March showdown delayed by Republican power shakeup in Alabama
State Republicans met in Birmingham to resolve patronage disputes affecting key posts including collector and marshal as Pope Long and C D Street clash over control. The deal to refer stalemated issues to the state committee signals a possible shift in officer appointments and dampens prospects for harmonizing federal patronage. The 10,000 ton dry dock sale by the Shipping Board also looms with bids likely from current leaseholders.
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Birmingham
Collee
United States
Popeong
Republican Committee
C. D. Street
Street
Barker
Agreemt
Frank J. Thompson
Mobile
Haneit Ation
Maki
Harding
A. R. Nobie
Anniston
Oklahoma Governor Roberson Attacked in Courthouse Clash
Oklahoma Governor Robertson was struck in the face by James G Lyons in a courthouse corridor. The men exchanged blows as bystanders fled Pandemonium broke out in the crowded building amid the confrontation.
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Gemulgee
Okla
J. B. R. Robertson
James G. Lyons
James Hepburn
Gov. Robertson
Lyons
City to Have New Type of Street Lamps
City commissioners announce a contract for new street lighting promising almost half the current cost. About 300 new lamps could be furnished at the lower price with no added budget impact. Also, paving costs for several avenues total 49 593 dollars and a plan for drainage is outlined. Graduation of the Salvation Army soup kitchen and lodging house closes in a three month period.
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Harry T. Hartwell
Hannon Avenue
Bienville
Demony Avenues
New Conti Street
Wright Smith
Demony, Bienville
Conti Street
Bienville Avenue
Demony Avenue
Conti
Taylor
L. Grimshaw
Salvation Army
Mission Under Way At Colored Church
A city wide African mission begins at Franklin Street Baptist Church Mobile with sessions daily through Sunday including 2 pm and 7 30 pm meetings. Stereopticon views of Africa will be shown. Led by Maynard N Jackson national field secretary of the foreign Mission board.
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Mobile
Franklin ‘Street
Frankin Street
Africa
Colored Baptist Ministers’ Union
Maynard N. Jackson
The
Foreign Mission Board
Papers Ready to File in Road Case
Case papers for contemplated condemnation proceedings against highway holders along the Craft route have been turned over to the county attorney Gordon by the county. The papers accompany a request that the attorney begin proceedings as soon as possible. Seven landowners are listed and may be compelled to explain objections to the concrete highway.
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Gordon
Rt. Bcos
Mobile Woman Named to National Democratic Finance Committee
Mrs James Hagan of Mobile has been named to the Alabama finance committee of the National Democratic Executive Committee. She will serve under Harrison Nesbitt of Pittsburgh as national chairman of the finance committee. Mrs Hagan is receiving congratulations from friends across the state after the appointment made by J Hull Tennessee chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee.
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James Hagan
Mobile
Charge Forgery of Telegraph Order
James Thomas, a negro, was before the court today on two charges of forging a Western Union money order. With no imperative witness, the case was continued to March 7. He is charged with signing the name Pasencher to an $18.56 order collected at the office after demanding his money. the forgery was discovered according to the charges.
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James Thomas
Western Union
Thomas
Pa Sencher
Weather forecast for Alabama near March 3
Mostly cloudy and continued cold tonight with heavy frost possible if skies clear. Saturday expected to stay cold with frost likely across many areas.
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Gerne
Alabama
Legion Officer to Speak in Mobile in March
George N. Berry national vice commander of the American Legion will visit Mobile around March 15 for an address. Date to be announced as arrangements are finalized. Berry travels on a service campaign to reach every ex service man and foster personal ties with World War veterans. He heads the International Printing Pressmen’s and Assn Union of North America and represented the AFL at the Legion’s last national convention.
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George N. Berry
American Legion
Mobile
Lamar Y. McLeod
Berry
National Legion
Legion
International Printing Pressmen’s and ‘Asss Union of North America
American Federation of Labor
Bids Placed On Building Barges For U S District
Seventeen bids were received for constructing six all steel barges for the Mobile district and four for other districts. Pensacola and New Orleans firms submitted bids. Bids sent to Washington for approval. work to start within three months. Barges will transfer fuel to dredges in the bay and river and serve other barge tasks.
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U. S
Galveston
Mobile
Earl North
Pensacola
New Orleans
Washington
Successf
Saturday Cold Morning Then Warmer Forecast
The forecast warns of freezing temperatures tomorrow morning after a cloudy day and night. A 28 degree low was recorded near Meridian Mississippi as frost was avoided by unsettled conditions.
