Plan to lease convicts for coal mines discussed
A. S. Lyons appeared before the Mobile county board of revenue and road commissioners with a plan to lease 25 or more convicts to a coal company for mining. The company would ship a portion of coal to Mobile for public relief and pay 22.5 dollars per month per convict leased. The board scheduled a further hearing for Thursday. Also discussed were cattle tick eradication costs and staffing, with debates on expenses amid retrenchment.
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Pratt Consollidated Coal Company
A. S. Lyons
County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Lyons
Asa
Mobile County
H. W. Bales
Bales
J. R. Curry
Telegraph Road
Mt. Vernon
Calvert
Union Leaders Face Contempt Charge Over Coal Cartel Injunctions
The UMWA president Frank J. Hayes and nine other officials were ordered by the Supreme Court to show cause why they should not be found in contempt for violating injunctions restraining union organizers from organizing workers at Hitchman Coal and Coke Company.
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Associated Press
Washington
Frank J. Hayes
United Mine Workers of America
Supreme Court
Hitchman Coal and Coke Company
Federal Judge Faces Contempt Proceeding
A contempt action was filed against Judge Jon Sod by the Attorney General in the Supreme Court for alleged disobedience of a specific order. The district court case involves Jie Killits, accused of embezzlement from a bank, with ongoing execution of judgment ordered indefinitely.
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Associated Press
Supreme Court
Papen
Jon Sod
District Court
Attorney General
Jie Killits
Major A. P. Gardner Dying at Army Camp
Major A. P. Gardner a former Massachusetts congressman who resigned on war declaration to join the army was reported in a dying condition at Camp Wheeler Macon Ga as of January 14 1942 United States Senator was not named in the release
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Associated Press
Macon
A. P. Gardner
Massachusettes
Camp Wheeler
United States
Popular Poet Walt Mason Feature In The News Item
The News Item reports Walt Mason as America’s top daily newspaper poet with a long running daily verse. Readers nationwide chuckle at the evening feature. The paper notes exclusive rights to Mason’s poems and affiliations with major news services and the Associated Press.
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Walt Mason
America
Mobile
New York Evening World
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Adams Newspaper Service
Drive Begins to Raise Funds for Fort Morgan Home
A Mobile fund drive opens to build a Mobile church and recreation house at Fort Morgan for soldiers and families. Eight teams led by captains canvass for subscriptions after a committee meeting chaired by M. J. Vickers reports early contributions. Discussion includes W T Wortz of the Y M C A and the need to avoid confusing the new building with a separate Y M C A house.
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Fort Morgan
Mobile
M. J. Vickers
H. A. Forchheimer
Harry Hartwell
H. T. Pegues
H. W. DuBose
A. G. Moses
J. H Glennon
Peyton Norville
W H. Holcombe
W.t.wortz
Mobile” Committee
H. M.apne
Forecast for Requisition of All U S Sailing Vessels
Associated Press reports the Shipping Board asked the Commerce Department to locate all sailing vessels. Secretary Redfield stated 175 sailing ships with 425000 tons capacity are within or near American territorial waters.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jan
Shipping Board
Department of Commerce
Redfield
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
January forecast from Washington says Alabama will see rain tonight with warmer southeast areas and a cooler Tuesday with fair skies. Mississippi follows with rain tonight, a cooler southwest, and a fair, colder Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Russo German peace talks face potential breach in Petrograd
Jan 14 London reports warn of a possible final rupture in Russo German armistice talks. The armistice extends to February 18 and Lenine returns to Petrograd to guide negotiations. Trotsky factional dissent and German efforts to curb fraternizing are noted amid Bolshevik influence. Russian soldiers clandestinely seek German printed propaganda.
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Petrograd
Associated Press
London
Daily Mail
Lenine
Trotsky
Daily News
Fackel
Brest-Litovsk
Naval Officers Killed in Sebastopol Disorders
Dispatch from Odessa reports two days of massacres at Sebastopol in which 62 naval officers died. Most victims were part of the 1912 committee that investigated rebellious sailors under the old regime. Continued on Page Two.
