Fines in NWY for stop law violations after fire truck crash
The NWY recorder fined two drivers for traffic law breaches after a fire truck collision on Government and Dearborn streets left Buck Patrick injured with broken ribs. A. Givens faced 50 dollars or 90 days for failing to heed the truck’s alarm. Fireman Perez was deemed not at fault. Mac Whirter received 100 dollars or 90 days for speeding and 25 dollars or 25 days for drunk driving after witnesses placed him at 40 to 42 mph.
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Recorder
A. Givens
Beville Supply Company
Government
Dearborn
Buck Patrick
Patrick
Givens
Perez
Mac Whirter
Ann Streets
Harper
Whitster
Ginny
Women Missionary Council to Hold Boat Ride Today
Delegates of the Methodist church meet for brief sessions then sail to the Eastern Shore this afternoon leaving Mobile at 2 oclock. Speakers include Bishop Cannon Jr and Bishop Hay with talks by Bishops Dobbs Boaz. Prior sessions covered Latin America Asia and foreign fields with growing interest in new workers and applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Council of the
Methodist Church
C. W. Nichols
W. AvSmart
8. R. Hay
Fairhope
Mobile
Hoyt Dobbs
Brazil
Japan
Esther Case
Latin America
Mabel Howell
Orient
H. R. Steel
Eatherly Cleared in Prohibition Betting Case
In a city room at 68 12 Dat street Deputy Smith testified about betting activity on horse races while W Eatherly faced charges under state prohibitions on taking money for bets. Judge Clarke ruled the state failed to prove Eatherly’s guilt and the case was dismissed.
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W. Eatherly
Dat Street
Clarke
Minor Criminal Court
Smith
Bowie
Eatherly
C. W. Tompkins
Clark
Cranked In Traumatic Auto Crash Near City Hospital
A sophomore student about fourteen is injured when an automobile loses control at 10 o clock and plows through a group of students. The car drags a peer, tears down a concrete structure near Wood's Hall, and continues through the area causing further damage before stopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hospital
Staffice
Fras
Belhé
Woou
Burns says Chapman escape funded by unknown men
Atlanta April 7. William Burns chief of the Bureau of Investigation asserts a "very definite idea" about the men who financed Gerald Chapman’s prison escape. He says the case may be cleared up soon and that a hunt is being vigorously pushed with additional agents dispatched. Authorities plan to interview warden and prison officials while pursuing leads on the alleged financiers.
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Atlanta
Gerald Chapman
New York Mail
Per “Wlliam J. Burns
Ve Jan
Leo Xed
Burns Depine
Bureau of Investion
Piman
Department of
Burns
Chapman
Lins
Department of Justice
Athens
Federal Pentitentiary
Mabel Willebrandt
Heber Hi
Votan
Florida
Los Angeles
Herbert Wilson
Wall Street
New York
Federal
Willebrandt
Wotan
Duches
Disputed Ku Klux Klan Fight Delays Ruling in Atlanta
In Atlanta on April 7, Judge E B D Thomas delayed ruling in the Simmons versus Evans control dispute over the Ku Klux Klan. Attorney J W Poole seeks to amend the injunction to name the entire Klan membership as plaintiffs while a larceny after trust case against J McKinnon and N Furney proceeds in municipal court.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Eb, D. Thomas
W. J. Simmons
H. W. Evans
Ku Klux Klan
J. W. Poole
Simmons
Atlagta
E. D. Thomas
Emperor
Klan
Broteh
J Hathaway
Cs J. McKinnon
N. N. Furney
Simmons. Tion
Evans
Comonly
Knights of the Ku Klan
Mons
Vans Follo
I Mons
Impe
Quorum
Erning Council
Mreee
The
Seaman Fined on Disorderly Charge on Mystic
Herman Van Thorn of the Mystic crew was fined 10 dollars or ten days for a disorderly scene and threatening to fight the master after grappling with the captain to prevent an alleged strike. Dr. G Chestang received a 100 dollar fine or 90 days for threatening to kill his wife, with a seven month peace-bond warning for future incidents.
