State Port Pier 2 bids opened by Alabama Docks Board
Bids for concrete Pier 2 at the new state port terminals were opened this morning by the Alabama State Docks Board at the State Office Building. The project totals about a billion dollars and will be the first unit built. Work could start once bids are tabulated and alternatives include cement supply or state furnished material. A foundation for machinery has been prepared by the dredge Alabama and the board plans Pier 1 bids soon.
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New
State
Alabama State Docks Board
Alabama
Docks Board
Pier
Northern Cold Wave Forecast to Return
The bureau reports a cold snap in the wake of a northern push with temperatures above freezing. Light rains linger tonight but winds shift to bring fair skies and lower temperatures. Wednesday is expected to be cold and fair with even colder conditions.
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Bureau
Traffic Committee Meeting Called by Mobile Chamber
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic committee convenes Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. to discuss rate matters affecting the city. The Galveston rate case, suspended by the ICC, will be heard in New Orleans or Fort Worth in February. Shipments of brick from Cowan PA will revert to the Mobile-New Orleans rate after a recent adjustment.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Galveston
ICO Commission
New Orlea
Fort Worth
Mobile
New Orleans
Cowan, Pa
Police Ball Tonight Planned by Committees
Committees led by Levine uer James Walsh John Bressingham and P C Pitroft announce a police ball to be staged tonight with details limited to organizers and event purpose and no further scheduling given.
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Levine Uer
James Walsh
John Bressingham
P. C. Pitroft
Prisoners Leave for State Prison Camp Kilby
Transfer Agent P C Herbert of the state convict department escorts Henry Lewis jailed ten years for a statutory offense Silas Lundy for prohibited liquors John Jackson for manufacturing prohibited liquors and illicit still Harrison nicknamed Dicey sentenced to 90 days for violating the prohibition law and one year for operating a illegible table.
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P.c.herbert
State Convict Department
Camp Kilby
Henry Lewis
Silas Lundy
John Jackson
Thomas
Weather update for Alabama and Mississippi
Alabama sees rain this afternoon and night with much colder air tonight. Wednesday turns generally fair and colder with variable winds. Mississippi reports cloudy skies tonight with much colder conditions and probable rain in extreme north and extreme east portions.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Alibi to be offered in hold up case against Russell
L O Russell, 23, soda clerk at Park store of Van Antwerp Drug Co, faces charges as one of two bandits in a hold up of J K Williams on Dauphin street line. He claims an alibi and the case proceeds after an agreement to try the case. Police based on Williams identification. Russell denied leav ing home. bond set under 500 dollars.
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L. O. Russell
van Antwerp Druk Company
J. K. Williams
Dauphin
Rder
Boldice
Burton Avenue
Dauphin Street
Russell
Williams
Illiams
Burch
Mobile approves library bond and Dauphin Island park purchase
City commission acts on two urgent items. January 25 is set for a $250,000 bond issue to fund Mobile’s new public library. The panel also approves buying a large Dauphin Island tract for a modern park and resort, with a reported value near $200,000 and legal papers to be drawn by the city attorney.
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Mobile
Dauphin Island
Cedech City Free Library
Fort Commission
H. H. Wefer
Bers
R. M. Weer
George B. Reapers
Peck
William H.recht
General Seibert
Faces Charged After Collision On Craft Highway
Eldridge Cobb of Biloxi is jailed on charges of operating an automobile while intoxicated and abusive language after a crash with Mrs. Susie Carter of Six Mile on St Stephens road. Henry Bangr of Biloxi faces abusive language charges. The wreck near Neely's station involved serious damage. Officers Ollie Lartigue, Burch, and Farmer arrested the suspects.
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Susie Carter
Six Mile Post
St. Stephens
Eldridge Cobb
Biloxi
Miss
Henry Bangr
Craft Highway
Neely’s Station
Ollie Lartigue
Burch
Farmer
Funeral for auto smash victim held
Services for Julius Heidelberg 54 timber exporter and Gent died Monday after a passenger train collision at a street foot. The funeral was held this morning at home 65 South Lafayette. burial in Pine. Survived by widow and brother Luther Heidelberg of Mississippi and other relatives.
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Heidelberg
South
Lafayette
Pine
Heidtibers
Comerpany
Luther Heidelberg
Unidentified man attempts robbery at City Hospital ward
An unidentified man tried to rob the chi house of City Hospital at 2 Welock this morning. Nurses on duty heard a disturbance.
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Welock
Negro burglar caught after post office robbery near Mobile
A unidentified Black man was captured at a Post Office three miles north of Mobile after a night break in. Dr. Cawthon fired a warning shot and the suspect surrendered aided by E W Butterly and his sons. The incident marks a fifth robbery at Plateau Geechee with several already sentenced.
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Mobile
Charles
Orethon
Cawthon
Paeapedian
E. W. Butterly
Preston
George Butterly
Boundary Dispute Settled By League
Geneva December report details a unanimous League decision to fix a disputed province's status. The talks cited treaties and a refusal to hand Mosul to Turkey, citing General Laidoner’s report on massacres of Christians by Turkish forces. The document, prepared in Mosul by assistants of Laidoner, names Turkish officers and soldiers in the massacre.
