Fechet warns of national defense danger as he retires
Major General James E. Fechet, ex-chief of the Army Air Corps, declares he will use magazine work to present plain facts on national defense. He criticizes the country’s attitude toward its defenders and calls for an immediate conscious effort and stronger military readiness. General Foulois succeeds him as chief, both men rising from the ranks.
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Washington
James E. Packet
Army Air Corps
Fechet
Benamin D. Foulois
Army
Free Medicine Offered For Pittsburgh’s Needy Families
Eight year old Eugene Brady, ill most of his life, offered his pet chow dog Teddy Bear for sale to raise money for medicine. A local pharmacy head arranged for the newspaper to help by directing those unable to afford medicine to his store, where aid would be provided.
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Pittsburgh
Eugene Brady
Eugene
Deaths and Burials Mrs Annie Fairley
Mrs Annie La Coste Fairley wife of Willis P Fairley died at home 1012 Easton Street Oakdale Friday at 1 45 PM She was born in Mobile County and lived in Mobile 28 years She is survived by husband daughter Miss Sadis R Fairley son Willis L Fairley two sisters Mrs A K Hawkins and Mrs J E Haley of Mobile a brother R V La Coste of Whistler and other relatives Funeral will be from the residence Saturday at 3 30 PM Interment Magnolia Cemetery
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Annie Fairley
Annie la Coste Fairley
Sor
Willis P. Fairley
Easton Street
Oakdale
Mobile County
Mobile
Sadis R. Fairley
Willis L. Fairley
A. K. Hawkins
J. E. Haley
R. V. la Coste
Whistler
Magnolia Cemetery
Funeral service for George W. Goleman at Bayou la Batre
Funeral services for George W. Goleman were held at the family home in Bayou la Batre Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Rev. George J. McCoy of Daphne Baptist Church officiating. Pallbearers included Willie Peyregne Claude Simonson Lee Gandry S Lewis L Slater and O Nelson. Interment followed at Bayou la Batre cemetery with Higgins and Conditt directing.
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George W. Goleman
George W. Woleman
Bayou la Batre
George J. McCoy
Daphne Baptist Church
Willie Peyregne
Claude Simonson
Lee Gandry
S. Lewis
L. Slater
O. Nelson
Higgins
Conditt
James R Groom Rites Held At Home Funeral
The funeral for James R. Groom, who died Wednesday, was held Friday at 3 30 pm from the family home at 258 St Joseph Street. Rev William Curtis of the Government Street Methodist church conducted the service. Pallbearers were E H Britton Terry L Moore Telfair Hodgson Waring Harrison P J Doyle and John Pippin. Interment followed at Magnolia cemetery with Roche Mortuary in charge.
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James BR. Groom
James R. Groom
St. Joseph Street
William Curtis
Government Street Methodist Church
E. H. Britton
Terry L. Moore
Telfair Hodgson
Waring Harrison
P. J. Doyle
John Pippin
Magnolia Cemetery
Roche Mortuary
Death of Newton Corley Jr. in Semmes
Two year old Newton Corley Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Newton Corley of Semmes Alabama died in a local fray Saturday at 3 15 am He is survived by his parents two brothers Harold and Frederick four sisters Etta Mae Eva Virginia and Margaret Grandparents and others Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 o'clock from the family residence in Semmes with Higging in charge
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Newton Corley
Semmes
Ala
Harold
Frederick
Etta Mae
Eva
Virginia
Margaret Corley
Conditt
Death Notice for Isaac Busby of Mobile County
Isaac Busby lifelong Mobile County resident died Friday morning at a local infirmary. He is survived by five sons Hubert and Jefferson of Mobile Clifton B Warren F and Lawless Busby of Washington D C and two daughters Mrs W J Johnson of Mobile and Mrs
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Isaac Busby
Mobile County
Hubert
Mobile
Jefferson
Clifton B
Warren F
Lawless Busby
Washington, D. C
W. J. Johnson
Foreign Bond Sale Profits Forged in War Debt Market
Senate finance committee released figures showing banks profited heavily from foreign bond sales in the postwar period. One firm earned over 29 million dollars on 5.6 billion dollars of bonds with total dispositions over 1.07 billion dollars. Profits across banks could total about 200 million if the rate continued. Witnesses include Clarence Dillon of Dillon Read and W. W. Aldrich of Chase National Bank. Prominent bonds and defaults cited span South American issuances from Brazil to Uruguay.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pater Senate
Banking
United States
Senate
Finance Committee
Johnson
California
Clarence Dillon
Dillon, Read and Company
W. W. Aldrich
Chase National Bank
National City Bank
National City Company
Kuhn, Loeb, and Company
J. P. Morgan Oe Company
Thomas W. Lamont
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Bolivia
Colombia
Uruguay
Congress Piles Up 9000 Bills In Four Weeks
Washington January 2 Congress has introduced 9000 bills in just four weeks of 14 working days as members return from holidays. The House leads with 6659 bills to the Senate 2419. Only a handful have progressed toward passage. Major items include land bank capital raise and veterans relief measures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Three Local Graduates Enlist in Marine Corps
Three high school graduates joined the Marine Corps at Mobile’s recruiting station in December, announced Sergeant James F. North. The enlistees were Byron P. Pope of Richton Mississippi, Boyd J. Jackson of Dozier Alabama, and Grady R. Tipton of Cottage Hill Florida. The station’s January quota is four and 19 December applicants were rejected as unfit.
