Sunday Tire Repair Case Sparks Mobile Court Action
Mobile authorities arrest several tire and auto repair men for violating the Sunday law. H. A. Sweetser F. B. Wooley S. B. Denio C. T. Giles Co. and Denton face August trial dates with Giles August 22 and Denton August 23. Debates over Sunday emergency work have divided local auto dealers and drew a League of Women Voters delegation.
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Mobile
Inferior Criminal Court
H. A. Sweetser
F. B. Wooley
S. B. Denio
C. T. Giles Co
Denton
Giles’ Cass
Automobile Repair Men
City Commission
Auto le
League of Women Voters
Sunnys
Market Opens With Firm Tone as Prices Edge Up
New York stocks opened firm with most issues higher amid good demand for tobacco, utilities and independent steels. Federal Mining Woolworth United Fruit and Atlas Powder led advances 11 to 21/2 points, while miners rose on wage talks. Sinclair eased after a high year low, and coal carriers benefited from wage negotiations. Cotton futures opened barely steady with October at 24.15 and nearby gains noted in Chicago potato markets.
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New York
Federal Mining
Woolworth
United Fruit
Atlas Powder
American’ Woolen
Foundation Company
Lima Locomotive
Stewart- Warner
White and
Higher price of gasoline seen in Chicago report
Chicago dispatch notes a likely rise in gasoline prices after a drop, tied to South Dakota policy shifts. Governor McMaster cut to 16 cents, provoking Standard Oil and independent producers to reprice toward 20 cents, amid concerns of storage fire hazards as motorists stock up.
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Chicago
South Dakota
Fivecote
Standart Company
Lana
W. H. McMaster
McMaster
Standard Oil Company
R W. Stewart
Indiana
Standard
Is Given Room For Presidency By T. J. Walsh
Helena Montana banquet remarks by Senator T J Walsh praise McAdoo as potential presidential nominee and critique Republican interests. Walsh asserts the nation faces problems and defends moving forward with reform while attacking political foes and party blocs.
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T. J. Walsh
Woman Seeks $5000 Damages From Husband in Mobile Suit
In one of the few local cases, Mrs Hayes sues husband Matthew Hayes for $5000 alleging assault and beating, they are separated as the complaint notes the incident occurred on July 4. Willie Belle Smith sues Gulf City Dye Works for $1000 claiming an employee collided a bicycle with her on August 7 at Government and Jefferson streets causing injuries.
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Hayes
Matthew Hayes
Illie Belle Smith
Gulf City Dye Works
Chary
Government
Jefferson
Mobile Boy Enlists in Infantry Corps
James M. Powell of Mobile has enlisted for three years in the United States army. He is assigned to the 22nd Infantry at Fort McPherson Georgia. A medical department opening at Carlisle Barracks Pennsylvania is announced with postings in Hawaii the Philippines Panama and other domestic locations.
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James M. Powell
United States Army
Don Quillen
Young Powell
22Nd Infantry
Fort McPherson
Army
Carlisle Barracks
Hawaii
Philippines
Panama
Rate Suspension Sought by Mobile Chamber of Commerce
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a petition seeking suspension of recently published coffee rates from California ports to Kansas City and surrounding territory. The petition argues the rates are lower on the coast, would harm inland competing ports, and could disrupt existing commerce between Pacific ports and Gulf regions.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
California
Kansas City
Territory
Pacific
Gulf
Ruhr Miners Told to End Sabotage
Aug. 16 report says by the week’s end workers must return to duty or be locked out. Communist agitation is rising as a campaign targets all classes of labor in the Ruhr region.
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Ruhr
Father sought as child's kidnapper
Spearville Kansas August 16 authorities throughout the southwest were searching for Dr. L A Marty.
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Spearville
Kan
Southwest
L. A. Marty
Weather Forecast Fragments for Washington Area
The Aug 16 weather note reports a forecast for the forties region and Mississippi area with local thundershowers expected through Friday.
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Washington
Mississippi
Buyers Week Visitors Wrap Up Second Annual Event
Visiting merchants attending the second Buyers Week in Mobile make final purchases as they leave tonight or Friday. Nearly 300 registrations show strong turnout versus last year with out-of-town buyers enjoying boat trips to Fairhope, a Monroe Park baseball game, Bienville Square band concert, and moving pictures.
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Monroe Park
Bienville Square
Moving Pictures Ten
Fairhope
Easters
Bay Resort
Strike Cuts Off Vera Cruz Lights
Vera Cruz suffers power outage as Electric Light and Power Company workers strike for a 50 percent wage increase. Cables were reportedly cut by strikers, halting electric service and impeding ship unloading in port.
