Alabama seeks $10000 appropriation to deepen Bayou La Batre channel
The Alabama Legislature may be asked to approve a $10,000 appropriation from state funds to deepen the Bayou La Batre channel. The move follows a board resolution after Senator John Craft's talks. Major Earl North proposed state support paired with federal funds for the project to aid shipping and harbor safety.
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Alabama
Bayou la Barre
Chamber
Cmmerce
John Craft
Department of Conservation
Earl North
Mobile District
Major North
Mississippi
Bayou
Vores
Opening stock prices drift as market heads down
New York traders saw uneven opening with a downward tilt from selling after the allied leaders conference break up. Major fallers included Baldwin North American Pan American A and Studebaker with declines of 1 1 4 to 5 8. New Orleans cotton also rose early as heavy buying pushed March futures to 26 48 cents.
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New York
Baldwin
Studebaker
Pan- American
New Orleans
Liverpool
Wreck Kills Four as Chicago Burlington Train Collide Near Laclede
Wrecking crews cleared debris after a head on collision between two Chicago Burlington and Quincy freight trains near Meadville and Laclede Missouri. Four engineers and firemen died B N Barclay 60 B F Erdman 52 B W Birmingham 30 Clyde Molingm 30 Ernest Wood 30. Numerous injuries and more than 500 feet of track torn up. Cause cited as crew miscommunication between trains 83 and 72 near Hickory Hollow near the birthplace of Gen John J Perghing.
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Laclede
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Meadville
B. N. Barclay
B. F. Erdman
B. W. Birmingham
N.R. Wilson
Geneal
John J. Perghing
French War Minister Orders Immediate Return of Soldiers
Paris dispatch reports War Minister Manginot ordered immediate cancellation of furloughs and the return of all active soldiers to their units. The article also covers France pressuring Germany to pay reparations, with Belgium likely backing France and Italy's aid uncertain, and talks planned with Belgium and Britain on cooperation and potential coercive measures.
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Paris
Radic
Manginot
Mobile renumbering of houses moves rapidly under city action
The city, under Engineer Wright Smith, advances with renumbering of houses on Mobile. The commission, led by George B Crawford, vows strict enforcement after a second notice. Owners are told to change numbers or face arrest. work covers Government, Dauphin and Old Shell roads, with Broad Street seeing most changes.
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Mobile
City
Wright Smith
City Commission
Government
Dauphin
Old Shell Road
Broad Street
War Savings Stamps Cashing Surges Post Office Banks
War Savings Stamps purchased in 1918 are being redeemed after the holidays. The Mobile office reports about $75,000 in stamps submitted for payment, with many holders exchanging for Treasury Savings Certificates. Local banks handle large inflows as the program continues through the month.
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Rat Mobile
Postoffice
Miss Sherman to Sing Sunday at Lyric With Sam Roma
Cecile Sherman, a noted soprano from Boston, arrives with pianist Sam Roma to perform at the Lyric tonight. Manager E. H. Fale hosts them as Sherman, a Barton College graduate and famed concert artist, prepares a city debut in a strong recital program.
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Cecile Sherman
Sam Roma
Miss Sherman
Barton
Mas
Boston
Mr. White
San Roma
Porto
Piaro
E. H. Fale
Lyric
Weekend Shower Forecast for Mobile Area
Showers expected late tonight or Saturday with colder air moving in. The region yesterday topped at 60 degrees after a low of 39 degrees noted last night. The forecast covers Mobile and nearby areas as a cool front passes.
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Mobile and
Ficinity
Dostal Officials Seek Mrs. Lee Here
Post office officials report a telegram from St Louis asking for Mrs Apne Ler presumed to be in lobite. The message says her son John Tee is near aid in a government hospital in St Louis. Signed by Stella.
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St. Louis Ag
Apne Ler
John Tee
Stella
Weather Brief for Alabama and Florida
The report notes showers and chilly turns with warmer later. Coastal areas may see showers overnight with unsettled temperatures across Alabama and Florida.
Cotton futures open steady in early New York trade
In New York on January 5 cotton futures opened steady with January at 26.30 cents, March 26.53, May 26.60, July 26.38, October 24.55 as the market began the session.
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New York
New Orleans Cotton Futures Open Steady
New Orleans opening shows cotton futures steady with January at 26.30 and March at 26.25. May 26.26, July 26.02, and October 24.20 reflect a subdued start to the session.
