Supreme Court backs bank in tax records access case
The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court ruling allowing federal revenue agents to examine depositors records in a case against the First National Bank of Mobile Alabama. The decision holds that bank records may be inspected for tax assessments, despite the bank's claim of confidentiality. The case involved William J. Hanlon and wife Annie E. Hanson and spans income years 1918 to 1922.
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Supreme Court
Ervin
First National Bank
Robert T Ervin
Federal District Court
Mobile
Come
United States Supreme Court
States
Bank of Mobile
Washease
Internal Revenue
Willliam J. Hanson
Annie E. Hanson
First National
Ervin i Cenders
Oe Revenue
Associated Press
Washington
First National Bank of Mobile
Ala
William J. Hanlon
State docks commission to discuss rail link Mobile to west and northwest
At a Wednesday meeting the state docks commission will review plans to build rail connections from Mobile to western and northwestern territories where export traffic should originate. The board will also address Terminal construction work and an Interstate Commerce reopening request to group the Mobile & Ohio with a major western system.
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State Docks Commission
Mobile
Interstate Commerce Ee
Henry L. Whitfeld
Mississippi
Alabama
C. McClellan
Pelo
Memphis
Gulf of Mexico
Frisco
Gulf
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Caveman Trapped in Sand Cave Faces Dire Rescue
Floyd Collins remains pinned face down in a dim Sand Cave shaft near Mammoth Caves as rising waters and falling rock threaten his life. A comrade shields him while a pneumatic drill races from Cave City to reach the 80 foot deep chamber. Collins pleads for extraction as his crushed foot plus a seven ton rock block keep him immovable. Rescue teams lower men 80 feet into the shaft and crawl 220 feet to reach him, with hours ticking as hopes hinge on a successful breakthrough.
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Cave City
Floyd Collings
Mammouth
Collins
Jewell Esters
Lee Collins
Woman Overcomes Poverty to Reach 77th Birthday
Margaret May endured hardship after her husband’s death leaving four children without funds. She saved while surviving on occasional work and a top weekly wage of 18 dollars. She now lives in a Salvation Army home in New York and continues to pay her own way.
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Margaret May
Salvation Army
New York
Identified Escaped Prisoner Held After Bank Claim Heir
In Pensacola on February 2 Byron Lee Murdock, an escaped prisoner from an Ohio facility, was identified after arraignment in city court. Police report he possessed funds and checks tied to a half million heir claim, with Indiana authorities seeking recapture while he faces pending charges.
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Pensacola
Fla
Byron Lee Murdock
Covr
Quest
Ana
Castle Today
Mansfield
Ohio
Ids
Kalamarde
Watt 'N
Murdock
Rivena
Indiana
Arrest planned in Augusta Mobile auto accident
Police chief says they hold the license number of the car that struck Joseph Espalle Jr. The Alabama issued plate, traced to an Alabama owner, may fail to identify Mobile records. Espalle, a noted real estate man, remains injured and will be moved for examination of possible fractures.
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Joseph Espalle, Jr
Burch
Augusta
Marine
Alabama
Mobile
Espalla
County Board Adjourns In Memory Of Secretary Jessica McIntese
County board adjourned after a short meeting in memory of secretary Jessica McIntese. An action resolution honoring Mrs McGuire who served over ten years was ordered recorded. several board members planned to attend the funeral.
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County Board of Revenue
Jessica B. McIntese
McGuire
Fallapoosa Returns From Gulf Cruise
The Tallapoosa returns to port after a Gulf cruise with the Comanche remaining in port until arrival. The Coast Guard noted both vessels during the voyage and the Tallapoosa completed its tour in the gulf.
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Hs Eses
Coast Guard
Cutte Osand
Gulf
Weather forecast notes frost and clearing skies
Partly cloudy with heavy frost tonight if skies clear. Tomorrow will be fair and colder in the south.
Campaign to raise funds for Y W C A begins
A community drive to raise fifteen thousand dollars for the Young Women's Christian Association opens with a prayer service and luncheon coming events. Dr. Frazier will speak at a luncheon, Gordon Smith to present final report at a dinner, and multiple church venues host committee speakers.
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Young ‘Women’s Christian Association
R. Taylor
Frazier
Gordon Smith
Ius
Armilda Reynolds
Young Women’s Christian Association
Carthage
Will Seh
Aveee
Christchurchristian
John’s
Franciscus Methodist
St. John’s
Daupin Way
Weather forecast calls for 20 degree drop by morning
Forecaster predicts a 20 degree fall in temperature tonight with a low near 38 degrees by morning. Tuesday expected to be fair but continued cold with no significant precipitation forecast.
