YEGGS LOOT CITRONELLE POSTOFFICE IN NIGHT RAID
Yeggs used a pass key to open the Citronelle post office safe in a Sunday night heist. They placed mail sacks to dampen explosion noise. several hours passed before deputies could act. Postmaster J. T. Waertel assessed lost registered items. a depot porter fled the scene. night watchman Malone did not hear the blast. Police believe dynamite or nitro glycerine was used to blow the safe. Citronelle lies 30 miles from Mobile.
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Citronelle
Byrne Ear
Oor
J. T. Waertel
Malone
Claude Hurt
Mobile
Ohio
Firemen Buy $50 Season Baseball Tickets to Back Local Bears
Fire Chief Gas Chief Rehm announced the Firemen's Benevolent Association purchased a $50 season book to support the Mobile Bears. The association planned to use the tickets for the fire department and keep the franchise in the city.
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Firemen’s Benevolent Association
Rehm
Mobile Bears
Robbery arrest of Robert Starks in St Francis Street(store)
Robert Starks of 109 North Jackson Street was arrested Monday by Officers Lott and W Blackman on a complaint by grocer H C Meyer of St Francis Street. Starks was caught in the act of stealing butter and other articles from the store.
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Robert Starks
North Jackson Street
Lott and
W. Blackman
H. C. Meyer
St. Francis Street
Starks
Weather Outlook and River Observations March 10 1930
The bulletin notes cloudy skies with possible showers tonight and Tuesday and little temperature change. Mississippi forecast calls for clouds and احتمال showers Monday night into Tuesday with warmer conditions in the southeast. River observations at 7 am EST list multiple stations with currents and levels. the Black Warrior and Alabama rivers show rising trends into the day.
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Mississippi
Hancock Brothers Contract for Highway Paving Invalidated
The board of revenue voted to invalidate Hancock Brothers contracts for paving on the Tanner Williams and Citronelle Mount Vernon highways and announce new bids. The action follows an opinion by County Attorney James H Webb noting possible invalidity of letting the contracts and that Hancock may recover only for work already performed.
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Tanner-Williams
Citronelle
Mt. Vernon
Wesco
Hancock Brothers
Wng
John R. Peavy
Monaday
Beach 10 Fage Murder Trial Here Tuesday
The state and defense subpoenaed 39 witnesses for the murder trial of Beach 10 Fage. Eddie Williams 24, held in the county jail, was brought from Liberty Mississippi as a witness and may hold key information about the motorcycle scout killing. Solicitor Bart B. Chamberlin says the state is ready to proceed. The jurors summoned include Jo T. Quinn and Thomas P. Cumberland.
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Eddie Williams
Liberty
Miss
Bart B. Chamberlin
Beach
Rubira
J. G. Hamton
Williams
T. Quinn
Thomas P. Cumberland
Henry Thomas A. Yeend
Arthur M. Pinkin
Fines Levied in Local Court for Concealed Weapon Charge
Frank Brown was fined 250 dollars and costs or 90 days with two months extra after a hearing before Acting Recorder T. J. Touart on a concealed weapon charge. A. A. Richards received 101 dollars and costs or 50 days for vagrancy. Clement Young and Ed Carey were fined 50 dollars and costs or 50 days each.
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Frank Brown
T. J. Touart
A. A. Richards
Clement Young
Ed Carey
Seek Women Instructed To Locate Relatives In Detroit Illness
Police asked Monday to locate Meda Richardson or Peggie Rembert to notify them of the serious illness of their niece Lucille Jones in Detroit Michigan. A Detroit telegram gave 5452 Conception street as their address but the number does not exist on that street.
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Meda, Richardson
Peggie Rembert
Lucille Jones
Detroit, Mich
Detroit
Conception Street
Fire follows tone blast. home destroyed in Prichard
Fire responders from Prichard and Mobile fought a blaze that wrecked the J. B. Morris residence at 118 Main Street and damaged the 120 and 122 Main Street homes of C. N. Taylor and Ofer Davis. Occupants fled in night clothing as an oil stove explosion sparked the blaze before firefighters contained it.
