GITY COURT DROPS ROBBERY CASES IN CITY
Four men led by George King and Joseph Jones were tried for robbery but Recorder D H Edington ruled the force used did not meet robbery criteria. Peter Miller testified to the assault and loss of 8 75, while the defendants faced assault and battery charges and 140 days hard labor costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George King
Church Street
Joseph Jones
John Kelly
St Louis Street
Robert Wilson
New Jersey
D. H. Edington
Peter Miller
South Royal Street
Bandit Killed in New York Drug Store Try
Police say three men robbed a New York drug store. Robert Pizzo died from a heart wound while Arthur O Toole was shot in the hand and Rudolph Coghe was wounded in the back. The surviving suspects fled to a vacant building and were found by officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Polié
Arthur O'Toole
Robert Pizzo
Rudolph Coghe
Man Found Dead in South Royal Street Room
Robert Gordon a boilermaker formerly of New Orleans and member of Boilermakers Union No 37 was found dead on the floor of his South Royal Street room at 6 am Tuesday by fellow roomer J F Laird. Coroner H S J Walker notified death certificate cites heart trouble. Body at Roche mortuary.
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Robert Gordon
New Orleans
South Royal Street
Gordon
Bishop's Son Weds Washington Girl At Capital
David P. Cannon son of Bishop James Cannon Jr married Miss Margaret Lee Fultz of Washington last Saturday. The ceremony was private with only a brother and sister in law present. The groom is a George Washington University law student and aide on the Methodist Episcopal Church South board. The bride's father is Rev. R L Fultz of Front Royal Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, J
David P. Cannon
James Cannon, Jr
Margaret Lee Fultz
Washington
D. L. Cannon
George Washington University
Tenvice and Social Service
Ethodist Episcopal Church
South
Burglar Strikes Albright & Wood Drug Store
robbers burglarized the Rob Drug Store at southwest Ann and Dauphin streets early Tuesday morning forcing a glass pane to enter. They stole four cartons of cigarettes and a quantity of gum and candy per police headquarters report.
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Albright & Wood
Ann and
Dauphin Streets
Polce
First Commercial Shark Fishing Trip Starts From Bayou
The first commercial shark fishing expedition in Alabama waters left Bayou La Batre Tuesday morning per Ed Zewin Bayou La Batre chamber of commerce secretary. A boat equipped by the local organization sails into the gulf for a week to ten days aiming to foster a new shark hide industry. Skins are to be sent to offshore tanneries. a Bayou La Batre tannery plans a future plant while shark flesh goes to a local fertilizer facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Bayou la Batre
Alabama
Ed Zewin
Bayou la Barre
F. G C. Lathi
Louisiana
Bayou la Batre Inter
City awards street contracts in Division A worth about 350000
The city commission let street improvement contracts totaling about 350000 on Division A of the 27th paying venture. Eller and Olsen of Nashville received the bulk with bids around 257000 for Alabama and sheet asphalt. Hancock Construction Company of Mobile earned 73897.30 for concrete on groups 5 and 6. Dysard Construction Company of Atlanta won storm sewers at 15555.25. Hartwell dissented on material choice preferring Warrenite bitulithic for long term cost despite higher initial price.
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City Commission
Eller and Olsen
Nashville
Con
Schwarz
Hartwell
Bates
Court to wear slaving pleas on Wednesday
Pleas will be made by Lee Cecil Southall alleged confessed slayer of John Rip O Rorke and other defendants in capital and minor cases beginning at 10 o clock Wednesday morning. Capital cases docketed for arraignment total 16 the largest number in county history with juries may convict and sentence life or electrocution. Names include Southall Brown Fisher Bennett Collins Grice and others across multiple robberies and murders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Cecil Southall
John
Rip) O’rorke
Fred Brown
Willie Fisher
Ed Bennett
Carrie Collins
Chester Grice
Clarence Grice
Jessie Grice
James Howard
Matt
John Kruse
John Williams
Roger Combel
Denee Curry
Albert Catledge
Stata
Fire damages home and Masonic hall blaze reported
Sparks from a chimney damaged the home of John N. Day at 906 Kelly Street on Tuesday morning. The roof and contents were ruined. A separate Monday night fire destroyed the two story Plateau Masonic hall, a small store and a dwelling, with Mobile volunteers aiding responders led by Assistant Chief L. L. Petrey and company No. 8.
