New York Stocks Gain on SteelATC and Solvents Move
Stock market rallies on expectations of United States Steel earnings. American Can leads industrials with a one point gain as Commercial Solvents sees both classes selling at 100. Some rail shares weaken while New York Central climbs despite overall weakness. foreign exchange opens firmer with sterling at 4.82 18.
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New York
United States Steel Cor+ gg ae
Rome
Ie Beesegment
Real Stain
American Can
Atchison, American Can
Mack Trucks
New York Central
Chicago
Northwestern
United States Cast Iron Pipe
Federal Light and Traction
Utah Securities
Atchison
Bush Terminal
Laclede
Sterling Exchange
Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs Opens in Mobile
The thirtieth annual Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs convenes in Mobile for a four day session with attendees from all state sections. Officers will be elected Friday. executive meetings preceded the general session. Mrs. J. D. Sherman attends as president general, with a schedule of luncheons dinners and social events at the Battle House auditorium open to the public.
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Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs
Mobile
J. D. Sherman
Battle House
State Federation
Mesdames Val Taylor
Niontown
John Tilley
Montgomery
C. Mitchell Williamson
Birmingham
Edward Randolph White
Uniontown
James 8. Davidson
Thomasville
Bibb Graves
G. G. Brownell
Tuscaloosa
H. W. Ratghees
Au ‘ Ea . Obile
A i 'Tarian
Albany
Sherman
Tr. Sherman
Taylor
Robert Rolston
Ippi Federation
Judson
Alabama
Federation
B. B. Glasgow
Applied Educam
Hattie Morton
Chamagne Arts
A. Y. Malone
Arthur Cunningham
William J. Hannah
H. W. Bos
J. R. Hagan
G. B. Michael
W. B. Delchamps
Mort Bixler
W. Ww. Cleveland
John E
R. Mona
J. Leslie Taylor
Hiram Austin
Hans Curiel
G. Bask Michael
Virgil Griffin
Miriam Ja
City approves single file crossings and street car pass rules
Mobile government adopts traffic ordinance limiting intersections to one vehicle at a time and allows left passes past moving street cars on Dauphin Street and Conception. Parking remains on the right. No new mercantile permits for Government street and Michigan avenue. A board of electrical contractors examiners is created. May 6 declared clean-up week with a Boy Scout prize.
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City Commission
Dauphin Street
Broad
Government Street
Michigan Avenue
Mobile
Hartwell
Jasper flogging case ends with Braidfoot conviction
In Jasper Alabama on April 28 J M Braidfoot was convicted of flogging George Tallant a hotel clerk. He is the third defendant in the case joining Will Dupre and Homer Sanderson all sentenced to 1000 dollar fines and 180 days hard labor each. All defendants appealed for jury trial.
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Jasper
Ala
J. M. Braidfoot
George Tallant
Braidfoot
Will Dupre
Homer Sanderson
E. W. Long
Mothers' Day Movement Aims At All Universities
Alberta Johnston of Mt Horeb Wisconsin leads a drive to establish a Mothers Day celebration at universities starting with Wisconsin University on the 28th. A coast to coast effort aims to honor mothers within college life. In West Patterson New Jersey a tragic case unfolds as 22 year old Mildre Sage confesses to shooting Samuel Callolino after being subjected to prolonged police assault.
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Alberta Johnston
Mt. Horeb
Wis
University of Wisconsin
West Patterson
N. d
United Press
Mildre
Babe” Sage
Petite
Samuel Callalino
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans and New York
New Orleans and New York printed cotton futures show steady openings on April 28 with the May, July, October, December and January contracts quoted at specific levels. May in New Orleans and New York near 23.92 and 23.85 respectively, with other months around 24.00 to 24.25.
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New Orleans
New York
New Traffic Laws Take Effect Friday in Mobile
Mobile enacts new traffic rules starting Friday including a east bound restriction on Dauphin street and changes designating Government Conti Dauphin and St. Francis streets east of Broad as through streets. One way status applies on Dauphin Conti St. Francis east of Broad and St. Michael east of Springhill.
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Mobile
Dauphin Street
Government Street
Conti Street
St. Francis Street
Broad
St. Michael Street
Springhill Avenue
Enters Plea Guilty in Assault Case
Ferdinand Caesar indicted for assault to murder pleaded guilty to assault with a gun in circuit court and received six months hard labor. Emanuel Antoney of the city fined 50 dollars or 50 days for violating prohibition after detectives testified he was making whiskey from canned heat. Melvin Mobley of 102 Mary's Lane pled guilty to passing worthless checks totaling six dollars at L Hammel Dry Goods Company.
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Ferdinand Caesar
Emanuel Antoney
Charles Lawrence
Antoney
Melvin Mobley
Mary’s Lane
L. Hammel Dry Goods Company
Vincent Kilborn
Ecke
Instant death for workman on electric line in New Orleans
Harold, an employee of the New Orleans Public Service, was instantly killed while repairing exposed wires in the end bell of the generator room at a cotton warehouse. He was struck by 6600 volts as he came into contact with an exposed wire among heavily charged lines.