Report on kerosene sent away in murder probe
A sample of kerosene from a lamp in John Langrum’s Crichton home was sent to the state chemist at Auburn for analysis. The city commission’s investigation into three local kerosene explosions and a county death continues. Mayor Hartwell warns prosecutions possible if criminal carelessness in selling explosive oils is shown.
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John Langrum
Crichton
Auburn
Ala
Harry T. Hartwell
Man shot in Allenville. liquor charge tied to suspect
During an investigation into a Saturday night shooting of Jim Jones, Chief Deputy W O Robbins arrested Charlies Martin on a liquor law violation after finding a half pint of white whiskey. Jones, store owner, was struck by two bullets in the back and remains in serious condition at the city hospital.
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Allenville
Jim Jones
W. O. Robbins
Charlies Martin
Robbins
Martin
Jones
New Paint Rates In Effect By L and N
The Louisville and Nashville railroad publishes a new schedule of rates on paints from Mobile to all Alabama points. The reduction takes effect February 11, with significant reductions anticipated after months of consideration.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Mobile
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
New Patrol Boat Arrives in Port
The United States coast guard patrol boat CG-246 arrived in port from Jacksonville Florida. The 246 is painted battleship gray and has two 200 horsepower engines with a speed around 20 knots. The engines were specially designed for coast guard service.
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United States Coast Guard
Jacksonville
Fla
Coast Guard Service
Hearn Named Master of Trains on L N Mobile Montgomery Line
News from Mobile reports the appointment of H. P. Hearon as master of trains for the Mobile and Montgomery division of the Louisville and Nashville road effective February 1. He succeeds Thomas Mizzell who retired after nearly forty years in the post. Hearon transfers from the Birmingham division of the L and N.
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H. P. Hearon
Mobile and Montgomery
Louisville and Nashville Road
Mobile
Thomas ‘. Mizzell
Mizzell
Mr. Heaton
Birmingham
Tug Nimrod Sails Tow of Barges to Tampa
The tug Nimrod left Sunday for Tampa with a tow of barges sold by Captain J. G. Murphy. One barge carried the tug De We See, sold by Captain W. E. Edgar to F. M. Hundry of Tampa, according to waterfront reports. The tow is expected to reach Tasiba tonierrom.
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Nimrod
Tampa
J. G. Murphy
W. E. Edgar
F. M. Hundry
Tasiba-tonierrom
Burial Today for Mobile Drug Company Founder Samuel Eichold
The funeral for Samuel Eschold, president of Mobile Drug Company, who died Saturday night, will be held today in Hebrew Cemetery. Services begin at 8 o’clock at his home 403 Church Street, with Rabbi A G Moses officiating. Eichold, born May 7 1853 in Steinbach Bavaria, came to America at 18 and later moved to Mobile where he founded the Mobile Drug Company. He served as director of Merchants Bank and Stonewall Insurance. He leaves widow Carrie H Eichold three sons Bernard H Milton A Hugo V Eichold daughter Mrs Leo Drum sister Mrs Joseph Mayer and four grandchildren.
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Samuel Eschold
Mobile Drug Company
Hebrew Cemetery
Church Street
A. G. Moses
Eichold
Steinbach
Bavaria
Germany
America
Newbin
Ala
Hanan
Jackson
Mich
Mobile
Merchants Bank
Stonewall Insurance Company
Carrie H. Eichold
Bernard H. Eichold
Milton A. Eichold
Hugo V
Several Fined on Prohibition Charges in Inferior Court
Robert Hearst was fined 150 dollars and costs or 50 days with 90 more, on two prohibition charges, plus 5 dollars and costs or 20 days for carrying concealed weapons. Charles Harris, Frank Tooley, Smith Foster, Edna Harris, and Gertrude Atkins were each fined 50 dollars and costs or 20 days. J C Scott, Ross Burch, and Howard Broadus were dismissed for lack of evidence of intoxication.
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Robert Hearst
Inferior Criminal Court
Charles Harris
Frank Tooley
Smith Foster
Edna Harris
Gertrude Atkins
J. C. Scott
Ross Burch
Howard Broadus
Auto collision injures woman at Claiborne and Government
Automobiles of J. A. Christian of 1209 Selma street and Mrs. A. Hurt of 1400 Dauphin street collided Sunday at Claiborne and Government streets. Christian suffered slight facial injuries. Both cars were damaged.
