Assault on State Officer Ferguson Near Saunders Store
State Law Enforcement Officer Bob Ferguson was attacked with a brick during a liquor-sting at Raymond Saunders store between Prichard and Plateau. Saunders, 28, held in county jail on an assault with intent to murder charge. Ferguson expected to leave hospital soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Ferguson
Raymond Saunders
Prichard
Plateau
Saunders
Ferguson
B. B. Chamberlain
W. K. McAdory
Montgomery
C. H. Russell
Market Opens With Strong Tone Across Stocks and Commodities
Stocks opened with strong tone in New York trading led by Nash Motors rising to a record of 285, Ludlum Steel up 2 1/2 to 40, and Radio Corporation and others edging higher. Cotton futures opened steady with multiple contracts listed, while potatoes in Chicago showed a steady morning market with limited receipts and prices around 1.10 to 1.20 per cwt for Wisconsin sacked whites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nash Motors
Ludlum Steel
Radio Corporation
Allis’ Chalmers
Delaware & Hudson
Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Wild boar bursts into French home as hunter chase ends
In Bonrges near Grand Mallory an escaped wild boar forced its way into a private residence. It chased an invalid resident to a bedroom, who escaped by leaping from a window. The animal was slain and the injured person returned to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonrges
France
Grand Mallory
Kearns Takes Over Piser's Business in City
Incorporation papers filed in probate court establish Kearns and partners as holders of a $65,000 capital company to operate wool hides fur and junk at 109 North Commerce. The venture starts with $60,000 and lists Joseph V Kearns George E Glover M B Glover Owen Burke Joseph H Lyons and G T Allison as incorporators. A name change for Meador Sentell Macaroni Company to Meador Grant Macaroni Company was also filed in probate court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Piser & Company
North Commerce Street
Joseph V. Kearns
Piser Company
George E. Glover
M. B. Glover
Owen Burke
Joseph H. Lyons
G. T. Allison
Meador-Sentell Macaroni Company
Meador-Grant Macaroni Company
Cutter Comanche Off For Texas Coast
The Coast Guard cutter Comanche departs Mobile on a temporary assignment for a mission kept secret. The vessel heads toward the Texas coast, beyond the usual Tallapoosa cruise range, and marks its return to the port after a prior Galveston assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Texas
Coast Guard
Mobile
Tallapoosa
Galveston
Two Negroes Shot and Hospitalized in City Incident
Police reports indicate two men and a woman were shot and wounded last night. Charles Henry of Allenville is hospitalized with a facial bullet wound and fractured jaw after a confrontation on Congress Street. Lillian Higgins, a Negro woman, is treated for a gunshot wound to the right hip. the assailant remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henry
Allenville
Lillian Higgins
Henry
Sheriff's Department
Congress Street
Bayou
Jefferson Streets
Ban on Shipments Live Fowl Lifted
Martin Holbrook of Southeastern Express Co reports Alabama embargo on live poultry imports due to European fowl is partly lifted. Poultry may enter the state with a veterinarian certificate confirming they are free from the disease and have not been exposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Holbrook
Southeastern Express Company
Alabama
Weather outlook for southern states forecast changes
Weather summary notes rain tonight in Alabama and Mississippi with colder air moving in by Sunday. Central and southern portions turn cooler with Sunday fair skies. South Atlantic and Gulf states expected mostly fair with near normal temperatures into Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mississippi
South
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Liverpool Cotton Prices Steady in Quiet Spot Market
Spot cotton in Liverpool January 17 is quiet with steady prices. Middling sells at 18.06. Total sales reach 5,000 bales, including 1,500 American, with receipts of 16,000 bales, 15,400 American. Futures close steady: January 12.79, March 12.85, May 12.92, July 12.96, October 12.75, December 12.64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Missing Mary Jane Findlay Sought by Police
W. R. Findlay reports his 10 year old daughter Mary Jane missing since Friday afternoon from 355 Beauregard Street. She left Clark School Friday and was last seen noon Saturday. description includes dark hair grey eyes pale green dress brown sweater and green velvet coat. Police circulated description to officers citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Findlay
Beauregard Street
Mary Jane Findlay
Clark School
Aw Sade Ae Burel