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New Orleans
Two Injured In Car Crash At Open Culvert On Conception Street
A Paige sedan belonging to No 10 Taxi Co. was wrecked on Conception Street near Madison after striking an open culvert and hitting a telephone pole injuring two men, George Riley the chauffeur and Walter Watson of Marine and sta streets. Riley was released after a statement noting the culvert lacked a cover and lighting. In a separate incident, Ed Lowe, driver of a truck, was fined 50 or 50 days for a December 23 collision that shook the Davis family. Other rulings included a 25 fine for speeding by A V Deakle and a decision against blocking driveways near Joachim streets by Hines and Beville Co.
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Paige
Conception Street
Madison
George Riley
Taxi Company
Oh Walter, Watson
Marine and
Sta’ Streets
P Ice
Riley
Ed. Lowe
John Davis
Government
Warren Streets
Davis
Foster K. Hale, Jr
A. V. Deakle
Weicn
Ann
Marine
H. C. Hines
P. D. Beville Company
Horn
Joachim Streets
L. H. Horn
Hines
Woman Is Given Prison Term In Liquor Law Case
Annie May Tillman of Congress and Hamilton streets received a fine of 190 dollars or 90 days plus 60 additional days in city prison for violating the prohibition law. Detectives testified she had a quart of whiskey in her lap when raiders arrived. Tanner, named as owner, was acquitted after Tillman claimed she did not know him.
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Annie May’Tillman
Congress
Hamilton Streets
D. H. Edington
Quarles and Pennington
Police
Prohibition
Tillman Place
J. L. Tanner
F. K. Hale
Tanner
Showman George Kelling Arrested in Obscene Mail Case
Federal agents arrest traveling showman George Kelling of Indiana in Mobile on a warrant for sending obscene material through the mails. The letter mailed from Thomasville Alabama to a young Indiana woman is alleged obscene. Kelling was arraigned before U S Commissioner J Burgett and held on a five hundred dollar bond.
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George Kelling
Indiana
Mobile
Indianapolis
Kelling
Post Office
Thomasville
Ala
United States
J. Burgett
Statutory Charge Filed in Warrant at Mertz Station
A statutory charge was docketed today by Deputy Sheriffs Bernstein Black and Hud against J. Buckley Jr aged 52 of Mertz Station. A fifteen year old girl is the complainant and no bail has been fixed. The warrant was sworn in the inferior criminal court.
New County Bridge Over Chickasabogue Breaks Down
Complaint to the board of revenue and road commissioners cites a concrete and steel bridge over Chickasabogue near Chinchilla failing during the past eleven days. County Engineer A G Holho and Assistant E Breeland inspected the site and will report back. Investigation to determine construction issues and causes proceeds.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Chickasabogue
Chinchilla
Concte Pi
Fowle
Hinee
A. G. Holho
Highway Department
E. Breeland
County Board
Motion picture houses cleared after fire department review
Assistant Chief Gus Rehm reported that state and city fire laws were inspected and all theatres received a clean bill. The fire department responded to fires at 355 Savannah Street 804 Adams Street 26 Brown Street and 40 South Catherine Street with sparks causing the first three fires and a chimney fire at the last.
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Gus. Rehm
G. W. Myrick
H. T. Hartwell
Savannah Street
Adams Street
Brown Street
South Catherine Street
Hold Up Naming of Assistant Attorney in City Appeals
The city commission delays naming an assistant city attorney to handle numerous appeal cases on the docket for the two weeks beginning January 3. Mayor R V Taylor says the extra hire could be avoided by delaying the setting. City Attorney F J Yerger says he must be in Montgomery for Mobile Gas Company hearings before the public service commission.
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Circuit Court
R. V. Taylor
F. J. Yerger
Montgomery
Mobile Gas Company
Public Service Commission
Warrant Charges Automobile Theft Seeks Suspect Swan
Mobile patrols pursue Charles R. Swan on a warrant for grand larceny after he allegedly stole a 600 dollar vehicle from Jordan Auto Company. Officer Albert Marshall left for Bay Minette to bring Swan in, with the car recovered and returned to Mobile.
