Burglary suspect tied to Mobile theft ring arraigned
Jewelry valued in the Fried burglary was found in a suitcase with B R Harding 27 of Memphis Tenn arraigned on burglary charges. Police say rings watches belts pipes and cases were recovered and Harding claimed to have only three days in Mobile. Trial date set for March 17 as detectives pursue prior records.
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I. Fried
Dauphin Street
B. R. Harding
Memphis
Tenn
Harding
Conti
Royal Streets
Bauer
Lawrence
Burch
Mobile
Picture Hat Returns to Style in Gay London Mode
London milliners say the picture hat is back for spring, shrunken to fit bobbed heads. The cloche must go as faces will be framed by sweeping brims with velvet folds and flower decorations on the crown. Straw versions of Dolly Varden or Gainsborough styles appear in bright spring colors and garden hues.
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London
England
Helmie
Bays Queen Grounds In Fog Then Resumes Voyage
A Bays Queen excursion steamer carrying about 300 people ran aground near Navy Cove in heavy fog yesterday. The quarantine tug EZdorff assisted, Dr. Carl Michel, in charge of the quarantine station, rode aboard to Fort Morgan. The ship floated free and resumed its Bay crossing. The Ossabaw also altered course due to dangerous navigation in the mist.
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Fairhope
Fort Morgan
Bays Queen
Navy Cove
United States
Ezdorff
Bay Queen
Carl Michel
Mallory Line
Ossabaw
Durand on Trial in Federal Court
Walter J. Durand of Fow river, this county, faces a federal charge of using the mails in a fraud scheme. The government says he took payments for fertilizers for satsuma and pecan orchards he did not place, while his lawyers claim the fertilizer was used in the owners’ orchards. Durand pleaded not guilty.
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George L. Donaghue
Mobile County
Federal Court
Donoghue
Walter J. Durand
Fow River
Durand
Satsuma
State Jewelers to Be Given Boat Ride
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a boat ride over the harbor for members of the Alabama Jewelers' Association when they gather here May 5 and 6. The committee raising 3500 to secure conventions for the city and entertain visitors is reporting progress as businessmen respond to the appeal.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Jewelers’ Association
French steamer C Captaine Paul Lemerle sails for North Africa
The French steamer C Captaine Paul Lemerle departs for Algiers and North Africa with a lumber cargo. It had loaded 14,604 tons of timber at Louisville and also carried cargoes from Texas and New Orleans. Other vessels, the steamer Ossa Baw and Edith Belli Veau, also sail today with cargoes.
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Paul Lemerle
Giers
North Africa
Marseilles
Lémerle
Louisville
Texas
Dan Orleans
Ossabaw
Edith Belliveau
Omsabaw
New Orleans Cotton Futures Open Steady
New Orleans March futures opened steady with March at 26.18 cents, May 25.41, July 26.66, October 24.80, and December 24. R84.
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New York
New Orleans
NAME OFFICERS TO SERVE NEW JUNIOR CHAMBER
J B Haman was elected president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at a Battle House meeting. Officers include E B Overton and Charles Baumhauser as vice presidents W W Boyles as treasurer. Directors named for six to twelve month terms, and delegates to Rotary convention discussed.
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J. B. Haman
Chamber of Commerce
Battle House
E. B. Overton
Charles Baumhauser
W. W. Boyles
E. F. Johnstone
W. R. Prichard
Albert Gill
Francie Inge
E B
Mobile
Chambe Merce
Friday the Thirteenth Fills Calendar in 1925
The article notes a Friday the thirteenth in 1925 with superstition about black cats and broken mirrors. It warns that avoiding mishaps today could grant immunity from worries until next year as February’s four weeks repeat the pattern.
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Callendar
Cobb Returns From Savannah Hearing
R G Cobb traffic manager Mobile Chamber of Commerce returned from Savannah where he attended a Southern Traffic League board meeting. He conferred with a committee chairman on establishing proportional waterborne Panama canal rates and plans to file a formal complaint to pursue the rates.
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R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Savannah
Southern Traffic League
Cobb
Panama Canal
Plans for ten story office church in Washington
Plans to replace the First Congregational Church in Washington with a ten story office church building are under consideration. The sixty year old landmark would be torn down for a new place of worship with possible offices or apartments. The project has national council approval but no definite decision yet.
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Washington
First Congregational Church
Rs. Coolidge
National Council of Congregational Churches
Great Collapse Noted in Wheat Market
In ZO field on March 13 a significant bushel collapse in wheat prices is reported. May delivery fell sharply, trading around 1.71 to 1.81 per bushel with a vertical drop and rapid selling as the market settled near 1.81.
