Sibley and Gibson Sibley Receive Seven Year Terms in Embezzlement Case
Cyrus A. Sibley long associated with Mo lumber and Turner Supply was sentenced to seven years on guilty pleas to forgery and embezzlement in circuit court. He pled guilty to forging A. O. Thayer names on notes and embezzling funds, with one year and a day added from an earlier embezzlement conviction. Houston E. Gibson, former Turner Supply cashier, received three years for embezzling $10 000. Three related forgery charges were withdrawn.
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Cyrus A. Sibley
Sibley
A. O. Thayer
William Maundell
Houston E. Gibson
Turner Supply
Caldwell Convicted of Fraudulent Breach of Trust
Former investment banker Rog ers Caldwell was found guilty by a district court jury of fraudulent breach of trust. He faces a sentence of one to three years in the state penitentiary and will appeal for a new trial. The indictment accused Caldwell of substituting lower value securities for collateral on a Hardeman County road bond issue. Caldwell and Company once governed a large investment banking operation. the Bank of Tennessee served as trustee and both entities later entered receivership.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Rogers Caldwell
Caldwell
Caldwell and Company
Hardeman County
Tennessee
Bank of Tennessee
Bloc Stands Firm in Plan to Kill Bill
Miller forces push a program believed aimed at blocking action as a precursor to bringing a measure to the ballot. The bloc remains united on a tough stance and timing for potential legislative moves.
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BLOC
Miller
Negroes Fined in Recorder Court Rulings
Corah Lee Marsette, a negro woman, was fined 101 dollars plus costs for assault and battery against her husband with an ice pick. Ernest Green and Ed Jackson, both negroes, faced police court for operating a store on Sunday. Jackson, who owned the store, paid 20 dollars and Green was released. Jackson’s fine was doubled after he denied selling 20 cents of pork chops on Sunday. Lily Green, a negro, was fined 50 dollars for violating the prohibition law.
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Corah Lee Marsette
Recorder
Asa
Ernest Green
Ed. Jackson
Jackson
Green
Lily Green
Freed On Bond Wiley Hinton Sr Charged In Prohibition Conspiracy
Wiley Hinton Sr of the Tanner Williams area near the Alabama Mississippi line was freed on bond after a Monday arrest on a conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. He had been indicted with his son and another local resident.
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Wiley Hinton, Sr
Alabama-Mississippi Line
Tanner-Williams
Hhe Son
U S Sues Mobile Over Fort Gaines Gun Loss
The United States sues the city of Mobile in federal court for 2307 dollars claiming four six inch guns from Fort Gaines were sold as scrap. The government asserts the weapons were to be retained and were worth 2307 at removal in 1923.
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Mobile
United States
Alex Birch
Fort Gaines
Sion
Docks Board Plans New Cotton Storage Facilities
Alabama state docks will add temporary and permanent warehouses to handle the 1931 32 cotton season. The port expects 150 000 to 800 000 bales this year with 125 000 bales stored now and 35 000 more outbound by mid August. Anderson Clayton & Company has begun a large warehouse and compress project on state docks land. General William L. Sibert and R A Christian attend the meeting.
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Alabama State Docks
Docks Commission
Ocks Commission
William L. Sibert
R. A. Christian
Circuit Court Grand Jurors Meet Monday
The circuit court regular July grand jury reconvened Monday to hear 35 cases including murder and assault to murder. Foreman Ernest Planck leads a jury of county citizens amid expectations of swift action.
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Circuit Court
Foster K. Hale, Jr
Mobile
Willie Mae Clauson
Ernest Planck
William H. Pendarvis, Jr
Ralph R. Britton
Benjamin C. Devan
Mayo R. Jeffry
Marcus H. Walker
Edgar D. Gray
Lawrence I. Hazel
William B. McKerrell
Burgess Little
Lyle G. Jernigan
Henry W. Andrews
Shields C. Jackson
Robert I. McCoy
William J. McGown, Jr
Robert Stewart, Jr
Harold R. Reed
Henry W. Gorr
Ed Bennett Back in Court for Statutory Offense Reduction
Ed Bennett, convicted previously in the circuit court, was rearraigned and a motion to set aside the verdict granted. He pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and received two years. Lee Muller and Lee Daniels pled guilty in the same court to liquor offenses, each sentenced to one year and one day.
