Gadsden Man Killed as Fire Sweeps Through Buildings
A blaze on St. Emanuel street between Conti and Government damaged the Mobile Trunk Company Madame Tacons Corset Shop and the Recreation Billard Hall, with losses estimated at $30,000. A Moble Trunk Co fire expert blamed a lightning bolt during a thunderstorm, as firefighters fought the flames for hours Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Trunk Company
Madame Tacon
Rivas
K. Wienand
Mobile Fire Department
Alarry
Visitor jailed for issuing worthless checks
J W Williams alias W A Lancaster, whose Pascagoula address was given, was held at the police station pending investigation in a case arrested by Mose Bernstein and Walter Burch Monday afternoon on a downtown corner. Recorder's court continued the case to Friday at officers request to further the inquiry into several worthless checks, some passed to physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Williams
W. A. Lancaster
Pascagoula
City
Mose Bernstein
Walter Burch
Recorder’s Court
Williams
Election Day Fine Dispute Leads to Court Session
On election day J A Kelly faced a fine payment challenge in Judge D H Edington's court. Kelly claimed he lacked funds and noted the election day context while the judge advised he could vote and return to court later. The exchange highlighted the clash between financial need and voting rights during a public proceeding.
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D. H. Edington
Kelly
Edington
Weather Bulletin Foresees Showers and River Changes
Weather bulletin notes thundershowers on Tuesday and Wednesday with partial showers on the coast at night and Wednesday. Daily river forecast issued at 7 am central time on August 8, 1930, predicting changes in the Bigbee and Alabama rivers with rising levels tonight and into the near term.
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Mississippi
Daily River Bulletin
Bigbee
Roth
Alabama
Big Election Parade Opens As Mobile Voters Pack 75 Boxes
Clear skies welcome Mobile County voters in a Democratic primary as 75 voting boxes open at 8 am. City and county precincts run until 5 and 6 pm, with a large slate of candidates for governor lieutenant governor attorney general and federal offices. Ballots may take until Wednesday or later to count due to 126 contenders.
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Mobile County
United States
Frederick I. Thompson
Mobile
John H. Bankhead
Jasper
Watt T. Brown
J. A. Cartney
W. C. Davis
Woolsey Finnell
Charlie C. McCain
B. M. Miller
L. J. Bugg
Hugh D. Merrill
Matt H. Murphy
Berrien T. Phillips
William L. White
L. H Brasswell
Lamar Field
M. B. Grace
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Melford W. Pratt
J. Q. Smith
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
A. D. Davis
Board of Revenue
William H. Holcombe, Jr
Frank M. Ladd, Jr
Prichard Youth Hurt When Bicycle Collides With Car
Shadow Ulmer a 11 year old of Prichard is in critical condition at City hospital after a bicycle accident with an automobile driven by Pratt Monk during a storm. Ulmer's brother Curtis 14 and rider Robert Durham 12 sustained minor injuries. Monk was docketed on a general charge and released on bond after the collision near Prichard.
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Shadow Ulmer
Prichard
City Hospital
Pratt Monk
Young Ulmer
Monk
Curtis Ulmer
Robert Durham
Chief Warren Burch Loses Police Badge
Mobile police report Chief Warren Burch misplaced his gold badge inscribed Chief of Police Warren Burch. Authorities request the finder return the badge to the police station for safe return.
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Mobile Police Department
Warren Burch
Car hits child in intersection no injuries reported
Joe Eubanks reported to Officer James Quinn that he struck a child with his car at the Royal and Eslava streets intersection. The victim appeared unhurt and refused to provide a name or address.
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Joe Eubanks
Eslava Street
James Quinn
Royal and
Eslava Streets
July 1990 Mobile fire department reports 63 alarms
Chief Gus Rehm submitted a report to the city fire commission showing 63 alarms for July. One story frame buildings caused 38 alarms and sparks caused 24. Total property involved was 111,810 dollars with 38,195 dollars of insurance. Insurance losses reached 4,746.14 dollars with uninsured losses at 0.480.08.
