Mutiny at Burnett jail leaves three dead
Twenty five witnesses, including Mrs. John B. Harrison, are summoned for the Maxwell Burnett murder trial over the June 2 slaying of John B. Harrison. Prosecutors seek to prove Burnett sane. defense plans insanity plea. William E. Crowell also faces trial July 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Burnett
John B. Harrison
Cedar
Tennessee
Seale
Sossaman
L. W. Hollis
W. H. Burnett
T. F. Dixon
D. J. Scully
Bernard Carlin
William E. Crowell
Two Slot Machines Charge Fines Set in Court
Pete Andrew of 253 North Royal street faced a $27 fine or 25 days for possessing two slot machines. Detective Mose Bernstein arrested him. T. C. Miller of 912 South Broad street was fined $15 or 15 days for disorderly conduct. Edward Howell of 855 South Warren was fined $5 for interfering with an officer. Patrolman Lige Blackman testified at Monroe Park about Miller striking Leo Rosenburg who was found unconscious and revived. Howell also interfered with Blackman during the Miller arrest.
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Pete Andrew
North Royal Street
D. H. Edington
Mose Bernstein
T. C. Miller
South Broad Street
Edward Howell
South Warren
Lige Blackman
Monroe Park
Leo Rosenburg
Miller
Blackman
Howell
Shopcraft Workers to Get Five Cent Hour Wage Increase
Justice Jennings of St Caten cs announced a wage rise of five cents an hour for Shopcraft workers of the Southern railway and the Mobile and Ohio company. About workers in Mobile are affected by the decision, retroactive to a date not specified.
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Southern Railway
Mobile &Ohio Company
Justice Jennings Y
St Caten Cs
Informa
Mocrones
Mobile
Bush Docketed on Wages Theft Charge in County Jail
George Bush, employed at the Mobile county garage, was docketed on 15 theft counts alleging theft of feed paid for county property. The alleged thefts occurred between May 16 and June 11 according to the warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bush
Mobile
Weather Update Highlights Unsettled Local Forecast
Partly cloudy and unsettled conditions expected locally through Tuesday with little temperature change. Alabama coastal areas remain partly cloudy to unsettled and the extreme northwest Florida region shows similar trends into Tuesday.
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Alabama
Florida
Public debate over Mobile county road rights of way
Dr. Matt Boykin of Mobile county board argues rights-of-way issues should be settled at board meetings not in newspapers. W. H. Reynolds, chairman of the inter-civic clubs committee, defends newspaper publicity as guarding public interests amid a 5 million dollar road program and eminent domain references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Boykin
County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
W. H. Reynolds
Inter-Civic Clubs Committee
Boykin
Mobile
Mr. Reynolds
Reynolds
Auto Found Linked to Theft In Live Oak Case
L. M. Clayton of Chun Chula Alabama reported an abandoned Chevrolet found near Chun Chula. The vehicle was later identified as stolen from Live Oak Florida on May 25. Live Oak authorities have been notified.
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L. M. Clayton
Chunchula
Ala
Pat Byrne
Live Oak
Fila
Klan Preparing to Wear Regalia in Mobile Park Event
Mobile Klan No 108 plans to wear regalia at a Monroe Park celebration Thursday while city officials insist the outfit would violate the municipal anti masking ordinance. Mayor Bates says Klansmen imply no law violations, but City Attorney Kilborn argues masking rules apply. Imperial Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans and Alabama Grand Dragon James Esdale are slated to speak.
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Mobile Klan
No. 108
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Monroe Park
Cecil F. Bates
Vincent F. Kilborn
Sheriff Fires County Traffic Officer Over Complaints
Sheriff Pat Byrne announced the revocation of Will Koster’s county traffic officer commission after multiple complaints about enforcement practices. Cecil Thames was named as Koster’s successor while Dr. Cecil Ross agreed to weekly first aid lectures for deputies.
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Will Koster
Pat Byrne
Cecil Ross
Cecil Thames
Koater
Negro Sentenced for Transporting Liquor
Howard Mays, a Black man, pleaded guilty to transporting liquor and received a sentence of one year and one day in the penitentiary. Mrs. W. H. Bryant was fined 50 dollars or 20 days for possessing home brew at a location on Dog River.
