Taylor Is Approved By Senate Committee
The appointment of R. V. Taylor as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission was unanimously approved by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee after a hearing in Mobile. Taylor faced questions about railroad ties and a prior conference with Seaboard Air Line counsel F Johnson, denied possessing railroad stocks or current connections.
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R.V. Taylor
Mobile
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Washington
Taylor
Senator Wheeler
Montana
Forney Johnson
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
President Coolidge
Johnson
Wheeler
Seaboard
H. P. Long
Louisiana Public Service
Seaboard Air Line
Hine
Underwood
Associated Press
Long
Ofchard V. Taylor
Alabama
Democart
H. P Long
Louisiana Public Service Commission
R. V. Taylor
American Railway Security Owners’ Association
Woodlock
Senate
Coolidge
Mr. Taylor
Blindfolded Mobile driver wowed crowds with telepathic eyes
Rajah Rabold, guided by his wife’s mental telepathy, drove a brand new Oldsmobile through downtown Mobile at noon with bandaged eyes. He identified drink flavors and later named perfumes and prices at Hammel's Store as police managed a packed crowd and street traffic.
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Rajah Rabold
Mobile
Rabold
News-Item
Carefy
U Per
Raboid
Hammel’s
Radio stations seek help identifying driver in Grand Bay fatal
Radio stations nationwide will ask listeners to describe a man killed Saturday near Grand Bay who was struck by a vehicle. The stranger, about 40, 5 feet 6 inches, 210 pounds with a distinctive jaw, no ID, wore a leather jacket and carried a small purse and miniature shoe. The description circulated through outlets including Atlantic City and Philadelphia affiliates.
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United States
Grand Bey
Belgnt
Jewelers robbed on 48th Street for 100000 in diamonds
Two jewelers were robbed of more than 100000 in uncut diamonds on 48th Street near Avenue on a pistol assault. The suspects fled in a car. Victims included Goudvis Brothers brokers and Emanuel Veerman an employee en route from Harriman National Bank to the firm’s office.
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New York
Ind
48Th Street
B Avenue
Pedon
Goudvis Brothers
Nd Brokers
Emanuel Veerman
Senate panel approves nomination of Taylor to I C C
A brief hearing saw Chard V. Taylor of Alabama nominated to the Interstate Commerce Commission approved unanimously by the Senate committee. Taylor testified that he has no railroad connections or stock and denied improper influence from rail interests.
Injured railroad workers suffer leg fractures after cross ties fall
Ike Brown and Daniel Crumb members of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company section hands were injured Saturday when cross ties toppled onto them. Both men sustained identical fractures with both legs broken at the same spot in three places.
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Ike Brown
Daniel Crumb
Mobile and Hio Railroad Company
Gasoline price cut in Mobile reduces to eighteen cents
A three cent per gallon reduction took effect at Mobile filling stations today bringing the price to 18 cents including two cents tax. It is the first change in months and the first decline in about a year.
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Mobile
Partly Cloudy Night Forecast Indicates Warmer Tuesday
Partly cloudy weather tonight and Tuesday from the local weather bureau. The temperature will rise gradually after a low near freezing. Last night’s low reached 32.3 degrees.
Winter Visitors Club to Meet at Chamber Office
Members of the Mobile Winter Visitors Club will hold a social program at 1 30 o clock Tuesday afternoon at the Mobile Chamber of Commerce office. The meeting will include entertainment and a light program for attendees.
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Mobile
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Weather update for Alabama and nearby regions
Partly cloudy conditions with warmer temperatures expected Tuesday across portions of Alabama. The forecast notes warmer conditions in the southeast and cooler periods tonight with scattered clouds extending into southwest Mississippi.
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Alabama
T. Andl Yontes
First French Morocco operation advances in Rif region
French forces completed a major inland operation in Morocco's Neves area west of Traounat and the upper Leben valley. About ten thousand troops from Fes and forces from Taza joined north of the Senadja mountains, facing little resistance as they moved to secure valleys toward Bent Our country and the road to AA jir. The move aims to protect tribesmen whose submission has unsettled the Rifians who remain unsubdued.
