Dog River Bridge Contract Awarded Amid Board Deliberations
The county commissioners awarded the Dog River bridge contract to Bateman Construction Co. and approved a 3500000 bond plan to extend Cedar Bridge road. A letter from Arthur D Davis pledging cooperation was deemed satisfactory by the inter club relations committee, easing tensions over leadership moves.
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Dog River
Bateman Construction Company
Board of Revenue
Inter-Club Relations Committee
Arthur D. Davis
W. H. Reynolds
Davis
Reynolds
Cedar Point Road
Cedar Bierimo Road
Dauphin and
Island
Cedar Point
The
Bay
John R. Peavy
Library Meet Confirms Annex Plans for Colored Citizens
Mobile public library directors and city commission met Monday to discuss a proposed annex for negroes and to explore the city’s right to purchase land for the building possibly leading to a friendly lawsuit to clarify authority.
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The
Mobile Public Library
City Commission
Man Charged After Alleged Assault on Wife in City
Allen Moore, a Black man, was charged by M police for allegedly beating his wife. He was fined $101 and sentenced to 50 days in prison after a Monday morning court appearance following evidence that Moore knocked his wife unconscious with a Sunday attack. she required hospital treatment at City.
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Allen Moore
M Police
City Hospital
Recorder’s Court
Moore
Evans Under Bond In Still Case Near Creole
Estes Evans, 21, arraigned in court on a weekday morning on charges connected to a still near Creole. Deputy C N Kess identified him as the man who fled a still in September 1928. Bonds set in the case.
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Estes Evans
Offi- Jackson
Hughes
Creole
C. N. Kess
Weather Report Brief for Northwest Florida
Fair weather tonight with scattered showers in the south portion. Tuesday brings unsettled skies across the region with lingering showers possible. Northwest Florida portions see similar trends with variable conditions and mild temperatures.
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Florida
Mobile County boards of revenue cited for improper funds
The Mobile county board of revenue accounts show $85,677 paid improperly since 1926 and $284,130.21 since 1922, according to a report by W L Hendrick under Governor Graves. Examinations covered three boards with officials from 1922 to 1926, assigning responsibility to those approving illegal items.
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Mobile County
Hendrick
Charles E. McCall
Board of Revenue
Death of Mary Ann Banks at 268 North Bayou Street
Mary Ann Banks, about 50, was found dead at her home on North Bayou Street at 8 o'clock Monday morning after a long illness. Authorities note she had been dead for several hours.
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Mary Ann Banks
North Bayou Street
Rev M Mount Off for Vacation
Rev M Mount assistant pastor at Government Street Presbyterian church leaves Monday for a one month vacation. He will first visit his former home in Franklin Tennessee and later go to Monteagle Tennessee.
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Charles E. Mount
Government Street Presbyterian Church
Franklin Tenn
Monteagle, Tenn
Drier of Death Charged in Man’s Manslaughter Case
Quitman Broom of Wilmer received a $500 fine and 140 days hard labor for manslaughter in an auto accident July 3 in which Mrs. Lizzie Grosse of Seven Hills died. The trial before Acting Judge Tisdale J. Touart heard that the truck struck a bridge and pole after hitting a ditch and may have been speeding. Broom appealed with bond set at $500. Also three people were fined for violating prohibition laws. another man was sentenced for concealed weapons with a suspended 90 days.
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Quitman Broom
Wilmer
Lizzie Grosse
Seven Hills
Broom
Tisdale J. Touart
Springhill Avenue
Union Street
Will Summington
Len Smith
Elsie Dennis
Milton Knight
Drunken Drivers Face City Court in Mobile
Four motorists were arraigned before Recorder D. H. Edington after a city drive to curb auto accidents. Jesse Williams and EB Whitehurst had cases reset to Tuesday, W. R. Westfield to Friday, and William Williams was fined 250 dollars and 90 days costs for speeding away with a car left at a Shell station. The arrests followed reports of a driver eluding pursuit at high speed on Conception and Cedar Point streets.
