Mobile Invites Southwestern Millers for Port Tour
About 40 members of the Southwestern Millers association and cotton exporters from the St. Louis area will visit Mobile Saturday to inspect the harbor and export facilities. J. H. Jones announced the invitation after the New Orleans session, with a day of harbor tours, city sightseeing, golf at the Country Club, and a Battle House dinner. The visit aims to showcase Mobile’s export infrastructure to prominent buyers.
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Southwestern Millers’ Association
St. Louis
Mobile
J. H. Jones
Page & Jones
New Orleans
Country Club
Battle House
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Pacific
Annual Meet of Chamber Is Set Tonight
The Chamber of Commerce holds its annual meeting at the Elks Hall tonight with Henry Gaines Hawn as principal speaker on The Soul of Things. The program includes a talk on the Good Roads bond issue, Boy Scouts involvement, and re-election of officers.
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Henry Gaines Hawn
Chamber of Commerce
Elks’ ‘Hall
Country Club
Hawn
Mobile
Good Roads
Barton Academy
County
Gordon Smith
Plans for mobilizing Mobile voters for good roads bond
Final plans for arousing a big vote on the good roads bond issue at the special election Monday will be made at a joint Rotary Kiwanis Chamber of Commerce meeting this afternoon. A 100 percent Mobile county vote is the slogan.
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Good Roads
Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile County
League of Women Voters
Joint Committee
Kiwanis Issues
Mobile Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Clubs
Leon Schwarz
Kiwanis Club of
Mobile
Kiwanis Club
Alabama
Five Bank Bandits Rob Crafton Bank Kill One, Flee With Loot
Five men robbed the First National Bank of Crafton in Pittsburgh suburb killing Harold M assistant cashier. They forced five clerks and a woman into a vault and escaped with about $30,000 and negotiable securities. Police pursued, firing exchanged, bandits sheltered in a house on Pennsylvania avenue as crowds gathered to watch.
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Pittsburgh
First National Bank of
Crafton
Harold M
Pennsylvania Avenue
Snowstorms Grip South with Record Snow Depths
A major winter storm spread from the south Atlantic coast into Virginia and Georgia, setting new 20 year snow records in Danville and driving streetcar outages. Forecasters warned of more snowfall across 16 eastern states and the southern border toward Alabama and Mississippi with freezing temperatures in Florida.
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Washington
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Cape Hatteras
Weather Bureau
Alabama- Mississippi
Virginia
Danville
Lynchburg
Richy
Georgia
Savannah
Florida
New England
New York
Middle Atlantic States
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Bureau
Northfield
Robbers take cash stocks and bonds in Hattiesburg heist
Grady Bishop, night man at E Girault Motor Co, was forced to open the cash register and was locked in a closet while two masked men pried open the safe. They escaped with cash, stocks and bonds valued at 180000. The crime occurred around 2 am. Police suspect familiarity with the building. Wires to the building were later found cut.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Grady Bishop
E. Girault Motor Company
Girault
Giraul
Bishop
R. J. Bishop
Wisconsin House Delegation Backs Muscle Shoals Sale Plan
Eleven Wisconsin representatives sent a letter to Secretary Weeks signaling that turning Muscle Shoals plants to private operation would serve national and farmer interests if the price is reasonable. They argue the plant should be operated by a capable bidder rather than be run by government or foresters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jat
Wisconsin
Fore
Sheriff Prepares for Bond Election in Mobile Area
Sheriff W. H. Holcombe Jr. oversees 75 election boxes with paraphernalia for the Toads bond issue election set for Monday January 30. Boxes will house poll lists writing materials and instructions. The city has 38 voting places in ten wards and 37 county sites outside Mobile.
