Man Held at Police Headquarter Charged in Burglary Spree
Edward Leroy, detained at police headquarters, faces seven burglary charges including thefts at Government Street Pharmacy, a dry goods store, a jewelry shop, a Standard Oil station, Macon & Powell dry goods, and the offices of Joseph Espalla and M Klein on St. Michael Street. A shopkeeper identified him as the man in a robbery and shooting on August 4.
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Edward Leroy
Scott Streets
Diloas
Wie -Recorder's Court
Dil
Leroy
Prohibition Raids Seize Cars Launch and Several Arrests
Federal and county officers seized a large launch and two automobiles after Sunday Prohibition violations. Multiple arrests followed including Morris M. Andrews and Tom Jackson. Jackson alleged assault and drowning attempts were reported. Various vehicles and liquor were seized across locations including One Mile Creek near Commerce Street and 109 Church Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunda
Morris M. Andrews
Tom Jackay
Uty
Moses Bernstein
Jackson
Spencer
Andrews
J. C. Muse
George Hicks
L. V. Whitley
Prichard
Blackman
Hudoff
One Mile Creek
Commerce Street
J. C.dleton
Prohibition
C. P. Wilcox
United
D. D. Horton
William Condon
Roy i
Middleton
Johnson
Church Street
Mexican Bandits Kill Californian Amid Limited Details
Aug 29 report states David, an American from Wasco, California, was killed on Aug 26 near Cilís in what authorities suspect to be bandit action. The State Department plans to protest to Mexico seeking arrest and punishment of the perpetrators. Sir Richards of Niles is named as a relative of the deceased.
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Ton
David
Chilis
Richards
Sir Richards
Niles
State Department
Mexico
War Region Down Phone Lines In Mine Areas
Charleston West Virginia August 20 All telephone lines into Ethel Sharples and Blair mining communities in the eastern part of a county were reported out of order. Local officials and state police were unable to confirm reports of miners marching from Marmet toward Mingo and were meeting resistance from authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Ethel
Sharples
Blair
Oreach Logan
Moroffred
John H. Charnock
United Mine Workers
Marmet
Mingo
Sherif Walker
Arty
Cabin Creek
Robbers Haul $250000 From Chicago Vault In Night Raid
Unmasked bandits looted the Security Safety Deposit vaults in the Masonic Temple. About $250000 in cash and securities were taken, with 40000 in stray $1000 bills and a $10000 diamond necklace left behind. Inside job suspected. two custodians contradicted stories. three suspects in custody.
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Chicago
Security Safety Deposit Company
Masonic Temple
Michael Hughes
Alt
Eeeneie
Chacago
Sheet Temple
Atenteo
Ff Rareeameen
Hughes
Brothers held in kidnapping case in Alabama county
Florence, Aug 29. Georkel and Doyle Lee, brothers, are held on a charge of kidnapping connected with the disappearance of Miss Nova Woodland of the county. Hale, father of the missing girl, said he had received two letters from his daughter since she disappeared, both signed by others. The search for the missing woman extended into northern Alabama as authorities pursued leads and possible sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Georkel
Doyle Lee
Kidn
Nova Woodland
Hale
Mlorer
Huntsville
Naughville
Northern
Alabama
George
Decatur
Third Annual Scout Camp Opens Today
About 75 local Boy Scouts depart this afternoon at 3 for Point Clear aboard the bay packet Daphne to camp for 12 days. This third annual local council camp features swimming, athletics, woodcraft and safety measures with a daily newspaper planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Clear
Daphne
J. E. Meredith
Fea
Livesaving Demonstration At Lyons Park Today
Public demonstration of life saving and advanced swimming will be held at Lyons Park swimming pool this afternoon at 3 o clock. George Staigg Jr of the American Red Cross Life Saving Corps, a four year South champion, will lead the event with swimming strokes and lifesaving tests. Staigg has served as a Pacific coast swimming instructor and guard and will later visit Mobile.
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Lyons Park
George Staigg, Jr
Ameri- Red Cross Life Saving Corps
Mer
South
Staigg Pg
Apa
Staigz
Pacific
New
Lea
Staigg
Mobile
Women Voters Run Rest Room at Gulf Coast Fair
The League of Women Voters will maintain a rest room in the women’s department during the Gulf Coast Fair. A special program marks the armistice anniversary with Mrs Stanley Sheip in charge of the booth. Other organizations like the Pen-women and the Women’s Clubs will use the space as their headquarters during the fair week.
