Three federal officers face trespass after warning trial
R. F. Madray L. R. MicManus and J. H. McKenzie stood trial in federal court on charges of trespass after warning arising from October 1922 raids to suppress liquor. Wiggins testified that agents entered his Crichton home at night without a warrant, while defense said Wiggins invited the search. Harry G. French also faces related charges. further proceedings were scheduled.
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R. F. Madray
L. R MicManus
J. H. McKenzie
M. W. Wiggins
Crichton
Harry French
Wiggins
Harry G. French
Mary Payne
McKenzie
F. J. Hagen
Kress Store Robbery Baffles Police With No Leads
Police lack a clue in the Kress department store safe robbery that occurred between Saturday night and Monday morning. Officials refuse to confirm the loot but estimates place the stolen amount from a few hundred to about a thousand dollars. An employee observed two men about 35 loitering Saturday night, and two suspects stayed at a nearby lodging house for two days before vanishing Monday. Police describe the crime as the work of expert safe crackers who damaged only the necessary door to reach the combination, with a chiselled Royal Street lock noted by city locksmiths.
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Kress
Royal Street
City Adopts Taxi Regulations In Session Today
Mobile city commission approved taxicab rules requiring meters and fare scales. It established a 40 cent initial fare, 25 cents per additional passenger, 10 cents per three minute wait, and bans riding in the front seat. New rules take effect in thirty days. street traffic changes on St Emanuel and Conception were deferred for later action.
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Mobile
City Commission
Crawford
St. Emanuel Street
Government and
St. Francis
Conception
Ship Without Flag Arrives in Mobile for Repairs
The German tanker Hera, formerly part of a submarine base, arrives in Mobile for overhaul at Todd drydock under the League of Nations flag with no home port. Light from Messina credits the voyage. after repairs she will shuttle Diesel oil between the United States and Italian ports. Operated by Standard Oil, the ship bears a white flag with a blue horizontal stripe, emblem of the inter-Allied commission. First such commission vessel to enter Mobile.
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Mobile
Hera
Todd Drydock
Inter-Allied Commission
League of Nations
Messina
Italy
United States
Hero
Standard Oil Company
Commission
Defense Day Highlighted for Kiwanis Luncheon
Mobile Kiwanis Club will host National Defense Day at the Battle House luncheon Wednesday. Captain Leon Schwarz, former soldier and chair of patriotic groups and military affairs for the Chamber of Commerce, to speak. President Howard Baldwin to preside amid renewed interest in the topic.
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Mobile Kiwanis Club
National Defense
Battle House
Leon Schwarz
Council of Patriotic Societies
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanians
Howard Baldwin
Dance Masters Plan Elimination of Extreme Dances
International Association of Dancing Masters plans to eliminate extreme dance forms at its annual convention. The wild cat whirl tiger twaddle and camel canter would be replaced by whisper waltz and fox trots. The group disapproves of mail instruction in dance.
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New York
International Association of Dancing Masters
Weather Outlook: Alabama Nearby Fair Skies
The Daily Weather report notes generally fair and warm conditions across Alabama with light winds. No significant precipitation is expected through midweek, and temperatures are projected to rise slightly into the upper 80s.
Cutter Fires Across Bow On Suspicious Gulf Launch
The Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa fired a warning shot at a small boat heading toward a schooner near the Twelve Mile Limit. No contraband or arrests followed. the launch was boarded and found clean. Lt Cmdr T M Molloy, on temporary duty in Key West, returns to Tallapoosa next week.
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United States Sea Enforcement Service
Coast Guard
Gulf
Lousiana
Mississippi River
T. M. Molloy
Key West
Fla
Gulf Division
Tallapoosa
City Property Rent Demand Sparks Waterfront Revenue Talk
At today's meeting the commissioners heard that many firms and individuals use city waterfront property without paying rent. Commissioner Hartwell stated rental enforcement could raise city revenue by at least $10,000 annually. He ordered a thorough investigation and a full report for a later meeting.
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City Commission
Hartwell
County Board Holds Back Local Farm Products at Market
The County Board, amid a complaint of labor practices and local competition, voted to restrict county farm products from the Irvington Mobile market except to aid local canning jobs. The body discussed finances, roads, and the budget overrun, noting highway department overspending while continuing to let contracts for hardware, harness, shoes, dry goods, groceries, feed, fresh meats.
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Board of Revenue
Irvington
Dixie Packin Company
Lidder
Highway Department
McGowin-Lyons Hardware Company
Morris Simon
L. Hammel Dry Goods Company
Nelson & Bailey
James McPhillips
Zimmern Grain Company
Haas Brothers Packing Company
Ohio voters go to primary polls in August election
Ohio voters headed to polls to choose candidates for state and county offices in November. A heavy primary vote was predicted due to strong turnout and ideal weather conditions.
