Sullivan Relates Trial Day Two Testimony In Brill Murder
Ed Sullivan uncle of Wash Sullivan testified at the circuit court trial for his life recounting how Deputy Brill was shot while exiting a swamp with an illicit still. Sullivan described being frightened and pleading with the shooter Rivers not to fire again as Brill fell. He denied lifting a hand. Jury seated and case expected to reach verdict this afternoon after defense and prosecution arguments.
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Ed Sullivan
Wash Sullivan
Brill
Sullivan
Ed Everett
Rivers
Dassy
B. Ashley Roberts
David Halliwell
Augustus I. Jones, Jr
Benton Rain, Jr
Roberts Morris
Hubbard FP. Ward
Minor Wells
Wade
Gordon Smith
William Wills
Othas A. Boone
Julius B. McWhorter
Bart B. Chamberlain
F. A. Feiberman
Max Rogers
Drive Here For Children’s Aid Campaign Underway
The Alabama Children’s Aid Society drive begins at Mobile Business Women’s Club with a 10:30 a m meeting and will run two to three days. Crawford Johnson of Birmingham arrives to assist. Miss Virginia Handley has helped prepare plans. The goal for Mobile is 2500 dollars. Three local children recently found good homes through the society. A flying committee has worked ahead of the main drive.
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Alabama Children’s Aid Society
Mobile Business Women's Club
Erwin Craighead
Crawford Johnson
Birmingham
Aid Society
Mobile
D. P. Bestor, Jr
A. W. Brooks
E. C. Hughes
St. John Wilson
W. A
Alabama Highway Commission Eyes Baldwin County Bridge Plan
After a two day session the Alabama State Highway Commission votes ten to two to survey delta routes for a bridge over Mobile Bay. The project aims to cut travel to Baldwin and Pensacola, with a two hour car trip once completed. Proposed routes include connections from Mobile to Baldwin counties and other bridges at Decatur and Gunterville.
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Mobile Bay
Baldwin County
Alabama State Highway Commission
Baldwin
Daphne
Delta
Cawthon Assembly Room
John Craft
Decatur
Gunterville
Marshall County
Commission
Pensacola
Mobile
A. G. Patterson
Albany
Ig Ag
Alabama
Highlands
Mobile County
State of
Mississippi Still Rising In Memphis Area
Mississippi River at Memphis up 1.1 feet in 24 hours with a 37.5 foot reading. No damage reported between Cairo and Helena aside from backwater flooding. crest of the Ohio flood nears Paducah as St Louis sees a small drop and the lower river shows rising stages south of Helena.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Cairo
Helena
Ohio
Paducah
St. Louie
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Senate Teams Plan Delayed Muscle Shoals Visit
The Senate Agriculture Committee, urged by Senate leaders, plans to join House members for a joint trip to the Muscle Shoals nitrate and power project in Alabama, but a one week postponement is likely after talks with the House Military Committee. The final decision awaits further conferences and is to avoid interfering with Senate business.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Muscle Shoals Project
Alabama
Senate Agricultural Committee
Muscle Shoals
Norris
House Military Committee
Sen
Lodge
House Committee
Senate Committee
Persistent White House vs Congress over key bills
Washington dispatch reports two days of friction between President Harding and Republican leaders over the army and bonus bills. House plans to push both measures despite the president’s opposition as senators weigh delaying tactics and potential funding from foreign interest payments.
