Fort Morgan sale authorized by Senate action
The Senate approved a bill authorizing sale of Fort Morgan and adjacent military lands at eastern Mobile Bay and western Perdido Bay entry points. The fort, abandoned as a Coast artillery post, housed about 2,000 men during World War I and lies near several homes. The bill also authorized sales of Ship Island Mississippi and sites in Louisiana Tennessee and Texas including Fort Crockett and Jackson Barracks.
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Fort Morgan
Mobile Bay
Senate
Ts Pees
Bay la Launch
Perdido Bay
Coast Artillery
War Department
Anities Kaa
Gaines
Mobile
Louisiana
Chickamauga and
Chattaneens
National Military Park
Tennessee
Fort Crockett
Texas
Forts Jackson and
Macomb
Jackson Barracks
Fort Pike
Ship Island
Miss
Capt Hutchison Claimed by Death at Healing Springs
Cap William Peter Hutchison, Mobile merchandise broker and inventor promoter, died this morning at Healing Springs Alabama after weeks of illness. An undertaker left to bring his body to Mobile. He leaves wife and son Reese Hutchisson.
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William Peter Hutchison
Mobile
Reese Hutchisson
Healing Springs
Ala
Roche Mortuary
Hutchisson
Charcoal Car Fire on Mobile and Ohio Tracks
Fire damaged a carload of charcoal on the Mobile and Ohio tracks between Conti and Dauphin streets at 8:50 this morning. Fire trucks saved half the coal owned by Arata Produce Co. Earlier, at 5 o'clock, a small fire in a blacksmith shop at Lexington and Davis avenues caused slight damage.
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Mobile
Ohio
Front Street
Conti
Dauphin Streets
Arata Produce Comny. Panne Department
Lexington Avenue
Davis Avenue
New Era Stores Incorporated In City
The New Era Stores Inc filed incorporation papers in probate court today to operate general stores. Incorporators include Jefferson Davis Mobile H C Bedford Ray Minent and Ralph G Green Mobile acting as secretary and treasurer.
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New Era Stores, Inc
Jefferson Davis
Mobile
H. C. Bedford
Ray Minent
Ralph G. Green
Treas
Bay Boosters Change Meeting Venue Tonight
The Mobile Bay Boosters Club will meet at 7 30 p m tonight at the Bienville hotel headquarters, instead of the club house on Fowl River. The move was announced today.
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Mobile Bay Boosters Club
Bienville Hotel
Fowl River
Ervin Rule Could Extend Coast Guard Seizure Reach
Judge Robert T. Ervin of the federal court in Mobile holds that the government may prove a ship’s distance from U S shores by the typical speed of local vessels used to shuttle liquor from mother ships. The ruling affects a British rum running case, Francis E, now on appeal in New Orleans. If upheld, seizures may extend beyond the former one hour distance.
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Robert T. Ervin
Federal Court of South Alabama
United States
United States Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Coast Guard
Mobile
Circuit Court of Ap
Ervin
Court of A
Forgevansgaree
Ted States
Jury to Probe Rolly Hold-Up in Dauphin Street Car Case
Grand jury to investigate the December 9 hold-up and robbery of J. L. Williams, motorman, with J. O. Russell charged. Russell, claiming mistaken identity, asserts he was at home on Burton avenue Crichton. Williams identified him to police. Russell free on $1000 bond.
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J. L. Williams
Dauphin Street
J. O. Russell
Recorder’s Court
Russell
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
R. H. McConnell
Jack Courtney
Burton Avenue
Crichton
Williams
Thefts Lead to 60 Day Sentences in Mobile
John Brevalis, resident of Mobile, received 60 days on a petit larceny charge after being found with a suit of clothes valued at 22.50 from J. W. Webber & Co. on Dauphin street. Separate cases involve two shotguns from the steamer E C Grace and two beggars fined 51 and costs with hard labor.
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John Brevalis
Mobile
County Road
Recorder
Paul Cagzalas
Brevalis
Dauphin Street
J. W. Webber & Co
South Royal Street
J. E. Hubbard
E. C. Grace
A. L. Sims
M. Halliday
Grant
A. Watts
Frank Kelly
W. F. Burch
Bids Cut for Mobile Bay Bridge Project as Five Firms Advance
Seven of twelve bidders were eliminated after a preliminary bid tabulation for the Mobile bay bridge project. The remaining five firms, headed by Woodthers Construction of Lincoln Nebraska and Virginia Bridge of Richmond, will be studied further with officials. The seven mile project spans Blakeley Island to Baldwin county with a roadway and steel bridge structures valued near one million dollars.