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Marine Corps
Mobile
James F. North
Byron P. Pope
Richton
Miss
Boyd J. Jackson
Dozier
Ala
Grady R. Tipton
Cottage Hill
Fila
North
Stamp Fans Pack Washington Post Office for Bicentennial Issues
About forty to fifty thousand people flocked to the Washington post office for first day cancellations on the George Washington bicentennial stamps. They purchased over $100,000 worth of stamps and had more than a million canceled with the January 1 1932 date before sales closed for the night.
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Washington
Washington Post Office
Funeral services for Will Lawless to be announced
Laurel Mississippi mourns Will Lawless grandfather of four with services at his son H Busby residence 909 Cottrell Street and to be announced by Higgins and Conditt funeral home.
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Will Lawless
Laurel
Miss
H Busby
Cottrell
Higgins
Conditt
Funeral services held for William Smith in Prichard and Mt. Vernon
William Smith died Wednesday. His funeral began Friday at 9 30 AM from his sister Mrs A H Lister’s home on Craft highway Prichard. Rev Dr Slaughter of St Francis Street Methodist led the service. The procession then went to Mt Vernon where the Methodist church hosted further rites led by Rev W P Patillo. Pallbearers were Bill Tate C J Brill W E Dixon H C Hall George Hass and Robert Hatch. Interment followed at Mt Vernon cemetery with Roche mortuary in charge.
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William Smith
A. H. Lister
Craft Highway
Prichard
Dr. Slaughter
St. Francis Street Methodist Church
Mt. Vernon
Ala
Methodist Church
W. P. Patillo
Bill Tate
Mobile Woman Mamie Leipf Dies. Rites Planned At 3 pm
Mamie Florence Leipf, lifelong Mobile resident, died Friday afternoon at 3:10 at the family home 8 North Lawrence Street. She is survived by son E. T. Lillard and grandson Eugene Lillard Jr, both of Mobile. Funeral 3 pm at the residence, Magnolia Cemetery interment with Roche mortuary assisting.
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Mamie Florence Leipf
Mobile
North Lawrence _ street
E. T. Lillard
Eugene Lillard, Jr
North Lawrence Street
Magnolia Cemetery
Roche Mortuary
Death of Gulfport harbormaster Captain A C Scull
Captain A C Scull harbormaster in Gulfport and former Mobile resident died in Gulfport at 5 oclock Saturday morning. He left Mobile 29 years ago and is survived by two sons Harold Mobile and Eugene Gulfport and daughter Mrs J R Rhorer Gulfport, plus grandchildren. Funeral set for 3 pm Saturday. Mrs Scull died in Gulfport on December 8.
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A. C. Scull
Gulfport
Mobile
Captain Scull
Scull
Harold
Eugene
J. R. Rhorer
Gasoline Tax Challenge Divides County Officials
The board of revenue faced a mandamus bid to pay a $200 monthly salary to tax collector B M Marceline Ressijac while treasurer Stone refused the payout arguing the law is unconstitutional. Attorneys argued the bill is a local measure in disguise and seeks a public ruling to halt the tax.
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Board of Revenue
Goldsby
B. M. Marceline Ressijac
Ressijac
Holcombe
Stone
Twelve prisoners escape from Van Zandt jail in Canton
Twelve inmates overpowered turnkey Gerald Walters at the Van Zandt County jail in Canton Texas and fled as the district court term opened. They robbed Walters of keys and a pistol, locked him in a cell, and escaped before officers could respond. Sheriff W P Nixon alerted and riot-gun armed units were sent from Tyler to aid the search.