Weather outlook for Alabama unsettled tonight
The forecast shows unsettled weather across Alabama with showers tonight. In the north portion expect more showers and likely rain Saturday, with lingering unsettled conditions in that region.
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Alabama
Record Flight Beats Distance Milestones Across The Nation
Detroit to Miami flight by 12 planes of the first pursuit group covers 130 mph average, 2 840 miles total, nine and a half hours flying time for Detroit to Miami with 22 hours airborne overall. Major Thomas Lanphier commands the mission from Selfridge Field Michigan.
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Detroit
Mich
Associated Press
Selfridge Field
Miami
Fla
Thomas G. Lanphier
Lanphier
Stern
World War Mascot Killed in Air Maneuvers
Manuel Duprey, 20, mascot of French and American troops and a war orphan protegé of Pete Kyne, died in airplane maneuvers near Camyoued Prader in Morocco. He had been with the French and attached to the 144th California regiment, and was accorded a military funeral after being adopted by Kyne and returning to Europe.
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San Francisco
Calif
Manuel Duprey
Pete B. Kyne
Morocco
Camyoued
Prader
Young Duprey
144Th Regiment
California
Kyne
Europe
Senators Down Reds In Exhibition Shutout
The Senators beat the Cincinnati Reds 5–0 in an Orlando exhibition, avenging two earlier losses to the Giants. Veterans Zachary Marberry and Russell spark the win while Benson Brittheart was set to lead off against Milwaukee at Sanford.
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Washinngton
Senators
Orlando
Cincinnati Reds
Giants
Zachary
Marberry
Russell
Reds
Benson Briitheart
Milwaukee
Sanford
Kaiser’s Wife Hospitalized in Berlin Rheumatism Treatment
Berlin March 13 Princess Hermine wife of former Emperor William is in a Berlin sanitarium receiving care for rheumatism. She has suffered since living in Holland where damp climate worsened her condition. Princess Hermine was in Baden Baden last year for two months of treatment.
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Berlin
Hermine
William
Holland
Baden
Police raids on election day stun Dublin as arrests rise
Dublin reports dawn raids during election day for nine seats in the Dail. Police say 120 men were arrested by noon and stress the raids have no political significance.
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Dublin
Dailyireann
Ethel Barrymore Sets Return to New York
Actress Ethel Barrymore, recently ill in Kansas City, is traveling back toward New York. She is not yet able to resume stage duties and will remain resting for some time.
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Kansas City
Ethel Barrymore
New York
Money for first Mobile dock unit funded by bonds
Alabama state development plan advances with $900,000 port improvement bonds sold at Montgomery to finance the first dock unit at Mobile. The issue carried a $4,525 premium and 4.25 percent interest. Ward, Sterne & Company of Birmingham led the successful bid over eleven rivals, with Mobile banks among the bidders. Bonds mature at $25,000 annually for 36 years beginning December 1, 1984.
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Mobile
Merchants Bank
W B. Taylor
Caldwell & Company
Nashville
Peoples Bank
Ed J. Higgins
Austin Pharr
First National
Brandon
Ward, Levine & Company
Birmingham
I. B
Tigret
Jackson, Tenn
Caldwell
Difficulty Looms in German Voting
Berlin March 13 The Associated Press reports five candidates for the German presidency with a possible sixth from the national socialists. The March 29 election to replace the late President Ebert may fail to secure a majority for any candidate, signaling a test of strength between right and left groups. Candidates include Ernst Thaelmann Otto Braun Wilhelm Marx Wilhelm Hellpach and Karl Jarres. It is expected two finalists will emerge for a final vote on April 26.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Ebert
Ernst Thaelmann
Otto Braun
U S Invited to World Auto Show
American and European car makers are invited to a 20 day international motor trial in Russia next summer under the Soviet board of road transport and the Moscow Auto mobile club. The trial runs about 3,300 miles from Leningrad to Kutais then to Moscow with demonstrations in several cities to promote motor transportation.
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Washington
Russia
Soviet Board of Road Transport
Automobile Club of Moscow
Russian Information Bureau
Leningrad
Kutais
Black Sea
Moscow
Appeals Taken In Auto Theft Case Involving Grace Brothers
Claud T Grace his brother and Jerry Grace along with ten co defendants were convicted in federal court in Arkansas two years ago on federal auto theft act charges. They appealed to the U S circuit court after Monroe conviction and several have been sent to Atlanta penitentiary while others remain at large.
