City Barber Ordinance Questioned in Mobile Legal Fight
Defense counsel argues the barber trade ordinance is unconstitutional and inconsistent with state and federal law. Four defendants see their cases postponed to July 25 as prosecutors consider amending the warrant and trial dates.
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Mobile
W. H. Cowan
Recorder’s Court
BE. Long
Lewis Fuchs
G. W. Miller
Willis Burlock
C. W. Tompkins
Alabama
Escort for body of late Coast Guard commander
The body of Commander Bixby Lagatenad will be taken from Mobile to his native home in Boston by a Coast Guard escort. He died Tuesday and had many friends in Mobile where he was well known. He previously served with Coast Guard personnel here before his Pascagoula station.
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O Stee Patel
Biscagouin
Boston
Coast Guard Seanad
Bixby
Mobile
Coast Guard
Pascagoula
Kiwanis Club Lunch Features Dental Health Talk
The Kiwanis Club held its weekly lunch with informal talks and vocal selections. Dr. Richard Kirk urged opening a dental clinic for Mobile school children and discussed preventive dentistry. P O Davis of Auburn spoke briefly as Kiwanis publicity director guest. Earl H reported on Mobile Week publication aims.
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Kiwanis Club
Richard Kirk
Mobile
Earl H
Mobile Week
Siies
P. O. Davis
Auburn
Kiwanis
Mobile signs Rolla Maple and notes Koob injury
New mound announcement says Mobile club secured Rolla Maple a left handed pitcher formerly with Louisville of the American Association and St Louis of the American League. Maple may start this afternoon against New Orleans. Manager Rudy Hulswitt also reports Ernie Koob out several days with an infected foot.
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Rolla Maple
Louisville
St. Louis
Rudy Hulswitt
New Orleans
Hulswitt
Ernie Koob
Road Payroll Payout to State Highway Workers
G. E. Stone county treasurer issued checks totaling nearly $619,000 to road hands and county employees linked to state highway department road work. The payroll is distributed twice monthly.
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Stone
G. E. Stone
State Highway Department
Co op Cooperation Meeting Held at Post Office
A cooperation meeting is reported to be addressed at the post office with attendees said to be present.
Rights of way delays haunt state road funding panel
W H Reynolds criticizes Mobile county board of revenue for delaying rights of way for state aid roads. A D Davis replies the board has done all possible and notes repeated assurances that rights of way would be obtained imminently. Page 14 details the dispute over Calvert and other projects and state funding.
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Mobile County Board of Revenue
W. H. Reynolds
Inter-Civic Committee
A. D
Reis
Calvert
Nelle
Guadematlee
Davis
Gasoline Heists Reported Around Canal Street
W S Armstrong complains to police that his auto tank was drained of gasoline three times yesterday while parked at Canal street foot. He says thieves took six gallons on the first two visits and three gallons on the third. Other drivers in the area report similar losses.
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W. S. Armstrong
St. Louis Street
Canal Street
Bates and Hartwell Invited to Camp Taylor Supper
Mayor Cecil F Bates and Commissioner Harry T Hartwell are invited to attend a campfire supper at Camp Taylor tomorrow night announced by the recreation department. The department is supervising a two weeks' activity of girls there. After the girls camp ends this week Boy Scouts will occupy the camp for the rest of the summer.
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Cecil F. Bates
Harry T. Hartwell
Camp Taylor
Es of Recreation
Condahvntie
Harbor Work Advances in Haifa Port Project
Work on Haifa harbor to accommodate 30 foot draft and create 200 acres for anchorage has begun and is planned for completion in 1933. The project will provide employment for about 2,000 workers.
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Haifa
Palestine
Haifa E
Toland Road Survey Completed for Cedar Point Bridge Plan
County engineer John R. Peavy announced the preliminary survey for paving Cedar Point road toward a bridge to Dauphin Island. The work follows authorization by the county board and will take several days for office processing before a formal report to the revenue and road commission.
