Seizure Case Argument Under Way in Federal Court
Arguments began in a federal court on the Frances E. seizure and Grew crew rum running case. Defense attorney Kilborn challenged the information as improperly drafted after last Saturday’s demurrer ruling. Six Wrances E. seamen were captured off Florida and face trial, with related pleas and fines noted.
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Federal
Frances E
Vincent F. Kilborn
Tebiss J. Medicus
Charles Schreiner
Wrances E
Saukee
Coast Guard Sie
Florida
Npt
Ceci Hennings
Emers
Honelson Crowe
Will Banks
Allen Banks
Frank J. Levene
Toppy Levene
Jeff Dixon
Oe Miller
Arctic expedition moves toward last unexplored lands
The MacMillan Arctic expedition prepares at Etah for a first jump to search for a lost continent. Three planes will depart to Ellesmere Island and Cape Hubbard to establish bases, haul supplies, and seek a safe landing field amid sand, pebbles, and boulders as mariners clear a path for the bold trek.
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Washington
United Press
MacMillian
Etah
Navy
National Geographic Society
Bowdoin
Peary
Ellesmere Island
Cape Hubbard
Axel Heiberg Island
Hubbard
Sahara
Murder plot halted as Schwartz death questioned
Francisco reports that Henry Schwartz, VP and general manager of Pacific Celluloid, was thought dead in a Walnut Creek lab blast. A dental expert declared the charred body not Schwartz, while $189000 life insurance and a missing laborer named Rodrigues figure in the case. The district attorney said the body is not Schwartz and sought his pursuit for murder.
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Francisco
Enry Schwarts
Pacific Cellu- Coy
Walnut Creek
R. R. Veale
Contra Costa County
A. J. Nielson
Schwartz
San Francisco Examiner
Tinning
Sthwartz
Two Principals in Love Tragedy Leaves Three Dead
Rudolph E. Disso, 18, in Richmond state Seabeld or killed three people after being spurned. Police say he first shot Mrs. Vivian in Peers then killed H. G. Carter and Detective Sergeant J. Harvey Burke who confronted him.
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Rudolph E. Disso
Richmond
Seabeld
Vivian
Peers
H. G. Carter
Disso
Carter
J. Harvey Burke
Bama
Rudolph Isso
Flag Presented to Salvation Army Fresh Air Camp
A large American flag was presented to the Salvation Army fresh air camp at Daphne by members of the Junior Order United American Mechanics representing Mobile Whistler and Prichard councils. G. J. McCoy gave the invocation, A P Storey presided, and E W Russell presented the flag on behalf of Mobile Council No. 5.
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Salvation Army Fresh Air
Daphne
United American Mechanics
Mobile
Whistler
Prichard
America
G. J. McCoy
A. P. Storey
Mobiile Council No. 5
E. W. Russell
Home Brew Mystery Left on City Chamber Steps
Samples of a home brewed product arrived at Mobile’s Chamber of Commerce as a new local industry. Employees found a wrapped bottle labeled Mobile's Latest Industry Home Brew Made July 27 1925. Ray Alvarez, the traffic manager, opened the sample and noted its origin and lack of sender identification.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ray Alvarez
Mobile
Parley on Improving Car Service at Southern Association Meet
Tybee Ga host city delegates discussed better car service with railroads Tennessee Northern and Gulf Mobile Northern. J A Sauce Guibeen and C E Langham noted as officials involved.
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Southern Association of Service
Tybee
Mobile
J. A. Sauce
Guibeen
Ifa, Tennessee & Northern Railroad
C. E. Langham
Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad
Five Alarms Answered on Sabbath. Minor Damage
Five fire alarms were answered by fire trucks yesterday with only slight damage. Alarms came from Cedar and Savannah streets, Avenue and Kennedy street, Delaware streets, 01 Calamal street, and 254 South Dearborn street. Falling sparks caused the fires per reports.
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Cedar
Savannah
Avenue
Kennedy Street
Delaware
Camal Street
South Dearborn Street
Weather Outlook for Alabama Tonight and Tuesday
Mostly cloudy conditions expected across Alabama tonight and Tuesday with chances of isolated showers in the southern regions. Areas southeast may see scattered showers with partial clearing in the northwest by Tuesday evening.
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Alabama
Atic
Market gains lift stocks on quiet New York open
Stock prices rose at the opening on August 3 led by General Electric and Houston Oil. Industrials and rails posted fractional gains, with United States Steel, Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward among movers. Nash Motors tumbled and New York futures showed steady cotton trading amid holiday conditions abroad.