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Albert Marshall
Bay Minette
Baldwin County
Ala
Charles R. Swan
D. H. Edington
Swan
Jordan Auto Company
Mobile
Car Shortage Being Relieved Across Railroads
Washington reports freight car shortages easing after weeks of strain. By December 23 supply was 9 908 cars below demand, with November shortages nearly double previous levels. A total of 9 563 freight cars were surplus and idle along lines where no demand existed.
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Washington
Car Service Division
American Railway Association
Senate to Seek Harding Opinion on Reparations Agency
Washington Jan 5 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will secure the administration's view on Senator Robinson Arkansas Democrat and authorizing the president to appoint official American representatives on the reparations commission before further action on the measure.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Robinson
Arkansas
Disappointed in Love ends life of 17 year old boy
In Defuniak Springs Florida a 17 year old named Reuben Yon killed himself with a shotgun after a romance with a divorced woman faced delays. The coroner's jury found the suicide stemmed from sorrow over the postponed wedding and love troubles.
Vast Timber Land Sold At Port St. Joe
Port St. Joe Florida January fifth purchase of 260 square miles of timber land in Calhoun county by Parker-Young Company of Boston for about one million dollars. The deal includes long leaf yellow pine and cypress with 140 thousand acres from Baycal Timber Company Chicago subsidiary of Continental and Commercial Trust. Sawmill to resume under Parkwood Lumber Company with six hundred workers to cut log mill and mill operations. Ten year cut plan estimates 300 million feet.
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Port ST. Joe
Fla
Calhoun County
Parker-Young Company
Boston
Park Wood Lumber Company
Parker- Youe Company
Calhoun Tintigrpany
Parkwood Lumber Company
Baycal. Timber Company
Chicago
Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank
Baycal Company
Calhoun Timber Company
Paralyzed Man Walks 110 Miles To Plead Guilty
John Gafford a 47 year old who was partly paralyzed walked 110 miles from Madison County to Jacksonville to plead guilty to operating a moonshine still. He was arrested in November and offered no funds for travel so he chose the long road to the courthouse.
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Jacksonville
Fila
John Gafford
Gafford
Madison County
Mississippian Is Murdered At Fountainbleau
Henry Taylor aged sixty was shot and killed in his Fountainbleau home in Jackson county last night. Two shotgun blasts through a window ended his life as his family waited inside. Mobile parties from Ocean Springs and Pascagoula joined a search of nearby woods, but no suspects or clues had been found by early morning as Sheriff Cudabac led the posse.
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Defuniae Springs
Fia
Reuben Yon
Dardington
Walton County
Biloxi
Miss
Henry Taylor
Fountainbleau
Jackson County
Ocean Springs
Pascagoula
Cudabac
Eight Indicted in Blown Glass Case
Eight men indicted under the Clayton act in the blown glass case at Cleveland were announced by the Department of Justice. Wage Committee of Manufacturers lists Frank Bastin of Vincennes Indiana as chairman and includes William F. Smith of Clarksburg West Virginia, H R Hilton of Port Allegheny Pennsylvania, John B. Scahy of Sistersville West Virginia, Charles H. Harding of Fort Smith Arkansas, William S. Phillips of Brownsville Pennsylvania, Harry L. Everetts of Utica New York, Amour Loriaux of Caney Kansas.
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Cleveland
Department of Justice
Wage Committee of Manufacturers
Frank Bastin
Vincennes
Ind
William FE. Smoith
Clarksburg
W. Va
H.R. Hilton
Port Allegheny
John B. Scahy
Sistersville
Charles H. Harding
Fort Smith
Ark
William 8. Phillips
Brownsville
Harry .L. Everetts
Utica
Amour Loriaux
Caney, Kau
Tallapoosa Stands By Distressed Schooner Anendate
The four masted schooner Anendate, 1566 tons, bound from St. Andrews to Newport News with crossties, went ashore near St. Andrews Bay Fla. The Tallapoosa and tug E. E. Simpson stood by after wireless message to the coast guard. An effort to refloat the vessel was planned for the evening.
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St.Andrews Bay
Fla
Coast Guard
Anendate
Mobile Ship Chandlery Company
St. Andrews
Newport News
E. E. Simpson
Pensacola
Tallapoosa
Hearing on masked band depredations in Morehouse parish
In Bastrop Louisiana Governor Parker accuses the Ku Klux Klan of depredations in Morehouse parish. The investigation spans over three months with agents and state ceho presenting evidence. Jed L Odom of the sixth district presides at a hearing opening shortly after 10 am. The judge orders sheriff searches for all entrants and adjourns proceedings until 2 o clock.
