Utz Pleads Built After Plea Change Incalvert Burglary
George Lutz pleaded guilty to highway robbery and burglary after a plea change and received 25 years. Harvey Phillips, Robber, and Ralph Moore were involved. Moore got 10 years. Lutz, Moore, and Walter Stewart were captured after the Toulminville Holdup and Calvert burglary sentence to start after the 25 year term.
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Toulminville
George Lutz
Lutz
R. M. Harold
Harvey Phillips
Ralph Moore
Moore
Walter Stewart
Bladon Springs
Stewart
Tisdale J. Touart
Publicity Abandoned in Inquiry Spending Case
Nebraska figures testifying before the federal trade investigation described funding of publicity for a Walsh Nution initiative. Stephen B. Davis testified that about 400000 was spent on pamphlets and ads, with references to illicit campaigns and individuals including F E B Helvey and M Davis. The witness noted efforts to influence public opinion through organized distributions and bulletins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nebraska
Paign
Throne Brown
Federal Trade Utilities
Fears for Father Missing Near Conception Street
C G Reil seeks help to find his father William E Reil 67 who left his home yesterday morning in a delirious state. Police efforts to locate him have failed. The elder Reil is described as slender about 125 pounds, five feet eight, with white hair, wearing a brown hat, brown trousers, blue serge coat and no top shirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Reil
South
Conception Street
William E. Reil
Reil
1 000 New Voters Predicted in Mobile County
James R. Hagan chairman of the Mobile county board of registrars announced 1 000 new voters likely. He cited many young men registering since books opened 10 days ago and numerous transfers within the county and from other counties. Registration closes this afternoon and will reopen next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County
James R. Hagan
Mobile County Board of Registrars
Man Reports Shooting At Car Near Lyons Park
R M Willis of Spring Hill reports a bullet fired from a rifle or pistol hit his car while he drove by Lyons Park on Springhill avenue near Catherine street yesterday afternoon. He said the bullet passed dangerously close to his head as detectives went to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Willis
Spring Hill
Lyons Park
Springhill Avenue
Catherine Street
Willis
Weather Synopsis for Alabama and Mississippi
Alabama and Mississippi weather reports show a cold wave with frost. North Alabama ranged 18 to 26 degrees, south 24 to 32, with fair Saturday and rising northwest temperatures. Fresh northerly coastal winds diminish tonight. Mississippi fair tonight with 18 to 24 degrees north and 24 to 28 degrees south noted.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Court Upholds Confiscation of Gas Boat H. F. Russell
The United States Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld government seizure of the gas boat H. F. Russell seized by the coast guard about 30 miles off the Mississippi coast in 1927 with 2 270 gallons of alcohol aboard. The Russell was condemned and sold on Judge Robert T. Ervin's order. proceeds held pending appeal. The ruling clarifies that a vessel may only carry cargo it is licensed for and a boat not licensed for liquor, even if previously using a customs number, faces condemnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Russell
Coast Guard
Mississippi
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Mobile
Russell
Robert T. Ervin
Court of Appeals
Dewdrop
J. E. Meredith
Bankers Plan Fete for Institute President Totten
Local chapter of the American Institute of Banking prepares to entertain Frank Totten president of the national association in Mobile. He arrives Sunday and stays until Monday with events starting at noon Monday including a presidents luncheon and a banquet at the Cawthon hotel. Bank presidents Ernest Ladd D P Bestor and William Taylor will attend alongside Totten as he tours port terminals the Mobile bay bridge and other sites of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institute of Banking
Frank Totten
National Association
Mobile
Institute
Cawthon Hotel
Marion S. Craughon
Totten
Ernest F. Ladd
Merchants National Bank
D. P. Bestor
First National Bank
William Taylor
Mobile National Bank
Alabama
Mobile Bay Bridge
Maj Walter K Weaver to Speak on Aviation at Luncheon
The Junior Chamber of Commerce invites Major Walter K Weaver, Maxwell Field commander at Montgomery, to speak on aviation at the Wednesday luncheon. Secretary A D Spottswood extended the invitation yesterday as part of the group's aviation promotion program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Walter K. Weaver
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
A. D. Spottswood
Court upholds 18 month sentence for Donaghue in liquor ring case
The U S circuit court affirmed the 18 month federal prison term given to George L Donaghue, former chief field deputy sheriff, for violating national law. The brief decision rejects further review of 27 alleged trial errors in the Mobile liquor conspiracy case dating to 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Donaghue
States Circuit Court
Alex C. Birch
Court of Appeals
Donaghue
Atlanta
Wenty
Mobile
Ruling: McConnell Death Falls Outside Federal Longshore Act
Deputy commissioner Loftus N Crowell ruled that Robert L McConnell died by drowning at Mobile not under the federal Longshoremen and Harbor Workers Compensation Act. He held the case belongs in state courts since the death occurred off a wharf and not on a ship or gangplank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. McConnell
