Last Barrier to Be Removed for Mobile Waterway Project
A petition by the State Docks Commission seeks approval to close 3400 feet of One-Mile Creek, divert water to Three Mile Creek, and build piers on Mobile River. The request, backed by officials including General William L. Sibert and others, goes to Washington with favorable recommendations. approval would clear the final barrier and begin construction after the Louisville & Nashville railroad completion.
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State Docks Mission
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
William L. Sibert
Dorks Yoanage
John L. . Cummings
Docks Commission
Island Clash Over Marco Island Land Ownership
Resident factions battle over a 3000 acre stretch on Marco Island in Florida with claims of homesteads and government land survey errors. G Williams and Collier supporters confront sheriff actions and island access as court petitions seek title to disputed tracts.
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Fort Myers
Fia
Marco Island
Ion
G. Williams
Mietach
Collier
Wis
Harry Williams
Oe Williams
Negro Surrenders After Killing Wife
Bester Brown, a 33 year old wagon driver for E. D. McGraw, turned himself in at police headquarters at 7 AM claiming he shot and killed his wife at 440 Basil Street An'in ner ham. Police report Brown said he killed her because she was going to kill him. the motive and details are linked to the separation. The coroner and officers investigated the scene where the wife was found shot in the abdomen and chest.
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Bester Brown
E. D. McGraw
Brown
Aoe Hale
Oles
Tis
Mark Highways with Tourist Info Across County Line
The plan aims to place road markers at the county line to show entering Alabama. Officials discuss marking roads to display speed limits and directions for travelers coming from other states into Mobile County.
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Ala
Mobile
Rotary to Sponsor Shoals Visit Program
The Mobile Rotary Club announces a visit program for Shoals residents, organizing a trip to Birmingham for an anemia awareness tour. Members will coordinate details and mobilize volunteers for the excursion.
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Mobile
Birming
Weather forecast for Mississippi Saturday night
Partly cloudy with scattered activity expected across central regions. Tonight will be cooler with a slight drop in temperatures and lighter winds across southern portions.
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Mississippi
Prebworth
Stocks Open With Strong Tone as Markets Rally
New York stock prices opened with a strong tone amid a favorable trade statement. General Motors led gains, Dupont rose, and high-priced industrials buoyed the market with early advances. Frisco, New Haven, Beatrice, Great Northern, and American Linseed reached new year highs. U S Steel and Westinghouse gained solidly while foreign exchange firmed.
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New York
Aus
Encou
General Motors
Federal Reserve_ bank
Dupont
Mack Trucks
International Telephone
General. Electric
Frisco Common
New Haven
Beateurs Air ’ Line
Great Northern
General Railbese
Allways Investment
Genera
United States “Steel Common
Whit Motors
Westinghouse
New
A.P
S . Oeto
Merchants Report Strong Attendance At Bay Area Event
Heavy sales and many new accounts are reported by participating merchants as visitors enjoy bathing fishing and seafood dinner today. The committee held a bay crossing trip as the event nears closing with a projected total around 700.
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Bay
Mobile
New Orleans
Chamber Commerce
Rum Cargo Seized At Sea Now Here
A vessel carrying rum was seized at sea and towed to Mobile after being docked near Biloxi. The private liquor cargo was stored in a warehouse with other seized ships. Authorities released the vessel and ordered further handling in Mobile.
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South
Elock
Biloxi
Guitee
Mobile
Attempted kidnapping and minister’s wife killed in Draketown attack
Clashes near Draketown in November left Reverend Robert C and his wife dead after an attempt to seize Holmes par allelis and the minister’s wife rushing to aid her husband during the assault.
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Holmes
Robert C
Draketown
Mobile Bay Bridge Company Adopts Sale Bonds Plan
The Mobile Bay Bridge Company approves sale of 2.5 million dollars in bonds to raise funds for bridge plans. Five local and two New York directors form the board while engineers draft construction plans. bids will follow. Officers include President A C Dent, VP Ernest Lecoq, and stockholders Dent Hibbard.
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Mobile Bay Bridge Company
New York
Mobile A
Mobiilans
Soka
As. Ie
Fermat
Kansas
A. C. Dent
Ww.aarner
Ernest Lecoer
Arry T . Hackewel
C. B. Hibbard
Messrs
Cinderella fraud story ends in loss and quiet for Mary Spas
New York reports Mary Spas the 21 year old who posed as sweet sixteen has lost 28 pounds in 11 days and remains sequestered at her Astoria home. Parents claim losing two $500 checks from Edward Browning who adopted her and Browning says he lost all patience as the Cinderella tale collapses. Neighbors offer sympathy while awaiting truth and Mary seeks to resume a simple life and work like Tipewase did before her fame.
