Louisiana Greets First Girl Aide To Her Governor
The article notes James McCall names staff and a historic appointment as Louisiana greets its first female aide to the governor. In Alabama news a suit over back taxes on Muscle Shoals power is planned. Senator Reed comments on Missouri’s nomination strategy amid national politics. Danish aviation circles react to Amundsen’s disappearance during the Nobile rescue effort.
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Louisiana
Amundsen
Tromsoe
Norway
Spitzbergen
Downtown street recessing plan eyed for cost and legality
City officials study options to widen downtown thoroughfares with a recessing plan. City Attorney Vincent Kiborn to report findings on legality Tuesday while George B. Rogers estimates front foot costs and potential condemnation needs.
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Vincent Kiborn
City Commission
George B. Rogers
St. Emanuel
Last Minute News in Brief
San Francisco men Clarence Cook Kenneth McIntosh were killed and Frank Fuller injured in an airplane accident. Senator George of Georgia urged a liberal coalition. Charles S Wilson named to Romania post, Culbertson to Chile. Three stowaways from Cuba detained on Lake Treba. Governor Donahey declines to stir presidential rumor mills in Columbus.
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del Monte
Key
Clarence Cook
Kenneth McIntosh
San Francisco
Frank Fuller
Alabama to file suit over Muscle Shoals power tax
State Senator W. E. James announced Alabama will sue for 175000 dollars in back taxes on power from the Muscle Shoals government plant. Judge J. Q. Smith will join James before the U S court of appeals, arguing that the government sold power to the Alabama Power Company without assessed state tax. The last legislative session levied a two fifths tax.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Pigot
Muscle Shoals
J. Q. Smith
Charlie C. McCall Collater
Wat Neers
W. E. James
Charlie McCall
James
United States Court of Appeals
Alabama Power Company
Phenix City Police Loses Two Officers Over Cobb Case
Two Phenix City officers resigned after a preliminary hearing in the J Grady Cobb murder case. Officers A F Bullard and D C Bland quit following the liquor raid on June 9 that led to Edmunds's death. Cobb Shelley at Seale faces a habeas corpus hearing June 27.
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Phenix City
Ala
Phenix
Ashley Floyd
J. Grady Cobb
J. Albert Edmunds
A. F. Bullard
D. C. Bland
Cobb
Edmunds
Havana Debates Possible Execution for Cancer Research
Havana officials weigh a request by Dr Matias Duque to use condemned Cuban prisoners for cancer inoculation experiments. The national sanitation board member proposes testing the cancer virus on death row inmates, a plan now the subject of broad newspaper debate as Havana continues executions by garrote.
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Havana
Cuba
Matias Duque
National Sanitation Board
Author Basil King Dies After Long Illness
Cambridge Massachusetts June 23 Basil King 1969 noted author of The Inner Shrine and other novels died after a long illness. He achieved wide readership and left a lasting literary mark.
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Cambridge
Basil King
Ventanae
Wisconsin pre convention aims to purge senate bloc
A. B. Fontaine of Green Bay urged the senate campaign expenditures committee that Wisconsin purge “the element that now represents us in the United States senate.” The remark followed earlier notes from Chicago and New York datelines about party and postal matters and a convention decision in West Baden Indiana.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
United States Senate
A. B. Fontaine
Green Bay
Ne Ee
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Van Namee Acknowledges No Heavy Confering Yet
Houston June reports George R Van Namee governor Smiths aide says he has not held heavy talks since arriving in Houston He plans to meet Senators Reed of Missouri and George of Georgia and comments on Cordell Hulls anti modification stance He notes discussions with his wife and openness to dry leaders amid a flood of letters
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Houston
George R. van Namee
Ernor Smith
Reed
Missouri
George
Georgia
Cordell Hull
Hull
Mrs. van Namee
Jones Farrell Tie At Open Golf Championship
At Olympia Fields Chicago June 23 Bobby Jones and Johnny Farrell tied for the lead in the U S Open with 204 after 72 holes Hancock Wilmington N C made a late surge to threaten with 256 while Rolfe Burke Beer Ottman Hart Hampton and others followed in the final scores list final tallies included Sarazen Jones and Farrell leading the field with strong showings.
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Olympia Fields
Chicago
Bobby Jones
Johnny Farrell
United States
Roland Hancock
W N. C
Rolland Hancock
Wilmington
N. C
Jones
Farrell
Hancock
Dark Horse
xRial Rolfe
Billy Burke
New York
Charles Guest
Detroit
Robert T. Jones
Atlanta
Gene Sarazen
Skeleton Nearly 3000 Years Old Found Near Athenry
A prehistoric skeleton about 3,000 years old has been unearthed from a grave near Athenry, Ireland. The deceased lay in a curved position with knees drawn up, and the skull was sent to Dublin's National Museum for study.
