seeks bail of 2000 dollars to await a preliminary examination on April 13 while confined in the county jail.
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Veniremen
Arthur Co. Burch
J. Belton Kennedy
Indianapolis
Hockin
Leavenworth
Kan
International Association of Building Structural Iron Workers
Detroit
District Attorney's Office
Burch
Portrait of P. J. Lyons Presented to City of Mobile
A large oil portrait of Pat J. Lyons, late Mobile commissioner and former mayor, was presented to Mobile by the city commission. The painting by Roderick D. Mackenzie occupies a place at the council chamber rostrum as dignitaries and city leaders attended the ceremony.
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Pat J. Lyons
Mobile
Gordon Smith
Preside Chamber of Commerce
Tow
Michael Tenry
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Father J. C. Kearns
Hill College
Francis J. Inge
John J. McMahon
Ering
Jewels in Russian Churches Pilfered
Petropavlovsk March 7 reports mysterious thefts of church treasures as Soviet officials confiscate items for famine relief. Jewels in a noted icon church were replaced with imitations before inspectors arrived, with many lists missing. Patriarch Tikhon appeals for voluntary surrender of non holy articles.
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Petrograd
Tikhon
Knights of Columbus to Take Communion at Cathedral Mass
Members of Mobile Council Fotice of Columbus will attend a lock mass at the cathedral Sunday morning and receive Holy Communion. Rev. T. M. Cassidy, chaplain, issues the call for attendance. The Holy Name Society will also participate and receive.
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Mobile Council
Fotice of Columbus
Cathedral Sunx
T. M. Cassidy
A A
Holy Name Sa
Asa
Health Upturn Reported As Typhoid Mortality Falls
The Census Bureau reports health improving in the United States with typhoid fever deaths dropping from 18.3 per 100 000 in 1916 to 7 per 100 000 in 1920. Massachusetts records 2.5 per 100 000 and Wisconsin shows 22.4 per 100 000, the highest.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Six Die In Paris London Air Collision Near Phiely
A midair crash over Phiely, north of Paris, killed six people including pilots Mire and Duke, three passengers, and a mechanic. The Paris bound Airlift from Lebourdet and the Croydon based British liner collided in fog, wreckage set afire, both machines destroyed.
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Paris
Associated Press
London
Phiely
Mire
Lebourdet
Croydon
Duke
Thieullov
Senators Attack President Over Civil Service Allegations
Democratic senators in the Senate leveled sharp personal attacks on President Harding accusing him of orchestrating civil service firings to replace Democrats with Republicans. Senators Harrison Stanley and Caraway blasted the administration calling it a diabolical plot and criticizing Harding for defending Republican spoilsmen and Boss Cox.
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Washington
Harding
Senate
Sen
Harrison
Mississippi
Stanley
Kentucky
Caraway
Arkansas
Boss Cox
Cincinnati
Taft
Cox
Warren G. Harding
D.D
Grand Jury Examines Records of State Officials
The grand jury examined reports from the state examiner of public accounts on the books of Clerk Edward Huet and Emile Medicus, former clerk of the inferior criminal court, plus the records of Tax Collector P. B. Dorion and Tax Assessor Edward Laurendine. Judge Claude A. Grayson presented the reports yesterday afternoon for grand jury review.
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Grand Jury
Edward Huet
Emile Medicus
Inferior Criminal Court
P. B. Dorion
Edward Laurendine
Claude A. Grayson
Circuit Court
Chicago salesman fined by recorder for disorderly conduct
Sidney Bremer a traveling salesman from Chicago was fined 25 dollars or 25 days by the recorder after police testimony about disorderly conduct at the Illinois Central station ticket window. Officer Untreiner said Bremer’s behavior toward the ticket clerk and the ladies present was impolite. Bremer paid the fine.
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Sidney Bremer
Chicago
Recorder
Untreiner
Untreier
UN! Ag
J Ng
Bremer
Charcoal Vendors Fined for Reckless Driving Race
George Evans and Louis Neese of Wheelerville district were fined 25 dollars each by the recorder after police charged them with reckless driving and drunkenness in a charcoal pony race on Government street yesterday afternoon. A third man fled police during the event.
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George Evans
Louis Neese
Wheelerville
Welch and
Doyle
Government Street
Recorder
Union activity grows in district 5 mines area
Pittsburgh April 7 Union organization work spreads in district 5 United Mine Workers operators and leaders agree on progress though claims vary. In the Klioniike region sixty two non-union mines have closed per P T Fagan vice president district and across the river in Washington total idle miners reach 28 0090.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Klioniike
P. T. Fagan
Washington
Steel Plants Delay Resumption Amid Coal Strike
The Republic Iron and Steel Company plans to restart a Bessemer plant next week but cancelled resumption orders due to strike impact in Fayette county coal fields. Two non union mines in the district are closed and postponement of blast furnaces in Youngstown Farrell and Newcastle was ordered. The Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Brier Hill Steel say the strike does not affect mill operations though a large PA mine is closed.
