U S Begins River Work at Mobile Dredge Reaches Port
The Mobile district starts an emergency navigation project costing about 207000 dollars. The Texas dredge to carve 32 to 34 feet deep Mobile river channel will employ around 60 workers for about three months.
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Mobile
W. D. A. Anderson
United States
Mobile River
Texas
Atlantic Gulf- and-Pacific Company
River and Harbor
Mobile District
Mobile Bay
Mississippi Sound
Pearl River
Rigolets
New Orleans
Pascagoula
Pass Aux Heron
City tournament pits 10 schools in Murphy gym Saturday
Cage tourney brings together boys and girls teams from Alba Baker Calvert Citronelle Grand Bay Murphy Semmes and others. Moon Ducote leads Mobile public schools athletics planning. Draws set for opening rounds with finals slated for March 14 and byes in semifinals.
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Murphy High School
Moon” Ducote
Mobile Public Schools
Alba
Baker, Calvert
Citronelle
Grang Bay
Murphy
Semmes
Postoffice Robbery Hits Clemson College Scene
Two unmasked men robbed the Clemson College postoffice this morning taking stamps and cash from three employees. Authorities reported the amount on hand and exact sum were not immediately determined.
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Clemson College
S&l. C
Hallett Street Blocks to Local Business Zoning
Mobile city commissioners voted to reclassify two blocks on Hallett Street from residential to local business zoning. They adopted an ordinance for a site at Old Shell Road and Hallett Street and urged extension of the district over the entire two blocks. The Gordon Smith property area was affected. A school board delegation sought new street extension to the negro school project and traffic lights at several schools amid heavy traffic. A Davis Avenue district garbage dumping complaint was raised.
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Hallett Street
Dauphin Street
Old Sh’ Road
City of Mobile
Board of Commissioners
Old Shell Road
Gordon Smith
Well
Bates
Schwarz
Commission
Davis Avenue
Shipping Board Bill Discussed By Mobile Shippers
Local shipping men and the Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic committee discussed a bill in Congress to regulate inter coastal shipping under the shipping board. The plan would cover Panama Canal traffic only, not the coastal business, and views will be sought from other ports before any action. Mobile handles substantial Pacific coast trade with many ships operating between the port and west coast points.
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Shipping Board
Congress
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Panama Canal
Mobile
Pacific Coast
An Aged Man Seeks Size Seven Shoes in Poem
A poem sent to the Family Welfare Bureau requests assistance for a pair of size seven men’s shoes. The writer, an elderly Mobilian, asks for clean shoes to keep him from cold and wet feet and vows to call daily to collect them. He hopes to wear the shoes soon and expresses gratitude for past favors.
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Family Welfare Bureau
Three Youth Train Riders Detained In Mobile
Three boys ages 11, 13, and 15 from Selma were found riding in a box car as it entered Mobile and Ohio yards. They planned to travel the country from the freight car door and were taken to the police station after police from headquarters were summoned.
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Mobile
Ohio
Ralph Terry
Robin Lit@e
Ernest Thompson
Selma
Ala
Southall Given Life Term For Pen Southall Smiles In Court
Southall, a 28 year old L&N railroad flagman, was convicted Friday night of slaying veteran conductor Joh O Rorke and given a life sentence. He appeared in court smiling as Judge Thornton imposed the penalty after a brief reading of the sentence.
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Southall
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Joh
O’rorke
Utikeel
Study of bill on Mobile bar pilots opens in Alabama
The News Item reports a study of Representative Sossaman's Mobile bar pilots bill. The plan would set up a pilots commission with both pilots and docks commission members, charge pilots a 50 dollar annual license, and fees for vessel movements. General Sibert had opposed shifting funds from docks to pilots but his objections may be eased by amendments.
