Prison Court Delivers Round of Sentences in Local Cases
The Mobile circuit court handed down four year terms to James Williams of New York for theft from homes of Cof fin and Olensky, while Jack Parker alias Black Jack received three to five years for assault on night watchman Goulding. Alphone Martinez, Porto Rican, drew a twenty year term for four burglary charges after pleading guilty. Other defendants, including John G Hankinson and George Small, received four year sentences for forgery, with multiple defendants charged in grand larceny and liquor transport cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphone Martinez
Mobile County Grand Jury
Ee Kilby
Eallett Street
Dauphin Street
Jack Parker
Black Jack
R. G. Goulding
James Smith
Jesse Williams
William Freeman
Leaders Meet for Junior Choir Contest Plans
A meeting of junior choir leaders from the Mo bile recreation department is set for 4 30 p m Wednesday at the recreation hall. Mrs Carl A Klinge, secretary of National Music Week, announced the session with J Clarendon McClure to attend and help lay out plans for the junior choir contest.
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Recreation Department of
Mobile
Recreation Hall
Carl A. Klinge
National Music Week
J. Clarendon McClure
Seventh Annual Ball to Benefit Firemen Charities
The Firemen's Benevolent Association hosts its seventh annual ball at the Battle House auditorium Tuesday night starting at o'clock. Chairman Edward Connolly says two bands will play. Proceeds will aid benevolent and charitable causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firemen’s Benevolent Association
Battle House Auditorium
Edward Connolly
Weather Local Forecast and River Bulletin Update
Observations at 7 a m EST April 22 1930 show fair conditions with little temperature change tonight into Wednesday. Tombigbee River and nearby ranches are forecast to fall gradually through tonight and Wednesday with river levels easing.
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River Bulletin
Tombigbee
First Census Law Arrest Reported in Mobile
U S officers arrest James Drohan 49 a scout for Mobile baseball club under census act alleging refusal to answer enumerator questions. Drohan held to grand jury on $500 bond after arraignment by Judge Burgett. penalty could include fines up to 100 dollars or jail up to 60 days. Drohan Massachusetts native and local park keeper resides Baltimore Street.
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Mobile
United States Marshal's Office
James Drohan
Mobile Baseball Club
Drohan
Evan B. Davis
South
Alabama
Davis
Crohan
Massachusetts
Baltimore Street
J. I. Burgett
More County Jail Fire Hose Ordered
Sheriff Pat Byrne ordered installation of additional fire hoses in the negro section of Mobile County Jail after surveying the Ohio Penitentiary disaster where over 300 inmates died. Byrne cited the blaze and lack of hose connections as a risk should a fire occur locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County
Pat Byrne
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio
Byrne
Davis
Chambers of Mobile selects Thirty team captains for drive
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday the list of thirty team captains for the annual financial campaign. Clyde Foreman, chairman of the general soliciting division, says captains will lead memberships among business concerns and professionals next week.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Clyde Foreman
Alabama leaders press to end unfair competition in warehousing
Charged railroads use free or low cost warehousing to steer freight. McDuffie and private terminal representatives urged Congress to require separate valuations and ensure reasonable returns. Testimony cited Gulf and South Atlantic ports valued at about 129 million dollars, with railroads owning 33 million. Others included Cottrell of Atlanta Turner of Mobile Hill of Baltimore Sibert of Mobile.
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One Interstate Commerce Committee
Washington
John McDuffie
Alabama
Associated Press
Mobile
Con
Gulf and South Atlantic
Charles E. Cottrell
Atlanta
American Warehousemen Association
Horace Turner
General Terminal Company
Ala
Turner
J. P. Hill
Baltimore
W. L. Sibert
American Port Authorities Association
Alabama State Docks
City Commission weighs TB home and Dauphin traffic study
The Mobile commission debated creating a city and county home for incurable tuberculosis patients and studied the Mobile Realty Board report on traffic on Dauphin Street. A conference with the Mobile County Tuberculosis Association leaders will follow, while praise was offered for the fire department drum and bugle corps trip to New Orleans.
