Auto theft charged in Chicago man sought on warrants
Pete Ferris, 36, Chicago, is charged by Reed System of Chicago with renting a car found in a Fairhope Alabama garage. Hertz Driverself, Inc. also accuses him of renting the car, fueling it, and disappearing. a $25 reward is offered. Ferris is wanted on two warrants as police search continues.
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Pete Ferris
Chicago
Illinois
Ferris
Reed System of
Fairhope
Ala
Hertz Driverself, Inc
Hertz
Miller Signs Seawall and Bay Bridge Bills in Mobile
Governor Miller signed the Taylor seawall measure and the bay bridge bill set to create a Mobile county mechanism to acquire and operate the Mobile Bay Bridge. The action follows a series of six seawall bills amid ongoing debates over tax and road bond legislation. The Senate meanwhile defeated a motion for a second reading of the income tax amendment and indefinitely postponed the 25 million road bond proposal, leaving highway funding to the House.
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Mobile County
Miller
Taylor
Mobile Bay Bridge
News-Item Capital Bureau
Mobile Seawall
Mobile
J. Gaillard Hamilton
C. M. A. Rogers
Cons
House
Senate
Bay Bridge
Hubert Baughn
Montgomery
Powell
Macon
Action Cane
Hugh D. Merrill
Hildreth
Green
Bloc
Merrill
Barrett
Bonner
Cooper
Delney
Edmundson
Farmer
Fauk
Fletcher
Garrett
Goodwin
Hooton
Jordan
Kelley
Lapsley
McDowell
Millsap
Shepherd
Walker
Beasley
Brown
Cassey
Cowart
Darden
Harlan
Hubbard
McDaniel
Jiddie
Scruggs
Teasley
Warren
Wixie
Case Set Anew In Mobile Cleaning and Dyeing Tax Fight
The case of County License Officer Angello Puckett against R T Fowler, operator of cleaning and dyeing concerns in Mobile, was reset for Saturday after a Thursday call. Briefs must be filed by both sides. The dispute centers on whether only one license is due for the central plant while other branches used for distribution are exempt. Assistant Solicitor Marion R Vickers says the attorney general intended each cleaning house in the county be assessed separately.
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Angello Puckett
R. T. Fowler
Mobile
Marion R. Vickers
Garner Cleared in Man Slaughter Case After Yard Shooting
Charles Garner was cleared of the man slaughter charge after a grand jury investigation found no true bill. The case stemmed from Garner firing at an intruder in his yard and the death of John L. Sullivan Bentley whose body was found in a swamp near the shooting scene.
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Charles Garner
John L. Sullivan Bentley
Garner
Sullivan
Gulf States Steel Reports First-Half Loss
Gulf States Steel Corporation reported a net loss of 520 684 dollars for the first half of the year, up from 3 537 in the same period 1930. In the second quarter the company posted a 303 643 dollar loss versus 98 439 in the prior year quarter.
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Gulf States Steel Corporation
New York
Gulf States Steel Corporation Today
Market Failure Spurs New Street Market at St Emanuel
A county courthouse setback led to the opening of a curb market at St Emanuel and Church streets at 7 o'clock, according to local reports.
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St. Emanuel
Church Streets
Deluge Paralyzes Traffic Across Mobile County Roads
Heavy rains over the county for 24 hours paralyzed highway traffic with washed out bridges on Hall's Mill Creek near Little Gulfport and Dog River. Mobile weather officials reported 6.36 inches of rain in 12 hours and warned of possible more showers. Western sections saw swift water on streets and stalled cars while streetcar service continued on a single line.
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Mobile
Louisiana An Mustain
Hall's Mill Creek
Big Creek
Little Creek
Mobile Weather Bureau
B Street
Government Street
County Urges Governor Sign Book Measure
Four members of Mobile county board of revenue urged Governor B M Miller to sign the Taylor text book bill to fund road construction and maintenance. The telegram warned that without signing the county would have to halt road projects. The bill levies one cent per gallon on gasoline to buy textbooks for students to grade six with excess revenue used for other purposes.