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Montgomery
Sossaman
Mobile
Mobile Bay
Docks Commission
Pilots’ Commission
William L. Sibert
State Docks
Sibert
Negro Injured After Collision In City Street Crash
Albert Turner of 306 Gracie Street was injured at 11 o clock Tuesday morning when he ran into a passing automobile at the Davis avenue Gracie streets intersection. Turner said he hurried from a nearby grocery to catch another car. The auto was driven by B H Milla of 452 Church. Turner was taken to City hospital for treatment.
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Albert Turner
Gracie Street
Davis Avenue
Gracie Streets
Turner
B. H. Milla
Church
City Hospital
Veterans Gather for Disabled American Veterans Meeting
Mobile Chapter No 7 of the Disabled American Veterans will meet at 8 pm Tuesday at headquarters 16 North Jackson Street. All disabled veterans and others eligible for loans under the bonus bill are urged to attend.
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Mobile
North Jackson Street
Greek Orthodox elect officers in Mobile meeting
Members of the Greek Orthodox community in Mobile will elect officers and committees at 3 o'clock Thursday evening at the church at Government and Dearborn streets. Important matters will be transacted and all members are urged to attend. A. Inchert is president of the community.
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Mobile
Government and
Dearborn Streets
A. In¢Hret
Miller Miller Fages Hardest Thok After Recess
Governor Miller and his aides face a gruelling week as parole and job applications rise after a recess hold. The new administration will review parole policies and public employment next week, continuing a system begun by the previous administration amid thousands of applicants.
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News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
Miller
Will
R W Jones Dies In Mobile At 9 PM
Readford Watkins Jones veteran insurance agent and manager with United States Casualty Company died suddenly from indigestion at a Mobile infirmary. Funeral from Roche mortuary at 11 Wednesday, Magnolia cemetery burial. Survived by three daughters May Jones Mobile Thelma Jones Jacksonville Fla and Mrs J H McCaughan Mobile plus five sisters and other relatives.
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United States Casualty Company
Mobile Light & Railroad Company
Roche
Magnolia Cemetery
Jones
May Jones
Mobile
Thelma Jones
Jacksonville, Fla
J. H. McCaughan
Four Men Held in Liquor Bust Near Eslava Street
Federal prohibition officers arrested four white men Tobe Nesse Whitie Williams Ben Gates and Berth McHenry Monday night near the foot of Eslava street. About two gallons of liquor were found. They were jailed and formal charges will be filed later.
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Eslava Street
Tobe Nesse
Whitie Williams
Ben Gates
Berth McHenry
New Cutter Saranac Due to Arrive in Mobile
The cutter Saranac based at Galveston is due in Mobile on Wednesday for a two day stay, reported at local coast guard headquarters. It travels from Texas City to St. Petersburg Florida and is among the newest coast guard craft afloat.
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Gallveston
Mobile
Coast Guard
Texas City
St. Petersburg
Fla
Black Arrives William Jigger Black Joins Team
William Jigger Black arrives as a second guard for the team, with local sources confirming his joining status and expected role on the basketball squad.
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William “Jigger” Black
Moose Meeting Adds Evening Entertainment at St Michael Rooms
Mobile Lodge No. 321 Loyal Order of Moose to hold an 8 o'clock Tuesday night meeting at St Michael and Royal streets. An entertainment program has been arranged and invitations extended to members and their friends.
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Mobile Lodge No
Order of Moose
St. Michael and Royal Streets
Wife of Schroeder Saw Him In Hiding Captor Tells Jury
Harold Schroeder, on trial for murder, was captured in Mobile by Deputy Earl Dykes who found him hiding in weeds near his home. Dykes testified Schroeder begged to be released and feared fleeing to Mexico before handcuffing him and taking him to the county jail where a pocket knife was found.
