Rail and port work dominate Alabama docks meeting
The Alabama State Docks Board meets in Birmingham to discuss a new sugar plant project and refinery options, with Prohibition laws cited as limiting industrial alcohol. Gen William L Sibert chairs from Mobile, with plans to sell remaining bonds only if market improves and no new bond issues are deemed necessary.
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Birmingham
State Docks Commission
Acto
Charles Henderson
Frank Blair
William L. Sibert
Magic City
Doc Poetz Loses Car Stolen Near Post Office
Police report Doc Poetz says his car was stolen last night from St Michael Street near the post office in St Joseph. A license plate A184 294 is noted. No trace found. A car from Mrs H Ehret was found by the bay near Monroe Yard. Norman Atheridge reports theft of Yard roadster near Hurtel Street bay front. Hood car stolen from Jackson Street near Government recovered on LeBaron Avenue by joy riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. O
Doc”) Poetz
St. Micheal Street
St. Joseph
H. Ehret
Bay
Monroe Yaad
Norman Atheridge
Hospital reports three are better
Bennie Thomas a Crichton 13 year old run down by a truck at Government and Royal streets Monday morning was reported very much improved at City hospital. Leon B Dure with bi chloride or mercury poisoning at City hospital was very much better. Leo Morris a carpenter who fell from the Wheeler Motors building at St Louis and Hamilton streets was improved this morning and out of danger and expected to go home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennie Thomas
Crichton
Government and
Royal Streets
City Hospital
Leon B. Dure
Leo Morris
Wheeler Motors
St. Louis
Hamilton Streets
Morris
Coast Guard Radio Inspection Battles Rum Run Gulf Fleet
Radio electrician A. P. Arlington attached to the gulf division headquarters is at Barataria and Base 15 Biloxi Mississippi inspecting radio equipment on vessels and stations across the division in a large repair program to ready the gulf flotilla for a heavy rum running season, according to officials.
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Radio Electrician
A. P. Arlington
Gulf Division
Coast Guard
Barataria
Biloxi
Miss
Gulf Flotilla
State to buy Fort Morgan parts for park use
Alabama plans to acquire a portion of the Fort Morgan government reservation at auction. City Commissioner Leon Schwarz announced the resolution seeking state purchase by the governor and Alabama Legislature to convert the property into a military reservation estate park.
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Alabama
Fort Morgan
Leon Schwarz
Aectaoerary
Graves
Schwarz
City Commission
White Way bid plan eyed for Mobile street project
City commission seeks bids for the Mobile street construction from Dauphin Street Beauregard. Mayor Harry T. Hart says project costs will be paid by property owners along the street over ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Dauphin Street
Beauregard
City Commission
Harry T. Harthyge
Seaman Adrien Maldin Found Drowned in River
The body of Adrien Maldin of the French training ship Jacques Cartier was recovered from the river shortly after noon. He reportedly fell overboard Monday during the voyage and was drowned. the coroner will conduct an inquest.
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Seaman
Adrien Maladin
Jacoes Cartier
Mondey
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Fair to improving conditions in Alabama and Mississippi with generally fair skies. Winds are expected to be light to moderate, turning northerly later, and by Saturday the forecast calls for mostly clear weather across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mississippi
New Appointee Nelson T. Johnson Sworn In as Assistant Secretary
Nelson T. Johnson is sworn in at Washington as assistant secretary of state succeeding Robert E. Olds who moves up to under secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson T. Johnson
Washington
Robert E. Olds
George J Sullivan Laid to Rest by Friends
Funeral services for George J. Sullivan were held at 8:30 a.m. at 812 St. Joseph street with a Mass of requiem at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 9 a.m. Attending were Mobile Bar Association members Knights of Columbus and Catholic Knights of America. Burial followed at the Catholic cemetery with pallbearers James F. Maury Thomas A. Yeend N. E. Stallworth Andrew Zimlich Judge Price Williams Walter Burke and honoraries including George W. Unruh Joseph A. Hynde Owen Burke and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Sullivan
St. Joseph Street
John Mullaly
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Father George N. Moeller
Father Moeller
Father Mer
Oaks Thomas J. Toolen
Sulivans
Mobile Bar Association
Knights of Columbus
Catholic Knights of America
James F. Maury
Thomas A. Yeend
N. E. Stallworth
Andrew Zimlich
Price Williams
Walter Burke
George W. Unruh
Joseph A. Hynde
