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Newspaper

The Mobile News Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1923

Page

1

State Will Fight Case T Ree French State Will Fight

A fragmented report covers a legal struggle involving Wilhelm and a French matter with habeas corpus motions. It notes an attempt to move the case between federal and state courts, the debate over bail, and anticipated court filings as the case proceeds. The text also mentions regional port discussions and a casualty from a separate automobile accident in Mobile, Alabama, plus unrelated Birmingham homefront violence context.

Harry French James Behan Aman Chamberlain R. T. Ervin Prench Behan Bell Power Ia Taoeel

Watchman Bonded After Houseboat Shooting Case

W F Ward, 77, watchman on a houseboat tied to the Mobile and Ohio, is held on $300 bond after an alleged self defense shooting of William P Dobson. Ward says Dobson struck him first and fled. Dobson claims Ward abused him. Probate court noted probable cause for grand jury review.

W. F. “Ward T Pier Mobile Ohio Raikgroal Company Willian Dobson Old Récorder Nator Ward Karsnd

Evangelist charged in warrant over embezzlement case

G. Robinson age 19 of Tallahassee Fla was docketed today on a warrant charging embezzlement sworn by Rev. Wallace a traveling evangelist. The auto truck valued at 70 dollars was allegedly embezzled. Robinson was arrested yesterday afternoon at Grand Bay by Deputy Sheriff Pugh after the car was charged to F A Lawton. The warrant also accuses him of using a deputy ticket for New Orleans and mishandling baggage returned to the owner.

Wv. G. Robinson Talleee Fla Inferior Criminal Court As Wallace Robinson Aftsoon Grand Bay Sher B.S. Pugh Sher B.S. Pugh After It Was Charged de Wallace's Car To F. A. Lawton de- Sacha New Orleans

Remodeling of Bay Shore plant for roofing operations

Work to convert the former A Mobile Trace ter Company buildings on Bay Shore road near Tacon Station into a roofing plant will begin next week under T. J. Larkin head of Great Southern Roofing Co. He returns from Chicago after talks with the company to arrange machinery shipment. The project should take sixty days and employ about sixty people.

Mobile Traceter Bay Shore Road Tacon Station Auteetar T. J. Larkin Great Southern Roofing Coanseae Larkin Chigo Co’ Ny

Police Asked to Locate Man Here

Police seek to locate man described as Linde, about fifteen years in city, starting from City La, with a note that a son of the missing died. The notice mentions a father and a Mrs C A of 412 Cass Avenue, Superior, as the source of the appeal.

Man Linde City C. A Cass Avenue

Weather fragment from Tarhington column

Weather note from Tarhington dated January with partial forecast for Alabama Mississippi and nearby areas. Indicates warmer trend on Saturday and mentions Epreee uncertainty.

Tarhington Alabama Epreree Mississippi

Judge Rosenblatt to Speak Tonight on Palestine Reconstruction

Judge Rosenblatt is set to address the public on the economic reconstruction of Palestine with a discussion in Yiddish by Abraham Golabers of Synamogiye. Golabers is editor of a New York Hebrew daily and an authority on Hebrew literature.

Palestine Bernard A. Rosen Abraham Golabers Synamogiye Goldberg

Cobb Returns From Atlanta Hearings On Rates

Cobb returns from Atlanta where he attended conferences on rates. He reports no agreement ended and another conference will be held February 19. The Mobile Steel Company is the subject of sheet steel classification on steel strip shipments from Mo pet to the southeast.

Atlanta Cor Ae Mobile Steel Company Mopet Considerat Tigh Comamigton

Holy Name Parade Set for Sunday Afternoon

The annual Holy Name Society parade will form at Catholic church halls and Knights of Columbus on Government and Warren streets Sundays at 3 pm. Various city and county society groups will march to the starting point to compete for largest turnout.

Holy Name Society Knights of Columbus Government Warren Streets Holy Name

Withdraw Proposed Rail Steel Products

The proposed rail steel products cancellation will be withdrawn for the time being pending action in the general revision of rate schedules under the National Industrial Policy. Ford, cited by the Traffic Department of the Chamber of Commerce, reports the action received today.

Han Cario Enone Ford The Chamber of Com

Federal officers seize liquor in Kosner Churchearson Street raid

Federal agents and deputies confiscated liquor described as white whiskey and home brew beer from a store building at the Kosner Churchearson Street corner. Arrests are expected to follow as part of the raid conducted by Chief and Field Deputy Sheriff G. L. Donahue and Deputy Blackman.