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Mobile
D. H. Edington
Jesse Williams
New Jersey
Conception Streets
Blackman
Lott
Williams
Conception Street
Whitehurst
Murphy
Cedar Point
W. R. Westfield
Green
William Williams
H. T. McCowan
Shell Oil Company
Davis Avenue
County Residents Held on Prohibition Charge
Alex Lister and Erwin L. Lewis were arraigned Monday in county court and bonded on charges of violating federal prohibition laws for possessing a still.
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Alex Lister
Erwin L. Lewis
Tremors Across Five States and One Canadian Province
A sequence of earthquakes jolted eastern states and Ontario prompting alarm from Springfield Massachusetts to Toronto Ontario. Tremors caused rattled windows damaged structures and frightened residents with notable impacts in Canandaigua Canisius College and Elmira New York.
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Springfield
Mass
Norfolk
Canisiua College
Buffalo
Canandaigua
N. Y
Elmira
Two Die in Clash Near Ada gaitoyevsky
A Rengo News Agency report says two Chinese were killed and several wounded in a clash between Russian and Chinese outposts near Ada gaitoyevsky. Additional reports cite further Chinese cavalry and Soviet fighting with marked casualties on both sides and threats to deploy nine river gunboats from the Amur to Harbin by August 15.
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Tokyo
Manchuk
Rengo
Adagaitoyevsky
Harbin
Manchuria
U. S
Amur
Balbank
Driver Negligence Sues for 56000 Damages
A plaintiff seeks 56000 in a suit alleging injuries from an automobile collision on January 16, 1929, in St Louis near Franklin streets. He accuses the defendant company's driver of negligence causing the wreck.
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Pany
St. Louis
Franklin Streets
Suspect Jailed in Home Invasion Near Citronelle
A Black man suspected of entering the home of Mrs. J Loper on the Mobile Washington county line near Citronelle was jailed Monday. Screams of young girls drew residents and Deputy Sheriff Kessler who found the suspect being held by locals upon arrival.
Power Trust Organ Attacks Mobile Commission Form
An Alabama Power Company linked organ attacks Mobile’s commission form of government and its leaders Hartwell Bates Schwarz. The piece accuses power interests of using propaganda to control city finances, water, paving, and credits, urging public vigilance against hidden influence shaping Mobile’s development.
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Alabama Power Company
Mobile
Commission
Harry T. Hartwell
Power Company
Birmingham
A Company
Martins
Stevens
Hartwell
Cone
Stock Exchange Securities
New York
Bates
Schwarz
Lyf
Graf Zeppelin Granted Permit for World Flight Leg
The Graf Zeppelin received Soviet permission to fly over Russian soil en route to Tokio, with departure set for 4 am Wednesday or 11 pm tomorrow New York time. Unfavorable weather may delay takeoff, while Germans who were wartime prisoners plan to drop a wreath over Moscow for fallen comrades. The airship has undergone almost complete overhauls and shows no critical repairs needed.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Moscow
Tokio
Soviet Union
New York
Siberia
Graf
Queen of the Air
Lakehurst
N. J
Eckener
Balloon Vendor Burned in Strike of Fiery Prank
Chicago, Aug 12 A 14 year old balloon vendor named Tony N ta rella was disfigured when a passing car flicked a lit cigarette into his inflated balloons. The explosion left him scarred for life and the driver fled the scene.
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Chicago
Tony Natorella
Tony
St. Louis Avenue
Wreck At St Francis and Warren Involves Multiple Cars
A collision at the intersection of St Francis and Warren streets involved several vehicles. Driver John Butts of 168 Bay Avenue was identified, and one car overturned. occupants of the overturned vehicle fled the scene with no injuries reported.
