Auto theft wave keeps police busy in Mobile
Residents report thefts near Monroe Park as detectives and undercover officers pursue a Buick sedan with green wheels stolen Friday from 210 South Georgia Avenue. Several other vehicles and car parts were taken or damaged in residential areas. description broadcast to nearby towns as investigations continue.
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Mobile
Monroe Park
J. W. Todd
South Georgia Avenue
Police and Sheriff's Department
Operators Warned On Snowball Stand Sanitation Rules
City officials and the board of health urge strict compliance with the new ordinance regulating snowball stands. Beat officers locate stands, require sanitary conditions, and demand permits from the board of health to operate. The law also prescribes syrup ingredients and colors used in the shaved ice treats.
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Com
Board of Health
Board of Earth
Speedy trial sought for attorney in Texas wife slaying
Edward W. Thomerson district attorney asked for a quick proceeding for A. D. Payne who confessed to killing his wife with a dynamite bomb in June. A grand jury could be impaneled today and Payne could face trial Monday if indicted for the murder to silence discovery of his alleged attentions to Mrs. Verona Thompson and embezzlement of family funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marillo
Texas
Edward W. Thomerson
A. D. Payne
Thomerson
Payne
Verona Thompson
Seek R Butler Reported Missing From Overseas
M R Cook of Chicago requests help locating Richard Butler a Mobile fireman and former service member who left Mobile to fight overseas and has not been heard from since. He resided on Jefferson Street and his wife Mrs Butler is blind. Cook’s address is 2116 North Halsted Street Chicago.
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M. R. Cook
Chicago
Richard Butler
Butler
Mobile Fire Department
Jefferson Street
McCall to Speak at Bienville Square Tonight
Charles C. McCall, candidate for governor, will deliver an address at Bienville Square tonight at 8 o clock. The Mobile county campaign stop ends with remarks from speakers on St Joseph Street side as rain threatens the event.
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Charles C. McCall
Bienville Square
Mobile County
St. Joseph Street
Weather Outlook For Arkansas and Nearby States
Partly cloudy conditions with local thundershowers expected Saturday night into Sunday. Temperatures to stay near current levels with little change. Local forecast notes sparing chances of showers in Alabama and Mississippi south Saturday night and Sunday.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Women Voters Endorse Thompson For U S Senator
The Mobile County League of Women Voters endorsed Frederick I. Thompson for the United States Senate after a meeting at the Y M C A auditorium. The motion praised his public speech in Bienville Square and cited his support for league-aided farm relief, Muscle Shoals ownership, lower fertilizer prices, expanded southern shipping, and southern representation on the interstate commerce commission.
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Frederick I. Thompson
United States Senate
Mobile County League of Women Voters
Thompson
Kate Hagan
League
Nellie Cammack
John H. Bankhead
Mobile
Bienville Square
Cora McDonald
Irvin Vass
Hagan
Vass
Head
Alabama
Interstate Commerce Commission
South
South Alabama
Hugo Black
Jefferson County
Hill Residents Raise Funds to Hire Patrolman
Hill residents plan to maintain a permanent officer in Spring Hill after attacks on local youths. W J Young to hire a special deputy, with Norm Pittman James F Maury Sr and Harry Houston forming the fundraising committee. Sheriff Byrne pledged $10 monthly and a man will patrol Hill until the position is filled. Arrests were made in the incident involving K H Bixler Jr and George Thrasher. Mullins Maples and Eddie Lee Walker faced fines or nolle prosequi.
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Spring Hill
Hill
W. J. Young
Norm Pittman
James F. Maury, Sr
Harry Houston
Byrne
K. H. Bixler, Jr
George Thrasher
Wilfred Mullins
Sam Maples
Eddie Lee Walker
Walker
Nolle
State to Open Bids for 13 Miles of Concrete Paving
The state highway department will open bids on September 9 in Montgomery for 13 miles of concrete paving on the Mobile to Mt Vernon highway passing Chickasaw Saraland Satsuma and Axis. Main items include 137,280 square yards of pavement 5,000 cubic yards grading 32,000 feet guardrail cable and Bermuda grass planting among others.
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Mobile-Mt. Vernon
Chickasaw
Saraland
Satsuma
Axis
State Highway Department
Montgomery
Stocks Slump On Renewal of Short Sales
In New York on August 3 renewal of short selling in the final minutes pushed prices $1 to $3 below Friday's close after an earlier dip. Bears covered late, causing some small gains, but the rally collapsed. Notable declines hit United States Steel and Vanadium Steel while American Telephone rose $3.12. Total trading volume reached 1,508,400 shares, the largest Saturday total since June.