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Mobile County Board of Revenue
B. M. Miller
Mobile County
Ed Laurendine
Matt Boykin
Les Green
James Shelton
Hoover Invited to Speak at Methodist Ecumenical Conference
Senator Watson of Indiana and Bishop William F. McDowell invited President Hoover to address the Methodist Ecumenical conference in Atlanta on Sunday October 25. McDowell said Hoover was considering the invitation. The conference is the global Methodist gathering held roughly every ten years.
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Washington
Watson
Indiana
William F. McDowell
Hoover
Atlanta
Methodist Ecumenical Conference
McDowell
Apis
Captain to face trial again Monday
Federal court in Mobile prepares for Captain John G. Murphy to stand trial on charges of conspiring to scuttle the steamship Rose Murphy. Judge Charles B. Kennemar will preside as Judge Robert T. Ervin is away. Subpoenas issued. many out of town witnesses expected. This is Murphy’s second trial after a prior guilty verdict and is hoped to conclude within a week.
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Mobile
John G. Murphy
Rose Murphy
Charles B. Kennemar
Middle Alabama
Robert T. Ervin
Murphy
Larceny Charge Filed Against Willie T McCarthy
Willie T McCarthy of 106 North Conception street faces a city recorder on a petit larceny charge. Complainant M Tinley alleges a theft of a pair of field glasses from his room. Glasses were recovered from a pawn shop by Detective Levine Bauer. The case is continued to July 21.
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Willie T. McCarthy
North Conception Street
City Recorder
Petit Larceny
M. Tinley
McCarthy
Levine Bauer
Rail Heads Insistent For General Increase
The interstate commerce commission heard a railroad witness press for a flat 15 percent increase on farm products. J J Pelley of New York New Haven and Hartford argued eastern roads need higher income to sustain service amid low prices. Henry Wolf Bible urged the commission to grant the increase and keep the case open for future developments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. J. Pelley
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Pelley
Henry Wolf Bible
Devel
Pair Docketed in Affray Case and Related Warrants
Inez Rouse and W J Chickot were docketed at the county jail on an affray charge linked to a Wednesday night affair and released on bond. Mrs Chestnut swore out a warrant for Aggie Lee Bowley for assault and battery. Daisy Carter indicted for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and slated for October circuit court.
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Inez Rouse
South
Claiborne Street
W. J. Chickot
Theodore
W. J. Chesnut
Aggie Lee Bowley
Chestnut
Bowley
M. Oberkirch
Inferior Criminal Court
Daisy Carter
Robbers Foiled at People's Market Burglar Attempt
Police report early Thursday morning shows an attempted burglary at People's Market on Davis Avenue and Live Oak Street. Officers Clark and Smith found thieves failed to force two inside locks. W. J. Conner reported his Ford roadster stolen Wednesday night on Conti and Franklin streets. At 554 Government Street a clothesline theft occurred with two men seen by George Jefferson, caretaker, but not captured.
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Davis Avenue
Live Oak Street
Clark
Smith
W. J. Conner
Springhill Avenue
Conti
Franklin Streets
Government Street
George Jefferson
Four Flyers Killed in Brooksfield Collision
Four airmen died when two planes collided four miles south of Brooksfield. On duty at Brooks Field were Major Charles V. Hart flight surgeon and pilot Captain Carlos J. Chamberlain New York City Second Lieutenant K Austin Rogers a flying instructor and Cadet Endictott Longacre.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Brooksfield
Charles V. Hart
Carlos J. Chamberlain
New York City
K. Austin Rogers
Endictott Longacre
Lapsley Bill Repeals Tax Exemption Clause In Docks Act
The Lapsley bill repealing the tax exemption clause of the state docks commission act was reported to the house without recommendation by Civil Laws on Thursday after a heated clash between Mobile representative Sossaman and Randolph representative Ware. The measure heads to a house vote next Tuesday with expectations of a fierce floor fight.
