Girl Reports To Sheriff But Will Not Return Home
Virgie Lee Hurler of Whistler reported missing by her father Isadore Hurler. She later told deputies she is alive and well and fears her father will punish her if she returns. Alonzo Wilkins, 19, of Prichard, jailed on decoying charges. Hurler says he is not guilty and will testify for him.
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Virgie Lee Hurler
Whistler
Police
Sheriff's Department
Isadore Hurler
Charles Smith
Smith
Alonzo Wilkins
Prichard
Wilkins
Recorder hammers traffic violators in morning session
Recorder D H Edington presided as six defendants were fined for traffic violations and three cases continued. Evette Tremble, truck driver for Adams Auto Service, paid 10 fine plus 26 for speeding after a collision with Officer Fred Olsen on Government street. Tremble claimed headlight issue. Daugherty and others on North Broad and St Louis streets faced 20 fines or 20 days for speeds over 30 mph. S I Still paid 15 or 15 days for under 15 mph. Continuances granted to Toulmin Crist to September 2 and to Cornelius Bryant and W H Hooker to August 26 to answer speeding charges.
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Recorder’s Court
D. H. Edington
North Carolina
Evettte Trembie
Adams ‘Auto Service
Fred Olsen
Tremble
Government Street
South Claiborne
Toulmin Crist
Cornelius Bryant
W. H. Hooker
Record Heat in Mobile and Royal Arrival News
Mobile reports the hottest August day since 1918 with readings around 100 degrees. Forecasters predict relief tonight as an Atlantic storm lowers temperatures. King George and Queen Mary may hear the Prince of Wales welcome via radio from Mitchell Field.
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Weather Bureau
Mercury
Atlantic
Mobile
Albert Aschenberger
Gulf City
Neha
New York
George
Queen Mary of
Italian Airman Locatelli Rescued After Atlantic Hop
Lieut Locatelli was found safe 125 miles east of Cape Farewell after a water landing caused by motor trouble during a flight from Reykjavik to Greenland. He and his companions were uninjured but fatigued, and his request to destroy the aircraft was complied with.
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Richmond
Cape Farewell
Greenland
Associated Press
Locatelli
Reykjavik
Iceland
Sae Onehursday
Wit
Lowell Hy Smith
Erik H. Nelson
Frederiksdal
Atlantic
United States
Smith
Nelson
Thomas P. Magruder
Lieut
Pisa
North American
Coat With Pockets For Eight Bottles Leads Prohibition Sweep
Six arrests for alleged dry law violations reported by sheriff’s department from Saturday night to Monday morning. Named suspects include Jack Brown a walking bootlegger in the northern city area and others such as Ed Lewis Henry Thomas Fred Johnson Rachel Lee Harris and H T Sheppard. Sheppard also faces auto light violation charges. Sim Miller is charged with possession of a still F E Travis Bruce Hudgen charged with public drunkenness and Howard Abbott for operating an automobile while intoxicated.
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Sheriffs Department
Jack Brown
Ernst and Hudoff
Brown
Ed. Lewis
Henry Thomas
Fred Johnson
Rachel Lee Harris
H. T. Shepard
Sheppard
Sim Miller
F. E. Travis
Bruce Hudgen
Howard Abbott
Storm Near Hatteras Prompts Cautious Forecast
A tropical disturbance in the Atlantic is expected to pass near or east of Cape Hatteras Tuesday morning. The center is reported about 1 north, 77.5 west and moving north northwestward, with officials noting potential impacts along the coast.
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Atlantic Ocean
Cape Hatteras
Low Waster
Washington
Adn
Negro fined under fire ordinance case summary
Tyson, labeled a Negro, fined under a fire ordinance after the recorder found his yard littered with paper and other debris. Gus Rehm stated Tyson ignored orders to clean up the yard.
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Tyson
Gus Rehm
Everal
Weather forecast for Abington area
Aug 25 reports fair tonight and Tuesday with slight cooling in the southeast portion. Highs and lows not specified.
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Me Abbington
Coden Bathers Seek Shelter From Severe Storm
In Mobile the temperature hit 100 but Coden on Portersville Bay faced a hail and electric storm that drove hundreds of bathers from the water. The ten minute downpour extended to the Deneke road near Delchamps, believed to be tail end of a twister that struck Patricks, Louisiana earlier.
