Mobile commissions act to protect city port in railroad split case
The Mobile city commission moved to take protective action in the pending separation suit between the Southern and the Mobile and Ohio railroads. The proposal, introduced by Commissioner Leon Schwarz, passed unanimously after claims that the port faced discrimination in railroad unions. Mayor Cecil F. Bates supported the resolution citing impact on local property interests and port concerns. A separate suit naming John H. Jones as ship broker was filed yesterday through a New York law firm.
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Linden
Bates
South
John H. Jones
New York
State A P Members in Gather Here For Annual Rally
The Alabama Association of the Associated Press holds its annual meeting in Mobile this Wednesday. Delegates travel by harbor tour on the Pontchartrain with Navy courtesy to view port facilities including the new ten million dollar state docks. Representatives from AP papers across the state will attend along with Mobile Register and News Item staffers coordinating events.
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Alabama Association of the Associated Press
Mobile
Mobile Register
News Item
Coast Guard
Pontchartrain
A. L. Gamble
The
Anniston Star
Selma Times- Journal
Birmingham Age- Birming News
Tri-Cities Daily
Sheffield
Dothan Eagle
Alabama Journal
Montgomery
Montgomery Advertiser
Huntsville Times
Tuscaloosa News
Albany- Decatur Daily
Gadsden Times
Mobile News Item
W. F. Caldwell
Associated Press
J. H. Taylor
Birmingham
Route Change Planned for Mobile-Mt Vernon Link
Mobile county engineers propose a new 25 mile straight link for the Satsuma to Mt Vernon section of the Mobile Calvert highway. Plans go to state and federal authorities for approval, with local residents arguing the old route would hurt property values. The board claims it cannot build over the old route without government support.
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Satsuma-Mt. Vernon
Mobile County Highway Department
State Highway Department
Arthur D. Davis
Board of Revenue
Davis
Satsuma
Mt. Vernon
Axis Satsuma Grant
Defense Hinges on Absurdity of Trial Structure
Los Angeles January 15. Jacob Berman testified about 40 000 paid to prevent prison exposure in the Julian Petroleum case. Keyes, former district attorney, facing conspiracy and bribery charges, grilled as Berman claimed a go-between implied Keyes controlled the payoff. The case centers on a multi million dollar fraud tied to the petroleum firm’s crash and related legal actions.
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Los Angeles
Jacob Berman
Awa
Cansent
Asa Keyes
Keyes
Julian Petroleum Corporation
Berman
Losco
Julian Company
Romman
Private Operators Move to Run Atlantic Service Bid Totals Revealed
Washington reports show private operators bidding to assume American service in the Atlantic. A bid of 6 762 000 for the liner Levis is listed, with other offers from Dollar Steamship at 808 per vessel and New York interests at 436 000 per ship. The bidding process and potential transfer to private firms are under study by the board.
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Atlantic
Washington
Jan
Levis
Sa Ae Ee Ee Board
Toda Pry Hi
Orhee Ich
United States Lines
Americcan
Dollar Steamship
Ee Ee Eed
New York
Aipe
Americen ' Othe Eon
New ‘York
Donaghue Appeals Prohibition Conspiracy Convictions
George Y. Donaghue former Mobile county deputy sheriff argues a second appeal before the circuit court of appeals in New Orleans. He seeks relief from convictions on charges of conspiring to violate the national prohibition law and a two year federal prison sentence imposed after a retrial.
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George Y. Donaghue
Mobile County
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Donaghue
Atlanta
Mobilians
Vanes
Ready for bids on county highway building materials
The board of revenue and the engineering department near completion for Monday bids on a large quantity of paving and bridge materials. County commissioners will see the first material estimates though several bids for road and bridge work have already been received. Aims for savings through contractor purchases. total cost likely hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Board of Revenue and Engineering Department
F&nd
Louisville and Nashville to invest 1.2 million in Mobile shops
The Louisville and Nashville railroad plans 1.2 million dollars of construction in Mobile this year. New shops and freight yards north of the state Locks will create one of the souths largest freight yards and a modern facility, per railroad president W R Cole.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Mobile
New State Locks
W. R. Cole
Mobile firms still face high power rates in state
The Service Commission has not announced when relief for mobile consumers will arrive. Montgomery dispatch reports no information on timing, leaving businesses and shops paying higher current charges under the state-wide and Montgomery rate plans. Wholesale and retail firms continue to pay above the rate allowed for Montgomery business houses.
