Mississippi to get case af Cazalas
A motion to stop transferring Paul G. Cazalas from Mobile County to Mississippi to answer charges in a $72,000 bank embezzlement case was withdrawn in federal court. An order of removal was issued and Cazalas is expected to depart for Mississippi this afternoon.
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Paul G. Cazalas
Mobile County
Missisppi
First National Bank of
Laurel
Cazalas
Mississippi
R. P. Roach
Man Held for Jury in Assault to Murder Case
Paul Cooper charged with assault to murder for shooting Charles Petty of Toulminville on New Year s Eve. He was held to the grand jury under 300 bond after a hearing in inferior court. Cooper says the shooting was accidental. Maud Collins white woman arrested on a vagrancy charge and jailed 60 to 70 days to break a dope habit, which she agreed to in a bid to quit.
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Paul Cooper
Charles Petty
Toulminville
Petty
Cooper
Maud Collins
Broadus Found Guilty On Liquor Charge In Circuit Court
Broadus was found guilty by jury in circuit court on a charge of manufacturing liquor and possession of a still. He was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The case states Broadus operated a still in Wragg swamp.
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Ey Broadus
Broadus
Wragg Swamp
VETS HOLD MEET Mobile Chapter Plans Expansion
Mobile Chapter 7 of the Disabled Veterans of the World War met Tuesday night at the W. O. W. hall with a large turnout. The group discussed plans for future enlargement and continued activities.
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Mobile
The
Disabled Veterans of the World War
W. O. W. Hall
Legion Post 3 Meeting Scheduled With Recreation Dept Program
Legion Gathers Lamar Y. McLeod post No. 3 will meet at 7:30 Wednesday night at South Royal Street headquarters. City recreation department will entertain with a program arranged for the session.
Partly cloudy and warmer forecast across regions
Weather report notes partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures through Wednesday night with a low near 54. South and east portions also see warmth on Thursday as conditions stay partly cloudy along the Tombigbee river and surrounding areas.
Russell Freed After One Man Confesses in Gambling Case
Judge Touart questioned a defendant about gambling and received a confession. Russell was freed while the remaining 18 defendants were fined $25 plus costs of 20 days.
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Io Po Gore
Russell
Touart
Dauntless to visit Mobile with five day berth and events
The British cruiser Dauntless will dock at Government street in Mobile for five days after arriving Saturday from Vera Cruz. A reception and dance for officers at the Country Club is planned, with a Sunday soccer match at Lyons Park and public viewing of the ship. The vessel carries 470 officers and men. Palmer Pillans will lead the arrival welcome committee, with a larger arrangements group named.
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Dauntless
Mobile
Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Lyons Park
Government Street
Vera Cruz
Palmer Pillans
Albert B. H. A. Bruner
Roy Albright
Charles Batson
Ritchie McPherson
John Cummings
John T. Cochrane
Norman Farrar
Richard Finch
Frank B. Courtney
Henry Toenes
Milton Brown
J. E. Meredith
Lloyd Abbot
Canada protests U S coast guard firing on rum runner
Ottawa formally protests to Washington over the January firing on and seizure of the Canadian rum runner Josephine K. The note contends the ship was beyond the one hour pursuit limit and questions the captain William P. Ciuett's fatal shooting.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Coast Guard
Ottawa
Josephine K
Prohibition Bureau
State Department
Aesthe Etic Guard
Josephne K
William P. Ciuett
Mistrial Declared In Plateau Store Robbery Case
A jury hearing the robbery charge against James Howard could not agree on a verdict after a night in jail and was discharged Wednesday afternoon in circuit court. Howard, Negro, faced trial for a Plateau store holdup with bond set at $1,000.
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James Howard
City Studies Car Route Changes Amid Mobile Hearing
City commissioners in Mobile consider re routing streetcar service from Water street loop to Dauphin street and Royal street to St Francis street. The meeting also reviews petitions for reductions in tentative property assessments tied to 26th street paving and other hearing items before final assessments are set.
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Board of City Commissioners
City of
Mobile
26Th Street
Alabama Public Service Commission
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Water Street
Dauphin Street
Royal Street
St. Francis Street
Ission
Commission
Tax returns off Washington show initial income tax receipts
The first day’s income tax deposits for March 16 totalled 13.1 million, down from 18.1 million a year earlier. Officials note the week’s totals may rise as more returns arrive, with March 15 Sunday shifting deadlines. For the month, receipts stood at 58.1 million versus 67.5 million last year. Fiscal year totals reached 1.23 billion, down from 1.32 billion the prior year.