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Canton
Tex
van Zandt County
Gerald Walters
Yes
Walters
W. P. Nixon
Tyler
Storm warning issued for Northeast region
Weather bureau advisory notes continued storm warnings north of Nantucket to Eastport and coastal warnings from Sandy Hook to Newport. Disturbance centers near New York City moving northeastward as of noon.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Nantucket
Eastport
Sandy Hook
Newport
R. I
New York City
Better Times Predicted In North Carolina
North Carolina expects 1932 to be a better year with many construction projects underway. Major sums are planned for a new Raleigh city auditorium and a Greensboro post office, plus a million dollars for Wilmington district work before spring allotments.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Agriceil
Sond Foundation
City Auditorium
Champion Fibre Company
Greensboro
Wilmington
Army Engineer
Beaufort-Cape Fear
Cape Fear
Little River
State Department of Agriculture
Fifth Federal Reserve Bank
Rocky Mount
Library board to charge for borrowed books in new plan
The Mobile public library will launch a service charge next week as part of a financing plan announced by Stewart Brooks. Patrons may enroll for 1 per year for adults and 50 cents for children to borrow one book at a time with 10 cent fees for extra books, or a flat 10 cent fee per book without enrollment. A popular subscription program will also be approved to raise additional revenue as city appropriations have been cut. The library's annual city cost has been about 17,000 dollars.
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Mobile Public Library
Stewart Brooks
Library Board
Brooks
Opera Star Lawrence Tibbett Weds Jennie Marston Adams Burgard
Met opera baritone Lawrence Tibbett and socialite Jennie Marston Adams Burgard wed in a quiet civil ceremony officiated by Supreme Court Justice Norman Dike. The couple delayed their honeymoon due to engagements. this is Tibbett’s second marriage and Burgard’s third.
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New York
Lawrence Tibbett
Metropolitan Opera
Jennie Marston Adams Burgard
Supreme Court
Norman&. Dike
Europe
Tibbett
Robert J. Adams
John Clark Burgard
Attack on Western China bishop leaves him in serious condition
The Rt. Rev. Howard Mowll bishop of western China and Mrs. Mowll were ambushed at sea by bandits who beat him with pistol butts stabbed him in the back and looted money and baggage aboard a native boat en route from Chungking to Chengtu. Passengers mistook assailants for customs officials until a volley of shots was fired.
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Shanghai
China
Howard Mowll
Mowll
Chungking
Chengtu
England
Mississippi flood worsens as rivers flood tallahatchie valley
Crowder and Webb seek outside aid as Tallahatchie county endures rising water and 10,000 homeless. Convicts from Parchman rush to reinforce levees while Clarksdale distributes 25 boats to evacuate families. Food runs short in Crowder as flood barriers threaten towns like Twilight, Macel, and Albini.
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Riveree
Theenstoffidgle
Sumner, Webb
Swan Lake
Cassiday Bayou
Tallahatchie Valley
Tallahatchie
Parchman Prison
Twilight
Matthew Bayou
Glendora
Tippo
Macel
Tallahatchie County
Red Cross
Webb
Sumner
Crowder
Quitman County
Yacona
Parchman
Asa
Mimms
Wilmer Kennedy
Batesville
United States
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Montana
New Mexico
Wyoming
Iowa
Miss
B. F. Saunders Plantation
Fitzgerald Plantation
Albini
R. L. Ward
National Red Cross
Clarksdale
Greenville
Greenwood
New Year Holiday Auto Fatalities Across Southeast
Twenty people died in New Year automobile accidents across the south led by seven fatalities in Tennessee and six in Georgia. Notable deaths include Mrs Nettle Crocker and her father in Rome Georgia, and five year old Billy Morris killed on a Christmas bicycle in Moreland Georgia.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Tennessee
Georgina
Louisiana
Florida
Alabama
Kentucky
Maryland
Rome
Nettle Crocker
Andrew J. Crocker
Lucile Woodham
Baxley
Harold Johnson
Fairburn
Moreland
Billy Morris
James Dotson
James Samuel
Nashville
Tenn
Walter K. Everett
Sammon Youree
Union City
Huntingdon
Clyde Stair
New York
Kingsport
Chattanooga
Wayne Colvin
Alvin Jordan
Louis Pendaradis
Leon Leteilier
New Orleans
Joseph Raines
St. Petersburg
Doubt Looms Over National Miners Union Strike in Kentucky
In Harlan Kentucky January 2 with few quitters reported by operators and incomplete reports from unions the national strike test begins. Four Knox County mines had workers strike and Bell County saw walkouts while Harlan County saw picket induced quits. Operators say most miners will return Monday as the strike appears not widely effective.
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Harlan, Ky
National Miners Union
Kentucky
Knox County
Bell County
Harlan County
General Pau Dies in Paris at 83
General Paul Gerald Pau noted French war commander dies in Paris at age 83. He lost an arm in 1870 and spent his postwar life caring for wounded veterans. At his death he was president of the French Red Cross.