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Montgomery
Officials Return From Selma Court Session
Federal court officials who attended the Selma session returned after completing the criminal docket. All defendants pleaded guilty and fines totaling 1307 dollars were assessed. Civil hearings continued in Selma after the criminal docket was disposed of.
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Selma
Young Mobile County Voters Register at Open Books
With the registration books opened yesterday many new voters qualified in Mobile County. Officials report the largest share of registrants were young men of eligible age. Books will remain open for 10 days.
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Mobile County
Driver Fined for Reckless Drunk Driving Crash
Willie Dawson, a negro, was fined 100 dollars and 30 days hard labor for reckless driving and driving a car while drunk after crashing two other cars on the Craft highway. County officer Will Koster arrested him. Mrs. Wilmer Busby was fined 50 dollars and 20 days with 90 days hard labor for violating prohibition. Other fines for dry laws went to L. H. Havens, Walter Noel, Ada Mae Calep, Charles Perkins, and Francis Cooper at 50 dollars and 20 days. Tom Irby, arraigned for carrying a deadly weapon concealed, was fined 50 dollars and 20 days hard labor.
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Willie Dawson
Highwa Dawson
Will Koster
Wilmer Busby
L. H. Havens
Walter Noel
Ada Mae Calep
Charles Perkins
Francis Cooper
Tom Irby
N. R. Clarke
Griggs Returns From Montgom Conference With Plans
W. C. Griggs superintendent of education returned from the Montgom conference of the committee on state course of study and the text book commission. He brought plans and blueprints for a proposed state and high school to be built at Grand Bay. It is hoped contracts can be awarded by early spring.
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W. C. Griggs
Montgom
Committee On State
Text Book Commission
Efforts Fail as West Gotomska Float Plan Proposed
Efforts to float the West Gotomska around the stranded ship face skepticism though officials believe the plan may succeed. No decisive action yet as crews monitor tides and vessel status.
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Gotomska
Pardon Granted Murderer Johnston Probe Business
Oklahoma City reports the Johnson pardon case amid impeachment probes into former Governor Walton. Testimony from yesterday’s session indicates the pardon involved a convicted murderer and raised questions about executive conduct.
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Johnston
Oklahoma City
Johnson
Weather and cold wave impact across Atlantic states
Continuation of rain threat for Mobile and coast versing into near spring weather elsewhere. North Atlantic cold fronts pushed temperatures below freezing in many locations, with two deaths and strong winds and snow reported in the region as of January 16.
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Mobile
North Atlantic
New York
Complaint Filed Over Lumber Rates By Southern Railroad
A formal complaint was filed today against the Southern railroad over piling and related rate charges between Magazine Point and other Alabama points. R G Cobb traffic manager Mobile Chamber of Commerce filed on behalf of a nearby lumber concern. Magazine Point was not originally included in prior orders. Additional stations are named in the filing.
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Southern Railroad
Magazine Point
Alabama
R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Magazine
Southern
Alabama Points
Mobile
Nts
Deserter Hagar Extradited to Fort Barrancas Trial
Olin M. Hagar alias Howard Hagar alleged to have deserted from Fort Sam Houston Texas on August 2 1928 was moved to Fort Barrancas Florida today by Detective Jake Untreiner. He reportedly admitted to Detectives Untreiner and Bernstein his desertion and will face court martial at Fort Barrancas.
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Olin M. Hagar
Howard Hagar
Fort Sam
Houston
Texas
Fort Barrancas
Fla
Jake Untreiner
Hagar
Untreiner
Bernstein
Tax Appeal Heard Over Dauphin Street Property Valuation
A tax appeal before Circuit Judge Claude A Grayson challenges a $30 000 assessment on 105 107 109 Dauphin Street. The State sues to collect on the valuation while Martha J Conboy contests the amount as excessive. Attorneys Gaillard Mahomer and Gaillard represent the owner with Marion Vickers for the state.
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Tax Board of Equalization
Dauphin Street
Claude A. Grayson
Circuit Court
Martha J. Conboy
Gaillard Mahomer
Gaillard
Marion Vickers
Tick Inspector Dr John Lemand Leaves Jack County Post
Dr John Lemand the tick inspector for Mobile county departs Jack county Mississippi after 15 months to be stationed in Pascagoula. Dr Willard, involved in Mobile tick work for 10 years, remains active in the program and will lead continuing efforts against ticks.
