Railroads Weaken Canned Goods Rates in Gulf Trade
Mobile and Meridian Chambers of Commerce announce opposition to an intended freight rate hike on canned goods from Gulf ports to interior Mississippi Valley points. The dispute centers on shipments from the Pacific coast to Mobile and onward inland. Mobile also reports the Memphis freight handling charge absorption will continue after a previous protest.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Meridian Chamber of Commerce
Mobile Organization
Mississippi
Mobile
Pacific Coast
Traffic Bureau
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Memphis
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Shas
New Is Sworn In As Postmaster General At Capitol
Lawrence Martin reports in Washington that the new Postmaster General, nicknamed Abe Martin, was sworn in and began his duties. He pledged to handle today’s job today, avoid overreaching predictions, and assess problems as they arise.
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Capital
Lawrence Martin
United Press
Washington
Abe Martin
Harry 8
Capitol
Post Office Department
Hutrt Work
Senate
Dickens
Seizures in Liquor Cases Across County
Sheriff Paul Cardias and Deputy Ollie Chason led a busy night with arrests in Prichard. Mose Harris, 20 half pints of liquor found in his home, and Arthur Diamond for prohibited liquor possession were taken into custody. Harriet Ward, 46, of Cottage Hill Road, jailed on illicit still possession and released on bail to appear in the inferior criminal court.
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Paul Cardias
Ollie Chason
Mose Harris
Prichard
Arthur Diamond
Harriet Ward
Cottage Hill Road
Inferior Criminal Court
Burglars Break Into Davis Avenue Stores
Burglars broke into Jim Pappas at 550 Davis Avenue and Nick Pap as at 610 Davis Avenue early Sunday morning. They smashed doors, took $7 from the first store and $5.50 from the second, and groceries. Police and detectives are investigating.
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Jim Pappas
Davis Avenue
Nick Pappas
Bacon Found Hidden in Swamp and Child Located
A large quantity of smoked bacon was found in the Three Mile Creek swamp near Plateau during a Sunday search by a posse led by George Mills deputy sheriff. The search aimed to find Laura Sinfell a 10 year old girl missing about ten days and she was later located in Saraland.
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Three-Mile Creek
Plateau Sunday
George Mills
Paul Cazalas
Laura Sinfell
Saraland
Carriers to Meet With Steel Officials in Atlanta
A conference of steel and iron interests and railroads to discuss rate revisions under the transportation act will be held in Atlanta on March 13. Mobile is expected to be represented, given the large iron and steel business passing through the port.
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Atlanta Onarch
Mobile
Lumbermen Group 4 Meet Tonight in Mobile
Mobile Chamber of Commerce Group Four lumber manufacturers will hold a meeting tonight at 7 at the organization offices. C. M. Lear serves as group chairman as plans for activities and lumberman concerns are discussed.
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Pereronens
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Crest
C. M. Lear
Y. M. C. A. Chorus to Give Concert
The Y M C A chorus presents its second season concert at Harte auditorium with Peter J Colvin directing and Miss Kittie Sterling as accompanist. Mrs Walter Horn assists chorus members.
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Harte Auditorium
Gate O’tlock
Peter J. Colvin
Kittiebelle Sterling
Walter Horn
Grain Exports Rise in U S Week Totals
Washington March 5 grain exports stated for the week climbed to 8,746,000 bushels from 4,351,000 bushels the prior week.
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Washington
United States
Weather note for Alabama Mississippi tonight
Washington reports rain for Alabama and Mississippi with little temperature change expected tonight.
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Washington
Alabama
Funeral for Henrietta Tousell Attended by Community
Funeral services for 11 year old Henrietta Tousell daughter of Oscar Tousell killed in an auto accident on Washington avenue were held this morning at 19 o'clock. Rev Father Joseph E McDermott led the service at St Matthew's Catholic church. Henrietta was laid to rest in Magnolia cemetery with floral tributes from the St Louis American League baseball club. The driver involved Miss Josie Donovan cashier at the Battle House dining room faces court action rescheduled for March 9 due to the funeral.
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Oscar J. Tousell
Washington Avenue
Cottrell Street
Josie Donovan
Battle House
W.M. Williams
Arlington Street
Joseph E. McDermott
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Magnolia Cemetery
St. Lowis
American League Baseball Club
Miss .Dondovan
Recorder’s Court
Oriole Barge Ships Steel For Texas Ports
The barge Oriole of Sipsey, Barge and Towing Co is in port taking on a cargo of coal and steel products for Galveston and Houston. It will sail shortly to Texas ports. The Coastwise barge will also arrive soon with sulfur for Mobile and Opelika. Regular Mobile Texas sailings carry coal and steel, with coal and steel arriving on Warrior barges and transferring at this port to the Oriole and Coastwise.
