Missing Bridgeport men in Long Island fishing boat blast
Four Bridgeport men are reported missing after a fishing boat exploded off Long Island. Five were rescued as Coast Guard cutters search the area near Brook. The vessel, believed owned by Jules Sulik, was off Brook Island when the blast occurred. Authorities say the Coast Guard joined the search from Port Jefferson after the Port Jefferson notice.
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Associated Press
Ridgeport
Conn
Port Jefferson
L. I
Bridgeport
Brook
Coast Guard
Jules Sulik
Long Island Banks
Tropical storm warnings issued as disturbances churn Gulf and Atlantic
Weather Bureau advices place a tropical disturbance about 80 miles north of Vera Cruz with a likely inland move toward the coast. A second Atlantic disturbance lies 200 miles east of Turks Island and 200 miles north of Mona Passage, with Bahamas impact possible if forecasted northwestward path holds. Mobile observers see no danger for the city.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Bahamas
Miami
Fra
Gulf of Mexico
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Atlantic
Turks Island
Mona Passage
Porto Rico
Dominican Republic
Mobile
Robbers Hold Up Two Horse-Drawn Cabs in Central Park
Two gunmen robbed clerks and patrons in two separate Central Park cab holdups. Four victims surrendered cash totaling 70 dollars and jewelry valued at 1500 dollars. George Brimicombe and Miss Marie Lambert lost money and a ring. Fred Say and Miss Florence Brockett lost a wrist watch.
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New York
Central Park
George Brimicombe
Cleveland
Marie Lambert
Lambert
Fred Say
Florence Brockett
Brockett
Soldier dies on vacation at age 51 in Manchester
A Manchester resident, a 51 year old soldier, died today while on vacation.
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Wall
Manchester
Abba Tempie Baseball Club to Gather Members
Members of the Abba Tempie baseball club are scheduled to gather for a meeting or event. Details on location date and agenda are not provided in the fragment.
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Abba Tempie Baseball Club
Young Blonde Held For Attack On Solon Bond Denied
Ruth Jayne Cranmer a 27 year old blonde ex modell is held without bail in Manhattan magistrate court on suspicion of attacking Roy T Yates of Paterson New Jersey He was shot in the abdomen in her West 88th street apartment The court ordered her held 48 hours or until Thursday The only account comes from Cranmer and fragmentary evidence including a pistol found in the courtyard and bullet holes in walls
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Associated Press
New York
Ruth Jayne Cranmer
Yale Roy T. Yates
Paterson
N. J
Yates
West 88Th Street
Miss Cranmer
Dempsey Divorce Fight Moves to Reno and L A
Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and actress Estelle Taylor file for divorce in Reno Nevada and Los Angeles charging cruelty in battle over a property settlement. Dempsey alleges mental cruelty while Miss Taylor cites cruelty and disputes over a gifted automobile.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Jack Dempsey
Estelle Taylor
Dempsey
Reno
Nevada
Miss Taylor
Texas National Guard Takes Martial Action in East Texas
Mounted cavalrymen of the Texas national guard carry a military ultimatum to oil field operators in four East Texas counties. General Jacob F. Wolters orders shut down by noon or face jail as martial law takes effect.
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Kilgore
Texas
Texas National Guard
Grear East Texas
Jacob F. Wolters
East Texas
Fog Qelayostock Rally Lindbergh 3 Terminates Hop Tour
Messaged from the Lindberghs indicate their Nagasaki like leg ends in Nemuro, their first Nipponese stop, as fog blankets the Kurile route. Naval radio confirms a planned departure from Petropavlovsk to Nemuro with weather reports showing fog along the 807 mile leg.
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Kurile Islands
Petropavlovsk
Kamchatka
Nemura
St. Paul Island
Motors Drop After Sharp Morning Rise In New York Stock Market
In New York trading on August 18, General Motors Chrysler and Auburn decline after an early surge. Traders cite distress selling from out of town sources and concerns over second half earnings. Industry news remains scarce as markets wobble following yesterday's tumble and a low foreign trade reading.
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New York
General Motors
Anon Ot & Bane
Gascent ‘Motors
New’ York
Case
Wall Street
Detroit
Chrysler
Fourth Band Concert in Bienville Square Tuesday Night
The fourth weekly free band concert in Bienville Square, directed by A. Cummins, will be at 7 20 in the evening Tuesday. The program features Sousa King Cotton Intermezzo Allen Moonlight on the Hudson Elves novelty Operatic Rag Lenzberg Pastime on the Lawn Iowa Love's Gavotte Inkler Ghost Dance National Emblem plus impromptu popular numbers.
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Bienville Square
A. Cummins
Sousa
Allen
The
Hudson
Wilhelm
Lenzberg
Behee
Iowa
Jewel
Inkler
Bagley
Collector Named for Mobile County Gasoline Tax
Sheriff William H. Holcombe appoints B. C. Marcelline-Ressijac Monday as collector of the Mobile County gasoline tax to fund free textbooks for children through grade six. The appointment follows Representative W. C. Taylor's bill. duties exclude seawall tax duties.
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William H. Holcombe
B. C. Marcelline
Tex Guinan Cabaret Bombed by Vandals
Bombing at Tex Guinan cabaret in New York strikes front porch and outer area wounding no one. A Bronx roadhouse complex housing Guinan and her girls is reported with the side of the building damaged and the watchman alert. Police investigate possible connections to city figures and local business officials.
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Tex Guinan
Associated Press
New York
Bronx
Texas Guinan
of Girls
Michael Poulon
Watchman
Recaptured Man Rufus McDonald in Dry Charge Case
A man named Rufus McDonald, described as white, was recaptured after attempting to enter a house in a disguise following a recent federal dry charges case. Police report indicate gangs were involved in the incident and McDonald changed clothes to elude capture.
