Auto Accidents and Injuries Reported in Mobile
Police report five people injured in Mobile over 48 hours with two hospitalized after a Prince street wreck. F M Prichard’s car struck a pole on Royal Street injuring Mrs L J Raymor and Alma Smith. A separate crash at Hamilton and St Anthony injured Gay Threadgill. others treated at City and Liberty yards. Patrolman Sam Allen filed reports and arrested Punch for drunken driving.
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Mobile
F. M. Prichard
Canal Street
Royal
Madison
Canal Streets
Sam Allen
Mre
L. J. Raymor
South
Dearborn Street
Alma Smith
Creola
Ala
City Ita
Allen
Punch
Stanford Ons
South Jefferson Street
Libert Yards
L. & N. Railroad
Governignt
Catherine Streets
Miss Gay Threadgill
St. Anthony Street
Nick Scopolites
North
War‘Pen Street
Hamilton
St. Anthony
Miss Threadgill
R. D. Threadgill
Houston
City Hospital
D. K. Whistler
Dauphin
Joachim
Oil Plant Exemption From Taxes in Mobile Faces Study
The Mobile area reads about a proposed 200000 dollar oil refinery plant. A 15 year tax exemption is sought from the county board of revenue with legal review by County Attorney Robert Gordon. The seawall gasoline tax interpretation is discussed as the plan advances.
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County Board of Revenue
Mobile
Robert Gordon
Victor H. Smith
Tulsa
Board of Revenue
Harry T. Hartwell
Seawall Commission
Seawall
Hartwell
Gordon
Retail body meets at Mobile Chamber of Commerce
An important meeting of the re committee of the Mobile Chamber Commerce has been called for day at 10 o'clock. Chairman E Roy Albright has issued the call urging all members to attend in view of matters which will be discussed. Treasury receipts for August 7 were 866, expenditures 20,810,383.4, with year to date 195,088,424.62. Customs receipts for the month to August 7 were 8,709,344.07.
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Mobile Chamber Commerce
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
E. Roy Albright
Treasury
Washington
Weather bulletin notes cloudy skies and cooling trend
Partly cloudy with thunderstorms in the north portion and cooler weather inland. Mississippi forecast shows north portions with storms and a cooler Tuesday night, with a continuation of rising Tombigbee river levels tonight and irregular flow in the river system. Observations taken at 7 a.m. central.
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Mississippi
Se Daily Liver Bulletin
Tombigbee
Mortgage on Press Forces Debentures to Save Paper
The Mobile Press seeks to raise funds after heavy operating losses. The Federal Trade Commission says Birmingham officials of Alabama Power funded the paper and local bankers backed it. A mortgage authorized $250 000 of debentures covers minor publishing equipment and goodwill.
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Mobile ‘‘Press
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Birmingham
Alabama Power Company
First National and Merchants
Tional] Banks of
Mobile
Mobile “Press
Fire Suspected Incendiary Blaze Damages Abandoned Building
Fire officials report an incendiary blaze damaged an unoccupied building at southwest Colgin and Quail streets Sunday. Police and Fire Chief Gus Rehm seek state fire marshal deputy aid as Officers Gere Lundy and Jerry Donahue confirm evidence of arson. Fire Company No 10 found the fire started inside the building which remained ablaze upon arrival.
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Colgin
Quail Streets
Gus Rehm
Fire Department
Gere Lundy
Jerry Donahue
Auburn Alumni Association to Hear Wynne in Mobile Meeting
The Auburn Alumni Association of Mobile will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in Parlor C Battle House to hear Chet Wynne head football coach, Boozer Pitts and Bull McFadden discuss the coming gridiron campaign. Wynne Pitts and McFadden arrive Tuesday morning. The Auburn schedule includes Birmingham Southern at Montgomery Wisconsin at Madison Georgia Tech at Atlanta Florida at Jacksonville and more strong tests for the season.
