Recess Bonds Committee To Meet In Mobile Tuesday
The recess legislative committee on bonds will hold a public hearing at Mobile City Hall at 12 o clock Tuesday. Local bankers dealing in bonds are expected to attend and share views as the committee studies proposed changes in bond laws. The panel has met in Montgomery and other committees will visit Mobile before reconvening.
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Mobile City Hall
A. C. Lee
Monroeville
Montgomery
Mobile
Mobile County Eyes Bridge Revenue Slashes Road Work
County board warns staff cuts may hit road forces if financing for Mobile bay bridge operation falters. A two million dollar bridge requires upkeep and Plant maintenance, with expected tolls from 600 cars daily and 3000 on Sundays. Anticipated earnings from regional counties and tourism could fund minimal highway upkeep and halt new road projects.
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Mobile
County Board
Baldwin County
Ala
Escambia County
Fla
Bay Bridge
Elizabeth Wide Homicide Case Outlined in Concord
In Concord Massachusetts on March 12 Miss Elizabeth Wide is found dead at home in a case described by Associated Press details. A maid discovers the body and forensic notes reference the title works in her possession including The Vid wits the Violin and Memoirs of Antietam among other items.
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Concord
Mass
Elizabeth
The
Antietam
St. Mar
Repair spend on tanker Gladysbe reconditioning
The U S Shipping Board in New York plans spending thousands to repair the tanker Gladysbe. Hoboken bid by W A Fletcher Co at 26819 dollars was lowest among 11 bids and the contract will be granted next week. The Clavarack, a Shipping Board vessel, moves to Mississippi Shipping Company routes from Mobile to Mediterranean ports.
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Gladysbe
U. S. Shipping Board
New York
Iolls
W. & A. Fletcher Com . Hoboken
Clavarack
Shipping Board
Waterman Steamship Company
Mobile
Mediterranean
New Orleans
Havre
Antwerp
Mississippi Shipping Company
Four More Dipping Vats Dynamited in County
Four more dipping vats in the Tanner-Williams area near the Mississippi line were dynamited, officials report. The blasts occurred the same night as the Yayner vat destruction last Tuesday, though no report surfaced until today. Tick eradication officers note local stock owners had supported the dipping law.
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Tanner-Williams
Mississippi Line
Yayner
Indictments Quashed in Citronelle Prohibition Case
Faulty affidavits from Justice of the Peace Bradley in Citronelle Alabama led circuit court to quash indictments charging Willis Wesley and Gerald Watson with violation of the prohibition law. One affidavit claimed shinny liquor. the other lacked proper signature. Both defendants were dismissed.
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Court of Justice of the Peace
Bradley
Citronelle
Ala
Circuit Court
Willis Wesley
Gerald Watson
Prison cult in Oakland linked to teen boy and which authorities say sought to create a superman
In Oakland authorities uncovered the Secrets of the Sacred School of the White Brotherhood a cult accused of planning illicit relationships to produce a superman. Five or more members are being questioned as Lloyd Alley 15 and Miss Carolina Merwin 18 centers of the probe. Alley elder and others face charges related to delinquency and love parties for youths.
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Oakland
Calif
The
White Brotherhood
Bay City
Lloyd Alley
Russell Alley
Los Angeles
Carolina
Merwin
Superman
Young Alley
Alley
Omar
Gertrude Wright
Erma Gibbs
Wright
Miss Merwin
600 Shippers to Meet in Mobile for Regional Board Session
The South eastern Shippers Regional Board will meet in Mobile in early June drawing about 600 attendees from the southeast. R G Cobb Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic manager says invitations were extended by Mayor Hartwell and Major General Sibert. The proposed Mobile docks project is a key reason for the invitation as shippers tour the site. Jacksonville was Mobile’s strongest rival for the event.