Mobile
Loftus N. Crowell
New Orleans
McConnell
Mobile features in Pickwick Papers on azalea trail
The current Pickwick Papers issue from Los Angeles highlights Mobile with photos and a feature by A. D. Spottswood assistant GM of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce. It covers local road work historical sites near Mobile and the azalea trail movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Pickwick Papers
Los Angeles
A. D. Spottswood
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Awaited Return: Negro Murder Suspect Held in City
Eddie Will Armstrong, a Negro, is held at police headquarters awaiting Birmingham officers to take him back on a murder charge. Detectives Burch and Farmer arrested him at his work. Armstrong offered no denial, claiming self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Will Armstrong
Birmingham
Armstrong
Burch and Farmer
Mercury Slump to Below Freezing Slated Tonight
Fierce arctic blasts sweep Kansas and Gulf coast areas bringing snow sleet and heavy rain. Coldest winter in several regions with near zero temps in New Mexico Oklahoma and western Texas. The San Luis valley Colorado faces 30 degrees below zero as a stationary front grips the region. A stalled bus passenger on a snow covered highway near Evans is noted.
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Rocky Mountain
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
San Luis Valley
Colorado
Miles
Mont
Shot by wife kills Alagamian in Alabama home
In Anniston Alabama on January 4 Mrs. John Pitts shot and killed a man identified as Austin after an altercation at the Pitts home in Talladega county The husband later died from a severed jugular vein and five stab wounds State officers John Draper and H K Burrow arrested the man in connection with the death No charges against Mrs Pitts were filed at this time
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Anniston
Ala
Erate
John Pitts
Pitts
Austin
John Draper
H. K. Burrow
Outing Tomorrow for Mobile Winter Visitors Club
The first annual outing brings tourists and winter visitors to meet at 8 a.m. at the Bienville hotel club rooms. They will travel to Deneke's wharf on Fowl River for a daylong visit with planned lunches, fishing talk, and an ice breaking entertainment at City Recreation hall hosted by Mrs. Carl Klinge.
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Mobile
Winter Visitors’ Club
Bienville Hotel
Deneke's Wharf
Fowl River
Carl Klinge
City Recreation Hall
Tampering Charge Fines Mobile Court Case
G L Jordan was arraigned in Mobile county recorders court on violating the highway code by tampering with a hub meter in a Hertz A Drive rental car. He was fined 51 dollars and costs or 20 days hard labor, with evidence showing the hub meter was removed from a Hertz A Drive vehicle. The case is noted as one of the county’s fewer such actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Jordan
Recorder's Court
Jordan
Hertz-A-Drive
Mobile
Prince Visits London Motor House to Check Car Garden Arrow
The Prince of Wales drove alone to a London motor house last night to inspect the car Garden Arrow and the speedboat H O Segrave. He plans to attempt world speed records during the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prince of Wales
Arrow
H. O Segrave
Nation's Greatest Era Seen In 1928 Business Rise
Secretary Whiting reviews 1928 as peak year for production and trade with broader markets and greater stability. Manufacturing output exceeded 1927, construction ran at a peak, and retail transactions topped prior records. Exports rose, savings deposits reached new highs, and overall American business closed with renewed vigor.
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Washington
Whiting
United States
New York City
Blanche Sweet denies separation from Marshall Neilan
Beverly Hills reports say Blanche Sweet, wife of director Marshall Neilan, denied separation rumors. She expressed faith Neilan can prove innocence in Jim Tully divorce proceedings and called Tully's charges a mistake.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Blanche Sweet
Marshall Neilan
Neilan
Jim Tully
Margaret Myers Tully
Miss Sweet
Tully
Mr. Neilan
Bolivian Members Named to Pan American Conciliation Panel
Bolivia names two representatives to the Pan American conference conciliation commission over the Bolivia Paraguay frontier dispute. David Alvestegui and Henry Sinot will serve on the Bolivian side. Paraguayan delegates are not yet appointed. United States Mexico Cuba Colombia and Uruguay have filed their appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bolivia
Paraguay
David Alvestegui
Henry Sinot
Alvestegui
Foreign Office
Sinot
Chile
Pariament
Santa Cruz
United States
Mexico
Cuba
Colombia
Uruguay
Thirteen killed in Indian bombing near Khyber Pass
Earl Wintorton, under secretary for India, told the house that a British bombing plane killed three Indian officers 10 troopers and 16 horses near the Khyber Pass entrance. The incident was said to be a practice flight not service operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Earl Winterton
India
House of Commons
Khyber Pass
Former Senator Oscar Underwood Dies at Woodlawn Virginia
Oscar W. Underwood former Alabama senator and Democratic leader in the house and senate died at Woodlawn Virginia after a long illness. A cerebral hemorrhage in December followed by paralysis and relapse led to his death announced by his son Oscar W. Underwood Jr. and family members. He had retired to Woodlawn after decades of public service and led the party in the house starting in 1911 with the tariff bill bearing his name during Wilsons presidency.
