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The Mobile News Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1925

Page

2

Prison camp inmate tells of dying mother in South Carolina

Curtis Hay, held on rioting charges after riding a freight train in C, writes from a South Carolina prison camp claiming his mother is dying. He notes a dam project at a power company site in Delaware, and explains convict labor rules bar private leasing, with laws restricting convict use to county work.

O J Carolina Mary Curtis South Carolina Power Company RYT Mills, & CC Wateralch Company Curtis Hayried Dela

Irish lad with memory loss seeks past five years clues

Lawrence O Keefe of Austin Minnesota, claiming an Irish baronetcy and estate, rests at Salvation Army HQ in New Orleans awaiting relatives. He recalls early life in Ballygomoral Ireland and Monongahela Pennsylvania, but five years are blank. He recalls service in World War I and injuries, and mentions a ship voyage to Rio de Janeiro and possible time in Mexico before regaining memory.

New Orleans United Press Lawrence O'Keefe Austin O'Keefe Ballygomoral Ireland Monongahela Pennsylvania Hammond Ind Europe Oxford England Oxford Institution United States Rio de Janeiro Gerhilde Gulf of Mexico Mobile Mexico Nation Army Austin, Minn Minnesota St. Louis Lane St. Louis

Fighting Renewed in Canton District

Fighting broke out in Canton yesterday, according to a Hong Kong report cited in London. The dispatch notes renewed clashes in the district with no further details on casualties or parties involved.

Canto London LNB Canton Hong Kong

Floods in Japan Subside as Flood Damage Reported

Flooding eased around Tokyo and Yokohama after torrential rains. About 40,000 homes were affected in Tokyo area with two deaths from a tramcar landslide and a derailed train. Saitama prefecture faced extensive floods and communication delays hindered damage reports.

Tokyo A.P Yokohama Saitama

Greece Says It Cannot Pay War Debt Now

A London report states Greece cannot settle its war debt at present due to a burdened budget and urgent refugee obligations. The Greek government reportedly authorized its London minister to sign an Anglo Greek convention on debt payments, terms set long ago by former finance minister Tscndero. Special prayers in Durango, Mexico addressed a scorpion pest. France's woman golf champion is Simone de la Haume.

London Teley Greece Tscndero

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