Prohibition Case Delays In Mobile Law Officers Trial
The Mobile inferior court postponed the cases of L R McManus and W H Shits, charged with violating the prohibition law, to August 10. The delay affects all law enforcement personnel tied to related charges. Reports say the liquor disappeared from the Bien Hotel last Sunday during transport to the street, involving Knox and other state squad members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L R. McManus
W. H
Law Enforcement Department
Canon
Bien Hotel
Anmn
McManus
W.H. Knox
Knox
Eich
Mobile
Montes
Cedar Point Road
Bob Pearson
Riot Fire Ravages Buildings in Lower Allegheny City
Fire destroys several structures in lower Allegheny City as a riot erupts. Reports say numerous convicts are involved and clashes with authorities are ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Lower Amegheny City
Patrol Wrecked In Auto Smashup In Mobile
Lucien Hill a black truck driver faced charges of reckless driving after a collision with a police patrol at Madison and exception streets. The truck and patrol were damaged and towed to the station. Chauffeur Woodpeck and Officer Marshal were injured. Williams and Nicks, both black, were mentioned in connection with prior stabbing and pursuit by deputies Bernstein and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucien Hill
Madison
Exception
Texas
Williams
Nicks
Mobile
Bernstein
Reverend Dr J A Hicks Dies After Long Service In Jackson
Dr J A Hicks age 72 native of Clarke county Alabama a veteran surgeon for Southern Railway at Jackson and elder in the Presbyterian church for fifty years died Monday at 6 30 am in a local infirmary. He leaves a widow Mrs Minnie three sons J C G B Hicks A D C and Dr J K Hicks of Jacksonville Fla a daughter Mrs R C Kirk of Mobile a sister Miss Annie Hicks three grandchildren and other relatives. The body is at Burke and will be sent to Alabama this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hicks
Clarke County
Ala
Southern Railway
Jackson
Masonic and Eastern Fraternity
South Alabama
Minnie
J. C
G. B. Hicks
J. K
Young Seaman Receives Light Sentence in Goods Theft Case
Howard A. Hill, a crew member aboard the Bessemer, pleaded guilty to stealing various articles from the vessel including a typewriter and navigation books. Federal Judge Robert T. Ervin gave four months in jail, citing Hill's youth and age of about 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard A. Hill
Shipping Board
Bessemer
Robert T. Ervin
Federal Court
Ervin
Tug Hukey To Tow Vessel For Repairs To Orange
The tug Hukey departed Ile last night headed for Orange Texas to tow the cargo Wassaic to motor repairs. The move was announced this morning at the shipping board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hukey
Ile
Orange
Texas
Wassaic
Shipping Board
Prisoner Walter Wiggerfall Convicted in Dish Theft Case
Walter Wiggerfall, in Mobile county jail, was convicted in inferior criminal court of stealing dishes used for meals. Eleanor Jackson, another inmate, befriended him and sent food. Wiggerfall allegedly delivered dishes to Mary Lena Finch. Judge Clarke imposed 30 days on Wiggerfall and a receiving stolen property charge on Jackson. Alfred Leachart also faced a related case for stealing $35 from Frank Singleton. Evidence showed Singleton rode him from Chickasaw to Plateau and later found the money bag missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wiggerfall
Mobile County
Inferior Criminal Court
Wiggerfall
Eleanor Jackson
Mary Lena Finch
Plateau
Clarke
Alfred Lacheart
Frank Singleton
Singleton
Chickasaw
Leacheart
Cobb Represents Mobile At Rate Hearing At Capital
R. G. Cobb traffic manager of Mobile attended a conference in Montgomery with commercial rate men and Alabama Public Service Commission regarding tariffs published by the rail part of the state. The Meridan Alabama case is noted as a factor in the proceedings. A boost is projected for shipments to and from Mobile within about 200 miles. The conference will decide if further action will delay the advanced charges set to take effect in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Cobb
Montgomery
Alabama Public Service Commission
In Commerce Commission
Meridian-Alabama
Mobile
Mallory Cuts Rates From East to New Orleans
The Mallory line announced rate reductions on several commodities shipped to New Orleans, aligning with a Morgan line cut and signaling a market-wide tariff adjustment. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau reported the move based on word from New York officials. Slight reductions are expected once the supplement tariff is prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallory
Morgan Line
New Orleans
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Steamship Company
New York
Mobile
Road machinery shipped for Mobile county work