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Rabat
French Morocco
Morocco
Neves
Lan Des Sless
Traounat
Leben
Fes
Taza
Senadja
AA Jir
Campaign Underway For Orphan Fund Drive
The Trying Iron of the United Orphans' Deign leads the annual drive to raise funds for local institutions. Squad members line up donations as soliciting teams prepare to operate through next week.
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I Ron
United Orphans’ Deign
Wey
Mobile Delegates Attend Southern Baptist Convention
Delegates from Mobile travel to Birmingham for the Southern Baptist Convention. Representing Dauphin Way church are Mrs. J. D. Rutledge, Mrs. B. B. Gantt, Miss Mattie Whitten, and Ira McLaughlin with additional attendees listed.
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Mobile
Birmingham
Dauphin Way Church
J. D. Rutledge
B. B. Gantt
Mattie Whitten
Ira McLaughlin
Is €. Carroll
Body of Negro Woman Identified in Tragic Death
The coroner reports the body of a Black woman, about eighty years old, found dead under unclear circumstances. Authorities say the case is under investigation as they seek to determine the cause and any involved parties.
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F.ee
Rajah Raboid exhibition scene spotted by crowd
A nine or ten year old boy in the crowd questions Rajah Raboid’s act asking where the radio is. Spectators laugh at the apparent trick as the Master Mind drives a car toward the Chero Cola factory and the boy remains puzzled.
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Rajah Raboid
Peete
Asi
Profoundo
Chero Cola
Wales
Thirteen Day Racing Meet Planned in City
Directors of the Mobile Business Men's Association voted to host a thirteen day racing meet in the city at the Fair Grounds. They invite members to confer with the local racing association next Sunday on proposed arrangements. Attending were R. Taylor Peck vice president J. A. Robinson secretary L. G. Adams R. G. Henderson and R. H. Redcliffe.
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Mobile Business Men's Association
Battle House
Fas Bas
Fair Grounds
R. Taylor Peck
J. A. Robinson
L. G. Adams
R. G. Herndon
R.H. Redcliffe
Suspect in National Vehicle Theft Case Returned to Mobile
Fred Charles McManus was indicted in Mobile on a charge under the national vehicle theft act. He was brought from Atlanta where he was arrested after supposedly fleeing a jail in Hattiesburg. Deputies Johnson and Akerman of the U S marshal service escorted him to Mobile.
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Fred Charles McManus
Mobile
Atlanta
Hattiesburg
Robert Johnson
Joe Akerman
Office of
The
United States Mershal
Colored Parochial School Fire Causes and Damage
The Colored Parochial School at Akan Walnut and Seng Streets caught fire this morning. Fire officials say a defective flue started the blaze, with only slight damage reported. The department responded to four calls on Sunday afternoon as part of routine service.
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Akan Walnut
Sengstak
Dot
County Budget Talk Postponed by Board of Revenue
Consideration of the proposed county budget for the present year was postponed by the board of revenue at its regular meeting today. A copy of County Treasurer’s report was filed with the board and it was stated that an opportunity to study this report would be before the budget for the next year was decided.
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Board of Revenue
Damages Sought in Death of Puppies Filed in Circuit Court
A. N. Stafford seeks 250 dollars in a circuit court action against Zimmernop alleging dog owner violations and allowing a dog to run at large leading to the death of six puppies.
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A. N. Stafford
Pou Zimmernop
Stafford
Liquor Crew Hearing Set for Varuna Seized Vessel
Eight crew members of the liquor smuggling echoonar Varuna, captured by a coast guard cutter off the Louisiana coast, will face preliminary hearings in Mobile. The vessel, with about 1190 cases of whiskey beer and alcohol aboard, is to be moved upriver to a storage warehouse where other ram boats tied up after past seizures are kept. Master Bodden along with Jack Moore Ernest Ropes are white crew members. the rest are Black.
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Echooner Varuis
Mobile Gunoday
Res
Coast Guard
Nce
Louisiana
UN States Com
Co. B. Bodden
Jack Moore
Ernest’ Ropes
Attempt To Bring Rate Hearing Here
An effort to hold the hearing in the Luckenbach Steamship Case faced opposition as talks over rates on goods from the Pacific Coast to interior points were discussed. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce and RK G Cobb advised Interstate Commerce, with the executive board of the Ses a Traffic meeting previously set for Atlanta to determine location.