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National Museum
Dublin
Athenry
Ireland
Baseball notations from twin bill with scattered results
Summary of scattered home run notes across two doubleheaders with Ruth Welch Todt Bissonette Regan and Gehringer among others, indicating first or last innings in each game and listing teams Yankees Giants Red Sox Robins Phillies Tigers Senators with varying outcomes.
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Welch
Giants
Todt
Red Sox
Bissonette
Robins
Regan
Phillies
Cone Phillies
Gehringer
Tigers
Senators
Driver Killed In Contact With Mercury Piling
A driver died on the 23rd after striking a mercury piling. The accident caused a broken neck and the body was recovered.
Little Rock Late Sports Recap Terse and Sparse
A fragment from a Southern sports column mentions Little Rock and a few names Caldwell Horan Lingle Judd WaMirt Teedivass Fuhr Mackey Rogers Brock and Moore in a terse late sports note with missing context and numbers.
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WaMirt T Oko
Fuhr
Mackey
Rogers and
Brock
Unclear Doubleheader Box Scores From Fragmented Text
The readable lines show two baseball games with team names Boston and New York and pitchers MacFayden Berry Pennock Collins Walberg Cochran Lisenbee Kenna plus players Settlemire Simmons Morris Heving Hoyt Shealy Grabowski and Faber Crouse Gibson Woodall Smith. Details are fragmented and some lines are garbled.
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Boston
Settlemire
Simmons
Morris
Heving
Hoyt
Shealy
Grabowski
New York
MacFayden
Berry
Pennock
Collins
Baseball box score fragment shows teams and pitchers
The readable lines present a partial box score for games involving New York Philadelphia Boston and Chicago style lines. Names such as Aldridge O'Farrell Ferguson Lerian Vance and Deberry appear in terse pitching and batting pairings. The fragment shows runs hits and errors for several teams with incomplete innings and player pairings.
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New York
Philadelphia
Genewich
Hogan
Benge
Ga Trpseeeerse
Aldridge
O'Farrell
Ferguson
Lerian
Faint Signals May From Lost Fliers
London June 23 An Exchange Telegraph cable from Copenhagen reports the Russian ice breaker Maligan heard unclear signals believed to originate from Roald Amundsen and Rene Guilbaud. Oslo defense dept says if the seaplane had to land at sea between Norway and Spitzbergen radio would work only within about 60 miles.
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Fae
Copenieaiest
Maligan
Milane
Roald Amundsen
Rene Guilbaud
Defense Department
Oslo
Norway
Spitzbergen
Martia hears radio SOS from missing Amundsen party
The coal steamer Martia at Kings Bay reported hearing radio SOS signals around 11 p m last night believed to originate from Roald Amundsen and five companions missing since Monday night after a French plane disappearance.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Martia
Raold Amundsen
Convention Ends of Alabama Hotel Men's Association in Butte House
The two day meeting closed with officers elected Montgomery chosen as next host city and other business settled. A P Reich of Gadsden was named president J A Driver of Birmingham vice president and W G Moffat of Birmingham second vice president. B H Peck of Battle House was elected representative to the American Hotel Association executive council. A luncheon followed the session and guests praised local hospitality.
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Alabama Hotel Men's Association
Butte House
Montgomery
A. P. Reich
Gadsden
J. A. Driver
Birmingham
W. G. Moffat
H. Peck
Battle House
American Hotel Association
Building Plans for Detention Home Aimed at $12000
County board plans discuss erection of a girl detention home costing about 12000. Arthur D. Davis notes the unit plan will allow future expansion. The site sits on county property between the garage and poor home and will include 14 inmate rooms plus parlor dining room and kitchen.
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County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Aan
Arthur D. Davis
Toy
Flier Killed and Another Injured in Pine Valley Crash
A student flier was killed and a second severely injured when the plane crashed on the Pine Valley Golf Club grounds in Camden New Jersey during a planned trial flight. The feed failed during takeoff and the craft fell.
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Camden
N. J
Pine Valley Golf Club
Final meeting of board of review announced
The final meeting of the board of review will be held Monday in the courthouse, announced by Chairman Arthur D. Davis. Thirty items are on the docket, with the critical case involving Mobile and Providence asylums seeking tax exemption. The institutions argue non profit operation, while state officials seek $20,000 exemption of assets. The board includes revenue board members.
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Board of Review
Board of Revenue
Delegates Set 1929 Convention City for Southern Publishers
In Biloxi on June 23 delegates of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association wrap sessions with routine talks on circulation and mechanics. They approve a labor disputes bureau led by Robert Ewing of the New Orleans States and invite bids for hosting the 1929 meeting from Albany Georgia Asheville Lexington Kentucky and Chattanooga. A mid winter directors meeting in Chattanooga will decide.
