Mobile Bond Sale Yields Premium as City Flags Bids
The Mobile city commission accepted a 1,000,000 paying bond issue bid from The First National Bank of Mobile for Eldridge and Company New York with a 14900 premium plus accrued interest. Merchants National Bank and Ward Sterne and Company of Birmingham offered lower premiums. Commissioner Cecil Bates opposed approval citing bid fairness. A separate petition seeks to restrain the contract and challenges bid procedures while Mayor Hartwell defended the awards as to the best bidders. The city attorney will respond in court. The Nell C. Aliston drive in filling station petition was approved.
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New York
First National Bank of Mobile
Eldridge and Company of New York
City Commission
Mobile Bank
Merchants National
Ward, Stone
Hartwell
Equity Division
Circuit Court
Commission
Vincent Kilborn
Nell C. Aliston
Wilkinson and
Savannah Streets
Auto Victims Suffer Injuries In July Fourth Accidents
Eight people were hurt in Fourth of July incidents around Mobile with one grave injury and one drowning death reported to police and City Hospital. Burgin 458 South Warren Street suffered internal injuries and multiple wounds when his car rolled on Blakeley Island bridge road. Other injuries included cuts bruises and a wrecked car. A separate collision on Davis Avenue and Clay Street injured Williams and Franklin. An unidentified woman sustained minor injuries at Lafayette and Davis. A man English caused a wreck on Diton Avenue. James Ross 20 of 655 St Louis Street drowned in Gunison Creek near Pennsylvania and his body was recovered within an hour.
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Mobile
City Hospital
M. Burgin
South Warren Street
Blakeley Island Bridge
T. Garrett
North Broad Street
Burgin
Higgins and Courtney
Willie Jackson
William Lucas
Davis Avenue
Clay Street
Inez Williams
Marriotte
Helen Franklin
Gaston Street
Lafayette
L. C. Adama
Walter Baird
Diton Avenue
Lafayette Street
English
James Ross
St. Louis Street
Gunnison's Creek
Pennsylvania
Cordner
F. Hale
Alabama Legislature Reconvenes With 200 Bills on Calendar
Montgomery Alabama July 5 more than 200 bills sit on the house calendar as lawmakers plan to reconvene at 2 30 p m The session features the text book measure by Representative Lovelace and a dairy farm and milk plant inspection bill by Representative Kirkpatrick The $300 000 Tunstall bill to defray current legislature costs brings total expenses to $550 000 since January opposition grows around the double pin bill in the senate and measures to replace the ice tax on cigars remain uncertain
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Ontgomery
Ala
Lovelace
Escambia
Kirkpatrick
Dalaa
Tunstall
Senate
House
Superintendent of Education
Board of Administration
Text Book Commission
Beach Hotel Fire Claims Miami Beach Pioneer
Wofford, 65, owner of the Wofford hotel, burned to death in a July fire of unknown origin that damaged the seaside property. The hotel was closed for summer and no guests were believed present. Fire started on the second floor and damage was extensive as a moderate wind spread the flames.
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Miami Beach
Totem Wofford
Wofford Hotel
Con
Wofford
Crawford Head of Church Board Elects Secretaries
Rev. E. L. Crawford of Greensboro Alabama was chosen general secretary of the board of temperance and social service of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The election closed a board meeting at which Bishop James Cannoy reported on prohibition and law enforcement activities from the past year.
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Lake Junalaska
N. C
E. L. Crawford
Greensboro
Ala
Board of Temperance and Social Service
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
James Cannoy
Two Mobile Boats to Compete in Biloxi Regatta
The Marine Supply Co ships two fast outboard motor boats, the Black Bottom and the Stepsister, from Mobile to Biloxi for the Biloxi Yacht Club regatta. They will trailer in, enter the 3 pm races, and the event promises hot competition with Magnolia Beach winner Black Bottom and the debuting Stepsister.
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Marine Supply Company
Biloxi
Magnolia Beach
Railroad to Publish Rates on Sewer and Train Pipes
The Mobile and Ohio railroad will publish a full line of rates on concrete sewer and train pipes from Mobile. The Southern railway also agreed to publish rates to several points as Faulkner Concrete Pipe company sets up at the state docks on land reserved for industries.
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Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Southern Railway
Faulkner Concrete Pipe Company
State Docks
Docks Board
Noted Brazilian Dies Suddenl y
Dr. da Cunha, a longtime Brazilian public figure, has died. He served as Portugal? era t guild and led the League of Nations council in 1921 and held posts as ambassador to Italy, France and Portugal.
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Rio Janiero
Dr. da Cunha
Artugal
League of Nations Council
Bassador
Italy
France
Por
Weather Brief for Wednesday Northeast Winds
A fragmentary weather note indicates Wednesday conditions with northeast to east winds. No further details on temperature precipitation or timing are readable.
Coast Guard Division HQ Shifts to Mobile Center
Center of Communications for the Gulf Division established at Mobile as the Coast Guard moves base operations from Jacksonville. New room additions in the customs house create a three room suite for headquarters staff including Arlington, Bilz, Newton, and Kirk. Arrival of Arlington and Graves expected to raise personnel to ten with planned radio station work near Arlington docks.
