Waterspouts Off Mobile Bay Scare City
Two large waterspouts roamed Mobile Bay and a heavy downpour drenched the city with about four inches of rain. The spouts drew crowds along the shore and from the City Bank building, but no property damage was reported as streets flooded briefly and traffic paused.
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Leaf Mobile Bay
Albert Ashenberger
City Bank
Ashenberger
Enomena
Abile
Bay Front
Mobile
Weather Bureau
Defense arguments swirl around templeton case and teen duress
In New York on June 19 defense counsel for 17 year old Dorothy Bar placed the death of Thomas Templeton at a party under question. They indicated that Dorothy may testify that the shooting was accidental and that the defendant bears no responsibility. Testimony in the case also challenged the story of Harry Bro about the fatal event and highlighted the aunt Mrs Lattitia Dunlap who claimed she was not present when the shooting occurred and attempted to intervene.
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Thomas Templeton
Dorothy Perkins
New York State
New York
Scitait Press
Dorothy Bar
Mat Perkins
Thomas
Templete
Sidney R. Losh
Bothy
Harry
Thomas Temon
Lattitia Dunlap
Tomy
Dunlap
Templeton
Atlantic City
N. J
Deborah McKnight
Coast Guard
Cac Ee Num
Northfield
Warren Dix
Linwood
Wilson
Use’ Pleasurents
d._ Absec ieid
Pleasureville
William Young
Commoncraft
Curtis Lota
Dilke
Martha Weiss
Dilks
Martha
Dirks
Lehmann
Trespass Charges Filed Against Young Woman
Miss Maude Anderson aged 19 of North Joachim Street was docketed at the county jail on trespass charges after warning by Deputies Burch Nelson and Shreve. Complainant C D Kittrell alleges she entered his home and refused to leave. Gulledge 40 was arrested on an inferior criminal court warrant charged with petit larceny for stealing an automobile battery and related parts from J. D. Moore. The inferior civil court case involves failure to answer a discovery in the Transfer Co vs Brown and Andrew Moffett matter docketed by Officers Robinson.
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Gulledge
Farnell
Fars 2
R.brown
Andrew Moffett
Robinson
Ku Klux Ceremony Planned Tonight
A Ku Klux Klan ceremony is announced for tonight at 9 o'clock in a large field at the end of the residential section. Police reported receiving the invitation from Klan officers and stated officers and patrolmen will be welcomed, with an honor reserved for certain attendees.
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Mobile Klan
Knights of the Ku Klux
Klan
Northwest Weather Forecast Brief Shows Showers Possible
A terse weather note indicates Northwest region clouds with light to moderate showers possible. Forecasters expect variable conditions and periodic rain across the area.
Oil shares climb as New York opens with strong demand
In New York on June 1 heavy buying of oil shares followed reports of lower crude output. Simms and Marland blocks traded at higher prices while Maxwell B certificates moved 4 600 shares at 118, up 23 4. In New Orleans on June 12 cotton futures opened steady with July at 23.44, October 22.12, December 22.20, January 22.25, March 23.33.
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New York
A.P
Simms
Marland
Maxwell
New Orleans
Negro Wanted Here Held at Meridian
George Turner alias Straw, a negro wanted on a murder indictment from 1923 in Mobile at Knox and Conception streets, is under arrest at Meridian. A long distance message to Meridian's chief prompted an officer to depart Mobile tonight for the prisoner. Turner is accused of shooting Will Andoe. three others arrested in the case were tried and acquitted.
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George Turner
Straw
Knox
Conception Streets
Meridian
Reuben Dorlon
Leon Schwarz
Mobile
Turner
Will Andoe
Andoe
Commissioner Quinn Plans Campaign For Alabama Seafood Industry
Commissioner of Conservation I. 2. Quinn announces a statewide push to present the needs of Alabama's seafood industry. He says by month’s end the state will plant 35 000 barrels of seed oysters, the first large-scale planting since the old Alabama oyster commission era.
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Commissioner of Conservation I
Quinn
Alabama
Old
Alabama Oyster Commission
New Income Tax Liens Filed in Probate Court
Federal revenue representatives filed new income tax liens in probate court today against D. J. Lynch for 27713.81 and James Glass for 6723.19. Discharges for Dc C Connors and Harry B O Connor were also filed. Connors lien at 17000 plus and O Connor lien 9082.65 were compromised.
