Mail theft cases pile up as charges mount
Federal indictments connect a Chicago labor leader and alleged accomplices to the 380000 postal robbery in April. James Ryan faces charges as authorities guard prisoners in Edison Alabama while requests for extradition circulate. Walter Shaw and others linked to bank robbery also mentioned in Nashville filings.
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J. S
James Ryan
Postoffice
Edison
Ala
Cssds
Chicago
Carpenter
Murphy
Cosmano
Glass
Mobile Delegation Presses For Moose Home At Toledo Meet
Mobile plans to send a delegation led by L C Irvine to the Loyal Order of Moose national convention in Toledo to secure a million dollar Moose home for Mobile County and push for Mobile as the 1922 convention city. Other travelers include Frank J Thompson A Clautte A Grayson Vincent Betrix G B Yarborough and Herve Charest. They depart Friday to present Mobile’s case and promote the site and health advertising while seeking to attract thousands of delegates to Mobile for the next gathering.
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Mobiles
Frank J. Thompson
Ee Clautte
A. Grayson
Vincent
H. Betrix
G. B. Yarborough
Herve Charest
Toledo
Ile ‘Det
Thore
Trance
Mobile County
Order
Mobile
Appeal Taken In Tax Case Overvaluation Claim
Ivar Boe of St Elmo files with the board of revenue an appeal against Mobile county tax assessor Thomas H Halliwell seeking a reduction in the 1921 tax year assessment of 8760. The appeal is Boe's only one so far this year and mirrors recent board actions in Montgomery and other counties regarding property valuations and assessment changes.
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Ivar Boe
St. Elmo
Board of Revenue
Thomas H. Halliwell
Mobile County
Revenue Board
Rae
Rene
Hye ‘Board of Révenue
Montgomery
Boards of of County
Mystery of Sea Disappearances Baffles Officials
A 20 ship list grows as mystery deepens near Cape Hatteras with vessels vanishing over months. Officials seek traces from wreckage and crews while planes may aid the search for clues to pirates or hidden bases along the shore.
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Browning
United Press Staff
Washington
Conal
Army
Navy
Cape
Carroll A. Desring
Hatteras
Norfolk
Yute
Cape Hatteras
Storm Passes Gulf Coast With Minor Damage Reported
Dallas Texas June 22 little damage and no loss of life reported by midday after a hurricane swept from Galveston to Point Isabel last night. Weather officials warned coastal communities to stay alert as the storm moved inland toward Corpus Christi with winds near 60 miles per hour and barometric readings steady along the coast. A Mexican Petroleum company vessel of 10 000 tons was noted offshore.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Galveston
Point Isabel
East Christi
United States Weather Bureau
Eee
Alvest
Corpus
Idea-tabioe Ro
Mexican Petroleum Company
Mobile banks declare dividends in quarterly report
Banking institutions of Missouri announce quarterly earnings with improved business conditions. Directors report increased surplus to 4,1200 and declare a regular dividend of six and one percent payable to shareholders.
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Hight
Iit
Knights of Columbus Will Stage Initiation Ceremony Tour
The Knights of Columbus of the Gulf will operate a spe ato traveling to multiple cities from Pascagoula to Pensacola and Montgomery. Mobile will host Sunday morning initiations and Sunday night ceremonies as part of the winter season.
Open Event at Local Ledge Elks Parade Saturday
A street parade opens this afternoon at 5 o'clock led by the Elks at Monroe Park. Members in newspaper cartoon costumes will march along the principal business streets while bands play the Hokum Band tunes. Various booths will fundraise for charity Desert with a novel evening program.
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Seibetainenat
Son
Lect Ask Pear
Cartoos
Plans for New Schools Include Old Shell Road Project
The regular school board meeting at Barton Academy will discuss multiple building projects including an extensive overhaul of the Old Shell road school house. The contract for the work is expected to be awarded today with bidders Jett-Muths Construction Company M. H. Roberts T. H. Wainwright Joseph W. & P. G. Batter and G. A. Chamblin & Company. A Prichard school expansion is also on the agenda as a large suburb delegation urges immediate action to finish before the term opens.
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Old Shell Road
Barton Academy
Jett-Muths Construction Company
M. H. Roberts
T. H. Wainwright
Joseph W
P. G. Batter
G. A. Chamblin & Company
Prichard
Boy Hit by Car Injures. Driver Fled Scene
Willie Phipps an 11 year old boy from sem South AGHs used to tell SENS een firmary today after being struck by a car on Ann and Dauphin streets last night. Police say a resident wrote down the car number and gave it to authorities. The boy was picked up by another motorist and taken to a hospital where doctors treated a dislocated rib. He is not believed to be seriously hurt.