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Auburn Alumni Association of
Mobile
Parlor C
Battle House
Chet Wynne
Birmingham Southern
Montgomery
Wisconsin
Madison
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Florida
Jacksonville
Young sailors survive Mobile Bay squalls
Three Mobile youths Willis Phipps Ernest Mulpus and R Mulpus returned home safely after a weekend at sea in a small sloop. They sailed Saturday from near the Dog River mouth into Mobile Bay as squalls menaced the craft.
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Mobile Bay
Willis Phipps
South Ann Street
Ernest and
R. M. Mulpus
Texas Street
Slaying in Birmingham. officers seek new leads
In Birmingham on August 10 officers investigating the slaying of Jennie Wood and Nell Williams report new information as the best yet. The case centers on a man who shot three girls after holding them captive for four hours in a lonely wooded area.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jennie Wood
Nell Williams
Ieene Ee Eee
Six Die as Plane Crashes After Takeoff from Lunken Airport
A tri motor passenger plane bound for Atlanta from Cincinnati plunged after takeoff when the right engine’s propeller detached and the engine tore free. Six aboard were killed, including Wrenna Hughes, William Keith, W. H. Brimbere, W. O. Baum, William DeWald, and Odell, as officials cited a broken hub on the propeller.
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Cincinnati, CO
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Lunken
Iran
Odel
Little
Miami River
Wrenna B. Hughes
Fort Thomas
William E. Keith
Atlanta, Ga
W. H. Brimberry
W. O. Baum
Memphis, Tenn
William J. de Wald
Odell
Lindbergh is Delayed in Alaska Search
The Lindbergh search story details Parker Cramer an American flier en route from the Shetlands to Copenhagen with unknown whereabouts at 8:30 am. Military planes scouted the coast while radio calls failed to yield clues. A Danish cruiser joined the hunt with the possibility he sought shelter in an isolated fjord as weather worsened.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Parker Cramer
Shetland Islands
S. T
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Naval
Alds
Frederickshaven
Jull
Ters
Cramer
Skagarak
Tugboats Refloat Western World Off Brazilian Rocks
Tugboats resumed attempts to free the Munson liner Western World after it ran aground at Ponta do Roi south of Rio de Janeiro. Grounding occurred Saturday. prior night attempts to float it failed and dynamite was considered as a possible option.
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Rio DE. Janeiro
Brazil
Munson
Ponta Do Roi
Envoy Andre-Francois-Peincet Named French Ambassador to Berlin
Berlin Aug 10 The German government notified Paris of its agreement to appoint Andre Francois-Peincet as ambassador to Berlin succeeding Dr Pierre de Mar. The move signals continued French-German diplomatic ties.
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Berlin
France
Andre- Francois-Peincet
Pierre de Mar
Youths Held Here After Runaway From New Orleans
A group of youths is held at the Boys' Club after their parents were summoned. Officer James McKay reported the boys fled from New Orleans on February night and were brought in for questioning.
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James McKay
Peeenat
New Orleans
Meeting Arranged On Tax Talks By Property Owners
Peyton Norville, president of the Property Owners' Protective Association, announced a committee has set a general meeting for 7 20 o clock Wednesday night in the Battle House auditorium. Property owners and the public are invited to discuss plans for a campaign against recent tax legislation.
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Peyton Norville
Property Owners’ Protective Association
Battle House
Norville
Power Industry Probe Launched by U S Body
The federal power commission announced an investigation of the entire domestic electric power industry. The study covers companies under federal regulation and examines the relation between fuel produced power and hydroelectric energy under government supervision.
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Power Industry
U.S
Associated Press
GTON
Williamson
Wickersham Assails Brutal Mistreatment of Suspects By Cops
The Wickersham commission reports a nationwide pattern of illegal law enforcement and police brutality. It details more than fifty cases of extorted confessions and urges major reforms or a constitutional amendment to protect liberty. It cites the Leopold Loeb and Snook cases as examples of third degree abuses.
