Legal Tilt Arloto Over Tug Seizure Libel Filed
Government moves to confiscate the Mexican tug Pelicano alleging liquor was brought into Mobile. Hearing set Friday in federal court on bond release while the master I M Piamienta and R B Turner face tariff act charges. District Attorney Birch and J E Meredith for the government.
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Pelicano
I. M. Piamienta
R. B. Turner
Mobile
Alex Birch
J. E. Meredith
Pillans, Cowley and Gresham
Ford Returns to Testify in Federal Court Cases
Walter Ford, formerly with the Mobile prohibition office, arrived in Mobile Friday to testify in several cases he worked on before his transfer to Salt Lake City. He will testify in federal court, citing health reasons for his western move earlier in spring.
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Walter Ford
Mobile
Salt Lake City
Ford
West
Death of M. B. Trezevant in Pass Christian
M. B. Trezevant aged 56 a former head of the foreign trade department of the United States chamber of commerce and former manager of the New Orleans association of commerce died of heart disease today in Pass Christian Mississippi.
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Memphis
Tenn
M. B. Trezevant
Foreign Trade Department
United States Chamber of Commerce
New Oreans Association of Commerce
Pass Christian
Miss
Father Cullen III Undergoes Appendectomy
Father Thomas M. Cullen pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church is in Providence infirmary after an appendectomy on Friday. He is reported resting nicely.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Thomas M. Cullen
Providence Infirmary
Weather mobile readings for Alabama and Mississippi
Fair Friday night and generally warm Saturday for Alabama and Mississippi with inland clearing and coastal unsettled conditions. Tombigbee River forecasts show little change tonight while the Alabama River at Montgomery and Selma show irregular to slight changes.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Tombigbee
Ontgomery
Selma
Albert Ashenberger
Officers Leave Mobile for Indiana Probe of Murder
Sheriff George L. Winkler and Deputy Prosecutor George W. Eggleston and other investigators left Mobile for Indianapolis to direct a search for Harold Herbert Schroeder, the missing man linked to the Indianapolis torch murder case. They follow Mrs Schroeder admitting letters from her husband and note another undiscussed letter. a Mobile youth once linked to the case is being checked.
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George L. Winkler
George W. Eggleston
Marion County
Ind
Harold Herbert Schroeder
Mobile
Indianapolis
Leah Schroeder
Indiana
Schroeder
Washville
Pennsylvania
Tony Yonnell
Conti Street
Conception
Joachim
Salvation Army
Eggleston
Winkler
Nashville
Mobile to receive natural gas by September 18
Plans call for nearly half a million dollars in city gas work by Mobile Gas Company officials over the next three months to adapt distribution for natural gas and employ about 500 workers. 48 carloads of pipe are on order and a meeting with contractors is planned as the 210 mile pipeline to the city approaches completion before September 15.
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Mobile
Mobile Gas Company
W. W. Winter
Mr. Winter
Winter
Southern Natural Gas Corporation
Court orders express shipment of murder weapon
The pistol used in the death of Motorcycle Officer William F. Murphy cannot be mailed to ballistic expert Charles O. Gunther. A judge will issue an order for express delivery while the pistol and a bullet recovered near the scene remain in the hands of court clerk W. A. Conrad.
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William F. Murphy
Clyde Beach
Charles O. Gunther
Stevens Institute
Alex Howard
Express
United States
Murphy
W. A. Conrad
Circuit Court
Machines Seized at County Jail On Friday
Officers seized devices at the county jail Friday and expect arrests to follow. The seizure was conducted by law enforcement officials and details of the items were not specified.
Jury Room Testimony Highlights Mobile County Probe
Mobile county grand jury continued its inquiry Friday with witnesses including County Treasurer George E. Stone and former county maintenance engineer C. L. Strange. Walter K. McAdory, chief of the state law enforcement department, appeared with 17 officers as authorities investigate county affairs and liquor raids in Mobile and nearby areas.
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Mobile County Grand Jury
George E. Stone
C. L. Strange
Walter K. McAdory
State Law Enforcement Department
Stone
Strange
Chief McAdory
Honor Mobilians at University of Pennsylvania Commencement
Three Mobilians Edward C. Fonde Joseph H Locke and Phillip Gabriel received degrees at the University of Pennsylvania commencement Thursday Fonde earned doctor of medicine and bachelor of science from the university Locke and Gabriel earned bachelor of science in economics from the Wharton School They were among about 1700 graduates Fonde joins William Pepper Medical Society Alpha Mu Omega Phi Gamma Delta and will intern at Pennsylvania Hospital Locke and Gabriel held active roles in football wrestling and student organizations and fraternities.