Blackman Kos Ner Churchearson Street

Paut Sheriff Dismisses Case Over Water and Church Prohibition

An unclear report notes a sheriff and chief field officer involved in a 4 Mile prohibition case decided today. Shaw's case was affirmed by the supreme court with a fourteen day window to appeal or seek relief.

Ders A. i. Donahue Shaw Supréme

Tallapoosa Aids Stranded Brazilian Steamer Atalaia

The cutter Tallapoosa is at St. Andrews Bay Florida rendering assistance to the 2840 ton Brazilian steamer Atalaia which grounded yesterday at the mouth of the mane. Two Pensacola tugboats plus a lumber barge stand by the vessel to aid its floatation and refloat plan.

Coast Guard St. Andrew's Bay Fla Atalaia Mane Mobile Pensacola Aesiethhie Tm

Courthouse Appointees To Take Over County Duties

Sam Davis and Deschamps named to assume duties at the county courthouse replacing Charles Williams. They will manage Pecere days and receive pay of 75 dollars per month and will be responsible for keeping the building clean.

Sam Davis Ct Deschamps Charles Williame

Former Recruiting Office Man Visits Mobile Firm

Justin G. Mayers, longtime Marine recruiting man in Mobile, has joined Brennan and Mayers in real estate and investments. He is in Mobile for a brief visit to see relatives and friends and to conduct business.

Justin G. Mayers Mobile

Holmes Suspended From Police Force

Detective Robert Holmes of the police department is suspended for failing to report for duty and conduct unbecoming an officer, announced at police headquarters.

Robert Holmes Police Department

Mayfield Protest To Start Soon in Texas Senate

A protest against Earl B. Mayfield, Texas senator-elect, is planned to be filed in the U.S. Senate before March 4. Luther fought Mayfield and Campaickels discussed filing plans as they assemble backers for George Pedd ed coalition candidate.

Dallas Tex Earl B. Mayfield United Tes Senate Luther Mayfield Campa Ickels George B. Pedded

Mansion Named in Honor of John B Henderson

A bill authorizes a mansion site on Sixteenth Street to be accepted as a memorial to John B Henderson. Senator Warren of Wyoming introduced the measure naming Henderson and his family in connection with the former Missouri senator and a Smithsonian regent.

Johnson Sixteenth John B. Henderson Warren Wyoming Bil Jame Me Missouri Joan B.H Second Bat Smithsonian Institute

Normalcy Returns as Bastron and Morehouse Reopen

In Bastrop Louisiana residents resume normal life after a period of fear over alleged Ku Klux Klan violence linked to the murders of Watt Daniel and Thomas Richards. Authorities hint at two confessions and an antique shotgun tied to the case while officials refuse to discuss ongoing details.

Bastrop Morehouse Ku Klux Klan Watt Daniel Thomas Daniel Richards Leon Jones Lake Lafourche Collinston Sigihe ci Lareners Legal Coterie

Death Knell Sounded For Blue Laws

In Montgomery Alabama the Senate voted 18 to 17 to indefinitely postpone the Sunday observance bill. Introduced by Senator J M Bonner of Camden the measure aimed to ban Sunday amusement businesses charging admission. Supporters argued it targets Sabbath observances while opponents warned it would not affect stores gasoline stations or other services with no admission fee.

Montgomery Senate Alabama J. M. Bonner Camden Friends of Ala

House Urged to Accept Big Gift from Alameda Land

Secretary of the Republican party urged the House naval committee to report legislation authorizing the Navy Department to accept a gift of 5,340 acres of land at Alameda California for use as a base. The proposal has backing from Republican leaders and state officials.

Washington Jan California House Naval Committee Navy Department Alameda Cal

Talist Dies in Florida Funeral Noted in Orlando

An obituary note records the death of Marshall, a Chicago and Orlando financier from Highland Park, at the local address in Orlando on January 26.

Orlando Fia Marshall Highland Park Chicago

Senate Reparations Debate Over Col Boyden Recall

The Senate relations committee met to explain American reparations policy as an irreconcilable bloc weighs demanding Col Boyden recall. Senator Borah seeks approval for a resolution urging President Harding to convene an international conference on financial and economic matters.

