Board Told to Return Tax on Free Text Books
County board learns gasoline taxes illegal and must be returned to payers under Section 3144. Legal opinion by Robert E. B. Gordon to revenue board notes refunds sought by stations, while $855 claim by Mobile Winter Visitors Club is disallowed. Other actions include traffic officers restricted to patrol duties and Saenger Theatre advertising contract approved. Cedar Point road extension right of way awaited from Mobile and Ohio railroad.
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Robert EB. Gordon
Board of Revenue
Treasury
Gordon
Eeaeses
Committee On
American Legion
Lions Club
Alabama State Docks Commission
Seawall
Pan-American Petroleum Corporation
Finance Committee
George A. Zolezzi
Mobile
Zolezzi
Baumhauer
Sheriff’’S Office
Saenger Theatre
J. P. Courtney
Alex Hancock
Cedar Point Road
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Courtney
Fatal gunshot wounds claim Dock Talbert in Washington County
Dock Talbert, 15, died at City hospital from a gunshot said to be fired by Jack Currie near Deer Park in Washington County Alabama. Talbert’s dying statement records Currie drawing a pistol and firing after the youth refused to believe Currie would shoot.
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Dock Talbert
City Hospital
Jack Currie
Deer Park
Washington County
Alabama
Talbert
County faces 2 million deficit in 1931 audit
Leslie Richard and Company press public finances as the county reports a deficit over 2 000 000 including bank loans warrants and current unpaid bills. Officials warn 1932 income will fall below 1931 prompting calls for substantial expense cuts and a stance against new road work. Treasurer Stone predicts lower county revenue. Louise Riley reports county rural programs expanding.
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Board of Revenue
Leslie J. Richard & Company
Certified Public Accountants
Audit Board
Consid
George B. Stone
Charles Baumhauer
Finance Committee
Leslie Richard
Louise W. Riley
City Board Hears New Curtailed Expense Plans
City commissioners will resume study of operating expense curtailments after defeat of a tax retention amendment. A special conference is set to examine sources to trim $40,000 to $50,000, using department heads’ input plus prior recommendations totaling more than $30,000 in potential cuts. The board has already enacted curtailments totaling $231,000.
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Saventheant
Free Passenger Transport Offered for Mexican Repatriates
The Mexican government accepted an offer from the American Fruit and Steamship Co to provide free transportation for Mexican repatriates on banana boats between Mobile and Vera Cruz and Frontera. The Foreign Office will notify consuls in the southeast U.S. to advise Mexicans wishing to return. Ten to fifteen repatriates can be accommodated weekly, including boats from New Orleans, Tampa, and Galveston.
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American Fruit and Steamship Company
Mobile
Vera Cruz
Frontera
Mexico
Associated Press
Interior
Manuel C. Tellez
Foreign Office
United States
New Orleans
Tampa
Galveston
Two Shotgun Duel Ends with Minor Wounds in Mobile Street
In a north Mobile street late Sunday Hardy Sstanthus and Lewis Young, aged 5 and 39, exchanged shots in a shotgun duel. Both men sustained slight birdshot wounds. Deputies Hobson Hargett and W. F. Ryor investigated for assault to murder. charges filed at the county jail.
Tour Attendance Totals by City and Day
The record lists visiting days and attendance figures for multiple cities during a tour. Mobile shows peak single day and opening day counts, with totals for Philadelphia and other locations indicated.
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Mobile
Ingwc Moen i Dusccasse
Philadelphia
Balimiarey
Old Ironsides Leaves Mobile After Record Cruise
The Constitution departed Mobile for Baton Rouge at 8:40 AM after a six day port visit that saw a record crowd board the ship. On Saturday 25,383 visitors set a new single day record, with Sunday drawing 22,926, the second highest total of the visit and surpassing Philadelphia’s prior peak.
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Constitution
Mobile
Baton Rouge
Old Ironsides
Philadelphia
Endurance Swimmer Quietly Relaxes After Record Spree
Norris Kellam, a 315 pound endurance swimmer, set three unofficial swimming records and slept in a Mobile hotel to recover. He plans to leave for Miami on Wednesday for exhibition swims after a grueling 20 hour effort in cold water with cramps.
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Norris Kellam
Mobile
Miami
Fla
Arta
Defendants Plead Guilty in Federal Prohibition Trial
Twenty three defendants faces pleas on opening day as juries not seated until Tuesday. Herchel Rhodes 23 of Mississippi admitted guilt for theft involving cashed checks to aid his ill mother. Sentences ranged from 10 days to two years with several on probation or parole.