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Washington, Jan
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Woodlawn
Oscar W. Underwood, Jr
Washington
Alabama Statesman
Underwoods
Senator Underwood
House
Senate
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Mr. Underwood
House of Representatives
Wilson
Delta fraternity opens three day Augt Meet in Mobile
The Delta fraternity conference opens tonight in Mobile led by Eugene C Dumas and Granville De Witt with headquarter sessions at the Battle House. The convention will discuss plans for the national gathering in Shreveport in June and feature several officer reports. Attending are Julian James John Rice John Anderson Granville De Witt and Eugene Dumas along with nine chapters from Mississippi Florida and Louisiana. A body of an unidentified woman was found in the Mississippi River in New Orleans earlier today the coroner’s office investigations continuing.
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Delta Now
Eugene C. Dumas
Granville de Witt
Mobile
Battle House
Fraternity
Haa
Shreveport
Julian James
Memphis
John Rice
New Orleans
John Anderson
Baton Rouge
Eugene Dumas
Zeta
Gulf Coast Military Academy
Gulfport
Miss
Delta Beta
Jackson
Delta Epsilon
Hattiesburg
Delta Zeta
Jacksonville
Fla
Delta Theta
Delta Pi
Delta Omnicon
Biloxi
Delta Psi
Mississippi River
New Orleans Murder Trial Appeals Over Execution Set
In New Orleans on January 25 defense lawyers seek to halt the February 1 hangings of Ada Lebouef and Dr. Thomas E. Dreher by asking the Louisiana Supreme Court to reconsider upholding a district court order denying a lunacy commission. If denied, the case may move to federal courts. Governor Long hinted he might grant a reprieve after state court rulings. The defendants were convicted of murdering James J. Lebouef, the woman's husband, in Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Ada Lebouef
Thomas E. Dreher
State Supreme Court
District Court
Long
Franklin
James J. Lebouef
Alien Escapes Shipyard Police Chase
A Chinese seaman on the British Caron River escaped from the ship at 1 am. A Todd shipyard watchman pursued after he jumped a fence but failed to catch him. Immigration officials were notified. the master of the vessel faces a $1000 fine if the alien is not recaptured.
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Caron River
Todd Ship Yard
Mayors oppose Alabama Power rate revision
The Alabama Mayors' Association adopted a report disapproving the Alabama Public Service Commission's rate revision for Alabama Power. The committee found the changes substantively similar to prior charges and said the plan is not an equitable adjustment, though it would save some consumers money.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Power Company
State Public Service Commission
Alabama Mayors’ Association
Harry Hartwell
Mobile
W. 8. Easter
Florence
P. M. Matthews
Bessemer
T. J. Rowell
Selma
Power Company
Public Service
Hartwell
Mayors’ Association
Alabama Public Service Commission
New Bible Printed in Paris for Laymen Use
Paris reports a fresh Bible edition titled Bible for Layman featuring plain type and brief notes. Editors aim to attract readers by presenting wisdom from great works while closely following the original text to aid English speakers learning French.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Victor Hugo
Thagoras
Epicurus
Socrates
Christ
Greg
Motorist Acquitted in Fatal Collision Case
KE L Jones of 20 Marinestre was acquitted of manslaughter and reckless driving in the death of Olga, who was struck by his car near Government and Cone streets on January 15. The court found no criminal negligence. Raymond Smith charged with driving after his truck crashed into a plate glass window at De and Hamilton streets around 10 40 last night will be tried tomorrow. Five negroes were involved. two remained in the truck.
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KE. L. Jones
Marinestre
Olga
Church Street
Jones
Government
Cone Streets
Raymond Smith
Hamilton
Tokens Sold Fast at Planned Bar Price in St. Paul
Patrons learned of a planned bar price for car checks as tokens sold rapidly in St. Paul Minnesota. Officials said the street car system has a token issue of about 3,000,000 tokens but now holds fewer than 50,000 available for sale after orders to reduce supply.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Jan
Twin City
Vv. O. Law
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