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Mobile
Coden
Portersville Bay
Deneke
Delchamps
Patricks
Man Fined Five Dollars for Shooting Bullbats
E. E. Hampfling was fined five dollars in federal court for violating the migratory third act treaty after being arrested on Moffatt road by Game Warden W. H. Hoffman for shooting bullbats. He pled guilty to the charge before Federal Commissioner J. I. Burgett and was released on $250 bond. Prohibition from killing bullbats became law because the birds destroy insects.
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E. E. Hampfling
Moffatt Road
W. H. Hoffman
Hampfling
J. I. Burgett
Mobile Guardsmen to Return Today
More than a hundred Mobile youths from the Mobile Rifles and Mobile Cadets are due back this afternoon on a special Mobile & Ohio Railroad train. They attended the annual state National Guard encampment at Camp McClellan and performed well in a Saturday review before Governor Brandon and Mississippi Governor Whitfield.
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Mobile Rifles
Mobile Cadets
State National Guard
Camp McClellan
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Brandon
Henry C. Whitfield
Mississippi
Contractors Endorse City Bond Issue At City Hall
A Mobile Contractors Association delegation met with Commissioners Hartwell and Crawford to express strong support for the city improvement bond issue to be voted on in September. The committee members were James H. Zel Ennis and W. O. Evans.
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Mobile Contractors’ Association
Hartwell and Crawford
James H. Zel- Ennis
W. O. Evans
Banks Say Business Gains Seen By Officials
A bank official reports a bright outlook for the coming fall after meetings with reserve bank officials. Heins, vice president of a bank, notes gains and optimism following visits to Knox, Chattanooga, Nashville, and Atlanta.
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Heins
le <A
Reserve Bank
Mr. Higgins
Knoxattanooga
Nashville
Atlanta
Defense Day Talks Broadcast Across Nation
A radio program tied to the National Defense test on September 12 was announced by Major F C Hecox. Major General David C Shanks and Brigadier General William J Johnston will broadcast from stations in Atlanta and Washington in early September. speeches by the Secretary of War and General John J Pershing are planned.
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F. C. Hecox
War Department
Atlanta
Washington
David C. Shanks
Twenty-second Infantry Band
WSS
Atlanta Journal
William JH. Johnston
Fourth Coast Artillery District
John J. Pershing
Cer Tee
W. W. Brandon
Chamber of Commerce
Ai Al.committee
Enville Square
Mobilians Organize Hunt For Bears Threatening Livestock
A party from Kushia area spreads to Eight Mile station to pursue a pack of bears preying on sheep and hogs. Farmers report losses near Mallvilla as mother bear and two cubs seen recently. Will Laushe arranges hounds with John Dossett and Ray Alvarez organizing joins from the Chamber of Commerce assistant.
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Kushia
John Dossett
Eight Mile’ Station
Mallvilla
Dossett
Brain
Will Laushe
Ray Alvarez
Chamber of Commerce
New One Way Traffic Law Goes Into Effect
A new traffic regulation makes St. Emanuel and Conception streets one way. St. Emanuel traffic on the segment between Government and Dauphin must go north with east-side parking. Conception Street from St. Francis Government allows one way traffic in the stated direction.
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St. Emanuel and
Conception Streets
St. Emanuel
Government and
Dauphin
Conception Street
St. Francis
Storekeepers Arrested in Major Area Robbery Bust
Police officers Bresingham and Balanee reported arresting several storekeepers in a large robbery operation. The raid targeted an alley area where the suspects allegedly conducted test transactions and prepared goods for resale.
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Bressingham
Balanee
Twelve dead in Louisiana wind storm church collapse
In Vacherie Louisiana eight victims of a wind storm were killed when an old church collapsed during a festival rehearsal. Doomed include Stephen Haydel and his family, Mary Haydel, two children, and Waguespack family members. One priest recounted prayers as debris trapped victims. Rescue crews worked through the afternoon and night.
