Martial law near in Nicaragua as volunteers train
News from Managua reports northern departments edging toward martial law amid clashes with outlaws near Jinotega. Soldiers say three marines died in a January 23 clash northeast of Yali. Private Everett A. Rector of Des Moines Iowa and two others were killed.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Nicaagua
Yali
Jinotega
Everett A. Rector
Des Moines
Iowa
Rastus Collins
Lyons
George T. Oswill
Miami
Fila
Rector
Marine Headquarters
Storm Lashed Atlantic Claims One Ship and Delays Others
New York report says the steamship America located the crippled freighter Florida eight miles away while the tanker Dannedaike repairs with a jury rig and makes for Bermuda. The President Harrison and Yorck had searched all night with no trace, and strong signals from Florida prompted resumed broadcasting.
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New York
America
Florida
Hiner
Harrison
Dannedaike
Virginia Capes
Bermuda
Chatham
Maas
Radio Marine Corporaon
Yorck
Fried
Anti-Saloon Leader Denies Rift Over Funds
Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League denied any serious differences among leaders. He said the only disagreement concerns one aspect of the extra appropriation approved by the senate and expressed confidence it isn’t serious.
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Anti-Saloon League
League
Senate
Marine Private Killed as Nicaragua Tensions Rise
A U S message reports Private Everett A. Rector killed by outlaws northeast of Yolí in Jinotega. Nicaragua's senate seeks martial law in Jinotega Nueva Segovia Matagalpa and Estel. Volunteers train to join American Marines and Guardia Nacional to combat marauders amid border clashes.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Marine
Everett A. Rector
Oon
Yali
Jinotega
Senate
Nueva Segovia
Matagalpa
Estec
Chamber of Deputies
Moncada
Guardia Nacional
Registration and Poll Tax Updates in Mobile County
Mobile County books close Friday afternoon to end registration for the year. At least 750 total registrations and transfers expected. Poll taxes continue, with payment last day February 1. All men aged 21 to 45 must pay unless exempted, as voters note upcoming elections in city and county.
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Mobile
Joe Crow
Tourists to Meet Winter Visitors Session Tomorrow
Regular meeting of the Mobile Winter Visitors' Club will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 p m in the Tourist Club rooms under the Bienville hotel. Plans for the outing to Dennecke's resort Saturday will be discussed. Music will be fur (text cut).
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Mobile
Bienville Hotel
Denneke’s
Commission Must Revise Out of City License Schedule
The Mobile city commission must revise its license schedule to comply with a court ruling on licensing beyond city boundaries. W. E. Fuqua argued the city overstepped its power by requiring a city license. the court said licenses could be imposed under the general law, not the extension measure.
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W. E. Fuqua
Government Street Loop
City Commission
Dispatch
Fuqua
Court of Appeals
Mobile Commission
Court upholds Dewdrop condemnation in liquor seizure
A federal court ruling in Mobile condemning the gas boat Dewdrop seized 30 miles off the Mississippi coast with liquor aboard has been affirmed by the U S circuit court of appeals in New Orleans. The decision holds that a licensed vessel used in any trade other than its license permits seizure and forfeiture. Proceeds from the Dewdrop sale will go to the government.
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Mobile
Mississippi
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
J. E. Meredith
Alex C. Birch
Russell
George L. Donaghue
Dewdrop
All Officers Re elected at Mobile Building and Loan Meeting
All officers of the Mobile Building and Loan Association were re elected at a meeting last night. Directors were mainly re elected with one exception. Officers for 1929 include W. P. Lewis as president and J Maury Lyon as vice president. The association reports assets doubled in 1928 and nears a $1,000,000 capitalization.
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Mobile Building and Loan Association
W. P. Lewis
J. Maury Lyon
L. J. Know
R. L. Know
L. J. Richard
Gulf, Mobile and Northern to spend 800000 on line to Jackson
An announcement from the local Gulf Mobile and Northern office says 800000 will be invested to improve the railroad line between this city and Jackson Mississippi. Major items are outlined in the plan.
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Gulf, Mobile
Northern
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Jackson, Miss
Jonesboro Woman Found Guilty of Slaying Husband
A Jonesboro woman is convicted of murdering her husband after a jury trial. The case proceeded in Jonesboro court with testimony detailing the fatal confrontation. Prosecutors described the defendant as responsible for the death, while defense argued alternate causation.
