Robbery Stuns King Ice Cream Cashier
Police lack clues after a daylight robbery of John J. Ludlam, cashier at King Ice Cream Company, with $285 taken. Detectives, including plainclothes officers, sweep the area for leads while a suspicious, unshaven man released from prison was seen near the plant. Five men arrested for loitering near Schreiner’s pool room were cleared after testimony of regular employment.
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John J. Ludlam
The
King Ice Cream Company
Schreiner
Recorder
Ludlamy
Sheriff Proposes Car to Curb Speeders in Mobile County
Sheriff Paul Cazalas asks the Mobile County board to fund a high powered car to chase Reckless drivers at night. He will provide deputies and cover salaries while the county buys the vehicle. The proposal aims to curb speeding after numerous accidents on the Old Shell John Craft and Cedar Point roads near Mobile Bay.
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Paul Cazalas
Mobile
Revenue Board
John Craft
Cedar Point
Mobile Bay
New Evidence Shapes Mars Shooting Probe in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on August 16 the investigation into Theresa Mars shooting takes a new turn as Mrs Iva Martin, from an apartment below, testifies a man fleeing the scene was not Kid McCoy and places the time at 12 06 a m A frightened witness describes hearing a struggle and a shot then two men fleeing down stairs and away into the night, challenging the death by suicide theory and fixing the scene with fresh detail.
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Los Angel Calif
Theresa Mars
Mid McCoy
Kid McCoy
Iva Martin
Aingt
Mrs. Martin
McCoy
World powers mull new arms and reparations talks
Secretary Hughes reports growing support among major nations for a new international conference on disarmament and reparations. Washington anticipates a fall call by President Coolidge with discussions on land armaments, naval limits, air forces, and the France Germany rapprochement shaping the agenda.
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H. K. Reynolds
International News
Scbuma
Ihait
Washington
Sug
Safo
United States
Dawes
Hughes
Bure
England
Berger
United Staes
Japan
Coolidge
France
Germany
Two Wins Dismissed On Speeding Charge In Court
In Recorder E. J. Grove s court two speeding cases were dismissed and both defendants placed on probation. J F Rehmang Farmer testified he was driving 30 mph east on Government from Ann to Broad, while Farmer claimed lower speed. Fred Olsen and Officer Brown testified to 30 mph readings on St Stephens road between Catherine and Centre and Government from Ann to Broad respectively. The cases were continued until September 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F
Rehm
Werneth Case Reset in Federal Hearing Continuation
The Werneth Jr case, charged with possessing liquor for sale, was continued before Federal Commissioner Burgett. Proceedings will resume Wednesday when A W Hargett, Alabama prohibition director, faces trespass charges from C O Hartley. Bartley remains jailed on liquor law and public nuisance sentences and alleges trespass by Hargett and deputies.
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C. P. Werneth, Jr
J. S. Burgett
Gale
A. W. Hargett
Prohibition
Alabama
C. O. Hartley
Bartley
Hargett
Forger of U S Liberty Bond Faces Federal Trial
The trial of Mrs. Jeanette Helen ey alias Mrs. Richard C Riley opened in federal court on charges she altered a United States Liberty Bond. Other verdicts included not guilty for Neal Hiewell Ashley Presley on quarantine law charges and for J M McPherson a Nadawah station owner on peonage accusations.
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Jeanette Heleney
Richard C. Riley
United States
Willie Ox
Thomas Lee
Neal Hiewell
Ashley Presley
J. M. McPherson
Nadawah
Roosevelt Urged to Seek Gubernatorial Candidacy
A petition with 35 000 names seeks Theodore Roosevelt to run for the Republican nomination for governor. The document will be presented August 27 as Roosevelt speaks at the final dinner of New York members of the National Council of Traveling Salesmen’s Associations, said Fred Lewis, council vice president.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
National Council of Trawling Salesmen’s Associations
Fred . Lewis
Counil
Weather outlook for Alabama and adjacent states
Aug 16 weather digest reports generally fair conditions in Alabama and Mississippi with local thunderstorms possible in northern areas. Cloudy conditions extend to the Atlantic and east Gulf states with scattered thunder showers, temperatures near normal. Gulf states mostly fair with possible showers and near normal temperatures, portions of the South slightly unsettled.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Atlantic
East Gulf States
Gulf States
Federal officers aid in capture man at Jackson
Federal and state officers from Clarke county joined a local posse to arrest Riley Bryant in Jackson Alabama for gunplay terrorizing the community. Bryant wore buckshot belts at his home where a still was found and destroyed. Anse Gates and wife were arrested near Choctaw Bluffs with a fifty gallon still and two barrels of mash. Another large 400 gallon still was seized near Chunchula after a road stop revealed the hidden outfit. No arrests were made in that seizure.