State road department sends machinery to Mobile county for immediate use in road projects. The load includes a concrete mixer ten road wagons and twenty harness sets. At Glendon gravel pit a ten ton Holt tractor an elevating grader and six dump wagons arrive to improve gravel handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County
Stateway Department
Glendon
Transfer Hearing Set In Mobile Wood Bankruptcy Case
The Mobile Wood Products corporation bankruptcy case filed here will be transferred to the federal court of southern Indiana at the request of the trustee's attorneys. The motion for transferral was entered Friday and taken under consideration by Judge Ervin. The order granting the motion was entered today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Wood Products Corporation
Federal Court of
Southern Indiana
Ervin
Practical Joker Shot by Victim in Tennessee
In Sidonia near Dresden a year old joke by 65 year old W. J. Bailey led Will Knott to shoot Bailey five times, two striking him. Bailey will recover. He had told Knott the tv sheriff had a writ, prompting a return to town after a year and the fatal joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nasaville
Tenn
W. J. Bailey
Will Knott
Sidonia
Dresden
Knott
Bailey
Ott
Alabama Day Agent Shot From Ambush
Edward Howell, a deputy portoration law enforcement officer, was shot and killed in an ambush near a river about a mile from the location in Chattanooga Tennessee. The incident occurred July 18 as authorities described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Chattanooga
Tenn
Edward Howell
No Man's Land road bill eyed for city control
Mobile senators and the board of revenue plan to push a No Man's Land street paving bill at a special session. The measure shifts responsibility for Dauphin Way paving from county to city, with property owners already contributing 2500 dollars and the county 5000 dollars. The city has refused maintenance, and the county had begun partial paving. A similar bill failed last session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No Man’s Land
Dauphin Way
John Craft
Board of Revenue
No Man's Land
Mobile
Craft
Wale
Gatas
Pune
Copmaton
Ceedathire Railway Company
Clarke County
Washington County
Mobile Board of Revenue
State Highway Commission
Mobile County
Washington Commissioners
State Commission
John Brown Leaves W Virginia Promptly
Williamson West Virginia July 18 Brown international organizer of the United Mine Workers of America and one of three union men directed to leave West Virginia by tonight left Williamson Saturday night With 48 hours leeway before expiration of the time limit set by Major Tom Davis commanding Mingo county under martial law Brown will take charge of District 19 United Mine Workers according to Phillip Murray international vice president of the union Robb international financial agent and Gilmore organizer were winding up their business in Mingo Sunday preparatory to their departure today Robb will return to Terre Haute Indiana and Gilmore will go to Colorado Murray said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
W. Va
Brown
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Tom Davis
Mingo County
United Mine Workers
Phillip Murray
David Robb
Robert Gilmore
Mingo Sunday
Robb
Terre Haute
Ind
Gilmore
Colorado
Murray
Miners in Tent Colonies Count 1302 In Mingo County
A census by state police under Captain J. R. Brockus finds 1,302 people living in tents east of Charleston in Mingo county. The tally lists 311 men 284 women and 707 children, housed in tents provided by the United Mine Workers of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Mingo County
J. R. Brockus
Williamson
United Mine Workers of America
American firms seek German cable rights
Berlin July 18. Reports say Mackay company negotiations mirror Western Union and Comercial Cable talks for a direct Germany United States cable. The Lokal Anzeiger notes two American firms are also pursuing establishment of an American wireless station in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Mackay Company
Germany
United States
Lokal Anzeiger
Western Union
Comercial
Death for a Death Fate of Moonshiner
Pineville Kentucky July 18 In the doorway of his cabin on Brownie's creek three miles east of Cubago Henry Wilson 44 an alleged moonshiner was shot and killed at daybreak today by a posse of revenue men and state officers sent to arrest him Wilson who escaped from the Mount Vernon road camp in Castle county June 5 returned to his old home and again engaged in moonshining operations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Brownie’s Creek
Cubago
Henry Wilson
Wilson
Mount Vernon Road
Castle County
Gibbons Signed to Fight Carpentier in New York
A brief sports note reports Tom Bons of St. Paul Minnesota signed to fight Georges Carpentier in New York. The item mentions the signing date and location with sparse OCR errors in the surrounding lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbons
Carpentier
New York
Tom Bons
St. Paul, Minn
Sear
Other Offers For Muscle Shoals In Sight Says Weeks
