Prohibition Aims Dominate 1932 Campaign Debates
Dr. E H Cherrington denounces the Raskob state liquor control plan at the Anti Saloon League convention in St Petersburg. He warns an added constitutional amendment would enshrine liquor traffic and erase the eighteenth amendment. McBride predicts the dry issue will shape the 1932 presidential race and denounces east coast financiers backing states rights.
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Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Fla
E. H. Cherrington
World League Against Alcoholism
Raskob
Charter of Our Liberties
Cherrington
Anti- Saloon League of America
Supreme Court of Public Opinion
McBride
F. Scott
Anti-Saloon League
John J. Raskob
Democratic Party
Seabury Named Special Commissioner to Probe Crain
Samuel Seabury was appointed by Governor Roosevelt as special commissioner to investigate charges against District Attorney Thomas C. T. Crain. The move follows a petition from the City Club accusing Crain of incompetence and failing to press prosecutions. Seabury, an independent Democrat, will conduct a thorough impartial inquiry.
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New York
Samuel Seabury
Thomas C. T. Crain
Roosevelt
City Club
Tammany
New York County
Seabury
Magistrates’ Courte
Crain
Trip Abandoned by Winter Visitors Club to Dauphin Island
The Mobile Winter Visitors' Club called off its planned trip to Dauphin Island due to cold weather. Secretary George announced the cancellation on Monday, ending the advertised free phoat trip.
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Dauphin Island
Ter
George
Trial opens in Indiana murder case of Kirkland
Arguments began in Valparaiso Indiana as state and defense prepared to present their cases in the murder trial of Kirkland charged with killing Ar Seguan sees Ames.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Kirkland
Ar- Segeuan Sees
Upturn in Employment Across the South Noted by Woods
Colonel Arthur Woods said conditions were improving over a large portion of the country. In Alabama the agricultural acreage rose 25 percent this season and a cotton mill in Atlanta resumed operations employing 300 workers. The Red Cross remained active in eastern Tennessee and Mississippi relief work continued. A cotton mill agreement to end night work for women and minors prompted readjustment concerns. Southwestern head J F Lucey reported general pickup in employment in the southwest. Public works activity showed 183 projects under contract totaling $92 million, with national contracted outlay reaching $702.35 million since December 1.
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Associated Press
Washington
Arthur Woods
Emergency Committee For
Birmingham
Ala
Thad Holt
Southeast
Alabama
Atlanta
Tennessee
Red Cross
Mississippi
J. F. Lucey
Southwestern
Southwest
Knoxville Marauder Attacks Two Women in Bed Basin
Police and city officials intensified search for a marauder who battered Mrs. Gladys Prince and her sister Mrs. Luther Floyd in a Knoxville home. Both women are in critical condition, Delores Floyd survived a head blow, the assailant removed a blunt instrument and fled.
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Associated Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Gladys Prince
Luther Floyd
William D. Worley
Delores
Floyd
Prince
Amarillo
Texas
Lea Welcomes Trial Statement From Colonel Lea
Colonel Luke Lea declares innocence and vows to await vindication after federal grand jury charges. He says the charges were brought into the open and welcomes trial before a fair impartial jury, claiming a months long campaign to destroy him.
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Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
Luke Lea
Greeneville
Lea
Indictment Returned Against Caldwell in Bank Case
Davidson county grand jury issues secret indictment against Rogers Caldwell financier linked to the defunct Bank of Tennessee subsidiary Caldwell and Company. Judge Charles Gilbert defers disclosure awaiting Caldwell’s appearance. Colonel Luke Lea, publisher, referenced in the same dispatch.
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Nashville
Tenn
Davidson County Grand Jury
Rogers Caldwell
Bank of Tennessee
Caldwell and Company
Charles Gilbert
Caldwell
Two Orleans Bandits Slain In Attempted Store Hold-Up
In New Orleans last night two armed masked robbers were shot dead on a sidewalk in front of a residential pharmacy. Store proprietor Charles Walsdorf his son Stewart and Patrolman Basile Economides fired the fatal shots after the men fled in a stolen car with a third accomplice escaping on foot. The victims were identified as William Huff 24 and Ernest Sandrock 26 both of New Orleans and with police records.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Gladys Waladort
Wiliam Huff
Ernest Sandrock
New
Orleans
Charles A. Walsdorf
Stewart Waisdorf
Basile Economides
Walsdorfs
Mississippi Ex-Attorney General Knox Fined in Contempt
Rush H. Knox former Mississippi attorney general and 1929 embezzlement defendant was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to ten days in jail for contempt by Judge W H Potter in Hinds County Circuit Court. An appeal to the state supreme court was expected.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Rush H. Knox
Mississippi
Hinds County Circuit Cour
W. H. Potter
Knox
Supreme Court
Motions to Dismiss Mississippi Disbarment Petitions Filed
Jackson March 9 Motions to dismiss disbarment petitions in the Mississippi supreme court focus on alleged bribery and irregularities in permits for a bus line and in an anti trust settlement. Lester C. Franklin and Carl Marshall face disbarment actions with district attorney urging immediate trial.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Supreme Court
Lester C. Franklin
State Tax Commission
Carl Marshall
Walker
Railroad Commission
J. H. Howie
Mississippi Bar Association
Four children die in Woodland Maine house fire
A rural Maine blaze at Rob Searles’s Woodland home kills Robert Jr 15 months Caspar 3 Bertha 11 and Goldie 13 with a fifth child Marjorie 9 surviving after fleeing through a window to a neighbor. Fire origin undetermined. parents at church.