Clearing Cold Sunday Forecast From Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau forecast clearing and colder conditions Sunday with temperatures around 45 degrees by Sunday morning. A high water warning was issued for the Tombigbee River with Demopolis expected to reach a stage of 44 feet by next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Tombigbee River
Demopolis
M Auley Fined On Two Charges In Recorder's Court
KK McCauley was fined 106 for disorderly conduct and 11.25 plus costs for operating a motor vehicle without a license after a recorder's court hearing. Jones testified McCauley threatened and chased him. Frederickson also fined 15 and 15 days for speeding 30 mph through city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KK. T. McCauley
Recorder’s Court
Jones
McCauley
Erreered McCauley
JT Frederickson
Women Voters League to Meet Monday at Battle House
The Mobile County League of Women Voters holds its regular monthly meeting Monday at 11 in parlor C of the Battle House. Topics include aligning the local constitution and by laws with changes from the national and Alabama leagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County League of Women Voters
Parlor C
Battle House
National
Alabama
Disorderly Conduct Charged to Man After Altercation
Cc. Ke Merriman of Conception Street Road was arrested today by Officers Johnson and Tunstall on a disorderly conduct charge. Foreman J E Davis of the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company alleges Merriman struck him during a quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. KE
Merriman
Conception Street Road
Johnson and Tunstall
J. E. Davis
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Davis
State pursues condemnation of three automobiles
Condemnation proceedings were filed in the circuit court on the equity side alleging three automobiles owned by Joe Frommel Sim Lewis and Jerome Young were used to transport prohibited liquors and are subject to seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart B. Chambelin
Joe Frommel
Sim Lewis
Jerome Young
Nationwide effort to craft reforestation policies eyed
The American Engineering Council will lead a campaign with national and local engineering societies to develop state reforestation policies aligned with federal goals. It pledges cooperation with the forestry service and other agencies to protect timber resources and seek closer government collaboration on engineering matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Engineering Council
Iis
Federal
Tosbatey Service
Organized League Opens With Florida Golf Match
In St Peters burg Florida January 17 Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood of the Boca Ciega Gold Club Pasadena meet Sarazen and Leo Diegel of Hollywood in the first game of organized league golf in America. The 18 hole match opens the Florida Professional Golf League with six teams listed for home matches and a Tampa game tomorrow featuring Farrell and Cruikshank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Petersburg
Fra
Walter Hagen
Joe Kirkwood
Boca Ciega Gold Club
Pasadena
Sarazen
Leo Diegel
Hollywood
Boca Ciega Course
America
Robert E. Harlow
Tampa
Diegel
Johnny Farrell
Bobby Cruikshahk
Walter Hagén
Gene Sarazen
Holywood
Cyril Walker
Eddie Loos
Winterhaven
Lakeland
Bill Melhorn
Tommy Arymour
Miami
Jim Barnes
Freddy McLeod
Temple Terrace
Bobby Cruikshank
Probe Into Embassy Fire Is Continued
Berlin report says a small kitchen fire at the American embassy may have started from a defective pipe and officials doubt it was accidental. The note cites prior embassy fires in Paris and Rome and notes Madrid's American consulate under police protection as part of the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United Press
Paris
Fletcher
Rome
Madrid
Pirates Take Over British Steamer Hong Hwa
The Hong Hwa sailed to Singapore but turned back to port after three days in pirate hands. Pirates overpowered the crew and disabled the wireless, then looted the passengers while keeping them confined. Officers were captured and later released with the ship forced to land the raiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
United Press
Hong Hwa
Singapore
Prize fund and scholarships set for national music contests
Peoria January 17. A $2,500 cash prize fund and scholarships in five prominent music schools will be awarded to national winners of the Young Artist contests run by the National Federation of Music Clubs. Contests cover volee violin and piano with state district and final oral rounds ending at the federation's June Portland Oregon convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Wie
National Federation of Music
Helen Harrigan Mills
Federation
Portland
Ore
Mme
Galli Curel
United States to Recognize Russia by 1926
Soviet envoy Christian Rakovsky told the Teacher's Congress in London that the United States would recognize Russia before the end of 1926. He predicted the action would occur within the year and urged Europe to align with America, asserting capital should flow to Europe and that a supralegal agreement with Russia was imminent.
