Court sets new hearing for Kearns murder case
Pittsburgh man Pat Kearns watchman on the municipal pier faces murder charges after the body of James Green was found near the barge line office. The case was postponed to January 21 before Judge David H. Edington. Kearns is free on 1500 bond as witnesses are summoned for grand jury testim ony. Larry Lucas of Pittsburgh received six months hard labor after pleading guilty to stealing a coat. Sam Downey was fined 100 dollars and costs for a separate theft charge.
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Pittsburgh
M. T
Pat
Kearns
Cenfion
James
David H. Edington
Recorder’s Court
Marion Reis
Green
St. Michael Street
Larry Lucas
Sam Li Downey
Funeral for Roland Lenoir Chute Described in Local Notice
The funeral for Roland Lenoir Chute 34 a post office clerk found dead at his home on Hall's Mill road Thursday will be held Saturday at 11 from his brother Joseph M Chute 562 Goat Avenue with Higgins and Smith in charge Burial will be Magnolia cemetery The coroner said the wound was self inflicted He is survived by his widow Mrs Garland May Chute three sisters Elva Alexandra and Alice te his mother Mrs Joseph M te of Mobile two brothers Ray T TM and George Chute of St Louis Mo and other relatives
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Roland Lenoir Chute
Hall's Mill Road
Joseph M
Chute
Goat Avenue
Higgins
Magnolia Cemetery
Garland May Chute
Elva
Alexandra
Alice Te
Joseph M. Te
Mobile
Ray T
George Chute
St. Louis
Keath Fined in Police Court Disorderly Conduct Case
Fireworks dealer Keath was fined $10 and costs of 10 days after a Friday police court hearing on disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. Officer Henry Logan testified Keath was drunk and threw torpedoes near his feet. Witnesses said Keath was not drunk, and that charge was dropped.
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N. Keath
Henry Logan
Keath
Barge Line Rates Set for Mobile Clarksville and Kentucky
War department and barge line will establish rates for canned goods from Mobile to Clarksville Tennessee and Hopkinsville and Central City Kentucky. The missing points from a prior tariff will be added immediately per information received here.
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Mobile
Clarksville
Tenn
Hopkinsville
Central City
Warnor
Weather Forecast and River Bulletin Notes
Frost expected Friday night and Saturday with colder temperatures. Friday minimum around 36 degrees in Alabama and Mississippi. fair conditions followed by cooler air. River readings taken at 7 am CST January 3 show variable levels with rises tonight and Saturday, Demopolis and nearby areas may see minor increases.
Ex-Boxing Kingpin Dempsey Set to Visit Mobile Jan 8
Former world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey will pass through Mobile on January 8 en route to New Orleans where he will referee a 20 round bout. He is to be met by Mayor Harry T. Hartwell and other residents and is expected to stay 10 or 15 minutes.
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William Harrison Dempsey
Manassas
Mobile
Dempsey
New Orleans
Louisville & Nashville
Jack
Harry T. Hartwell
Miami
Jack Sharkey
Young
Cobb To Conduct Mobile's Fight On Rate Increases
R. G. Cobb traffic manager of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce will go to Chicago January 7 to attend a meeting on rate increases affecting import and export between Gulf and South Atlantic ports and the Central Freight Association area. The conference discussed drastic changes the Interstate Commerce Commission may approve and Cobb was authorized to attend related meetings in New Orleans as well.
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Cobb
Mobile
R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Gulf and South Atlantic
Central Freight Association
Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans
Interstate Commerce Commission
Weather Notes Forecast Cold Night In City
Mobile weather observer Albert Ashenberger reports a forecast drop to 36 degrees with light frost overnight and early Saturday. He notes a prior low of 47 degrees, a month with mixed conditions including sleet on December 21 and 22, fog on several days, and multiple frost events across 31 days.
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Mobile
Albert Ashenberger
Ashenberger
Ashhenberger
National Committee Reports 1929 Finances
James W. Gerard treasurer reported December 31 1929 total assets and liabilities of the national committee and its obligations at 440686 dollars. The report outlines financial position as the year closes.
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Washington
National Committee
Ees
James W. Gerard
Mobile Red Cross Chapter Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
The Mobile Chapter American Red Cross held its annual meeting in the federal building Friday. Mrs St John Wilson was re elected chairman with A D Hanan and W A Powell named first and second vice chairmen, Henry Hall treasurer, Meta Huger secretary. Resolutions honored late founder Mrs Rhett Goode. Lenore Jones joined the executive committee alongside a long list of returning members.
