Turbulent Mobile crimes report steady loot and burglaries
A string of early Sunday to Monday thefts and robberies hit Mobile area, including Greer’s store burglary on Selma street with entry via skylight, stolen cars on St. Francis and Jackson streets, and multiple hold ups. Victims include M. E. Moore F. M. Holcomb N. T. Holman Mrs. W. B. Fanning and minister Rob Bettis. Cash, clothing, and vehicles valued in dozens of dollars were taken across several locations including St. Emanuel 5 and Royal Congress streets.
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Mobile
M. E. Moore
Greer’s
Selma Street
F. M. Holcomb
Atlanta
Cawthon Hotel
St. Francis Street
Holcombe
N. T. Holman
Cherry Street
Jackson
Conti
Government Streets
W. B. Fanning
Hyland Avenue
South Lawrence Street
Jesse Edwards
Center Street
St. Emanuel
Eer
Weinacker Avenue
Virginia Street
Rm F. E. Bettis
Perdido
Royal
Congress Streets
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
McGill Avenue
Houston Street
Rai
Richardson’s
St. Stephens Road
Toulminville
Funeral for Judge Frederick W. Herman Held at Roche Margary
The funeral of Judge Frederick William Herman, veteran lawyer and former clerk of the interior criminal court, who died Sunday morning after a short illness, will be held at Roche marguary at 11 o'clock Tuesday. Interment is in Pine Crest cemetery. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Josephine Albenese Hermann of Mobile and other relatives. He was born in Germany and came to this country at age seven, first living in New Orleans where he began his law practice for 21 years. For the past 30 years he practiced in this city and remained active professionally until his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick William Herman
Interior Criminal Court
Roche Marguary
Pine Crest Cemetery
Josephine Albenese Hermann
Mobile
Eee
Germany
En Orleans
Woman Says She Is 150 as Chilean War Recalled
Filipa Contreras told census takers in Magallanes Chile that she is 150 years old and recounted Chile's war for independence from Spain in 1810.
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Magallanes
Chile
Filipa Contreras
Spain
Stopping Cans Till Xmas Bargains Warn Shoppers
A jumbled notice urges readers to delay Christmas shipping and take advantage of last minute bargains while warning that procrastination could lead to regret. The fragmentary text hints at promotional offers and timing guidance for holiday purchases.
State Gives Relief As Crews Open Work On Mobile Highway
Crews were sent to repair the Mobile Bay Minette highway after rain damage. Gaston Scott of the state highway commission announced a resurfacing outfit and machinery would keep the route passable at all times. Work began five miles from the bridge head and will proceed toward Mobile, with six miles of Baldwin county road included under state oversight.
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Mobile-Bay Minette Road
Scott
Mobile
Bay Minette
Gaston Scott
State Highway Commission
State Highway Department
Bay Minette- Mobile
Baldwin County
Mobile Register
Highway Department
Three Murphy Brothers Plead Guilty to Assault at Dance
Joe Harvey and George Murphy pleaded guilty in circuit court to assault with intent to murder Deputies Co C Faulk and Alf H Crabtree after an attack at a Theodore dance. Each brother received two years in the penitentiary. Solicitor Bart Chamberlain dismissed an additional assault to murder charge. An important witness was absent and a continuance was sought.
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Co. C. Faulk
Alf H. Crabtree
Joe
Harvey
George Murphy
Bart Chamberlain
Graham Sullivan
Murphys
Claude A. Grayson
Delay
Theodore
Mobile county pays $600000 in bonds sold at auction
The Mobile county board of revenue sold six hundred thousand dollars in paying bonds at a Monday auction for 97.10 each. The five percent bonds were bought by First Securities Corporation and Merchants Securities Corporation after spirited bidding. Julian Magnus of Magnus and Company of Cincinnati urged calling Chapman and Cutler of Chicago to discuss validity but was refused.
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Mobile County
Board of Revenue
First Securities Corporation
Merchants Securities Corporation
Julian Magnus
Magnus and Company
Cincinnati
Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
Magnus
Mobile
Board of Revenue Affairs
Steiner Brothers of
Birmingham
First of series rate hearings in Mobile on phosphate rock
In Mobile a three day rate hearing opened in federal court led by Examiner John McChord. About 35 representatives from railroads fertilizer firms chambers of commerce and others attend. The case involves reduced rates on Florida phosphate rock from gulf ports to Memphis and St Louis.
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Mobile
John McChord
Federal Court Room
Gulf Ports
Memphis
St. Louis
Chambers of Commerce
Florida
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Docks Commission
McChord
Economy Oil Company
Mertz
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Final Day Drive Seeks Remaining Community Chest Funds
On the final day of the fifth annual Community Chest drive the goal of 169,626 remains within reach as 750 workers push to raise about 50,000 more pledges before 6 30 p m Monday. With 121,519 65 already collected, workers rally for a finish at the Cawthon hotel lunch and reports will be given by campaign officials. Judge David H Edington chairs the drive and urges full attendance while the Industrial School band plans a pre lunch performance and team captains meet for last day instructions.
