Search for man John Smith in Calhoun County near Nesbit Lake
Police comb Nesbit Lake area in Calhoun county seeking John Smith 40 alias Green Valley after a manhunt begins. They say a girl, daughter of Henry Gaddis and seen with Smith, is missing and believed involved in the case.
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Gadsden
Ala
John Smith
Green Valley
May Gadelis
Nesbit Lake
Jacksonville
Calhoun County
Heny Gaddis
Smith
Alley Apple figure in street fight over brick weapon
In a Royal and Palmetto street disturbance, George T. Hoffman J Holland and Mike Nelson faced charges of fighting and disturbing the peace. Nelson stopped a brick attack and was injured. Hoffman claimed self defense after throwing a brick. Hoff man fined 15 dollars and Holland 10. Nelson was dismissed with punishment deemed sufficient.
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George T. Hoffman
J. Holland
Mike Nelson
Nelson
Evans
Hoffman
Holland
Royal and
Palmetto Streets
Elson
the Recorder
Winter Cleared in Disorder Case
K. C. Winter was discharged by Recorder D. H. Edington in a pool room disorder case. Kellar, the operator, claimed Winter struck him three times but Winter said he did not retaliate. The judge noted Winter could be charged with assault and battery, but the disorderly conduct charge was dropped after the testimony.
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K. C. Winter
Kellar
D. H. Edington
Winter
Warrior Tugboat Turgoat Delivers Record Cargo to Port
The self propelled barge Tuscaloosa of the Mississippi Warrior Barge Line arrived from New Orleans with 1,300 tons including a 350 ton towed barge. Tuscaloosa carried 950 tons for discharge and unloading began yesterday. It is scheduled to depart Mobile on Tuesday at 7 o clock.
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Tuscaloosa
Missisippi Warrior
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Mobile
Weather Outlook With Thunder Tonight And Tuesday
The forecast calls for fair conditions in the west and local thunder in the east tonight. Showers and storms are expected to ease by Tuesday with unsettled skies lingering.
Twenty four charged with failure to dip their cows
Twenty four defendants, including four women, faced inferior criminal court on charges of violating cattle tick eradication laws by failing to dip cattle. They requested jury trials and were released on $100 bail each. Officers from the cattle tick eradication inspectors cited the arrests.
Freight booking for 11,000 tons to Orient via Mobile port
The Mississippi-Warrior Barge Line announces booking of about 11,000 tons of west bound freight for export through Mobile. Of this, 6,675 tons are steel rails for the Orient, 1,687 tons cotton ties for Texas, and 2,500 tons pig iron.
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Mobile
Warrior Division
Orient
Texas
Pledges Rise for Mobile Chamber of Commerce Campaign
Additional funds flow to the Mobile Chamber of Commerce as pledges near seventy thousand dollars. General chairman Mark Lyons says more contributors are expected and solicitation will continue until all prospects are met and the chamber’s plans for the coming year are outlined.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mark Lyons
Chamber
Turner Motors Co Register Robbed in St Joseph St
Burglars broke into the Turner Motors Company building at northwest St. Joseph and St. Louis streets late Saturday night or early Sunday and stole $10 from a cash register drawer. The entry was made by forcing a rear door and detectives suspect a thief passing through Mobile.
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Turner Motors Company
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Mobile
Prohi Case Fines J H Demassey for Home Brew
J H Demassey fined 50 dollars or 50 days for possessing home brew under prohibition law. He pleaded guilty and said the beer was for his own use. Officers noted no prior complaints. Prohibition actions against Willie Duff and Thomas J Simmott postponed to Tuesday.
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J. H. Demassey
Winsmaine
Willie Duff
Thomas J. Simmott
Recorder’s Court
Seek Huge Fortune Left in Old Will
Cairo July 13 Twenty Armenians in Egypt seek a fortune reportedly worth 15. The money was left by Armenian Sandurian who died in India fifty years ago and is said to have been divided among heirs then living after a long delay.
