Mississippi Death Bond Case Prompt Congress Action
Kinnear and Falconer of Stonehaven Scotland petition Congress urging action on Mississippi's refusal to redeem 1838 bonds. They note a 1852 judgment for principal and interest, later confirmed, and compare the bonds to World War debt claims against European nations, arguing Mississippi benefits from the war loan and should pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kinnear and Falconer
Stonehaven
Scotland
Congress
Mississippi
Herron A. Johnson
Kinnear
Falconer
Europe
Misee
State urged to sponsor cancer research and treatment
A national scientific commission is urged to back cancer research and treatment with federal supervision and financial aid. Coffey said government cooperation should insure assistance to any citizen qualified to conduct investigations among 1,300 patients treated with an experimental extract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duiber
National Scientific Commission
Coffey
Compton Named Princeton Professor President of MIT
Cambridge Mass March 13 Appointment of Dr Karl Taylor Compton of Princeton physics department as president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology was announced today. At 42 he is a noted physicist and author of research works and ranks as a leading scientist in the country. He hails from Wooster Ohio, son of Elias Compton a Presbyterian cleric and Wooster College acting president and philosophy professor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Karl Taylor Compton
Princeton University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Technology
Wooster
Ohio
Elias Compton
Wooster College
Schroeder fights to escape electric chair for cop murder
In Newcastle Pennsylvania on March 13 Irene Schroeder enters the fourth day of her trial for the murder of Corporal Brady Paul of the state highway patrol. William Kiessling a St. Louis patrolman arrived unannounced and attended court when Judge R Lawrence Brand called the session to order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Irene Schroeder
Brady Paul
State Highway Patrol
William Kiessling
St. Louis
tIrone
R. Lawrence Brand
Stagg Urges Prohibition Retention For Youth Welfare
University of Chicago coach Amos Alonzo Stagg urged preservation of the eighteenth amendment before the House judiciary committee. He argued prohibition kept streets quieter and youth safer, recalling pre prohibition beer buying and saloon life. An endorsement brief by Yale economist Irving Fisher was discussed but not read.
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Stags
Chicago University
House Judiciary Committee
Stagg
Carlton M. Sherwood
Citizens Committee of One Thousand
Sherwood
New York City
Jones
Chicago
Pate Pan
Fisher
Irving Fisher
Yale
Alonzo A. Stagg
University of Chicago
House
Hebel Solons Lose In Sugar Duty Row
The Senate sided with the Republican majority to keep the sugar duty at two cents per pound and the cement duty in the tariff measure. The house had proposed an eight cent sugar rate, but the vote held firm with little opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebel Solons
Swe
Senate
Sandee Ee Aes
Nye
N. D
Rubert Raps Loan Story Tied to Oil Leader
In Washington on March 13 the bribery trial of Edward Eny continued as prosecutors and defense outlined their arguments. Government presented documentary evidence including a 1921 order by President Harding and sought to compel Harry M. Blackmer, then abroad, to return as a witness. Allee Pomerene and Owen J. discussed government authority in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubert
Washington
Allee Pomerene
Owen J
Harry M. Blackmer
Edward Eny
Harding
Rookie to Report Hart Sullivan Decision Reverses
Hart Sullivan, college and semi pro catcher from Nashville and former Spring Hill student, announced he would not report to Manager Jimmy Hamilton of Mobile. He later wired to go to Bears training camp, leaving Nashville Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart Sullivan
Nashville
Spring Hill College
Jimmy Hamilton
Sullivan
Bears
Walker plans to take stand in marked tree case
Willis Walker of Wynne was to testify in the marked tree murder case in Arkansas. State prosecutors accuse him of involvement and murder of Lena Wang Campbell Walsh, seeking life. Defense countered with character witnesses as it challenged circumstantial evidence.
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Harrisburg
Ark
Willis Walker
Wynne
State of Arkansas
Lena Wang Campbell Walsh
Will Davis
Walker
Mississippi
Texas
Arizona
Nicholson Co. Wins Fort Bragg Officers Quarters Contract
The W. L. Nicholson Co. of Knoxville Tennessee was awarded by the army quartermaster general a contract to build 16 non-commissioned officers quarters at Fort Bragg North Carolina for 97760 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholson Co
Fort Bragg
Washington
W. L. Nicholson Co
Knoxville, Tonn
Quartermaster General of the Army
N. C
Quick Court Action in Death Case Reported in Texas
Boston Texas dispatch says ten days after Lloyd Elliott sought a stolen hog he was killed. An aged father and two sons face sentences after officers traced the slaying to the Goodwin home. Indictments followed within a week.