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John N. Day
Kelly Street
Plateau
Mobile Fire Department
L. L. Petrey
Company No. 8
Touart Vows Impartial Public Service For Judge Role
Tisdale J. Touart, elected judge of the inferior criminal court, addressed a large crowd of supporters after the oath. He pledged loyal service, stating a public officer is a servant not a master and that fairness and equal treatment guide his duty to all, under the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tisdale J. Touart
Inferior Criminal Court
Touart
Edison Heads South for Florida Rubber Substitute Plans
Thomas A. Edison left Newark today for his Fort Myers winter home. He traveled in Harvey Firestone’s private car with Mrs. Edison and her sister Mrs. W. W. Nichols. Edison said he planned rest first then resume experiments to obtain a rubber substitute from plants.
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Newark
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Fort Myers
Fla
Edison
W. W. Nichols
Florida
Harvey Firestone
Miller Urges Tunstall Bills to Rush Executive Agenda
Alabama Governor B M Miller urges the 68th legislature to pass a double primary law and abolish nine members from three state commissions. In his first message to the general assembly he seeks harmony with lawmakers and outlines seven administration priorities. He targets major reforms including reforming nominating rules and reducing discretionary law enforcement appointments.
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Montgomery
Als
General Assembly of
B. M. Miller
Legislative Branch
Senate
House of Representatives
Deposed Panama Chief Returns as Private Citizen
Dr Florencio Harmodio Arosemena the deposed Panama president arrived in Panama City and will live as an ordinary private citizen. He has stayed at a Canal Zone hotel since January 2. Police guard remains near the Ecuadorian legation where Rodolfo Chiari sought refuge.
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Panama City
Florencio Harmodio Arosemena
Panama
Canal Zone
Legation
Rodolfo Chiari
Arosemena
Buckalew Held on Forgery Charge After Conviction
Roy Buckalew once of Mississippi was convicted by the recorder on forgery and jailed for the April grand jury under a $500 bond. He allegedly passed forged checks on Cowan Lumber and Simon's Hat Store. Buckalew was arrested January 13 in a Manhattan hotel room with Robert L. Holland, an ex convict tied to the Paducah People's National Bank robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Buckalew
Mississippi
Tuesaday
Buckalew
Cowan Lumber Company
Simon's
Manhattan
Robert L. Holland
People's National Bank
Paducah
Court-Appointed Counsel Sets Record For Mobile Parade
Twelve capital defendants await arraignment with no counsel as Judge Claude A. Grayson enforces law requiring court-appointed representation. Attorneys, including Matt Medicus for robbery, will serve in the circuit court, with a parade of mobile attorneys from their offices to the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude A. Grayson
Matt Medicus
Hold Up Probed After Train Robbery Near St Elmo
Sheriff W H Holcombe's office was notified of an unidentified man robbed at St Elmo. Deputies Farmer and Busby travel to investigate after the man, taken from an L N train, is held for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Holcombe
St. Elmo
Farmer
Notary Rule Eases Loan Signatures for Veterans
Miss Bessie Pitts veteran affairs official announces a new law effective January 16. Ex service members signing loan applications no longer need notary certification for each submission, only the initial signature must be verified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Pitts
Veterans’ Bureau
Modification Plan Urged by Go Members on Prohibition
Senate Republicans press a plan calling for a flexible amendment to the Eighteenth Amendment. Congress would regulate or prohibit liquor traffic, with power to retain national prohibition or shift control to states, plus a bipartisan national liquor commission to oversee manufacture import export and transport.
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Washington, D. C
Henry W. Anderson
Kenyon, Mackintosh
Pe McCormick
Pound
Congress
United States
U. S. Board
National Commission On Liquor Control
Missing Lubbock trio feared lost on antelope trip
Lubbock publisher L. H. Quin editor Charles A. Guy and Mrs. Guy vanished after Sunday excursion to Cochran county. An observing airplane found no trace. friends' vehicles hunted the area. Mayor J. J. Clements urged all available men to join the search at city hall.