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New Orleans
International News Service
Harold
Public Service
Creole Fire Company Plans Banquet With Excelsior Band
Creole Fire Company No 1 oldest firefighting group in the United States will celebrate tonight with a banquet and music by the Excelsior Brass Band. City commissioners and three fire chiefs have been invited to attend.
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Creole Fire Company No. 1
United States
Excelsior Brass Band
Cargo of Molasses Arrives in Port
A heavy cargo of molasses from vana arrived in port this morning aboard the British tanker Athlecrest which was discharging. The vessel is owned by J B Oliver and Co. Also inbound are over 15,000 stems of bananas and 6 tons of chicle aboard the Norwegian steamer Fjord of United Fruit Co, forming part of port shipments.
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A&m Lalo L
Vana
Athlecrest
Weather Outlook For Alghema And Gay Areas
Pair and cooler tonight with increasing cloudiness. Showers expected in the west. Showers in Gay area on Wednesday.
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West
Ippi
Donahue Shot In Atlanta Returns Home For Treatment
Matt Donahue Mobile outfielder wounded in left thigh after a gunshot at an Atlanta hotel was brought home with his team and placed under physicians care. George Young of Atlanta was arraigned and cleared when Donahue declined to prosecute. dispatch says the pistol fired accidentally.
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Matt Donahue
Atlanta
Donahue
George Young
Associated Press
Young
Still Destruction Reported in County Seizures
Reports say county forces destroyed a 50 gallon still with four mash tuns along Mud Creek. Sheriff Leon Schwarz noted similar seizures including a 50 gallon still and several barrels of mash on Clear Creek. Edward B. Larrenti and W. E. Bassett were jailed for alleged prohibition law violations.
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Mud Creek
Uty
Nelson
Shreve
Aew
Clear Creek
Leon Schwarz
Edward B. "Arenti
W. E. Bassett
Poor Asylum Wing Underway for County Inmates
Construction on a new brick wing for the county poor asylum has begun this month. Contractors G A Chamblin and Joe started work, reports Williamson, the superintendent.
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G. A. Chamblin & Joe
Thie. Williamson
Reckless Driving Case Ends With Fines in City Court
Atting Recorder Vincent M. Kiborth fined $25 on a reckless driving charge after a collision yesterday at Broad and Montgomery streets with H H Hammond driving. The court found Blakley at fault. A separate case against H T Shepherd for taking Jake Zuckerman’s car and reckless driving was reset for May 1 after traffic officers cited collisions with cars of Charles Medicus and BE A Brunier at Government and Broad streets.
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Vincent m. Kiborh
H .H. Hammond
Broad
Montgomery Streets
Blakley
H. T. Shepherd
Jake Zuckerman
Brown
Shepherd
Charles Medicus
BE. A. Brunier
Keep Mobile Clean Campaign Prompts Public Cooperation
City Commissioner Crawford urges residents to join the Keep Mobile Clean effort. Police distribute city code Sec. 489-302 prohibiting obstructing streets with trash. Violations carry penalties up to $50.
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Crawford
Quarantine Station Plans Revealed at Mobile River
Captain Stephen Olop of the Public Health Service arrived in Mobile from Washington to oversee a $300,000 quarantine complex on the sand islands at the Mobile River mouth. Ten buildings will form the station to house passengers and crew with a large detention hospital and a 250-suspect capacity building planned for early summer bids.
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Stephen Olop
Surgeon General's Office
The
Public Health Service
Mobile
Mobile River
Olop
Washington
Daphne To Make Special Bay Trip
The bay boat New Daphne will depart Mobile an hour earlier on Saturday due to the May Day festival. It leaves Mobile at 8 o'clock instead of 7 to allow Mobilian passengers time to cross the bay, then sails to Daphne again at 3 o'clock that afternoon.
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Daphne
Mobile
Two Big Fish Fall Prey to Gill Net
Captain Henry Hansen of Daphne landed two large sturgeon off Daphne in Mobile Bay this morning aboard the New Daphne. The fish measured six and three feet and were sold to a local fish dealer.
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Henry Hansen
Daphne
Mobile
Hansen
Fifty killed in riots in Mexico report
Morale in Re Arizona on April 28 reports fifty dead and sixty wounded in riots in Mexico. A brief dispatch notes chaos and casualties as authorities attempt control amid unrest.
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Mexico
Moral Re
Arizona
Gold Standard Restored in London Banks
London reports that the gold standard will be restored from today by a Bank of England license to export bullion, easing controls until the December 31 expiry of the 1920 act. Churchill cites tax yields and consumer power while detailing Bank rules and dollar reserves amid global monetary impact.
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London
Associated Press
England
Bank of England
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Churchil
United States
J. Churchill
Treasury
Government to Aid Young Roosevelts Expedition
The India government will assist Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt on their Central Asia expedition. The party plans to reach Bombay around May 8, travel via Leh Pass to the Pamirs, then enter Kashgar under Chinese jurisdiction. The Roosevelt Central Asiatic expedition museum team, led by Col. Theodore Roosevelt, sailed from New York April 12 en route to the region.
