Prohibition Raids Seize Stills and Liquor Across Counties
Federal and local officers hit hard with raids at multiple sites. Two large stills, mash, sugar, and beer were seized on Twelve Mile island. C. W. Oberkirk and Mrs. H Busby arrested for bottling and keg beer. Additional seizures include goode lake outfits and cars with liquor, as Robbins, Hughes, and Simmons led the operations. Eleven more bottles and several improvised stills reported in other locations.
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Twelve Mile Island
A. W. Hargett
Prohibition
Hughes
Robbins
C. W. Oberkirk
South
Skinson Street
Oberkirk
Stringfellow
McCrary
Simmons
Graves
H. Busby
Rotterdam
Rexford
Sallie Brown
Delaware
Seymour Brannon
Crichton
Uty Robbins
Leonard Parker
Tipton Family Charged in 13-Year-Old Winkles Death
FBI and local posse searched the Tipton home in Greenville Aug 21 for the body of 13-year-old Novella Winkle found in a potato bin. Mrs Alma Tipton confessed to killing the child saying she wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone. The Tiptons are held without bail on murder charges.
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Greenville
Alma Tipway
Tiptons
Novella Winkle
State docks compress test at Alabama cotton warehouse
The first bale passed through the new compress at the Alabama docks commission cotton warehouse during a morning test. Officials praised the machinery, but commercial use will wait until warehouse floor and related work are finished. The compress, once ready, should handle about 110 bales per hour, with Albert Hart named superintendent and a tariff of charges set.
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Alabama Docks Commission
State Terminal
Docks Board
Phosce
J. L. Cummings
Prince
Alabama Boonsee
Mr. Cummings
Mobile
B. Hare
Wilmer
C. Dowling & Co
Harry Howlett
Robert D. Webb Company
Albert Hart
Baseball Summary From Southern and American Leagues
In a rain affected slate, multiple games featured teams like New York, St. Louis, Chicago and Cleveland. Line scores show early leads and late innings with pitchers and batters such as Van Gilder, Schang, Lyons, Hariss, Gaston, Hartnett, and others contributing in a series of split results. Sloppy OCR yields scattered fragments across the record.
Tobacco export rates boost through Mobile publication
The Warrior system in Mississippi issued a supplement to tariff rates on tobacco shipping to Mobile from Tennessee and Kentucky. Effective September 25, the revised rail and water rates aim to increase tobacco exports via Mobile ahead of the current crop. A barge line also published general rates from Tennessee and Kentucky to Mobile.
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Mobile
Tennessee
Kentucky
He Talks His Way Out of Trouble
Jim Eighteen, a Black man, faced charges for violating the prohibition law. He claimed innocence in police court and was discharged after testimony revealed about half a gallon of liquor at his home. An arresting officer said Eighteen tried to flee when located ten days after the initial discovery.
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Jim Eighteen
Rui
Right of Way Granted For County Detour
The Mobile Light and Railway Company grants the county the right of way free of charge for a detour around the pass under the belt line railroad by the State docks commission on Old Magazine Point road. The county may use the route until the underpass is finished, with the condition to replace fences removed for the detour.
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Belt Line Railroad
State Docks Commission
Old Magazine Point Road
Mobile Light and Railway Company
A. &. Towle
Board of Revenue
Rossman
Electric Company
Trolley Company
Entertainment on Bay Queen Trip by Lyons Family
Mrs. Deborah Lyons and her two children Loyal and Friendly will entertain aboard the steamer Bay Queen on the 2 o'clock trip tomorrow with a novel song and dance skit.
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Deborah Lyons
Loyal
Friendly
Weather Outlook For Week Preview
Weather outlook notes a unsettled pattern with chances of showers and cooler temperatures this week. Forecasters expect variable winds and some days near normals with periods of dry sun between systems.
Woman Believed Deadly Action Attempt in Franklin Street
Mrs. Leo Jernigan of Franklin street collapsed in a neighbor’s yard and was rushed to City Hospital in serious condition. Captain Reed and city detectives investigated after she told officers she had drunk a poison remedy at about 4 05 this morning. She did not improve by morning.