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Fox
D. J. Lynch
James Glass
Federal Revenue Department
Dc. C. Connors
Harry B. O'Connor
Connors
O'Connor
Wrestling Exhibition at Dixie Gardens June 18
Jim Nicholas and F W Frichkons will present a wrestling exhibition at Dixie Gardens on June 18 drawing wrestling fans of Mobile. The event features several bouts along with Bennie Williams the south negro middleweight champion meeting Batting Johnson in a ten round boxing match that same night.
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Jim Nicholas
F. W. Frichkons
Dixie Gardens
Nicholas
Frichkons
Dans of
Mobile
Bennie Williams
South
Batting Johnson
Proposed rate cut on turpentine and pine products
A proposal from the Mobile & Ohio Railroad requests lowering handling charges on resin pine tar pine tar oil pine oil and pitch to 312 cents per barrel. The same reduction is sought for turpentine from 10 cents to 312 cents per barrel.
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Traffic Department of the Chamber of Commerce
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Seaman Hurt Catching Train at City Intersection
Curtis Patterson a 25 year old seaman living in Mobile was injured trying to catch L N passenger train No 6 at 9 50 this morning at Commerce and Eslava streets. He was taken to the marine hospital by city ambulance.
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Curtis Patterson
Mobile
Commerce
Eslava
Marine Hospital
Four Charged With Fast Driving in City Court
Frank Palmer was fined 20 dollars or 20 days for speeding at 35 miles per hour. Recorder D H Toddy imposed the penalty on testimony from Motorcycle Officer J D Brown.
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Frank Palmer
D.H. Toddy
J. D. Brown
Auto Stolen Report From Streets
Hunt of 150 Government Street asked the sheriff and police to locate his automobile reportedly stolen off the streets amid a street patrol report.
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ED. Hunt
Government Street
Sireanace
Coast guard AB-8 patrols Mobile Bay amid rum_runner crackdown
Reported this morning that the cutter AB-8 formerly the Messenger will patrol Mobile Bay in the gulf war on rum runners. It has a new engine to be installed and may be one of the fastest patrol boats after repairs. No finds were reported during today’s sweep.
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Coast Guard
Mobile Bay
Gulf Waters
Flagrant theft of examination questions at Wisconsin
Madison July 12 A P report says UW officials investigate what is called the most flagrant case of theft and sale of examination questions. The theft appears concentrated in romance language and Spanish, with multiple building break ins and copies of questions taken. Students reported being offered mimeographed quotations for 5 to 10 dollars a set. If unsolved, exams may be repeated in suspected courses.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Rate petition in midwest denied by ICC
Washington June 12 United Press The Interstate Commerce Commission denied a request by 15 midwestern railroads to continue charging current rates on grain products and hay without observing long and short haul provisions. The proposed rates would have applied to shipments from Colorado Kansas Missouri Nebraska New Mexico Montana Idaho Oregon Utah Wyoming and Oklahoma to the southern Mississippi Valley and southeastern territory.
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Washington
United Press
Middle Western Railro
Interstate Commerce Act
Interstate Commerce Commission
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Mississippi Valley
Territory
Fast Driving Blamed for Opelika Auto Fatality
Auto crash between Opelika and Auburn late yesterday killed Miss Frances Letcher of Shorter Alabama and injured three companions. Letcher died an hour after the collision from internal injuries. Companions Miss Marie Boyd of Shorter Warren Jr and B T Anderson of Montgomery were bruised.
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Opelika
Ala
Frances Letcher
Shorter
Letcher
Opeelika
Auburn
Marie Boyd
Warren , Jr
B.T. Anderson
Montgomery
Vice Raids by Havana Police
Cuban authorities wage a vigorous anti vice campaign led by Interior Secretary Rogerio Zayas Bazan. More than 300 people were detained Wednesday and more arrests were made today. Over 200 foreigners, mostly Europeans, have been deported from Msand in two weeks.
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Havana
A.P
Rogerio Zayas Bazan
Msand
Commerce Street Property Sale Record
Property on the west side of Commerce Street sold, measuring 45 feet 6 inches north of a referenced point. Details imply a legal or public sale notice with specific parcel dimensions. Further data are incomplete in readable text.
