Wife Cleared and Returns Home as Husband Forgives
Mrs. Clara Jones of Waynesboro Mississippi is released on bond and returns to her home with husband H. T. Jones after Browning is jailed on charges. Police recovered $1,200 allegedly drawn under hypnosis by T. J. Browning from a Waynesboro bank and left with the suspect. Browning is held on $1,000 bond while Clara Jones faces $500 bond and is en route home with her husband and ten children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Jones
Waynesboro
T. J. Browning
H. T. Jones
Jones
Browning
Mobile
Thhe Terminal
Recorder
Greenville
Miss
Scotts
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Guy McNeill
Army Flying Corps
B. R. Coad
Tallulah
Mobile Bears Guest at Kiwanis Club Luncheon
The Mobile Bears under manager Bert Niehoff visited the Kiwanis Club for their annual barbecue at the automobile tourist camp grounds near Monroe Park. Club president Leon Schwarz introduced Niehoff who spoke of pennant hopes and the heated race. Prizes were awarded to guests and members, with the Universal Quartet of Adams Motor Company performing.
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Mobile Bears
Bert Niehoff
Kiwanis Club
Monroe Park
Niehoff
Leon Schwarz
Toxey D. Haas
A. P. Dorgan
Ernest Huguenot
William Zimmern
Mendell Goldstein
Universal Quartet
Adams Motor Company
John G. Gray
R. RK. Roberts
R. L Taylor
W. S. Wing
Special Gun Club Shoot Friday in Mobile
A Gulf City Gun Club special shoot will be held Friday at 3 30 p m in the Bon Air estates to revive interest in trap shooting. President Jk Lyons says a special prize will go to the high amateur in a 50 target race. Pro shooter Guy Ward and W E Gordon of Western Cartridge Co will participate. at least 30 shooters are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf City
Bon Air Estates
Mobile
Jk Lyons
Guy Ward
Marlin Company
W. E. Gordon
Western Cartridge Company
Mobile banker sees early improvement in business
Edward J. Higgins, vice president of the Peoples Bank, reports a favorable outlook for Southern business despite labor troubles. From interviews with bankers and financiers in Galbraith Springs and other cities, he expects a big increase in business before November 1.
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South
Edward J. Hic- Bins
The
Peoples
Galbraith Springs
Nashville
Birmingham
Montgomery
Higgins
Weathered schedule of two games and multiple matchups
The notice lists game times and conditions for teams in Atlanta New Orleans Memphis Nashville Birmingham Mobile New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston Pittsburgh St Louis Washington New York Chicago Detroit Cleveland with conditions cloudy or clear and start times ranging from 1:30 to 3:36. It notes only scheduled games across American and National leagues.
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Atlanta
New Orleans
Memphis
Nashville
Birmingham
Mobile
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Boston
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Washington
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Weather forecast for Alabama to Mississippi
The weather synopsis notes no change in temperature across Alabama west Florida and Mississippi tonight and Friday with stable conditions.
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Washington
Alabama
West -Florida
Mississippi
Women Back Port Measure Campaign In Alabama
The Mobile County League of Women Voters in special session pledges support for the Alabama Seaport Amendment and commits to a statewide letter campaign and precinct meetings in Mertz Station Spring Hill Crichton Toulminville Citronelle Wilmer Grand Bay Irvington and Coden. The group plans seaport campaign headquarters, correspondence efforts, and ant campaign funding continuation with city officials naming a five member ant campaign committee.
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Mobile County League of Women Voters
League
Mobile County Campaign Committee
Mertz Station
Springhill
Crichton
Toulminville
Citronelle Wilmer
Grand Bay
Irvington
Coden
Seaport
W. E. Hind
George Crawford
Heinemann Arrives to Press Forfeit of Memphis Game
A. J. Heinemann, president of the New Orleans club, traveled to Mobile to meet Southern League president John D. Martin. Heinemann asserts the Memphis team forfeited the game to New Orleans and seeks immediate ruling, claiming the Memphis excuse of lost baggage is invalid. Heinemann plans to press the case vigorously. Martin is in Mobile to present Mobile a cup for the largest opening day attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Heinemann
New Orleans
John D. Martin
Southern League
Memphis
Martin
Heinemann
Mobile
Mr. Heinemann
Mr. Martin
Cawthon Hotel
Mobile Memphis May Meet Again in Capital Game
Mobile and Memphis plan to play a postponed game at Montgomery on September 11 pending Memphis consent. The Montgomery Chamber of Commerce asked Mo bile president R. M. Weinacker and received quick acceptance from Mobile. If Memphis agrees, the teams will meet on an off day to settle Augu st 5’s rainout while Montgomery promotes South Alabama league crowds.