Suspect Sought in Chicago Flower Shop Slaying
Coroner's jury in Chicago seeks a map known as Pete used by Car men Vacco and James Genna before florist Dion O'Banion was killed on November 16. Inquest recessed to January 30 to question Louis Alterie, associate of O'Banion, who is in trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pete
Carmen Vacco
James Genna
Dion O’banion
O’banion
Louis Alterie
Trado
Brother of Powhatan planter brings home Norfolk body
Milton Flippen of Powhatan county Virginia mourns his brother Archole Flippen found dead in a Norfolk rooming house. Coroner reports Archole a man of means with elusive relatives possibly in Mathews or Cumberland counties. Milton plans to return the body to Virginia and settle affairs in Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Jolan
Milton Flippen
Powhatan County
Virginia
Archole
Archie Flippen
Mathews
Cumberland
Tobaccoville
Flippen
Cumberland County
Big Week
Milton
Appropriations Up in House Moves Back to Budget Bills
Washington dispatch reports the House returning to appropriation bills after a week on other matters. The independent offices supply measure leads today with most funds slated for the veterans bureau and the Shipping Board. A potential dispute centers on the tariff commission and a member’s eligibility in cases involving personal interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Veteran's Bureau and Shipping Board
Tariff Commissiin
Guard Ordered to Stay in Nicaragua
The United States authorizes the retention of the marine guard in Nicaragua for three to six months, not later than September 1925, after Nicaragua urged permission to avoid withdrawal. The guard had been ordered to depart on the next boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Marine Guard
Nicaragua
Ford Posts Record 1924 Sales Total 1.87 Million
Ford Motor Company reports 1924 domestic deliveries of cars and trucks at 1,873,581, up 87,736 from 1923. Retail Ford truck sales exceed 200,600, rising 15,013, while Lincoln sales rise about 25 percent to 7,501. overseas sales also increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ford Motor Company
General Pershing Still on Journey
General Pershing touring South America is due in Viedma today to board a special train for Bahia Blanca He will visit Bahia Blanca then continue to Buenos Aires tonight returning to this city later in the day
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
General Pershing
South America
Viedma
Bahia Blanca
Progress in Lincoln murder trial gains pace
Geneva Ibs Jan 17 indications show a jury for Warren J Lincoln, charged with murdering his wife and her brother, may be seated faster than expected. Three jurors were obtained on the first day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Ibs
Warren J. Lincoln
Girl killer summoned for coroner's probe
Anna Ellingson was buried yesterday as her daughter Dorothy faces a coroner's probe after allegedly shooting her mother. Neighbors testified while three musician suspects, including Keith Lord, are jailed on statutory offenses. A preliminary hearing is set for next Thursday as May Fitzgerald aids police as a witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Anna Ellingson
Dorothy
San
Francisco
Peae Ee
Julia Ur
D. E. F. Easton
San Francisco Federation,of Women's Clubs
Ellingson
Keith Lord
Los Angeles
May _ Fitzgerald
San Francisco
Bilingson
Woman on trial for father-in-law murder in Tulsa
Mrs Winona Green faces an insanity plea in the murder case of her father in law Robert Green evidence shows fingerprints tying the gun to Tulsa Oklahoma police say others testified to support statements in an alleged confession the defense seeks to argue irresponsibility as the trial proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Green
Robert Green
Tulsa
Ohloa
Tourther
Winona
Tunney Stribbling bout set for March in Miami
Gene Tunney the light heavyweight champion and Atlanta youth Stribbling have a 10 round no decision match arranged for March 2 or 9 in Miami. Billy Gibson and W L Stribbling arranged the bout through Ed Douglass. Tunney will keep his title unless Stribbling scores a knockout. Tunney trains here while Stribbling plans to return in late February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Gene Tunney
Young Stribbling
Atlanta
Billy Gibson
Gene
W. L
Ed Douglass
Tunney
Stribbling
Central Time to be re established on Rhine railroads
