Measure May Be Considered Before Congress Adjourns
A favorable report from the agriculture committee favors a resolution by Senator Norris to authorize sale of war power to municipalities. The measure would set uniform prices for surplus Muscle Shoals hydro power and ensure no discrimination against Alabama surplus energy applicants. The War Department had opposed retailing Muscle Shoals power in small units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Te Agriculture Committee
Norris
Alabama
Wre
Death Probe Tangles Chester County Incident
Deputies investigate death of Hollis Lambert 30 who died at Jackson hospital after a stir explosion near a Springs work site in Chester County. Injured are Hy Wilson 35 I P Cox 50 and Dave Hatch 28. Finis Wilson deputy administrator says Lambert admitted he and others were injured during the blast last Friday. Deputy agent dispatched to the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester County
Thy Hollis Lambert
Jackson
Hy Wilson
I. P. Cox
Dave Hatch
Finis Wilson
Lambert
Pilecky Dies After Short Illness in Silver Hill
Frank John Pilecky a Chicago native and Silver Hill assistant cashier at the local bank died Monday after a brief illness. He leaves his parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pilecky a brother John an aunt and other relatives. Funeral services set for 2 PM Thursday at the Silver Hill community house with Higgins and Conditt in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank John Pilecky
Chicago
Silver Ala
Frank Pilecky
John
Bettie Paplham
Silver Hill
Higgins
Conditt
Wife Missing Could Be Local Search Case
M D Dobbs of 206 North Joachim Street asked police for help locating his wife Nannie Dobbs who has been missing since 11:30 in the morning. He says she is mother to three children aged three eight and ten and stands five feet eight inches tall with brunette hair. Police reported no reason given for the disappearance.
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M. D. Dobbs
North Joachim Street
Nannie Dobbs
Dobbs
Weather bulletin reports cloudy periods and scattered storms
Local forecast calls for cloudy skies with thunderstorms today and Wednesday with little temperature change. Alabama expected to be cloudy with thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday while Mississippi trends partly cloudy to unsettled with local isold thundershowers in the north tonight and Wednesday Cooler air moves into the northwest. River observations show slight changes with the Tombigbee River forecast rising near Selma by end of Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mississippi
Albama
Selma
Hunters Fly On As Plane Keeps Together Around Sky Harbor
Chicago July 1 The Hunter brothers John and Kenneth mark 477 hours aloft aboard the City of Chicago as the crew vows to continue flight so long as fabric and metal hold together despite drizzle. Ground crew considers weather and landing rules while awaiting the 500 hour milestone.
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Chicago
Hunters
Walter Hunter
Sky Harbor
John
Kenneth Hunter
Walter
Albert
Irene
Casey Jones
National Aeronautical Association
Luke Christopher
N. A. A. Chicago Committee
Christopher
Kenneth
Irene Hunter
Fatal Illness of Beatrice Nanney Shocks Booneville
Beatrice Nanney 13 daughter of Rev R C Nanney of Kossuth Miss dies in a Booneville hospital after a mysterious illness described as possibly poisoning by insecticide. Her stepmother reportedly attempted self harm and is wounded. The minister said a mild medicine was given for intestinal inflammation before a doctor was sought.
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Booneville
Miss
Beatrice
R. C. Nanney
Kossuth
Nannéy
Special venire drawn for Williams retrial in circuit court
A special venire of jurors was drawn Tuesday for the case of Jule Williams a Negro charged with a statutory offense and slated for a rehearing next Tuesday. Williams was convicted at the last term of the circuit court of a criminal attack on a white woman near Citronelle and sentenced to death in the electric chair. His attorneys filed for a new trial after conviction, and the grant followed an affidavit by County Traffic Officer Joseph Hunter claiming the victim did not identify him. Defense argued the evidence was prejudicial and new trial was warranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jule Williams
Williams
Citronelle
W. V. McDermott
C. C. Hand
Joseph Hunter
Senate approves cotton price decline probe plan
Senate agriculture committee backs a resolution to launch a federal inquiry into cotton price declines from 1916 to 1930. The investigation would be run by the Agriculture Department through the Grain Futures Administration with a $125,000 budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sheppard
Democrat
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Grain Futures Administration
Senate
Railroad income in June shows drop from last year
The Gulf Mobile and Northern Railroad reported June operating income of 76187 dollars, down from 89504 in June of last year, per a telegraph press dispatch received in Mobile from New York.