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Cairo
Egypt
Sandurian
India
Mondell Replaced on Finance Board in War Saxton
Swampscott Massachusetts July 13 Floyd B Harrison was appointed today director of the War Finance Board succeeding Mondell.
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Swampscott
Mass
A.P
Floyd BR. Harrison
Four Under Arrest in Hills Shooting Incident
The family of William Shep Tanner a Hills Mobile county sawmill operator shot in the head by a rifle bullet seeks funds from Sheriff Leon Schwarz to reward captors of the suspected shooter Robert Medel four men and a woman are held at the county jail as investigators proceed County Solicitor B B Chamberlain will review the case. Tanner remains in Providence Infirmary with a forehead wound and condition listed as not yet out of danger.
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William (Shep) Tanner
Hills
Mobile
Robert Medel
Leon Schwarz
W. W. Brandon
Tanner
Providence Infirmary
Medel
B. B. Chamberlain
Grand Bay
Seven Hills
Tanter
Dorson in Charge During Chief's Absence
From Indianapolis he will visit Chicago to inspect the police system and traffic conditions. During his absence Senior Lieutenant Rube Dorlon is in charge of the police department.
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Seraitefs of
Police Sone
Indianapolis
Chicago
Bs Mealies
Rube Dorlon
Baker sues bakery for 250 damages over tack in bread
Ernest H. Baker filed suit in circuit court alleging he swallowed a tack found in bread sold by Smith's Bakery. He claims his throat was lacerated and he required medical attention from a physician.
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Ernest H. Baker
Circuit Court Today
Smith's Bakery
Baker
Barges to Havana Towed by James Dougherty from Pensacola
The tug James Dougherty of Gulf Towing and Wrecking Company left Mobile last night heading to Pensacola to tow two loaded barges to Havana Cuba. The vessel has recently completed towings to and from Cuba.
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James Dougherty
The
Gulf Towing and Wrecking Company
Mobile
Pensacola
Havana
Cuba
Hiker Beaten as Girl Is Abducted on Virginia Hiking Trip
Three men were charged with robbing and beating a youth and abducting his 14 year old girl companion near Ashland Virginia. The suspects were captured nearby and held after a hearing at Hanover County courthouse. The girl, treated at a local hospital, said she and a 17 year old boy were hiking from Washington to Florida to see the world when attacked.
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Richmond
A.P
Hanover County
Ashland
Camden
N. J
Washington, D. C
Bishop Hafey Named to Catholic Honor
Bishop William J. Hafey of Raleigh named national chaplain of the Catholic Daughters of America. The announcement came in San Francisco on July 13 as Miss Cc Duffy presented the honor following a post convention meeting of officers and directors. The visiting group then prepared to depart for home.
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San Francisco
William J. Hafey
Raleigh
The
Catholic Daughters of America
Missa Cc
Duffy
Virginia’s First Woman Delegate Helen Henderson Dies
Mrs Helen Timmons Henderson of Council Virginia widow of R A Henderson died in Knoxville Tennessee while visiting her parents G B Timmons and wife of R A Henderson she was the first woman member of Virginia's house of delegates and fell ill suddenly in a hospital
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Knoxville
Tenn
Helen Timmons Henderson
Council
R. A. Henderson
Virginia House of Delegates
Fascist Election Delay Stated Until 1929 in Rome
A report notes no Italian parliamentary election will occur before 1929 with the current chamber possibly prorogued or dissolved by fascist legislation. The article outlines government limits and the potential for extended control awaiting new electoral rules.
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Rome
Guiy Ce
Certe
Leper Colony Inmate Dan Rete Missing From New Orleans
World War II veteran Dan Rete of Carville leper colony vanished from a New Orleans hotel yesterday after authorities said he had attempted a second escape. Police search focused on Kingston and nearby centers as officials confirmed his inmate status and prior escapes.