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Vera Cruz
Washington
Electric Light and Power Company
Department of Commerce
Water carriers urged as barge line tonnage falls
Circulars circulated among Mobile shippers warn of reduced tonnage on the Warrior river barge line between New Orleans and Mobile. Officials cite lower rates from several points and the Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic association pushes carriers to use water routes.
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Warrior River
Ae Orleans
Mobile
Ana
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Holcombe Bill Favored by Reed and Mowr ToOwns Alan
Reed endorses the Holcombe bill as favorable along with Mowr ToOwns Alan. The item notes support in legislative proceedings and mentions the bill’s backing without detailing outcomes or dates.
Fire on Mongolia Arouses Bootlegger Feud
Officials say fire on the Mongolia likely started by spontaneous combustion. The ship, undamaged, will sail this afternoon. Nearby dockside sailors claim a feud between wets and drys sparked the blaze after the drys seized 300 bottles of liquor smuggled into New York.
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Smo
A. Og
Star
Mongolia
Wets
New York
Sun Eclipse to be Shot for Movies
The total eclipse of the Sun on September 10 will be filmed from Santa Catalina Island by Edwin B. Frost and a Yerkes observatory science party. Captain Barnett Harris of Chicago will direct the cinema work with special lenses supplied by the signal corps and air service through the war department.
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Washington
Santa Catalina Island
California
Edwin B. Frost
Yerkes Observatory
Barnett Harris
Chicago
Optus
War Department
Harris
Signal Corps
Air Service
Free State troops raid Barton home in Wicklow
In Ireland, Free State troops raided the Wicklow home of Robert Barton, a signatory of the Anglo Irish Treaty who later joined the anti treaty side. Mrs. Muse Childers said she and two sons, a woman companion, and others were present as raiders entered by a window. A warrant authorized the search for active regulars and, though the search lasted six hours, no arrests were reported.
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Belfast
Wicklow
Robert Barton
Free State
Mrskine Childers
Staly
Aguinaldo Charges Raiders Threaten His Land
General Crame and Colonel Johnston investigate Aguinaldo's claim that a hostile band led by Soriano seeks to seize his land by force. The Filipino leader sought protection after repeated raids, officials say.
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Manila
Crame
Johnston
Aguinaldo
Soriano
Eight hour days begin at Youngstown plant
The announcement from Youngstown O announces the shift change to an eight hour day for workers at the public iron and tube plants. The new schedule, effective today, replaces the previous twelve hour shifts as part of the industrial labor adjustment.
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Youngstown
Baby Rescued From Deep Well By Mother And Brick
A one half year old baby fell into a deep well and was saved after the mother descended to retrieve the child. The infant clung to a brick and kept its head above water for about thirty hours and was then brought to surface in exhausted but uninjured condition. Authorities believe the accident occurred while at play.
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Ara
Lester Woodyard
Ku Klux Order to Take Over University in Indiana
An historic agreement in Indianapolis ends long negotiations as the Ku Klux Klan plans to take over a major Indiana school. Milton Elrod of the Fiery Cross announced the deal signing final articles. The plan aims to relieve the school’s debt, invest in improvements, and establish an endowment while operating under Klan oversight.
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Ku Klux Order
Valparaiso
Indiana
1A University
Maar Ind
Valeee
Dte
Poes
Aniiane U Klux Xlan
Ts Swhen
Klan
Indianapolis
Milton Elrod
The
Fiery Croes
Echorty
Birod
Complete Negro physicians to join Tuskegee Veterans Hospital
The Veterans Bureau will proceed with its plan to staff the Tuskegee Veterans Hospital with six Black physicians who will depart for duty within a week or ten days. Director Hines confirmed no change to the policy despite Tuskegee residents’ opposition.
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Washington
Alug
Veterans Bureau
Veterans Hospital
Tuskegee
Hines
Bureau
Conan
Body of Sellers Sent to Indiana
Paris Island reports the body of Private George Sellers, killed at the Marine Corps post, has been shipped to Bloomington. General Sauer would not release details beyond stating a man is being held for the slaying. Francis Leo Rydan is reported to be held in connection with the case.
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Paris Island
George ¥. Sellers
Marine Corps
Bloomington
Sauer
Washington
Francis Leo Rydan
Lineman Fatally Falls From Pole in Arkansas Accident
In Memphis Aug 16 H H Johnson 27 a lineman from Arkansas died after a fall from a light pole he touched a live wire sustaining a fractured skull. He was brought to Memphis for treatment following an accident near Cotton Plant Arkansas late tonight.
