Two killed in car crash linked to Hollywood kidnapping probe
In Los Angeles on January 29 Miss Lita Westrem 28 and Charles Beverly 80 were killed in an automobile accident tied to detectives investigating the disappearance of Mrs Gladys Witherell from her Hollywood home. Westrem worked as a stenographer for C Witherell husband of the kidnapped woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Lita Westrem
Charles Beverly
Gladys Witherell
Hollywood
Miss Westrem
C. Witherell
Government coal terminal bids eyed for Mobile site
Several mobile firms will bid on the government coal terminal at Blakeley Island. Major North says copies of the specifications will go to the Mobile office for local bidders as blueprints near completion. Dredging plans call for 30 feet depth eventually with 16 feet initial depth and a 30 day bid period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government
Mobile
Office of the Army Engineers
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Blakeley Island
Bome Coast Concern
Washington
Earl North
Mobile District
North
Board of Engineers of
The
War Department
Youth Haled For Criticising Local Firemen At Elmira Street Fire
Carroll Thurston, 17, was brought before the police court after criticizing how the Elmira and St. Emanuel streets fire, scene managed the blaze. Officer McCauley testified Thurston called the firemen’s work into question and claimed another fire would occur if not careful. Thurston admitted his criticism and was dismissed with Judge Edington telling him to seek a job running the fire department.
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Elmira
St. Emanuel
Carroll Thurston
Olice Court
Thurston
Edington
McCauley
Escape of Alimony Bondsman From County Jail
A G Peeler, 15 Chichester Avenue, a railway mail clerk on the Mobile and Ohio road, fled from the guard room of the county jail after being placed under a $3000 bond to secure alimony payments to his divorced wife. He was captured Friday afternoon at his home by Deputies Bernstein and Blackman on a writ from Circuit Court Registrar James A Crane. The writ followed his failure to pay $35 monthly alimony for several months. Peeler, who had remarried since the divorce, remains at large after slipping away while jail staff were distracted.
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A. G.peeler
Chichester Avenue
Mobile and
Ohio Road
Peeler
Bernstein and Blackman
Circcuit
James A. Crane
Taken to capital to answer charge Leon arrested on forged check
R W Jones alias Leon, a brunette 25, was arrested Monday at the Battle House and sent to the capital to face a circuit court charge. Detectives held a warrant for Jones or Leon for obtaining $57 40 from Montgomery merchants on a forged expense account check. A woman named Mrs Bellé provided details.
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R. W. Jones
Leon
Battle House
Montgomery
R. B. King
Recorder
Circuit Court of
Jones
Father Kearns to Head Ash Wednesday Lecture Series
Rev. Father J. C. Kearns, president of Spring Hill Jesuit College, begins a series of free lectures on character building at St. Joseph's church on Ash Wednesday at 7:30 PM. The talks run each night through the Saturday after Ash Wednesday.
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Father J. C. Kearns
Spring Hill Jesuit College
St. Joseph's Co
Father Dowlins
St. Joseph's Church
Court Session at Selma Concludes
United States Marshal C. C. Gewin reports federal court in Selma held the first three days of the week. Mobile officials plan to return Sunday. Two defendants were sentenced at the Selma session on charges of robbing the mates and will be transported to Atlanta in the coming days.
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United States
C. Co. Gewin
Mobile
Selma
Gewin
Atlanta
Louisiana Cotton Growers At Meet
Cotton farmers from every cotton parish in Louisiana gathered in New Orleans aiming to pledge themselves to plant no more than half of last year’s crop. The gathering was organized by the Louisiana division of the American Cotton Association. Earlier meetings with bankers and merchants supported a resolution to curb credit for those who do not reduce acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
American Cotton Association
Port Committee Meeting Postponed by Mobile Chamber
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce port committee postponed its yesterday session due to the absence of chairman Dr. R. Dunlap and member Perrin Bestor. The meeting will be rescheduled to a later time.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Dr. R. Dunlap
Perrin Bestor
Alabama and Mississippi Weather Outlook Today
The weather forecast reports showers in Alabama this afternoon and tonight with Sunday turning fair and colder. In Mississippi, cooler conditions are expected in northern portions tonight with fair and colder skies overall.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Dry Goods Men Of Eight States in Session Here
Dry goods men from eight southern states meet in Mhile at the Caw thon Hotel for Division No 4 of the Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association. R E Filson of Louisville presides with Norman H Johnson of Richmond secretary. Executives discuss regional dry goods market conditions before local jobbers entertain attendees.
