Solicitor Bets on Grand Jury Probe of Mobile Vice
Solicitor Bart B. Chamberlain said he reported to police, sheriff and state authorities that gambling houses and vice operated in Mobile, but no action or arrests followed. He will ask the April grand jury to investigate and devote full time to the inquiry. Citizens express indignation as the city commission denies an investigation into alleged vice, including gambling houses, slot machines and whiskey sales.
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Bart B. Chamberlain
City Commission
Crawford
Hartweill Beeking
Chamberlain
Breedan
Chamberigin
Craviford
Felice
North Royal Street
Charles E. Cramer Dies by Own Hand in Washington
Charles E. Cramer of San Francisco former general counsel for the veterans bureau shot himself in his Washington home after resigning amid criticism of the bureau. Police say a suicide note was not found and a poem was found on his dresser. He was 45 years old.
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Charles E. Cramer
San Francisco
Veterans Bureau
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Congress
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President Jarding
Senate
California
American Legion
Council of the Region
Indianapolis
Paleyter
John F. Y.ryan
New York
Ite
Forbes
Mr. Cramer
Uncle Joe Cannon Returns Home With Card Tricks
DANVILLE MAR 14. Former congressman Uncle Joe Cannon, back from Washington after forty six years in office, entertains locals with cards and reading. He revived the old inner circle and a two bit limit draw, while a lingering arm injury is noted but viewed as stall by old timers.
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Joe” Cannon
Congress
Joe
Washington
Capital
Cannon
Cannor
Ceosh
M. &. King
Elks Club
Uncle Joe
Priest Vanishes After Car Found in St Louis
Clues from an automobile in St Louis deepen the mystery of Father Joan Vraniak's disappearance in Virden after a nine day absence. A back seat chalk mark reading we won is likely a youth prank. Rewards totaling 2500 dollars were posted, and hundreds search along the Mississippi river from Virden to St Louis.
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Associated Press
Joan A. Vraniak
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
St. Louis
Adolph. M. Vraniak
Chicago
Johanna Vraniak
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Catholic Church
Venice
John Vraniik
Father Vraniak
Venicd
Illinois
Mckinley Bridge
Mississippi
Granite City
Madison
Tri-Cities
Russians Relentlessness Reports Lenine Deterioration
Moscow March 14. All Soviet Russia daily official bulletin says Premier Lenin has suffered a serious relapse and is partly paralyzed. Once called dictator, he has been ailing for over a year and growing weaker since early December 1922, an official communique states.
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Moscow
Ruhr miners strike as German rail sabotage grows
Sixteen thousand coal miners in the Recklinghausen district strike to protest the seizure of the state coke plant near Westerhold. French troop actions and German hostages intensify restrictions as sabotage and rail threats spread across Ruhr towns, with multiple reports from Berlin to Dusseldorf detailing occupation measures.
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Recklinghausen
Ruhr
Westerhold
Bate
Fi ‘Ene
Sab
Ases
Mar Ois 1
Steele
Eusen
Emancipation Aims for Turkish Women Reported
Angora March 14 Oné article outlines nationalist aims to emancipate Turkish women who lack privileges enjoyed elsewhere Edibe Hanum a graduate of American Girls College at Istanbul and Mme Kemal Pasha 19-year-old wife of Kemal Pasha are cited as leading reformers in Turkish civic and political life in Angora Meanwhile a local report describes a woman seen dressed as a man riding in Smyrna with her sister in attendance.
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Angora
Turkey
Edibe Hanum
Mme
Kemal Pasha
Elvic
Poll
Weera
Smyrna
Hes
Trade and Pay Up Week Next Planned by Mobile Chamber
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce announces Trade and Pay-Up Week for April 16 to 21. Committees to organize the event are named with Finance led by L. E. Carroll, Julius Hammel, I. Jacobson, James Van Antwerp and E. H. Britton. Advertising led by E. R. Gaston with Harry Haverman, Frank Stoll, del Goldstein and Adam Glass. The Mobile Credit Association reorganization expands from three to seven members following remarks by C. P. Younis of the Retail Credit Men's National Association.
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Mobile Chamber
Fr Commerce
Mobile Credit Association
C. P. Younis
Retail Credit Men's National Association
L. E. Carroll
Julius Hammel
I. . Jacobson
James van Antwerp
E. H. Britton
E. R.gaston
Harry Haverman
Frank Stoll
del Goldstein
Adam Glass
Marketing Methods Discussed by Mobile County Farmers
Members of the Mobile County Farm Bureau met in Mobile yesterday to discuss methods of cooperation and marketing. The group debated a charge that a produce organization is using the bureau name without authority, but no action was taken. State agricultural representatives W. D. Barton Roy Bishop BeCy Dan Gray and L. N. Duncan provided address and guidance.