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News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
Lapsley Senate
State Docks Commission
House
Civil Laws Committee
Sossaman
Mobile
Ware
Randolph
Goolsby In Critical Condition After Texas Accident
Thomas Scott Goolsby a Marshall salesman remained in critical condition after an automobile crash near Marshall on Tuesday. His wife and Dr. R. C. Goolsby arrived from Forsyth Georgia. He denied reports that the shock restored his memory after four years. He pledged to clear up wrong reports in an interview soon.
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Marshall
Texas
Thomas Scott Goolsby
Here
R. C. Goolsby
Forsyth
Georgia
Goolsby
Dallas
Clemency Plea From New Mexico Solons for Albert B Fall
A joint telegram from New Mexico senators and the state legislature asks the president for clemency for Albert B Fall. Fall awaits commitment to the New Mexico penitentiary to serve a year and a day for taking a bribe related to a naval oil reserve lease. The president will wait for the Justice Department study before acting.
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Associated Press
Washington
New Mexico
Albert B. Fall
White House
Department of Justice
Hoover Sees Independence and Understanding Align
President Hoover spoke by radio from the White House cabinet room to the International Christian Endeavor Societies for their fiftieth anniversary. He argued that national independence and international understanding are not incompatible, framing a vision of global cooperation alongside patriotism.
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Washington
Hoover
International Christian Endeavor Societies
White House
Fall plans secret departure for penitentiary term
Albert B. Fall aims to leave for the New Mexico state penitentiary to begin a one year and one day sentence after his bribe conviction as secretary of the interior. Dr. J. H. Gambrell, Fall’s physician, reported after a visit that the plans were shrouded in secrecy.
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EL Paso. Tex
Albert B. Fall
New Mexico State Penitentiary
J. H. Gambrell
Fall
Hurley Leaves Washington for Florence to Discuss Muscle Shoals
Secretary Hurley of the War Department flies from Bolling Field at 9 10 a m to Florence Alabama to confer with Tennessee and Alabama representatives on the disposition of the governments power and nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals.
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Florence
Washington
Hurley
War Department
Bolling Field
Ala
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee
Alabama
Justice for Hungary Monoplane Near Budapest
The transatlantic airmen Captain Alexander Magyar and George Endres in the Justice For Hungary were reported over Linz Austria at 2 30 p m and expected to reach Budapest within about three hours. They left Harbor Grace Newfoundland aiming for a 26 hour 3 600 mile flight.
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Vienna
Justice For
Hungary
Budapest
Associated Press
Alexander Magyar
George Endres
Linz
Austria
Danube
Upper Austria
New York
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Harbor Grace
Ireland
Governor confronts lawmakers over road bond and gasoline tax
In Montgomery on July 16 Governor Miller summoned about half the Alabama House to his office, lambasting Alf Tunstall and the senate bloc over a gasoline tax and Garrett Senate bond bill. He pressed for passage as Speaker Tunstall readied immediate action to discard delays, while quorum issues hindered progress.
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Montgomery
Governnor Miller
House
Senate
Alf Tunstall
Tunstall
Deputy jailed in fatal roadside death case
A jury charged Deputy Sheriff Tatum Duke in the death of Hiram Wilkerson found near the road one mile north. The car Duke rented last week had a missing part and dented fender. a matching part and evidence linked to the scene. Duke admits possessing the vehicle but denies striking anyone.
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Aly
Hiram Wilkerson
Here
Tatum Duke
Wilkerson
Duke
Merger Agreed Between Phelps Dodge and Calumet
In New York on July 16 the directors of Phelps Dodge and Calumet and Arizona Company agreed on a consolidation subject to stockholders approval and other conditions.
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New York
Tors
Phelps Dodge
Calumet
Arizona
Weather bulletin and river forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Occasional showers possible Thursday and Friday. Daily River Bulletin notes observations at 7 a m standard time from Aberdeen, Columbus, Demopolis, Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Selma. River forecast indicates rising levels on Friday with dates and stations listed.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Aberdeen
Columbus
Demopolis
Tuscaloosa
Ree
al Montgomery
Selma
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