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County Engineering Department
Cedar Point
Mobile Bay Boosters' Club
Dauphin Island
John R. Peavy
Mobile County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Peavy
Pure Oil Firm to Guild New $20,000 Tanks
Jett-Quill Construction won multiple contracts in Mobile area. Contracts include building oil storage tanks near a new $10,000 state docks for $20,000 a bridge sheet piling job in Pole Cat Bay for $8,000 and a county railway bridge project near Plateau for $5,000 under a joint plan to protect roadways from washouts.
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Mobile
Jett-Quill
James T. Quill
Oduaa Ten Cla
Quill
Mobile Bay Bridge Company
Omile Leaves Albany for Des Moines Flight
Phoebe L Omile a 26 year old New York filer leaves Albany for Des Moines Iowa in a small cabin plane. Her flight carries 40 gallons of gasoline and five quarts of oil for a five cylinder radial engine. She plans refueling stops at Syracuse Cleveland and South Bend and aims to arrive tomorrow morning. She was the only woman pilot in Detroit national air races last year and reached the west coast.
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Albany
WN. Y
Phoebe L., Omife
New York
Des Moines
Iowa
Syracuse
Cleveland
South Bend
Ind
Detroit
Premier Ramsay MacDonald aims to speed naval talks with U S
London July 18 Premier Ramsay MacDonald told the house he is pressing to speed up naval disarmament negotiations with the United States so an announcement may be made before Parliament rises at month end though he is unsure if that will be possible.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
United States
Culloden Youth Killed When Steve Explodes
Marion Wilson, 21, died from a blast in a room at Culloden Georgia as Steve exploded. Three others escaped unharmed and were being treated for injuries.
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Steve
Culloden
Marion Wilson
Wilson
United Aircraft acquires Sikorsky Aviation Firm
United Aircraft completes acquisition of Sikorsky Aviation, expanding its air firm portfolio and control over vertical takeoff and helicopter operations, signaling a strategic consolidation in aircraft manufacturing and defense contracting.
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Sikorsky Aviation Company
United Aircraft
Eight Die As Colorado Express Wreck Submerges
Officials report eight killed in the Chile Colorado express wreck near Stratton Colorado. Seven passengers and a Pullman porter perished after a bridge failure sent a submerged coach into a swollen stream. Injuries mounted as survivors crawled from wreckage and foggy floodwaters hampered rescue efforts.
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Chicago
Rock Island Lines
Colorado Express
Stratton
Colo
Rock Island and Pacific
Here
Commission rules private car moves illegal under ICC ruling
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that transportation of private passenger cars by one railroad for another free or below tariff rates violates federal law. The inquiry will determine if such moves discriminate by charging only with ordinary passenger accommodations, making it unjustly discriminatory.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Priva
Ordh
Five British Airmen Hurt in Fog Crash
Five Royal Air Force airmen were seriously injured when their giant plane crashed in fog near Aldershot England. The mishap occurred today during routine flight operations with reports noting the wreckage at a Royal Army airfield area northeast of Aldershot. Police and medical teams rushed to the scene as investigators began relief and safety measures.
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Aldershot
Eng
Royal Air Force Virginia
Grips Found In Rail Yard After Theft Suspect Sighting
Police recovered two grips containing clothes valued at 200 in the Gulf Mobile and Northern yard. A white man reportedly threw the grips from a train and directed an associate to retrieve them.
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Gulf, Mobile & Northern
Cop College Aims to Sharpen New York Police
New York police commissioner Grover A. Whalen plans a September opening for a police college near headquarters. The school will train officers in detective work traffic administration horsemanship and legal procedures to counter smarter criminals entering the big business of crime.
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New York College For Policemen
New York
Grover A. Whalen
New York City
Debonair
Cop College
Police
Whalen
Rumors of Soviet Setback in Manchuria Reach London
July 18 reports from London and Shanghai describe rumors that Soviet troops were repulsed near the Amur River as tensions flare over Manchuria. Chinese officials in Shanghai note severed Moscow China relations and disrupted Harbin communications amid a tightening crisis.
