Seizure of Whiskey Cargo on the Honest Clay Near New Orleans
Federal agents seized the Good ship Honest Clay with 400 sacks of whiskey as it moved through Chef Menteur, Lake Pontchartrain. Skipper Tony Vassan was arrested while the crew escaped. Raiding party member John D. Appleby valued the cargo at about $20,000 before destruction by dry agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Prohibition
Chef Menteur
Lake Pont
Tony Vassan
John D. Appleby
Honest Clay Not Safe for Booze Hiding Place and Rates Conference
A Mobile meeting among local shippers and leaders from the Warrio system discussed a potential agreement to establish combined rail and water rates between St. Louis and Mobile. The plan would route freight via Tuscaloosa with barges discharging and loading, signaling progress toward a formal rate pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Mobile
Theodore Brent
Seonenyt Warsio
Walter Shipley
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Battle House
St. Louis Teracon
rEpeie Witll
Tuscaloosa
Warrio
Ip Ogi
Saareooncel
Truck Ordered Bought From Gayle Company
The Standard Motor Company charged that the Gayle Motor Company bid to furnish a county truck was altered after submission. The Gayle firm and road committee denied the charge. The revenue board affirmed the road panel and ordered delivery from Gayle. The board also heard a complaint about a dangerous woman ordered to the poor asylum and ordered she be kept away pending investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Motor Company
Gayle Motor Company
Gayle Motor Car Company
Road Committee
Board of Revenue
Gayle Company
Ollie Williamson
County Poor Asylum
Man Convicted Under Taxi Law in City Crackdown
Adolph Lagrave, with a Government street business, was fined five dollars after arrest Sunday under the new city ordinance restricting taxi operations to garages. A. L. Carey, tied to a Battle House operator, had his case continued to March 14.
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Recorder
Adolph Lagrave
Government Street
St. Emanuel
Royal
Recorfier’s
A. L. Carey
Mobley Muscat
Battle House
Arraignment of Munroe Dukes on Feb murder charge
Munroe Dukes a man of 20 Quigley Street was arraigned before the recorder on a charge of shooting and killing Mattie Spencer a Black woman on February 12. Dukes was arrested Sunday afternoon near his home by officers Doyle Marshall and detective Murray following a statement by Assistant Solicitor Jack Courtney.
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Munroe Dykes
Quigley Street
Recorder
Mattie Spencer
Jack Courtney
Dukes
Ike Doyle
G. W. Marshall
Thomas Murray
Bryan's Sermon Heard Over Wireless in Philadelphia
R A Pearce chaplain of the Sea Men's Bethel in Spring Hill reports hearing the entire Bryan sermon at the Presbyterian church in Point Breeze via wireless telephone. He heard hymns announcements sermon and benediction as if in the next room. He also notes hearing messages from Detroit the previous night and that the Bryan sermon was heard over other wireless phones in the city.
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R. A. Pearce
The
Seamen‘s Bethel
Spring Hill
Presbytrian
Point Breeze
William Jennings Bryan
Pearce
Detroit
Bryan
Speakers named for Mobile women’s meeting luncheon
Miss Olive Dodge city school supervisor and Miss Virginia Handley extensionary of the Alabama Children's Aid Society will speak at the Mobile Business and Professional Women's Club Tuesday luncheon announced by Miss Anna McGowan chair of the program committee. Luncheon at 12 30 at the club house on St Francis street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Dodge
Virginia Handley
Alabama Children’s Aid Society
Mobile Business and Professional Women’s Club
Anna McGowan
St. Francis Street
Ill Judge Berney Stricken at Dauphin Way Home
Judge Safford Berney, famed circuit court jurist and Berney code author, is seriously ill at his Dauphin Way home after a week of illness. The Confederate veteran and Alabama figure is under medical care.
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Safford Berney
Circuit Court
Alabama
Dauphin Way
Alabama and Mississippi Weather Outlook
Alabama and Mississippi expect rain tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. The forecast notes show a storm band moving through the region, bringing unsettled conditions and light to moderate showers.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Stinson Freed on Bond in Florida Conspiracy Case
Harry Stinson alias Cousans, arrested weeks ago in a swindle probe, was released today on a $5,000 bond after Judge Robert T. Ervin ordered his transfer to Florida to face a conspiracy to defraud charge in Pensacola. Three other men tied to the case remain jailed and face preliminary hearings Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Stinson
Cousans
Pensacola
Robert T. Ervin
Florida
Albert
Waaths Ae
Drive for Near East Relief Organized by Local Committee
Local committee members met at the Battle House to arrange the canvass for Near East Relief. The campaign begins Tuesday morning with a 9 o'clock meeting at the Bienville Hotel. Representatives from the Rotary Kiwanis Elks Knights of Columbus Federation of Women’s Clubs and other groups attended as districts were assigned.
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Campaign For Relief In
Near East
Battle House
Bienville Hotel
Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs
Elks and Knights of Columbus
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Committee For
New Tariffs on Lumber Charges East and Meridian Order
New tariffs on export and coastwise lumber from Alabama to Mobile published in the Meridian rate case were received by the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. J. J. Martin states no change in these lumber charges but domestic rates will rise under the Meridian order, effective April 4.
