Rail lines impose new handling tariff on Mobile docks
The Mobile and Ohio and Southern railroads issue a new handling tariff effective the 13th. It cancels private dock labor, charges for handling even when no service is performed, and excludes foreign labor from docks. Local shippers, the Mobile Chamber of Commerce, and traffic officials will pursue questions on charges and enforcement.
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Mobile & Ohio
Southern Railroads
Mobile
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
R. G. Cobb
Traffic Department
Train service in Missouri reduced amid labor dispute
Kansas and Texas Rail Co announces the phaseout of seven local trains in Missouri and neighboring states due to roundhouse congestion and fears over employing union workers. The Chicago strike nears its second week with governors mobilizing troops as tensions flare.
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ST. Louis
Kansas and Texas Rail Company Today
Missouri
Lahoma
Kansas
Texas
Chicago
L N Shopman Attacked As He Quits Work
Charles C Donovan, a Louisville & Nashville shopman, was attacked and beaten by a group of men near the Royal street side of the shops as he left Friday after work. He was not seriously hurt and returned to work. Special officers were stationed at the shop following reports of earlier stunck on the head with no arrests announced.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Carmen
Charles C
Donovan
Royal Street
Stunck
Musician Shaffenberg Given Ten Day Sentence
H. B. Shaffenberg, a musician, spent over a month in city jail without trial and pleaded guilty in police court to passing worthless checks. Judge David Edington leniently sentenced him to ten days, citing the time already served, and warned him not to return to court.
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Shaffenberg
David Edington
County Road Work Bids To Be Opened At Regular Meeting
The Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners will meet at 10 30 Monday to review recent matters and hear delegations. Sealed bids for construction of additional road work will be opened.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Two Fire Calls End With Minor Damage Noted
Fire department answered two calls yesterday afternoon with little work needed to extinguish flames. Both incidents caused slight damage at homes of Sam Williams on 257 Peachan Street and Mrs. Annie Sindeck on 501 Monroe Street. sparks started the second fire.
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Sam Williams
Pecan Street
Annie Sindeck
Monroe Street
Whipple Announces Against Senator Lodge Nomination
A. Whipple declared his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for United States senator to challenge Senator Lodge. William A. Gaston had already announced his bid for the same nomination.
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Whipple
Sen. Lodge
Boston
Sherman
United States
Senator Lodge
William A. Gaston
Bandits Escape With Payroll in New York Holdup
Three bandits held up the paymaster of the Phillips Printing Company on Lafayette Street New York and escaped with 1620 dollars. The holdup was witnessed by scores of pedestrians.
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New York
Phillips Printing Company
Lafayette Street
Where They Play Tonight in Southern and National Bases
Listings of major league games across the South and East show Nashville at Atlanta in clear weather, Mobile at Memphis with clouds, New Orleans at Little Rock under clouds, and Chattanooga at Birmingham with clear skies. National League games include New York at Pittsburgh and Brooklyn at St. Louis under cloudy and clear conditions respectively, plus Philadelphia at Cincinnati with partly cloudy skies. American matchups feature Cleveland at New York and Chicago at Philadelphia with clear or near clear conditions and multiple two game notes.
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Southern
Nashville
Atlanta
Mobile
Memphis
New Orleans
Little Rock
Chattanooga
Birmingham
National
New York
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Lear
Detroit
Washington
Weather Forecast for Washington Area Tonight and Sunday
Partly cloudy tonight. Sunday brings local thunder showers across Alabama and Mississippi.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Delegates Headed to Fairhope After Walther League Session
Delegates from six southern states left Grace Lutheran church for Fairhope after the second business session of the Walther League. Rev Ek Kletzschmar of Knoxville presided. Officers to be elected on the boat later today. Hospice and junior reports noted growth and new societies. Missionary funds raised in the Dixie division last year.