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W. H. Holcombe, Jr
Mobile
Brazier Arrested on Three Warrants in City
Charles Brazier was arrested today at Government and Commerce streets by Deputy Sheriff Moses Bernstein on three warrants. Accusers include A. V. Greer of Dallas-Greer Grocery alleging $17 embezzled, J. G. Blackwell accusing $23 converted, and J. O. Acree claiming $6 embezzled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brazier
Moses Bernstein
A. V. Greer
Dulas-Greer Grocery Company
Brazier
J. G. Blackwell
J. O. Acree
Spanish Trail Meet Called For Today
A meeting to boost the Alabama link of the Old Spanish Trail and plan improvements to the trans continental highway is set for 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce. A general committee of county civic organizations will attend and several addresses will be delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
Senate to consider Aubrey Boyles nomination for district attorney
The Senate is expected to take up the nomination of Aubrey Boyles as district attorney for the southern Afa district, a move sent to the body Friday afternoon by President Harding. Assistant D A T J O Middleton, another applicant who has been in Washington since the start of the year, has not yet returned.
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Senate
Aubrey Boyles
Southern Afa
Pres. Harding
Assisant Dist
J. O. Middleton
Washington
Weather Forecast for Mobile and Vicinity
The weather bureau issued a forecast of generally fair weather with little temperature change for Mobile and surrounding area. Rains have occurred near Mobile at Meridian. the thermometer read 39 degrees this morning.
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Weather Bureau
Mobile
Meridian
Two Arrests by Crichton Deputy
Eli Collins arrested on a warrant from the inferior criminal court charging abusive language. Deputy Jordon of Crichton also arrested Gharies Collins on an indictable grand jury charge for urging religious leadership.
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Eli Collins
Inferior Criminal Court
Callie Pierce
Iif Jordon
Crichton
Gharies Collins
Circuit Court Criminal Docket Set For Trial
The criminal docket lists defendants scheduled for trial on various dates in February. Names include Holeman George Allen Luther Long A F Walters L R McManus and others facing charges from possession of stills to prohibition laws and assaults. Police Officer Eli Merrill resigns after eighteen months with the department to pursue other business.
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Sige
Holeman
George Allen
Luther Long
A. F. Walters
L. R. McManus
J. Verneuille
Herbert Brown
B. D. Gray
Kit Collins
Ollie Fincher
Eli Collins
A. de Fleron
T. Armstrong
R. Cammack
Tom Crivellon
L. Harris
Ester Gray
James Sledge
Buddie Wilkerson
Willie Fincher
Richard Tipp
Richard Tipp, Jr
Frazier Hill
Emma Humphreys
George Robertson
W. H. Blalack
Seth Butler
Frank Ellis
Eli Merrill
Merrill
Board Orders New Lumber for Bridge Over Fowl River
The Cedar Point road bridge on the Fowl River will be rebuilt with new lumber after the road committee found the old flooring unfit. The Reality Construction Company expects completion within 10 days of receiving the lumber. The county engineer reported multiple specification changes delaying work and possible use of rotten timber, prompting an investigation request.
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Cedar Point
Board of Revenue
Reality Construction Company
Board
Oysterman Martin Burns Faces Reckless Driving Charge
Martin Burns an oysterman was docketed at the county jail on a reckless driving charge after Ralph Farnelled that Burns operated his car recklessly, causing a collision.
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Martin Burns
Ralph
Weather Summary for Alabama and Mississippi
The forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Saturday with no change in temperatures. Winds are expected to be moderate as conditions continue across Alabama and Mississippi.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Top Court Upholds Bigham Sentence in 1921 Murder
The state supreme court affirmed the lower court verdict finding Edmund D. Bigham guilty of murdering his brother L. Smiley Bigham near Pimlico on June 15, 1921. His appeal claimed unfairness at the first hearing and a new trial, but the high court denied it and he faces re sentencing at the next DeF ence County session.
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Columbia
8. C
State Supreme Court
Edmund D. Bigham
L. Smiley Bigham
Pimlico
Bigham
Margery Black
Defence County
School of Applied Criminology Proposed in Seattle
In Vancouver dated Jan 27 the Northwest Association of Sheriffs and Police decided to establish a school of applied criminology, claimed to be the first on the American continent. It will be in Seattle with a generous endowment expected.
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Vancouver
B. C
Northwest Association of Sheriffs and Police
Seattle
Not Guilty Verdict for Mrs Lydia Molavi in Murder Case
Washington January 27 Mrs Lydia G Molavi 24 fainted as the jury acquitted her of murder after she testified she killed her husband accidentally while trying to frighten him for two days of silence.
