Hoover speaks at AP luncheon in first address since taking office
President Hoover arrived at New York's Waldorf Astoria for the Associated Press annual luncheon after a midday train arrival. Crowds cheered from indoors and out in drizzle as Hoover was escorted by AP directorate members Adolph S. Ochs J R Knowland Frederick I. Thompson Robert McLean and Stuart Perry. Frank B. Noyes introduced the president who warned against a crime wave illusion amid national need.
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Associated Press
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New York Times
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Oakland
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Mobile Register and News Item
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Stuart Perry
Adrian, Mich
Telegram
Oscar Tachirsky
Oscar
Baldorf
Cleveland
Hoffman House
Frank B. Noyes
Assistant to White Swan Laundry Office Manager Charged
Boward F. Hamilton, assistant office manager at the White Swan laundry, is charged with embezzling 500 dollars in cash and 800 dollars in checks from the firm. He was last seen after a rented car he drove was towed to Mobile following a stall on Telegraph road. Deputies and Mississippi officers joined the hunt as manager Roy Sutton swore out the warrant. Hamilton, in charge of routes, has a wife and two children in Meridian.
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White Swan
Roy Sutton
Hamilton
Mobile
Telegraph Road
Sutton
Mississippi
Hamil
Ths
Criminal Court
Boedeker Detective Agency
John
Stout
White Swan Force
Meridian
Mobile Musicians Broadcast From Pensacola Station WCOA
A Mobile program sails to Pensacola this afternoon to broadcast live from WCOA station starting at 9. Sponsored by the Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce, the event is organized by a George Irvine headed committee. L C Irvine will give the Mobile address as a highlight with performances by Waddle Ellis Schwarz Paule Daniels Bolling Van derslice Tremer and the Crescent City Orchestra.
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Pensacola
WCOA
Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce
George Irvine
L. C. Irvine
Mobile
Joseph Waddle
Martin Ellis
Pearl Schwarz
Josie Paule
Schwarz
P. E. Daniels
Felis
Bolling
Isabelle Bolling
Earl P. Vanderslice
George Tremer
Crescent City Orchestra
Four Injured in Car Crash Near Gulfport
Four persons suffered injuries when a car driven by S Su a skidded and overturned on Hall's Hill road five miles from the city as the group traveled to Gulfport Mississippi to visit friends. They were taken to a hospital for first aid and later released to their homes.
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Sudieha
Odell Sudiesa
S. Joseph
Gulfport
Miss
Mrs. Charity Turner Dies at 77 in Mobile
Mrs. Charity Isabelle Turner aged 77 died at the local infirmary after an illness in downtown Mobile. The body will go to Waynesboro Mississippi for interment. Funeral services are set for 6 o'clock tonight at Tom McKay funeral home. She came to Mobile from Broad street and is survived by a daughter and grandchildren.
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Charity Isabelle Turner
Waynesboro
Miss
Tom McKay
Papers Filed as Spring Hill College Athletic Association Incorporated
The Spring Hill College Athletic Association is officially formed with filings in the state records. The move formalizes an organized group to oversee college sports activities and governance.
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Spring Hill College Athletic Association
City and Chamber Seek Warehouse Pact With Barge Line
A proposed contract between the city and the Mississippi Warrior barge line to lease a municipal wharf and allow a warehouse build was discussed with a city commission sub committee of the Chamber wholesale group. Brown reports the inquiry should take about 10 days as leases proceed. The wholesale committee includes Brown Laméy Carroll Eichord Butler and others.
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Mississippi Warrior
H Tt G. Brown
Mr. Brown
John Laméy
L. E. Carroll
B. H Hichord
Burton Butler
W. P. Davidson
T. Q. Ashburn
Inland Waterways Corporation
Herbert Brown
John A. Lamey
W. F. Davidson
L. E. Buerger
B. H. Eichord
D. G. Adair
William McIntosh
Lester Caroll
Herbert Lyons
LeBaron Daly
C. P. Dumas
M. R. Hamilton
W. B
Hereson, Jr
Alvin Rosenbaum
James Morgan
Tom Toomey
Supreme Court declines test in double indemnity case
The Supreme Court refused to decide if the beneficiary must prove death not by self harm in a Prudential double indemnity policy case. Arnold A. Erola of San Francisco died near Ukiah,Cal. A $10,000 payout to Stephen Baciocco stood after lower courts ruled death’s cause an open mystery.
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Supreme Court
Arnold A. Erola
San Francisco
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Ukiah
Cal
Stephen Baciocco
Court of Appeals
New York Optometry Law Upheld For Over the Counter Spectacles
The Supreme Court ruled the New York optical law constitutional, banning over the counter sales by ordinary stores. Justices Kresge and Roschen challenged the section requiring a licensed physician or registered optometrist at each spectacle booth.
