Rum blockade shift as Tallapoosa returns home
Coast Guard announces Tallapoosa will be sent back to Mobile after five months off the Jersey coast where it joined the rum blockade. It may replace two other cutters heading patrols, as vessels in the gulf blockade are stepped up and rum runners pursued.
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Tallapoosa
Mobile
Coast Guard
Washington
Jersey
Hermeport
Gulf
Num
Saukee
Comeecie
Hreed
Cutture
Boschere
Biloxi
High Stakes Paving Debate at Cedar Point Road
The five member board weighs concrete versus rawhide for Cedar Point road paving. Towle and Byrne back concrete while others lean to rawhide. bids expected Monday with many firms likely to file both materials. Commissioner Ward will wait for bid prices before deciding.
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Providbac
Cedar Point Cae
Board of Revenue
Albert 8. Towle
Pat Byrne
A. G. Ward
Prine
Freeland
Grand Bay
Cinderella girl rises from tenement life to wealth and fame
Marie Louise Spas, called Cinderella, is chosen by Edward Browning, a millionaire real estate dealer, as a comparison playmate for another adopted child Dorothy. The Bohemian immigrant family rose to prosperity with rental apartments. Marie aims to become a great dancer and learn social graces while pursuing romance and honoring her sister battling tuberculosis in Colorado.
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Marvel Spas
Dorothy Sun- Brownhig
Edee
Sylvia
Atlantic City
Mr. Browning
Mary Louise
Browning
Mary
Bird
Coler
Public Welfare
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
New York
Sylvia Mullen
Edward W. Browning
Mullen
Mather
J. W. Browning
Cinderella
Spas
Marie Louise Spas
Dorothy
Marie
America
East Side
Erat
Cind Lida
Long
Colorado
Continuance Granted in In-Check Charge for M Weadhe
Continuance in the case of M Weadhe charged with passing two checks was granted by Judge Dave in police court. Prosecutor asked for trial on Tuesday for forgery. attorney Tisdale Touart said one postponement was granted earlier. Police arrested Weadhe after alleged counterfeit checks for 13 dollars at a filling station and 30 dollars at a National Biscuit Co employee. Checks drawn on First National Bank of Mobile and Barnett National Bank of Jacksonville Florida. Weadhe was in a Wills Street coupe held by police.
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M. Weadhe
Dave
Aftor
Tisdale Touart
Veadhe
Franco
Arras
Adams Thecomy
C. Patter
National Biscuit Company
First National Bank of Mobile
Barnett National Bank of_ JacksonVille
Fila
Wills St. Coupe
Botts Fined After Wild Ride Through Business District
J. L. Botts faced a $15 fine or fifteen days for speeding through the business district last Wednesday. He requested a jury trial on a separate intoxicated driving charge and, after conviction for speeding, filed an appeal. Judges noted two shots aimed to stop the car amid the chase.
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J. L. Botts
Beer Edington
Botts
Geetsmo Mane Robby
Welch
Edington
J. Mastin
T. L. Louiselle
Alton Harris
Harris
Steamer Antilla Arrives for Cargo at Port in Ballast
The Ward Line steamer Antilla arrived from New Orleans in ballast. Local agents are Munson Lines. The vessel is scheduled to cargo here for Porto Rico under Ward Line service to New York and New Orleans, with October noting the last similar arrival in this port.
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Antilla
Ward-Line
New York
New Orleans
Porto Rico
Mexico
Central America
Munson Lines
Porto Rican
Ward Line
Stranded Schooner Gabriel Seeks Repairs After Wreck
The British steamer San Gil, owned by United Fruit, stood by the wrecked schooner Gabriel about 65 miles north of Cato Loftus on the Bahama banks. San Gil has a Mobile repair history, including 1923 drydock work and a 20 day tow to repairs.
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San Gil
United Fruit Company
Gabriel
Cato Loftus
Bahama
Mobile
Favorite
Drydock and Shipbuilding Company
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi Light Thunder Possible
Alabama sees fair conditions tonight and Saturday with no significant weather. Mississippi forecasts fair skies tonight with Saturday bringing possible thunderstorms in the northern portion. the outlook notes local variation.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Public utilities in good demand on Wall Street
Heavy buying on the opening of today's stock market lifted public utilities shares. Havana Electric and Montana Power led gains with new highs, General Railway Signal jumped after a $5 million NY Central order, Midland Steel products rose on earnings, and railroad equipment stocks advanced with GE and Westinghouse among gainers. Foreign exchanges opened steady with sterling around a dollar.
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New York
A.P
Havana Electric
Montana Power
General Railway Signal
New York Central
Bank of England
New York Federal Reserve Bank Rete
Uae
Midland Steel Products
General Electric
Westinghouse
F. G. Shattuck
New Orleans Futures Open Steady Amid Grain Market Notes
New Orleans futures opened steady with contract quotes shown for corn and soybeans. Prices include October at 24.03, December at 24.23, January 23.72, March 23.98, May 24.31 for futures trading and August 7 reporting.
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New Orleans
A.P
Eh Heyakton
Junior Chamber Plans $100000 Mobile Advertising Campaign
The Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce ratified a tentative plan for a multi year $100,000 ad campaign to publicize Mobile as a port, amusement, and agricultural center. President J. B. Hamen said every citizen would be asked for one dollar, aiming to start in October or November with plans to raise funds and proceed.
