Probe Still Under Way Inman Williams Death Case
City and county authorities continue the investigation into the death of young Williams found on a mattress in a Mobile home. Napolello reported the intruders beat him Sunday as he recounted details of the Monday entry. Dr. Walker found no foul play after examining Williams, attributing the death to exposure in a cold room.
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Walker
Williams
Young Williams
William and
Cliffort
Mobile
Lawrence Willis Montgomery
Alma Williams
B. Brigman
J. E. Carter
Roche Mortuary
Benefit program for Mobile unemployed on Tuesday
Dr A T Osborn will lecture at 8 o clock Tuesday night in the Harte auditorium Y M C A Mobile. The talk is under the Loyal Order of Moose with no admission but a collection. Osborn is a noted chautauqua speaker and the Moose leader urges attendance as the program includes entertainment segments.
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Mobile
Harte
A. T. Osborn
Loyal Order of Moose
Osborn
Chautauqua
Lyceum
Guy W.gordon
Larceny Charges in Spooner Man’s Court Appearance
Roy Reeves twenty of Spooner Wisconsin faced a petit larceny charge after being found on a rear gallery of a dwelling on Adams Street near Conception with provisions alleged to be from an ice box. Dock Wolfe was fined fifty dollars plus costs or three days for carrying a concealed pistol.
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Roy Reeves
Spooner
Wis
Reeves
Adams Street
Conception
Dock Wolfe
Weather forecast and river bulletin for regions
Weather notes frost possible Tuesday night with fair, partly cloudy conditions and warmer Wednesday across Alabama and Mississippi. Daily river bulletin records observations at 7 am CST for towns including Aberdeen Columbus Petes and Selma, noting rainfall and river levels with forecasts for Tombigbee and branches.
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Alabama Fair
South
Mississippi
Aberdeen
Columbus
Tombigbee River
Selma
Homicides Lead as 80 Violent Deaths Probed in Mobile
A Mobile coroner report for the year ending January 13 records 80 violent deaths, 21 of them homicides led by gunshot wounds and a hammer attack. Drownings were second with 20, including Mobile river and bay incidents. The report notes significant cases involving Wooten, John O Rorke, and James Alexander Long, with several arrests and confessions.
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Mobile
H. 8. J. Walker
Walker
Lola Jones
John O’rorke
Louisville and Nashville
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Cecil Southall
James Alexander
Long
Whistler
Mobile River
Mobile Bay
Mobile County
Karl Kaminska
Mobile Bears sale talks continue with new owner Douglas
Nashville attorney Byrd Douglas, owner of the Mobile Bears, arrived in Mobile to meet with manager Milton Stock and City Commissioner Hartwell about building up the team for the 1931 season. Douglas said he would stay to craft a program for a first-rate squad, noting Mobile's strong attendance compared to Little Rock.
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Byrd Douglas
Nashville
Mobile Bears
Milton Stock
Harry T. Hartwell
Douglas
Cawthon Hotel
Mobile
Department of Justice
Gulf City
Jared
Trans
Little Rock
Mobile Community Chest elects eight directors at annual meeting
At the Mobile Chamber of Commerce the Mobile Community Chest held its annual membership meeting and elected eight directors for three years. Four nominees came from the board and four from agency representatives. Nominees include Gordon Smith and Neander Cunningham among others. J L Bedsole and Mrs St John Wilson withdrew.
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Mobile Community Chest
Chamber of Commerce
Board of
Community Chest
Gordon Smith
W. A. Powell
Pelham Durant
Neander Cunningham
L. G. Adams
Women’s Club to Join Drive for More Jobs
The Women’s Clubhouse Association schedules a 10 30 AM meeting Thursday at the clubhouse after a request from Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Alabama Emergency Employment committee. First reports by Boy Scouts on pledges to fund jobs for unemployed men with families will be heard at the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday. Miss Savilla Gamble will supervise this process as men are assigned to families.
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Women’s Clubhouse Association
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Emergency Employment Committee
W. S. Pugh
Chamber of Commerce
Miss Savilla Gamble
Mobile Shop Robbed Twice In Two Hours
Mobile police probe two burglaries at the Mobile Repair Shop No. 8 Dauphin Street on Monday night. The first break in occurred about 10 and the second around midnight with three pistols stolen and three recovered as the robbers fled. One suspect, identified as O Brown from St. location, was taken into custody on a burglary charge.
