Two Men Held for $4000 Lumber Co Payroll Robbery
Two suspects named Myron S. Wetherly of Birmingham and John Odom of Sheffield Alabama are jailed in Lake Charles on payroll robbery charges. The $4000 payroll from Peavy Burns Lumber Co was stolen from a caboose near Kinder and recovered when the sack was found with the pair. one brakeman on the train aided the crime.
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Lake Charles
Associated Press
Myron Ss. Wetherly
Birmingham
Ala
John Odom
Sheffield
Peavy Burns Lumber Company
Kinder
Wetherly
Odom
Miners Freed in City Coal Mine Disaster Toll Rises
Seventeenth body recovered at Sullivan Indiana mine as rescue efforts continue for 36 of 51 miners entombed after a blast and cave‑in. Survivors include Elmer Davidson, while aid groups assist grieving families and workers. Mardi Gras events begin in Mobile with mask ball and floats leading to Felix’s 36‑hour reign.
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Ind
Associated Press
City Coal Company
Harry Anderson
Red Cross
Earl
Tex Robinson
Philip
Wayne Walters
Florence
Emil Lecocqy
Pearl
Frank Hawkee
Elmer Davidson
Sullivan Hospital
Davidson
Mobile
Bienville Square
Felix
Blenville Square
Krewe of Columbus
Colum
Mobile Bay
Columbia
Gem of the Ocean
Erin
Kentucky
Knights of Revelry
Order of Myths
She's Beautiful Cecile Evans Ankles Insured For 100000
Cecile Evans is praised as a top beauty of 1925 by Colea Phillips an artist who deems her face equally perfect Evans joined 14 other beauties in the year’s list her ankles a frequent feature in advertisements. Jury in Bribery Case Holds Boykin and Holce Guilty Acquits Connaughton and enters trial as to Staples and Holcombe. Judge Grubb sentences Roy Boykin and Holce to two years each and fines 5000 total. notice of appeal filed.
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Cecile Evans
Colea Phillips
Boykin
Hol
Connaughton
Alfred Staples
R. L
Grubb
Frank W. Boykin
W.H. Holce
Mobile County
Alabattsluture
J. B. Connaughton
Mobilian
Hamilton
Ohio
Alfred L. Staples
Robert L. Holcombe
William J. Grubb
Birmingham
Roy Boykin
Pris
Ana
Mrs Budlong Now Missing at Flat Leaves Hastily
The New York report notes Mrs Jessie Budlong vanished from her flat after leaving in a limousine for Newport Rhode Island to rejoin her husband Milton Budlong. She previously announced intent to reside with him amid a public siege and separation dispute.
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New York
Jessie Margaret Budlong
Newport
R. I
Budiong Capity
Grouund
Preacher’s Wife Barricades Self at Gramercy Place
Mrs Gertrude Tyson barricaded herself in the couple’s Gramercy Place apartment as Rev Dr Stuart L Tyson could not gain admittance to retrieve library books. She faces divorce actions and spoke briefly through a crack to a reporter, blaming temper on her husband.
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New York
Gertrude Tyson
Stuart L. Tyson
Gramercy’ Place
Tyson
St. Menton
Liners Collide in New York Harbor in Dense Fog
Two incoming ocean liners the Tuscania of Cunard Anchor line and the Rochambeau of the French line collided off the quarantine station in heavy fog. Both ships sustained non serious damage. the Rochambeau’s railing ripped and the Tuscania’s stern damaged. The Tuscania carried 220 passengers returning from a West Indies cruise. The Rochambeau had 145 passengers from Havre.
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New York
Cunard
West Indies
Havre
France
Greco Turkish Fusl Complicated In Athens Crisis
Athens reports new tensions as Constantinople asks passports for six metropolitan bishops and 19 patriarchate officials. Greece had been promised no further expulsions of prelates. Diplomatic relations neared rupture after Turkey expelled Ecumenical Patriarch Monsignor Constantinos. Greece protested to the League of Nations.
