Indictment Over Oyster Shell Deal Taints Mobile Officials
Harold E. Booth of Bayou la Barre and a Mobile county board member is indicted on a charge connected to a county material sale. The grand jury cites lax handling of county business and urges thorough ongoing examinations by state investigators.
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Harold E. Booth
Bayou la Barre
Mobile County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Circuit Court
Grand Jury
Booth
Graves
Frank Lee
Aathe Court
County
Rte
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
County of
Mobile
Revenue
Home Guarded as Would-Be Assassin Targets Dr Westmoreland
Atlanta police seek identity of a would be assassin who has twice tried to kill Dr Willis Westmoreland, a noted surgeon. A flesh wound was sustained on his cheek last Saturday night as he sat on his porch, with a prior attempt to reach him through a bedroom window.
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Atlanta
Willis Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Black chauffeur fined for abusive language after disorderly conduct
Clarence Collins a Black chauffeur was fined $25 and costs of 25 days after a police court hearing before Acting Judge Tisdale J. Touart. Olensky testified Collins acted disorderly at State and Kennedy streets yesterday and allegedly tried to run him over with a car when restrained.
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Clarence Collins
J. W. Olensky
Tisdale J. Touart
Olensky
Collins
State
Kennedy
Valencia Dies Nogales Oldest Citizen at 120
Vicente Valencia Yaqui Indian and Nogales veteran dies at 120. He spent half his life in Nogales and is survived by his widow who is sixteen years younger. Valencia served as foreman of workers who laid the rails for the first railroad into Nogales.
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Nogales
Ariz
Vicente Valencia
Valencia
Cochet Defeats Tilden in British Championship Semi Final
Henri Cochet of France defeated Bill Tilden in straight sets in the British tennis championships semi final at Wimbledon England on July 3.
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Henri Cochet
Wimbledon
England
France
Bill Tilden
Do You Know Mobile Express Service Campaign
Know Mobile express shipments from Mobile are delivered the following day to New Orleans Memphis Nashville Chattanooga Atlanta. Campaign by Junior Chamber of Commerce with The Mobile Register and News Item promotes knowing Mobile better.
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Mobile Express
Mobile
New Orleans
Jackson
Mississippi
Memphis
Tennessee
Nashville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Paign
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mobile Register
News-Item
Probe Planned Into Mistake In Fire Alarm
An inquiry into a relay error at central fire headquarters delayed response to a blaze at 259 St Emanuel Street. Alarm from Box 314 was broadcast as Box 34, sending trucks to Conti and Lawrence streets while the Flinn residence burned. City officials scheduled a morning probe following Chief Gus Rehm’s report.
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Central Fire Headquarters
Conti Street
W. E. Flinn
St. Emanuel Street
City Hall
Harry T. Hartwell
Gus Rehm
Rehm
Flinn
Central
Conti
Lawrence Street
Conti and
Lawrence Streets
John Lynch
Connolly
Church and
Water Streets
Seaman John Osgood Fined for Disturbance
Seaman John Osgood was fined 25 dollars and court costs or 25 days in jail after a police court hearing on dunk and disorderly conduct. Patrolman John Lincoln testified he responded to a disturbance on Monroe near St Emanuel where Osgood resisted. Lincoln also said Osgood had escaped a week earlier by jumping from a window during a raid.
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John Osgood
John Lincoln
Monroe
St. Emanuel Street
Osgood
Lincoln
Whiskey Seizure Reported by City Detectives
Police detectives Holmes Green and Farmer reported to Chief Warren Burch that 25 gallons of whiskey were destroyed last night on Conception between Morgan and Bar streets. Deputy McFayden and Deputy Gewin seized a car containing 15 gallons of liquor at Marmotte and Short Earl streets. the vehicle was abandoned by a negro.
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Holmes, Green
Farmer
Warren Burch
Conception
Morgan
Bar Streets
Deuty
McFayden
Gewin
Marmotte
Short Earl
Dawes Ancestor Receives Notificiation from Sudbury
Ambassador Dawes today received a notification from Sudbury Suffolk about an ancestor who emigrated to the new world in the early 17th century.
