Autoist Charged in Manslaughter After Fatal Collision
Ferdinand Colum Thomas, 43, of Whistler, identified as the mobile victim killed in a Claiborne Government streets crash. Elizabeth Blackstone of Monroe La., operator of the car, posted 500 bond and will be arraigned Saturday on a manslaughter charge.
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Mobile
Roche Mortuary
Erning
Ferdinand Columbus Thomas
Whistler
Thomas
Claiborne Government
Lige Blackman
Thomas’ Brothers
Cawthon Hotel
Walter
Seven Die As Explosive Blast Hits Castford Chemical Plant
Exploding chemicals at Hickson and Parsons chemical works in Castleford England kill seven instantly and injure more than twenty. One victim, walking along a river bank far from the site, was drowned after being hurled into the stream. Authorities in towns ten miles away heard the blast and dispatched emergency services promptly.
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Castleford
England
Hickson and Parsons Chemical Works
Thornties
Castford
Negro Drowning Report From Picnic At Mon Luis Island
Dr. H S J Walker county coroner was notified Friday that an unidentified Negro youth drowned during the morning while attending a picnic at Mon Luis Island.
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Mon Luis Island
H. S. J. Walker
Weather Alabama and Mississippi Partly Cloudy Tonight
Partly cloudy in Alabama and Mississippi tonight with scattered thunder showers near the coast. The outlook calls for continued unsettled conditions into Saturday with mixing sun and showers in coastal areas.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Morning Baseball Scores by Innings and Teams
National League morning games show Chicago and Port contests with runs by inning. Batteries included Teachout Taylor Maine Lang Chagnone Hemssey. American League Cleveland and Detroit clash with scores by inning and notable battery pairings Ferrell Myatt Sor vm Hayworth.
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R.H.E
Chicago
Teachout and Taylor
Maine
Lang Chagnone
Hemssey
R. E. Cleveland
Detroit
Ferrell and Myatt
Sorvm
Hayworth
Mobilians Observe Glorious July 4th In Fitting Manner
Independence Day celebrations fill Mobile with picnics, parades, and organized events. The Modern Woodmen of the World host an all day program at the Mobile fair grounds featuring athletic events, races, and talks by Mayor Hartwell and candidates for legislature and sheriff. Fire safety messages accompany the day as officials urge sane festivities.
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Fair Grounds
Mobile Bay
Theodore
Woodmen of the World
Mobile Fair Grounds
Ciay
Harry T. Hartwell
Edward J. Grove
A. D. Davis
William C. Taylor
The
Oakdale Athletic
R. A. Burleson
Knights of Pythias
Woodmen Order
Mayor Hartne
Edward J Grove
Grove
F. J Gale
Gus Rehm
Mobilans
Tisdale T Ouart
George A. Sossaman
J. Bestor Robertson, Jr
Local Traffic Accidents Leave Several Damaged Vehicles
Two people injured lightly as three drivers were cited after a three vehicle crash on Davis avenue near Cedar. Ras Box, 12, was hurt riding a bicycle on the Mobile bay bridge and taken to City hospital. Franck Brock suffered left leg injuries on St. Joseph Street. Three suspects were jailed after the Davis avenue incident involving a truck a street car and a vendor's wagon.
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Ras Box
Mobile
Baypridge
City Hospital
Roche
Jesse Sutton
Franck Brock
St. Joseph
St. Francis Street
Ray Burns
Lexter Avenue
L. McCloskey
New Orleans
Beauregard
Joachim
McCloskey
Davis Avenue
Cedar
B. E Wilchrist
St. Joseph Street
W. E. Barnes
Springhill Avenue
Louis Lane
Crichton
Huckster
Welsh
Store Burglarized on Congress and Gaston Streets Reported
Moses Wilson reported Thursday night burglary at his store at Congress and Gaston streets. The thief forced the rear door with a baseball bat and carried off chickens ham lunch meat and other goods. Graham Moore reported his residence was burglarized Thursday night with a double barreled shotgun stolen.
