Missing Youth Found Near Death After Poisoning
Lewis Bradford a 19 year old Pensacola clerk vanished Sunday leaving a note claiming a troubled end. Found late Monday in Flomaton Alabama he was taken home by a train crew and is dangerously ill from bichloride of mercury tablets with slim chances of recovery.
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Lewis Bradford
Pensacola
Mobile
Young Bradford
Flomaton
Aland
Bradford
Th New Era Grocery Company
Dauphin Street
R. G. Green
Depot Park
T Ori City
J. M. Howington
Messenge
Negro fined for shortweight ice wagon case
Simon Edwards, a negro ice wagon operator, was fined $10 or ten days in police court for allowing a wagon boy to give shortweight ice to customers. Dr. Callaghan, weights and measure inspector, testified the boy, a minor, was responsible, and the court ordered Edwards to discharge the boy.
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Simon Edwards
Dr. Callaghan
Recorder
Edwards
Body Man Killed in Dive Sent to Home
The body of Horace Tanner 21 a carpenter who died Monday from a broken back after diving in shallow water Sunday off the docks of the old concrete shipyards was taken to Pierce's Level for burial. The funeral service was held at the family home on Dearborn street between North Carolina and Virginia streets. Tanner was conscious up to a short time before his death.
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Horace Tanner
Pierce’s
Dearborn Street
North Carolina
Virginia
Tanner
Civitan Club to Set Charter Tonight at Banquet
The Mobile Civitan Club will present its charter tonight at a banquet in the Cawthon Hotel. By laws and constitution to be adopted, permanent officers to be elected. The group, currently with 29 members, will then plan regular Tuesday meetings at the hotel.
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Mobile Civitan Club
Cawthon Hotel
Civitan Club
Weather and schedules for Southern and National leagues
Listings show Atlanta at Nashville and Memphis at Birmingham with 3:30 times, Chattanooga at Mobile in rain, Little Rock at New Orleans 7:30, NL matchups St Louis at New York, Pittsburgh at Brooklyn, Cincinnati at Philadelphia, Chicago at Boston, New York at St Louis, Boston at Chicago, and Washington at Detroit with various conditions and two Philadelphia at Cleveland games at 2:00.
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Atlanta
Nashville
Memphis
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Mobile
Little Rock
New Orleans
St. Louis
New York
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Incinnati
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Weather Watch: Heat Across Florida Alabama Mississippi
Weather bulletin notes extreme heat affecting western Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi with partly steady, humid conditions tonight and into Wednesday. Forecast calls for elevated temperatures and hot, humid air across gulf states, impacting outdoor activity and travel plans.
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Washington
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Lawyer Court Clash Over Fine Imposed on Cowart
H A Cowart of 208 South Claiborne Street was fined 50 dollars or 50 days for carrying concealed weapons by Recorder D H Edington. Attorney Harry H Smith for the railroad sought warrants against P E Williams Ernest Cubbage and G C Lock for threats. the court held no threats supported the charge and noted Cowart wore an illegal special officer badge. The ruling upheld a policy that neither strikers nor workers may violate the law, and that peace cannot be promoted by concealed weapons.
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H. A. Cowart
South
Claiborne Street
Louisville and Nashville
D. H. Edington
Harry H. Smith
Railroad
P. E. Williams
Ernest Cubbage
G. C. Lock
Shape
Cowart
Recorder
Williams
Lock
Cubbage
Madison St
No Exams Held Here For Place As Postmaster
Although exams were scheduled today for Mobile postmaster, no test was held at the local office. Applicants must file by business hours in Washington. Investigators from the Civil Service Commission will assess qualifications in Washington, then Mobile, before reporting to Washington for grading.
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Mobile
Washington
Civil Service
J. Blocker Thornton
Civil Service Commission
Eugenes. Smith
City Takes Over Broad Street For Improvements
The city will assume Broad Street and Washington Avenue from Virginia Street to the city limits under an agreement with the county reached at today’s city commission meeting. County board president John D. Hagan stated the county will pay half of any improvements. A traffic ordinance change prohibits left turns on Royal Street between Conti and St Michael and at Dauphin and Conception Streets.