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London
Dawes
Sudbury
Suffolk
Steares Tive
New World
City to seek $300000 school bond for relief from interest
After a city commission and school authorities conference, the city will call an election on a $300,000 school bond issue and be relieved from interest for two years. Funds from the school board will cover interest during that period and be repaid when feasible.
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Board of Revenue
Lions Endorse Chamber Campaign For Sixty Thousand
Members of the Mobile Lions Club at their luncheon endorsed the Chamber of Commerce finance drive for 60 000 and pledged assistance. Z H McKinley explained the need for funds to operate the chamber this year and how the money will be used. W B Taylor announced the endorsement, stressing a strong chamber as key to Mobile’s competitive standing and future business interests. The drive is set for next week.
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Mobile Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Z. H. McKinley
W. B. Taylor
Mobile National
Mobile
Construction begins on Mobile's new white way system
Work started at 10 o'clock yesterday morning on Mobile's $175,000 white way project. City Commissioner Harry T. Hartwell was informed by city electrical engineer Andrew A. Coffin. The first foundation was laid at the southeast corner of St. Joseph and Beau Regard streets.
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Mobile
Harry T. Hartwell
Andrew A. Coffin
St. Joseph and
Beauregard Streets
Two Sign Up Oscar Locke and Rudolph Wellman Enlist Here
The local navy recruiting office reported two new enlistments yesterday. Oscar D. Locke of Mobile and Rudolph M. Wellman of Whistler each signed for four years, rejoining the service.
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Oscar Locke
Rudolph Wellman
Navy
Oscar D. Locke
Mobile
Rudolph M. Wellman
Whistler
Name the Title becoming Popular Home Sport Here
The Mobile News Item announces a readers contest to name the new serial story by Eleanor Earry, noted for Orchid and Whirlwind. Clues appear in jumbled letters and daily ads. mail solution to the Circulation Manager. Prize is twenty dollars for the closest correct answer. contest closes July 6.
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Eleanor Earry
Riot reserves Eld ready in Greduent City riot
In New Orleans 800 workers strike paralyzing the system with peaceable picketing at six car barns. About a dozen men arrested on assault charges. Union leader Peyroux demands arbitration in negotiations over a rejected contract. Company claims proposals surrender control of property and were unacceptable before arbitration.
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Greduent
New Orleans
Policene
Edwin Peyroux
Peyroux
Railway Company
Local 194
Lover suspected in fatal Houston car shooting
In Houston on July 3 Guy Gouge 22 was shot and killed while a girl companion Miss Lillian Bissett 18 was wounded in the abdomen as they sat in a Bayshore area car. The girl said a man seized her arm then Gouge resisted and was shot. police believe the assailant was her lover.
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Houston
Texas
Guy Gouge
Lillian Bissett
Bayshore
Gouge
Executions Reported After Atotonilco Attack
An Excelsior dispatch from Guadalajara says 23 men captured after the Atotonilco El Atia assault were executed. The bodies were hung from telegraph poles after the gunmen shot seven residents and wounded six others.
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Mexico City
Excelsior
Guadalajara
Atotonilco el Atia
Atotonilco
el Ee
Waite Visits Mobile Army Recruiting Station
Captain William Waite of Birmingham in charge of army recruiting for the district visited the Mobile recruiting station on Tuesday for a regular inspection trip.
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William Waite
Birmingham
Mobile Army
California wildfire devastates Mill Valley homes on Mount Tamalpais
A fast moving fire scorched Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais canyons, threatening downtown and prompting mass evacuations. About 200 homes, including luxury residences with art and libraries, were damaged or destroyed, with losses estimated up to a million dollars. Firefighters, Red Cross relief stations, and volunteers battled the flames as 4 000 men fought the blaze.
