Burglars Fire On Involved Robbery in Mobile Area
Two Mobile firms were robbed early Friday when three burglars tried to blow the safe at Kelt Oil Company in St Joseph Street. W Finkley and H Hale fired eight shots at a fleeing suspect, believed wounded, who escaped with two tobacco boxes. Detectives White and Pearson investigated the scene.
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Wit
W. W. Finkley
H. Hale
Conception
Hall
Mangold
White and Pearson
King Answers Prays for Return of Prosperity to World
The new year message from George V, presented by the lord mayor to Londoners, calls for prosperity and unity. He notes difficult times but expresses admiration for the courage of all classes and hopes divine blessing will bring strength and prosperity to the nation in the coming year.
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Pon
United Purpose
George V
Lon
Two youths held over attempted station holdup in Virginia
Authorities arrested Louis Pettey and Shelby Wilson, Birmingham youths, in Virginia after a station holdup attempt. The station manager says Pettey fired a pistol and fled, then the pair was captured and Pettey confessed.
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Harrisburg
Louis Pettey
Shelby Wilson
Birmingham
Pettey
Gron
Weather in Alabama Partly Cloudy North Fair South
Partly cloudy in the north and interior Saturday with fair conditions in the south. Friday night through Saturday the south interior may see improving skies with continued mild temperatures.
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Alabama
Sethas Fatelioe
South
Motorist narrowly escapes death as car dives into creek
A New Year’s early morning crash sent a car over a mile creek bridge on Telegrapher Street. Rescue attempts failed due to failing chains as workers tried to raise the vehicle six feet from the water surface. Sheriff’s deputy Holcombe said the chain snap prevented recovery. Police officer Ligé Blackman reported the incident. Sailor John Lenoir on the Gresham sustained minor injuries after his motorcycle struck a concrete dummy at Broad and Government streets and was taken to the Marine hospital.
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KR l L. Holcombe, Jr
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's’ Department
Ligé Blackman
John Lenoir
Gresham
Broad
Government Streets
White and Pearson
Marine Hospital
Julian Cuffee
Carolina
Ruth Duffee
G. B. Gill
Brown Street
New Year Baby Registered In City Cont est
The Mobile News reports two newborns entering a contest by local papers and merchants for prizes to the first white child born in the city in the new year. Mrs Sigmore on Sutton Avenue welcomed a daughter at 1 03 AM, followed by a son born to Mrs George Dale at 5 AM on Franklin Street. Prizes include a $5 savings account and other valuables.
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Moister
T. T
Sigmore
Sutton Avenue
George Dale
N. Franklin Street
Winter Visitors Club shifts to paid road information
The Mobile Winter Visitors' Club, which provided free road condition data, adopts a pay-for-information plan after loss of city and county funding. Secretary George A. Zolezzi says maps and road data will be charged and notes 139 cars registered from 29 states plus Canada in December.
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George A. Zolezzi
County Board of Revenue
Zolezzi
Bienville Hotel
Canada
Illinois
Kentucky
Ohio
Nevada
Maryland
Alabama
Missouri
Oklahoma
Michigan
Texas
New York
Indiana
West Virginia
California
Pennsylvania
North Dakota
Tennessee
Kansas
District of Columbia
Iowa
Minnesota
Mississippi
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Florida
Louisiana
New Mexico
Bank Robbery in Clayton Seizes Over 3000 Dollars
Authorities hunted two masked bandits after they robbed the Clayton Banking Company yesterday during lunch. One robber forced teller C. R. Schefer into the vault and fled in an automobile with a partner waiting outside.
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Clayton
Ala
Alabama
Clayton Banking Company
C. R. Schefer
RAIL GROUPING FIGHT DELAYED
The Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on Mobile Alabama groups protest against Baltimore and Ohio routing Monon in the eastern group has been moved from January 4 to the week of January 11. Local groups warned the plan would divert gulf freight to the seaboard harming Mobile port.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile City Commission
Alabama Docks Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Public Service Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Monon
J. W. Hunter
Southern Railway
Porter
Washington
Mobile
Gulf
Seaboard
Dodd Assumes Presidency Of Mobile Customs Group
Walter H. Dodd deputy collector at the United States customs office assumed duties Friday as president of the Mobile branch National Customs Service Association. Elected December 15 the new officers include John G Bass Jr vice president Norbert G Strub secretary William T Smith treasurer and John B Callaghan and Thomas A Tarrants on the executive committee.
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Walter H. Dodd
United States Customs Office
Mobile
National Customs Service Association
John G. Bass, Jr
Norbert G. Strub
William T. Smith
John §8. Callaghan
Thomas A. Tarrants
Thefts Reported in Augusta Early This Week
Augusta Broughton of Grand reported his home was entered and items stolen in an early week incident. Police are investigating and seeking details from residents who observed suspicious activity.
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Augusta Broughton
Grand
Japanese Advance Against Chinese Forces Near Manchuria
General Honjo's aide reports a campaign continuation against Chinese forces as a Japanese brigade reaches Chin Chow on the Manchurian frontier with minimal resistance. Japanese units plan to cross the Taling and advance at dawn, pursuing retreating Chinese forces toward Shanxi.
Rules for 1982 Marriage Enduring Not Romantic
Judge Joseph A. Graber advises in Chicago that marriages should move beyond romantic spark and become lasting friendship. He urges spouses to support loyalty, overlook faults, and work together to resolve quarrels, emphasizing that both partners share responsibility.
