President Harding Invited to Speak in Mobile
Word confirms President Harding has definitively accepted an invitation to speak in Mobile during the city’s 50th anniversary celebration. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce Rotary and Kiwanis clubs will extend the invitation and coordinate with Alabama officials as local supporters push for the trip.
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Warren G. Harding
Mobile
Birmingham
Mobile Chamber Commerce
Rotary and
Kiwanis
Hardings
Florida
Alabama
Charity of Commerce
Invita
Oscar Underwood
Congress
Kiwanis_clubs
Harding
H. S. Jones
Mon+ Place
Marion
Ned
Hoover Seeks Russian Prisoner Release Aid
State Department officials consider Hoover's reply to Hughes sufficient and expect Russia to respond by releasing Americans held abroad. Relief measures are ready, with no new conditions beyond Hoover's proposals, as famine and economic collapse drive Soviet decisions.
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Washington
State Department
Hoover
Hughes
State
Bs Department
Rotary Hoover
United States
Detectives chase Warren Spurgin as Pinkertons close in
Chicago banker Warren Spurgin, fugitive president of the Michigan Avenue Trust Company, is believed hidden in the south. Pinkerton officials claim arrest is imminent as detectives close on his trail toward the coast with plans possibly to sail for Honduras.
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Pinkerton
Warren C. Spurgin
Chicago
Irvington
Spurgin
United Press
Warren Spurgin
Michigan Avenue Trust Company
Edward A. Schumacher
Pinkerton Force
Schumacher
Mobile
Honduras
British King Denies Fabricated Interview With Lloyd George
Prime Minister Lloyd George read a denials in Parliament after Lord Northcliffe, owner of the Times, published a sensational interview attributed to King George. The king and Northcliffe deny the remarks about Ireland, calling the interview a fabrication. newspapers highlight the controversy with editorials defending constitutional practice.
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Politiqg
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Pas George
United States
Lord Northcliffe
London ‘Times
King ‘George
Lloyd Geen
Een
Ireland
Heey
Ickham Bt
London Times
Lord Tikes
Washington
Lord Stamforda
Nba
King George
the Times
Automobile Club Day Plans Set For Kile Country Club
The Social Committee of Mobile County Automobile Club schedules an Automobile Club Day meeting at Cawthor Hotel Tuesday at 3 pm. Chairman J L Cawthon leads committee members Estes Baker Frank J Thompson T L Crown James L Cleman M C Skinner and Louis Macobson.
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Mobile County
Automobile Club
Kile Country Club
Cawthor Hotel
J. L. Cawthon
Estes Baker
Frank J. Thompson
T. L. Crown
James L.leman
M. C. Skinner
Louis Macobson
Dogs Attack Rider on Hillside Avenue injures man
Riholdt on Mobi ake hton was bitten and bruised when two dogs attacked him on Hillside Avenue in the afternoon. Police were notified and the man asked that the dogs be kept off the streets.
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Riholdt
Mobi
Costly Bluff Ends With $10 Fine for Hose Incident
James F. Parks a laundryman was fined $10 after being arraigned on a charge by Fireman Edgar Pistole. Parks allegedly drove an auto over a city fire hose at Commerce and St Anthony streets as a machine was at work, and a driver warned him the cost would be $10.
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James F.parks
Recorder
Parks
Edgar Pistole
Pistole
Mmerce
St. Anthony
Auto speed case fines $30 in Government street incident
Hackaddy of Chickasaw was fined $30 for driving 45 mph on Government Street from Catherine to Ann and for actions while discharging passengers. Traffic Officer Frank Weinberg testified he was moving between 45 and 50 mph and had veered to avoid a collision as another error was noted.
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Hackaddy
Chickasaw
Government St
Catherine
Ann
Frank Weinberg
False Arrest Suit Seeks Damages in Alabama Case
Lexie Wilson of Satsuma sues C. J. Maria in Circuit Court for 2000 dollars claiming a false arrest on January 15 and that he was tried in a local court, humiliated and suffered loss of time. The filing lists attorney Tisdale J. Tou art.
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Lexie Wilson
Satsuma
Ala
Tisdale J. Touart
Circuit Court
C. J. Maria
Wilson
Grand ‘Ny
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
The forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Sunday with warm temperatures. No significant precipitation is expected.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Escaped convict Blanchard recaptured in Texas
Robert Blanchard age 19 of Gulfport Mississippi, who escaped after a 1920 Mobile county robbery conviction, was recaptured in Texas and returned to Wetumpka. He had fled after a staged taxi trap with three accomplices near the Mississippi line, later arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and identified in Orange County jail as an escapee.
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Robert Blanchard
Gulfport
Miss
State Penitentiary
Mobile County
Iver
Mobile
Wetumpka
Blancahd
Commerce
S T. Francis Streets
Pascagoula
Three Notch Road
Mississippi Line
Baton House
Blanchard
Orange County
Texas
Alamo
Landard
Ango French clash over Upper Silesia and council date
Paris reports a hoped for agreement on Upper Silesia with France yielding to Britain. The supreme council’s meeting is awaited for August 4 or August 11, with London and Paris offering mixed readings on Anglo French relations and intent.