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New York
Bears
United States Steel
Columbian Carbon
Houston Oil
New York Central
North American
J. I. Case
Auburn Auto
United Aircraft
American Telephone
Union Pacific
Southern Railway
Foster Wheeler
American Waterworks
Woman bandits from Wheeling sentenced to death
Bague and her companion from Wheeling West Virginia were sentenced to die in the electric chair for the December killing of Highway Patrolman Brady Paul near here. Judge Hildebrand set the date after denying new trials, finalizing the Lawrence county cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Thompson vows to fight trusts in Alabama campaign rally
In Birmingham Walter Brower introduces Frederick I. Thompson as a future United States senator and crusader against trusts. Thompson criticizes competitors and predatory interests, outlines a program for prosperity, cites idle Birmingham district stores and wheels, and warns of a powerful combine seeking to control food supplies.
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Birmingham
Ala
Northam Park
Walter Brower
Frederick I. Thompson
United States
Washington
Mason Hemmer
John H. Bankhead
Thompson
Alabama
National Capital
Mobile
Lindberghs Start Flight From Hicksville for Haven Mission
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh depart from the aviation country club field in a biplane toward No Haven Maine for a summer visit with Mrs. Lindberghs father Ambassador Morchidberth. They expect about four hours of flight given favorable weather. The next Friday Lindbergh will fly to Washington to receive a special congressional gold medal from President Hoover, with Mrs. Lindbergh accompanying. After the ceremony they will dine with the president and first lady and may visit the presidential camp in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicksville
N. Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
Hoover
Congressional
Lindbergh
Lindberghs
Presidential Camp
Virginia
Romanian King Faces Crown Without Queen Helen
In Bucharest Aug 9 politicians report King Carol says he will seek coronation this fall even if reconciliation with Queen Helen is not achieved. Nicola Titulescu met Helen to urge reconciliation but she only promised reconsideration. Premier Maniu warned against a one sided coronation without the queen.
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Bucharest
Romania
London
Nicholas Titulescu
Carol
Helen
M. Titulescue
Maniu
Crain hints at calling Walker and Olvany in Ewald probe
District Attorney Thomas Crain said he would summon Mayor James J. Walker and George W. Olvany if necessary to testify in the grand jury investigation into charges that George F. Ewald paid twelve thousand dollars for a city magistrate appointment. Walker said he would help and answer questions if required. Crain noted the testimony was not yet demanded. Ewald resigned after a federal indictment over mail fraud in Cotter Butte mine stock sales.
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New York
Thomas Crain
James J. Walker
George W. Olvany
Tammany Hall
George F. Ewald
Walker
Ewald
Crain
Olvany
Nea Federal Grand Jury
Cotter Butte
Floods claim six in Arizona and Sonora
Rains across the southwest flood the border region with six deaths in Arizona and Sonora Mexico. Nogales flood victims are being sought as weather clears. Four drowned, 10 remain missing. Trucks washed from Mayer highway. Bridges weakened and roads washed out. Ray mine shaft flooded. High water blocks highways across several communities.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Sonora
Mexico
Nogales
Mayer
Ray
Peshawar Safe as Afridi tribesmen disperse
Reports from Peshawar indicate the city is out of danger as tribal forces retreat. British ground forces and aerial bombing repelled small groups, with about seven Afridis killed near Khajuri plain and the main force encamped. The Afridis fought hand to hand while planes introduce a new war weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simla
India
Peshawar
Khajuri Plain
Changes in voting places ordered by county board
Four changes in polling locations within the city and county have been ordered by the county board of revenue and road commissioners. The sheriff's office notes alterations include Box 7 in the eighth ward moving from southwest Government to 156 South Ann Street, Heron Bay voting at the public school, Cottage Hill box at Harbin's, and Bayou la Batre at Meyers' store.
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County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Sheriff's Office
Am Ty
South Ann Street
Heron Bay
Cottage Hill
Harbin
Bayou la Batre
Meyers’ ‘Ore
World’s Largest Thermometer Tower Erected at Chiswick
A 7 foot wide thermometer scales over 20 feet in length on a new tower at Chiswick. A combined barometer lets nearby train travelers gauge weather conditions from the site.
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London
Chiswick
Bankhead Campaign Attacked for Lack of Public Debate
The piece denounces John H. Bankhead and his spokesmen for avoiding direct questions and engaging in vilification. It criticizes Mobile residents for not receiving clear discussion of public affairs under federal authority and brands Bankhead as an attorney for selfish interests lacking purpose or promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Bankhead
Bankhead
Mobile
North Alabama
Freight rates cut order for flood areas expires Oct 31
The commerce commission authorized reduced freight rates to and from stricken areas and other traffic as needed until October 31, with changes allowed where necessary. The measure aims to aid flood relief and recovery efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ert Aus
Commerce Commisad
Hoover to hear drought reports at Virginia camp
President Hoover invited Secretary Hyde and farm board member James C. Stone to the Rapidan river lodge for urgent drought discussions. Stone returns from a survey in the midwest and south, especially Kentucky, to present new findings to the president. Hyde will add further details to Stone’s reports.
