Trail of Millers Picked Up in Canton Murder Case
Canton Ohio July 28 reports say Don R Mellett publisher and his brother Lloyd were killed by a gas release at their home causing four children and Mrs Mellett to fall ill none seriously The investigation widened as Cincinnati detective Ora Slater said arrests would await confessions Pittsburgh police joined the probe seeking three men tied to the slaying and a strong chain of evidence was cited
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Canton
Don R. Mellett
Lloyd Mellett
Don
Gel Bersford
Ohio
Dog R. Mellett
Gators
Ora Glater
Cincinnati
Slater
Karl Hiexamer
Pittsburgh
Hill
Ora Slater
Peter Connors
Connors
Carch
Tee
Nashville
Tenn
Galla Free
A. L. Weaver
Edna Robertson
Weaver
Flora Bacigalupo
F. Bacigalupo
East Nashville
North Nashville
Boyles Testimony Details Offer to Protect Bootleggers
Aubrey Boyles testified in his own defense that he was offered $100 000 to shield bootleggers in the federal courtroom since becoming U S district attorney for south Alabama in February 1922 He said he refused the money and notified Mrs Mabel Willebrandt in Washington Courtroom questioning followed Judge Grubb's guidance Witnesses for the defense included Judge Ervin and several character witnesses vouching for Boyles’ integrity
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Aubrey Boyles
U.S
South Alabama
Boyles
Mabel Willebrandt
Washington
Grubb
Smith
Harry French
French
Ervin
Tom Corso
Dan Jemison
Webb
Geronimo Perez
Amet
Percy Ke
J. H. Wienand
Mobile Trunk Company
C. K. Roe
Kohn
Wienand
Mobile Ministerial Association
Identifies Man as Road Robber in Alabama
Jasper Alabama July 28 Eddie Graham identified by farmer Tom Phillips as the man who held up and robbed him of 328 dollars recently is expected to waive preliminary hearing today. Phillips came to the county jail and identified Graham. Will Montgomery and his son Olin Montgomery are arrested and held as accomplices.
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Jasper
Ala
Eddie Graham
Tom Phillips
Hull
Phillips
Graham
Will Montgomery
Olin
Bears and Mobile play scoreless pitcher duel in early innings
In the first two innings the Bears and Mobile each produced a hit but no runs. Rock Senne fouled out, Wood singled, and Paynter walked as Clancy and Caldwell made outs. On defense Susko and Blair also made outs for Mobile, while Hood and Reed collected hits but failed to score.
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Go Rock
Senne
Wood
Mulvey
Paynter
Clancy
Williams
Mobile
Susko
Blair
Stock
Little Rock
Watson
Whitney
Blair Goto
Caldwell
Schultz
Hood
Cueto
Reed
New School Head Named for Mobile County High Schools
K. J. Clark, former Danville Virginia high school principal, is to be confirmed this afternoon by the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners as principal of the Mobile county high schools. He succeeds Frank J. Grove who resigned to join a Chicago book concern. Clark was offered the vacancy by County Superintendent S. Murphy after board discussion and agreement on terms.
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K. J. Clark
Danville, Va
Mobile County Board of School Commissioners
Frank J. Grove
Mobile County
Clark
S. Murphy
Liquor violation fines tied to yard whiskey jugs case
Joe Romain of 703 Elmira street was fined 100 dollars and court costs or nine days after detectives testified they found five half ton jugs of whiskey in his yard. The five gallons were ordered destroyed. Allen Watson’s prohibition case was continued to July 29. Several others named were fined five dollars or five days for gaming.
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Joe Romain
Elmira Street
Franco and
Moody
Allen Watson
E. Rencher
Theo Simmons
Joe Andrews
Albert Russell
E. Buller
Joe Turner
James Webbs
D. H. Edington
Abraham McMillan Arrested After Crew Clears Accusations
Emanuel and Texas streets resident Abraham McMillan faced testim ony in Recorder's Court. He did not miss any of seven fellow workers who testified against him and later returned their identified clothes found in a suitcase in his possession.
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Abraham McMillan
Emanuel
Texas
Creosote Ng
Recorder’s Court
McMillan
Alabama Mississippi Weather Summary Tonight and Thursday
Weather bulletin notes generally fair conditions in southwest Alabama and Mississippi with showers possible in eastern and northern areas tonight and Thursday. Winds shift to moderate to fresh north and northwest directions across regions, guiding the forecast.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Four bank robbery in Pleasant Green as heist baffles police
Reports from Pleasant Green Missouri say four men robbed the Bank of Pleasant Green today and escaped with an undetermined sum. Other items note Capone appear before a grand jury on vote frauds in Chicago, a woman in Birmingham ends her life, Barton resigns from Methodist publishing in Nashville, a Lakeland engineer dies after a collision in Orlando, Farstad swims toward England from Cape Gris-Nez, and tidal waves hit villages in South Korea.
