Illinois Central Chief Inspect Port of Mobile Fronts
Charles H. Markman, chairman of the Illinois Central, visited Mobile briefly to inspect water front facilities and the new state terminals. The trip follows IC’s Gulfport terminals and new Mobile office, fueling speculation about future freight and passenger business and possible port access by the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad
Mobile
Charles H. Markman
Big Trunk Line
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Gulfport
S. C
Markman
Trapped Auburn Man Remains Alive After 40-Foot Well Collapse
Worcester Massachusetts August 26 Rescue teams labor to reach Fred Lenneau 37 of Auburn trapped in a 40 foot well after a collapse. Ninety men worked through the night advancing a parallel shaft reaching 20 feet by 11 a.m. and plan to dig deeper to enable a rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Fred Lenneau
Auburn
Lenneau
Parrell
Georgian flyer Paul Redfern sighted near Nassau progress report
A radio message reports Paul Redfern in his Stinson monoplane seen about 300 miles east of the British Bahamas while en route from Brunswick, Georgia to Porto Rico. Tropical Radio Co and station operators continue to monitor for any word as the flight proceeds over open Caribbean waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Redfern
Caribbean
Porto Rico
Battle House
Mexico
Brunswick
ST. Petersburg
Fila
AQF
Nassau
Financial
Bee
Bahamas
Boston
Tropical Radio Company
Wee Wick
Qorenses
Coe
Ban Juan
Janeiro
Aviatora
Rico
Youth hunter slayer of mother to recount inquest
Harry Hill, 21, charged with killing his wealthy mother Mrs Eliza Hill, was expected to return to Streator for the coroner s inquest to tell his tale of the death. Dr H C Hill, divorced husband and father, left town with Chief Robb and Attorney Jones on a mysterious trip. Coroner Howe said a surrender before the inquest resumes this afternoon would not surprise him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry 21
Eliza Hill
H. C. Hill
Robb
W. C. Jones
Howe
Young Hill
Curb Market Curb Trade System Discussed at Chamber
The farmer's curb market operation will be reviewed at the Chamber of Commerce Saturday morning. The grading committee meets at 11 and the rules and regulations committee at 11 30. Members include H O Hoffman chairman Barton Greer Mobile and W H Roberts Wilmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
H. O. Hoffman
Barton Greer
Mobile
W. H. Roberts
Wilmer
P. D. Summer
J. W. Lord
C. A. Mohr
I. M. Weston
J. W. Fowler
J. Lloyd Abbot
I. L. Thomson
W. H. Rowell
Appeal Filed From Court Fine
John F. Curry and O. R. McSween posted $200 bonds for appeals to circuit court from Recorder D. H. Edington's decision after disorderly conduct charges. Curry and McSween were arrested after an altercation. Mrs. B. A. Lamar, labeled dangerous and suspicious, was discharged. Dan Coleman received a $15 fine or 15 days for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Curry
O. R. McSween
Circuit Court
D. H. Edington
Curry
McSween
B. A. Lamar
Dan Coleman
Solon Seeks Reporter Exclusion Over News Item Incident
Senator Fred Fite of Jefferson County introduced a resolution in Montgomery on Thursday to exclude Hubert Baughn of the Mobile Register and Mobile News from the senate. The measure was referred to the rules committee amid controversy over articles on Fite’s Jefferson County legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Fred Fite
Jefferson
Senate
Hubert Baughn
Alabama Mobile Register and Mobile
Fite
Jefferson County
Weather update incomplete report from local station
Fragmentary weather note reports gentle northeast breeze and vague conditions. No detailed measurements or timing provided.