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Trio
Boston
Tex
Lioyd Elliott
Goodwin Home
Huston says Tennessee River Improvement Association acts as lobby group
Claudius H. Huston testifies before the senate lobby committee that the Tennessee River Improvement Association aims to influence muscle Shoals legislation and may be called a lobby committee. He denies political aims while naming prominent backers and asserts all work is open. The association urged accepting American Cyanamid’s Muscle Shoals bid amid pending congressional action.
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Washington
Claudius H. Huston
Republican National Committee
Senate Lobby Committee
Tennessee River Improvement Association
E. Huston
Muscle Shoals
Brock
Tennessee
Tyson
Underwood
Alabama
Shields
E. B. Stahlman
Nashville
Open
Improvement ‘Association
Presen Company
Congress
Huston
Eee
Walsh Contaite
Sey
Cagaway
Crea
Meee
McCormack bill seeks 300000 for U S S Constitution restoration
Representative McCormack of Boston introduces an appropriation bill for 300000 to complete the restoration of the U S S Constitution now at the Boston navy yard. He notes a 400000 fundraising effort from school children and calls the ship a permanent memorial to the navy’s heroism and achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Constitution
Boston Navy Yard
Representative McCormack
Boston
McCormack
U. S. Navy
Ironsides
Supreme Court Refuses Review In Record Arkansas Award
The U S Supreme Court declined to hear the case keeping a $48 500 award to Mrs Effie Bushey of Little Rock for the death of her husband George M Bushey a locomotive engineer in a Missouri Pacific wreck near McGehee Ark in 1926 largest personal damage award in state history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
United States Supreme Court
Effie BR. Bushey
U. S. Supreme Court
Chamber of Commerce to elect officers for coming year
The Chamber of Commerce directors will hold a joint meeting Friday at 4 p.m. to elect officers to serve next year. The meeting includes the current board and eight directors-elect who are slated to assume office on April 1. Officers elected will also take office April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Suits Stolen From Howard Pressing Club
Burglars entered the Howard Pressing Club at 713 Dauphin Street Wednesday night and stole seven suits. Six suits were recovered under a nearby house, and the thief gained entry by breaking down a rear door, police reported Thursday morning.
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Howard Pressing Club
Dauphin ‘Street
Jarvis Hopes for Life Rest With Governor
Mobile youth Jarvis sits on death row after being sentenced to die in Kilby prison for the Citronelle bank holdup slaying of Claude D. Hurt. He waits as letters and telegrams to Governor Bibb Graves press for clemency or justice, while officials move him to the death cell and barbers complete preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack. Jarvis
Mobile
Kilby
Claude D. Hurt
Citronelle
Bibb Graves
Jarvis
Pardons Board
C Jargis
Mobile County
Hurt
Montgomery
Ace
Orly
Hongate
Sual
Sota
Trial of Sailor Bialack Delayed in Hold-Up Case
The case of John Sailor Bialack and James K for an all hold-up of a poker game at Chester Eubanks 155 Eslava street last December was postponed to Friday as Judge was tied up with Clyde Beach charged with the slaying of Motorcycle Officer W F Murphy. Arthur Hayes pleaded guilty to receiving stolen license tag value 11.25 and was sentenced to two months hard labor. Inferior court Hayes was convicted and given six months but appealed. Other criminal cases Thursday were moved from the call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Sailor) Bialack
James K
Chester Eubanks
Eslava Street
Circourt
Frig
B. B. Chamber
Clyde Beach
Steve Hardy
W. F. Murphy
Arthur Hayes
Hayes
Truck Driver Fined After School Bus Collision
Cleo Winbush, driver of a truck in a crash with a Baker school bus at Dickens Ferry Dawes road, injuring eight children, was fined 50 dollars and costs or 20 days in jail by Acting Judge T J Touatt. Other defendants Clyce Rayford and J W Starke also fined 50 dollars and 20 days with extra days for violating dry laws. officers alleged 40 gallons of prohibited liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Winbush
Baker School
Dickens Ferry
Dawes Road
T. J. Touatt
Inferior Criminal Court
Winbush
Negil
Clyce Rayford
Arbiters Named to Set Rates for Bienville Water Shed
City commissioners announced at city hall Thursday that C. W. Dodson and J. A. Buck will act as arbiters to fix equitable prices for a water shed at Bienville pumping station. They will select a third board member as a commission dispute over land transfer lacks agreement among owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Dodson