Police intensify search for Frank Face in Georgia raids

Police in Georgia on January 26 intensify a manhunt for Frank Face believed to be the leader of a gang involved in multiple liquor raids. Reports say the gang, posing as officers, stopped cars and ran liquor runs recently, prompting the statewide search.

Frank Face

Coal Salesman Arrested Over Blackened Rock Scheme

Vincent H Olsen, a New York coal salesman, was arrested on a charge of selling 106 tons of crushed rock dyed black and billed as coal. Benino Brothers, coal dealers, say they paid him $1,400 for the product once linked to the defunct Teeator Fuel Company.

New York Vincent H Olsen Tyn Coal Benino Brothers T Laconge Teeator Fuel Company

Passenger Hurt as Train Wreck Shakes Rail Line

A railway accident near here injures a passenger identified as Passer Ma Gers and shakes two coaches. One official reports the incident raised near the area and that a coach or two left the rail car severely damaged with fatal concerns.

Bevere Tsar

Henry Ford offered Muscle Shoals nitrate power lease

Gray Silver of the American Farm Bureau Federation told the House Agriculture Committee that leasing the government nitrate and power plants at Muscle Shoals to Henry Ford could cut nitrogen fertilizer prices by about 65 percent. He argued Chilean nitrate costs farmers 22 cents a pound and that domestic production would save duties and boost farming, urging authority for Ford to operate the plant to supply air nitrate at about six cents per pound.

Washington United States Henry Ford Muscle Shgels Ala Gray Silver American Farm Bureau House Agricultural Commission Chile Department of Agriculture Muscle Shoals Congress Ford

Militia Guards Black Man After North Carolina Murder Verdict

A platoon of state troopers guarded Jim Miller a black man found guilty of first degree murder in the killing of white planter John Sutton near Kingston North Carolina. Troops were ordered in from Goldsboro after fears of mob action following the electric chair sentence.

Kingston N. C Jim Miller John Sutton Goldsboro

Sterling Doctor Elected President Of Lumbermen

Dr J Fair of Sterling Kansas was chosen president of the Southwestern Lumbermen's Association at the closing session of its 35th annual convention in Kansas City. He succeeds W S Dick of Kansas City with directors elected from Arkansas and Missouri for various terms.

Kansas City J. Fair Sterling Kas Southwestern Lumbermen’s Association Fair Arkansas M. T. Dyke R. Morely

Bishop Tuttle Celebrates 86th Birthday in St Louis

St Louis Mo January 26 Daniel Tutt le presiding bishop of the Episcopali an Church in America marked his eighty sixth birthday by officiating at the annual meeting of the woman s auxiliary of the Missouri diocese He has been a bishop for fifty six years

ST. Louis Daniel Tuttlé Episcopia Church America Woman's Auxiliary Mis OME

Fragmented OCR Note on Naval Incident

An unclear OCR excerpt describes a naval incident with a California flagship and a boiler or forge explosion. Names and specifics are garbled, but references a casualty and investigation by officers. The fragment mentions water in a casting turning to steam and a 18 inch hollow ing.

Los An Des Con Ana Abe California Wmith Shep Lester G. Blanchard Erhiaek Dent

Hoover Says Russian Relief Hinges on Russian Action

Fragmentary notes quote Hoover praising American relief data while warning relief to Russia depends on Russian care. The incomplete text references statistics and the Department of Commerce as sources.

Washington, Jah Hoover Russia

Roomer Killed Suspect Jammed New Orleans House

Karl Kuntz, 29, was shot in a rooming house linked to Tenn. Dix in New Orleans. Police say Kuntz briefly lived there and allegedly forced entry before a confrontation. The incident followed a dispute over rent with other roomers at the doorway.

Orleans Karl Kuntz Tennes O. Dix Kuntz Dix

Examination for Typists February 1943 in Alabama

Competitive examinations will be held February 13 for positions of stenographer typist and typist in government service. Locations include Birmingham Florence Selma Opelika Mobile and Montgomer y at the same time with full details forthcoming.

Montgomery Ala Ste Gover Birmingham Florence Den Opelika Mobile Icaloosa

Cabinet member in Washington suffers brief ailment

A Washington official, part of the Harding era cabinet, reports a week ago last Tuesday experiencing a grip like illness and was briefly unavailable. The incident prompted no public concerns about duties or security. The person recovered and returned to duties promptly.

Washington Dent Harding

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