Clues Grow in Slaying of Conductor O Rorke
Mobile detectives traced evidence tied to the slaying of John Rip O Rorke, a Louisville and Nashville conductor, as Cecil Southall and others were questioned. Chief Burch and W Milling refused to disclose details, while witnesses placed O Rorke with a man in a downtown restaurant around 5 Friday morning.
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Southall
Burch
Man
John
Rip) Oo
William E. Moody
A. M. Franco
Charles Farrar
Mobile and New Orleans
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Ocean Springs
Biloxi
Gulfport
O’rorke
Mobile and Ohio
Cecil Southall
O'Rorke
W. Milling
Overcoat Stolen On Monroe Street Reported
C M Coats of 667 Cherokee Street reported to police that his overcoat was taken from a fence at Monroe and Claiborne streets Friday afternoon. He was near the scene when the theft occurred and a complaint was filed at police headquarters.
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C.M. Coats
Cherokee Street
Monroe
Claiborne
Coats
Modern Love Story by Famous Author in News Item
Robb Webster author of Dad's Girl writes Joretta a disciplined heroine torn between loyalty to her mother and love for Jim Nortom. Read Mrs Webster's new story in the Mobile News Item starting Monday December 25.
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Robb Webster
Joretta
Jim Nortom
Mrs. Webster
Bercinning
Night of Jazz opens with 100 cast members at Saenger
Mobile theatergoers await a grand Night of Jazz at the Saenger with 100 cast members in a revue for The Register Ladies of Charity Christmas tree fund. The show begins Friday night at 11 for one hour forty minutes featuring dancing, song hits, and top-tier acts.
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Jaz
Saenger Theatre
Register and Ladies of Charity
Marie Harrington
Inez Tartans
Dorothy Adams School of Dance
Emma Tam
John O'Neil
Mobile School of Dance
Ray School of Dance
Gertrude Stewart
Agnes Torrey
Elizabeth Ray
Donna B. Perry
Virginia Horner
Register Ladies of Charity Christmas Tree Fund For
County Board Cites Ernest for Contempt Remark
Walter C. Ernest Jr a contractor was cited by County Board Chairman Arthur D Davis to appear December 22 to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt after claiming a crooked deal. The citation followed a board decision awarding a bridges contract to another firm.
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Walter C. Ernest, Jr
Dehice
Arthur D. Davis
County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Davis
James H. Webb
Ernest
Bridges
2Nd Ernest
Funeral for Captain Thom as P Norville Held Saturday
Funeral services for Captain Thom as P Norville veteran Mobile harbormaster and riverfront contractor will be held at 10 o clock Saturday morning at the family residence 254 South Broad Street with interment in Magnolia cemetery Roche mortuary in charge A native of Navy Cove Baldwin county Ala he spent most of his life in Mobile He served as harbormaster for 20 years retiring in April 1929 prior to that he ran a contracting stevedore business on the riverfront for about 25 years and was linked with various tugboats
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Thomas P. Norville
Mobile
South Broad Street
Magnolia Cemetery
Roche
Captain Norville
Navy Cove
Baldwin County
Ala
Norville
Circus To Headline Booster Club Meeting Saturday
The Saenger Theatre management promotes a strong program for the Booster Club with Gracie Thomas Circus featuring trained dogs and ponies. The Dagger Duel from The Indians Are Coming will be shown, along with Morocco starring Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich.
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Saenger-News-Item
Saenger Theatre
Gracie Thomas
Jack
Morocco
Gary Cooper
Marlene Dietrich
Bond Needed for Mobile Citronelle Road paving Costs
County engineer John R. Peavy stated a bond issue of 100000 is required to cover Mobile’s share of paving the Mobile Citronelle road. The state highway department let the contract for 406941 with cement valued at 161287 supplied by the state, total project around 1200000 involving state county and federal funds.
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Mobile
Mobile-Citronelle
State Highway Department
John R. Peavy
Peavy
Highway Department of Alabama
Mobile-Citronelie
Russell
Toulminville
Stronelle
Neeley’s Station
Barnes-Creary Supply Company
Boat Identified Near Arlington Pier After Drifting
A skiff found Friday near Arlington pier containing four dead ducks two live decoys and shotgun shells was identified by Joe Kelly of Palmetto street as the craft that broke away from a launch. Detectives Joe Connick F H Farmer and Officer James Quinn reported the finding.
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Arlington Pier
Joe Kelly
Palmetto Street
Joe Connick
F. H. Farmer
James Quinn
Dr. John D. Long Arrives in Buenos Aires for Pan American Health Meetings
Dr. John D. Long of the United States Public Health Service arrived in Buenos Aires from Chile to arrange the next Pan American health conferences to be held in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
John D. Long
United States Public Health Service
Chile
Road project from Bay Minette to Mobile Bay Bridge opens amid protests
State highway commission will award contracts January 14 for a concrete surface on the Bay Minette to Mobile Bay Bridge line, and for 14 miles from Baldwin county line to Sardis church. Civic groups press for quick work, hoping completion by early June.