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Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Mobile
New York
Gas franchise hearing in Mobile stalls City Commission meeting
Attorneys for Mobile Gas and Southern Natural Gas argued before the Mobile board on granting a natural gas piping franchise to Horace Turner and W. P. Lewis. S. M. Johnston cited Mobile Gas investment of 3.2 million and a 6 million pipeline build by Southern Natural, aiming to begin gas supply mid September.
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Mobile
Board of City Commissioners
Mobile Gas Company
Southern Natural Gas Company
Aubrey Boyles
Robert H. Smith
Horace 8. Turner
W. P. Lewis
S. M. Johnston
Forney Johnston
Birmingham
Turner
Johnston
St Vincent Church Festival Planned for Tuesday Night
A midsummer festival to benefit St Vincent's church will start at 7 30 p m Tuesday on Lawrence and Charleston streets. Activities include games and entertainment. Arrangements committee members include Rev J E McDermott Rev F C Doyle A J Gilbert Joseph Bullock John Sweeney William D Martin Thomas Neagle William J Hanlon Joseph Crevilleri James E Martin William Gunthorpe RP J Hanlon James Cuthert Thomas Conboy Joan McNamara and James H Nelson.
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St. Vincent's Church
Lawrence
Charleston
J. E. ‘McDermott
F. C. Doyle
A. J. Ilebert
Joseph Bullock
John Sweeney
William D. Martin
Water famine hits New Orleans drought area
In the New Orleans area drought dried up rainfall for a month forcing residents to rely on cisterns for drinking water while peddlers sold water jugs up to 25 cents. The New Orleans public works division deployed large sprinklers to fill cisterns in outlying districts.
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New, Orleans
New Orleans
Davis Attacks Road Work Plan At July County Meeting
President Arthur D. Davis accused board of revenue members of political maneuvering as Commissioner Matt A. Boykin pushed for a resolution to widen and grade secondary roads from Union Church to Bayou La Batre via Grand Bay. Davis opposed the measure citing existing road projects and county forces already occupied. The motion failed after Davis vetoed the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Revenue
Arthur D. Davis
Matt A. Boykin
Union Church
Bayou la Batre
Grand Bay
Davis
Boykin
Union Church Way
la Barre
Booth
J. C. Prine
Attack near Warrenton turns deadly family hurt
In Warrenton Virginia on July 1 a 65 year old man Corbin and his two daughters Estelle and Isabelle were wounded in a shooting. Paynes a Black man was arrested and denies charges. Payne allegedly shot the father then set fire to the car while telling the daughters their father was hurt. Estelle dragged herself and her father from the burning vehicle to a nearby farmhouse for help.
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Warrenton Va
Corbin
Estelle
Isabelle
Swood ‘Payne
Payne
W.S. Wolf
Wey
Convict Carl Smith Denounced By Court In Hearing
The court on Tuesday denounced Carl Smith an ex convict as testimony described a past burglary at a Dauphin Street beauty shop. Smith faced two counts of grand larceny and was bound over to the circuit court grand jury on $1 500 bonds after a downtown street chase led to custody by police. Detective Levine Bauer testified to the prior two year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Smith
Wasi
Chase
Smith
Levine Bauer
Smith H
Dauphin Street
C.” Hollander
St. Louis
Electrical Display Ends Mobile Heat Wave and Dowpour
A dramatic electrical display and heavy downpour hit Mobile on Tuesday, ending a prolonged heat spell. Rainfall reached 1.4 inches by noon, flooding streets as temperatures fell from 75 at 11 am to 71 by 1 pm, more than 20 degrees below recent averages.
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Mobile
Albert Aschenbergtér
Mobile Bridge Toll Refund Promised On Dollar Day
The Mobile Register and News Item announce a bridge toll refund for autos whose purchases total 20 dollars with Mobile merchants advertised in the papers. Shoppers must bring receipts and the refund card to the newspaper office to receive the fare refund. Visitors can cross the bay bridge free on Thursday by spending with advertisers. The promotion is funded by the two papers to benefit customer-advertisers and Baldwin county residents.
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Mobile Register
News-Item
Mobile
Register
News Item
Bay Bridge
Baldwin County
Great Bridge
Second party in arson case id— Schroeder linked in Indianapolis fire
Sheriff George Winkler said evidence may connect Harold H Schroeder of Mobile with an accomplice in the May 31 car fire in Indianapolis and identify the charred body found in the blaze. Detectives traced Schroeder’s prior lodging during the 500 mile race period as part of the probe. Schroeder faces arson and murder charges in the incident with alleged motive of insurance payouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
George Winkler
Harold H. Schroeder
Mobile
Winkler
Schroeder
Meria
Hia
Two Suits Filed In Circuit Court Tuesday
Maria Holman sues Alvin Johnson for 5000 in damages claiming a June 22 car collision on Cedar Point road left her injured while a passenger. Alita C. Powe sues the city for 1500 alleging a January fall into a hole in Selma street.
