Auction sale to travel roosters to Demopolis via hydroplanes
Mobile officials report two giant hydroplanes will carry roosters from the Pensacola naval station to Demopolis for an August 14 auction. Planes arrive in Mobile Wednesday, stay overnight, then proceed Thursday. Two birds Admiral Benson and Secretary Daniels to be delivered for transport. proceeds fund a highway bridge.
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Demopolis
Mobile
Pensacola Naval Station
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
R. S. Thomas
United States Engineer’s Department
Pinto Pass
Government Street Pier
Benson
Daniels
Horace Turner
See
Pensacola
Cme
Coal and Iron Men Protest on Taxes in Alabama
In Montgomery on August 12 representatives from Alabama's coal and iron industry pressed the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee. The Civic Association of Birmingham led by Captain F S White argued that 2c per ton iron and 3c per ton coal taxes would hurt small operators, not big corporations. They demanded public proof of claimed profits of 1 to 1.50 dollars per ton by tax proponents.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate Committee On Finance and Taxation
Coal and Iron Industry of
Alabama
Civic Association of Birmingham
F. S. White
Members to Drive for New Playground Association
During August 15 to 31 the Mobile Community Service will conduct a house to house canvass to recruit members for the Playground Association. A corps of young women will be appointed to carry the drive, while the War Camp Community Service continues to handle Play and Work and travelers aid unless the city takes over. Travelers' aid is a branch of a national organization not under War Camp Community Service, per national policy. Previously, War Camp Community Service operated in the city only after takeover. before that, it was under the Y W C A.
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Mobile Community Service
Playground Association
Travelers’ Aid
A .National
Camp Community Service
Service
Davis Hearing Is Reset For Thursday
The case of E Stanley Davis charged with assault and battery after he fired five shots at his wife. Detective Cliff Dams says the wife testified she was with Roy Ames the night of the incident. The hearing, postponed, was reset for Thursday in the court.
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Davis
Says
Roy Aes
Ursday
Cliff Dams
Hago Newell
Bos
Pressnee
Tesen di Taday
Boy Struck by Wagon and Auto Injures Youth
A boy was injured when a wagon and an automobile collided as he crossed the street near 236 North Seach Street. The incident occurred yesterday, with Philips of the same address listed among those hurt. Officer Truck investigated the scene.
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Josh Hall
Joe
Courtney Named Assistant Solicitor Under Chamberlain
Jack Ros assistant to the county solicitor has been reappointed to the position by Solicitor Bart B. Chamberlain under a new law passed this session and signed by Governor Thos Kilby. The act shifts appointive power to the county solicitor, with a salary of 3000 dollars per year, announced by Chamberlain.
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Jack Ros
Agcess
Sycre
Ecitor
N. Clarke
Bart B. Chamberain
Tho Kilby
Chamberlain
Orphan Tots Take Elks Guest Day Outing
About 200 Mobile and Battle orphans, with flags and a large Old Glory banner, sail from Dauphin Street Pier for a day of pleasure hosted by Elks. The program includes old fashioned games, new activities, and music by the Elks string band.
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Battien
Wits
Andes
Elks
Dauph' Street
Mobile
City seeks injunction to halt building on park site
The mayor announced an injunction may be issued to stop construction on a lot in the burned area being prepared as a playground. A city letter told owner Hoey to cease work and warned of condemnation for noncompliance. Another owner, Owen Farley, was notified that the city can condemn if he refuses to sell. Deeds for the district properties are being prepared, with four additional deeds to be brought to the city commission to speed the process.
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Bce
Owen Farley
James T
St O’connor
Adolph
Change in Wheat Price Plans Not Implemented
Mobile wholesale dealers reported they were told by the Wheat Director that the government would keep wheat at 2.26 per bushel with no price cut. A proposed one dollar per bushel decrease slated earlier would not take effect, aiming to lower flour costs but not moving price caps.
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Baer
Philus
Youth Held on Statutory Charge in Recorder's Court
A youth was held without bail after appearing in Recorder's Court on a statutory charge. The hearing proceeded with the jury to the next land jury session.
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Recorder’s Court
Paris Awaits Answer From Rumania on Budapest Crisis
The supreme council has not yet received a response to notes on the occupation of Budapest. Belief grows the note was delayed, with the inter allied mission under Brigadier General Harry B. Bandholtz in Budapest since Monday. The peace conference will wait for the mission’s report before further action.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Rumania
Budapest
Harry B. Bandholtz
Ooe
Romania
Council
Sion
Tia Pauls
Situa
Indicted Mobile Banker Lynch Pardoned by President Wilson
The former Bank of a teller, J. Lynch, indicted in 1914 for embezzlement and bond theft, was pardoned by President Wilson. Lynch reportedly fled, joined the Canadian Army, was wounded, then surrendered to U S authorities in Mobile after his return.
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Ing
Bank of A
Sranm
Hanen
M Lynch
Sencatebon
Senow
Mobile
Don Iern
Tates
Senate Committee Recommends Palmer Nomination
The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended confirmation of the Palmer nomination today after hearings. Chairman Dillingham said full committee expected to approve. Opposition centered on Palmer and the alien property custodian’s activities, with the attorney general defending the record.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Aitchell Palmer
Senate Judicia Ym Mitté
Cairman Dillingha
Palmer
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Police Seek Kansas Woman Florence Crumb in Missouri to Notify Death
Police ask for help locating Mrs. Florence Crumb of Horton Kansas. James A Abbott of St Joseph Missouri seeks to inform her of the death of her father John E Crumb who was killed by a train at St Joseph on August 1. The writer is her brother in law.