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Mobile
Memphis
Montgomery
Montgomery Chamber of Commerce
Wired
R. M. Weinacker
Abbots
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Sammy Strang Nicklin
Mobile Firm Wins Messenger Repair Contract
The McTaggart Beat Company of Mobile won a contract to repair and overhaul the coast guard launch Messenger. The vessel will be hauled to the McTaggart plant for new engines and immediate installation, then return to coast guard service. Previously damaged by fire, Messenger served the district’s collector of customs before the Arrow speed boat was supplied for local service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
McTaggart Beat Company
Mobile
McTaggart
Coast Guard Service
Collector of Customs
Arrow
Florida
Voters to Decide on New High School Bond Issue
A joint conference among Mayor George Crawford and city and county officials tentatively plans a November vote on a high school bond not exceeding 700000. Officials agreed to inform voters of city and county finances and to place bond oversight with the city and county authorities rather than the school board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Crawford
Harry T. Hartwell
R. V. Taylor
John D. Hagan
A. G. Ward
Henry Brannan
Brannan
Revenue Board
City Commission
Fish Products Corporation to Open Bayou La Batre Plant
J Lloyd Abbot president announces the new Fish Products Corporation will establish a plant at Bayou La Batre after securing telegraphic parity rates from Mobile and Ohio Railroad for shrimp hull tankage and fertilizer products. E A Jones serves as vice president and general manager with John Rolston as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Grumley
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Biloxi
Bayou la Barre
J. Lloyd Abbot
Fish Products Corporation
Bayou la Batre
Chamber of Commerce
Grumley
Abbot
Bayoulatre
Mr. Abbot
E. A. Jones
John Rolston
Seven Prohi Cases on U S Court Call
Seven prohibition cases and one auto theft case were listed for today in federal court. Defendants include James Conway Will Mc Crary Louis Tate Lawrence Pierce Lee Pierce John Gregandes and James Richardson all charged with federal prohibition violations. Also on the docket John Joseph charged with violating the national motor vehicle theft act. Federal officers seized 30 gallons of whiskey on Hall's Mill road near Mobile last night. a car was seen stopping nearby but owners could not be identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Conway
Will McCrary
Louis Tate
Lawrence Pierce
Lee Pierce
John Gregandes
James Richardson
John Joseph
Mobile
Mississippi
Hall's Mill Road
Amendment topic to be discussed by multiple speakers
Educational program across the state promotes the seaport amendment with three speaking dates under the Mobile County Protective Association. Cohen and Bayou la Batre discuss Saturday night at the Bayou la Batre Masonic hall with W. J. You as speaker. William McLeod speaks Monday night at Mertz station in the new school house at 7 30. Tisdale J Towart addresses Tuesday night at 1 30 ocloris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaport
Mobile County Protective Association
Cohen
Bayou la Batre
Masonic
Mertz Station
Tisdale J. Towart
Severe Heat Retards Mine Rescue Effort At Argonaut Mine
Rescue teams fight intense heat to reach 47 entombed miners at the Argonaut mine in Jackson California. Four hundred feet of loose rock plus 50 feet of solid rock stand in the way as two corps advance from Kennedy mine toward the Argonaut. The fire is out and officials expect reaching the men by Saturday with three routes to escape identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argonaut
Jackson
Cal
Calif
Kennedy
Kennedy Mine
William Nash Banker Dies in New York
William Alexander Nash former president and later chairman of the Corn Exchange Bank died suddenly in New York. He was born in Hudson New York in 1846.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Alexander Nash
The
Corn Exchange Bank
Hudson
N. Y
Community Dollar Day Friday
Announcement of a Friday September First Dollar Day sale with bargains across men’s clothing shoes hats ladies wear household furnishings and a full stock. Merchants urge early shopping to avoid crowds and ensure attentive service with ample clerks and strong values. Read The News Item for more Dollar Day notices.
Final Bonus Vote Seems Certainty In Senate Action
Washington awaits the final Senate vote on the soldiers' bonus bill before adjournment with most amendments disposed and debate under way. Passage is viewed as likely though enactment remains uncertain, then move to conference with the House and eventual presidential action. The bill would take effect January 1, 1923 offering three payment plans and optional benefits for World War veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
White House
House
District of Columbia
Jones Seen Likely Senate Nominee in New Mexico
At the Democratic state convention in Albuquerque A. A. Jones is a certain contender to succeed himself in the U S Senate as no other candidate has been named. Gubernatorial race features A H Hannett J B Vaught Leroy Hall and Col J K B Sellers while John Morrow and Mrs Florence Poyas Johnston run for congress.
