Docks Board Plans Viaduct Over Rail Tracks
The docks board will call bids for a viaduct over Southern and Mobile and Ohio railroad tracks as part of a highway linking the city to the Mobile bay bridge. The project, costing about 100000, will be funded equally by the railroads, the city, and the docks board, with completion aimed by year end.
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State Docks Commission
Docks Commission
Docks Board
Southern
Mobile and Ohio
Mobile Bay Bridge
One Mile Creek
Beauregard Street
Three Mile Creek
Southern Railway
City
City and Docks Board
Bilbo Leads 7,000 in Mississippi Governor Runoff Race
In a Democratic gubernatorial runoff, Bilbo built a lead of about 7,000 votes over Governor Dennis Murphree as returns from 62 of 82 counties were reported. Lieutenant governor race remained close with late results uncertain as unofficial tallies favored Love and Adam in scattered precincts.
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Gymtr
Theo G. Dike
Dennis Murphree
Petrus
Bilbo
Murphree
M. P. Lowrey Love
Hatties
Beresgee E
FO Rey
Meats and Reynolds
Memphis
Toda
M. PF
Lowrey
Adam
Gulfport
Heuteerner
Mississippi
County
Phantom Convict Haunts City Streets
Police officers Lott and Doherty spent hours chasing a phantom negro convict reported on Government Street and Fulton Road. At 2 16 this morning they found no person but saw striped overalls vanish around a corner, leaving them convict-less at dawn.
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Lott
Doherty
Government Street
Fulton Road
Public conference to discuss rail rate cancellations in the Southeast
A September 12 Atlanta meeting seeks to cancel all interstate and intrastate less than carload rates on commodities. The traffic department of the Chamber of Commerce notes Alabama shippers fear elimination of Comer state rates. If enacted, class rates would apply, raising shipping costs.
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Southeast
Atlanta
Traffic Department
The
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
Reckless Driving Dominate Recorder Court Docket
Recorder D. H. Edington heard reckless driving cases this morning. Walter Kittell was fined 60 dollars or 50 days in jail. George Gilmore and A T Baker, auto proprietors, were discharged after nine vehicles collided at a main street intersection. W J Oliver and C L Megginson were discharged on the same charges.
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Recorder’s Court
D. H. Edington
Walter Kittell
George Gilmore
A. T. Baker
W. J. Oliver
C. L. Megginson
Weather Outlook for Mobile and Vicinity
Forecasters predict fair skies tonight with probable showers tomorrow for Mobile and nearby areas. Recent days have been cooler than average but temperatures are rebounding to typical summer levels as atmospheric conditions shift.
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Mobile
Senate
Mercury
Mobile future assured, Scott says at port head
Joseph Scott, general manager of Transmarine Steamship Lines, in Mobile on business, declares Mobile’s future as a world port is assured. He cites Mobile as a gulf outlet for the middle west and urges $10,000,000 state seaport capitalization to boost construction and shipping activity.
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Mobile
Joseph Scott
Transmarine Steamship Lines
Mobile Lines
United States
Mr. Scott
Scott
Middle West
South America
Europe
America
Dairyman Caled to Improve Place
Recorder D H Edington adjourned the case of I Platka until September 24 for likely improvements in his dairy. Platka was selling milk from four cows as his livelihood and must build a barn test cattle obtain needed equipment and secure a license before the next hearing. Trene Johnson pleaded guilty to a prohibition violation and received a fine of 100 dollars and costs or nine days in jail.
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I. Platka
D. H. Edington
Platka
Edington
Trene Johnson
Four Injured in Owosso Auto Collision
Four persons were injured in an automobile collision in Owosso Michigan. Carrie Williamson 40 a Flint music teacher sustained a broken neck while Charles Shick from Monette Arkansas had internal injuries Thomas Matthews 16 a passenger and another unnamed occupant suffered facial bruises awaiting further medical updates.