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Community Chest
Cawthon Hotel
David H. Edington
George W. Nevins
S’ Industrial School
Cawthon
Judge
Roy
Glaser Dies in New York Political Figure at 54
Mat thew Quay Glaser longtime political worker and 1928 Curtiss for president booster died of heart disease at his New York home aged 54. Interment set for Mount Pleasant cemetery. Survived by widow Grace Blume Glaser. Glaser, born Providence Rhode Island, once editor of the Cincinnati Republican and later named in a Tennessee grand jury case over sheep dip containing unlawful alcohol.
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New York
Matthew Quay Glaser
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Grace Blume Glaser
Glaser
Providence
R. I
Cincinnati Republican
Joseph B. Foraker
Tennessee
Scottish Coal Miners Return Under Temporary Truce
About seventy thousand Scottish coal miners who walked out last Monday returned to work today under a temporary truce until February 1. The stoppage arose from opposition to owners plans for a spreadover schedule that violated the new coal mines act 71 2 hours. Union delegates and owners representatives discuss a permanent settlement for Scotland and South Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
South Wales
Cold Weather Hints From Coon Tails In New York
Weather prophets in central New York cite an extra ring on a raccoon tail as a sign of a harsh winter. They note seven stripes instead of six, plus deeper woodchuck burrows, snakes seeking shelter, and heavier skunk and mink pelts as clues.
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Mount Morris
N. Y
New York
Laval Asked to Form Cabinet to Replace Tardieu
Paris reports President Doumergue asked Pierre Laval, senator and labor minister in the Tardieu government, to form a ministry to succeed M. Tardieu whose cabinet resigned Thursday. Laval will begin talks immediately and return with a definite reply tomorrow. The move follows Louis Barthou’s failure to assemble a cabinet.
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Paris
Doumergue
Pierre Laval
Tardieu
M. Tardieu
M. Lavel
Louis Barthou
Police shootout near Government and Franklin streets sparks inquiry
Robert Martin of 410 South Hamilton Street alleges unprovoked shooting by Police Officer D B Harmon at Government and Franklin. Martin, later charged with disorderly conduct, says he and a companion were not threatening. Harmon reports a pursuit and a bullet striking Martin’s arm. The incident and complaint are to be investigated by the chief of police.
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Robert Martin
South
Hamilton Street
D. B. Harmon
Government and
Franklin Streets
Martin
Recorder's Court
Harmon
Wree
Government
Claiborne
Burch Monday
Coat
Marmon
Navy program up Washington under London treaty costs shown
Secretary Adams outlined the administration plan for naval construction under the London treaty with a estimated total of 134.635 million dollars. Projects include a 7500-ton six inch gun cruiser a 10000 ton six inch gun flying deck cruiser four 1100 ton submarines a 13800 ton plane carrier ten 1500 ton destroyers and one 1850 ton destroyer leader. Senate also passed a 30 million dollar battleship modernization bill for New Mexico Mississippi and Idaho.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Adams
Senate
House
Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Mississippi
Idaho
Robbery suspects Stringfellow and Tanner arraigned. hearing postponed
Bob Stringfellow and Boyd Tanner of Big Point Mass charged with robbery held without bond were arraigned in the inferior criminal court and the hearing was adjourned to December 11 at the state’s request. They allegedly robbed Walter Alexander of 35 dollars his car and shot him. federal officers recovered the vehicle and continue investigation. Also on the docket William Evans fined for violating prohibition and Tom Sutton penalized similarly, while L G Fetcher seeks jury trial for slot gambling with bond set.
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Bob Stringfellow
Boyd Tanner
Big Point
Mass
Inferior Criminal Court
Walter Alexander
William Evans
Tom Sutton
L. G. Fetcher
Rubber firm executives to join duck hunt in city
R McTammany general sales manager of the B P Goodrich Rubber Company Akron Ohio and Henry Thackton southern district sales manager will arrive in Mobile Tuesday afternoon to be guests of J W Lord and Noel Turner for a duck hunting trip announced Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. McTammany
B. P. Goodrich Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Henry Thackton
Southern District
Mobile
J. W. Lord
Noel Turner
Earthquake in Formosa Kills Four Persons and Destroys Homes
A Taiwan quake in the southwest Formosan region today killed four people and toppled 253 houses. The temblor began at 3 0 p m and lasted twelve minutes according to Tokyo dispatches from the News Agency.
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Tokyo
Taiwan
Eight Red Plotters Commuted From Death To Prison Terms
The Soviet Central Executive Committee commuted five engineers sentenced to death for plotting to overthrow the regime to ten years in prison. The remaining three defendants had their death sentences reduced to eight years. Names include Leonid Ramsin and Victor Larichev among others. additional details appear on page 8.