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San Francisco
Mill Valley
Bay
Mount Tamalpais
Mount T Malpaia
Red Cross
William Thomas
Mount Tamalpais and
Muir Wood
Blythedale Canyon
Adolph Eberhart
Presidio of
Charles Coles
Ralston White
Lucian Marsh
Two Are Fined in Prohibition Case
Dan Rowland and Elizabeth Harris were arraigned on prohibition violations, each fined $100 with 90 days in jail costs. Willie Hartley was arrested for breaking into a Louisville and Nashville camp car. his case was reset for Friday.
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Dan Rowland
Elizabeth Harris
Willie Hartley
Burden and
Arras
Louisville and Nashville
Chattanoogan G F Tucker Found Dead at Station
Police report a decapitated body found on the tracks at the Southern railway station in Chattanooga. A note left by G F Tucker to newspapers and relatives indicated intent to take his own life.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
G. F. Tucker
Southern Railway
Tucker
Tremor Felt in Forest of Dean District
An earth tremor lasting three seconds was felt in the Forest of Dean district at 9 30 p m yesterday. A low rumble caused alarm windows to rattle and children to wake but no damage was reported.
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Dean
Gloucester
Forest of Dean
Amphibian plane Antin Bowler starts to Great Whale flight
Chicago Tribune crew aboard the Antin Bowler launches from Lake Michigan at 8 48 am on the first leg toward Milwau kee and Great Whale in Hudson Bay country 1000 mile target. Pilots Gast Cramer and Wood aboard with mail bag for governors monarchs and foreign executives.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Lake Michigan
Milwaue
Europe
Robert H. Gast
Kentucky
Parker Cramer
Clarion
Robert Wood
The
Tribune
Hudson Bay Country
Arthur D. Lueder
Milwaukee
Leif Ericson
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Rami Lake
Great Whale
Hudson Bay
Rupert
Admiral Takarade backs stronger naval arms limitation
Tokyo July 3 Admiral Hyo Takarade minister of the navy in the new minseito cabinet expressed support for further limits on naval armaments. He said any such limitation should respect the empire's fundamental defense principles.
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Tokyo
Hyo Takarade
Minseito
Lberal
Yuko Hama
Pastor Leaves for Revival in Century Florida
Dr D P Slaughter of St Francis Street Methodist goes to Century Florida to conduct a revival. Dr Walter D Agnew president of Woman's College at Montgomery will preach at the Mobile church Sunday morning.
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D. P. Slaughter
St. Francis Street Methodist Church
Century, Fla
Walter D. Agnew
Woman's College At
Montgomery
Mobile Church
Youth Indicted for Transporting Liquor
H. T. Dixon, 16, docketed at Jalil county jail after grand jury indictment charging transportation of prohibited liquors. Indictment stems from alleged liquor transport incident involving a 16 year old.
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Jalil
H. T. Dixon
Office Bombed at Los Angeles Grain Exchange
The Los Angeles grain exchange office in the I. W. Hellman building was heavily damaged by a bomb blast just before 8 am. Two other bombs were found in a closet and exploded unsuccessfully. No injuries reported and exchange officials were questioned by police.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Grain Exchange
I. W. Hellman
Sixth and
Spring Streets
Financial District
Local Weather Outlook for Alabama Mississippi and Florida
Mostly cloudy conditions with isolated thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. Temperatures remain warm with little change. In Alabama Mississippi and extreme northwest Florida expect continued cloud cover and a chance of showers Thursday.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Booth serves on Mobile county board of revenue and road commissioners
Booth has served on the Mobile county board for two years after filling a vacancy caused by Frank E. Smee’s death. He attended his first meeting October 11, 1927 and now chairs the courthouse and farm committees. The report also notes the grand jury of Mobile county’s June term 1920, with 358 jurors appearing, 143 cases docketed, and 139 true bills returned.
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Booth
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Frank E. Smee
Bayou la Batre
Grand Jury
Circuit Court
Mobile County
Alabama
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of
Tule’ Gee
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