Mobile to Build Twelve Steel Barges for T C I Company
Contracts finalize for twelve 140 by nine by 25 foot steel barges for the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company of Birmingham. Each barge about 35 000 dollars, total 420 000 dollars. Barges to be built at Drydock and Shipbuilding Company, then turned over to Mississippi Warrior line. Construction aims to move steel rails from up-river district to Mobile, aiding shipments already totaling over 20 000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company of
Birmingham
Drydock and Shipbuilding Company
Mississippi Warrior
Mobile
Alabama
Motorcade Planned for 1 000 Northern Tourists in October
F Taylor Peck and Wallace J Parham outlined plans to host about 1 000 visitors from the north in October. The event will require at least 250 automobiles and aims to showcase southern scenes for publicity. Koulik warned of misinformed northern capitalists and noted broad southern advantage. Photographer R G Ganstron will capture scenes for the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Taylor Peck
Wallace J. Parham
Chamber of Commerce
Frank J. Koulik
Illinois Motorist
Trail Blazer
Koulik
Advertising Move to Promote Mobile Industry Growth
The Chamber Commerce advertising committee approved a mobile industry campaign with a $25,000 budget. Wallace J. Parham chairs the two hour meeting to plan ads in top industrial journals and newspapers across the United States. Crawford Advertising Agency will prepare copy and the committee will gather accurate industry data before producing booklets and educational materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chamber @@ Gommerct
Wallace J. Parham
Crawford Advertising Agency
Bond Forfeited as Riddle Fails to Appear
C B Riddle 26 failed to answer reckless driving charge in recorder’s court. Bond forfeited after deputy bailiffs could not locate him. W D Smith, complainant, testified. Riddle damaged a car in a collision. Court also ordered bond final in the case of E P charged with disorder. Thomes C Scott of Atlanta Ga was fined 101 dollars and costs or 50 days hard labor for firing a .38 revolver at Susie Holloway’s home.
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C. B. Riddle
Recorder’s Court Today Recorder Bar
W. D Smith
Riddle
Smith Ace Riddle
E Pe
Thomes C. Scott
Atlante
Susie Holloway
Davis Avenue
Weather Outlook for Florida and Mississippi Regions
Partly cloudy tonight for Florida and extreme northwest with chances of local thunder showers. Mississippi sees general conditions tonight and Sunday with local thundershowers near the coast and slightly warmer in the northern portion.
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Florida
Mississippi
Stock market gains and currencies upbeat at open
The opening stock session showed broad strength with new year highs for several issues including Seaboard Air Line Loew s Indian Motorcycle and Howe Sound Mining while U S Steel neared 125. A strong foreign exchange tone saw Norwegian kroner rise and Danish kroner gain as sterling and French francs traded firmly. Cotton futures opened quiet with October at 22.85 and December at 23.05.
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York
Aus
Frisco
Ricago Pawumstie Tool
St. Lovie Seotruastern
Seaboard Air Line Common
Katy
Loew's Inc
Indian Motorcycle
American Ice
Howe Sound
St. Louis Southwestern
United States Steel Common
Elf
International Telephone
New Orleans
Downtown traffic arrests highlight stop law enforcement
Traffic officers report only two arrests in the 24 hours to 7 am as downtown patrols continue. John O'Brien and H Keller were fined 15 dollars or 15 days for speeding. L P Exley paid 1 dollar or one day for failing to stop, later dismissed for interfering with an officer. Joseph Johnson fined 1 dollar or one day for stop law violation. J Foscue fined 101 dollars and 50 days costs for DUI and 15 dollars or 15 days for public intoxication, with notice of appeal.