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Mobile Bay Bridge
Mtive
Conde Eee
Ood Thers Construction Comny
Lincoln
Neb
Kansas City Dye Company
Kansas City
Virginia Bridge Company
Eeeham
the Foundation Company
New York
Oe Bridge and Iron Company
Joan T. Cochrane
Bri Peepesy
Commerce Tooms Oe Conferenc
Cochrane
Sat Coch
Mobile River
Terminas
Baldwin County
Auto Death Case Taken To Jurors
Jack Busby charged with manslaughter in a fatal auto accident on Old Shell road near Crichton ten days ago. He waived examination to the grand jury after arraignment in inferior criminal court. The crash involved a wagon and horse driven by Richard King, who died from injuries.
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Jack Busby
Old Shell Road
Crichton
Inferior Criminal Court
Bond
Busby
Richard King
Joe Smith
Rufus Cannon
Clarke
Smith
Circuit Court
B. DeBritton
Charleston Will Feature Cops Ball
The Mobile Police Relief Association hosts a ball February 9 at Adams Motor Company auditorium. President Claude Johnson announces details are being arranged and a Charleston dance contest is among the features.
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Mobile Police Relief Association
Adams Motor Company
Claude Johnson
Association
Blindfolded Driver Plans Silent City Drive in Mobile
Raboid claims to drive an Oldsmobile blindfolded through Mobile’s main business district on Monday January 11 between 12 and 1 PM. He asserts pedestrian traffic regulations justify his stunt and will seal the blindfold before spectators at Royal Street, with a practice run through several avenues mentioned in the office notice.
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Raboid
Oldsmobile
Mobile
Regu
Puttanen Econ
Prvaently
Ee Ee
Royal Street
All Records Broken for Mail Traffic Report
The report notes mail traffic records broken with December figures showing mixed movement. Detroit and San Francisco show increases while a general decline is mentioned elsewhere. the data include percentages and comparisons to prior figures.
Residents oppose city plan for extensive paving drive
At a city commission meeting objections were voiced to the 23rd paving venture covering thirty eight streets at a cost of nearly a ton cocerene. Opponents demanded a bond to guarantee paving life and raised concerns from petty owners about paving Wikinso and Davis streets.
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Apton Cocerene
Wikinso Eee A Davis
Three Die in Miami Beach Barge Explosion
Three men were burned to death and several others injured in a flareback during an explosion on the Guns company barge docked at Miami Beach this afternoon.
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Miami
Fra
T Oe Bang Company
Miami Beach
Speaker Named in Board Bill Suit
Austin Texas January 5 Speaker Lee Satterwhite of the Texas house is named in a suit over a $75 board bill dating back nearly four years. An attorney for M s a Ford now in Tulare County California seeks payment on a promissory note Satterwhite signed June 1 in Panhandle Texas. The claim states the debt is owed and Satterwhite disputes repudiation while noting debts and past due sums.
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Austin
Texas
Lee Satterwhite
Texas House of Representatives
M'sma Ford
Tulare County
California
Satterwhite
Panhan
Tor
Youth Held as Mail Sack Thief in Alabama
Anniston Ala Jan 5 William Bevell a young man was in Calhoun county court today after a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner H Evans Bevell entered a guilty plea and bond was set at 1000 He was arrested days ago by Piedmont police
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Anniston
Als
William EB. Bevell
Youny Dottoo
Calhoun County
Iene
Board
Pied T
United States
H. Evans
Bevell
Piedmont
Troops Urged as Miners Gather for Mass Meeting in Booneville
In Booneville Indiana on January 5 a thousand coal miners arrived for a mass meeting to protest unemployment in the area. Mine owner Walter Korff demanded Governor Ed Jackson dispatch state troops to preserve order. Sheriff Karl Sprachey said the miners were orderly and anticipated no trouble.
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Booneville
Ind
Ed Jackson
Walter Korff
Karl Sprachey
Norris seeks power permit ban on upper Tennessee river
Senator Norris of Nebraska introduced a resolution in the Senate calling for the Indian power commission to withhold consenting permits for power development on the upper Tennessee River until Congress decides the disposition of Muscle Shoals. The measure was referred to the Senate Agricultural Committee.
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Washington
Oral Power Commission
Upper
Tennessee River
Congress
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Senate Agricultura
Perfect Day Forecast Promises Fair Weather Ahead
A weather bureau forecast promised a perfect day on Wednesday with sunny skies. The outlook also notes a clear night and a comfortable temperature outlook following the midweek sunshine.