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Caribou
Maine
Rob Searles
Woodland
Here
Robert, Jr
Caspar
Bertha
Goldie
Marjorie
Arkansas City Girl Helps With Funeral Duties
In Arkansas City Kansas on March 9 eight year old Duana Grant born near an undertaker and tied to the family business shows a maturity beyond her years as she learns to conduct a funeral. Outside school she is an ordinary child with dolls roller skates and school work.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Duana Grant
Duana
Kidnapping Report Involving 16-Year-Old in Spadra
Los Angeles dispatch reports police investigating the claim by Luis Acino of Spadra California that he was kidnapped from his home and taken to a house in El Paso Texas where nearly two dozen children were held. The boy’s story is being pursued as a lead with further details sought.
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Los Angeles
Luis Acino
Spadra
Cal
el Paso
Tex
Clarence Golder
Geant
Golder
Frank P. Baker
Schroeder
Indianapolis
Mobile
Navy cruiser aids search for derelict schooner Emerett
The U S light cruiser Richmond pursues the derelict four master Emerett off Cape Maysi Cuba seeking seven missing crew including William Harliston of Mobile. Two observation planes scour Caribbean waters while the Emerett’s crew of seven had sailed from Jacksonville for Porto Rico on February 25 under Captain William S Roberts.
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Richmond
Caribbean
Emerett
Mabillan
Associated Press
Cape Maysi
Cuba
William Huriston
Bureau of Naval Operations
Canal Zone
Jacksonville
Porto Rico
William 8. Roberts
Tourism group to host Southern Conference meeting
The tourist and convention committee of the Chamber of Commerce will cooperate with the local arrangements committee for the Southern Conference, National Retail Credit Association, to be held March 23 24 and 25. H A Bruner chairs the tourist body with Joe Baker leading the local board. John Mason of Mobile heads the southern credit men and W H Jernigan is secretary. About 150 attendees are expected.
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Chamber of Commerce
National Retail Credit Association
H. A. Bruner
Joe Baker
John Mason
Mobile
The
Credit Men
W. H. Jernigan
Brother Achille Rodolosse Died After Illness In Providence
Louis J. Rodolosse known as Brother Achille a Sacred Heart Brother died at Providence infirmary after months of illness. Born December 14 1864 in Lalbenque France he taught in Marseilles New Orleans Bay St Louis and for 25 years at the Boys Industrial School serving as Sacristian. Survived by his brother Paulin Rodolosse and other relatives. Funeral at St Marys Catholic Church Tuesday at 9 am with mass and burial in the Brothers lot. Brothers Albertinus and Justinian attended the death.
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Louis J. Rodolosse
Achille
Providence Infirmary
Lalbengue
France
the Sacred Heart
Marseilles
New Orleans
St. Stanislaus
Bay St. Louisa
Miss
Paulin Rodolosse
Lalbenque
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Albertinus
Justinian
Boys’ Industrial School
Wreckage Found Off Plum Island Believed Julia Crew Lost
Wreckage from a Boston fishing fleet vessel likely the Julia was found on Plum Island. Authorities fear the crew perished after a bow plank bearing registration C 489 tied the ship to a 50 foot motor fishing craft owned by Giuseppe Ciaramitaro of Boston.
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Newburyport
Maas
Julia
Boston
Plum Island
Guiseppe Ciaramitaro
Gulf Mobile and Northern elects new directors in Mobile
At the Gulf Mobile and Northern Railroads annual stockholders meeting in Mobile on Monday the board of directors for the coming years was elected. Named directors include J. W. Platten J. B. Tigrett A. C. Goodman year W. H. Coverdale F. E. Willameer C. E. Spors R. F. Brown A. H. Post J. N. Flowers W. P. Cooke W. C. Castle and E. N. Brown.
