Eggleston on Stand in Torch Murder Case
Ex deputy prosecutor cites Schroeder statements alleging a hitchhiker died in an exit crash and a later torching of a body in Schroeder's car near Indianapolis. George Winkler and Judson Stark testified on the final witness panel as the state nears closing arguments in the May 31 crime.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Harold Herbert Schroeder
Schroeder
George W. Winkler
Marion County
Mobile
Ala
Terre Haute
Winkler
Stark
Judson J. Stark
County Officials Postpone Beach Erosion Visit
County commissioners plan a Gulf Beach inspection in Pensacola Florida to study methods to prevent beach erosion. Edward L Laurendine chairman said the date will be set next week and travel was delayed due to forecast rain.
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Gulf Beach
Pensacola
Fla
Edward l Laurendine
Creepiest Moment Essay Contest Sparks Reader Memories
Readers submit eerie scenes and personal frights as The Mobile News Item runs an essay contest inviting residents to share their creepiest moments. The page features sample entries recalling graveyard stillness, sudden noises, and family encounters that thrill without graphic detail.
Solons to Discuss Seawall Bill at Mobile Meet
Mobile legislators discuss a seawall bill to be pushed in the coming session aiming for quick passage. A plan contemplates creating a Mobile Seashore Corporation to issue bonds for seawall construction with bonds amortization still under negotiation. Senator Craft favors a special gasoline tax.
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Solons
Meet
Mobile
Mobile Seashore Corporation
Alabama Bridge ‘Corporation
Craft of
Clarke Sentenced and Wife Freed in Larceny Case
Drury Clarke formerly with the federal prohibition department will serve 10 days in jail on petit larceny. His wife Ethel Clarke will not stand trial. The couple were charged with stealing 359 dollars from Beulah Olson after prior indictments in 1929. A mistrial occurred in 1930 when a jury did not reach a verdict. Judge J Blocker Thornton presided.
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Drury Clarke
Federal
Prohibition Department
Ethel Clarke
Clarke
J. Blocker Thornton
Hearing for the tenth time in Hurt forgery case
The 1927 forgery and embezzlement case against John A. Hurt, former Citronelle banker and Mobile county official, was continued for the tenth time. An affidavit claimed Hurt could harm himself by appearing in court, prompting the delay. Hurt had been convicted in 1928, then reversed by the state supreme court in 1930.
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John A. Hurt
Citronelle
Mobile County
Claude A. Grayson
B. L. Bailey
Epps
Hurt
Supreme Court
Convicted Waton Sentenced in Local Court
Cleve Watson, a negro, was found guilty of petit larceny and received 12 months hard labor. He allegedly stole 12 pounds of brass from the Home Industry Iron Works warehouse. E Thompson, arraigned for carrying concealed weapon, was fined $50 and costs or 50 days. Hardy Hayes faced a prohibition violation conviction with a $100 fine and costs or 9 days, and announced intent to appeal with bond set.
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Cleve’ Watson
Watson
Home Industry Iron Works
E. Thompson
Hardy Hayes
Mobile Auto Mishaps Injure Six. Many Discharged
An epidemic of automobile mishaps in Mobile left six people injured Thursday. Elkin McKay of Pensacola faced possible skull fracture, Charles E. Leach of Buffalo and Miss Lennie Way Venturini of Houston Street were among those hurt. By Friday dawn most had been discharged. none were listed in critical condition.
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Mobile
Elkin McKay
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Charles E. Leach
Buffalo
N. Y
A. J. Stockfelt
Eslava Street
C. Burch
Conti Street
Lennie Way Venturini
Houston Street
Seaport Delegation Invited to Inspect Mobile Docks
O M Phelps Mobile Chamber of Commerce says seaport committees from both houses are invited to Mobile to inspect the state docks. The invitation is tentatively accepted and a visit is expected in the last week of March before the legislature's second half opens.
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Mobile
O. M. Phelps
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Phelps
Booster Club Saturday Meeting Promises Weatherly Fun
The Saenger News Item Booster Club hosts a Saturday gathering with a dozen singing talents and a stage show. Spectators note the eye catching “queen of the air” Marie and memories of last week’s tree suspension incident. The program includes a feature titled The Fatal Wedding.
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Crack Girls
Saenger-News-Item
Saenger- News-Item
Clara Bow
Nce
Constance Cummings
Marie
Queen of
Jack
Stocks Slump As Bears Gain Edge In Shifted Markets
In New York trading the market moved between gains and losses with bears holding a slight advantage. Industrials such as Auburn Mullins Allied Chemical and others fell, while utilities and steels showed bullish activity before retreat. Adverse dividend announcements this week helped the bears, though most cuts were anticipated.
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New York
Auburn
Mullins
Allied Chemical
American Telephone
Westinghouse Electric
Eastman
Macy
Case
Western Union
U.S
Step American
Wall Street
Gun Victim Dorsey Richardson Buried After Fatal Shooting
Funeral services for Dorsey Richardson were held at his father’s Ten Mile Post residence and at St Mary’s Catholic church in Wheelerville. Richardson was shot Wednesday by Lemmie Miller, who surrendered to authorities and is jailed. Pallbearers included Alfred Broadus and Eddie Richardson with Roche Mortuary handling arrangements.
