Slayings in Buhl area shock Tuscaloosa County
Charles Parker, 25 or 26, was found dead in a thicket near his home in Buhl after leaving to deliver milk. A bullet wound to the head killed him and $60 cash plus a watch disappeared with his body. Police report unknown suspects and motive as community searches continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Charles Parker
Buhl
Parker
George Parker
Sipsey Bailey Lumber Company
Tuscalooba
Buhl Ford
Seun
Aveneth Parker
Tuscaloora
Skelton
Elmer M
Buhl Community
Permit Granted for Mobile Baldwin Bridge Project
The War Department approved the Mobile Bay Bridge Company plan to span the Mobile River and nearby streams from Mobile to Baldwin counties. Bids for foundations and steel work are set for January 4, with construction to start after final contracts. The bridge will connect near Three Mile Creek to Blakeley Island and cross into Baldwin County near Spanish Fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile River
Mobile
Baldwin Counties
Mobile Bay Bridge Company
John T. Cochrane
War Department Follo
T. H. Emerson
Mobile River and Harbor District
Three Mile Creek
Blakeley Island
Government Street
Mobile Bay
Baldwin County
Spanish Fort
Post Office Clears Backlog After Christmas Rush
After Christmas Eve, Mobile postoffice clears a backlog with ten trucks in operation and carriers returning to families. Special delivery mail kept staff on Christmas Day. By dusk, the office neared normal operations though lobby traffic remained light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Postoffice
Christmas Seals Report Delays Prompt Returns and Remittances
Many recipients of Christmas seals have not replied, the sales committee announced. Send $1 or return seals to Mrs. A. D. Hanaw at 1414 Dauphin Street. Funds support the Mobile County Tuberculosis Association's camp at Cottage Hill and the state anti tuberculosis program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
A. D. Hanaw
Dauphin Street
Cottage Hill
Reynalds rewards firemen for prompt service
H Reynalds of Reynalds Music House gave the Mobile fire department a 25 dollar check for the coffee and cake fund after a fire at his home 59 South Ann Street Thursday. The note thanked Chief Rehm and the team for prompt work preventing damage to the house and contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ew. H. Reynalds
Reynalds Music House
Mobile Fire Department
south Ann _ street
Rehm
Fruits Distributed to City's Negro Poor and Prisoners
The Mobile Colored Library distributed 1100 apples and oranges to the city's negro poor and to negro prisoners in the county jail and police station. George Blake led the distribution, extending beyond the jail visits to the library's outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Colored Library
George Blake
Weather outlook near Alabama and Mississippi for the week
The forecast notes fair conditions tonight with light frost in the south Alabama and increasing clouds with possible light snow or rain in the north. Mississippi sees partly cloudy skies with frost in the south, cold in the north, and Sunday mostly cloudy with light snow possible in the far north. The week starts cold across the South Atlantic and East Gulf states, with a coldest day around Wednesday and rain affecting the southern regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Cooney
Mississippi
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
South
Mobilians Attend Frat Meet in Magic City
A Lambda Chapter delegation from Phi Kappa Fraternity heads to Birmingham for a southeast sectional conclave today and tomorrow. Epsilon Chapter hosts social events including a Saturday banquet and dance, with a Sunday luncheon and sightseeing planned before returning Monday. Delegates include Jamine Gordon, James Overby, Winston Groom, Harold Story, and Ashley Shaw. An annual convention may be hosted in Birmingham next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambda Chapter
Phi Kappa Fraternity
Birmingham
Phi Kappa
Southeast
Epsilon Chapter
H. Jamine Gordon
Lambda
Jamine Gordon
James Overby
Winston Groom
Harold Story
Ashley Shaw
Banks and Courts Idle in Mobile for Christmas Holiday
Banks courts and government offices in Mobile observed a double holiday for the Christmas season, with little business activity today. Retail stores opened but overall commerce was slow, and most offices including county building city hall and the federal building were closed. No recorder's court session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Federal
Recorder’s Court
Stolen Auto Found by Motorcycle Cops
Joy riders stole the automobile of Kright and Wood last night in front of 458 Dexter Avenue where he was visiting. The car was abandoned in Bon Airace after being used all night. Motorcycle Officer Jack found it this morning. The Wood car shows about 200 dollars damage. Dr Wood offers a reward for capture of the culprits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Riders