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St. Francis and
Warren Streets
John Butts
Bay Avenue
William McAbee Confederate Veteran Dies in Asheville
William McAbee 87 a Confederate veteran died during a visit to his brother in Asheville North Carolina after spending many years at his home in Manderous County He participated in major engagements of the Civil War and rarely left home
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M’abee
Asheville
N. C
Manderous County
William McAbee
Cross-Examination In Snook Murder Case Escalates
In Columbus Ohio on August 12 Judge John F Seidel faced sharp cross examination by Prosecutor John J Chester Jr during the murder trial of Dr James H Snook. Seidel admitted press remarks about aiding a confession but said Snook later confessed to killing Theora Hix.
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Columbus
John F. Seidel
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
John J. Chester, Jr
Seldel
Snook
Chester
Seidel
Judge Seidel
Crime Clinic Aims to Separate Mentally Fit From Criminals
Science may aid law by creating a crime clinic in New York as a first of its kind to study crime, reduce crime, and segregate the mentally unfit from hardened offenders. Joseph F Fish proposes this fall to inform the city’s future prison and offer treatment facilities, while criticizing prisons as dumps for the unfit and addicts.
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U. S
Hortense Saunders
New York
New
Joseph F. Fish
Riker’s Island
Ferryboat Rammed. Stranded Craft Safe Despite Risk
A ferryboat collided with a stranded craft, causing no serious injuries. Officials expect the stranded vessel to be floated by high tide, and all parties monitored closely as salvage operations proceed.
Ferry collision in fog injures no one in New Harbor incident
In New York on August 12 two ferries the President and the John English collided in fog near Brooklyn and New York Harbor. About 1200 passengers including men women and children scrambled to safety as crews quieted the crowds. The Roosevelt ferry bound for South Ferry minor damage while the English suffered a torn side but remained afloat. Passengers from the Beatrix to the harbor were towed to a pier for safety.
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New York
President
John English
New Harbor
Brooklyn George
L. I
Nch Maters
Colli
Roosevelt
Pas St
South Ferry
Nes
Beaxtrall
Excursion Boat and Several Vessels Grounded Near Boston Harbor
A dense fog grounded the North from St John s and the excursion boat near Rainsford Island. The Betty Alden and two tugs assisted as shoreside patrols responded. The schooner Elizabeth W Nunan of Maine also ran aground near Boston Light. Crew of 50 remained aboard the grounded ships with rescue unlikely before tide.
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Farquhar
St. John's
Halifax
Gate
Cox Tasket
Boston
Rainsford Island
Coast Guard
Betty Alden
Boston Light
Bug
Elizabeth W. Nunan
Maine
Three Ocean Liners Stalled by Dense Fog Over Harbor
Three ocean liners with 2 048 passengers waited outside the harbor as dense fog shut down lower bay ferry service and traffic. Leviathan anchored near Sandy Hook along with the Farmer and others, while Samaria and th?ampeoat vessels moved to piers as progress halted. Boston docked at Whitestone and passengers boarded Long Island trains.
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New York
I Than
Leviathan
Sandy Hook
Farmer
Thampeoat
Onneence Samaria
Statue of Liberty
Boston
Eastern Steamship Company
Whitestone
Iseangana
Long Island
Slayer Hunter Seeks Killer After Child Murder in Milford
In Milford Connecticut a girl dubbed thrill slayer is sought for the murder of three year old Albert Mickanas whose mutilated body was found in a stump near Beach. A pair of fine sheer silk hose found nearby sparks theories of a thrill killer taunting authorities.
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Milford
Conn
Selie
Albert Mickanas
Beach
Connecticut
Thedever
Leopold-Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Chicago
Agered
Mde
Barton Academy Completed in 1836 Amid City Campaign
The Barton Academy milestone marks completion in 1836 as Mobile seeks to know its city better through a Know Mobile Better campaign sponsored by the Mobile Chamber of Commerce with The Meter and News-Item.
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Barton Academy
Mobilier Chamber of Comm
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Fied
Prince George
Navy
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Rev. M. Mount
E Quitman Broom
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New York State
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Attica
Associated Press
Henry Russell Bowen
Haas-Davis
Power Trust Organ Knocks Mobile
Ausoia
Chair
Welfare Island Penitentiary
Stasee
Gregg Freienay
Coetteeas Lee
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