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Thomas O’brown
Dauphin Street
O’ Brown
Bedford questioned as police recover $3500 at hotel
Chief Warren Burch reported J B Bedford was questioned after $3500 found in his handbag belonged to another hotel guest. Police later confirmed the owner had left town, noting the money was new and largely in bank wrappers.
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J. B. Bedford
Warren Burch
Bedford
Chief Burch
Bedford Held After Prohibition Raid at Manhattan Hotel
J B Bedford, claiming ties to Memphis and sometimes New Orleans, was arrested in a room at 2612 South Royal street on prohibition charges. Police found 3500 in a handbag and a gallon jug and jar of liquor, with others named in the raid. All cases reset for Friday in police court.
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J. B. Bedford
Memphis
New Orleans
Manhattan
South Royal Street
Bedford
Burch, Bernstein and Bauer
DeFord
Ed Phillips
John Surez
Roy Buckiew
Ed Gould
Plane delay shifts Stanolind tri motor stop to Thursday
Pan Petroleum announces the Stanolind lll plane delayed its arrival by one day due to a poor landing field in New Orleans. The aircraft will reach Bates field on Cedar Point road Wednesday afternoon and begin flights at 10 a.m. Thursday. The modern craft seats 10 passengers with a crew of three and Jay Wright has plans for Thursday flights.
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Stanolind, Lll
Pan- Petroleum Corporation
W. Wright
New Orleans
Mobile
Bates Field
Cedar Point Road
Jay Wright
Fire in Truck Early Morning Triggers City Alarm
A fire was reported early in the morning prompting city apparatus to respond. The damaged text notes a fire alarm and summoned firefighters to the scene.
City Board to Hear Tax Protests on Mobile Venture
City of Mobile schedules special hearings to hear objections to tentative assessments for the 26th Street paying venture. Attorney Harry T. Smith argues objections merit formal review and potential relief, with adjournment to February 10 for final decisions. The commission also fixes a 12 month limit for pursuing ordinance violations and approves a $61,000 appropriation for bond interest and sinking funds.
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City Commission
Harry T. Smith
Commission
Court of Justice
Hartwell
$25,000 Bank Theft in St Charles Bank Robbery
In St Charles Missouri three armed men robbed the Union Savings Trust Company of 25000 dollars. They forced janitor Sylvester Dryden to admit them at 5 50 am and had him continue his duties to avoid suspicion. At 7 30 am they abducted assistant cashier Edward Schmecher and opened the vault before escaping with the cash.
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ST. Charles
Union Savings Trust Company
Sylvester Dryden
Dryden
Edward Schmecher
Hoover Calls for 10 Million for Drought Relief
President Hoover issued a formal proclamation urging a minimum of 10 million dollars in Red Cross relief for drought sufferers. He noted disaster-fund demands have surged in four weeks, calling for additional resources alongside 5 million already set aside. If not raised, many Americans face essential shortages.
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Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Nitrate Plant Lease Urged By Conferees
Washington January 13 conferees adopted a plan to lease the Muscle Shoals nitrate plants and submit it to senate conferees. The plan calls for production of fertilizer and chemical products by professors, differing from the senate plan which limits output to fertilizer and its by products. Senator Norris insists output be confined to fertilizer and essential by products.
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Washington, D. C
House
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Aes
Norris
Bucan
Nebraska
Smith seeks apology over 600000 cartoons distribution
Alfred B. Smith, 1928 Democratic presidential candidate, writes Senator Wagner that the Republican national committee owes him an apology for allowing Robert H. Lucas to distribute 600000 copies of a wet cartoon deemed false. Lucas testified he paid for the cartoons and had them distributed in Nebraska and other states against Norris and other Democratic senatorial candidates.
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Washington
Alfred B. Smith
Wagner
New York
Republican National Committees
Robert H. Lucas
Lucas
National Committee
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Nebraska
Norris
Smith
Spates Changes Plea In Prohibition Case
Willie Spates, a Black man, changed his appeal plan after an inferior court notice. In circuit court he pled guilty to liquor charges, fined 50 dollars plus costs of 20 days with three months added. Joe Scott also pleaded guilty and was fined 50 dollars and court costs. case appealed from recorder's court. Judge Claude A. Grayson presided.
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Willie Spates
Joe Scott
Recorder’s Court
Claude A. Grayson
Mencken Praises Lizette Reese at Maryland Poetry Event
H. L. Mencken paid tribute to Lizette Woodworth Reese at a Maryland Poetry Society gathering. He called her one of the imperishable glories of American letters and the most distinguished woman in Baltimore. Reese, aged 75, was guest of honor at the ceremony.
