Automobile collisions and hit-and-run incidents reported
Police investigated multiple traffic crashes and a hit-and-run in Mobile area. Mrs. C M Bacherd suffered cuts and bruises after being struck near Claiborne Beauregard. J D Duffield injured when his car collided with a metra at Congress Cedar. A. S McCoy arrested for drunk driving after Cedar Point crash. Paul Archer, 12, injured in Whistler road incident. Shirley faces prohibition charge alongside reckless driving case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Bacherd
North Franklin Street
Davidson
Shirley
McCoy
South Carolina
Istreet
Sheriff's Office
Cedar Point Road
Mobile
Paul Archer
J. F. Archer
Whistier
Whistler
N. 5. Gay
Archer
Case Postponed In Assault With Pistol Charge
L E Baggot of 106 th Warren Street, an employee of the FE and Casualty Company, faced an assault with a pistol charge in recorder's court. The case was reset for July 29 after Baggot was taken into custody Friday by Detectives Arras and Burch. The complaint by Mattie Williams, of 1356 Pecan Street, alleges he threatened her life and that of her son, and reports say he choked Williams' boy and waved a gun at the time of entering the home. He remains held on another charge of driving a car while drunk pending hearing of the postponed case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Baggot
Warren Street
Fe and Casualty Company
Recorder’s Court
Baggot
Arras and Burch
Mattie Williams
Pecan Street
Pond
Oising
Williams Boy
Cincinnati man guilty of false pretense linked to ads
A Cincinnati man who pleaded guilty to obtaining money by false pretenses for soliciting ads for a classified business guide had a list of Mobile concerns. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce received a warning letter from the Cincinnati commercial group noting the directory was a fraud and that the operation may have ties to Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati Commercial Organization
Cleve
Doctor John Redwood Transferred to Titusville Florida
Dr John Redwood formerly with tick eradication work in Mobile and Pascagoula has been reassigned to Titusville Florida. He served at the Mobile office for several months and is now placed at the Titusville station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Redwood
Mobile
Pascagoula
Titusville
Fla
Redwood
Thompson to Talk Over Air Tonight in Birmingham
Frederick J. Thompson, Democratic U S Senate candidate, will discuss vital campaign issues on WAPI in Birmingham from 7 to 7 30 this evening. A second address is planned Monday from 6 to 6 30 over the state radio network, with positions defined for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick J. Thompson
United States
WAPI
Birmingham
Mr Thompson
Suit entered against Indemnity Insurance over Walldyke bond
A suit filed in federal court by U S District Attorney Alex D Birch seeks payment from Indemnity Insurance Company of North America for a bond covering a fine tied to the Dutch ship Walldyke. Immigration authorities ordered detention of an alien. the vessel was not detained and a fine was assessed. The bond covers the potential fine, upheld in Mobile, with payment pending. The alien arrived in port in 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indemnity Insurance Company of North America
Walldyke
United States District
Alex D. Birch
Commissioner General of Immigration At
Washington
Mobile
Insurance Company
Peddlers Fined for Blocking Government Street Wagons
Recorder D. H. Edington fined J. S. Thompson Howard Broadus and Marshall Tillman two dollars plus costs for refusing to move their wagons and wares along Government street. He urged vendors to make sales and then relocate to avoid traffic tie ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Edington
J. S. Thompson
Howard Broadus
Marshall Tillman
Government Street
Local Arrests: Smith Pleads Petit Larceny Charge
Sd Days James Smith, a negro, was taken into custody by Detectives Bernstein and Arras and jailed for 30 days hard labor after arraignment before Recorder D H Edington. Alexander Briskett, a Jamaican, testified Smith pocketed his purse containing 52 dollars. the money was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Smith
Bernstein and Arras
D. H. Edington
Alexander Briskett
Jamaica
Smith
Lawn Party Planned by Bayou la Batre Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of Bayou la Batre announce a lawn party on the night of July 31 on the grounds beside White's store. Members from Mobile and other towns have been invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Bayou la Batre
White
Mobile
Railroad slashes lumber wharfage at Mobile docks
The Mobile & Ohio railroad lowers lumber wharfage to 15 cents per thousand feet to meet Gulfport and Pensacola competition. The new rate took effect July 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Mobile
Gulfport
Pensacola
Wade charges to be probed by grand jury
Wade former Mobile county sheriff candidate and Sid Berrey publisher of the Mobile Post have been summoned for a grand jury probe into sensational charges Wade made in Berrey's weekly. Wade alleged lax law enforcement under Sheriff Byrne and said he was shot on November 7, 1927 during a raid with Dad McFadyen and Louis Snow. The grand jury is to report by Thursday as the term ends, with ballot boxes from several precincts reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen Wade
Mobile County
Pat Byrne
Sid Berrey
Mobile Post
Wade
Berrey
Byrne
Dad McFadyen
Louis Snow
Rabbit Creek
Mobile
Goldsby
Fire Tour Burns Brownsville in Brooklyn