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Southeastern Shippers’ Regional Board
Mobile
Southeast
R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Cobb
Harry Hartwell
William L. Sibert
Alabama Docks Commission
Jacksonville
Alabama Officials Question Warrant Rule for Liquor Car Stops
Mobile county enforcement officials discussed Attorney General McCall’s ruling that officers may not stop or arrest vehicles for liquor violations without a warrant unless the officer has direct knowledge of the violation. Sheriff Falkner and Sheriff Byrne outlined strict search procedures, with deputies to avoid car searches unless certain. Some officers will act only when they know a car is being used to violate the prohibition law.
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Mobile County
Charlie C. McCall
C. J. Falkner
Shelby County
Pat Byrne
Prohibition
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Weather brief notes rain tonight in Alabama with clearing Sunday morning and colder conditions. Southeast to south winds become fresh with possible squalls shifting west by Sunday morning. Mississippi sees rain this afternoon and tonight, colder tonight with Sunday fair and colder conditions and fresh winds and squalls extending westward.
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Alabama
Mississippi
West
Neetinaaes
Redwood'tine Ship Due Here March Twenty Two
The second Redwood Line vessel to the Pacific coast will arrive at Mobile on March 22 to load coke and general freight for Los Angeles and San Francisco and sail March 24. The Akron and Dochet are noted, with Munson Steamship Line as local agents.
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Redwood Line Steamship Service
Pacific Coast
Mobile
Akron
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Dochet
Redwood Line
Munson Steamship Line
Redwood Ves- Bene
Mai
Aluminum Line
Turner Firm Wins U S Contract For Manila Rope
The U S engineer in Montgomery awarded Turner Supply of the city a contract to supply 18 coils of manila rope in sealed bid competition with six other nationwide bidders. Turner's bid was 1840.90 dollars with 10 percent discount. other bids ranged from 1863.10 to 2028.83 dollars and included McGowin Lyons Hardware Mobile Whitlock St Louis Cordage Hooven and Allison Xenia Woodward Wight Plymouth Plymouth Cordage Ajax Rope New York.
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U. S
Montgomery
Turner Supply Company
Manila
McGowin Lyons Hardware and Supply Company
Mobile
Ala
Whitlock
St. Louis Cordage Mills
St. Louis
Hooven and Allison Company
Xenia
Ohio
Woodward Wight and Company
New Orleans
Plymouth
Plymouth Cordage Company
Mass
Ajax Rope Company
New York City
Tanker Arrives for Drydock and Maiden Creek Sets Sail
The Gulf Oil tanker Shenango arrives at Fort Morgan with the barge Shenango and proceeds to drydock for extensive repairs. A local tug will move the vessel later, then drydock overhaul follows. The Maiden Creek arrives tomorrow to load general cargo for Liverpool and Manchester from Turner Terminals after leaving Liverpool.
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Gulf Refining Oil Company
Shenango
Gulf Oil
Fort Morgan
Alabama
Maiden Creek
Waterman Steamship Corporation
Turner
Burglary at Davis Avenue Shoe Shop Recovered Tools Missing
A burglar forced entry at B. F. Halli’s shoe shop at 906 Davis Avenue by breaking a window pane and releasing a latch but got little. Police report four repair tools missing in the incident.
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B. F. Halli
Davis Avenue
Forty Camels Arrive In Indiana Circus Quarters
Forty cars from Mongolia arrived in Pery Indiana on March 12 to join winter circus operations. The camels, shipped from New York, were unloaded near the Wabash freight depot and tethered around a bonfire, creating an Arabian scene as handlers guided the animals through the transfer.
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Pery
Indiana
Mongolia
New York
Wabash
Fine Conn
Buried Treasure Digging Reported in East Nashville Yard
In East Nashville on North First Street residents have been digging in a yard for several days seeking buried treasure said to be worth 570000 dollars in Liberty bonds and war savings stamps, the loot of robberies. A separate dispatch from Richmond Kentucky notes Edward Cory a 14 year old from Oakland California is hospitalized after a hunger and exposure ordeal from an Oakland St. Petersburg hiking trip. In Peking Madame Borodin, wife of the Russian adviser to the Cantonese government, is under guard amid social gatherings as officials treat the incident as a developing comedy.
