Grand Jury Nears End of Term at Mobile County
Mobile county grand jury adjourned briefly after two weeks of sessions. Nine witnesses were summoned before lunch, including Mrs Hall and A D Davis. The panel planned to resume at 3 pm to prepare a report, with earlier reports noting absentee ballot and Dauphin Island Bridge bond election irregularities. Judge Joel W. Goldsby led deliberations as term neared completion.
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Mobile County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Aly
Hall
Will Hanlon
EB. F. Hoerig
J. P. Connor
Mexican Government Thanks Mobile Officials for Courtesy
A July 16 note from the Mexican ambassador to the Mobile city authorities and the Mobile Chamber of Commerce expresses gratitude for the courtesies shown to the officers and cadets of the cruiser Anahuac now in Mobile harbor. The message conveys formal thanks and official regard from Mexico.
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Mobile
Mexico
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
Anahuac
Republicans Invite Bolters to Join Party in Arkansas
Pulaski County Republican convention adopted a resolution calling Democrats to switch to the GOP. The expression of fundamental principles includes a line urging that a domineering majority party weakens itself by expelling those who express political independence from the party.
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Little Rock
Ark
Pulaski County
Escape reported for Ed Swain from county farm
Ed Swain, serving a 20 day sentence for aggravated assault on his wife, escaped Thursday. Mobile city and county officers have been instructed to be on the lookout for him.
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Ed Swain
Frees County
Mobile City
Weather forecast and river bulletin for Alabama region
Partly cloudy unsettled tonight and Friday with thunder showers. Temperature little changed. Daily River Bulletin notes observations at 7 am central time July 31 1990. River forecast expects minor changes with the Alabama River rising slightly at Selma and Montgomery. Albert Ashbourget, climatologist.
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Daily River Bulletin
Alabama
Sigomery
Albert Asbouborget
Staaralogist
General Gathering On Oyster Industry Rehabilitation Planned
A joint meeting of fisheries and industrial committees of the chamber of commerce will convene next Monday at 4 30 pm. Attendees include legislative candidates from Mobile and Baldwin counties. The aim is to design a comprehensive program to build up the oyster industry with state funds and regulatory changes.
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Fisheries and Industrial Committees
Commercial
Mobile
Baldwin
I.T. Iene
Eral
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Committee
Burglar Hits Delaware Street Homes In Early Morning
A burglar broke into a Delaware street home at 605 and fled from 807 as four awakened girls alarmed neighbors. The same suspect, nicknamed Miss Viola Mine, is linked to the 700 South Carolina and 805 Delaware cases, stealing 1.55 dollars and three gold baby rings.
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Delaware Street
Delaware
W. P. Milne
South Carolina Street
Miss Viola
Lewis R. Phillips
Alfred Ross Is Fined For Drunken Driving Collision
Alfred Ross of 355 Gaston Street was fined 200 dollars and 70 days hard labor with six months suspended driving privileges after being convicted of operating an automobile while drunk. The crash involved an auto driven by T M Cooper of 1400 Center Street, with the Cooper vehicle badly damaged. Ross was taken into custody at the scene by Officer Cody Bettis and Detectives Bernstein and Burch.
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Alfred Ross
Gaston Street
D. H. Edington
Ross
T. M. Cooper
Center Street
Cody Bettis
Bernstein and
Burch
Pastor J. R. O'Donoghue Returns From Holy Eucharist Congress
Rev. Father J. R. O'Donoghue pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church arrives Saturday after a trip to Carthage North Africa for the Holy Eucharist Congress. He also visited Ireland and will greet parishioners at Sunday masses.
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Father J. R. O'Donoghue
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Carthage
North Africa
Ireland
Home Burglary Reported on Church Street
W. H. Yost of 1007 Church Street reported his residence was entered Wednesday night. A thief took two silk dresses and men’s and women’s wear from the home, as stated in the police report.
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W. H. Yost
Church Street
Thompson to Speak at Bienville Square Saturday
Frederick I. Thompson Mobile's senate candidate will discuss the current race and opponent John H. Bankhead's record in a public address at Bienville Square. He has campaigned across Alabama and will outline his statewide activities and campaign issues in the closing days.
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John H. Bankhead
Jasper
Ala
Frederick I. Thompson
Mobile
United States Senate
Bienville Square
Thompson
Alabama
Tourist Club Logs 169 Cars From 22 States in July
During three weeks in July 169 cars from 22 states registered at the Bienville hotel Tourist Club. The club room closed one week due to illness of George A. Zolezzi. States and car counts include Alabama 40 Florida 10 Louisiana 20 Texas 10 Ohio 11 California 10 Georgia 5 Illinois 10 Michigan 5 Mississippi 10 Arkansas 5 Missouri 5 South Carolina 6 Tennessee 3 New York 5 Kentucky 4 Virginia 1 Minnesota 1 Pennsylvania 1 Oklahoma 1 Oregon 1 Maryland 5.