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Baltimore
H. L. Mencken
Lizette Woodworth Reese
Mencken
Poetry Society of Maryland
Miss Reese
Ninety-Year-Old Rendleman Advises Cornbread Health
Healthful aging in Jonesboro Illinois as Drake H Rendleman who was rejected for Civil War service marks his 90th birthday. He says in a birthday interview that eating cornbread and avoiding sweets would make people healthier and live longer.
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Jonesboro
Ill
Drake H. Rendleman
Rendleman
Tennessee House approves state government investigation
The resolution for a legislative investigation of state government passed the Tennessee House of Representatives unanimously and was sent to Governor Horton for signature. The House concurred with Senate amendments, and Speaker Fitzhugh recessed the Senate to 3 PM to appoint the five members of the investigating committee.
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Nashville
Tenn
House of Representatives
Henry H. Horton
House
Senate
Scott P. Fitzhugh
Heiress Dred Untold Kidnapping Ends With Safe Return
A girl kidnapped after midnight was found safe at a neighbor's home this morning. William Beckwith, chauffeur for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Lawrence, said the child in overalls wandered near the Lawrence garage around 1 a.m. He put her to bed, then learned her identity from a newspaper extra and returned her to the Humphreys family.
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William Beckwith
Thomas H. Lawrence
Humphreys
Lawrence
Beckwick
Road bids delayed by court over highway contracts
The Alabama highway bids hearing set for January 20 faces a court challenge after Circuit Judge Leon MacCord issued a writ in a petition by Tallapoosa County taxpayers and I J Dorsey claiming that a quorum was not present when bids were set for January 14 and 15. The dispute centers on whether Governor Bibb Graves and Commissioner Gaston Scott acted improperly in approving projects funded by federal unemployment relief, with Graves defending the push as aiding jobless areas.
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Montgomery
Ala
Sinai
Aes
Bibb Graves
State Highway Commission
Graves
Leon MacCord
O. P. Carlisle
J. W. Pittman
Tallapoosa County
I. J. Dorsey
Lee County
Ex Secretary of Clara Bow Faces Court On Theft Writ
In Los Angeles Clara Bow's former secretary Daisy De Boe faces 37 counts of grand theft for allegedly stealing $16,000 from the star. The trial resumes with witnesses including Benjamin O'Dell, bank manager, poised to recount 1,562 cancelled checks from a Clara Bow account.
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Clara Bow
Los Angeles
Superior Court
Filmiand
Daisy de Boe
Miss de Boe
Benjamin O'Dell
Hollywood
O'Dell
Miss Bow
Howell Elected President Pro Tempore as Legislature Opens
The Alabama Senate unanimously elected Howell to serve as president pro tempore. Tunstall is expected to win the House speakership on first ballot. The 69th Legislature convened with oaths and initial bills as lawmakers moved about. Alf Stall of Hale anticipated to win the speaker’s post after the Long vacancy.
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Senate
Howell
Tunstall
News-Item
Montgomery
Ala
W. C. Davis
Clerkley Stewart
Alf M
Stall
Hale
J. Lee Long
Oovernor Davis
House
Justice Gardner
Mobile County
John Craft
Mobile
Pardons Sought for Former Revenue Board Member’s Son
State pardons requested for John G. Jack Cleveland, once revenue board member, paroled after a 15 year sentence for second degree murder. Stephen Tossing was killed in 1923. son Tom Cleveland faced five trials before acquittal. Key Mobile leaders endorsed the case and urged clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G
Jack
Board of Revenue
Montgomery
Cleveland
Stephen
Tom Cleveland
Forme Board of Revenue
W. C
George Sossaman
Parishioners to Start Weekly Instruction Classes at St Francis Xavier
Father T M Cassidy announces Wednesday evening instruction sessions for adults of St Francis Xavier parish. Classes begin at 3 o clock each Wednesday at the rear porch due to lack of a parish hall. Members and interested residents are urged to attend.
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St. Xavier Church
T. M. Cassidy
Aes
Coast guards bag motor boat Alma off Beaufort
Coast guardsmen disclosed they captured the motor boat Alma with 410 cases of sign aboard and arrested a man named John Ripley of Va. The Alma was patrol boat in sound near Beaufort when seized. No warrant issued. the prisoner was being questioned.
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Charleston
8. C
John Ripley
Alma
Sound
Beaufort
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