Disappearance Of Youth Furnishes Police Mystery Here
Lewis Bradford a 19 year old New Era Grocery clerk at 9 Dauphin street is missing. Police report says Bradford left toward the river front and a note implies self destruction. He is tall 6 feet 12 inches, 160 pounds, with a limp. mother in Pensacola Florida and father in Chicago Illinois.
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Chee
Lewis Bradford
New Era
Dauphin Street
R. G. Green
Bradford
Green
Lewis
W. H. Bradford
Pensacola
Fla
Chicago
Bather Dives Into Shallow Water. Wounds May Prove Fatal
Horace Tanner a 25 year old carpenter living on Dearborn Street near North Carolina and Virginia streets was injured Sunday afternoon diving from the Frascati shipyard dock into three feet of water. He struck bottom, went under and was found unconscious. He is paralyzed from the shoulders down and remains in the city hospital with uncertain prognosis.
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Horace Tanner
Dearborn Street
North Carolina
Virginia
Frascati
Tanner
Coal Prices Advance As Tie Up Nears
National coal prices rose sharply as the rail and coal strike neared. Retail dealers with scarce stocks boosted prices up to 75 percent. In Detroit the coal rate jumped from 4.60 to 8 a ton as utilities and factories shifted to oil burners.
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Mobile News
New York
Indianapolis
West Virginia
Columbus
Pacific Coast
Northwest
St. Paul
Detroit
Kentucky
Springfield
Iil
Philadelphia
Chicago
Milwaukee
New England
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Lincoln
Neb
United States
Liquor Injunction Hearings Move Toward Permanent Ruling
Federal Judge Robert T. Ervin to decide whether temporary liquor injunctions against several Mobile establishments become permanent. Hearings delayed from today with consent of parties. actions labeled nuisance under prohibition act at the request of U S Attorney Aubrey Boyles. Owners and tenants named as defendants in the suit.
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Robert T. Ervin
Mobile
United States
Aubrey Boyles
DeBardeleben Resigns From Warrior River Barge Line
Henry DeBardeleben federal manager of the Warrior river branch says his resignation is final and he will not reconsider. He plans to devote time to his coal business while Theodore Bren of New Orleans oversees the system during the transition.
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Henry DeBardeleben
Warrior River
Mississippi Warrior
Mobile
DeBardeleben
Theodore Bren
New Orleans
Heavy Loads Barred on Craft Highway
County highway engineer Leslie Prouty said charges will be filed against anyone damaging highways. State official W S Keller advised that moving houses from Chickasaw to Mobile on the Craft Highway is banned. Alex Hancock, Craft Highway contractor, was told to halt house moves by trucks to protect the concrete road.
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W. S. Keller
Chickasaw
Mobile
Prouty
Alex Hancock
Weathered slate of games across leagues with varied conditions
Southern matchups list Atlanta at Nashville in drizzle 4 00 and Little Rock at New Orleans clear 2 30 Chattanooga at Mobile clear 4 00 Memphis at Birmingham cloudy 2 games 2 15 National pairing New York at Pittsburgh cloudy 2 games 2 00 American Seeneton at Philadelphia clear entings at Cleveland clear 3 00 Only games scheduled.
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Southern
Atlanta
Nashville
Little Rock
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Mobile
Memphis
Birmingham
New York
Pittsburgh
Seeneton
Philadelphia
Clear
Entings
Cleveland
Weather summary for Florida Alabama Mississippi
Washington July 24 report notes extreme eastern Florida mostly fair with some clouds and scattered thunder showers. Alabama and Mississippi partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with probable thunderstorms on Tuesday in the region.
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Washington
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Board Upholds Tax Reduction Contention in Special Meeting
The board of revenue sustained petitions for tax assessment reductions. One case on August 1 was postponed due to illness in Mrs. Anna Vickers' family. The board ruled Gulf Dry Docks stock held by G H Dunlap was improperly assessed and set aside unjust taxations. Amelia Gretzner’s property was revalued from 9 000 land to 3 000 with improvements cut from 900 to 650. Only three appeals were filed.