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J. A. Christian
Selma Street
A. Hurt
Dauphin Street
Claiborne
Government Streets
Vs. Christian
Utica Mills Workers Vote to Strike Over Wages
Ring spinners loom tabata weavers and carders of Utica Steam Cotton Mill and Mohawk Valley Mill, led by Utica Steam and Mohawk Cotton Company, vote to strike rather than accept a wage cut. Upward of 1500 workers affected.
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Utica
N.Y
Utica Steam Cotton Mill
Mohawk Valley
Utica Steam and Mohawk Cotton Company
Beco
Proposed Sunday law would halt most activities in New York
The Lord's Day Alliance drafts a Sunday law scope banning base moor pictures racing concerts and parades and funeral processions with only golf allowed for caddies and attendants. It would close delicatessens on Sundays and bar selling candy soda and other refreshments except milk drugs medicines surgical instruments and gasoline.
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New York
Lord’s Day Alliance
New York State
Legislaas
Missing witness sought in Jennings will case over 11 million
A Chicago law firm reports a missing witness signed the will of Edwin B K Jennings who died Oct 31 1923 after 17 safety boxes were searched with no will found. The letter to Judge Price Williams cites 6 million for education and 6 million for relatives and notes an anonymous mailing nine months later. A reward is offered for the witness.
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Edwin BK. Jennings
Hicago
Chicago
Price Wiigma
Jenkis
Nive
Gite Ramisey & Kracke
J. Gery Iden
Gonder
Cytot
John P. Jennings
J. Dley Aso
Serum Fails to Arrive at Nome In North Alaska Blizzard
Leonard Zeppelin and his dog team are feared lost in a Norton Sound blizzard. No word has come for hours on the anti-toxin run to Nome amid fierce winds and drifting snow. Runners and dogs face a dangerous trek as a relief party contemplates dispatching from Nome to search for the missing mushers.
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Nome
Alaska
Leonard Zeppelin
Norton Sound
Zeppelia
Funeral Services Held For Jacob Simon
Funeral services for Jacob Simon, a well known Mobile shoe merchant, were held at his home on South Dearborn Street. Burial followed at Magnolia cemetery, with survivors including his wife Fannie B., son Sidney, four brothers, a sister, and relatives.
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Jacob Simon
South Dearborn Street
Magnolia Cemetery
MY. Simon
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants Association
Mobile Lodge 67
Knights of Pythias
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim
B’nai B'rith
Fidelia Club
Fannie B
Sidney On
Henry
Bristol
Charles Simon
Nathan Simon
Meridian
Florence Simon
Sugar freight rate ruled prejudicial to carloads
The Interstate Commerce Commission held that carload sugar rates from New Orleans to Kansas City were unduly prejudicial, exceeding rates to St Paul and Minneapolis. Railroads were ordered to apply uniform rates to all points.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
Kansas
City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Multiple arrests in Alabama and boxing match news
In Gadsden Clayton Ford 22 of St. Clair and Luther Swindell 23 of Etowah were arrested on serious charges for alleged enticement of two underage girls to Birmingham. In Washington the senate judiciary committee advanced Attorney General Stone for supreme court justice. In Columbus Georgia Georgia boxer Metarcee meets Joe Burke in a ten round heavyweight bout with Stribbling at 177 and Burke at 199 pounds. In New York Tom Gibbons agrees to fight Jack Dempsey.
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Gadsden
Ala
Clayton Ford
St. Clair
Luther Swindell
Etowah
Birmingham
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Stone
Supreme Court
Columbus
Metarcee
Georgia
Joe Burke
Detroit
Burke
New York
Tom Gibsons
Jack Demp
Woman accuses two men of forcing drink attempt
Mrs. Ruth Kelly testified before the recorder that A. W. Lawson and W. Brewster tried to make her drink whiskey after a ride in a car. She described rough treatment and said she fought to escape, leading to arrest by Officer Baker. The case was reset for February 4.
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Ruth Kelly
Church Street
Recorder
Coast Guard
W. Brewster
St. Michael Street
Salitpa
Alm
Lawson
Don’t Argue With Traffic Cops Warns Local Recorder
Recorder D H Edington advised F H Mumme not to argue with police when traffic signals are burning in downtown. Mumme faced charges from Officer Gallimore who alleged he used profane language and drew a crowd, while Mumme denied the accusation and vowed to continue to follow laws.
