Judge Hints Western Mobile County Crime Wave Worsens
Acting Judge Touart ordered Dolphy Dykes and Wallace Maples held to the next grand jury with bonds of 000 after arraignment on grand larceny charges. Frank Young accused the pair of stealing his car and reported following its tracks before the vehicle was found destroyed.
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Dolphy Dykes
Wallace Maples
Mobile County
Beore
Tisdale J. Touart
Frank Young
Maples
Dud Meyen
Noah Gewin
Young
Touart
Permits issued totaling 1929 construction costs
City records show permits issued for 1929 with totals including new buildings and repairs. Costs cited include 18,500 for new houses, 33,350 for repairs, 50,400 for four new commercial structures, plus a 5,500 hollow tile six room residence on East Park Terrace. The McKinley Altice family granted a store at 1455 Pee Avenue.
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Possenyee
East Park Terrace
Geenteay
The
H. McKinley
Norman ‘Altice
Pee Avenue
Razor attack leaves two wounded in city scuffle
George Mathews of 406 South Hamilton Street and George Jones were cut and wounded in a razor assault. Patrolman James Quinn reports the injuries occurred near Lawrence and Davis avenues in a fight involving Albert Franklin and Moody and Franco.
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George Mathews
Hamilton Street
James
Raed Moody
Franco
George Jones
Cigs
Lawrence and
Davis Avenue
Albert Franklin
James Quinn
Election Threats Linger Over M O County Officials
Commissioner Esten Baker testified he was warned by a Mobile and Ohio official that he would be remembered in the August election if he opposed the barrage claim. The county attorney James H Webb said payment is a legal claim, prompting a board vote to pay under protest. John R Peavy. construction engineer, noted demurrage of 638 dollars and that the county is liable.
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Vielen
James H. Webb
Esten Baker
John R. Peavy
Mobile and Ohio
Matt Boykin
City to Turn Down County Bills After Commission Meeting
Mobile county filed claims for half the cost of maintaining the juvenile court and detention home and other county departments. The city commission decided to pigeonhole the bills until the board of revenue can meet taxes, following City Attorney Vincent Kilborn's recommendation. Kilborn said state laws compel the county to seek payment elsewhere.
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Mobile County
City Commission
Board of Revenue
Taiames. of
Pestain Iteetia. Nat
Acted
Tion
Vincent
Kilborn
Mardi Gras Ends as Mobile Cleans Up After Parade
Citywide cleanup follows Mardi Gras revelry in Mobile after the Order of Myths parade and ball. King Felix II and Queen Sophia Dunlap depart, ending their reign until Mardi Gras 1931 as confetti and debris litter streets.
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Order of Myths
Battle House
Municipal Wharf
Mobile
Felix II
Clifford
Inge
Sophia Dunlap
Ueath
Folly
Kouna
Detroit Departed for Cuban Waters After Mardi Gras
The U S S Detroit, in Mobile for Mardi Gras, sailed Wednesday for Cuban waters to participate in winter maneuvers. While docked, the light cruiser was open for inspection daily and crew members joined several parades.
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UY. S. S. Detroit
Mobile
Widow Urges Jarvis Die For Grime In Alabama
Governor Graves weighs clemency for Jack Jarvis condemned for the murder of Claude D. Hurt Citronelle bank president. A stake hearing with the board of pardons is set in the capitol executive chambers. Support from Hurt’s widow and Citronelle residents, ministers, and Mobile officials accompanies the request for mercy.
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Graves
Jack Jarvis
Claude D. Hurt
Citronelle Bank
Capitol
State Board of Pardons
Oakland
Cal
Bob Jones
Lynn
Fla
George W. Kertin
Jarvis
Claude A. Grayson
State Supreme Court
He Jarvis
B. Chamberlain
Mobile
Train Traffic Director Lands In Police Station
A man identified as a train traffic director landed in police custody after an incident in the yards. He staggered as officers took him into the station for questioning.
Doctors hold hope for lad hurt in fall
Austin Chambers of South Manchester Connecticut aged 1 year remains in critical condition after a fall. Doctors say there is no alcohol on his breath or signs of intoxication. He has severe head injuries a broken collar bone and possible internal injuries. Investigators seek a satisfactory explanation for the accident at the Battle House hotel.
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Austin Chambers
South Manchester
Conn
University of Gesagt
Battle House Hotel
Wenday
Young Chambers
Vernon
Harpers Nabbed In Mardi Gras Prohibition Raid
Federal and state officers arrested Jack Harper a former police quotorcycle member and his brother Grant Harper along with Lester Coley at midnight Tuesday on Cedar Point road near Dog River. They seized a HumR car and six quarts of moonshine whiskey two quarts of liquor before arrests. The raid was led by Judge A W Hargett and state agents Clayton Murphy Haynes and Bozeman sent by the department for Mardi Gras season. The Harpers were held in federal court awaiting trial and bail.
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Jack Harper
Quotorcycle
Police Department
A. W. Hargett
Prohibition
Clayton, Murphy
Haynes
Bozeman
Jack
Grant Harper
Dempsey Cheers Mobile as Capital of the World
Jack Dempsey telegraphed Mayor Harry Hartwell from Cleveland praising Mobile and suggesting it could be the capital of the world. Hartwell invited him back to fight for the title, and Dempsey replied that it would be a pleasure to be among the Mobile people.