A series of four fires in Brownsville Brooklyn drove about a thousand residents from their homes and caused 20000 dollars in damage. Three hundred patients at St Mary's Hospital watched as a three story dwelling across the street burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brownsville
Brooklyn
St. Mary’s Hospital
First Cotton Bale of 1930 31 Season Raised by Hagans
The first bale for the 1930 1931 season arrived Saturday. It weighed 450 pounds and graded strict middling. Shipped by C O Hagans & Company of Bonifay Florida it was consigned to Anderson Clayton & Company which bought at auction at 20 cents per pound. The first bale last season was received July 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Hagans & Company
Bonifay, Fla
Anderson, Clayton & Company
Seamen Plead Guilty in Liquor Import Case
E Parga and A Fernandez crew members of the steamship Colorado pleaded guilty before Judge Robert T. Ervin to liquor import charges and were fined 200 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Parga
A. Fernandez
Colorado
Robert T. Ervin
Saenger Club Meet Draws 800 Children
Enthusiasm filled the Saenger theatre as the Saenger News Item Club event drew over 800 children and 300 adults. The program featured Mrs. Carl A. Klinge and Miss Margherita Kupersmith guiding music appreciation, Agnes Griffin on the Robert Morton organ performing Narcissus and Ballet Mignon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saenger
Saenger Theatre
King Joy
Saenger-News-Item Club
Mobile
Carl A. Klinge
Mobile Recreation Department
Melville Nester
Jurors to Probe Theft of Calf Suspects
Jurors will examine cases of men held in default on 06 bond each for theft of a calf. Price Smith of Buck’s Cross appears among those under inquiry as authorities pursue charges.
Beach motion set for July 30 hearing on bullet in Murphy case
Attorneys for Clyde Beach seek an examination of a bullet used in the killing of Motorcycle Officer W F Murphy. Beach, sentenced to die but later granted a new trial, has a motion to impound the bullet and test procedures. The judge set July 30 for the hearing. the prior session postponed the motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Beach
W. F. Murphy
Beach
Alex T. Howard
Express
Sant Tel Sepa
Middies Dismissed At Annapolis For Mess Hall Prank
Lawrence L Myatt Miller Burgin two Naval Academy midshipmen of the second class received letters of dismissal for bringing two Washington girls into the mess hall as a prank. The girls Mary Hayden and Laurette Taylor were slipped into the hall and ejected. Several aviation students were restricted to quarters for being present at the time. Myatt is from Quincy Massachusetts Burgin from St Petersburg Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Lawrence L. Myatt
Miller
Burgin
Naval Academy
Washington
Mess Hall
Academy
M Mary Hayden
Laurette Taylor
Myatt
Quincy
Mass
St. Petersburg
Fla
Paddy Harmon Lying In State At Chicago Stadium
Patrick T. Harmon promoter known for city sports life lies in state at Chicago Stadium after a fatal automobile crash. Escort by motorcycle police escorted the body to the monument of his 25 years in Chicago sports. Mrs Harmon is hospitalized and not expected to attend the services. Dr T Thomas Brand in the accident was to attend on a stretcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Patrick T
Paddy) Harmon
Harmon
T. Thomas Brand
Sent to Prison for Alimony Default
Andrew Hotize a Black letter carrier appeared before Judge Joel W. Golds in circuit court Saturday charged with failure to pay alimony to his estranged wife. He claimed government employment protected his wages but the court ordered him jailed. He was remanded to the county prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Hotize
Joel W. Goldsby
Wheat Harvest Total for Australia 126,477,000 Bushels
The wheat harvest for Australia including Tasmania was officially announced at 126,477,000 bushels for 1929 30. The figure reflects the season's output across the continent and its island territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Tasmania
Tragedy at Wilson Lake Capsize Drowns Three near Edgewater Beach
A motor boat capsized on Wilson lake near Edgewater Beach Florence Alabama early today killing Theresa Sage 23 Tony Parsley 24 and Jesse Hoffman 20. W H Reynolds owner and seven others were thrown into the water with two girls saved by Reynolds and one man swimming to safety. Farrley’s body recovered and others missing. Hoffman had been visiting Florence from Miami with his family notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ala
Wilson Lake
Edgewater Beach
Here
Theresa Sage
Tony Parsley
Jesse Hoffman
M. Hoffman
Miami
W. H. Reynolds
Reynolds
Farrley
Georgia Bright Leaf Tobacco Opens Season in 1930
Atlanta opens the marke ting season as 56 warehouses in Georgia ready for the 1930 crop with Moultrie dedicating its second warehouse. Auctioneers anticipate about 15 million dollars to farmers despite a smaller tonnage than last year and emphasize higher quality yields more profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
South Georgia
Federa
Moultrie
Hoover Slides to Restful Mountaintop Retreat
President Hoover relaxed in cool mountain air at Lodge Orange Virginia after heavy heat in Washington. The capital neared 100 degrees as Hoover sought relief from humidity. Little planned activity remained for the president at his lodge today and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
Hoover
Washington
Graduates From Edgewood Camp Commissioned