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D. H. Edington
F. H. Mumme
Gallimore
Mumme
Tug Echo Raised From River After Wreck
The tug Echo of the Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company, which sank at the foot of Virginia Street, was raised Sunday afternoon. Repairs and cleaning will follow, with plans to dock the vessel later. The Buzzard and Dawn supplied steam for the recovery effort.
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Echo
Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company
Virginia Street
Buzzard
Dawn
Concrete Pouring To Start This Week On Four Mile Road
County officials report concrete work on the four mile stretch from Grand Bay to the state line will begin this week. Projected completion and road opening are likely in April.
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Grand Bay
Mississippi State Line
County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
City Board Adopts Monthly Payroll Figures
The city commission met in session and adopted the payroll for the past month totaling $24,043.29. Mayor Hartwell presided with Commissioners Taylor and Crawford present. no other business was transacted.
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Hartwell
Taylor
Crawford
Jury Deliberations Continue In Edwards Case
In Bessemer Alabama 43 hours of deliberation failed to reach a verdict against Dr George T Edwards charged with keeping his wife in their Fairfield home last December The jury retired at noon Saturday and awaited guidance from the foreman as Judge J C Gwin weighed whether an agreement might be reached Edwards remained confident of a favorable outcome and spent a quiet night in jail with his father and friends visiting his cell
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Bessemer
Ala
George T. Edwards
Ihs
J. C. Gwin
Alabama
Sover
Heute Coe
Mioe
Dr. Edwards
Fairfield
J. Edwards
J. Ldtt Edwards
Seven men steal $8000 from Chicago surface lines barn
In Chicago on February 2 seven men obtained about $8000 in a holdup of a surface lines barn. Three men entered the cashier’s cage where four employees were counting weekend receipts while two conductors waited outside. The robbers forced their way in, took cash in canvas sacks, and escaped to a waiting car as four others kept guard outside.
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Chicago
Aeelanen
Enoenee
Death at Marine Hospital Under Inquiry
Savannah authorities investigate the death of George Gusnet at the U S marine hospital after a scuffle with patient W H Butler who is held. Physicians attribute the death to acute dilation of the heart and Gusnet’s home was Hoboken New Jersey.
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Savannah
George Gusnet
U. S. Marine Hospital
W. H. Butler
Butler
Hoboken
N. J
Alabama Ginning Gains Reported for 1924 Period
Anniston Alabama reports 13 842 bales ginned in Calhoun county during 1924 and early January up to 1924 period versus 9 065 bales in the same span of 1923 a gain of 4 777 bales described as a top target in the nation.
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Anniston
Ala
Calhoun County
Red Sox Players Sign Contracts In Boston
Boston February 2. The Red Sox announced today that several players including Wingfield have signed new contracts. Details on the signings and clubs involved were not fully disclosed.
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RED. Sox
Boston
Red Sox
Wingfield
Young man attacks 15 year old bride in falls Indiana
In Durham Indiana a 15 year old bride was attacked by her husband as she slept. He struck her with a pipe and slit her throat to the ear then told his parents and awaited police. The victim survived. Falls faced no bail as the investigation continues.
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Durham
National
Falls
Consciouness
Falis
War Like Sentiment Stirring Athens Amid Turkish Crisis
Athens reports ongoing warlike sentiment as government seeks to present a firm posture in response to Turkey over the expulsion of the ecumenical patriarch from Constantinople. Ankara asserts the act was an internal matter, while Greek communities in Turkey grow belligerent.
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Athens
Turkey
Angora
Mustaphamal
Greece
Autopsy Records Mixed With Night Patrol Incident
In Anniston an African American man, Mitchell, dies from injuries after a vehicle crash when the car he drove struck a parked automobile and plunged into a roadside area. Otis Battie, another Black man, is held by police for drunken driving and related offenses. Other Black occupants are being sought.
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Anniston
Aid
Mitchell
Hhe Tong
Otis Battie
Saarth
Europe Shocks Felt Across Regions
Earth tremors rattled Europe with shocks felt in Redruth and Cornwall. Reports describe multiple tremors Sunday, with claims of seismic activity spreading through coastal channels and inland areas.
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Europe
Redruth
Cornwall
Argentine Radio Signal Picked Up in Belfast
A refurbished note reports a signal from the Argentine wireless station CB at Buenos Aires received yesterday in Whitehead near Belfast. The item records a transmission echo and notes reception by local listeners.
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Belfast
Rebs
Buenos
Whitehead
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Mead Ara
Mobile and
Ohio Road
Big Western System
Kentucky
Y. W. Here
Hearn
TUG‘ Nimrod
Samuel Eichold
City Board
Anniston Negro
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