Mississippi Division Offsets Warrior Losses in Barge Line Profit
Washington dispatch reports the 11 month period to November 1 shows Warrior river division losses of 830,000 while the Mississippi division yields enough earnings to offset. The Mississippi-Warrior line logs a net earning of 349,000, including losses from the Birmingham terminal railway. Congress approval of 10 million dollars for new equipment may further reduce Warrior line losses.
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Washington
Birmingham
Warrior
Congress
T. Q. Ashburn
Afghan waterboy may take throne in Afghanistan turmoil
London reports claim Bacha Sakao nickname for Habibullah Khan may be seated as ruler after Amanullah’s ouster. Kabul largely under Sakao control with only the citadel held. King Inayatullah cornered. Amanullah and Queen at Kandahar, and legations said safe.
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London
Bacha Sakao
Water Boy
Amanullah
Habibullah Khan
Kabul
Inayatullah
Queenee
Kandahar
Mobilian Named to Alabama Boxing Commission Seat
Dr. J. U. Reaves school board commissioner was named a member of the Alabama Athletic Association replacing George Lewis Bailes who resigned. The action was announced in an official communication received today from Governor Graves.
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J. U. Reaves
Alabama Athletic Association
Reaves
Graves
George Lewis Bailes
The
Boxing Commiss
Proprietor Rescues Visitor in Bon Ton Market Burglary
At 1:45 this morning in the Bon Ton market at Northwest Jackson and Beauregard, proprietor C McArdle fought a burglar armed with a razor, grabbed the weapon, and helped arrest Clarence Ba negro alias Fox, a man with a police record. The suspect was turned over to police and a burglary charge was set for Recorder D H Edington’s court next Tuesday.
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C. McArdle
Pillans Street
Jackson
Beauregard
Clarence Banegro
Fox
Warren Burch
Recorder’s Court
D. H. Edington
McArdle
Leo Jugang
Lowe
Juzang
Quinn and Doherty
Robert Holmes
Ee Ene Brandon
Congress Takes Ham Senate Protests and Hearing Request
A fragmented note describes Congress seeking copies of protests and a mission to address a hearing. It mentions opposition to a Cumberland Falls development plan and a push to preserve scenic value, citing Irving Cobb and Stephen Mather among others. The text references the National Park Service and objections to tourism impact.
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Cea
West
Merrill
Ber
Commissi Iteels
Tim Falls
Stanford Diversity
Irving Cobb
Stephen T. Mather
Directo
The
National Park Service
Barge Line Earnings on Mississippi and Warrior Rivers
Net earnings for the 11 months ending November 1 totaled 349000. Lower Mississippi lines earned 654000, offsetting losses on upper Mississippi and Warrior lines and the terminal. Warrior lines and the beemine lost 83000 versus 184000 prior. upper Mississippi lost 222000. Lower Mississippi earnings rose by 279000 from the prior 11 months.
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Lower Mississippi
Upper River
Warrior
Washington
Mississippi
Warrior Rivers
Davis
Upper Mississippi
Warrior Lines
Still Destroyed Beer Operation Near Alabama Port
A 300 gallon copper still and 36 barrels of beer wash were destroyed near Alabama Port, 23 miles from the city, per a report to Sheriff Pat Byrne. William Griffin, 26, and George Washington, 34, were jailed on prohibition violations. John Merritt faced speeding and driving without Alabama license tag charges.
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Alabama
Pat Byrne
Dudley McFayden
Barber
Gewin, Lee
Holmes
William Griffin
George Washington
John Merritt
Koster
Stolen Auto Recovered After Joy Ride Across City
A car owned by 5S. B. Dumient of Reliance Equipment was stolen on Jackson Street between Conti and Government streets between 7 and 8 p.m. The vehicle was found damaged and abandoned on Springhill Avenue near Herndon Avenue by Detective F. B. McDonald and Motorcycle Officer Lorenzo Miller. Roy Popham, who confessed, had previously stolen another car from Rome Georgia and was jailed awaiting federal trial on motor vehicle theft charges.