Kright & Wood
Dexter Avenue
Bon Airace
Jack
Wood
Man Struck in Head Improves After Attack at L and N Shops
Fritz Sigman of Preston avenue Oakdale was struck in the head with an iron pipe by Harvey H. Langley during a quarrel at the L and N machine shops where both worked. Sigman is reported slightly improved at City hospital. police seek Langley, 154 Madison street, in a serious assault case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Sigman
Preston Avenue
Oakdale
Harvey H. Langley
Sigman
Langley
Madison Street
Latter Buys 580 Acres in Westwood Farms Mobile
Harry Latter of New Orleans expands Mobile holdings by purchasing 580 acres from Dr. D T. McCall for 46000 dollars with 15466 cash. The tract includes 500 acres on Hall's Mill road seven miles from the city and an 80 acre adjoining parcel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Latter
New Orleans
Mobile
D. T. McCall
Hall's Mill Road
Westwood Farms
Vaudeville Duo Hap Farnell to Return After Holidays
Hap and Mrs Flo Farnell, a noted vaudeville team of the Orpheum and Keith circuits, visit Mobile for the holidays as guests of Mrs E N Bailey and siblings at 353 St Louis. They have many Mobile friends welcoming them and plan to resume stage work after the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hap
Flo Farnell
Orpheum
Keith
E. N. Bailey
C. M. Blalack
St. Louis Street
Mobile
Wheat prices rise to highest level this season
Wheat prices jumped more than five cents a bushel to the season's high with May at about 1.79 and December above 1.80. Reports of crop damage in Argentina fueled the rally while U S mills reportedly held no more than sixty days supply in their elevators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Argentina
United States
Two Firemen Added to Regular Fire Department Rolls
Roy Linville and Lee Myrick named as regular firemen by Fire Chief Gus Rehm. They join Companies Nos. 5 and 4 respectively, enhancing the department’s staffed roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Linville
Lee Myrick
Gus Rehm
Foreign guards withdrawn from Tien Tsin after city battle
Foreign guards and volunteers have been withdrawn from the city after a conflict over pay following the battle for control. Local authorities announced the move as temp and said security duties would be covered by remaining forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien Tsin
Multiple Injuries Reported From City Crashes At Night
Five occupants of a car driven by H. J. Allen were treated at City Hospital after a deliberate collision with a fire truck at St Francis and Lawrence. Five others were listed with injuries. A second crash on St Stephens road near Lafayette injured Mrs. M Bromiley as coast guard crewman A W Larsen fled the scene. Larsen faces charges of leaving the scene drunk driving and reckless driving. A separate incident near Marriotte and Davis avenue left a boy named Wilbur Taylor with minor injuries after a backing vehicle struck him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Allen
St. Joseph Street
St. Francis and Lawrence Streets
Eva McDonald
G. H. Acree
Edith Johnson
R. Giakosich
M. Bromiley
Mohawk Street
A. W. Larsen
Coast Guard
St. Stephens Road
Lafayette Street
Bromley
Wilbur Taylor
Marmotte Street
Alex Reed
Marriotte
Davis Avenue
Delegates Back Mosul Dispute Stand at Caliphate Conference
The Caliphate conference at Cawpore resolved that the League of Nations decision on the Turko British Mosul dispute contradicts the Lausanne treaty. It warned Turkish war if needed, urged Moslem Indians not to provide men or funds, and called for removing non Moslem control from Irak. It also opposed British intervention in Hedjaz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cawpore
British India
League of Nations Council
Mosul
Lausanne
Irak
Hedjaz
Son Restored to Mother on Christmas Eve
Elkton Maryland report of Emma Overhof of Reading Pennsylvania reuniting with her long lost son Calvin Fox after 35 years. Fox, now an electrician living in Elkton for twenty years, had believed his mother dead since his father died when he was two. He was raised by an adoptive family in Cecil county Maryland before contact was reestablished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkton
Maryland
Emma Overhof
Reading
Calvin Fox
Cecil County
New York Post Office Delivers Christmas Mail On Time
Postmaster John Kelly reports the New York post office met the Christmas mail on time offering lighter deliveries after the holiday. Incoming mail continues but is delivered without backlog as public urged early mailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Continued Cold In South Forecast Tonight and Sunday
