Elizabeth Blackstone Acquitted in Manslaughter Case
Elizabeth Blackstone of Mon Le charged with manslaughter in the July 3 fatal injury of Ferdinand Whistler on Government Street. She was acquitted after testimony failed to prove negligence by the autoist. Witness B Hahn of the South Bell Telephone testified Blackstone drove at a moderate speed.
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Elizabeth Blackstone
Mon- le
Ferdinand
Whistler
Edington
Omas
Miss Blackstone
Manter
B. Hahn
Miss Black
Rates Adjusted Favorable to Port With New Rail Adjustments
New rate adjustments by Rall favor port traffic. Rates reduced for shipments from the Pacific coast to Decatur and Nash Mile, and Mobile and Ohio lowers charges on petroleum products from Shreveport Dawes Abbot and Mertz via Moe.
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Rall
Pacific Coast
Mobile
Decatur
Nash- Mle
Ohio
Petroleum
Prisoner Escapes From Atmore Farm In Alabama
A prisoner named C Chapman, 56, at Atmore Farm prison in Alabama, escaped Thursday night and was last seen heading toward Mobile. He is described as 5 foot 11, 145 pounds with a small face and projecting teeth, and was one of the honor prisoners at the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atmore
Ala
Ile
Chapman
Mobile
Apman
Carolina man found guilty of second degree murder
Kenansville North Carolina July 18 Stephen English 24 year old farmer was found guilty of second degree murder in Duplin superior court for beating his wife to death. He received a sentence of 20 to 30 years in state prison.
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Carrolina
Kenansville
N. C
Stephen English
Duplin Superior Court
Boxer's killer charge dropped in Buchanan death
In Newport Kentucky County Judge C G Matz dismissed a technical manslaughter charge against Jimmy Neale Cincinnati junior welterweight who knocked out Sammy Buchanan Waycross Georgia in Dayton Kentucky. The coroner linked Buchanan's death to cerebral hemorrhage possibly from ring exertion and not from Neale's blows. Buchanan's relatives telegraphed a plea for Neale's release claiming a fair match.
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Newport
C. G. Mathzez
Jimmy Neal
Cincinnati
Sammy Buchanan
Waycross
Dayton
Matz
Eto
Buchanan
Neale
Weather Summary for Alabama and Mississippi
Local fair tonight with partly cloudy conditions Saturday. Temperatures steady with slight river rise in the Tombigbee and its branches. In the south portion expect partly cloudy skies and warm winds.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Tombigbee
Zular
Bema
Gala Time Promised Children Saturday Gala Time
Mobile children plan to attend a Saturday matinee at Saenger Theatre in a club event organized by Mrs. Car Klinge and Agnes Griffin. The Hardie Ice Cream Company will provide refreshments as part of the program, announced Friday by the city recreation department.
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Saenger
Mobile
Saenger Theatre- Mobile
Car Klinge
Theiity Recreation
Agnes Griffin
Hardie Ice Cream Company
Eka Eee Hose Club
Court Resets Trial Of Gar Driver In Collision
Clyde Buford of Chickasaw faces a reckless driving charge after his car hit a horse and wagon driven by David Newell of Spring Hill on St Stephens Road and Lexington Street. The trial was postponed to July 23 because Newell was injured and could not attend. Mrs S Torres was fined 100 dollars and 30 days in jail for driving drunk.
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Clyde Buford
Chickasaw
David Newell
Spring Hill
St. Stephens Road
Lexington Street
Recorder’s Court
Newell
City Hospital
S. Torres
Recorder
Heat wave in Southern California claims seven lives in five days
Los Angeles reports seven heat deaths in five days with the first sunstroke fatality in 23 years. An Arizona and Lower California low pressure system is expected to push heat into the region, worsening conditions after a brief breeze yesterday. Lloyd Eldridge, 25, an oil field worker, died on a Montbello derrick, with Imperial Valley contributing three deaths due to the heat.
