County Audit Shows Road Budget Deficit in Mobile
A financial report by L. J. Richard and Company shows Mobile County spent 461,671 on road and bridge work in 1930, 200,000 over budget, with total county deficit 83,000 for the year ending November 30. The general fund saved 62,485 of its 584,348 budget as rains and machinery costs hit the roads. A conference with the Bay Bridge committee is set for December 30 to discuss toll elimination and financing. An offer to use Old Shell Road School as the January 5 voting place for the eighth ward was accepted, and an extra car for the traffic department was authorized. County employees will have three Christmas holidays.
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Mobile County
Board of Revenue
L. J. Richard and Company, Certified Public Accountants
Charles Baumhauer
Auer
John E. Toomey
Mobile Bay Bridge
Chamber of Commerce
Toomey
Bay Bridge
Gordon
Old Shell Road School
Government
Bradford
Federal Fisheries Inspect Mobile for Hatchery Site
Two U S representatives from the Bureau of Fisheries will tour Mobile area sites Monday to inspect where a Alabama fish hatchery may be built. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce protested Washington action that picked Marion first, prompting itself and Congressman John McDuffie to reopen the matter after Baldwin County officials were seen.
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Federal Bureau of Fisheries
Mobile
Alabama
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
Washington
Marion
Baldwin County
O. M. Phelps
Chamber of Commerce
John McDuffie
Elks Host Charity Ball For Mobile Needy Monday Night
The Elks lodge at Joachim and Government streets will host a charity ball Monday night to aid Mobile’s needy. Music by Pops Graham and his nine piece orchestra will be free, with proceeds used for relief work.
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Mobile
Elks Club
Joachim
Government Streets
Renevo
Pops
Graham
Luckenbach Gulf Names New Manager Over Mobile Sailing Row
Controversy between Luckenbach Gulf Steamship officials and Rene Steigler ends with Steigler’s ouster and R. J. Jourdan named division manager. Jourdan’s appointment follows a dispute over shifting schedules to boost Mobile’s west coast service at the expense of New Orleans.
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Luckenbach Gulf Steamship, Inc
Rene Steigler
New Orleans
Mobile
Jourdan
Luckenbach
Steigler
Contro
Houston
Luckenbach Company
Docks Board
R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commeore
County Opts Not to Appeal Juvenile Court Fight
The Mobile juvenile court will reopen in quarters used before the legislature abolished it. County attorney Robert E. Gordon announced no appeal from Judge Blocker Thornton’s ruling. Judge Thornton had voided the act abolishing the juvenile court and earlier upheld creation of the domestic relations court. J. G. Hamilton to resume duties as judge with back salary for months in litigation.
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Mobile Juvenile Court
Robert E. Gordon
Blocker Thornton
Board of Revenue
J. G. Hamilton
Thornton
Break in Rain Expected for Mobile as Skies Clear
Forecaster E. W. Holcomb predicts relief from five days of intermittent rain and fog for Mobile residents with Tuesday expected to bring clearer skies and mild temperatures. A final shower is possible Monday, with 2.53 inches of rain in the last 24 hours and 6.97 inches for the month. year rainfall remains 0.70 inches below normal.
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E. W. Holcomb
Mobile
Weather Bureau
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ala
Committee forms to tackle Mobile unemployment crisis
A Community Chest board appoints a nine member committee led by Mayor Cecil Bates and E. D. Laurendine to organize work programs for the jobless in Mobile. The group will use unemployed funds to create public works projects and pay wages, with an initial $5,000 appropriation and plans to meet promptly.
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Mobile
Community Chest
Chest
A. F. Norquist
Mark Lyons
John T. Cochrane
Gordon Smith
D. R. Dunlap
Frank Rossman
D. P. Bestor, Jr
Cecil Bates
E. D. Laurendine
County Board of Revenue
Seawall Panel Targets Oil Firms Over Gas Tax Payments
Mobile County seawall commission adopts a resolution directing its counsel to prosecute oil companies that fail to pay the gasoline tax under the seawall act. Violations carry up to $500 per offense and possible six month prison terms. The panel backs an appeal of Circuit Judge Goldsby’s ruling invalidating the act. James H. Webb will lead with W. H. Armbrecht as special counsel in the appeal.