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Ed Bennett
Thomas Twitty
J. G. Bennett
Bennet
Lee Muller
Lee Daniels
Funeral services for Rev Daniel F Lawton at Spring Hill College
Funeral services for Rev Daniel F Lawton 8 J chaplain of Fitzhugh Lee Camp No 2 United Spanish War Veterans were held at 7 30 oclock Monday at the college chapel. The office of the dead was chanted by Spring Hill College faculty and diocese priests. A requiem mass followed with Rev Father President J M Walsh S J officiating. Priests of the diocese assisted and attended. Pallbearers active and honorary named. Delegation from Fitzhugh Lee Camp attended. Taps by J M Ewton marked burial in Spring Hill College cemetery Roche mortuary in charge.
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Daniel F. Lawton
Spring Hill College
Fitzhugh Lee
Mobile
J. M. Walsh
S. J
J. M. Ewton
Spring Hill College Cemetery
Roche Mortuary
National Banks Call Report Issued by Comptroller
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks as of the close of business Tuesday June 30. The report was released from Washington on July 6.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Yeggs Target Local Safes For Minor Loot
Burglars battered the Boston Shoe Shop safe and broke into Star Drug Company, stealing 17 dollars from its safe. Five Point Service Station No 40 cash register was ransacked but yielded no money as the register was empty. Detectives Connick and Farmer investigated the incidents and noted the shop door was forced with an iron bar. The thief reportedly fled after finding the job interrupted and drank two bottles of soda water.
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Boston
Starz Drug Company
Five Point
Harry McCarron
Connick and Farmer
Star Drug Company
Madison and
Conception Streets
Five Pointg
L. B. Hope
Aeglar
County Bonds Delayed In Mobile For State Bond Amendment
Mobile officials postponed sale of 240000 in road bond funds at a board of revenue meeting. Commissioners plan an amendment to secure a share of a 25000000 state road bond issue, with Mobile county to pay contractors and cover road costs if approved.
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Board of Revenue
Matt Boykin
Boykin
J. Leslie Green
John R. Peavy
Montgomery
Mobile
Mobile County
Moffat
Old Shell
Davis Avenue
Peavy
Alabama
State of
Fourth of July Toll Rises From Accidents and Drownings
AP reports the U S Fourth of July holiday saw near 500 deaths over two days with 160 in car crashes and 181 in drownings. Fireworks fatalities were six, far lower than 1930, while injury levels rose nationwide. Regional losses peaked in the mid Atlantic with 143, Midwest 106, Pacific coast 91, South 57.
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mid-Atlantic
Mid-West
Pacific Coast States
South
New England States
Southwest
Rocky Mountain States
mid-Atlantic States
Speeding and assault cases lead local court fines
W. W. Cochran and Frank Williams were fined $50 and 20 days in jail for speeding in heavy traffic. Fisher, a tire service employee, was fined $250 and 99 days on a charge of assault. James Peterson and Earl M. Jones waived examination in a statutory case with $1,000 bonds each. F. J. Johnson waived examination on transporting prohibited liquors and was held for the grand jury on $500 bond.
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W. W. Cochran
Frank Williams
Inferior Criminal Court
Fisher
Tire Service Employe
Ernestine Taylor
Brazil
James Peterson
Earl M. Jones
F. J. Johnson
Negro Boy Injured in City Car Collision
Nine year old Willie Jones Black of 26 North Franklin street was hurt Sunday when two cars collided at St Louis and Lawrence streets. One driver was R M Sands of 908 Dauphin street and the other Simon Blackman of 365 Morton street. The boy was taken to City hospital. Motor Officer Gene Stout investigated.
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Willie Jones Black
Franklin Street
R. M. Sands
Dauphin Street
Simon Blackman
Morton Street
St. Louis
Lawrence Streets
City Hospital
Gene Stout
Cutters Arrive in Mobile for Drydock at Alabama Plant
Four cutters from St. Petersburg base arrived in Mobile to undergo drydocking at the Alabama Drydocks and Shipbuilding Co. The Saukee, a frequent Mobile visitor, is expected to stay about 30 days. Yeaton, Woodberry, and Gallatin also arrived for several days of work, bringing the total six cutters in Mobile for repairs.