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Los Angeles
California
Mojave
Weather Bureau
Arizona
Westerday
Lloyd Eldridge
Montgbello
Los Angeles County
Imperial Valley
Delegates Leave City for Southern Car Service Officers Meet
Delegates from the Southern Association of Car Service Officers depart at 6 a m Friday aboard the tug Protector for a fishing trip to Dauphin Island to cap a two day convention in the city. The gathering opened with business and discussions on per diem demurrage car service and mileage rules. Chattanooga was chosen for the next meeting in March with I R White of Augusta Ga presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Association of Car Service Officers
Protector
Dauphin Island
Chattanooga
I. R. White
Augusta
Georgia and Florida Railroad
R. G. Parks
Atlanta
Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad
J. R. Mangham
John T. Cochrane
Earthquake Near Rangoon Kills or Injures Fifty
Fifty people are believed dead or severely injured after a strong quake 60 miles north of Rangoon in Tharrawaddy district. Many houses collapsed and the village of Letpadan was badly shaken.
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Rangoon
Burma
Tharrawaddy
Letpadan
Mobile Agents Seize Car And Whiskey After Chase
Mobile agents seized a car and 10 gallon kegs of whiskey after a Friday morning chase. The pursuit extended to Morgan near Conception streets as the suspect fled on speed. The driver, described as a negro male, jumped from the vehicle and was captured. another person was taken to jail.
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Mobile
To Morgan
Conception Streets
Sato
Shaka Ke
Market Rally Ends Losses as May-June Setbacks Recede
The stock market regained strength in the last hour with many issues climbing to new highs while some pivotal shares faltered. About half of May-June losses are recovered and traders anticipate a breathing spell. Sentiment among commission houses turned cautious as profits were taken and a technical pullback was discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude A. Jagger
Associated Press
New York
Commission House
Bulla
Sarnoff
Radio Corp
Radio Industryiag
General Motors
Granby
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum to Resume Stone Mountain Work
Atlanta July letters reveal Gutzon Borglum agrees to return to Stone Mountain carving project if J L McCord heads a reconstituted committee and if owners grant extra space and time. Borglum promises to resume and discuss plans on one week’s notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Gutzon Borglum
Stone Mountain
J. L. McCord
Chamber of Commerce Committee
H. Venable
Norris to decide senate race after Nebraska court ruling
Washington July 1. Senator George W Norris faces a court appeal at Nebraska to determine his course for the forthcoming election. A man named Norris appears on the Republican ballot as a senatorial candidate, and the outcome could push the senator to run as an independent if the court does not strike the duplicate name.
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Washington
George W. Norris Awas
Nebraska Court
Euictionn
Norris
Moses Scores Hoover Stand On Arms Pact
New Hampshire Senator Moses Bucan denounces President Hoover and Secretary Stimson for denying the Senate access to confidential arms treaty negotiations. The New Hampshire solon accuses the administration of affront and vows to press for information as the Senate debates limits on discussion of the London pact.
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Moses Scores
Hoover
Senate
New Hampshire
Solon
Moses
Bucan
Watson
Jenay
Moses Lee
Yme
Stimson
Governor orders special grand jury for Emelle race riot probe
Governor Bibb Graves calls a Sumter County grand jury into a special session to investigate July 4 disorders at Emelle that left two white men and four Black residents dead. The inquiry will cover law officers, participants, and the sheriff and solicitor’s offices.
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Graves
Emelle
Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
B. F. Elmore
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
John J. Hayes
Lawrence H. Lee
Walter K. McAdory
Potter E. Smith
Elmore
Sumter County
Grand Jury
Sheriff's Department
Solicitor’s Office
Clarence Boyd
Grover Boyd
Clarence
Esau Robertson
John Newton Robertson
Charlie Marrs
Suit Hearing Over Coronado Crew Death Damages
A damage suit related to the death of Joe Orso, a crewman on the steamer Coronado, is before the federal court. Orso fell through a hatch during Pensacola repairs. The seaman’s estate seeks damages from the government while Bruce Dry Dock Co is blamed by the Shipping Board.
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Joe Orso
Shipping Board
Coronado
Pensacola
Theovernment
Bruce Dry Dock Company
Theodore Picnic Speeches Planned By Sunday School
The Sunday school of the First Baptist church at Theodore will host a Friday night picnic. Several candidates for local office are scheduled to speak and refreshments will be served.
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Theodore
The
First Baptist Church
156 Year Old Turk Arrives in America for Science Probe
A Turkish man galled Zara Agha, claimed by relatives to be 156, lands in America to undergo medical and scientific study. He recounts long life events from wars to marriages, noting 12 wives and 36 children, with one daughter still living.