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Mobile County Farm Bureau
Mobile
W. D. Barton
South
Alabama
Roy Bishop BeCy
Alabama Farm Bureau
Montgomery
Dan Gray
L. N. Duncan
Auto Club To Hold Barbecue Today
The Mobile County Automobile Club will hold its annual meeting and barbecue this afternoon at 5 o'clock at the tourist camp grounds for Arlington. Reports on the year’s work will be given and officers will be elected for the coming year. Committees say all details are set and the event is expected to be one of the most interesting and enjoyable.
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Mobile County Automobile Club
Arlington
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Forecast notes fair to partly cloudy skies for Alabama with warmer western and northern areas. Increasing clouds and a chance of rain in the north. Mississippi expected fair tonight and warmer Thursday with possible showers in the north.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
State Telecommunication Rates May Be Cut In Mobile
Informal talks between the Alabama Public Service Commission and Kern Bell Telephone Co officials last night indicate a rate cut may be ordered in Mobile and other parts of the state. A state inquiry into distance charges and permit-based surcharges is under way as public complaints grow. The commission also plans a separate review of Mobile Gas Company valuation with an order expected shortly.
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Alabama Public Sq Commission
Kern Bell Telephone Companwas
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Whcih
Mobile Gas Company Pt
Final Aion On High Sool Site Today
A school meeting this afternoon at Zelock will decide on a new mobile wing. Bids for a government street loop road project will be opened. The site owner is told to refile and taxes moved, with eight rooms planned for the building.
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Setor
Zelock
Wacry Council
Government Street
Attorns Move to Spare Rivers with Governor Plea
Attorneys Rogers and Feibleman prepare for a conference with Governor Brandon to seek commuting Rivers murder sentence from hanging to life imprisonment. Rivers awaits appeal as defense cites lack of education and legal knowledge.
Liquor seized by federal agents sent to area hospitals
A quantity of liquor seized by federal agents was distributed to several city hospitals under orders of the federal court. The liquor remained at the federal building awaiting disposition, with agents Nesmith and assistant attorney Johns involved in the earlier seizure.
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Gaids
Federal Court
Federal Building
Nesmith
Joseph Johns
Webb
Large turnout seen for Gulf City Gun Club opener
A Gulf City Gun Club season opener draws many out of town shooters from Biloxi and Pensacola plus nearby cities. The event starts at 1 PM at Gulf Fishing and Hunting, announced by president Matt Mahorner Jr. and expected strong local interest.
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Pensacola
Gulf City
Gulf
Tod Matt Mahomner Jr
Inv
Fathen
Mahorner
Eipye
Urges Home Building As Aid To Community
Frank Chase, authority on home financing with the Southern Pine Association, spoke to Cham ber of Commerce members about local building and loan associations. He argued home ownership brings stability, offsets radical tensions, and that local associations offer tax advantages and safe home investments. A session followed to plan Chase talks with local bankers to advance the movement.
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Frank Chase
Southern Pine Association
Chamber of Commerce
Chase
Mr. Chase
Weather forecast for Mobile shows warmer days ahead
The forecast calls for warmer conditions in Mobile with cloudy skies. A minimum temperature around 5 degrees is predicted for Thursday morning, with the next 24 hours expected to stay cloudy and mild.
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Tonghht
Mobile
Salaries of Braves to be Increased in Boston
Boston dispatches report that salaries for nearly all players on the Braves roster, training at St Petersburg Florida, will be increased by Emilcua a syndicate that bought the club. The Red Sox manager Frank Chance said lineup changes are unnecessary.
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St. Petersburg
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Emilucla
Ae Syndicate
Dispatches
Frank Chance
Red Sox
Hot Springs
Ark
Reprieve Extends Life of Ralph Baker in Murder Case
Ralph Baker a 12 year old boy sentenced to death for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Ia W Morton at Durham station last May will not hang. The Alabama prison commission recommended commuting Ralphs sentence but did not act on George Bakers case. Governor Hardwick issued a thirty day reprieve setting the execution for April 13 with a final hearing on April 9. George Baker faces possible execution on direct appeal to the governor.