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Willie Phipps
Sem South
SENS
Ann and
Dauphin Streets
Neighboood
Steamer Seized for High Grade Liquor Aboard
A steamer is seized after officers find twenty six bottles of high grade liquor aboard. The incident centers on naval or passenger vessel jurisdiction and enforcement action. Further details on authorities or destination remain unclear.
Preachers to Hand Disarmament Plea to President
A nationwide church petition signed by 20 508 Protestant ministers Catholic priests and 4 Jewish rabbis is handed to President Harding by clergy from multiple denominations for an international conference to discuss armament reduction.
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York
Orpen
Washington
Harding
Church Peace Union
Fined under cattle law for fail to dip stock in tick eradication
Fined $10 and costs for violating cattle tick eradication laws by failing to dip livestock. F. F. Erdman appealed and was released on $100 bond. Van Gefendamt appealed to the court and posted $100 bond pending action by the next grand jury. Robert Cochran and Frank Smith charged with failing to dip cattle were docketed and released on bond for appearance in the interior criminal court.
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F. F. Erdman
Alabama
van Gefendamt
Uit
Robert Cochran
Frank Smith
Interior Criminal Court
Steamer Back in Service Tied Up at Mobile
A steamer, ordered back into service, is to be turned over to the New Orleans and Southeast Alaska Steamship Company. The Hancock County vessel will be delivered at once with expected sale to the new operator and a Thursday morning sail imminent.
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Mobile
Shipping Board
Hancock County
New Orleans
South Oar
Ae Can Steamship Company
Jay Veces Service Bureau
Los Angeles Gotham Flight Postponed Amid Weather Delays
Los Angeles and Gotham flight postponed as fog and wind stalled takeoff. Wealthy sportsman R Davis and pilot Eric Springer could not start from Los Angeles to New York after fueling and provisioning overnight. A naval observer cited bad atmospheric conditions affecting the venture.
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Los Angeles
R. Davis
Eric Springer
New York
Davie
E.l
Springer
Boyles Named Rural Carrier for Route No. 1
H. H. Boyles has been appointed carrier for rural route No. 1 from the Mobile post office, succeeding Herman Thompson, temporarily.
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H. H. Boyles
Mobile Post Office
Herman Thompson
Alabamians Aboard Missing Tug Conestoga
June 22 report lists 49 aboard the missing tug Conestoga. Names include Lee Joseph Allemaf from Alabama and Clarence L Ml avain from Alabama, with other crew from Louisiana Virginia and Kentucky. The search continues as officials hope for discovery.
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Tig
Eee
Pacific Waters
A. Lst
Contestoga
Roll
Lee Joseph Allemaf
eama@h
Brooks
Louisiana
Arthur Brignac
Island
Russell KR. Crabtree
Puscaloosa
Ala
Birmingham
Wallace Pearl
Newns
Bledsoe - Poms
Covesville
Veterans demand overhaul of hospital system in Senate address
ER EDWARDS reports from Washington that Senator Walsh, speaking to a veterans committee, criticizes government hospitalization practices and calls for direct accountability. He cites hundreds of letters from ex service members detailing poor treatment and urges hearings to uncover facts while protecting the writers’ identities.
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ER Edwards
Unites Press
Washington
Senate
Walsh
Mem
Pineapple Freight Moves to Birmingham via Warrior System
Barge plans to ship two loads of Hawaiian pineapples to Warle Bros in Birmingham using the Warrior river system. Pineapples will arrive at Mobile port then move up the river, supplementing canned goods flow as barge traffic grows through Mobile.
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Armor River Lins
Hawaii
Birmingham
Mississippi Warrior River Transportation Company
Warle Bros
Magic City
San Francisco
Mobile
Rain Forecast Delays Gulf Coast Shipping
Weather observers predict showers along the Gulf Coast as a west gulf storm off the Texas coast moves inland. Rain and unsettled conditions are expected from Mobile to ports on the west coast, delaying ships bound for Mexico and other destinations.
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Ananda H
Mobile
West Gulf
Texas
Gulf Coast
Mexico
Flanders Poppies Pledge Memorial For Gal Jr at Legion
In Indianapolis the American Legion to plant Flanders poppies at national headquarters in memory of the late F. W. Gal Jr national commander. A miniature shell torn battlefield will be built and cared for by landscape gardeners and florists. Seed arrived from J M Johnson of Marion South Carolina who gathered pods from Baccarat sector Champagne and Chateau Thierry battlefields.
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Indianapolis
Ind
France
American’ Legion
F. W. Gal Jr
Gardners
Floriste
J. M. Johnson
Marion
South Carolina
Rainbow Division
Baccarat
Champagne
Chateau-Thierry
Seven I W Ws Land In Washington Pen
Seven men from Wisconsin convicted of misde meanor in connection with the May lootings in Australia, Wash, are pened under heavy guard in Walla Walla. They were brought from Monte Sano where trial was held over a year. The state supreme court recently affirmed their conviction.