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Clarke County
Riley Bryant
Jackson
Ala
Bryant
Calhoun
Robbins
Anse Gates
Choctaw Bluffs
Mobile County
Gewin
Gwin
Cannon
Graves
Chunchula
Arson charge arrests man in Prichard case
Robert Autry alias Robert Archie, 36, arrested by Deputy Moses Bernstein on an arson charge connected to a vacant Prichard house destroyed by fire. Complainant Mary Lou Rudolph alleges Autry set the blaze to collect insurance. he links the incident to prior statements about insurance. Autry admits the house was vacant and that he carried $1,400 on the place.
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Robert Autry
Robert Archie
Moses Bernstein
Autry
Prichard
Mary Lou Rudolph
Shopmen Return to Work at Mobile & Ohio Whistler Shops
Two hundred repair shop workers at the Mobile and Ohio line in Whistler will resume full time duties Monday at 7 am after an idle period since July 14, following an order posted at the shop gate. The restoration ends a work stoppage with all craftsmen back on duty.
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Mobile & Ohio Road
Whistler
Runaway Boys Sought by Mobile Police
Police seek three missing youths in Mobile following parental appeals. Lawrence Scruggs 18 of Gulfport is described as 6 feet tall and slender. Frank Whittaker 16 of Tuskegee is believed en route to board a ship for a foreign country. A boy known as Riley, about 14, from Oklahoma, wearing khaki shirt and breeches, was sighted on the waterfront with a companion and may aid in locating James Haggard of Oklahoma City.
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Gulfport
Lawrence Scruggs
That City
Pettus Avenue
I. W. Whittaker
Tuskegee
Ala
Frank Whittaker
Mobile
Riley
Oklahoma
Pittsburgh
James Haggard
Oklahoma City
Yangtse Soldiers Open New Clash Near Canton Mission
The American charge d affaires in Peking said a Canton telegram reports heavy fighting between rival Yunanese forces near the American Baptist mission in Tungshan suburb of Canton on August 15. The Canton consul general is investigating and all Americans are believed safe.
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Washington
Peking
State Department
Canton
Tungshan
South China
Rm Safe
Gold standard called fiction by Fisher at Babson Clinic
At Babson Institute Clinic of Business Wellesley Mass Professor Irving Fisher of Yale declares the gold standard a fiction. He says gold is redeemable in other money in practice and discretion now governs value via the federal reserve and member banks. House Speaker Frederick H. Gillett addresses government as a business corporation.
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Wellesley
Mass
Irving Fisher
Yale University
Babson Institute Clinic of Business
America
Professor Fisher
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank
Frederick H. Gillett
House of Representatives
Flour price tumble continues in London markets
Standard grade flour again falls in price in London as an August 11 cut of two shillings is followed by a further one shilling drop. A 280 pound sack now costs 45 shillings six pence, after peaking at 48 shillings six pence on July 28.
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London
Home Towners Fail to Endorse Davis
Clarksburg notes in Harrison County as John W. Davis is notified of his Democratic presidential nomination this week. The Harrison County Central Trades and Labor Council endorsed the independent bids of Senator Robert M. La Follette for president and Senator B. K. Wheeler for labor council.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Harrison County Central Trades and Labor Council
Robert M. la Follette
B. K. Wheeler
John W. Davis
Child Dies in Fireworks Display Tragedy
In Camden New Jersey a 12 year old girl Myrtle Farrer was killed and six persons were seriously and eight slightly injured in an explosion at a fireworks display on a vacant lot during Feast of the Assumption celebrations. Several of the injured were expected to die.
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Camden
N. J
Myrtle Farrer
Three Day Bride Held in Killing in Cicero
Chicago Aug 16 Mrs Pearl Prieskop Gunther 21 the three day bride of Raymond Guther was held to the grand jury by a coroner's jury in connection with his death. Guther was found slain in Cicero after being seen talking to an unidentified woman with whom he had kept a midnight tryst.
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Chicago
Pearl Prieskop
Gunther
Raymond Guther
Cicero
Eye Transplant Advances Reported by University of Chicago
Chicago August 16 reports say Dr Theodore Kopanyl a University of Chicago research student claims eye transplantation experiments have achieved success now within possibility. The note cites ongoing work and experimental progress in the field.
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Chicago
Theodore Kopanyl
University of Chicago
Judge censures ad for public spanking incident
In Selphia, Pa on August 15 a magistrate ordered Louis Glazier to keep the peace after his 19 year old daughter Rose testified he spanked her publicly when she did not hear him. The magistrate called the act brutal and suggested the daughter could consider leaving home.
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Selphia
Aus
Cha
Louis Glazier
Bend
O'Connor
Rose
White
Darrow Demands Exclusion of State Medical Evidence
In Chicago on August 16 Chief Defense Attorney Clarence Darrow pressed to strike much of the state's medical evidence from the Leopold and Loeb murder records, claiming the youths were examined under compulsion. Cross examining Dr. Harold Singer, Darrow sought to show the boys were under duress and in custody, prompting tense exchanges as testimony and decorum frayed during the hearing.
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United Press
Criminal Court Room
Chicago
Clarence Darrow
Leopold- Loeb Murtder
Harold D. Singer
Darrow
Gland Theory in Franks Case Faces State’s Expert Testimony
The state’s case in the Franks murder trial pressed the gland theory defended by the defense as doctor after doctor testified that glands offer no proven link to criminal behavior. The prosecution spotlighted experts who mocked the defense claims while arguing the defendants’ “split personality” notions and paranoia are common traits.