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Washington
Lydia G. Molavi
Denby Seeks Funds to Finish Scout Cruisers
Secretary of the Navy Denby asks Congress to raise the limit of cost per scout cruiser from 7.5 million to 8.25 million, saying seven ships under construction cannot be completed without additional appropriations. He sent the request in a letter to Speaker Gillett on January 27.
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Washington
Congress
Denby
Gillett
Sixth in Tuttle family succumbs to botulinus poisoning
Boise Idaho Jan 27 with the death of Charles W Tuttle 66 at Cambridge Idaho Thursday six members of the family he headed had succumbed to botulinus poisoning said to have been caused by eating home rasdasan Steens at a birthday party
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Boise
Idaho
Charlies W. Tuttle
Cambridge
Rasdasan Steens
Regulation of Coal Industry Proposed by Kenyon
A Senate report by Chairman Kenyon calls for a federal coal tribunal and a code of industrial laws enforceable by public opinion to regulate coal operators and miners. It highlights WV and KY fields as nonunionized and subject to employer resistance to union members. Other committee members did not sign the report.
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Washington
Senate
Kenyon
Labor Committee
West Virinia-Kentucky
Gore
Sen. Kenyon
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
United States
Government Coal Board
Sen
Legion Post Aids Ex-Service Men In Getting Jobs
Mobile leverages low veteran unemployment through the Lamar Y. McLeod Post of the Legion and the shipping board. A campaign solicits employers to hire ex service men and those with families in need. An employment bureau registers job openings regardless of pay or duration. Call 2519 or 780 to report openings. office to be at the armory with daily hours noon to 12 20.
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Mobile
Lamar Y. McLeod
Legion
Shipping Board
Legion Post
McLeod Post
Fittty
Betwen
Four Days Remain For Payment of State Poll Tax
Officials warn only four days left to pay the state poll tax with delinquency after midnight February 1. Clerks urge payment at once to avoid a last minute rush as weather improves and payments increase. Chief Clerk Joseph Crow notes the number of new poll tax payments is only eighty ahead of last year.
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Joseph Crow
Tax Office
Snow cripples Lynchburg streetcar service this morning
In Lynchburg Virginia a heavy snowstorm crippled street car service during rush hour. About 11 inches of snow covered the ground by 9:80 o clock with little wind and nearly no drifting. Many workers walked to their jobs as transit halted for the morning.
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Lynchburg
Durham Schools Closed In Snow Blizzard Tie Up North Carolina
The heavy snowstorm, the worst since 1898, blankets Durham and nearby towns with about 12 inches on the ground. Schools shut, streetcars and traffic halted, food deliveries impossible except on foot, hospitals report limited aid, and rail service remains blocked toward Raleigh.
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Durham
N. C
North Carolina
Quarantine Lifted in Arkansas and Oklahoma
Health officials announce the smallpox quarantine is removed in all areas effective immediately. Entry requires vaccination proof only for those leaving infected zones. no vaccines needed for travelers. No new cases in eight days and overall 31 deaths from Laflore county fatalities across 41 cases reported.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Poteau
Panama
Howé
Shady Point
Laflore County
Butchers Vote to Continue Strike Nationwide
Striking workers at 13 meat packing centers voted by an overwhelming majority to keep the strike going that began December 6 1921. Lane international secretary of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Union of America announced the result. in Chicago the majority of strikers declined to vote.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Lane
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmenn Union of America
Woman Falls From Train Dies in Chattanooga
A young Chicago woman, believed to be Miss Kate Javoska of 2711 West 15th Street, fell or jumped from the Dixie Flyer on the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis line yesterday afternoon. She fractured her skull and died early today in a local hospital without regaining consciousness.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Kate Javoska
West 15Th Street
Chicago
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Townley Warrant Issued in Embezzlement Case
Fargo North Dakota January 27 A warrant has been issued for A C Townley president of the National Non Partisan League charged with involvement in the alleged embezzlement of five thousand dollars from the Bank of...