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Central Trades Council
City Commission
Mobile County Tuberculosis Association
Harry T. Hartwell
Leon Schwarz
Cecil Bates
Schwarz
Labor Council
Courier
Mobile Realty Board
Dauphin Street
Hartwell
Drum and Bugle Corps
Fire Department
New Orleans
Southern League
Five Naval Powers Sign Historic Pact in London
Five dominant powers America Britain Japan France and Italy signed a landmark naval treaty in London. Delegations led by Henry L Stimson and other heads of state signed as talks limited fleets and set tonnage goals with France Italy to fix ratios at a later conference.
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France
Italy
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Weiter
London
America
Great Britain
Japan
Henry L. Stimson
Giuseppe Sirianni
Reijiro Wakatsuki
Tokyo
Missing six year old Asa Lakey sought on Burney Mountain
Redding California April 22 Missing since Sunday when he wandered from his parents and became lost in the mountain wilderness Asa Lee Lakey six is being sought by hundreds of volunteers today Fears grew he cannot withstand cold mountain nights as he was thinly clad when he disappeared His tracks were found on Burney Mountain far from where they were first located
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Redding
Cal
Asa Lee Lakey
Burney Mountain
Indictments Return Eleven in Circuit Court
Fourteen guilty pleas recorded mark rapid grand jury work in circuit court. Indictments include C A Bibley 60 bezzlement in a case involving a $1000 diamond ring. Other names listed cover Boston Havens Marvin Young Ronald Graham Beat on liquor violations Bob Pearson M Wallace Evelyn Mitchell James Freeman Charles W Oberkirch and various prohibition violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Bibley
Boston
Goode Pushes Extended Road Plan From Birmingham To Mobile
Representative R J Goode backed completing a state highway from Birmingham to Mobile. He visited Montgorn to consult Governor Graves and asked to extend the route from Selma to Bessemer. He said the project should be paved all the way including Bessemer Selma and Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Goode
Montgorn
Bibi Graves
Selma
Bessemer
Frank E. Courtney
Mobile Chamber of
Birmingham
Mobile
Jackson
Ricker Dies After Short Illness At Local Home
Henry F. Ricker longtime treasurer of the Gulf Mobile and Northern railroad died Tuesday evening at 11 20 oclock at the infirmary after a brief illness. Survived by widow two brothers one sister a nun at the Convent of Mercy Bayou La Batre. Funeral arrangements announced later by Roche mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry F. Ricker
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Mt & Foes
Convent of Mercy
Bayou la Barre
Roche Mortuary
The Register News Item Re-elected To AP Board
The Associated Press annual meeting at the Commodore in New York re-elected five directors whose terms expired. The Register News-Item is listed among those kept on the board.
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the Register
News-Item
A. P
New York
Associated Press
Commodore
Victims Improve After Accidents In Meridian Area
April 22 report from Meridian Mississippi notes Mrs M M Wall recovering after a fall at home with a broken arm sprained wrist and bruises. R A Cooper recovering from hand operation after a crush injury at Mobile and Ohio railroad yards. Basil Powers of Gainesville Alabama improving from injuries after a bridge fall.
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Meridian
Miss
M. M. Wall
R. A. Cooper
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Basil Powers
Gainesville
Ala
Bishop Maxon Visits Son in Prison on Homicide Case
Bishop James Matthew Maxon flew to New York to see his son James Matthew Maxon Jr. at the West Side jail. The father offered reassurance, urged truth to prevail, and spoke briefly of family and defense supporters, avoiding discussion of the crime.
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Bishop Maxon
Son Held
Marion Carter
New York
James Matthew Maxon
The
Tennessee
West Side
Fense
Maxon
Daytime Warrant Bared in Fatal Night Rum Battle
In a trial over the killing of Officer Robert K. Moncure and Franklin R. Patterson, James S. Kugler described an attempted daytime raid on George W. Moore’s home that led to the fatal shooting. Kugler and McNulty testified about the raid while state attorneys questioned timing and the daylight clause.