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New York
General Electric
Houston
International Telephone
Standard Gas and Electric
Frank G. Shattuck
Speyer Manufacturing
Gold Dust
Coca Cola
United States Steel Common
Sheffield
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Woolworth
American Can
Dupont
Fisher Body
Mack Trucks
Chrysler
Nash Motors
Cuba
England
United Mates
Great Western Sugar
International Harvester
Man Faces Multiple Federal Charges After Arrest Here
Robert Prewitt 19 alias Samuel T Webb was arrested Thursday on a bad check complaint and will be charged with violating the national motor vehicle act and the Mann White Slave Act. Police say he confessed to stealing a Welch West Virginia auto, transporting Elizabeth Tate 19 of Lick Branch Virginia, posing as her husband, and passing bad checks in Florida. He is held without bail and to be turned over to federal authorities.
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Robert Prewitt
Samuel T. Webb
Tom Snevely
Snevely Auto Tire Company
Prewitt
Warren F. Burch
Bluefields
W. Va
Burch
Welch
Elizabeth Tate
Lick Branch
Webb
Jacksonville
Fla
Pensacola
Mobile
Snevely Tire Company
Prichard Election Set For Tuesday
Approximately 100 voters in the proposed Prichard town territory will vote to incorporate. Polls open 8 a.m. and close 6 p.m., with results expected quickly due to the small electorate. Disputed eligibility notes say some property owners registered outside the area may try to vote tomorrow.
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Prichard
Wife of President of Barons Dies Suddenly
The wife of the Barons club president died suddenly at her home, prompting notices of condolences as authorities investigate the cause.
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Apgg Poan Wik
Fort Gaines Purchase Hindered by Government Conditions
The board of revenue members hesitate to buy the abandoned Fort Gaines from the United States government for 13 775 dollars. They fear strings attached requiring the land be used as an amusement park and are unlikely to commit 13 000 without changes. If Chairman Towle approves, the board may ask the government to remove the strings.
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Board of Revenue
Albert 8. Towle
United States
Fort Gaines
Coast Guard vessels enter drydock in Mobile
Two coast guard ships move to repairs in Mobile with one cutter Saukee entering Alabama Drydock today and the CG 300 to follow for minor repairs in the coming days. A third vessel remains at the port while officers testify in rum seizure cases in the gulf.
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Coast Guard
Mobile
Saukee
Gulf
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company
Skipper to Take Charge of CG-300 Patrol Boat
CG-300 patrol boat from Biloxi in port this morning. Willie Skipper, captain of AB-20 for two years, will assume command of CG-300 tomorrow. Captain R B Miller of CG-300 will take command of AB-20 tomorrow. Announcement last week confirmed Skipper's transfer. he has served six years in the coast guard and led AB-20 for two years.
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Biloxi
Willie Skipper
R. 8. Miller
Skipper
Coast Guard Service
Lignum Vitae Cargo Arrives on Dominican Schooner Hedwig
A cargo of lignum vitae from Barahona Dominican Republic arrived in Mobile aboard the Dominican schooner Hedwig, indicating the first shipment of its kind into Mobile in months. The wood, prized for hardwood floors and bowling balls, is noted for its hardness.
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Barahona
Dominican Republic
Mobile
Hedgwig, Page & Jones
Joseph A Parrott Ferry to Undergo Repairs in Mobile
The car ferry Joseph A. Parrott arrived in Mobile yesterday and is at Todd Drydock and Shipbuilding Company undergoing repairs. The vessel operates between Key West and Havana and is owned by Peninsula and Occidental Steamship Company.
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Joseph A. Parrott
Mobile
Er West
Todd Drydoc and Shipbuilding Company
Marsine
Key West
Havana
The
Peninsula and Occidental Steamship Company
Radio fan picks up MacMillan ship transmissions
A radio operator, Newman, intercepted messages from MacMillan during his expedition last night at 11:80. MacMillan used a 37 meter wavelength. his transmitter failed, but Newman relayed signals to a naval station. Newman plans to travel to Camp McClellan next week with a smaller set to maintain contact with Mobile.
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Millan
Newman
MacMillan
Camp McClellan
Evolution Called Cruelest Doctrine in Alabama Sermon
In Anniston on August 3, Dr J T McGlothlin pastor of Parker Memorial Baptist Church denounced evolution as a cruel doctrine claiming it forces humans to eat meat as ingested blood relations. He warned Southron readers against embracing evolutionary theory likening it to cannibalism.