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Supreme Court
New York
Aged Doctor William Bailey Dies in Nashville
Nashville Tennessee April 22. Dr William Bailey 65 retired physician and son of former Senator James Bailey died after a period of ill health.
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Nashville
Nashville, Tenn
James
County Board Seeks Regular Consultation on Road Building
On the eve of a civic clubs meeting with county highway engineer John R. Peavy, Arthur D. Davis proposed consulting Colonel Woolsey Finnell of the state highway department. The board seeks improved oversight amid criticism of paving program administration and hints at a further bond issue contingent on public confidence.
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Arthur D. Davis
Board of Revenue
Woolsey Finnell
State Highway Department
Mobile County
Davis
Baker
Grain men meet to discuss federal grading standards at Mobile
Conferences with the United States Department of Agriculture aim to establish federal grading and inspection standards in Mobile to strengthen domestic and export markets for agricultural products. Harlan and Barr, federal hay and bean supervisors, arrived to confer with O. M. Phelps of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and local merchants. A merchant conference is set for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, with the bean merchants meeting today or tomorrow. The chamber had earlier started flour and grain inspection in Mobile and plans to extend it to all main agricultural product lines.
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Mobile
A. D. Harlan
J. E. Barr
O. M. Phelps
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Silver loving cup to Mobile Camp 15 952 for growth
Mobile Camp 15 952 Modern Woodmen of America will receive a silver loving cup at 7 30 Tuesday night from State Deputy Easterly for the largest membership increase in 1928. A moving picture show, The Man Who Won, will be shown at 8 o clock Wednesday night at the Mobile recreation hall with free admission. Refreshments will be served Tuesday night and visitors should register before 7 30 to allow the meeting to start on time.
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Woodmen of America
Mobile Recreation
Therr
NAMES COMMITTEE FOR MOBILE CHAMBER OFFICIALS NAMED
Johnstone is appointed chairman of the new publicity committee of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce. Other members include Lloyd Peebles Gagton Montgomery White Mason Unruh and others as the group promotes Mobile business activity industries and sports.
Man Bound Over In Auto Larceny Case Involving Freisner Vehicle
John Greek Jr of 911 Savannah Street was bound over to the circuit court grand jury on larceny of an automobile charge. He was arrested in inferior criminal court on a $750 bond and is accused of stealing the car belonging to Charles F. Freisner. L. G. Fechler operated a store.
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Savannah Street
Circuit Court Grand Jury
Inferior Criminal Court
Charles F. Freisner
L. G. Fechler
Sinclair must serve three months for contempt before Senate panel
The U S Supreme Court refused to reconsider a three month jail sentence for Harry F Sinclair for contempt of the Teapot Dome committee a common jail term is planned in Washington D C He also faces a six month sentence for contempt of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia stemming from jury actions in the Sinclair Fall cases
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Supreme Court
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate Teapot Dome
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District of Columbia
Supreme Court of
Albert B. Fall
Trial Next Month at Montgomery Club Case
Graham, manager of the Graham Haey Club near Montgomery, faces a jury next month on prohibition violation charges. John Graham, a waiter, was arrested with him and released on $500 bond. Federal testimony at the preliminary hearing cited 81 beer bottles and several whiskey glasses found at the club. grand jury to meet in May.
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Lesser Goldman Cotton Company Loses Appeal on Fire Loss Liability
Washington April 22 The Lesser Goldman Cotton Company failed to obtain Supreme Court review of a Missouri Pacific Railroad liability ruling. The court refused to overturn lower court findings that the carrier was not liable for the loss of 87 bales of cotton burned in transit from Pine Bluff Arkansas to New Orleans.
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Goldman Cotton Company
Supreme Court
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Pine Bluff
Ark
New Orleans
Improvement Seen In Credit Rates In New York Markets
Improvement in the credit situation reduced acceptance rates by one eighth of a per cent across most maturities. The new rates show 5 1 2 per cent asked and 5 3 8 bid for 30 60 and 90 day bills, with other maturities adjusting as dealers in other centers anticipated.
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New York
Dawes Group Plans $1 Million Baldwin Co Development
C C Dawes of Chicago heads a group planning a golf course hotel and club house development in Baldwin county north of Mobile bay bridge road. The 18 hole golf course designed by Jack Daray is slated to be the finest in the country when completed this fall.
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Mobile Bay Bridge Road
C. C. Dawes
Chicago
Jack Daray
Dawes
Prison Sentences Rendered in Local Circuit Court
Judge Claude A Grayson presided as Denver Mizzell 30 days in five cases for passing worthless checks Mary Lewis fined 50 or 20 days plus three months added for violation of the prohibition law Allen Wolf sentenced to one year at hard labor for burglary.
