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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1928
Page
1
A Memphis letters threatens violence against W. Saunders and family. The sender, calling themselves "the three ghost men," demands payment and warns of a brutal crime if ignored. Saunders offers $1,000 for the arrest of the sender and reports the letter postmarked from Memphis.
A description highlights women war workers rising to prominence as social arbiters. It notes the influence of Mrs. Cholmondeley as daughter of Lord Cholmondeley shaping postwar society and leadership roles.
Indian girl from Bufand and daughter of a minister passes the Oklahoma state bar examination with the highest mark ever awarded to a woman applicant.
The city commission moves to adopt a short term drainage program. Residents in the new territory will receive funds and improvements including Wilkinson Street drain and Three Mile Creek linkage. Police patrols and fire department equipment are ordered as the territory is annexed.
In Cornell Wisconsin an anonymous letter demanded $400 in cash to pay for kidnapping of Dr J H A Foster's son and a second letter threatened Mrs Clara Tarimen's child Bernard Tarimen. Police seek the letter writer and Chippewa county posts a $500 reward amid a posse pursuit with no ransom collected.
In Little Rock Arkansas county officials continue a delayed inquiry into the deaths of five children found in a fire. W G Denby, father of the victims, remained jailed as authorities seek sufficient evidence for charges before a written release deadline. Denby attended the funeral under guard while state officials planned further questioning.
Somerville N J Jan 6 The $2,000,000 James B Duke bequest hearing was postponed for two weeks after attorneys for Elizabeth Duke of Wichita Texas and Annie Orwell of West Virginia argued only those present at the earlier proceeding would share. Frech followed a prior ruling limiting participants to who attended the court.
A heated hearing revolves around payments for Navy articles. Magruder admits no set price and cites a received check after testimony and questions about compliance with naval rules. The exchange grows tense as Updike demands respect and threatens to withdraw.
Admiral Thomas P. PP testified before the House Naval Committee that the New York Navy Yard serves insufficient sanitary and commercial value and wastes government funds. He proposed Boston and Philadelphia yards assume its duties to save costs, noting limited ship access to New York yard at certain times.
Henry Moily, who confessed to killing his wife and sister-in-law in a brutal New Orleans crime, was ruled sane by a commission of analysts. The report will be used at his forthcoming trial as three doctors are expected to testify when the state seeks to counter any insanity defense.
Cincinnati Ohio January 6 Remus planned to leave for Lima this afternoon by automobile to seek a writ of habeas corpus in neutral territory The appeal from the probate court remitting him to the insane asylum will stand as the court held Ohio law provides a legal path for insanity determinations after a murder acquittal Judge Bell noted no alienists were needed for commitment to Lima state hospital for the criminal insane and the move follows a recent murder acquittal based on insanity Imogene Remus wife was murdered last October 6.
David H. Blair, internal revenue commissioner, testified before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee that John Hayes, charged with corruption and improper conduct as a North Carolina solicitor, is eminently qualified to sit as federal judge. Hayes serves under a recess appointment in the new middle district of North Carolina amid serious charges of corruption and accepting favors for money.
Dr. Juan Sacasa, former Nicaragua president, told AP in Guatemala City he has no ties to the Sandino movement but views Sandino's actions as patriotic. His government withdrew from Puerto Cabezas last year after Henry L. Stimson's peace plan was accepted by Nicaraguan leaders.
Officer Gus Girard of the early morning watch was suspended from the police force for failing to report back after a call. Chief Warren Burch said Girard did not report to his commanding officer or the chief with an explanation.
Entrants must submit by tomorrow for the serial illustration coloring contest tied to The News Item. Judges will reach a decision Monday as more chapters of The Blazing Horizon appear, with prizes awarded for selected pictures and all schools urged to participate.
A batch of brief notices reports a Birmingham attorney seeking real estate in New York to belonging to a firm, a St Louis drugstore hold up ends in three suspects dead, Cleveland philanthropist Norton dies, Wayne Indiana farmer Fred Thorn missing on a Jacksonville trip, coast guard and military updates, and a Birmingham riveter killed by a hoist accident.
Alvin C. Karenziein, 61, longtime University of Pennsylvania standout and renowned athlete, died today at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. His career included top national marks and a lasting impact on collegiate sports.
Women known to have lost their lives others missing a fourth severely burned and a five day old infant burned about the face in a blaze that wrecked the top floor of a tenement on upper Madison Avenue.
More than 200 workers push toward finishing the 26th paving venture in Mobile with a projected cost near 1 million dollars. Crews have opened some streets to traffic while others await final concrete work and curb installation, with St Joseph Street widened and new white way lighting added.