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Mhile
Cawthon Hotel
Division No. 4
Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association
R. E. Filson
Louisville
Norman H. Johnson
Richmond
Sopde Mee
Om Teil Ak
Three Men Sentenced Nine Months Each for Looting
Grant Thomas Dan Laws and Marion Wright pleaded guilty in the recorders court to petit larceny and were sentenced to nine months on the county road. Will Carter 17 was given 30 days for stealing soap and milk during the fire. Henry Cuffey was discharged after officers said goods were found in a field.
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Grant ‘Thomas
Dan Laws
Marion Wright
Woodcock and
McIntyre
Recorder’s Court
Will Carter
Henry Cuffey
Chauffeur Fined in Auto Accident
Louis Blount a chauffeur was fined 25 dollars or 25 days for reckless driving after striking Misses Agnes Villar and Grace Ramm on Government street near St Emanuel. The verdict rested on testimony from the women and witness C H Colvin. Blount appealed to the circuit court and posted 100 dollars bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Blount
Agnes Villar
Grace Ramm
Madison Street
Recorder
Blount
C. H. Colvin
Gusta Street
Government Street
St. Emanuel
Colvin
Circuit Court
Dimmer Law Enforced. Fines Start to Accrue
Traffic officers cited five offenders for failing to dim headlights east of Broad Street and they were fined two dollars each in recorder's court. The recorder refused excuses, citing safety. G. K. McCloud and Dr. H. Walker fined ten dollars for speeding. Walker appeals to the circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Street
Recorder’s Court
G. K. McCloud
Dr. H. &. Walker
Circuit Court
Cork's Lord Mayor O Callaghan Ordered Out of U S
Donal J. O Callaghan lord mayor of Cork has been ordered by Secretary Wilson of the labor department to leave the United States by February 11. He is in the country as a seaman awaiting a reshipment opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donal J. O’callaghar
Cork
Wilson
Labor Department
United States
Five Patent Medicine Makers in Trouble
A CHICAGO director announced that five patent medicine makers face action for not stopping alcohol deliveries and being linked to products with high alcohol content. He warned more proprietary brands will be added to the blacklist as agents uncover sales in saloons since prohibition began.
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CHIC
Stotie
Py Seaiteion
Istract
Feil
Lst
Stone
Southern Educator Dies in Car Crash in Knoxville
Mrs Charles A Perkins a noted southern educator and clubwoman died from injuries after her car plunged into a street car during a snowstorm. She was among the first eastern college women to earn a degree, the first dean of women at the University of Tennessee, and the first woman south of the Ohio River elected to a school board serving three terms. Funeral services set for this afternoon. body to be sent to Daniels Conn for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Charles A. Perkins
Perkins
Eastern College
University of Tennessee
Ohio River
Daniels, Conn
Anglo-Russian Trade Pact Faces Opposition in London Debates
London reports that the draft Anglo-Russian trade agreement, presented by Leonid Krassin to the Moscow Soviet, meets strong opposition from Chekchirin Litvinoff and their allies. Extremists demand prior full recognition of the Soviet government, while Krassin retains notable backing, linking his fate to Lenin's strength.
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London
Leonid Krassin
Moscow
Tcehitcherin
M. Litvinoff
London Times
The
Times
Krassin
Lenine
Allied Ministers in Hard Situation
Allied ministers in Athens faced an awkward moment at the funeral of Dutch minister Jonkheer Sturdier as King Constantine attended. During the church service the coffin stood between the king and the ministers who furtively avoided eye contact, then tried to skirt the sovereign after the ceremony.
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Athens
Jonkheer Sturdier
Greece
Constantine
Fair and Colder Sunday Forecast From Weather Bureau
The Mobile weather bureau predicts showers this afternoon and tonight with Sunday fair and colder. A moderate south wind will shift to the northwest on Sunday as the cold air mass moves in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Government Weather Bureau
Boy Scouts Hold Field Meet at Arlington
A large turnout of city Boy Scouts participates in an Arlington field meet this afternoon. Multiple events are scheduled including line and scout running tests. The air is reported calm near the lodge recently fitted up by scouts for overnight hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Nelson Freed After Hearing vnl I W Case
Charles Nelson a seaman faced charges of being dangerous and suspicious for forging an I W W card and literature. After legal battles between Forthe de and Assistant Solicitor Coimgney, the recorder discharged Nelson and warned him to find employment or face vagrancy charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Nelson
Vy. W
Thay
Alex Howard Forthe de
Jack Coimgney
Nelsop
Chovernment
Howard
Desmond
Nelson
Alabama
Mardi Gras plans near completion by committees
Mardi Gras preparations accelerate as parade floats for mystic societies near completion. Public celebration details are being refined by the carnival association. Seaplanes will visit from Pensacola on Mardi Gras Tuesday, and the gunboat Niagara will halt here for three days en route from New York to the Panama Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnival Association
Pensacola
Secretary of the Navy
Niagara
New York
Panama Canal
Dirigible R-34 Severely Damaged Over Yorkshire Coast
The British naval airship R-34 was nearly cut in two and could require dismantling after a landing disruption on the Yorkshire coast. Experts conduct a thorough examination of the damaged giant.