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League of Women Voters
Stanley Sheip Mi
Pen-women
Bodies of babies found in road near Ington Ave
Bodies of babies found near a road outside Ington today after a vehicle strike. Authorities report the infants appeared to have been thrown from a car. investigators say survivors offered limited details as the scene is reviewed for clues.
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Ington, Ave
Utos
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
The weather service reports cloudy conditions through Tuesday for Alabama and Mississippi with a likely chance of showers in portions of the region. Temperatures and exact times are not specified in the brief notice.
Use of Ballot to be Seen Thursday At Women's Meet
Mobile voters and the public attend a citizenship school at Moose hall Thursday night hosted by the Mobile County League of Women Voters. Mrs. Erwin Craighead and Robert Ken Gordon discuss voting procedures for the upcoming city election and explain municipal government relations with the county.
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Moose Hall
Mobile County League of Women Voters
Erwin Craighead
Robert Ken Gordon
Craighead
Mr. Gordon
Mobile
Meeting to Plan Campaign to Wipe Out Argentine Ants
Committees from the League of Women Voters Chamber of Commerce Elks Kiwanis and Rotary will meet at the Cawthon Hotel at 4 30 this afternoon to outline plans for a city ant eradication campaign. State entomologist W E Hinds cites 3600 needed for extermination with 1500 funded by the city commission and citizens to cover the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Chamber of Commerce, Elks, Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Cawthon Hotel
Mobile
Women's League
W. E. Hinds
Santa Cruz Named Division Chief of Shipping Board
George J. Santa Cruz, a Mobilian longtime figure with the United States Shipping Board, was appointed director of shipping for the Gulf division based in New Orleans. He will succeed John Quin.
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Santa Cruz
Shipping Board
George J. Santa Cruz
Mobilian
United States Pping Board
Astrict
New Orleans
Accor
Mobile Y
Mr. Santa Cruz
John Quin
Kilby Visits Mt Vernon State Hospital Inspecting Conditions
Governor Thomas Kilby and private secretary W A Darden toured the Mt Vernon state hospital for INS inmates and observed conditions personally. He also checked a River Falls lumber camp where state convicts are leased and found treatment and health satisfactory. He will return to Montgomery on Tuesday after a brief stopover in Mobile.
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Govrnor Thomas B. Kilby
W. A. Darden
Mobile
Mt. Vernon
State Hospital
River Falls
Covington County
Kilby
Montgomery
Capital
Separation of ticket offices of roads announced
The railroad ticket offices in this city will separate on October 31. The Louisville and Nashville will keep its old office at Conti and Royal streets, likely led by passenger agent H. C. Geron. The Mobile and Ohio and Southern, previously in the consolidated office, will move to a new location to be named. The Gulf Mobile and Northern office has been out of the consolidated office for some time.
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U Ser
Louisville and
Nashville
Conti and Royal Streets
H. C.geron
Mobilé
Ohio
Southern
Gulf, Mobile and Northern
Auto Stolen From Adams Plant In Mobile
Police report a new car stolen from Ada Machinery and Manufacturing Company in Mobile. The vehicle, described as the latest model, was taken from in front of Royal and St Louis streets under bright city lights. officers have not recovered it.
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Mobile
Ada Machinery and Manufacturing
Coma
Ms Pany
Royal and
St. Louis
Plans for Material Sale at Mobile Ship Co Yard
The Mobile Shipbuilding Company yard will sell materials under way. George Bosson and Arthur Burchell have been ordered by the federal court to conduct the sale. Funds from the sale go to the federal district court to await final adjudication of all claims against the company.
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Mobile Shipbuilding Company
George Bosson
Arthur Burchell
Federa District Court
Burchell
Silesia Conflict at League Council Meeting
The League of Nations council in Geneva discussed the Silesian question with key delegates from Britain France Italy Belgium China Brazil Spain and the Netherlands present. Viscount Ishii prepared a formal report and was ready to present evidence in today’s session, signaling the issue’s importance.