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Genev.witserland
Iene Conwucil
Mosul
Turkey
Laidoner
League
Opera Director Is Discharged in Prussia Controversy
Berlin Dec 14 Dr Becker Prussian education minister declared in the diet that he had summarily discharged Max Von Schillings as director general of the Prussian Siemtetent and would not reinstate him. Von Schillings was dismissed late in November after a long dispute with Prussian state authorities who he accused of interfering with his administration.
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Berlin
Dr. Becker
Max von Schillings
Vonlings
von Schillings
King's Physician Richard Powell Dies in London
Sir Richard Douglas Powell, physician to the king since 1910 and noted expert on lung and heart diseases, died in London at age 84. He served three monarchs including Queen Victoria and King Edward VII and was regarded as one of England's leading lung specialists.
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London
Richard Douglas Powell
Rich
Queen Victoria
King Ward VII
England
Movilians Attend Synod Meetings
Rev. J W Marshall and Mr Alexander depart for Montgomery to attend synod stewardship and young peoples committee meetings. They plan arrangements for the Magnolia Beach conference and Alexander aims to return in time for Central Presbyterian Church midweek services.
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J. W. Marshall
Bile Presbytery
Montgomery
Marshall
Alexander
Atte Ady
Synodical Young
Nawas Young People’s Conference
Magnolia Beach
Central Presbyterian Church
Chief Burch Injured in Auto Accident
Police Chief Warren Burch sustained cuts and bruises after his car struck a hole at about 7:30 this morning. The crash threw him against the windshield and interrupted his duties as chief.
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Warren Burch
Junior Chamber to Meet Thursday
The regular semi monthly meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms Thursday at 8 o clock. Several matters regarding the body’s activities will be discussed.
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Chamber of Commerce
Constitution Rights Bill Introduced In Congress
Washington, Dec 15. A bill to guarantee constitutional rights of sons and students would prohibit seizure of documents and warrants by governors and officials, making violations a federal offense with fines up to 10,300 and up to five years in prison.
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Washington
Sing Sing prison yard to bloom as public park
Albany reporters reveal Sing Sing is being transformed from a dirty yard into a beauty spot with rose gardens shrubs and a fountain. The state prison commission credits progress and names Charles E. Chapin the convicted killer behind the reforms.
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Albany
Sing Sing
Charles E. Chapin
New York City
Russian Chinese Treaty Signed in Shanghai Pact Aims Alliance
Shanghai dispatch reports that General Yu Helang and Soviet Russia signed a military and political alliance. The pact commits both sides to mutual support if attacked by a third power. Feng’s forces clash with General Chan Tso Lin over Tianjin as the Sen Wan Pao notes.
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Shanghai
Zee Yu Helang
Russia
inSapanese
Sin Wan Pao
Feng
Oe Feng
Chan Tso Lin
Tien Tsin
Last installment of income tax due in 1924 plan
Washington December 15 The last installment on the 1924 income tax under the four quarterly plan. Unless paid to the collector of internal revenue before mid January a penalty of one percent per month. Persons mailing checks and money orders must have their returns postmarked before mid January.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Evolution Theory Removed From Texas Biology Textbook
In Austin on December 15 Governor Miriam A Ferguson ordered all references to evolution deleted from a Texas biology textbook. The removed passage argued that terms like man and animal should be used carefully, asserting man is an animal.
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Austin
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Paymaster Held Up by Three Bandits in New Orleans
Three masked assailants robbed the New Orleans Terminal Railway Company and money broker John Rouchel of about 21 dollars and escaped in a car. They also missed roughly 2 thousand dollars Rouchel carried. The victims were disarmed and forced to surrender the cash before the bandits fled.
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New
New Orleans
Marine Funds Protests Echo From Commandant Lejeune
Major General Lejeune, commandant of the marine corps, voiced protest today against proposed cuts to marine corps appropriations. The report notes ongoing reductions and asserts it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain depth and duties at naval stations due to the budget squeeze.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Lejeune
Naval Stations
Wade
Five Die in East 14th Street Fire in New York
A five story East 14th street tenement fire killed four women and one man and injured several. Firemen battled the blaze as a second fire threatened a similar building on East 16th Street. Names and ages of victims include Beth Murphy 46 and Masterson 45. investigation into arson or accidental origin was begun and a dog’s barking helped locate the first fire.
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New York
East 14Th Street
East 16Th Street
Beth Murphy
Claimant Adds Name to Jennings Estate Fight
Chicago December 16 One more claimant to the 6 000 000 estate of the late Edwin B Jennings eccentric millionaire appeared today to file his claim Morris claims to be the nephew of Jennings and says the millionaire went to Canada to manage a ranch He must marry before 46 and dispose of claims of other alleged heirs
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Chicago
Edwin B. Jennings
Charles Ne
Steevin
Morris
Ant
Forces of Tso Lin retreat in hurry
Tokyo reports Mukden capital of Manchuria under martial retreat as Chang Tso Lin forces fall back from Sinmintu and Mukden. Looting is reported widespread while Japanese residents panic. War office plans a hurried troop replacement but total forces stay near normal quota amid rising tension.