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Luckenbach Steamship Company
Eirealtin
Predertiamel Reise
Pacific Coast
Gulf
Ae Mobile Eee
Wetteaten
Cata
Motne
RK. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Sessbere Traffic Sarees
Atlanta
W . Uim
Traffic Committee Meeting in Mobile Chamber Session
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic committee will convene Wednesday at 11 to discuss rate matters affecting Mobile. Subjects include warehousing and storage charges on Itzer Material with a hearing planned in Atlanta. Washington hearing noted for January 27.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Atlanta
Washington
Day law hearing leads to fines and labor sentences
Dan Bell was fined 60 dollars and two days hard labor after violation of a day law and then arraigned in the inferior criminal court. William Anderson H Kelly Mik George Geeneon Burke and W H Rose were fined and cast by Judge N R Clarke for gaming on Sunday after arrest in a house in the city’s southern part. deputy sheriffs Burch and K ca assisted.
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Dan Bell
William Anderson
H. Kelly
Mik- George
C.eeneon Burke
W. H Rose
N. R.clarke
Burch
K Ca
Triple Slayer Found Sane by Board in Richmond
In Richmond a board ruled the alleged triple slayer mentally normal and not insane. Gov. E Lee Trin ne ordered the inquiry. The finding follows a report detailing mental state assessments and the absence of insanity as a defense.
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Richmond
Ya. Jen
E. Lee Trinne
Sneak Thieves Active in City Reported Break-ins
Police log multiple prowler incidents with forced rear window entries on South Fern Street and Hill Avenue. A woman says two white men in a dilapidated Ford followed a girl, attempting to lure her into the car. Jewelry and an auto tire were stolen from several homes. investigators seek a stranger seen on a gallery.
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Wengie
John Truex
South Fern Street
Ives
Lyon
L. Williams
Tf Hill Avenue
M. Donovan
Spring Hill Avenue
Smith
Giscove
Elks
The
Smiths
Opera stars to be heard over radio concert
Mme Frances Alda soprano and Tita Ruffo baritone of the Metropolitan Opera with the Flonzaley quartet will be broadcast next Thursday evening from 9 p.m. eastern time on station WIZ and other Radio Corporation of America outlets. The program will be heard on WJZ New York KYW Chicago DKAN Vicksburg WXZE Springfield Massachusetts Shenectady and WRC Washington.
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New York
Mme
Frances Alda
Tita Ruffo
Metropolitan Opera
Flonzaley
WIZ
Padio Corporation of America
Jme
WJZ
KYW
Chicago
DKAN
Vicksburg
WXZE
Pringfield
Maess
Schenectads
WRC
Srashington
German Bike Team Victorious In Winter Meet
At the Sport Palais winter race opening a three hour cycling event saw the German team Koch Miethe win with 33 points. The American duo Frank Corry Bob Spears placed second with 2 points as fourteen teams competed.
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Berlin
Sport Palaise
Koch-Miethe
Frank Corry
Bob Spears
Freight Director of Line Is Dead
Berlin Jan 11 Richard Peltzer director of the freight department of the Hamburg American Line is dead.
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Berlin
Richard Peltzer
Schwarz Seeks Grange For Sheriff Staff
Schwarz expressed interest in Grange joining his staff as a deputy sheriff praising his ability to move unseen. Grange, the famed football star, was seen in New Orleans on an L and N excursion with Mobile residents. Sheriff Leon and Chief Phh attended the trip and commended the excur’s conduct.
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Schwarse
Red” Grange
New Oricone
Mobillans
L & NM
Newon
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Leon
Phh
Queen Margherita Laid To Rest Amid World Tribute
Rome authorities and thousands attend funeral processions for Margherita of Savoy, Italy's first native queen, as King Victor Emmanuel leads royal family and foreign dignitaries in mourning. Pope, diplomats, and international figures join wreaths and ceremonies in Rome and Paris.