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Board of Revenue
Anna Vickers
G. H. Dunlap
Gulf Dry Docks Company
Ee Bet Althoug
Mobile
Mississippi
The
Revenue Board
A. G. Ward
Dunlap
Milling in Transit Rate on Flour to Interior Allowed
The Mobile and Ohio railroad will allow a milling in transit rate on flour brought from the Pacific coast. Flour will be made into self rising flour and shipped inland by rail, with wharfing and handling charges absorbed. The information came to the Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic department. Considerable flour quantities are moving here for processing and inland shipment.
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Pacific Coast
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
City Delays Bid Opening On $80,000 Paving Project
The city commission postponed the bid opening for 80 000 in bonds to fund resurfacing Government Street Water Street and Royal Street after a flaw in the advertisement. Mayor Crawford consulted local and out of town bidders and the city attorney about potential legal challenges to the vote with no bids received. The notice failed to specify that paving was between the street railroad company tracks and extending a set distance outside, with costs to be borne by the railroad company.
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Government Street
Water Street
Royal Street
City Commission
George E. Crawford
Street Railroad Company
Dry Dock Section Due Here Today At Todd Shipyard
The first 10,000-ton dry dock section from Todd Shipbuilding is due here late this afternoon hindered by bad weather off the Florida coast. No public reception is planned for the docks per President William H. Todd. The Chamber of Commerce weighs plans for a September public opening.
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Todd Shipbuilding Company
Florida
William H. Todd
Chamber of Commerce
Death of Dr Simon N Patten Penn Professor of Economics
Philadelphia July 24 Dr Simon N Patten 70 longtime head of the political economy department at the University of Pennsylvania and noted author in economics and social science died today at Brown's Mills New Jersey after a long illness.
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Philadelphia
Simon N. Patten
University of Pennsylvania
Brown’s Mills
N. J
Orlando Refuses Premiership in Succession to Facta
Rome July 24 Signor Orlando declined the premiership in succession to former Premier Facta resigning The move leaves King Victor Emmanuel likely to appoint former Foreign Minister Bonomi to attempt forming a ministry and government until a new arrangement is made
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Rome
Orlando
Facta
Victor Emmanuel
Bonomi
A Min
Auto Truck Wreck Hurts Fifteen on St Stephens Road
Fifteen young men, eight seriously, were injured in a Sunday morning crash on St Stephens road near Eight Mile Creek. Injured include Clifford Newman and Fred Yokers. two suspects fled uninjured from the overturned truck. The Broad Street Garage crew were en route to a game in Chunchula when the accident occurred.
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St. Stephens Road
Eight Mile Creek
Clifford Newman
Fred Vukers
Charles Hackmeyer
Herbert Odell
Frank Brown
Newman
Yokers
Broad Street Garage
Chunchula
Telegraph
Creola
Ala
Sophie Johnson
Old Sheil Road
Monterey Street
Will Anderson Found Murdered After Georgia Mob Incident
Klenton Georgia July 24 The bullet riddled body of Will Anderson negg charged with attempting to abduct a 15 year old white girl near Ellenton Sunday was found on a road near Reedy Creek Church. A four man posse captured him at dawn took him to Moultrie to jail but officers could not be located and two men left to find them. An unknown man then took the car and drove toward Ellenton. A large local group reportedly seized the Black man near Moultrie and his body was later found roadside.
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Klenton
Will Anderson
Negg
Here
Reedy Creek Church
Anderson Wa
Moultrie
Ellenton
Cartoonist Sidney Smith in clubhouse riot at Chicago club
Five men attacked Chicago artist Sidney Smith at Chapel Hill Country Club after he entertained them for supplying gasoline. Smith suffered a broken wrist and others were injured as windows broke and furniture was smashed in the clubhouse melee.
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Chicago
Chapel Hill Country Club
Sidney Smith
Smith
Northcliffe Poisoned in Germany Rumor Sparks Fleet Street
London reports rumors that Viscount Northcliffe the thunderer was poisoned during a covert tour in Germany. Doctors are puzzled by his illness and recovery is uncertain. Close friends doubt poisoning, noting his presence abroad was unknown until his return to England.