Owen Burke
Cleveland
Robert A. Sands
William Vizard
Robert T. Ervin
Joseph M. Walsh
Two Big Dinners for Legionnaires in Paris
Indianapolis dispatch notes two major dinners planned during the American Legion national convention in Paris from September 19 to 23. Legion national commander Howard P. Savage will host a dinner honoring French President Gaston Doumergue, while France will also host a banquet for visiting veterans and French army officials. About 450 guests are expected.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
Legion
Paris
Howard P. Savage
Annou
Gaston Doumergue
France
French Republic
Monterey Hotel Damaged by Fire at Asbury Park
Fire caused an estimated $50,000 in damage to the Monterey hotel beachfront. The blaze, likely from a cigarette, was confined to the grill room on the first floor. The hotel hosted 375 guests including Mayor and Mrs. Victor Miller of St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
N. J
Montery
Victor Miller
St. Louis
Detroit to Have Lindbergh Flag for Lindy Welcome
A 50 by 80 foot Lindy banner, one of the world's largest flags, was completed by the Detrra Flag factory at Oaks, Pa for Detroit to welcome Charles Lindbergh, the first nonstop transatlantic aviator. The flag bears a single word Lindy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenixville
Detrra
Oaks
Detroit
Mobile county to seek 4.5 million road bonds in November
Chairman D Davis announced after a Montgomery visit that Mobile county will likely ask voters in November to authorize 4.5 million in improvement bonds to fund highway and bridge projects. Plans include paved routes from Toulminville to Citronelle and from Calvert to the Clark county line, plus work on the Moffat road and the Craft highway extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
D. Davis
State Highway Commission
Montgomery
Toulminville
Citronelle
Mississippi Line
Satsuma
Mount Vernon
Calvert
Clark County
Cc. L. Strange
J. Stephens
Russell
Oak Grove
Davis
Mobile
Selma
Mississippi Valley Highway
Woolsey Finnell
W. A
James E. Shelton
Shelton
Radio men gather for Atwater Kent convention in Vineyard
About 75 Atwater Kent radio dealers from south Alabama, west Florida, and southeast Mississippi attend a two day meeting at the Cawthon hotel Vineyard under H. M. Price Hardware. Mayor Hartwell gives welcome as John F. McCoy and other officials represent Philadelphia based manufacturers. A banquet at 6 15 features Frank Delano. visitors attend a Saenger theatre party and Saturday focuses on service instructions.
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Atwater Kent
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Cawthon Hotel
Vineyard
H. M. Price Hardware Company
Harry T. Hartwell
John F. McCoy
Southern Gates
Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
E. L. Hollingsworth
James McKee
Frank Miller
Pooley Company
A. L. Doty
Red Lion Cabinet Company
Atwater Kent Radio
Geore Coleman
Cawthon Vineyard
Frank Delano
Saenger
Churches to Receive World Faith and Order Findings
Lausanne Aug 19 The world conference on faith and order decided to send copies of its findings to churches worldwide. Congregations will report to a continuation committee which will plan steps toward another conference and ongoing denominational harmonization. The committee will campaign through churches with an annual $20,000 budget.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
World Conference On Faith and Order
Churches of the World
Love's Labor Lost Ties to Milwaukee Romance
A. Ledyard Smith, a Milwaukee archaeologist, sought a license in Waukegan on the same day Miss Alicia Patterson announced her engagement to James Simp son Jr. The couple’s alleged romance sparked rumors, with Patterson’s mother denying any secret relationship, while Miss Patterson remained silent.
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Chicago
A. Ledyard Smith
Milwaukee
Smith
Harvard
Alicia Patterson
Joseph Medill Patterson
Miss Patterson
James Simpson, Jr
Marshall Field & Co
Waukegan
Ledyard
Milwaukee Dispatches
Resolution to Named Admiral Heflin to Battle Pope
Alabama lawmaker proposes appointing U S Senator Heflin an admiral to command the battleship West Virginia and defend American waters from the pope of Rome. The plan asks the president to place Heflin in command and anchor at New York harbor with orders to fire on the pope if he nears U S shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
United States
J. Thomas Heflin
New York Harbor
Rome
Alabama House of Representatives
Lee Edmundson
Jefferson County
Edmundson
Heflin
United States of America
S. Thomas Heflin
Alabama
House of Representatives
West Virginia
Senate of the United States
Secretary of the Navy
Memphis Sees Coldest Aug 19 in 31 Years
Memphis Tenn Aug 19 65 degrees at 7 am marks the coldest Aug 19 on record for 31 years. The weather bureau notes the 1896 low of 63 was the previous benchmark and continues to forecast cool weather tonight.