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Tts Prichard
J. B. Morris
Main Street
C. N. Taylor
Ofer Davis
Prichard Fire ‘Department
Mobile
L. L. Petrie
Morris
Taylor
Taylor in City for State Treasurer Campaign
Paul L. Taylor of Birmingham, candidate for state treasurer, arrived in Mobile to campaign for several days. He has served as assistant treasurer and led the department in Birmingham for 14 years, contesting S. H. Blan.
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Mobile
Paul L. Taylor
Birmingham
Mr. Taylor
City of
S. H. Blan
Cobb Returns From Memphis Hearing On Cotton Bagging Rates
R. G. Cobb traffic manager of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce returned from Memphis where he attended a Hearing on revising rates for cotton bagging in southern territory. He testified Mobile seeks the same advantages as other southern ports before the Interstate Commerce Commission examiner.
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R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Memphis
Cobb
Mobile
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sheriff Moreland Resigns Amid Mill Strike Probe
Sheriff Moreland resigns as the county court probes a strike at the American Bemberg and American Glanzstoff rayon mills. A grand jury met in special session to hear evidence against four pickets, recessed until next Monday without ruling. Attorneys for the mills cited ongoing wartime pressures and uncertain action.
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Glanzstoff Rayon
Traffic Chief to Persist in Fight Over Cotton Rates
Mobile traffic chief says efforts to overturn Frisco cotton tariffs from Demopolis to Pensacola will continue. A Bureau report allows republishing with minor changes, enabling a new tariff challenge if Frisco revises. Cobb notes Frisco already undercuts Alabama Tennessee and Northern on Aliceville to Mobile, despite shorter distance.
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Mobile
Demopolis
Pensacola
Frisco
Interstate Commerce Commission
R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Aliceville
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
Cobb
Mange Se
Fanenons Sas
Beneral
Cagh
Contin
Engineer visits Fort Lauderdale engineer in Mobile two weeks duty
Colonel Samuel E Lawrence of Fort Lauderdale Florida is in Mobile on temporary duty in Col W A Andersons office. He is a lieutenant colonel in the engineers reserve corps with years of government experience and private practice in Florida drainage projects and port development.
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Samuel E. Lawrence
Fort , Fla
Mobile
W. A. Anderson
United States
Engineers’ Reserve Corps
Government Engineering Department
New York
Fort Lauderdale
Pilots’ Commission
Port Everglades
Florida
Merger Talk Binds Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet
New York March 10 reports say Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube may merge with Cyrus Eaton interests backing Youngstown for inclusion in the Republic Steel Corporation merger. Directors of both companies reportedly approve a plan and a formal announcement is expected Wednesday.
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New York
Wall Street
Bethlehem Steel Company
Youngstown Sheet and Company
Cyrus 8
Eaton
Youngstown
Republic Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
Boy Fatally Injured After Bayou La Batre Beach Fight
Police say a boy was badly cut during a Sunday night fight on Bayou La Batre beach. County Traffic Officer Cecil Cain reported Lenn was involved and officers were investigating the altercation.
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Grc
Ent
Bayou la Batre
Cecil Cain
Lenn
Carman to Talk on Elks Radio Boost for Baseball Week
Carman of the local Elks lodge will be the radio speaker Monday from News-Item Studio to promote Baseball Week. The mayor urged residents to buy season tickets to guarantee support.
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Cr. O. Carman
Lodge of Elks
Taft Honored With Nation's Mourning Rites
Nation pauses as President Hoover orders full honors for William Howard Taft. Taft to lie in state under Capitol rotunda for a few hours before a 2 p.m. service at Washington church. Arlington burial plot prepared. simple funeral expected, marking one of the nation’s simplest memorials.
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Capitol
Washington
William Howard Taft
Wyoming Avenue
Congress
Supreme Court Derah Ggg
Hoover
Washington Church
Taft
Arlington
Potomac
White House
Man Found Dead in Mobile Resident George J Stauter
George J Stauter of 1117 Alba street was found dead in his Mobile home early Monday. He leaves a large family including wife Mary Stauter and numerous children and relatives. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Higgins and Courtney with burial at Pine Crest cemetery.
