Man Burned In Substation Accident At Foot New Jersey Street
A 30 year old Mineman for the Allied Engineers was burned severely when he touched a live wire at a substation at the foot of New Jersey Street. He fell about 15 feet, was hospitalized in City Hospital, and narrowly escaped death from electrocution.
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C. A
Conti Street
City Hospital
New Jersey
V. Alien
Allied Engineers
New Jersey Street
Roche
Senate campaign funds panel hears testimony on Smith anti movement
The Senate campaign funds committee heard testimony from Bishop Cannon and James Coumeeh about actions in the Southern Methodists anti Smith effort. They discussed accounts opened by Cannon and a 1928 bank activity including seventeen thousand eight hundred five dollars, with further accounts opened during the period in question.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Beth Ry
Jemmes Coumeeh
Pr. Foun
Stout
Canon
Welle Aes
Cannon
F. C
Jersey
Joseph
Ee Ee
Mock Battle Opens As Italian Army and Navy Clash
Italian airforces and ships engage in a simulated attack on a shipping center as city defenses fight back. The exercises mark the first battle led by Italy's Commander Frederick Pennover with U S Navy and U S Army attachés observing.
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Italy
Frederick Pennover
U. 8S. N
Francis
Poison Fatal in Jellico Case of Objection
Seurgh August 27 18 year old Adetts Duncan of Jellico died from poison thought to be swallowed after a brother in law objected to her friendship with a man. She was visiting at the home of Mrs Dominick Young where she had stayed several weeks and was found dead in a bedroom.
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Seurgh
Adetts Duncan
Jellico
Peter
Dominick Young
Axis Man to Give Pears Away Free to Needy
Charles Anderson of Axis, Als o has 200 bushels of pears he wants to give away to persons who need them. By presenting the card to him, Mr. Anderson will distribute pears he grew, announcing his plan in the new Register.
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Charles Anderson
Axis
Anderson
Autos Here Fages 2 Ended After Arrest
A damaged OCR item reports an arrest leading to two ends and charges of possessing a gallon of liquor in a car. An extra count of operating an automobile without a license was filed. Special Agent A W Crow of the Libert yards of L and N road seized a vehicle in the yards early.
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A. W. Crow
Libert Yards
L. & N. Road
DOX AT. NEW YORK AVERS HARBOR FEST
In New York on August 27 crowds cheered as a dramatic event ended with engines roaring and sirens wailing. The Battery echoed with praise from thousands amid a scene of triumph and spectacle.
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York
Blaichs Reach Baton Rouge Aiming For Water-Travel Record
Charles F Blaich and George Blaich of St Louis arrive in Baton Rouge at 8 35 am after a four hour fourteen minute run from New Orleans in the Miss Evinrude II. They left New Orleans at 4 20 am with a refueling stop built in and reported the first leg ahead of schedule with all proceeding well.
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Baton Rouge
Charles F
George Blaich
St. Louis
New Orleans
Mobile Chamber Urges Bridge and Oyster Legislation
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce asked in a letter to House leaders that two measures be included in an extra session call. The first would let Mobile County take over the Mobile Bay Bridge to remove tolls eventually, and the second would fund operations through a $2 auto levy.
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Mobile Bay Bridge
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Toceecher A. Ister
Mobile County
Mobile Bay
General Assembly
Miller
Roomer Robbed at 100 State Street After 1 A.M.
James Capsalas reported a burglary at his rooming house on State Street. He said a thief entered his room sometime after 1 o clock in the morning, prompting a police investigation.
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James Capsalas
State Street
DO-X Sighting Over Atlantic City
The giant German flying boat DO-X passed over Atlantic City at 10 20 a m eastern standard time on its Atlantic crossing according to local reports from the city.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Mobile To Baldwin Freight Line Sought
A notice outlines a plan for a new freight line between Mobile and Baldwin. The action details a meeting time at 11 30 o clock and calls for public input and approval from relevant authorities.
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Mobile-To-Baldwin
Savannah Notice Snippet: Rev Norman W Cox
Partial obituary snippet from Savannah Georgia dated August 27 reports Rev Norman W Cox referenced, with unclear details. Strong entities include Savannah and Norman W Cox. Further context not available due to damaged text.
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Savannah
Norman W. Cox
Meridian pastor accepts call to Mobile church
The Church of Meridian Mississippi reports the selection of a new pastor for First Baptist Mobile succeeding Dr John W Phillips pastor emeritus. The 43 year old native of Climax Georgia has preached in Savannah Portsmouth and other cities. He studied at the Southern Baptists Theological Seminary Louisville from 1914 to 1918 graduating with high honors.
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Church of
Southern Baptists Theological Seminary
Louisville
Lodge Session Set With International Officer Speaker
A meeting of Mobile lodge No. 112 IB Boiler Makers Iron Shipbuilders Welders and Helpers of America will be held at 8 15 oclock Thursday night at the Labor Temple. International Vice President W A Calvin, visiting the city, will be chief speaker.