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Ohio
Columbus
Young Woman Rescued After Self-Administered Poison
Cecelia Bolden alias Ruth Taylor, 19, of 505 St Michael Street, was hospitalized in Mobile after ingesting bichloride of mercury tablets. She told hospital attendants she mixed six tablets in water and swallowed them, later giving her correct name Cecelia Bolden to officials. She had lived in Apalachicola, Florida previously.
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Cecelia Bolden
Ruth Taylor
St. Michael, Street
City Hospital
Cammetto
Apalachicola
Fla
Arrest of Lucy Mosely on murder charge in Selma
Lucy Mosely, 23, a negro woman wanted in Selma Alabama for murder, was transported from Dallas county by Sheriff Percy Dawson after a warrant cited her as killer of Lucy Jones. The killing occurred about 5 30 Monday morning and Mosely was seized on a Mobile-bound train by city officers.
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Lucy Mosely
Selma
Ala
Percy Dawson
Dallas County
Dawson
Lucy Jones
Jones
Mosely
Mobile
W. O . LeGear
Barry
Connie
Conviction in Open Store Case and Sunday Law Arrests
Three Sunday law arrests by detectives led to one conviction in re corder's court. Joe Rogers, a butcher in the western city, was fined five dollars after admitting to selling meat from an open block despite lacking ice at home. Taylor Thomas and J Loeb, with partly opened stores, were discharged.
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Recorder’s Court
Joe Rogers
Franco
Rogers
Taylor Thomas
J. Loeb
Negro Body Found on L N Rail Tracks
Unidentified black man found mangled along Louisville and Nashville Railroad right of way at dawn by section workers. He had said he came from coal mines near Bessemer and was seen at St Elmo. believed killed while attempting to board a passing train. Body taken to Mobile and buried in potter's field after coroner's inquest.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Bessemer
St. Elmo
Mobile
8. F. Hale
Potter's Field
Chamber of Commerce Directors Meet This Afternoon
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce hold their regular monthly meeting this afternoon. President R. J. Milling calls the session and committee chairmen are to submit written reports. This is the first meeting at 5 o'clock, chosen as most convenient for most directors.
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Chamber of Commerce
R. J. Milling
Watch recovered after theft at rooming house
Gold watch stolen from a rooming house at 155 Church Street was recovered today by detectives Batver and the peace department. The alleged thief was arrested and held on a general charge and will be dealt with next Tuesday.
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Church Street
Peace Department
New Parish Law Tried Out As 2 Nurses Arrested
In Livingston parish Denham Springs two nurses claiming Mississippi origin were arrested for wearing knickers under the new county ordinance prohibiting garments and public behavior. They pleaded guilty before a justice of the peace, each fined five dollars. The official said the Livingston parish law is supreme.
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Hammond
Livingston Parish
Mississippi
Denham Eee
U S Air Pioneers Review Greenland Route Battery Ice Barriers
Lieutenant Lowell Smith and Lieutenant Erik Nelson, two of four U S Army Air pilots, chase a separate leg home from Los Angeles. They weigh landing at Angmagssalik Greenland but heavy ice may force a detour to Cape Farewell or Juulianehaab Frederiksdal. A Danish supply ship crewed by a trawler is fueling at Angmagssalik after rescue from an ice floe as the search for a safe harbor continues.
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Rice
Reykjavik
Ireland
Lowel Smith
Erik Nelson
United States Army Air
Los Angeles
Angmagsalik
Greenland
Cape Farewell
Ape Wery
Juulianehaab
Frederiksdal
Jullaenehaab
Coummins
Gertrude Rask
Feisk
Angmagsallik Harbor
Raleigh hunts for break in Arctic ice pack near Angmagasalik
The U S cruiser Raleigh off Greenland coast continues scout duty for the around the world fliers. Two reconnaissance planes searched along the shore and found a heavy ice front thinning to about ten miles near Angmagasalik. Open water likely lies between ice and land, guiding the Raleigh’s approach.
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Raleigh
Greenland
Reykjavik
Iceland
Associated Press
Angmagasalik
Seek Suspension of Rate Increase on Cotton Freight
Traffic department of the Chamber of Commerce filed a petition with the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking to suspend a planned freight rate hike set to take effect September 1. The move targets cotton shipments from Mobile and other Mississippi Valley points to Carolina mills, arguing shippers face injury from rate disparity.
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Mobile
New Orleans
Memphis
Mississippi Valley
Carolina Mills
The
Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Negro Captured After Police Chase Near Neely Station
Nathan Conway a 43 year old Black man was found hiding in a swamp near Neely Station after a police pursuit by Officers Tunstall Marcet and Brown. He is docketed at police court for assault to murder after allegedly shooting Rosa Goodloe who was hospitalized with a bullet wound to the arm. Conway was arrested with a loaded Colt automatic revolver that reportedly hung and would not fire.