Secretary Hoover said the government expects other private offers for the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant. Henry Ford has proposed a 190 year lease at 1.5 million dollars annually plus 5 million cash. Dupont and several chemical and power firms are considering but have not submitted definite proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Muscle Shoals
Henry Ford
Hoover
Dupont
Prompt Action Needed to End Pellagra Gains
Diversified foods must be supplied to famine sufferers in the south to prevent many thousands of fatalities among pelagra victims. Health officials warn that 6 000 to 10 000 sufferers have little chance to survive without relief. The starvation diet of salt pork corn meal and molasses in one crop states drives pelagra risk, while diversification reduces danger. Red Cross readiness noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South
United States Public Health
Health Department
Goldberger
Health Service
Sald
Emt
Mississippi
Louisi- Poe
Red Cross
Eva Kaber Feels Slightly Better After Night in Custody
Cleveland Ohio July 13 reporting a slight improvement in the condition of Eva Catherine Kaber who was sentenced to life for the murder of her husband Daniel F. Kaber. She slept a little and ate sparingly following return to her cell after the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Eva Catherine Kaber
Daniel F. Kaber
Bride of Eleven Days Killed When Auto Turns Over
MEMPHIS Tenn July 18 Mrs Dick Rather bride of 11 days was killed and her husband seriously injured when their automobile turned turtle pinning them underneath Doctors say Rather will recover The Rathers were married in St Louis The bride was a daughter of Miss Edna Liebdieck of that city
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Memphis
Tenn
Dick Rather
Rather
Rathers
St. Louis
Poey
Edna Liebdieck
Gravette released on seven thousand dollar bond
Gravette, accused of manslaughter in the killing of his father John M Gravette, was released today on a $7,000 bond after a preliminary hearing where he claimed self defense. The case centers in Newport Arkansas with Gravette a prominent landowner and farmer.
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Newport
Ark
Gravette
John M. Gravette
Road extends note issue maturity in Texas
In Texas the maturity of its 650000 dollars of 5 percent unsecured notes is extended from October 10, 1921 to October 10, 1922. Interest on the extension period is one half per cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Inxas
Labor forms tenant protection group in Savannah
Savannah reports rents holding firm with some increases. The Trades and Labor Assembly, uniting Savannah union groups, plans to organize a Protective Association to safeguard tenants against rising rents and related pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Trades and Labor Assembly
Sines Asin Guar
Tas
Five tar and feather attacks shock the South
Reports detail five separate tar and feathering and whipping incidents by masked men over a weekend. Victims include Richard Johnson a 68 year old farmer near Warrensburg Missouri and Mrs Beuslar Johnson in Texas. Also Rev Philip S Irwin in Miami Florida and R F G Scott near Beaumont Texas were assaulted. Suspects wore white uniforms and conical headgear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Richard Johnson
Warrensburg
Beuslar Johnson
Liberty
Bend
Ten Xan
Philips. Irwin, White
English Episcopal Church
Miami
Fla
Florida
R. F. G. Scott
Deweyville
Beaumont
Texas
Scott
Farmhand Whipping Stuns Warrensburg as Three Masked Men Strike
Richard Johnson a 68 year old retired farmer was seized whipped and stripped by three masked men Saturday night near his son's farm in Warrensburg Missouri. Two workers were bound while Johnson was led into the woods and severely punished then told to leave the country. Johnson said he recognized the attackers. no arrests have been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrensburg
Richard Johnson
Johnson
First Woman Victim in Dallas Tar Ring Case
Dallas July 18 report notes Mrs Beulsh Johnson as the first woman victim in a tar ring incident with ongoing coverage and details continuing on page seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Beulsh . Johnson
Right to absorb subsidiary line under interstate ruling
Chesapeake and Ohio Northern seeks authority from the Interstate Commerce Commission to unite operations with Chesapeake and Ohio. The parent company owns the smaller line and outlines tentative plans while inviting commission guidance if the plans prove unsatisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Northern Railroad
Chesapeake ,and Ohio
Interstate Ferce Commission
War Secretary approves Rhodes discharge without honor
Secretary of War Weeks said he will not disapprove the discharge with out honor given to George F P Rhodes of West Virginia at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia last week He denied Rhodes claims of an promised honorable discharge and noted Rhodes was discharged after a complaint of mistreatment and after Colonel F S B was removed from command Weeks labeled Rhodes a trouble maker and expressed relief at his exit from the army