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Thornton
Southall
Vincent F. Kilborn
South
Schroeder
Earl C. Dykes
Mobile
Indianapolis
Ala
Harold Herbert Schroeder
Mexico
Officials deny vice charges in grand jury report
Mayor T Semmes Walmsley and city officials rejected grand jury findings charging political influence in city operations. They cited changes at the house of detention, noting prisoner costs fell from six cents to 36 cents per day since 1929 to 1930.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Grand Jury
House of Detention
Oaes of Detention
Papers Held On Federal Bonus For Soldier Pickel
Important papers belonging to Charles W. Pickel, a member of the local American Legion post, were handed to post adjutant John T. Moore by W. P. Bevis of the Tallahassee legion. The papers were taken from a tramp in Tallahassee, and Bevis said the owner may reclaim them by writing or calling. The source did not explain how the papers came into the tramp’s possession.
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Charles W. Pickel
American Legion
John T. Moore
W. P. Bevis
Legion
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida City
Bevis
Moore
Adjutant Moore
Pickel
Ranger raid ends oil boom town disruption in Kilgore
A raiding party led by Ranger Captain Tom Hickman drove undesirables from Kilgore Texas after a cold rain erased tracks. More than 30 persons including two escaped convicts were jailed at Longview as five Rio Grande patrol rangers rode in from New town to complete the cleanup.
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Kilgore
Tex
Texas
Tom Hickman
Longview
Bank Robbery Suspects Eyed in New Orleans Heist
Police say they hold three men in the Whitney Bank and Trust Co. robbery at St. Roch with $26,000 taken. They seek a fourth suspect as John H. Marigny Jr. implicates the trio and describes money counted in his kitchen between drinks and pistols.
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Orleans
St. Roch
Whitney Bank and Trust Company
John H. Marigny, Sr
Marigny
Manuel Acosta
Fam Ficcaro
David Les
Lee
Integrity of Davis Upheld In Ballot Probe Report
The senate campaign funds committee condemned excessive expenditures by the Davis Brown ticket in the Pennsylvania Republican primary but upheld Senator Davis's integrity. Chair Nye presented the report. Davis called the committee’s assertion a lie and denied a $10,000 unreported contribution.
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Davis
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Davis-Brown
Associated Press
Washington
Prohibition Officers Seize $200000 Liquor Shipment
New Orleans reports a federal seizure of 200000 dollars worth of imported liquor hidden in freight cars. The shipment, routed from Belize to northern cities, was billed as lumber and furniture and linked to rival gangs. Arrests are anticipated as officers pursue those involved.
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New Orleans
Eugene Smith
Howard
Belize
British Honduras
Eufaula Man Dies After Illness at Home
William Hope, a lawyer and former prosecuting attorney for the county, died of pneumonia at his home. Surviving daughters include Merrill Hope of Dothan and others in Dothan and Eufaula, with Mary Brown of Dothan and Mrs. Thompson of Eufaula among the listed beneficiaries.
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Illiace Heeling Messen
William Ho
Merrill
Rom Gee Dothan
Fo Fe McRae
Mary Brown
Dothan
Waston
Eufaula
Terese
Dail
Bufaula
Fire at Coln Theatre Sparks City Arson Probe
A massive blaze at the Coln Theatre and nearby neighborhood house injures many and causes about 30000 dollars in damage. An arson gang is suspected as 15 people are questioned and four other recent fires are linked to the same group. Blast may have been set to ignite rival fires in the city.
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Tomn
Coln Theatre
Declan
Storm Advisory Leads Weather Bureau Briefing
Weather bulletin reports a moving storm off Cape Hatteras tracking northwest toward the Atlantic coast. Advisory warns of increasing intensity with rapid development and precautions issued for coastal areas from Cape Hatteras to Cape Lookout.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Lantic
Capes
Cape Soca
Cape Hatteras
Local Fair and Frost Forecast Across Regions
Local forecast predicts continued frost for Tuesday night and Wednesday with minimum temperatures near freezing in parts. Alabama and Mississippi expected to stay cool with lingering frost and a break into fair skies by Wednesday. Albert region noted in the report.
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Alabama
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