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Rufus McDonald
J. G. Wadley Injured In Arlington Street Collision
J G Wadley was severely shaken and bruised after his car struck a tree on Arlington street Monday night. The vehicle was badly wrecked, according to a police report filed at headquarters.
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J. G. Wadley
Arlington Street
Store Robbery Reported. Burglar Evades Deputies
Elmore Hendricks of Toulminville told deputies Monday his store was robbed of a .28 calibre pistol. He said he surrounded the burglar in a swamp, but the thief escaped before deputies reached the scene.
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Elmore Hendricks
Toulminville
Hendricks
Remains of Timms Sent to St Louis for Interment
The body of Joseph H. Timms aged 26, crew member of the tanker Dirigo, who was killed when caught in the engines on August 14, was shipped at 1 PM Tuesday by Roche mortuary to St. Louis Missouri for interment.
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Joseph H. Timms
Dirigo
Roche Mortuary
St. Louis
Fleet Leaves Island Hopeful of Success In Battle On Tarpon
A 1931 Mobile Bay deep sea rodeo opens with 20 states represented as anglers chase tarpon off Dauphin Island. The Pearl Louise crew under W D Bellingrath battled a monster devil fish weighing 1400 to 1600 pounds, which escaped when it damaged the harpoon rope and fouled the propeller. Weather blamed for slow tarpon progress though dawns bring renewed optimism.
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Island
Tarpon
Port Gaines
Ala
Mobile Bay
King Tarpon
W. D. Bellingrath
Dauphin Island
Stone Doubts Right To Hold Seawall Treasurer Post
George K. Stone, treasurer of Mobile County, said Tuesday he is unsure Alabama law allows him to also serve as treasurer of the new seawall commission created by the 1931 acts. He is studying the statutes to see if the prohibition on dual remunerative public offices applies while seawall gasoline tax remittance starts in September. He says he feels qualified for the seawall post.
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George Ki. Stone
Mobile County
Alabama
County Seawall Commission
Stone
Seawall
Commission
Baron Ogilby Brings Record Sugar Cargo to Mobile
The steamship Baron Ogilby docked at Pier B in Mobile to discharge 4 000 000 pounds of sugar. A duty of 7 520 dollars will be paid to Uncle Sam, marking Mobile's rising prominence as a sugar import hub. The Hershey corporation's agents, H. H. Pike & Company, arranged the consignment from Central Hershey, Cuba. The duty total for Mobile sugar shipments has exceeded 500 000 dollars with this arrival.
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Mobile
Baron Ogilby
Sam
Hershey
Cuba
U.S. Business Women’s Association Tour Reaches Athens
Twenty members of the United States Business Women's Association arrived in Athens on a European tour. The group aims to establish branches in major centers during their travels.
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Athens
United States
Business Women's Association
Europe
New Mobile Court of Domestic Relations Opens
The court of domestic relations, replacing the juvenile court, opened at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday with Judge Arthur J. Kearley presiding. Quo warranto filings challenge the judge’s authority, with 10 days to answer. The new tribunal aims to handle trial cases once operational.
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Court of Domestic
Arthur J. Kearley
Mobile Bar Association
Judge Kearley
Kearley
Police Reopen Drive On Muggle Cigarette Handling
Police reopen effort against possession and distribution of cigarettes dubbed muggle cigars along the waterfront. Chief Warren Burch announced Tuesday after a raid on Monday night at No 6 taxi company on lower Government street. Six men faced gaming charges. some fined or given continuances while detectives say cigarettes were found beneath a table and no marijuana charges filed.
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Warren Burch
No. 6
Lower Government Street
P. Monte
J. E. Nelson
R. G. Boddiford
J. H. Powell
M.C. Powell
W. Calloway
Burch
Victims Leap in Bayou as Shrimp Boat Explodes
A 35-foot Dixie Belle shrimp boat moored at a bayou plant wharf exploded when a backfire ignited gasoline in the bilges. The crew, including owner Garrett, leaped into the bayou and were rescued by bystanders as flames spread and the vessel burned to the waterline. The blast occurred during preparations for a trip to the Fort Gaines event.
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Garrett
The
Fort Gaines
Seeks Wife Here in Virginia Coast Guard Letter
A U. S. Navy crewman from Augusta writes from Perth Virginia about his missing wife Mrs. Lutie Grindle. He says she left Bridge Massachusetts with a party on July 18 to visit Mobile and has not been heard from since.
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Grinne
U. S&s
Augusta
Perouth
Ludie
Grindle
Mass
Mobi
Woodmen to Meet to Discuss Membership Drive
Members of Woodmen of the World Camp plan a Wednesday night meeting to discuss a membership drive. The committee in charge will announce plans and an online program has been arranged for the event.
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Map Camp
Woodmen of the World
Local Weather and Transit Note for Alabama
Partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with clouds Tuesday night. Daily river bus service reported with 7 o clock and morning runs. The fragment mentions Suterart and general conditions without clear dates or structured details.
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Alabama
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Harry Garrett
Shrimper
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Haig
Kirkwall
Shrine
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Solon
Bond
Ruth Jayne
Senator Yates
Jersey
Couto
Oriel
U.S
Roosevelt
Tammany
Hoover
Francis M. Stephenson
Tanemed
Itra-Party
Een
Tammany Machine
New Y. City
St. Lew
Nemuro
Obiishi
Kokusai Maru
Motors
Auburn
Claude A. Jagger
Associated Press Financial
Square
Marcelline
Toledo
MacDonald
U. S
Timms
St. Louis, Mo
Devil Fish
Heaghey PA
Earley
Bayou
Levert Seaman
Augusty
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