Schwab Says Nation Has No Fundamental Flaws
Charles M. Schwab told the Hotel Association of New York that nothing fundamentally wrong with the nation exists. He announced a proposed expenditure of 25 million dollars at the Bethlehem Steel Plant, noting the plants are operating at one third capacity. He urged less legislation and more economy to help business.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
Hotel Association of
Bethlehem Steel
Schwab
Woman and Baby Die in Brooklyn Tenement Fire
A four story Brooklyn tenement fire killed an 18 month old and a woman. Twelve others were injured as firemen evacuated eight families from the burning building. The dead are Mrs Emma Rundell age 43 and George Obermeyer age 18 months.
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New York
Brooklyn
Emma Rundell
George Obermeyer
Alfred Obermeyer
Child Dies After Falling Into Boiling Soap Pot
Four year old son of Henry Wachob, who lived four miles south of Chipley Florida, fell into a pot of boiling soap while children played near his parents’ work site. He died from the scalding injuries witnessed by the adults.
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Chipley
Fila
Henry Wachob
Orleans Wholesale Produce Firm Fails
L. Frank & Co. wholesalers in eggs and poultry filed a voluntary bankruptcy in federal court with liabilities of 860 340.14 and assets of 265 718.65. Creditors include cold storage firms in New York St Louis and five Chicago operations. Three New Orleans banks hold about 200 000 in promissory notes. The filing cites egg market disruption from abnormal egg-laying due to mild weather as the cause of troubles.
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New Orleans
L. Frank & Co
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
New York Bank Seaboard Merger Approved
Directors of Seaboard National Bank and Mercantile Trust approve consolidation plans for a new bank. Seaboard selects 11 directors and Mercantile Trust 2. Samuel G. Bayne named chairman and C. A. Austin named president.
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New York
Seaboard National Bank
Mercantile Trust Company
New Bank
The
Seaboard
Mercantile Trust
Samuel G. Bayne
C. A. Austin
Exports Surpass Imports in Germany for 1921
Berlin dispatch reports 1921 trade shows exports at 14.6 billion marks against imports of 13.7 billion marks, the first wartime excess of exports over imports. Officials attribute the shift to curbs on food imports.
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Germany
Berlin
Underwood seeks approval for Ford par and lease contract
Senator Underwood of Alabama pressed War Secretary Weeks for a qualified endorsement of the Ford contract on Muscle Shoals properties. Weeks planned to send the contract to Congress next week with a supporting memorandum. The exchange followed cabinet discussions as Mayo prepared in Detroit to report back after Senate talks.
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Poia
Finan i B. Mayo
Detroit
Weeks
Wat
Mayo
Shauna
Goblin's loan dispute ties Klan campaign to Terrell
DC court records reveal Harry B. Terrell lent $1,500 to a Washington figure linked to the Ku Klux Klan campaign. Samuel F. Pointer, named as goblin of the district, says the Klan never had a formal contract with Terrell but employed him in propaganda work. Pointer’s affidavit claims Terrell acted as a Klan agent, affecting the $1,600 debt claim.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Harry B. Terrell
Terrell
Ku Klux Klan
Samuel F. Pointer
Pot
Klux Klan
Ward Young Clark
Paganda Department
the Nation
Pine timber debated for newsprint in Montreal meeting
Montreal January 27 members of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association discussed jack pine as a potential source for newsprint. The talk focused on forest depletion of spruce sources and the cost and availability of jack pine as a viable alternative for pulp and paper, with firms like Becet Ltd. noted for related experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Dian Pulp and Paper Association
Becet Ltd
Lines Say Mismanagement Guilty Of Inspection Slumps
H J Chay of Long Island City testified before the Senate state Commerce Committee that the nation is guilty of mismanagement in discontinuing their free inspection service. He noted that railroads have lost freight revenues totaling about $13 by elimination of inspection and called for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
H. J. Chay
Long Island City
N. Y
Senate State Commerce Committee
Jacksonville Line seeks bond extension mortgage approval
The Jacksonville Line Terminal Company asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to issue one of its five percent mortgage bonds maturing July 1 1967. The Coast Line was joined in hearing for the above issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Sonville Terminal Company
Interstate Commsion
Atlantic Coast Line
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Bessemer
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Andalusia
Anniston
Dothan
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Gadsden
Greenville
Randit E Mabo
Girault Motor Co
Underwood Urguing
Applied Criminology
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Tuttle
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Townley
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MEE
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