Census count talks at Mobile city hall
City officials plan a conference at 11 o'clock Wednesday with census supervisor Evan B. Davis to discuss methods for achieving a complete population tally as the count proceeds. A health department census pegged Mobile at 67 147, and residents are urged to cooperate with Spring Hill College during its centennial May 31 to June 2.
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Evan B. Davis
Health Department
Davis
Spring Hill College
Leon Schwarz
Pr ‘Tin College
Mobile
Annual Concert by Industrial School Boys Band Tuesday Night
The Industrial School Boys Band directed by Brother Florian will perform its annual concert at the school Tuesday at 8 pm. Adults 50 cents, children free. The program features marches, solos, and selections from Rossini Wagner Herbert and Sousa, with students in uniform and practice noted.
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Brother Florian
Medak Gee
Cainglesia
Marcie Sinfonica
D. Delle Cese
Rossini
G. Mercadanta
Co.Baens
Les Brynnies
Jules Masenet
Roupee Valsanta
Dolly
E. Pouldini
Cornet
Lee Schermer
Sir Arthur ‘Sullivan
John T. Hall
Victor Herbert
Elsa
Cathedral
Lohengrin
Richard Wagner
Mas- Vincent Gugliotti
Jean M. Mis
Charncvelty
C. Peter
John M. Turner
C. Telke
O Connor Files to Run for Board of Revenue
E V O Connor Jr files to run for the Board of Revenue in the August primaries. Ward V O Connor Jr qualifies as a candidate and will be in the race from the outset.
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Board of Reveue
E. V. O'Connor, Jr
Ward V. O'Connor, Jr
Weather Outlook Cloudy With Showers Wednesday
Observations taken at 7 am East Standard Time April 29, 1900. The Tombigbee river and branches show little range tonight and Wednesday. Alabama forecast offices at Montgomery and Selma note slight changes in conditions with cloudy skies and possible showers in western areas.
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BIES
Eastlern
Tombigbee
Alabama
Montgomery
Selma
Mobile Employers Are Asked To Aid Census Officials
A 1930 census notice requests Mobile employers to assist officials and urges individuals not enumerated to fill a coupon and mail it to Evan B. Davis in Mobile Alabama. It includes a form line for name street city and a pledge of census participation.
Census effort urged merchants to aid enumeration in Mobile
Evan B. Davis Mobile district supervisor called on merchants and employers to ensure workers are counted in the census. He noted many names come from people missed during home visits and about 100 new names arrived, easing city concerns about a population loss.
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Mr. Davis
Davis
Mobile
Census Department
Interest Grows in News Item Lyric Title Contest
Readers are invited to craft an exceptional title for a lyric news item. Contest blanks are available on page 12 column 3. A $10 prize awaits the best title as theatergoers pass the Lyric theatre.
U ofc Teams Begin Second Day of Drive
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce campaign enters its second day as volunteers meet at the offices to organize calls on prospects. Campaign chairman Barton Greer and general soliciting division head Clyde Foreman urge continued urgency through Wednesday to meet the $50,000 goal. Directors chaired by C A L Johnstone discuss non resident workers and progress.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Barton Greer
Clyde Foreman
Chamber
Frank Courtney
C. A. L. Johnstone
Local Man Found Dead in Mobile Residence
J R Foster 78 was found dead Tuesday morning in his Mobile home at Savannah and Conception by his son Joe Foster. Death from natural causes. A life resident and peddler, he is survived by Mrs. B O Tillman, thirty grandchildren and other relatives. Body sent to Tom McKay. services set for afternoon with Magnolia Cemetery interment in Theodore.
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J R. Foster
Savannah
Conception Streets
Joe Foster
Mr. Foster
Mobile
B. O. Tillman
Tom McKay
Saee Ieee Oeet
Magnolia Cemetery
Theodore
Pair Ordered Held for Jury in Toulminville Still Case
Leslie Williams and Louis Barry were held to the grand jury under 300 dollar bonds after arraignment in police court for involvement with a whiskey still near Schusse lane north of Three Mile Creek in Toulminville. Williams testified at trial that he was at the still when eight barrels of mash were destroyed. Early waived examination and bond were set at 300 dollars. Willie McCrone received six months hard labor for theft from Mobile stores. Adam Davis was fined 100 dollars and 30 days hard labor for driving while drunk.
