Robber Long Surrounded by Deputies in Mobile County Swamp
Charlie Long alias Creep Easy, an escapee from Mobile county jail with six others, was reported surrounded in a swampland between Neely Station and Chickasaw. Deputies and a traffic officer closed in as eight more suspects were detained in ongoing investigation into harboring fugitives and aiding an escape.
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Charlie Long
Creep Easy
Mobile County
Neely Station
Chickasaw
Fred Devise
William H. Holcombe
Long
Boykin
Rollins
Ollie Lartigue
U.S
Harvey Hughes
Robert Green
Roberta
Hdna Hays
Clarence Grice
Allenville
Murder charge in Alabama after fatal repair dispute
T E Deaver 30, an auto mechanic, is jailed in Blount county on murder charges for killing E P Daughdrill 65 after a heated argument over a minor car repair. The men settled the dispute along a road where Daughdrill died within half an hour. witnesses recalled the quarrel began in a store.
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Oneonta
Ala
T. E. Deaver
Blount County
E. P. Daughdrill
Deaver
McPherson
Daughdrill
Prisoner Higginbotham Held for Transporting Stolen Car
Jack Higginbotham, wanted in the north Alabama district on a charge of transporting a stolen automobile from Chattanooga to Scottsboro, was brought to Mobile Monday night from Atmore where he was arrested. He will be removed to Birmingham later for trial.
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Jack Higginbotham
North Alabama
Chattanooga
Scottsboro
Mobile
Atmore
Birmingham
Weather report and river forecast bulletin
The notice combines local fair weather for tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures on Wednesday. It notes frost in the northern portion of Alabama and fair conditions continuing. The DAILY RIVER BULLETIN lists observations from stations such as Aberdeen Columbus Rees Selma and the river forecast near Marry Armstrong.
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Alabama
Aberdeen
Columbus
Rees
Selma
Educators Push Two Mill Levy for Mobile Schools
Leo Eldridge Dr John Rush and Superintendent W C Griggs met Mobile legislative delegation in the capital to press a constitutional amendment allowing an immediate one mill increase and an additional mill at the board's discretion to fund new school buildings in Mobile County. The plan faces a Western delegation unsure about approving the measures.
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Mobile County Public
Leo Eldridge
John Rush
W. C. Griggs
Capital
Mobile Legislative
News Item
Capital Bureau
Mobile
I. C. C. Ends Probe of Train's Plunge
The Louisville and Nashville Pan American plunged through an open draw near Hurricane Alabama on February 25. The wreck killed engineer Arthur In gram and crew, with brakes and signals reportedly functioning. the investigator found the engineer did not heed a stop signal.
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Nashville
Pan American
Hurricane, Ala
Mobile
Arthur Ingram
Nicholas Vaughan
Ballot Boxes From Mobile County to Be Sent to Washington
Postmaster R S Cartledge says he was instructed by a Senate sub committee to seize Mobile county November ballots used in the Bankhead Heflin contest and forward them to Washington. Sheriff William H Holcombe will supply the ballots. boxes were placed in his custody in January and will be mailed registered to the capitol.
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R. S. Cartledge
United States Senate
J. Thomas Heflin
John H. Bankhead
Mobile County
Washington
William H. Holcombe
Capitol
Holcombe
False fire alarm at Royal Street building
A fire alarm sounded briefly in a building on Royal Street just south of the block, prompting a quick response by local fire crews. No flames or injuries reported, investigation ongoing to confirm cause.
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Royal
Mobile county board aims to modernize jail after escape
Mobile Alabama officials vow to upgrade the county prison to first class condition after seven inmates escaped during a Saturday night break and two were recaptured. Chairman E. D. Laurendine cited safety concerns amid a grand jury investigation led by Judge Claude A. Grayson.
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Mobile County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
E. D. Laurendine
Laurendine
William H. Holcombe
Bostile
Claude A. Grayson
Circuit Court
Neigh
Burglars Take Cash From Homes in City Districts
Burglars entered Leona Lane’s home at 211 North Pine Street Monday night and took 121.25 in cash from beneath a mattress. Entrance was via a rear window. A separate hold up near Conception Street and Craighead Viaduct stopped E. M. Foster, who lost 50 cents and a bunch of keys but dropped 27. The robber ignored the 27.
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Leona Lane
North Pine Street
E. M. Foster
Elmira Street
Conception Street Road
Craighead Viaduct
Foster
Mobilian Off For Capital To Meet President Hoover
Wilfred Schurink a 12 year old Mobilian left the city last night for Washington to join a gathering of regional winners in the national capital.
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Mobilian
Hoover
Wilfred Schurink
National Capital
Scar Lle
Sea Ee
City Commission Adopts Half Holiday For Opening Basebal Game
The city commission proclaims a half holiday in Mobile next Tuesday to observe the Southern league opening game. The measure praises Byrd Douglas and Milton Stock for their baseball efforts and urges broad city cooperation for a successful event. The body also backs six month tax payment extensions for mortgaged properties and designates Hallett Street as a local business district.