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West Palm
George W. Moore
James 8
Aes
Robert K. Moncure
Kugler
Moore
Moncure
Franklin R. Patterson
A. McNulty
Pouterday
Purnell Kidnapped Near Guadalajara Mexico
The State Department reported Dr. George Edward Purnell of Snow Hill Maryland was kidnapped Sunday near Guadalajara Mexico. A telegram from Raleigh A. Gibson American consul in Guadalajara confirmed the alert and noted authorities had been notified. Further details were not available.
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Washington
State Department
George Edward Purnell
Snowhill
Maryland
Guadalajara
Mexico
Raleigh A. Gibson
Arguments to Open Tampa Appeal for Amond Mathews Trial
Arguments were to be heard in Tampa for a new trial of Amond Mathews a former Turner Falls Mass shoe salesman convicted of murdering Oscar G Crawford a fisherman. The appeal questions a confession’s admission arguing it was coerced. Mathews wife who is jointly indicted has been crost to trial and remains in a sanitarium.
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Tampa
F's
Amond Mathews
Turner Falls
Mass
Oscar G. Crawford
Mathew
Tariff on Glass Rate Noted for Kingston to Mobile
Notice from the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern railroad announces a new rate establishment on glass shipments from Kingston Tennessee to Mobile Alabama for onward transport to the Pacific coast. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic office has received the notice.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kingston, Tenn
Mobile
Pacific Coast
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Senate debate over Parker Supreme Court nomination to be taken up
Senate leaders informally discussed moving Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina to a Thursday consideration on the Supreme Court nomination. Senator Borah opposes the majority report while Senator Watson supports Parker and predicts confirmation despite a 10 to against vote in the judiciary committee. Parker says he will not withdraw and may seek a committee appearance to answer questions.
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Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Borah
Idaho
Tany Parker
Hoover
High Tribunal
Watson
Indiana
White House
Parker
Governor Cooper issues statements on Ohio penitentiary fire
Governor Cooper releases public and prisoner directed statements on the Ohio penitentiary fire. He calls for calm, aid to the injured, and a thorough investigation by Hall Griswold and Gilbert Bettman. He extends sympathy to affected families and praises prisoners' discipline.
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Columbus
Cooper
Ohio Penitentiary
Hall. Griswold
Gilbert Bettman
Automobile Seized in Prohibition Liquor Case in Virginia
A Ford car transporting a small amount of prohibited liquor was seized early Tuesday morning by Deputy Sheriff Nosh Gewin of Virginia. Lewis and Corentus Cox, both described as Negroes, were arrested and docketed at SeeyeSeee for violating the prohibition law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nosh Gewin
Lewis
Corentus Cox
SeeyeSeee
Dobbs Fined Five Dollars On Assault Charge
M. D. Dobbs was fined five dollars and costs after being charged with assault and battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.D. Dobbs
All Doomed Prisoners Escape Death In Penitentiary Fire
A prison fire roars through a penitentiary block. Big Jim, a Cleveland bank robber, frees about twenty inmates before smoke overwhelms him. He is revived with only minor injuries and the event is described on page 10.
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Blaze
Big Jim
Cleveland
Death Toll Mounts in Nomi Jail Fire Tragedy
Governor Cooper visited the SIT NOMI prison after a catastrophic blaze trapped inmates. Guards and inmates aided victims amid fierce flames as 317 confirmed dead and 139 hospitalized with severe burns and smoke inhalation. Big Jim Morton hailed for rescue efforts before succumbing to smoke.
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Gus Little
W. C. Baldwin
Big Jim’ Morton
Can Ae Ng
Cleveland Bank
Big Jim
Walle
Barriera
Cooper
Penitentiary
Radio Schedule From WODX Studio Shows Studio Programs
Tuesday radio lineup from The Register and News-Item studio on 1410 kcs. The day features Better Bedding Web program 10:00 to 10:00 a.m. Sunshine Hour 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. Easy Hour 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. With Studio Programs between blocks and final off air at 3:00 p.m.
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WODX
Register
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