Hit-and-Run Drivers Reported In Two Weekday Incidents
Police described two hit-and-run collisions Monday involving African American drivers. Robert Robertson suffered a broken leg after a car struck him as he crossed a street. James Moore, arrested after a chase, faced drunk driving and leaving the scene charges with fines and bond. A second incident injured a woman in a parked car on South Street. Dr Fannie Howard faced reckless driving charges after a separate crash.
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Robert Robertson
Wis Avenue
Robertson
W. T. Fanane
Franklin
Charleston
May
Negress
South Street
Fannie Howard
South Ham Street
Conception
Howard
County Air
Music in Square Second Concert at Bienville Square Tuesday
The second concert in the free Bienville Square series plays at 7:30 p m Tuesday with performers Snecated Dane. The program features marches, polkas, fox trots and novelty pieces including Washington Post Medley Overture Moonlight Saving Time and Please Don’t Talk About Me.
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Vine
Bienville Square
Duet Orsster
Dane
Independentia
Hall
Faust
Snyder
Fox-Trot
Hubert
Baby
Allen
Hockstins
Foxstrot
Washington Post
Thief Frightened: Restaurant Door Broken
An early hour burglary attempt occurred at a restaurant. Officer M Marsel found the door broken and frightened away the would be burglar. Detectives and Farmer Connick aided in the investigation but no clue was found.
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M. Marsel
Radsally
Farmer Connick
Marsel
City Grants Petition For Zoning Change On Ann Street
The city commission approved a petition by T. M. Gordon to reclassify west Ann Street property from residential to local business at the Virginia street intersection. Mayor Schwarz and Commissioner Hartwell voted yes. Commissioner Bates opposed. The 100-foot northwest Virginia and Ann lot was among affected sites. Oberhaus reported a petition with 20 local owners opposing the change.
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Ann Street
T. M. Gordon
Virginia Street
Missioner
Hartwell
Bates
Ann
Virginia
Illinois
Oberhaus
Michigan Avenue
600 Criminal Cases Disposed of In Term
A total of 600 cases on the criminal docket of circuit court were disposed of at the term that began October 6 and ended July 31. Clerk Will Conrad compiled the activities report noting 854 cases on the docket and 19 pending appeals in higher courts. Municipal appeal docket held 151 cases with 96 disposed and 55 undisposed, including two pending appeals.
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Circuit Court
Will Conrad
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Gas Stations Await Seawall Tax Instructions
Mobile gasoline and oil stations will not collect the seawall tax of one and a half cents per gallon until guidance comes from company headquarters. City officials announced Tuesday morning that Hartwell and other commissioners advised the city to follow the seawall commission’s request to implement the charge.
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Harry T
Hartwell
Seawall Commission
Taylors Unchanged As Alfred A Taylors Condition Worsens
In Johnson City Tennessee Alfred A Taylors condition remained critical after an operation for a kidney ailment. The Sage of Happy Valley known for stamina fought illness with doctors and hospital staff reporting his precarious state. Messages from family members poured in as he lay at his bedside.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Alfred A. ‘Tay
Soskeen Taen
Happy Valley
Prohibition Officers Seize Stills in Mobile County Raids
Raiders recovered three stills each with 60 gallon capacity and large quantities of mash and whiskey in several Mobile County locations. No arrests were reported. Seizures occurred on Hamilton Creek, Mud Creek, and Clear Creek with multiple fermenters and stormenters surrendering to the U S prohibitions team.
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United States Prohibition
Mobile County
A. W. Hargett
Hamilton Creek
Mobile
Mud Creek
Clear Creek
Petition Seeks Removal of Birmingham Pastor
A petition from First Presbyterian church members asked for the removal of Pastor Dr. Trevor Mordecai, presented by Will H. Woolverton. The congregation voted 260 in a proceeding reported from Birmingham, Alabama.