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Youngstown, CO
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Bessemer
Fayette County
Steel Corporation
Youngstown
Farrell
Newcastle
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Brier Hill Steel Company
Pennsylvania
No offense to put liquor aboard ship ruling
Havana court of instruction in the central district rules it is not an offense to place alcoholic liquor aboard a vessel bound for the United States and orders the release of seven men arrested while trying to pass 189 bottles of whiskey to a crew member of the steamer Monterey at anchor in Havana harbor.
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Havana
United States
Court of Instruction of the Central District
Monterey
New York
Markham Sees Rail Rates Falling Soon
C. H. Markham president of the Illinois Central Railroad voiced belief that railroad rates will be reduced. He said the timing depends on traffic growth and earnings enough to safeguard the public's stake while costs are cut further.
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Pireeport
C. H. Markham
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Union Pacific to Spend 29 Million on Improvements
Union Pacific plans about 29 million dollars in holdings for improvements new equipment and short line extensions. Robert Lovett as board chairman announced two extensions in southern Utah and southern California will begin construction soon.
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New
York
Union Pacific Railroad
Robert 8. Lovett
Utah
California
Student sues over school ban on makeup and attire
In Corning Arkansas Miss Pearl Pugsley challenges a board order barring students from wearing face powder and short skirts, claiming a right to dress within decorum. The court heard ten witnesses in three hours as Judge Wee Peardpcount planned a decision within a week. Miss Pugsley left classes after the ban was imposed while asserting makeup does not hinder studies.
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Corning
Ark
Miss Pearl
Miss Pear
Wee
Miss Pugsley
Rose Coghlan Offered Welcome Home In Alameda
Alameda resident Mrs Tom Dolphin appealed through the Associated Press to Miss Rose Coghlan the famed comedy star of past decades. She said Coghlan is wanted in Alameda with a welcoming home and a car ride, and she can keep her costumes without selling them.
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Alameda
Cal
Rose Coghlan
San Francisco Bay
Tom Dolphin
Clement Avenue
Mids Coghlan
New York City
Associated Press
Miss Goghlan
Mra ‘Dolphin
Girl, 18 shoots father after abuse in St Louis
In St Louis Aprilies Maude A Ritchie 18 shoots her father A Ritchie 53 a butcher. The report notes prior abuse and a fatal or injurious outcome. Authorities describe the incident as a domestic dispute ending in gunfire with the daughter implicated.
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ST. Louis
Maude A. Ritchie
Ree A. Ritchie
Bribe Claim Involving Federation Alleged In Washington
A sworn affidavit alleges a bribery scheme by the Spine Bureau Federation to gain a government lease of Muscle Shoal nitrates and defeat Henry Ford, naming Alabama farmers in the alleged plot. The document, published by the American Federation, cites a secretary describing approaches by General Be.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tex
Alabama Power Company
Alabama Farm Bureau
Logan W. Martin
Couns Sel
Sh Company
Alabama Powe
Ain Screnbtal
Empany
Muscle Shoals
General Steiner
Anbama Power Company
Ala Ota
Eral Steiner
Keene Williams
Ggg
Army
Houghton
Pany
Hee
Washington
Spine Bureau Federation
American Federation
Alabama Farm Eration
Eer
Large Percentage Of Taxes Go To U S
A conference under the Tennessee Woman Voters noted that federal taxes take 54 percent of every dollar paid by the average taxpayer. Louthangal urged next year’s legislature to adopt a budget system, appoint experts to find savings, and abolish offices. Proposals included paying county and state taxes on different dates, reducing property tax, and adopting a gasoline tax to yield substantial annual revenue. Real estate was said to bear too much of the tax burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenne Woman Voters
Federal . Gov
Louthangal
Harding Signs Bill On Austrian Loan Extension
President Harding signed a bill extending a 26 year Austrian loan totaling 24 million dollars. The measure, announced from the White House, aims to support famine relief by enabling grain purchases for the government.
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Harding
Washington
White
Pres. Harding
United
Governor Says Education Solves Crime in Tennessee
A garbled report from Nashville cites Governor Alf Aead and state teachers in a claim that proper moral education could have altered a convict’s fate. Separate items reference Youngstown, Ohio, and a quirky note about paying for a bull dog or canaries to fix street holes.
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Eer
Nashville
Tenness
Oer
Alf Aeachers
Oles
Stre
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Pharr
Harry Houghton
Montgomery
United Press
Henry Yi
Ecle Shoals
Robert B. St
Poy
Alabama
Ste Hardei Seite Eeders Houle Ton
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T He Co
Lleged
Power Company
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Farm Bureau
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Rittenour
J. M. Willame
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Alertagg Company
Eden
M Bureau
Corp Onae
Aadniee
Farm Bureau Association
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