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Joy Riders
B. Dumient
Reliance Equipment Company
Jackson Street
Conti
Government Streets
F. EB. McDonald
Lorenzo Miller
Springhill Avenue
Herndon Avenue
Rome
Georgia
Roy Popham
J. A. Warren
Popham
Dairymen Form Cooperative to Improve Industry
The Gulf Coast Dairymen's Test ry Association filed incorporation in probate court today. The society unites county dairymen to improve milk herds and member welfare. Incorporators listed: J. R. Ingersoll, E. Graiz Kooiman, J. V. Sturtevant, andbert H. Ching.
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Gulf Coast Dairymen's Testry Association
Sern
J. R. Ingersoll
E. Graiz Kooiman
J. V. Sturtevant
Teenage girl halts hold up with book strike in Tennessee
In Tenn son Jan 17 a bandit threatened a woman as Miss Goldberg 16 hurled her ancient Aye book at the gunman and struck him, knocking him off balance and forcing his retreat. The assailant fled after being struck by the book.
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Anchet
Tenn
Miss Goldberg
Weather fragment reports coastal near night temperatures
Fragmentary weather notes describe partly cloudy conditions and southerly to moderate temperatures on a coastal area Friday night and into early Saturday with light winds and minimal changes expected.
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Alabama
Florida
Rumors Fly On Rebel Claims In Kabul Capture
Persistent rumors from Persha war said today that Baca Sakao, rebel chief, had captured Kabul and made prisoners of former King Amanullah and his brother King Inayatullah, in whose favor Amanullah abdicated.
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Allahabad
India
Pershawar
Baca Sakao
Kabul
Amanullah
Inayatullah
Mobile Chamber to decide role in M and O split case
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce plans to intervene in the Southern Railway and Mobile and Ohio Railroad separation before the Interstate Commerce Commission. A special committee led by E. D. Flynn has gathered data but offers no report yet. John H. Jones filed the petition in New York law firm action alleging discrimination against Mobile in favor of New Orleans.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Southern Railway
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
R. G Cobb
Commission
Cobb
E. D. Flynn
Chamber of Commerce
M. and O
John H. Jones
New York
Southern Line
Mobile
New Orleans
Informal Meet on Rerouting Satsuma Mt Vernon Link
State highway engineer George L. Moulton and Arthur D. Davis, head of the revenue board, discussed changing the Satsuma to Mt Vernon link of the Mobile Calvert highway. Moulton favored the move to speed up right of way deeds and reduce delays. The new route would pass through cutover land, potentially easing acquisition.
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George L. Moulton
Arthur D. Davis
Board of Revenue
Satsuma-Mt. Vernon
Mobile-Calvert
Davis
Moulton
Mobile Yacht Club to Discuss Tentative Program Meeting
The Mobile Yacht Club will hold a general membership meeting at 7 30 p m tomorrow night at the Bienville hotel. A tentative program of activity will be drafted and officers and governing board elected. all members urged to attend due to major business to be discussed.
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Mobile Yacht Club
Bienville Hotel
Registration Busy As Voter Books Open In County
The board of registrars continued registering men and women voters with many young men newly of age and several women seeking voting rights. The books remain open today to complete registrations.
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Board of Registrars
Congress Sees Broad Agenda Yet Little Action This Day
Congress steadies on two major bills as the naval construction measure and the independent offices appropriation command attention. Senate debates over 15 cruisers and one aircraft carrier loom long while House members push supply bills and the tariff issue surfaces. Committees prepare hearings on soft coal regulation and banking nominees.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Can
Tarif Alain
Ways and
Interstate Commerce Committee
John H. Guill
California
Federal Farm Loan Board
Public Service Commission Sets February 6 Hearing on Rail Rates
Alabama Public Service Commission schedules February 6 hearing in Montgomery on proposals to cancel less carload commodity rates and apply class rates to smaller shipments. Railroads publish interstate rate cancellations for February 9 and seek state rate alignment. Mobile Chamber of Commerce to seek exemptions for iron and steel articles for local shippers, with no general protest planned.