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London
Viscount Northcliffe
Thunderer
Germany
Fleet Street
Northcliffe
England
Internationale urges offensive in world workers action
Moscow July 24 The executive committee of the third Internationale appeals to the world proletariat to launch an offensive citing white terror and attacks on workers abroad It urges defensive tactics to end and tells Germans their leaders have betrayed them asking workers to seize power and dismiss leaders who fail to resist monarchist reaction
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Moscow
Associated Press
The
Third Internationale
Comic Revolutions Described By Ship Passengers
Passengers aboard the Munson liner American Legion described two brief South American revolutions. One occurred in Paraguay and the other in Rio de Janeiro. Regular forces quashed both uprisings after a locomotive mounted with a three pound cannon exchanged fire, with no casualties.
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New York
Munson
American Legion
Paraguay
Rio de Janeiro
Thomas McConnell
Ford
Buenos Aires
Capitol
Underwood Defends Chemical Foundation in Senate
Senator Underwood spoke in the Senate defending the Chemical Foundation and Francis P. Garvan against government actions to reclaim German chemical patents. He denied fraud or conspiracy and praised Palmer's enemy alien property record while urging a new commission to press American damage claims against Germany and Austria.
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Washington
The
Chemical Foundation
Francis P. Garvan
Senate
Underwood
Democratic
Fha
A. Mitchell Palmer
Germany
Austria
Garvan
Mrs. Obenchain Confident Ahead of Second Murder Trial
In Los Angeles on July 24 the second trial of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain for the murder of J Belton Kennedy began. She expressed strong confidence in acquittal and said she was packing to leave the county jail and return to her former husband Halph k Obenchain. He had arranged a license to remarry her in Evanston Illinois several months earlier.
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Angeles
Madalynne Obenchain
J. Belton Kennedy
Obenchain
Halph Kk. Obenchain
Evanston, Ii
Paderewski Hailed by Compatriots in Paris Arrival
Ignace J. Paderewski reached Paris after arriving in Havre from New York. He was greeted by admiring compatriots who showered him with flowers. He met Major Ivanovski to discuss the Polish crisis and possible cabinet-led solution.
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Paris
Associated Press
Ignace J. Paderewski
Havre
la Savoie
New York
Major Ivanovski
Warsaw
Diet
Pilsudski
Hoover conference on coal strike and distribution plan
About one hundred non union coal operators and government officials meet Secretary Hoover in Washington to prevent profiteering and ensure coal distribution during the strike. Attorney General Daugherty presents a report supporting the commerce secretary's plan amid the shortage. Trans-Mississippi Operators Association holds a Kansas City meeting while Ohio maintenance workers report quitting in protest near Bellaire.
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Associated Press
Hoover
Washington
Daugherty
Commerce Secretary
Saline county miners urge walkout in three states
A Saline county Illinois miners resolution calls Kentucky Tennessee and Alabama unionists to walk out by August 1 and urges Illinois miners in those fields to return home. A suggestion proposes Indiana Ohio and Iowa action as well.
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Harrisburg
Ills
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Saline County
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Iowa
Gold Cigar Box Returned To Schwab
A gold cigar box valued at 5000 dollars, a gift from the City of Baltimore to Charles M Schwab, was stolen two years ago by a German footman and recovered aboard the Caronia in New York. A Berlin message in 1920 said it was found in loot. The box was linked to a shop that paid 1,500,000 marks to two seamen who were later discharged.
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New York
Baltimore
Charles M., Schwab
Mr. Schwab
Wasa
T. W. Cummer
Duff Manufacturing Company
Pittsburgh
Berlin
Schwab
Italians May Name Dictator Rome
A military dictatorship may be formed in Italy if former Premier Orlando cannot form a new cabinet. Deputy Mussolini, led by the fascisti, promised cooperation with Orlando, but this has alienated socialist support.
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Rome
Italy
Orlando
Mussolini
Fascisti
Hague Delegates Arrive in Berlin
The Russian delegates to The Hague conference led by Maxim Litvinoff, with secretaries and others in a party of fifteen, arrived in Berlin today and plan to stay for some time.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Hague
Maxim Litvinoff
Free State Troops Capture Ballinglough and Ballyhamis
Dublin July 24 Free State troops announce capture of Ballinglough and Ballyhamis expanding control to a seventy mile front from Waterford to Limerick. Forces aim to sever rebel retreat toward Cork and tighten the siege.
