Burglars Steal Cash Register From Cedar Point Grocery
Detectives recovered a cash register emptied of its contents after a burglary at Cedar Point Street Grocery, 951 South Cedar Street, Mobile. Thieves broke the front door, removed the rock entry, took about $23 from the register, and fled toward South Carolina Street.
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Mobile
Cedar Point
South Cedar Street
Foot of
South ‘Carolina
Mrs. Mary Ann Wefel Dies at Spring Hill Home
Mrs. Mary Ann Wefel widow of H H Wefel Sr and mother of Herman H Wefel Jr school commissioner died at 12 25 am Saturday at her Spring Hill home Funeral services set for 3 pm Sunday from the home Interment Magnolia cemetery Roche mortuary in charge She was a Ridgely Indiana native and resided here with her son a large circle of friends Survived by son Herman H Wefel Jr of this city daughter Mrs J W Wighichmeyer of Los Angeles and numerous grandchildren and relatives
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Mary Ann Wefel
H. H. Wefel
Herman H. Wefel, Jr
Spring Hill
Magnolia Cemetery
Roche Mortuary
Fire Damages Two Manassas Street Homes
A Saturday morning blaze at 352 Manassas Street damaged a one story frame house and slightly scorched 350 Manassas Street. Annie Baker owned the first home and J Miller the second. both houses were occupied by African Americans. The origin of the fire is undetermined and the report was filed with police headquarters.
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Manassas Street
Annie Baker
J. Miller
Auburn student receives West Point alternates bid
Curtis A. Gentry Jr a Auburn student residing at 756 South Broad Street has been named second alternate for West Point. He will travel to New Orleans March 2 for medical examination to judge physical acceptability. If first choices are ineligible he will be accepted if he passes exams.
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Q Curtis A. Gentry, Jr
Auburn
South Broad Street
West Point
New Orleans
Grand jurors urge cautious county economy program
Grand jury report urges careful and conservative county finances. Audit cost cited at 16000 dollars and criticized as largely unnecessary. Recommends board of revenue avoid new road construction beyond bonds issued and focus on funded projects.
Grand jury cites negligence in high school by-pass valve bolts
The grand jury found negligence by C. Hatch in removing bolts from a by-pass valve of a high school building. It noted the pipe’s size and the critical emergency it supplied housing, and acknowledged the seriousness of the situation.
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Grand Jury
C. ¥. Hatch
Grand jury report on Murphy High boiler room explosion
The grand jury investigated the Murphy High School boiler room blast and recommended a cut off valve on the gas line near the boiler room and a door installation to connect the tunnels under the building. It noted vents should stay open to prevent further explosions and cited negligent bolt removal by C F Hately and actions by Mobile Gas.
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Grand Jurure
C. F. Hately
Grand Jury
Serving
Bame
Food price drops vary by city as 1931 index shows
A report based on 51 cities finds Mobile near Birmingham in drastic price cuts with 22 percent fall. Jacksonville and Little Rock follow with 21 percent, Norfolk 20 percent, and Charleston Richmond and Washington also lower. December indices show year over year declines from 162.8 percent to 114.3 percent, with 1931 annual average at 213 percent.
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Tare
Associated Press
Mobile
Southland
Charleston
Richmond
Washington, D
Reduced fares draw crowds to frigate Constitution visit
SIND reports railroads cut fares for the weekend as crowds flood Mobile to view the frigate Constitution moored at Government Street. Visiting hours run 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Sunday. A 3 p.m. concert by the Mobile Fire Department brass band is planned.
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Constitution
Government
Mobile Fire Inpestment
Boy Struck by Unidentified Auto in Cedar Canal Area
Herman Pierce twelve, 216 South Cedar Street, was hit by an unidentified Chevrolet and badly hurt at Cedar and Canal streets Saturday morning. He was rushed to city hospital where doctors said injuries unlikely fatal. Deputies Talley Rollings and Hobson Hargett to locate driver who allegedly fled the scene. case filed at county jail.
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Herman Pierce
Cedar Street
Cedar and
Canal Streets
Talley Rollings
Hobson Hargett
W. H.holcombe
Star Nears World Mark in Continuous Swimming
A star endurance swimmer aims to break the world record in a continuous swimming event. Details are limited due to damaged text, but the endeavor centers on extraordinary stamina and challenge for the record.
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Star
Graft Dawned as Kenowis Freighter Grounded Off Florida
The Mobile freighter Kenowis owned by Waterman Steamship went aground Friday off St Andrews Bay Florida. Two tugs were dispatched from Mobile and likely alongside by Saturday morning with three coast guard boats standing by to assist. No danger to the ship or crew was reported and the vessel was bound for Mobile from European ports.
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Waterman Steamship Corporation
St. Andrews Bay
Fla
Waterman
Mobile
Coast Guard
Gresham
Mahoning
Tuscarora
Last Man of the Last Man's Club Ill in Bed
Charles Lockwood 89 the last Civil War veteran survivor is critically ill and confined to bed after years in the Last Man's Club founded by Minnesota Infantry Company B. The group traces its origin to battles and veteran gatherings.
