Second Man Escapes in Mobile County Liquor Raids
Federal state and county officers conducted raids across Mobile County destroying four stills and discovering mash and liquor. Piles Foster was captured near Semmes at Hamilton Creek. a second man escaped. Graves Hudson and deputies dismantled a 60 gallon still in Wrage Swamp. two barrels of mash were seized. Detectives found two dozen bottles of home brew. no arrests were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County
Piles Foster
U. S
Hamilton Creek
Semmes
Prohibition Office
Graves
Hudson
Lee
Crabtree
Wrage Swamp
Crabtred
Arras and
Burden
Dearborn
Store Burglarized on Royal Street Burglary Report
A furniture store at 164 North Royal Street was burglarized Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Thieves took a typewriter from the desk and damaged a car lock on Joachim Street. Separate reports note thefts of clothing and a knife from nearby residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Royal Street
T. T Farnell
Mertz ‘Station
Joachim Street
Dauphin
H. H. Burk
Rickardy Place
Burk
Counterfeit $10 Notes Reported in Mobile Circulation
Authorities in Mobile and nearby areas were alerted to counterfeit ten dollar bills in circulation. The post office, the department of justice, and police were advised to watch for bogus notes, with origin traced to Atlanta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Department of Justice
Police
Ame
Atlanta
Railroad publishes rates from Mobile to Monroe and Gulf ports
The Mobile and Ohio railroad announces it will publish paper rates from Mobile to Monroe and other Louisiana points, with gulf ports to follow once received by the traffic office of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Mobile
Monroe
Louisiana
Gulf
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Weather Outlook: Partly Cloudy, Scattered Thunder Showers
The Local weather forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions Thursday night and Friday with little temperature change and scattered thunder showers. Alabama and Mississippi regions expect party tonight into Friday with coastal showers. The Daily River Bulletin notes river stages and forecast details as of 7 TM eastern time on July 3, 1930.
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Daily River Bulletin
Mobilians Ready for Fourth of July Gala Events
Mobile residents plan a day of outings picnics and trips with town and county celebrations near the bay. A Modern Woodmen picnic at the fair grounds features barbecues races dancing and speeches to raise funds for a new camp hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modern
Woodmen of America
Fair Grounds
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Lettermen Arrive For Meeting Here
Delegates to the 30th annual Alabama Rural Letter Carriers Association convention begin arriving in Mobile Thursday morning. By 10 o'clock Friday sessions open in the hotel main dining room with business and entertainment planned. Friday afternoon features a boat ride on Mobile Bay and a theatre party at the Saenger.
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Advance Guard of
Alabama Rural Letter Carrier’s Association
Mobile
Alabama Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Mobile Bay
Mobile News Item
Register
Saenger
Lewis and Turner Win Mobile Natural Gas Franchise
William P. Lewis and Horace B. Turner of Mobile won a 30 year franchise to supply natural gas to the city after a six hour hearing. The city commission found their efforts, not those of Southern Natural Gas or Mobile Gas, had secured the prospective gas supply and noted the other companies offered no assured plans for Mobile. The decision followed lengthy debate and was reached despite opposition and a recent postponement.
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William P. Lewis
Horace
Turner
Mobile
Hartwell
Bates
Schwarz
Lewis
Southern Natural Gas Corporation
Mobile Gas Company
Lewis-Turner
Commission
Couple in Toulminville face assault charge in inferior court
Margaret EB Dusenberry of 1515 Stone Street and W H Dusenberry of 1520 Davis Avenue appeared in inferior court on charges of assault and battery. Acting Judge T J Touart ordered a report on November 26 and directed both to keep the peace. Dusenberry testified he was attacked after protesting to prevent holes being made in a jointly owned automobile. his wife claimed he tried to strike her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret EB. Dusenberry
Stone Street
Toulminville
W. H. Dusenberry
Davis Avenue
T. J. Touart
Dusenberry
Hearing Monday for Harold H. Schroeder in murder case
In Indianapolis on July 3 counsel for Harold H. Schroeder of Mobile Alabama will be heard at 9 am on a petition seeking to bar alleged third degree methods. Schroeder is held on a murder charge in the finding of an unidentified body in his burned automobile last May 31. He says the body is a hitchhiker killed accidentally and he admitted setting the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Harold H. Schroeder
Mobile
Ala
Theft ring arrests and varied charges spill into court
James A Franklin from Andalusia Alabama placed under a $200 peace bond for six months or 30 days in jail for threatening to kill Police Officer Charles Doherty. Lottie Moffett convicted of receiving or concealing stolen property and sentenced to six months in county jail after watch found on her during a churchyard search. John Marshall fined twenty five dollars or twenty five days for striking Hattie Gill with a crutch. George Riley 16 arrested on assault with a pistol after allegedly shooting at John Henry Hill during a dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Moffett
T. J. Touart
Dearborn
Adams
Lee Martin
