City election redistricting plan sparks debate and turnout worry
County attorney Ivan Robert E. Ir¢on argues the September vote must follow the redistricted plan with 38 voting places to be set in days. Mayor George Wford and local officials clash over timing and legal interpretation as women voters push for the 38-precinct system amid staffing needs. In New York, a murder linked to the Bonventre gang jolts police and raises hopes of solving a nationwide crime syndicate case.
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Robert E. Ir¢on
George Wford
Pillans
of Women Voters
Abe
Electio
League of ‘Omen
Transit Rates on Satsumas Inaugurated by Mobile & Ohio
The Mobile & Ohio railroad will file a proposition for a transit rate from Mobile producing sections to packing houses and then to markets. R G Cobb of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce pushed the rate to save freight for satsumas. A packing house at Abbott on the Bay Shore branch is planned to handle satsumas and oranges from neighboring stations. Preparations are under way for a large shipment of satsumas to the North and East this season.
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R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Florida
Abbott
Bay Shore
Dawes
Plan sale of more bonds of county
The county plans to issue further road bonds from the $250 000 issue voted last April to fund current and planned road work. Funds are needed for three projects including Union Church Grand road work and two hard surfacing projects. Bids for the next issues will be opened at the September 1 board meeting. About $200 000 in bonds remain unsold.
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John D.’ Hagan
Board of Revenue
Union Church Grand
Gulf and Alba Clubs
Delchamps
Coden
Merchants Bank
Weeks Delays Muscle Shoals Action Until Return
Secretary of War Weeks postpones any decision on the Muscle Shoals project until after a ten day trip to New Hampshire. Reports from government and civilian experts on the Ford offer will be completed, enabling an announcement on his return. Benton from Birmingham proposes a 50 50 profit share, while concerns about his financial backing remain.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals Project
War Weeks
New Hampshire
Weeks
Ford
Ton
Birmingham
Ter
Muscle Shoals
Benton
Béenson
Henry Ford
Meat Packing Industry Back On Firm Basis
An Aug 19 United Press report from New York details the meat packing industry regaining a stable footing postwar. Thomas E. Wilson asserts improved activity, exports improving, and a solid outlook as packers resume normal operations and support regulatory reforms.
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New , York
Thomas E. Wilson
Chicago
Institute of American Meat Packers
United Preas
Wilson
Congress
Tubercular Camp Site Plans to be Open Air Camp
The Elks' Home on Government Street hosts the tuberculosis camp committee tonight at 7:40. The group will present final plans for an open air camp at Cottage Hill six miles west of the city, following a Tuesday meeting that refined the camp layout. Committee members include William Monk Jr., Leon Jennart, Dr. Charles J. Mohr, Frank Her, Jones, J. H. Stmicker, and N. E. Taltyrt.
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Elks
Spe
Mobile
Cottage Hill
Cial
William Monk,Jr
Leon Jennart
Charles J. Mohr
Frank Her, Jones
J. H. Fetnicker
N, E Taltyrerthe
Trade Commission Cites Mobile Firms Over Alleged Bribery
The J W Falck Supply Company P Chandliers and Haas Brothers Packing Company were cited by the Trade Commission on allegations of bribery and improper payments to ship officers to influence shipping supplies and contract awards. The Associated Press dispatch indicates officers and captains may have received cash commissions and gifts in return for favorable treatment.
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J. W. Falck Supply Company
P Chandiers
Haas Broth‘Packing Company
Palonien Ae
Associated
Press Tech
Case of Meyers and stolen fowls in August hearing
The case of Thomas Meyers, a Black man, charged with petit larceny, was set for August 23 by Acting Circuit Grove this morning. Meyers was arrested by Officer J M Pancetta for possessing what was found in his possession as the department searches for the owner of the fowls.
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Thomas Meyers
Grove
Meyers
J. M.pancetta
Negro Hurt After Fall From Train In City Hospital
Tom Williams an 18 year old Negro is listed in City Hospital with injuries from a fall from a train. He claims he was hopping a Louisville and Nashville train and fell. He is not seriously insured.
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Tom Williams
Toddo
Sailor Believes Fabricus Drowned After Fish or Alligator Attack
Fred Orensen, a sailor, identified Fabricus as the drowned man in the Mobile river and claimed the victim was attacked in the water by a large fish or an alligator. Dr Hale supported the theory based on the body’s injuries suggesting a water attack.