The inter-allied Rhineland commission orders re establishing central Europe time, commonly German time, on all railroads in the occupied Rhineland and Ruhr. The move aims to standardize schedules across central Europe within the German occupied zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayence
Germany
Inter-Allied
Rhineland Commission
Central Europe
Rhineland
Ruhr
Oil Export Duty Law Goes Into Effect
Mexico City January 17 President Calles orders collection of oil export duties by the monetary commission starting January 15, applying the December 24 decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Calles
Moneary Commission
Boston Pitcher Piercy Released to Salt Lake
Boston January 17 William B Piercy pitcher has been released by the Boston American League club to the Salt Lake club of the Pacific Coast League strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
William B. Piercy
Boston American League Baseballlub
Salt Lake
Battle Anniversary Celebration Fixed
Washington January 17 Press report states a commission will organize a celebration marking the 150th anniversary of the Lexington and Concord battles. The panel includes four senators and four House members, with invitations extended to Speaker Goelidge to speak at the April 19 and 20 events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Press
New York
Battens
Lexington and Concord
Goelidge
Postal Service Cleared In Thefts In Cuba
In Havana on January 7 postal inspectors continued an inquiry to prove the $50,000 currency shipment from Bank of Canada Guantanamo to Santiago de Cuba theft occurred outside the postal service. J M Montalvo sub director of communications said arrest is hoped soon and Guantanamo is a focus. It is the first loss of a substantial sum in the Cuban mail in three and a half years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Soyar Bank of Canada
Guantanamo
Santiago de Cuba
Grave jury error in Denver bank robbery case
Brighten colonel Jan 17 jurors misread verdict in Minnie Young case. They found her guilty of aggravated robbery, not simple robbery, risking 10 years to life. A new trial likely as she aided the auto used by bank robbers Lee Eason and George Tyler in the East Lake Bank heist last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boris
Russia
America
Olympic
Royal
William H. Harrigan
Alexander Gross
Miami
Fha
Harrigan
Gross
Grand Duchess
Rachezsky
Natalia
Baron Olas Crown
Grand Duchessersky
Natalie
Bke Pauleff
Dan McKetrick
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Paris
Frisca
Manhattan
Palm Beach
Brighton
Col
Bee & Jury
Minnie Young
Denver
Young
Lee Eason
George Tyler
East Lake Bank
Woman Passenger Hurt In Crash Near Norristown
A train operating between Dublin and Dy turned over one mile north of Norristown due to high flood waters. One woman passenger and a train crew member suffered slight injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Dublin
Norristown
Georgia
Alleged Swindler of Priests Sought in Havana Case
Police hunt Pablo Dreher after charges he swindled the Jesuit Society out of funds for the new ornate College. Transactions spanned over a year and charges were filed in the second court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Pablo Dreher
Ornate
Woman Laughs As She Tells Of Shooting
Cleveland report states Angeline Mannino, 15, with detectives, described shooting Bonny Valore, 24, in Valore’s home last night. Angeline surrendered alleging betrayal by Valore, claiming written law could spare her extreme penalty. County Pro Edward C. Stanton involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Mannino
Bony Valore
Angeline
Vatore
Pring
Xtreme Pene County
Edward C. Stanton
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Masa
Munalbro
Robin Crai
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Here
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Cashin
Radio Corporation of America
Manalbro
Robin Adair
Adair
Newport News
Munaaldo Steamship Corporation of
Baltimore
Pacific Coast
Honolulu
Seattle
Washa
Margaret Clarke
Ill
Melito
Filiippe,Carracciolo
Florence
Miss Clarke
Butler
W. E.H. Searcy
Griffin
Circuit Court
Jervis Bloodwort
Willie Jones
W. H. Underwood
Torney
Taylor Couty
Arrivn
Arcy
Searcy
Searcy To Ay
New Orleans
Kearns
Piser’s
City Hospital
M’auley
FORD
Lincoln
Girl Killer
Dorothy Ellingson
Postal Service
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