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Industrial Institute
Illicothe
Rhodes
New Orleans
Mobile
Holly M. Shaffer
Baldwin County
Wee
Ghaslestone
Stevens
John Krouse
J Bromiey
Lewis Turner
Dave
M. C. Powell
Buster Ilton
Lesley J.strickland
Martin Werneth
Jesse Logan
Charles Davison
Walter Sellers
George Lott
G. H. Guy
Ed EB. Harrison
Jack Busby
Mack Cone
Horace Richardson
Mollie Petit
J. M. Nicholson
Rosa Lee Starks
John Lee Hall
Earnshaw Arrives in Hot Springs for Conditioning
Pitcher George Earnshaw of the Athletics arrives in Hot Springs Arkansas for conditioning before spring training. He joins golf partner H King Wade and Onis Green with Wade Jr for an 18 hole outing. Earnshaw plans baths hikes golf daily until March 1 then reports to Montreal Milwaukee spring camps. Al Simmons expected February 10 to train with minor league teams before Fort Myers.
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Hot Springs
Ark
George Earnshaw
Athletics
H. King Wade
Onis Green
Arkansas
Young Wade
Jorge
Montreal
Milwaukee
al Simmons
Earnshaw
Fort Myers
Fila
Tennesseeans urge private lease of Muscle Shoals
A 22 member Tennessee delegation led by Representative McReynolds and Rom Brock urged President Hoover to lease Muscle Shoals to a private corporation. They opposed further government operation and did not back any single joint federal state plan, wanting a private arrangement to speed disposition.
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Washington
Hoover
Muscle Shoals
McReynolds
Sig Rom Brock
Tennessee River
Brock
Four Fire Calls Responded To Sunday
Four calls for fires were answered by the fire department on Sunday. The incidents occurred at Spring Hill, an avenue by Washington Avenue, a sedan on Dearborn Street, and another vehicle on Shell Road between Panama and Canal, as listed in the department's report.
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Fire Department
Spring Hill
Washington Avenue
South Dearborn
Staat Sveane
Mississippi flood threat expands across six counties
A wide flood from the Tallahatchie, Coldwater, and Yazoo rivers endangers six Mississippi counties and may reach three more. About 2,000 residents evacuate as Red Cross and relief agencies aid lowland families from Lambert to Belzoni. Estimated damage nears 250000 dollars with 300 convicts mobilized on levees in Quitman county.
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Associated Press
Glendora
Miss
Tallahatchie
Coldwater
Yazoo
Mississippi
Lambert
Quitman County
Belzoni
Humphreys
Red Cross
Benzoni
Eden
Panola
Quitman
Leflore
Sunflower County
Holmes County
Sharkey
Issaquena
Tallahatchie County
Mellon Faces Renewed Charges In Impeachment Probe
Washington January 18 secretary Mellon answered impeachment charges before the house judiciary committee. Alexander W. Gregg disavowed all charges and offered to be questioned by Patman, though procedure was ruled out of order. Gregg was asked to provide a list of current holders of Mellon bank stock.
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Washington
Bec‘retary
Mellon
House
Judiciary Committee
Wright Patman
Texas
Alexander W. Gregg
Secretary of the Treasury
Patman
Sumners
Dyer
Missouri
Promo
Gregg
Unload of Rum Cargo From Freda Begins in Mobile
The rum ship Freda captured in the gulf is being unloaded at Mobile and the cargo of foreign rum sacks is stored at the customs house. The ship will be tied up after unloading. Pending ceasive disposition of rum running charges against crew members, with Biloxi filing charges.
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Freda
Gulf
Mobile
Biloxi
38 Degrees Seen A Temperature Of 38 Degrees
A brief note records a observed temperature of 38 degrees. The item states the reading may reflect an unusual chill or early cold snap with no additional weather details.
Dry leaguers cheer as Hoover is lauded on prohibition view
At the Anti-Saloon League biennial, delegates erupt as Reverend John M. Phillips asserts a convinced dry White House. Senator Bingham and Burnet clash over liquor taxes and legalization, Canada’s failure of government control cited, while Montreal official I W Pierce warns against repeal.