Weather bureau predicts continued cold weather across the south with snow in several states and frost reaching northern and central Florida. Early indications include snow flurries in the Ohio valley and Tennessee, with fair weather elsewhere in the south over the next 26 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Florida
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Tennnessee
Oberkirch Suffers Stroke At City Police HQ
Charles W. Oberkirch longtime signal phone operator at police headquarters suffered a paralytic stroke about 9 39 this morning and was rushed to City hospital in an Higgins and Courtney ambulance. He was found at the telephone switchboard unconscious and his condition was listed as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Oberkirch
Higgins and Courtney
Mr. Oberkirch
New Styles Drape Forehead for Fashion Suit
London fashion writers note forehead exposure returns in style while women still cover ears. Hairdressers create looks with hair pulled back from the forehead and waves sweeping over ears to soften facial lines and avoid harsh profiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sixteen Lives Lost in Southland Toll on Christmas Day
Sixteen people died and six were injured across fifteen incidents on Christmas Day. The toll included seven auto accidents, five shootings, two personal crises, and one train wreck affecting several states from Georgia to Arkansas. Notable deaths: nine year old Lawrence Buchanan shot in Atlanta. train engineer H H Hubner killed in Arkansas. multiple auto fatalities across Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, and Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Associated Press
Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
Alabama
Kentucky
Arkansas
Lawrence Buchanan
Robert Luther Croft
Bill Henry Williams
Charles F. Groover
Tromasville
Dublin
B.be, Montford, Jr
Irvin Montford
Irvin
Clem Darnell
Dave Munday
Columbus
Ras P. Brinson
Jacksonville
Fila
Charles Aubrey Brinson
Bradentown
Fla
Raynor McConkey
Frank Posser
Ben
Bart
Beverly Monroe
Pensacola
Mary Hambrus
Johnson Hambrus
Lakeland
Joseph L. Owens
Louisville
George Kennedy
Litchfield
Ernest Grank
Earl Haycraft
Isaac Sorkin
Shreveport
H. H. Hubner
Osceola
Ark
H. R. Spangler
William A. Gunter
Rose Abercrombie
Montgomery
Ala
Tragic Montgomery Crash Kills H R Spangler and Rose Abercrombie
A touring car fell into a small Wetumpka highway stream on Christmas night near Montgomery. H R Spangler private secretary to the late Governor Emmet O Neal and Rose Abercrombie daughter of John W Abercrombie die, wreck discovered by Wetumpka travelers at 12 30. Spangler served as mayor Gunter's secretary and was active in the American Legion. Miss Abercrombie, about 22, was daughter of Mr and Mrs John W Abercrombie. Funeral plans pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
H. R. Spangler
Rose Abercrombie
Wetumpka
Mr. Spangler
Miss Abercrombie
Clara P. Storey
Tra
Ates Spangler
Emmet O'Neal
Gunter
American Legion
Charlottesville
Washington, D. C
Troy
John W. Abercrombie
Abercrombie
Bayou Bank Declares 2.5 Percent Quarterly Dividend
The Bank of Bayou to Barre declared a two and a half percent quarterly dividend at the recent annual meeting Lloyd Warner announced the statement today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of
Clarksdale Awaits Trial After Lynching Fallout
In Clarksdale Mississippi eight men face indictments linked to the lynching of Lindsey Coleman. Sheriff Glass and deputies Mathews Scott and Frazier are charged with misconduct in office and failure to arrest offenders. Four suspects Nicholas Blockley Traynham Cane are jailed with no bond until pre hearing. Coleman was tried for Grover Nicholas murder and acquitted before his lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Glass
Lee Mathews
Hunter Scott
R. A. Frazier
W. A. Alcorn
V. T. Traynham
G. O. Cane
Thomas Nicholas
H. 8. Blockley
Coleman
Grover C. Nicholas
Assistant Secretary aims study of customs on South Atlantic
Piy Anmsistant Secretary sale of the treasury and William R. Val lance, assistant secretary-a collector of the state department arrived in Wilmington to study customs along the South Atlantic seaboard. Traveling aboard the coast guard cutter Modoc, the party will stop at Havana for talks on contraband liquor with the Cuban government and then proceed to Charleston, Savannah, and Jacksonville before Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
N. C
Piy
Sale
the Treasury
William R. Vallance
State Department
South Atlantic Seaboard
Coast Guard
Modoc
Havana
Department
South Atlantic
Charleston
Savannah
Jacksonville
Cuba
U S Aid in Sugar Production Urged