Hurricane not expected along gulf coast says forecaster
The hurricane lashing the east coast of Florida is moving north westward with low chances of striking the gulf coast. Advisory 9:00 a.m. places the center along the northeast Florida coast between Titusville and Jacksonville and slowly moves north toward the Georgia coast.
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Florida
Gulf Coast
Titusville
Jacksonville
Georgia Coast Line
Corrected notes on trial report misquote in federal case
A clarification fixes a misquote in yesterday's News-Item concerning Aubrey Boyles and James C. Smith. Virgil Griffin was misquoted asking about alcohol, and the attorney allegedly answered yes. The correction clarifies the sequence and exact wording.
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James C. Smith
Aubrey Boyles
Robert T. Ervin
Virgil Griffin
Mr. Smith
Griffin
Police Seek Shipyard Man in Mobile
Chief Warren Burch received a telegram from Mrs. Nora Shields of Knoxville asking him to locate her son F. N. Shields, believed at a Mobile shipyard. The note says a worker is injured and dying in an explosion.
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Warren Burch
Nora Shields
Knoxville
Tenn
F. N. Shields
Mobile
Tragic Drowning Recovered Bodies Near McIntosh
The bodies of Josh Bryant Jr and John Everett Jr were recovered from the Tom Bigbee River near McIntosh after their launch sank during a fishing trip to Export, Alabama. A third man, Oliver Platt of McIntosh, described as a paralytic, leaped overboard to warn the others and later clung to a snag until rescue.
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Josh Bryant, Jr
John Everett, Jr
Tombigbee
McIntosh
Everett
Saraland
Oliver Platt
Platt
John Everett
Frank Boykin
Mobile
Bryant
John Bryant
Mt. Vernon
West Harshaw Rescues Stranded Crew Off Jupiter Inlet
Offshore rescue efforts continued as the steamship West Harshaw tried to tow the Italian steamer Ansaldo San Giorgio Secondo after it sent distress signals near Jupiter inlet at dawn. The Ansaldo San Giorgio Secondo, which left Mobile July 23 with 30 crew and three deported aliens bound for Italy, faced heavy seas and scudding winds.
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Miami
Fla
Harshaw
Ansaldo San Giorgio Secondo
Jupiter Inlet
Ansaldo San Giorgio Secundo
Mobile
Italy
Bahama Island May Be Dried by Prohibition Pact
Aridity threatens Bahama Island as a supply base for bootlegging to the U S amid a new agreement between Brigadier General Lincoln Co Andrews head of U S prohibition enforcement and British officials. The plan grants U S intelligence access and British oversight of alcohol shipments and ship clearances with no search rights extended. Andrews travels to Ireland and Paris before returning home in August.
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London
Bahama Islands
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
Lincoln Co. Andrews
Bahamas
Florida
Bahama Isla
Gare
Andrews
Ireland
Austen Chamberlain
Dublin
Cosgrave
The
Free State
Timothy Healy
Paris
County Speeders Taken by Cops
Three arrests for speeding were made by County Traffic Patrolmen Walter Blackman and Will Ernest last night. Rochelle Bennett 23 W H Smith Jr 23 and J B Ryan 2 were docketed on speeding charges, with Bennett also charged for operating a vehicle without a license.
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Taffic
Rochelle Bennett
W. H. Smith, Jr
J. B. Ryan
Bennett
Walter Blackman
Will Ernest
Freight Movement Starts Sunday Between Gulf Line and CBQ
The first freight movement from Mobile to Paducah, Kentucky under the reciprocal freight agreement of Gulf, Mobile & Northern and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy will begin next Sunday.
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Mobile
Paducah
Gulf, Mobile & Northern
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
West Indian hurricane pounds Florida coast and ships
The Caribbean storm crossed to the Bahama Islands and the Florida east coast driving high seas and winds. Vessels suffer damage and distress signals spread from Miami to Jupiter inlet as ships like Ansaldo San Giorgio and Wilhelm R Reidermann go missing or ride out the gale.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Caribbean Sea
Bahama Islands
Florida
Misula
Tropical Radio Corporation
Miami
Ansaldo San Giorgio
Secundo
Jupiter Inlet
Cole
New York
West Palm Beach
Yesterda
Candidates asked to talk at Mobile League meeting
Mobile County League of Women Voters meets at 8 pm in the Cawthon Hotel assembly room inviting seven county candidates to address attendees. Listed speakers include Albert Freeland Herman Lowry J E Gooden Kusbla Frank Smee Will Delchamps J C Prine and Thomas B Allman with additional tax collector candidates Joe B Crow Tom H Halliwell and George Dorion and tax assessor candidates George T King George E Stone and Paul Cazalas. Judge Jesse Hogan will speak for L Breck Bloomers whose senate run could not attend.