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Rome
Margherita of
Savoy
Italy
Margherita
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Mussolini
Duke of
Genoa
Louis Napoleon
Prince Conrad
Bavaria
Henry P. Fletcher
Coolidge
Pantheon
Golfers to Meet Texas Opposition at Texas Open
National golf celebrities head to San Antonio for the $5,000 Texas Open, where three Texas players led by Harry Cooper will challenge the field. Jack Burden ton and Clarence Hubby of Temple also expected to contend as details note a strong lineup arriving from Oklahoma, California, New York, and Ohio.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Harry Cooper
Los Angeles
Jack Burne Oeton
Clarence Hubby
Temple
Bobby Cruickshank
Oklahoma City
Abe Espinoss
San Francisco
Joe Kirkwood
New York
William “Wild Bill’ Mehlhorn
Chicago
Larry ‘Nabholtz
Cleveland
Ohio
John Rogers
al Watrous
Grand Rap
Bankrupt Returns to Pay Old Debts in Knoxville
Knoxville, Tenn. Jan 11 Three years after L O Rogers and Company failed leaving about $100000 in debts Charles F Rogers of Knoxville resurfaced to announce a new fund of $200000 to pay off all debts.
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Knoxville
Tenn
L. O. Rogers & Company
Charles F
Rogers
Bandits Slaughter Twenty On Mexican Train
Mexican bandits attacked a train en route to Mexico City killing soldiers and passengers. Twenty were slain. seven of the military escort survived. robbers took three hundred thousand pesos and fled toward Jalapa. Federal troops launched pursuit on orders from authorities.
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Mexico City
Anuel Nunes
Train raid in Mexico City area leaves casualties and arrests
Large government forces pursue bandits after a train attack between Guardelajara and Mexico City. American Robert C Russell is thought killed along with the train crew. General Ortiz and lawyer Senor Galardo also die. General Ferrera, aboard the train, was targeted. the district is known Huerta stronghold.
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Mexico City
Guardelajara
Robert C. Russell
Ortiz
Senor Galardo
Jawyer
Ferrera
Consul Seeks Details on Train Seizure and Death
Washington reports the state department cabled American consul Dudley G. Dwyrie in Guadalajara Mexico asking for full details of a report that Robert C. Russell an American was seized from a train by bandits yesterday and burned to death.
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Washington
State Department
Dudley G. Dwyrie
Guadalajara
Mexico
Robert C. Russell
Ab Acan
Chicago May Get Huge Convention
A large agricultural rally may be held in Chicago bringing farmers leaders businessmen and railroad men to plan legislation to solve the surplus crops problem. Farm leaders favor a general rally of the farm community and agriculture based industries after corn meetings in Iowa Nebraska Illinois and other states conclude.
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Chicago
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Farm Bureau Federation
Wrecked Ford plane ready to resume Florida trip
After extensive test flights and tuning up yesterday the Miss Tampa one of the Ford all metal planes wrecked there recently was declared ready to resume the Florida trip. Two others Miss Miami and Miss Fort Myers will need another week of work before being restored for passenger service to Florida.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tampa
Florida
Doctors abandon hope for Cardinal Mercier
Brussels January 11 doctors said Cardinal Mercier Belgian prelate on his death bed after an operation is hopeless. The bulletin stated he sank lightly in the last 24 hours as attendants described his condition as hopeless amid the struggle.
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Brussels
Cardinal Mercier
No clear event due to fragmented text
Fragmentary report from Boston with unclear details on a murder case and a court sentence. Mentions Bridgewater hospital and a possible prison sentence but specifics are unreadable.
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Boston
France
Vanvetti
Bridgewater Hospital
San
Jury to decide if Cane guilty in lynching case
Clarksdale Mississippi January 14 The Cane case charged with murder in the Coleman lynching moved toward verdict as jurors began deliberations after the state rested. Colonel T B Ward, who led Coleman to trial, was the sole witness for the state.
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Clarksdale
Misa
G. O. Cane
Lindsey Coleman
Ward
Drete Coleman
Grew Nicholas
Leman
Decision on Muscle Shoals likely this session
Washington January 11 Muscle Shoals issue appears poised for a vote this session with leaders in Congress and Alabama facing off over deposition of Fike property amid agricultural policy discussions.
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Washington
Can
Senate
Innocrat
Alabama
Representative Lenny Repul Resigns in Prohibition Postwar Fallout
Langley Ake reports Washington January 11 that Representative Lenny Repul of Kentucky resigned his seat in the House after the war refused to review a decision for violation of the prohibition statute.
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Washington
Lenny Repul
Kentucky
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