Cotton Men 10 Cancel Meeting of Southern Conference
In Atlanta on January 5, the Southern Commission agriculture cancels today’s conference intended to set methods for cotton growers. Will Upshaw gives welcome, D Wilson Louisianda, Harris and Wannamaker comment on the cancellation and future plans.
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Atlanta
Avery State
Tex Oklahoma
Wennamaker
Ngton
Will D. Upshaw
D. Wilson Louisiand
Southern
Wilson
Harris
Wannamaker
Moore
Eecasselation
New Shoals Bill Introduced in Senate and House Action
A Muscle Shoals bill moves in Congress with Norris proposing a plan to develop the Tennessee power system and turn dams to a government corporation. The secretary of agriculture would handle fertilizer operations, and a private Shoals resolution advances in the House by 248 to 27, now before the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Norris
State Agricultural Committee
Alabama
Tennessee
Car Corporation
Muscle Shoals
Secretary of Agriculture
House
Chinese marshal resigns from army in Peking
The National People's Army confirms Feng Yu-hsia Kalgan resigns as commander and plans retirement to private life. He reportedly will not go abroad immediately and may travel to Europe and America later. General Chang Chih-Chiang to assume command.
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Peking
National People’s Army
Feng Yu-Hsia Kalgan
Feng
Xe Se
Europe
America
Chang Chih-Chiang
Objects to parts of new tax bill in Senate committee
Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee objected to the normal and surtax provisions of the new tax bill at today's meeting. The committee recessed without completing consideration of that portion of the measure.
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Washington
Democratic
Senate Finance Committee
Robert Scott Found in Cell in Chicago Tragedy
The long trial of Russell Scott ends with a death sentence for Russell while Robert Scott is later found in a cell in Chicago. Russell claimed Robert committed the killing and a stay granted on insanity grounds weeks before the execution.
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Robert Scott
Convict Robert Scott Said to Head Illinois Syndicate on Train
A man believed to be Robert Scott, sought in Chicago for the 1924 murder of drug clerk Joseph Maurer, boarded a train at Merced under double guard for return to Illinois. His brother Russell Scott, a reputed syndicate head, had been convicted of the same murder.
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Chicago
Jan
Robert Scott
Russell
Robert
Canada
Robert Eee
John An
Igentitihere
Russell Scott
Joseph Maurer
Bob
Catherine
Detroit
Coolidge
Small
Chester
Merced
Calif
Jane
Illinois
Ruswell Scott
Seertain
Leree Syndicate
Maurer
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Tries Poison in Chicago
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is in a serious condition after attempting suicide by swallowing eight ounces of poison during a party night in Chicago. Gussie Pegg Sieggs gave a police account claiming Thaw had been despondent for days and drank heavily after returning from a New Year’s party.
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Gussie
Peg Sieggs
Fivelyn
Ivelyn
Thaw
Ari
Ben
Florida
Chicago
Evelyn Nesbit
Berens
S Papo
Evelyn
Rancher Found Slain in El Paso Area
A rancher, connected to war finance interests, was found shot and killed amid unclear circumstances near Columbus, New Mexico and El Paso. Officials report few details, with mentions of a man named Delkins and a party from Mexico. The case involves police inquiries and lingering questions about motive and location.
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EL Paso
la George
New Mexico
War Finance
Des Canyon
Mexico
Columbus
Delkins
Appointment election dispute over Senate seat unclear text
Fragmentary report mentions discussing appointment and a call to choose a successor. Names and details are garbled, with reference to January context and a Washington location. No clear outcome or entities due to damaged text.
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Fae
Washington
Young i Gerald P
Get
Arguin
Ted
Noted Playwright Reported Recovering After Heart Attack
A prominent writer of drama is said to be recovering after a reported heart attack. Officials or doctors indicate the artist remains in a critical condition but showing signs of improvement.
Bill Introduces New Shoals Plan in Senate
Senator Norris of Nebraska introduces a federal compromise on Muscle Shoals as part of a plan debated in the Senate. The proposal aims to shape government use of the facilities and oversee the Muscled Shoals project.
Business Policy New Mayor's Idea Prompts City Debate
In Boston on January 1909 a new mayor, publican Chang the publican? was inaugurated amid city policy debates. The move sparks discussion on business policy and municipal strategy with local officials weighing potential reforms.
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Boston
Pscolm
Chang
Asmaaree Oe
City
Pepe Ae
Shots Fired At Fascisti Leader In Paris
In Paris Latin Quarter a fascist leader was shot at and wounded, transported to a hospital for treatment. Police reported the assailant fled, with no immediate details on motive or identity.
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Fascisti
Paris
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