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Anniston
Ala
United Press
J. T. McGlothlin
Parker Memorial Baptist Church
South
Africa
McGlothlin
Seven Injured in Greenpoint Tenement Fire
In Brooklyn on August 3 seven people were injured two seriously when a blaze swept through Greenpoint tenements. Residents trapped in bedrooms escaped via fire escapes and nets, with others rescued by firefighters. some leapt to safety from upper floors.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Greenpoint
Neta
Girl Attacked by Giant Barracuda at Folly Beach
Mrs. W. K. Kahre was bitten 17 times on her leg and thigh as she bathed in the surf at Folly Beach Charleston. Her husband fought off the giant barracuda and doctors say she will recover.
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Charleston
8. C
United Press
Folly Beach
W. K. Kahre
German Plant to Open Major Factory in Johnson City
A large German rayon plant plans to open a major factory in Johnson City, the fourth plant worldwide, with more than one thousand acres near Sycamore Pals. The project expects up to 10 000 workers as production scales, backed by prominent European and New York investors, citing local raw materials, transport and labor advantages.
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France
Italy
South
Sycamore Pals
John Sevier
King’s Mountain
Alfred A. Taylor
Alfred Schoenlicht
Amsterdam
Holland
Johnson City
Riff Chief Fails to Meet Peace Envoys in Tangiers
Envoys of Abd el Krim, Riffian leader, met Primo de Rivera at Tetuan but refused Madrid peace terms. They insist on Riffian independence as a prerequisite to any settlement and talk around the Franco Spanish envoys in Tangiers.
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Paris
Abd-el-Krim
Primo de Rivera
Tetuan
Tangiers
Quai D’ Sor
Krim
Madrid
de Rivera
Rates on coal to Lincoln Neb to be cut after Sept 28
The interstate commerce commission ruled that rates on coal from Kansas Missouri Arkansas and Oklahoma mines to Lincoln Nebraska must be reduced to the same basis as rates to Omaha after September 28. The decision follows a complaint filed by the Lincoln chamber of commerce.
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Washington
A. P
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Lincoln
Neb
Omaha
Int Te Commerce Commission
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
Scientist predicts wireless heat to aid police via radio
London Aug 3 United Press reports A H Low scientist says wireless broadcasting of heat to the earth will create more habitable space for inhabitants. He also forecasts electrical rays will divert rain clouds to deserts to dry out moist regions.
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London
United Press
Harth Pole
A. H. Low
Berlin Invents New Dictaphone Parlophone
In Berlin Aug 84 International News Service reports Dr Curt Stille unveils the parlophone an electro magnetic dictation device enabling New York listeners to hear Berlin dictations. The system preserves sounds words or music on a steel wire and allows erasures repetitions and corrections with simple controls.
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Berlin
International News Service
New York
Curt Stille
Dr. Stille
Stille
Bomb explodes in Brooklyn hallway injures several
A time bomb exploded in the hallway of a Brooklyn house on August 3. The blast damaged windows and trapped 23 tenants until police guided them to safety. Seven people were wounded, two seriously, as fire spread to two brick tenements nearby. Police suspect labor trouble motives.
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New York
International News Service
Alt 41Nd Street
Brooklyn
Coast Guard Birthday Observed in Mobile
The United States coast guard marks its 135th anniversary in Mobile with vessel decorations planned in port. The 1915 law merged the revenue cutter service and life saving service into a single organization. Four coast guard vessels will likely be in Mobile tomorrow.
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United States Coast Guard
Mobile Tomorow
Coast Guard
Revenue Cutter Service
Life Saving Service
Unies
Southern Railway Agent Killed in Georgia Wrecks
In Macon Georgia on a Sunday two railway wrecks occurred near Dame's Ferry ten miles north. H F Musselwhite Southern Rate agent died while eating dinner in a diner aboard the Royal Palm which derailed earlier injuring twelve passengers and mail clerks. A following Mecon to Atlanta collided with a work train injuring six plus Musselwhite.
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Macon
H. F. Musselwhite
Southern Rate
Dame's Ferry
Here
Atlanta
Musselwhite
Royal Palm
Mac Webb i
Chattanooga
Kansas City Oil Pioneer John Reed Retires After 25 Years
John Reed, a Stardard Oil Company veteran of over twenty five years, retires at sixty seven with a company pension. He joined as a tank wagon operator when gasoline was used for cooking and oil lit the chief house illumination. Reed declined a motor truck offer in 1920.
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Kansas City, Mo
Standard Oil Company
John Reed
Reed
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