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Athens
Greece
Constantinople
Turkey
Monsignor Constantinos
Ecumenical Patriarch
League of Nations
Senate Favors Capper-Haugen Bill Reported Out
The Capper-Haugen bill, key to the president's farm relief program, was reported out favorably by the Senate agricultural committee after a lengthy two hour debate. Senators Smith of South Carolina and Ralston of Indiana led the opposition against reporting the measure.
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Washington
United Press
Senate Agricultural Committee
Smith
South Carolina
Ralston
Indiana
Bulgarian Minister Asked to Remain in Washington
Minister Panaretoff of Bulgaria, whose resignation would take effect, has been asked by his government to stay in Washington beyond the date until a new minister is appointed.
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Washington
Panaretoff
Bulgaria
Nurmi Makes Bow in Capital Tonight
Washington February 21 Paavo Nurmi the fleet Finnish distance ace makes his bow to the national capital tonight He is scheduled to run the 3000 metre event at the Georgetown games and is expected to draw a large crowd of track fans from the capital region.
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Washington
Paavo Murmi
Georgetown
Weather map shows unsettled period across Gulf states
The forecast notes unsettled conditions tonight and Sunday across Alabama, Mississippi, and the south Atlantic and east Gulf states. Expect occasional showers, warmer temperatures in places, with considerable cloudiness and above normal readings most of the week.
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Alabama
Mississippi
South Portion
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Los Angeles dirigible returns from Bermuda to Lakehurst
The Los Angeles left Hamilton Bermuda at 10:10 this morning for Lakehurst New Jersey after a halt at Bermuda due to weather. The airship carried Assistant Secretary of the Navy T Douglas Robinson and a crew of 40 with hopes for future daily mail and passenger airship service between the United States and Bermuda.
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Washington
iInternational
Los Angeles
Hamilton
Bermuda
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy Department
Atlantic
United States
N. Y
Patoka
Murray
T. Douglas Robinson
America
Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
Daily Mail
Robinson
Navy
Naval Aeronautics
Admiral Moffett
New York
Bermudas
Naval Air Station
First Mardi Gras Night Shows Little Disorder
Police and sheriff records cite minimal disturbances during the carnival opener. A man named Howard Boone suffered a broken arm after an auto strike by T. T. Bell as strict traffic rules guided parade safety with Boy Scouts assistance. one speeding fine was issued to Alvin Leavins.
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Sheriff's Office
Ing
Howard Boone
North
Claiborne Street
Boone
T. T. Bell
Morton and
Lipscombe
W. N. LeGear
Boy Scouts
Recoiver
Alvin Leavins
Burch
Sixty Fishermen Believed Lost In Arctic Gale
In Reykjavik the crews of the trawlers Lettur and Field Marshal Roberts are listed as missing after a week of gale conditions. Sixty-seven fishermen were given up for lost as a fleet returned to port following an extensive search.
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Reykjavik
International News Service
Lettur
Roberts
Escapee Brontee Lewis Nabbed in Orleans
Brontee Lewis, an escaped convict from Blakely, Ga., was arrested in New Orleans. He said his brother Davis Lewis had sailed for Cuba on an oil tanker hours earlier. Brontee denied cattle theft charges that had kept them jailed for two months.
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New Orleans
United Press
Brontee Lewis
Blakely
Davis Lewis
Cuba
Brontee
Bluejackets to Lead Inaugural Parade
Eight hundred sailors from the Hampton Roads naval base will march in the Washington inaugural parade on March 4 aboard the steamer Northland. Special equipment has been prepared to ensure their safety during the trip to the capital.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads Naval Operating Base
Washington
Northland
Canned Goods Rates Cut by Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered reduced shipping rates on canned goods from Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota to the lower Mississippi valley. Rates will be cut 5 cents per 190 pounds starting April 1 from St. Paul and neighboring points in the region.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mississippi Valley
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Paul
Noted Authoress Improves After Illness Report
West Palm Beach Fla Feb 21 Mrs Nira Wilcox Putnam fiction writer confined at her winter home in Delray Fla with a slight attack of tonsillitis showing improvement according to her physician. Her case is not serious. He first reported.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Nira Wilcox Putnam
Delray
Garner Improves Overnight in Capitol Home
Washington Feb 21 Developments overnight on Representative Garner of Texas with pneumonia were said to be very favorable. He rested well during the night and had a lower temperature by morning.
