Separation of Warrior line from Mississippi route announced
Washington dispatch reports plan to separate the Warrior river barge line from the Mississippi line and lift embargoes on up river shipments. Mobile Chamber of Commerce seeks details while a new Mobile headquarters and a resident manager are to be named. Officials say definite plans will be announced in a few days.
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Washington
Warrior River
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
News &Rre
Register
Warrior Line
Mobile
2Hop
Capitol
J. E. Addicks
John McDuffie
Col
T. Q. Ashburn
Inland Waterways Department
War Department
W. B. Oliver
Oscar
Wood
Dho
K. Jackson
Commerce
Mobile Chamber Considers Mayor Taylor Washington Testimony
Mobile directors met to decide action on Mayor Taylor’s congressional testimony opposing the Ford Muscle Shoals offer. A public meeting or referendum may be called to let Mobilians express sentiment after protests from north Alabama and the Tennessee Valley.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Taylor
Washington
Ford
Muscle Shoals
North
Alabama
Tennessee Valley
Mobile
Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Radio fans ship syrup to Missouri announcer
A Columbia Louisiana listener sent a can of home made cane syrup and pancakes to a Jefferson City station announcer after hearing his craving on air. Other listeners sent checks for Louisiana Long Sweetin syrup and money was passed to local dealers.
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Columbia
Jefferson City
H. 8. Bowen
Wilmette
Tula
A. E. Marshall
Dell Rapids
Louisiana
Doorn Report Says Former Kaiser Wilhelm's Health Failing
International News Service reports at Doorn that former Kaiser Wilhelm's health has deteriorated with precarious condition and weakening heart action. Friends say physicians are hopeful of recovery though undue fatigue and religious mania contribute to his frail state.
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Doorn
Holland
Kaiser Wilhelm
Wilhelm
Hermine
Cincinnati Student Confesses After Body Found
Cincinnati police report a dental student from Ohio State alleges his friend John Mazzola dumped a body into a waterway after a fight. The story outlines a stabbing during a confrontation and confusion over the victim’s identity as a woman, with ongoing investigations and charges pending.
Drunk Driving Arrests Reported in Wheeleerville Area
Tom Young 21 of Wheeleerville Ala arrested on Old Shell road west of Crichton by Deputy Sheriff Joe String fellow for operating a motor vehicle while drunk and lacking a state license. Eddie Wheeler allegedly a passenger was jailed for public drunkenness. Jim Miller and Ellery Miller were later jailed on charges of violating the national prohibition act by possessing prohibited liquors.
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Tom Young
Wheeleerville
Ala
Old Shell Road
Crichton
Joe Stringfellow
Eddie Wheeler
Wheelerville
Jim Miller
Ellery Miller
Two Surrender As Appeals Are Lost
Allan Livingston and Macy Phil convicted in the circuit court on April 1 for manufacturing liquor. Both appeals were affirmed. they were surrendered at the city jail today and moved to Camp Kilby to begin their terms, each sentenced to a year and a day.
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Allan Livingston
Macy Phil
Ity
Assault Charged to Man in Warrant
M A Warren a 4 carpenter of 356 St Michael street was jailed today on two charges of assault and battery after his arrest by Deputy Sheriff Moses Bern. Mrs Alice Warren his wife and M Hidebanm a jeweler's clerk are named in the warrants alleging Warren insulted and beat them.
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M. A. Warren
Carpenter
St. “Michael Street
The
Courity
Moses Bernin
Alice Warren
M. Hidebanm
Seta Fericidd
Werren
Jewelry Stolen From Zoghby Home on Dauphin Street
Burglars gained entrance to the Zoghby store at 12 Dauphin Street on Tuesday night and removed valuable jewelry including gold money and hare hand necklaces. Detectives are investigating the case.
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Burelars
Zoghby
Dauphin Street
Ives
Former Actress Marries Diplomat in Quiet New York Ceremony
Major General Sir John Sackville-Weet, British soldier and diplomat, wed Anne Meré ith Bigelow, a former actress, in a discreet New York ceremony conducted by a judge. The couple moved the wedding up to avoid publicity.
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New York
Sir John Sackville-Weet
Anne Meré
Ith Bigelow
John
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
The forecast from Washington on January 31 predicts no change in conditions for Alabama and Mississippi through tonight and Friday.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Demand Noted in High Grade Rails and Stocks Opening
Mixed early price movement in New York shares with strong demand for high grade rails. Dupont and American Ices rising, motor shares firm, Dupont up six points on bullish buying. Stude baker Chandler Kelsey Wheel gain about two points. Mack Truck up one. American Ice jumps and others advance while Davison Chemical slips. Foreign exchange opens strong. Cotton futures open steady with March at 33.25 and May at 33.58.