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Oriole
Sipsey, Barge and Towing Company
Galveston
Houston
Texas
Coastwise
Mobile
Opelika
Warrior
Tug Damaged After Collision With Sailing Vessel
The tug Hulver towing the steamer Moffitt collided with the schooner Cashier at the mouth of the Spanish River last night. The mainmast was torn out but no injuries occurred and damage was not large.
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Hulver
Spanish River
Cashier
Moffitt
Road inspection set for Thursday by county officials
The board of revenue and road commissioners will conduct the first county road inspection Thursday. County Highway Engineer A Glover Holder Jr will join at the courthouse, traveling Telegraph road to Calvert then Citronelle area, returning via St Stephens road.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
A. Glover Holder, Jr
County Court House
Telegraph
Calvert
Citronelle
St. Stephens Road
Sunday School Fives Play at Y Tonight
Three Sunday School League basketball games are scheduled at the Y M C A tonight. St John s Episcopal meets Oakdale Baptists at 7 30. Dauphin Way Baptists face First Baptists at 8 15. Central Presbyterian plays St Francis Street M E at 9 0.
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Dauphin Way Baptists
First Baptists
Central Presbyterian
St. Francis Street
M. E
Bullen Cleared in Reckless Driving Case
H Bullen was acquitted of all blame in the recorder's court after a collision with a wagon driven by Willie Meyers. The court found Bullen not at fault and cleared him of charges of reckless driving.
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H. Bullen
Willie Meyers
Recorder’s Court
Bullen
Mayfield Denies Charges By Peddy
Washington March 5 Senator elect Earle B Mayfield of Texas issued a statement calling the election contest charges filed by George B Peddy a continuation of misrepresentation and abuse Peddy a Republican Independent Democratic candidate for senator who was defeated by Mayfield last November alleged Mayfield belonged to the Ku Klux Klan Mayfield dismissed the charges as infamous and absolutely false
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Washington
Earle B. Mayfield
Texas Today
Senate
George B.’ B. Peddy
Mayfield
Peddy
Thee Klux Klan
Chiropractor Case Taken Out Of Call
The case of M. M. Cummings a chiropractor charged with practicing medicine without a state health board certificate was called in circuit court and taken out of the call to a later date at the defendant's attorney request. Cummings would be the second defendant tried for chiropractic treatment in the county. The delay came as attorney A T Holmes of La Crosse Wisconsin could not reach Mobile on this date.
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M. M. Cummings
State Health Board
Cummings
A. T. Holmes
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Mobile
Jury unable to reach verdict in Sarah Simmons case
A jury failed to decide on Sarah Simmons alias Shreveport Sarah charged with violating the prohibition law after several hours of court time. A vag rancy and a statutory offense case with co-defendant Charles Medicus continues to Wednesday. A forfeiture was recorded in Viola Cooper's abusive language case.
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Sarah Simmons
Shreveport
Sarah
Charles Medicus
Viola Cooper
Many Make Returns for ’23 Income Tax
With ten days left, many visit the Internal Revenue Department in the federal building daily. The largest crowd since returns began January 1 gathered today. March fifteenth is the final best day to file returns.
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Internal Revenue Department
Federal
Man Faces Year and a Day Penalty for Liquor Charge
John McDuffie was arraigned in circuit court and pled guilty to manufacturing prohibited liquors. He received a sentence of one year and one day in the penitentiary. Zillie Hall failed to appear on a bigamy charge and her bond was forfeited.
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John McDuffie
Zillie Hall
Mayo party on way up Warrior River
The North Star houseboat carrying Dr. William Mayo and party arrived in Mobile and departed Sunday for a trip up the Warrior river. They plan several days of travel upriver.
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MAYO
Warrior River
North Star
William Mayo
Mobile
Tolbert Named U S Marshal in South Carolina
President Harding appoints Joseph W. Tolbert a Republican leader in South Carolina as United States marshal for the Western district of the state through a recess appointment announced March 5.
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Washington
South Carolina
Harding
Joseph W. Tolbert
Veterans Preference At Civil Service Exams
Washington March 5. One of President Harding's final acts before leaving for Florida directs the civil service commission to grant certain preference to World War I veterans in their civil service examination process.
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Washington
Harding
Florida
Civil Service Commission
Twenty Injured In Central of Georgia Train Wreck
In Mizell's station near Columbus the passenger train No. 3 to Birmingham derailed injuring twenty. A Macon wrecking crew cleared the site in thirty five minutes. Passengers from Columbus and nearby towns were treated. the incident occurred about 4 45 this morning with no severe injuries reported.