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George J. Stauter
Oakdale
Alba Street
Mobile
Mary Stauter
George Stauter, Jr
C. A. Stauter
Mae Boone
New Orleans
Bernice
Ruth Stauter
Alice Campbell
Gamble Better After Century Crash Involving Truck
R A Gamble secretary of the Alger Sull ivan Lumber Co and his wife were critically injured when their sedan collided with a truck from a turpentine camp. One person on the truck was killed. Gamble, a prominent south Alabama and west Florida lumberman, is a brother of Judge A E Gamble of Greenville Alabama.
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Century
Fla
R. A. Gamble
Alger-Sullivan Lumber Company
Gamble
South Alabama
West Florida
Mr. Gamble
Century, Fla
Mobile
A. E. Gamble
Greenville
Ala
Alba Fishing and Hunting Club to Elect Officers
The Alba Fishing and Hunting Club will hold its annual meeting at 7:30 PM Monday in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Discussion includes improvement plans and the election of officers led by President Dr Julius T Wright and Vice President Dr J T Inge with secretary Dave Bauer.
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Alba Fishing and Hunting Club
Chamber of Commerce
Julius T. Wright
J. T. Inge
Dave Bauer
Partridge
Eee Cements i
C. Lowing
Bider
Tom Goodbrad
G. John
Oc Aes
Davis appoints Evan B. Davis census supervisor in Alabama district
Evan B. Davis was named supervisor of the federal census for the ninth Alabama district succeeding the late Dr. J. E. Evans. Davis will relocate Monday and travel to Atlanta to confer with officials regarding the census operation.
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Mobile Federal Census
Evan B. Davis
Alabama
J. E. Evans
Davis
Atlanta
Physicians Baffled By Mystery Disease In Tennessee
In Johnson City Tennessee on March 10 reports show 98 cases of a baffling illness across three east Tennessee counties. Most patients are adult males with one woman among the victims. Doctors note a link to liquor in many cases but cannot determine a cause or treatment. Symptoms include numbness after a cold and varying recovery timelines.
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Johnson City
Tenn
East Tennessee
Unicoi
Moody
Washington County
Siciane
Taft to be buried in Arlington cemetery site described
Bright sunshine marked a spring day as Arlington cemetery prepared to receive William Howard Taft. The article notes the capitol, seen faintly beyond the Potomac, and mentions one other grave nearby as the page continues.
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Washington
Arlington Cemetery
William Howard Taft
Potomac
Capitol
Canedo Rites To Be Held In Afternoon
Washington dispatch says Canedo rites are set for this afternoon for a jurist connected to the Supreme Court. The report notes Associate Justice Edward Terry Sanford lies in a Tennessee burial, while former President Taft’s former colleague is also mentioned in death.
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Washington
Mar
Tennessee
Edward Terry Sanford
Supreme Court
Wiliam Howard Taft
Naval Envoys Deadlocked Over French Tonnage Pleas
London dispatch reports a stalled naval conference as Britain and France hold firm on tonnage at 725000 tons. Delegates debate a political pact France seeks while progress stalls after seven weeks of talks.
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London
France
Murder charge after Lafayette shooting shocks town
In Lafayette Alabama on March 10 Arthur Everett surrendered to Sheriff John W. Lane after a confrontation that left a man named Yarbrough dead. Everett claimed he shot in defense of his mother and wife amid an attack, saying he feared another shot. He awaits trial on murder charges.
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Lafayette
Ala
Arthur
Everett
Revenue agents rush to file income tax returns starkly
Agents from a revenue department rushed to assist citizens in preparing income tax returns before the midnight deadline. Hembree and Wilson urged Mobilians to file at the Birmingham office or by mail to avoid the heavy end of period rush.
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Birmingham
Hembree and Wilson
Revenue Department
Radio Schedule From WODX Studios Details Program
The Register and News-Item reports Monday’s radio lineup on WODX at 1410 kilocycles. Sunshine Hour runs 12:00 to 12:30, Gayfer's 12:30 to 1:00, ee Furniture 1:00 to 1:30, Records 1:30 to 2:00, Haly hour 2:00 to 3:00, Off the air 3:00, Records 5:00 to 5:30, Wheeler 5:30 to 6:00.
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WODX
Register
News-Item
Sunshine Hour
Gayfer’s
Ee Furniture
Haly
Wheeler
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