Three Mobile Men Die In Series Of Accidents
Three Mobile men died and several others injured in a string of late Monday and Tuesday accidents. George Darawich 26 a shipyard electrician died at City hospital after a freight truck crash. his five year old daughter Wilda was in critical condition. Cammie Johnson 30 and Charlie Nelson were injured in the crash and Erdma Peterson driver of the truck was jailed for parking on the highway. Plumber F J Gaston died after falling 40 feet from a building under construction on Conti street. J A Cain 38 drowned attempting to swim ashore in Chickasabogue creek near Petersons boat landing. his body not recovered Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilda
Nelson
F. J. Gaston
Pine Street
National Bellas- Hess
Conti Street
Conception
Joachim Streets
Gaston
Stafford
J. A. Cain
Mobile
Birmingham
Chickasa Bogue Creek
Peterson
Willie Spicer
Louisville
Nashville
Spicer
Coin
Ernest released after paying fine for defiant statement
Walter C. Ernest Jr., road and bridge builder, was freed from the county jail after a friend paid a $10 fine imposed by the board of revenue for his refusal to apologize at a prior meeting. Ernest claimed the board aided a crooked deal when his bridge contract for Alabama Port Coden road was rejected for a higher bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Ernest, Jr
Board of Revenue
Ernest
A. E. Tally
Alabama Port Coden
Joyful Santa Visit Set For Mobile Christmas Tree
The Mobile Register and the Ladies of Charity prepare a Christmas tree for Mobile’s poor children. Santa arrives from the north pole on Wednesday morning with gifts after a program of music and carols. Judge Tisdale Touart will address the children, and proceeds come from local contributions and benefit events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Register
Ladies of Charity
Santa Claus
North Pole
Boys’ Industry
Tisdale Touart
Mobile
Robbery Here John Kruse and Matt Medicus Arrested
John Kruse and Matt Medicus were arrested Monday night for the Parker drug store hold up at the corner of Dearborn and Texas streets. The raid yielded $68. Oscar Johnson aided officers and was rewarded. Medicus, previously paroled, was knocked unconscious by a fence picket after a hand to hand clash with Officer Lundy.
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John Kruse
South
Conception Street
Matt Medicus
Texas Street
Parker
Dearborn
Texas
T. J. Touart
Oscar Johnson
Hamilton
Medicus
Officer Lundy
Johnson
Warren Burch
George Lundy
Shelby LeGear
Kruse
Nightclerk Etethin
Windsor Hotel
Lundy
Billy
Hoover Announces 1931 Federal Public Works Outlays
President Hoover said total federal public works spending for 1931 would be 724.068 million dollars. He stressed contracting wages be kept near pre low mood levels and noted difficulties with small contractors have been resolved.
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Washington
Hoover
Schroeder Visited In Cell By Father In Indianapolis
Harold H. Schroeter, jailed in Indianapolis for a May slaying, was visited by his father Ernest Schroeder Sr. from Clarion Iowa who brought home made preserves. They met for the first time in seven years as Ira Holmes, attorney for Schroeter, discussed trial plans with no date set. Ernest Schroeder Jr. accompanied them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Harold H. Schroeter
Ernest Schroeder
Clarion
Schroeder
Ira T. Holmes
Ernest Schroeder, Jr
Mobile Vea Lost At Sea Crew Rescued Off Tortugas
The schooner W. J. Colle owned by Captain L A Scott of Mobile capsized 30 miles southeast of Tortugas in heavy weather. Seven crew members were rescued by the tanker City Service Denver and taken to Port Aransas Texas. This marks the third disaster in Scott's Gulf and South Atlantic fleet within months following the loss of Catherine G Scott and Rebecca C Scott.
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W. J. Colle
L. A. Scott
Mobile
Associated Press
Tampa
Denver
Port Arkansas
Texas
Gulf
South Atlantic
Mobile Maritime
D. M. Scott
Catherine G. Scott
Atlantic Seaboard
Rebecca C. Scott
Scott
Atlantic
Mobile adopts 1901 licenses program for 1931
Mobile city commissioners approve the 1931 business license schedule as a continuation of the current year. An ordinance expands meat inspection requirements for green meats and authorizes extended fire protection limits in a southern waterfront area. The board commends police, state prosecutor, and special officers for recent arrests and a murder case investigation. Mayor Schwarz and commissioners Hartwell Bates attend.