Air Committee Named to Back Aviation Here
A Mobile Chamber of Commerce panel led by R I Speer will study building an airport and coordinate with St Tammaniy Gulf Coast Airways to secure facilities for plane handling. The group includes H J Kittrell and city and county officials and aims to develop aviation traffic as a key city asset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Kittrell
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
R. I. Speer
J. E. Crabtree
Leon Schwarz
W. B. Taylor
A. D. Davis
County Board of Revenue
Mobile
St. Tammaniy-Gulf Coast Airways
New Orleans
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
State Auto Theft Case Continued
The state charge against John Kruse in an automobile theft case was continued for trial on August 30 after his arraignment before Recorder D H Eddington. A Binbo R L Whittaker and Hattie Green had their cases continued for September 1 and August 27 respectively for violations of the prohibition laws and drunkenness. Robert Whitttaker and Frank Tuttle were fined 15 dollars or 15 days for drunkenness, Lise Bragg was fined 20 dollars or 20 days, and Blbert Warren J C Williams Charles James James Wickham and William White were discharged after arrest under the general holding charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kruse
D. H. Eddington
A. Binbo
R. L. Whittaker
Hattie Green
Sam Irby
Sam Shine
Robert Whitttaker
Frank Tuttle
Lise Bragg
Blbert Warren
J. C. Williams
Charles James
James Wickham
William White
Armour plants to close early on August 2
All Armour & Company plants will close at 2 oclock Tuesday August 2 in response to a tribute. The step affects facilities nationwide as employees participate in the regional observance. No further details on events or participants are provided in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Armour & Company
Poole Alias D H Moore Held On Mann Act Conspiracy
Louis H Poole alias D H Moore held at county jail on charges of conspiracy to violate the Mann act after alleged escape from Huntsville Texas prison. Mary Martin also faces grand jury in September. Poole previously served in Atlanta federal pen with extradition questions and possible return to Huntsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis H. Poole
D. H. Moore
Texas State
Huntsville
Atlanta
Warren Burch
Mary Martin
Poole
J. Jordan
Martin
North Warren
J. A. Cunningham
Department of Justice
Cunningham
York
Nebraska
Burch
State of
Texas
Woman Sentenced in Shooting Case
Hattie Fields was fined 100 dollars or jailed 90 days for dis orderly conduct after firing three shots at Emma Lee Anderson. Anderson was discharged. Clarence White’s case postponed to August 29. Others, including Fred Overton and Ethel Scott, discharged. Mrs. Merrill and C H E Long held on reckless driving charges. Long’s case continued with state charge to be tried August 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Fields
Emma Lee Anderson
D. H. Edington
Anderson
Clarence White
Fred Overton
Ethel Scott
W. A. Merrill
C. H E. Long
Long
U S Destroyer Fired On In China
The U S destroyer Noa came under persistent rifle and machine gun fire from the Yangtse south bank above Chinkiang while passing Nanking. The vessel returned fire with no fatalities, one sailor lightly wounded, and the incident reported by Admiral Williams of the Asiatic fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
United States
Noa
Yangtse River
Chinkiang
Admiral Williams
United States Asiatic Fleet
Washington
Isabel
Nanking
Plan Exclusive Movie Colony in Beverly Hills
A 128 acre tract near the Doheny estate is launched as a movie sub division. Milton Sills leads a film folk syndicate including Lew Cody Jack Gilbert Chester Conklin Laura La Plante Anna Gregory Al Rogell Wittless Gellar and Edward Montaigne. Estates will be sold only to motion picture people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Cal
Film Folk
Milton Sills
Sills
Doheny Estate
Lew Cody
Jack Gilbert
Chester Conklin
Laura la Plante
Anna Gregory
al Rogell
Wittless Gellar
Edward Montaigne
Jones Opens Lead In National Amateur Semifinal
Bobby Jones led Francis Ouimet by five holes as Chick Evans and Roland Mackenzie stood level after nine at Minikahda during the 36 hole semifinal of the national amateur golf championship. Jones pressed with two birdies on the outbound, finishing 35 while Ouimet stayed under par at 39 as Evans and Mackenzie traded tension on the ninth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Bobby Jones