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Tso-Lin
Tokyo
Mukden
Manchuria
Chang -Tso-Lin
Sinmintu
War Office
Texarkana Chief Adams Jury Selection In County Murder Trial
Jury selection began in circuit court for Adams former chief of police charged in the murder of Sheriff Lish Barber and deputy Bob Smith. Adams is held without bail as attorneys on both sides present a dramatic legal battle amid a gunfight that left three officers dead or wounded. A special sheriff will serve during the trial following the governor’s appointment to replace the slain sheriff.
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Texarkana
Ark
Adams
Don
Lish Barber
Uty
Bob Smith
Meeess
Smith
Doctors Hold Meet in Louisville Kentucky
Fellows of the Southern Medical Association from all parts of the United States gathered for the thirty eighth annual convention in Louisville. The three day event begins with technical sessions at 10 o clock and is limited to fellows plus honorary fellows named in seven other countries.
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Louisvil Ky
Southern Medical Association
United States
Otr Geet
Prince's Barracks Seized by Police in Belfast
Belfast dispatch reports police special constabulary seizing Prince's Docks in Betas declaring they will hold pending actions and maintain order amid ongoing tensions and unrest.
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Prince’s Barracks
Belfast
Prince's Docks
Betas
Pinchot Plan Faces Opposition in Coal Dispute
Washington December 15 opposition to Governor Pinchot’s plan to settle the thracite dispute was voiced in a resolution adopted today by leaders of the Chamber of Directors. The document criticizes the plan as controversial and incomplete.
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Washington
Pinchot
Chamber of Data
Flan
Canan Data
Klan Guards Watch Hotels for High Profile Visitor
Dispatches claim a Negro heiress from New York was en route to Fort Pierce. Local Ku Klux Klan members inspected four hotels last night, checking registers and warning managers not to host her. A guard was posted at the railroad station to prevent her arrival.
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Bae the Knights
Fort Pierce
Pierce
Rumors of Rhinelander reconciliation denied by attorney
Alice Jones Rhinelander remains in New Rochelle after the annulment case. Attorney Swinburne said she never left New York and had stayed with Julius Jones in Bedford Hills before visiting relatives in Brewster. Westchester grand jury resumes probe into alleged jury tampering in the case.
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Alice Jones Rhinelander
Hugenot
Leo Kip Rhinelander
Florida
Uel 8
Swinburne
Alice
Pelham
New Rochelle
Jones
Mother
Julius Jones
Bedford Hills
Westchester County
Brewster
N. Y
Westchester County Grand Jury
Barred at hotels over Rhinelander case in Florida
West Palm Beach officials indicate Alice Rhine lander may face hotel refusals due to her marriage to Leonard Rhinelander. Hotel managers warn they would challenge registrations, and a Fort Pierce Klan faction reportedly seeks to bar the high profile bride from entry.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Alice Jones Rhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
New York
Florida
Alicer
Fort Pierce
Ku Klux Klan
Rhinelander
Famous Gridders to Tour States
Ted Sullivan announced he will bring the Kerry and Tipperary football teams to the United States next year for a national tour. Sullivan previously guided the world tours of the New York Giants and Chicago White Sox in 1914. The Kerry and Tipperary players are to arrive in America around October.
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Cincinnati
Ted Sullivan
Ireland
Kerry
Tipperary
United States
Sullivan
New York Giants
Chicago White Sox
America
Weather wakes, storms, and record cold across the plains
A blustery storm system begins, bringing heavy snow drifts and travel disruption from Nebraska to Colorado. Ice and freezing rain halt lines and traffic. Fort Collins and other towns report significant snowfall while Williston endures the coldest day at 14 degrees below zero.
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Fressing
Tce
Weather
Weather. Bureau
Iowa
Wisconsin
Sioux City
Nebraska
Fort Collins
Colo
North Platte
Nebra
Cheyenne
Laraimie
Denver
Williston
B. C.P
Chapman Denied Stay of Sentence in Mail Robbery Case
Gerald Chapman, awaiting execution for mail robbery, must die on March 8 unless the U S Supreme Court intervenes. Federal Judge Thomas rejected Chapman's habeas corpus bid to be returned to Atlanta to serve a 25 year sentence before Connecticut can carry out the death penalty. The ruling held his detention valid and dismissed grounds for relief.
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Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
United States Supreme Court
Thomas
Chapman
Cokome Atlanta
Sot
Fighting Spirit of Tide Praised At Banquet
Tuscaloosa Alabama December 16. Coach Wade praised the fighting spirit of the Alabama football squad at the annual banquet. He stressed that winning counts as much as playing every minute and noted the team will continue daily practice until the time for next events.
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Tuscalooba
Ala
Spirit of the
Alabama
Weltese
Wade
Fisehene
Cal
Prohibition Enforcement Debate Highlights Citizens Duty
Fragmentary remarks discuss public sentiment on enforcing prohibition and the duty of citizens to support law. The speaker urges mobilizing people through organizations like the Anti-Baloon League to demand strict enforcement and to counter arguments against prohibition.
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Rhode Island
Supreme Court
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