Towle Strives to Block Cedar Point Road Paving Plan
County board split over paving Cedar Point road with rock asphalt. Commissioner Byrne warns of legal action to block the Perry bid while Towle and Byrne oppose it citing unproven material and potential waste. Concrete bid favored by Ward Prine Freeland. Perry aims to begin in three weeks.
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R. M. Perry
Cedar Point Road
Board of Revenue
County Board
Albert S. Towle
Perry
Towle
Pate
Colbert County
Ward
Prine
Freeland
Byrne
Fred Ansley
Chemical Engineering
Walter H. Flood and Company
Chicago
Man Ordered Held In Bad Check Case
M H Veach a self described diver from New Orleans and San Francisco was held to the October circuit court grand jury under $500 bond after a recorder court hearing on charges of passing worthless checks. Evidence showed Veach issued checks totaling 2 30 and 15 on several businesses including Adams Motor Company C Patterson and Barnett National Bank Jacksonville Florida with no account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.H. Veach
New Orleans
San Francisco
Circuit Court
Recorder’s Court
Veach
First National Bank
Adams Motor Company
C. Patterson
Adams Station
Royal and
St. Louis
Barnett National Bank of
Jacksonville
Fila
AERIAL TRUCK RETURNS TO FIRE DUTY AFTER RENOVATION
Aerial Truck No. 4 returned to St. Joseph street home after painting at T. C. McKenzie's auto shop. Fire Chief Gus Rehm inspected the unit as it resumed duty following five weeks of renovation. It answered two calls this afternoon at 461 South Dearborn Street and 707 East Lawrence Street.
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St. Joseph Street
T. C. McKenzie
Gus Rehm
South
Dearborn Street
Lawrence Street
Maiden Creek Sails with Mixed Cargo from Mobile
The United States Shipping Board steamer Maiden Creek, operated by the Mobile Line, moves lumber timber and resin out of Mobile this morning bound for Liverpop and Man. The Idle Line steamer Antila with over 2,000 bags of corn meal for Ponce Puerto Rico follows in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
United States Shipping Board
Maiden Creek
Mobile Line
Liverpop
Man
Antila
Mallory Lines
Ponce
Porto Rico
Virginia Pilots Seek Higher Dues Rate Schedule
Richmond August 11. The Pilots' Association asks the public utilities commission for a rate increase. A hearing is scheduled for September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Pilots’ Association
Public Utilities Commission
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Weather forecast indicates generally fair conditions with isolated thunderstorms possible Wednesday. Local showers expected in some areas with a chance of brief thunderstorm activity.
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Alabama
Child crushed to death under overturned car
The body of three year old Paul Coulbourn McBroom, son of Mr and Mrs Harry T McBroom of Chickasaw, Ala, died in an auto accident near Peatsville twenty miles north of Montgomery. The car swerved into a ditch and the child toppled from the seat under the vehicle. Burial from the Chickasaw home Thursday at 4 30 pm.
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Paul Coulbourn McBroom
Harry T. McBroom
West Third Street
Chickasawa
Peatsville
Ala
Montgomery
Mobile
Dixon & McKay
Baldwin Bridge Opens Gates to Thousands of Cars
The completion of the Mobile to Baldwin County bridge will ease traffic from the eastern shore and ferries. The Mobile Bay Bridge Company plans work within six months with tolls set for various vehicle types. Chairman John T. Cochrane calls a key meeting at City Hall and seeks New York bankers for 1.36 million dollars in first mortgage bonds.
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Baldwin County
Florida
John T. Cochrane
Chamber ‘of Commerce
Ots
Etth
Board of Revenue
Mobile Bay Bridge Company
Cochrane
Citzen
Mobile
Alabama River
Selma
State Highway Department
Lililiar
Fairhope
Pensacola
Dixie
Jackson
New York
Kilborn to Head Schwarz Campaign
Vincent Kilborn of Outlaw Kilborn law firm and Mobile county legislator will chair Leon Schwarz campaign committee for the city commissioner race on September 14. Kilborn and Herve Charest were named to the planning group after a meeting of Schwarz supporters last night.
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Vincent Kilborn
Outlaw
Kilborn
Mobile County
Leon Schwarz
Friends
Captain Schwarz
Herve Charest
Commission
Dis‘reed
Buyers Week Opens as Merchants Welcome Guests
Merchants from three states attend Mobile Buyers Week and enjoy an afternoon at Coden on Mississippi Sound. The Chamber of Commerce reports strong registrations and predicts breaking last year’s attendance, with visitors shopping at participating stores and hearing a welcome message from President John T. Cochran.