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Paris
England
Briand
Foreign Office
Upper Silesia
Supreme Council
London
France
Great Britain
London Daily Telegraph
Germany
Upper
Silesia
Daily Telegraph
Journal
Checks Sent To Bring Essay Winners Here
Checks to pay railroad fare and pullman costs were sent for 22 county essay contest winners who will visit next week as guests of the Chamber of Commerce for two days. The letters include the full visit program and reading material on Mobile and its industries and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boad
Dions
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Form Company to Furnish Electric Power to Mobile
The Gulf Power Company organized in this city to furnish electric power by building power houses and dams was incorporated in the probate court. Capitalization is $19,000. The incorporators are J. W. Kelly of Montgomery Alabama, Walter E Voigt and W. C. Byvans of Mobile.
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Gulf Power Company
Montgomery
Ala
Walter E Voigt
W. C. Byvans
Mobile
Passengers Flee Street Car After Shots Fired
John Crews, 21, was charged with creating a disturbance on a Marine and Bread street car last night. Officer Mc Cauley fired twice before Crews surrendered. Inspector Harvey Darbie, the street car company official, said Crews caused trouble and passengers left the car. Darbie claims Crews tried to assault him.
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John Crews
Bread Street
McCauley
Harvey Darbie
Crews
Darbie
Six Amite Slayers Sentenced to Hang
Sigmen and five accomplices were sentenced in Amite La to be hanged for the murder of Dallas L. Calmes during a bank attack attempt in Independence La. The governor will fix the hanging date and an appeal to the Supreme Court has been filed. Named defendants are Natale Damore Joseph Giglio Roy Leona Andea Lamantia Joseph Rini and Joseph Bocchio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andea Lamantia
Joseph Rini
Joseph Bocchio
General Beach backs Ford Muscle Shoals fertilizer plant bid
Major General Lansing H. Beach chief of engineers has recommended to Secretary of War Weeks the Ford offer for the Muscle Shoals government plant to manufacture fertilizer. Weeks left Washington for Lancaster New Hampshire with the papers, but officials refused to confirm the recommendation.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Lansing H. Beach
Lancaster
N. H
Harding
Ford
Vermont National Guard Called Out in Bello Falls Riots
Two companies of national troops arrived in Bello Falls Vermont to maintain order after rioting at the International Paper Mills. Shots were fired from the New Hampshire shore into the strike breakers camp on the Vermont side, prompting state authorities to request assistance.
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Bellows Falls
Ver
National Rd
International Paper Mills
HM. E. Ney
Walpole
N. H
Connecticutt River
Vermont
German Bride to wed English Groom in Mobile ceremony
George T Winterling a 20 year old machinist of Belize British Honduras received a marriage license to wed Wan derline Darrien a 26 year old of Bremen Germany. The couple plan a Mobile ceremony on the bride’s arrival from Germany with the wedding expected next week.
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George T.winterling
Belize
British Honduras
Wanderline Darrien
Bremen
Germany
Mobile
Gems worth $70,000 seized in Chicago raid
Federal investigators seized unset diamonds and jewels valued at $70,000 from a North Side apartment during a Chicago smuggling probe. The haul was concealed in a coat safe and linked to a $92,000 vend or oil scheme connected to the case.
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Chicago
North Side
Twenty Millions Offered Shipping Board For Fleet
A bid of 20 million dollars for the entire government fleet of 287 wooden vessels arrived from R A Thompson of New York. The bid included no 1,001,000 dollar 10 percent deposit. Other offers ranged from 10,002 per ship for ten ships by Japanese brokers of Seattle to 25,576 for 43 ships. The board considered the bids.
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Washington
R. A. Thompson
New York
Irais Endeavorite
Seattle
Co. &Hutchison, Company
Cleve
Sturgeon Bay
Hip
Construction and Trading
Pendleothers
Forestall
Bandits Rob Foreign Mail Train Car at Cassandra
In a bold daylight raid near Cassandra on a Foreign Mail train, two gunmen stopped seven clerks, demanded valuables, and opened fire when told no valuables were aboard. They fled with a stolen mail bag after passengers and crew dropped to the ground. police later found the slit bag contents nearby.
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Reene
Anhattan Limited
Penn la Pe
Sandra
Joining
Cassandra
Cara
Hoananihe
Lantz
Ness
Thermometer Near Record Heat in Mobile Weather Update
The Mobile thermometer rose from 81 this morning to 92 by 12 30 PM and is expected to approach the day's high near 97 after yesterday’s record of 98. A light breeze persisted and tonight's forecast calls for fair and continued warm conditions.
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Mobile
Bayou La Batre Declared Port of Entry for Shrimp
Bayou La Batre was named a port of entry for all shrimp caught in Alabama waters. Captain Sprinkles, Alabama’s chief oyster inspector, explained that shrimpers must bring catches to Bayou La Batre to be weighed for state tax collection. The rule aligns with a federal court decision and effort to regulate the upcoming shrimp season beginning August 1.
