01 Dec 1928
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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1928
Page
1
The fragment details a character named Anastasia facing dyspepsia and financial strains while dealing with a press agent. A marginal dialogue with a suited young man hints at ongoing personal and economic troubles. The text remains jagged and incomplete with likely magazine or column style prose.
Wilson life term inmate who led Kilby prison revolt two years ago and Eugene Padgett, a long term convict, attempted to climb the wall but was halted when a high tension wire zapped the men. Padgett was captured when power was cut and guards recontained the scene at Montgomery Alabama.
Memphis detective identified H. Jison, 28, as the Birmingham suspect accused of assault to murder and multiple robberies. The man allegedly participated in a holdup that wounded Harry Salvo of South Sea Cotton Oil and was linked to a raid on Broadhead Klimes Farm Company. He will be returned to Birmingham for trial.
In Tuscaloosa Alabama police pursue leads to solve the death of Oscar Harris whose body was found near his home. Harris was shot once and investigators seek whether the wound related to personal safety. Neighbor Lester Channel was arrested after the discovery and is held without a specific charge.
Seven negro laborers were drowned when a scaffold tipped during bridge construction over Cooper River in Charleston. Air mail plane forced down in Georgia due to murky weather. Earthquake reports emerge near Santiago, Argentina. Local minister W F Larowe jailed for three months for criminal libel in Savannah. Alabama court weighs appeal in Calloway flu case. Senate committee to verify election registration in six disputed Pennsylvania counties. King George reported having a disturbed day and fatigue after brief sleep.
John Blymyer 32, one of three confessed killers of Nelson D Reymeyer, is suspected in the murder of Gertrude Rudy 16 near York Pennsylvania. Rudy was found along the Maryland Pennsylvania railroad tracks shot and hacked. Blymyer said he knew Rudy and worked in the same factory. A preliminary hearing for Blymyer John Curry and Wilbert Hess is set.
In Guayaquil Herbert Hoover, addressing President Ayora, portrays the United States as a democracy built on equality and mutual welfare. He emphasizes goodwill toward sister republics and cites the US as advancing through trial and error toward prosperity.
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce will operate from the second floor of the new Title Insurance building on St Francis Street near Bienville Square starting Monday. The organization’s former headquarters at St Joseph and St Francis is being razed to clear space for an office building by Merchants Securities Corporation, with moving underway today.
The Mobile No. 108 Benevolent Order of Elks will hold its annual memorial service at the Elks Home on Government and Joachim. The event begins at 3 o'clock tomorrow with John A. Lamey, exalted ruler, presiding.
Members of the executive committee of the traffic department of Mobile discuss live topics on transit matters. Officials address routes safety and future upgrades as residents attend the session.
An earthquake along the Chilean coast caused many deaths and damage. Reports list 17 killed at Barohona and five at Quinta, with fear of higher casualties as towns like Talca Chillan and Concepcion suffered destruction and Santiago Valparaiso felt the tremor.
Mobile Red Cross will hold its annual meeting on January 4 to review November activity. The home service division logged 64 cases and 29 public health nursing cases with 180 visits. Junior Red Cross shipped 12 boxes of cakes and confections to disabled veterans. Leinkauf Russell Old Shell road Oakdale schools and the Convent of Mercy and St. Joseph's school coordinate Christmas boxes for overseas relief.
Goodyear announces a new tire factory is under consideration with four candidate sites in Gadsden Alabama Atlanta Knoxville and Chattanooga no decision yet as Goodyear president P W Litchfield declines to comment today amid the delay in choosing a location.
Boston College dominated Holy Cross 19 to 0 while Stanford routed Army 26 to 0 and Newport News Marines beat Quantico Marines 10 to 0 in a set of decisive football showings.
ATLANTA December 1. A group entered an Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co store after reading a sign that warned not to leave money in the safe. They attacked the safe with a hammer and cold chisel but found no money and fled.
Reports say on Thursday night after Coffee's disappearance hunters near Hal's lake heard a boat in Joe's bayou. Capt. R H Oswell, timber dealer and towboat owner around Hal's Lake, voiced belief the case involves local factors.
Federal officers seized a motorboat carrying 1500 pounds of rye at the wharf by Eslava Street. Four men Willie Mastin Sr Willie Mastin Jr Sidney Slater and Willie Woolsey were ordered to report to the Prohibition Office to face liquor statutes charges. The rye had just been unloaded from a truck and the boat was a small row boat with an automobile crane.
Ten persons were injured when a street car struck another car on a curve at a street intersection in Memphis. Operator D. Lowery was believed hurt internally when thrown from the controls as passengers were tossed from their seats.
A conference is planned among Mobile County commissioners, their counsel, and treasurer George Stone to discuss a friendly suit over the Mobile Bay Bridge. County attorney James Webb ruled the suit cannot be filed until after the bridge is taken over by the county, prompting debate about Stone’s invitation to attend.
An overcrowded field at the Chi airport hosted a 10 day air show with a display of modern aircraft. Cadets and debutantes helped christen new planes as they arrived for the exposition featuring demonstrations and models from the army regiment.
A Government Street Lumber Co car stolen from Dauphin Street and LeBaron Avenue was found at 2:50 a.m. in Slidell Louisiana. A native left Mobile to claim the car. Police report daily thefts of license tags, with one tag from B A Miller found on G O Poetz’s car in New Orleans.
Bob Fairchild known as the Active Tramp called on Mayor Cecil F. Bates at city hall. He is traveling toward his home in Los Angeles, California after a nationwide automobile tour costing $20. Fairchild delivered a letter from Mayor Bates to G. B. Cryer of Los Angeles.
U S Marshal staff pursue a baffling crime with no corpse located to prove theories amid dense clues. Searches through office and surrounding areas reveal no body despite belief Corpus is dead. The case leaves officials and political circles perplexed as they review scattered evidence.
A state adviser urged Kentucky Governor to order an investigation into the handling of state funds by two former officials and a clerk in Jefferson County, the state’s largest jurisdiction.
The county board approved a bond sale to cover operations and reapportionment costs. Bids for decoration of the courthouse and jail and for interior improvements were opened with the lowest bid to be announced at the next meeting. Dr John Redmond referenced a prior condition and noted ongoing Mississippi concerns.
City Commissioner Harry T. Hartwell is thanked by Local No. 200 United Garment Workers of America for his effort against high domestic electric rates in Mobile. The union pledges cooperation and solid support for his stand.
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A fragmented item notes the Illinois Bar Association and a figure named Wanta facing removal. The brief suggests internal proceedings about disfavor or disciplinary steps. No dates or explicit actions are given in the readable text.
A fragmented note shows discussions on funding and steering the highway proposal from Dog River to the club. It hints at a chairman’s role and financial concerns among attendees.
Bank of Metter in Georgia will be taken over by the state, signaling a government intervention in the regional financial institution. Details on the transfer process and affected customers were not disclosed in the available text.
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