Conference on Warrior river barge rates to address Mobile discrimination
Washington wire reports a Wednesday conference on the Warrior river barge line, with Alabama’s delegation, Col. Ashburn, H E DeBardeleben, and Theodore Brent likely present. Mobile seeks fair rate treatment, better service, and a plan for a self supporting river branch. the Chamber of Commerce will file a brief with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
Warrior River
Mobile
Alabama
Col
T. Q. Ashburn
Inland Waterways Division
War Department
H. E. DeBardeleben
Warrior
Theodore Brent
New Orleans
Underwood
Congress
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Traffic Department
The
Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Auto crash injures Negro woman near Mertz station
Agnes Dumas, a colored woman, was seriously hurt when a seven passenger car crashed into Eslava's creek on Hall's Mill road near Mertz station at 12:30 this morning. James Page drove the vehicle which overturned into the creek. several occupants were injured and ambulances were summoned. The coroner and physicians investigated into the early hours.
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Agnes Dumas
Eslava'’s
Hall's Mill Road
Mertz Station
James Page
Veral
Dumas
Sevral
S. Fale
Stanton Named To Fire Department After World War Service
James Stanton, formerly a city fire captain, was invited to serve as a supernumerary fireman after signing with the U S Shipping Board. The department answered a small Bay Avenue fire caused by a spark. damage was minor. J Wilms owned and occupied the premises.
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James Stanton
Sea Service Department
the . S. Shiping Board
Mobile Light & Railroad company damages suit filed
Damage suits totaling 335000 filed in the circuit court today against Mobile Light and Railroad Company. Plaintiffs are Dr Edn C Terrill and wife Mrs Willte Terrill of this city. Mrs Terrill seeks 25000 for injuries from July 24 by stepping in the automobile parking area of the defendant at Monroe Park. Dr Terrill seeks 10000.
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Mobile Light & Railroad Ompany
Edn C. Terrill
Willterrill
Terrill
Thore
Monroe Park
Weather and sports pairings across cities and times
Reading includes cloudy and clear weather notes for Southern cities and major league matchups. It lists games in Mobile Birmingham New York Cincinnati Pittsburgh Boston St Louis Philadelphia Detroit and others with forecast conditions and starting times or scores.
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Southern
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Rock
Mobile
Memphis
New Orleans
Birmingham
Icago
New York
Ncinnati
Brooklyn
Itsburgh
Philadelphia
T. Louis
Boston
York
Chicago
Washington
Cleveland
St. Louis
Detroit
Weather Ashington Forecast For Ala and Miss
Weather note from Ashington reports generally fair skies with continued warm temperatures. Overnight tonight and Wednesday expect warm, dry conditions across Alabama and Mississippi.
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Ashington
Ala
Mississippi
Drive Starts for Salvation Army Funds in Mobile
Campaign to raise 12 000 began promptly at 9 30 with about 750 volunteers canvassing downtown and residential areas. Headquarters at 11 Royal Street. J E B Carroll chair, W A Steadman director of teams, Mrs F I Spaulding heads women’s division. Inspirational talks noted by Col F G Lawton Brigadier Clara J Albright and others. Mobile Salvation Army reports twelve months of relief including 5 110 cases helped 1 116 emergency lodgings 7 000 Christmas dinners and 1 115 toys.
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Salvation Army
No. 11
Royal Street
J. E B. Carroll
W. A. Steadman
F. I. Spaulding
Cawthon Hotel
Clara J. Albright
Birmingham
Dixie Division
L. Grimshaw
Siady
Col. Lawton
France
Mobile
Daphne
35 Prohi Cases by U S Men in Month
Federal Prohibition Agents Cox Gillespie and Thompson report 35 prohibition violations since the last grand jury adjourned. Most cases will go before the special grand jury meeting the last Monday in July. Cox noted the week’s proceedings and an auto with liquor was seized at Pass Christian.
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Cox, Gillespie and Thompson
Cox
Biloxi
Mississippi
Pass Christian
Man Fined for Speeding and Lights Violation in Court
J D Campbell of 155 Church street was fined 25 dollars or 5 days for speeding at 35 mph and 5 dollars for driving without lights after arraignment in recorder's court. Police ordered a warrant for Annie Chambers for disorderly conduct tied to the incident, with several other women present in the automobile. Officer Hub bard testified Campbell sped along Washington avenue and Broad street and was halted at Broad and Texas streets.
