Stolen Watch Probe Deepens in Mobile Murder Case
The death of John O Rorke, 57, conductor for L N and N, is treated as robbery murder. Louisville Nashville agents aid police as investigations focus on a diamond pin and a loaned watch while funeral services are held at Mrs. Walsh’s residence.
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Vcium
O'Rorke's
Wilder's Jewelry Company
O'Rorke's Watch
Richard Walsh
Springhill Avenue
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
O’rorke
Magnolia Cemetery
Roche Mortuary
Jimmie Terrill
Clarence Vermille
Ed Doyle
C. E. Wiarris
W. E. Flynn
H. C. Lowenstein
G. W. Diermayer
A. F. Spatalfor
Mrs. James B. Hagan Named Chairman of Mobile Registrars
Mrs. James B. Hagan succeeds her late husband James R. Hagan as chairman of the Mobile County Board of Registrars after receiving her commission from Governor Graves. A Mobile clubwoman and president of the Mobile County League of Women, she has long been active in club work across Mobile and the state.
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James BR. Hagan
Mobile
Mobile County Board of Registrars
James R. Hagan
Hagan
Graves
Mobile County League of Women
Stewards to Meet at Government Street Methodist Tonight
A special session of the board of stewards is called for tonight by William C. Robertson secretary. Full attendance is requested as important business is to be transacted.
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Methodist Board
Board of Stewards
Government Street Methodist Church
William C. Robertson
Robertson
Weather outlook and river forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Mostly cloudy conditions from Tuesday into Wednesday with colder nights and a low near 36 degrees. Alabama reports freezing near the coast, Mississippi sees inland freezing in places with southeast cooling, while river observations show the Tombig and Alabama rivers rising at Selma tonight into Wednesday based on 7 am readings from December 16, 1930.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Daily River Bulletin
el Sat
Emepone
Darea
Dewae
Powee
Tuscaloosa
Selma
Mobile Singer Patricia O'Connell Delights New York Audience
Patricia O'Connell of Mobile received a warm reception in New York as the prima donna of the Little Theatre Opera Company in Offenbach's Orpheus. telegrams from Montgomery Mayor Gunter and Mobile Mayor Schwarz, flowers from citizens, and strong notices from critics highlighted the evening.
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Patricia O'Connell
Mobile
New York
Little Theatre Opera Company
Offenbach
Orpheus
Associated Press
Miss O'Connell
John .C. O'Connell
O'Connell
Mobile Register
New York Times
O’connels
Gotham
Montgomery
Miss O'Donnell
W. A. Gunter
Leon Schwarz
Eurydice
Murphy High Wins Third Monthly Prize in Voting Contest
Murphy High School Welfare League captured the $50 monthly prize in The Register and News Item $1,000 voting contest with 5,315,841 votes, a 1,951,625 lead over the Junior Charity League. Final tabulations announced Tuesday conclude this contest phase.
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Murphy High School Welfare League
Register
Murphy High School
First Snow Falls in Greenwood Mississippi Weather Notes
Seasonal snow cover blankets Greenwood as a northerly wind drives a rain mixed spell. Forecaster Albert Ashhenberger predicts a sharp cold snap with a 36 degree low by Tuesday night and mainly cloudy skies into Wednesday. The Mobile cold front began Monday night after rain, with a 45 degree minimum noted there.
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Mobile
Albert Ashhenberger
Cold Tuesday Sweeps From Rockies To Maine
It was a cold Tuesday with frigid air extending from the Rockies to Maine. The article notes unusually low temperatures with south regions and extreme Pennsylvania mentioned as exceptions. readers are directed to Page 10 for more details.
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The
Red Press
Rockies
Maine
Three Men Nabbed After Steamship Escape
Barker Shah 34 Buker Shah 28 both Arabs and AJ Pierson an Englishman were arrested late Monday by Special Agents and handed to federal immigration authorities. The trio carried English and American money and several dirks and razors. Immigration officials hold them for inquiry.
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Barker Shah
Buker Shah
Houston
Texas
AJ Pierson
FE. G. McDonald
Ed Brogley
Arson Case Postponed In Howell Indictment
In Mobile circuit court Judge Joel W. Goldsby took the call list case of Mrs. Reatha Howell for arson and postponed it indefinitely upon solicitor Bart Chamberlain’s request. Attorney Jesse F. Hogan argued the legality of the indictment as demurrers to be resolved. The postponement follows ongoing murder-case investigations.
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Demurrera
Reatha Howell
Joel W. Goldsby
Jesse F. Hogan
Bart Chamberlain
Williams
Carver Taylor Held on Prohibition Charge
Carver Taylor aged 20 was docketed at the county jail by Deputy Sheriff C C Faulk on a charge of violating the prohibition law. He is alleged to have four gallons of whiskey in his home on Moffat road near Pumphouse branch.