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Herman van Thorn
Mystic
Recorder
G. Chestang
Chestang
May Name Candidate for Supreme Bench
The Mobile Bar Association will decide which local attorney receives its endorsement for the supreme court seat following Judge Thomas McClellan’s resignation. Several names are under consideration but no decision is final, with a meeting scheduled Monday at 4 o'clock to aim for a unanimous endorsement.
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Mobile Bar Association
Supreme Court
Thomas McClellan
Louisiana & Arkansas Rail Cuts Lumber Freight Rates
The Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad reduced rates on lumber from Louisiana to Mobile for export and coastwise movement, effective May 4. The new lumber rate drops from 23 to 19 1/2 cents, and stave shipments from the same region are also discounted, announced by Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Mobile
Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Weather outlook from Mobile bureau shows showers Sunday
The weather bureau in Mobile predicts occasional showers and possible thunderstorms late tonight or Sunday. Warm tonight gives way to cooler conditions after the Sunday afternoon showers.
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Weather Bureau
Mobile
Weeks refuses to cancel probe in Army case
Washington April 7 secretary Weeks declined Mrs. Edwin H. Randle’s request to cancel his order directing an investigation into the dispute between her husband Capt Edwin H Randle and Col Conger commander of the 20th Infantry at San Antonio.
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Washington
Weeks
Edwin H. Randle
Col
Conger
20Th Infantry
San Antonio
Miss Hooks Holds Examination Today in Wenegar Bend
Mis S Géorgia Hooks of the civil service commission at Mobile visits Wenegar Bend to conduct a fourth class postmaster examination.
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Miss Hooks
Mis
Géorgia Hooks
Civil Service Commission
Mobile
Wenegar Bend
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi region
April weather forecast reports local showers and thunderstorms late tonight or Sunday. Temperatures rise tonight then turn cooler Sunday afternoon across Alabama and Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Memphis Man Dies After Knife Attack
Memphis Tennessee April 7 C M Sowers 25 a Bluff City Engraving employee bled from multiple knife wounds in the back. He staggered to a porch begging for help then was taken to a hospital in serious condition. Sowers said two men attacked him as he walked home from work. He could not be questioned further due to his critical state.
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Memphis
Tenn
C. M. Sowers
Bluff City Engraving Company
Sowers
Juror Nodding Question Ties Up Tennessee Appeal
The Tennessee Supreme Court heard the state’s appeal in the Eugene Vincent case from this county. The state sought a new trial after a juror reportedly did not nod when asked if all agreed. The defense produced affidavits claiming no juror objected. The court dismissed the appeal.
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Nashvilis
Tenn
Eugene Vincent
Tennessee Supreme Court
Skeleton of slain officer found near San Antonio cave
The skeleton of Warrant Officer Richard Routon of the corps of engineers was found in a cave on Camp Bullis, 30 miles north of San Antonio. Access required a 3 1/2 foot rope, with no weapon nearby. The body appears to have been thrown into the cave. relatives had pressed murder theory after Routon vanished February 17.
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San Antonio
Tex
Richard Routon
Corps of En
Camp bBullis
Oklahoma Weather Calls Late Freeze Across the State
The local weather bureau issued a special forecast at noon predicting freezing temperatures in the northern part of Oklahoma and extending into the southwestern portion, delivered from New Orleans on April 7.
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New Orleans
Oklahoma
Lueder Favored for Chicago Postmaster
Washington April 7 official circles forecast Arthur Lueder, defeated Republican mayoral nominee, for the Chicago postmaster ship amid the recall of last Tuesday's election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Dever
Chicago
Arthur C. Lueder
Washington
Arthur
Lueder
Belgian Troops Seize Two Billion Marks in Ruhr Plant
Belgian troops confiscate two billion marks printed at the General Anzeiger plant in Mulheim in the Ruhr. The funds were intended as strike pay for Ruhr district workers. French forces also seized additional sums at Bochum and Dortmund to fund occupation expenses.