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Broad Street
Washington Avenue
Virginia Street
City Commission
John D. Hagan
The
Automobile Club
Royad Street
Conti and
St.Michael
Dauphin
Conception Streets
Ex-Officer Charged With Prohibition Law Violation
G. L. Deveraux, a former police officer, was arrested Monday on a prohibition charge and arraigned in recorder's court. He requested a continuance until Saturday and remains jailed in default of bail after state investigators found a gallon jug of whiskey at the property. R. C. Gatewood, a neighbor, received a $100 fine or 100 days for possessing two bottles of Scotch whiskey during the same case.
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G. L. Deveraux
Cliff Adams
Recorder’s Court
Deveraux
R. C. Gatewood
Kentucky man found not guilty in railroad strike case
William Elmer of Kentucky Street was acquitted by Judge Robert T. Ervin in a case alleging violation of the federal injunction against interfering with Louisville & Nashville railroad shop workers. The judge warned Mobile strikers to avoid violence while stressing workers’ right to strike and hire. Elmer denied the assault charges and his wife testified he returned home around 4 pm. Four more defendants, George C. Lock Ernest C. Cubbage Price FE Williams, face similar injunction violations for allegedly attacking shopmen.
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Wiliam Elmer
Kentucky Street
Louisville & Nashville
Robert T. Ervin
Elmer
Mobile
Louisvile & Nashville
Albert Thurston
Battons
George C. Lock
Ernest C. Cubbage
Price FE. Williams
Bureau Standards Seeks More Workers In Exams
The civil service commission notes insufficient candidate numbers in Mobile and other cities for junior engineer, junior physicist, and junior technologist positions at the bureau of standards with entrance salaries of 1300, 1200, and 1200 dollars. Examinations will be reheld August 23. interested applicants should contact the secretary of the U.S. Civil Service Board at the local post office for details and blanks.
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The
Civil Service Commission
Mobile
United States
Bureau of Standards
Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board
HIGH POINT GASOLINE SOLD CHARGES FILED
Two warrants charging violations of state gasoline inspection laws were sworn in by state inspector R B Janey in inferior court. The Mobile Oil Company is accused of selling gasoline with an end point above 437 degrees Fahrenheit and the Palm Oil and Supply Company of selling gasoline with an initial point above 149 degrees Fahrenheit.
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R. B. Janey
Mobile Oil Company
Palm Oil and Supply Company
Mobile Company
Arrests Expected After Fined Liquor Seizure Near Mobile
Federal agents seized about $4,000 worth of imported liquor, including large Scotch whiskey, from a barn on the Moffat road five miles from Mobile. Arrests connected with the seizure are expected to be made today, describing the collection as one of the most valuable here beside customs officials.
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Moffat Road
Mobile
Harding Accepts Dover Resignation as Assistant Secretary
President Harding accepted Elmer Dover of Tacoma Washington resignation as assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of internal revenue and customs. The announcement came from Washington today after Dover left his post.
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Washington
Harding
Elmer Dover
Tacoma
Wash
Ford Mines And Railroad Run As Usual
Toledo July 25 Ford enterprises keep open for business as coal mines and the Detroit Toledo Ironton railroad operate. Workers receive higher wages than union scale and Ford plants run at full speed due to ample coal. Riders refused to strike, mines and railroads operate on an open shop basis.
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Toledo
Ohio
Henry Ford
Ford
Kentucky
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Ford Motor Car
Ford Railhr
Trade Suffer From Effects Of 3 Strikes
New York July 25 A pessimistic view of business conditions due to railroad coal and textile strikes is given in the weekly review by the National Industrial Conference Board. Over 2,000,000 idle since July began and 100,000,000 man hours lost weekly. Wage loss exceeds 150,000,000 dollars to date and continues at more than 8,000,000 dollars daily. The board notes a small rise in living costs since May 15 with a 24 percent drop from July 1920 peak. Wage reports show more increases than decreases, though the margin narrowed.
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New York
Nation Industrial Conference Board
Conference Board
Todd Shipyard Drydock Section Reaches Mobile
The first 10,000 ton drydock section from Todd Shipyard Corp arrived in Mobile under tow by Kingfisher with Nimrod as escort. Three more sections are en route and expected in 48 hours. Dredging to fit the dock slip continues as plant operations target September start.