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Walla Walla
Wat
Mit
Tooenstralia
Wash
H. Gov ‘ Af
Monte’ Sano
State Cupreme
Crippled steamer towed home from Halifax
The United States Shipping Board steamer, damaged in a collision, is being towed home at a slow speed of about 1 knot. The vessel, weighing 4,490 tons, originated near Norfolk and was headed to Philadelphia when trouble began.
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Halifax
United States Shipping
Board Steam
Butler Reoubie
Norfolk
Asabeth
Thameshaven
Philedsiphia
Belfast Police Capture Three Men
Police in Belfast report the arrest of three men following a raid in the falls area. Authorities say the operation involved patrols and a brief confrontation before the suspects were detained. No further details were immediately available.
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Belfast
Tropical storm prompts weather warnings along Texas coast
A tropical storm near the Central Texas coast prompted the weather bureau to order hoisting of a warning flag and issue storm warnings eastward to Morgan City. The system, described as Mehehemay in intensity, was moving northward and expected to bring dangerous shifting gales today off the Texas coast between Corpus Christi and Port Arthur.
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Texas
Porates
Corpus Ti
Port Arthur
Morgan Ty
Storm Bangs Texas Gulf Coast as Crest Approaches
Galveston Tex June 22 The storm that struck the Texas gulf coast last night continued to alarm this morning. Forecasters expect the crest to form by nightfall with barometer falling and winds sustained 35 mph and gusts to 60 mph. Tide rising to 4.5 feet and Padre and Brazos islands nearly covered. Port Arthur and Point Isabel report winds near 66 to 75 mph.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas Gulf Coast
Point Isabel
Padre and
Brazos Islands
Corpus Christ
Port Arthur
Arrests of East Side Crew Declared Not Authorized
Washington dispatch says no orders exist for detaining any crew members of the steamer East Side after machine guns were found bound for Ireland. Chief Steward MacMay was transferred ashore to serve as a witness, while reports of arrests at Newport News were denied.
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Washington
Department of Justice
East Side
Ireland
Shipping Board
MacMay
Mac
Newport News
Destroyers Train Guns On U Boats In Test
At Old Point Comfort Virginia a division of Atlantic fleet destroyers will fire on two former German submarines as live targets. The submarines lie at anchor near the spot where U-117 was sunk yesterday by a naval seaplane attack.
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Old Point Comfort
Atlantic Fleet
Labor Draws Teeth of Irish Resolution
After a stormy debate in Denver on June 23 the labor movement debated a resolution to curb sympathy for Ireland. The draft, opposed by Calon supporters, aimed to avoid a drastic boycott while urging changes in beer law and labor policy. If unsuccessful unions would petition Congress.
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Denver
Col
Thecott
Congress
Death Toll of Mine Blast Grows in Westphalia
Berlin report states 83 dead and about 100 wounded after a double explosion at the Mont Cenis mine near Herne Westphalia. About twelve hundred men were at work when the blast struck and a severe gas concussion scattered rescuers and entombed several workers.
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Berlin
Mont Cenis
Herne
Westphalia
Roechling
British Admiral Granted Divorce in Suit by Wife
On June 22 Vice Admiral Sir William won a divorce from his wife after a long marriage of 31 years and three children. The husband had lodged with Captain George Tan air force, who was billeted at Olson residence.
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Williamg Roa
George
Tan Air Force
Olson
Techie
Wicholgeons
Eagle boat No. 39 missing near Key West after Jacksonville departure
Eagle boat No. 39 sailed from Jacksonville Friday for Key West and was reported 125 miles offshore when communications failed. Relatives of the men aboard, all from Jacksonville, await word as authorities dispatch scouts and search efforts continue.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Eagle Boat No
Editor of Boston Globe Dies at 75
Boston June 22 General Charles Eena aoe Hsher of Boston Globe died at his home today aged 75 after a brief illness. He had served as editor and was active in the paper until a week of shocks preceded his death.
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Boston Globe
Boston
Charles Eee Enna Aoe Hsher
Boston G
Haa Pascal
Auto thief pursuit ends in injuries near Tcumseh
June report from Tcumseh Michigan notes an alleged auto thief and a pursuing man were injured in a collision near town. The alleged thief is named Nig Zapto of Chicago as authorities investigated the incident and blamed the pursuit for the injuries.
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U. S
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Sears Free
Million Dollar Institution
St. Eimo
Weather Bureau
Corpus Christi
Ma Rda Bay
Ger Mobile
Will NG Knights
Aes Ar Cinn
Ledge Elks
Boy
Win
Gotham
Boyles
Warrior
Flanders
Galbraith Memorial
S. Lan
BELF
Ire Condon
Tcumseh
Mich
Zapto
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