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Mobile
J. B. Hamen
New Sheriff to Work with Mobile County
Sheriff Leon Schwarz received a letter from Sheriff J W Henson the new appointee in Washington county thanking Mobile county sheriff for his congratulations and good wishes. Henson says he will be glad to cooperate with Mobile county noting adjoining counties mean much work to do together.
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Leon Schwarz
J. W. Henson
Washington County
Onderdonk
Mobile County
Henson
Mobile
Assault to Murder Charged in Police Court
John Pugh, a black man, faced assault to murder charges after allegedly stabbing Joe Higgins, another black man, in a police court appearance. Higgins was absent when the charge was called as Judge Edington adjourned the proceedings.
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John Pugh
John
Joe Higgins
Joe
Edington
Pugh
United Fruit Vessels Sail Today
Two United Fruit Company steamers the Lysefjord and the Venator will sail this afternoon bound for Belize and the Central American coast. The Lysefjord flies the Norwegian flag while the Venator sails under the Honduran flag with freight aboard.
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United Fruit
United Fruit Company
Lysefjord
Venator
Belize
Central American
British Vessel Arrives for Cargo at City Pier
The British vessel arrived from New Orleans in ballast and docked on the north side of Pier this morning. It was loading general freight including steel rails wire and merchandise for agents for steamer expa gied to sail about Sunday.
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Cave Taft
Meenight
New Orleans
Murder Aboard Moving Boat Off Alaska Coast
Two girls aged 5 and 3 told federal authorities in Petersburg that a boat ride ended in a murder and suicide. Tom Rise beat and threw his wife overboard before leaping himself as the vessel drifted ashore. The girls later walked to a cannery three miles away, the eldest saying her foster parents had been drinking before the fatal fight.
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Petersburg
Alaska
A.P
Tom Rise
Rise
125 Gallon Still Found By Officers
Officers seized a 125 gallon copper still and 600 gallons of beer mash at Bayou Corner. They arrested Will Longall known as Shorty and Walter Smith on charges of manufacturing prohibited liquors and jailed them. An old Mobile county grand jury indictment against Smith was cited.
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Bayou Corner
Leon Schwarz
Will Longall
Shorty
Walter Smith
Smith
Mobile County
Burch
Summer Term of Court Closes as Docket Cleared
The last day of the summer term of federal court adjourned until November after two cases remained. Damon Ford and James Williams faced liquor related charges with Ford fined 50 dollars on a guilty plea. Joe Ford and F B Ford had no pleas. state courts had already handled the four men.
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Damon Ford
James Williams
Williams
Joe Ford
F. B. Ford
Inspectors named on Prichard incorporation plan
Judge Price Williams of the probate court appointed G. E Dixon J. L. Jones and W. S. Davis to enumerate the Prichard suburb population. They will report to the probate court where the decision will declare Prichard as a town or city based on a 2000-person threshold.
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Price Williams
G. E Dixon
J. L. Jones
W. S. Davis
Prichard
Henry Ford Buys Airplane Plant for Over Million
Detroit report states Henry Ford announced Ford Motor Company purchased the Stout Metal Airplane division to operate as a Ford unit. The price was not disclosed but estimated near $1,000,000 with Edsel Ford credited for negotiating. Ford plans focused, safe commercial flying research at their plant, not racing.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Stout
Ford Company
Miss Harrison to Start Swim Today
A Central News dispatch from Boulogne reports Mrs. Lillian Harrison an Anglo-Argentine woman will begin tonight from Gris Nez to swim the English Channel, despite Gertrude Ederle delaying her start until next week.
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London
Boulogne
Lillian Harrison
Gris Nez
Gertrude Ederle
Boston Rum Ring Indicts Chelsea Officials and Police
Federal indictments name Lawrence F. Quigley of Chelsea and 43 others including ten Chelsea police as members of a rum trust. Prosecution alleges liquor from seagoing ships moved under police protection through Chelsea while independent dealers were raided. No arrests yet. defendants ordered to appear in federal court to face charges of illegal manufacture transport importation and sale of intoxicating liquor.
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Indiciuas
Lawrence F. Quigley
Chelsea
Department of Jus
United Tes
Harold B. Williams
Motorcade Planned Passing Through Mobile August 15
The National Motorist Association motorcade moves from Bird's Point Missouri on July 28 through Arkansas and Memphis to Gulfport Mississippi. It will stop along the Gulf coast including Mobile and Fairhope then Pensacola before heading south to Dothan and returning via Valdosta and Dawson toward Montge.
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National Motorist Association
Mobile
Bird's Point
Arkansas
Memphis
Tenn
Gulfport
Miss
Gulf Coast
Fairhope
Pensacola
South
Dothan
Ugh
Florida
D ‘Valdosta
Dawson
Montge
Klansmen Gather for Washington Parade Amassing Autos
Reports from Washington and Long Branch describe a large Klan mobilization for a parade with thousands arriving by car and rail. Houston area observers note motorcade vehicles and a morning assembly. Officials expect tens of thousands to participate in the display in the nation’s capital.
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Washington
Ohio
Georgia
Ti Sands
U Klux N
Enu
Sof Prac
WN. J
A.P
The
Law Today
Monk Elected Vice President in State Furniture Group
William H. Monk, a prominent figure in the furniture trade, has been elected vice president of the state furniture merchants association. The announcement highlights his leadership role and the ongoing efforts to advance industry standards and member cooperation.
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Boston
William H. Monk
Dr. Heads Furniture Men
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