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Hoover
White House
Bingham
Associated Press
Washington
Anti-Saloon League
John M. Phillips
Hartford
Conn
United States
Phillips
Assaila
Solon
Senator Bingham
Connecticut
Mississippi
The
Crusaders
Knights of Malt and Bourbon
League
America
DuPont and Raskob
DuPont Brothers
John ‘J. Raskob
I. W. Pierce
Montreal
Canada
Pierce
League Against
Quebec
Provincial Liquor Control Board
Burnet
Prohibition Bureau
Court appoints receivers for defunct American Power groups
Federal Judge Francis G. Caffey names ancillary receivers for the American Commonwealths Power corporation with assets over 100 million and for the American Community Power corporation with assets over 69 million. Receivers were first appointed in Delaware. assets include gas electricity and water utilities to hundreds of cities in 20 states and Canada.
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Associated Press
New York
Francis G. Caffey
American Commonwealths Power Corporation
American Community Power Corporation
Grand Rapids
Mich
Court of Chancery
Delaware
John K. Garrigues
Wilmington
Dela
Herbert W. Briggs
Garrigues, Brigse
David A. Belden
St. Louis
American ~ Commonwealth» Power Corporation
Canada
American Community Power
Middle West
South
Neapolis
Jacksonville
Savannah
Birmingham
Alfalfa Bill Murray backs banking reform plea in Congress
Oklahoma governor Murray urged the Ways and Means Committee to repeal the ten percent tax on state bank notes. Introduced by Representative McKeown, the bill aims to allow so called Scotch banks to issue notes again, a plan Murray first proposed years ago.
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Washington
Murray
Oklahoma
Congress
House
Ways and Means
McKeown
Scotch” Banks
Conner Takes Post Tuesday In Mississippi
Jackson Miss Jan 18 Smiling Mike Conner set to become governor of Mississippi tomorrow after three campaigns and 20 years of preparation The 40 year old practical politician will inaugurate as state chief executive amid a major rehabilitation program for the state He spent his boyhood in Covington County hunting quail and his manhood in politics turning to page 3 column 4 for full details.
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Associated Press
Jackson, Mies
Mike Conner
Mississippi
Piney Woods
Covington County
Bankhead Witnesses Deny Vote Tampering in Shelby
Shelby county witnesses testified before the senate elections subcommittee denying ballot tampering in the 1980s race. Bankhead claimed absentee ballots were kept in a vault until election day and delivered under seal to precincts. Horace Wilkinson produced poll tax receipt copies in rebuttal to alleged access by Heflin supporters. C P Head and W B White testified they delivered ballots to Alverson and his stepson.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Shelby County
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Bankhead
Heflin
Balota
Horace Wilkinson
Judge Head
Fortion
C. P. Head
W. B. White
J. B. Alverson
Union Chiefs Report Pair as Abducted
Nashville Tenn Jan 18 Adjutant General W Caswell Boyd reports Governor Horton that it was an arrest not abduction in a Tennessee case tied to Kentucky coal strike leaders Weber and Duncan. Officials say the two were arrested across the state line with unclear charges as Cumberland Gap probes continue.
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Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
Kentucky
Berland Gap
Tenn
W. Caswell Boyd
Henry H. Horton
Boyd
Dlesboro
Tennessee
Fice
Toe
Weber
Bill
Duncan
Horton
News-Sentinel
R. L. Creech
Walvis Creek
Aoa
Cumberland Gap
National Miners’ Union
Pineville
Barrett and Barett Held on Assault to Murder Charge
Jimmy Barrett and Cotter Barrett, both in their early twenties, were jailed on assault to murder charges following January grand jury indictments. They allegedly attacked former heavyweight boxer Arnold A. Davis known as Blondie Davis, who was treated at City Hospital for his wounds. Bonds were set in circuit court.
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Jimmy Barrett
Cotter Barerett
Thig City
Arnold A. Davis
Blondie’ Davis
Davis
Barrett
Treasury receipts and expenditures for January
Treasury receipts for January 8 were 4,523,025.55 with expenditures 9,504,450.61 and a balance of 371,251,979.1. Customs receipts for 15 days of January amounted to 15,439,767.43.
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Treasury
Washington
Weather summary for Alabama and Mississippi
The report notes fair conditions and a colder night with frost expected Monday night. It lists observations of temperatures and precipitation including monthly totals, year to date rainfall, and normal deviations. The text references a historical date and weather agency measurements.
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Alabama
Mississippi
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Quiver
Ruleville
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House Committee
Conner
Shelby
Als
Aské
Adjutant General
Arest
Virginia
Cotter Barrett County
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