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Todd Shipyard Corporation
New York
Kingfisher
Nimrod
Mobile
Mobile Bay Channel
Todd
William H. Todd
Alabama Democratic Executive Committee Meeting Set for Friday
Members will meet in Montgomery Friday at 1 PM to decide whether mail votes should be counted in selecting a national committeeman to replace the late E W Barrett. State Chairman James H Webb sent the letter today outlining the issue. The committee will also hear the Bradford versus Commander contest from Hartford Geneva County on the mayor nomination and any other business.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Montgomery
Alabama
E. W. Barrett
M&mbers
James H. Webb
J. H Bradford
Porter D. Commander
Hartford
Geneva County
Pope Pius Receives Morgenthau in Private Audience
In Rome on July 25 Pope Pius met Henry Morgenthau former American ambassador to Turkey in a private audience. They discussed Morgenthau experiences in Constantinople at the war’s start and his visit to Poland.
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Rome
Pope Pius
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
Constantinople
Mr. Morgenthau
Poland
Electrocution Held in Nashville
Nashville July 25 William Dwight a Black man convicted in Hamilton County for murdering an elderly Chattanooga merchant was executed in the state penitentiary here in Tennessee authorities confirmed the capital punishment was carried out.
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Nashville
Tenn
William Dwight
Hamilton
Chattanooga
Federal coal program moves to action within 48 hours
Senate labor chair Borah introduced a resolution for a federal three member coal commission appointed by the president to study the coal industry and push legislation. Coal operators representatives in Washington confer with Secretary Hoover to ensure fuel for essential industries and fair prices during the strike. Talks aim to end mine tie ups in Mien Iowa and Pennsylvania anthracite fields. Acting Gov Sterling of Illinois offers to help mediate between miners.
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Borah
Senate Labor Committee
Federal Coal Commission
Congress
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Mien
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Fred Sterling
Illinois
Federal coal commission proposed by Borah in senate labor hearing
A three member federal coal commission to study the industry and advise Congress on nationalization and regulation was proposed by Sen Borah in the senate labor hearing. The panel would include Hoover as chairman and officials from Justice, the Geological Survey, and the Interstate Commerce Commission. It would standardize mines based on capacity and costs, set living standards for miners, fix overhead coal costs, and report within nine months to the United States Coal Commission.
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Washington
Federal Coal Commission
Congress
Borah
Senate
Labor Conerainiot
Commission
Central Committee
Commerce Department
Hoover
Bi-Esterline
Department of Justice
George Otis Smith
Geological Survey
Interstate Commerce Commission Atchison
Bo Wadleigh
Coal Division
United States Coal Commission
Sen. Borah
Carolina highway work halted by rail strike in state
Raleigh, N C July 25 North Carolina highway construction has been hit hard by the railroad shopmen strike and material shortages. Twenty large projects are suspended with the ninth district at a complete standstill. State Highway Engineer Charles M Upham predicts a complete suspension of all hard surfaced work within ten days unless the strike is settled.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Charles M. Upham
Bulgaria Must Pay Four Billion Levas Demanded
The Allied Reparations Commission orders Bulgaria to pay four billion levas immediately under the peace treaty terms. Finance Minister Tourlakoff appeals to the opposition to back the government against what is called an exaggerated demand, as Bulgaria faces the payment deadline.
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Softa
Allied
Bulgaria
Tourlakoff
Cleveland Seamen Vote For Walkout Over Wage Cuts
Cleveland seamen on lake steamships prepared to strike after 867 of 879 local union members voted in favor in protest of wage cuts. The ballot result was sent to Chicago. If ordered, more than 400 lake steamers could be tied up.
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Cleveland
Seamen’s Union
Chicago
General Sawyer Blamed By Legion For Vets Plight
Chicago July 25 The American Legion's national rehabilitation chief Colonel A A Sprague accuses Brigadier General Charles E Sawyer personal physician to President Harding and head of the federal hospitalization board of blocking proper care for wounded and shell shocked veterans and delaying hospital plans voted by Congress. He cites 4 600 men in contract institutions and 4 715 with mental disorders, of whom only 3 500 are in government facilities, and urges Sawyer to stand aside.