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Moscow
Soviet Central Executive Committee
Soviet Union
Leonid Ramsin
Moscow Technical Institute
Heat and Power Institute
Victor Larichev
State Planning Commission
Ramsin
Nikolai Charnovosky
Varous Technical Institutes
Technical Council
Supreme Economic Council
Ivan Kalinikov
Military Aerial Academy
Alexander Fedotov
Scientific Research Textile Institute
Ees
Adimr Ochkin
Sergei Kuprianov
Russia
Central Executive Committee
O Loughlin Jurors Instructed in Murder Verdict
Denver December 8. The jury trying Mrs Pearl O Loughlin for slaying her ten year old step daughter Leona was instructed to find the defendant guilty of first degree murder. The judge overruled defense for a dismissal and rejected three defense proposals about circumstantial evidence and proximity to the crime scene.
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Denver
Pearl O'Loughlin
Leona
Henry
Caulvert
Recluse Powell Captured After Shootout in Oklahoma
Jess Powell sought for the slayings of Floyd Bell and Pawnee deputy Ed Hartwick was captured near Ralston after a gun battle that wounded posseman Louis Raba. Bell's companion Marion Kendall was also wounded as Powell admitted ambushing the officers and was jailed in Pawnee County.
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Pawnee
Okla
Jess Powell
Ralston
Here
Louis Raba
Allen Jones
Pawnee County
Associated Press
Powell
Floyd Bell
Ed Hartwick
Bell
Marion Kendall
Raba
Former Judge Lindsey Wins Continuance in Disorder Charge
In New York Lindsey, the Denver former judge who disrupted a church service, appeared in West Side court and secured a continuance to December 12 amid not guilty plea. He cited speaking engagements. his attorney will challenge whether a man may speak out in church with protection. Detective May opposed the delay.
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New York
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
St. John the Divine
William T. Manning
West Side Court
Dreyer
Lindsey
Wiliam F. May
Manning
Army Medical Officer Links Poison to Mrs Shepard Death
Major J C Dye testified in federal court that Mrs Zenana Shepard’s eye condition might stem from a slow acting poison or alcohol. He attended Mrs Shepard May 21 1929 after illness led to death at Fort Riley in June 1929. The testimony concerns retina engorgement observed and possible poisoning in Major Charles A Shepard’s murder trial.
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Kansas City, Kas
J. C. Dye
Army
Charles A. Shepard
Zenana Shepard
Dye
Fort Warren
Wyo
Shepard
Fort Riley
Kas
Grace Brandon
San Antonio
Tex
Major Dye
Senate to early pass drought relief measure as report arrives
Senate leaders anticipate swift action on the $60,000,000 drought relief bill reported by Senator McNary with Democratic support. The measure, backed by the agriculture committee, faces continued debate over funding while House action on an $110,000,000 emergency construction bill is also expected tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
Hoover
Agriculture Committee
Robinson
Arkansas
Tomorow
Walsh
Massachusetts
Congress
Cramton
Michigan
Wood
Garner
Tilson
House
Wheelerville defendants held for grand jury on larceny
Darling Broadus Dan and John Jackson and Marion Reeves of Wheelerville held to grand jury under $500 bond after a criminal court hearing on larceny charges. They allegedly stole five hogs from J. M. Bolin. I. W. Holt received 27 months and W. T. McCarty 12 months on grand larceny counts. Others were arrested at Saksville Miss on petit larceny charges and several men were fined or jailed on dry charges.
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Darling Broadus
Dan
John Jackson
Marion Reeves
Wheelerville
J. M. Bolin
I. W. Holt
W. T. McCarty
Saksville
Miss
Smith
I. C. Burke
Alex Thomas
Mose Welch
Eugene Casher
Father Jerome Ricard Critical After Relapse at Santa Clara
Father Jerome S. Ricard head of the astronomical department at the University of Santa Clara received the last rites after a relapse. He had been at a sanitarium from January to September with a failing heart, later returning to the university but unable to resume duties. He was a leading advocate of the sunspot theory of weather forecasting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Jerome S. Ricard
University of Santa Clara
Ricard
Weather Scene Forecast For Alabama And Mississippi
Local forecast shows fair weather Monday night and Tuesday with frost near the coast. Strong cool air moves in from the north affecting Alabama and Mississippi with fall like conditions Monday night into Tuesday.
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Alabama
Mississippi
River Forecast Brief for Tombigbee and Kama Regions
River forecast notes the Tombigbee river and branches will fall above Columbus and rise below tonight and Tuesday. At Montgomery changes are noted on the Kama river with continued falling at Selma.
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Daily River Bulletin
Aberdeen
Columbus
Demopolis
Tuscaloosa
Montgomery
Selma
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Herman
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Junior Charity League
Church of the Little Flower
Welfare Association
Murphy
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Murphy Organization
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Blind Association
Curtiss
Hamilton
Harmon Sunday
NAVY
House Committee
Stringfellow and Tanner
Goodrich Rubber Company
Quake
Soviet Central Committee
O’loughlin
Oklahoma
Ocnate
Hoover Budget Plea
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