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Biloxi
Miss
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Robert Ewing
New Orleans
Albany
Asheville
Lexington
Chattanooga
Edgewater Gulf Hotel
Jejeune Named for Vice Presidency by Louisiana Delegation
Houston June 23 General John A Lejeune commandant of the Marine Corps and World War hero will be offered as a Democratic vice presidential candidate. The Louisiana delegation will place his name in nomination Lejeune is a Mason and a lay Episcopalian.
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Houston
Tex
John A. Jejeune
Marine Corps
Lejeune
Louisiana
Episas High Church
Auto Toll Climbs In New Orleans Fatalities
New Orleans reports fifty third and fifty fourth auto casualties since January 1 in the last two hours. Three others possibly fatally injured. Victims include Louise Elfer a 12 year old white girl and Joseph Edmonson a 12 year old colored boy run down by a vehicle driven by a patrolman.
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New Orleans
Louise Elfer
Joseph Edmonson
Presbyterian General Assembly Selects Princeton for 1929 Meet
Jackson Tennessee June 23 report says the Cumberland Presbyterian church general assembly chose Princeton Kentucky as the 1929 meeting site. The announcement rounds out the selection process and names Princeton as host city for the next gathering.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Princeton
Jackson, Tenn
General Assembly
Cumberland Presbyterian Churc
July term grand jury convenes amid tampering probe and murder calls
The July circuit court grand jury opens at 10 AM with reports on school and jail conditions and an inquiry into jury tampering. Several murder cases involving Black defendants are listed, plus a gun incident involving Les Lloyd Jesse Fincher who is held on a 750 dollar bond. Seventeen committee reports and an 18 member venire are named with a large list of summoned jurors.
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Circuit Court
Les Lloyd Jesse Fincher
Seven Hills
Fincher
Veniremen
Andrew Mitchell
William P. McDonnell
Harts B. Hatson
Ernest Ankbohner de Farnell
Edward J. Higgins
John Evans
Frank 8. McCoy
Louis Levis
William F. Mandrell
Otto H. Nack
Harry Felps
Louis Diemert
Thomas G. Handley
Charles D. Gibson
Harry Hillman
Everette L. Eastburn
Lorenzo J. Knox
John B. Logan
Frederick T. Harteau
James Beck
Charles L. Cooper
Laula M. Jacobson
Claude Hurt
Ramie L. Oven Will
John T. Schley
William B. Porter
Russell C. English
James M. McCown
Hugh G. Barclay, Jr
Pat H. Laurendine
John Cirlott
Arrest of Walter Bradley After Gun Brandishing Incident
Sheriff Pat Byrne and Deputy Sheriff George Mosslander returned to Mobile from Mount Vernon with Walter Bradley, a Negro, held for presenting firearms at three Black individuals. Bradley fled, leaping into a creek where one escape narrowly. Officers allege a small arsenal was found at his home.
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Pat Byrne
George W. Mosslander
Mobile
Mount Vernon
Walter Bradley
Bradley
Exports Stay Strong Through Port in April Growth
Export figures from the Department of Commerce show April value at 4 559 million dollars up from 3 204 million last year, a 42 percent rise. Cotton leads the value list, with rye and other commodities also contributing to the movement through the port.
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Department of Commerce
Washington
Port Study Spurs Harbor Talks With Senator Black
Senator Hugo Black, visiting Mobile for the opening of state docks Monday, presided over a luncheon of the joint rivers and harbors committee. The group examined seaport questions and the role of Mobile as a gateway for ocean commerce, with Horace Turner chairing the committee and members including Stewart Brooks John T Cochrane Leon Schwarz Paul Danner and others.
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Hugo Black
Vane
Black
Senator Black
Batt House
Joint Rivers and Harbors Committee
Mobile
Horace Turner
Mr. Turner
Stewart Brooks
John T. Cochrane
Leon Schwarz
Paul Danner
W. Dukes
D. R. Dunlap
T. O
S. P. Gaillard
W. E. A Quincy
T. C. Thomson
A. P Awe 8
A. LeBlanc
J. B. Harris
W. B. Garner
Senaor Black
Delegates Ready to Head to National Convention
Delegates from the First Congressional District to the national convention in Texas prepare to depart at five o'clock tomorrow morning. Judge D H Edington and A B Johnson of Thom will join the Alabama delegation aboard sleepers and visit friends during the trip.
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D. H. Edington
A. 8. Johnson
Thom
Texas
Bama
Will
Jute Bagging Rate Proposal Moves Forward
The Louisville and Nashville railroad proposes new import jute bagging rates from Mobile to Alabama points. The Southern Freight Association approved the rate proposal and a request for public update on rates is expected to be issued by the traffic Chamber of Commerce.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Alaban Southern Freight Association
Traffic Chamber of Commerce
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