Springhill Avenue
John Marshall
Hattie Gill
Marshall
James A. Franklin
Andalusia
Ala
Charles Doherty
George Riley
Allenville
Noah Gewin
Riley
John Henry Hill
Kraft Indicted Over Embezzlement in Illinois Guard
Illinois national guard officer Col Kraft faces federal indictment for embezzling about 108 000 from the state and federal funds. Assistant US attorney James C Leaton says padding payrolls and a double renting system were used. Kraft, who served in WWII, was relieved of command last March after an audit showed misappropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois National Guard
Govert
James C. Leaton
United States District Attorney
Seaton
Kraft
Fist Field Artillery
Richings J. Shand
Cars Collide injure none. damage houses and vehicles
The collision involved cars driven by H. C. Nelson of 918 Bay Avenue and J. W. Powell of 400 St. Francis Street on Thursday at 10 45 near Savannah and Dearborn streets. Powell’s car struck a house at 61 Savannah Street, tearing down part of a fence. No injuries were reported. both cars sustained damage. Officers Girod and Blackman investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Nelson
Bay Avenue
J. W. Powell
St. Francis Street
Savannah
Dearborn
Savannah Street
Powell
Girod and Blackman
Cottonseed Industry Needs Highlighted at Gulf Convention
Earl S. Haines of Memphis urged greater grading and regular market reports for southern cottonseed at a Mississippi convention of oil men. He called for a $150,000 federal appropriation to fund a grading and market reporting bill.
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Biloxi
Miss
South
Earl S. Haines
Memphis
National Cottonseed Products Association
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Destroyer Kane Arrives in Mobile for Training Cruise
The destroyer Kane under Lieutenant Commander W D Taylor will arrive in Mobile on July 18. The next day it will take on board the U S naval reserve unit of Birmingham for a two week training cruise visiting Key West Dry Tortugas and Havana Cuba with target practice held in the Gulf near Dry Tortugas.
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United States
Kane
W. D. Taylor
Mobile
U.S. Naval Reserve Unit
Birmingham
Key West
Dry Tortugas
Havana
Cuba
Gulf
Missing 15 year old Waller Jr in Mobile
Mobile police were asked to help locate 15 year old W. W. Waller Jr who disappeared from his home at 1115 Springhill Avenue Wednesday morning. He is about five feet four inches tall, wears dark rimmed glasses and was last seen wearing a pink light shirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Waller
Springhill Avenue
Mobile Police
Hitt
W. W. Waller, Jr
Caine
Chicago area gang slays wood river bootlegger with machine gun
George Williams 48, a Wood River fish market proprietor and former bootlegger, was killed at his car wheel by 40 to 50 machine gun bullets fired from another speeding car near Wood River. His companion Hebert L. Culp 50 was injured when the car crashed into a lamp post. A second gang shooting in East St. Louis was also reported as Joseph Nesser 26 was shot at but not fatally wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood River, Ill
George Williams
Wood River
Williams
Hebert L. Culp
Culp
Alton
Ill
East Side
Illinois
St. Louis
Joseph Nesser
Nesser
East St. Louis
Southern Cross Embarks Westward From Chicago
The Southern Cross, veteran oceanic flyer, left Curtiss-Wright Glenview in Chicago at 6 45 am heading west to California. Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smith piloted the tri motored Fokker with Capt Saul navigator Stanage radio operator Van Dyk co pilot. He said there are no more oceans to cross and plans to decide further use in California.
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Chicago
Southern Cross
Land
Calif
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Windy City
New York
Kingsford-Smith
J. P. Saul
John W. Stanage
M. E. van Dyk
California
Alabama football star injured in New York knife incident
T L Williams 26 of Birmingham Alabama was found semiconscious with a chest wound in a rooming house on West End avenue. Police say the wound was self defense related. He attended the University of Alabama and played halfback for the football team. He recovered at Fifth Avenue hospital and was said to be improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
T. L. Williams
Birmingham
Ala
West End Avenue
Fifth Avenue Hospital
Williams
Howard Ritter
Loren
University of Alabama
Portugal to Raise Auto Duties in Response to U.S. Tariffs
Lisbon reports the Portuguese cabinet plans a 50 cent increase in duties on American automobiles as a retaliation to higher unit duties under a new American measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Hunters Ask Judge Hear Receivership Case In Big Plane
In Chicago on July 3 the Hunter brothers request a court hearing for a receivership suit in an airplane. They have extended their endurance flight past 526 hours and aim to testify by radio from the sky. Judge Feinberg had set Tuesday for possible court action while stockholders seek court interference with the flight. The pilots cite a $100,000 film contract and warn actions could impede the agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hunter Brothers
Sky Harbor
Michael Feinberg
Circuit Court
John and
Kenneth Hunter
Feinberg
B. L. Majewski
Hunter Boys
Barney
Missing French flier may reach America on Independence Day
Officials at Curtiss-Wright airport Valley Stream plan to receive Dieudonne Coste if his test flight becomes a mystery hop across the Atlantic. At Le Bourget Captain Dieudonne Conte and mechanic Maurice Bellonte were aloft seven hours after takeoff on a 15 hour test of the Ques tion Mark as questions about their course grew.