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Atlanta
Ralph Baker
Rome
Ia W Morton
Durham Station
George
Hardwick
Ralph
George Baker
Fire inspection of all city schools planned
Mobile will have fire department inspectors examine every public and private school to ensure child and teacher safety. Chief G W Myrick says if current laws are not met, orders will be issued to correct deficiencies with exits kept clear and green exit lights lit while buildings are occupied.
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Mobile
G. W. Myrick
County Board Inspects Roads Across Southern County
The county board of road commissioners led an inspection of all southern roads from Fulton Speedway to Bayou La Batre. Commissioners Towle Ward Byrne and Prine, joined by Cleveland, toured with Highway Engineer A Glover Holder Jr and State Senator John Craft. They were later hosted to a seafood dinner at Commissioner Cleveland’s Fowl River home.
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Board of Reverse and Road Commissioners
Fulton Speedway
Bayou la Batre
Towle
A. G. Ward
Pat Byrne
J. C. Prine
Court House
Jack
Cleveland
A. Glover Holder, Jr
John Craft
Highway Commission
W. A. Steadman
Mobile County Automobile Club
Fowl River
Pair Starving to Death in Roxbury House
Boston police report George W. Ryner aged 66 of Roxbury was found dead and his housekeeper Anna Walker dying from starvation in their Roxbury residence. Authorities say they had not eaten for over a week and physicians fear for the woman’s life.
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Boston
George W. Ryner
Roxbury
Anna Walker
Woman convicted of murder sentenced to life in Auburn
Mrs Paulette Saludes was found guilty of the murder of Oscar M Martelliere an insurance broker, and sentenced to 20 years to life in the Auburn women’s prison. She shot Martelliere in his office last October after claiming he tricked her out of money and assets and left with other women. She attempted suicide three times after the verdict.
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New York
Paulette Saludes
Oscar M. Martelliere
Auburn
Atlanta Legionaries Honor Col. Owsley
Colonol Alvin W. Owsley national commander of the American Legion is the guest of Atlanta veterans on a South tour. After a luncheon at local posts he visits the U S hospital and Georgia Tech training corps. Tonight he speaks at the Baptist Tabernacle then attends a dancing party at a local hall.
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Atlanta
Alvin W. Owsley
American Legion
South
Wind Storm Kills Man in Goldsboro Area
A severe wind storm in Wayne County and nearby areas killed one man when a tailing tree toppled onto him. Roofs were torn from several buildings and hail battered crops as the storm swept southward late yesterday, causing extensive property damage.
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Goldsboro
N.C
United Press
Wayne
Here
Yesper
Man Held Without Bond In Murder Case
Green Buchanan was bound over to superior court without bond as accessory to the March 1921 murder of Bilatze L. Whargell after a preliminary hearing before Justice John H. Morgan in Bakersville North Carolina. Grady and Fong Buchanan were discharged for lack of evidence. Witness Gus Miller said he saw a murder by Bill Rainwater and that Harzell’s effects were found with Green Buchanan. Rainwater was jailed in December 1921 for Harrell's murder but later released. he is reportedly somewhere in the West.
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Bakersville
N. C
John Ll. Morgan
Green Buchanan
Bilatze L. Whargell
New York
Grady Buchanan
Fong Buchanan
Gus Miller
Pigeon Roost
Oriake Mountains
Tennessee Line
Bill” Rainwater
Miller
Rainwater
Harry Shipley
Harzell
Buchanans
Vonz
Gardy
Font
Harrell
West
Life term for slaying of uncle in Searcy Arkansas
Floyd Reynolds received a life term after pleading guilty to murdering his uncle Dave Hance. Bil Mayhue, alleged accomplice, was found guilty at the January term and sentenced to death. The victim, a recluse with money in a neck sack, was lured to a hiding spot where he was clubbed and buried.
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Ti Reynolds
Mayhue
Hause
Hunt Negro Slayer in Orleans Parish
A manhunt for Will Johnson, believed to have fatally shot conservation agent Robert Sellers Sr. in Waggaman, Jefferson Parish, extended to New Orleans as authorities suspect he sought medical help after a pistol duel. Sellers died at a local hospital. a bloody outfit with two bullet holes was found, and investigators think Johnson may have returned to his home and changed clothes.
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New Orleans
Will Johnson
Robert Sellers
Waggaman
Jefferson Parish
Offiers
Robert, Jr
Fcliers
Johnson
Former rail chief William Carter critically ill
William Carter former rail chief in Baltimore is critically ill from Brights disease at a local hospital. Family doctors declined to comment on his condition as his health deteriorates.
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William Carter
Bright
Physi Brotherhood
Cartillon
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