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Carver Taylor
C. C. Faulk
Taylor
Moffat Road
Pumphouse Branch
Jazz Revue Friday Night For Benefit Of Poor Tots
A top Mobile revue will be staged at the Saenger theatre Friday at 11 p m to aid Mobile’s Christmas tree fund. Proceeds go to The Mobile Register and Ladies of Charity. Tickets show strong demand with school and dance numbers featured. All talent is donated to ensure funds go to charity.
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Saenger Theatre
Ladies of Charity Tree Fund
Mobile
Youth cyclist Injured On Bay Bridge Road
Comer Garrett, 19, a messenger for the Alabama Tennessee and Northern railroad, lay in serious condition with a fractured skull at City hospital after being struck by a Grove Hill driver Maynard Bumpers on Bay Bridge Road. Bumpers, who said the bicycle had no light, was charged with reckless driving. Garrett's Daphne, Alabama parents are named.
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Comer Garrett
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
City Hospital
Bay Bridge Road
Garrett
Maynard Bumpers
Grove Hill
International Paper Company
Bumpers
Daphne
Ala
Judge warns no sympathy for drunk driving in Tanner case
Judge Joel W. Goldsby in circuit court Tuesday repeated warnings of no mercy for those operating vehicles while intoxicated as James Tanner pled to two charges. Tanner faced fines of 100 dollars and 30 days court or 300 dollars and 90 days per offense, with counsel seeking suspension. The judge said he could not suspend and stressed protecting life and property. offenses occurred in September per arrest reports.
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Joel W. Goldsby
James Tanner
Tanner
Atey Wallace
Goldsby
Aid for Unemployed Relief Planned by Southern Dairies
F. Moore of Southern Dairies announces a two month relief program donating five percent of pint sales and ten percent of fancy ice cream orders to a local agency aiding unemployed residents. The recipient agency and Mayor Schwarz were asked to designate the beneficiary.
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F. ©. Moore
Mobile
Southern Dairies
Leon Schwarz
Burglars Loot Small Pan American Station
Burglars forced a window at Pan American station at Conception and Charleston stealing only a few cents while the night manager hid afternoon receipts. A man named J A Brown from 1855 Louiselle Street reported a pint of clothes stolen from his car on St Joseph between Dauphin and St Francis streets.
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Conception
Charleston
J. A. Brown
Louiselle Street
St. Joseph
Dauphin
St. Francis
Messenger Robbed During Delivery on Hercules Street
Aaron Smith delivery boy for A. and W. Five Points store reports he was held up Monday night on Hercules Street between Davis Avenue and Fisher's Alley. He was delivering a package to 905 Hercules Street when the robbery occurred and he lost $1.25 in cash.
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Aaron Smith
Five Points
Hercules Street
Davis Avenue
Fisher's Alley
Man confronts debtor at Lafayette gas station with pistol
W J Foley manager of a Lafayette gas station says a man who owed him for gasoline attacked him with a weapon at the scene on Tuesday. Foley then took the pistol from the assailant whom he recognized. A warrant will be sworn in the case.
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W. J. Foley
Lafayette
St. Stephens Road
Foley
Mobile Chamber group backs funds for main Alabama roads
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce highway committee urged use of federal and state funds for trunk roads. A resolution pressed Governor Bibb Graves and the highway commission to pave Citronelle to the Mississippi line soon and supported paving No. 31 between Montgomery and Mobile. The group will work with district chair John T. Cochran on employment projects to improve Montgomery Mobile and Citronelle roads. Seaman Williams leads the committee.
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Alabama
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Bibb Graves
Highway Commission
Citronelle
Mississippi Line
Graves
Montgomery
John T. Cochrane
State Commission On Employment
Montgomery Mobile
Dr Hardy Dies Mother of Columbia Boy Prodigy
Dr Sarah D B Hardy aged 66 died after a brief illness. She was the learned mother of Edward Rochie Hardy Jr who entered Columbia at 12 and graduated at 15 with an MA at 16. She was wife of Edward Rochie Hardy a lecturer at NYU and a member of the New York bar.
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New York
Sarah D. B. Hardy
Columbia University
Concert at Battle House to aid Community Chest
Plans call for an 8 o'clock Thursday concert at the Battle House auditorium by Tellier's orchestra. Proceeds will go to the Community Chest to reduce its shortfall of about $31,000 after the drive ended. tickets available at the door.
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Battle House
Tellier’s
Symphony Orchestra
Community Chest
City to hold hearing on final assessments for 26th street venture
The Mobile board of city commissioners will conduct a hearing on final assessments for the 26th street paying venture completed recently at an approximate cost of 1.7 million dollars. The session takes place at city hall on January 13 under a resolution from Tuesday's regular meeting attended by Mayor Schwarz and Commissioners Hartwell and Bates.
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City of
Mobile
26Th Street
Board of City Commissioners
Schwarz
Hartwell
Bates
Senate to Probe Bread Prices and Restraint Alleged
Senator Wagner introduces a resolution asking a senate committee to investigate whether bread prices reflect restraint of trade. He notes wheat and flour prices fell while retail bread prices did not drop, prompting the inquiry into existing pricing practices.
