False Fire Alarm Case Yields Heavy Sentence
Johnny Greek Jr. of 912 Savannah street received a $100 fine, 90 days in jail, and six months labor for a false fire alarm spree. He indicated he would appeal after conviction in recorder's court. Bond set at $300 for appeal. police linked the alarm to a green sedan occupants, including Greek.
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Johnny Greek, Jr
Savannah Street
Recorder’s Court
Greek
Francis J. Inge
D. H. Edington
Doherty
Leonard Harvey
Jackson
Esilava
Esiava
Endurance Drive Nears Finish for Lady de Loves
Lady de Loves nears completion of a five day endurance drive started Monday afternoon from The News Item building. Handcuffed to the steering post of an Oakland sedan she endures fatigue and chafed hands as a chill wind stirs her final push to the 4 30 o clock finish.
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Lady de
News-Item
Y de
Register
Federal work on channel planned to aid inland waterway
The U S engineer's office in Mobile announced orders from Washington to study Pass Aux Heron to determine navigation needs and advisability of further improvements. Growth in commerce over five years shows rising tonnage from 47 325 in 1923 to 315 441 in 1927 with 1927 dominated by stone sugar molasses pulpwood lumber cement stone cotton and iron products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Engineer's Office
Washington
Mobile Bay
Mississippi Sound
John McDuffie
Congress
Alabama
Pass Aux Heron
Stone
Nation to Pay Highest Honor at Inaugural
A capital city throngs for Hoover inauguration amid grand peace time rituals. Threat of heavy rains looms over the ceremony as Herbert Hoover prepares to deliver the inaugural address and assume the White House duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
White House
Northampton
Congress
Former Copper on Speaker of Tennessee House
One of Tennessee's former figures, R. Lam dette of Union City, is named speaker of the state senate. Forty four years ago, when he was Union City's night policeman, he captured desperate thieves attempting a robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee House
Tennessee
R. “Mele Lamdette
Union City
State Senate
Dereliction Probe Sparks Hearing Over Government Conduct
A probe into government and state enforcement agencies highlights alleged dereliction. The report notes a jury sat for two sessions with numerous participants, many of them women in gowns, as details emerge about the conduct under scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nesses
Baldwin to Florida Line and Loxley to Foley Highways Bid Plans
The state highway department expects to let contracts for two Baldwin county improvements. The routes run from Robertsdale to the Florida line and from Loxley to Foley, with bids likely opened March 13. Both highways lead to the Mobile Bay bridge.
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State Highway Department
Baldwin County
Robertsdale
Thelorida Line
Loxey
Foley
Harry T. Hartwell
Woolsey Finnell
Baldwin
Mobile Bay Bridge
Revenue Board to Probe Collision Investigated
A report on a collision between Mrs. J. B. Wenmaan of 1257 Selma Street and a county truck driver will be discussed at the next Revenue Board meeting. The incident involved improper language by the truck driver and prompted steps to interview the county employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Wenmaan
Selma Street
Mobile
Board of Revenue
Estes D
Floridan Enlists Sidney R Johnson in Bagdad Florida
Sidney R. Johnson of Bagdad Florida was the only enlistment reported yesterday in a Floridan roster. The brief notice notes his service entry and hometown as part of local military records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney R. Johnson
Bagdad, Fla
Weather summary several regions with frost and wind shifts
Alabama and Mississippi forecast fair with frost in the southeast. Light easterly winds on the coast rise to moderate to fresh, with warmer temperatures tonight and Sunday. Southerly winds increase to moderate to fresh offshore and along the shore.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Tenth Death Reported From Floods In Alabama
The flood crest on the Tombigbee at Demopolis neared 45 feet with weather improving and damage easing. A 650 foot crest was forecast for Demopolis Wednesday then recede. The Alabama River at Selma was to crest around 46 feet tonight, with readings near 45.2 feet at Demopolis and 42.5 feet at Montgomery.
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Demopolis
Albert Ashhenberger
Alabama
Selma
Montgomery
German Seaman Drowns at Mobile River Pier
Karl Julius Reidell a 19 year old German seaman aboard the Frisels drowned last night at pier B state docks in Mobile river after slipping from a gang plank. The body had not been recovered by morning and rescue efforts with grappling hooks continued. this is the second drowning at the same pier in less than three weeks following L R Powers.