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Moses Wilson
Congress
Gaston Streets
Graham Moore
Byland’s Lane
Southern Cross Lands in Utah After Ocean Flight
The Southern Cross arrives in Salt Lake City on July 4 after a Europe to Chicago flight and stops in Utah before continuing to Oakland. Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smith and his three crew spent the night after the non stop journey.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Oakland
Cal
Europe
M.S T
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Chicago
Prisoners Enjoy Ice Cold Watermelons Feast
A watermelon party was held for prisoners at Mobile County Jail Friday afternoon. Sheriff Pat Byrne oversaw the event with Deputy Sheriff George W. Mosslander in charge. Every inmate received ice cold melon during the hospitality.
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Mobile County
Pat Byrne
George W. Mosslander
Ja‘i
Burglary Probed at Mo bile Stores and Mail Box
Mob ile and Toulminville face a burglary probe after thieves looted Macon's Drug Store and a nearby mailbox on Thursday night. A slot machine contained pennies, and a break in at Greer's store on Davis Avenue saw about a dozen packages of cigarettes stolen. Investigators from city and county authorities are pursuing leads.
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Mobile
Toulminville
Macon
Murphy
Crabtree
Greer
No. 7
Davis Avenue
Doc Berrey Dies World War Vet and Pharmacist
William Doc Dabney Berrey a Mobile area druggist and World War veteran died Friday morning in Fairhope after a short illness. He will be interred in Catholic cemetery after funeral at his sister Ethel Berrey's home 1113 Church Street. He leaves his father Sidney Berrey three sisters Elizabeth Webb Berrey Ethel Berrey and Mrs Martin Haney and brother Lo Carter Berrey plus other relatives.
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William ‘Doc’ Dabney Berrey
Fairhope
Mobile
Roche Mortuary
Ethel Berrey
Church Street
Catholic
Doc" Berrey
Prichard
Sidney Berrey
Mobile Post
Alabama Prichard Berrey
Albright and Wood Drug Stores
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Argonne
1113
Elizabeth Webb Berrey
New Orleans
Martin Haney
Akron
Ohio
Lo Carter Berrey
Three Hurt In Crash Near Bolivar Tennessee
July 4 report from Memphis says three occupants of a yellow bi plane were injured when their aircraft crashed near Bolivar on the way to Henson Springs for Independence Day. Jacob Fleming, a Memphis aviation enthusiast and flyer, refused to name his companions. Arch ie Steiger and Mrs Steiger were reportedly aboard from the departure field.
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Memphis
Tenn
Henson Springs
Bolivar
Jacob Fleming
Archie Steiger
Steiger
Fleming
Wyoming Troops Battle Forest Fire Near Laramie
Troop F of the Wyoming national guard preps for Independence Day duties as 200 fighters struggle to contain a forest fire along French Creek in the Medicine Bow National Forest, burning since Monday with no containment yet.
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Wyoming National Guard
Laramie
Wyo
French Creek
Medicine Bow National Forest
We're Proud of Mobile at 13th Rural Letter Carriers' Meet
About 150 delegates gathered for the Alabama Rural Letter Carriers Association 13th annual convention in the Cawthon hotel Mobile. L O Lowery opened sessions and the group planned a Mobile days program with a boat ride and Saenger Theatre party hosted by The Mobile News Item and The Register. Dr A J Preston led devotional. Mayor Harry T Hartwell welcomed delegates and highlighted Mobile's progress and the new state docks. He noted a Mobilian US senate candidate among attendees.
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Alabama Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Cawthon Hotel
Ladies’ Auxiliary
L. O. Lowery
Mobile County
Mobile
Saenger
Mobile News Item
The
Register
A. J. Preston
Central Baptist Church
Harry T. Hartwell
United States Senate
Campaign planned for Heflin and Locke in Alabama
In Birmingham plans were outlined for an independent bid by Senator J Thomas Heflin and Judge Hugh A Locke for the U S Senate and Alabama governor after their 1929 Democratic primary disqualification. The meeting announced endorsements but avoided predicting platform specifics before resolutions committee reports.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. Thomas Heflin
Hugh A. Locke
United States Senate
Heflin
Judge Locke
Democratic Executive Committee
Alabama
Locke
Committee On
Plane Takes Off From Dessau For Rhineland Liberation Flight
The D-2000, Germany's largest land airplane, departed Dessau today bound for Cologne to participate in the Rhineland liberation flight scheduled for tomorrow. The airship Zeppelin will cruise along the Rhine on Sunday.