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Alabama
Mobile
Southern Hardwood Traffic Association
J. J. Martin
Hope of Nineteen Years Shattered
Mrs. Claire Gilbert travels to Los Angeles to identify the body of Edward Gilbert, a mining engineer who died there leaving a second wife. She shows restraint toward the other woman, acknowledging shared suffering as the case unfolds.
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Chicago
Claire Gilbert
Edward Gilbert
Los Angeles
Gilbert
Gandhi pleads guilty to sedition in Britain
M K Gandhi, India's non co operationist leader, and a banker who funded his paper New India, admit guilt to sedition charges in London. Trial set for before April 1. Small disturbances reported in agricultural districts near Calcutta.
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London
M. K. Gandhi
India
New India
Delhi
Calcutta
General Carr Still Unimproved in Pleural Illness Report
Durham, N. C., March 13 General Julian S Carr commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans remains seriously ill with pleurisy at his home. He had a very restless night and was very weak this morning, according to his physician.
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Durham
WN. C
Julian
Carr
The
United Confederate Veterans
Unclear Races and Entrants From Local Scratch List
A fragmented listing shows horses or entrants for multiple races with names such as War Relief Doris Pattern Crest Annette Teller Captain Tom Jackville Mickey Moore Phillistine Serbian Link Boy The Cullen Bon and references to places like San Diego. The text is inconsistent and incomplete.
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War Relief
Doris
Pattern
San Diego Polygamist
Portlight
Crest
Assume
Rosefield
Annette Teller
Tom
Jackville
Mickey Moore
Phillistine
Link Boy
Cullen Bon
Army appropriation bill proposes cuts and troop redeployments
The House Appropriations Committee reported an army bill totaling 270.35 million dollars with provisions to reduce regular Army to 115000 enlisted and 11000 officers. It would bring home units from China and the Rhine and trim forces abroad while maintaining 5000 troops in the Philippines and similar numbers in the canal zone. The measure also funds river and harbor work, air service, national guard, chemical warfare research, and reserve officers training corps supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
Aony
Republican
Kansas
United States
China
Hawaii
Panama Canal Zone
Army of Occupation
Rhine
Philippines
Canal Zone
Air Service
National Guard
Chemical Warfare Service
Edgewood Arsenal
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Big Meeting Planned For Highway Session Next Monday
Civic club bridge committees and the Chamber of Commerce plan to present a bridge project across the headwaters of the bay to the State Highway Commission when it meets next Monday. The Chamber leads the presentation with guest entertainment by the Automobile Club and invites dignitaries including Gov. Parker of Louisiana, Senators Underwood and Heflin, Judge Brandon, and other prominent Alabama figures.
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Birmingham
Kilby
Henry Ford
Muarwice Shoals
Alabama Power Company
Emmett O'Neal
Atlanta
State Public Service Commission
Civic Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Commission
State Commission
Automobile Club
Alabama
Gov. Parker
Louisiana
Oscar W. Underwood
J. Thomas Heflin
W. W. Brandon
Auto maker's son and companion held after Michigan crash
In Kalamazoo on March 13, John D. Dodge son of a Detroit automobile magnate and Rex Earl were jailed pending further investigation into a dance party car crash the day before that left Miss Emmaline Kwakerneck a 19 year old Western State Normal School student seriously injured Also in the car were Miss Suan Stagenga and Miss Ethel Clemens both students at Western Normal A bottle of liquor was found in the vehicle and Dodge allegedly drove at high speed before Kwakerneck jumped from the car
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
John D. Dodge
John J’. Dodge
Milionaire
Detroit Automobile Manufacturer
Rex Earl
Emmaline« Kwakerneck
Western State Normal School
Suan Stagenga
Ethel Clemens
Western Normal
Dodge
Earl
Miss Kwakerneck
Miss. Kwakerneck
Woman Convicted of Murder Implicates Two Men
Mrs. Louise Peete at San Quentin named two Los Angeles residents as slayers of Jacob C. Denton, a wealthy mining promoter. She said she had knowledge of the killing. Angela Kauffman and attorney $8. Hahn plan to obtain affidavits in Los Angeles to support her statements.
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San Francisco
Louise Peete
San Quentin
Los Angeles
Jacob C. Denton
Floating Liquor Palace Planned Off New York
Promoter James V Martin says plans for a floating liquor palace beyond the three mile limit proceed despite federal prohibition commission opposition. He envisions a vessel equal to the Leviathan, built in Europe, with a $10 million investment and possible additional ships if successful.
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New York
James V. Martin
Roy A. Haynes
Federal Prohibition Commission
Martin
Haynes
Europe
South Africa Forces Quietly Expand Prisons Capture
An official communique from Pretoria reports government troops advancing against rebels with 2,200 prisoners taken in the central area. Forces held high ground west of Cliffen, advanced into Benoni, and pushed toward Krugerde 22 miles northwest of Johannesburg, as operations continue with few casualties.