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Central of Georgia
Macon
Birmingham
Ala
Mizell’s
The
Central
Foreman
D. E. Coventry
Ft. Benning
H. C. Johnson
John A. Young
Ben Wilson
W. L. Sutton
Milner
A. Roberts
J. T. McGee
D. ¢. Ahée
Americus
Arthur Parton
Negro
Porter
Savannah
Howard
Man Lives in Boiler After Quake Burns In Rescue Fire
John G. McKenzie a retired sea captain living in a boiler decoyed by San Francisco quake flames today hospitalized with burns his clothes ignited Saturday A patrolman Callahan is reported recovering from burns after beating out flames to save him McKenzie described surviving the 1906 disaster and living amid junk on a vacant lot with minimal comforts, hooded by fire.
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San Francisco
John G. McKenzie
Callahan
McKenzie
Edison Confined to Home After Cold In New Jersey
Thomas A. Edison was confined to his home for several days last week with a cold. He was in bed two days and is up again but not allowed to leave. Edison and Mrs. Edison postponed their Florida departure until Wednesday night on physician advice.
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West Orangs
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Florida
Midwest agriculture improves in Feb reports
Missouri Iowa Kansas and Nebraska show better conditions in the last half of February per USDA regional director R E Logan. Missouri cotton acreage is forecast to be the heaviest ever planted.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
R E. A. Logan
United _ es bureau of agricultural economy
Griffith defeated in London by election results
Sir Arthur Griffith Boscawen minister of health in the Bonar Law cabinet loses the Mitcham by election to Labour candidate J Chuter Ede. Colonel G F Stanley defeated in Willesden by Harcourt Johnstone resigns to Premier Bonar Law amid the same by election results.
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Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
Bonar Law
Mitcham
Surrey
J. Chuter Ede
G. F. Stanley
Home Affairs
Willesden
Stanley
Harcourt Johnstone
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Tornado injures ten in St. Joseph causing heavy damage
A tornado in St. Joseph Missouri damaged property estimated at about $200000 and injured ten people all of whom are expected to recover. Most injuries were not serious and the city’s street cleaning crews worked all day to clear debris and telephone service remained normal.
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ST. Joseph
Man Pays Penalty for Slaying Baby in Pennsylvania
Floyd Smith of Bradford County was executed at Rockview prison by electric chair after seven stays of execution. He had been condemned for killing his wife’s three weeks old baby, a murder he insisted he did not commit, with the original sentence dating from February 1921.
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Bellefonte
Floyd Smith
Bradford County
Rockview
Smith
Harding Names Two To Farm Loan Board
President Harding announced recess appointments for Elmer Landes of Ohio, a Republican, and Merton L. Corey of Nebraska, a Democrat, to serve as directors on the Federal Farm Loan Board in Washington.
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Farm Loan Board
Washington
Elmer Landes
Ohio
Merton L. Corey
Nebraska
Federal Farm Loan Board
Marsden G. Scott Dies in Colorado at 58
Marsden G. Scott a former president of the International Typographical Union and longtime labor leader died in Colorado Springs after a ten day illness. Born in Elmira New York in 186? he entered printing about 28 years ago and led unions in New York City and elsewhere before becoming international president in 1914 with jurisdiction over US and Canadian locals. He had lived in Colorado Springs for two years.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Marsden G. Scott
International Typographical Union
Scott
Elmyra
N Y
New York
Syracuse
N. Y
Standard
Anaconda
Montana
New York Press
New York City
Telegraph
Big Six” Union
United States
Canada
Shorthand Expert Sets Record With Senate Adjourning
Washington March 5 Theodore F Shuey Civil War veteran and dean of the senate shorthand reporters established a record with the adjournment of Congress It was the 27th congress adjournment witnessed by Shuey now 78 who began work in 1868 Senator Harrison Democrat of Mississippi praised the veteran for his skill with the pot hook and his daily reports of the senate proceedings.
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Mar
Theodore F. Shuey
Senate
Congress
Shuey
Harrison
Mississippi
Hecklers Break Up Protest Meet in New York
A New York meeting opposed to occupation of the Ruhr was interrupted by hecklers. Oswald G. Villard editor of the Nation and James G. (Donald) secretary of the Foreign Policy Association spoke, with Villard denouncing the invasion as the saddest incident in history and warning against the use of spit methods to overcome force.
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New York
Uaralae
Ruhr
Oswald G. Garrison Vilard
the Nation
James G. Met
Donald
Foreign Policy Association
Villard
Fireman Injured In Balcony Leap At Atlanta Blaze
Lieutenant Claude Reed of the Atlanta fire department was seriously injured when he leaped from a balcony in a burning building. He landed on his head on a metal table and was taken to a hospital. Fire damage to the store was small. Incendiaries are believed to have started the blaze.
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Atlanta
Claude Reed
Atlanta Fire Department
Five French Soldiers Killed in Turkish Uprising
Reports from Constantinople say five French soldiers were killed during an uprising in Aleppo protesting French oppression. The revolutionary movement is spreading, disrupting communications between Aleppo and Alexandretta.
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Alleppo
Alexandretta
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