Arms Pact Foes Weaken in Senate Fight
A police probe follows a burglary at Spring Hill Drug Company as cash and merchandise were stolen, cigarettes and fountain pens among the items. Officers fired at a suspect in the yard of A L Morgan at 1514 Duval Street after a late Friday night pursuit. The intruder escaped. the inquiry continued.
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A. L. Morgan
Duval Street
Mr. Morgan
Donahue and Miller
Spring Hill Drug Company
Spring Hill
40 and 8 Elect Officers for State Convention
Officers elected include Hol Yarborough chef de train Joe Stig correspondent Harry Kemp teur Bill Foster gardela Rooney Adler lampiste Ben Goeee voyaguer Al bert Gill Jimmie Parks Dr. Alvin Dannheisser and others It was announced the state 40 and 8 will hold their wreck a state convention in Montgomery on Sunday night July 29 Most of the Lamar t members expressed intention to attend the state convention.
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Hol Yarborough
Joe Stig
Harry Kemp
Bill Foster
Gardela
Rooney Adler
Lampiste
Ben Goeee Voyaguer
Albert Gill
Jimmie Parks
Alvin Dannheisser
Eheminats Locauzx
Montgomery
Lamar T
Local Candidates Speak At League Meeting
Several candidates for local offices will address the Mobile County League of Women Voters at the YMCA Monday morning. The program begins at 10 o clock after a brief business meeting, with Sheriff candidate Alderteen Avade opening. Other speakers include Dr. Matt Boykin J J Martin Ed OConnell W W Bolton and Frank White from Dauphin. The event is open to the public.
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Mobile County League of Women Voters
Y.mic.a
James H. Hagan
League
Alerdeen Avade
Matt Boykin
J. J. Martin
Ed O'Connor
W. W. Bolton
Frank White
White
Dauphin
Plan Motorcade for Local Auto Group to Montana Convention
Plan was laid Friday for a local American Legion motorcade to Montana for a convention from the 28th to the 30th. Douglas C. Harris coordinates the trip with Mobile the Sun reporting the event the morning before departure.
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Mont
Douglas C. Harris
Clark Held Here in Prohibition Violation Escape Case
A report states Clark escaped from Gail while serving a sentence for a prohibition violation, with details indicating authorities tracked the suspect to the area and are pursuing next steps.
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Clark
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Local forecast shows generally fair conditions with continued warmth. Saturday night and Sunday remain warm with partly cloudy skies in southern areas and developing cloudiness.
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Alabama
Mississippi
New Orange Rates To Be Discussed By Mobile Growers
A Tuesday meeting of satsuma growers at the Chamber of Commerce will discuss new orange rates from Mobile and Baldwin counties to distant points. The tariff boosts some charges and lowers others, notably proposing raising the minimum satsuma shipment weight from 24 000 to 32 000 pounds, which growers oppose as excessive for a carload. A suspension petition may follow after the hearing setup by traffic manager B G Cobb.
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Satsuma
Chamber of
Mobile
Baldwin
Chamber of Commerce
Cobb
Demopolis
Pensacola
Police seize liquor in rear of Davidson Street house
City detectives Holmes and Connick with Officer Blackman seized 40 gallons of whiskey in four ten gallon kegs behind 459 Davidson in an early hour raid. The Recorder D H Edington imposed the sentence. A total of 60 gallons has been seized in the locality. Will Evans of Knox Street was fined 101 dollars and 30 days hard labor for carrying concealed weapons.
STAR RACES RESUME AT BUCCANEER Y CLUB SUNDAY
The Mobile bay Star Class fleet restarts racing at 2 30 p m Sunday at the Buccaneer Yacht Club after a Fourth of July break. Three sloops, Jean Fairplay and Spika, will compete in two afternoon events with crews including Norman Nelson Jack Allen Berney Sherman Rody Cantey John Mandeville Price Oliver Paul Carrie and others preparing for the second half of the season.
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Mobile Bay
International Star Class Yacht Racing Association
Buccaneer Y Club
Jean
Fairplay
Spika
Norman Nelson
Jack Allen
Will
Berney Sheridan
Rody Cantey
John Mandeville
Price Oliver
Oliver
Paul Carrie
Speedy trials planned by radio commission for Grand Island offenders
Washington reports the radio commission plans speedy trials for offenders caught by the police station of the air at Grand Island Nebraska. Daily reports from the station to begin around September 1 and Commissioner Lafount will visit on July 24 to judge feasibility of the plan.