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Memphis
Tenn
Weather Bureau
One More Test for German Plane Germania in Cologne
In Cologne Germany a trial flight of the Casper biplane Germania convinced Lt Otto Koennecke that only one more maximum weight test was needed before declaring the machine ready for its trans ace flight. The test was set for late afternoon.
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Cologne
Germany
Germania
Otto Koennecke
Mother of Lost Airman Fights Tears in Hope
Mrs. Sarah Stewart Scott, mother of Gordon Scott, navigator of the missing Golden Eagle in the Hawaiian air race, remained confident her son would be found safe. She recalled his earlier disappearance aboard Hullo during the Honolulu yacht race, waited seven days and he returned. She believes a schooner without radio could have picked them up.
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Santa Monica
Cat
Sarah Stewart Scott
Gordon Scott
Golden Eagle
Honolulu
Gordon
Mrs. Scott
Peking Post Office Adopts Telautograph Service
The Peking post office begins telautograph transmissions to Mukden allowing handwriting replicas to be sent. Texts designs and drawings on special forms are accepted with ink. For the first month messages were free and standard tolls range from seventy five cents to three dollars based on spaces used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
China
Mukden
Hearing of Attack Case Postponed in Shadyside Mine
Eight men and two women arrested after an attack on a taxi driver near Webb mine Shadyside have hearings postponed to August 26. Prosecutor Wad dell cited defense counsel in eviction actions by mine operators against idle miners as the reason for delay. The ten defendants face charges of inciting riot and assault with intent to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clairesville
Ohio
Webb
Shadyside
Paul V. Waddell
Incii
Explosion Damages Negro Quarters at Kee Coal Mine
An explosion at Kee Coal Company's mine in Pittsburgh damages two wooden quarters used by Black workers. No injuries reported. Local officials described the blast as occurring in the mine’s western area during the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
West
Kee Coal Company
Brown eyed girl and four missing fliers lost near Honolulu
Impetus San Francisco reports a renewed search for Mildred Doran of Flint Michigan and four crewmen in a Dole 36 000 flight from Oakland to Honolulu. Navy Langley aircraft join the hunt as rumors of a sighting near Keanea intensify.
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San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Honolulu
Mildred Doran
Flint, Mich
Ae Ma
Oakland
John W. Frost
Gordon Scott
Miers
George Hearst
United States Navy
Langley
Farallones
Golden Gate
San Diego
Sau
Miss Doran
Golden Eagle
Faraliones
Navy
Rn. HH. Jackesas
Pacific Fleet
Antouahe
Senator Manager Harris Fined for Rowland Incident
Washington Senators manager Branley Harris received a $100 fine from AL president Ban Johnson after a dispute with umpire Clarence Rowland during a game with the New York Yankees. Harris paid by personal check and hopes to discuss the matter in Chicago with the league president. Johnson censured the Washington club’s manager for not fortifying against such an occurrence.
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St, Louis
Branley Harris
Washington Senators
Ban Johnson
American League
Clarence Rowland
Washington
New York Yankees
Harris
Chicago
Johnson
Watson Seeks 300 Million Cap on Tax Cut Plan
Senator James A Watson of Indiana urged retiring the public debt as the best path to lower federal taxes. He proposed a 300 million cap on tax reduction legislation in the next Congress, arguing debt costs last year reached 1.3 billion and must be reduced to ease tax burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James A.atson
Indiana
Watson
Train derailment in Missouri leaves two dead
Two men died when a Burlington to Hannibal local derailed near Keokuk Iowa at Gregory, Missouri. Arch McNeill of Braley California was identified among the dead, with several others injured.