Senator Howell of Nebraska urged federal help for commercial sugar from artichokes after Bureau of Standards tests showed Jerusalem artichokes yield Levalese sweeter and more soluble sugar. He proposed government funding for a factory or authority for the standards bureau to supervise the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Howell
Republican
Nebraska
Coolidge
Bureau of Standards
Jerusalem
Police Net Spread for Woman Killer
New York December 26 police redouble efforts to catch the slayer of Mrs Samuel Stein wife of a furrier shot on her doorstep as she and her husband returned from a wedding. Stein was wounded trying to subdue the intruder and police fear a nighttime assailant remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel Stein
Stein
Annallant
Sten
Man Wounded in Hunting Accident
Howell of the Tanner-Williams section was accidentally shot in the right leg when his brother-in-law Waudie Pierce’s gun exploded. Howell, described as not seriously hurt, was taken to an infirmary by Dr. L. T. Lane of Withrought this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell
Tanner-Williams
Waudie Pierce
Pierce
Continued Cold Sunday Forecast for Mobile
The forecast calls for continued cold weather in Mobile with temperatures around 28 degrees tonight and a recent low of 26 degrees. Officials note cold conditions in many northern points and that Mobile will keep feeling the chill today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Weather Bureau
American Citizens Show Zeal In Keeping Out of Jail Cells
Census bureau estimates as of January 1 1923 place U S prison population at 109 619 versus 111 496 in 1922. The report notes figures reflect enforcement changes, probation growth, and juvenile leniency, not exact crime levels. בקר
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau Res
Near South Central
Middle Atlantic
New England
New Hampshire
Nevada
Arizona
Love Nest Blows Up Killing Two In Topeka Home
A bungalow bought by Charles Flora exploded after a gas odor was noted. Flora survived badly injured while William H. Shaffer 67 and his wife 6 died. Neighbors and Flora gave varying accounts of a match igniting a gas charge. several others were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Charles Flora
William H. Shaffer
Flora
Shaffer
Th Shaffers
Florida
Iowa Delegation Plans Group Trip for Des Moines Meeting
Iowa's delegation in Congress voted to travel as a group to Des Moines to attend a Tuesday meeting addressing the agricultural situation. The move signals unified congressional attention to farm policy and rural concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Washington
Congress
Des Moines
Society Girl Becomes Wife of Boxing Man in Macon
Macon Georgia December 26 1920. W L Young Stribling 21 and Clara Kinney 19 marry at Kinney home in Macon Kinney daughter of a wealthy cotton broker and granddaughter of Judge Dupont Guerry. Kinney says he will pursue boxing while Stribling aims to become world heavyweight champion with her support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
W. L
Young) Stribling
Clara Virginia Kinney
Macons
Miss Kinney
Stribling
Strib
Ily
Opposition to Taylor Grows
Huey P. Lane of the Louisiana public service commission released Senator Norris letter opposing Richard V. Taylor of Mobile and Thomas F. Woodlock of York for the interstate commerce commission. Norris argues railroad ties create a conflict and railroads should not effectively run the commission, calling the setup an expensive deception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Huey P. Lane
Louisiana Public Service Commission
George W. Norris
Nepcasta
Prt
Richard V. Taylor
Mobile
Thomas F. Woodlock
York
Interstat Commerce Commission
Norris
Young Violinist Ed die Dyer to Play for President Coolidge
Ed die Dyer an eight year old violinist from Auburn New York leaves for Washington to perform for President Coolidge. Peter Kurtz of the Auburn Kiwanis Club will assist financially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
N. Y
Eddie Dyer
Washington
President
Coolidge
Peter Kurtz
Auburn Kiwanis
Tey
TRAIN WRECK DELAYS LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE TRAINS CLEAR
Tracks resumed normal schedule after a wreck near Montgomery Alabama disrupted service. No injuries reported as crews cleared debris and the incident tied up freight movement for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Louisville and Nashville
Ccosa
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Postoffice
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Magic City
Motocycle Cops
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Bayou Bank
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Miss
Lindsey Coleman
U. S
William H. Stevenson
Bloomfield
Stevenson
Love Nest
Taylor
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