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New York
Dupont
National Lead
United States
Studebaker
Chandler
Kelsey
American Ice
Famous Players
American Car and Foundry
Philip Morris
Davison Chemical
Virginia Carolina Chemical
New Orleans futures open steady on cotton market
In New Orleans on January 31 cotton futures opened steady with March at 33.24, May at 32.98, July at 32.12, October 27.48 and December 27.05 as the market started trading.
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New York
New Orleans
Dredge Conversions Bring Deep Channel To Mobile Bay
Major Earl North announces conversion of the river boat McGregor into a pipeline dredge at Pascagoula for the Mobile bay channel. The Pascagoula will dredge Gulfport harbor then sail to Mobile to restore depth to 28 feet, with 30 feet pending Wahalak’s return.
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Otek
Robert McGregor
Mobile Bay
United States
Earl North
Major North
Pascagoula
Mississippi Sound
Mobile
Gulfport Harbor
McGregor
New Orleans
William Gerig
Washington
Wahalak
Beard Admits Whiskey Ownership and Is Fined
A. R. Beard of 334 Elmira Street admitted ownership of three quarts of shinny and was fined 116 by the recorder for a prohibition violation. Detective Cliff Adams testified that officers raided Beard’s home and found the liquor. Beard acknowledged the possession as the court warned him of a second conviction.
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A. R. Beard
Elmira Street
Recorder
Cliff Adams
Beard
Adams
Comlittee
Man Fined for Cursing Officer in Elmira Street Incident
Jernigan of the police department testified that Jernigan’s arrest of several loitering suspects led to Scollick and Lynch abusing him. Scollick was fined $15 or 15 days for using abusive language. Lynch was cleared as the court found he did not curse.
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J. KE
Scoltick
Elmira
Franklin Streets
Recorder
Jernigan
Police Department
Scollick
Dennis
Edmund Tuntsall
Welch
Tunstall
LeGear
Lynch
Bedlick
Woodrow Wilson Reported Ill in Washington
Woodrow Wilson is ill and under medical care as physician Dr. Sterling Ruffin is to see him again today. Dr. Ruffin said the condition is not considered serious. Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Wilsons former physician, was due to arrive from North Carolina.
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Washington
United Press
Woodrow Wilson
Sterling Ruffin
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Ruffin
Cary T. Grayson
Girl asks Koretz for financial aid
Chicago dispatches identify Mrs. Jessie Taggert as the sender of the Watson telegram seeking funds for missing promoter Leo Koretz. Taggert, once Koretz’s associate, is now in Calcutta without money and claims no knowledge of Koretz’s whereabouts. She admits sending a cable on January 19 and has not seen Koretz since leaving Vancouver three years ago.
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Chicago
Watson
Leo Kortez
Panama
Jessie Taggert
Koretz
Calcutta
India
Taggart
Vancouver
America
Expanded discussion on Bok plan heats up Senate inquiry
An executive session of the senate committee probing propaganda was held to decide its authority to investigate the Bok peace award's handling. Miss Esther Everett Lape pressed for jurisdiction as Senator Reed of Missouri awaited return to Washington to weigh in on the investigation mandate.
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Washington
Senate
Esther Everett Lape
Reed
Missouri
Baby Watson Winning Battle for Life in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth Texas on January 31 United Press reports Baby Watson weighing one pound two ounces fought a life and death battle today. The premature infant born Monday weighed three quarters of a pound and has been gaining weight in an incubator crib at 116 degrees. The child rests between cotton pads and two hot water bottles for warmth as doctors strive to save the fragile life. Twins born to Mrs Watson Morday weighed two pounds but died shortly after birth.
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Fort Worth
Texas
United Press
Fall Examined By Physicians May Not Talk
Three physicians examined former Secretary Fall to decide if he can appear soon for questioning as the Walsh resolution to annul naval oil leases stirs Senate debate. The inquiry continues amid amendments and a court-auxiliary plan to fund proceedings, with further meetings anticipated.
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Washington
Walsh
Senate
Silas H. Strawn
Coolidge
Megawhite
Ling Penne
Gregory
Latt
Denby
Terday
FE. L
California Reserve
Claytor
Daniel D
Sterling Rufft
Caltion
Senalian
Colorado
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
McKellar
Democrat
Tennessee
Thomas Hart, Jr
Repub
Big Cotton Dealer Dies in New Orleans
John Clark, 67, nationally known cotton commission dealer and head of the Clark brokerage firm with offices across the South, died suddenly at his home after a two day illness from bronchitis and heart trouble. Funeral services set for Friday.
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New Orleans
John , Clark
Clark
South
Vice President of Bank to Retire
Arthur Kavanaugh vice-president of the National City Bank of New York retires after more than six decades with the institution. He began as an office boy in 1872 and rose through six presidents to the vice-presidency.
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New York
Arthur Kavanaugh
National City Bank of New York
Kavanaugh
Deputy Mayor of Roxheim Survives Assassination Attempt
A dispatch from Frankfort reports Deputy Mayor Ernest Cuttinger of Roxheim in the Bavarian Palatinate was not killed by yesterday's assailants. He was taken to a hospital in grave condition. Cuttinger reportedly supports autonomous government autonomy.