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Paris
Paul Gerald Pau
Pau
Red Cross
Holidays End as Mobile Schools Resume Monday
The Christmas holiday period in Mobile ends Sunday with regular classes resuming Monday morning. Teachers and students who left the city for vacations are returning during the weekend.
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Mobile
Safe Cracking at Drew-Levick Office Baffles Police
In Fittsburgh 15 cents stolen from a safe after burglars entered the Drew-Levick Co. office. Governor Bilbo is asked to provide flood refugees tents as state and National Guard units lack supplies. Appeal goes to Major General McCoy in Atlanta. Relief has depended on private groups and citizens.
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Fittsburgh
Jan
Drew-Levick Company
Yeggs
Webb
Theodore G. Bilbo
McCoy
Fourth Corps
Atlanta
Tallahatchieasin
All Levees Threatened in Tallahatchie Flood
Miss Eleanor Ellis, secretary to J. W. Williamson, superintendent of the Parchman prison farm, says the Tallahatchie flood puts every levee in east and central Tallahatchie county at risk of failure, predicting a historic hazard by morning.
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Parchman
Miss
Tallahatchie River
Eleanor Ellis
J. W. Williamson
Tallahatchie
Tallahatchie County
Annual Meeting Notice of Mobile County Tuberculosis Sanitarium
The Mobile County Tuberculosis Sanitarium Inc announces its annual meeting for Tuesday January 12 at 7 30 p m in Parlor C Battle House Mobile Alabama to discuss organization matters and future plans.
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Mobile County Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Inc
Parlor C. Battle House
Mobile
Duty tariff speedup debated by Democrats in Congress
The article discusses a Democratic plan to speed tariff changes by creating reciprocal arrangements with foreign countries. It would require reports from the tariff commission on proposed duty changes. The Ways and Means Committee fixed Thursday to begin hearings on tax increases, aiming to finish tariff hearings next week. House leaders outline a first urgent deficiency bill and Rainey keeps the rest of the program undisclosed while Snell urges bringing tax proposals before the tariff measure.
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Veterans’ Administration
Employment Service
War Policies Commission
Norris
Nebraska
House
la Guardia
New York
King
Utah
Tariff Commission
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Representative Snell
Bombs Sent to Chicago and Other Cities Cause Widespread Alarm
Police and federal agents detained suspicious mail packages in Chicago federal building mail rooms and in express companies. Italian targets endured bombs that could have leveled buildings, with detonations at a quarry and damaged Italian shops in Trinidad and Paris. Three suspects arrested in Bellair Ohio amid dynamite discovers. A dynamite fuse under a Seattle porch failed to ignite, sparing Yoshito Onoh of Sumitomo Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Federal Building
Justice
Chicago
Castruccio
Detroit
Cleveland
Youngstown
Ohio
Consul Guarded at Funeral of Mail Clerks Killed in Post Office Bomb
Federal officers and plain clothes police guarded Marquis A Ferrante Italian consul of Philadelphia during the funeral services for Edward Werkheiser and John B House two Philadelphia mail clerks killed by a post office bomb. Charles V Weaver another bomb victim had not had services arranged. Postal inspector Harry Getchel said widows will receive pensions. Oscar Viola and Anthony Rossi Cipolla remained jailed for questioning with no charges yet filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
House and Werkheiser
Oscar Viola
Anthony Rossi Cipolla
New York
Chicago Holds 40 In Probe Of Kidnaping Ring
Police report 40 suspects held in custody after raids in Chicago Peoria and St Louis. Officials say evidence justifies trial but names withheld to avoid a flood of habeas corpus writs. Among captives are John J Lynch J Hackett Fred J Blumer Frank Richley and W C Flanigan. Prisoners are held at a Loop hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Roche
John J. Lynch
General News Bureau
J Hackett
Blue Island
Fred J Blumer
Monroe
Wis
Frank Richley
Evanston
W. C. Flanigan
Gary
Ind
First US Astronomical Observatory Built at Williams College
The first astronomical observatory in the United States was built at Williams College in Williamstown Massachusetts in 1836.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Williams College
Williamsburg
Mass
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Clancy
Wall Street
Charles Murray
Lucien Littlefield
William Boyd
Lilias Tashman
Maude Adams
Otis Skinner
Fanchon and
Marco
Betty Froos
True Blue
Anthony & Rogers
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Bert Wheeler
Robt
Woolsey
Peach O’ Reno
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
Fox Picture
EL Brendel
Smith & Dale
Paramount ‘Sound News
Dorothy Lee, Zelma O'Neal
Paramount Sound News
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