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Washington
Garner
Texas
Pryor Bond Granted After Murder Charge
William Pryor aged 27 posted the required sureties at the county jail and was released on $5,000 bail after a preliminary hearing before the recorder. The murder case concerns Henry Thomas, 28, killed February 25 after a shotgun duel at Ann and Basil streets.
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William Pryor
Henry Thomas
Thomas
Ann
Basil Streets
Cutter on Cruise into Gulf Waters
The coast guard cutter Tallapoosa has been at sea for two days on a regular cruise to rum row. It is expected back in port no later than Monday to bring King Felix into the city. Two patrol boats CG-246 and AB-20 return today or tomorrow from their trips.
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United States Coast Guard
King Felix
Coast Guard
Cordova Barge Arrives With Coal and Steel Cargo
The Cordova, a self propelled barge, arrived this morning from upstream with 448 tons of coal and 1652 tons of steel. The cargo will be loaded by the British steamer King Gruffyd of Norton Idlley and Company. The King Gruffyd will also lift 4300 tons of wire for discharge at South and East Africa.
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King Gruffyd
Norton, Idlley & Company
Cordova
South
East
Africa
Police Relief to Host Annual Ball in Mobile
Committees from the Mobile Police Relief Association are preparing for the annual ball to be held on April 24 at the Adams Motor Car Company on Government and Claiborne streets with ample floor space. General chairman is John H. Bressingham and advance ticket sales are strong.
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Mobile Police Relief Association
Adams Motor Car Company
Government and Claiborne Streets
John H. Bressingham
Notable World News Briefs Roundup
Richmond ill Red Grange nears recovery while Alfred Baldwin Sloane a famed composer dies in New Jersey. Portland astronomer Rev Joe noted. Washington Senate approves medals and promotion for air men. Paavo Nurmi weighs Pacific coast trip. Paris probes disappearance of Lieut Osborne C Wood. Gloria Swanson recovering in Paris. New York citizens' jury to consider a questionable proposition.
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Richmond
Red" Grange
Red Bank
N. J
Alfred Baldwin Sloane
Portland
Maine
Joe
Washington
Paavo Nurmi
Pacific Coast
Arene
Paris
Osborne C. Wood
Llco i
Gloria Swanson
New York
Citizens’ Jury
Burial Place of Lincoln Killer Finally Revealed
Chicago report cites Col James Hamilton Davidson claiming to know the burial site of John Wilkes Booth. He says Booth’s body was buried in a Portsmouth warehouse basement with acid and limestone. Davidson recalls secrecy from Col Baker and a 60 year pledge not to reveal.
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Chicago
James Hamilton Davidson
122Nd Infantry
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Davidson
Edwin Harper Sampson
Booth
Moline
Portmouth
Baker
Secret Service of
Army
Portamouth
Bowding Green
Boston Cirbett
Secret Service
Portsmouth
Judge Ervin Returns From Atlanta Penitentiary Trial
Mobile federal judge Robert T. Ervin returns after presiding over the Atlanta penitentiary trial. Albert J. Sartain former warden was convicted of selling prison favors to bootlegger inmates and sentenced to a year and six months. Laurence J. Riehl also convicted and sentenced to a year and a day. A motion for a new trial will be heard in Mobile on July 24.