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Weather Bureau
Central A
Meridian
Miss
Philadelphia writer visits Mobile to watch Browns workouts
Robert W Tiny Maxwell, noted Philadelphia sports writer and authority on football baseball and golf, is in Mobile to observe the St. Louis Browns during a visit from St. Petersburg Florida. He toured the Mobile Country Club links today.
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Robert W
Tiny) Maxwell
Philadelphia
Tger
United States
Mobile
St. Louis Browns
Maxwell
St. Petersburg
Fla
Gabriel Named Traffic Committee Chairman
Heyman Gabriel has been named chairman of the Mobile County Automobile Club traffic committee for the coming year. The panel will enforce city traffic rules and regulations, propose new city legislation, and assist in road improvement plans. The club also plans a good roads committee and a board meeting next Wednesday to finalize the year’s program.
Probe of Bunker Coal Rates to Be Held in Washington
An investigation of bunker coal freight rates from Alabama mines to gulf ports will occur in Washington on March 20. Mobile will participate as will other gulf ports. The Interstate Commerce Commission will examine why bunker coal and domestic coal share the same rate to gulf ports while bunker coal is cheaper on the Atlantic coast.
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Alabama
Gulf Ports
Washington
Traffic Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Atlantic Coast
Interstate Commerce Commission
Plans for Diplomatic Visit to Mobile Stated
Plans for entertaining the visiting diplomats including Sir Auckland Geddess of England and ambassadors from several South American countries will be perfected at a meeting at City Hall this afternoon. They come to attend the Gorgas memorial service at the Scottish Rite cathedral under a committee of prominent local citizens.
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Auckland Geddess
England
Mobile
City Hall
Gorgas
Two Men Fined Under Prohi Law in Water Street Alley
Henry M Morris and Bryant Nixon were arrested near the Southern market after being found close to a box containing 20 bottles of white whiskey. Morris claimed as dealer and Nixon as delivery, leading to fines of $100 or 0 days. Officers Qualls and Pennington made the arrest, last Wednesday at 2 am.
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Henry .M. Morris
Bryant Nixon
South Water Street
Qualls
Pennington
Morris
Bryant
Radios Seek Word Of Sinking Steamer Grontoft
Boston dispatch reports Norwegian freighter Grontoft Galveston for Esberg sinking off Cape Race after stormy seas. Twenty men aboard, lifeboats smashed. Estonia reportedly sailing to assist and possibly save officers and crew. Grontoft 7,320 tons.
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Boston
North Atlantic Seaboard
Grontoft
Galveston
Esberg
Cape Race
Estonia
Viscountess Rhondda Might Lead Lords Feminist Minority
Viscountess Rhondda, first woman to win a seat in Britain's House of Lords, could lead a vibrant feminist minority. A successful businesswoman and mine owner, she has refrained from commenting on the Privileges Committee's decision granting her a Lords seat. She emphasizes maternal health and women’s independence, travels in North America, paints watercolors, and is known for bold public statements on gender roles and economics.
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Lloyd Allen
United Press
Ndon
Viscountess
Rhodda
Britain
House of Lords
Viscou
Ngland
Committee On Privileges
England
Rhonddd
Canada
United States
Rhondda
Mirer
America
Wontel
Peerese
Newport
Wales
Bronx Shows Lowest Infant Death Rate in Nation
The Bronx records the lowest infant mortality among the ten largest cities, with 972 deaths among 16 397 births last year, a rate of 62.1 per thousand. Buffalo and Pittsburgh share the highest rate at 93.6 per thousand. New York City ranks second lowest with 77.1 overall.
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New York
Bronx
United
Babies Welfare Federation
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
New York City
Six Suspects In Taylor Case May Be Turned Loose
Six men arrested in Los Angeles on information linking them to film director William Desmond Taylor face possible release if no new evidence is found. Police would then focus on locating Edward F. Sands, the missing former secretary, while continuing to probe the seven person theory.
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Taylor
Los Angeles
Cal
William Desmond Taylor
John Rupp
Edward F. Sands
Butiet
Son in Jail for Murdering Father in Gallatin
Whitson, aged 59 known as Sonny, a respected farmer, is jailed in Sulphurda County after allegedly killing his father at the family home last night. The case is being investigated by local authorities in Gallatin Tennessee.
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Gallatin
Tenn
Whitson
Sonny
Sulphurda
This County
Southern Retail Lumbermen Meet in Memphis Convenes 12th Annual Session
The Southern Retail Lumber Dealers association held the 12th annual convention in Memphis Tennessee with delegates from Tennessee Mississippi Kentucky and Alabama. President M M Elledge of Corinth Mississippi condemned contractor commissions and urged home building and highway construction while W Thorton Betax of Birmingham emphasized the value of newspaper advertising. The initial session concluded with discussions on business conditions and leadership picks.