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Bayou‘la Batre
Alabama
Sprinkies
Montgomery
Sprinkles
Bayou la Batre
J@dze Ff
Henry Clayton
1 Cos Mon
Mississi
Gprinkie Oy
Dempsey Hidden Under Bed During Knock At Door
In Los Angeles Jack Dempsey crawled from under his bed after a reporter knocked asking for an interview. Ted Hales, his secretary and companion, greeted questions about subpoenas and motions while Dempsey demanded a fight arranged by Kearns and complained about his car being missing.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Jack Dempsey
Ted Hales
Dempsey
United Presa
Hayes
New York
Kearns
Egypt
Turkey
Woman Dies After Spine Wound in Birmingham Incident
Lillian Stinson, 23, dies in Birmingham after being shot in the spine during an automobile party. She had lay unconscious for 24 hours. Three men are held in connection with the accidental shooting. Stinson formerly lived in Centre, Alabama.
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Birmingham
Lillian Stinson
A Are Here
Miss Stinson
Centre
Ala
Taxicab Driver Charged With Murder in Lillian Stinson Death
Birmingham police say Bruce Wells, a taxicab driver, is charged with murder after Lillian Stinson dies at 4 hospital. They report Wells accidental shooting the woman while handling a revolver.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bruce Wells
Lillian Stinson
Hospital
Wells
Battleship construction may halt before Washington conference
Washington July 30 The United States may delay work on three or four battleships as war costs rise. Congress may resist further funding until armament reductions are agreed at the upcoming conference, affecting the California and another ship nearing completion.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Japanese Evacuation of Siberia Forecast
July 30 report indicates Japan may evacuate Siberia as the 5th division delays relief of the 11th division. If no orders arrive soon, evacuation could occur before President Harding's conference. A government envoy heads to China to press for settlement of the Shantung dispute. Diplomatic texts between Washington and Tokyo are being released by the foreign office.
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Kip
Japan
Siberia
Sth
Harding
China
Shantung
Washington
Tokio
Foreign Office
Anniston Man Held After Fatal Shooting in Domestic Dispute
In Anniston Alabama Mrs Gentry 90 and her eight year old daughter were wounded by a pistol shot during a dispute with her husband who is jailed on murder charges. Police say the former husband Tom Tant had been at the home prompting the confrontation. Three shots were fired two hit Mrs Gentry near the heart and she died at her mother's side. The husband says the wife fired first and he wrested the pistol. Two children witnessed the incident.
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Anniston
den FC
Set Gentry
Lvd
Gentry
Yasterday
Tom Tant
Ts Vee
Minnie Russell
Efforts to Find Dr Stone's Body Prove Unavailing
Banff Alberta reports state that search for Dr W E Stone president of Purdue University killed July 16 in a cliff fall near Mount Kanon has failed. Mrs Stone remains on a rock ledge five days without food awaiting transport by stretcher to Banff as doctors say she is out of danger but weakened.
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Banff
Alberta
W. E. Stone
Perdue Universitid
Mount Eanon
Mrs. Stone
Depositors Riot At Boston Bank Over Withdrawals
In Boston today a riotous scene erupted as depositors of the Boston Five Cent Savings Bank demanded access to their savings. The run on the bank followed rumors of financial trouble, later denied by bank and government officials.
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Boston
Charles Ponzis
Boston Five Cent Savings Bank
Rolls-Royce Plant Shuts Five Weeks
Rolls-Royce Company plant in Springfield Massachusetts closed last night for five weeks. About 300 employees will be laid off while the factory operates on a reduced schedule. The move comes after the corporation cut dividends, affecting potential buyers of the cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Rolls- Rosey
Ok Auocates
Agtiel
Hoover outlines relief plan for starving Russians
Secretary Hoover signals American relief for starving Russians with conditional aid. He says relief distribution could begin from Riga and Danzig if Soviet authorities approve and prisoners are released. The American Relief Association would send a representative to coordinate operations and food delivery.
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Washington
Russia
Hoover Vance
Willl
Maxim Gorky
Hughes
Curt Dem
Falcover
Riga
Rusia
Hoover
American Relief Association
Hééver
Danzig
Low teachers' wag called a disgrace and need for reform
July 30 report quotes Tigert condemning low pay for teachers as a national disgrace. He argues education funding must rise to pay teachers at least as well as delivery workers. He warns ignorance could erode freedom if a revenue plan to fund pay is not found.
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Fiston
Armerite Bearg
Creas
Ci Tigert
United States
England
Harvard Univers
Trial continues in Chicago baseball gambling case
In Chicago, trials proceed with ten hours of argument allotted to each side as the case moves into its final phase. Assistant state attorney Edward Prindiville opened yesterday and continued today, detailing alleged gamblers accused of conspiring to throw the 1928 World Series to Cincinnati. The defense is expected to start its argument Monday morning, with proceedings likely to extend into Tuesday.
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Chicago
Ono
Edward Prindiville
White Sox
Cincinnati
Ex-Bank Teller Jay York Sentenced in New York
Former teller Jay York, aged 18, received a term in New York related to a bank incident. Court records indicate the defendant faced charges tied to prior employment as a bank teller.
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York, Jay
Teller
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