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Robert T. Ervin
Mobile Federal Judicial District
Atlanta
Mobile
Albert J. Sartain
Sartain
Laurence J. Riehl
Ervin
Birmingham
Federal Court
William I. Grubb
William H. Aolcombe
Cigar Box Makers Close Sixth Annual Convention
The National Cigar Box Manufacturers Association wraps up its sixth annual convention in Mobile with officer elections and next city selection. The morning session on the Battle House roof opened late and adjournment is planned for about 4 PM after papers on wood and routine business. President Harry W. Buckley and secretary Hobart B. Hawkins oversee proceedings as delegates plan travel to Florida and Cuba or stay for Mardi Gras.
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National
Cigar Box Manufacturers Association
Battle House
Harry W. Buckley
Hobart B. Hawkins
Mobile
Florida
Cuba
Whistler Man Reports Car Robbery at Station
J. E. Gooden of Whistler said a sneak thief robbed his car while parked at the Louisville and Nashville station at Government and Commerce streets, stealing two overcoats. He was away from the vehicle only a few minutes.
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J. E. Gooden
Whistler
Police Department
Louisville & Nashville
Government and Commerce Streets
Cooden
Black man fined for concealed public safety item
John Neely Williams, a Black man, was fined $50 and cost for carrying a serious public safety item concealed on his person after a hearing in the inferior criminal court today. He paid the county a total of $87.10 before his release.
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John Neely Williams
Inferior Criminal Court
Williams
Barnes sues Mobile for $154.45 in personal injury damages
Co. H. Barnes and attorneys sue the city of Mobile in circuit court seeking 154.45 for injuries alleged to have occurred after a fall on a sidewalk. The filing names Sullivan Stallworth and Allen as attorneys.
Tack Police Chief Ill With Flu
Chief of Police Warren Burch of Tack is confined to his Lee Street home with an attack of flu. He fell ill last night and was ordered to rest at home.
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Warren FL ‘Burch
Lee Street
Balloons vandalized as youths blamed for loss of over 400
Mrs. H Spencer claims local boys destroyed more than 400 balloons along toy street routes last night. Mayor Hart orders patrols on Government streets to deter further damage and directs violators to be reported to police. A separate complaint at Lyric Th headquarters alleges an unidentified person struck a performer during the same event.
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H. Spencer
Hartwall
Lyric
Tug Captains Gildart and McKie En Route With Cargo
The tug Captain John1 and the tug Lie Colonel Robert W. Gildart from Mississippi Warrior are en route with heavy cargo. The McKie will assist the Gildart towing barges and they are expected in port late tomorrow afternoon or tomorrow night.
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John
Robert W. Gildart
Uve
McKie
Gildart
Five Vagrancy Warrants Filed Against Six Defendants
Vagrancy warrants against Jo Fabretta Robert Bolling Cochrane Frank J Levene Cochran and Sam Powe were issued by deputy sheriffs and docketed at the county. Deputy W O Robbins states the defendants are vagrants living in idleness. Trials set for February 26 5.
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Jo Fabretta
Robert Bolling
Cochrane
Cochran
Sam Powe
W. O. Robbins
Ships Sail With Cargo Loaded Here
Several ships scheduled to sail today, most taking on cargo at the wharf. The Norwegian freighter Lysefjord and United Fruit Compan y headed to Belize with general cargo. Other vessels including Sig Marina O and Silkeborg departed, while Van Heynigen Brake Company loaded cars for Genoa.
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Sal
Fruke Lysefjord
United Fruit Compat
Belize
Sig Marina O
Silkeborg
Re 2 Marina
van Heynigen Brake Company
Genoa
All Courts Close for Mardi Gras Holiday
All courts will take a holiday Tuesday for Mardi Gras. The circuit court probate inferior court recorder's and juvenile court will resume Wednesday the 1st. All court offices will be closed all day.
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Mardi. Gras
Recorder’s
City plans traffic rearrangement to ease congestion
A city announces a proposal to rearrange sections to relieve traffic along Emanuel and Dauphin streets. The plan, flagged for public viewing after Tuesday, aims to improve flow in the Comal ford area.
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Emanuel
Dauphin
Comal Ford
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