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Owosso
Mich
Carrie Williamson
Flint
Charles Shick
Monette
Ark
Thomas Matthews
Wil
Alabama House Sputters Over Newspaper Muzzle Bill
In Montgomery the Alabama House debated a bill to muzzle newspapers after an editorial in the Birmingham News. A Frey proposal failed 48 to 48 on a substitute, leaving the main bill unfinished with a tie vote and postponement to the next session.
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Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham News
House of Representatives
Alabama
House
George Frey
Jefferson County
Frey
Drunk and disorderly fines set in local court
John B. Davis and Alf Johnson receive fines for drunkenness, $15 and $10 respectively. Several others face disorderly conduct charges with fines or jail terms. dates for trials are scheduled, including J. T. Turner and Frank Williams. Some defendants are discharged or held for future proceedings as authorities pursue various counts.
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John B. Davis
Recorder’s Court
Alf Johnson
J. T. Turner
Frank Williams
W. Oliver
Loras Thomas
Estelle Lopez
Annie Bell Washington
Lena Dempsey
John R. Curry
B. A. Lamar
O. A. McSween
Jim Copseter
Pete Geny
Claud Jacks
Mabel Owens
Funeral for Judge Charles Hall Set in Bay Minette
Former Baldwin county probate judge and circuit court clerk Judge Charles Hall died aged 72. Funeral services will be from his Bay Minette residence at 10 a.m. with burial in Bay Minette cemetery. Surviving are his widow two sons five daughters and several relatives. He was active in Bay Minette Lodge 498 A F and A M Cecil Lodge 163 Knights of Pythia and a Baptist church member.
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Charles Hall
Baldwin County
Bay Minette
Hall
Mount ®Elier
Y. Cc
Robbery by Three Negroes Takes $14 From Man
Earl Plowman of 22 1 2 South Royal Street was robbed of $14 at Water and Adams streets around 10 PM. He was struck on the head by one of three attackers in overalls and later reported the incident to police. Officers searched the area through midnight with no arrests.
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Earl Plowman
South Royal Street
Water
Adams Streets
Plowman
Warren Burch
Green
Burch
Adams
Marble Arch clash injures forty during Hyde Park riot
In London at the Hyde Park marble arch, a confrontation erupted between police and Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers as they formed a procession. Forty people were injured in the ensuing mêlée before authorities dispersed the crowd.
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London
Marble Arch
Hyde Park
Lice
Sacco-Vanzetti
Jury probes death of 15 year old in Alabama
Jasper Alabama Aug 4 The county grand jury investigates the death of Howard 15 of Paynes said to have died after his father George Howard struck him with a strap The boy suffered delirium and died within minutes Coroner A B Legg reports a blue scar on the youth and adds the elder Howard admits hitting the boy once
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Jasper
Ala
Howard
Paynes
George Howard
A. B
Ard
Daddy
Luther
Bride Shielded Husband Slain in Georgia Shooting
In Jesup Georgia Chief W B Aycock is jailed after shooting Ernest Dyali 26 of McRae while Dyali and his wife rode in Dyali s car Aycock claims self defense aided by Atlantic Coast Line Police Captain J W Kemp. Dialogue describes Dyali drawing a pistol as Aycock and Kemp opened fire.
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Jesup
W. B. Aycock
Ernest Dyali
McRae
South Georgia
J. W. Kemp
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Aycock
Dyal
Huntsville Chosen For 1928 American Legion Convention
Huntsville was unanimously selected as the 1928 convention city by the American Legion during its meeting in Foley Alabama. Local resolutions were adopted condemning the Eight and with the final meeting, the organization closed its convention.
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Foley
Ala
Huntsville
American Legion
Air Rescue Delivers Weakened Vet From Desert Vultures
Alfred Co. Menard, a shell shocked veteran, wandered two desert days ago and was found by Army Captain C. H. Reynolds after two planes scoured the area. Menard, near death, clung to a pistol as vultures closed in, then was brought to safety and is being nursed back to health.
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Glendale
Ariz
Alfred Co. Menard
Carch
C. H. Reynolds
Reynolds
Menard
Search for missing plane crew extends in Pacific waters
San Francisco reports a week of sea patrols with a woman and six men missing after three planes vanished. Rescue efforts involve 42 submarines destroyers and aircraft, with orders to intensify patrols along the San Francisco to Honolulu lane as Admiral McNee and Rear Admiral Jackson direct the search.