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Alabama Public Service Commission
Montgomery
State Commission
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Tax fine fixed for non payment of street tax
Recorder D H Edington announced penalties for violators of the street tax ordinance. Non payment at trial incurs a 10 dollar fine plus costs. those paying after warrants are served face a 5 dollar fine plus costs totaling 1 dollar. George W Adams of 855 Dauphin street was fined 5 dollars and costs. City Attorney Vincent F Kilborn and assistant W H Cowan represented the prosecution.
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Recorder’s Court
D. H. Edington
George W. Adams
Dauphin Street
Charles Burden
Vincent F. Kilborn
W. H. Cowan
Conference opens district elementary session
The conference began at 10 this morning at the First Christian church with delegates from Mobile and Baldwin counties and Pensacola Florida. It runs until 4 this afternoon conducted by Miss Florence Carmichael national elementary superintendent and Miss Mary White regional worker. Lunch was served to attendees.
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First Christian Ch
Mobile
Baldwin Counties
Pensacola
Fla
Florence Carmichael
Mary White
Carmichael
White
Moblian Man Arrested on Narcotic Charge in Birmingham
Emmett Gentry of Mobile was arrested in Birmingham on a federal narcotic law violation. His wife Mrs. Gentry was also arrested but later released.
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Emmett Gentry
Mobile
Birmingham
Mrs. Gentry
Storm Signal For Chuiser Bill Faces Senate Debate
Washington January 17 The cruiser bill faces a Senate test amid long debate and controversy. Senator Swanson Virginia argues the measure acts as a peace move by signaling naval parity with Britain's fleet. Opponents remain unmoved by proposals for 15 cruisers and one aircraft carrier.
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Senate
Washington
Jan
Swanson
Virginia
United States
England
Great Britain
Alabama Legion Delegates to State Conference in Montgomery
Mobile delegates from Lamar Y. Mc Leod Post No. 3 American Legion plan to attend a January 27 state wide conference in Montgomery. Edwin Zel nicker Captain Ford and John Moore from the post will be present along with Edward White national vice commander. Discussion will include the veterans hospital bill pending in Congress.
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Mobile
Lamar Y. McLeod
American Legion
Montgomery
Legion
Edwin A. Zelnicker
Alabama
Thomas J. Ford
Lamar Y
McLeod Post
John T. Moore
Edward L. White
International Paper Buys Baldwin County Timber Land
The International Paper Company, owner of a large kraft mill in Mobile, purchased acres of cut-over land in Baldwin County from Southern States Lumber Company of Pensacola. They plan to grow timber for paper use and had previously taken options on several hundred acres across South Alabama.
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Internationsl Pa Paper Company
Mobile
Baldwin County
Southern States Lumber Company
Pensacola
South Alabama
Handcraft Show Showcasing Mobile Children Works
An exhibition of handcraft by children under city recreation department guidance will take place this afternoon at the recreation hall. Mrs. Carl A. Klinge, superintendent, announces wide public interest and invites Mobile residents to view the children's productions.
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City Recreation Department
Recreation Hall
Carl A. Klinge
Klinge
Mobile
Widening of Old Shell Road to Begin Next Week
Alex Hancock of Hancock Brothers announces a project to widen Old Shell road from 16 to 20 feet as part of a county 5 million dollar paving program. Traffic impact remains minimal during construction.
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Old Shell Road
Alex Hancock
Hancock Brothers
Weather forecast for Mobile region shows mild, unsettled period
Partly cloudy and mild temperatures expected tonight and Friday for Mobile and vicinity. Local meteorologist Mr Ashenberger says unsettled conditions will prevail for quite a while.