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Mobile
American Red Cross
Federal Building
St.John Wilson
A. D. Hanan
W. A. Powell
Henry Hall
Misa Meta Huger
Rhett Goode
Lenore Jones
Red Cross
Roy Albright
D. P. Bestor, Jr
Tom Boone
R. A. Christian
Lizzie Auto Contest Attracts Many High School Entries
The Lizzie funny slogan contest invites high school students to dress up a car named Lizzie in collegiate style for a chance at cash prizes. Entries styled in humorous campaigns will be judged for originality and presentation.
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Lizzie
Municipal League to Discuss Tax Problems in Alabama
Mayor Harry T. Hartwell announced the Alabama League of Municipalities will focus on tax policies and state legislation in the upcoming session. Officials plan to broaden the program and select lawmakers favorable to municipal needs, with a February meeting to outline details.
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Alabama League of Municipalities
Frida
Harry T. Hartwell
Cresent
Association
House
Senate
Hartwell
League of Municipalities
Father and brother questioned in mystery slaying in Rochester
Police questioned James Infantino and his 15 year old son today as detectives probe the night attack that killed Eleanor Infantino 15 and wounded her mother Salvatirssa 48. The assailants fired on the family as they exited their sedan in the side yard. James Infantino and son Charles 25 are seen as possible targets along with another daughter Phillippa 12.
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Rochester
N. Y
Eleanor Infantino
Salvatrissa
Infantino
James Infantino
Charles
Phillippa
Officer En Route in Bolivar Case and Bicycle Theft Arrest
In Bolivar Missouri police court Friday officers announced Officer S O Warner from Springfield was en route to take Johnny Stafford, wanted for stealing 15 chickens, into custody. The same hearing disclosed Frank Fleming, a white man, held in Pensacola after admitting bicycle theft found in his possession.
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Johnny Stafford
Bolivar
S. O. Warner
Springfield
Ames Stafford
Frank Fleming
Fleming
Pensacola
Dories To Meet For Ramalah Temple Officers Install
The Ramalah Temple No. 134 of the Dramatic Order of Khorassan will install officers Friday night at the Pythian Castle hall. Named are James KR. Foster royal vizier Charles Pond grand emir Abe Bavand sheik Herron Lavinghouse. Plans will be set for Mardi Gras ceremonial dates.
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Ramalah Temple No. 134
Khorassan
Pythian Castile Hall
James KR. Foster
Charles Pond
Abe Bavand
Shiek
Herron Lavinghouse
Woman sentenced after theatre safe robbery in Los Angeles
Mary Kavanaugh, 23, and husband Edward were convicted of robbing the United Artists theatre safe of sixty dollars last August. Superior Judge Emmet Wilson refused probation and sentenced Mary to one to fifteen years in prison.
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Los Angeles
Mary Kavanaugh
Edward
Uifed Artists Theatre
Emmet Wilson
Heflin likens party to Mussolini act at Jefferson meeting
Jefferson County Democrats censor state committee dust storm as they discuss candidates for governor and re election. Senator Heflin says he would be pleased if more votes are cast in the general election. The Alabama party moves to set qualifications for August primary and invites all pledging Democrats to vote.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ceet
J. Thomas
Hugh A. Locke
Et Laoke
Heflin
Mussolini
Jefferson
Alabama
Democratic Executive Committee
Fire destroys Holy Trinity Academy in Alabama
Holy Trinity Academy in A LA was razed by a night fire that also wiped out the mother house. Estimated loss reaches 100000 dollars. Forty to fifty sisters were inside but none injured. Defective wiring suspected. Fire aid declined due to poor road conditions. sisters relocated to cottages on site.
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Holy Trinity
Ala
Holy Trinity Academy
Academy
D. B. Copeland
Columbus
Homes Destroyed In Two Mobile Fires
The Mobile fire department dealt with two fires on Friday. At 202 Stocking Street the home of A V Stovall burned with only roof damage noted at the second blaze. Firefighters had just closed out a previous fire at 1412 Eslava Street when the Smith two story house roof was nearly destroyed. Assistant Chief Emanuel Tapia reported minor interior damage despite rapid flames driven by a sharp north wind.
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Mobile Fire Department
A. V. Stovall
Stocking Street
Hector Smith
Eslava Street
Smith
Emanuel Tapia
Vatican declares Gasparri in less grave condition
Vatican officials denied reports that Cardinal Gasparri was gravely ill with fever. They said he has virtually recovered from the influenza attack he suffered at the start of the week.
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Rome
Gasparri
Vatican
Three Enter Race for Alabama Lower House Seats
Attorneys William C C Taylor Edward J Grove and George A Sossaman announce their candidacies for the Alabama general assembly. Grove seeks a Mobile county seat in the upcoming term.