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Memphis
Southern Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
M. M. Elledge
Corinth
Miss
W. Thorton
Betex
Birmingham
Ala
Ttf
Tennessee
Missigaippi
Kentucky
Alabama
I C C Suspends Sugar Rate Decrease From West
The interstate commerce commission suspended reductions in sugar rates from western producing territory to middle western consuming points effective today. Hearings on the advisability of allowing the decreases to take effect will begin March 26 in New York City. The commission gave no stated causes for the suspension but implied competition questions involving white beet sugar and Cuban cane sugar.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York City
New York
Georgia Association Endorses Ford Plan for Roads
Atlanta March 23 The Georgia Association endorsed Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals offer at its closing convention session. It backed a proposed 75 million dollar state bond issue for good roads and urged funding for farm and home demonstration agents in every county. It also sought broader county commissioner spending powers and re-elected H G Hastings and other officers.
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Atlanta
Henr Ford
Muscle Shoals
Georgia Association
H. G. Hastings
State Chamber of Commerce
Young Boy Confesses Brooklyn Robberies
New York March 3 A 14 year old named John Dunn confessed to multiple Brooklyn store robberies after treating friends to movies and candy. He told detectives he acted alone and earned 41 to 25 dollars per job. He faces parole for sentence next Monday.
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New York
John Dunn
Brooklyn
Bure
Paris Editors Spar Over Duel Challenge
Paris is shaken by an attempt to force a duel between editors of Le Figaro. Louis Lazzares, senior editor, challenged Alfred Capus after an editorial dispute, while Marquis Robert de Piers, co editor and member of the French Academy, sent seconds in response. Capus, 64, dismissed the notion as childish.
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Serer
Louis
The
Figaro
Ne Fer
M. Lazzarus
Alfred Capus
Eee
Robert de Filers
Capus
Marquis de Piers
Pennete
French Academy
Wife of Farmer Tells of Plight In Hard Times
Mrs Nels PF Radick of Fulda Minnesota and vice president of the United Society of Agriculture testified before the senate agriculture committee that farm price instability could prompt political action. She warned that farming families are breaking up as young people leave to escape hard economic conditions and that farm women now demand a fair return for their labor.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Nels PF. Radick
Fulda
Minn
United Society of Agriculture
Congress
Two Philadelphia Broker Firms Fail
Philadelphia firm Ill, & Co. stockbrokers announced as failing. Involuntary bankruptcy petition filed against L. A. Gerson & Co. stock brokers in U.S. District Court. Creditors claim liabilities around 126000 dollars with assets near 55000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
The
Ill, & Co
United States District Court
L. A. Gerson & Co
Radio to be Used by Syracuse Pastor
The Rev. Bernard C. Clausen of the First Baptist church in Syracuse says radio sets will be placed in homes of every shut in church member at church expense if a test next Sunday night proves satisfactory. He will deliver a 15 minute sermon that can be heard by all stations within a 40 mile radius.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Bernard C. Clausen
First Baptist Church
Wheat Growers Federation Forms to Pool Crop Nationwide
The Wheat Growers Federation is organized to pool and market the U S wheat crop. It will operate a board of directors, control export sales, coordinate domestic activities, and arrange financing for member wheat growers. A Kansas meeting set for March 8-9 will push federation plans as ties with United States Grain Growers are sought.
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Plac
Siate
Wink Federation
Kansas Hocule
United States Grain Growers, Tac
Co-Operative Societies
States
Blackhand Letter Threatens Polish Consul in Buffalo
A letter signed The Blackhanders of Uniate threatened Polish consul Stanislaus Manduk in Buffalo to secure the release of a Ukrainian youth imprisoned in Poland. Police and justice officials were alerted as detectives watched Manduk’s home. The postmark was Cleveland and similar letters were reported to reach Polish consuls in Detroit Pittsburgh and New York.
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Buffalo
Blackhanders
Uniate
Stanislaus Manduk
Poland
Péligh
Manduk
Department of Justice
Garticla Avenue
Cleveland
Ohio
Suuner
Detroit
Pittsburgh
New York
Mirki
Inia
Irish Prison Board Chairman Murdered in Dublin
The chairman of the Irish Prison Board was shot and killed in Dublin during a robbery chase. An official said the assailants took a sum of money believed to be 600 pounds and escaped. another man was wounded in the same incident. The victim was a son in law of a prominent Irish Nationalist leader.
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Belfast
Associated Presa
Reer
Irish Prison Board
Dublin
Green
Chase
Three Women Die in Waupeun Factory Fire
A fire at the Vulcanizing company in Waupeun last night killed three women employees. The blaze destroyed the facility and damages are estimated at more than 300 dollars.
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Waupeun
C Vulcanizing Company
Entir
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