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weeks
George FP. Rhodes
West Virginia
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Rhodes
Fort Oglethorpe
Moonshine Labeled Found in Ice Cream Tub
Texarkana Ark July 18 Robert Vizer was held by Commissioner Graham for violating federal prohibition laws after moonshine was found hidden in an ice cream freezer and evidence was scattered when his wife smashed the pantry with a hammer to destroy it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ark
Robert Vizer
Graham
Peace Talks Hover Over Ireland as De Valera Visits
London reports indicate Prime Minister Lloyd George meets with Eamon de Valera at 10 Downing Street to press for peace talks. Ulster premier Craig joins later as Britain seeks a general peace conference while Irish self determination remains a core demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd George de Valera
Downing Street
London
Associated Press
Eamona de Valera
Lloyd George
No. 10
James C
Ulster
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera
James Craig
Hudson In Prison Denies Killing Two Stepsons
Glen M. Hudson, jailed in Macon for the murder of his two stepsons Robert Temple 10 and Isaiah Temple 14, insists on his innocence despite a wife’s alleged confession. She claims he killed the boys after learning they ate a forbidden watermelon. Large crowds gathered at Bibb county jail while Hudson was moved from Albany to prevent mob violence. Mrs. Hudson remains in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Glen M. Hudson
Hudson
Albany
Little Rock Woman Held After Boy Killed During Melon Raid
In Little Rock Arkansas on 1 July 18 Mrs Anne Snyder aged 30 is held without bail after the killing of 12 year old Thomas Stoval during a water melon raid on her father's patch. Police say Stoval was among several youths involved in the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Anne Snyder
Thomas Stoval
Sweethearts Drown In Mississippi Eddy
Memphis July 11 8 Searchers have not yet found the bodies of Miss Gladys Smith and her fiancé James P Rainey who drowned in the Mississippi eddy yesterday. The couple were engaged to be married. she stepped into a deep pool and was pulled under Rainey tried to save her and both died in the current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Gladys Smith
James P. Rainey
Mississippi
Rainey
Miss Smith
Eight People Hurt in Two Nashville Auto Accidents
Eight persons were injured in two automobile accidents in Nashville Tennessee on Sunday. An 11 year old girl Mabel Lannom suffered a fractured skull and is not expected to recover after a car crashed into a telephone pole. Dr B P Gilbert and son R P Gilbert sustained internal injuries when their car was struck by a train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Mabel Lannom
B. Pp. Gilbert and
R. P. Gilbert
Doctor Fined for Racing with Stork
A brief note reports a doctor fined after an incident described as racing with a stork. Details are unclear due to garbled text but the event involves a medical professional and a traffic or speed related sanction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STORK
Prison Fire at Ohid Penitentiary Sparks Tourist Alarm
A massive blaze broke out at the Ohid Penitentiary with guards securing the scene and calls for medical aid. A crowd gathered as the fire raged along the Olio River, with inmates seen at windows calling for help and two watchtowers involved in the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franceis
Sproul
Detta
Stee
Jueta
Jueta the Penitentis
Olio
Ae - Mar
Warth
Near East Relief to Collect Grain for Armenia Victims
Chicago July 13 Five million bushels of wheat and corn for destitute Armenians will be gathered by Near East Relief in cooperation with cultural organizations. Alonzo E. will lead the drive in Chicago with a collection period from Be to October, modeled after a previous spring campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Armenia
Alonzo
Hes
Spanish Surrender of Florida FET in Pensacos Public Squares
Fragmentary report notes a public surrender event in Florida areas with undefined participants. References Pensacos and a program scene four render, but details remain unclear and names or dates are unreadable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacos
Bandits Take Shirt Off Victim in Memphis
Brief, unclear crime note from Memphis describes bandits taking a shirt from a victim as part of a reported incident. Details are fragmented and names or dates are unreadable. The report emphasizes a theft during the attack.
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Jowall
Cal
Penns
Alshoney
Patrol
L-A. Hicks
Cobb
East Meeting
Orleans
John Brown
W. Virginia
U. S. Public Health Department
Eva Kaber
Ireland
Charles M. M’cann
United Press
Ohid
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