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Mobile
Bienville Hotel
George A. Zolezzi
Texas
Alabama
California
Florida
Ohio
Georgia
Louisiana
Maryland
Illinois
Michigan
Mississippi
Arkansas
Missouri
South Carolina
Tennessee
New York
Kenbar
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Oreoa
Big Increase In Cotton Shipments At Mobile Port
The 1929 30 cotton shipping season closed with Mobile export showing a tremendous rise over the previous period. Complete figures on movement are expected soon. Starting Friday, the new cotton year begins as the state docks commission and Mobile Bay Bridge Company remove bridge tolls on trucks hauling 10 or more bales from Baldwin, Escambia and nearby counties.
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Mobile
State Docks Commission
Mobile Bay Bridge Company
Baldwin
Escambia
Eight charged in Theodore dance hall assault case
Charges of assault to murder filed against eight Theodore residents after a Saturday dance hall incident left Deputies Faulk and Crabtree severely wounded. Court hearings delayed to August 4 due to their absence. two suspects released on bonds as witnesses corroborate the probe by United States authorities.
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Stich
Sheriff's Deputies
Co. Co
Faulk
Alf.Crabtree
Theodore
Inferior Criminal Court
Crabtree
Purvis Tillman
Raymond Des Rocher
Harvey Murphy
Norman Dodge
Rena Davis
George Murphy
Joseph Murphy
James Hutton
Oliver
E Moody
Tillman
Des Rocher
Dodge
Sead
Tad
City officials held in Juarez election probe
Army law enforcement seized the city clerk and several aldermen including Jose Mofta and Par tocinio Candelaria and City Clerk Alejandro Falkiner. Authorities did not reveal charges but they were detained over alleged involvement in the gubernatorial election in Juarez two weeks earlier. Governor Escobar directs the arrests amid accusations that Prieto followers and city officials used police power to influence votes.
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Rigon
Jose Mofta
Par
Tocinio Candelaria
Alejandro Falkiner
Juarez
Escobar
Manuel Prieto
Veterinarian Dr Hans Jensen files Reno divorce suit
Dr Hans Jensen a Kansas City veterinarian and researcher who exposed Bishop Anton Bast in a 1928 I M E conference case has filed for divorce in Reno Nevada. Mrs Jensen plans a separate complaint from a residence in another county. Jensen's cattle disease serum research has earned Danish government recognition.
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Reno
Nevada
Hans Jensen
Kansas City
Anton Bast
Copenhagen
Denmark
International Methodist Episcopal Conference
Neighbors accuse Chicago man of 268 nuisances
In Chicago on July 31, neighbors charged Joseph Heinrich with maintaining 268 nuisances on a T-foot lot. They list 200 guinea pigs 3 rabbits 36 chicks 4 goats and as ditto dogs. Each nuisance carries a $200 fine, making the potential total substantial.
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Chicago
Joseph Heinrich
Trubee Davison Heads to Shreveport on Air Tour
Assistant Secretary of War F. Trubee Davison began the second leg of his 16,000 mile air tour with an early flight to Shreveport Louisiana after arriving in Montgomery to join American Legion events address legionnaires and civic club meetings.
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Montgomery
Ala
F. Trubee Davison
Shreveport
United States
American Legion
Legionnaires
Girl Dies in Car Crash Near Fayetteville Concrete Pillar
Fayetteville resident Jessie Willons drove into a concrete pillar early today, killing his six year old son Dorsey who was riding with him.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Jessie Willons
Here
Dorsey
Livecchi Charged With Buckley Killing During Detroit Raids
In Chicago a warrant charges Livecchi with murder in the LaSalle hotel slaying of radio announcer Jerry Buckley. Police press on with raids on speakeasies and gambling houses in Detroit area, arresting thirty in raids across Ecorée River Rouge and Wyandotte as they search for three gunmen.
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Detroit
Livecchi
Jerry Buckley
LaSelle Hotel
Corders
Thomas M. Cotter
LaSalle Hotel
Ita Buckley
E Salice Okey Shi
Feenbed
Ecorée
River Rougé
Wyandotte
Night Club Raid Hits Chicago Elite Spot
Prohibition agents raided Club Muron at 16 East Huron street in Chicago. Manager John Cozy Dolan, a former New York Giants coach, was arrested with four waiters and the bartender, while about a dozen couples and the club hostess were released. A card index with hundreds of names was seized for investigation.
