Road Paving Set To Begin In County This Week
County paving on a number of highways will start later this week after the board of revenue awarded sand and gravel contracts. John R. Peavy said the costs may exceed the Radcliff agreement, with Sullivan Long and Hagerty chosen over Forrest County Gravel for the Fowl River road.
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Mobile County Board
John R. Peavy
Board of Revenue
Herndon Radcliff
Montgomery
Peavy
Radcliff
Forrest County Gravel Company
Sullivan, Long and Hagerty
Forrest Company
Sullivan, Long ,and Hagerty
Doughty Freed After Embezzlement Claim Surrender
Charles E. Doughty a traveling salesman for the Mobile Grocery Co surrendered at police headquarters saying he was an embezzler. Detectives White and Bauer traced his case to the company office and officials announced no charges would be filed.
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Charles E. Doughty
Mobile Grocery Company
Fairhope
Mobile Bay
White and Bauer
Doughtyis
Youth Missing: William Crowley Sought by Police
Police joined by parents in a search for 16 year old William Crowley of 657 Palmetto Street who has been missing since 5 o clock Monday. Crowley is about five feet tall with dark eyes.
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William Crowley
Palmetto ‘Street
Crowley
Board to Meet on Spring Hill School Question
The board of school commissioners will hold a special session tomorrow afternoon to decide whether to enlarge the Spring Hill school or replace it with a new building. The Grand Bay school under construction was inspected yesterday by board members and other educational authorities.
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Board of School Commissioners
Spring Hill
Grand Bay
Concert Tonight at Choctaw Park Park by Mobile Recreation
Mrs. Carl Klinge supervisor announces a Mobile recreation concert at Choctaw park at 8 o'clock tonight. Several hundred are expected to attend.
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Choctaw Park
Carl Klinge
Weather Outlook Brightens With Showers Favoring East
The Weather forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with possible showers tonight and Wednesday. Temperature remains steady with little change. Mississippi reports partly cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday with likely showers in the eastern portion.
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Mississippi
Chief of U S Army Staff to Inspect Fort Morgan Soon
The chief of staff of the army will address the American Legion convention at Gulfport Mississippi on July 23 and inspect Fort Morgan at the entrance of Mobile Bay the following day.
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U. S. Army
Fort Morgan
Army
American Legion
Gulfport
Miss
Mobile Bay
General Summerall to visit Mobile July 20 for Legion events
General Charles P. Summerall chief of staff will visit Mobile on July 20 for events with the American Legion Mississippi department and the Mobile Chamber of Commerce. He will speak at the state convention in Gulfport July 22 and inspect Fort Morgan near Mobile Bay on July 23 as part of a trip that includes plans to dispose of the abandoned fort and assess oil possibilities.
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Chaeries P. Summerall
United States
Mobile
Fort Morgan
Mississippi Department of the American Legion
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
O. M. Phelps
General Summerall
Gulfport
Legion
Coast Guard
Pontchartrain
Pascagoula
Washington
Charles P. Summerall
Army
Two Whiskey Stills Destroyed Near Mobile
Deputy Sheriffs Lee and Nelson reported at the county jail that while working near Celeste road eighteen miles northwest of Mobile they destroyed two whiskey stills. One was a 16 gallon gasoline drum outfit with two barrels of mash and the other a 100 gallon still with six barrels of mash.
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Lee
Nelson
Celeste Road
Mobile
Case Postponed in Assault to Murder Charge
A charge of assault to murder against Arthur Hays, identified as a Black man, was called in police court today and reset for July 26 due to Edward Raines, also Black, being in critical condition from a cut cat wound.
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Hays
Arthur
Arthur Hays
Edward Raines
Raines
Tax exemption debate in Mobile on Zimmern plant plan
At a Mobile city commission meeting Mayor Bates and Commissioner Hartwell clashed over a tax exemption request for Samuel Zimmern to build the Non-Scot Manufacturing Co at 55 and 59 North Royal Street. Zimmern would invest $10,000 and hire at least 10 workers. Gaillard urged exemption while Bates argued it sets a dangerous precedent. The matter was postponed for conference.
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City Commission
Cecil Bates
Harry T. Hartwell
S. P. Geilard
Samuel Zimmern
North Royal Street
Zimmern
Gaillard
Bates
Hartwell
Mobile
Aiag
Adopt Ordinance Calls for Bids on Sidewalk Venture No. 32
The city commission adopted ordinances calling for bids on sidewalk paving venture No. 32 presented by Commissioner Harry T. Hartwell. The board also revoked a rooming house license at 101 Congress Street after a police raids record and complaints, per Mayor Bates and Chief Warren Burch report.
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Sulton
Harry T. Hartwell
Bates
Warren Burch
Congress Street
Bates gathers data on city power plant plan
Mayor Cecil Bates announced after the weekly city commission meeting that he has completed statistics on operating a city owned power plant to pump water light streets and municipal buildings. Dictation of his statement to a stenographer will begin today and a final board disposition is planned for next Tuesday. Commissioner Hartwell welcomed progress but noted delays by other members.
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Cecil Bates
City Commission
Harry T. Hartwell
Hartwell
Suit Filed Against City Over Damages Claim
Ruth Burns sues Mobile in circuit court for 5000 dollars alleging injuries from a May 5 sidewalk hole on Franklin street near Virginia street due to city negligence. The plaintiff cites damage to her right leg and other injuries.
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Ruth Burns
Mobile
Franklin Street
Virginia Street
Objects to Worms in His Drinks Seek Damages
Lloyd Ealy objects to the taste of worms and other insects in his soft drinks and pursues damages in court describing his unlawful drink experience. The brief states he was partaking of a soft drink when the contamination occurred and he seeks redress.