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Commerce Street
Sand Island Cable To Be Inspected
Coast Guard superintendent L. C. Seales departed on patrol boat to inspect the cable from Sand Island to Fort Morgan. The operation aims to ensure the line’s integrity and safety for maritime traffic.
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Sand Island
Fort Morgan
L. C. Seales
Coast Guard
Lost WItress In Chicago Lifts Curtain On Trial Motives
In Chicago on June 12 Robert White missing witness in the Shepherd murder case reappeared with wife and two children amid questions about the McClintock estate. Reichmann co guardian of Billy McClintock faced questions as Shepherd attorneys pressed claims of profit from the estate.
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Chicago In
Internahationa News Service
Robert White
Criminal Court
White
Chicago
Alexander Reichmann
Billy McClintock
McClintock
William D. Shepherd
Shepherd
William Scott Stewart
Sheph
Erd
Crowe
Reichman
Shepherds
Stewart
Billy
Troops Deployed As Nova Scotia Coal Strike Escalates
Five hundred troops moved into Cape Breton coal fields amid clashes between striking miners and police at New Waterford. One miner died and another was seriously wounded. incidents spread to New Aberdeen and mines shops were looted. Power plant battles and arson reported. police sheltered in jail as miners attacked the plant and offices. Union leader J W McLeod says mediation options were offered but refused by the corporation. twelve thousand miners on strike for five months with talks seeking wage cuts of ten percent.
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Halifax
Cape Breton
British Empire Steel Car
New Waterford
New Aberdeen
Glace Bay
No. 14
William Davis
Gilbert Watson
Sydney
J. W. McLeod
United Mine Workers of America
Corporation
J. E. McLurg
McLeod
James Murdock
Nova Scotia
No Progress Made in LSU Murder Case
Baton Rouge authorities report no new leads five days into the investigation of LSU Professor O. B. Turner's murder in the agriculture building. Officials consider a theory that a moron or pervert killed the educator but admit no solid breakthroughs have been made.
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Baton Rouge
Oo. B. Turner
Louisiana State University
Yuma Publisher Testifies On Libel Trial
George W. Lynn publisher of Yuma explains to the jury his state of mind when writing the editorial at the center of a criminal libel case brought by E. F. Sanguinetti. Judge Bollinger ruled he could testify on that point.
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Yuma
Ariz. Dupe
George W. Lynn
E. F. Sanguinetti
Bollinger
Challenge to Plane Expert Sparks Langley Wright Challenge
New York reports Charles M. Manly, Langley aerodrome pilot, issues a $10,000 challenge to Orville Wright to recondition the airship and demonstrate its flight. Manly says if Wright ignores the challenge, he will restore the Langley machine and test it in July or August along Long Island with sponsors watching.
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New York
Charles M. Manly
Langley
Potomac River
Orville Wright
Wright
Smithensian Institution
Sponratene
Manley
Eeen Onoswed
Werecn
Stors
Long Island
Relief ship plows into Greenland Sea near Spitzbergen
The Inger Tre and its small crew led by Lieutenant Ww search for the Amundsen expedition. They report ice conditions favorable near King’s Bay and plan to cover about 150 miles along the coast to the pole area as the voyage enters its third week of tracking.
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Inger Tee
Spitz Bergen
Greenland
ACER
Ray
Spitzbergen
Tomer
Johannensén
King’s Bay
Vent Ba
Holm
Amundsen
Selemnix
Harry Thaw Leaves Theater For Country Home In West Virginia
New York June 12 Harry K Thaw denies visiting York cabarets stating stories are sensational and driven by press agents He left a theater amid bright lights and planned to return or not with no definite reply Thaw described as the playboy of fashion and a frequent subject of sensational reports
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Thaw
W Va
New York
Harry K. Thaw
York
Yarious
Harry K
Anniston Man Held on Liquor Charges
An Anniston man named Kilgore is jailed on liquor charges after a pursuit when he fled a government raid. He was struck by shotgun fire but escaped with minor wounds. he was arrested by O P White and federal officers.
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Anniston
Annisto
Ala
Kilgore
O. P. White
Tonce
Pour Deg
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Minter
Seaman
Nnati
Mid West
Circulation Department
Yuma Publisher
Harry Thaw
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