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R. Holmes
International News Service
Washington
Pres. Harding
Treseiona
White House
Capitol Hil
Senate
House
Harding
Navy
Appropriations Committee of the House
Army Administration
Ine House
Eation
House of Commons
Robert Horne
Great Britain
Harding Urges Congress to Fund 18 Battleship Fleet
The president asks Congress to appropriate funds from the White House for an 18 ship battleship fleet with full complements. The plan calls for high efficiency and proper manning, estimating about 6,000 enlisted men and 3,200 officers.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
White House
Sale of Ley Plant to End This Evening
Auction of the Fred T. Ley and Company concrete shipbuilding plant at Live Oak street is near completion after a week of bidding led by Fitzpatrick-Till Auction Company. The plant valued at about 2 million dollars plus contents around 200 thousand is mostly sold by noon and dismantling should finish today. the site is notable for constructing concrete ships. A 50 thousand dollar Mobile Tractor Company plant will begin sale at 10 AM, with dismantling planned by tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred T. Ley and Company
Fitzpatrick-Till
Ley
Fred T. Ley
Live Oak Street
Mobile Tractor Company
Game Auction Company
Nivon
Plan for Citizenship School for Aliens On Board Agenda
The school board meets this afternoon to discuss establishing a school for teaching American citizenship to aliens. Naturalization officials proposed the program and financing plan. With three months before vacation, building additions and repairs may be set, prioritizing Prichard Spring Hill and Mobile burnt district.
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Prichard
Spring Hill
Mobile
Civic League Asked to Help in Clean up Week
The Civic and Patriotic League has been asked by the City Beautiful committee to assist in the ongoing Clean up and Paint up week. Under Mrs T P Norville, chairman, the League conducts an active part in the city wide effort.
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Civic League
Civic and Patriotic Lea
League
Mra. T. P. Norville
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi Warmer Thursday
The Weather Washington dispatch reports warmer temperatures tonight and Thursday for Alabama and Mississippi with increased cloudiness and a rise in the afternoon and evening temperatures.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Women Plan Banquet for National and State Presidents
A Mobile event invites a large group of business and professional women to a banquet at the Mobile Business Women's Club. The gathering honors Lena Lake Forrest, national BPW president, and H. E. Pearce, Alabama state president, who arrive Thursday from Hattiesburg. They will tour the city by auto and address attendees alongside Pensacola visitors in a landmark Mobile gathering.
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Mobile
Mobile Business Women’s Club
Lena Lake Forrest
Business and
Professional Women’s Clubs
H. E. Pearce
Birmingham
Hattiesburg
Forrest
National Organization of Business Women
Detroit
Pensacola
Mobile Club
New Bids Ordered For Cedar Point Highway Project
The Cedar Point road bids in the Dog River marsh are canceled after the county board of revenue rejects Engineer Ixlie E. Prouty signature on the adver tisement. A new series of advertisements signed by John P D Hagan as chairman will start. The board says the engineer was not authorized to advertise and that authority was only to prompt bids.
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Ixlie E. Prouty
Cedar Point
Dog River
Board of Revenue
John PD. Hagan
Board of Revenues
U S Lightship to Guard Cape Hatteras Service
A new United States lightship, the largest in government service, will be stationed off Cape Hatteras at the Outer Diamond Shoals. Built by Consolidated Shipbuilding at Morris Heights, the vessel will be placed within a few days to help mark the dangerous shoals along the Atlantic coast.
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Washington
United States
Cape Hatteras
Diamond Shoals
Atlantic
Department of Commerce
Consolidated Shipbuilding Company
Morris Heights
Two Men Hurt When Car Hits Freight Train
At 1 15 this morning a car collided with the caboose of a northbound L and WN freight train at Pascagoula Mississippi injuring two ex soldiers. George Mauldin of Mobile suffered a fractured skull and remained unconscious while William Fitzgerald was hospitalized in Pascagoula with head injuries. Mauldin was transported to Mobile to the Inge Bondu rant sanitorium. Police report headlights on the auto were dipping before the collision and the car was found wrecked at daylight.
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Pascagoula
Migs
George Mauldin
Mobile
William Fitzgerald
Mauldin
Inge-Bondurant
Charles Farrar
Prisoner Antonio Garcia Allegedly Threatens Another In Jail
Chief Deputy Sheriff Frank W. Gibson reports Antonio Garcia a federal prisoner in the county jail made threats to kill another inmate. Deputies found a broken pair of shears hidden in his trousers during searches. Garcia awaits trial on a Harrison Narcotics Act violation.