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Walther League of the Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Fairhope
Lutheran Church
Ek. Kletzschmar
Knoxville
Dixie Division
League
Oldnough
Public meeting set on Mobile county school future
After an informal gathering at the Battle House, a public meeting is called for 3 PM Monday at the Cawthon hotel to discuss the resignation of Oakdale principal Miss Ethel Serrier and the board of school commissioners stance. About a dozen locals named to attend include Dr. Claud Mastin and Harry T. Hartwell.
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Battle House
Mobile County
Cawthon Hotel
Board of School Commissioners
Ethel Serrer
Oakdale School
Ngeeing
Miss Berrey
Wittie Williar
Claud Mastin
Harry T. Hartwell
Leo Eldridge
Frank Ladd
Norville Leigh
J. W. McAleer
Robert E. Gordon
Charles Barter
J. H. Robertson
M. J. Vickers
School Boy Killed In Fight With Policeman
In Ashington a 17 year old high school boy Wilfred Michaud was shot and killed by police after a burglary call at a grocery store. He fired on officers and was killed by a police bullet. Bernard Casson implicated in the burglaries in a confession. Michaud is son of Albert Michaud secretary of the Massachusetts State Society.
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Michaud
Bernard F. Casson
Casson
Albert Michaud
Massachusetts State Society
Child Hurt in Fall Improves at Conti Street House
Littl Lorraine Ducorneau, who fell from a second floor open window at 695 Conti Street while playing at J H. Duke's residence, is resting better today. No bones were broken though she sustained painful injuries.
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Littl Lorraine Ducorneau
Conti Street
J_.H. Duke
Camp Brandon to Host 2000 Woodmen at Monroe Park
Nearly 2 000 Uniform Bank Woodmen of the World members will set up tents at Monroe Park for Camp Brandon. Companies from five Southern states arrive Sunday with Major General C L Mather coordinating the opening. The camp will include a public drill and parade as well as family stays in the city.
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Monroe Park
Uniform Bank
Woodmen of the World
Sovereign Camp
Omaha
C. L. Mather
New Orleans
Park
Birmingham Company
Camp
Brandon
W. W. Brandon
Tuscaloosa
Employment in U S June up 3.2 percent
Washington reports June employment rose 3.2 percent as 179 828 workers returned to jobs across industries. Most gains in 52 of 65 leading cities, with declines mainly in New England cotton districts and a few sectors. Building activity tightens skilled labor while hot weather accelerates harvests in Nebraska and Kansas.
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Washington
United States
Francis I. Jones
United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
New England
Flint
Mich
San Francisco
St. Paul
Atlanta
Pansaic
Nebraska
Kansas
Newberry May Lose His Seat After Ballot
Washington reports that results from recent and upcoming primaries may unseat Senator Truman Newberry of Michigan. If New and McCumber successors line up against him, one more vote could remove him, with a second tally possible in Congress. Representative Pat Kelly launches a Michigan campaign urging Newberry’s defeat, focusing on campaign funding and Townsend ties.
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Washington
Truman Newberry
Michigan
Senate
New
Indiana
McCumber
North Dakota
Newberry
Congress
Pat Kelly
Townsend
Charlotte
Mich
Kelly
Postal Radio to Include Telephone Telegraphed Service
Washington July 8. The fifteen air mail radio stations will gradually add radio telephone to their radio telegraph service. Washington Station has offered both for nine months. Stations now provide hourly flight progress, weather reports and data on grain dairy and livestock.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Postmaster General
Reserves summoned to fight Western Washington fires
Western Washington timber agencies rushed more men to battle forest fires as reports from forested areas alarm authorities. Cooler weather slowed the spread but crews were augmented with all available workers, according to State Forester Fred Ek. Pape. No new major blazes reported late last night.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
Fred Ek
Pape
Lenglen Wins First Mallory Set At Wimbledon
Mlle Lenglen, holder of the title, took the first set 6-2 against Mrs Molla Mallory in the championship match at Wimbledon Stadium. The sun cast a shadow on the court as the Frenchwoman opened with a love game and later won the second set 6-0 to defend her world title.