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John O’brien
8. Keller
Recorder
L. P. Exley
Kirkland
Exley
Joseph Johnson
J. Foscue
Foscue
Shreve
West Government Street
Cash Deals In Lands Recorded In Probate Court
Two real estate transactions recorded in probate court involve George L. Izard acquiring properties from Dr. William Mastin and J. D. Sutton and wife. Mastin sells a Government street site with a two story brick building for $20,000 cash. Suttons sell a Dauphin street lot 18.9 feet wide with a rear 22 by 50 foot lot facing Exchange alley for $8,000 cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mastin
George L. Izard
Government Street
Jackson Street
J. D. Sutton
Dauphin Street
Commerce
Boats Seized Four Put Under Arrest In Rum Raids
Federal Agent P. T. Graves reports seizure of two boats used to run rum from an island opposite the Florida line. The raid destroyed 1,500 gallons of mash and a 400 gallon still with other apparatus. The operation, conducted with the Baldwin County Sheriff and deputies, aimed to curb a local corn liquor supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Line
P. T. Graves
Baldwin County
New Lumber Firm Incorporated in Mobile Affiliates
Swanson Timber Co. Inc. filed incorporation in a local court today with $3,000 paid in capital. Incorporators include M. C. Morgan of Mobile, and Mary S. Pam and Mary F. Morgan, both of Demopolis Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanson Timber «Ar A Inc
M. C. Morgan
Mobile
Mary Ss.pam
Mary F. Morgan
Fiomaton
Ala
Missing Girl 15 Amnesia Victim Theory Raised
Miami police floated the idea that Miss Tilizabeth Bowden who vanished August 14 from a city hotel may be an amnesia victim. No trace of her has been found. Relatives in Boston and Winthrop were notified by the hotel manager. Bowden, noted as a woman of means, had recently suffered investment losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Tilizabeth B. Bowden
Boston
Winthrop
Mass
Fires damage Wilmer schools and home in two incidents
Wilmer Alabama suffered two fires, one destroying the single story Wilmer negro school serving 25 pupils and another reducing Mrs Miranda Cowart’s five room home. Authorities suspect vagrants spent the night in the building prior to the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer
Ala
Wilmer Negro
Miranda Cowart
Cowart
Railroads Extend Low Slag Rate Through December
Birmingham and Mobile lines agreed to extend the low slag rate to December 30 for use by the State Dock Commission in a $10 million port project. The $1.24 per ton rate remains in effect to aid the Birmingham port, as material delivery was not assured by September 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Mobile
State Dock Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Steel Voyager to Load Cargo Rails
The steamer Steel Voyager arrived in Mobile from Baltimore with cargo in transit and is scheduled to load 3,500 tons of steel rails and products for Kobe Newchwang Belayan Beli and Yokohama. The Meel Voyager will probably load the steel cargo in the upper river. The Norwegian steamer H C Flood is in port loading about 3,500 tons of steel for Havana and other Cuban ports.
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Mobile
Baltimore
Kobe
Newchwang
Belayan Beli
Yokohama
H. C
Havana
Cuban
Woman makes bond on liquor charge
Mrs. Elizabeth Hotchstein alias Nelson was required to post 1500 bond after arraignment before US Commissioner J S Burgett on violating the national prohibition act. Her arrest followed a raid that netted about 5000 in whiskey. Evidence shows the liquor was hers and found in a Cedar Point road barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hotchstein
Nelson
United States
J. S. Burgett
Wilmer Cotton Growers Predict Record 1000 Bales
One thousand bales of cotton valued at about 135 000 will be marketed this season from land near Wilmer Mobile County breaking all records for the region. Dr L T Lane says the gin at Wilmer is operating and a large force of hands is at work. The proceeds will be spent in Mobile city and county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer
Mobile
L. T. Lane
Mer
Showers to Aid in Halting Hot Spell
Probable showers forecast for Sunday to help end Mobile’s several days of extreme heat. A thunderstorm yesterday afternoon broke the heat, with the mercury peaking at 98 degrees before falling to 73.
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Mobile
Whistler shopmen to be returned to work
A bulletin at the repair plant states 70 Mobile & Ohio shop workers at Whistler will return to work on September 1. They are to resume duties in various departments after several weeks of suspension.
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Mobile & Ohio
Whistler
Smagchooner Believed Carrier Of Notorious Mail Raider
Gulfport police and Pensacola officials suspect a smagchooner yacht named Ida Q is carrying George Dutch Anderson, linked to Gerald Chapman crimes. The vessel, stolen from Gulfport, was sighted far out in the Gulf by the Detroit Wayne. Police doubt provisions and crew. two similar boats exist near Gulfport. Anderson faces pursuit for the Muncie double slaying tied to the New York mail heist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Gulfport
Miss
George “Dutch” Anderson
Gerald Chapman
United States
Detroit-Wayne
Gulf
Byrd
Gulfport Police
B. B. Barber
Pensacola Naval
W. R. Gaston
New Orleans
Gulfport Dock
Anderson
Muncie
Ind
Ben Hance
Chapman
New York
Weather makes a queer summer perplexing polar voyage
The National Geographic Society described the Arctic conditions that led to abandoning the MacMillan expedition as one manifestation of a complex climate. The statement notes United States temperatures ran one to six degrees above normal for much of the period, with some regions up to 12 degrees hotter, and ice conditions off Labrador were unusually severe.
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Washington
Arctic
Polar Sea
National Geographic Society
MacMillan
Labrador
United States
Canada
Carmichael and Patterson Enter Alabama Governor Race
A. G. Patterson of Albany, president of the public service commission, announced his bid for governor. A. H. Carmichael, a leader of the administration forces in the Comer era, also announced his candidacy the same day in Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. G. Patterson
Albany
Public Service Commission
Alabama
A. H. Carmichael
Comer
Hearst Backs Mayor Hylan In New York Primary
William Randolph Hearst endorses Mayor Hylan in the municipal primary race and says he will follow Hylan’s lead in campaign strategy. The move comes amid Democratic faction battles over delegates to the national convention and fallout from the rail crossings bond issue.