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London
Yorkshire
Body of Prominent Boston Man Found
The body of George W. Jessup president of the Jessup Chemical Company was found on railroad tracks in the Northern avenue waterfront district in Boston early today. Police are uncertain if it was an accident or a self inflicted death.
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Boston
George W. Jessup
Jessup Chemical Company
Northern Avenue
Raleigh Chemist Found Dead in Street
Dr. J. M. Pickell, 62, a chemist at the North Carolina Experiment Station, found dead in Hillsboro Street after being struck by an automobile. Police seek Ira Thompson, a young man alleged to have been driving the car. Pickell was a South Carolina native.
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Raleigh
N. C
J. M. Pickell
Shesdia
North Carolina Experiment Station
Hillsboro Street
Ira Thompson
Pickell
South Carolina
Peruvian Leader's Son Plans Callao to New York Air Flight
Ancon Peru Jan 29 Juan Leguia son of President Leguia announced arrangements for a plane flight from Callao to New York City with stops at Guayaquil Buena Ventura Panama Havana and two US ports. He heads the aviation school inaugurated by the president.
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Ancona
Peru
Juan Leguia
Leguia
Callao
New York City
Guayaquil
Buena
Ventura
Panama
Havana
United States
School of Aviation
Bank Heist in Detroit Nets $14,000 Four Bandits Rob Bank
Four bandits entered an American State Bank in Detroit on January 29. They locked two men in a rear room and beat another, then took $14,000 from the vault and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
American State Bank Today
Woman decoy robs shoe store owner in Oklahoma City
Seelahoma City report says Ei lig Bishara, Syrian proprietor of a shoe store, was robbed at 2 a.m. by a gang using a decoy woman. He was beaten and fired on, losing 32 000 dollars in bills and 10 000 dollars in diamonds, two being valued at 5 000 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seelahoma City
Eilig Bishara
Bishara
Vassar Girls Rebel Over Fashion Foibles
In Poughkeepsie today the Vassar College student body splits into two fashion factions. One camp demands trailing skirts and hair in a knob with ears exposed. the other clings to short skirts and ultra-thin stockings. The clash centers on defining Vassar style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
Vassar College
Vassar
Shipbuilders Form Organization in New York
Organization of shipbuilders and marine equipment manufacturers and dealers was completed at a meeting in New York. Forty seven companies were represented and aims include cooperation with other marine associations to improve ship design building and operation. Temporary officers were elected EK A Simmons acting president and Q L Ames Jr acting secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. Simmons
Q. L. Ames, Jr
Chicago
New York Town Struck by Traction Strike
Albany and surrounding areas including Albany Troy Green Island Watervliet Canoes Heinsse laer and Waterford faced paralyzed streetcar service as employees of the United Traction Company strike. The action began at midnight after wage cut talks failed to reach an agreement.
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Albany
WN. Y
Troy
Green Island
Watervliet
Canoes
Heinsselaer
Waterford
United Traction Company
Panama Grants Honorary Law Degree to Clarence J Owens
Senor Don J KE Lefevre informed by Panama’s president that Clarence J Owens, director general of the Southern Commercial Congress, has been conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa by the Panama faculty of law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Don J. KE. Lefevre
Republic of Panama
Belicario Porras
Panama
Faculty of Law of
Clarence J. Owens
Southern Commercial Congress
Kosmos and Roland Lines to Start Chile Peru Service
Berlin dispatch reports that starting March 5 the Kosmos Line of Hamburg and the Roland Line of Bremen will inaugurate a monthly service to Chile Peru via the Panama Canal. The plan aims to expand South American freight and passenger connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Kosmos
Hamburg
Roland
Bremen
Chile
Peru
Southern College Dormitory Burns in Florida
SUTHERLAND Fla Jan 29 The administration building and women's dormitory of Southern College a Methodist co educational institution were destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin early today Fifty girl students lost all their belongings and the loss of the buildings and their equipment represent more than 150000 Fire apparatus from Clearwater and Tarpon Springs prevented further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutherland, Fla
Southern College
Clearwater
Tarpon Springs
Southern College faces potential move from Rutherland to St Petersbu
In St Petersbug Florida on January 29, prominent Methodists said destruction of part of Southern College buildings likely forces the institution to relocate from Rutherland to St Petersburg. The college board of governors meets in Trpa today and removal is expected to be discussed.