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Piorenes Fox
Florence Crumb
Horton
Kas
James A. Abbott
St. Joseph
John £. Crumb
Italian Aviator Sets New Altitude Record
Italian aviator and passenger reach 5 500 metres 19 140 feet in a high altitude flight. The event marks a record for Italian aviation with officials stating the ascent demonstrates advanced performance.
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Associated Press
Buemos
Lodge Sees League Of Nations As Deformed Test
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts denounces the League covenant as a deformed experiment and warns it would threaten the Monroe Doctrine and U.S. independence. He argues the United States should aid world peace but not through ceding sovereignty or becoming entangled in every conflict. Page six.
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Associated Press
Washington
League of Nations
Lodge
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Ryice
First ‘ World Service
United
Garretson Claims Railroads Tore Down Lines
Former head of the Order of Railway Conductors testifies to the House Interstate Commerce Committee that railroad officials under government control aimed to show ownership was not best. He notes no real tests of government operation and predicts management may centralize in Washington.
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House Committee
Associated Press
Washington
A. B. Garretson
Order of Railway Conductors
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Garretson
Ee Bae
Probe of food prices expected to bring relief
Washington reports broad moves to curb living costs as Congress weighs relief bills and Attorney General Palmer coordinates with federal and local officials. The War Department says surplus army food prices will drop to reflect reductions in related commodities, signaling early effects of government action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Palmer
Ebey
War Department
Exemption Clause For Shipyards Reinserted In Bill
Senate finance panel rewrites sections to restore an exemption for rebuilding industries in the general revenue bill. Governor Kilby expected to respond to coal dealers about profiteering in a public statement this afternoon.
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House Committee
Senate Committee On Finance and Taxation
Kilby
Rail shopmen around Chicago still on strike
Readable portions show a wave of shopmen in the Chicago district continuing the strike today while a minority have returned to work awaiting wage settlement or a strike vote. Ballots distributed from Washington by International officers may influence dispositions as 25 000 northwest strikers also considered returning.
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Federated Railway
Chicago
Washington
Planta
International
Wilson
U ‘St
Americans Plunge in Italian Lottery to Pay War Debt
Rome reports Prof Luigi Luzzatti received thousands of letters from Americans showing love of “taking a chance” with a large international lottery. Donors sent checks from one to one hundred dollars, tickets running into the thousands, urging him to reserve tickets to fund the war debt.
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Rome
Pam
Luigi Luzzatti
America
Remier
British government accused of spying on workers
The Daily Herald claims a secret plot by the British government to spy on workers. It alleges the War Office military intelligence unit runs industrial espionage to sow distrust, while the police and army are purged to undermine the labor movement.
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Associated Press
London
Daily Herald
Eccete
Shevik
Ons Herald
Ment
War Office
Anee Nael Nanan Yard
Cate
Hoover Arrives at Prague Unannounced
Herbert Hoover head of the inter allied relief commission arrived in Prague today with a staff of experts. He met with the ministry and the president for talks about Czecho Slovakia’s needs for the coming year and the tight food conditions.
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Prague
Bohemia
Associated Press
Herbert Hoover
inter-allied _relief commission
Vienna presses for return of war prisoners
A large crowd gathered before the foreign office today demanding the return of Austrian war prisoners. The speakers urged actions to bring home the men, stating they are dying and begging officials to secure their release.
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Vienna
Costes
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Wilson Plan at Versailles Sparks Senate Clash
Washington reports say a proposed League of Nations framework seen at Versailles blended British and Smuts ideas and not the full American plan. David Hunter Miller accuses President Wilson of misleading the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the origin of the plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
League of Nations
Versailles
United , Great Britain
France
Senate Foreign Committee
David Hunter Miller
League of Nations Commission
German press on US war policies cited in Senate report
A translation introduces a report by Wiedenfeld urging a broader review of US wartime policy toward enemies. The piece notes reactions across German outlets and mentions Palmer and a Senate investigation as potential catalysts for change.
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Ted Press
Germany
Thi Predian
Severin
Aligerveing Zelting
Mr. Palmer
Boe Courier
Berlin
Frastkfurter Zeltung
America
Wiedenfeld
Senate
United States
One Bank Robber Captured in Central City Heist
Central City K Y residents reported a bank robbery at the Citizens Bank north of town with about $27,000 in bonds and cash taken. One of the trio was captured by a posse after a pursuit through Green River bottoms. The other two fled, wounding a sheriff and a policeman during the escape.
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Central City
Jol Wells
Green River
Havig
Electric rail case summons escalate with wide witness list
Washington August 12. The railway commission will hear twenty witnesses this week led by Chairman Elmquist. The lineup includes a governor five mayors a mayoral representative eight public service commissioners economists and other experts with Commissioner Rhea among those appearing tonight as session details unfold.
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Ai Press
Washington
Railways ‘Commission
Elmquist
Public Service Commissions
Rhea
Ginianage
Norfolk
Angus
Vega
Archangel Plea Urges Allied Army to Stay in Russia
Archangel officials appeal to allied nations not to withdraw troops from Russia. An indictment labels Bolst Viki as enemies of the assembly for which they fight, as announced by Archangel authorities and district zemstvos.
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Associate Press
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Nea
Russia
Seth
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Ditrict Zemstvos
Archa
Bolst Viki
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