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St. Petersburg
Mobile
Alabama Drydocks and Shipbuilding Company
Coast Guard
Saukee
Yeaton
Woodberry
Gallatin
Alabama
Von Elm Takes One Stroke Lead In Open Playoff
George Von Elm shot 76 to Billie Burke 77 after 18 holes of the second 36 hole playoff for the United States Open golf championship at Inverness Club Toledo Ohio. Burke flubbed a pitch on the 325 yard final hole while Von Elm made a ten foot birdie chance.
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Inverness Club
Toledo
Ohio
George von Elm
Billie Burke
von Elm
Burke
George
Injured in Opp Car Crash Involving Mrs Dorsey
Mrs. T. L. Dorsey of Opp Alabama sustained serious injuries after a noon collision between her car and another driven by Sarah Kahn. The crash occurred on Eslava and Claiborne streets. Mrs. Pruitt and Mrs. Olsen, both from nearby towns, suffered severe shaking injuries. Hospital staff said amputation of Mrs. Dorsey’s arm likely needed.
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T. L. Dorsey
Opp. Ala
Sarah Kahn
Dorsey
Eslava
Claiborne
P. Pruitt
Cottage Hill
J. T. Olsen
Opp
Mellon Offers New Memorandum On Hoover Moratorium Plan
Paris July 6 Secretary Mellon presented end negotiators with a memorandum outlining the American position on President Hoover's moratorium proposals. Premier Laval requested cabinet time for discussion and a public release was tentatively planned. A French note favored preserving deliveries in kind while reallocating funds. The American view urged France to absorb in kind deliveries and relend the unrealized amounts to Germany.
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Associated Press
Paris
W. Mellon
Hoover
Laval
Mr. Mellon
Germany
France
Post and Catty Accepted by Hoover After World Flight
Wiley Post and Harold Catty arrive in Washington to receive official recognition from President Hoover for their round-the-world flight. They travel with their wives and are hosted at the White House luncheon after noon arrival. Government counsel plan to move for Albert B. Fall to begin his jail sentence in DC Supreme Court, based on army physicians report from Texas.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wiley Post
Harold Catty
Hoover
White House
Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Rover
Fall
Texas
Actress Evelyn Wilson Vanishes in Apparent Kidnapping Case
New York authorities search for 23 year old musical comedy actress Evelyn Wilson who disappeared from her sister's West 106th Street apartment after leaving for medicine. Detectives probe kidnapping links as her diary and $2900 bank withdrawal are noted. she previously acted in George White's Scandals.
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Associated Press
New York
Evelyn Wilson
West 106Th Street
Mgr
Anna Wilson
Senate tax bloc stalls income tax amendment fight
Capital Bureau reports Montgomery July session details show Miller administration delaying a second reading strategy after a weekend drive to break Senate anti tax bloc faltered. Leaders plan to test strength again, but Monday disclosure postponed the move amid opposition.
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Montgomery
Senate
Miller
Three Men Arrested Near Mertz Station
Three men were arrested late Sunday near Mertz station on vagrancy charges after officers found in their car two tols a brass knucks two caps and two bandana chiefs. D R Barker Ewinn from Crichton W C Guice of St Louis street were taken to the county jail for investigation while Deputy James H Nelson and Officer Walter Blackmannee examined the scene and the vehicle which had a substitute tag.
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Mertz Station
D. R. Barker
Ewinn
Crichton
W. C. Guice
St. Louis Street
James H. Nelson
Walter Blackmanne
Ship Ablaze Off Daytona Beach Observers Say Tanker
A burning unidentified ship, likely an oil tanker, was sighted several miles off Daytona Beach. The Flagler Beach coast guard station sent a boat to assist while observers could not confirm the vessel’s exact type. No distress signals were received by coastal wireless stations.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Coast Guard
Flagler Beach
Here
Local Weather Forecast With Mixed Partly Cloudy Skies
The forecast lists partial cloud cover for multiple regions including Alabama and Mississippi with clouds and unsettled conditions. The Tombigbee and bama rivers are mentioned with expected minor changes and a focus on Monday night into Tuesday.
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Alabama
Mississippi
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