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Mobile
Hartwell
Bates
Schwarz
Byrd Douglas
Milton Stock
Marines
Hallett Street
Dauphin Street
Old Shell Road
Leon Schwarz
A. D
Quackenbush
Alabama Power Company
T. K. Jackson
Commission
Pt Fonene
60 Days Hard Labor For Theft Of Eggs
C H Torrey alias Young, a Negro, received 60 days hard labor after a police court conviction for stealing 20 dozen eggs from Mobile farmers. He appealed with bond set at 200 dollars. An additional larceny charge will be heard Friday. Cornelius Baxter, a Negro, held to the grand jury under 500-dollar bond for stealing two watches worth 99 dollars from Goldstein's and a 12-dollar watch from Security Loan. he was nabbed by Detective Moody in the act of pawning. George W Clecker charged with drunk driving was fined 100 dollars and costs or 30 days.
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C. H. Torrey, Alias
Young
Warren Burch
Cornelius Baxter
Goldstein's
Security Loan Company
Moody
George W. Clecker
City cases heard in circuit court. jurors not needed
In the criminal division Presiding Judge Cladue A. Grayson heard city appeal cases. H. C. Russell was fined 10 dollars and 10 days in jail with the sentence suspended to June 8 for carrying a concealed weapon. Clara Bryant was found not guilty on a city ordinance violation. Charlie Crawford’s case was nolle pressed. Other docket items were continued.
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Circuit Court
Cladue A. Grayson
Grayson
H. C. Russell
Clara Bryant
Charlie Crawford
Nolle
Twenty three jailed on trespassing charges in Mobile
Special agents of the Louisville and Nashville railroad arrested 23 men on trespassing charges after visiting railroad yards in Mobile Monday night. Prisoners are alleged to have destroyed railroad property.
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Louisville and Nashville
Mobile
Man Tortured in Ohio Case Reported
In Clairsville Ohio on April 7 a man endured torture with details indicating harm to ears and fingertips as investigators probe the brutal act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clairsville
Ohio
Wood Haulers Propose Court Ruling On Aus Bills
Local solon seeks a court ruling on the constitutionality of acts affecting wood haulers. A resolution asks the court to determine validity of the measures and potential impact on the timber trade and local transport.
Alabama truckers oppose new bus and truck taxes
Capital reports pessimism in Montgomery as Alabama truck operators express dissatisfaction with the revamped bus and truck regulatory and taxation measure. The conference committee bill is criticized as worsening farm taxes and causing confusion. Commissioner Seth P. Storrs urges farm exemptions and notes farmers bear a disproportionate tax burden.
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News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
Alabama
Seth P. Storrs
Kraft Opposes Substitute for Bus Bills as Threat to Jobs
Telegram complaints to Senator John Craft from Mobile warn that Kraft Corporation would lose livelihoods under substitute bills 53 and 54. A Kraft mill official cites truck wood transport by farmers and wood gatherers, saying passage would eliminate their incomes. Irby Tanner of Mobile also protested the measure.
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Kraft Corporation
Beebe
Baldwin
John Craft
Mobile
Craft
Supreme Court
J. H. Friend
Kraft Mill
Irby Tanner
Appeal Hearing for Alabama Power Refund Case Set
The Alabama Power appeal of an adverse Mobile circuit ruling to refund about 150000 dollars for overcharges is set for 3 p.m. Tuesday before the court of appeals in Montgomery. Mobile city attorney Vincent E. Kilborn travels to Montgomery to represent the Mobile city commission, which filed the suit claiming Mobile should have lower electric rates like Montgomery, a position supported by the Public Service Commission order. The case, after initial PSC findings, moved through the courts where those findings were sustained.
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Alabama Power Company
Mobile Circuit
Public Service Commission
Court of Appeals
Montgomery
Vincent E. Kilborn
Mobile
Mobile City Commission
Power Company
Capital Bureau
City Commission
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
North Alabama
Hoover-pow Company
Fidor
Pleas Entered in Federal Prohibition Case Week
Several pleas of guilty were entered in federal court Tuesday morning by individuals charged with violating the prohibition law. Names include Horace Courson, Frank Semler, Charles Hammond, Wilford Wicks, Roland Marple, Serd, Bligh, and Leslie Williams with varying fines, probation, and prison terms.
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Horace Courson
Frank Semler
Charles Hammond
Hammond
Wilford Wicks
Roland Marple
Leslie Williams
Owas Antes Oo
O. Ys
Muscle Shoals Area To Send Delegation To Capital Parleys
A Muscle Shoals district delegation travels to Montgomery for a meeting of eight congressional district legislators to discuss creating an Alabama commission on Muscle Shoals. The visit includes invitation to Senator Hugo L. Black as opposition to the plan. Governor Miller delays action pending legislative consultation amid skepticism from civic leaders and lawmakers.