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Wimbledon Stadium
Associated Presa
Mlle
Lenglen
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
Regent Seeks Jackson Statue Niche in Statuary Hall
Mrs. L. S. Gillentine of Murfreesboro, regent of the Tennessee D A R, launched a move to place Andrew Jacksons statue in Statuary Hall. The legislature has named Jackson and John Sevier for Statuary Hall but made no application. The Tennessee IA R plans to seek funding at the upcoming session.
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Nashville
Tenn
L. S. Gillentine
Murfreesboro
Tennessee
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
John Sevier
Haji
Tennessee 1. A. R
Sleeping sickness linked to infected tonsils in Mayo study
Spokane July 8 Dr H. H. Ilusenow of the Mayo Foundation said epidemic encephalitis sleeping sickness and allied disorders are traced to infected tonsils and throat at a Pacific Northwest Medical Association meeting.
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Spokane
Wash
Ilusenow
Mayo Foundation
Pacific Northwest Medical Association
Natives Killed in 3 Hour Fight at Pyskowice
In Kattowitz Silesia on July 8 a three hour battle between a French detachment and German forces at Pyskowice left six natives dead and houses destroyed by French field gun fire. The French were fired upon as they passed through the town.
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Kattowitz
Silesia
Pyskowice
Blue Sunday crackdown faces injunction in Vicksburg
Vicksburg and Warren county officials are barred from interfering with the publication or circulation of the Vicksburg Herald on Sundays after an injunction secured by the paper. A formal hearing is set later. Further blue Sunday orders are being issued with local boycotts and out of town papers planning sales here.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Harding Defends Fed Board in Senate Letter
Gov. Harding of the Federal Reserve Board writes to the Senate defending the board against critics. He cites circulation of Senator Glass's speech by Fed banks and states the board assumes responsibility for recommending wide distribution of the speech. Letters from three reserve banks confirm numbers circulated.
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Washington
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Federal Reserve Banks
Glass
Virginia
Heflin
Alabama
Senator Glass
Philadelphia
Richmond
St. Louis
Federal Reserve System
Highway Dept to Seek Surplus Army Equipment for Roads
Alabama officials led by Senator John Craft plan asking the War Department for a share of 200 million dollars in surplus army equipment. The aim is to use usable items for road building and to place unneeded funds in the road fund. Patterson backs the proposal, noting Mobile port’s value to the state.
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State Highway Department
Montgomery
War Department
Alabama
John Craft
Senator Craft
Highway Commission
A. G. Patterson
Patterson
Mobile
Tennessee Valley
More Distilleries May Be Seized by U S
The Prohibition Bureau widened its nationwide drive against distilleries with stock leaks. Federal agents will seize any plant showing unexplained shortages as investigations expand from Kentucky where Paxton Brothers and Company distillery and T W W Mrothers near Lawrenceburg faced accusations of whiskey theft totaling 189 barrels in two weeks.
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Washington
Kentucky
Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
Prohibition
Louisville
Paxton Brothers and Company
T. W W. and and Mrothers
Lawrenceburg
Standard Oil Cuts Gasoline Prices Across Midwest
Standard Oil of Indiana announced a wholesale price cut on gasoline across midwestern states. The move follows the Interstate Commerce Commission freight rate reductions and will save retail customers about 2 to 4 tenths of a cent per gallon, company officials said.
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Chicago
Midwestern
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Medals to be Awarded to Civilian Soldiers
Medals will be given at civilian military training camps this year to one student in each company at each camp deemed the best all round soldier. The Military Training Camps Association provides the decorations, awarded by regular army or reserve officers at the camps. The department asks medals be given in red white and blue training courses with a formal ceremony at camp close.
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Washington
Military Training Camps Association
Reserve Corps
War Department
Assassination Triggers German Mark Decline
Berlin July 8 The mark falls further after Foreign Minister Rathenau's assassination and loss of faith in state stability. Government and Reichsbank spend fortunes to prop up the currency but manufacturers refuse foreign money and the public sells marks. The Frankfurter Zeitung warns of disaster unless urgent action is taken and notes educated classes may be driven into the proletariat, threatening the state.