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Karl
Julius Reidell
Germany
State Docks
Mobile
L. R. Powers
Reidell
Sidney Craft
Flint River Flood Threat Prompts Evacuations in Georgia
Red Cross warns of rising flood waters on the Flint River as Newton and nearby low land farms brace for evacuation after Montezuma floods. Bakersfield and other communities face danger with a 50 mile stretch of river at risk and a crest anticipated in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Red Cross
Flint
Newton
Montezuma
Bakersfield
Postoffice Receipts Decline Despite Extra Day in Feb
Report shows Mobile postoffice February receipts at 30083.26 dollars, down from last February. Officials say the dip is due to February 1928 having 29 days versus 28 this year. Daily receipts were slightly higher than the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Local WCOA Program Plans Named Pensacola Committee
The Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a program to be broadcast from station WCOA Pensacola with a local committee named. George Irvine chairs the group which includes M J Mc Dermott Jr Thomas Hamilton Mark Lyons Jr Tom Ford J E Terrell and Ed J Vulevitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce
WCOA
Pensacola
George Irvine
M. J. McDermott, Jr
Thomas Hamilton
Mark Lyons
France backs Geneva on Far East opium inquiry proposal
France notified the League of Nations that it supports a British proposal for an expert committee to probe opium in the Far East. Paris will contribute toward the expenses of the inquiry and its work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Franece
League of Nations
Far East
British Foreign Minister Attends Session in Ill Health
London reports Sir Austen Chamberlain, British foreign minister, attending the session of the League of Nations after a recent chill and fever spell. He appeared visibly affected by illness while presiding over the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Austen Chamberlain
Comore
Courie of the of Nations
Inland waterway channel plans toward deeper harbor route
A letter from Mobile Chamber of Commerce officials asks Marine committee to study channel deepening on the Mobile to New Orleans inland route used by Warrior River barges and other vessels. The effort aims to permit larger craft to pass.
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Mobile
New Orleans
Warrior River
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Marine Committee
The
Commercial Organization For Action
Jurors Selected for April Federal Trial Session
The next federal court session opens Monday April 1 with jurors drawn and notified by United States Marshal J. A. Stafford. It will be a trial session only and no grand jury session is planned. A February jury session occurred and many cases are slated for trial, including liquor cases and other alleged offenses. The trial docket is being prepared.
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Federal Court
United States
J. A. Stafford
Grand Jury
Thare
Stolen Ring Among Burglary Losses Reported
Mrs. William Laird of 12 South Georgia Avenue reported a burglary in which two suits of clothes and a diamond ring valued at $100 were taken. The ring is described as having a large central stone with two smaller diamonds on each side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Laird
South Georgia Avenue
Rain Forecast for Hoover Inauguration Day in Washington
The weather bureau predicts rain for Monday morning the day Herbert Hoover's inauguration in Washington. The District forecast calls for fair to cold conditions near 32 degrees Sunday night, with increasing clouds and rain by Monday dawn. Inaugural ceremonies start around 11 a.m. as long rows of stands along Pennsylvania Avenue fill.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Herbert Hoover
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Avenue
Compromises Near End of 70th Congress As Hoover Inaugurates
Washington report notes last minute concessions on major legislation. The house approved deficien cy measures including a radio and enforcement fund totaling about 2.977 million dollars plus 1 million for a survey by a commission appointed by President-elect Hoover, with Senate action pending on the conference report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Hoover
House
Senate
Brewery Closes in Kansas City After Prohibition Struggle
Muehlebach brewery ends operations in Kansas City after nearly a decade of surviving national prohibition. Officials say strict adherence to law prevented nonalcoholic beverages from competing with home brew and bootleg liquor. George Muehlebach, president, cites ongoing market pressures. The firm, rooted in close to 60 years of brewing, had shifted to near beer with prohibition's rise.