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Simla
India
Associated Press
Theodore
Kermit Roosevelt
Central Asia
Bombay
Leh Pass
Pamira
Kashgar
Turkestan
James Simpson-Roosevelt
Central Asiatic
Union Officials Go On Trial Today
Wheeling West Virginia April 28 Judge William Laker to hear a summary trial of 22 United Mine Workers officials and members charged with violating a federal injunction forbidding union activities at the West Virginia Pittsburgh Coal Company mines in Colliers. Named defendants include John L. Lewis president and Phil Murray international vice president.
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Wheeling
Wm. ©. Laker
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal Company
Colliers, W. Va
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Phil Murray
Indiana
International
New Test Arranged for Drunk Suspects
In Birmingham England April 28 police drop phrase British constitution as a test of intoxicated suspects. Blindfolded they walk a chalk line, pick up a hat, and bow four times to the captain as the test progresses.
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Birmingham
England
No Early Call for Arms Parley Likely
London April 28 Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin told the House of Commons he saw no sign of an early disarmament conference. The terse exchange followed a request to consider summoning such a conference.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Society woman found shot to death in Bracebridge Hall
In Brooklyn on April 28 Mrs. Gloria Bryan a wealthy sportswoman was found in her Bracebridge Hall apartment with a bullet in her breast from her own rifle. Neighbors heard the shot and alerted others. she was rushed to a hospital where doctors said she might recover.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Gloria Bryan
Bracebridge Hall
Many Deaths Reported After Mexican Election Clashes
Reports from Sonora indicate 32 deaths across cities after municipal elections held last Sunday. Two men died in Nogales near the border when a mob looted polls. Other fatalities were reported in Canaén and Madgalen as casualty lists await confirmation.
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NOG
Aris
Sonora
Mexico
Nogales
Canaen
Madgellen
Miss M Kane to Be on Tennis Team
London April 28 The Daily Telegraph says the British women's lawn tennis team for the Wightman Cup and the women’s national championship tourney will include Miss Kathleen Kitty McKane British champion who defeated Helen Wills at Wimbledon last year.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
United States
Kathleen
Kitty) McKane
Miss McKane
Helen Wills
American freighter Inniko beached after collision near Antwerp
The U S Shipping Board freighter Inniko 4045 tons was in collision with the German motor ship Isis near Antwerp on April 28. The Inniko sustained a 17 foot hole in her No 1 hull and was beached to prevent sinking while the Isis took on water. The Inniko departed New York April 14 bound for Antwerp.
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Antwerp
Belgium
United States Shipping Board
Isis
Lloyd's
New York
Farm House Destroyed in Timber Fires near Kingston
A farm house burned down and thousands of dollars of timber were lost as a forest fire swept six miles in Black Swamp near Kingston North Carolina. Volunteer firemen from surrounding areas contained the blaze today after it spread through the area before being checked.
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Kingston
N.C
Black Swamp
Bootlegging Costs Britisher Heavily
The D Mail reports Broderick Hartwell’s whiskey running venture off the American coast ended in heavy losses. Of 61,000 cases, authorities seized over 32,000. others were sold or seized. Hartwell says contributors may sue him for guarantees but vows to continue efforts to salvage something from the wreck.
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London
D - Mail
Broderick Hartwell
Broderick
Harvard Lampoon and News Burlesque Draw Censorship
The Advance issues mock the Dail with burlesque of News Platonic Love and a nude figure on a comic cover. Authorities objected to a flag in the cover design, and the edition omits part of the nude image citing tastes and prejudices.
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Dail
Washington
Delaware
Paris
Attack Planned Against Illiteracy in Southwest
The National Congress of Teachers opened its annual convention in Austin Texas with President Walter M Splawn of the University of Texas saying films newspapers and other bodies threaten formal education. A plan to attack illiteracy in the Southwest was discussed as a possible initiative to involve schools with reduced or no aid.
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Austin
Texas
Associated Press
Southwest
National Congress
Ihe
Walter M. Splawn
University of Texas
Unclear fragment hints at U S election vote totals
A distorted passage cites U S voting figures with references to a warman city and a German election. It mentions a stay-at-home vote and a claim about a candidate failing to secure a majority. The text is fragmented and unclear.
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Simon Michelet
Rt — Fain
United States
Warman
Iainaaaurg
Indenburg
Ruling on Rail Rates Across Southern Trade Lines
Washington April 8 The commerce commission ruled today on road and paper moving carloads from Minnesota Michigan and other points to New Orleans and Jackson. A majority found rate equality advisable while a dissenting member argued competition at New Orleans justifies differing rates. The decision notes a difference of about one cent per hundred pounds between Jackson and New Orleans rates.
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Washington
Minnesota
Michigan
Jachkeer
New Orleans
Merce Commission
Orleans
Jackson
Italian Peninsula Swept by Cold Wave
Rome reports a severe cold wave across the Italian peninsula with snow in the north and deep layers in elevated areas. Temperatures stayed below freezing, causing widespread damage and travel disruption over the past two days.
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Rome
Freezin
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A. C. Miller
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Roosevelts
M’kane
Babi
Ling Chan
Rore Ture
Harvard
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