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Dessau
Germany
Cologne
Rhineland
Fifteen Balloons Set For Houston Race Start
Fifteen balloons await the start of the 20th national elimination race at Belleaire Speedway Houston Texas. Weather forecast favors the event with clear to broken skies and winds moderating at altitude. John Ward Van Orman will represent the nation in the Gordon Bennett competition starting September 1 in Cleveland.
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Houston
Belleaire Speedway
Texas
John Ward van Orman
Cleveland
Hi. E. Honeywell
St. Louis
City of
Honeywell
George Hineman
Frank Lahm
Army Air Corps
Hineman
Oklahoma
Mississippi
East Gulf States
West Gulf States
South Plains
Curtis urges strict enforcement of all laws cites constitution
Vice President Curtis called for reverence to the constitution and its amendments at a Methodist church gathering in Ocean City New Jersey He urged strict enforcement of all laws noting the constitution as the keystone of national strength pride and unity under adversity He touched on prohibition indirectly stressing adherence to all its articles
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Ocean City
N. J
Curtis
Methodist Episcopal Church
The
United States
Lone Gunman Slays Patrolman On Beat
Bayonne New Jersey June 4 One policeman was killed and another wounded when a gunman opened fire on two patrolmen as they talked at Prospect and Twenty second streets Patrolman Stanley Zenaraski aged 21 died instantly Patrolman Edward Hanak aged 32 was shot in the foot Suspect Joseph Rusnik of 427 Avenue F was arrested after Hanak identified him at the hospital He had previously been arrested by the same officers months earlier for carrying a lead pipe He was booked on homicide charges after the identification
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Bayonne
N. J
Prospect
Twenty-second Streets
Stanley Zenaraski
Edward Hanak
Joseph Rusnik
Avenue F
Hanak
Rusnik
Zenaraski
Peseta Advances as Madrid Reports Strong Open
The Penseta exchange opened stronger at 5.66 to the dollar and 42.15 to the pound. Settlement of strikes in many cities and Premier Berenguer’s London stay statement influenced the market as royal affairs loomed.
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Madrid
Dominish
Omers
Berenguer
Alfonso
London
Mobile Merchants Praise News and Register for Trade Day
Mobile merchants thanked The Mobile News-Item and The Register for organizing Trade Day and July Dollar Day. Shoppers from Baldwin Escambia and Monroe counties submitted slips showing nearly 25 local businesses accepted refunds on tolls for £20 plus purchases. Participants included L Hammel Dry Goods Co Reiss Mercantile Co Gayfer Co and others as Mobile aimed to draw visitors with attractive seasonal goods and prices.
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Register
Bay Bridge
Baldwin
Escampia
Monroe
L. Hammel Dry Goods Company
Reiss
Mobile
City of Chicago endurance flight set record attempt
Chicago July 4 A plan proposes a 570 hour airborne stage for the City of Chicago to set a world endurance record. The crew John and Kenneth Hunter may land at 9 40 a.m. while brothers push the suggestion.
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Chicago
John
Kenneth Hunter
Tomfiord
Collins jumps to challenge LA to New York speed record
James H. Collins, a New York aviator, departed United Airport Burbank at 1 23 a m aiming to beat the Los Angeles to New York record of 14 hours 45 minutes set Easter by Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh. He plans a single stop at Wichita Kansas in a low wing monoplane with a 450 horsepower motor and a supercharger for high altitude flight.
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Los Angeles
James H. Collins
New York
United
Two Die in July Fourth Wreck Near Lenoir City
Mason Bitner, 34, killed instantly when his car collided with a truck near Lenoir City. Willis Vann, 33, driver, was not seriously injured as they were returning from Chattanooga to Greenville for the Fourth of July.