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ST. Louis
Arch McNeill
Braley
Cal
Burlington
Hannibal
Gregory Ee Mo
Keokuk
Burlington Railroad
German pilot to try again after Bremen flight
One of the few pilots to fly a Junkers Bremen in America August Fricd Loose plans a retry after a forced return to the United States following the start. The Junkers company intends to resume the attempt with Loose as pilot.
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Plct
America
August Fricd Loose
Bremen
Dversau
United States
Junkers
Loose
Strong Posses Close In On Bank Robbers After Shootout
Strong posses led by Sheriff Robert A Braun and A T K fail to nab two gunmen after a dawn chase from Bentleyville area toward Pittsburgh. Police reported a firefight at a farm tied to the Coverdale armored car robbery loot of 104000 dollars, with guards wounded and a large eastern rail and highway manhunt underway across Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
Mobile
Robert A. Braun
Jaworski Aeckoski
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Fum Times
Duquesne
East Liberty
New Castle
State Line
Youngstown
Ndits
Coast Guard Traces Drunken Bruise Whiskey Runoff
A Norwegian steamer Bruise loaded with whiskey worth about 1,000,000 dollars sails 881 tons and is tailed 40 miles off Cape Virginia by coast guard boats and a destroyer. The ship circles for two days, lacks fuel, and may seek tow to refuel. It loaded cargo at Bermuda and purportedly headed for Hamburg.
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Norfolk
Virginia Capes
Coast Guard
Coast Guards
Bermuda
Hambure
KMA Gets Better Wave Position In Radio Plan
The federal radio commission granted KMA Shenandoah Iowa a higher wave position and ordered it to share time with KWKH Shreveport Louisiana. KMA will operate on 760 kilocycles with 1000 watts power.
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Washington
Federal Radio Commission
KMA
Mayseed Company
Shenandoah
Iowa
KWKH
Shreveport
False Report of Finding Girl Triggers Flint Frenzy
Flint Michigan Aug 19 Joy rose briefly as reports claimed Mildred Doran and Auggie Pedlar, missing Pacific fliers, had been found. City prayer services were planned after the reports proved untrue, with residents urged to pray for their safe return.
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Girl
Flint
Mich
Mias
Milared Doran
Auggy Pedlar
Pacific
Mildred Doran
Auggie Pedlar
Organization of Ministers
Aug
Mildred
Sacco Vanzetti Appeal Fails as Court Refuses Review
Massachusetts Supreme Court refuses to intervene in the Sacco and Vanzetti case. Writs of certiorari at federal level are planned by defense counsel. Reports say Vanzetti’s mental state is questioned as the condemned duo face execution in Charlestown.
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Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Charlestown
UN States Supreme Court
Michael A. Muasmano
Vansetti
Vanszetti
Arthur D. Hill
Washington
Justice Hall
Hill
Tusting
Hall
Sion
Justion Henry Z Cision
Braley
Ludcester Thayer
Y Sanderson
Supreme Court
Aed
den Hendrix
Paris
Sacco-Vanzetti
Chiappe
Mall
Pla Os Oae
Webster Thayerson
Superior Court
Sanderson
Grast
J Thayer
Explosion Kills Three Trainmen Near Shreveport
A freight train on the Texarkana line exploded north of Shreveport Louisiana killing engineer C B Millis 56 Texarkana fireman W C Hughes 35 Bonham Tex brakeman C Burns Texarkana. Conductor Pat Hackett and others escaped unhurt as investigators opened a probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Texas
C. B. Millis
Texarkana
W. C. Hughes
Bonham
Tex
C. Burns
Pat Hackett
Northern Army Bombs Nanking and Shanghai
Reports from Nanking and Shanghai say the Northern Army bombarded key positions as Cantonese defenders resisted surrender. An imminent capitulation is alleged, with about 75 000 nationalist forces and 20 000 fromwi nking moving toward Saeschow and Hangchow amid heavy artillery.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kail Shek
Sun Chaung
Winking
Seschow
Maneng
Hangchow
Davis Pays Tribute to British War Dead in London
Secretary of War Dwight D. Davis laid a wreath at Whitehall’s monument to British war dead, uttering a silent prayer that it might not be repeated. The ceremony drew British witnesses and American officials as Davis prepared to depart for Mississippi convention work.
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London
Dwight ¥. Davis
Whitehall
Davis
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Pope
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