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The
Times
Odessa
Sebastopol
Kronstadt
All German Males to Register Under New U S Ruling
All-German males aged 14 and over not naturalized must register as alien enemies from February 4 to 9. Postmasters and police will act as registrars. districts dates to be published. Four photos required plus prints of all fingers. women of German nativity and Austrians are exempt. Registration hours run from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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U. S
C. Gewin
Tibegnaee
Gewin
Fuel officials may seize plants coal to relieve famine
Washington Jan 14 The fuel administration considers requisitioning coal from certain industries for household use to ease shortages. A general plan to curb coal use by less essential industries will be announced by Administrator Garfield likely tonight or tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Garfield
American trawler lost after rock strike
Washington reports an American trawler operated by U S forces struck a rock and foundered. Admiral Sims announced the vessel was lost but the crew were saved.
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U. S
Oassocited Press
Washington
Admiral Sims
St Rock
Wagon Collision Hurts Local Figure Jack Gayle
Jack Gayle badly bruised and cut after his wagon was struck by a Mobile Grocery Co. truck on Dauphin Way. He was taken home for treatment and is not seriously injured.
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Jack Gayle
Dauphin Way
Tan
New Army Order Cautions Drivers Not to Swear at Mules
In France on January 14, soldiers report a general order advising kindness to mules rather than harsh language. Drivers say mules respond to gentler treatment, though some insist mules prefer cussing. One driver notes his belief in following orders while recalling mule stubbornness of a horselike nature.
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U. S. Army
Associated Press
France
Missouri
Aristides
American ship Texan sinks after unknown collision
An Atlantic port reports the 14,000 ton American steamship Texan sank at sea after a possible collision. Naval authorities gave no cause. a steamer answered SOS as 43 crew members abandoned ship. Texan had sailed with nitrates bound for a French port.
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Atlantic
Texan
Naval
Texan Sunk After Collision. Forty Three Aboard
Wireless reports say the Texan was rammed and sinking after a midship strike. The crew attempted to launch lifeboats as water poured from the hold. A vessel later reaching the scene attempted radio contact but failed to reach the Texan.
Texan damaged after collision near sea
Reports say a Texan steamship was struck and sent to the bottom after a wireless message from the Williamette spoke of an unidentified ship. Naval authorities aimed to confirm the collision while no definitive cause or further word from the Texan was received by noon. The damaged vessel, commanded by Captain G B I, is part of the American Ha fleet.
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Williamette
Messa
Texan collide with another ship. crew rescued
Indirect information from the navy department says the Texan was in a collision with a second ship that came to aid its crew. No lives were lost in the incident and no official accident report is expected from the navy department.
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Washington
Jen
Navy Department
Spot Cotton Holds High Figure at 31.75
The Mobile market was quiet with no sales reported. The high current price stood at 31.75 and 25 bales were offered with no trading activity on Saturday.
Canadians Raid For Trench North Of Lens
German trenches north of Lens were raided by Canadian troops who brought back prisoners. Patrol encounters occurred east of Mericourt with no Canadian casualties, while rest of the front remained quiet. The Associated Press summary notes patrols and artillery activity on the British front, with violence noted north of the Aisne and in the Piave area on the Italian front.
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Associated Press
London
Lens
Field Marshal Haig
Mericourt
Tos Toone
Washington
Ypres-Arras
Aisne
Piave
Train disaster in Texas kills dozen white passengers
A Texas Central passenger train derailed near Bremond injuring many and killing twelve to seventeen people. Bodies, including a woman, two babies, two boys, two soldiers, and five civilians, were recovered from wreckage as relief workers toiled at Hammond Switch.
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Pecetaries Pirtss
Houston
Pex
Norton and
Texas Central Pas
Dalian
Hamond Switch
Bremond
Waco
Roads Lose Fight Over Illinois Fare Statute Unled
The Illinois Central and other railroads failed to block a 2 cent passenger fare law after the U S Supreme Court sustained federal decrees. Proceedings to restrain the Illinois Public Utilities Commission from implementing the rate were dismissed.
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Illinois
Washington
Iinois Canas
Supreme Court
Illinois Central
Ilinois Public Utilities Commission
Three Calls Answered for Fires Sunday
Fire department responded to three separate fire calls on Sunday. At 504 Elmira Street a stove explosion caused damage but the building suffered no major loss. A grass fire at 149 Dexter Avenue caused no injuries. A roof fire at 25 Pine Street caused slight damage to the roof, and a minor roof area was affected at 794 St Emanuel Street.