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Washington
Treasury
Butler proposes Marines to build roads in China for trade
Major General Smedley D. Butler told a Rotary Club audience that the United States should send Marines to China to act as road builders to spur trade. He argued China offers a large market for surplus American goods and that combining Chinese labor with Marine expertise could yield success.
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Philadelphia
Smedley D. Butler
United States
China
Butler
Rotary Club
Four Held In Denver Plot To Assassinate D A Office
Four men were detained in Denver after raids tied to a suspected murder conspiracy against the district attorney office. Earl Wettengel said the plan targeted Ray Humphreys chief investigator Hugh Woods deputy district attorney and Stanley Maus an investigator. He noted imported machine guns and a January bootlegger convention as part of the scheme.
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Denver
Earl Wettencel
Ray Humphreys
Hugh M. Woods
Stanley Maus
Wettengel
Riot Quelled As 200 Striking Longshoremen Arrested
Police dispersed an incipient riot in New Orleans during a strike action. More than 200 workers clashed, and weapons were seized from a score of those arrested. The incident involved longshoremen and drew a strong police response.
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New Orleans
Mobile Jaycees Hear Call to Support Alabama Spring Hill Game
At a Wednesday luncheon the Junior Chamber of Commerce urged Mobile citizens to attend the Alabama Spring Hill baseball game set for April 10. Mike Donahue highlighted Alabama’s strong history and said the event could attract top southern players. Ed Overton echoed hopes for a large crowd and noted sports events boost city prominence. President Henry Townes announced Bosses and Fathers Day activities, while Robert Mangum of Alabama Power discussed Mobile’s progress over 150 years.
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Mobile
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cawthon Hotel
Ed Overton
Overton
Henry Townes
Jaycees
Robert Mangum
Alabama Power Company
Walter Laubenthal
Appointment of Jury Board Members in Six Counties
Governor Miller announced the appointment Wednesday of jury board members for six counties and said selections would continue in the afternoon from applicants for more than four dozen other counties. The Baldwin county board includes W. O. Stapleton Ray Minette M. F. Nouthrup Fairhope and Joe Baldwin Robertsdale.
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Montgomery
Ala
Miller
Baldwin County
W. O. Stapleton
Ray Minette
M. F. Nouthrup
Fairhope
Joe Baldwin
Robertsdale
Prohibition Violation Fines Upheld for Three Defendants
James Smith, Georgia Simmons, and Catherine Wheat were convicted of liquor law violations by Recorder D. H. Edington. Smith received 75 dollars and costs or 75 days. Simmons and Wheat, 50 dollars and costs or 50 days each. Detectives Burch and Lincoln made the arrests.
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James Smith
D. H. Edington
Georgia Simmons
Catherine Wheat
Burch and
Lincoln
Missing Girl Found Near Chicago After Triangle Affair
A companion of the victim claims the young woman was kidnapped from his auto amid a triangle love affair. Police report the missing girl recovered near Chicago, with investigators pursuing leads.
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Chicago
Murray Exonerated in Death Case
Frank J. Murray a sales representative for an eastern company was virtually exonerated by county police in the death of Miss Norma Newby and Lt. Lester Laird. Police said Murray’s description of two men matched youths who abandoned Murray’s car in Jonesville Virginia the day after the incident. He is held only as a witness at the coroner’s inquest.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Frank J. Murray
Norma Newby
Lester Laird
Murray
Slayings Probe Shifts to Virginia After Newby Death
Chicago investigators move the murder inquiry of Norma Newby 37 to Virginia after J Murray of an eastern engineering firm arrives with a letter from Sheriff Thomas B Fieanor of Jonesville Va. claiming a car was found there and two men fled when confronted while attempting to steal another vehicle.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Norma Newby
Virginia
Eat Murray
J. Murray
Thomas B. Fieanor
Jonesville
Murray
Fileanor
Fleanor
Edison Hitches Car to Star Fort Myers Item
Edison returns to the spotlight in Fort Myers as a gas wagon romance links the veteran inventor to a star status. Orr recalls Mitiyeead Ey and a Pathe re opening with Chanticleer as cues to a fading stardom possibly tied to color schemes.