City Commission
J. A. Buck
Bienville
Prpiration
Woman Struck by Auto Injures Carries Suffer Minor Injuries
Carrie Stamps, a Black woman, sustained slight injuries Wednesday afternoon when struck by a car driven by J. W. Todd of the Turner-Todd Company. She was taken to State City hospital for treatment. officials say the accident was unavoidable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wamen
City Hospital
Carrie Stamps
J. W. Todd
Turner-Todd Company
State City Hospital
Sister Alice Beach Faces Brother in Murphy Murder Trial
Miss Alice Beach arrived from New York to Mobile to support Clyde Beach in the murder case of Motorcycle Officer at Murphy. She sat behind the prisoner’s dock weeping and whispered his name when his sisterly concern surfaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Beach
Mobile
New York
Brother
Circuit
Clyde Beach
Alex T. Howard
Beach
Murphy
Miss Beach
LUMBER HANDLING FEES REMAIN AT NEW ORLEANS
Efforts by New Orleans interests to have steamship operators absorb lumber handling costs by reducing port charges to Mobile levels failed. The United States Shipping Board reported that Mobile retains a lower charge, with lumber vessels loading directly from marginal tracks saving two and a half cents per hundred pounds. Exports via New Orleans must still pay standard fees due to dock arrangements.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Con
United States Shipping Board
Missing Walter Mariow From Star Fish & Oyster Company
Walter Mariow, 55, an employee at Star Fish & Oyster Company based at the state docks, is missing. Police, aided by detectives, searched since Wednesday but found no trace. he was last seen Friday on the loading dock in working clothes. He is deaf and has no known enemies. police suspect accidental drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Mariow
Star Fish & Oyster Company
State Docks
Marlow
Fish Company
Port Retains Striking Lead in Gulf Area
Mobile maintains a lead in outbound shipments to the Pacific coast for the year ending June 30 1920, with 205 982 tons versus New Orleans 166 140 tons. Inbound trade favors New Orleans with 256 218 tons from the Pacific coast to New Orleans and 28 655 to Mobile. The Mobile chamber notes need for a more balanced Pacific trade to develop waterborne commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Gulf
South Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Shipping Board
Washington
New Orleans
Beiness
Pacific
Crescent City
Gonzales Arrested on Parole Violation in Forgery Case
Manuel Gonzales of 355 St. Emanuel street was arrested Thursday on a parole violation tied to a forgery conviction. He previously received a two year sentence in the local circuit court and is to be returned to the state authorities soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Gonzales
St. Emanuel Street
State Convict Department
Gonzales
U Ted
Revival of a Lost Art News Item at Saenger Theatre
The Mobile News Item and Saenger theatre sponsor a contest to revive handwriting skills. Open to all ages, the event asks entrants to write the phrase Garbo Talks on a postcard with careful neatness and no blots, delivering to the Saenger box office by 6 oclock Tuesday February 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saenger Ask
Saenger
Garbo
Saenger Theatre
Widow weeps as Clyde Beach defense and state square off in murder trial
In a tense courtroom the defense and state clash over the murder of Motorcycle Officer William Franklin Murphy. Prosecutor Bart Jain argues for first degree murder while the widow of the slain officer sobs at the defendant Clyde Beach who smiles during the proceedings. The jury nears a verdict as closing arguments proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
Bart B. Jain
Cmberlain
Murphy
Beach
William Franklin Murphy
Clyde A
Alabama man chosen Louisiana episcopal bishop in Louisiana diocese
Rev Charles CI of the church of the Advent Ingham Ala was elected Episcopal bishop of Louisiana by clergy and lay delegates. He succeeds the late Rev Davis Sessums who died last Christmas after 39 years heading the diocese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rough
Charles CI
Church of the Advent
Ingham
Ala
Louisiana
Davis Sessums
New
Leans
Opal
Weather Summary and River Bulletin March 13, 1930
Cloudy day with showers in parts of Alabama. Partly cloudy night with warmer south. Unsettled conditions and local showers in southwest. River observations at 7 am EST indicate local conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jene Lee Patel
Alabama
Oni
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