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New Orleans
Willard
Dan Rete
Carville
Kington
Sharea
No trace found of man sought for thrill slaying
An army air search in northern New York targets Philip Knox Knapp deserting the Air Corps after abducting Louis Panella of Hempstead. Photographs aboard a reconnaissance plane aid state troopers and army police as ground units comb Plattsburgh and the Canadian border area.
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New York
Philip Knox Knapp
Army Air Corps
Knapp
Louis Panella
Hempstead
Plattburg
Penenery Bey
Aoe Islands
Rum
Oes
William’ W. Knapp
Syracuse
Accus
Fines Must Be Paid Before Release For Two Inmates
Mannie Kessler and Morris from New York, confined in a federal penitentiary, will not be released today until they pay $10 fines from their convictions. Warden John Wook announced the rule. Mrs Kessler and Mrs Sweetwood had come to Atlanta to help but left for New York to obtain funds.
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Atlanta
Mannie Kessler
Morris
New York
John Wook
Movie industry lags in Japan says German film official
Los Angeles July 13 Japan film producers trail American makers by about ten years and show only 20 percent of cinemas at home, says Baron von Kettler a German film producer who just returned from a news trip to the Orient. He blames a lack of detail and international appeal as barriers and predicts twenty years at least before Americans fear significant competition.
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Los Angeles
Baron von Kettler
Orient
Directors of Grain Marketing Company Meet to Dissolve
Chicago July 13 The Grain Marketing Company directors abandoned cooperative venture to finalize dissolution. Principal issue is disposition of receipts from stock sales. Nebulous plans for a smaller effort were discussed, but no definite future possibilities were offered.
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Chicago
A.P
Grain Marketing Company
Yankees plan Coast league talent haul for 250000 rebuild
New York American League officials admit scouts are circulating the Pacific Coast League to buy 250000 dollars worth of talent to rebuild the Yankees for next season. Five Coast League standouts are named as targets by Yankees scouts.
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New York
New York American League
Pacific Coast League
Yankees
Chicago
Raymond Costello
Madeline White
Cook County’ Superior Court
Montgomery
Ala
United Press
Central of Georgia
Pikeroad
Paul Berlinbach
Young Marullo
New Orleans
Roth Y
Scotland
Evolution Witnesses Summoned for Scopes Case
Dayton Tennessee July 13. Defense moves to quash indictment against John T Scopes for violating state law on evolution in public schools. Lawyers Neal and Gys argued the motion with McKenzie for the state. Judge Raulston recessed as briefs were to be filed. several experts for Scopes listed to testify, including Newman and Mather.
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COURT
Dayton
Tenn
A.P
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
John R. Neal
Arthur G.ys
B. G. McKenzie
Sn K Hicks
Raulston
A. T. Stewart
Clarence Darrow
Ben G.mckenzie
D Field
H. H. Newman
University of Chicago
W. C. Curtis
University of Missouri
Fay Cooper Cole
Museum of Natural Science
Chicago
Maynard M. Metcalf
Oberlin
Ohio
Wm. A. Nelson
State of
Dm Shailer Matthews
Divinity School
Aged Alabamian William Pearson Dies Near Ball Play
William M. Pearson of Ball Play Alabama dies at home just shy of 107. The death coincides with that of his great great grandson Patel Bailey aged one. Survived by his widow three children 110 grandchildren 56 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Pearson was a pioneer settler and Civil War veteran.
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Gadsden
Ala
William M. Pearson
Ball Play
Patel Bailey
Pearson
Coosa bridge to be completed on time
John Monaghan reports the Leesburg Coosa river bridge is 66 percent done and will meet the contract deadline. The span connects Leesburg with the dangerous embankment and ferry approach, with travel expected to resume within four months per Monaghan and the state engineer.
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Gadbden
Ala
John Monaghan
Coosa River
Leesburg
Speedboat Cigarette Aims To Beat Record On Hudson
The Cigarette speedboat, owned and piloted by Gordon Hamersley, left the Columbia yacht at 36th Street on the Hudson River for Albany in an attempt to beat the two hours forty minutes record set two months earlier by B F Hoyt s Teaser.