W Dr Bellingrath president of Coca Cola Bottling Co buys 110 ft frontage site on the north side of St Anthony east of Royal in Mobile adjacent to other property he owns from Magnolia Compress and Warehouse Co for 5000 dollars. He states no definite plans yet but expects expansion as Mobile prospers and needs more floor space.
Alabama fair tonight with increasing cloudiness Saturday and a slow temperature rise with freezing risk in the interior. Mississippi clouding tonight then Saturday with light to moderate northeast winds. Northwest Florida Saturday cloudy with warming temperatures tonight and moderate northeast winds.
Commissioner Doran says most prohibition agents failed civil service exams and would lose their jobs unless requirements are modified. Administrators in Savannah Fort Worth Los Angeles St Louis San Francisco also did not meet standards, with regional failures across Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and West Virginia as eight percent failed nationwide. He asks for another trial but awaits the commission’s decision.
John J. Hayes, the federal judge nominee for the Middle District of North Carolina, faced questions today as he testified before a Senate judiciary sub-committee. Critics accused him of past corruption and extortion, while Hayes sought to defend his fitness for the bench.
Coast Guard units including the cutter Tampa and several patrol boats with amphibian planes based at Gloucester and Massachusetts waters conduct operations against smugglers. Cutter Welen and others were noted yesterday under H. G. Hammett command of the destroyer force, believed to be on the Tampa.
Clarke County Sheriff 8 C McVey arrested Eugene Lewis at Prichard on a warrant charging manufacturing and distributing prohibited liquor. The case arose from the 1927 fall term at Grove Hill. The officer also took another man at Mt Vernon on a charge of bad checks.
Alabama moves second armed force to Mississippi Sound to intercept eight boats suspected of poaching. Four men arrested in state waters, two boats seized. deputies chase fleet toward Bayou Pen. Names include Trumg Williams Jonk Russo D F Russo and B F Fumney amid violations of shrimping laws.
H E Phillips a machinist’s mate aboard the coast guard ship was arraigned for manslaughter in the first degree and held on bond. Leslie Leo Kelly, 27, was found dead after a dispute at 652 Selma Street. coroner H F Hale said heart disease and weakness could contribute but could not confirm the cause. Attorney F E Grova represents Phillips who did not testify.
Mrs. Phillips Kraus told police a man next to her at the Capitol theatre stole her purse containing two 50 checks and $20 in cash. Detectives are investigating. A bundle of burlap paper bags found at Water and St Francia streets by Officer Eli Merrill awaits an owner.
Figures released by chest officials show the Community Chest drive cost 6, lower than the first drive costs. Records indicate Mobile's campaign expenditure is the lowest among chests in Pay of Mobile's population in the country. The expense accounts for 28 percent of the budget raised, according to the secretary.
Mobile Chamber proposes a line from Atlanta to New Orleans with Mobile as a mid point. Emergency landing fields to be set every 60 miles and marked for aviators. Small towns along the route likely to cooperate to provide nearby stations. New Orleans to Atlanta service will start after night-work is completed. contract awarded to Tammany Gulf Airways of New Orleans.
The Dixie Golf Pilgrimage, organized by Golfers' Magazine, brings about 150 golfers to Mobile on January 26. Arrangements by the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Mobile Country Club include a possible foursome of two visiting pros and two locals. Noted professionals like Kirkwood are expected to attend, with plans for play at the local course and large spectator galleries.
Reports from Mobile indicate cabbage crops suffered heavy damage from the recent cold snap with losses estimated from 2 to 60 percent. Satsuma trees largely escaped harm though many trees will shed leaves slowing growth. O F E Winberg, president of the Gulf Coast Cirrus Exchange, led an orchard damage check.
The local observer predicts a 42 degree low tonight and a warmer day tomorrow. Precautions like turning off water pipes and draining radiators will be unnecessary as conditions improve. Fruit trees suffered from the cold. mobile and other weather effects ease as the cold abates.
Partial construction on the Coast Guard radio plant continues with minimal progress in December. Pipe laid and telephone lines installed while mast timbers and pole erections await completion and equipment deliveries remain outstanding at the site.
Peggy White of a Birmingham Real Estate Company writes to the police chief to aid in finding her father, R. A. Dascus, who is believed to be working on a boat between New Orleans and an unknown port. She fears foul play and asks for telephone updates and coordinated efforts to locate him.
Explosions rocked two mills owned by the Hercules Company in Valley Falls, Wyoming. Initial reports say one person was killed and several injured as fires followed the blasts.
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