Teenager Held Second Held Up Here By Confidence Men
Ed Green a 17 year old Birmingham boy riding with a Colt automatic pistol concealed about him was arrested by Biloxi authorities as a suspect in the hold up of the Government loop Albright Wood drug store Saturday night. Police dispatched a description of two unmasked men to Biloxi to aid identification. Green denied involvement saying he was hitch hiking through the country and left Mobile Sunday night before 8 o clock.
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Ed Green
Birmingham
Biloxi
Government Loop
Albright & Wood Drug
Green
Mobile
Pese
Po- 2
Boston Attorney Charges Ramsters Financed By Banks
Frederick H. Tarr of Boston, a United States district attorney for Massachusetts, alleges that banking houses helped finance bootleg rings and facilitated their operations.
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Boston
Frederick H. Tarr
United States
Massachusetts
Road paving bids eyed for 20 mile Mobile–Citronelle strip
Mobile county board of revenue likely to recommend to the state highway department that bids be called for paving a 20 mile stretch on the Mobile Citronelle highway from Russell to Oak Grove after highway engineer John R Peavy announced all right of way deeds have been secured. He urged bidding on three state and federal aid roads in units to speed work.
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Mobile County Board of Revenue
State Highway Department
Russell
Oak Grove
John R. Peavy
Government Street
Cottage Hill
Cebelia Aan
Ie Eeneer
Cedar Point Highway
Pleasant Valley
William A. Rowell
Engineer Strange
K. C. Pugh
Girls’ Detention Home Board
Estes D. Baker
Flood Threat Intensifies Along Mississippi River
MEMPHIS Tenn March 11 With rain in the lower Mississippi valley and Ohio river drop halted from Louisville to Evanville Ind the Mississippi river valley faces higher flood risk. Memphis flood stage 35 feet has been exceeded by .3 foot Cairo gauge shows 48.2 feet rising likely to crest near 49 feet St Louis also rising but below flood mark Meteorologist F W Brist expects crested stage around 37 feet.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi Valley
Ohio River
Louisville
Evanaville
Ind
Mississippi River
Cairo
Missouri
Mississippi
St. Louis
F. W. Brist
Supreme Court hears pocket veto case in historic ruling
Washington March 11 The Supreme Court in session considers the pocket veto practice as used by presidents to kill late bills. The Muscle Shoals bill and 119 other measures are at issue with Indians in Washington test cases. Key figures include Representative Sumners and Attorney General Mitchell in the arguments.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Muscle Shoals
Okanagan
Sumners
Texas
House Judiciary Committee
Mitchell
Fifth Suspect Hunted As Man Dies In Hit and Run
Montgomery Alabama March 11 four men were jailed on murder charges and a fifth suspect is sought after the death of M R Welch an auto mechanic who was pitched from a car on the Montgomery Selma highway An autopsy found a fatal injury in a field The sheriff said a warrant for the fifth arrest would soon be executed
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Montgomery
Ala
Grielch
Daring Drug Store Hold Up Stuns Old Government Street
Two armed robbers uncloaked masks at Albright and Wood drug store in Old Government street injuring no one and escaping with cash seven employees and a customer ordered to rear room. Police and coast towns form mesh in hunt toward the Mississippi coast for the pair and two con men linked to weekend scams netting 130 dollars and 245 dollars.
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irpaEe
Albright and Wood
Old Government Street
Carlin Streets
Mississippi
Rivers Still Drop As Flood Levels Ease in Alabama District
Demopolis Tombigbee remains 7.4 feet above flood stage at 46.4 feet while the Black Warrior sits at 26.2 feet and the Alabama at 31.6 feet in Tuscaloosa. Selma reports a 3 foot decline to 44.4 feet as all streams recede toward normal levels, forecast by Albert Ashenberger.
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Demoplois
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Selma
Albert Ashhenberger
Weather forecast calls for showers and storms tomorrow
The local weather bureau issued a forecast showing increasing cloudiness tonight and showers with thunderstorms expected tomorrow. Meteorologist Aschenberger noted warmer springlike temperatures will accompany the unsettled conditions.
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Aschenberger
Selma Mayor Reports Mobile Visit to Council
Mayor T. J. Rowell of Selma will present a complete report on his Mobile trip at tonight’s Selma city council meeting. The mayor spent several days in Mobile last week visiting sites of interest, according to a leased wire dispatch to The News Item.
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Rowell
Selma
Wills
Mobile
T. J. Rowell
Weather Update for Alabama and Northwest Region
Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight. Tuesday brings showers and thunderstorms with warmer conditions in the east. Fresh easterly to southerly winds along the coast. Showers and thunderstorms are likely Tuesday with warmer temperatures. Fresh southeast to south winds on the coast.