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Pretoria
Union of South Africa
Associated Press
Cliffen
van der Vetter
Benoni
Krugerade
Johannesbur
Rietingtein
Military clash in Channurg South Africa reports heavy casualties
Government forces push along the front as rebels fight in a mine field. Authorities claim the battle favors the government though casualty estimates vary with nearly 200 dead and over 1,000 wounded. Large numbers of farmers rally to support Premier Smuts and assist the army aided by planes and armored cars.
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Channurg
South Africa
Smuts
Volunteres
Sikhs Restive Upset to Indian Situation Across Punjab
London dispatch, March 13, reports ongoing non cooperative movement in India with unrest in Punjab as Sikh supremacy is contested amid religious guardianship disputes. Militants join a political military force armed with weapons, while in Udiapur Bhil unrest grows under Gandhi influenced agitation. A provincial army clash left 22 rebels dead and many wounded. civil servants retire early due to daily insults and danger to families.
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London
Ae AM
India
Reuter
Delhi
Punjab
Seale
Udiapur
Mohandas
K. Gandhi
Moti Lal
Government of
President to Golf At Vera Links During Voyage
President plans a round of golf at Vera Links today while aboard a houseboat cruise off the Florida coast. Harding and his party, anchored on the Indian River, may briefly land to reach the course as favorable weather and strategic considerations influence travel plans beyond Augustine.
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Vera Links
Pierce
Kutaenee Brom
Harding
Vera
Indian River
Hich
K Ledge
Augustine
Washington
Pres Arding
Sen. Underwood
Drug Ring Arrests Tied to Dixie Dixon Case
New York reports arrests of members linked to a drug ring operating in Dixie Dixon’s circle. The case centers on a taxi ride involving Miss Dixon and allegations of a gang’s influence. Several suspects were taken into custody as investigators push toward charges.
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New York
Dixie Dixon
Miss Dixon
Waddell
General Virgil Y. Cook Dies at Batesville
Gen. Virgil Young Cook, a Confederate veterans leader and Arkansas landowner, died at home in Batesville Sunday. Born in Boydville Kentucky on November 14 1848, he served three Civil War years with N B Forrests cavalry and settled in Arkansas in 1867. Survived by widow Mrs M M Rutherford and three children, T Morrow Batesville and Jarina Cook Oklahoma City.
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Batesville
Ark
Virgil Young Cook
Arkansas
Boydville
N. B. Forrest
Cavalry
T., Morrow
Jarina Cook
Oklahoma City
Peabody Woman Vanishes After Club Event
Mrs Bessie W Buxton 46 a Peabody Women’s club member disappeared after a concert. Police searched for her throughout the night and into morning with no trace found. Husband H Jon Buxton a former selectman noted for his public roles.
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Peabody
Maas
Bessie
W. Buxton
Peabody Women’s
H. Jon
Women’s Club
Universalist Chum
Newest Cinderella Found in Chicago Ward
May 18 Chicago reports a girl named VWig Klensy aged 16 who resembles a famed domestic tragedy victim. She was found crying on the street, said she ran away from home to seek work, entered a car, but was later found near a detention home with a horse and fine slippers and clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Magéh
Vwig Klensy
Toria
Hospital sausage kills patient in Kendallville
A hospital in Kendallville Indiana reported a patient death after alleged contaminated sausage consumed at the facility. Authorities are reviewing the incident as a possible foodborne illness and investigating the hospital kitchen.
Loans to Farmers Total
Brief item notes the total loans to farmers. Details on amounts, lending agencies, and dates are not fully legible in the fragment. Estimated figures indicate ongoing support for agricultural credit and rural development programs.
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Trish
Warrior
Brent
Ireland
Emerald Isle
Dearborn
Franklin
Conti
Edward P. Allen
Conti Street Asylum
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Order of Hibernians
M. T. Judge
A. J. Neely
J. J. Barry
George J. Sullivan
Peter Burke
J. M.walsh
James Drahan
J. T. Walsh
Dan McNamara
J. C. van Antwerp
J. E. McHugh
M. J. McDermott
Walter W. Walsh
John H. Hughes
A. Grove
T. A. Conboy
L. W. Campbell
W. J. Harding
Robert Weinacker
H. C. Murnan
John A. Lamey
Lee E P. Sutton
J. R. Quinlivan
Moris Deakie
W. C. Deakle
Howard Havens
Crichton
Moses Bernstein
Frank Gibson
Henry Deakle
Bernstein
Fiddler
Deakle
Ordnance Department
Gorgas
John W. Jones
House Military Affairs Committee
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Jones
Rep. Wright
Georgia
Wright
Seaiee
Johannesburg
United Press
Jan Christian Smuts
Rand
Potchefstrom
Biloxi
Miss
Biloxi Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Mémbe Klan
Eutire
Gayle
Man
Kitty
Eure
Cremona Doris
Dickey
Skye Ball
Blue Star
Capt
Hodge
Middleton
F. G. Corley
Cobalt Lass
St. Just
Fort Churchill
Ares
Lorena Moss
Stinson
House Committee
J. D. Dodge
Paseven
Virgil
Cook
Batesvile
Peabody Club
WOMA
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