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Miss
John Lemand
Mobile County
Pascagoula
G. Willard
Tariff Hearing Hears Cedar Industry Plea on Shingles
Washington January 15 The house ways and means committee continued hearings on the metals schedule with a second group of witnesses and received a brief from the cedar industry tariff committee of Washington Oregon and Idaho seeking a 25 percent ad valorem duty on shingles and cedar lumber now free. The brief cites cedar mills bankruptcies since 1922 and a long decline since 1913 while British Columbia shingles gain sharply.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Oregon
Idaho
Cedar Mills
Northwest States
British Columbia
Boost Ticket Sale for Mobile Police Ball
A Mobile Police Relief Association squad led by President Rube Convy and general chairman John H. Bressingham will bump ticket sales for the annual ball at the municipal wharf auditorium. The Mardi Gras prelude, three weeks away, features entertainment and dancing from 8:30 PM to after midnight, with proceeds to the sick and death benefit fund.
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Mobile Police Relief Association
Rube Convy
John H. Bressingham
Less Green
Robert Holmes
Municipal Wharf Auditorium
Prohibition violator jailed after liquor found at home
Ervin Gladden, 52, was jailed on a prohibition charge after liquor was found at his northwestern city home by county and state officers Mc Fayden Barber Gewin Lee Cannon Holmes. Will Johnson, 45, also jailed today on a prohibition charge.
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Ervin Gladden
McFayden, Barber
Gewin and Lee
Cannon and Holmes
Will Johnson
Official Visit to Swedish Cruiser Fyligia by City Officials
Mayor Cecil F Bates along with Commissioners Harry T Hartwell and Leon Schwarz visited the Swedish cruiser Fyligia now in port at 11 o clock. The trip followed Commander G yesterday's city hall call.
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Fyligia
Cecil F. Bates
Harry T. Hartwell
Leon Schwarz
Yeaterday
Legion picks new chaplain in Ohio
Rabbi Lee J. Levinger of Columbus Ohio was elected national chaplain of the American Legion by the national executive committee He served in France during World War I and teaches at Ohio State University A sub committee will study changing the selection method for national chaplains The resignation of Rabbi Beck was accepted due to ill health.
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Indianapolis
Lee J. Levinger
Columbus
Ohio
American Legion
Loan National Executive Committee
France
Delaware
Ohio State University
Levinger
Rabbi Beck
Beck
Romania completes talks for famine relief loan sum
Bucharest January 5 Romania has completed negotiations with a Dresden bank for a loan of 2 750 000 dollars to aid famine districts notably Bessarabia in eastern regions of the country.
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Rumania
Bank For
Bucharest
Dresden
Bessarabia
Lacy Ange Story Aimed At Love and Departure
Edenton North Carolina January 15 Lacy Ange is described as a victim of love whose tale begins with a first date at twenty and follows a path away from home. The fragment recalls Lucy Mage traveling to Norfolk for business studies last September and hints at family ignorance of her plans.
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Edenton
N. C
Lacy Ange
Miss Ange
Washington
Lucy Mage
Norfolk
President Portes Gil vows justice for Mella killing
Mexico City reports President Portes Gil, back from Cuautla, Guerrero, pledges strict justice for Julio Antonio Mella’s murder. He questions why the assassins are not yet in police hands and says the inquiry continues.
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Mexico City
Portes Gil
Grippe
Cuautle
Guerrero
Julio Antonio Mella
Mellon Opposes Immediate 25 Million for Prohibition Enforcement
Secretary Mellon objects to a proposed 25 million dollar increase for prohibition enforcement arguing funds should be tied to specific uses. He cites need for surveys and careful allocation to avoid waste and ensure effective expenditure. The letter to Senator Harris and remarks to Chair Warren outline conditions for any increased appropriations.
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Washington
Mellon
Harris
Georgia
Warren
Senate Appropriations Committee
Customs Service
Bureau of Prohibition
Drownings Reported Off Indkent Mesaik
A fragment notes 16 persons said drowned due to indkent conditions aboard a sinking ship. The report hints at possible assistance for the vessel amidst dangerous seas and unanswered questions about the incident.
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Indkent Mesaik Aa
Wedding Planned for Prince of Greece and Princess France
Rome dispatch reports the marriage of the Prince of Greece to Princess France is set for February 11 in Palermo. The ceremony will involve royal guests and formal state elements as the couple prepare for the union.
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Prince of
Greece
France
Rome
Palermo
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