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Geneva
Council
League of Nations
Viscount Ishii
A. J. Balfour
England
Leon Bourgeois
France
Paul,Hymans
Belgium
Marquis Imperiali
Italy
K. Wellington Woo
China
Count Quinones de Leon
Spain
Gaston da Cunha
Brazil
Ishii
Davison to resign from New Hampshire hospital today
New York August 29 report states He P. Eee banker will quit the Roosevelt hotel where he has undergone an operation and plans to leave the hospital today. The brief note suggests a recovery is underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mobile and Ohio Granted Right to Raise Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission upholds Mobile and Ohio Railroad rate increases on export freight from Tacon Station to Ohio piers. The M and O had sought higher charges after prior raises from 2.50 to 6.50 per crate, with history dating to 1905 and 1920. R.G. Cobb relayed the decision through G. L. McGinty.
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Mobile & Ohio
Kile and Ohio Railroad
Tacon Station
Gulf, Mobile and Northern
Interstate Commek Commission
R.G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
G. L. McGinty
Commission
Mobile and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sunday Blames Parents for Flappers in Portland
Rev. Billy Sunday told 10,000 listeners in Portland that parents are to blame for the flapper trend. He mocked men who admire short skirts and frizzled hair and urged a moral crackdown, urging government pensions only for those who reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Billy Sunday
Billy
Ball resigns as assistant secretary of agriculture
Washington August 29 The resignation of Dr Elmer D Ball as assistant secretary of agriculture was announced at the White House effective October 1 Ball cited other responsibilities Charles W Pugsley of Nebraska will succeed him Pugsley formerly professor of animal husbandry at the University of Nebraska edited a farm journal and is prominent in Nebraska agricultural affairs He is endorsed by Secretary Wallace
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Washington
Elmer D. Ball
White House
Ball
Chas. W. Pugsley
Ofebraska
Pugsley
University of Nebraska
Walce
Troubles among Spanish auxiliaries in El Araish Morocco
Reports from Morocco indicate trouble among native Spanish auxiliaries in El Araish on the Atlantic coast south of Tangier. El Araish lies 180 miles west of Melilla where Spaniards recently faced severe outbreaks by Rif tribes. This marks the first reported trouble in the Atlantic coast region of Spanish Morocco.
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Madrid
Associated Press
Morocco
el Araish
Atlantic
Tangier
Camp Perry Small Arms School Opens
The small arms firing school at Camp Perry Ohio began today with more than 600 riflemen including civilians and national guardsmen from across the nation. The course runs through September 5 focusing on elementary and practical rifle and pistol use.
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Camp Perry
Ohio
Fire Captain John H. Smithy Dies After Fall at New Orleans Fire
New Orleans reports Fire Captain John H. Smithy, 65, died after suffering injuries when he fell from a house gallery during a blaze this evening. The incident occurred as crews battled the fire, and Smithy succumbed to his injuries.
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New Orleans
John H. Smithy
Toni
Governor and Mining Officials Plan Action After Beach Creek Fight
Elders Weer Pire and four workers executives with SF Kr. Keeney president of District 17 met Gov. Morgan after a clash near the Logan Boon county line. Cap J K Brockus reported casualties and a plan formed to dispatch Adjutant General Porter to Logan. State troops sheriffs and unidentified armed men had been involved.
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Weer Pire
Workers Executive Board
Anc Wal
SF Kr
Eeney
Guv. Morgan
Mr. Keeney
Mr. Porter
Logan
Chesapeake and Ohio
Sharples
Insurgents in Malabar Uprising Reported Massacres and Deployments
Calicut India Aug 29 Nearly 700 insurgent bands are said killed in clashes as British forces move in to quell the Moplah uprising near Poriani. Several Europeans slain 70 from the sarin regiment and 17 native police missing. Hindus reported massacred. Marines and bluejackets from the warship Comilis landed as troops move south from Cannanore to reinforce the district.