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Birmingham
First Presbyterian Church
Trevor Mordecai
Will H. Woolverton
Irate Husband Threatens Wife in Violent Altercation
A heated domestic dispute escalated when a husband threatened fatal harm after a brick was used. The involved party reacted by grabbing the brick and fleeing the scene as tensions remained high.
Lindberghs Board Seeks To Continue Air Vacation
The Associated Press reports Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh arrived at Baker Lake from Churchill en route to Japan. Pangborn and Herndon waited at Khabarovsk for favorable weather before a Nome, Alaska hop. Other aviators lingered in Alaska while Amy Johnson aimed for Harbin on the England Tokyo route.
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Pangborn
Herndon
Khabarovsk
Associated Press
Lindbergh
Baker Lake
Canada
Churchill
Japan
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Siberia
Nome
Alaska
Russell Boardman
John Pothatney
Fairbanks
Reg. L. Robins
Harold 8. Jones
Tokyo
James Mattern
Nick Greener
Amy Johnson
Harbin
Manchuria
England
J.A. Mollison
Getaway Delayed For Sir Hubert Wilkins Nautilus
Sir Hubert Wilkins was delayed in Bergen as the fuel cargo for the Nautilus was shifted. After completing the operation the submarine will head into the Arctic toward the ice barrier ten days after leaving Bergen, with a stop at Trondhjem and a refueling break at King's Bay.
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Bergen
Norway
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Arctic
Ice
Trormsee
King’s Bay
St. Lewis Inducted as Assistant Attorney General
Roy St. Lewis of a city, former Whited attorney for the western district of Oklahoma, took the oath today as assistant attorney general in charge of admiralty, alien property and war claims in Washington. Attorney General Mitchell attended. Lewis succeeds George R. Farnum of Boston, who resigned about a year ago.
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Washington
Roy St. Lewis
Western District
Oklahoma
Mitchell
Lewis
George R. Farnum
Boston
Fight Tax Boost In Mobile As Property Owners Rally
The Property Owners Protective Association met at the Chamber of Commerce and voted to call a general meeting of property owners to oppose constitutional amendments raising the tax rate. Directors estimated a campaign cost of two to three thousand dollars. Nine directors and five property owners attended the session open to the public.
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Property Owners Protective Association
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Norville
Edison Improves as Recovery Brightens at West Orange
Thomas A. Edison shows signs of recovery after a sudden collapse last Saturday. He slept eight hours, ate breakfast with relish, and asked about business matters while his physicians report improving strength. Charles Edison noted his father in good spirits and his mother keeping a constant bedside vigil.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Charles
Hubert
Howe
Clifford Weston
Glen Ridge
Edison
Riot on Chicago's South Side Blamed on Communists
Police blamed Communists for a brief but bloody riot on Chicago's south side. Three policemen were injured while helping to quell the disorder. Several score of participants were arrested, with three named as ringleaders. Officials including Mayor Cernek and Corporation Counsel Sexton moved to prevent a repetition as a demonstration erupted over eviction for non payment of rent by a black family.
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Chicago
Anton J. Cermak
William H. Sexton
Army man held as deserter in Mobile County arrest
Deputy Charles W. Boykin took Clarence Davis into custody Monday on a desertion charge. Sheriff William H. Holcombe said Davis is to be sent to Fort Barrancas, Florida, for handling the arrest and transfer.
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Clarence Davis
Mobile County
William H. Holcombe
Charles W. Boykin
Fort Russell
Davis
Fort Barrancas
Fla
Davia
Pyre Murder Suspect Identified At Scene Of Slaying
C Rex King 35 year old Asheville man was identified by a Memphis parking lot operator as the man with Burton Hensley and Woodrow Wilson the day before their fatal beating in an Arkansas swamp. Police planned further witness viewing and King denied involvement claiming he was in Texas visiting parents.