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Coast Guard Division
Mobile
Gulf Division
United States Coast Guard
Ohile
Customs House
Co. W. Bilz
Alfred Newton
Jacksonville
H. H. Wolf
C. A. Wheeler
A. P.n
Arlington
Radio-Electricia
Coast Guard
Arlington Docks
Gulf
H. A. Graves
198
Key West
Dodge
Bilb
A. Kirk
Yeoman
Wheeler
Bixby
Newton A. Campbell
Graves
Yeomen
Unidentified Woman Buried After Suspected Local Death
The body of an unidentified woman found in a ditch near Chickasaw was buried by the city sexton after decomposition prevented identification. Authorities pursue theories of a murder tied to disappearances and note a tall man in a blue suit and a redhaired woman observed near the crime scene weeks earlier.
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Chickasaw
Sexton
A. Wade
Southern Railway
F. Hale
Candy thievery hits multiple downtown stores
A sneak thief broke into the McGraw Clifton Candy Co. at 19 South Water Street last night, taking several candy packages through a second story window. A cafe at Franklin and Texas was raided, $22.50 stolen, $19 in a box under the counter. The Broadway Fountain at Virginia and Broad saw two cartoons of cigarettes stolen early this morning.
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McGraw-Clifton Candy Company
South Water Street
Gus
Franklin
Texas
Broadway
Southeast
Virginia
Broad Streets
Pauline Uzcudun Reinstated in Surprise Heavyweight Bid
New York July 5 The state athletic commission reinstated Paulino Uzcudun and approved a 15 round match against Harry Wills at Ebbetts Field on July 13.
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New York
Paulino Uzcudun
State Athletic Commission
Harry Wills
Ebbetts Field
Cat boats brave squall in Eastern Shore regatta
Tiny cat boats rode out a fierce squall during the Eastern Shore Yacht Club regatta Monday afternoon. Most boats finished, except Wanderer and one cat boat sailed by Joe McPhillips which was driven under water briefly, bailed out, and continued racing.
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Eastern Shore Yacht Club
Joe McPhillips
Sloopsa
Wanderer
Anchorage
McPhillips
MOBILIAN KILLED IN COAST WRECK
Mrs Lula Lynch widow of Charles Lynch of Mobile was killed in an automobile accident near San Fernando California. The body will be brought to Mobile for interment.Funeral arrangements will be announced later. She was a longtime stenographer for Harvey Bros and had lived in San Francisco for about three years. She is survived by an uncle Captain I T Newberry an aunt Mrs Frank Casper Sr and a cousin Frank Casper and other relatives.
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Lula Lynch
Charles Lynch
San Fernando
Cal
Mobile
Lynch
Harvey Bros
San Francisco
I. T. Newberry
Frank Casper
Jail Break Thwarted by Alert Michigan Guard at Marquette
Twenty one inmates were held in detention cells after a jail riot at Marquette Branch Prison in Michigan. Ring leaders John Podolski and John Sipracki allegedly hacked through cells to release others. guard Rickard was wounded, and police intervened with a machine gun before inmates surrendered.
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Marquette
Mich
Marquette Branch Prison
Cella
John Podolski
Detroitmar
John Sipracki
Macomb County
Sipracki
Podolsi
Eddie Weisman
Joe de Florio
Isado Londe
Vance Hardy
Detroit
Cel
Rickard
Murder Probe Opens in Montgomery Shooting Deaths
Montgomery county grand jury will investigate the fatal shooting of A. D. Deramus and Verna McKinley Decisare after a Sunday night affray. Patrolman J. H. Fisher, who shot Ceramus moments after the others were killed, is held on murder charges claiming self defense. Grand jury to convene July 14.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery County Grand Jury
A. D. Deramus
Verna McKinley Decisare
J. H. Fisher
Montgomery Police Department
Ceramus
Mi. Decisare
Fisher
Bachelor Last Hope Is Killed By Court Action
Alabama Supreme Court denied Clyde Reese Bachelor’s writ of error in his murder case, ending options to avoid the electric chair for killing his father-in-law Judge Lamar Smith. Only executive clemency appeal to Governor Graves remains, with potential U.S. Supreme Court action unlikely. Bachelor awaits execution, visited by family and reportedly holding to a last chance for mercy.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Finis
Clyde Reese Bachelor
Lamar Smith
Bachelor
States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Graves
United States Supreme Court
Day By Day Milady Hoofs Grow Bigger
Boston reports that the average woman’s shoe size grows about one size per generation. A. H. Gueting of Philadelphia, president of the National Shoe Retailers Association, notes the rise from a two sizes increase over forty years and says a typical 14 year old now wears about a size 7. He calls the trend healthy despite pride concerns.
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Boston
A. H. Gueting
Philadelphia
National Shoe Retailers’ Association
Gueting
Nashville Truck Driver Killed in Fourth of July Accidents
Nashville Tenn July 5 Joe Delious truck driver is dead and several others injured in Fourth of July accidents. Joe Martin nine-year-old boy is in hospital with severe injuries after his coaster wagon swerved into an automobile.