Francis Ouimet
Chick Evans
Roland Mackenzie
Minikahda
Evans
Mackenzie
Mac
Greenville Fire Destroys Multiple Stores in Alabama
A blaze in Greenville Alabama began in the Beeland Brothers warehouse and spread to Beeland Wholesale Warnings Thagard Hardware Whiddon grocery and Kenan Construction offices. Losses top $60,000 with only partial insurance. Fire under control by 3 AM after 46 minutes of intense effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Ala
Alt
Beeland Brothers Mercantile Company
Stewart
Stewart Drug Company
Tran
Bandits Loot Orleans Bank In Broad Daylight Heist
Two unmasked gunmen held up a Freret and Valence Street branch of the Total State Bank and Trust Company in New Orleans shortly before noon. They escaped with between 7000 and 10000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Total State Bank and Trust Company
Freret and
Valence Streets
Feodor Chaliapin Offered Return to National Artist Title
Reports say the public education commissariat gave Feodor Chaliapin a last chance to regain the people's artist title by returning to the Soviet republic and performing concerts for Russian workers. He was stripped of the title by the council of peoples' commissars amid rumored sympathies with Russian émigrés.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Commissariat of Public Education
Feodor Chaliapin
Chaliapin
Republic
Council of Peoples’ Commissars
Deportation sought for alleged Austrian communist in Washington
Rudolph Gole a 32 year old Austrian communist party member and former Washington society butler was arrested after tracing alleged threatening letters to Massachusetts authorities over the Sacco Vanzetti case. Immigration officials seek to deport him to Austria where he was born. He allegedly sent telegrams and letters to Governor Fuller protesting the executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aus
Massachusetts
Rudolph Gole
Communist Party
Gale
Fuller
Auburn man trapped in cave-in at new well
Fred Lenneau, 87, of All Pine Trail Auburn Massachusetts, faced a 14 hour cave-in ordeal as rescuers battled to reach him. Scores of workers used shovels and machines with a fire hose supplying air while medics monitored his condition and a crowd watched from above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Mass
Fred Lenneau
Pine Trail
Lenneau
Agsvar
Graves Bill Defeated In Alabama Press Freedom Clash
In Montgomery the legislature adjourned the senate after 2 30 p m delaying a measure to let state counties or cities sue for libel over untruthful press articles. Governor Graves campaigned hard but the bill died as the house and senate failed to pass it before the 50 session limit and three readings rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Senate
Frey
Graves
House
Travis Williams
Francis Hunter Falls to Alonso in Invitational Tennis Semifinal
Manuel Alonso, ranked second in the United States, defeated Francis T. Hunter in four sets 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 to advance from the semifinal round of the Newport invitation tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. L
Manuel Alonso
United States
Francis T. Hunter
Bill Tilden
Orphans to Attend Matinee at Saenger Theatre
Inmates of Mobile orphan asylums will be guests of The News-Item and The Register at a Saturday matinee at the Saenger Theatre. Fireman, Savegg Paseeacan i stars Wallace Beery and Amold Hatton in a comedy. John Howard, Saenger manager, arranged the entertainment and other activities for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Saenger Theatre
Fireman
Beery and
Hatton
Howard
Fate of the Esther K in distress after Caribbean storm
The four masted schooner Esther K of Mobile, 1000 gross tons, with 735000 board feet of pine lumber, was reported in a Caribbean hurricane 800 miles north of Haiti. Crew saved by the freighter Owon. Onondaga towed her, destination San Juan Porto Rico. Owners J M and L A Scott await salvage news as the vessel remains unconfirmed. Built in Maine and sailing July 16, overdue five days at Arecibo when distress report came.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Haiti
San Juan
Porto Rico
J. M
L. A. Scott
Arecibo
BEB. L. Do
Port Auce
Or My
Onondago
Coast Guard
Washington
Onond
Mather K
Woodstock
Port Au Prince
Charles Miles
Esther K
Raiders Arrest Five Men Seize Three Machines