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Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
John M. Parker
Department of Justice
State Ceho
Jed L. Odom
Odom
Bastrop Opens Hearings On Murder Terror in Morehouse Parish
Open hearing begins as state seeks to pin weeks of terror on Morehouse Parish, culminating in the August murders of Watt Daniela and Tom Richards. AG Coco says about sixty witnesses may testify voluntarily with many more compelled, secret case details kept to avoid wild speculation. National guardsmen guard Bastrop court as crowds gather outside and youths play on courthouse lawn.
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Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Watt Daniela
Thomas FF. Richards
Fedal
A. V. Coco
Coco
Daniels
Nichards
Richards
Fred W. Odum
North Louisiana
Taw
Tom Richards
Mer Rouge
States' child United born to States couple in Pa
A birth certificate at the Pennsylvania state registrar lists a son named United States born to John and Mary States of northern Pennsylvania. The record notes the parents shared the States surname before marriage.
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Harrisburg
United States
Department of Health
Pennsylvania
John
Ex-Congressman's Son Sought in Brutal Assault
Police search Keith Carlin son of former Virginia Representative C. C. Carlin after a janitress Mary T. Turner 26 alleges he attacked her at a northwest apartment house. Turner obtained a warrant. she remains under medical care for hair loss and scalp lacerations.
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Washington
Keith Carlin
C. c. Carlin
Virginia
Mary T. Turner
Turner
Gore
Carlin
Mary Gertrude Keane
Decree Aimed at Guiding Trade Associations
A New York court decree to be the foundation of government policy toward trade associations as cooperative business bodies. The decree, issued before Judge Innox, lists activities not considered violations of antitrust laws.
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Washington
Court of
New York
Ness
Innox
Untermyer Attacks Decree On Gypsum Case In New York
Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the Lockwood legislative committee, denounces a federal consent decree in the Gypsum Industries Association case. He says Congress should intervene to curb federal actions, calling the decree dangerous and a near repeal of anti trust laws. He argues it would promote law breaking and hinder enforcement of existing statutes.
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Lockwood Committee
Missing In Bridge Fall Fixed At Twenty Two
Kelso Washington January 5 known deaths from the bridge collapse rose by two with the missing list at twenty two Injured man Harry Kirk died last night George McDonald died yesterday The list grows as employers report more absent workers Grapplers from Portland expected to aid recovery Coroner W J Johnson and Deputy W A Vannote to assume duty January 8 for inquiry into causes.
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Kelso
Wash
Harry Kirk
George
McDonald
Portland
Cowlitz River
W. J. Johnson
Oroner
W. A. Vannote
Mobile Officials to Hold Selma Court Session
Federal district court officials will travel from Mobile to Selma for the Selma term of court next week. The party includes Judge Robert Ervin, Virgiti Griffin clerk, Aubrey Boyles US attorney and aide, Joseph John, C C Gewin marshal and clerk, with the session expected to last about a week. The special term begins January 22.
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Federal District Court
Mobile
Selma
Robert ‘?. Ervin
Virgti Griffin
Marines Arrested In Baton Rouge Identity Admission
Four Marines and a group of suspects were taken into custody after a late night stop near Clinton. Police say the captors wore uniforms resembling French Marines, provoking belief of foreign insignia, though officials later noted the men appeared American. Dantonio stated authorities arranged the trip from a News & suburban resort.
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Baton Rouge
Jose ‘Orleans
Accon Sey
Dantonio
News & Suburban
Hubbs
Clinton
Convent of Good Shepherd Destroyed in Fire
A major fire gutted the Convent of Good Shepherd at St George de a Wie bee on January 5, leaving a rubble heap and estimated losses of 150000 dollars covered by insurance. Investigators traced the blaze to the roof as the probable origin amid Canada’s recent string of deadly church fires.
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ST. George DE A
Convent of Good Shepherd
Canada
Bandits Raid Sioux Bank Wounding Officers
A bandit and three officers were wounded in a Sioux City bank raid near Maurice Iowa on January 5. The thieves surprised workers, failed to secure loot, and escaped.
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Sioux City
Maurice
Iowa
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Harding
Fountainebleau
United
Samuel Untermyer
Lockwood Legislative Committee
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