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Chamberlain
Charles Lockwood
Minnesota Infantry
Greenwood Faces Gravest Flood Fight in Ten Years
East Tallahatchie river levees broke across Tippo basin near Glendora Mississippi, flooding about twenty square miles and marooning hundreds. A 60 foot crevasse opened at Pattison bayou. floodwaters rose to 39.3 feet, threatening Glendora’s outskirts and prompting refugees to move into nearby towns.
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Associated Press
Glendora
Miss
Swan Lake
Pattison Bayou
Tippo
Charleston
Sharkey
Enwood
Lestre County
Ship Master Elridge Bodden Semmes Dies in Mobile
Funeral for Captain Elridge Bodden Semmes widely known mariner and ship master who commanded the transport Bernard tasked with raising the Maine after the 1898 Havana harbor explosion will be held Sunday. Burial at Magnolia cemetery. Survived by widow Eunice Eden Semmes and adopted son Rennie Eden among others. Funeral by Roche mortuary. Mobile residents and fraternal members attend.
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Semmes
Mobile
Bernard
U. S
Maine
Havana
Roche
Magnolia Cemetery
South
Lafayette Street
Mobile Lodge No. 40
A. F
A. M
Scottish Rite
Abba Temple
Onic
Eunice Eden Semmes
Rennie Eden
Walter Bodden
Charles Bodden
Plot Foiled in Lisbon Plot to Assassinate President Carmona
In Lisbon today two hundred people were arrested including several low ranking officers in a suspected plot to kill President Carmona and his finance minister. A former priest named Fuares a was identified as the alleged leader of the plan.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Carmona
Fuaresa
Senate Group Halts Congressional Quiz Into Hawaiian Crime
The senate territories committee delayed a congressional inquiry into Hawaii crime after four cabinet officials and Hawaii’s delegate said it wasn’t needed. Secretary Wilbur urged reviewing island police and judiciary actions and noted Governor Judd’s death penalty proposal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hawaii
Justice Department
Senate Territories Committee
Hurley
Adams
Wilbur
Mitchell
Victor
K. Houston
William V. Pratt
Naval Operations
Navy
Congress
War
Chilton and Coosa Appeal In Power Tax Fight
Judge Walter B. Jones ruled for Alabama Power and the state tax commission on power company assessments in Chilton and Coosa counties. An appeal by taxpayers’ counsel was announced, with the case expected to go to the state supreme court for final settlement. The mandamus issue centered on aligning power property assessments with other property valuations.
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Alabama Power Company
State Tax Commission
Power Company
Coosa
Chilton
Supreme Court
Jones
Circuit Court
Montgomery
R. Butler
Mandamus
Japan Replies To Nine Power Pact Note
Japan answers the American note invoking the nine power pact stating conditions in the east have changed since the treaty. It says China is not united and lacks a central government, and Russia has proposed a non aggression pact, while Japan affirms no territorial ambitions and support for open door policy.
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Japan
China
Rail unions and railroads open wage cut talks in Chicago
In Chicago on January 16 the unions and railroad management begin negotiations over a 10 percent wage reduction for workers and relief for the unemployed. Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio leads the presidents’ group and argues for a 40 percent deduction for one year as the exchange topic precedes joint discussions.
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Chicago
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Bankhead Witnesses Claim Intimidation In 1930 Vote
Testimony backs claim of intimidation in an Alabama vote. A witness says he and deputy U S marshal Tally Willis hired four men for a Nashville trip, then drove two to Scottsboro and one to a poll on election day. The account includes a taunting remark about a “pretty prod Blatt game.”
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Bankhead
Birmingham
Ala
Tally Willis
United States
Huntsville
Nashville
Willis
Scottsboro
Ailis
Tragic Car Train Crash Kills Two Children Two Adults
A crowded sedan crashed through Addison crossing gates in Corning New York and was struck by an Erie passenger train. Two children and two adults died. Eight others were injured, four critically, with burns and severe wounds reported. Victims include Arthur Woodbeck 30 and Harold Stamford 27 both of Addison. driver William Woodbeck 27 of Elkland Pennsylvania and four others treated and released.
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Corning
N. Y
Addison
Erie
Arthur Woodbeck
Harold Stamford
Woodbeck
Elthea
Floyd
Ruth Woodbeck
Chenier
E .Erry
Ake
Henry Smith
Corning Oe
William Woodbeck
Elkland
Penn
Charles W
Helen Gage
Gilbert Stewsart
Stimson explains withholding Colombia correspondence
Secretary Stimson told a Senate committee why the State Department withholds correspondence with the American legation in Colombia. The letters concern a $44 million loan to Colombia and links to a Mellon Gulf Oil concession. Finance leaders postponed a vote on demanding the documents.
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Washington
Stimson
Semente
Colombia
Finance Committee
State Department
Mellon
Gulf Oil Corporation
Department
Weather Summary for Local Area With Showers
Cloudy with local thundershowers Saturday and Sunday. Alabama and Mississippi showers either Saturday night or Sunday. Local temperatures steady with minor changes. Moonrise and sunset times noted. rainfall above normal by modest amounts. no major changes expected.
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Mentees
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