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United Press
New York
Gotham
Mary Spas
John Spas
Edward Browning
Browring
Cindere
Mary
Astorian
Lillian Harrison To Try It Again In France
Boulogne France August 14 M Lillian Harrison once again prepares for a Channel swim postponing her attempt eight miles from the coast. Efforts are under way to persuade Mile. Jane Sian a French swimmer who was forced to abandon her pattern swim earlier to resume. She will not start until late August or early September due to limited resources and expected delays.
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Boulogne
France
Lillian Harrison
New York
Mies
Gertrude
Jane Sian
Petain to Return to Morocco in March Finale
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Petain's departure to Morocco aimed at the decisive Franco operations against the Rif as plans set for August 20. Petain will travel by train to Toulouse then fly to Rabat aboard a regular airline sortie, with Spanish military command directing Moroccan operations.
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Paris
A.P
Arshal Petain
Rithag
Serna
Petain
Toulouse
Reglar Rabat
Morocco
Poonattco
Rates affect strike order in coal freight cost study
Officials today reported that order of freight rates impacts strike dynamics in West Virginia coal shipments. The study notes reductions in rates for low grade coal and concludes lasting effects depend on duration and field conditions.
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West Virginia
Two Army Aviators Killed in Italy
In Rome on April 14 two Army aviators named Sabate and another crewmember were killed when their aircraft crashed and burst into flames on a beach. The accident occurred during a routine mission over the Italian front with the cause not yet disclosed.
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Italy
Rome
A.P. Y
Army
Sabate
Ae Eee
Standard Oil cuts price per gallon in several states
The Standard Oil Company of Louisiana reduced prices by three cents a gallon in Louisiana, Arkansas and surrounding area. New Louisiana station prices show 1812 cents per gallon with variations by state taxes. New Jersey and other territories also updated quotations with rates around 17 to 18 1/2 cents, while export grades for ports were cut by half a cent.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
Louisiana
Arkansas
Ness
New Jersey
Baltimore
Viland
West Ia
Lina
United
Three Desperadoes Still at Liberty
Three convicts who killed two guards during a break from the state pen were hunted through the Cascade foothills near Waldo and the Warm Springs Indian reservation. Posses and armed men pursued toward the divide as two of the escapees were wounded and the trio seized rifles and revolvers from the prison arsenal on Wednesday.
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Salem
Ore
Unified Press
Cascade
Waldo Hills
Silverton
Volcano eruptions continue near Santoria and Thira
Athens dispatch notes ongoing eruptions on Thira near Crete with lava tongues rising 300 feet and strong undersea shocks. Reports say new land may be forming near the Santoria region, an area about 35 000 square miles with a population around 20 000.
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London
A.P
Athens
Daily Express
Thira
Crete
Kaimeni
Ita Island
Santoria
Communists Clash With Police in Berlin Riot
Communists clash with police amid tariff protests in Berlin. Disputed charges and shortages raise worker costs of living as clashes erupt in the streets. Police disperse crowds with force as authorities attempt to restore order.
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Berlin
Avs.ies United Press
Toe One
Wing One
Scott Case Now Considered in Alpena Divorce Battle
In Alpena Michigan on August 14 Judge Frank Emerick considered the bill for absolute divorce filed by Mrs. Hana J. Scott against her congressman husband Frank D. Scott. Alimony of fifty dollars a month was upheld pending final settlement. Mrs. Scott says the publicity from the suit has hindered her employment prospects as a nurse and in other work.
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Alpena
Mich
A.P
Hana J. Scott
Detroit
Frank Emerick
Frank. D. Scott
Emerick
H. Peck
Scott
French Column Advances on Rif Front in Morocco
French forces push into the Lazar mountains after skirmishes near the Loukkos river. The column followed up on a prior bombardment zone as Western and Spanish wings coordinated the operation to seize the eastern area.
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Fez
French Morocco
Lazar
car“Loukkos
Mary Pickford kidnapping plotters face trial
Mary Pickford linked kidnapping plot case unfolds with defendants Claude Holcombe Z Stephens and Adrian Wood. Confessions and detectives claim talks of abducting Pickford and baby, with arrest on March 30 and a plan to stage the theft before her film appearance.
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Claude Holcombe
Z. Stephens
Adrian ‘Wood
Kiethee
Miss Pickford
Mer
Ben Negri
Mary ‘Kford
Mary Pickford
Ia Ie
Germany Seeks New Peace Parley In London Meeting
Reports say Germany plans talks in London in August or September to settle terms with France Belgium and others. Allies push for clear provisions and possible troop moves to Poland while Britain and France weigh the conference fate and allied support.
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London
Germany
France
Belgium
Poland
Britain
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War Department
Sale Bonds
Henry Minott
Mr. Broing
Tipewase
Browningoes
Marshal Petain
Gine
Quaker City Society
Peggy Thayer
John B. Talbot
Scott Case
Cermany
Pola Negri
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