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Kansas City
Muehlebach
George Muehlebach
Kansas City American Association
Muehlebachaney
Inquiry Opened Into Franco Belgian Military Alliance
Judicial authorities in Brussels opened an inquiry into the Franco Belgian military alliance whose purported text had recently been published in Utrecht. The probe seeks to verify the authenticity and implications of the document amid mounting tension between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Utrecht
Women to Play Important Part In Inauguration
Washington report notes growing role of women in Hoover inauguration events. Women from all states join the three day celebration, appearing in programs and asserting political engagement since women gained the vote. The piece highlights suffrage era progress and continued activity in Republican women’s clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Woman's Speakers Bureau
Hoover
Deaths Rise in Mining District as Hospitals Strained
In the mining district the number of deaths increases with overworked doctors and tests. entire families have perished within a short span. The Meuse freezes again after being blown up by French and Belgian troops. temperatures hold near 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Tureeda
Meuse
Mexico City to classify unregistered addresses as rebels
Plan civil action in Mexico City after grace period for address registration expired. Government states noncompliers face confiscation of property and legal action. Officials cite subversive attitudes of some leaders. More than 1,100 reportedly complied. exact noncompliers unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Actinretary of Interior Ces
S of
Guanajuato
County Budget Plans for 1929 To Be Presented
J C Prine chairman of the finance committee says the tentative county budget for 1929 will be presented for ratification at the March 7 board of revenue meeting. It was to be acted on yesterday but was postponed due to urgent business. Several appropriations are expected to rise compared to last year.
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Board of Revenue
J. C. Prine
Prine
President Approves Rumlams Measure Amid Debate
The president signs the Rumlams proposal increasing penalties for violations of the Volstead Act with a five year maximum, triggering fierce House Senate debate and opposition. The White House notes deportation authority for alien violators and a distinction between first offenders and habitual violators.
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House
Senate
Weta
White House
Coolidge
Coolj
Two illicit stills seized near Pruitt under prohibition law
Federal Officer Jackson, Chief Deputy McWayden and Deputy Gewin reported destroying two whiskey-making plants—one 150 gallons, another smaller—along Colines Hill and near Tanner Ferry road about 16 miles from the city. A total of 13 barrels of beer mash was found. Leo Rusetos, 22, and Bill Charles, 45, were jailed on liquor possession charges.
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Pruitt
Jackson
McWayden
Noah Gewin
Colines Hill
Tanner Ferry Road
Leo Rusetos
Bill Charles
Car Claimed by Louisville Representing Insurer
Louis Bidets of Louisville Kentucky arrived today to claim the roadster used by George Lutz Ralph Moore and Walter Stewart convicted bandit in the hold up of the Big S filling station in Toulminville on November 19 last. Bidets will drive the car back to Louisville.
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Louis Bidets
Louisville
George Lutz
Ralph Moore
Walter Stewart
Toulminville
Bidets
Duke of Connaught Grips With Mild Cold, Official Says
Official bulletin says H R H the duke of Connaught 78 years old is suffering from a slight cold not confined to his bed. The note reassures fears for the king's uncle after his recent illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nice
France
Duke of Connaught
George
Duke of
Saukee to Return Coast Guard Cutter to Pensacola
The Saukee arrived in Pensacola after a stay in Mobile for minor repairs. It will stay several days before returning to its home port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Pensacola
Mobile
Probes Link Political Turbulence to Anti Tuberculosis Work
Partial OCR reads a note on financial trouble guiding a mover and a prominent professor linked to tuberculosis work. It mentions a president and an executive role, and references Herbert Hoover aiding relief efforts in Austria.
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Rquet
Hamisah
Herbert Hoover
Austria
King Boris Plans Visit Amid Engagement Rumors
Unclear report outlines King Boris of Rome near ending plans for an engagement to Princess Gle ntaly while noting two other suitors. Albrecht is said to plan a visit to R shortly as part of ongoing royal speculation.
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Boris
Rome
Glentaly
G Albrecht
London Air Ministry Expenditure Report Notes R-100 R-101 Plans
London reports expenditures for the year totaling 16.3 million pounds with a decline from prior levels. Sir Samuel Hoare notes airship program costs and outlines planned spring flights for the R-100 and R-101, aiming for overseas bases in Karachi and Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ascar
Samuel Hoare
Karachi
Montreal
Flight Begins Nonstop Run From Mexico City to Washington
Joaquin Gonzalez Pacheco and McMillin took off from Bollin Field at 6 47 a m for a nonstop flight to Washington. The 2300 mile route links Mexico City and the capital, marking a historic record as the first nonstop between the two cities.
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Mexico City
Joaquin Gonzalez Pacheco
McMillin
Velluensing Field
City
Washington
Bollin Field
A. As
New Ready Mixed Concrete Firm Files Papers in Probate Court
The Mobile Ready Mixed Company Inc filed papers in probate court to engage in manufacture and sale of concrete. Headquarters listed in city with officers Bullock as president Greene Jr of Kiln and R C Greene Sr as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Ready Mixed Company, Inc
City
T Incorpore
Bullock
Birmingham
Es Greene, Jr
Kile
R. Cc. Greene, Sr
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