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J.D. Campbell
Church Street
Recorder’s Court
Ollie Hubbard
Campbell
O'Shaughassy
Annie Chambers
Hubbard
Washington Avenue
Broad Street
Broad
Texas Streets
Raid on Old Shell Road premises yields whiskey seizure
Following complaints by patrons of the Old Shell Road school federal prohibition agents raided the premises of L. W. Hindley near the school on Old Shell road. More than two gallons of whiskey were seized and Hindley arrested for violating the national prohibition law Mose Harris of Prichard was served with a warrant on the same charge.
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Old Shell Road
L. W. Hindley
Hindley
Mose Harris
Sunstroke Identified as Aerial Danger in Plane Crash
In Folkestone England experts at the inquest into last Saturday's London Paris airliner disaster testified the crash was likely caused by the pilot suffering sunstroke. The verdict points to heat related illness as a new danger of flying.
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Folkestone
Eng
Paris
Bishop Kilgo in Critical Condition in Memphis
Bishop Kilgo of Charlotte, a Methodist leader, was stricken with heart disease while traveling from Hot Springs to his home. He was reported sinking and in critical condition at a Memphis Methodist hospital.
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Memphis
Tenn
Co. Kilgo
Charlotte
N. C
Hot Springs
Ark
Methodist Hospital
Sneeze disease weakens 13 year old in Monroe
Marie Klosener, 13, Monroe Wisconsin, has suffered continual sneezing since last Tuesday. Doctors are puzzled as the child remains in a weakened condition with day and night sneezing almost without interruption.
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Monroe
Wis
Marie Klosener
City Eyes Motorized Fire Department and Two Central Stations
Commissioner Harry Hartwell urged motorization of the Eda City fire service, proposing two new central stations at Church and Water and St Francis and Springhill. He would close Engine Houses 2 3 4 and 12, selling sites valued at 61500 to fund two new stations at up to 50000. The plan aims to cut annual costs from horses and equipment by about 3500 and reduce fire insurance rates, with total needed around 75000. The commission can seek a deal with a fire apparatus firm to offset budget impact, and next steps were set for a future conference.
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Harry Hartwell
Hartwell
Church and
Water Streets
St. Francis and
Springhill Avenue
Oreten
Nurses Praised for Marksmanship in Hospital Battle
Letters of sympathy and praise arrived for Peggy Marie Real who lay wounded in a Kansas City hospital after an apparent suicide attempt. The notes commended her courage and marksmanship and urged her to keep fighting for life as recovery was hoped.
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Kansas City
Peggy Marie Real
Frank Warren Anderson
Enlargement of Bank Body Talks in Paris
Paris June 6 The International bankers committee discussed enlarging its scope as it considers a foreign loan for Germany. Reparations commission members plan to meet tomorrow to draft a reply to bankers who requested information on the loan’s credit basis. The French reparations member was told by Premier Poincare not to approve any reduction in Germanys total reparations.
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Paris
Associated Press
International Bankers Committee
Whch
Germany
Reparations Commission
Reparatons Commeson
Poincare
Powe Sentenced to 90 Days After Assault Conviction
Convicted of an assault in circuit court yesterday Sam Powe former taxicab driver was today sentenced to pay a fine of 350 dollars and costs with an additional sentence of 90 days Powe gave notice of an appeal Powe was convicted of an assault on Sam Schwarz after a jury trial in the circuit court.
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Sam Powe
Powe
Sam Schwarz
Fuzzy Woodruff Heads Atlanta Press Club
Fuzzy Woodruff, regarded as the dean of Southern newspaper men, becomes the first president of the Atlanta Press Club. The club formed yesterday afternoon with about fifty charter members and will mirror models from the Washington Press Club and the Pen and Pencil Club of Philadelphia.
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Atlanta
Fuzzy” Woodruff
Atlanta Press Club
Aryl
Washington Press Club
Pen and Pencil Club
Philadelphia
Thirty four die in burning of naptha steamer Villa Franga
June 6 thirty four died in the burning of the steam ship Villa Franga and seventy eight were injured in an explosion after a hole was torn in the vessel during a perilous river passage at Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Villa Franga
No More War Demonstration Planned in Hyde Park
London hosts the 22nd international peace congress in late July with the motto Never again. Several hundred delegates from civilized states plan to attend the session and a No More War demonstration will occur in Hyde Park organized by church groups labor unions and women's and peace organizations.