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Dorsey Richardson
Lemmie Miller
Mobile Heights
George R. Richardson
Ten Mile Post
Government Street Road
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Wheelerville
Father Cassidy
Spring Hill College
Richardson
Miller
Digy
Alfred Broadus
Eddie Richard Son
Berney Lane
Jim Watters
Roche Mortuary
Miller Sentenced On Appeal For Fox Hound Theft
Lee Miller, previously convicted in inferior court for stealing a valuable fox hound, pleaded before Presid ing Judge Claude A Grayson and received ten days hard labor on appeal. The case followed a prior cow theft conviction and appeal to the state supreme court. The dog was said to be taken during Mobile’s winter fox hunt.
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Lee Miller
Claude A. Grayson
Miller
State Supreme Court
Mobile
Initial Straw Half Year Attracts Eyes of Mobilians
Local readers observe a new eye catching trend as storefronts display updated lids for male customers. The piece notes crowd interest and mentions a feature on page four for further details.
Miller moves to end state school crisis
Capital Bureau reports Governor Miller pledges to fund education amid dire school closures. Burnett Harman and officials discuss misused funds from the educational trust. A plan to issue warrants and secure loans is debated as lawmakers push for guarantees and longer terms.
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Miller
News-Item
Montgomery
Tvert
J. M. Burnett
Tuscapoca
Alabama Education Association
Burnett
A. P Harman
Harman
Fiiday
Harmen
House
West
Culver
Etowah
Rish
Houston
Jury Hears 11 to 1 Vote In Bennett Murder Case
The Kansas City jury for Mrs Myrtle A Bennett charged with killing her husband John G Bennett after a bridge game quarrel continued deliberations. Reports say the panel stood 11 to 1 for acquittal at noon after earlier voting 9 to 3 for acquittal following four hours of discussion the previous night.
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Kansas City
Myrtle A. Bennett
John G. Bennett
Kansas City Star
Belman Burned Sleeping Near Boiler at Ice Plant
Tom Belman, homeless, was taken to City hospital Thursday night suffering painful burns after sleeping too close to a boiler in an ice plant at the foot of Canal. Police report notes the incident occurred while Belman rested near the boiler.
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Tom Belman
City Hospital
Belman
Canal
Defense Bares Story Of Failed Elopement
Virgil Kirkland, 17, on trial for the slaying of Arlene Draves, 18, in Valparaiso. Defense questions show a suggested elopement motive and recount the meeting at a Gary dance hall where Arlene, then 15, refused a date until older. Families sit nearby as testimony unfolds.
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Associated Press
Valparaiso
Virgil
Kirkland
Arlene Draves
Bearrett O'Hara
Arlene
Charles Draves
O'Hare
Arlene Ae
Encanto
Gary
O'Hara
Bank head Ramsey sought for arrest in Tennessee
Knoxville March 6 demand for the immediate arrest and prosecution of J Basil Ramsey president of Holston Union National Bank and Holston Trust Company was made by the legislative investigating committee Senator Hal Clements announced he had signed the warrant and called for prompt action as spectators applauded The hearing continued with details turning to page 3 column 3
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Burnett
Alabama Educational Association
Black
Geneva
Sttee
Barber
Jefferson
Senate
Glover Elmore
Faulk
Knoxville
Tefnn
J. Basil Ramsey
Holston Union National Bank
Holston Trust Company
Legislative Investigating Committee
Hal Clements
Clements
Coal operators push bill to bar Alabama Power mining
A rift grows as coal operators seek legislation to stop Alabama Power Company from running coal mines in competition with its own electric sales. I. E. Boyett calls the power firm an unfair competitor and urges action by the state legislature.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Power Company
E. Boyett
Party Leaders Seek To End Furore Over Raskeb Plea
New York Evening Post reports from Washington that Democratic leaders faced a heated dissension at the Democratic National Committee meeting. Dry southern Democrats push back as Senator Glass of Virginia warns prohibition is not a party issue.
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Raskeb
Glass
Sheppard
Democratic National Committee
Glass Ofirginia
Texas
Four Officers Injured Bandit Holdup Ends Near Mulat
Prisoners, two men and two women, surrender peacefully after a long chase in a swamp south of Milton. Deputy Cobb reports six bandits engaged officers, exchanging fire that wounded several and damaged a mobile. Names given include Hayes, Bert Oglesby, Mabel Harris, and Fay Harris as lawmen secure the scene.
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Associated Press
Milton
Fila
W. W
Santa Rosa County
Hayes
Bert Oglesby
Mabel
Fay Harris
Cobb
Jacksonville
Fla
Chipley
Gillis
Dan
Tulgs
St. Louis
Joan
Louis
Sanford Ji
Mulat
Cash Box Hidden Under Cedar Street House Found
Detectives Burch and Litcol ported to police headquarters that they recovered a cash box hidden beneath a house at 606 Cedar Street. There was no entry in the register. Police are the property pending its disposition.
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Burch
Litcol
Cedar Street
Weather outlook with cloudy skies and warm highs
The forecast calls for cloudy and warmer conditions Friday with probable rain and a high around 60 degrees. Alabama expected to be cloudy with warmer south east portions and possible rain Friday night. Mississippi forecast shows cloudy with rain in the east and west and cooler northwest. Saturday likely rain. Daily River Bulletin notes readings from 7 am standard time March 6 at Station Finnie.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Finnie
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Wife
Cleve Watson
Alto Auto
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Miss Venturini
Chamber
Bears
Bulls
By Claude A. Jagger
Associated Press Financial
Bennett
Virgil Kirkland
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Grant Crumpacker
Tennessee
Probers
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Menelay
Hubert Baughn
New York Evening Post
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Belneath House
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