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Wickersham
Associated Press
Washington
Wickersham Commission
Hoover
Leopold-Loeb
Mooney-Billings
Snook
Ohio
Quartet Dead in Death Pact in San Francisco
Four women were found dead in an apartment after a staged death pact. Mrs. Williams, the actor's widow, died shortly after neighbors broke in. Police found four letters directing funerals and disposition of property, with Mrs. Williams leaving notes to Harry McKenzie and landlady Madge Fish.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
One Dead in Duel at Alabama Dance Hall
In a crowded Warrior River dance hall near Birmingham, Davis B Knight 51 was killed and proprietor T C Totherow wounded as a gun duel erupted after Knight returned post warning. Bystanders Marth Perry and Lewis Bates were wounded by stray bullets. investigator T J McCollum said the men had been longtime friends.
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Birmingham
Ala
Warrior River
Here
Davis
Knight
T. C. Totherow
Marth Perry
Lewistes
T. J. McCollum
Totherow
Perry
Bates
McCollum
Jong Standing
Cotton prices plunge on large government crop estimate
New Orleans opening sees cotton prices fall five and a half to six dollars per bale as a bigger than expected government crop estimate hits futures. October contracts drop to 6.80 cents a pound and December to 7 cents, with initial losses easing after brief rebound. Liverpool market shows sharper declines.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Liverpool
Shorts
Cotton Rises Over Six Dollars At Open After Crop Report
New York traders push cotton prices above six dollars a bale at the opening of the New York Cotton Exchange as the government crop report influences early activity.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Raid Nets Fermenters and Mash In Mobile District
A raid in Mobile county's northwest section recovered three 60 gallon fermenters 100 gallons of mash a goose-neck and condenser and destroyed a brick oven. No arrests were reported. Officers Graves and McMillan conducted the raid under Judge A W Hargett federal prohibition administrator for the district.
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Mobile County
A. W. Hargett
Graves
McMillan
Whistler Man Fined for Wife Beating and Drunkenness
Henry Smith of St Jephens Road Whistler was fined for beating his wife Maudie Smith and for a drunkenness charge. He received $50 plus costs for the drunkenness and 20 days costs, with the beating allegation stating he cut his young son on the same day.
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Henry Smith
St. Jephens Road
Whistler
Inferior
Maudie Smith
Sade Sctice
Seer
Train crash kills crew foreman as wreck injures Mexican workers
A speeding eastbound Special train struck a section crew riding at the site, killing the foreman and wounding several Mexican laborers. One unidentified Mexican was taken to a Pyote hospital. The incident occurred after washout delays forced the train to push on at high speed.
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Pyote
Book Issued to Aid Upbuilding of Father Kenny
A new work released at Spring Hill details the life and work of Father Kenny 8 J and his research into a neglected soap field. It describes extensive labor to remove irrelevant material and reveal a comprehensive record, presenting the compilation as a monument to Spring Hill and its history.
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Inti
Kenny
Spring Hill
Oman
Boy Saves Two From Drowning After Undertow Incident
Ayres of 313 South Broad Street heroically rescued Thierry 22 and her 16-year-old brother F J after they swam beyond their limit and faced dangerous undertow. The sister plunged in to help and all three were brought to shore with no injuries reported.
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Ceoromiy
Ulmer
Ayres
Broad Street
Becendria
Thierrys
South Broad Street
Thieves Strike Homes In Local Sunday Night Break-Ins
Thieves entered Hart Long’s garage at 163 Keenan Street and fled in a car after a brief chase as a daughter alerted her father. E. E. Bailey reported a revolver stolen from his room at 60 South Conception Street. Joseph Webster, 1210 Bay Avenue, said 14 chickens were taken from his yard Sunday night.
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Hart Long
Keenan Street
E. E. Bailey
South
Conception Street
Joseph Webster
Bay
Avenua
Farmer confesses slaying neighbor in Monroe
J Clark, 54, farmer, surrendered to the sheriff and admitted shooting Charlie Bailey to avenge an attack on his daughter. The sheriff said the alleged assault occurred a week earlier, and a coroner's jury found gunshot wounds.
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Monroe
J Clark
Charlie Bailey
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