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London
Hyde Park
Death Calls Noted Stage Beauty Lillian Russell Moore
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Lillian Russell Moore wife of Alexander P Moore publisher of the Pittsburg Leader in Trinity Protestant Episcopal church Thursday afternoon. The body will be placed in a vault until a mausoleum is erected by her husband. Born December 4 1861 in Clinton Iowa she gained fame as the queen of American light opera and toured lecturing on longevity. She was active in Red Cross and liberty loan campaigns during the war and was a prominent stage star for decades.
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Pittsburgh
Lillian Russell Moore
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
Alexand P. Moore
Pittburgh
Lillian Russell More
Alexander P. Moore
Pittsburg
Jane Calbit
Lillian Russell
United States
England
America
Miss Fruscello
Red Cross
Liberty Loan
Clinton
Iowa
Charles E
Cynthia Leonard
Chicago
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Mat Scheremburg
Aon Eee
Leopold Damrosch
Mise Russell
Pinheaas
Rae
Wae
Safety Zone Signs Knocked Down In Mobile Streets
Autoists clash with new safety stands on Government street as signs at St Emanuel Broad and Michigan Avenue are toppled. City officials promise lighting and revised plan to prevent recurrences while cars discharge passengers and drivers must stay within the safety zone until streetcars clear.
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Mobile
Government Street
St. Emanuel
Broad and
Michigan Avenue
Quiet Prevails After Lynching Attempt Near High Point
News of a mob over 1500 gathered at the High Point jail to lynch a Black suspect in the assault of an 18 year old girl near Thomasville. Police Chief Blackwelder urged restraint and the man was moved to Greensboro for safekeeping. Two other Black men were in custody, but identified as not the main suspect.
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High Point
N. C
Thomasvile
Blackwelder
Greensboro
War fraud indictments expected within a week
Washington June 6 The first indictments in war fraud cases will be returned by a special grand jury within a week as prosecutions move quickly. Agents surveil alleged defrauders and warrants may issue if flight is detected. J L Phillips Georgia GOP chairman is held on $25 000 bail as the grand jury considers lumber contract prosecutions.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Department
Georgia GOP chairman John L. Phillips arrested in war lumber case
John L. Phillips, Georgia Republican state chairman, was arrested in Washington on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States tied to a war lumber disposal contract. He posted a $25,000 bond and waived examination before U.S. Commissioner Hitt as a special grand jury probe into the matter continued.
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J. L. Phillips
Georgia
Phillips
Phillips & Stevens
Representative Woodrutt
Su 8 Lumber
Ant
Hitt
Yest
United States
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
Stevens
Washington
John L. Phillips
Uberty
Grand Kiry
Shrine Train Raid Denied by Day Agents
Milwaukee authorities deny any raid on the baggage and commissary cars of the special train carrying 200 members of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine and their wives to the San Francisco convention. Federal circles and the state prohibition department regard the incident as a mystery amid official denials. The Milwaukee departure was shortly after 10 o clock Saturday morning.
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Milwaukee
Wis
San Francisco
State Prohibition Department
Prohibition
Order
Battleship Tennessee Tops Short Range Battle Scores
Navy announces Tennessee achieved the year's highest short range battle score and wins the American Defense Society cup, previously held by Pennsylvania. Texas takes the Spokane trophy for top turret score, Arkansas previously held it on the Atlantic station and will be shipped here.
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San Francisco
Navy
Twelfth Naval District Headquarters
Tennessee
American Defense Society
Pennsylvania
Texas
Arkansas
Atlantic
Rotary Convention Opens With Thousands Attending in Angeles
Thousands of delegates from twenty six countries gather in Los Angeles for the thirteenth annual International Association of Rotary Clubs convention. Organizers estimate about 7,500 are registered for the opening session.
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Angeles
Cal
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Ady
Wage Slash Is Formally Authorized
Chicago June 6 The railroad labor board ordered a seven cent an hour cut for railway shop mechanics and nine cents for freight carmen, affecting about 400000 shop workers and saving the railroads roughly 59.7 million annually. The decision, effective July 1, faced strong labor objections claiming lack of human consideration and fairness, with minority members denouncing bias in carmen classifications while shop heads remain at current rates.