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Berlin
Rathenau
Reichebank
Frankfort Zeitung
Man Is Freed of Killing His Wife in Long Jury Deliberation
James I. Flannery was acquitted of first degree murder in the February killing of his wife after a record Allegheny County jury deliberation lasting 15 nights and 14 days. He testified he mistook his wife for a burglar and fired at a shadowy intruder in their Pittsburgh home.
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Pittsburgh
James I. Flannery
Allegheny County
Flannery
Jim
Alaskan Aviator Reported Missing After Flight
Billy Jones of Ketchikan Alaska vanished after leaving Beattle yesterday afternoon en route to Bellingham Washington. Local smoke and forest fires in western Washington hinder search efforts.
Order Restored at Vera Cruz Riot After Arrests
Washington reports Vera Cruz Mexico is quiet after a riot. Consul Foster says 121 people were arrested and imprisoned in connection with the unrest and the city is now calm.
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Vera Cruz
Washington
Mex
Foster
State Department
Commissioner Fined After Fight With North Carolina Reporter
In Charlotte on July 8 J E Huneycutt commissioner of public safety was fined ten dollars plus costs after a courtroom brawl with Richard L Young a reporter for the Charlotte News Fights earlier involved publisher W C Dowd who shouted at an attorney and then both Bridges and Dowd apologized and were absolved of contempt charges The dispute stemmed from News articles about the commissioner.
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Charlotte
N. C
J. E. Huneycutt
Bridges
Commissioner Refuses to Step Down as Insurance Chief
Mississippi state insurance commissioner T M Henry, suspended by Governor Russell over a $17000 alleged shortfall, remains in office and refuses to surrender to Excel Coody of Yazoo City, contending he will bow only to court order. Henry denies owing funds and questions the governor’s authority.
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Coody
Henry
Rival Suitors Stake and Try To Burn Boy
Kingsville Ontario July 8 Eddie Sanderson of Belingham Washington visiting here attracted a local girl but three young boys aged 10 to 11 grew jealous. Neighbors heard cries, saw smoke in the woods, and found Eddie tied to a stake with flames rising. They freed him as the fire burned his legs but he was not seriously hurt.
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Kingsville
Ont
Eddie Sanderson
Beltingham
Washington
Eddie
Governor Kilby Orders Action Over Law Violations
Telegraphic instructions issued by Governor Kilby empower J. V. May to enforce the law and address alleged violations of the state picketing statute as it applies to Morgan County Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Kx. Kilby
J. V. May
Morgan Cow
No Agreement Reached With Huerta Oil Talks
NEW YORK July 8 Con fe betwen Adolfo de la Huerta minister of finance and American executives over a plan for development of wild cat oil terms in Mexico ended without agreement. De la Huerta said his mission was limited to the proposals presented by the companies through their reps and progress was made at one camp office was stated that reasonable progress had been made
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Hooper
B. M. Jewell
Shopcrafts Union
Jewell
Chicago
Milwaukee St. Paul
Grand ‘Trunk
Hanks
US Pacific
Omaha
Ers
Slater
Hyde
Lea
Chicago and Alton
McCray
Indiana
Ennor Stphens
California
Bealo
West Shore Roundhouse
Sloan
Hornell
N. Y
New York
Erie
Adolfo de la Huerta
Mexico
Senor de la Huerta
mail lost at sea on steamer Egypt voyage
Eighteen bags of United States mail containing 101 parcels were lost when the steamer Egypt, bound from London to Bombay, was damaged. The mail was destined for Egypt and had accumulated in New York since April.
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Washington
United States
Egypt
London
Bombay
New York
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M.&o
L.N. Shopman
N. Dakota
Mallory
Highway Dept
U. S
Standard Oil
N.C
Boy
KILBY
Huerta
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