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Essen
Associated Preas
General Anzeiger
Mulheim
Ruhr
Ruahr
Mulhéim
Stinnes
Bochum
Dortmund
Gloomy View of Coal Strike Fallout in Rhondda
Cardiff April 7 By Associated Press The Rhondda coal strike now involves 46000 workers and threatens a grim outlook for the industry. Concerns rise as European buyers shift orders to the United States with shipments already headed to France and Germany. Italy, once a major South Wales customer, is buying heavily in America. Two steamers await coal in South Wales ports.
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Cardiff
Wales
Byth Associated Press
Rhondda
United States
France
Germany
Italy
South Wales
America
Armen
Conference seeks Christian solution to modern industry
Workers, employers, state officials and church dignitaries gathered in Painesville for a two day conference called by the Fellowship of the Christian Society Order. The event at Lake Erie College aims to find solutions in Christian principles to industrial problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painesville
Fellowship of the Christian Society
Lake Erie College
Tailors Strike Threatens Paris Fashion Trade
Paris April 7 The strike of men tailors and millinery workers threatens to leave Parisians without spring finery. The walkout began two weeks ago among piece workers and spread to garment employees including women at Place de L Opera. Workers seek a 16 to 20 percent wage increase. employers say the strike exploits the season.
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Paris
Place de L/Opera
Death of Arthur Rushpage in Broad and Savannah crash
Arthur Rushpage aged 18, son of AOL Rush, died at 11 15 this morning at the Inge Bondurant Sanitarium from injuries suffered in a Saturday night auto crash at Broad and Savannah streets. Glennon McDonnell, 19, drove the car occupied by six. McDonnell faces reckless driving charges after the collision with a parked vehicle and the car overturned on Broad Street.
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Arthur Rushpage
AOL
Rush
Inge-Bondurant Sanitarium
Broad
Savannah Streets
Young Rush
Glennon McDonnel
McDonnell
Savannah Street
Broad Reet
Party Monel
New York Couple Break 33-Hour Nonstop Dance Mark
Ruth Mollieck and Jack Butler at Roseland danced until 6:42 a m to surpass the 33 hours 15 minutes world non stop record set by a Frenchman. They planned to stop at 9 45 a m to complete an 86 hour goal and threaten a 48 hour pursuit.
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New York
Ruth Mollieck
Jack Butler
Roseland
Onal
Ang
Mayor Chief Guilty In R I Vice Crusade Verdict
A jury in circuit court found Mayor H M Schriver, ex Chief Police Thomas Cox and Lawrence Pedigo guilty of conspiracy to sell and protect unlawful privileges. They were sentenced to the penitentiary for indeterminate terms with Cox fined 32000. Jurors deliberated 16 hours as onlookers saluted the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andr H. M. Schriver
Thomas Cox
Lawrence Pedigo
Cox
Fever Island
Ills
50 Buildings Burn in Ottawa Blaze
Fire several blocks in Ottawa destroyed the Herd Sporting Company store after an ammunition explosion in the basement. The blaze spread to the Butterworth block, injuring two firefighters and forcing roof collapse. Several retail businesses suffered heavy losses. authorities estimate a major financial impact.
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Ottawa
Herd Sporting Company
Butterworth
Eee
Bt Scott Protecale
Pensacola Mayor Flies To Mobile
Herbey Bayless, mayor of Tensimia, Florida, arrives in Mobile aboard a Gulf Coast Air Line plane. He is greeted at Government Street by Commissioner Harry T. Hartwell and Frank W. Crenshaw of the Gulf Tow and Wrecking Co. The party then tours the town by air.
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Herbey Bayless
Tensimia
Fla
At. Cook
Gulf Coast Air Line
Mayor Bayless
Government Street
Harry T. Hartwell
Rank W Crenshaw
Gulf Tow and Wrecking Company
Colonel Sanford, Noted Tennessee Lawyer, Dies
Col Sanford a Colton attorney of statewide renown died at his Covington home after a two day illness from pneumonia. He was 77 years old. He practiced law in Tennessee and was widely respected in legal circles. The death occurred in Covington on April 7.