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Jack Dempsey
Mobile
Dempsey
Gulf City
Harry T. Hartwell
Hartwell
Cleveland
Negro Injured In Hit Run At Franklin Monroe
Police searched Wednesday for the driver of a Chevrolet sedan that struck Eugene Mathews of 710 South Cedar Street Tuesday night at Franklin and Monroe streets. Mathews was reinjured when the car mounted the curb. the driver turned off lights and fled. A witness later provided the vehicle license number to investigators.
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Eugene Mathews
South
Cedar Street
Franklin and
Monroe Streets
Mathews
Thief Grabs Watch in Wednesday Pickpocket Incident
A single pickpocketing case occurred on Wednesday with the thief taking a watch and a chain. Police report details are minimal and no injuries were reported.
Prohibition Debate Hinges on Days of Relief and Danger
Washington March 5 The long running debate over the Eighteenth Amendment intensifies as pro and anti prohibition voices spar over new restrictions. A Detroit manufacturer signals broad support for the dry statute while others insist the nation must endure the experiment. Edison and Ford were rumored to be connected but did not testify.
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Washington
America
Bition
Detroit
Edison
Tel
Crowther
Graham
Ford
Haitian political change urged by George Leger
Native lawyer George Leger urged a new group to end American intervention in Haiti. He favored a provisional government to rule until deputies are elected, then a Haitian assembly to appoint leaders. Leger criticized U S authorities for sowing race prejudice and cited mixed Marine contributions on roads sanitation and the constabulary.
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George Leger
M. Leger
National Assembly
Haiti
John H. Russell
Ayen
Island Republic
FarmER Held in Slaying and Wounding Near Somerville
Haywood Stafford a 41 year old farmer was held in Somerville county jail to answer for the killing of Lorece Griffin 22 and wounding Frank Burnett 24 in a Moscow Tennessee grocery store near Somerville Burnett was brought to Memphis hospital with a chest wound near the spine in critical condition Stafford surrendered after the shooting and said quarrels existed between his family and Burnett families and he believed the men reached for a weapon in the store
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Memphis
Tenn
Haywood Stafford
Somerville
Lorece Griffin
Frank Burnett
Moscow
Burnett
Stafford
Taft Condition Slightly Improves in Washington Bulletin
The condition of former Chief Justice William Howard Taft improved slightly today with doctors reporting a better night and a stable status in the past 24 hours. Although showing modest improvement, Taft remained critically ill and under careful observation at the hospital.
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Washington
Taft
E. A
Principal Keeper In Auburn Prison Fatally Stabbed
Principal Keeper Edward Beckwith of Auburn State Prison was stabbed to death by a convict during dinner hour today at the prison yard. The attack occurred shortly after 12 30 as Beckwith walked between tables, with the assailant unnamed in early reports.
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Auburn Prison
Auburn
N. Y
Anthony Mortellite
Edward Beckwith
Auburn Atate
Meas Zee
Beckwith
Prinel
Ford
James Dysagn
Wilk
Durnford
Leas
Recaer
Kieb
Shoals Lobby Clerk Reveals Monthly Cost Details
Washington senate lobby hearing on Mangle Shoals bids. Charles A. Price, clerk of the Western Snake Improvement Association, states the group sent a report to Huston, chairman of the Republican National Committee, and received funds. some payments not questioned.
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Mangle Shoals
Senate
Charles A. Price
Wean Sanake Improvement’ Associati
Huston
Republican National Committee
Price
Oil lobbyist remark cited in Senate inquiry
In Washington March 65 a letter from a Kansas Republican representative to Wirtlin head of the American Petroleum Producers Association identifies Campbell as one of the lobbyists for the oil company. Franklin testified that some independent oil producers feared the influence of such lobbying during yesterday's committee session.
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Washington
Philip P. Nag
Rate proposal on charcoal shipment to Pacific coast
A proposed rate for moving charcoal from Geinsville to Mobile for Pacific coast transport will be five cents below the current rate to New Orleans. The plan outlines a Chief will Be 26 Fi agong adjustment affecting pricing and routing.
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Geinsville
Mobile
Pacific Coast
New Orleans
Senate Nears Vote on Sugar Tariff Amendment
In Washington on March 5 the senate debated an amendment to increase the tariff on raw sugar imports from Cuba. Chairman Smoot led the finance committee in a renewed clash over a long controversial issue as hours were set for discussion of the proposal.
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Senate
Washington
Smoot
Finance Committee
Cuba
Smith Visits City on Official Business
Harley A. Smith, contact officer of the Veterans Bureau with Birmingham offices, visited Mobile on official business. He formerly led the Mobile bureau office.
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Veterans Bureau
Harley A. Smith
Birmingham
Bureau
Cotton Future Regulation By U S Commission Urged
Washington March 5. The U S Commission urges regulation of cotton futures as part of a broader inquiry. Senate investigators note the need to oversee foreign production trends and market communications. Page 12, Column 7.
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U.s.commission
Uraed
Senate
Pilot Flies Into Downpour Crash Near Knoll
Three men perished when a biplane struck the side of a knoll during a rainstorm. Rescuers identified the victims and reported the accident near Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Yin
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