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Mobile Lodge No. 112
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Trade Lectures On Turning Window Shoppers Into Buyers
An illustrated talk titled Making Store Buyers Out of Window Shoppers will be presented at the Chamber of Commerce on Thursday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Guardsman Wounded as Break at Michigan Prison Fails
Four convicts attempted to break from the state branch prison in U B T T E Michigan. The escape bid failed after guards, aided by a doctor, uncovered the plan. The men then killed themselves. Authorities warned of possible wider gang links.
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Ubtte
Mich
State Branch
Hobfer
Detroit
Hoover meets with New York bankers on business outlook
President Hoover conferred with Eugene Meyer governor of the Federal Reserve Board and three New York bank chiefs last night. Attendees included William C. Potter of Trust Company of Edwards, Charles B. McCain of Chase National, James T. Lee of the same bank, and George W. Davison of Central Hanover Bank and Trust. The White House said the gathering, arranged by Meyer, covered the general business situation with no further comment.
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Washington
Hoover
New York
Eugene Meyer
Federal Board
William C. Potter
Edd’ of Trust Company
Charles 8. McCain
Ent
James T. Lee
White House
Trio Arrested In Foley After Seizing High Powered Arms
One white man and two African American men were arrested in Foley early today after officers stopped a car carrying high powered rifles revolvers knives hammers drills and other equipment. The suspects refused to identify themselves and were jailed at Bay Minette. Deputies Ramsey Stuart Jim Rice Fritz ps and L Finkling reported the group streamed possible names including Deheon, Bush and other Mississippi residents.
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Foley
Ala
Bay Minette
Jim Rice
Fritz Ps
L. ¥. Finkling
AGH GHIGAG FINALLY mt BY ATDNAPERS
A man recounts being held by captors who ordered him to remove a blindfold and drive toward Chicago. He said he was surprised when told nothing was said during captivity and that he had no money left, with disjointed OCR fragments surrounding the testimony.
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Louisiana
Horeace Wilkinson
West Eaton
Reuben T. Douglas
Caddo
Pournet
Ellender
Thorne Parish
Atdnapers
Chicago
Lake Geneva
Cat Euiens
Werstuatny
Separation Sought in Virginia Man and Missing Wife Case
Samuel H. Young of Boone Mill Virginia aged 101 with 26 year marriage says his bride Leolie Hall vanished after their August wedding. He plans divorce proceedings in September and recalls buying the marriage license and his Confederate pension.
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Rockymount
Samuel H. Young
Leolie Hall
Young
Boone Mill
Trousseau
Cashel Pole Crash Hurts Two Men From New Orleans
J L Peal and Floyd Smith both of New Orleans were critically injured when a Gulf Coast Freight Motor Express bus left the road and struck a pole at Cashel. They were removed to Jackson County hospital as bystanders freed them from wreckage. the truck was badly wrecked.
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Floyd Smith
New Orléans
Jackson County Hospital
Gulf Coast Freight Motor Express
New Orleans
Mobile
Young Wood Dies in New York at 39
Leonard Wood Jr son of the late U S Army major general died in Bellevue hospital of pneumonia at age 39. A magazine writer and Cornell University student he had been ill since an influenza attack in the Pacific Northwest years earlier. He complained of severe side pain to attorney Edward E Miller before doctors diagnosed pneumonia.
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New York
Leonard Wood, Jr
United States Army
Bellevue Hospital
Young Wood
Cornell University
Pacific Northwest
Edward E. Miller
Sameera
Mobile Girls Vie For Dixie Beauty Title
Pen sacola hosts contestants from 23 states for the Miss Dixie pageant opening tomorrow. Prizes total 1750 dollars plus trophies as entrants include Miss Birmingham Ava Hazel Miss Eufaula Mildred Cade Miss Gulfport Mary Louise Rich Miss Hinds County Ruth Burker Miss Jackson Sue Abbot Miss Mobile Irene Moskowitz Miss Montgomery Frances Jane McDowell Miss New Orleans Andre Copping Miss Biloxi Fleeta Camp.
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Associated Press
Pensacola
Fla
Birmingham
Ava Hazel
Eufaula
Alabama
Mildred Cade
Gulfport
Mary Louise Rich
Hinds County
Mississippi
Ruth Burker
Jackson
Sue Abbot
Mobile
Irene Moskowitz
Montgomery
Miss. McComb
Frances Jane McDowell
New Orleans
Andre Copping
Biloxi
Fleeta Camp
Capitalist Expires Oakland Mining Pioneer Borax Founder
Francis M. Borax, a pioneer financier in California's early mining era, has died in Oakland after sustaining a broken hip from a fall at his home three days earlier.
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Oakland
Cal
Francis M
Borax
Ace
California
Bankruptcy sale of newspaper assets under Gallagher bid
In Louisville Kentucky on September 8 Nat Cures ton referee bankruptcy authorized a sale of the newspaper company assets. Jamin S. Washer the operating receiver reported Gallagher offered 175000 dollars for the assets.
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Louisville
Gallagher
New York
Nat
Cureston
Jamin S. Washer
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi Regions
Partly cloudy tonight with unsettled Friday as isolated thundershowers likely. Interior Alabama sees partly cloudy conditions with a chance of thin showers. Mississippi reports partly cloudy to locally warmer weather in western areas with possible local thundershowers Friday night.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Cal Thundershowers
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