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Memphis
Tenn
H.H. Johnson
Ark
Rock Island
Cotton Plant
Trial closes in Frederick business man case
Closing arguments by the state and defense are to finish today in the trial of a prominent Frederick business man. The case centers on alleged irregularities linked to a local enterprise and the proceedings are nearing a verdict.
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Frederick
Ieauy
Four North Carolina Officials Arrested on Bank Conspiracy Warrants
Lieut. Gov. W. B. Cooper Thomas E. Cooper Horace C. Cooper and Clyde L Lassiter were arrested in Wilmington on conspiracy to wreck the defunct Commercial National Bank and fraud involving bank funds. They posted bonds and waived arraignment, with possible U S court appearance in Wilmington. Accusations include surrender of a bill of lading and placing a dummy note tied to a $13 500 real estate transaction.
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Raleigh
N. C
W. B. Cooper
North Carolina
Thomas E. Cooper
Horace C. Cooper
Aisson
Clyde L. Lassiter
Wilmington
United States
Commercial National Bank
Gov
Cooper
Thomian EB. Cooper
Merchants National Bank
Datl i Sera Bega Tne
Usak Te Ball
Clyde Ster
United St Theommoner
US States Court
Waa
Chicago School to Be Fully Probed
The coroner’s inquiry into the death of James 1 at a Chicago school leads to a full investigation of the facility. Orville Ward Cardaman’s death two years ago will be reviewed. Davis resignations were demanded by Trustee J. Lewie Coatch as cruel punishments at the institution are alleged. Charles Moderwell ordered the dismissal of Davis and Shea and Smith’s suspension as the board cooperates with the coroner.
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E B. Smith
James
Orville Ward Cardaman
Davis
J. Lewie Coatch
Charles Moderwell
Shea
Smith
Wright
Atlanta Sporting Editor Dead in Auto Wreck Victim
Atlanta Journal associate sports editor J. L. Ray died from blood poisoning stemming from injuries in a car wreck last week. Ray, formerly sporting editor of the Nashville Banner, served in World War I and is survived by his mother in Nashville and a brother in Durand, Michigan. Body to be sent to Nashville for burial.
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Atlanta
Aus
J. L. Ray
Pth
Atlanta Journal
Ray
Journal
Nashville
Tenn
Nashville Banner
Durin
A. D. Ray
A. L. Ray
Durand, Mich
Doke ys Pause to Honor Departed
Portland dispatch reports the Dramatic Order Knights of Khorasan paused during their sixteenth biennial convention to hold memorials for the departed. Warren G. Harding, a member of Bakoo Temple in Columbus, Ohio, was among the honored, with memorial remarks by Graham Perdue of Birmingham, Alabama.
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Portland
Imperial Palace
Warren G. Harding
Columbus
Ohio
Graham Perdue
Birmingham
Ala
Old Hickory Plant Transfer Near Completion
Major P. J. O'Shaughnessy of the War Department and Major H. A. Rice of the Attorney General's office are in Nashville to finalize the deal for DuPont to acquire a factory site and village at the Old Hickory powder plant. The transaction is expected to close within 24 hours.
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Nashville
Tenn
P. J. O'Shaughnessy
United States War Department
H. A. Rice
United Tes
DuPont Wiber Bilk Company
Old Hickory
Three shift plan started in mills in Pittsburgh district
Pittsburgh Aug 16 The long 12 hour day in blast furnace open hearth and Bessemer converter departments began as part of a three shift plan in many steel mills in the Pittsburgh district. The move aims to end the present long hours and improve working conditions as reports indicate early steps toward the change.
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Pittsburgh
Five Men Seize Laborer in Central Amarillo Car Abduction
Eyewitnesses describe five men in a touring car abducting a laborer on a city street. Donald confronted by one suspect, three others leapt out, dragged him into the vehicle, which sped away as cries for help echoed. Police chased for eight miles before losing the car north of town. arrests expected.
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Amarillo
Texas
Aus
Eure Old
Sporforth
Denver
Donald
McDonald
Strange Sea Monster Washes Ashore Near Miami Beach
A 1000 pound sea creature carcass washed onto Key Biscayne shoreline near Miami. About eight feet long with two large two‑foot fins and a tall rudder‑shaped fin, its skin resembled a shark’s. Fishermen described an unfamiliar, curious carcass with a small mouth and unusual fin arrangement.
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Miami
Fiz
Key Liscayne
Pete
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