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Mobile County Seawall Commission
Seawall
Circuit
Goldsby
James H. Webb
W. H. Armbrecht
Commission
Armbrecht
Wreck Case Set Driver Faces Court Over Bicycle Collision
Driver from 353 South Conception street charged with reckless driving after a collision with a bicycle rider, O Neal Wilson of 352 South Conception street, injuring him with a broken thigh. Hearing set for January 29 by Recorder D H Edington.事故 occurred at Washington avenue and Charleston street at 3 AM Sunday, police report shows.
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Wilson
Igniee
Get
South Conception Street
O'Neal Wilson
Recorder’s Court
D. H. Edington
Young Wilson
Washington Avenue
Charleston Street
Lott. and
Arras
Auto Victim Dies in City Hospital
Amos Rankin aged 53 of 702 Monroe Street died at 12 30 AM Monday at City hospital from injuries after a Sunday night auto crash at Canal and Washington Avenue. Rankin suffered two broken legs and a fractured skull. Driver R B Cooper of 912 Choctaw Street surrendered Monday and faces a recorder court trial Thursday on a manslaughter charge.
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Amos Rankin
Monroe Street
City Hospital
Canal and
Washington Avenue
Rankin
R. B. Cooper
Choctaw Street
Cooper
Recorder’s Court
No Man's Land Appeals for Emergency Bridge Repairs
A Bon Air delegation led by George J. Sherman asked the board of revenue for emergency repairs to two bridges on Euclid avenue and Johnston street. The city said it cannot tax Bon Air residents and county funds cannot repair city streets. The county attorney advised the request be declined, citing city responsibility. Sherman vowed to press the issue with the city.
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No Man's Land
Bon Air
Board of Revenue
Euclid Avenue
Johnston Street
George J. Sherman
Sherman
Mobile
California football players' special train to Atlanta
A UC squad special train will pass Mobile early Wednesday night about 10 o'clock en route to Atlanta Georgia Tech for next Saturday's game. The second section of the Piedmont Limited will run out of New Orleans reaching Mobile briefly before continuing to Atlanta, announced by H Geron Louisville and Nashville passenger agent.
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University of California
Mobile
Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Piedmont Limited
New Orleans
H. Geron
Louisville and Nashville
Bids Expected Soon for Mobile Marine Hospital Annex
Washington advised that bids on the Mobile Marine hospital annex could be advertised within a week or ten days. Congressman John McDuffie said final approval of plans was imminent and that bids may be called very soon.
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Chamber of Commecre
Washington
Marine Hospital
Mobile
John McDuffie
Two Houses Burned on Craft Highway News
A fire report from the county jail states two one story frame houses were destroyed on Craft highway about six blocks from the Magazine Point car line terminus. Investigators are examining the blazes.
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Craft Highway
Magazine Point
Hundreds Seek Refuge as Delta Floods Devastate Mississippi
The East Delta area experiences severe flooding with thousands of acres underwater and hundreds seeking shelter. Officials report widespread damage across communities as rains persist and levee systems are stressed. Local groups coordinate relief efforts amid ongoing mandatory evacuations.
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East Delta
Weather Bureau Warns of Flood Threat Along Mobile Rivers
The Mobile weather bureau warns that the Black Warrior and Tombigbee rivers from Columbus northward will fall slowly over 36 to 48 hours unless heavy rains hit. Flood stages along the Tombigbee below Columbus may extend with rainfall. Demopolis could see about 47 feet around Wednesday. the Alabama river near Montgomery expected to rise 3 to 4 feet by Tuesday morning with continued increases. Selma likely little change tonight, then rising with rain, and Miller's Ferry to rise again late Tuesday into Tuesday night.
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Mobile Weather Bureau
Black Warrior
Tombigbee
Columbus
Demopolis
Alabama
Montgomery
Selma
Miller's Ferry
Lumbus
Miller’s Ferry
Levee at Asa holds as flood threat nears crest
In Batesville area flooding from the Tallahatchie river threatens levees near Crowder. The Asa levee eight miles south west of town remains intact but danger persists as flood waters reach levee tops at many points. Hundreds of refugees from nine miles south of Batesville have been moved to plantations north of town.