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He Covington
Tenn
William Sanford
Owsley Urges Postwar Vigilance on Immigrants and Radicals
In Nashville Col. Alvin M. Owsley, national commander of the American Legion, said one million veterans roam the streets neglected while fluences seek to destroy the constitution six years after war. He urged deportation of radicals and a strong army navy to match any foe, then left for Chattanooga.
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Nashville
Tenn
United States
Alvin M. Qwaley
Ammerican Legion
America
Col. Owsley
Chattanooga
Essen Vice Mayor Schaefer Hiked to Three Year Term
A French court martial at Recklinghausen increased the Essen vice mayor Schaefer sentence to three years and raised his fine by 6 million marks after he was charged with failing to supply French troops with cars and coal. He had been jailed two years and fined ten million marks, with an appeal pending.
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Berlin
Recklinghausen
Schaefer
Essen
Herr Schaefer
Grim Pictures Show Faces of Dead at Carnegie Hall
Sir Arthur Gowan Doyle presented what he called the greatest spirit picture in the world at Carnegie Hall revealing hundreds of faces said to be soldiers dead around the Unknown Soldier cenotaph in London. Audience gasped as a second time exposure image appeared claiming realism and authenticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sir Arthur Gowan Doyle
Arthur
Sir Arthur
Sherlock Holmes
Whiting Science and Religion
Church of America
72 Year Old Woman Charged Under Prohi Law
Mrs. Bretha Finch aged 72 from seven miles north of Wilmer was brought to Mobile by federal officers on a warrant charging possession of liquor. Officers report a ten gallon keg of shinny buried in a potato bed and a gallon in bottles buried near the front door. She denies owning the liquor and may sign her own bond if her sons do not arrive to sign. No men live at the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bretha Finch
Wilmer
Mobile
Memorial Day Observed in New Orleans Cemeteries
Confederate Memorial Day was observed in New Orleans with ceremonies at the monument to Confederate soldiers in Greenwood Cemetery and grave decorations across city cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Greenwood Cemetery
Distribute Liquor Assets as Firm Winds Up
Grommes & Co decided to exit the liquor business and distribute assets to stockholders. Government officials permitted the winding up of the company to transfer ownership of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock and liquor assets. Over 100 trucks and many policemen and federal agents moved cases and barrels from the storehouse to waiting cellars, with each share reportedly receiving nearly fifty barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
TaAquidaté
Grommes & UK
Picture 4 Corporation
Fin
Prohii
Patrolman Shot by Brother in New York
Patrolman Paul A. Delgardo shot seriously wounded fellow cop Frank J. Carlson in theBronx after Carlson allegedly stole a taxicab and fled. Delgardo, alerted for the prior theft, stopped the cab and attempted to arrest the driver when Carlson drew his weapon. the officer fired in self defense. Carlson was hospitalized and under arrest.
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Niew York
Paul A. Delgardo
Frank J. Carlson
Carlson
Delgardo
Restraining writ against J W W in Birmingham mine dispute
A temporary restraining order issued by Judge William J Grubb in Uni States district court bars United Mines Workers of Am from interfering with operation of the Beltona mine owned by American Fuel Company. The petition says the company supplies coal for interstate railroad traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
William J. Grubb
Uni States District Court
United Mines Workers of Am
Beltona
American Fuel Company
Government Forces Take Over Oil Lands at Ferry Lake
In an April report the Interior Department announced it recovered possession of the Ferry Lake oil district in Jana containing three producing wells. The government sued, asserting the lands were leased improperly and will now be offered through competitive bidding.
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Washington
Intersnational News Service
Ferry Lake
Jana
Department of Justice
Interior Department
New River Line Opens in Summ
St Paul reports a new river line will begin passenger service this summer between Louis and St Paul. The change marks a transportation expansion planned for the next eleven years with Berm as an announced partner.
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ST. Paul, Minn
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Sessions Missionary Council
William J. Burns
Supreme Bench
Joe
Arthur Rush
Savannah
R. I. Vice Crusade
Pensacola
Colonel Sanford
Owsley
Gonan Doyle
Orleans
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