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Nashville
Tenn
Joe Delious
Joe Martin
Rush of Port Activity Marks Busy Mobile Weekend
A busy Mobile port weekend saw ships from many lines arriving and sailing with diverse cargoes. The Norwegian Lysefjord delivered 20 000 stems of bananas from Belize to United Fruit. the Munson Line Akron carried heavy sugar tonnage from the Pacific via Gulfport. Minor engine trouble hit Cornpeak en route to Colombia, then repaired and resumed July 4 voyage. Two Merchant Fleet Corporation ships West Maximus and West Hika sailed for Bremen and New Orleans respectively.
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Alabama
Mobile Bay
Lysefjord
United Fruit Company
Belize
Akron
Munson Line
Pacific Coast
Gulfport
Svendborgvund
Page & Jones
Freeport
Texas
Consul Oil
Dixie editors select Ewing to head body
Colonel Robert Ewing publisher of the New Orleans States was elected head of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association at the annual convention in Atlanta. He succeeds John A. Park of the Raleigh Times as chairman. Walter C. Johnson of the Chattanooga News was chosen treasurer. A secretary manager will be chosen by the board.
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Atlanta
Robert Ewing
New Orleans
Ees
Pblishers’ Association
John A. Park
Raleigh
N. C
Walter C. Johnson
Chattanooga
Two Killed in Auto Crash Before Fast Train
Harper's Ferry West Virginia July 5 two men aged 85 Charles M Dailey and Bernard E Hill of Martinsburg were killed when their automobile crashed through a gap in a bridge over the Potomac and was struck by a westbound Baltimore and Ohio train. The car was carried through a tunnel and into the river with the bodies found tangled in the locomotive wheels. Efforts continue to raise the car to check for a possible woman passenger.
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Harper's Ferry
W. Va
Potomac River
Baltimore and Ohio
Charles M. Dailey
Bernard E. Hill
Martinsburg
Luxurious Hotel for Le Bourget in Paris Plans
France July 5 government officials promise a plot near Le Bourget airport to a reputable hotel company willing to build a first class hotel for New York to Paris air travelers. Minister Bakanowski notes late or early passengers would benefit from on site facilities to avoid long rides to Paris.
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LE Bourget
France
New York
Paris
Bakanowski
Stephenson Given Chance to Talk
In Indianapolis William H. Remy and three assistants traveled to Michigan City to offer D. C. Stephenson, a life prisoner and former Ku Klux Klan leader, a chance to discuss alleged Indiana political corruption. Stephenson, via attorney Robert H. Moore, said he had been double crossed and expressed willingness to tell all.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William H. Remy
Marion County
Michigan City
D. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
State
Indiana
Robert H. Moore
Stephenson
Associated
Paes
Ecsseh Ay
Free July Fourth Treat Turns To Rum Car Crash
In San Francisco a crowd of about 200 gathered after a rum bottle giveaway turned into chaos when a car crashed. The driver fled, leaving license plates behind as bystanders opened tin boxes labeled Scotch. A fireman arrived after the wreck was cleared.
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San Francisco
Six saved as girl warns family in Birmingham fire
A Birmingham house fire killed a 14-year-old boy who jumped from a second floor to escape flames. Cornelia, a girl of the family, awakened others after screams, enabling five relatives to flee in night attire while Herbert jumped from a second story deck and was injured.
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Birmingham
Ala
H. H. King
Cornelia
Herbert
Dov A
Farmer abandons Kansas home to escape ghosts
Fresoett, a 41 year old farmer near Great Bend Kansas, plans to move from his ancestral farm claiming a persistent ghost unsettles his peace of mind. He says the intruder disturbs his home by reversing wall pictures, moving the family Bible, and peering into windows.
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Great Bend
Kas
Fresoett
Hom
Koett
Thieves Strike Local Stores and Homes in Early Break-In Report
Burglars entered the Atlantic Pacific branch at southwest and Springhill Avenue with little taken. An attempt to rob Uncle Charley's at 11 St Louis Street failed as front doors were pried. Ozzie Jackson reported a thief took a suit and imitation ring from her Elmira home. Ford touring car stolen from Conti and Claiborne area. other losses noted on Southwest Ward Street.
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Atlantic’ Pacific Company
Springhill Avenue
St. Louis Street
Ozzie Jackson
Elmira
V. J. Sernigan
Sp Avenue
Conti and Claibornes
L. H. Parrott
Southweat Ward Street
Conti
Streeta
Boy Missing Prompt Police Aid In Search
G. F. Cunningham of Chickasaw asks police to locate his 18 year old son Ernest J. Cunningham who vanished after riding in a car with a brother. He was last seen wearing a white shirt duck trousers and a hat near Cone and St Michael streets. He is about 5 feet 7 inches, 145 pounds with light hair and gray eyes. occupation painter.
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G. F. Cunningham
Addition
Chickasaw
Ernest
Cone
St. Michael
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