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Chicago
Muron
East Huron Street
John
Cozy) Dolan
New York Giants
Dolan
Women delegates from Muslim countries gather in Damascus
The Daily Herald reports women from Moslem nations convened in Damascus for a historic congress. They adopt a resolution demanding veil abolition, pre‑marital viewing of brides and grooms, equal divorce rights, a legal 18 year marriage minimum, and compulsory education for all children.
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London
The
Daily Herald
Damascus
Lindbergh Makes Stop In Bruck Heights New Jersey
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Teterboro airport in New Jersey at 10:20 a.m. after departing Washington with Ambassador Harry Guggerheim to Cuba. He went by car to the home of his father in law Dwight W. Morrow in Englewood to visit family.
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Brouck Heights
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Teterboro
Washington
Bolling Field
Harry 8
Guggerheim
Cuba
Lindbergh
Dwight W. Morrow
Englewood
Tennessee Man Dies of Auto Wreck Injuries
N C Vixie 76 of Collegedale Tennessee died in Louisville Kentucky from injuries suffered in an automobile crash near Camp Knox. His grandson Eugene Vixie was killed Tuesday night. Vixie’s wife and two other sons survived the crash of the vehicle that ran off the road.
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Louisville
N.C. Vixie
Collegedale
Tenn
Camp Knox
Eugene Vixie
H. M. Vixie
Storms Relieve North Louisiana with Tornadoing Winds
Severe weather battered north central Louisiana as a tornado with 80 to 90 mph winds struck Tremont Lumber in Rochelle, demolishing parts of the plant and halting operations. Heavy rainfall and strong gusts accompanied the damage in the region.
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Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Tremont Lumber Company
Rochelle
San Francisco Pardon Bid Tied to 1916 Bombing Case
Former Police Captain Duncan Matheson urges clemency for Warren K. Billings and Thomas J. Mooney, convicted in the 1916 preparedness day bombings, as the California Supreme Court resumes review. Testimony questions the guilt and cites claims of perjured testimony prompted by district attorney Charles M. Fickert.
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San Francisco
Duncan Matheson
Warren K. Billings
Thomas J. Mooney
Supreme Court
Billings
Matheson
Mooney
John MacDonald
Baltimore
Charles M. Fickert
Fickert
MacDonald
Mass Meeting Condemns Fatal Attack in Mount Vernon
A mass meeting in Mount Vernon Georgia called by Montgomery county citizens will condemn the flogging and death of S B Mincey a 70 year old negro Republican leader. County officials plan to discuss a reward for arresting the attackers. Mincey was beaten after intruders broke into his home and dragged him from the dwelling. He died from a rifle butt wound.
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Mount Vernon
Montgomery County
Mincey
Edison’s 20 Page Quiz For Edison Scholarships
Edison presents twenty pages of questions to forty nine boys taking the Edison scholarship exam at his West Orange facility. The questions, drafted with notable figures including Ford Firestone Lindbergh Eastman and Bryant, mix science ethics history and hypothetical scenarios to probe applicants.
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Edison
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Henry Ford
Harvey
Four Die in North Carolina Highway Collision Near Weaversville
Four persons died and several injured in a truck automobile crash two miles north of Weaversville near Asheville North Carolina. The deceased were passengers on the truck and residents of Barrow Gap. The injured included Dave Brown Cecil Anderson and others. The crash happened during a sightseeing trip on rainy highways.
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Asheville
N. C
Weaversville
Barr-G
Tarse Tessner
Cindy
Cecil Anderson
Dave Brown
A. A
Lacd
Mra
Tarse
Tessaner
Alice Misa
Josephine Wolfe
Mercy killing case shocks West city court
A 52 year old man Chaps Galichet was committed for trial on murder charges after telling police he struck his wife with a heavy object as she slept. He said they had discussed ending their lives to escape a life they found unbearable. Investigating detective noted the couple had been devoted.
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West
Hee
Chaps Galichet
Olas
Galichet
Galiechet
Civil War Fete Flags Confederate Banner at Campfire Tribute
In C m Connellsville Pennsylvania a Confederate flag was displayed at a monument on the W C Patterson farm north of Mason and Dixon line. The event marked the 1964 anniversary with remarks by William H Stevenson and others from the Pennsylvania historical commission and Harrisburg Academy. A $100 Confederate note and a $600 payment were shown, connected to General John Patterson’s mother.
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M’connellsburg
Mason and Dixon Line
W. C
Pennsylvania Historical Comision
Shenk
Harrisburg
State
John L
Trio Escapes Jail After Shootout in Bardstown
Three men Cecil Shelto Death Paul Spears and Ben Miller of Bowling Green escaped jail early today after raiding a home and firing on Mrs. Franklin Hall. A car rammed a phone pole during the getaway. One gang member died in a confrontation with deputies. others remained at large.
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Bardstown
Franklin Hall
Cecil Shelto
Paul Spears
Ben Miller
Bowling Green
County
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