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Vacherie
St. Phillips Catholic
Mary Haydel
Stephen Haydel
Stephen, Jr
Albert
Fabian Toscaler
Bernandeez
Lionel Waguspack
Waguespack
Arthr
Virginia ‘Hustons
Ising
Father [Lontaine
Father Fontaine
Burch
Girl Training to Try English Channel Swim
Captain Thomas reports Miss Lillian Harrison trained to cross the English Channel from Burgess to France. The young swimmer, aiming to be the first woman to accomplish the feat, believes she has an excellent chance after resuming training following an injured leg.
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Thomas Paris
Wimmmer
Lillian Eriscampion
Harrisongis
Burgess
Harrison
Bengal district reports international wave cat 1s tier
A fragment notes an international wave cat in the Bengal district area of India, mentioned in The Times. The readable portion hints at a classification or tier naming but lacks clear details or dates.
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Internationa
Bengal
India
Atch the Times
Papers Ready in Appeal in Killing Case
Papers ready in appeal of Jack G Cle to overturn a fifteen year penalty in the circuit court for the killing of Stephen. The transcript was sent to the Supreme Court. The case references a time frame around October or November.
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Jack G. Cle
Stephen 4
Weing
National trap shooting meet opens in Dayton
The amateur trap shooting association opens its week with the 200 target event in Dayton Ohio. The new national home is dedicated as the first owned by organized sportsmen with a meet slated here annually for 15 years. Entrants exceed 600 with participants from every state and from Canada and the Canal Zone.
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Dayton
Ohio
Amateur
Canada
Canal Zone
Fortune Recovered From Sunk Ship Laurentic
London reports most of the seven million pounds in gold bullion from the Laurentic has been recovered after the liner was torpedoed in war time. A Belfast dispatch says divers found a quarter of a million pounds in a forward hold, with dogfish hindering work. jewels were recovered from skeletons of passengers.
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London
Belfast
the Today
Dortmund to be evacuated by Belgian troops
Bruxelles reports Dortmund will be evacuated in early September by Belgian troops. The Lippewezel customs post will be abandoned at the same time according to Libre Belgique.
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Brussels
Dortmund
Libre Belgique
Lippewezel
Rockefeller Survives Health Trial and Dines Freely in Florida
Report says John D. Rockefeller Sr has won a difficult battle with indigestion during a winter Florida visit. George N Rigby of Orlando notes the magnate now eats normally with good appetite, though he remains prudent. John D Rockefeller Jr recently bought an Ormond estate and the elder Rockefeller has a Daytona Beach winter routine including daily golf.
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Mr. Rigby
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Ormond
Rockefeller
Daytona Beach
Inland waterways needed to spur growth says senator
Salt Lake City Utah Aug 25 Senator Frank R Gooding Idaho warned that industrial growth will stall next decade without federal support for inland waterways and the elimination of discriminatory rail freight rates throttling water competition in the opening address to the Intermediate Rate Association directors.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
America
United States
Frank R. Gooding
Idaho
Intermediate Rate Association
Postal Inspector Says He Never Heard Of Robbery Claim
Pittsburgh Aug 25 G B Craighead chief of the U S postal inspection service said he never heard of such a robbery when told that Edward Risdon of St Joseph Michigan claimed to have headed a bandit gang that took half a million dollars from an express car.
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Pittsburgh
G. B. Craighead
Pittsburgh Buureau
United States Postal Inspection Service
Edward Risdon
Npd
St. Joseph,Mich
Cotton Slumps Five Dollars Per Bale on Opening Call
New York August 25 cotton prices fell sharply after a large drop in Liverpool following a bearish government report. October on the opening call traded as low as 24 745.4, with a drop of about 107 points equating to more than five dollars per bale.
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New York
Liverpool
Miriam Ferguson Wins Democratic Nomination for Texas Governor
Mrs Miriam A Ferguson wife of former Governor J Ferguson won the Democratic primary for Texas governor with a landslide over Felix D Robertson of Dallas. Final tabulations show Ferguson 403060 to Robertson 324297 from 230 of 252 counties. Ferguson urged voters to oppose the Ku Klux Klan and criticized religious intolerance in the party platform.
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Dallas
Tex
Miriam A. Ferguson
Omni
Kahye Guson
Texas
Peary
Felix D. Robertson
Ku Klux Klan
Ferguson
Robertson
Temple
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Nathan Leopol Jr
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