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Dole
Mildred Doran
John ‘Auggy
V. R
Oakland Municipal
Hawaii
William P. Erwin
A. H. Eichwaldt
Luke McNee
Richard H. Jackson
Pacific Fleet
Great Circle
Honolulu
Virginia Coast Awaits Bad Blow
A tropical storm off the Virginia coast moves northeast toward the open sea as harbors remain anchored and beaches close. Weather officials predicted increasing northwest winds and higher waves at Virginia Beach with caution for bathers.
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Norfolk
Virginian
Virginia Capes
Virginia Beach
Marquis of Hertford Declared Bankrupt in London
A bankruptcy order was issued against the Marquis of Hertford, who wed Alice Thaw in 1903, authorities report in the London Gazette. He has appeared in bankruptcy court to answer the filing.
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London
London Gazette
Marquis of Hertford
Alice Thaw
Harry
K. Thaw
Redfern Hop-Off for Rio Fixed for Tomorrow
Brunswick, Ga. Aug 24. Paul Redfern awaits weather updates before nightfall to determine if his monoplane The Port of Brunswick can depart tomorrow for a non-stop 4,000 mile flight to Rio de Janeiro or Pernambuco Brazil. He completed practice flights yesterday and today to test navigation equipment including the compass and earth inductor. Weather reports earlier favored an early flight as a hurricane off the east coast veered away from his route.
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Paul Redfern
Nswick
Brangil
Paul V. Warner
Brazil
Redfern
Rio de Janeiro
Pernambuco
Flight to Rome Hopes Dwindle for Old Glory at Curtiss Field
At Curtiss Field Roosevelt Field in New York on August 24 the Fokker monoplane Old Glory faced little chance of taking off for Rome. Despite sunny weather, the runway conditions and remaining mechanical issues created strong doubt about any early departure.
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Curtiss Field
N. Y
Rome
Roosevelt
Mother of Star Near Drowns
Hollywood Aug 24 Mrs Josephine Janis mother of musical comedy star Eisie Janis was rescued from a swimming pool at her Palm Hille home by her daughter and actor Harry Kent. She is recovering after the near drowning incident.
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Hollywood
Cal
Josephine Janis
Eisie Janis
Pare Hille
Harry Kent
Princess to Fly British Plane Across the Atlantic
Princess Lowenstein Wertheim prepares for a transatlantic flight in a British craft with Captain Leslie Minehin at the helm. The report notes her long distance aim of nearly 8 000 miles and a leather cockpit seat like that used in the king's cup race.
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Atlant
Leslie Fr. F. Minehin
Princess Lowenstein-Werthell
Ayia
Lowenstein
Earl of
Major General Bullard to Wed in New York
Retired World War I commander General Robert Lee Bullard to wed Ella Reiff Wall of Philadelphia today at the Hotel Buckingham in New York. Father A Dineen, a long associated chaplain, selected for the ceremony, Bullard’s upcoming marriage follows a long service history from West Point through Indian wars, the Spanish American War, and World War I.
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New York
Robert Lee Bullard
Ella Reiff Wall
Tt Wall
Philadelpha Bullard
Gene
Wall
Father A. Dineen
Red Bullard
Courant
Deas Mendy
Natio Secu Aes
Rose Douglas Brabson
Nooga
Tenn
U S Court Opens Autumn Term September Sixth
Federal court officials prepare for the term opening September six with grand jury session. Petit juries sworn in and trials begin as docketed cases include liquor charges and other motions. Some cases go to grand jury, others directly to trial juries on informations or indictments.
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Fedral Court
Agra
Railroads Fire Red Workers in Wales
Telegraph dispatch reports railway commissioners in New South Wales dismissing ore coast workers who ceased work and were recalled. The London-based wire notes the action amid labor unrest and the dismissal of several workers over a dispute.
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Wales
London
Ney
New South Wales
Nave
Lis
Ork
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