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Mobile
Ashenberger
Women Here To Organize Plan Clubhouse In Mobile
Mobile women at a base meeting at Battle House decided to organize a women’s club and pursue the purchase of a clubhouse. A second session was set for next Thursday at 10:20 AM. Mrs. W. A. Bellingrath of Montgomery, a leading clubwoman, spoke on forming a Mobile club modeled after Montgomery’s and urged community ownership over personal gain.
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Mobile
Battle House
W. A. Bellingrath
Montgomery
Bellingrath
Forum Club
Tn. Club of Women
Hoover to depart Washington for Miami Beach visit
President-elect Hoover will leave Washington at 10 30 a m Monday for Miami Beach Florida where he will be hosted by J C Penny on Belle Isle for about a month He is due in Miami at 1 30 p m Tuesday to participate in a monster all state demonstration honoring his visit to a state that helped him win the November election Officials including the governor will welcome him and counties are to be represented En route from Miami his party will be escorted by motor cars to a planned program likely continuing in the area.
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Washington
Hoover
Miami Beach
Fila
J. C. Penny
Belle Isle
Miami
South
Drunk Driving, Fines Set by Inferior Court Judge Touart
W Davis was fined 300 dollars and court costs or 90 days in jail after drunken driving and damaging Deputy Brannan’s vehicle. J B Addison received the same fine and sentence on a game charge and appealed with bond set at 300 dollars. John Greek fined 1 dollar and costs for speeding. Bessie Connell Rayond Scott and Ervin Gladden fined 50 dollars and costs or 2 days hard labor for violating prohibition. Gene Andrews fined 50 dollars and costs or 20 days for dry laws violation and gave notice of appeal. Ray Morris fined 10 dollars and costs for rating without a license.
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W. Davis
Charles Brannan
Brannan
Tisdale J. Touart
Inferior Criminal Court
J. B. Addison
John Greek
Bessie Connell
Scott
Ervin Gladden
Costa
Gene Andrews
Touart
Ray Morris
Thief is Sentenced for Bread Box Thefts
Police captured J. H. Reeder after weeks of raids on bread box thefts. Reeder, convicted by Recorder D. H. Edington on a petit larceny charge for stealing two dozen coffee rolls from a store at 860 St. Anthony Street, was sentenced to 30 days of hard labor.
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Ray and
Wimberley
J. H. Reeder
Reeder
D. H. Edington
St. Anthony Street
Editors GME Group Pledges to Aid Port Development
Delegates to the Alabama Association of the Associated Press annual meeting returned home with pledges to support port improvements. J E Pierce was re-elected president and invited the group to meet next year in Montgomery with semi-annual sessions planned. Pierce vowed continued effort for Alabama's seaport upbuilding.
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Sera Oo
Alabama Association of the Associated Press
Sterday
Associated
J _E Pierce
Huntaville Daily Times
Montgomery
Pierce
Alabama
Boat Races Friday Between Pontchartrain and Fylgia
Lifeboat race between crews from the cutter Pontchartrain and the Swedish warship Fylgia is set for 3 PM tomorrow with start opposite the state docks and finish at the berth. Visitors may board the foreign ship from 2 to 5 PM Thursday and Friday. The Fylgia officers and crew, arriving Monday, are invited to an 8 PM Friday program in the recreation hall, arranged by the municipal recreation department.
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Pontchartrain
Fylgia
Waition
Municipal Department of Recreation
Karl Klinge
Doctor is dead after pellagra study in Washington
Dr J Goldberger a United States public service scientist died at Naval Hospital Washington aged 54. He fell ill during pellagra research, an enigma to colleagues. A post mortem was planned by Dr G W McCoy to determine the illness cause.
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Washington
J Goldberger
United States Public Service
Naval Hospital
G. W. McCoy
The
Health Service
Dr. Goldberger
Train Collision Kills Two In Middletown Station
Two men died and five were injured when a freight train struck a section gang near Middletown Ohio. One victim Gani Fostoria was hospitalized in critical condition. Railroad officers and investigators worked hours to identify the victims and determine the cause.
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Middletown
Ohio
Peattstown
Here
Gani Fostoria
Acci
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