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Howard Mays
W. H. Bryant
Dog River
C of C group seeks transfer of school land for sub plant
Mobile officials push for state school land south of Theodore to be transferred to the agriculture department for an experimental farm. J F Stroud and W Itoon surveyed region without finding equal land. Henna to Montgomery to plead before the governor. Committee to call on the chief executive is to be formed.
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Mobile
J. F. Stroud
Department of Agriculture
Montgomery
Mr. Stroud
W. Tson
Theodore
Agriculture & Experiment Farm
Farm Extension Department
Henna Done
China and Soviet Tensions Rise Over Rail Dispute
The Chinese Nationalist fire office issues notes to Soviet Russia and Kellogg signatories stating China seeks peaceful settlement of the Chinese Eastern railway dispute and defends its rights while denying any war intent, accusing the Soviet Union of aggression on the border.
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Nanking
Russia
China
Russo-Chinese crisis nears clash along Manchurian frontier
AP dispatches report a tense second week with claims of Russian attacks on Manchuria’s eastern border. Japan says China will appeal to the League of Nations if Russia acts, as 3,000 white Russians and red cavalry face near Manchuk and Soviet planes are said to be fired on near Pogranichnaya.
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Associated Press
Manchurian
Manchuria
Nanking
League of Nations
Russia
Ematic
Peiping
Manchuk
Pogranchnaya
Bremen Beats Mauretania With Maiden Voyage Time
The German liner Bremen reached New York harbor entry after its maiden voyage from Cherbourg in four days 18 hours 17 minutes, beating the Mauretania by eight hours 17 minutes in the ocean crossing.
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New York
Bremen
Amsbrose
New York Harbor
Cherbourg
Bromley Lands Permit Bid For Tokyo Flight
Tokyo July 22 An application from Tecoma Washington chamber of commerce for permission for Lieutenant Harold Bromley American airman to fly over or land on Japanese soil was received by the American embassy in Tokyo and sent to the Japanese department of communications. Tachikawa air field near Tokyo is named as probable landing place. Japan pledges a cordial welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Campaign against vagrants yields woman docketings
A Saturday night and Sunday police inquiry led to multiple women being docketed. Attorney T. J. Touart obtained postponements to July 21 for Myrtle Godwin Naomi Broadus Lu ella Gray Hazel Stone Peggy O'Neil Louis Morris Ruth Jackson Maggie Jones Mrs Cecil Bradford.
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T. J. Touart
Myrtle Godwin
Naomi Broadus
Luela Gray
Hazel Stone
Peggy O'Neil
Louis Morris
Ruth Jackson
Maggie Jones
Cecil Bradford
Bicycles Held Await Identification After Mobile Theft
Police report several bicycles believed stolen in Mobile are being held as investigations continue. Officers ask owners to provide proof of ownership and descriptions to aid identification and return.
Police Diet Order Targets 500 Chicago Cops
Chicago police face a drastic reduction program ordered by Commissioner William F. Russell. About five hundred officers must lose weight or risk losing their jobs as the force shrinks to a leaner size. Russell, who has shed 17 pounds himself in six weeks, enforces a strict diet across the ranks with meals limited to lean meat vegetables fruit and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy J. Gibbons
Chicago
William F. Russell
Endurance Flight Record Attempt Ends With Leaky Oil Line
Dale Red Jackson and Forest O Brine in their St Louis Robin continued refueling endurance flight from Lambert Field beginning July 13 aiming to beat the 3 01 p m CST mark. the sister Missouri Robin landed after 117 hours 20 minutes in the air due to a leaky oil line.
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Jackson
O'Brine
O’brine
Lambert St. Louis Field
Hammer
Shelton
Several Fined Assessments Made on Prohibition Charges
Bob Irbyn and Catherine Abrams were fined 50 dollars or 20 with 90 days on violation of prohibition law. H L Maxwell was fined 25 dollars and costs of 10 days for malicious injury to property. Effie Brook and C A Brook were each fined 50 dollars and costs or 20 days on prohibition charges. Alice McAlenton and R T Crook were fined 50 dollars and costs or 20 days in recorder's court on prohibition rules.