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Alpha Muri Omega Society
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Pennsylvania Hospital of
Philadelphia
Locke
Gabriel
Phi Epsilon Pi Fraternity
Gangster Juliano Slain in Chicago Pit After Bombing Ties
Lorenzo Juliano, 40, linked to eight murders and twelve bombings, was found dead with a breast wound in an automobile sunk in a clay pit near Blue Island. He was suspected in bombings of Senator Charles S. Deneen and state attorney candidate John A. Swanson during the 1928 campaign.
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Chicago
Jake Lingle
Tribune Crime
Lorenzo Juliano
Blue Island
South Side
Juliano
United States
Charles 8. Deneen
John A. Swanson
Thieves Loot Fowler’s Cleaners and Court House Area
Burglars struck Mobile on Tuesday night and early Wednesday stealing hundreds of dollars in goods. Fowler’s Cleaners on Davis avenue and Hospital street lost 25 suits, nine trousers, coats and apparel. thieves broke a rear door glass to enter. A $50 reward was posted. fingerprints were collected. Missing items included a suitcase and a stolen automobile truck.
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Mobile
Fowler's Cleaners
Davis Avenue
Hospital Street
Clara Bow denies Dallas stay to settle suit rumors
Clara Bow told International News Service she did not come to Dallas to settle a fly alienation suit and rejected reports she planned to see a boyfriend. She said she is visiting friends and taking a two week vacation before resuming work in Hollywood.
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Dallas
Texas
Harry
Clara Bow
International News 6Service
Hollywood
Schedule changed for the Eastern Shore steamer service
The summer schedule for the Mobile Bay steamer Eastern Shore was announced by Captain Ed Roberts. Weekday departures from Fairhope are 7 a.m. and from Mobile 3 30 p.m. Sunday sailings show Fairhope at 10 30 a.m. and 6 p.m. with Mobile departures at 9 a.m. 2 p.m. and 7 30 p.m.
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Mobile Bay
Eastern Shore
Ed Roberts
Fairhope
Mobile
Bon Air Garage Fire Destroys Car and Home
Auto and a garage were destroyed and another car badly damaged in a Friday afternoon fire at Jesse W. Nettles 516 Holcombe Avenue Bon Air. Several Mobile fire trucks responded to the alarm.
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Jesse W. Nettles
Holcombe Avenue
Bon Air
Man Wounded by Dry Agent Escapes New Orleans
Stanley Livett, linked to a Canal street shooting with federal prohibition agent John W. Williams, escaped Charity hospital after being wounded. Williams and Livett were involved in a dispute at Livett’s Iberville St. speak easy before the Canal Street incident. Addison, Livett’s porter, was also shot. Prohibition officials and police search for the escaped patient as liquor seizures followed a raid on Livett’s resort.
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New Orleans
Stanley Livett
John W. Williams
Prohibition
Canal Street
Charity Hospital
Sivett
Robert Addison
Williams
Iberville Street
Addison
Royal
Bourbon Streets
Livett
Live
O. D. Jackson
Jacopo Victor Triumphs in Windsor Castle Stakes at Ascot
Jacopo Victor from Jacopo Field charges to win the Windsor Castle Stakes at Ascot, first American horse to win this year's Windsor session. Cold Stream, Florence Domely place second and third. Dist five furlongs. Alcester wins Hardwicke Stakes in windup with Walter Gray second.
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Ascot
England
Marshall Field
Jacopo
Lord Glanely
Cold Stream
Lord Woolavington
Florence Domely
Lord Harewood
Alcester
Walter Gray
Committee to rule on petitions against local candidates
The Mobile county Democratic executive committee will meet Friday at 7 in the inferior criminal court room to rule on protests against the placement of James E. Shelton and Joe Hester on the second district ballot for revenue and road commissioner. Brannan claims Shelton is not a qualified elector and resides in the ninth ward. Hester is accused of not supporting Democratic presidential nominees.
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Mobile County
Democratic Executive Committee
Inferior Criminal Court Room
James E. Shelton
Joe Hester
Charles K. Brannan
Shelton
Ninth Ward
Hester
Jones Wins British Open In Hair-Raising Finish
Bobby Jones claimed the British Open at Hoylake with a 291 total to become the first to hold both British amateur and open titles since 1800. Despite two shaky rounds, he edged Archie Compston by two strokes as Leo Diegel faded. Final scores list Jones first with 291, Compston 297, Moe 305, Smith 306, Barnes 307.
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Jones
Hoylake
Eng
Bobby Jones
United States
Great Britain
John Ball
Leo Diegel
Archie Compston
Compston
Diegel
Bobby
England
Don Moe
Horton Smith
Jim Barnes
Byrd Explorers Return Home to White House Reception
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd led 74 expedition members into Washington to a warm White House welcome. President Hoover praised the South Pole flight and planned to award a National Geographic Society gold medal.