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Nashville
Tenn
North First Street
Richmond
Edward Cory
Oakland
Cal
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lexington Road
Peking
Madame Borodin
Borodin
Counterfeiting Ring Trio Arrested in Detroit
Detroit authorities announced the arrest of Jim Casso Frank Bruno and Case Taylor in a major national counterfeit operation linked to the Ernest Sorena gang. Indictments had been voted recently after a New York engraving plant was wrecked and counterfeit plates seized.
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Detroit
Jim Casso
Frank Bruno
Case Taylor
Ernest Sorena
Serena
New York
Government Defends Testimony in Carroll Perjury Case
Washington on March 12 reports the government defended the relevance of testimony about the girl in the bathtub at Earl Carroll's New York party. It filed with the supreme court objections to a review sought by Carroll who was convicted of perjury.
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Washington
Earl Carroll
New York
Supreme Court
Carroll
Robbers Seal Candy Plant Safe Escape With Loot
Six masked robbers bound and gagged three workers at D. Auerbach and Sons candy factory on Eleventh Avenue and escaped with between 25 000 and 30 000 dollars after blowing the safe. Police investigations begin as the heist shocks New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
D. Auerbach and Sons
Eleventh Avenue
G. M. N. Stocks Again Active In Trading Session
Mobile Gulf and Northern led speculative gains on the New York Stock Exchange as merger rumors boosted Atkinson, Norfolk and Western and Gulf Mobile and Northern. Prices swung from 66 1 4 to 63 4 before noon with overall irregular closing and about one million shares traded.
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Mobile
Gulf and Northern
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
G. M
Atkinson
Norfolk and Western
Gulf
Northern
Wabash
Norfolk
30 Plants Join Mobile Made Move
The Mobile Made Move campaign opens tomorrow with over thirty manufacturing plants participating. Households will be reached through women’s division events of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and urged to buy locally made goods. The three month effort may extend another three months.
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Mobile
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Two Arrivals Bring Cargoes To Port
Two arrivals and two departures marked this morning port movement. The Neches arrived from New York and Tampa with a general cargo for Mallory Steamship Corporation. The lake Capens came in with rice from Lake Charles. Commodore Hollins and Manchioneal sailed at 10 for Castilla and Tela for United Fruit. West Madaket shifted to load cotton for Bremen and Hamburg. Waterman Steamship Company is agent.
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Neches
New York
Tampa
Mallory Steamship Corporation
Lake Capens
Lake Charles
Commodore Hollines
Manchioneal
Castilla
Tela
United Fruit Company
West Madaket
Turner
Bremen
Hamburg
Waterman Steamship Company
Switchman Hurt In Yard Accident
Russell Thomas, a Gulf, and Northern switchman, suffered a broken left leg after a fall while reuniting to disembark this afternoon at Tennessee and Streets. He was rushed by ambulance to the hospital.
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Russell Thomas
The
Gulf, A & Northern
Tennesse
Streets
Tty
Six Desperate Convicts Make Joliet Jail Break
Six condemned men, routed from their death sentences, launched a new escape from Joliet jail with smuggled saws and guns. Five shot, one at large. three Mexicans fled to Chicago, two recaptured after a gun battle. An $1500 job and a $1000 supplied dash for liberty tied to a prior May prison break.
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Chicago
Joliet
Ill
Tollet
Charles Duchowski
Peter M. N. Kiein
Model New
Ville
Atempt
Walker Pleads for New Uses of Cotton Crop
Governor Offord Walker urged officials and Cotton Textile Institute leaders led by president Walker D. Hines to expand cotton use at a Biltmore hotel conference. He said greater cotton consumption would relief surplus lint and benefit everyone connected to the cotton industry. The session focused on institute aims to foster closer mill cooperation.
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Atlanta
Cotton Textile Institute
Walker D. Hines
Offord Walker
Biltmore Hotel
Three Days Left On Income Tax Filing
Only three days remain to file income tax returns and large numbers are expected in the city and Birmingham by Tuesday night. Local tax agents urged Mobilans to use mailed blanks or bring forms to the tax office, as blanks are in short supply and may run out by the deadline. Returns may be filed at the new office or mailed to the collector at Birmingham. Tuesday is the last day to submit without a penalty.
