13 Jul 1926
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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1926
Page
1
City commission discussed the zoning study by expert Mr West focusing on bridge routes and sea docks. The plan aims to improve access and park areas while park and planning officials prepare to start construction at Fort Gaines after a War Department deed transfer.
Chief Burch and his wife will attend the annual convention of the International Association of Chiefs of Police in Chicago, July 17 for five days. The event will feature exhibits and discussions on modern police work including radio signaling and scientific advances.
Eighty six young members of agricultural clubs are in Fairhope for a two day one tour inspection. The group travels under the supervision of local leaders and is to visit sites related to farming education and youth programs.
A trace of a Hudsom touring car is noted in a missing vehicle report. Eld mindel is listed as the property owner with no additional clues available.
A regional weather note reports thunder showers moving through Alabama locals today. Expect scattered storms across counties with brief gusts and possible lightning. Stay indoors during heavier cells and monitor updates from local forecast offices.
The county reported a cash balance of 66 000 at start, with 30 000 temporary loan and 581 298.81 receipts against 472 061.03 disbursements in the first half. Expenditures included maintenance and special funds totaling 320 338, and 43 888 in retired interest warrants. a new borrowing of about 100 000 is planned until tax receipts resume.
The board of revenue and road commissioners will hold a special meeting at 10:30 Thursday morning after an agreement could not be reached with J. J. Blacksher of Blacksher and Company. The county offered a sum for a county right of way along a strip of land his firm owns on the road’s northern side.
The Lightship No. 102 is to be laid up off the coast at South Pass after completing duties at the area. Mariners report the vessel will be taken out of active service and moored for storage.
Mrs Bolton, wife of carpenter W N Bolton, missing since Saturday at 4 30 PM, fears accident. He left home in Oakdale near Washington Avenues and has not been seen. police and sheriff’s departments have no clues. Bolton is about 6 feet tall, slender, with pale complexion and wore a suit and tan shoes.
A Negro man named Brownlow received a fine of 60 dollars or 30 days after being found guilty of violating traffic laws during a collision on 1012 State Street. Another motorist admitted speeding at a high rate before the crash. The case against Joseph was dismissed.
Mobile retail merchants at a chamber of commerce meeting endorsed holding a fall Mobile Trade Week and proposed twice yearly events. A five member committee named by Spurgeon Roche will study details and make recommendations. Enthusiasm ran high for the idea with several method ideas discussed.
A would be burglar attempted to rob the home of Deputy Sheriff Walter Burch last night at about 10 o'clock. A bullet from a pistol was fired by the deputy’s wife as the man stood at the screen door. The intruder fled.
S. Co. Hill, a farmer and orchardist of Chunchule Alabama, exhibited at the News Item office morning a bunch of large plums on one branch. The fruit showed fine sheen and was taken to be refined by experts who might name the new variety.
E F Ring, operator of Tropical Radio, resumes duties in Fort Morgan after a period away for illness. Hutchinson returns to the station, resuming work at the same location.
The Venator of United Fruit is due in port this afternoon with a cargo of 16 000 stems of bananas. The arrival is expected around 11 39 in the morning.
Weather bulletin notes mobile area can expect showers with possible thunder. Forecasters warn of brief gusts and isolated downpours as humid air moves inland.
Major General C C Williams telegrams the ordnance department to convene a board to investigate Picatinny arsenal damage. He seeks a condition report, immediate reconstruction funds, and recommendations to resume plant functions. Also notes explosion victims identified and hospital injuries across New York area.
Five hundred marines from Quantico arrived at the Denmark depot to search for remaining bodies after a fierce blaze. The fire was easing at daybreak as authorities urged extreme caution during debris clearance.
Bruce Etheridge was sentenced to twelve months in Mobile County Jail and fined $1000 by Judge Robert T. Ervin after pleading guilty to possessing and transporting liquor. He has appeared in multiple liquor trials and previously testified for the government in a major liquor conspiracy case two years ago.
Cheries D Grakelow of Philadelphia was unanimously elected grand exalted ruler of the Elks by the grand lodge, succeeding Judge William Hawley Atwell of Dallas. Grakelow has served as exalted ruler six terms and has led Philadelphia public welfare. The event drew Elks visitors from Cordova Alaska Hawaii California Maine and Florida for a week of sessions and festivities.
Heavy rain canceled today’s Grand circuit racing in Toledo. The event will be held tomorrow as rain subsides. Fire at Island race track commissary building in Cincinnati damaged a stable complex, threatening hundreds of thoroughbred horses. Three men injured in an explosion near Wetumpka, Alabama, with one in serious condition. Further details unclear due to fragmented text.
The funeral procession for John W. Weeks left Weet Massachusetts with Weeks family members present. The body was to be placed in a temporary vault in West Newton and later moved to a national cemetery in Washington, following his explicit wish.
Southampton reports War Brigadier General Lincoln C. forcement of the United States Army has landed on the Aquitania. He heads for London on arrival and plans a morning meeting with a high ranking official amid wartime coordination activities.
A brief report notes aviators landed at a mail field in North Platte Nebraska on July 13. Details are scarce with broken OCR text but indicate a flight toward New York and a transcontinental journey.
Grand jury proceedings widen as new witnesses including Clyde de Villiers and Murchison arrive to discuss Mrs. McPherson disappearance at Agua Prieta. Minnie Kennedy leads testimony while prosecutors probe the missing evangelist case and alleged sightings.
Lincoln Carter dies at Goshen Indiana with his passing recorded in local notices. The brief obituary notes his age and mentions his surviving family in the community.
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