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Taylor
Grove
Sossaman
William CC. Taylor
Edward J. Grove
George A. Sossaman
General Assembly of Alabama
Mobile
Governor Long Defends Prison Reformers in Louisiana Row
Governor Huey J. Long asserted that reform groups may investigate the state penitentiary and criticized the prison reformers for pressuring to keep convicts in penitentiary garb. He argued that disguising inmates as ordinary citizens hampers public safety and notes past experiences with similar reform efforts.
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Gov. Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
Huey J. Long
Can Reform Association
State of
Peradoes
Aaron
Mellon backs Coast Guards in slaying of rum runners
Secretary Mellon defended the Coast Guard's actions in a report on a raid against rum runners. He said force was used only when absolutely necessary and insisted the Coast Guard acted justifyably in its pursuit and warning to the vessel.
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Washington, Jan
Mellon
Killing on lonely road shocks Baltimore area
Ian Heyman, 24, was shot to death on a dim road near Baltimore after being attacked by a described assailant. A female witness, Mia Bu, called Heyman’s parents with a garbled warning before guiding investigators to a car abandoned in a ditch. The attacker reportedly then took poison.
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Baltimore
Ian
UPI
Reuben Heyman
Soin Sin Bentay Tae Panion
Dorothy Oseotens
City
Sablon
Heyman
Mia
Wiggins Killed by Train in Knoxville Incident
W L Wiggins a former head of a Knoxville Athens and Johnson City chain of grocery stores was killed by a Southern Railway freight train in Knoxville. Detective D D Fogarty reported reports said Wiggins walked deliberately in the train’s path. the retail chain has failed previously.
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Knoxville, Tenn
W. L. Wiggins
Knoxville
Athens
Johnson City
Southern Railway
D. D. Fogarty
Wiggins
Fogarty
Swift Messenger of Death in Pacific Plane Crash
In Santa Monica a team of behind the scenes film crew planned a dramatic stunt over the sea for a Captain Alfred Lowenstein disappearance story. Two planes carried cameras as a third waited to drop a stunt man, but a collision occurred causing fatalities.
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Santa Monica
Pacific
Bhpehind
Alfred Lowenstein
English Channel
Passengers See Plane Crash as Movie Stunt
On the Ruth Alexander near Los Angeles passengers watched three planes crash within a mile. Two planes collided and plunged into the sea amid smoke and flame, while others rushed to the rail, thinking it a stunt. No further details are provided in the fragment.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Dan
Ruth Alexander
Fire rescue saves guests from burning hotel blaze
In Shreveport Louisiana Jan 3 fire gutted the Tullos hotel two upper floors trapping guests. Opal O Kelly 24 of Carthage Texas died from burns while firefighters pulled five women and one child to safety using ladders and escapes. Sixty one guests were registered and all were accounted for.
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Shreveport
Opal O'Kelly
Carthage
Tex
Tullos
Seatle
O’kelly
Deberry
O'Kelly
Flores
Executions Report At Folsom Prison California
Two of six convicts were hanged at Folsom Prison California Anthony Brown was executed at 9 02 a m and pronounced dead at 9 14 a m Roy E Stokes followed with the trap sprung at 9 27 a m and pronounced dead at 9 34 a m Both men faced death without fear Bach walked about 300 feet to the execution chamber
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Folsom State Prison
Calif
Thony Brown
Roy E. Stokes
Bach
Lazarus Executed for Oakland Bank Teller Slaying
Louis Lazarus, 37, was hanged at San Quentin Prison for the killing of William McFarlin, an Oakland bank teller. The execution took place at 10:01 a.m. with death pronounced at 10:14 a.m.
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San Quentin Prison
Calif
Louis Lazarus
William McFarlin
Oakland
Ill Doctor Evans Confined After Illness at Mobile Infirmary
Serious illness sidelines Dr. 4 B Evans a Mobile physician after return from New Orleans. He has been in frail condition for weeks and was taken to a local infirmary for treatment. Captain A F Carden of the US Army post at Bartow reported a suspect of an officer here for Lon A Ware, with a reaction from the Florida army post.
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J. E. Evans
Mobile Infirmary
4. B. Evans
Indery Euilee H Yo
New Orleans
Evans
A. F. Carden
Bartow
Aete
Lon A. Warener
Aki Fuente
Pany
Florida Army Post
Newsies of Biloxi Guests of Register
Newsies from Biloxi visited The News Item and Register office on Friday after traveling from the coast city under the supervision of E. L. Meauf.
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Biloxi
Register
E. L. Meauf
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