Thirty six students from fourteen southern colleges joined eighty graduates at Edgewood arsenal Maryland. After six weeks of study they will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the officers reserve corps chemical warfare service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
Officers Reserve Corps
Chemical Warfare Service
Flier Honored in Vienna As First Austrian in Round Europe Flight
Vienna flier Grand Duke Anton Hapsburg-Bourbon receives prize from socialist rulers as the first Austrian to complete the around Europe flight. Canadian competitor Carberry arrived this morning and pressed on toward Prague in the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Archduke Anton
Hapsburg-Bourbon
Carberry
Prague
Watkins Repudiates Pact In Mixed Tots
Chicago wire report notes a mixed race infant case at the William Watkins home with contention over guardianship between the Watkins family and Bambergers. The two babies left hospital the same day, one with the Watkins family and the other with the Bambergers, as authorities investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins
Bambergers
Watking
Pemaries Camera Ee PP
Gerald Buckley Buried After Slaying in Detroit
Thousands line streets for funeral of radio announcer Gerald E Buckley slain by gangsters. Law partner Thomas F Kennedy issues affidavit to clear a man accused in the underworld case as a July thunderstorm marks the service at St Gregory’s Church and Mt Oliver Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Gerald E
Jerry) Buckley
Mt. Oliver
Buckley
Thomas F. Kennedy
St. Gregory's
Cred
Relief Grew as Quake Zone Seen in Germany and Italy
In Germany a July 26 quake caused panic in Duilburg Altstaden with furniture toppled but no casualties reported. In Italy King Victor Emmanuel returned to Rocchetta Santantonio after visiting Melfi where officials outlined rescue work, body extraction, and epidemic prevention efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duifburg-Altstaden
Germany
Rochetta
Santantonio
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Victor
Melfi
Pascagoula Woman Killed In Florida Auto Crash
A Pascagoula woman, Mrs. Arthur Allen, was killed and four others injured in an automobile crash near Milton Florida on Friday. Also injured were Arthur Allen and two of his sons, plus Mrs Chenoweth sister of Mr Allen. The party had left Pascagoula for Panama City at about 3 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascagoula
Florida
Arthur Allen
Government
Milton
Miss
Fla
Government Shipyards
Allen
Arthur Allen, Jr
Robert Lenn Allen
Prison break at Guntersville shocks Marshall county
Three prisoners escaped from a hospital ward by sawing bars and lowering themselves down a rope. The escapees are Daniel Garvin 19 Sam King 28 and Howard Downs, all wanted for robbery assault or embezzlement. Officers comb surrounding counties as Garvin is recaptured on a highway hold up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall County
Freedom
Daniel Garvin
Sam King
Chi
Mur
Howard Downs
Garvin
G den
Here
North Carolina
Automobile Looted Report From Pascagoula Burglar
James Willis of 460 Peach reported a gold item stolen from his car on Wavis Avenue between Cleveland Streets between 9 and 10 o'clock. Pascagoula Chief Grey said a dry goods store was burglarized last night with two suits of clothes two pairs of trousers ten shirts and two pairs of pajamas stolen. Burglar believed headed toward Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Willis
Peach
Willis
Wavis Avenue
Cleveland
Grey
Goula
Miss
Burgh
Mobile
Pascagoula
Prohibition crackdown seizes whiskey and slot machines
Deputies at Bayou La Batre raid Federal Officer A W & seize six machines and whiskey from several cases. William Tipton, 62, was arrested on charges of violating the prohibition law for possessing six pints and two pints of whiskey. Authorities notify owners to report to the county jail and docket cases for confiscation of machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W
Bayou Ta Batre
Bayou City
Wiliam
Woman Sought After Mountain Search Near Bakersville
A party of 100 men searched Pistle Mountain near Bakersville for Mrs Margaret Buchan 35 missing since yesterday afternoon after she left home to follow a turkey hen to its nest. The group resumed last night fearing she fell from a cliff during the trek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersville
N C
Margaret Buchanan
Pistle Mountain
Here
Cleveland shooting renews gang warfare claim over corn sugar trade
Jim Porello brother of Joe Cleveland, a corn sugar baron, was shot and wounded in a Mayfield restaurant two weeks after an ambush. Police say the incident continues gang warfare for control of Cleveland corn sugar business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Jim Porello
Joe Cleveland
Mayfield
Weather outlook by Albert Ashenberger predicts scattered storms
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions with locally quiet weather Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms are likely Sunday afternoon. Temperatures are expected to remain virtually unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert T. Ashenberger
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Pulige
J. D. Duffield
Cherokee Street
Thompson
AGU
Dceks
Theodore
Nevin
Thomas
Harry Marchand
New Orleans
Saenger New Orleans Kiddie Booster Club
Price Smith
Buck
Harmon Funeral
Miss Theresa Sage
Tony Farzley
M. L. Dobro
Shreveport
Sullivan Fairbanks
Wildsville
William Watkins
Ares
Lapis
the Watkins
Detroit Elite
Signer
Etricken
Emmanuel
Carolina Convi
Liberty
Guntersville
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