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Washington
Grand Island
Nebraska
Radio Commission
Lafount
Saenger Theatre Hosts 500 Children Matinee Club Meeting
The Saenger Theatre in Mobile opened its Matinee Club with 500 children in attendance. Miss Griffin played Faust and Der Freischutz on the organ while Marguerite Kuppersmyth presented a tale. Dances by Charlotte Bean showcased mobile recreation talent. Each child received a Hardie frozen sucker as they left.
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Saenger Theatre-Mobile
Saenger
Attendi
Faust Ant “Ana
der Freischutz
Saénger
Miss Griffin
Alay Mee
Guerite Kuppersmyth
Home Brew Seized In Prohibition Action
Federal Agent A W Hargett and Officer Rufus Cannon seized more than 100 bottles of home brew at 403 South Bearborn Street late Friday and arrested John Mullen for dry law violation. They also arrested Lockiey Hodges at 254 St Francis Street with a pint and a half of whiskey. Deputy Marshal F G Gettinger detained Louis Early after his city prison term on a federal prohibition charge.
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South Bearborn Street
A. W. Hargett
Rufus Cannon
John Mullen
Cecil
Lockiey Hodges
St. Francis Street
United States
Louis Early
Negré
Resorters Aid Search for Python Lost on Shore
Sea Breeze residents near Rochester New York joined a search today for a 200 pound two foot python that wandered into Irondequoit Bay. Local authorities and sheriffs deputies assisted with searchlights and coordinated efforts to locate the escaped reptile.
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Python
Rochester
WN. Y
Sea Breeze
Here
Irondequoit Bay
New York State
Pop Eye Pumphrey Held in Birmingham Bank Robbery
N K Pop Eye Pumphrey, 4, arrested in Hot Springs Arkansas for questioning in the $24000 Woodlawn Bank heist in Birmingham Alabama. He denied involvement, claimed Memphis ties, and said authorities should not flag him for past gun charge and pardon record.
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Birmingham
Hot Springs
Ark
N. K
Pop-Eye
Pumphrey
Woodlawn American National Bank
Ala
Herbert Akers
Memphis
Robbery at Woodlawn Bank Sparks Wary Police Search
Birmingham officers traced a Woodlawn American National Bank robbery report with Ward patrolmen named as potential suspects. A caller using the nickname Pop-Eye challenged police to arrest him, but authorities believe the call was a hoax.
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Woodlawn American National Bank
Birmingham
Pop-Eye
Juvenile Case Involves Auto Theft by Ivey
A juvenile, Ivey, was referred to the juvenile court after being taken into custody Friday for allegedly stealing an automobile from J Scully of New Orleans. The car wrecked on G M & N tracks near Michigan Avenue. Ivey admitted the theft and that brakes failed, causing a ditch crash.
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E. Tey
Ae Ree Téinstar
Ty Data
Ishington Sa Tata Penn Me
Ivey
J. Scully
New Orleans
Cawthonel
Scully
Michigan Avenue
Germany enters 90 day dictatorship amid political crisis
Berlin reports a 90 day period of real political crisis as the Reich is to be ruled by a dictatorship not responsible to parliament. Observers weigh whether President Paul von Hindenburg or Chancellor Heinrich Bruening will dominate, with possible active control by the president or governing by Bruening and the cabinet with his approval.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Paul von Hindenburg
Heinrich Bruening
Bruening
Elgin Watch Company Seeks Radio Time Signal Station
Elgin National Watch Company plans a 600 watt experimental radio station under new federal approval. The project aims to correct watches by radio as wearers move along the street and fulfill timekeeping needs in public spaces.
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Washington
Exley
Elgin National Watch Company
Elgin
Federal Radioé Commission
Ships Fired Upon in Hupeh Province Clash
Reports from July 19 describe lawless soldiers in Hupeh Province firing on ships lacking marks and not maintaining field standards. The episode signals a tense maritime situation amid ongoing regional disorder and foreign concerns.