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Greenville
Tenn
Mason Bitner
Lenoir City
Willis Vann
Chattanooga
Mooney Bail Pending Supreme Court Rejection
Sacramento July 4 Warren Billings failed to win the state supreme court recommendation for a pardon in a case tied to Thomas J Mooney. Governor Young had signaled action would follow the court on Mooney so the decision likely leaves Mooney at San Quentin. The court voted six to one against Billings, with Chief Justice Waste and Justices Seawell Richards Curtis Shenk and others in the majority.
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Sacramento
Calif
Warren Billings
State Supreme Court
C. Young
Young
Thomas J. Mooney
Billings
Supreme Court
Mooney
San Quentin
Wiliam D. Stephens
William H. Waste
Emmet Seawell
John E. Richards
Jesse W. Curtis
John W. Shenk
John W
Bates Fatally Injured When Truck Overturned in Jackson
Jackson Mississippi July 4 Bates a bottling plant truck driver was killed when his truck overturned while returning from Magee after delivering soft drinks for the Fourth festival. He was pinned beneath the vehicle.
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Jackson, Miss
Wh ‘Bates
Jackson
Magee
Racketers Blamed for Bronx Killing and Fire
The blaze scorched corpse of Brinkman, a former convict, found in a Bronx stir and burned with kerosene. Police identify him by fingerprints after an autopsy showed a back-shot wound. A torn paper in his pocket hints at a building contract dispute tied to racketeers who burned several half finished buildings when demands were refused.
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New York
Brinkman
Bronx
Three Aided Jailed In Flint Strike Card Raid
Police seized communist party membership cards and a large batch of Auto Wiets International Union cards from John Werner’s home in Flint. Werner, held on weapons charges, faces the strike context at Fisher Body plant after wage scale readjustments. Joseph Yourkowski and William Glatz, both 18, were arrested as police reported the plant would be closed and planned pickets canceled by the strike committee.
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Flint
Mich
Munist Party
Auto Wiets International Union
John Werner
Werner
Fisher Body
Joseph Yourkowski
William Glatz
C. J. Scarvada
Cecil Comstock
Ing
Montgomery Delegation Passes Mobile En Route to Gulf Coast
A Montgomery group toured Mobile on Friday en route to the Gulf Coast for a weekend stay. Members include Shulein and Morris Marcus of the Fashion Shop, plus women’s wear staff and employees such as Clyde Duke, Floria Duke, McLaughlin, Zora Lawrence, Jewel McGrady, Eloise Clancey, Mia, and Ethel Ware. They praised Mobile’s improved pay streets and will lodge at the White House in Biloxi during their Mississippi coast visit.
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Montgomery
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Shulein
Morris Marcus
Monladies
Clyde Duke
Floria Duke
McLaughlin
Zora Lawrence
Jewel McGrady
Eloise Clancey
Mia
Ethel Ware
Oay
White House
Biloxi
Mississippi
Instigator II Wins Princess Stakes at Newmarket
An American horse Instigator II owned by C. J. Ryan won the Princess Stakes of 1000 dollars over five furlongs at Newmarket. Miss Jessica, trained by Sir Abe Bailey, finished second with London Wall third. Instigator won by a length and a half, with half a length to the runner up. Sixteen horses ran. betting was 6-4, 10-1 and 11-2.
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Newmarket
England
C. J. Ryan
Sir Abe Bailey
Miss Jessica
Geodfrey Allen
Editor Herbert Jeans Dies of Heart Attack at Home
Herbert Jeans chief editor of Reuters News Agency died in his Putney home after a period of illness. The notice states he collapsed from a heart attack today.
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London
Herbert Jeans
Reuter
Putney
Biting Sweetheart Sends Lover to Makeup Kiss
In Atlanta on July 4 S A McLain recalls a quarrel with his sweetheart ending in a playful makeup kiss. She bit his lip during the confrontation prompting calls to a doctor who questioned the incident as if a train had hit him.
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Atlanta
S. A
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