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Mobile Fire Department
Gus Rehm
City Fire Commission
Sparks
Cochrane Bridge
Wadceo Farm
Vanities cast freed as grand jury rejects indictment
Earl Carroll and eight cast members of Vanities were freed when the grand jury declined to return an indictment. Accused were Faith Bacon dancer Kay Carroll actress and Jimmy Savo comedian in scenes that prompted a police raid on July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Earl Carroll
Faith Bacon
Kay Coyrroll
Jimmy Savo
Bureau to study efficiency body for coast defense control
President Hoover asked the bureau of efficiency to study the economic aspects of the dispute between the army and navy over control of aerial coastal defense. The survey will exclude military factors and follow a navy secretary request for an attorney general ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Bureau of Efficiency
Army
Havy
Secretary of the Navy
Mobile News Item and AP to Flash Primary Returns Tonight
The Mobile News Item and The Register announce live primary results will be flashed on a screen and broadcast by a local radio setup. The AP will provide statewide tally across 67 Alabama counties, with live updates as ballots are counted through the night for Mobile and state voters.
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Beer
Associated Press
St. Michael Street
News-Item-Register
Nelson’s Radio, Inc
Mobile
Alabama
News-Item Register
Alabama Democrats vote in brisk primary turnout for senator governor
Alabama voters flocked to the polls in the Democratic primary to nominate officers from U S senator to local offices. Officials report a turnout near 200000 with heavy interest on the U S Senate and governor races. Counts may be slow in urban counties due to ballot length and many candidates in state and county contests.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
United States
L. J. Bugg
Hugh D. Merrill
Matt H.ee Berrin T. Philips
William L. White
Pete B. Jarman, Jr
Robert W
Explosion in New York Chemist Lab Kills One, Injures Thirteen
An accidental explosive mix by a chemist caused a laboratory blast in New York injuring 13 people and wrecking two buildings. Erke Mailina, 19, a press feeder, was killed while Marcus Cohen suffered burns and could not explain the cause. Lillian Leff and others were buried in debris. Two firemen and a pedestrian were among the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marcus Cohen
Erke Mailina
David Leff
Lillian Leff
Cohen
Hartford Refuses Extradition In Alabama Murder Case
Governor Trumbull denied extradition of John William a Black man to Alabama citing lack of grand jury indictment and improper warrant attachment. Police implicate him in the Carrie Mouring murder at Abbeville Henry county. Sheriff Gibbons attends hearing as bail rises from 1 to 10 thousand dollars while grand jury convenes next Monday.
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Hartford
Conn
Trumbull
John William
Alabama
Williams
Carrie Mouring
Abbeville
Henry County
L. EB. Gibbons
Henry County Grand Jury
Crouch Elected Supreme Chancellor in Pythis Lodge
Leslie E. Crouch of Portland Oregon attorney was elected supreme chancellor of the supreme lodge of Knights of Pythias at the biennial meeting in Tampa Florida on August 12.
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Tampa
Fla
Leslie E. Crouch
Portland
Ore
Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythiss
Defiance Seeks Missing Aged Couple In Heist Report
Defiance Ohio authorities investigate the reported disappearance of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kern of St. Louis. They were seen leaving a railroad station with three men after carrying 70 000 dollars in bonds. police say the couple were to invest in Toledo real estate and failed to appear for a transaction.
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Defiance
Ohio
Charles Kern
St. Louis
Hans
Toledo
Mercantile Commerce Bank and Trust Company
Wealthy St Louis man and wife vanish with cash
Police hunt Charles Kern and his wife after they left St Louis for Toledo with a treasurer’s check. They reportedly planned a $90,000 cash deal and were met by a group in Defiance after getting telegrams urging different train stops. An Illinois licensed car carried the party away.
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ST. Louis
Charles Kern
Toledo
Ohio
Kern
Defiance
Fort Wayne
Ind
Illinois
Court Adjourns In Sheet and Tube Merger Suit
In Youngstown Ohio the trial to block the merger of Youngstown Sheet and Tube with Bethlehem Steel was delayed again after the death of co plaintiff Myron C Wick Jr last Friday. The court adjourned to allow probate of Wicks will and the appointment of executors to proceed so the trial can continue tomorrow. Wick died of pneumonia after the weekend adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, CO
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Myron C. Wick, Jr
Wick
Chinquigula Schooner Reaches Tampa After Long Drift
The four mast schooner Chinquigula from Venezuela arrived in Tampa three weeks overdue. Captain Fred Tibbets said the vessel spent 17 calm days at sea with sails slack and supplies nearly gone. A coast guard cutter towed the becalmed ship to the Tampa bay bar, and a tug brought it into port.