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Hubert Baughn
News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
Muscle Shoals
Alabama Commission On
Miller
Hobver
Congress
Fall weighs appeal on jail term in oil bribery case
Albert B. Fall former interior secretary debates appealing the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruling upholding a one year sentence and $100000 fine for taking a bribe in the Doheny California naval oil lease. He awaits the copy of the action at his Tres Rios ranch and cites poverty and age.
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Associated Press
Three Rivers
N. M
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
California
Edward L. Doheny
Fall
Supreme Court
Tres Rios Ranch
Harding
Physician Dr William Baer Dies After Stroke at 57
Dr William Baer longtime Johns Hopkins orthopedic faculty member dies at 57 after a paralytic stroke at Rehoboth Beach Delaware He served 32 years at Johns Hopkins and led orthopedic care in France as chief consultant for American Expeditionary Forces His grub worm fly discovery aided deep bone infections and TB bone treatment tests in recent years
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Baltimore
William 8. Baer
Rehoboth Beach
Delaware
Baer
John Hopkins Medical School
France
Tragic Log Cabin Fire Claims Father and Five Children
In Gallipolis Ohio a log cabin on Swan Creek burned early today killing James White 59 and seven of his children. Surviving son George 12 escaped to raise the alarm as relatives fought the blaze but the tinder dry cabin became an inferno. Cause of the fire is undetermined.
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Associated Press
Gallipolis
Ohio
Swan Creek
James White
White
Mary
James
John
Ira
Mae
Nora
Dora
George
Bids Tabulated for Federal Aid Highway Project 226
The Alabama Highway Commission tabulated bids for federal aid project 226 from Atmore to Perdido Station Escambia County. Carter Construction Company Chattanooga offered the low bid 130 122 67 for plain cement concrete. Hancock Company Mobile set a bid 191 111 63 for bitulithic pavement on lime rock base.
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News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
State Highway Commission
Atmore
Perdido Station
Escambia County
United States Bureau of Roads
Miller
Carter Construction Company
Chattanooga
J. B. McCrary Company
Atlanta
H. E. Wolf Company
St. Augustine
Fla
Hancock Company of
Mobile
Raskob Poll Triggers Debate On Rum Rule
Protest and praise followed Chairman Raskob's poll of Democratic national committee men on home rule for prohibition. Southern leaders mobilized to block convention approval while others saw the plan as a path to set prohibition as a priority. Senator Hull urged treating the issue as paramount and Byrd questioned the policy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Raskob
Democratic National
Hull
Tennessee
Raskeb
Byrd
Contraband valued at fifty thousand seized near Deer Point
Coast guardsmen seized the lugger Talvez off Deer Point in the Gulf and towed it to New Orleans. A radio report to Mobile said about 1,000 cases of imported liquor valued at $50,000 were aboard and that crew details were not released.
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Talvez
Deer Pot
Coast
Seizum
Mobile
Biloxi
Miss
Deer Point
Mexico
Cold wave grips Atlantic coast with rain and snow
Weather officials report snow and sleet along the Atlantic from Florida to Virginia with rain in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest. The system is expected to linger another day, worsening subsoil shortages in Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania while holiday visitors depart as temperatures drop.
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Asheville
N. C
Middle Atlantic
Chian Mountains
Virginia
Maryland
Vania
Washington, D. C
Wounded railroad worker refuses to name shooter
Texarkana reports the injured McGee, shot near Sulphur River while with companions, refuses to identify the woman who shot him. Officers say his recovery is expected. he says no one should be punished and mentions his wife being involved. Sheriff Brooks questions him at length with no details provided.
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Texarkana
Tex
McCombe Railroomp
Here
McGee
Covery
Gcd
Sulphur River
E Brooks
Bowie County
Rum King Indicted In New York Racketeer Case
Federal authorities announce the indictment of Emanuel H. Kessler once dubbed king of bootleggers for failing to file a 1928 income tax return. U S Attorney Medalie accuses him of large illicit income as part of a racketeering probe tied to figures like Al Capone. The case proceeds as part of a broader crackdown on bootlegging organizations.
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New York
Emanuel H
Mannie) Kessler
United States
Medalie
Newman
al Capone
Mr. Medalie
Albert
Bo Corporati
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Rush
Leons Lance
Register
Jackson
Negro
Claude Grayson
Kilborn
Muscle Shoals Area
Shoals Commission
William
Hancock Company
Committee On
Rum
Democratic Party
Gulf Division
Ox Guard
Atlantic
Florida
England
Atlantic Coast
Plorida
McComb Railroad
RUM King
Kessler
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