Prohibition officers led by Rufus Cannon and US deputy marshal Noah Gowin arrested five men and seized three automobiles in a southern city raid. Liquor was found but no evidence tied to the suspects immediately. Names listed include Ward Gebhardt H McDuffie Frank Carroll J A Murray and A B Bol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition
Rufus Cannon
Noah Gowin
United States
Charles Thompson
Cannon
Hughes
Ward Gebhardt
H. McDuffie
Frank Carroll
J. A. Murray
A. B. Bol
Date Set for Grain Rate Probe in Western Routes
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered further hearings on western grain rates. Minneapolis will host sessions starting September 15 as part of the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minneapolis
Flogging Probe Set In Birmingham Grand Jury
Jefferson county grand jury to convene September 6 to investigate recent floggings and threats against Solicitor James Davis. More than 100 witnesses summoned. cases include flogging of Arthur Hitt Dan Mitchell and Eston Murchison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County Grand Jury
James Davis
Arthur Hitt
Negro
Dan Mitchell
Eston Murchison
Davis
Flogom
Pride of Detroit Takes Off On World Circle Attempt
The monoplane Pride of Detroit left Old Orchard Beach for Harbor Grace Newfoundland to start a new world circumnavigation record. Pilot William Brock lifted from the beach at 6 26 am daylight time while Edward F. Schree, a Detroit businessman, accompanied him. They expect a 1000 mile hop over Cape Elizabeth Monhegan Island and Nova Scotia amid fair, light northeast winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Detroit
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
William 8. Brock
Cape Elizabeth
Portland Harbor
Monhegan Island
Nova Scotia
Brock
Edward F. Schree
Hope
Denison Pilot Clarence D Chamberlin Plans Life Memoir
Clarence D. Chamberlin, famed for flying solo across the Atlantic from New York to Germany, returns to Denison Iowa to rest with his parents. Publishers have urged him to write his life story. The book would begin with his Denison youth and early motorcycle adventures in his father’s jewelry shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Iowa
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Atlantic Ocean
New York
Germany
Chamberlin
Columbia
Redfern’s radio positions charted for near course
Radio officials said they had measured positions as direct or near the course charted by Redfern prior to the op-off lookout. The fragmentary report mentions a station and telegraph notes relating to the event in Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Redfern
Capeen
Vast sea voyage leaves Branewick explorer behind walls
A narrative note reports a new Branewick explorer departing at noon in favorable weather, the vast sea ahead and walls of fate looming. The item cues readers to turn to Page 10 for full column coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brungwick
Branewick
Reef in Pacific Set as Objective in Flier Search
Navy search efforts extend 500 miles from San Francisco Bay as Admiral Saeaen issues orders to prolong the reef sweep. The operation aims to cover 100 miles of targeted waters near Two Brothers Reef, with mine sweepers proceeding toward Nihoa as the fleet hunts for lost reefs north of Maui.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reef
Pacific
San Francisco
Saeaen
California
Cisco Bay
Maui
Hawaiian Archipelago
Isle Nihoa
Ashes of Sacco and Vanzetti Display Sparks Rejections
New York Aug 26. Members of the Sacco-Vanzetti memorial committee, Boston, seek a hall or venue to display the ashes of the executed anarchists. Madison Square Garden and Polo Grounds refusals frustrate the plan. Coney Island venue also sought as alternative. Ashes expected in New York Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sacco-Vansetth
Boston
Sym
Madison
Squ Garden
Tex Rickard
Chicago
Explosion at Baltimore Plant Raises Sewage Alarm
A heavy explosion at Baltimore plant causes sewage disposal damage and alarms city officials. Reports describe scattered sections and a man described as swarthy Italian seen fleeing the scene. Further details unclear due to damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Hammond resigns from radio board post
Washington Aug 36 John Hays Hammond Jr. resigns from the American delegation to the International conference, informing colleagues he cannot serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
RADIO
Washington
John Hays Hammond, Jr
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Bec
Solon
AIR Committee
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