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Elmira Street
A. Hall
Dexter Avenue
T. S. Foater
Pine Street
D. W. Partridge
Manda Coleman
St Emanuel Street
Sullivan & Stallworth
Edward Patria
Rain Tonight Then Colder Tuesday Forecast
The local weather bureau reports rain tonight with Tuesday likely fair and colder. Southeast winds shift to northwest tonight. Last night’s low reached 26 degrees. Sunday’s high was 40, and the morning reading stood at 40 at 8 o’clock.
Chamber of Commerce to Name Officers
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce board of directors will meet tomorrow morning to elect officers for a three year term. All eight board members, who were acted upon last week, will participate in the vote.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
High Bench Upholds Goldman's and Berkman's Draft Conspiracy Convictions
The court sustained convictions of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman for conspiring to obstruct the selective service act by urging draft age men not to register. Louisier and Morris Becker convictions for draft registration conspiracy were affirmed. Kramer received two years and $10,000 fine. Becker got twenty months. Ohio deeds upheld sentences for Ruthernberg Wagenknecht and Baker to one year each.
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Associated Press
Washington
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Theme Court
Louisier
Morris Becker
New York
Kramer
Becker
Ohio
Charles Ruthernberg
Alfred Wagenknecht
Charles Baker
Gold Taken by Army Captain Still Missing
Camp Funston Kansas January 14 A search for the canvas sack said to hold money taken by Captain Lewis R Whisler in the army bank robbery at Funston Friday night continues as authorities seek an accomplice who fled in a car after the cash was entrusted to him The officer killed himself hours after the murders as officials estimate the missing sum to be between sixty five and eighty thousand dollars The bank cashier Wornall wounded survived but his condition remained grave as investigators review the brutal killings and hold possible leads.
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Associated Press
Camp Funston
Kas
Lewis R. Whisler
Army
Secenense Department
Wis
Captain Whisler
Ler
Rney Wornall
Ars Wornall
Public Service Board to hear petition March 4 meeting
Traffic Manager R o S Gobb of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce announced that the Alabama Public Service Commission would hear a petition at the March 4 meeting. The case, postponed from January 17, concerns a proposed revision and possible general rate increases amid uncertain road conditions under government control.
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Public Service Board
R. Os Gobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
Public Service
Cobb
Montgomery
Chicago Packers Shut Down Over Fuel Shortage
Chicago on January 14 reports Armour and Swift packing plants closed due to coal scarcity. Workers cleared snow from stockyard entrances while hundreds of cattle and hogs perished on stock cars as railroads halted movement. An army of workers and students resumed snow removal to ease the disruption.
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Chicago
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
War Department seeks 185 million more from Congress
Washington reports the War Department asks Congress for an additional 185 million dollars in supplemental war appropriations. The request covers needs for land forces and quarters as part of ongoing wartime funding measures.
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Congress
WAR Department
Washington
Coneese
Million in Food Lost in Washington Arsenal Fire
Army supplies including a million dollars worth of food were destroyed when a fire swept a Washington arsenal warehouse on the United States arsenal grounds at 412 Street SW. An explosion of stored gasoline intensified the blaze, which firefighting units fought for about an hour and a half to subdue as soldiers barred access to the area.
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Washington
Washington Veta
United States Arsenal
Kings
UN States Army War College
Bulletzer Department
Occu
County Officials Seek Salary Adjustments Over Bank Discounts
County officials discussed that bank discounts on warrants reduce take home pay for salaried staff. Commissioner Green urged action to allow full $1,800 salary for the elected treasurer aid by legislature. The issue mirrors conditions in other Alabama counties. The board also raised janitor Charles Williams salary by $5 monthly and Pen Jarvis mechanic by $10 monthly.
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A. L
Lean
Alabama
Ter
Robert Gordon
Charles Williams
Court House
Pen Jarvis
Waa
Orleans mob raids coal car on siding
A mob of about 100 men women and children white and black raided a coal car on a Louisville and Nashville switch track in Orleans Jan 14 and carried off more than one third of the contents. The switch engine crew failed to respond until the mob was charged down on the car. The car was coupled and hauled into a freight yard to end the disturbance.
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New Orleans
Louisville
Nashville
Springfield body of John W Jewell returns with family
The body of John W. Jewell arrived in Springfield Missouri with Charlies I er in law of the decedent and a delegation of family friends. Reports of mutilation by the axe are denied as untrue by relatives and staff observers.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Lane
Camp Funston
Charlies I
Ieu W. Duvall
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