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Leo Jernigan
Franklin Street
Palmetto
Charleston
City Hospital
Reed
Jernigan
Araet
Warren Burch
Rage
Layen
Arrests Expected in Atlanta Murder Probe
Atlanta Aug 21 Solicitor General John A Boykin leading the murder inquiry into Bert Donaldson shot in a hotel room last month says about 20 persons will be rounded up for questioning in days ahead. Three arrests were made recently but two were released after questioning.
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Atlanta
Bert Donaldson
John A. Boykin
Donaldson
Boykin
Valentino Attacked as Condition Deteriorates in New York
Rudolph Valentino, film star, suffered a severe attack with intense pain after an operation at Polyclinic hospital. Doctors administered local anaesthetic, morphine was given, and his condition worsened with pain and fever. Manager F George Altman and surgeon colleagues awaited further bulletin on his post operative status.
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New York
Polyclinic
Rudolph Valentino
Valentino
George Altman
United Press
Uliman
Enon
Ullman
Joseph Schenck
Mississippi eye witness describes Beverly Gardens shooting
A Mississippi resident told Mrs. Stanfield he witnessed the Beverly Gardens incident that killed E. L. Migener near Beverly Gardens. He described two men dragging, beating, and firing on a man in a parked car, then fleeing toward New Orleans, differing from other accounts. He planned to attend a Gretna DA conference.
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New Orleans
J. E. Fleury
Gretna
Mississippi
E. L. Migener
Beverly Gardens
BE. M. Stanfield
Roling
Jefferson Parish
Ralph Schultz
East End
Missisippian
Convict Removal Bill Planned in Alabama January Session
In Montgomery on August 21 the first bill of the January legislative session will target removing convicts from Alabama mines. Gov.-designate Bibb Graves and Lt. Gov.-designate W. C. Davis conferred and agreed the plan will redirect convict labor to other work. The issue was a key plank in Graves and Davis platforms.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Graves
W. C. Davis
Jasper
Colonel Graves
Mr. Devis
Valentino Interview Reports Actor’s Courage and Love for Family
United Press presents the first interview with Rudolph Valentino since his Appendicitis and ulcers sidelined him. He says he is grateful for public support and would have preferred death to continued pain, hopes to return to studio life soon, and cherishes thoughts of his brother Alberto and sister Maria.
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Rudolph Valentino
Italy
United Press
Valentino
Rudy
F. George Ul Iman
E. W. Lewis
Deat
Maine
Alberto
Maria
Altair Found Safely In Baltimore Harbor
The sailing yacht Altair, reported missing during an ocean race from Cowes, has been found and moored safely in Baltimore harbor.
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Dublin
Altair
Cowés
Baltimore
Sinking of Ore Steamer Harold S. Gerken Sparks Lake Erie Rescue
A violent gale drove the steamer Harold S. Gerken to sink eight miles off Erie Pennsylvania. Sixteen crewmen were rescued by the Maitland car ferry after lifeboats drifted in. Four men aboard a missing lifeboat are feared lost. One presumed survivor, Herman Wakeman, was washed ashore later in Erie peninsula in critical condition.
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Ohio
Harold
Gerken
Lake Erie
Erie
Maitland
Ashtabula
George McMinn
Richard Freeman
Herman Wakeman
William Logan
Oremiter
Buffalo
Inter-City Radio Telegraph Company
Eaitland
J. B. Gamble
Erie Peninsula
Canada
Heyman
O. Maitland
Tiand
Cleveland
Herman Wageman
Howard
T. H. Heyman
Ferry
Multiple U S News Briefs Include River Projects and Crimes
Reports from Washington note Army engineers allocating funds for river and harbor projects including Arkansas Locks and Dams. In Dalton Georgia a mother and daughter died when their car struck a switching locomotive. In Hattiesburg Mississippi authorities request Miller county Ark for suspect Kinnie Wagner wanted for a deputy’s killing. Savannah Ga, William McNamee won the Civil Rifle match at Fort Scriven with a score of 87 out of 100, earning a gold medal.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Arkansas
Bitesa
Hattiesburg
Miss
Miller County
Ark
Greene County
Ees
Kinnie Wagner
Naseem McIntosh
Savannah
William McNamee
Jacksonville Rifle Club
Civil Rifle Club
National Rifle Association
Mdet
Fort Scriven
McNamee
Henry Blun
Third Span of Bay Bridge Put on Piers
Progress on the Mobile bay bridge continued as the third large steel span was placed on piers at Tensaw River near the eastern shore. The span was floated from Mbdbile river terminus to its site at Two Rivers and is expected to help finish the bridge by January 1, 1927.