Record Heat Warms Nation Far Above Normal Across U S
An Associated Press dispatch notes scorching July weather from the Atlantic seaboard to the Rocky Mountains. Temperatures in the upper eighties and nineties with many readings near 100 mark a heat wave across multiple states including Ohio Illinois Maryland Missouri and New York with relief expected days away.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Rocky Mountains
United States
Lancaster
Sandusky
Ohio
Hagerstown
Jefferson City
Chicago
Associated Press
Far West
Asheville
N. C
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York
Mercury
Kansas
Missouri
Weather Bureau
Conviction Upheld in Nashville Bribery Case
The Tennessee Supreme Court affirms the bribery conviction of Rainey Creswell, accused as a go-between in paying juror B. P. Osburn $200 to hang the jury in Walter Liggett’s second murder trial for Turney Cunningham’s killing. Osburn received a two to five year term. Liggett appeals his voluntary manslaughter conviction, up to five years, after a Chattanooga trial on a change of venue.
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Nashville
Tenn
The
State Supreme Court
Rainey (Coon) Creswell
Walter Liggett
Turney M. Cunningham
Creswell
B. P. Osburn
Liggett
Osburn
Cunningham
Chattanooga
Exiled Braganza Pair Stranded in Lisbon on Jamaica
Prince and Princess Peter of Braganza, banished from Portugal, remain stranded in Lisbon for nearly a week due to engine trouble on the liner Jamaica, which, after drydock, set sail for Rio de Janeiro. Dom Pedro I era ties and Brazil citizenship influence the royal predicament and enforcement.
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Portugal
Prince
Peter Orleans
Braganza
Jamaica
Brazil
Rio
Janeiro
O T Bragetna
Dom Pedro 1
Repan Jn
Dom Pedro
Yd Elnt Grasa
Bankhead faced over dual allegiance claim in Alabama race
The Montgomery Advertiser report accuses John H. Bankhead of dual allegiance tactics and claims he severed professional ties with clients, withdrawing from law practice. The piece characterizes his action as an attempt to mislead Alabama voters ahead of the United States senate election.
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Hubert, Baughn
Washington
Newesstern
Newane Perx Montgomery
Ala
John H. Bankhead
United States Senate
Alabama
Montgomery Advertiser
Frederick
Capone Ready to Face Grand Jury Says He Has Evidence
Al Capone declares he will appear before any grand jury to deny reports of his newsroom payroll and to claim he and Chicago police know who killed Jake Lingle. He dictated the statement from his prison cell amid sensational claims and media attention.
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Mpami
Fla
Alphonse Capone
Chicago
Jake Lingle
Capone
Two boats collide on Lake Michigan injure none save one girl dies
In Chicago off Rogers Park Beach a speedboat named Whoopee carrying six youths and a pilot crashes into the 14 ton yacht Scarab. Miss Betty Ayres aged 16 is killed while six others and four aboard the Scarab survive. The wreck sent the party to shore with no other serious injuries.
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Chicago
Rogers Park
Lake Michigan
Betty Ayres
Norris Wins Nebraska Battle Over Ballot Inclusion
Lincoln Nebraska July 19 insurgent Republican George W Norris defeats the grocery man from Broken Bow as the secretary of state barred the grocer from the U S senator primary ballot for missing the filing deadline. Senator Nye orders an inquiry into the Broken Bow man’s filing. Witnesses summoned for Broken Bow opening.
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Nye
Broon Man
Solon
Lincoln
Heb
George W. Norris
United States
George W
Frank Marsh
Charles A
Gerald P. Nye
Senate
Campaign Investigation Committee
Broken Bow
Norris
Senate debates amendments to naval treaty reading
Senator Johnson aided by leaders debates amendments to a naval treaty text. He asks about procedure as 20 articles are read and reservations rise. The session signals possible end of opposition as readings proceed Monday.
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Washington
London
Senate
Johnson
R Johnson
League of Nations
League
Coyote Racket Reported Across Kansas
The attorney general probes a coyote scalp racket tied to Kansas counties paying a $1 bounty for each head. Officials say the scam involves allegedly imported scalps from York and has drawn thousands of dollars from eight counties. Graham County Sheriff notes the quarter’s motion and investigation ongoing.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Graham County
York
Nashville detective wins reversal in Kinney manslaughter case
E A McBride of Memphis, a detective, secured a reversal of a voluntary manslaughter conviction against him in the Bob Joe Kinney case. Kinney, a special agent, was killed in Memphis in 1924, with McBride retried for a fourth time.
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Nashville
Tenn
E. A. McBride
Memphis
Bob Joe Kinney
Despondent Worker Falls Into Furnace at German Foundry
Despondent Oscar Woetzold a foundry employee in Meuselwitz Germany died after jumping into a molten iron furnace following credit losses and reverses in his business. The incident occurred at the last furnace in the plant.
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