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Frank W. Gibson
MD — M
Fiddler
Offic
Ohee
Antonio Garcia
Garcia
Ulster Specials Step Up Derry Blockades With Trenches
In the Derry district since yesterday Ulster special constables have blocked by roads along the Derry Donegal border. They dig trenches and use shovels crowbars and wheelbarrows taken from the Derry corporation street cleaning department to reinforce road closures.
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Belfast
Associated Press
Ulster Special
Derry
Derry-Donegal Leoder
Derry’s
Border tensions mount as Ulster and Ireland edge toward conflict
London dispatch notes the Ulster Ireland border crisis worsening with each side’s defensive steps fueling retaliation. The Times cites Irish Republican Army presence as chief northern resentment while southern nationalists push to shield Catholic minorities and distrust northern police. Raids by Republican groups are alleged as cross-border tensions rise.
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London
Associated Press
Ulster
South Ireland
Ireland
Dublin Corfident
Times
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
Man Arrested For Arranging False Divorce Evidence
New York report states Jack Berkowitz was arrested and held on $10,000 bail on a subornation of perjury charge. Prosecutors allege he ran a syndicate forging divorce evidence by using actors to pose as victims and co responders to trap spouses in false infidelity cases. Lawyer Samuel Chess said Berkowitz boasted of supplying corespondents.
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New York
Jack Berkowicz
New York State
Samuel Li
Chess
Herkowitz
District Attorney's Office
Chevs
Twelve Injured When Crowded Interurban Car Hits
Twelve persons were hurt when a Detroit avenue trolley car crashed into the rear of a Cleveland and Southwestern Interurban in downtown Cleveland this morning. Both cars were crowded with workers, many seriously injured, with passengers sustaining cuts bruises and broken bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Irs
Bomb injures watchman at Edmond plant office
A bomb exploded in the Edmond Manufacturing Company office last night, blowing off the watchman's arm and heavily damaging the plant. Police attribute the blast to unidentified labor trouble makers.
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Watchman
Edmond Manufacturing Company
the Concern
Wall Street Fights Ford as Edison Predicts Political Block
The inventor, en route to his winter home at Ft. Myers, said Wall Street interests and fertilizer interests are one and politics will prevent Ford from acquiring the property. He noted Ford would be joined there by the automobile manufacturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Edison
Wall Street
Ford
Ft. Myers
Ford links Muscle Shoals to veterans' benefits plan
Henry Ford argues that controlling the Muscle Shoals nitrate and power project would benefit veterans more than a proposed soldier bonus. He spoke during a Florida vacation trip, saying he would operate the facility to favor farmers and the general public if Congress grants the Muscle Shoals prospect.
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Atlanta
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Piorida
Ford
Congress
Abe
Ford to announce Hudson River hydro plant opening
Henry Ford, via government agencies, plans June 1 opening of a Hudson River hydro electric plant opposite Troy New York. He told the Detroit newsman en route to Florida that the plant will deliver about 8600 horsepower and that work was made possible by leasing Green Island on the Hudson. He avoided further details on harnessing the river and restated his push for Muscle Shoals nitrate and water power projects.
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Atlanta
Henry Ford
Hudson River
Troy
N. Y
Florida
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Ford
Law
Green Island
Hudson
Trial of Dodge Interrupted by Defendant's Wife Suffering Breakdown
In Kalamazoo Michigan on March 22 the Dodge drunken driving trial paused when Mrs. Dodge had a nervous breakdown and sent to a hospital. Lawyer for Dodge requested adjournment after the prosecution had closed its case and two defense witnesses testified.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
John Duval Dodge
Britt Preston
Dodge
Sherman Heywood
Seceae Dodge
King George Must Remain Indoors
A local bulletin reports King George is suffering a slight cold and sore throat and must remain indoors for safety and recovery. No other details on dates or locations are provided.