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Alabama
Drowning Yawl Capsizes Off Mobile Bay
A small yawl capsized near the Mobile Bay entrance in heavy seas as the Norwegian steamer Christiansborg was being transferred to the pilot boat Alabamian. Captain M Smith and crewman W We Waites were among three men rescued by the Alabamian crew after the yawl was swamped by a breaker amid rough seas and a strong easterly wind.
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M. Smi
Wwe Waites
Arek
Mobile
Smith
Christiansborg
DOJ to retain undercover agents in federal prisons
The department of justice will not abolish its undercover agent program in federal prisons. It will accept Warden John Snook's resignation if he cannot endorse the new policy and he has stated he would not stay as warden under continued undercover operations.
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Washington
Department of Justice
John Snook
Atlanta
Snook
Government Loses Rail Mail Carrying Case Ruling
The Supreme Court today fixed when increased pay for carrying the mails by railroads under ICC authority begins, meaning the government cannot recover about 50 million dollars. The decision shores up railroad compensation timelines and sets a clear start date for enhanced pay.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Budget Head Quits as Hoover Seeks Budget Director
General Herbert M. Lord has submitted his resignation as director of the budget, a post held since Charles G. Dawes resigned. President Hoover is seeking a replacement to fill the vacancy in Washington.
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Herbert M. Lord
Washington
Hoover
Herbert M
Charles G. Dawes
New Cuban Minister General Manuel Piedra Named
Havana reports a presidential decree names General Manuel Piedra to a Cuban minister post in Beijing replacing the Chinese nationalistic government liaison role. Piedra previously served as minister to Venezuela.
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Manuel Piedra
Havana
Venezuela
Agreement Aims at Artificial Cotton Cultivation Pact
British French and Swiss cotton manufacturers near a two day deal to cultivate artificial cotton in Switzerland and French North African colonies. Dr Hediey Thornton, chairman of the English Artificial Cotton Corporation, says a pact should be signed by March 13. He plans to secure Dutch cultivation next, as orders for artificial cotton in England and Portugal total 456 million pounds for 1929.
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London
Switzerland
Hediey Thornton
English
Artifical Cotton Corporation
Paris
United Press
Holland
England
Portugal
Writ Denied in Extradition Case for Sheep Poisoning
Ralph Parker and Fred Hudson were denied a writ of habeas corpus in circuit court by Judge Claude A Grayson. After notice of appeal bonds were set at $250 each. The men are sought by Florida authorities on a charge of poisoning sheep owned by a Bay Springs grower and fight extradition to Florida.
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Ralph Parker
Fred Hudson
Escambia
Fra
Free Site Offered For Firestone Plant In Baldwin County
J W Newman a Chicago and Mobile attorney wired Firestone Rubber Company in Akron offering a free 100 acre site in Baldwin County near Blakely with 10 foot deep water frontage. The site includes part of the historic townsite of Blakely and lies ten miles east of Mobile. Firestone seeks a southern location for a new branch factory and this is described as the first inducement in the area.
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Firestone Rubber Company
Akron
J. W. Newman
Chicago
Mobile
Newman
Baldwin County
Blakely
Firestone
Ohio
Free
Local Arlington radio unit boosts Gulf coast communications
Arlington says installation of high powered equipment at the coast guard station near this city expands links with naval stations across the Gulf region. A permanent antenna will soon be erected to improve reception and transmission. The unit is part of a plan to unite coast guard, army and navy stations nationwide, reducing reliance on private lines.
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Arlington
Coast Guard
Gulf Terriory
A. P. Arlington
Gulf Unil
Mr. Arlington
New Orleans
Navy
Army
Educators Highlight All State Musical Groups in Alabama Meet
At the forty eighth Alabama Education Association convention in Birmingham from March 21 to 23 the all state orchestra chorus and band will perform. Musicians from twenty six Alabama towns were selected by local directors for excellence and artistry. Miss Leta Kitts of Birmingham will direct.
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Alabama Education Association
Birmingham
Leta Kitts
Talladega
Fairhope
Bedsemer
Tarrant
Mobile
Anniston
Brewton
Monroeville
Jacksonville
Centerville
Hartselle
Albertville
Cullman
Athens
Gadsden
Cordova
Powderly
Montgomery
Jasper
Tuscalooga
Fort Payne
Brundidge
Hueytown
Seale
Weoguska
Interstate Commerce Commission Grants Grant Suspension Action
The interstate commerce commission grants a suspension of new increased naval stores rates sought by Mobile and southern cities. A hearing is set for April 8 in Washington. Mobile and Ohio railroad ties Mobile to New Orleans in wooden ware rates from Jackson Tennessee.
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Mobile
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
New Orleans
Jackson, Tenn
Car Seized After Liquor Found in Roadster
Federal agents seized a Chevrolet roadster found with a five gallon keg of liquor during a morning stop at Conception and Manassas streets. F. B. Gifford, reported Mobile resident, was arrested and faces charges of transporting liquor as officers plan to allege a delivery in the city. Agents Jackson and McMillan made the seizure.