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Williau
Rapricius
Mobile
Fred Orensen
Fabricus
Orsh
Orensen
Hale
Mobile Wins In Mixed Feed Case After Four Years
The Alabama Public Service Commission ordered railroads to reduce charges on mixed feeds to grain feed rates. Brought by R G Cobb mobile chamber traffic manager, the four year effort aimed to help Mobile firms compete in several territories. The Montgomery announcement states mixed feed now carries the same rate as grain feeds, cutting 612 cents per haul.
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Alabama Public Service Commission
R G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Railroad
Mobile
Montgomery
Fireman Injured In L&N Yard Collision
Jim Kane a negro fireman was hurt in a head on crash between an L and N freight engine and a switch engine at Water and Eslava streets in the yards. He was taken to the city hospital with injuries described as not serious.
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Jim Kane
Eslava
Thermometer Rises Into The Nineties In Mobile
The city of Mobile experiences a prolonged heat spell with daytime temperatures around 95 degrees. Lack of breeze worsens the heat, and forecasters expect no relief today or Saturday with temperatures remaining high.
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Mobile
Mingo County to draw Petit Jury for Matewan Case
W V augu 19 announced that a petit jury will be drawn from Pocahontas County to try the second Matewan battle case next September. A special term of court is set for August 22, and a special grand jury will probe recent disorders in the Mingo coal fields with indictments likely to be tried immediately.
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W. Va
Sant Chomaee
Eou
Pocahontas County
Bailey
Mingo
Return of Railways Saves Millions at Chautauqua
Samuel O Dunn of Railway Age told the Chautauqua Institute that surrender of railroads to private operation on September 1 1920 cut taxpayer costs by at least 376 million dollars in ten months, vs a potential 742.5 million rental if guarantees had continued. railroads earned a net operating income of 866.8 million, 375.7 million less than would have been paid in rental.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
Samuel O. Dunn
Railway Age
Chautauqua Institute
France watches King proposal on Wilson as disarmament delegate
Paris reports officials and the French public show interest in Senator King's idea to name former President Wilson as a delegate to the disarmament conference. They avoid comment calling it an American domestic affair. Doubt remains on Wilson's appointment and some say it would be unpopular. The French are keen not to criticize President Harding's actions now.
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Paris
King
Wilson
Harding
Bergdoll Case Prompts House Battle Over Reports
Washington Aug 19 A political fight in the house looms after the majority report by the Bergdoll escape committee settlement. Samuel T Ansell former acting advocate general and others denounce alleged responsibility. Republicans weigh rejecting the majority and adopting the Peters minority report.
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Washington
House
Slacker Bergdoll
Semuel T. Ansell
Johnson
Kentucky
Peters
Maine
Ansell
Arkansas State Fair Opens November 11
Arrangements for the Arkansas state fair and centennial exposition in Little Rock were in progress with a two week run starting November 11. The event, housed in temporary wooden buildings under canvas, is estimated to cost about $50,000.
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Little Rock
Ark
Red Cross Director General Sir David Henderson Dies
Washington Aug 19 Sir David Henderson director general of the Red Cross societies is dead per cable advices. Henderson toured the states in the fall of 1930.
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Washington
David Henderson
I of Red Cross Societies
Red Cross
Be Henderson
Amendments to Tax Bill Move Through House
In Washington 19 amendments to the tax revision bill were taken up in the house with priority to Republican moves from the ways and means committee. Amendments face five minute limits and will be sent through the committee for a vote tomorrow afternoon. Proposals include rescinding the annual ten dollar license tax on soft drink vendors and raising individual tax on capital asset profits above thresholds from 29 000 to 40 000 with rates changing from 12 ½ percent to 15 percent.
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Washington, Say
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kincaid Nerves Fray As He Testifies At Wife Slaying Trial
In Burke county North Carolina Sidney Kincaid, a county commissioner, faces murder charges in the slaying of his wife. On the witness stand he proclaimed memory lapses and emotional distress after a day of drinking, recalling little of the events and insisting he did not intend harm.
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Morganton
N. C
Dney Kincaid
Burke County
Sidney
Shooting at Senator Ball’s Car Spurs Probe in Delaware
Investigators probe a shooting that struck Senator Ball’s automobile in Delaware. Threatening letters are used as evidence to determine if the small caliber bullet was accidental or meant to frighten the rent profiteers author. Ball was uninjured when the bullet pierced his car door near his leg.