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Mobile County League of Women Voters
Cawthon Hotel
Albert Freeland
Herman Lowry
Calvert
J. E. Gooden
Kusbla
Frank Smee
Bayo Ia Barre
Will Delchamps
Delchamps Station
J. C. Prine
Poluronelle
Thomas B. Allman
Whistler
Joe B. Crow
Tom H. Halliwell
George Dorion
George T. King
George E. Stone
Paul Cazalas
Jesse Hogan
L. Breck Iilumers
United States Senate
League
Generally Fair New Forecast With Light North Wind
The local forecaster called for generally fair weather with little temperature change tonight and Thursday. A moderate north wind is expected as the storm moves in.
Opposition to New Schedule Draws Local Railway Protest
A Chamber of Commerce meeting condemns the Mobile and Ohio change delaying the 8:26 a.m. train to 10:10 a.m. The two hour lag endangers perishable shipments, harming ice cream firms and other shippers. Local firms vow to protest and press the railroad for the current schedule.
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Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Chamber of Commerce
Penc’ Y
Mobile
Shippere
Here
Meran
Columbia Ice Cream Company
Bishop Manor Ice Cream Company
Ohio
Olan
Meridian
Wail Fruit and Produce Company
McGowin-Lyons Hardware Company
Seafood Products Company
R. G. Cobb
Ferguson Opponents Demand Immediate Resignation
In Austin on July 28 Governor Miriam A Ferguson faced renewed pressure to quit after her primary defeat and retirement pledge. Attorney General Dan Moody, who beat her by over 110000 votes, said he could not force her from office though he argued she should resign now. Democratic conventions were drafting immediate-resignation resolutions as Moody trailed by about 760 votes for a majority.
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Austin
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Dan Moody
Ferguson
Moody
Satterwhite
Dallas
Suly
Texas Election Bureau
Golf Star Cassiel Advances To Griswold Trophy Third Round
West tops east as Mrs. J. S. Cassiel of Chicago defeats Mrs. Roland Barlow of Philadelphia 7 up 7 to play at Senecassett course. Cassiel, last year’s state champion, cards 38 for nine holes, a performance unmatched in this Griswold trophy event in Yioyint Conn.
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Yioyint
Conn
J. S. Cassiiel
Chicago
Illinois
Roland Barlow
Philadelphia
Panama Trade Treaty Signed at State Department
Washington July 28. The long delayed commercial treaty with Panama, meant to replace the Taft agreement abrogated in 1924, was signed today at the state department.
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Washington
Panama
State Department
French franc slumps after Poincare government success
Paris July 28 the franc sank after the chamber of deputies backed the Poincare government. At 2 30 p m quotes showed the franc at 42.06 to the dollar signaling renewed weakness in the currency market.
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Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Detectives Aid Pittsburgh Probe Into Publisher Death
Peter Connors and several Canton officers traveled from Pittsburgh to New Kensington to pursue a lead in the ongoing investigation surrounding the publisher's death. The presence of additional detectives marked a coordinated effort in the case.
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Pittsburgh
Peter Connors
Don R. Mellett
Canton
New Kensington
Othe
Patricksburg Business District Wiped Out by Fire
Brazil Ind July 28 The business section of Patricksburg southeast of here was swept by fire today causing about 100000 in losses. Eleven business houses and three residences were destroyed with the blaze starting around midnight. Not a store remained standing.
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Brazil
Ind
Patricksburg
Poincare Plan Finally Adopted in Parliament
Paris July 2 The finance committee of the chamber moved Poincare plan from discussion to articles with a 20 to 12 vote and abstentions.
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Paris
Chamber of
I Come Today Et
Agee
Poincare
Hines to Inspect Hospitals on Southern Tour
Hines of the veterans bureau will conduct an inspection tour of southern hospitals. He plans to visit Lake City and Fraq on July 31, with Miss. as arrival for his program. Washington said the trip includes stops in the region.
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Washington
Pe Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Southern
Lake City
Hines
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