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New York
Curtiss-Wright
Valley Stream
L. L
Dieudonne Coste
Atlantic
LE Bourget
France
Dieudonne Conte
Maurice Bellonte
America
United States
Coste
Serious illness reported for Mallon Dobbs after mercury tablet ingestion
Mallon Dobbs residing at 306 North Jackson Street remained in serious condition at City Hospital Thursday after being taken there Tuesday night following a reported ingestion of bichloride of mercury tablets. Doctors said only limited hope for recovery.
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Mallon Dobbs
North Jackson Street
City Hospital
Igeb
Img
Muscle Shoals Power Sale Approved by Senate
The Senate adopted Norris resolution to authorize sale of Muscle Shoals power to municipalities without debate. House action still required before sending to the White House. Senator Black attacked the administration over Muscle Shoals stall and urged president’s decisive move.
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Senate
Washington
Muscle Shoals
Norris
Neb
Ser Black
Alabama
House
White House
Black
Johnson City
Tenn
Chronicle
Malbis Hotel Sued for $10,000 Over Tack in Meal
L. C. Freeney Jr. filed a circuit court suit against Malbis Hotel Co doing business as Metropolitan cafeteria seeking $10,000. He alleges he found a tack in a meal on May 19 and required medical treatment afterward by a physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Freeney, Jr
Malbis Hotel Company
Metropolitan
Millions Plan Holiday Trek To Resorts For July Fourth
New York July 3 America readies for the national birthday celebration as hundreds of thousands travel to seashore mountain and lake resorts during a three day holiday. Railways steamship lines buses and air transfers operating from New York City anticipate heavy travel. The Tammany Society marks the day with the dedication of the independence flagpole in Union Square by the Charles F Murphy memorial committee. Some criticism arises over the omission of former Governor Alfred E Smith from speakers lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
New York City
Tammany Society
Independence
Union Square
Charles F. Murphy Memorial Committee
Solons Heed Hoover Plea Cut Cost in Veterans Bill
The House adopted the conference report on veterans pensions by 342 to 3, sending the measure toward final action in the Senate. Conferees, urged by President Hoover, agreed on pension rates with a $40 cap for permanently disabled veterans, and retained tax withholding for some. The Senate favored $60 and expanded compensation for service venereal disabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Longworth
Hoover
Eli
Inventor Seeks Government Endorsement For Unlimited Energy Device
Washington July 3 Bill reports favoring a plan by Garabed T. K. Giragossian of Boston Massachusetts to demonstrate a device he says will generate energy without limit and without depreciation enabling ships and airplanes to move without cost. The 1918 act required scientists to certify original discovery to grant 17 years of rights and benefits. the McLeod resolution aims to remove that restriction.
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Washington
House Today
Garabed T. K. Gi
Bton
Mass
Congress
Atent
Giragossian
Heavy death toll in Shanghai battle near Hengchow
Dispatches report major force crushed southern rebels near Hengchow in Hengchow province with about twenty thousand killed. Government says 50 000 nationalist troops will be released for service on the northern and Shantung fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Eocalist
Hengchow
Hunan
Shantung Province
Northern Alliance
Police Rule Out Ambrose Small Linked Amnesia Victim
Toronto officials identify a amnesia patient corpse at St. Joseph's hospital as not Ambrose Small, the missing Toronto onaire, despite a relative claiming the body resembled him after the morgue arrival. Police Chief Draper approved the statement after examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ambrose Small
Toronto Onaire
Draper
Stolen mowers reported at multiple addresses
Police were informed Thursday that mowers were stolen from 750 South Broad Street and 450 Dexter Avenue. The report mentions two individuals, Pallman and M. Gary, connected to the incidents. Further details on the time and method were unclear in the fragment.
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F., Pallman
South Broad Street
M. Gary
Dexter Avenue
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Mobile, Police
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