Burglary Ring Exposed as Martinez Arrested
Detectives arrested Alphonse Martinez in connection with a string of burglaries. Lighter and items including four suits, overcoat, ties, hat, shoes, shirt, cuff links, amethyst ring and other valuables found at 600 Walnut Street tied to the Gray and French residences on Hall Street and Springhill Avenue. Investigators White Pierson reported Martinez confessed to robberies across Walnut Street residences.
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B. R. French
Halict Street
Walnut
White
Pierson
Martinez
Gray
Walnut Street
Springhill Avenue
Three Mobile men sentenced to electric chair in Kilby
Clyde Beach alias Steve Hardy William F Murphy and Elijah Henry Taylor were found guilty by Mobile circuit court juries and sentenced to death by electric chair at Kilby Prison. Governor Bibb Graves earlier granted clemency for Jack Jarvis whose execution was scheduled for Thursday night.
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Clyde Beach
Steve Hardy
William F. Murphy
Mobile Police Department
Kilby
Mobile
Bibb Graves
Jack Jar‘vis
Beach
Glaze Burns Eight Hours in Detroit
A large fire in Detroit damaged a hangar housing mail planes injuring several workers. About 760000 dollars worth of air mail and hangar equipment were destroyed as crews battled flames for hours. The cause is under investigation and authorities expect a stubborn blaze to take time to fully extinguish.
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Detroit
South Plainfield
N. J
School Closes After Annual Frannope Event
Frannope held its annual event marking the closing of the Organic School for Adults. The program started at noon with lunch in Comings Hall, a rummage sale at 1, an address by Marietta Johnson, a folk dance in the afternoon, and the exercises ended with a folk performance at 8 o’clock.
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Frannope
Organic School
Comings Hall
Marietta Johnson
Atkinson Resigns From Atlanta Power Leadership
Atlanta reports on March 15 that Harry M. Atkinson, chief of the city power company, has resigned from the position. Details are scarce as the community assesses potential changes in management and future plans for the utility.
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Atlanta
Harry M. Atkinson
Power Company
S Argent
Radio Program Schedule Clarifies Saturday Lineup
Broadcast from WODX and News Item studio with Clarence Stone lists 1:00 to 1:30 PM U Save It Books for thrifty listeners.
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WODX
Clarence Stone
Warren Christian Mobile business leader dies after illness
Warren Redwood Christian vice president of Standard Equipment died at the family home in Mobile after months of poor health. A native Mobile resident and active member of several fraternal organizations, he is survived by his wife Evelyn Byrd Christian and two sons, Warren Jr. and Byrd Christian, with funeral plans to be announced.
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Warren Redwood Christian
Standard Equipment Canny
Mobile
Old Shell Road
Christian
Athelstan Lodge
A. F
A. M
Mobile Clan
A. A
W. Armistead
Richard A. Christian
Engagement Off Los Angeles Heiress Miss Carmenantages
Miss Carmenantages daughter of Alexander Pantages publicly announced that her engagement to John W Consi dine Jr is broken by mutual consent. She said they remain friends and will marry whomever they choose. The engagement was announced over a year ago and postponed amid family legal issues surrounding incidents in the family.
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Los Ang . Cal
Carmenantages
Alexander Pantages
John W.considine, Jr
Miss .Pantages
Wantla
Delays Inspection of Ingle Members Reported
A fragment notes delays in inspecting members of the Ingle group. Details are incomplete but indicate slow administrative review affecting outlined duties and oversight.
Prize Fighter Given Liberty by Court Jury
A circuit court jury found John Blalack not guilty of holding up a poker game at 155 Esiava Street on December 14. The judge delivered an affirmative charge at defense counsel’s request, citing insufficient proof of the money’s character, while co-defendant James Merrell had earlier been convicted and sentenced to ten years.
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Alex T. Howard
John
Sailor) Blalack
Esiava Street
James Merrell
Howard
C. W. Tompkins
Tompkins
Marion Vickers
Coun
Supreme Court
Convicted English Faces Appeal After Circuit Court Verdict
In a circuit court session on Friday Rudolph English alias R. A. English was found guilty of manufacturing liquor and possession of a still. An appeal bond of 750 was set by Judge Joel Goldsby. Frankie Sprinkle pled guilty to assault with a knife and was fined 50 plus 20 days costs.
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Rudolph English
R. A. English
Joel Goldsby
Frankie Sprinkle
Highway Work to 6000t 10d Construction Plans Cited
Washington reports states and counties plan to spend about 250 million dollars in 1930 for road work. The Department of Agriculture cites this as support for President Hoover’s request to expand construction. Total estimated spending includes 37.5 million for state highways and about 66.7 million for local roads and bridges. Regional totals include New Jersey and Pennsylvania with 374.8 million and the Midwest with 154.1 million.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Hoover
Cule Cannes
Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Wrentock
Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Oregon
California
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Uta
Nevada
Kidnap Hunt Shifts to New York in Abduction Case
In Asbury Park New Jersey on March 15 detectives Merk Sacco of Monmouth county and State Trooper George Westervelt traced Samuel Barron a wealthy New York real estate figure in the abduction case. No word has come from the missing man since Wednesday when four men attacked him and drove him away in a car.