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Claude A. Grayson
Denver Mizzell
Mary Lewis
Allen Wolf
Beauty Talks Open in Mobile with Ida Chernoff Lectures
Several hundred Mobile women attended the Lyric Theatre for the opening lecture of a series by beauty expert and psychologist Madame Ida Chernoff, presented by The Mobile Register and News Item. Lectures begin daily at 10 o'clock with prizes to be awarded each day beginning Tuesday.
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Mobile Register
Madame Chernoff
Mobile
James J. Alvarez
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Vanesse
Respect of Law Hoover's Subject At A. P. Meeting
President Hoover, addressing the Associated Press luncheon, argues for strict law enforcement as the surest path to steady respect for law. He condemns glamorizing criminals and urges citizens to uphold the law, noting increased violations tied to Prohibition and illicit liquor.
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Mexico President Targets Wives and Children in Dry Campaign
President Portes Gil outlined a national temperance drive by targeting workers through their families. He spoke at Mexico City's first workers cultural center, aimed at steering workers away from pulquerias toward cultural and educational activities to promote abstinence from alcohol.
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Portes Gil
German reparations talks resume in Paris with American delegates
Dr. Hjalmar Schacht and Dr. Alfred Voesler of Germany meet in Paris with American delegates Owen Young Thomas Lamont and Thomas Perkins at the Hotel George V after Berlin consultations. The joint committee plans an 11 am session tomorrow, a week after Schacht warned that Allied reparations demands exceed Germany’s ability to pay.
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Hjalmar Schacht
Alfred Voesler
Germany
Berlin
Owen D. Young
Thomas Lamont
Thomas N. Perkins
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Schacht
Graf Zeppelin Mediterranean Flight Postponed
The Graf Zeppelin's second Mediterranean flight from Friedrichshafen was definitively postponed. The departure, initially set for 7 a.m., was delayed to this afternoon due to exceedingly bad weather conditions.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Special Session Votes to Defer Bridge Plan and Island Center
The board of revenue in a special session deferred action on a proposed contract. The contract seeks authority to build a bridge linking Beles Point and Delphin Island and to establish a recreation center on Delphin Island.
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Beles Point
Delphin Island
Williams Star chief hails Melville Stone at AP luncheon
Frank B. Noyes of the Washington Star, AP president, presided at the annual Associated Press luncheon in New York. He paid tribute to Melville E. Stone, praising his services and expressing deep respect and affection during Hoover era remarks.
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Frank B. Noyes
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Associated Press
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Melville E. Stone
Acte 3
Hoover
Hoover Farm Relief Dominates Capitol News in Second Session Week
Washington April 22 Congress enters its second week of a special session as farm relief tops both houses. President Hoover opposes the debenture plan while the House nears end of general debate on a relief bill matching his view and the Senate begins debate on its measure. Projections suggest lingering differences and weeks of discussion ahead.
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Gavel once used by Washington aids memorial ceremony
The gavel George Washington used for the capitol cornerstone was used again at the memorial stone dedication in Washington Cathedral. Potomac Lodge of Georgetown marked the 140th anniversary as the oldest DC Masonic group donated the stone to the cathedral.
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Senator Heflin seeks Senate condemnation of Brockton assault
Senator Heflin of Alabama asked the Senate to condemn an assault he said occurred March 18 in Brockton Massachusetts during a Ku Klux Klan event. He gave notice he would call up the matter tomorrow after objections to immediate action.
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Heflin
Alabama
Senate
Klux Klan
Brockton
Mass
Eleven Negroes Die As Tornado Ravages Tillar Arkansas
A cyclone and fierce winds razed a plantation building in Tillar Arkansas killing eleven Black workers. The same storm system triggered tornadoes across the region causing further fatalities and injuries near Knowlton's Landing Lake and New Albany Indiana as well as weather damage from hail and flying debris.
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Tillar
Arkansas
Five Are Robbed As Police Probe Cash, Watches Thefts
Police launched a manhunt after an early morning robbery spree on Conception Sawsee and Church streets. Two negros attacked Crenshaw, stealing cash and wrist watches. one suspect arrested as another fled from a passing train. Victims include R. W. Stallings and G. G. Faulk with cash and jewelry missing. clues point to a rear fence entry and front- gate escape.
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Crenshaw
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Faulk
W. Ree
Mobilian Sailor Johnson Dies of Burns in Tanker Explosion
James Johnson 23 of Mobile died in Key West hospital from burns suffered in an April 18 tanker explosion while employed aboard the ship. He died last night. survivors include two sisters Mamie and Kathleen and brothers Joe John and Frank Johnson, all of Mobile.
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Weather Report for Alabama With Frost Risk
Forecaster says fair conditions tonight with cooler temperatures and possible frost in exposed areas. Interior regions see a warmer trend Tuesday with cooler NW spots tonight and Tuesday. overall milder weather expected inland.
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