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New York
A.P
William Randolph Hearst
Hylan
Hearst
California
Smith
William L. Love
James J. Walker
Tammany Camp
Gobel Confident He Will Prove Innocence in Poison Case
Miami, Aug 22. John Gobel a wealthy Daytona Beach realtor sat with his attorneys in a county jail cell mapping defense plans and insisting he is innocent of poisoning May Deville the Miami nightlife queen. A Dade County grand jury will be impaneled next week to indict Gobel the district attorney says evidence shows Gobel forced Deville to drink poison in his presence after her arrest for stealing Gobel’s diamond ring. Gobel denies wife and family estrangement and says they will arrive soon from Daytona.
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Miami
Fra
United Press
John Gobel
Daytona Beach
May Deville
Gobel
Dade County
Grand Jury
Miss .Deville
Ww. PR. Hunt
French and Spanish Campaign Ratified in Paris Meeting
General Petain and General Primo de Rivera have met and ratified all Madrid conference agreements, dispatches from Algeciras report. The confirmation signals unity of Franco allied powers in the Madrid talks.
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Paris
Petain
Primo de Rivera
Algeciras
Biologist Fox demands terms to quit church over orthodoxy
Government biologist Henry Fox, formerly at Mercer University, seeks voluntary departure from Tattnall Square Baptist Church on one condition. He wants the church to officially deny Baptist individuals the sole right to judge doctrinal soundness, citing Fosdick’s stance as precedent. Fox previously joined Clarksville Baptists in 1918 after Mercer dismissal over evolution. Fox’s request followed a denied transfer due to alleged public views inconsistent with Baptist beliefs.
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Riverton
N. 7
Aus
Br. Henry Fox
Mercer University
Macon
Tattnal Square Baptist Church
H. M. Fugate
Fox
Clarksville, Tenn
United States Department of Agriculture
Japan
Tattnall Square
New Jersey
South Relieved of Extreme Heat
Cooler temperatures spread across the south after yesterday's storms ended a severe heat wave. Temperatures fell about 30 degrees while heavy rains damaged crops and buildings in south Georgia. Three people were killed in Salisbury City when lightning struck their house.
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Atlanta
South
Georgia
Salis City
Pacific flight schedule slips for sea plane dash
On the first lap of their historic Pacific dash two PN sea planes will take off from San Diego harbor at six o clock Sunday morning for the San Francisco to Honolulu flight. The Sunday start is 24 hours later than planned due to final tests and adjustments.
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San Diego
Cal
A.P
Pacific
San Francisco
Honolulu
San Digg Harbor
Two Hurt In Passenger Train Derailment West Of Columbus
Two persons were slightly injured when Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train No. 109 traveling from Columbus to Chicago derailed two miles west of St. Paris Ohio. Doctors and physicians were summoned to the scene for treatment according to reports from physicians at the accident site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paris
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Chicago
Boa
Ace
Georgia Banker Given Life Term for Murder Conviction
Charles G. Rawlings a wealthy Georgia banker began a life sentence after being found guilty of murder in the first degree in a state court. The jury recommended mercy, sparing him from the electric chair, tied to the case of G A Tarbutton a prominent planter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rawlings
Wrightsville
Gai
Charles G. Rawlings
Georgia
Hte
G. A. Tarbutton
Rawlings
Ramneam
New Element Seen in Marco Dispute
A mass meeting followed a Marco visit by Naples delegation including Judge W H Lurer and others as Sheriff Maynard watched. Naples sent a rep to Everglades to review coders tax rolls amid fears over Barron G. Collier holdings versus others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
B. Maynard
Pankey
Dasconer Collier
Marco
Naples
W. H. Lure Rency
Thomas Weeks
R. B. Storter
Charles Cooper
Maynard
Everglades
Coders
Barron G. Collier
Six Lives Lost in Southern Storms
A Georgia storm toll totals six deaths and about 250000 in damage after tornadoes and high winds swept through southern Georgia. Mitchell county reports three deaths in Salis City as a house collapsed. other towns like Moultrie Blakeley Leesburg suffer additional fatalities and widespread destruction of homes.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Mitchell County
Salis City
Jening
Albert Pitts
James
Toney
Washington Player Injured Out Of Game
Washington player sustains an injury and is ruled out for the game as reported in local coverage. Details on the exact nature and duration of the absence were not disclosed.
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Washington
Hurt
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Killer
Carmichael
Patterson
Mackinac
Newport
R. J. Downing
Harvey On
Carl Townsend
U. S
Wyoming
Peecive Iy
Gotham
Man
Pacific Flight
Moultrie
Blakeley
Leesburg
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