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Washington
Senator Ball
Delaware
Ball
Norfolk Firm Cited by U S Trade Board
The Liberty Iron and Wire Company of Norfolk Virginia was cited for alleged unfair competition by the Federal Trade Commission. The charge involves its officers and ships used to bring business to its shops through cash commissions and other gratuities.
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Washington
Liberty Iron and Wire Company, Inc
Norfolk
Hall Trial Reveals Desperate Affair With Martha Henderson
Fred R. Hall told a Russellville jury he was “out of his mind” from desperation amid an affair with Martha Henderson, admitting lengthy letters and gifts to the Texas woman. Witnesses described phone calls, a store visit, and a killing as the trial nears its end.
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Russellville
Ala
Martha Henderson
Fred R. Hall
Hall
Washington
New York
Miss Henderson
Dallas
Tex
Annie Box
Edith Stanley
Tuscumbia
St. Louis
Tom Lawler
Sheffield
Aliville
Hail
Hoax Claim Of Pigeon Carrier In Yellowstone Missing Man
Dan Singer in New York still believes Edmund Heller is lost in the Hoodoo mountains of Yellowstone. Experts dismiss a cartier pigeon claim as a 2,000 mile flight hoax and say the bird was planted to deceive Singer while he urges Wyoming authorities to continue the search.
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New York
Dan Singer
Edmund Heller
Hoodoo Mountains
Yellowstone National Ark
Natural History
Heller
Singer
Wyoming
Commute Eases Prison Terms for 42 Berlin Communists
Berlin authorities reduced sentences for 42 communists serving hard labor for participation in a red uprising last spring. Other inmates with harsher terms saw reductions from one half to two thirds as authorities show leniency toward sympathizers.
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Berlin
Aert
Germany
Ncy
Guer
Prince Alexander Ill in Paris as Surgeons Deliberate
In Paris at a Neuilly hospital Prince Regent Alexander of Jugoslavia lies seriously ill with appendicitis. Surgeons hesitate to operate due to age and prior war injuries including a rib removal during the Serbian retreat. He sought treatment incognito after visits to Vichy and Savoy before returning to Paris.
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Paris
Alexander of
Jugo
Slavia
Neuilly
Alexander
Albania
France
Vichy
Savoy
Belgrade
Fighting Reported South of Melilla in North Africa
Madrid Aug. 19 an official statement says serious fighting is under way at Sidi Ameran south of Melilla with sharp firing along Spanish positions. Reinforcements and provisions have been dispatched and Spanish forces at Tizza nearby are reinforced. Moorish tribesmen attacked Spanish positions at Cabo de Agua near the French Algeria frontier, with Spanish forces under fire.
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Madrid
Sidi Ameran
Melilla
Tizza
Cabo de Agua
French Algeria
Moros Slain in Mindanao for Blabbing Says Telegram
A telegram to acting Philippine governor Yeater from E. S. Lyon alleges Philippine constabulary officers kill Moros in Mindanao for making complaints to General Wood. It cites killings on August 13 and 14, threats against Datos, and requests intervention to stop killings and notify General Wood. An investigation was ordered by Brig. Gen. Crame and referred by Yeater.
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Manila
Philippine Constabulary
Mindanao
Wood-Forbes
Charles B. Yeater
Philippines
Lyon
Mini Ganao
Dato Ami Manadelieng
Lanao
Wood
Constabulary
Yeater
Rafael Crame
Yeatermaw
Burying Ground in Detroit Tied to Sicilian Feud Slayings
Detectives report a farm land on the northeastern Detroit outskirts used as a burial ground for victims of Sicilian feuds. Bartolo Fontana claims an organized gang carried out numerous slayings in Detroit and other cities, while police note several missing men believed buried there.
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Detroit
York
Bartolo Fontana
46 Billion Cigarettes Made in U S Last Year
Census tobacco report shows 46. billion cigarettes manufactured in the United States last year with about 15.8 billion exported and 4.0 billion consumed domestically. Total tobacco products reached 413.9 million pounds with 1.5 billion pounds of leaf tobacco produced on 1.89 million acres valued at 98.6 million dollars. Revenues from tobacco products totaled 294 million dollars, led by North Carolina.
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Washington
Uni
Census Bureau
United State
North Carolina
Virginia
Secret talks roil fight over anti beer act in Washington
Reports from Washington say conflicting views on the beer bill persist as Senate and House conferees resume work behind closed doors. The fourth amendment, framed as protecting the home, remains a flashpoint with final enactment expected before the next week. Volstead and house managers lean toward compromise but hold firm on warrants issue.
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Washington
Senate
House
Volstead
Waa
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