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Washington
Senate
Wagner
New York
Jurors Summoned for Mobile County Grand Jury
Preparations for the January session of the Mobile county grand jury are near completion at the courthouse. Eight Mobilian names were drawn in open court Tuesday. eighteen will be selected to compose the grand jury meeting January 5. Circuit courts will recess for Christmas holidays.
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Mobile County Grand Jury
Court House
Major Shepard on trial for alleged poison murder of wife
Maj Charles A Shepard testified that Mrs Shepard was an alcoholic and narcotics user. He described a troubled marriage from their 1916 Los Angeles honeymoon and his failed attempt to curb her drink and drug habits. He claimed she feared insanity as his defense contends.
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Mate
Kansas City
Kas
Charles A. Shepard
Shepard
Army
Grace Brandon
San Antonio
Army Medical Corps
Fort Riley
M. A. Rose
Vincent
Major Shepard
Tex
Rum Runner Shot by Virginia Troops Near Schoolfield
In Danville Virginia a motorist is shot by guardsmen while resisting orders near the Schoolfield textile strike zone. Officers report 60 gallons of whiskey found in the car of Lockwood Pickett of Forrest Hills North Carolina who suffered a back wound and possible paralysis. he was hospitalized after an operation was delayed for shock recovery. The wounding followed a string of bombings around Schoolfield over the weekend.
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Danville
Schoolfield
Lockwood Pickett
Forrest Hills
N. C
Pickett
W. Opie
Ters
Largest Narcotics Seizure Aboard Alesia in New York Harbor
Customs agents announced a record narcotics seizure totaling 1000 pounds with market value above 1 million dollars. The contraband shipped from Turkey was hidden in fur cases from Constantinople aboard the steamer Alesia en route to this country. Importers eluded capture as the Treasury and Narcotics bureaus coordinated the seizure led by Assistant Secretary Lowman.
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Washington
the Treasury
New York Harbor
Turkey
Constantinople
Lowman
Customs and Narcotics Bureaus
Alesia
Joffre Said Ill Reported Sick at Chamber of Deputies
Paris dispatches say Marshal Joffre, victor of the Marne, is reported seriously ill in the chamber of deputies. His son-in-law refuted the illness claims last night saying he was in his customary good health.
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Victor
Marne
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Joffre
SULING REACH PEAGE ACCORD ON RELIEF BILL
Conferees from the senate and house reach a tentative accord on a 116 million emergency employment bill. The revised measure restores Hoover’s authority to allocate funds as needed during emergencies in response to Democratic opposition.
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Suling
Peage
House
Senate
Hoover
Washington
Pensacola Mobile Canal Dredging May Begin Soon
The Pensacola Mobile Canal dredging may start within six days as survey work continues and property owners along proposed routes are being identified. The project, overseen by the Montgomery district army engineer, has $160,000 allotted in the current emergency bill before Congress.
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Pensacola-Mobile Canal
Mobile
Pensacola
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
District Army Engineer
Montgomery
Commercial Organ
Ization
Congress
Cotton Study Urged To Ban Short Selling In Grain Markets
Washington reports agriculture department tests push for tight control on foreign brokers and speculation to curb irregular grain trading. Dr. Duvel backs measures amid disclosed Russian transactions and proposed investigations in Chicago. Turpentine research aims at synthetic camphor to produce shatterproof glass for autos. The agriculture supply bill totals 213 million dollars with funds for weather service animal and plant industries and road construction.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Wees Agriculture Department
House
F. T. Duvel
Grain Administration
Foeign
Chicago
Commission
W. W. Skinner
South
Agriculture
Appropriations Committee
Weather Bureau
Bank Merger Unites Alabama Lenders in Birmingham
The Bank of O bama merges with the Ensley Bank in Birmingham with assets exceeding 1 million dollars. Oscar Wells of the First National Bank of Birmingham announced the deal aided by Birmingham Trust and Gangs Company and the First National Bank of Birmingham. The Ensley National Bank will absorb the Bank of Alabama’s assets and liabilities.
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Bank of Alabama
Bank of Ensley
Birmingham
Ala
Bank of Obama
Ensley Bank
Oscar Wells
First National” of Birmingham
Birmingham Trust and Gangs Company
First National Bank of Birmingham
Last Minute Toy Choice Dilemma At Christmas
A fragment explains the challenge of choosing toys for children during Christmas. Delays worsen decision tests and may lead to gifts that do not please the recipient.
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Sonny
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L. & N. Agents Aid Quiz
John “Rip” O'Rorke
E L. And.n
Mobile and
Ohio
Conception Street
Xz Armstrong, Try
Etmereleemn
Patricia O’connell
Greenwood
Miss
COLD
Argon Charge
Oaligitor
Mobile Youth
Jemmaolt
Comer Garnett
Maynard
Messenger
OFC. Group
U. S
Citronelle Road
DR. Hardy
Musical of Tellier
Symphony
Maj
Shepard Avers
Virginia
Robinson
Jones
Senate Appropriations Committee
Couzens
Michigan
Secretary of Agriculture Department
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