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Tampa
Fla
Coast Guard
Venezuela
Fred Tibbets
South America
Tibbets
Vease
St. Petersburg
Tampa Bay Bar
Bethlehem Mission Fund Provided at New Orleans
The North American synod of the Lutheran church reports a general fund for the Bethlehem Mission in New Orleans. Details are sparse but funds are allocated to support missionary work in the region.
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Bethlehem Mission
New Orleans
Hoover cancels glacier trip to stay for drought relief
President Hoover postponed a planned two month Western vacation to direct the drought relief program from Washington. He will spend two or three days a week at his Virginia camp and may shorten his stay if Washington weather stays cool. Cabinet discussed drought reports and relief steps, with further moves awaiting the governor’s conference.
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Washington
Hoover
Virginia
Ashington
Glacier
Yellowstone National Park
Hyde
Lightning injures women at Loxley parsonage arts class
Twelve women attending an arts class at the Methodist parsonage in Loxley Alabama were spared from death when a lightning bolt struck the home during a storm. Mrs John and Mrs J P Holmes sustained severe injuries while splinters from the wrecked room caused further harm.
Governor commutes Memphis murder and assault death sentences
Nashville, Aug 12 Governor Horton commuted the death sentences of John Edwin Grace Freeman Gunion George Washington Prince and Louie Bell to life imprisonment. The men, convicted in Memphis for murder and criminal attack, faced execution by electric chair on August 20. Looting continues in Sind Bombay as troops flood the area and bandits disrupt rail traffic from Quetta.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
John Edwin Grace
Freeman Gunion
George Washington Prince
Memphis
Louie Bell
Sind
Bombay
Quetta
Norfolk Captain Brooks arraigned in Fairfax collision case
Captain Archibald H. Brooks of the Fairfax faces four charges after its collision with the Pinthis in Massachusetts Bay. He pleads not guilty. Witness Ralph Eliassen testifies he stood on the Fairfax bow during the collision.
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Norfolx
Archibald H. Brooks
Merchants and Miners
Fairfax
United States
Massachusetts Bay
Brooks
T. J. Hanlon
J. E. Tarkenton
Ralph Eliassen
Belmont
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cook County Republicans file dry law referendum petitions
The Cook county Republican committee petitioned the secretary of state for a dry law referendum. Three petitions from Chicago, bearing about 400000 voters and sent last night under guard, seek on ballot questions to repeal the eighteenth amendment modify the Volstead act and repeal the Illinois search and seizure act.
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Springfield
Ill
Cook County Republican ,Committee
Secretary of State
Chicago
Stage Hits Back At Films By Hiring Many Big Stars
Hollywood hears of Broadway stars returning to the stage as Mary Pickford Bob La Rocque and Wilma Banky join Arch Selwyn in a New York production. The move marks Broadway’s counterstrike to the talkie era with a high profile cast and anticipated prestige.
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Hollywood
Cal
Broadway
Goliath
Mary Pickford
Bob la Rocque
Wilma Banky
Miss Pickford
Arch Selwyn
New York
Accident fall blamed in mixer death
Gadsden Alabama August 12 Steve Duke 22 died in a crete mixer after believed to fall idle mixer rough handling left him unconscious his body found after the machine was started Duke a Crossville resident was killed in the accident and investigators will report on the case.
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Gadsden
Ale
Steve Duke
Duke
Crossville
Urges Farm Plan to Organize Cotton Selling
Carl Williams of the Farm Board urges consolidated action to raise prices through organized distribution and cooperative units. He calls for reduced cotton acreage, better seed, and local to national coordination with government aid for drought areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Williams
Jackson
Miss
Harris
Williams
Census officials weigh tax status of Indians
Washington officials say counting Indians may end this year as the Census Bureau expects a legal ruling on untaxed Indians. If all Indians are citizens, they gain full rights including taxation, with legislation since 1920 already implying citizenship for most. Dr. Joseph Hill notes the shift could remove untaxed Indians from state tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Unm
Attorney General
Joseph A. Hill
City to Attend River Development Conference in Rome
Mobile officials plan representation at the river development conference set for September 22 in Rome Georgia. The city commission voted to send delegates and Mayor Hartwell with Commissioners Schwarz and Bates attended the meeting.
New Dill Weed Becomes Mississippi Farm Crop
In Roxie Mississippi dill weed, used for pickles, is cited as the newest farm crop. Allen Whitehead planted one acre of dill and earned a net 110.19 dollars after cultivation and methods described.
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Roxie
Miss
Mississippi
Allen Whitehead
Roxie P
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