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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1925
Page
3
A wartime piece notes Riff women in towns and countryside aiding war logistics with bread, water, ammunition, and hospital work. It cites General Disputols praising their resilience as sentries shoot at gun runners and troops rely on women for heavy loads and frontline support.
A crossword puzzle list of clues spans horizontal and vertical entries with terms like rogues, musical dramas, vehicle, bearing, and body parts. The puzzle includes obscure phrases such as Morindin dye and a variety of everyday objects and actions.
Sheriff Leon Schwarz extends inquiry into Deputies Marshall and Felix Lee of Oak Grove after renewed accusations claim they seized an old still and misrepresented its use to justify fees. New witnesses support claims the apparatus was decayed and unused for months. The sheriff vows firings if dishonesty is proven. the board takes no action on the speed cop matter. An unrelated note: road extension to Mobile Bay Boosters Club rooms below Bellfountaine was approved on request of Commissioner Crawford and club secretary George Zolezzi.
Clark street became a runaway scene when an old fashioned incident caused pedestrians to scatter. A woman was knocked down but not seriously hurt as Main street saw a brief moment of chaos and public alarm.
American capitalists with undisclosed names back two large German deals reported from Berlin. An automaker seeks to buy Aga Motor Works owned by Edmund Stinnes as mass production of cheap cars is explored. Meanwhile an Anglo-American syndicate may acquire Mannesmann Brothers’ Moroccan Spanish zone holdings in a deal running into millions, amid unsettled Rift conditions.
Captain George Wilkins, British polar explorer, prepares for a next year expedition to survey the coast between Whalebay and Graham's Land in Antarctica. He spent four Arctic years with Stefanson and two Antarctic years with Shackleton. Wilkins negotiated to buy Amundsen’s airplane N-25 for 20 000 dollars for Antarctic flights, with a Norwegian pilot to fly from Oslo to London for shipment aboard a chartered Norwegian whaler. The Aften notes Amundsen’s new plane preparations and that the project includes Lincoln Ellsworth, who joined Amundsen earlier this year. Dornier will build a larger, improved plane.
In Salem Oregon three prison escapees abducted four men from Monitor and held them at John Newman's home near Portland. They forced the men into a car and fled after leaving their vehicle, as reported by AP.
The Mobile Baldwin bridge project will be widely publicized nationwide by the Chamber of Commerce publicity committee. Chairman Parham will convene a meeting this week to craft a campaign plan highlighting the bridge and Mobile Baldwin counties assets to attract tourists and growth.
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