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London
The
Daily Mail Today
Peking
Amur River
Manchuria
Shanghai
Moscow
China
Harbin
Russia China breach risks open war over railway
A foreign office spokesman said the rupture between Russia and China could lead to war, noting Russia’s push to protect its interests in Peiping and Mukden as Chinese Eastern Railway stakes loom life or death. Meanwhile Swedish aviator Albin Ahrenberg began a transatlantic leg from Greenland to Labrador en route to New York.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Russia
China
Peiping
Mukden
Mgtat
Greenland
Albin Ahrenberg
Stockholm
New York
Labrador
Army flier leaves Gotham for Alaska flight test
Captain Ross G. Hoyt piloting the Question Mark, a single seater, left Mitchel Field at 2 28 p m for an Alaska endurance flight to test extending army ship pursuit range. The plan includes one hour refueling stops at Edmonton Whitehorse and Fairbanks on both legs and a six hour layover at Nome before returning.
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Army
Gotham
Alaska
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Ross G. Hoyt
Hoyt
Edmonton
Whitehorse
Yukon
Fairbanks
Nome
Patrolman Die in Gas Station Demonstration
Blackstone Massachusetts patrolman John Creighton died after a revolver safety failed during a demonstration for youths at a gasoline station. The weapon discharged and Creighton died two hours later at Woonsocket hospital.
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John
Creighton
Blackstone
Mass
Woonsocket
New Orleans Street Car Strike Sparks Arbitration Plea
Labor leaders pressed Secretary Davis to arbitrate the New Orleans street car strike as the city council met in special session to review failure to reach a working contract. Widespread sympathy actions were discussed affecting 45 000 unionized workers in Orleans Parish amid armed marshal presence and threatened escalations.
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Davis
New Orleans
Washington
W. D. Mahon
City Commission Council
Parish of
Orleans
Long
United States
Fruit Fly Crisis Prompts Oreo Board Hints of October Solution
Peat board chief L. Marlatt and Florida researchers meet with a specialist committee to study Florida fruit fly problems. Marlatt declines to detail grounds for optimism, but notes possible progress toward solving the quarantine issue by next October through heat or refrigeration methods to destroy pests.
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Washington
Quarthe
Florida
A. L. Marlatt
Department of Agriculture
Yee
Cere
Af Ayan
Port Foe
Agricul- Hyde
Else- Chais'eak Sean Eupemiate
Marlatt
H. A. Morgan
University of Tennessee
T. P. Cooper
Col Department
H. Q. Quayle
University of California
Permit Refused Trotsky Entry to England by Commons
The House of Commons refused permission for Leon Trotsky to enter England. John R. Clynes stated the decision reflected concerns over potential difficulties upon departure if his presence were allowed. Trotsky, exiled Bolshevik leader from Constantinople, was the subject of the debate in London.
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House of Commons
Leon Trotsky
England
London
Constantinople
John R. Clynes
IGE PICKETT FLAYS RITCHIE IN PROHIBITION PROBE
Marylander Ige Pickett accuses U S Prohibition enforcement of eradicating crime. In New London Conn the 71st annual rica conference refused to vote on Hoover era recommendations. Governor Richards of Carolina and others urged action while Wickersham urged federal efforts to curb manufacture and interstate shipment of intoxicants.
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New London
Conn
George. Wickersham
Dern
Utah
Richards
Carolina
Big
Virginia
Gardner
North Gates
Wickersham
Lea
Admiral Names Douglas Island Harbor Leader
The Isle of Man appoints a regional admiral named by the lieutenant of the island dominion. The small fleet today contrasts with a century past when Péel harbor overflowed with ships. The admiral’s duties include signaling and coordinating herring nets.
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Douglas
Isle of Man
Dominion
Péel
Groun
Chauffeur Wins Olson Race Then Loses to Mouitain in Globe
A Bronx chauffeur and former marathon runner Charles Olson returned home after a long world voyage aboard the liner France. He led briefly but finished behind Mouitain in the Globe race, completing a journey spanning more than 27 days.
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New York
Bronx
Charles Olson
France R
Globe
Raffaele
Know Mobile Industries Build New Paper Mill
The new paper mill in Mobile will have a capacity of 175 tons per day of kraft paper. Sponsored by the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and published with The Mobile Mercury and News-Item, the Know Mobile Better campaign promotes local industry.
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Mobile
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
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