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Paris
Frankfort
Ernest Cuttinger
Roxheim
Palatinate
Cuttinger
Movement For
Italian Premier Mussolini Visits U S Naval Honors
The article reports Italian Prime Minister Mussolini visiting a U S officer and luncheon with Admiral Phillips of the VJ 8, followed by a tour of the Colorado battleship. Italian navy officials show interest in adopting Colorado’s electric drive and invite Colorado engineers to Rome to discuss the ship’s design and labor-saving features.
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Lom Amer
Mussolini
Phill
U States
Colorado
Rome
Former Countess Weds Architect in New York
Ella Haggin, once Countess Festetios de Tolna, married Robert T. McKee retired Stockton California architect. She previously wed a Austrian nobleman in 1892 and divorced in San Francisco two years ago. Daughter of Louis T. Haggin and granddaughter of James B. Haggin of Elmendorf Stock Farm Kentucky.
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New York
Ella Haggin
Europe
Festetios de
Elmendorf
Lexington
McKeensa
Poland seeks injunction to regain custody of daughter
Mrs Lois Poland of Atlanta Ga renews fight for possession of her five year old daughter June who she said she loaned to her sister Mrs Elsie Shosted at Independence Kansas The filing asks the superior court to restrain Shosted from exercising parental rights and to return the child to Poland
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Los Angeles
Cal
Lois Poland
Atlanta
June
Elsie Shosted
Independence
Kas
Shosted
Mexican suspects questioned after priest shot in Kansas City
In Kas Kansas City two Mexicans were questioned by police after Rev. John P. McKenna pastor of St. Thomas Episcopal church was shot while leaving the parish house. The assailant fled with an accomplice, bloodhounds traced to Luis Parra and Edmundo Zallaga who denied involvement.
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Kansas City
Kas
John P. McKenna
St. Thomas Biscopal Church
Father McKenna
Luis Parra
Edmundo Zallaga
Judge's Wife Hailed In By Cops In Fort Worth
In Fort Worth Texas on January 31 Municipal Judge Cullen Bailey sent his wife to the station for parking in a forbidden area. The judge fined her one dollar and Mrs Bailey paid the fine without speaking.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Cullen Bailey
Brokers Testify On Odd Lot Cotton Dealings in New York
New York witnesses Edward B Bartlett Jr and Louis Brooks testified as the public inquiry opened into odd lot cotton exchanges. Deputy AG Wilbur W Chambers said officials from the National Cotton and Grain Exchange and Federal Cotton Exchange would be called. Chambers warned victims had lost millions as investigations focus on the odd lot brokerage business.
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New York
Edward B. Bartlett
New York ‘Cotton Exchange
Louis Brooks
Wilbur W. Chambers
Odd Lot
Odd
New York Cotton Exchange
Mr. Chambers
Cuba Seeks Authority to Pay War Debt in Installments
President Zayas asked Congress for authorization to repay 361 718 dollars owed to the United States for World War material. The government debt commission approved the bill, authorizing one third of the sum to be paid immediately while the rest awaits settlement.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Congress
Zayas
Government Debt Commission
Veterans urged to file disability claims before deadline
Washington, Jan 31 Former service men who have not filed claims for disability compensation should do so immediately, Director Hines of the Veterans Bureau said, warning that a five year time limit is approaching for applications under the war risk insurance act.
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Washington
Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Lenine Widow Seeks Charitable Memorials Under Plan
Moscow report says Krupskaya widow of Lenin requests memorials honor her husband through benevolent works. She favors donations to nurseries, orphanages, schools, hospitals and relief institutions rather than erecting monuments. Plans for Lenin memorials in several cities reportedly underway.
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Moscow
Krupskaya
Lenine
Husba
Automobile Backed Over Child in Troy Tragedy
Post office clerk Revell backed his automobile over his seven month old baby in his garage. The vehicle struck the child and then rolled onto the infant a short time later. Mrs. Houston suffered a shoulder and other injuries. Revell claimed he reversed the car inadvertently.
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Troy
Ala
Jan
Revell
Houston
Greek cabinet turmoil figures in reported resignations
Fragmentary dispatch from Athens notes the resignation of a prime minister figure and mentions M. Carantaris as a likely successor. A cabinet plan is described as not present, with an official stating a deputy or official hopes for mid February recovery. The report references a second attack since a return.
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Athens
Telos
Venizenitely
M. Carantaris
Fund Raised for Heroic Work in Eldorado Arkansas
Residents raise funds for a rescue effort in Eldorado where seven workers from Lion Oil Company were trapped after a hydrogen gas blast. McJimsey and his team, attempting a rescue, were overcome and seven transported to a local hospital. One is not expected to recover.
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Eldorado
Jan Dents
McJimsey
Lion Oil Company
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Mazdol
Masgola
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Mazzol
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