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Bay Minette
Mobile Bay Bridge
State Highway Commission
Montgomery
Mobile Bay Minette
Register
State Highway Department
Baldwin County
Sardis Church
Wesco Wins Suit Over Smoke Damage Claim
Wesco company, operating a paving material mixing plant on South Conception street, defeats Thomas R. Trainor in a 53,000 damage suit. A jury in Judge Claude A. Grayson’s circuit court division returns verdict for Wesco after about an hour of deliberation. Trial began Thursday as part of several property owner suits. Wesco officials faced police court fines for smoke nuisance, later ruled unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesco Company
Conception Street
Thomas R. Trainor
Claude A. Grayson
Circuit Court
Indictments Link Ewalds, Schirp In Appointment Plot
Former Magistrate George F. Ewald and his wife Bertha, along with Dr. Francis M. Schirp, face two indictments from an extraordinary grand jury. They are accused of offering Schirp $2000 to influence Ewald's mayoral appointment, with Schirp alleged to have accepted. Earlier charges claimed the Ewalds paid Tammany leader Martin J. Healy $19,000 for the magistrate post, with trial pending.
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New York
George F. Ewald
Bertha
Francis M. Schirp
Stuben Society
Ewald
Walker
Supreme Court
McCook
Ewalds
Schirp
Dr. Schirp
Martin J. Healy
Tammany
Merapi Volcano Erupts Fear Some 90 Feared Lost
Batavia reports Merapi the dormant volcano erupted violently sending white hot lava over villages at its foot. Officials fear about 90 natives dead as the eruption continues and many settlements have been evacuated after two weeks of rumbling.
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Merapi
Batavia
Omits Dividend at American Zinc Lead and Smelting
New York December 19 The American Zinc Lead and Smelting Company skipped the quarterly dividend of 1.59 on cumulative preferred stock now due. John B Statson Company directors declared a 1.80 dividend on common for the six months ended December 31 totaling 4.00 for the year, down from 6.25 last year. Dictograph Products Company directors declared a quarterly dividend of 0.25, the same rate as before the October deferral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Zine, Lead and Smelting Company
John B. Statson Company
Dictograph Products Company
Dr. J Kelly Visits Mobile as Jelke Butter Chief Guest
Dr J Kelly of the John F Jelke Company, butter and oleomargarine manufacturers, is in Mobile for a brief visit. He is the guest of Louise Diemert, local Jelke agent.
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Dr. J. Kelly
John F. Jelke Company
Mobile
Louise Diemert
Jelke Concern
Shepard Testimony Completed To Jury
In Kansas City the government re called nurse Clara Brown to the stand in the Charles A. Shepard murder trial amid defense objections. Brown repeated Mrs Shepard claimed she was poisoned by Shepard, while Shepard denied knowledge of any bottle referenced. Dr Strickler testified Mrs Shepard was not sane on the day of the alleged statement, and the nurse’s testimony was later stricken from the record.
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Kansas City
Kas
Clara Brown
Charles A. Shepard
Shepard
Miss Brown
Fas
Dr. Shepard
Capone Faces Push for Death Penalty in Slayings
Chicago reports Judge John H. Lyle urged moving to the electric chair for Alphonse Capone over the 1920 killing of Big Jim Colosimo and a second slaying. The Herald and Examiner notes the attorney general weighing murder charges based on Howard’s 1924 death in a Torrio gang context.
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Chicago
John H. Lyle
Alphonse Capone
Capone
Lyle
Chicago Safety Council
Big Jim’ Colosimo
Herald and Examiner
Joseph Howard
Herald An Miner
Harry Ditchburne
Howard
Johnny Torrio
Michael Hughes
William B. McSwigging
U P Leader Urges Quick Relief Bill Action
Washington dispatch reports Republican leader Santor Watson predicting swift enactment of emergency relief. Congress moves to break deadlock on a 116 million drought and public works package totaling 311 million across three bills, with a 150 million farm board appropriation already approved by the House. Confederates debate senate amendments and seek conference to speed the measure to the White House.
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Washington
Santor. Watson
Congress
Watson
Farm Board
Senate
House
White House
Alabama
George
Georgia
Michigan
Dancer to Face Grand Jury Over Buckley Death
Margaret Owen a burlesque actress, 22, admitted her recorded voice called radio commentator Gerald E. Buckley to his death. She is to testify before the Wayne County grand jury, condition permitting, after hospital confinement since November 29 for alleged poisoning to avoid testifying in another murder case.
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Detroit
Gerald E. Buckley
Wayne County
Margaret Owen
Receiving Hospital
Vember
Desperadoes Hold Up Bank Loot Estimated At Four Thousand
In Alabama a posse of hundreds surrounded a river bend where four masked gunmen allegedly robbed the Marion Junction State Bank and fled toward Gee’s Bend. National guardsmen and fighters combed Bogue Chitto swamp while two planes circled the area at dawn seeking the quartet.
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Safford
Ala
Chitto Swamp
R. L. Hamner
Dallas County
National
Chitto
Wilcox County
Here
Gum Bottom
Alabama National Guard
National Guardsmen
Sheriff's
Weather Outlook and River Forecasts for Alabama and Mississippi
Mostly cloudy and colder tonight with some rain in the southeast. Friday night and Saturday look generally fair but colder, with freezing in northern portions. Mississippi and Alabama regions follow similar cold, fair trends with below freezing temps in north areas. Tombigbee and Alabama rivers expected little change through Friday and Saturday. Montgomery area irregular, Selma slight variations.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Tombigbee
Montgomery
Selma
Harry Armstrong
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The
Thornton
Monroe Street
County Board
Body
Colummn
Playhouse
Mobile-Citronelle Road
Arlington
Long
U. S. Public Health Service
WESCO
American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Company
Kelly
Jelke
Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes
Elizabeth Evans Hughes
William Thomas Gossett
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Riverside Church
Lift
Judge Lyles
Leader
B. U.P
Francis M. Stephenson
Grand Jury
Buckley
Marion Junction
Ber
Aberdeen
Columbue
Demopolis
Tuscaloosa
Selma Enna
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