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Chicago
Associated Press
United States Railroad Labor Board
Carmen
Albert O. Wharton
W. L. McMenimen
Albert Phillips
Commifonly Tri Las
Pope Pius XI Reported Ill and Under Care
Paris dispatch from June 6 reports Pope Pius XI is sick and under medical care. Card Ratti’s reign noted as robust, but years of seclusion in the Vatican have brought a decline. Doctors Amisi and Battistini examined him and prescribed a strict diet and garden exercise.
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Paris
Pinus XI
Rome
Petit Journal
Cardinal Ratti
Vatican Golden Prison
Amisi
Battistini
Vatican
Proposal Made For Return Of Southern Flags
A proposal to return Confederate battle flags held by Minnesota Civil War veterans to their original owners was presented at the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Minneapolis. Two flags located from the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-ninth Mississippi regiments are owned by the Fourth Minnesota infantry association. Calvin Fix said members intend to retain the flags unless the G A R encampment adopts a resolution for their return.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota Veterans of
Grand Army of the Republic
Mississippi
Fouth
Minnesota Infantry Association
Calvin KR. Fix
Fourth Infantry Association
Demotion Ordered After Insubordination at Camp Dix
Major Malcolm Wheeler Nicholson was found guilty by a general court martial at Camp Dix New Jersey of a technical army regulation violation for writing to President Harding about the service. He was fined $50 and ranked behind 560 majors for promotion. He called the verdict a victory, stating he was acquitted on more serious charges.
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Camp DIX
N. J
Harding
Malcolm Wheeler Nicholson
Nicholson
Railroad unions plan vote on wage cuts across 1.2 million workers
In Cincinnati a conference of union leaders decided that about 1.2 million railroad workers covered by individual unions will vote on the wage cuts recently ordered or pending by the railroad labor board. Votes in each organization are due within 30 days after the board sets the new rates, with the shop crafts vote returnable June 30.
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Cincinnati
United States
Wage cut tops railroad unions’ closing session
Cincinnati June 5 The Associated Press reports eleven railroad labor unions met to discuss resisting wage reductions ordered by the United States railroad labor board. B M Jewel of the AFL led informal talks as strike votes were expected. Samuel Gompers arrived to participate amid a two to three week outlook for the conference. The AFL building trades department also plans its annual meeting to consider joining a proposed national construction council.
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Cincinnati
Associated Press
United States Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewel
American Federation of Labor
T! Pag Nepeegt
Carmen
Ollers
Transportation
Railroad Labor Board
Samuel Gompers
Washington
Building Trades Department
National Construction Council
Ship Subsidy Clause Deleted in Immigration Plan
Washington June 6. Republican members of the house merchant marine committee eliminated a provision in the administration ship subsidy bill requiring 50 percent of immigrants to travel on American ships. Chairman Lasker of the shipping board had urged the provision to boost immigrant trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Administration
United States
House Merchant Marine Committee
Lasker
The
Shipping Board
Pro
Bitter Fight in Small Case Seen
Waukegan June 6 The Associated Press reports a bitter legal clash develops as the prosecution and defense for Governor Len Small contest the fate of records from the governor’s bank and Vernon Curtis bank and seek the missing papers detailing how public funds and interest were handled.
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Wackegan
Associated Press
Len . Small
Vernon Curtis
Grace Welcomes FTC Inquiry On Bethlehem Lackawanna Merger
Eugene G. Grace president of Bethlehem Steel says he welcomes the fullest Federal Trade Commission investigation in Washington of the Bethlehem Lackawanna merger. He adds that when facts are shown the purchase will be approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Company
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Bethlehem
Lackawanna Steel Company
Gleason to Speak on Muscle Shoals Nitrate Power Project
Thomas D. Gleason president of the Practical Inventors of America set to appear before the Senate Agriculture Committee hearings on the Muscle Shoals nitrate and power project. He will advocate the Norros plant plan with a federal three member commission appointed by the president to run the operations.
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Washington
Thomas D. Gleason
The
Practical Inventors of America
Senate Agricult Committee
Muscle Shoals
Gleason
Norros
WOUNDED BILOXIAN DIES. BOLTON HELD
Biloxi Mississippi June 6 Richter prominent young man shot Sunday night died of two wounds in a hospital. Bolton held as a person of interest in the shooting that led to the death.
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Biloxian
Bolton
Biloxi
Miss
Richter
Young Bolton
Rison County
Ter
Tion
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Eda City
Woodruff Heads
Laurence M. Benedict
United Press
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Rotary
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Big Four’ Transportation Unions
Grace
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