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Albuquerque
N. M
A. A. Jones
United States
Gubernatoria
A. H. Hannett
Gallup
Vaught
Deming
Leroy A. Hall
Chima
Col
J. K. B. Sellers
Hannett
John Morrow
Raton
Florence Poyas Johnston
Congress
New Mystery Plane Aims For Derby Sensation
A secret Bristol built aircraft reportedly capable of four miles a minute is expected to thrill the round England air derby on September 8. C. W. Uwine will pilot the mystery plane in the 900 mile King’s prize handicap with thirty British entrants including monoplanes giant amphibians and passenger buses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croydon
Eng
England
Bristol
C. W. Uwine
Coal Exports Drop Sharply Amid Strike Impacts
A Commerce Department report shows July 1922 American coal exports plunged from July 1921 levels with bituminous down 2,283,702 tons and anthracite 271,343 tons, reducing export value by 133,158.10 dollars and 3,955,096 dollars respectively. Coke exports rose 8,577 tons with higher value, offsetting some losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce
Trains Collide in Dense Fog on Hudson River Line
A rear end collision on the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad near Jersey City injures many as two Newark bound trains meet in thick fog. Motorman John Burke and others are treated. traffic halted for hours as ambulances and wreckers respond.
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New York
Hudson and Manhattan
Jersey City
Newark
City Hospital
John Burke
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Hudson River
Burke
New Jersey
Trains Collision Reports Injured in Meadowed Wreck
In Jersey City a fog shrouded Hudson & Manhattan Railroad collision on the Hackensack meadows sent multiple injured to Summit Avenue. Ambulances and twelve city hospital surgeons rushed to the scene as authorities gathered details of the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
City Hospital
Summit Avenue
Hudson Tube
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Hackensack Meadows
New Jersey
Crowder Demands Cuban Political Reform Ultimatum
General Enoch Crowder, U S representative in Cuba, warns President Zayas and Congress that he will report to Washington if five anti graft measures are not acted on by September 9. Conference follows as the House moves toward emergency laws, blaming the Senate for delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Associated Press
Zayas
Enoch Crowder
Cuba
Harding
Congress
Washington
Crowder
Senate
Railroad Bridge Destroyed By Dynamite Charge
A dynamite blast at 2 30 this morning destroyed the Pennsylvania railway bridge over Fourteenth Street in Wilmington Delaware shattering glass and plaster in nearby homes. The main line bridge suffered a damaged abutment and lifted rails but no injuries were reported. Strike sympathizers were blamed for the attack. Railroad police found no one near the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania Railway
Fourteenth Street
Union Station
Floating Baron Schooner Seized Off New York
The British three masted schooner Gamia carrying $200000 worth of Scotch whisky and the excursion steamer Smithfield said to be carrying a floating liquor shipment were seized by customs and prohibition authorities today in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Smithfield
Shop Man Escapes As Rail Strike Sparks Violence
Violence escalates amid the shopmen strike with a dynamited bridge near Cincinnati and arson on Cotton Belt lines in Texas. Cannister traces found on tracks near Alton. four deputies beat guarding rail property in Sedalia. Big Four roundhouse damaged in Indianapolis. three men held in Chicago in alleged dynamite plots. Freight service resumes on Court Pacific in Kansas under armed guard. Missouri Pacific roundhouse in De Soto closes indefinitely.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Texas
Cannistere
Alton
Sedalia
Big Four
Indianapolis
Chicago
Chicago & Alton
Road
Court Pacific
Kansas
Missouri Pacific
de Soto
Durham Kidnapped and Tarred in Alabama Railroad Incident
In Pensacola on August 31, three men abducted E B Durham from the Louisville Nashville Railroad shops. They drove him to a remote spot, doused him with pine oil and tar and feathers, then attacked the plan to burn him. He escaped and reported the ordeal. authorities and railroad agents locate the scene and plan arrests after examining the evidence.
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Pensacola
Fla
Durham
Montg
Ala
Louisville Nashville
Amd
Railroad Company
Lauce Takes Stand in Chicago Labor Plea Case
In Chicago on August 31, Lauce testifies as part of the United Brotherhood Maintenance of Way Employes and Railroad Shop Laborers Union wage rise campaign. The hearing centers on demands for higher minimum pay and improved working conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauce
Chicago
Pursuin Forte
United Brotherhood
Maintenance of Way
Feline strike halts work at Spokane rail shops
In Spokane Washington a shop cat named Nig at the Northern Pacific yards is on strike. The once busy rat hunter has shifted from the Park Water shops to the yard office as workers walk out. Clerks report the cat seems unhappy with the change in routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Pacl
Park Water
Horseshoe Pitching Continues in Des Moines Tournament
In Des Moines Iowa play in the third round of the national horseshoe tournament progressed this morning under fair weather. The feature pitted Frank Lundin of Newton Indiana against Frank Jackson of Kell Indiana the present state champion and national title holder. C C Davis of Columbus worlds champion and Jackson came high in yesterday's games.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Frank Lundin
Newton
Tomeet
Frank Jackson
Kell
Jackson
C. C. Davis
Columbis
South Alabama League Series Heads To Montgomery
The South Alabama league series continues with a second game in Montgomery. Eufaula and Andalusia will meet after yesterday’s action, with the winner aiming for the division title and a meeting with Selma next week in the southern region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Eufaula
Andalusia
Bufa
Selma
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Capital
U. S
News Corporation
William Nash
New Mexico
DERBY
South Ala
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