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Leslie Williams
Louis Barry
Bernstein
Burch
Schusse Lane
Three- Mile Creek
Toulminville
Williams
Willie McCrone
Adam Davis
Washington Avenue
Tennessee Streets
Mob CHamber Extends Meeting Invite to Social Workers
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce invites the Alabama Conference of Social Workers to hold its next annual meeting in Mobile. A telegram was sent to Miss Florence Van Sickler, Mobile member of the conference's executive committee, to present the invitation to the state body in session at Tuscaloosa. Several members are attending the Tuscaloosa session.
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Alabama Conference of Social Workers
Tuscaloosa
Mobile
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Florence van Sickler
First District Candidates Filed for Revenue and Road Posts
Connor tops a crowded list as the 11th candidate for three offices in the first district. The probate court session Monday afternoon marked the filing for the revenue and road commissioner positions from the district.
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Oo Zanes
Connor
Stock Prices Drop Sharply After Rally
Stock prices declined after a brief rally with losses of 1 to 7 points in active issues and as much as 19 points in some specialties. Copper shares fell to new year lows amid rumors of steel price shading and unfavorable earnings. Some short selling dominated while insiders showed scale buying in high grade issues amid a general market correction.
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Stanley W. Prenosil
Associated Press
New York
Dow Jones
Colantines
Auburn Auto
J. I. .Case
Vanadium
Peace Maker Shot In Water Valley Farm Fight
Miss Agnes Simpson nineteen was shot and seriously wounded while trying to stop a fist fight between her father and landlord Casey Pierce surrendered after the incident in Water Valley Mississippi. Pierce said his father Pat Pierce and Sam Simpson began fighting over farming methods. Officers were told Agnes tried to intervene with a shotgun which Casey took and fired. The girl was treated and listed in critical condition.
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Water Valley
Miss
Agnes Simpson
Casey Pierce
Pierce
Pat Pierce
Miss Simpson
Sam Simpson
Simpson
Coffeeville
Fans Seek World Series Tickets at Washington Club
Washington fans flood the club with world series reservation requests. more than 200 inquiries received by April 29 as Walter Johnston's team rides a seven game win streak. Club officials scramble to handle demand.
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Washington
Washington Ball Club
Walter Johnson
Still Found On Mon Louis Island
Deputy sheriffs reported destroying a newly erected 200 gallon zinc still and four barrels of mash on Mon Louis Island. The seizure was logged by law enforcement officials on Tuesday.
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Mon Louis Island
Lee
Hughes
Sheriff's Office
Delegates Return From London Naval Conference Parade
American naval delegation arrives in New York at 10 30 am aboard the Macom after London talks. Secretaries Stimson and Adams, Ambassador Morrow, Senator Robinson, and Mrs Stimson join the reception with 5000 cheering spectators. The Leviathan and Texas salute the returning party as planes fly overhead. Secretary Stimson receives high credit for advancing the peace mission.
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New York
United States
Reed
Stimson
Adams
Ambassador Morrow
Robinson
Texas
Anothes
Governors' Island
Internet
Pemeater
Meeting Under Way At West End Baptist Church
The quarterly meeting was held Tuesday at the West End Baptist church with Mrs. E. J. McAuley presiding. The program featured songs prayers a devotional Laborers Together and talks on cooperative effort. Multiple addresses covered Christian education ministers orphans and hospitals. A round table discussion and committee reports followed before adjournment.
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West End Baptist Church
E. J. McAuley
Howard Hooker
Hume Evans
Cowan
BE. J. McAuley
Association
Mattie Sheibley
Christian Education
Ben Walker
McLean
V. K. Parker
Edna Estes Shot At Party Sparks Police Probe
In Atlanta on April 28 a 15 year old girl Edna Estes was shot and wounded at a party. Her sweetheart Max Warren aged 18 was held by police after reportedly admitting the shooting saying he did it because she had been seeing other boys.
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Atlanta
Edna Estes
Max Warren
Warren
Young Warren
Parker Ignored High Court In Mine Case
Washington reports Senator Borah asserts Judge John J. Parker ignored the high court in a war fraud case and faced Republican critics. Supporters saw improving prospects for Parker's confirmation as the Senate battle intensified with rival charges and denials.
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Parker
High Court
Washington
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
Ate Today
Senator Borah
Idaho
Borah
Anm
Life-teenner on Joe Columbus
Tacks Lattimer, a prison national guardsman, stated that an incident in Columbus Ohio unfolded quickly and was over in a flash.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lattimer
Ohio prison mutiny ends after gunfire and injuries
In Columbus on April 2 convicts at Ohio Penitentiary stormed the guard house prompting guards and national guardsmen to fire. Two inmates were wounded or killed, with George Tonoff gravely hurt and Jewell Joffa wounded in the leg. The riot was quickly suppressed and prisoners returned to their cells.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
George Tonoff
Jewell Joffa
Tonoff
Joffa
Cooper
News Suppression Charge Probed in Mississippi Inquiry
Jackson reporters question Hil ton Butler staff representative of the Memphis Journal about a conference in Governor Bilbo’s office. The investigating committee accuses officials of trying to suppress or tone down a story. Butler says his governor’s office visit was routine for coverage.