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Conception
Manassas
A. W. Hargett
F. B. Gifford
Ofhcers
Gifford
Mobile
Jackson
McMillan
Suit Date Set in Mobile Power Billing Case
The city of Mobile and A Tew sue Alabama Power to recover excess rates charged. The case, a test suit, will be called in inferior civil court on Friday March 15 with City Attorney Vincent F Kilborn and Tew handling for the plaintiffs. The city contends Mobile residents were entitled to the Montgomery rate since January 1927 but were billed at a higher rate until a public service commission ruling granted the lower rate.
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Mobile
Alabama Power Company
Vincent F. Kilborn
Tew
Montgomery
Public Service Commission
Public Service Company
Race With Death Two Airmen Aid Ailing Clergyman
In Sudbury Ontario two airmen Captain Roy Maxwell and George Gill raced 300 miles to fetch a doctor for the seriously injured Rev. G Morrow at Rupert's Isle. They planned to land near Remy Lake and bring the physician to Moone Factory, even if it required freeing space in the fuselage to transport him to a hospital.
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Sudbury
Blanc Berlin asks pilots to observe river ice breakups
Germanys air fleet including Lufthansa and private firms Junkers Rohrbach Heinkel is asked to report observations of ice breaking on the Rhine Moselle Elbe and other rivers to aid authorities in relief planning and river bank reinforcement.
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Berlin
Germany
Lufthansa
Junkers
Rohrbach
Heinkel
Rhine
Moselle
Elbe
Weeer
Danube
Rebel trains head toward Torreon as Mexico tensions rise
Two trainloads of rebels about 300 strong left Juarez Saturday night in a move toward Torreon Coahuila. They were to unite with rebel forces under Gonzalo Eecobar, while Juarez troops under General Marcellino Murriega anticipated no new northbound reinforcements. A Mexican National railway train from Chihuahua reached Juarez with few passengers, and mail delivery was halted by the American government.
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EL Paso
Texas
Torreon
Coahuila
Juarez
Jiminez
Ceneral Marcelino Murriega
Juarem
Murriega
Gonzalo Eecobar
Chihuahua
Fifteen Injured In West Side Elevated Train Crash
In Chicago on March 11 fifteen persons were seriously injured and many more bruised when a west side elevated train rear car telescoped into another. The wreck involved a downtown office workers car, causing multiple injuries.
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Chicago
West Side
Two Doctors Held in Death By Operation
Two physicians face arraignment on criminal negligence charges for allegedly performing an appendectomy on 12-year-old Elbert Grindstaff while intoxicated. Coroner Ferguson found a normal appendix, and autopsy evidence prompted the case after the father, Jim Grindstaff, claimed the boy was told surgery was necessary. The boy’s body was exhumed and the appendix deemed normal by other doctors. The doctors were released on bond and a preliminary hearing is set before Magistrate R. T. Johnson Jr.
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Elbert Grindstaff
W. T. Ferguson
Jim
R. T. Johnson, Jr
Cuban Livestock Totals and Growth Expectation
A Cuban agricultural debt review reports 4 421 169 cattle and 644 966 horses on the island in 1928. It projects a perceptible increase this year due to new large cattle ranches opening in the Oriente district.
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Havana
Oriente
Final Episode Written As Bears Buried Today
Nancy E Bear and David C Bear die in a murder suicide at their apartment on a Monday morning. Mrs C C Cannon arrives from Kellogg Minnesota to arrange a pauper’s funeral. The couple had lived in the city for 15 years and the tragedy is attributed to poverty.
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Nancy BE
David C. Bear
Roche Mortuary
Pine Crest Cemetery
C. C. Cannon
Kellogg, Minn
Bear
St. Francis Street
Water Valley Farmer Hobie Fatally Attacked, Charred Body Found
Officers say Steve Hobie, a farmer living near Water Valley, was killed by robbers who set his clothing on fire to destroy evidence. Hobie had been missing for five weeks and his body was found burned in a wooded area after a blow from a blunt instrument.
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Water Valley
Steve Hobie
Hubbard
International bank plan eyed to handle reparations payments
Paris reports strong favor in French circles for a giant international bank to manage reparations payments. An economic writer suggests such a bank could reassure experts and, if Hoover agrees, signal progress toward a European settlement.
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Paris
Hoover Sy cm
Railroads Urged to Build Oregon Extension at $9 Million
In a tentative Interstate Commerce Commission report dated March 11, the body advised railroads to form a joint venture to construct an extension through central Oregon at an estimated cost of 9 million dollars. The recommendation frames a major regional growth project pending formal ICC approval.
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Oregon
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central
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