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City of
Mobile
Board of Commissioners
Police Department
Burch
Moody
Franco
Connick
Farmer
Holmes
Bart B. Chamberlain
O’rorke
Lundy and
LeGear
Oscar Johnson
Texas Street
Schwarz
Hartwell and
Bates
Veteran soldier charged with murder in Arkansas kj
G L Matlock a 45 year old Union veteran was jailed in Fayetteville Arkansas on a murder charge for the shooting of Sheriff John Phillips of Madison County. He was found at a friend’s home near Huntsville after a long posse search following an earlier firing at a neighbor incident. Deputy T B Barker accompanied the sheriff when the warrant was read and Matlock shot the sheriff.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Matlock
Case of William Curry in recorder's court reset for December 24
William Curry, charged in the shooting death of his seven year old son Monroe, claims the act was an accident as court records show the boy testified that the father shot him for leaving home. He is held without bail in the city jail. J S McLendon of Prichard was sentenced to ten days for petit larceny after stealing cans from Greer's branch store at Lexington and St Stephens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Curry
Monroe Curry
Recorder’s Court
Curry
J. S. McLendon
Prichard
Greer’s
Lexington Avenue
St. Stephens Road
Two Merriam Spouses Killed In Rail Crossing Crash
Frank G. Merriam aged 60 and his wife Zada Burgess Merriam aged 58 died in a railroad crossing collision near Gulfport Mississippi. The couple from Rome Georgia were en route to visit family, their car struck by a Louisville and Nashville passenger train fifteen miles west of Gulfport. Bodies to be shipped to Rome tonight.
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Gulfport
Miss
Frank G. Merriam
Rome
Zada Burgess Merriam
Merriams
L. B. Merriam
State Line
New Orleans
D. Hanesworth
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Here
Pecan Sale by Unemployed Men in Mobile
The first Mobile unemployed workers with families began selling pecans on Tuesday. Under mayoral emergency relief, four to five men received special permits to sell pecans sealed in paper bags with measuring cups for uniform portions, via an arrangement with the Gulf Coast Produce Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Mayor's Emergency Relief Committee
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Burglary Charges Docketed In County Jail
Albert Veloris and Joe Hess, ages 19 and 20, were docketed at the county jail on burglary charges for allegedly forcing entry into a railroad caboose in the Mobile and Ohio yards. Ellie Zirlott Hirven Zirlott and Johnnie Clark surrendered on oyster theft charges from beds not under their control and posted bail for inferior criminal court.
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Albert Veloris
Joe Hess
Mobile and
Ohio
Ellie Zirlott
Hirven Zirlott
Johnnie Clark
Heron Bay
Extra Pay Due for Spanish War Veterans in Mobile
Captain Joan Callaghan reports that veterans who served in the Philippines and belonged to units including the 26th to 49th Volunteer Infantry and the 7th Cavalry are eligible for two months extra pay from the government. Living veterans in Mobile should apply to receive the due funds.
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Philippines
49Th Voluntary Infantry
Cavalry
Joan Callaghan
Callaghan
Lost Bride Sought After Elopement Diverges at Sea
Deputies in New Hampshire chase leads for Mrs Barbara Buffum Bramwell of Oxford Massachusetts who escaped Worcester state hospital to claim a letter from her husband Wilton Bramwell once a steward’s clerk aboard the Mauretania The couple wed a week ago and the husband now claims a royal naval helmet and title in a tale of imagined knighthood.
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Chesham
N. H
Barbara Buffum Bramwell
Oxford
Mass
Worcester
Mobile area still raid nets teen arrestee
James Bowman 18 was arrested at a Mud Creek swamp still near Moffat road five miles from Mobile. He was armed with a 38 calibre revolver. Deputies Crabtree and Lee filed charges of manufacturing prohibited liquors and carrying a concealed weapon. A 6 gallon still four barrels of mash and several gallons of whiskey were seized and destroyed.
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James Bowman
Mud Creek
Moffat Road
Mobile
Crabtree
Lee
Bowman
Christmas Pardons And Holiday Dinners For City Jail Inmates
Christmas pardons will be issued Wednesday by Recorder D H Edington to prisoners in the Charles Marcet system for good behavior and labor. City jail inmates will receive a holiday pork dinner with gravy apple sauce candied yams and pies. County jail prisoners will enjoy a turkey dinner with all the trimmings and fruit under Sheriff Pat Byrpe and Jail Superintendent George Moslander.
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D. H. Edington
Charles Marcet
Marcet
Pat Byrpe
George Moslander
Arkansas Woman Slain in Memphis Hotel Killing
Mrs. Jessie Knowlton aged 25 from Oceola Arkansas was shot to death in a Memphis hotel. Her husband Rex Knowlton aged 40 surrendered to police admitting the slaying saying she had been friendly with another man and threatened him with a poker when warned earlier. A poker was found in the victim's hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Jessie Knowlton
Oceola
Ark
Rex Knowlton
Knowlton
Knowilton
Weather Summary Shows Cold Front Then Fair Skies
Local forecast: continued cold with heavy frost and likely freezing Tuesday night. Wednesday turns fair. Alabama coast expected fair with continued cold and Tuesday night frost. Mississippi sees fair Tuesday night and Wednesday, frost along the coast and rising temperatures Wednesday.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Convict Recaptured in Spectacular Florence Prison Escapade
Raymond Stickler a 23 year old convict was retaken in Phoenix after kidnapping the state prison warden in an escape from Florence. He was captured here last night following the ruse that freed him yesterday in one of the era’s most noted sensational prison escapes.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Raymond Stickler
Arizona
Florence
Stickler
Power Board Chief Removes Officials of Old Commission
Washington December 23 The federal power commission shakes up leadership as Solicitor Charles A Russell and Chief Accountant Frank V King are removed under the water power act reorganization. Executive Secretary Frank E Bonner resigns to become a consulting engineer amid Senate Interstate Commerce scrutiny.