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Lubbock
Texas
L. H. Quin
Lubbock Avalanche - Journal
Charles A. Guy
Guy
Cochran County
Quinn
J. J. Clements
League heads meet in San Memphis to draft 1921 schedule
Southern Association club owners gathered in San Memphis to frame the 1921 pennant schedule and discuss revisions in the minor and major league draft and optional player agreement. It was the first magnates meeting since 1930, following turmoil at Nashville and transfers affecting Mobile and Little Rock.
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San
Memphis
Renn
Southern Association
Seaa Pee
Nashville
R. G. Allen
Little Rock
Mobile
Majority On Board Favor Banning Plea To Repeal Dry Law
Washington report notes the law enforcement commission opposes repeal of the eighteenth amendment and rejects restoring the legalized saloon. It also opposes governmental entry into the liquor business and any modification of the national prohibition act to permit light liquor manufacture and sale.
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Washington
Jan
Law Enforcement Commission
Co. Cet Seana
le Commission
Congress learns six of eleven law end disse ttes on stock and enforcement
The report notes six of eleven lawmakers including Anderson Loesch Wickersham Grubb Kenyon Mackintosh oppose reviving saloon or liquor business under federal or state control. The commission backs removing pharmacist prescription limits and restricting modifications to light wines and beer.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
Comstock
Anderson
Loesch
Ag Wickersham
Grubb
Kenyon
Mackintosh
Judge dissolves injunction against highway contracts move
In Montgomery on January 20 the Graves administration faced a dismissal of its injunction against the highway commission. Complainants O T Carlisle J W Pittman of Tallapoosa and I J Dorsey of Lee County secured the dissolution. Judge Leon McCord ruled the case was dismissed without prejudice. Crenshaw represented the complainants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Graves Administration
Highway Commission
Leon McCord
O. T. Carlisle
J. W. Pittman
Tallapoosa County
I. J. Dorsey
Lee County
Crenshaw
Two Men Found Guilty In Death Plot
Birmingham attorney and former state legislator Mark L. Jeter and E. S. Crenshaw were convicted of attempting to commit a felony in an alleged plot to kill Crenshaw’s wife at Jefferson court. Judge H. B. Abernathy fined them $500 each and sentenced six months hard labor with appeals planned to circuit court. Trial revealed Jeter offered to hire a convict guard to kill Mrs Crenshaw to access a joint bank account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Mark L. Jeter
E.S. Crenshaw
Crenshaw
Jefferson Court
H. B. Abernathy
Jeter
T. L. Morgan
Mrs. Crenshaw
Court hushes De Boe bombshell in Bow secret trial
In Los Angeles the grand theft trial of Clara Bow's former secretary De Boe closes with the judge ruling the case hinges on whether Miss De Boe stole. The expected intimate expose fades as spectators and jurors yawn at the stalled testimony. Daisy’s promised sensational claims fail to appear.
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Halt
Los Angeles
Clara Bow
de Boe
Daisy
Bow-De Boe
Clara
William C. Doran
Miss de
Repeal Sought by Wickersham Commission Members
Washington report on January 20 notes the law commission favors repealing the Eighth Amendment or restoring legalized saloons. It supports no change to allow light wine or beer and urges stricter enforcement and increased personnel in the justice and customs departments. It also calls for uniform rules on alcoholic content for cider and fruit juices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kenyon
Ada
York
William S. Grubbbama
Kenneth
Justice Department
Customs Bureau
Weather outlook: partly cloudy across region with frost risk
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Tuesday and Wednesday with frost possible Tuesday if conditions clear. Light to northerly winds shift to cloudy in Alabama and Mississippi with frost in the southern areas. interior becomes fair as coastal regions stay cloudy. Observations show river bulletin data from January 4 across towns including Aberdeen, Demopolis, Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, and Selma.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Daily River Bulletin
Atiton
Aberdeen
Ratanas Demopolis
Tuscaloosa
Montgomery
Selma
River Forecast Signals Low Water in Alabama Reach
Forecasts indicate the Tombigbee river end brace will fall tonight and Wednesday with river levels rising at Mowi lar changes and at rise Harry Poe in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombirbee
Alabama
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