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Batesville
Miss
Asa
Here
Tallahatchie River
Tallahatchie
Crowder
Panola
Panola County
Quitman-Panola County
Sardis
Pola Negri Improves After Intestinal Operation
Santa Monica Calif December 21 The condition of film actress Pola Negri improved considerably in the last 24 hours doctors said She underwent an operation last week to remove an intestinal obstruction and is now taking nourishment with a normal temperature.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Pola Negri
Carroll Family Sought in Mobile for Death Notice
Mr and Mrs Jack Carroll and family of New York are sought in Mobile to notify them of Mrs Carrolls fathers death. The Carrolls arrived in Mobile last Monday. Mr Carroll is a cotton inspector. The fathers death occurred in New York last Thursday. Police could not locate the Carrolls Sunday night.
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Jack Carroll
New York
Mobile
U S Court Postpones Murphy Assets Hearing to January 7
United States District Attorney Alex Birch asked to delay the assets discovery hearing for Capt. John G. Murphy, jailed in Atlanta, citing concealed property and a Justice Department probe. Murphy owes more than $11,000 in fines and trial costs after a conviction for conspiring to scuttle his vessel to collect insurance.
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United States
Alex Birch
John G. Murphy
Atlanta
Captain Murphy
Birch
Harry T. Smith
Murphy
Abducted child hunt widens with new clues near Dayton
Police report sightings of a man and a girl resembling Marian McLean near Dayton and near Xenia, with a gray car at Xenia and a green sedan at Dayton. Authorities pursue the tips as the search intensifies for the six year old kidnapped girl. Virginia Penfield, a missing 19 year old, is found at the Narragansett hotel in Providence, ill and dazed, with her father coordinating the search.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Marian McLean
Dayton
Marian
Xenia
Philadelphia
Virginia Penfield
Narraganset Hotel
Providence
R. I
Claire J. Penfield
Naragansett House
Horace L. Wiggins
Benjamin
Hoover Promises Early Vote on Reconstruction Program
Senate leaders from both parties assured President Hoover at a White House conference that the 500 million dollar reconstruction corporation measure would move quickly after Christmas. The group also pressed for moratorium action before the Christmas recess, aiming to bolster the financial system and aid railroads. Participants included Senators Watson Harrison Norbeck Reed Smoot and Glass.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Hoover
White House
Reconstruction Corporation
Senator Watson
Indiana
Harrison
Mississippi
Norbeck
Banking Committee
Reed
Pennsylvania
Smoot
Finance Committee
Glass
Senate Takes Express Agent Up War Debts In Washington
In Washington and Pascagoula reports detail the Senate debate over Hoover debt moratorium timing and calls for orderly procedure as Christmas recess approaches. Separately in Pascagoula Mississippi Floyd T Daniel an American Railway Express agent was found dead in the depot office with a bullet wound and no clear motive or suspects.
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Senate
Pascagoula
Washington
Johnson
California
Watson
Indiana
Borah
Idaho
Miss
Floyd T. Daniel
American Railway Express Hire
The
Express Company
Daniel
Express
Culbertson Brings New Partner To Bridge Match
Ely Culbertson lines up Waldemar von Zedtwitz as partner for the 150 rubber contract bridge match with Sidney Lenz and Oswald Jacoby. Harold Vanderbilt may join later as the match proceeds toward the holidays amid substitutions and planned appearances by Mrs. Culbertson and Lightner.
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Tom O'Neil
Associated Press
New , York
Teddie
Ely Culbertson
Waldy
Sidney
Lenz
Oswald Jacoby
Harold
Baron
Baron Waldemar von Zedtwitz
Theodore A. Lightner
Culbertson
Limits Proposed on Political Campaign Expenditures
A campaign funds committee proposes caps on presidential and congressional race spending. The bill aims to extend federal supervision to primaries, making candidates or their committees financially responsible for overspending. It cites 1930 campaign costs as justification and calls for a permanent joint congressional committee on elections to oversee enforcement.
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Washington
Campaign Funds Committee
Weather summary and river forecast for Alabama and surrounding areas
Unsettled weather in Alabama with Monday night to Tuesday morning showers. Mississippi partly cloudy with showers and unsettled conditions. U S Weather Bureau Mobile notes include moon phases, tides, temperatures, rainfall totals, humidity, barometer readings, and river forecasts. Black Warrior and Tombigbee expected rises. Demopolis gauge around 47 feet midweek. Montgomery Selma and Miller's Ferry rises likely.
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Mississippi
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Edward Laurendine
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Civil Service
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Carrolls
Lightner
Nye Group
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Nye
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