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Chanticleer
Pathere
Orr
Mystery Veils Police Call From Girls' Reform School
Police answered a request by Mrs. Ira F. Champion to visit the Alabama Training School for Girls in Birmingham amid ongoing legislative scrutiny into alleged cruelty and inhumane treatment. The visit followed evidence gathered by a legislative committee, which also recommended removing Champion. a transcript of testimony will be reviewed by Governor Miller and the trustees in Montgomery.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
News Today
Alabama Training School
Ira F. Champion
B. M. Miller
Montgomery
Champion
Corp’red
Vernor Miller
Storm Threat Fails To Dampen Viking Rescue Efforts
A roiling storm across Nova Scotia hampered crews seeking news on the Viking, as three more men were saved by the Boethic and Lagona. The missing list holds about 20, including Varick Frissell, A G Penrod and Sargent, while survivors on Horse Island await further help from Lagona and Foundation Franklin.
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Associated Press
Johns
N. F
Nova Scotia
Viking
Boethic
Lagona
Frissell
Penrod
En Roach
la Barbe Island
Horse Island
Foundation Franklin
Doc
Alabama Legislature to Probe Power Trust Rates
Two of the four Alabama lawmakers who opposed the Kelly resolution leading the power trust inquiry join eight legislators selected by Lieutenant Governor Merrill and Speaker Tunstall to conduct the investigation into Alabama Power Company rates valuations and fees. Senator Riddle sponsored the measure.
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News-Item
State Capital Bureau
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Kelly
Alabama Power Company
Merrill
Tunstall
Man. B. County
Charles
McDowell
Barbour County
Riddle
Collapse in Detroit murder trial shocks courtroom
In Detroit on March 18 the Buckley case faced a disrupted session as witness Fred Tara balked at cross examination, was jailed for contempt, and later collapsed in the hall. Prosecutor Harry Toy endured a loss of testimony while Ted Pizzino Angelo Livicchi and Joe Bommarito faced key questioning amid the upheaval.
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Detroit
Harry 8. Toy
Gerald E. Buckley
Tral
Fred Tara
Ted Pizzino
Angelo Livcchi
Joe Bommarito
Recorder's
Edward J. Jeffries
Tara
Toy
Yo Lee
Women prisoners shown in restraints at Tennessee penitentiary
Nashville March 18. The general assembly viewed a photo of women inmates handcuffed and suspended from pegs in the state penitentiary. The penal institutions committee reported the warden defended the practice as for unruly inmates, while some prisoners said it resulted from failing to work in the hosiery mill.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tennessee
General Assembly
State Penitentiary
Committee On Penal Institutions
Fire Destroys Hotel Lenox in Lynn Killing Two
A March 18 blaze in Lynn Massachusetts gutted the Hotel Lenox interior starting from a miniature golf course on the first floor. Two people died from burns and four others were missing while four more suffered serious burns and one was badly cut.
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Associated Press
Lynn
Mass
Hotel Lenox
Florence Curdo
Frank Nelson
Lottie Clifford
Mabel Eaton
Lynn Hospital
Robbers Escape With Thousands From Race Track Bank
Four armed men robbed a New Orleans race track betting shop at 727 12th Street taking about $4,000. They forced about forty patrons to the floor and fled into a crowd after the hold up, with one bandit escaping in a car. No injuries reported.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Students Strike Over Toy Trouser Wear on Campus
A campus dispute erupts as students protest a rule deemed childish and boycott wearing toy trousers, challenging administration. Leading figures advocate for student rights while officials defend decorum and safety. The incident highlights tensions over dress codes and campus governance.
Relief Allotment for Emergency Repairs in Washington
March allotment of 113000 dollars funds emergency repairs in a tract facing high water risk. Repairs are expected to cost 205000 dollars a year hence, with the district planning tax collection to cover rent and future work.
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Washington
Jury selection resumes in Chicago for Lee V Brothers trial
Eight more men join the jury pool in Chicago for the slaying of Tribune reporter Alfred Lingle. Lee V Brothers of St. Louis sits among jurors with his four attorneys as voir dire continues. Harvey Brothers appear to assist in the defense to avoid conviction in the case.
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Chicago
Lee V. Brothers
St. Louis
Alfred Lingle
Tribune
Brothers
Harvey Brothers
Earthquake Shakes District As Recorded From Georgetown
A strong quake struck Washington at 3 13 a m causing tremors that lasted around four hours. Georgetown University records the event with Father Sohon noting the disturbance.
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Washington
Georgetown University
Father Sohon
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