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Charles A. Russell
Frank V. King
Smith
Bonner
Federal Power Commission
George Otis Smith
Water Power Act
Frank E. Bonner
Act of Congress
Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Teen slays man in Martins Ferry case heads to life term
John Woods 14 pleads guilty to second degree murder in the September robbery attempt that killed William Meeker, a 60 year old produce dealer. Judge W W Cowen sentences Woods to Lancaster reformatory until 21 then Ohio penitentiary for life. Louis Kuhen 17 also involved, already serving life.
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ST. Clairsville
John Woods
William Meeker
Common Pleas
W. W. Cowen
Woods
Lancaster Reformatory
Ohio Penitentiary
Meeker
Louis Kuhen
Martins Ferry
Kuhen
Ohio
Carol Faces Crisis In Royal Family Disorder
Reports from Budapest say King Carol of Romania and his divorced wife Queen Helen are at a domestic crisis. Word also claims King Alexander of Jugoslavia postponed a planned visit to his royal brother in law on a hint from Dowager Queen Marie who fears her son could be driven to despair by outside interference.
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Budapest
Carol
Helen
Alexander
Jugoslavia
Marie
Seaborn Disaster Claims Five Lives at Tampico
Five persons drowned as a violent norther churned the Gulf coast. Three American sailors aboard the tanker Dunganon were swept from the deck: Captain Hugo Soneson, Joe Strack, and an unidentified crewman. In the Panuco river, the wife and daughter of Felix Gonzales perished when his boat overturned. Gonzales was jailed pending investigation.
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Tampico
Explosion Tests Newport News After Gas Plant Blast
A gas plant blast in Newport News Virginia jolted residents and shattered windows across the city. No fatalities were reported, minor injuries occurred from flying glass, and investigators searched for the cause. The blast, felt as far as Yorktown and Williamsburg, disrupted streets and offices and left the neighborhood in shock overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Newport News Shoibuilding and Dry Dock Company
Yorktown
Williamsburg
B. M. Deal
Deal
Tims
Child Injured In Monroe and Claiborne Collision
Margaret Grandhal, a small child, was injured in a Tuesday morning crash at Monroe and Claiborne streets involving cars driven by Mrs. William M. Grandhal and Miss Grace Powell. The Grandhals reside at 304 South George Street and Powell at Powell's Dairy.
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William M. Grandhal
South George Street
Grace Powell
Powell's Dairy
Monroe and
Claiborne Streets
Margaret Grandhal
Offer to Give Tots Away For Christmas In Wellsville
In Wellsville Kansas on December 22 1939 a cobbler Tom Dorsey posts a plea under a decorated Christmas tree asking for help to feed and care for his motherless family. David age 3 asks if he will be given away. Five siblings await a red wagon gift on Christmas morning as neighbors respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville
Kas
Tom Dorsey
David
Tim
Dorsey
States receive $80 million for highway projects nationwide
Washington reports federal aid of $80,000,000 for highway construction apportioned to states including Mississippi 1,434.73 dollars and Louisiana 1,147,927 dollars. Captain Curtiss notes plans ready could double active work, with Alabama, Florida, North Carolina among recipients and totals varied by state.
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Washington
Gary Hyde
C. D. Curtiss
Bureau of Public
Curtiss
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Dickens Christmas Carol Read On WGN Tonight And Tomorrow
Broadcast from Chicago on WGN will air Dickens Christmas Carol in two nights. Episcopal clergyman F C Evans will read the story starting at 9 pm tonight and 10 pm tomorrow until completion. The program will take about three hours and be valued at $3,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
WGN
Chicago
F Cc. Evans
Man Returned After Failing to Pay Fine
Warren Stringfellow of Mobile was brought back from Biloxi on a warrant after not paying a previously imposed fine and failing to comply with the payment deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringfellow
Warren Stringfellow
Mobile
Biloxi
Plane crash kills three in heavy snow near New Carlisle
An unidentified mail pilot and two others died when a plane crashed in a heavy snowstorm near New Carlisle in South Bend Indiana. The crash caused flames and the pilot was believed burned to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Last Minute Christmas Gift Fix Urges Careful Shopper
A plea reminds shoppers many have finished buying but some still overlook a gift or an old friend. Act quickly before time runs out and right the oversight with a final rush.
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George Darawich
E. Gaston
Santa
Saenger Theatre
Galvez Panthers
Mobile Mechanics
All Stars
Little Flower
Martin Holbrook
Carl Klinge
Mat Medicus
Mobile Vea
Colle
Captain Scott
Union
Callee
Frank Merriam
Rome, Ga
Barbara Bramwell
State Prison
Power Board
Old Commission
Toung
Gwen
Lad
Virginia Gas Plant
Uminy 2
Wiel
Hyde
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