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Jackson
Miss
House
Hilton Butler
Memphis
Butler
Atlanta Jury Adds Four More Names to Graft Probe
Four new figures enter Fulton county grand jury graft investigation. Councilman W C McLendon Jr indicted for larceny. Ex Councilman Frank Galloway now deputy sheriff and Bruce Baxter municipal garage head cited in charges.
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Atlanta
Fulton County Grand Jury
W. C. McLendon, Jr
Frank Galloway
Bruce Baxter
Delegates Head to Alabama Sunday School Convention
Mobile delegates depart for the annual Alabama Baptist Sunday school convention in Montgomery to be held Tuesday through Thursday. The first Sunday school conference will accompany the convention with Rev. C. B. Arendall of Dauphin Way Baptist Church on the program for an address.
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Mobile
Alabama Baptist Sunday School Convention
Montgomery
C. B. Arendall
Dauphin Way
Assault Charge Filed Against Ed Hughes in County Jail
Ed Hughes a huckster was docketed at the county jail Tuesday on a charge of assault and battery with Mrs. Viola Cussick 308 Robbins Street as complainant. Mrs Cussick alleged Hughes assaulted her husband also a huckster as the result of an argument.
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Ed Hughes
Viola Cussick
Robbins Street
Cussick
Hughes
Maxon Jr Held Without Bail In West Side Beating Death
James Matthew Maxon Jr the son of a Tennessee bishop was ordered held without bail for the grand jury on a first degree murder charge in the death of David Paynter 73 beaten at an upper West Side rooming house April 18. Magistrate Corrigan deemed the evidence sufficient for a murder verdict and Maxon was moved to the Tombs after lodgers recounted the incident.
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New York
James Matthew Maxon, Jr
Tennessee
David Paynter
Upper West Side
Maxon
Martin W. Littleton
Corrigan
Paynter
Samuel Ecclesine
Embezzler True Sentenced to Ten Months in County Jail
Lawrence M. True a former United States river commission assistant cashier who confessed embezzling 1334 dollars was sentenced by Federal Judge Harry B. Anderson to ten months in county jail. The sentence followed his plea of guilty and was deferred to permit him to visit his wife in St. Louis who attempted suicide upon hearing of the case.
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Memphis
Tenn
St. Louis
Lawrence M. True
United States River Commission
Harry B. Anderson
True
Resignation Sought Over Tennessee Lobby Scandal Fallout
Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the Republican count, issued a statement denying threats to expose any misconduct by party leaders or President Hoover. He rejected claims of impropriety as baseless and said recent publications misrepresent actions within the Republican ranks affecting Hoover’s presidency.
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Washington
Claudius H. Huston
Jone
Hoover
BUILD RESIDENCES PERMITS ISSUED IN CLIFTON AREA
Clifford W. Adams city inspector issued construction permits for several residences Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. Notable approvals include Rose Hill Mohawk six room frame home worth 4000, E Harris Mohawk street six room frame home 3000, Bessie ette southwest Lyons and streets five room Bayless Maurine South P 70 feet east of Rapier avenue five room brick residence 2500, W A Roberts Eimo gene and Williams streets brick veneer residence 3500.
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Clifford W. Adams
Rose Hill
Harris
Mohawk Street
Bessieette
Lyons and Streets
Bayless Maurine
Rapier Avenue
W. A. Roberts
Eimogene and
Williams
Veeneer
Publish Tariff Move Aims at Pine Oil Route Change
The Louisville and Nashville notified the Mobile Chamber of Commerce it will set a rate on pine oil shipments from Mobile to Knoxville to align with recently proposed rates from Pensacola to Knoxville.
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Mobile
Knoxville
Louisville and
Nashville
Mobile Bet of Commerce
Pensacola
Firm Incorporates Service Station Inc In Probate Court
Incorporation papers for Service Station, Inc. showing a $5,000 capital and $2,000 paid in were presented in probate court Tuesday. Incorporators listed include J. O. Asem R and H. J. Gngscham.
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Acree’s
Service Station, Inc
J. O. Asem R
H. J. Gngscham
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