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America
Zaro Agha
A. Microk
Seara
Ahmet Mussa
Zaro Ahga
Sinaia
Assim Refivan
Zara Agha
Thompson Campaign Tour Energizes Greene County Reach
Special to The News Item Clinton Alabama reports Thompson finished a three day campaign across the tenth district then moved into Greene and Pickens counties. Large crowds heard his call for progressive democracy while he aligned with local Democratic leaders and supporters in Aliceville Reform Carrollton and Clinton.
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Weee
Clinton
Pickens
Ala
Thompson
Tenth Congressional District
Sixth
John
H. Bankhead
Allie
Reform
Carrollton
Pickens County
Greene County
Aliceville
Capone Says He Paid Chicago Newsmen in Miami Interview
St Louis Star reports Scarface Al Capone in a Miami Beach interview claiming he paid many Chicago newsmen. The piece notes reporter Harry Brundidge is called before a Chicago grand jury over prior racketeering stories. Capone allegedly asserts Chicago police knew who killed Jake Serene and confirms payroll to press.
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Louis
8&T. Louis Star
Harry T. Brundidge
Scarface
al Capone
Miami Beach
Fla
Chicago
Brundidge
Capone
Jake Serene
Police Defied by Man Sought in Bank Theft
Memphis sees a suspect in the Birmingham Woodlawn National Bank raid contact police by phone claiming to be N. K. Pop Eye Pumphrey and challenging officers to locate him. Birmingham officials arrived to aid in tracking evidence after a bandit car was sighted near Jasper, Alabama, heading toward Memphis with a youth also sought for questioning.
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Memphis
Tenn
N. K
Pumphrey
Woodlawn-American National Bank
Birmingham
Fred McDuff
Milton McDuff
Birmingham Identification Bureau
McDuff
Jasper
Ala
Massive 20-Foot Python Looses In Sea Breeze Resort
In Rochester New York on July 18 a 20 foot 200 pound python escaped its packing case prompting a large search by 200 residents, police, and deputies. The creature deemed non poisonous but capable of strangling, led to indoor warnings for women and children and halted local activity while Peter Gruber led expert search teams along Lakeshore to Irondequoit Bay.
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Rochester
W. Y
Sea Breeze
Hayes
Peter “Rattlesnake
Pete” Gruber
Ake Shores
Lrondequoit Bay
Belle Gunness hoax debunked by friends in Mississippi
In Jackson Mississippi intimates deny a Harrison county widow is Belle Gunness the Indiana killer. Sheriff Moore failed to confirm any arrest and authorities say no definite link to Gunness exists, despite past reports of sightings and a farm fire two decades ago.
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Jackson
Miss
Harrison County
Mississippi
Belle Gunness
Indiana
Peoria
Ill
South
Wolfriver
Thomas Moore
Hinds County
Laporte
Ind
Gunness
Belle Guinness
Moore
William Ray
Belle Gunnassy
Lamphere
Typhoon Hits Isle Tokyo and Causes Widespread Damage
Nagasaki prefecture reports heavy loss of seafarers in the typhoon that swept lower Japan. Sea boats sank in Nagasaki harbor with multiple bodies recovered. Many public buildings including prefectural headquarters were unroofed or damaged. The typhoon moved toward Korea with reports of landslides and extensive floods.
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Tokyo
Nagasaki Prefecture
Home Ministry
Sorel
Japan
Nagasaki
Korea
Koreas
Two Cars Recovered From Stolen Moblie Owner Vehicles
Police officer Tom Kruze recovered two stolen automobiles from Mobile owners within a week. One car was taken from A Straus on 118 St. Joseph Street and found abandoned near the old concrete shipyard. The other, stolen Thursday night from S Radcliffe on Ashland Place, was located at Wi C Avenue and Maryland Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Kruze
A. Straus
St. Joseph Street
S. Radcliffe
Ashland Place
Conception
Street
Wi C Avenue
Maryland T
Lampert Succumbs After Wisconsin Congressman Dies in Wreck
Chicago July 18 Wisconsin Congressman Floriat Lampert from the sixth Wisconsin district died today from injuries suffered in an automobile accident ten days earlier while en route to his Washington assignment. He was 67.
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Chicago
Floriat Lampert
Wisconsin
Washington
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Lizabeth Blackstone
Keted
Ferdinand Omas
Atmore Farm
Ted
U 199
Columbus
Woolworth
London
Maysie Gasque
John Roland Robinson
Celumh
Desert
Car Service Officers
France
Francis M. Stephenson
Stanmore
Woodley
Joe Oren
Constantinople
Kiushin
Lampert
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