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Jonesboro
Businessmen Demand Abolition of Ligene Tax
Heyman Gabriel, chair of the Merchants Committee, urged the city to abolish the revision of the new license schedules. He said merchants were told a conference would be held Tuesday and a decision announced soon, but Mayor Bates was unavailable andCommissioner Schwarz had not yet finalized action.
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Mobile
City Commission
Heyman Gabriel
Merchants Committee
Gabriel
Leon Schwarz
Mr. Gabriel
Bates
Schwarz
Mino
Aeces
Killed In Wreck Near Mounds Illinois Train Crash
Two trainmen were killed and two more injured when the Floridan passenger train from Chicago to Florida collided with a freight train near Mounds Illinois. The crash left the passenger engine in a ditch and several Pullman coaches off the rails. Passengers received minor injuries. Cairo physicians treated the wounded.
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Mounds
Illinois Central
Chicago
Florida
Cairo
Prohibition Agents Raid Mississippi Still Nest
Vaukie Tanner and Welton Yates were arrested yesterday by federal prohibition agents during a raid on four stills just over the Mississippi line northwest of Mobile. They were taken to Biloxi to face a manufacturing liquor charge in the Mississippi federal district court where a large quantity of mash sugar charcoal and other materials were found at the stills.
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Vaukie Tanner
Welton Yates
Mississippi Line
Mobile
Biloxi
Mississippi
Twelve Arrests by County Traffic Officers Report
The county traffic officers report twelve arrests from January 12 to January 19. Officer William Koster led with eight arrests, 572 miles driven, and 48 gallons of gasoline used. Officer Charles Cogburn made four arrests, 662 miles driven, and 47 gallons of gasoline used.
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Board of Revenue
William Koster
Charles Cogburn
Two Draw Levies In Prohibition Case Fined
Annie Moore and W H Johnson appeared before the recorder court charged with violating the prohibition law. Both were fined 100 dollars and 90 days costs under the possession clause. J B Silva fined 10 dollars and costs for failing to pay street tax for 1928. Robert Starks, described as a negro, sanctioned for stealing an electric lamp from a property tied to the county road for 60 days.
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Annie Moore
W. H Johnson
Recorder'’S Court
J. B. Silva
Robert Starks
Aklidor
Burglar Foiled at Southall Coal Vault
A would be burglar spent time attempting to hammer open the safe at the Southall Coal Vault located at 361 South Royal Avenue early this morning but was thwarted in his attempt. No injuries reported and local police are investigating the incident.
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Southall
South Royal
Rockefeller associates press for change at Standard Oil Indiana
In New York on January 23, proxies aim to oust Colonel Robert W. Stewart as chair of Standard Oil Company of Indiana. Rockefeller allies seek to control the March 7 meeting in Whiting, Ind, by presenting stakes of about 45 percent and urging support for a management clean sweep. Thomas Debevoise released letters to shareholders asserting dividends remain secure if Rockefeller efforts succeed.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Rockefeller
Whiting
Ind
Indiana Company
Stewart
Thomas Debevoise
County officials plan talk on equipment purchase
County maintenance engineer L. Strange and purchasing agent Thomas Allman were to meet today regarding buying maintenance department equipment. The package, approved by the county commissioners at the last session, includes tractors, trucks and other machinery, costing about $9,000.
Thefts Reported In Local Area
J H Bell of 121 Glenwood avenue reports an attempted burglary last night the third such incident this year. A battery was stolen from H F Greenberg at 1911 Old Government street with car on Jackson near Conti and Government streets. J A Wittman at 906 Augusta street says an overcoat disappeared from his car parked at Water and St Michael streets. Raymond Miller of 1104 Basil street reports home entry by a sneak thief and loss of a gold watch. An office at the Laclede hotel was entered with $30 stolen while the cashier was away.
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J. H. Bell
Glenwood Avenue
H. F. Greenberg
Old Government Street
Jackson
Conti
Government Streets
J. A. Wittman
Augusta Street
Water
St. Michael Streets
Raymond Miller
Basil Street
Laclede Hotel
Galvez Park Dance Announced by Recreation Chief
The department will host a dance at Galvez Park playground tomorrow night from 7 20 to 10. Mrs. Carl A. Klinge, city superintendent of recreation, announced the event and invited all neighbors to attend.