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F. Leopold
Richards Loeb
Grimly Pureui
Gallows
John R. Cavberly
Bobby Franks
Babe
Dicky
Patrick, Childh
Singer
Rollin T. Woodyatt
Hat Factory Destroyed by Fire in New Jersey blaze
East Rutherford N J Aug 16 The Charles S Merton Hat Factory was almost wiped out by a fire of unknown origin last night causing an estimated loss of 250000 with part covered by insurance.
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East Rutherford
N. J
Charles S Merton
Defense Day Declared as State Holiday
Seattle August 16 to September 12 defense day is to be declared a legal holiday by Governor Louis K Hart the announcement was made here.
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Sbeattle
Wash
Louis K. Hart
3 Year Old Hero Rescues Infant in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg Florida a 3 year old boy named Palmer Tippy saved a baby who fell from a house boat belonging to his father Charles Tippy. Palmer jumped in and kept the infant afloat until responders arrived. a Carnegie medal nomination is underway for the young rescuer.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Charles Tippy
Tippy
Palmer
Negro Confesses Clears Another In Slaying Near Lexington
John A. Leake a negro confessed the slaying of Charles Garwood a taxicab driver near Lexington on August 8 after his arrest near Laurens South Carolina. He charged Kenneth Hall another negro now held in Charlotte with hatching the plot to rob and kill the driver.
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Lexington
N. C
John A. Leake
Here
Charles Garwood
Laurens
8. C
Kenneth Hall
Charlotte
Nora Bayes Engaged to Lew Cody in New Romance
2K New York Aug 16 Nora Bayes musical comedy star four times married and divorced is engaged to Lew Cody motion picture actor in a surprising turn for the stage and screen circle.
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New York
Nora Bayes
Lew Cody
Germany Ready to Sign Ruhr Reparation Protocol
Berlin reports Chancellor Marx informed Premier Herriot that Germany is prepared to sign the reparation protocol that evening. The session is to end after a plenary meeting at about 7 o'clock as negotiations over the Ruhr evacuation and Dawes plan proceed amid nationalist criticism.
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Berlin
London
International News — Service
Marx
Germany
Herriot
France
International News’ Service
Chian+cellor Marx
Stressemann
Ruhr
Reichstag
Deutsches Tages Zeitung
Interior Jarres
Herrict
Rhineland
Railroad Trainmen Quit Conference in Albany
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen withdrew from the state conference for progressive political action in Albany. President W Lee said members may attend as spectators but cannot vote, citing the union's constitution prohibiting endorsements in a presidential campaign. About 500 delegates were expected to attend the conference opening.
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Albany
Brotherhood of Railroad
State Conference
Progressive
Brotherhood
W. Lee
Tom
Textile growth shows rapid improvement in the South
Ed win Farnham Greene president of Lockwood Green and Company Boston arrives in Spartanburg on a tour with textile engineers. He surveys Lyman Tuckapan and Pelzer Mills noting improving conditions across the region and predicts a favorable trend for southern textile operations.
Suspect Held in Counterfeit Case in Chicago
Chicago, Aug 16 Harry Fradin allegedly tied to a gang of counterfeiters. Agents seized at a Chicago plant more than 10 million dollars worth of fake whiskey revenue labels. Fradin held on $25 000 bond by U S Commissioner Henry C Beiter. Over forty warrants said issued for other ring members in what is believed to be a nationwide operation.
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Chicago
Harry Fradin
Prohibition
U. S
Henry C. Beiter
Three Mills in South Are Bought in Tennessee
Charles H. Bacon, prominent London Tennessee textile man and state Democratic committee member, buys three hosiery mills of the Tauber Scott Company located in Lenoir City Cleveland and Morristown. Possession to be taken Sept 15 and totals show about 7 600 dozen pairs daily with around 400 workers per plant. Bacon already controls mills in London and elsewhere.
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Lenoir City
Tenn
Charles H. Bacon
London
State Democratic Committee
Tauber-Scott Company
Cleveland
Morristown
Clarence E. Tauble
Scott
Wall
Taubel
Mr. Bacon
Port
Philadelphia
One Man Killed in Pistol Duel in New Orleans
Walter Adams of Gretna and former local boxer Adam Smith fought a pistol duel in the lower section of the city. Smith was reported dying, Adams was also injured. Police say both men were involved in a dispute over a matter of men.
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New Orleans
Walter Adams
Gretna
Adam Smith
Smith
Adams
Printers Union Ends Strike After 44 Hour Action
The printers union reached a session at Massey Hall after a 44 hour strike in progress since yesterday. The executive considered calling off the strike as of midnight last night and urged the men to return to work.
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Massey Hall
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Pueene
Erry
Nate
Uta
Wueerehe
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Roosevelt
Davis
Edward G. Serr
George R. Holmes
International News Service
Dr. Singer
Woodyatt
Negro
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