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Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroads
Mobile
J. W. Platten
J. B. Tigrett
A. C. Goodyear
W. H. Coverdale
F. E. Willameer
C. E. Sp
R. F. Brown
A. H. Post
J. N. Flowers
W. P. Cooke
W. C. Castle
E. N. Brown
Bond Issue Likely to Pave Mobile County Highways
Mobile County officials weigh a bond issue to pave several roads including McGregor avenue Engine street Whistler State street Citronelle paper mill road Conception street Wolfridge Road and a bridge project over the Escatawba river. The board asked for mileage and cost estimates with no tax increase proposed and unemployment relief cited as a benefit.
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Mobile County
Board of Revenue
Matt Boykin
John R. Peavy
Boykin
McGregor Avenue
Engine Street
Whistler
State Street
Citronelle
Paper Mill
Telegraph Road
Conception Street
Wolfridge Road
Crichton
St. Stephens Road
Moffat Road
County Board Aids Firemen Band Plans
County revenue board members contributed personal funds to aid a Mobil firemen brass band project after noting a ban on county appropriations for county advertising. Each member gave five dollars. The board also considered Cecil Bates city finances claim of 87 500 stemming from last year’s agreement for upkeep costs on the citadel and streets with payments due January 15. Turn to Page 3, Col.
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Board of Revenue
Cecil Bates
Eee Bates
Cital
Atreeta
Cold snap to continue with near freezing temps
Mobile forecast from Observer Albert Ashenberger predicts continued cold weather through Tuesday with frosty nights. Tuesday’s low near 4 degrees, colder than Monday’s 39 degree low. Sunday’s high reached 50 degrees as frost is expected Monday night.
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Mobile
Observer
Albert Ashenberger
Ashenberger
Gale lashes Atlantic coast killing seven in New York City
A snow laden gale swept the Atlantic seaboard from the Carolinas to Maine causing deaths injuries and property damage. The storm began Saturday night and persisted through Sunday with snow and rain slamming New York state and New England. Seven people were killed in New York City automobile accidents attributed to the storm.
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Atlantic
New York
Lashington
Atlantic Seaboard
Carolinas
Maine
New York State
New England
New York City
Store Robbed Of 200 Dollars At Meyer Grocery
Burglars broke into Henry C Meyer Grocery Company at 206 St Francis Street between Sunday and Monday morning. They looted 200 to 250 dollars wrapped in aprons under a box after entering via a skylight from the roof. Additional thefts were reported, including items taken from a residence on St Stephens road and a portfolio stolen from a Real Silk salesman’s car on Government Street.
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Mobile
Henry C. Meyer Grocery Company
St. Francis Street
Jack Smokler
St. Stephens Road
E. W. Walker
Real Silk Company
St. Emanuel
Conception Streets
Creepiest Moment in Dracula Contest Wins at Crown
The News Item Crown theatre held a Creepiest Moment contest with Mrs. J. S. Marshall winning the $5 first prize for a chilling account of a room with painted eyes and a lurking lunatic. Clara Stone took second for an eerie late night Dracula inspired moment at school in another city. Tickets and cash prizes will be distributed at the Crown box office.
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J. S. Marshall
Crown Theatre
Crown
News-Item
Marshall
Clara Stone
South Georgia Avenue
Scho
Defense says third degree methods used on prisoner in state case
Trial nears end as defense counsel questions alleged third degree methods used on Harold Schroeder. Testimony covers viewing a body, the coffin opening, and questions about milk while authorities contend the suspect faced lengthy interrogation.
Fire department answers 15 alarms over weekend
Mobile fire crews responded to 15 alarms from Friday night to Monday morning with minor damage in all cases. Temperature drop drove most calls to roofs and spread teams across nearly all city sectors.
Tokyo smoke screen demonstration causes civilian burns
In Tokyo on March 9 hundreds of people including men women and children suffered facial and clothing burns as military planes demonstrated smoke screen and chemical dispersal techniques. Liquid chemical fallout affected bystanders during the exercise.
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Tokyo
Weather Outlook For Several States With Frost And Cold
The forecast calls for fair skies and continued cold conditions across the region. Frost is expected Monday night with lows around 34 degrees in some areas, while coastal sections may see freezing temperatures. Tuesday should turn fair in Mississippi Alabama with lingering frost inland and near-coastal freeze risk. A daily river bulletin notes observations at 7 p.m. CST March 9 1981 and projects little change in the Tombigbee area.
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Hoover
Dr. McBride
United States
Woods
Committee For Employment
Georgia
Olek
AIP
Ualdwell, Lea Are
Nuigi EU
U. S
Ramsey
Rogers
Jackson Court
Franklin and Marshall
Franklin
Lad
Coluimn
William Harliston
Chamber
Peavy
County Board
Chen
Henry C. Meyer Grocery
Holmes
Harold He
Daily River Bulletin
Montgomery
Selma
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