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Mobile Bay
Tensaw-Spanish Rivers
Mbdbile River
Bootlegger King Sentenced In Small Jail
George Remus, once called bootleg king of Cincinnati, receives a one year term in Troy jail for maintaining a nuisance at a farm tied to illegal liquor. A labor department warrant for his arrest overseen as deportation action follows his prior imprisonment in Atlanta.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
Troy
Washington
Department of Labor
Remus
Atlanta
Maranville Granted Unconditional Release by Dodgers
Chicago reports Rabbit Maranville, veteran shortstop, received an unconditional release from the Dodgers. Officials announced the move as the team paused its series, marking the end of his tenure with the club.
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Chicago
Rabbit" Maranville
Dodgers
The
Republican bid to bridge liquor issue in New York race
In New York the GOP considers a compromise on liquor policy for the state race. Senator Wadsworth after a Coolidge meeting seeks a candidate acceptable to wets and drys, with Butler out and Wagner named as Wagner or Smith possible contenders. The plan centers on a law enforcement plank and a referendum on beverage alcohol content.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
James W. Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Coolidge
Paulith’s
Forthcomin
Wadsweet
Frankin
Repuican
Ean Wet
Senate
York
Benator
Smith
Whddworth
Supreme Court
Robert F. Wagner
Butler
Jury Deliberates On Two Verdi ct Suspects
Guthrie Oklahoma August 21 The jury considering the murder of Osage Indian Henry Roanhorse by W K ale and John Ramsey resumes deliberations after four weeks of evidence and seven hours of prior deliberations last night The jury was locked up at 10 o clock Judge Cotteral instructed no verdict between acquittal life imprisonment or death was acceptable
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Guthrie
Okla
W. K. Ale
John Ramsey
Henry Roanhorse
Cotteral
Man Linked to Death Attempt After Slashing Incident
Officials concluded a sick man in Miami was attacked by Walter, an estate operator, in an alleged murder attempt to fake a suicide. Investigators said the wound was inflicted with a pen knife and the victim later died. Richardson, a resident of J. Duminia, had facial injuries and was hospitalized. Family funeral arrangements were delayed as relatives are notified.
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Miami
Fis
Walter
Richardson
J. Duminia
Lummus
Homous
Hold
J. Paul
Minn
Florida
Hall Mills Plot Read In Pistol Hall Mills Plot
Two New York detectives face indictments in Somerville New Jersey for allegedly planting clues in the Hall Mills murder mystery. Investigators say a deliberate scent-trail misled the case, with the gun and bullets cited as inconsistent with reported calibers and linked to a Philadelphia setup.
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Somerville
N. J
New York
Philadelphia
Simpson
Edward
Eleanor R. Mills
Newwick
Wisconsin cowwoman trampled at Chicago rodeo
Mrs Louise Salonen, a first time rider at Chicago's annual rodeo, was killed when a bronco named Kenoan tossed her from the saddle and crushed her skull. The tragedy occurred after she mounted the horse and prepared to be lifted, witnesses said. The incident followed by her husband and son at the event.
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Chicago
Louise Salonen
Kenoan
Nemes
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FBI
Pete
Rock Palmero
Yaryan
Caldwell and Whitney
Mackey
Mobile Chattanooga
Rain
St. Louis
Finnerg
Gap
Dean
Wilson
Bush
WRIA
Chicago Vance
Deberry
Kauffman
American St. Louis
van Gilder and Schangmock and Collins
Lyons
Dhaieouar
Hariss
Gaston
Cleveland Washington
Cleveland- Washington
Detroit
Warrior River
BAY Boat
Duffering
U. S
Estrada
Sehpiveda
Amatten
San Diego
Cal
Jacksonville
Jack Lance
Ate
Georgia
Age Donaldson
Dalton
Jessie Wheat
Lumber
Sominee
Mise Myrtle Wheat
BAY Bridge
Maranville
Dodger
N. Y
Vets
Hall-Mills
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