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Nathan Conway
Neely Station
Tunstall
Marcet
Brown
Rosa Goodloe
Conway
Prichard
First National Bank of Putnam Closes After Crisis
Putnam Connecticut August 12 The First National Bank of Putnam closed its doors today following a Sunday incident in which its cashier shot himself last Thursday. A closing notice signed by N S Bean chief national bank examiner appeared on the door an hour after opening time.
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Putnam, Conn
First National Bank of
Putnam
N. S. Bean
National Bank Examinac
Miners Ambushed Near Wilburton Wounded Five
Five nonunion workers at the Bull Hill coal mine near Wilburton were shot by unknown gunmen as they crossed a creek on the way home. One seriously injured, others wounded in the face chest and abdomen. bloodhounds failed to find a trail. Mine has operated as nonunion for weeks.
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Wilburton
Obkla
Associated Press
Bull Hill
Rds
Owen MceEtyen
Caddie Coffee
Ace Williams
Bill Wilson
Ft. Smith
Anderson's New Plea Denied by Judge Cardoza
Judge Benjamin N. Cardoza denied William H. Anderson's request for a certificate of reasonable doubt to allow bail pending appeal. Anderson, former superintendent of the New York Anti Saloon League, is serving a forgery in the third degree sentence at Sing Sing. The motion was argued July 28 by Charles S. Whitman and C. E. Williams, with Felix C. Benzenga assisting district attorney.
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New York
Benjamin N. Cardoza
William H. Anderson
Anti-Saloon League
Anderson
Sing Sing
Charles S. Whitman
C. E. Willams
Whitman
Felix C. Benzenga
Cardoza
Hills Search for Missing Maryland Girl in Cumberland
More than a hundred Frostburg volunteers including firemen and boy scouts search the surrounding mountains for four year old Mary Kathrine Mitchell, daughter of James Mitchell of Uniontown Pennsylvania, missing since yesterday and believed kidnapped after four men in a car were seen stopping beside the tourist group and taking a girl into their vehicle.
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Cumberland
Frostburg
Mary Katherine Mitchell
James Mitchell
Uniontown
Prayers For Sobriety At Arkansas Primary Service
In Helena Arkansas prayers for peace sobriety and for the election of good men were offered at a union service in the Methodist church before the state primary polls opened. Voters attended the service then went directly to the polls as a highly spirited campaign anticipated a record vote.
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Helena
Ark
Bloodhound killed after jail break fugitive chase
Reports from Ringgold Georgia say a bloodhound that attacked four escaping prisoners from the Ca toosa county jail was killed and another badly injured as fugitives hide in the mountains. The breakout occurred at daylight Sunday when five men assaulted the jailer and fled. one prisoner was recaptured. Names of the fugitives were not available.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ringgold
Catoosa County
Virgin timber in path of fierce fires across West
Eleven major forest fires burn across California Nevada Oregon and Washington with the Merced river fire nearing Yosemite National Park. About 360 people fight the blazes amid rising danger as lightning-started fires threaten timber and towns along Truckee river corridors and in national forests.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Merced River
Yosemite National Park
el Portal
Yosemite Valley
Riverside
San Jacinto Mountains
White Mountain National Forest
Forest Supervisor
Washington Forest
Whatcom
Kittintas
Ranier and
Chelan National Spring
Associated Press
Nevada-California
Truckee River
Verdi
Crystal Peak
Forest Rangers
Negress Captured After Man Killed in Mississippi
In Vicksburg on August 12, Mahala Jenkins, a negress, was captured in a cabin south of Vicksburg and taken to Jackson to avert mob violence after the slaying of Will A. Harvey. Sam Jenkins, detained in Jackson, was with Mahala at the time of the crime. Preliminary hearings for the pair have not yet been scheduled.
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Vicksburg
Miss
International News Service
Mahala Jenkins
Will A. Harvey
Jackson
Sam Jenkins
Mahala
Jenkins
Tennis singles postponed at Newport due to rain
The lawn tennis singles event at the Newport Casino was postponed today because of rain.
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Newport
Aus
Board appoints probe into blaze at Old Hick powder plant
Majors Francis H. Miles and John H. Woodberry of the army ordnance department were named to investigate the cause and damage from the fire that razed the Old Hick powder plant near Nashville Tennessee. The blaze destroyed powder, buildings and machinery valued in the millions.
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Washington
International News Service
Francis H. Miles
John H.woodberry
Ordnance Department of the Army
Hick
Nashville
Ternn
War Department
National Association of Retail Secretaries Opens Convention
The National Association of Retail Secretaries opened its annual convention in Des Moines Iowa with about delegates in attendance. C H Nelson of Des Moines is president. Notables listed include Sadie Hartman of Asheville Tennessee among those to be on today’s program.
Jerseyite Kills Wife in Jealous Rage
In Newark New Jersey Christ Mase aged 45 fatally shot his wife Mary in a jealous rage. Police found the couple's boarder Megalis oun el boarder present as a witness to the tragedy. The incident occurred on August 12 and is being investigated by local authorities.
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Newark
N. J
International News Service
Christ Mase
Hla
el Boarder
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