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Dublin
Ballinglough
Ballyhamis
Waterford
Limerick
Cork
Tempest-Tossed Eagle Boat Is Towed to Safety
Eagle boat 54 en route to Bermuda from Norfolk with reservists in training was rescued in a helpless condition off Cape Hatteras and towed back to Norfolk by the minesweeper Owl. The crew had no food or sleep for over two days as other ships could not assist and hope faded. The Owl took the boat to Hampton Roads naval base.
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Norfolk
Bermuda
Cape Hatteras
Owl
Hampton Roads
Gideons Close Their Meeting With Prayer
The Gideons of America wrapped up their twenty third annual convention in Atlanta after a day of religious activities. Delegates preached in fifty six Sunday schools in the area and attended a union service at the Baptist Tabernacle where William T. Wiggins spoke on Profession of Possession. J Harry Humphreye was re elected national president.
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Atlanta
Gideons of America
Gideons
Baptist Tabernacle
William T. Wiggins
Philadelphia
Cc. L. Austin
Des Moines
J. Harry Humphreye
Huntington
West Va
The
Bud Stillman Saves Woman In East Hampton Rescue
James Bud Stillman son of Mr and Mrs James A Stillman plunged into the sea at East Hampton Long Island and saved Lois Butler a maid at a nearby H A James cottage from drowning He brought her ashore and she was revived with a pulmator. In 1919 at Grand Anse Quebec he rescued a man employed on the St Maurice river.
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New York
James
Bud) Stillman
James A. Stillman
East Hampton
Long Island
Lois Butler
H. A. James
Stillmans
Grand Anse
Quebec
Bud
St. Maurice River
Casualties Reported in Carmen's Strike Clashes
In Buffalo New York two men were hospitalized one with a broken arm and another with a fractured skull after clashes with state troopers guarding trolley lines. The International Railway Company limited car service as workers strike since July 2 following alleged insults to troopers.
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Buffalo
N. Y
International Railway Company
League approves Syrian and Palestine mandates
London reports the League of Nations council formally approves mandates for Syria and Palestine, marking a new colonial framework under international authority.
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Palestine
London
Council of the League of Nations
Baltimore Talks Foreshadow Separate Rail Peace Deals
Government inaction over the rail strike gave way to cautious progress as Baltimore hosts talks with Baltimore and Ohio managers seeking separate agreements with their workers. W J Noone says crews will stay at work while bargaining continues. Labor board officials offer no new details on White House discussions. Road bosses reiterate preference for a national settlement.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
W. J. Noone
Station Agents Union
W. L. McMentmen
Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Ben Hooper
Harding
Train Watch Turns Peaceful Riot Call in Birmingham
A crowd gathered along the Louisville and Nashville line at Boyles in Birmingham to watch a passing train. Police and bystanders described no disorder as Federal Judge W. L. Grubb returned from Albany with an injunction against picketing in the Albany district.
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Birmingham
Ala
Louisville
Nashville
Boyles
Fred McDuff
W. L. Grubb
Albany
L. and N. Railroad
Union rail workers to return to work after plan
W N Jones president of the railroad station agents union says he will instruct members to return to duties and that committees will confer with road management over outstanding issues following a conference with labor board member W L McMenimen. The report notes tensions surrounding Gov Henry J Aller and editor William Allen White in Emporia.
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W. N. Jones
W. L. McMenimen
Labor Board
Chicago
Steamship firm to settle about $1 million in passenger claims
Hamburg American Company will voluntarily settle roughly $1,000,000 in refunds to ticket holders whose passages were unused after government seizure of the ships. The alien property custodian already has 12,000 claims on file, with individual refunds from $60 to $100. Counsel for the firm say the government agrees to a settlement, and claimants are advised to contact the company directly.
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Washington
Alcoholic Deaths See Big Rise in New York
New York July 24. Alcoholism deaths rose nearly 89 percent in the first half of this year compared with 1920 and 27 percent over 1921, per the chief medical examiner. Eighty deaths occurred with medical attention, though some may have died untreated with doctors.
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New York
Charles Norris
Mexican Chief Warns on Communism Dangers
Mexico City July 24 Gen Almada chief of police declared communism endangers the world and ordered a ban on all demonstrations His action followed breaking up a parade planned to protest high rents in the capital to test public sentiment.
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Mexico City
Almada
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