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Washington
Hoover
Hyde
James C. Stone
Virginia
Agriculture
Stone
Rapidan River Lodge
Middle West
Kentucky
Gun Stolen From Pittsburgh Central Station Vault
Police report a machine gun missing from the central station vault. Detectives examined the area and confirmed the weapon was not there yesterday, remarks about two guns were noted but only one remained in the vault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Central Police Station
Earth Tremors Reported at Montemonaco
Shocks were felt at Montemonaco near Ascoli Piceno with light undulations and a rumbling sound. No damage or injuries were reported. Local authorities recorded the tremors on August 9.
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Ascoli
Pickens Body Found in River After Search
The body of 51 year old Mr Pickens former superintendent and Arkansas education leader was found in a river after a day long search. He had resigned after a breakdown two years earlier and left home planning a visit to a miniature golf course. He is survived by his widow a daughter Thelma and a foster son Tom Murphy once a national high school basketball standout.
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Pickens
Arkansas Education Association
Minature
Speaks in Baldwin County for Thompson senate bid
Voters in Baldwin County will hear two campaign addresses for Frederick I. Thompson. Harry T. Hartwell, Mobile mayor, will speak at Foley at 3 o clock and at Fairhope at 7:30. Foley introduction by Mayor Green, Fairhope by E. B. Gaston editor of the Fairhope Courier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin County
Frederick I. Thompson
United States Senate
Harry T. Hartwell
Mobile
Foley
Fairhope
Green
Mr. Hartwell
E. B. Gaston
Money in circulation falls per capita in July
Treasury department estimates show total money in circulation in the United States on July 31 at 4,126,611,703 dollars, equating to 36.48 dollars per person. The report notes a per capita drop of 83 cents from June and a 2.86 dollar decline from a year earlier.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United States
Youth Found Badly Injured In Atlanta Elevator Shaft
A young white man, possibly from Birmingham Alabama, was found unconscious at the bottom of a freight elevator shaft in a Atlanta hardware store. He suffered two broken legs and a fractured skull, with a hat band bearing a Birmingham address as the only clue to identity. He wore a blue suit tan velour hat and tan shoes and remained unconscious after hospital admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Second Avenue
Bank Job Ends Fort Worth Heist with Gunman Killed
A bank bombing at a Fort Worth National Bank left two dead, including the robber and cashier Pelton. The blast caused extensive damage, injured a bystander Clifton Major and worker L W Marshall, and scattered money and checks across the floor. The assailant, described as a sandy haired man about five eight and 160 pounds, fled after demanding $10 000.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Anes Bi
Fred Ly
Pelton
Stock National Bank
Alce
L. W. Marshall
Harris
Pita
Clifton Major
Pier
Sation
Ana
Ta Pit
North Side
Magers
Clifton Magers
Marshall
Ultraviolet Test Aids Identification In Chicago Murder Case
In Cook County the first use of the ultraviolet ray in a murder case was reported. Dr August Puccini of the Nire Western University crime laboratory announced tests suggested the decomposed body taken from the drag Thursday is that of a man beaten and crushed. The skull’s race could be inferred from phosphorescent tooth analysis as the spouse described Mongolian type, though identification remains uncertain.
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Chicago
Cook County
August J. Paccini
Ni Re Western University Crime de Laboratory
Lst
Puccini
Auto wreck injures two on Memphis trip in Arkansas
A car wreck near Ark. interrupted a trip to a Jackson Tenn. home wounding two people. Mrs. P. E. Broome of Indiana in ill at Jackson following a broken injury after the driver fell asleep and struck a telephone pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Ark
P. E. Broome
Ind
Jackson
Notaries File Bonds After Probate Court Appointments
Notaries including A F Giuli Charles Jr Janie Ryser Davis Annie Belle Rae and Mrs Marie M filed bonds after probate court Saturday. Appointments were made by Governor Bibb Graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Giuli
Charles Jr
Janie Ryser Davis
Annie Belle Rae
Marie M
Qerueae Bibb Graves
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Park
R. Butler
U. S
Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Bague
Pennsylvania
Crisia
Pigkeng
Arkansas
Batesville
Baldwin
Ft. War Institution
Notaries
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