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Asbury Bark
N. J
Samuel
New York
Merk Sacco
Monmouth County
George Westervelt
Barron
Thomas Fortune Ryan III Hurt in Sheridan Crash
Thomas Fortune Ryan III, heir to a wealthy New York family, was in critical condition after his car hit a large curbside truck in Sheridan Wyoming. Doctors reported a cut jugular vein and severe facial and body injuries with possible internal damage. the cause remained under investigation.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Thomas Fortune Ryan
New York
Ryan
Lee Grows Weaker in Hospital After Stroke
Washington reports Representative R Q Lee of Texas in critical condition from a stroke. Hospital attendants say he grew weaker this morning and there is doubt he will live through the day.
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Washington
R. Q Lee
Texas
Validity of Bilbo Pardon for Marshall Questioned
The body discusses questions about the Bilbo pardon for Marshall and the governor's pardon for the offense, noting Marshall plans to report to Sheriff Tom Moore at the Hinds County jail at 10 a.m. for the formal arrest.
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Bilbo
Marshall
Tom Moore
Hinds County
Doheny Seer 10 Show Foreshadows Innocence Claim
Cross-examination of Finney, a government witness in the bribery trial of Albert B. Fall, focused on showing Fall had no role in the Elk Hills lease to Edward L. Doheny. The defense argues Finney, former assistant secretary of the interior, revoked a 1921 order on crude oil contracts without Fall’s involvement.
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Washington
Finney
Edward L. Doheny
Frank J. Hogan
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Doheny
Fall
Pan- American
Aes
Liberty
Navy
Defense
Three Labor Activists Jailed in Elizabethton
Three men identified as labor agitators were jailed in Elizabethton Tennessee following a search that found dynamite. A woman was held for carrying a pistol after a taxi driver fired on workers from the Glantzstoff and Bemberg rayon plants. Magistrate Johnson said no formal charges were filed. men held on mintions orders. Names given include C. Taylor W Jones and Jones Stewart. Labor leaders say the strike is active with two weeks of picketing near the mills.
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Elizabethton
Tenfl
KR. T. Johnson
C. Taylor
W Jones
Jones Stewart
Algoma
Grand jury to hear trio in slave traffic case
Martin Freeman and Mrs Martin Freeman and Mary Owen have been in jail for weeks awaiting a preliminary hearing on alleged conspiracy to violate the slave traffic act. The grand jury met Friday after a hearing. The trio is said to have come from Nashville and Mary Owen is listed as 24 years old.
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Martin Freeman
Mary Owen
Nashville
Lost Plane Feared Scuttled by Thugs
Officials in Los Angeles consider a theory that Maurice Graham s missing mail plane from January 10 may have been looted and destroyed after vanishing in fog and storms over Nevada. The Nevada Journal reports 75,000 in securities aboard, but officials avoid confirming cash claims while noting vast, hard to access canyons could hide the wreck indefinitely.
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Maury Graham
Los
Angeles
Western Air Express
Maurice Graham
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Nevada State Journal of Reno Today
Graham
Letter alleged from Henri Marchand to suspect in murder case
Buffalo Times prints a potastatic fragment of a letter dated February 20, 1929, said to be from artist Henri Marchand to Lila Jimereon, an Indian woman charged with Clothilde Marchand's murder. The missive, on Buffalo Museum of Science stationery, asks for credit and hints at payments after July first.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Times
Henri
Buffalo Museum of Science
Henri Marchand
Lila Jimereon
Marchand
Clothilde
Times
Desperadoes Flee After Bank Job. Officer Killed
Three armed men who held up the Manter State Bank near Buckner creek are pursued by Kansas and Colorado officers after abandoning their car and fleeing on foot. A bank loot bag and guns were found in the deserted auto as bloodhounds and planes assist the search. One officer was killed and three wounded in the earlier shootout.
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Jetmore
Kan
State Bank
Colorado
Buckner Creek
Leeare
Garden City
Kansas State Reformatory
Hutch
Kansas
Richardson
Trailed in Two States Still at Large
An item notes a suspect who remains at large across two states as of March 15, with further details continued on page 4.
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Cheyenne Wells
Col
Beauties to Tour the United States Pageant Circuit
Latin American contestants who joined the first international Miami pageant will tour the southern and western United States en route to Miami. Gasie, in charge of the tour, announced the arrangement in Miami.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Gasie
Woman 101 Dies in Hatfield Pa Neighbor Honors Her
Mamie, a centenarian in Hatfield Pennsylvania, celebrated her 101st birthday weeks earlier. Her son Henry was mentioned in the tribute as part of the obit noting the long life and local recognition.
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Hatfield
Mamie
Henry
Local Weather Forecast Sparse Rain Through Weekend
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with occasional rain tonight and Sunday. Temperatures stay steady. In the South the rain may reach Alabama and Mississippi while northern areas see light conditions as Sunday approaches.
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Alabama
Opening on Wall Street Sees Mostly Lower Prices
In New York on March 15 stocks mostly slipped at the opening trade as indexes drifted down from yesterday's close. Wes Electric Safeway Stores Worthington Pump edged lower while American General Electric and Kennecott Copper showed fractional declines. Petroleum rose to a new high while American Tobacco gained. Cotton futures in New Orleans showed varied moves across May July and October contracts.
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Wall Street
New York
Wes Electric
Safeway
Worthington
American General Electric
American & Foreign Power
Kennecott
American Tobacco
Astroleum
New York Cotton Futures Open with Mixed Early Quotes
March futures rise to 14 70 while May sits near 14 08, fats listed at 15 20 to 15 50 with December at 15 28 and January around 15. The report notes varied early prices in New York cotton futures across several contract months.
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New York
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ITEA
Irene Schroeder
W Brady
Pennayly
Glen
Nish Wen
Riece
Ohler
Stephan
Atkinson
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