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King George
Alosdon
Cries of Fire Ring Through Capitol Halls
Smoke poured from a basement locker room in the Capitol triggering alerts and a Capitol Police response. The blaze caused slight damage and was likely started by a discarded cigarette. A previous fire a week earlier damaged a desk near the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol
Senate
Mobile Delegates Head to Savannah District Rotary Meet
Delegates from the Mobile Rotary club departed Mobile at noon for the district Rotary convention in Savannah. Passengers include W. T. Shi, Dr. Matt H. Boykin, Frank Sadie, and Herbert A. Bruner, with Charles L. Padgett and Mrs. Padgett having left earlier. Local members anticipate James Thomas of Tuscaloosa Rotary and University of Alabama faculty as the next district governor.
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Mobile Rotary Club
Savannah
Mobile
W. T. Shi
Matt H. Boykin
Frank Sadie
Herbert A. Bruner
Charles L. Padgett
Padgett
James &. Thomas
Tuscaloosa
Fletcher Ends Washington Service for Belgium Ambassadorship
Henry P. Fletcher concluded his undersecretary of state duties on Tuesday and planned to sail April 1 from New York aboard the Olympic to become American ambassador to Belgium. He cited no convenient sailing for a shipboard vessel as the reason for the delay.
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Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
Brussels
Court of
Belgium
Fletcher
New York
Olympic
Vegggsel
Hughes
Blis
Vare Warns To Fight Naval Budget Reduction
Representative Vare announces opposition to proposed naval appropriation cuts sighting mobility in the 65 000 range and vows to bring the issue to the House floor if measures threaten the defense program.
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Vare
Washington
Atarte Administration
Elas
Navy
Sylvania
Ber
Academy Graduation Bill Affects 86,000 Men Navy Report
The naval report discusses a bill related to officer commissions from the academy. It specifies six year terms for graduates and notes 209 graduates per class, with 541 academy members mentioned in 1928. The text outlines potential changes to the commission process and class sizes.
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Bacadie House
Naval
Moment in Warsaw signals path to Genoa talks
The Associated Press reports a Russian Soviet government move toward a conference in March to discuss joint actions with Estonia Latvia and Russia regarding Genoa Conference notes. Poland delays until later, with Lettish and foreign ministers preparing to attend in Warsaw before heading to Moscow.
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Warsaw
Mar
Associated Press
Esthenia
Latvia
Russia
Moscow
Soldiers Stop Mass Picket at Jenckes Plant
Report describes sheriff actions halting a mass picketing incident at the Jenckes plant where soldiers prevented the protest from proceeding. Details are incomplete but indicate enforcement of order during labor unrest.
Check on Defu Bank Travel Check in Denver Case
Cleveland detective reports a worthless traveler's check for 276 dollars tied to Defu Bank. The item, signed by O. What’ Lack, originated in Kansas City and was used to buy a car at a local bank house. The matter reached law enforcement yesterday through a Denver officer handling bank affairs.
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Denver, Col
Mare
Denver State
Kansas City
Kaneag City House Bank
Homer
Indicted Bankers Named in Oklahoma Warrants
Warrants issued for the arrest of 33 individuals indicted by the Okmulgee County grand jury in connection with bank failures. Names withheld until arrests are reported. Indictments bond amounts range from $1,000 to $2,500 with several up to $5,000.
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Okmulger
Okla
Marek
Okmulj Grand Jury
Toda
Ater Ee
Physician Testie at Arbuckle’s San Efplation
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Dr William Lomax a Romanian physician connected to Arbuckle’s proceedings. Details are unclear, with garbled phrasing and missing context about events or dates.
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Arbuckle's
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Politigo
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Denby
Lena Forrest
H. E Pearce
U. S
Hatteras Service
International News
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Masa
DEFU
Oklahoma
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Lomax
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