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Coden
Mississippi Sound
Chamber of Commerce
Oat Titory
Alabama
M 4
Florida
Loti Ceeierne Aula Oeini i Aigntscet
Baldwin Bridge
Mobile
John T. Cochrane
City Commission Approves Bridge Project and Fire Apparatus Use
In a weekly session the city commission backed the Bridge Committee’s plan to build a bridge to Baldwin with a location above the docks site. The panel also considered Ashland place fire protection outside city limits and agreed to permit city fire apparatus use at 10 dollars for the first hour and 15 dollars for each additional hour.
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Baldwin
Ashland Place
Negro Abandons Car During Police Chase
Detective Jacob Untrevier and a patrol manned the scene as the car was abandoned during a high speed chase. The vehicle was towed after overheating in the engine during the pursuit. No liquor was found in the machine.
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Negro
Jacob
Untrevier
Pochard
Em Brate
Exiime
Bears
Textile strike in England continues in wool industry
Bradford reports the wool textile wage dispute remains unsettled. Workers threaten further actions if leaders fail to settle the issue, and the strike is set to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Bradford
Eng
Oioke
Wei
Dope ring crackdown roils Chicago narcotics unit
Chicago authorities announced a wide sweep against a national dope ring led by Col Will Gray Beach chief of the narcotics division and three aides. Agents raided opium dens in Chinatown and the South Sidewhile 100 detectives seized goods from Beach O'Brien and two Dietrichs. Authorities described the case as the biggest exposure of a dope ring in the United States with Chicago as a major source of supply and raids planned to net hundreds more arrests.
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Chicago
A.P
Will Gray Beach
Internal Revuee Department
Chi
Special Intelligence Unit
Internal Revenue Bureau
Chinatown
South Side
Beach
Dennis J. O’brien
Alonzo
Harry Deitrich
Federal Is
Elmer L. Irrey
Washington
Patrick Roche
David H. Blair
Internal Revenue
Lincoln Andrews
Mellon
O’brien
Roche
Colonel Beach
Kitty Golhooley
Irrey
United States
Canada
Mexico
Adam C. Cliffe
Ulmer
Indianapolis
Baxter
Taylor Files Election Petition Against Opponent
R. V. Taylor, city commissioner candidate, filed his petition to seek reelection. The action names Taylor and opponent Leon Schwarz with signatures supporting the bid to succeed himself in the city commission race.
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R. V. Taylor
Mane
City Commission
Ie Filew
Itwell
Tah * Volere
Taylor
Leon Schwarz
Girl 18 Writes Best Seller Fame by Micheline Keating
Micheline Keating at eighteen headlines a controversial novel Fame praised by some and condemned by censorious critics. The piece notes her early literary talent overcoming doctors forecasts and the public reaction to her adult themes and decadent ideals.
Belgian Debt Talks Extend in Washington Capital
Washington August 11 The Belgian and American debt funding commissions held their second session at the treasury to analyze Belgium capacity to pay 480 million dollars. Optimism persisted as Secretary Mellon predicted a mutually satisfactory agreement with Belgium while Belgian representatives prepared to present their financial strains and need for leniency.
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Washington
A.P
Belgium
United States
Debt Commission
de Cartier
Little Kingdom
Mellon
Biggie
Paris
Rome
Caillaux
Count Volpi
United Press
Treasury Department
Treasury
America
Green criticizes senatorial courtesy on U S bench quality
In Steubenville Ohio Senator William Green of the American Federation of Labor blames senatorial courtesy for appointing lower quality judges to federal and state benches. He urged a militant labor program, promising to mobilize 10 million to expand union membership and to curb judicial influence he called an encroachment on workers rights.
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Steubenville
Ohio
A.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Ohio Federation of Labor
Green
Ghe
Organized Labor
Samuel Gompers
Prohibition Raids Net Large Liquor Seizures Across Orleans Area
Reports say New Orleans and surrounding parishes saw widespread raids with more than eighty agents involved. Authorities seized large quantities of liquor from hidden storehouses in Bay Saint Louis and Fenton and Bayou Louis with totals valued around eighty five thousand dollars.
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New Orleans
C. Yellowley
Ington
Daly
Jackson
Sama
Orleans
Pi Gulf
U States
Browne and Bowers
Fenton
Bay Louis
Miss
St. Bernard Parish
Veteran oil man dies in Arkansas
Eldorado Arkansas dispatch reports the death of longtime oilman known as Uncle Nap Brown. The ввeteran of Union County oil fields, he vanished after a period of illness spanning several days. He had been a notable figure in local oil ventures since 1921 and had previously sold his farm after a disastrous strike.
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Eldorado
Arkane
Union County
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Coe
Virginia
Young
Harry McBroom
Ditch
Schwarz
J Seco
Seee Cohn
Micheline Keating
Micheline
U. S
Isippi
Arkansas
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