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Lloyd Ealy
New Orleans Street Car Strike Ties U. S. Help
National union leaders prepare to seek White House intercession in the 15 day New Orleans street car strike. Officials report limited service as 15 cars operate on the St Charles Tulane belt under guard while talks with Orleans Public Service Inc. continue on recognizing the union and negotiating a contract.
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New
J.B
United States
St. Charles-Tulane
Orleans Public Service, Inc
Carmen’s Union
City Commission Council
Charles J. Theard
Protest Filed as Communist Troops Seize Mission Properties
American missionaries reported that communist troops occupied main mission buildings at Changchow near Amoy, including Talmage college and the mission residence. The American consul filed a protest with Fukien foreign affairs officials, who gave an discouraging reply amid rising anti mission activity and fears for mission property in south Fukien.
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Amoy
Fukien
China
Talmage College
Changchow
South Fukien
Langdon to Wed Miss Walden In Toledo July 27
Film comedian Harry Langdon and Miss Helen Walden of Toledo plan a July 27 wedding with an audigraph recording on sound film to preserve the vows.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harry Langdon
Helen Walden
Toledo
Capital Store Collapse Stuns Montgomery Business District
In Montgomery on July 25 two adjacent buildings the Pizitz department store and the Bullock shoe store collapsed trapping and injuring five people. City Engineer J W Garrett will lead a full probe after debris clearance as officials estimate damages near a quarter million dollars.
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Montgomery
Ala
Pizitz
Thement
W. A. Gunter
Garrett
Chinese River Vessel Sunk by Russians Sparks Tense Standstill
Shanghai dispatches report Russian troops crossed the Great Siberian border and destroyed a Chinese river steamer after an ultimatum over the Chinese Russian controversy. Chinese and Russian officials exchange notes as observers doubt confirmations and warn of possible hostilities if the Chinese respond late.
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Great Black River
Blagovveschensk
Siberia
Harbin
Changchun
Moscow
L. P. Sere
Black River
Wang
Tsingtao
Exbriakov
Tension in Moscow After Railway Seizure Report
Despite China’s belief that no new consequences would follow the Eastern railway seizure, substantial tension was reported to have arisen in Moscow. The note indicates strained relations and potential for further diplomatic friction.
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China
Chinese Eastern Railway
Mos
Wickersham urges state role in enforcing Prohibition
George W. Wickersham, former attorney general and head of Hoover’s crime commission, suggests states take over police regulation of speakeasies and bootleggers while the federal government handles importation and manufacture enforcement. Governor Roosevelt reads the letter at the 71st governors’ conference in Groton.
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Groton
Conn
George W. Wickersham
United States
Hoover
Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Wickersham
Ed C Murphy Granted Suspended Sentence In Fraud Case
Ed C Murphy charged with forgery was given a six months suspended sentence after a recorder's court hearing this morning. The term was suspended due to the defendant's ill health and alleged passage of worthless checks.
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Ed C. Murphy
Filery
Recorder's Court
Generous Mobile Answers Tuberculosis Ward Record Drive
Generous mobilians again respond to a call for talking machine records for patients at Mobile County Tuberculosis Sanitarium. The News Item reports a steady influx of donated records from local residents after an appeal by the sanatorium, with thousands supplied and more expected for months. Bernard Downing and George E. Jordan are among donors.
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Mobile County
Bernard Downing
South Conception Street
George E. Jordan
Nations protest tariff plan on steel cork and imports
Washington notes Spain Italy and Sweden lodge representations with the state department over proposed tariffs in the House bill on steel products cork and general imports from Italy. An Italian ambassador note warns higher duties could disrupt Italy's trade and economy. Spain argues cork duty raise will raise prices and hurt consumption. Sweden protests hollow drill steel duty increases.
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Spain
Italy
Sweden
Cork
Washington
Atate Department
Senate
Congress
United
United States
Swedish Iron Masters’ Association
Mobile Fair Association Seeks County Exposition Permit
The Mobile Fair Association led by C. C. Cox and Edward H. Norton applied to the city commission for the right to hold a county fair at Park from April 11, with a $20,000 budget. They propose to drop harness and running horse racing to draw crowds, and Mayor Bates has the application under advisement.
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Mobile Fair Association
C. C. Cox
Edward H. Norton
City Commission
Bates
Fire damages hold of freighter Pakipaki at South Brooklyn pier
A fire swept the hold of the 4516 ton freighter Pakipaki tied at a South Brooklyn pier. Firemen battled the blaze for hours as heavy smoke rose from paints and varnishes aboard the vessel before an alarm helped contain the fire.
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New York
Ster Pakipaki
Pier
Brooklyn
Newport News
Tragedy on the Rails: Man Mutilated in Dallas Train Collision
Dallas aboard train incident leaves unknown victim, later identified as O Keefe, severely injured with legs and left arm severed. Police report describes a brutal assault by unseen assailants before the oncoming train struck him on the track in front of a baggage crew. Identification remains unclear.
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Dallas
Tex
O'Keefe
Do You Know Mobile River Outlet of Major System
The Mobile River is described as the outlet of the United States' second largest river system in a feature by The Mobile Register under the Know Mobile Better banner. Sponsored by the local Chamber of Commerce, the item highlights the river’s role and regional significance.
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Mobile River
United States
Mobile
Eee Ber of Commerce
Mobile ‘Register
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Manchuria
Serebrakev
Foreign Office
The
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U. S
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Roosevelt
Eagep Tiong
Mobile Fair Association, Inc
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