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Birmingham
Mobilans
Tax Office
Birmin m
Collector of Internal Revenue
Theft Charge Against Man Over Hertz Rental Vehicle
Charles Dinwidee, identified as a white male, is charged with theft of an automobile. The vehicle is described as a Hertz Drive It Yourself rental.
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Charles Dinwidee
Hertz Drive
Governor Martin Ramps Up Florida Gambling Crackdown
Governor John W. Martin ordered Sheriff Paul C. Bryan of Broward County to break up gambling at the Pompano race track and urged County Judge Fred B Shippey to cooperate. He warned of replacing the sheriff if authorities did not enforce the state law amid a court injunction against track wagering.
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Pompano
Fla
Martin
Tallahassee
Fra
John W. Martin
Paul C. Bryan
Broward County
Pompano Race Track
Fred B. Shippey
Bryan
Shippey
Fort Lauderdale
Supreme Court
Jacksonvite
Ce Crivaar
I Paes
Pompana House Club
Anne
Partes
Paul M. Beacom
J. E B. Downs
W. F. Tilford
Tallahaseeoe
American Legion
French colleges seek benefactor to save universities
Paris reports urgent appeal for a Rockefeller type patron to rescue France’s main universities. Libraries are starved of funds, with only about a million francs available for books and periodicals across seventeen academies. Many valuable collections are incomplete or damaged, and research requests are declined with "Not in the library" notices.
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Paris
Rockefeller
France
le Matin
Arcadia Football Star Dies After Poisoning Incident
Clyde Lucky a 19 year old Arcadia high school senior and star quarterback died after drinking poison at his father's filling station. The ingestion reportedly was accidental and a physician was called with stomach pump services, but he did not survive. Lucky was an all round athlete and member of the senior class.
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Arcadia
Clyde Lucky
Arcadia High
Lucky
Arcadia High School
Berlin Builds Big Film Palaces Amid Theatre Boom
Berlin leads a European push to construct film palaces with 2500 plus seats each. Germany sees rising total seating as Berlin reports 361 theatres with 167 773 seats while many venues still lack capacity. A mix of rich and poor areas reflects ongoing prejudice against cinema in some districts.
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Berlin
Germany
Munich
Hamburg
Leipzig
Diesseldorf
Ule Tien Saabasie
Trial notes question first degree murder element
Judge Chambliss says the record lacks evidence of premeditation to prove first degree murder. Farris previously found guilty of first degree murder in Union County and faced execution in the electric chair. Court adjourned after ruling and set March 26 for further decisions.
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Clate
Alexander Bliss
Chambliss
Farris
Union County
Knoxville
Expiore
Fool Proof Plane Ready for Navy Tests
New York March 12 The Curtissacy company builds a new fool proof plane for the navy. It features a rapid inflatable lifeboat a six second carbon dioxide system for reflate and a quick emptying opening for the gas tank. The craft carries two machine guns and space for bombs with an automatic fire suppression system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fiskitae Cihaey
Navy
Curtissacy Company
Black Morgan’s Treasure Found in Panama Ruins
A rumored pirate treasure buried to avoid seizure during Sir Henry Morgan’s 1671 raid on Panama City is reportedly uncovered beneath San Jose church ruins. A ground radio device guided explorers to a subterranean tunnel holding golden ornaments emeralds rubies diamonds and sapphires unearthed over four years. The treasure reportedly will be divided by authorities with President Chiarti Panama overseeing the process.
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New York
Panama
Sir Henry
Gan
New York Times
Panama City
Times
San Jose Church
Old City
Morgan
Wallace Bain
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Thomas Hardy
Westminster College
New Wilminton
Emma Coh
Pittsburgh
Southeastern Shippers
JU. S
Dock of Mobile
Walker
Georgia
Textile Institute
Florida
Football Star
Black Morgan
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