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Calicut
India
Associated Press
Batds
Froqn
Poriani
Comilis
Conference to End Joblessness in Washington Meeting
Washington reports a conference of industrial labor leaders to study ways to provide work for the nations unemployed estimated at 5 725 000. President Harding asked Hoover to prepare plans, with Hoover to report in ten days or two weeks. The inquiry will cover unemployment volume, distribution, methods to reduce jobless totals, and steps to restore normal business and commerce.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Preg. Harding
Sec. Hoover
Mer. Hoover
One Man Killed and Another Injured in Collision
Tuscaloosa report states at a grade crossing a Mobile and Ohio passenger train struck a stalled automobile killing Jesse Waldron 35 and injuring J. Carter who suffered a fractured leg. The crash occurred yesterday afternoon as the car stalled on the tracks and could not be moved before the locomotive arrived.
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Tuscaloosa
Jesse Waldron
Carter
Mobile and Ohio
Two in Plane Crash Injuries Reported in New Orleans
An August 29 incident in New Orleans left two men injured after a small plane crashed. P. B. Kare and Leo G. Ott reportedly escaped the wreck, with details varying in the report.
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New Orleans
P. B. Kare
Leo G. Ott
Ing
Peyton
Mrs. Stubbs Returns to Face Knoxville Murder Trial
Mrs Helen Stubbs formerly Maude Moore, convicted of murdering LeRoy Harth a Knoxville auto dealer, fled on bond and was found in Tacoma. She will waive extradition and start back to Knoxville for trial. Knoxville businessmen Boring and McNew who posted 10000 bond will guard her if she misses September 1. William H Stubbs her Tacoma hotel proprietor husband vows to accompany her.
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Tacoma
Wash
Helen Stubbs
Maude Moore
Leroy Harth
Knoxville
Humber Refuses to Give Up More Victims of ZR-2
Salvage operations on the wrecked ZR-2 continued amid rising wreckage at the Humber front. No more bodies found by midday though workers on tugs and cranes toiled since Thursday, as an inquest was held and the government inquiry at Howden proceeded behind closed doors.
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Hull
Eng
Associated Press
Qoal
Humber
Etl
Thurly
Howden
American relief workers arrive in Moscow today
The first expedition of American relief workers reached Moscow enhancing aid to Russia. They reported arrival by air and were welcomed by local Russian relief officials signaling the start of a larger aid mission.
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Moscow
London
Russia
Doorman Who Made Fortune Overcomes Adversity
A brief obituary notes a doorman who built a fortune after facing hardship. It mentions a surviving child and details are limited by the damaged text. The record preserves the core fact of a doorman achieving wealth before his passing.
Far-Flying Airplane Heads for Gulf Route Stopover
An automobile era flyer departed from Santa Maria for a Gulf journey with a multi city stopover. The itinerary includes Cuba and the United States with planned legs to Memphis New Orleans and Cruz Fortaleza. Officials hope the Chicago to New Orleans leg will take several hours of actual flight time.
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Peoria
Santa Maria H
Gulf
Santa Maria
Cuba
Memphis
Orleans
Cruz
Chicago
New Orleans
Battles Along Oedenburg Amid Hungarian Austrian Clash
A dispatch reports bitter fighting between Hungarian and Austrian forces over Oedenburg. Serious losses on both sides are claimed as Hungarian leaders Ostenburg and Mesias engage Austrian troops who moved to occupy the contested town, with fronts flaring toward Pinkafeld.
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London
Oedenbi
Hungaria
Ostenburg
Mesias
Oedenburg
Amtria
Hungary
Veritab
Pinkafeld
Canadian Chemists Open Convention in Montreal
The Chemical Research Society in session in Montreal opens with Charles Fitzpatrick presiding. Delegates from Canada and Great Britain attend after a tribute from Mayor Martin and a knighthood awarded to Pope for work on mustard gas development.
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Montreal
Canada
Pais
Great Britain
Convention of of Chemical Research
Charles Fitzpatrick
Leutenant
Orner
Egates
Martin
Pope
National Fraternal Congress Opens in Chicago
Nearly four thousand delegates from many parts of the United States and Canada gathered in Chicago for the National Fraternal Congress. The event, focusing on national health and fraternal society matters, draws groups with a combined 23 million members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Héve Téd
America
Congress Iich
Canada
Ation
Timber Worker Hurd Taken to Hospital After Incident
Charles Johnson, a timber worker, was struck this morning and removed to a city hospital by ambulance. His condition was not believed to be serious.
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Hurd
Hosp
Charles Johnson
Son
Nto
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