07 Jul 1928
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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1928
Page
1
Aid 15 dispatched by the National Relief Body is immediately authorized to assist destitute persons affected by floods. The Red Cross takes active part in relief efforts, coordinating distributions and shelter provisions for those displaced.
National Red Cross reports more than 11,000 people affected by floods across 14 counties in Eastern Kentucky. A separate item notes an accident leading to a fine for a substitute driver and the arrest of the man who rented the car involved.
Risticz and Zimmerman land after a 65 hour 21 minute flight, surpassing the Italian record of 58 hours 34 minutes set by Ferrarin and Del Prete. The feat caps a dramatic endurance flight with detailed timing noted and reported from Dessau Germany.
A three day active drive to raise 100000 dollars for a 5000000 dollar International Paper Company plant in Mobile appeared certain this afternoon. Subscriptions totals were not yet tabulated, and teams were still organizing.
Louise Boyd of San Rafael California, a polar hunter, sailed from Tromsoe to join the Amundsen search and has lent her chartered ship Hobby to the Norwegian government for the expedition.
City engineers say nearly ready plans will cover St. Joseph from Dauphin to Beauregard and Michigan avenue from Government to Tennessee. Public hearing slated for August 21 with completion target by that date. Project aims to illuminate many streets, including additions recommended by resident P B Laurendine.
New York July 7 report doubts the body found in a Rouyn Ontario cabin is that of Mrs Jock Monroe's husband who once faced Jim Jeffries in four rounds. She says he was surveying mining claims at Red Lake Ontario and has received no word in days.
Arthur Cahill a 28 year old seaman was taken to Charity Hospital with a skull fracture possible concussion and head hemorrhages after a brawl with chairs knives and billiard cues during a poker game at a St. Bernard gambling house. His alleged assailant Kenneth Young 21 was jailed in St. Bernard parish.
A young woman acts anonymously by leaving money at a preacher’s doorstep, sparking curiosity about the motive and origin of the donation. Local residents note the generosity without identifying the donor.
At a special meeting of the New Orleans and Water Board a request will be made Monday to market 4 million of the authorized 9 million dollar drainage bonds to fund the citys drainage improvements.
Dothan Ala July 7 Special former mayor Jim Grant a prominent local business figure died by suicide aboard an Atlantic Coast Line train between Bainbridge and Dothan The death followed medical advice of a forthcoming operation Grant left letters to the Dothan Eagle and others explaining his choice He arranged an ambulance with the undertakers and mailed the letters from Tampa Fla before the train reached Dothan indicating he wished to spare his family trouble and expense
A hearing was held in New Orleans with representatives from Mississippi Valley sections to discuss feasible food control plans. Major General Jadwin outlined two proposals from the army engineers and the Mississippi River Commission, including a proposed spillway between Simmesport and Hamburg on the Atchafalaya river to protect land in the basin.
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Fragmentary notes list rain in New Orleans Chattanooga region. Mentions Aldridge Walker Henry Benton O Farrell Hill Fussell Har greaves. Second game New York. Pittsburg and Chicago lineups include Fitzsimmons Hogan Bramer Hargreaves Elliott Henline Nehf Gonzales. Boston and Delaney Taylor Haynes Wilson appear in garbled text.
Fragmentary list records players and teams from two baseball games. Mentions Jackson with Giants in 2nd and Regan with Red Sox in 6th for first game. Hack Wilson with Cubs in 4th and Bissonnette with Dodgers in 7th for first Miller with Athletics in 3rd of second game. Cochrane with Athletics appears in the second game.
In New York on July 7, Horace F Poor, Garfield Safety Deposit president and millionaire, was injured by a fall from a window. An attending nurse displayed courage by reaching him and saving his life, though Poor suffered cuts to arms and legs and possible internal injuries.
Attorneys Edward J. Grove and Jere Austill filed demurrers arguing the five gallon limit on whiskey transport is not a separate act and unconstitutional. They assert the law lacks proper description of liquor and illegally labels a transport of five gallons as a felony despite wording implying prohibition only.
George Fearn, chairman of the library board, announced that removal of books from the Conti street book home to the new building at Government street and Washington avenue will start in the first part of next week. Five thousand new volumes are expected to arrive from publishers next week.
City Commissioner Harry T. Hart called mayors from about 200 coast cities from Pensacola to Corpus Christi to join a late July Biloxi conference for a cooperative mosquito control campaign and adequate community representation.
Douglas Adam, 66, AP’s first correspondent in Japan and veteran journalist, died of heart failure. He recently served as editor of Rengo, the Japanese news service.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union of Mobile yesterday afternoon at the YWCA unanimously endorsed Herbert Hoover for president. A resolution criticizing Governor Al Smith on prohibition was adopted by a rising vote, proposed by Mrs. Ruby McGonigal. Moody of Dauphin Way Methodist church spoke.
The Louisville and Nashville railroad runs an excursion from Mobile to New Orleans tomorrow morning. The train departs Mobile at 7:00 a.m. and reaches Crescent City at 11:00 a.m. The return leaves New Orleans at 6:15 p.m. Special Agent Charles Farrar will supervise.
A judge signals the seawall dispute will resume with a likely airing of the case before the proper remedy. The decision hinges on the 1927 seawall act and the involvement of Jo Williams' son in establishing the sea wall provisions.
The Mobile bridge carried 17,415 vehicles in June and tolls totaling 20,606 dollars were paid. The causeway work continues with progress noted. Work has begun on the Baldwin county end of the structure.
A sneak thief entered Harrison Bros office at the foot of St Fraters' street early this morning and stole a Goiman sauce bind bahik pleasure measure valued at 15 dollars. Detectives Moody and Franco investigated.
A four day old infant named Roy Laverne Hillhouse Jr awaits a homecoming as police report a husband stabbed to death in the railroad Nonconnah area. The young mother, Mrs McClendon, had planned a home with her daughter-in-law and infant. Police offer no clue to the killer, and the mother remains unaware of the murder.
Fire destroyed Raymor Foster's automobile at 1178 Texas Street when gasoline ignited in the tank. Alarm 5 7 11 and 14 reported the blaze. No injuries noted.
Candidates in Montgomery report that Walter C. Ernest and H. H. Wefel Jr have withdrawn from the race for the vacancy. A capable man from the first district has been suggested to the committee as the likely replacement. The board will continue until a new member is chosen.
Department crews work to repair roads in the northern county damaged last month by heavy rains and also address three sites near Barnville. Officials indicate a flexible schedule with possible completion dates as repairs continue.
Police lauded General Enna Gmek Tae and William L. Sibert as traffic branch head and state commission engineer for their roles in the recent location efforts. The commendation cited dedication and accurate coordination during the June 25 activities.
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