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Chicago
Joseph A. Graber
Julius Rosenwald Gravely Ill At Suburban Home
Julius Rosenwald the Chicago philanthropist and merchant remains gravely ill at his suburban home. Attending physician Dr. Herbert Pollack of New York reports little change in his condition from heart trouble and arteriosclerosis. Family members are present, with only his wife allowed at his bedside to avoid undue alarm.
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Chicago
Julius Rosenwald
Herbert Pollack
New York
Bombing Plot Investigated by U S Agents
Federal and local authorities launched a wide scale manhunt after a series of bombs were found intercepted in Chicago Cleveland Detroit and Youngstown following two deadly explosions at an Easton Pennsylvania post office. The devices were delivered by mail or express but caused no casualties or damage.
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Charles Weaver
Easton
Dave George J. Ryai
Weaver
Associated Press
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Youngstown
Bank Clearing Totals For 1981 Released By Mobile Clearing House
The Mobile Clearing House Association releases 1981 totals showing mobile bank clearings for the year ending Thursday at 67,631,436.74 dollars. December clearings amounted to 5,073,819.59 dollars according to the report.
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Mobile
Mobile Clearing House Association
Register Will Publish Annual Market Tables
The annual stock market bond and curb tables will be printed in The Register morning edition. The stock table will show yearly sales, price changes and net changes from the previous year. The bond and curb listings will appear in Saturday's issue for subscribers.
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És List Which Will Be Published In Saturday 'S Issue. the Reudter
Register
Desperate Battle Is Waged To Reinforce Delta Levees
In Glendora Mississippi the delta area fights rising floodwaters with levees under pressure from the Tallahatchie Yazoo and other rivers. The Yazoo Mississippi delta levee board orders boats to aid residents as danger of a break in the eastern levee grows hourly. Convicts are pressed into service to guard the levees and protect marooned refugees.
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Associated Press
Glendora
Miss
Delta
Tallahatchie
Yazoo
Mississippi
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta
Batesville
Asa
Stone
Mimms
Hopeful view held for 199 w lines
Edward G. Seubert the Standard Oil Company of Indiana president says demand for oil products remains relatively well sustained despite over supply. He notes progress in addressing tax issues and reports public sentiment turning against further gasoline tax increases as adjustments continue.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Edward G. Seubert
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Girl Released After Kidnap In Columbus Garage Assault
Eight year old Adda B. Ruhl was kidnapped in Columbus Ohio and held for several hours in a garage. She was found dazed and taken to a hospital where police say she was criminally assaulted. Her parents Mr and Mrs J Fred Ruhl reported the incident last night.
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Columbus
Ohio
Adda
Cold wave grips the western United States and nearby regions
A harsh cold spell hits the region as Haas, 16, dies from freezing on a short trip from a Cortez area ranch to a neighbor for medicine. Flurries stall traffic in Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma while Nebraska digs out from heavy snow and Iowa reports a 35 degree low.
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Associated Press
Santa Claus
United States
South hears songs and news from floods and memory
In Atlanta on January 1 the south welcomed 1932 with jubilant songs and a boastful tune for the late rascal. The Mississippi flood zone echoed with refugees singing River Stay Way From My Door as waters pounded levees and news of the year rolled in.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
South
Little One
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Seaboard
Bayou
Mississippi
Storm Warning Issued For Northeastern Coast
The Weather Bureau released an advisory at 10 a.m. ordering northeast storm warnings from Nantucket to Eastport Maine. Disturbance near Virginia capes moves northeastward as warnings extend down the Virginia capes.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Nantucket
Eastport
Maine
Virginia Capes
Four Die In Plane Crash And Road Fatalities Rise
A summary of multiple 1931 year end accident reports notes four killed in an airplane crash near Springfield and additional deaths from car and train incidents. The toll includes a Calumet River plunge in Illinois, a cave collapse in Waterloo Iowa, and other fatal incidents across Cleveland Cincinnati Philadelphia Glenolden Salt Lake Chicago Detroit New Orleans and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
Calumet River
Waterloo
Iowa
Cleveland-Cincin
Ari
Glenolden
Phileadelphia
Galax
Salt Lake
Cook County
Chicago
Detroit
Area
New Orleans
Nine die as car sinks into Calumet River from Chicago plunge
A car carrying two Michigan families from New Era and Coopersville plunged 22 feet into the Calumet River killing nine people including six children. Only Jake Schiller survived after swimming ashore and notifying authorities. two hours passed before the submerged sedan was retrieved.
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Chicago
Calumet River
New Era
Mich
Coopersville
Jake Schiller
Cooperseville
Berore
Clarence Postmann
Howard Postmann
Mildred Pontemana
John Postmann
Reca’ Postmann
Alice Schiller
Shirley Schiller
Louise Schiller
Seneca Schiller
Schiller
Postmanns
Fire at Theodore Narrowly Contained Before Noon
Timely arrival of a Mobile fire truck Friday saved Theodore Alabama a town 18 miles south of Mobile from serious damage. The blaze confined to one home, that of Ed Sumerlin, as flames at the Sumerlin property spread to the barn before containment. Captain Perry led the response, attracting several hundred spectators.
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Theodore
Ala
Mobile
Ed Sumerlin
Sumerlin
Captain Perry
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A. L. Mangold
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H. G. Coar
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Babeg
Walter H
Dodd
Customs Officials
Nippon Cavalry Hall
Chinchow
Glenn Babe
China
Dadger Graber
U.S
Fikenet
Clearing House
Dixie
Orleans
Springfield
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