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Associated Press
A. A. Sprague
American Legion
National Rehabilitation Committee
Charles E. Sawyer
Harding
Sawyer
Sprague
Federal Board of Hospitalization
Army
Navy
Congress
Legion
Ltter
Langley
Great Lake Naval Training Station
Spirit of Jazz Invades U of C Museum Gallery
BERKELEY July 26 jazz spirit invaded the University of California museum provoking consternation among faculty and art lovers. Pericles shown as a contortionist with symbols, a marble lad choking a goose labeled winged Artemis, Juno the immortal a bronze bust resembling a California senator, Niobe misidentified as fragments of a platter, gods of Olympus in odd poses and the dead Amazon lips dyed red. Investigation underway and authorities suspect a prankster.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Ataid
Perices
Artemis
Juno
California
Niobe
Olympus
Wounded Vet Lays In Bath Tub For Years Dies
Lieu tenant Milton B. Mackall who had lain in a Fort McHenry hospital bath tub for three years after a World War I wound died last night. He was conscious nearly to the end and was the sole patient not moved during a Baltimore grain elevator fire. Wounded October 16, 1918, when shot in the back crossing No Man's Land, his case drew wide parallel in military annals.
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Baltimore
Milton B. Mackall
Fort McHenry Hospital
Mackall
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
No Man's Land
Cabinet faces decisive action on transport stalemate
President Harding's cabinet met amid signals of likely steps to end the transport breakdown. Baltimore & Ohio union leaders warn that the rail carrier's first settlement bid with strikers will be rejected. Railway clerks chairmen in Chicago defer joining the strike yet send a committee to discuss interpretations of decisions with railway labor guardians. Rangers begin a strike at Denison shops while Missouri Kansas & Texas and Gov Kendall of Iowa seek protection for new workers bound for Council Bluffs shops. Business tightens as rail disruption bites, with a pessimistic industrial outlook from the national board and employers' groups. New unions would be urged by the labor board when their membership includes a majority of actual employees.
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Harding
Baltimore & Ohio
Railway Clerks Union
Chi
Denison
Tex
Msouri
Kansas & Texas
Gov. Kendall
Iowa
Council Bluffs
National Industrial Once Board
Rai
United States
Rar Labor Board
Rail strike talks stall amid stalled separate bids
July reports from Chicago and Washington show union leaders denying authorization for action toward ending the rail strike on the New York Central and the Chesapeake and Ohio lines. The Road Labor Board remains the federal channel for railroad labor disputes, with the White House signaling ongoing caution and intent to keep tensions under state control.
Railway Clerks Union to Seek Wage Grievance Review
CHICAGO July 26 General head of the Railway Clerks Union decided to take no strike action but appoints a four member committee to go before the labor board. The panel will seek a readjustment of wage and working conditions and the interpretation of grievances.
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Chicago
Sociated. Press
Labor Board
Uncle Sam Opens New Liquor Store in San Francisco
In San Francisco on July 26 a new U S liquor store opened under prohibition director for California. The store will sell strictly grade A bottled in bond liquor at three dollars a gallon to authorized buyers only. Authorized purchasers include heads of hospitals physicians druggists with limits on quantities.
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San Francisco
City
Uncle Sam
Calif
United States District Court
Bandits Beat and Rob Cafe Manager at James McDonald’s
Five bandits robbed a cafe manager at James McDonald’s restaurant early today and escaped with nearly $300 after exchanging shots with police reserves. They hijacked the chauffeur and forced him to drive, crashing the taxi into a vacant store window on Nicholas Avenue. the chauffeur was cut and bruised while the bandits fled unharmed.
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James McDonald
Nicholas Avenue
Cuban Banker Held on Fraud Charges at Liberty
Havana July 25 Hermann Mann president of H Upmann and Co. bank faced two fraud charges and was held on bond of 2000 after arrest last Friday. The case follows the bank’s takeover by a bank commission two months earlier and Mann was previously held for trial on fraud with release of 100000.
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Havana
Hermann Mann
H. Upmann and Company
Liberty Today
Upmann
Bank Commission
Mann
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