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Bob Irbyn
Catherine Abrams
Dean
Mornon
H. L. Maxwell
Effie Brook
C. A. Brook
Alice McAlenton
R. T. Crook
Recorder’s Court
Georgia Representative Undergoes Gall Stone Surgery in Washington
Georgia representative Steele was operated on in Washington for gall stones. The procedure took place at Garfield hospital today and the physician reported the patient's condition as good.
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Georgia
Washington
Meas Steele
Garfield
Fisherman Cuts Companion From Octopus Grasp
Los Angeles July 2. A fisherman aboard near Redondo coast cut his companion free after an octopus seized him during a dive. Roy Pettibone, another fisherman, arrived to aid and helped pull him clear as the creature’s feelers clutched at him and pulled him underwater.
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Los Angeles
Oo Poe
Men Octopus
Redondo
Tordag
Wes Heaeted
Ang Boat
Roy Pettibone
Seimad
Engravings of Lyon and Franklin Turn Up in Miami Library
Steel engravings of Brigadier Nathaniel Lyon and General William B. Franklin, sought by West Point authorities, were found in Leslie J. Gregory’s library after an appeal from Major General William R. Smith. The volumes describe Lyon’s exploits at the war’s outbreak and his death at Wilson’s Creek on August 12, 1861.
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Miami
Arizona
Nathaniel Lyon
William B. Franklin
West Point
Leslie JE. Gregory
William R. Smith
Military Academy
Gregory
West Point Memorial Hall
General Calles Travels From Texas To New York
A large crowd greeted General Calles this morning after crossing into the United States at 9 o'clock. Fort McIntosh soldiers fired a 21 gun salute as he boarded a train to New York, with plans to visit France later for his health.
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Merit
Mexico
Fort McIntosh
New York
St. Louis
Calles
Raseca Madro
the International
Laredo
Two Get Terms For Chicken Theft Plea
Lonnie Williams and Lester E. Moffett pleaded guilty to stealing chickens and received six months each. They were charged with taking nine chickens from Mrs. J Clarke on Lott road and fourteen from Mrs. Lena Collins at the same location.
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Lonnie Williams
Marine Street
Lester E. Moffett
Toulminville
J. Clarke
Lott Road
Lena Collins
Wife of Returned Convict Opposes His Freedom Plea
Mrs Burns, wife of Robert Edward Burns the Chicago editor and convict returned to the Georgia chain gang, calls him a menace to society and a fraud in his World War claim. She admits tipping Chicago authorities to his identity but rejects jealousy as motive, stating he left her for another woman. Burns escaped in 1922 and later ran a magazine with a $20 000 salary, while she lent him 2500 to start it.
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Atlanta
Robert Edward Burns
Chicago
Georgia
Burns
State
Calousy
Riot at Clinton Prison Leaves Two Life Term Inmates Dead
Three convicts, two serving life terms, were killed when 1,800 inmates rioted at Clinton prison in Dannemora New York. Guards fired during five hours of unrest injuring a score of inmates then the mutineers were returned to their cells as state troopers and guards secured the scene.
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Dannemora
WN. Y
Clinton Prison
Harry M. Kaiser
Toms Border
Burwell Victorious in Local Tennis Meet
Burwell defeated opponent 6-1 6-2 as R D Little from Douglas O Keely posted the score. Billy Hughes, J L Beaver beat N J Young, J H Young 7-5 6-1. New Jeans won by default from HL Tucker Ripley Tenn and J Phares O Keely New Orleans from W H Lynn ley Tenn.
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R. D. Little
Douglas O’keely
Billy Hughes
J. L. Beaver
J. H. Young
New Jeans
HL Tucker
Ripley
Tenn
J Phares
O'Kelly
New Orleans
W. H. Lynn
Ley
Visitor wounded in alleged Maysville fight case
Allen, who said he was attacked at Vancleave, received a bullet wound in the leg and was fined $15 or 15 days for drunkenness before Recorder D. H. Semone. He reported fighting with two Negroes in Maysville. A Negro shooter was being sought by police.
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Allen
Vancleave
D. H
Maysville
Assault case against Tommie Wells postponed to Wednesday
A charge of assault and a bond against Tommie Wells, with his father as complainant, was reset to Wednesday in the inferior court. Wells and his parent Whistler are cited as faulted by the defendant.
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Tommie Wells
Wells
Whistler
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