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ST. Petersbur
Fla
Southern College
Rutherland
St. Petersburg
Trpa
Missing Atlanta stenographer Mary Caldwell believed found soon
Detroit detachment led by Deputy Sheriff William Parmenter searches the lower Detroit River aboard a tug for Mary Caldwell 18 a stenographer formerly of Atlanta who has been missing since December 15 Parmenter says a tip from Ojibway supports hope she is found today or tomorrow and the search will move to Fighting Island where a previous search failed.
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Detrot
Mary Caldwell
Atlanta
William Parmenter
Detroit River
Parmenter
Ojibway
Fighting Island
Montgomery Tragedy Ends In Double Suicide
Montgomery, Jan 29. R J Kirkpatrick, 21, a traveling salesman, shot and killed his 18 year old wife at 118 Church Street then killed himself, dying instantly from a shot to the right temple. Officials say financial worries contributed to the tragedy.
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Steamboat Springs
Col
Frank Mudra
Oak Creek
Caroner
Mudras
Reed
Mudra
Montgomery
R. J. Kirkpatrick
Church Street
Sweetman Also Quits Seat in Parliament
Roger W N Sweetman confirmed in an answer printed in the Freeman's Journal that he resigned from the Irish Republican parliament and has given up his seat in the British House of Commons. He stated he never belonged to the British parliament and would not take his seat.
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Dublin
Roger WN. Sweetman
House of Commons
Freeman's Journal
Acworth Mills to Reopen Next Week
Acworth Cotton Manufacturing Plant and Acworth Cotton Oil Mill will resume operations next week after months of suspension. The Acworth Hosiery Mill is also preparing to resume operations in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acworth
Tire Firm Indicted In Ohio Blue Sky Case
Four officers of the firm facing separate indictments for alleged violation of the Ohio blue sky laws. Walter Kline president C B Foust secretary J W Rinear treasurer L W Rinear sales manager charged. Kline also accused of obtaining money under false pretenses. Arraigned and pleaded not guilty. released on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Walter Kline
C. B. Foust
J. W. Rinear
L W. Rinear
Kline
Morris Exposes Cut in Consular Service
St Louis January 29 The house appropriations committee cut more than 800000 from the departments estimate for main land consular service aiding American trade shipping. James B Morrow director of the stadiopl Valley Association said the action is vital to the war effort and the association will seek reconsideration and enlist support of congressmen from 27 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
House Appropriations Committee
Mainla
James B. Morrow
Stadiopl Valley Association
Langdon's Slayer To Be Found Guilty
Tokio dispatch reports indicate the Chinese sentry who shot and killed tenant William H. Langdon at Vladivostok will be found guilty by a court martial. The case is handled by gendarmes with adjudication awaiting a court martial judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
William H. Langdon
Viadivostok
Vladivostok
Thement
Silk ring tied to Paterson firms in $150000 silk theft
Jacob Goldring and Morria Rosen silk manufacturers of Paterson were convicted in federal court for their role in a receiving stolen silk scheme tied to a car through which about $150,000 worth of silk was stolen from the American Express company during shipment. Thirty others await trial in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Jacob Goldring
Morria Rosen
Paterson
American Ai Express Company
Arieta Brothers Uprising Said to Be Minor
Mexico City dispatch reports circles in the capital treat the Arieta brothers uprising in the state of DG Go as inconsequential. The account claims the rebels number under 200, while government forces exceed 2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Arieta Brothers
Epidemic of personal crisis reports in Hungary
A Central News dispatch from London reports a wide spread crisis in Hungary tied to food shortages and personal safety. The death rate is about 15 daily, signaling a severe societal strain amid unrest and shortages.
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London
Hungary
Pest
Ac Central News Dispatch
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Botton
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Bert Smith
Hope
Burgh
Smith
Haled
Father Kearns
MEET
O’callaghan
BOY Scouts
Nelson Freed
Vnl. I. W
Gotham
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Detroit Bank
N. Y
HUN Lines
Burns
Sweetman
Georgia Mills
Morris
Consular Service
Langdon
Silk Fenge
Arieta
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