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Optand Ohno
Oi Sree
Coman Ark
Claud T. Grace
Jerry Grace
Southland
Arkansas
United States Supremel
Philip H. Mecom
Federal District
Ataedity A
United States Circuit Court
Monroe
Liberty
Bond
Atlanta
Benes Defends Geneva Protocol at League Session
Czecho-Slovakian Foreign Minister Benes replied to Austen Chamberlain who denounced Britain's rejection of the Geneva protocol. He defended the league proposals and warned that small nations crave guaranteed security and seek refuge in the protocol.
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Geneva
International
Benes
Austen Chamberlain
Britain
League of Nations Council
League
Acreage Planted in Wheat Reported Increase in Sixteen Countries
Washington reports the winter wheat area in sixteen major producers at 124,466,000 acres, up 3.1 percent from last year. Increases in the United States, India, France, and Italy drive the gain. India places its wheat area at 32,057,000 acres, up from 31,178,000 last year. dry winds are thought to have harmed the crop somewhat.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
India
France
Italy
Department
Indians to Protest Ban Against Dancing in Memphis
Sixteen Hopi Indians led by Chief Koichootewah travel to Washington to protest a movement banning their religious dances. They plan to dance before the president to show the dances are not irreverent or immoral, countering charges by Indian commissioner Charles H. Burke.
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Memphis
Tenn
Koichootewah
Washington
Dge
Charles H. Burke
Schaefer and Hoppe Compete In Tight Billiards Duel
World champion Schaefer trails rival Hoppe by 86 points in a neck and neck two block match. Final score shows Schaefer at 2 863 points with Hoppe close behind as the 13 international vice event continues.
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Separe Schaefer
Villier
Schaefer
Lady Governor Plans Pardon for Husband Ferguson Era Politics
In Austin the Texas governor likely to sign a virtual amnesty for Ferguson's name and remove the impeachment stigma. The bill aims to vindicate Ferguson by canceling related disqualifications, while questions of constitutionality persist and his candidacy awaits court tests.
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Associated Press
Nav
Austin
Texas
Ramatic
Ieee
Pakere
Ferguson Tami
Ferguson
Dan Moody
Jon
Pig
Fernon
Ofice
Will Pebbie
United States
United States Senate
Ku Klux Klan
Earie Mayfield
Mojesty
Vera Cruz Saloon Closures Prompt by Tax Hike
Vera Cruz dispatch reports that officials will close March 15 due to high government taxes. Forty saloons have already shut. 250 remain in operation as a recent license fee surge is seen as a bid to curb liquor consumption.
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Vera Cruz
Higginbotham Case Under Scrutiny in Cross City
Investigation continues into the death of Lewis Barker near a lumber yard. Five men, including Higginbotham, a former boss of the company, and four others, are held on suspicion as authorities review evidence surrounding the body found near the scene. Higginbotham, G. Priest and J. H. Wilson were jailed amid the probe.
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Cross City
Lewis Barker
A Botham
Ing
Puompany
Renee
Higginbotha
G. Priest
J. H. Wi
Peculiar Death Reported in Medina After Post Mortem
Prosecutor Joseph Seymour awaited a report from the chemist on analysis of a coffee found at the home of the deceased and their six children to determine if it caused the death. January 4 inquiry and post mortem concluded a verdict of death from an inflamed stomach.
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Medina
Ohio
Joseph Seymour
Chilaren
Gotham Wins Honors In Ring Tournament Finals
New York carried off most titles in the No Junior A A U boxing finals in Baltimore. Henry Lam of Washington won the 175 pound class after a hard fought bout. Other winners included Harry Traub of New York 120 pound class Toney Conseroni of Elm, 120 pound class Alfa fer Week OT and nd one New Yor kurbst, New York, tad pound Alex Bader of Philadelphia.
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Baltimore
New York
Henry Lam
Washington
Harry Traub
Toney Conseroni
Elyn
New
New Yorkurbst
Tad
Alex Bader
Philadelphia
Army of Witnesses in London Disbanded
Fragmentary report notes a London event where witnesses, including Dorothy Muriel, faced an order and actions around a demobilization. References to a court defense and a cult case involving $6,000 are mentioned amid unclear details.
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Army OF Witnesses
London
Ae Tan
Dorothy Muriel
Llan Dennistoun
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Joseph Leach
Crucible Steel
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International News Service
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N. B. Broward
Broward
Florida
W. L. Tilden
Bpp Hn Ae
Cassidy
L. O. Mordt
Mra. Cady
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Orange County
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W. C. Hallowes
Jacksonville
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Udge Tilden
Dot King
Louise Lawson
Broadway
Fay Perkins
Ala
Grand Jury
Uae
D. G
Houston
Miness
Joseph Zimmerman
Gay
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Kaiser
State Capitol
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Tone Star
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Gotham
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