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New York
Cigarette
Gordon Hamersley
36Th Street
Hudson River
Albany
B. F. Hoyt
Desperadoes At Large After Jail Break In Tennessee
United Press reports a Greeneville jail delivery freed twenty prisoners by sawing cage bars. Eighteen remain at large with armed posses sweeping the countryside. incidents echo recent escapes in Elizabethton, Jonesboro, and Blountville involving the Paint gang and the fugitive Kinnie Wagner.
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Greeneville
Tenn
Johnson City
United Press
Elizabethton
Carter County
Here
Jonesboro
Kinnie Wagner
Blountville
Kingsport
Wagner
Paint Gang
Banking Institute Members Gather in Kansas City
Bank executives from across the nation gathered in Kansas City for the 23rd annual convention of the American Institute of Banking. National president Edwin St Frick of San Francisco arrived aboard a special train from Denver, greeted by vice president Bruce Baird of New Orleans. Delegations from New Chicago Denver Omaha Des Moines Chicago and St Louis were already in town. Tonight features a smoker for men a card party for women and dancing.
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Kansas City
A.P
American Institute of Banking
Edwin St. Frick
San Francisco
Denver
Bruce Baird
New Orleans
New Chicago
Mrs Cunningham's Trial Postponed in Indiana case
Crown Point Indiana July 13 The murder trial of Mrs Anna Cunningham for her 10 year old son Walter was continued to July 16 due to the death of John Smith father of Trial Judge Meptin Smith.
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Crown Point
Ind
Anna Cunningham
Walter
John Smith
Meptin Smith
Electric head charged with extortion in Nashville case
Chicago July 13. J B Clif owner of the Continental Electrical Supply Company was sought on a governor's warrant to extradite him to Nashville Tennessee on a charge of extortion.
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Chicago
J. B. Clif
Continental Electrical Supply Company
Nashville
Tenn
Kellogg Firm on China Policies Amid Monetary Exchange Debates
The document outlines Kellogg’s firm stance on China policies and calls for a joint study of territorial rights and a power treaty. It notes a commission to examine customs and territorial questions and urges immediate U S action to influence current conditions and prompt favorable outcomes.
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Appea Commission
Washingto
China
Rum Fl Believed Heweed Off New York Drive
Reports indicate a rum fleet off New York has dispersed under the command of a coast offensive squadron leader. Washington officials announce the drive continues under regional supervision and plans to withdraw the special service, with cutters aiding maritime time.
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Washington
New York
T. Wi
Ron
Tennesseean Held in Shooting Fray Near Springtown
J W Dillard is jailed on a charge of killing Tilden Jenkins in a gun fight near Springtown in a mountainous part of F county. Dillard says Jenkins advanced and he shot in self defense. Jenkins was shot multiple times and found at Patterdte home by officers.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
J. W. Dillard
Tilden Jenk
Springtown
F County
Dillard
Jenkins
Brokerage Concern. Reorganization Moves Forward in Chicago
Chicago July 13. Federal Judge Wilkerson Laefi moves to end the receivership as a $3 million reorganization fund is described. The receivers and banker consortium express confidence and say business will resume this week.
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Chicago
A.P
Beresford Jr Defeats Hoover in Philadelphia Gold Cup Race
In Putney on July 13 Jack Beresford Jr an English single sculler defeated M Hoover of Philadelphia in a special one mile race for the Philadelphia gold challenge cup. The event drew amateur international interest as Beresford claimed victory over rugged American competition.
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Stn
Putney
Eng
Jack Beresford, Jr
CIA
Philadelphia
To Take Census Japan In Tokyo Earthquake Aftermath
A fragmented note describes Japan’s 1A national census in Tokyo following an earthquake. It mentions a census beginning and the anticipation of early results amid disaster response efforts.
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Tokyo
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