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Galvez Park
Carl A. Klinge
Lawmakers split on additional funds for prohibition enforcement
Washington January 23 House members gave mixed views on a Senate approved proposal to provide 24 million dollars more to the president for enforcing the 18th amendment. Republican Cramton opposed while Democrat Burns supported the increase. La Guardia, a Republican, questioned the need, urging wait until Hoover’s judgment.
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Washington
House
Senate
Cramton
Michigan
Ciry
Appropriations
Burns
Tennessee
la Guardia
New York
Hoover
Ships Still Afloat Amid Atlantic Distress
The Radio Marine cran reported this morning that the Italian freighter Florida and the American tanker Dannedaike remain in distress about 800 miles east of New York, with rescue efforts continuing.
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York
Radio Marine Cran
Florida
Dannedaike
Cruiser bill eyed for quick pass after defection
Friends of the cruiser bill expect a swift move toward final passage once the deficiency appropriation bill clears. The measure would authorize construction of 15 cruisers and one aircraft carrier, with Senate leaders planning to hold it until it is disposed of and amid debate over funding and tax refunds. Senator Norris disputed any filibuster aims, while proponents push for faster action.
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Washington
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Mobile Program on WAPI Highlights City Seaport Talk
The Protective Life of Birmingham dedicates WAPI to Mobile for a Friday 7:50 to 8:50 program. City Contenantacy Harry T. Hartwell opens with Alabama and the Only Seaport, followed by a musical hour featuring Fryer, Hartwell, Nestor, Moss, Schwarz, and Jones.
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the Protective Life of
Birmingham
WAPI
Mobile
Bell and Powell
Harry T. Hartwell
Alabama
Commissioner Hartwell
Sylvia
James A Fryer
W. E. Jones
Underwood Moss
Melville Nestor
Dana
Sonny Boy
James A. Fryer
Bird
Evenby
Mobile Bay
Underwood. Moss
Rt Jean Schwarz
Postponed Visit To City Hospital Annex By Revenue Board
The inspection of the new City hospital annex by the county board of revenue and the city commissioners scheduled for today has been indefinitely postponed. The invitation to inspect was received by the county commissioners at their last meeting.
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Revenue Board
County Board of Revenue
Methodist church leaders oppose $25 million prohibition fund
The temperance and public morals board of the Methodist Episcopal church says there is no real conflict within dry groups and warns against hastily approving a $25 million national prohibition fund. It urges awaiting Hoover's forthcoming policy review and Congress should consider funds only for clearly needed, thoroughly understood purposes.
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Washington
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Prohibition
Hoover
Conference on Sub-Experiment Station Site in Mobile
A conference of Mobile Chamber of Commerce cultural committees and sub-experiment station members, school board, and revenue commission is set for Friday at 3:30 PM to discuss sites for the proposed state agricultural department sub-station. The effort aims to locate the sub-station in Mobile County with school lands among proposed sites.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
School Board
The
Revenue Commission
Chamber of Commerce
State Agricultural Department
Mobile County
Car Theft Case Leads Deputies to Athens and Grand Rapids
Deputy Sheriff Dewey Barber left the city this afternoon for Athens Alabama to recover a stolen car reported missing last Saturday from Old Shell road near Bush avenue. The vehicle, owned by R D Hallett a pressing club operator, had been stolen December 26 from Royal street and later recovered in Grand Rapids Michigan. The police telegram came from the chief of police and was sent to federal authorities.
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Dewey Barber
Athens
Ala
Old Shell Road
Bush Avenue
E. W. Hardy
R. D. Hallett
Royal Street
Grand Rapids
Mich
Barge Line Gains Rate Break in Intercity Sail Plan
The commission signed a decision to allow the barge line to operate with traffic between New Orleans and Mobile. It orders joint rates at about 20 percent below rail rates to let the barge and rail routes work out run contracts and stimulate cooperation in southeast river transport.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
Washington
Sion
Orleans
Mobile
Snes
City Commission Delays Stadium Site Decision at Murphy High
Mobile commission postponed action on endorsing a stadium project at Murphy High School. The panel will discuss the committee's request at a later conference in Arlington, with the site decision pushed to after the meeting.
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Mobile Amateur Athletic U
Murphy High School
Sean Mission
Daily shopping bargains and business opportunities page
The notice promotes daily bargains and business opportunities with a focus on classified ads. It highlights readers in stores and homes phoning in ads and states ads appear in the morning issue at a single cost.
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