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Associated Press
Memphis
King
Hensley
Wilson
Taylor
Howard Carlin
Crittenden County
Asheville
Burton
Santa Rosa
Texas
Mississippi Voters Decide Factionalism and Officiating Races
In Jackson on August 4, Mississippi voters wrapped up a hectic campaign period. Polls opened to a large turnout with estimates around 250,000 voters statewide and breezy activity among candidates for judicial and local offices. The outcome would determine support for factionalism, Bilboism, and other party lines.
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Ralph Wheatley
Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Buncombe
Voice of
Whatigm
Trumpet al
Ciy
Ia Tate Parsaic
Bus Plunge at Drawbridge Kills 22 on Beach Trip
A bus with picnic goers plunges into Georgetown drawbridge as it fails to rise. About 20 Black passengers and two white men die. Jerome Frasier escapes after breaking a window and leaping to Sampit river water. Warren Newton and his son Olin Newton are the driver and a fatality. Other victim identities pending.
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Associated Press
Georgetown
8. C
Jerome Frasier
Sampit River
Warren Newton
Olin Newton
Siate Offers Bank Records in Lea's Trial
William McCants, former auditor, returned as a state's witness in the trial of Col onel Luke Lea and three others charged with conspiring to defraud about 1 million dollars from the Central Bank and Trust Company. The defense contended over signature identification, but the judge allowed McCants to identify Lea's signature on notes.
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Associated Press
Asheville
N. C
Wiliam McCants
Central Bank and Trust Company
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Lea
Wallace B. Davis
Luke Lea, Jr
E. P. Charlet
Nashville
Amnesia Victim Recovered Memory After Abduction Attempt
An amnesia patient known as Joe Parker at a New Orleans hospital was grabbed by a stranger who tried to rob him. In a scuffle he was dumped from the car and his memory returned later that morning, recalling events prior to the incident.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Joe Parker
Washouts devastate Eureka Springs area after torrential rain
Torrential downpour swept Eureka Springs Arkansas area causing heavy crop and property damage and flooding a railroad bridge over Leatherwood Creek to the north. A man named Berry aged 80 reportedly died from a boat stroke during evacuation after floodwaters breached his home. Main street was inundated as railroad tracks and roads were washed out and debris blocked transport.
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Associated Press
Eureka Springs
Ark
Berry
Caesenens
Leatherwood Creek
Pate
Fugitive Abe Lawson Captured After Jail Break
Abe Lawson, sentenced to death for the axe slaying of Mrs. Sarah Jett in Roane County, had escaped with 12 other prisoners on July 2. He was captured in Corbin Kentucky by City Jailer Lester Peace, found in railroad yards. A $250 reward had been offered. he had previously had an execution stayed on appeal.
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Kingston
Tenn
Tee
Abe
Sarah Jett
Roane County
Lawson
Corbin
Lester Peace
Supreme Court
Paris Pact Studied at Williams Institute Meeting
In Williamstown Massachusetts Aug Morning session at the Institute of Politics examined the Briand Kellogg pact with Clark University historian Dr George H Blakeslee leading. James Oliver Murdock assistant solicitor of the state department urged entry into the world court as a method to implement the pact.
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Williamstown
Mass
Istitute of Politics
George H. Blakeslee
Clark University
James Oliver Murdock
State Department
Paria
Plane Crash Kills Two Men Near Burlington
Harold Brannick of Armont New York and Stuart Marcotte of Derby Line Vermont were killed when their airplane crashed near Burlington. Witnesses said the craft dived after reaching about 300 feet and the left wing detached before the nose buried in a swamp behind the field.
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Burlington, Vt
Harold Brannick
Armont
N. Ys
Stuart Marcotte
Derby Line
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi Today
The notice reports fair skies Tuesday night and Wednesday for Alabama with partly cloudy conditions. Mississippi experiences partly cloudy night and Wednesday with possible showers in the western portion. Observations refer to Central Standard Time and dated before 1881.
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Alabama
Mississippi
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