14 Jan 1925
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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1925
Page
1
The census bureau reports film production valued at 86 and up 11.7 percent. Figures cover all activities from shooting to development, including the cost of producing motion pictures and related work.
Madison Wisconsin January reports say Major W F Lorenz president of the State Board of Control was detained in Progreso Mexico after a fishing schooner wreck off Yucatan January 10. He and ten crewmen are held on a charge described as filibustering amid government inquiries by the Wisconsin governor and state department seeking his release.
Senate action on Muscle Shoals private leasing bills features the Underwood bill substituted for Norris plan. Republicans push the Jones substitute to refer the issue to a commission with hopes of December recommendations. debate ends with confusion and shifts, while leaders seek to conclude the dispute this week.
Seaplanes from Pensacola naval station joined coastwise search for the yacht Alga of New Orleans missing since Bay St. Louis trip to Pass a L’Outre. Owners and companions aboard include G Mather Conrad and Ed M Guerdan. strong winds and bayou shelter suspected as possible causes.
Rural police hunted the killer of Albert L. Mauney a Crouse merchant. His body was found yesterday on a lonely road four miles from Charlotte with a brain wound. Police suspected robbery, noting he carried little money when last seen.
Tokyo January 14 special precautions were taken to prevent violence by malcontents as the Japanese diet re convenes. Two men were arrested over an alleged plot to kill the premier and other alleged radicals are under police surveillance.
In Canton Ohio on January 14, 11 year old Helen Sprigie and her 4 year old brother Ward perished in a house fire. Their parents suffered injuries as father Net Sprigie escaped through a second story window after futile attempts to save them.
Buckhannon West Virginia January 14 Casper Kraus from Akron Ohio a sophomore at West Virginia Wesleyan College was elected captain of the basketball team last night.
Patchy heavy rain possible with cooler conditions tonight. Temperatures rise slowly. fair skies and warmer trend expected by tomorrow.
Nellie Wright of Maines Iowa pleads not guilty in New Orleans criminal court as prosecutors seek conviction for receiving stolen bank loot tied to her slain husband William Wright. Change of venue requested. Monday set for motions. Bond reduced to 5000 but she remains jailed during proceedings.
In Cannes France on January 14 shoppers notice women’s shoes featuring jongg patterns, gravure and hand-painted designs. The trend showcases elegant leather work with gray and grey satin tones, roses hand-painted on the quarters, signaling a promising season on the Riviera.
The Commerce Department announced that America’s foreign trade in 1924 reached 1.198 billion dollars with a favorable balance near 1.01 billion. Exports totaled 1.215 billion, while imports rose about 0.06 percent, and gold exports were around 43 thousand. The report highlights net exports exceeding imports and notes the year’s trade figures.
The famous covered wagon arrives in Mobile on a modern journey eastward to Florida. J R Parker of Hobart Oklahoma and four family members travel aboard a flivver chasse. Parker recounts witnessing a Hobart schoolhouse fire during a Christmas tree celebration with thirty two victims and sixty six hospitalized.
The tug James Dougherty of Gulf Towing and Wrecking Company departed for Santa Rosa Island to assist schooner Hope Sherwood aground two weeks earlier. Tug Lytle had battled with weather for a week to dig a channel using its propellers but was forced to abandon the effort and head back to Mobile.
Ben Burchfield was executed at 5:50 a.m. in the Tennessee State Prison after being condemned for the Bristol murder of his wife and four others. He maintained his innocence until the end, expressing readiness to die as he faced the lethal chamber. Warden A A Mc Corkie described him as steady and composed through the final moments. Governor Austin Peay refused to intervene after a 16 hour discussion with relatives and counsel.
Six auto drivers faced fines in a recorder court speeding session. C. E. Farnell received a $20 fine or four percent of an hour while $15 fines were levied against J. B. Crawford Isadore Pope Tufi Saveas F. M. Bell and Cecil Howell. Howell spent the night in jail and did not pay the fine. arraignment postponed to February 19.
District federal court officials who left Sunday to attend the session for the north ne Thee at Selma returned yesterday. The court was in session Thursday. A special grand jury session will open and likely continue for three days. Trials of criminal cases will be heard in connection with the special session.
The county plans to replace 700 wooden bridges with concrete ones supervised by Van der Bosch of Grand Rapids. Work starts on a 30 foot Whistler bridge with crews remaining on a road until all bridges on that route are rebuilt. Financing is $1,000 monthly from the county budget.
The circuit court grand jury will not report until the latter part of the week due to new business. County Solicitor B B Chamberlain notes the session lengthened after an expected adjournment. Yesterday the jury inspected the county jail court house and police station with a committee to tour the county poor asylum this afternoon.
Fire Chief Gus Rehm reports a sick child at the Knowles home on Pine Street helped avert a larger blaze. An electric iron burned through a table starting the fire at 1:25 AM, discovered by sleeping father. Fire Companies Nos. 5 1 and 9 extinguished it with chemicals, causing only slight damage.
A $100 reward for recovering a stolen automobile from Mc Comb City Mississippi was divided among thirteen night shift officers in equal shares. The group included Chief W F Burch Lieut R J Dorson Sergeant Edward Sheets Detectives J A Rabby R G Wilcox Private Watchman Guy Jarvis and Officers John Noble Grant Davis F A Olsen W F Murphy C A Girod John R Danzy and August Stroecker for their parts in the recovery.
The school board meets this afternoon at 2 30 to review education reports by Superintendent S S Murphy and other officials. The session is likely to discuss the new high school project and bids on remaining adjunct facilities as construction proceeds.
In a hearing before Judge N. R. Clarke E. Jones was convicted of a prohibition violation. He received a 51 dollar fine plus court costs and a 20 day sentence with 90 days additional suspended on appeal. Bond set at 300 dollars. Lillian Collins also fined 50 dollars and costs or 20 days for violating state dry laws.
Peggy Brown an 18 year old negress was burned to death in Chickasaw quarters when kerosene she used to warm near the fire spread. She crawled under a bed as flames engulfed the room and the house suffered heavy damage.
Attorneys F J Inge and H T Smith will seek Supreme Court review for Jack G Cleveland convicted of murder in the second degree. The Court of Appeals denied a rehearing, sending the case up on a writ of certiorari. Theveland, trial four times with mistrial each, remains in custody on a $10,000 bond. the全文 mentions other unrelated events and dates from 1923.
Rosie Bimbo a Gypsy girl about 14 years old ran away from home last Monday with $900 on her person. Mobile police held her on a general charge and her brother Louis Bimbo and Detective William Grosch will return her to New Orleans this afternoon. A $250 cash sum and two suitcases of clothing were seized and given to her brother.
J. J. Graddick reports his Spring Hill Avenue and Bay Shore Crossing store was burglarized early today. Burglars entered, lit an oil stove, prepared a meal, and stole six cartons of cigarettes and other goods.
Auburn extension experts will supervise planting on the county farm as part of an agricultural station project. Pecan and satsuma trees have been ordered and will be planted alongside forty acres of grapes and other fruit crops. Prof. M J Funchess will help establish the experiment and share results with local farmers and orchardists.
Some Mobilians urge substitute traffic rules addressing current street problems. They write to the Traffic Editor of the paper, proposing changes and suggesting a trial approach, noting similar wartime substitutions once used by the Pilgrims.
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