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Byrd
White House
Washington
Richard E. Byrd
Hoover
South Pole
Little
America
Admiral Byrd
National Geographic Society
New York
Dick” Byrd, Jr
Paul Siple
Erie
First Arrest In Maniac Murders In Philadelphia
Metropolitan detectives seize Joseph Clarke 34 in a rooming house on Tenth Street after a raid by seven New York and Philadelphia detectives. Clarke resisted furiously shouting that he would not be taken back as tables and chairs were used in the struggle.
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Philadelphia
Metropolitan
New York
Joseph Clarke
Clarke
Tenth Street
Reed Praises London Naval Treaty On Radio Support For Ratification
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania defended the London naval treaty on a radio address following Senator Johnson. He said the pact ends naval arms race among the three leading powers for seven years and would save about 400 million dollars for U S battleship replacement. He argued it reassures home waters security and promotes international friendship.
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Washington
Johnson
Reed
Pennsylvania
Rees
United States
Morrow Under Fire In Senate Nomination Fight
Washington June 2 Democratic leaders focused on Dwight W. Morrow as New Jersey’s Republican senatorial nominee. Senator Caraway charged he was wet on tariff policy, citing past testimony about trade and the French debt settlement. Senator Harrison and others argued the White House favored wet nominees only in some states.
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Washington
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate
Caraway
Arkansas
Hoover
Morrow
Atlantic Ocean
McCormick
Senate Finance Committee
Slayings Probe in Georgia Ties Poker Game to Bodies
Four men including Bill Hulsey and his sons Fred and Ray and Tom Hicks were held as principals in a case where three men were slain and their bodies dumped in an abandoned well near Rockmart Georgia. A witness named McCullough was held as a material witness as investigators link a mountain shack poker game to the killings.
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Rockmart
Bill Hulsey
Fred
Ray
Tom Hicks
McCullough
Hulseys
Hicks
Cliff Jones
Lige Harper
Ernest McCullough
Hulsey
B. H. Leonard
Ray Hulsey
Cedartown
Alonzo Sorrell
Senate receives split reports on Shipstead injunction bill
Washington June 20 reports show a majority of the judiciary committee and a minority favoring the Shipstead bill to curb injunctions in labor disputes. The majority label the measure harmful and urge further study, while Senator Steiner of Oregon filed a dissenting view.
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Washington
Judiciary Committee
Shipstead Bi
Senate
Steiner
Oregon
Mobile Man in Mystery Case Questioned by Solicitor
Bart B. Chamberlain is questioned by a solicitor in a mystery case and deputies locate an involved man on Lafayette Street in the county. The case centers on a man identified as the mobile party and authorities hold him in jail.
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Bart B. Chamberlain
Lafayette Street
Janulewice Alive in Wilkes Barre Area After Indiana Probe
Anthony Janulewicz of Nanticoke was found alive at home near Wilkes Barre, following reports he may have been the Indianapolis fraud victim. Indiana authorities had believed a charred man in a burning Indianapolis car was Janulewicz. Harold Schroeder of Mobile, missing since May, was arrested in Mobile and questioned, linked to a torch murder case in Indianapolis.
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Janulewice
Wilkes Barre
Anthony Janulewics
Nanticoke
Indianapolis
Ind
Here
Midwest
Indiana Autohrities
Janulewicz
Harold Herbert Schroeder
Mobile
Brown
Lafayette
B. Chamberlain
Stock Prices Drop On New York Exchange
Stock prices fell heavily on the New York Stock Exchange as bears dominated after a sharp rally. Early afternoon losses ranged from two to more than ten dollars a share while the bond market benefited from a lower federal rediscount rate and brokers loans cut.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Ihs
Bears
Federal Reserve
Reserve System
Dowling, ex-sheriff, jailed for liquor law breach
W H Dowling former Duval county sheriff was sentenced in federal court to two years in the Atlanta federal penitentiary and fined $20 for violating prohibition laws. Liquor distilleries were found on his Nassau county farm near Jacksonville. He claimed infrequent visits and ignorance of the distilleries.
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Jacksonville
Fla
W. H. Dowling
Duval County
Atlanta
Nassau County
Pair Lose Lives While Fishing in Pearl River
Mr and Mrs Otis Dunn, married for a year, perished near Philadelphia Mississippi while fishing the Pearl River. The husband, 21, and the wife, 16, drowned after their boat overturned.
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Mrs. Otis Dunn
Pearl River
Philadelphia
Miss
Otis Dunn
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