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Circuit Couit
Maria Holman
Alvin Johnson
Cedar Point Road
Alite .C. Powe
Selma Street
Mobile 35 Street Tax Due on Tuesday for City Males
The 35 street tax applies to male residents of Mobile aged between 2 and 60. Tax becomes due Tuesday and will be delinquent on and after September 1. Following a recent Supreme Court ruling upholding the ordinance, the city has prepared for collection of the tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Supreme Court
Moonshine Plant Discovered on Blakeley Island
Deputy U S Marshal Frank Phil lians found a moonshine liquor operation on Blakeley Island near the Mobile River with two recently finished stills, solder irons, and related apparatus. Four men are held at the county jail awaiting charges.
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Blakeley Island
Mobile River
United States
Frank Phillians
Jadwin Named Chairman of Federal Power Commission
President Hoover announced Jadwin's appointment as chairman of the newly created federal power commission. The commission will supervise the current cabinet agency and oversee power affairs now conducted by the three ex officio members. Other members are to be appointed.
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Washington
Hoover
Edgar Jadwin
federal power _commission
Power Commission
Independent Commission
Mexican gunboat Anahuac guests visit Mobile harbor
Captain Edward H Dignewity of the US engineer office at Col W D A Anderson’s Mobile district announced that officers of the Mexican gunboat Anahuac will be his guests in the afternoon for an inspection of the Mobile harbor. The inspection trip was scheduled to start about 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
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Edward H . Dignewity
United States
W. D. A. Anderson
Mobile District
Mobile
Increased Independence of U.S. Citizenship for Women
Washington reports a landmark Cable bill advancing in the Senate to end native born women's loss of citizenship by residence abroad after marriage to an alien. Backed by major women's groups, the bill would allow affirmation of citizenship without long residency tests and permit a reentry to the United States outside the immigration quota. The Senate victory follows House approval, signaling broader gender equality in citizenship law.
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Congress
House
United States
Senate
National Women's Party
League of Women Voters
the Business, and Professional Women’s League
American Association of University Women
The
Hoover
Hague
Maintenance funding outlined for Mobile and nearby harbors
The fiscal plan assigns about 781874 dollars for river maintenance and surveys under Colonel W D A Anderson with half to Mobile river harbor. Mobile river channel dredging totals 374387.80 dollars including removals and outer bar work. Pascagoula harbor and Ship Island Gulfport projects receive 96 and 169002.02 dollars respectively with Biloxi harbor at 10061.02. Pearl river and Alabama projects receive 26614.08 and related funds.
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Mobile River
Wahaial
Pascagoula Harbor
Ship Island Channel
Gulfport Harbor
Pascagoula
Biloxi
Warrior
Pearl River
SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR LUTHER JONES IN FEDERAL TRIAL
Robert Luther Jones, charged with driving a st automobile from Tennessee to bile, collapsed during trial prompting a mistrial. Jones then pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and received a five year suspended sentence after agreement by his attorneys.
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Robert
Luther Jones
Tennessee
Jones
Trea
J. W. Stark
John Willams
Enforcement Warning on Auto Inspection Tag Rules
Police warn one day to enforce brake inspection tag ordinance for older tags. Officers remind drivers that failing to comply risks fines and vehicle safety issues. Lieut. W. N. LeGear notes brakes inspection key to preventing loss of life and property from faulty brakes.
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W. N. LeGear
Courts to Close for Citywide ShutdownTuesday
City officials announce all courts will cease business on Tuesday and not resume until Saturday morning at 8 30. The information court will adjourn beginning Tuesday and resume operations on Saturday morning.
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Pilecky
Ala
River Bulletin
Central
City of Chicago
Young Gun
Pribe
U. S
GAO
BAAD
City Commisson
S. .M. Johnston
Boyles
St. v ‘S
IAVIS
City
Tynh Wat
New
Outfit
Golumn
Jadwin
Federal Power Body
Anahuac
Marbor
U.S
Bess Furman
Owen
Cage
Robert Jones
Chi U. S. Court
Enforce
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