Charges of fraud in Mobile primary election surface
A Birmingham issued statement alleges fraud in the Mobile county presidential primary of March 11. Musgrove managers claim the state Democratic committee meeting to canvass votes was not held at the appointed hour and threaten to escalate the contest to the national convention. Affidavits allege bribery offers to election officials, denial of access to polling places, miscounted ballots, and improper ballot handling with totals showing Underwood leading by 640.
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Mobile County
Birmingham
L. B. Musgrove
Oscar W. Underwood
Musgrove
State Democratic Committee
Desclares
J. C. Rich
Finlay McFayden, Jr
Taylor
Fourth Ward
Underwood
Ninth Ward
H. H. Brewton
J. H. Avinger
Holcombe
B. F. Mody
Ll. J. Hagel
Sax
Johnny Moore
Fred Hudoff
J. W. Barnett
W. M. Todd
M. W. Morgan
Ward 1
State docks plan hinges on owner bids in Mobile
A State Docks Commission bid to acquire 400 acres along Mobile Bay faces delay as owners weigh the appraisal fixed price. Governor Branden approved the plan only if land is bought near the appraisers’ valuation, with condemnation possible if owners refuse. Major Sibert leads the negotiations, with court action a last resort to set a purchase price.
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Cone ‘Commission
Ki Branden
Montgomery Baas
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Board of Appraisers
Iene
Ontés Aerepemcents
Ares OW
Ral William L.sibert
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Seneral
Docks Commission
Henry Store Burglary Breaks In Through Door Panel
Burglars entered B G Henry’s Cedar street store early this morning and stole about 10 from a cash drawer. They cut a front door panel with a brace, leaving no tools behind. A bakery driver noted the incident, tying it to a separate pursuit on Conception streets Thursday night. Police logged reports from 162 South Street residents of a thief visiting the home and taking eight items.
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B. G. Henry
Smith’s Bakery
A. C. Lee
Conception Reets
South Street
South gets pardon after robbery here
Louis South of Atlanta was convicted in April 1918 for complicity in the daily hold-up of employees at the R. N. Adson furniture store and sentenced to ten years. He has been paroled after a parole notice received in the city. The parole was recommended by the trial judge solicitor and the board of pardons per Montgomery.
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Fuk Cleveland
Board of Revenue
Safford Berney
Ben D. Turn
Washington County
Berney
Turner
Cleveland
Chatom
Ala
Louis South
Atlanta
Cireruit Court
R. N. A Dson
Board of Pardons
Montgomery
Mobile Parity Rate Sought for Blackstrap Molasses Traffic
The Southern Railway informs the Chamber of Commerce traffic department that Mobile will receive the same rate for blackstrap molasses to Kentucky points as currently offered at New Orleans. The change applies to blackstrap imports via Mobile port.
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Southern Railway
Traffic Department of the Chambers Commerce
Mobile
Kentucky
New Oran
Idadus Gets Terms On Four Charges In Circuit Court
Dewey Broadus of Wheelerville received concurrent six month terms on four charges after pleading guilty to assaulting Rank Lane and Richard Fincher. Each case imposed ten day sentences as part of the same proceedings in circuit court.
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Richard Fincher
Abe Aires
Wang Abrativ A
Dewey Broadus
Weather Forecast for Alabama Mississippi Tonight
Washington dispatch reports cloudy skies in Alabama and Mississippi with possible rain toward Sunday. Temperatures are not specified.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Bananas Enter Mobile Port in Week Record
A total of 80 000 stems of bananas arrived at the Mobile port over the past week and were sent to northern destinations as far as British Columbia. The Lysefjord brought in 15 000 stems, the Esparza 24 000, and the Ellis 31 000 before sailing out again. The Ellis sails to Barrios amid Honduran unrest, while Captains Fagen and Kristensen assume new commands at different ports.
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British Columbia
T. B. Nettles
United Fruit Company
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Esparza
Ellis
Barrios
Honduras
Fagen
Coppename
New Orleans
Kristensen
Rate Hearings Scheduled Here By Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission examiner Worthington leads two Mobile hearings next week on shipping rates. The first session Monday at 10 in the federal building main room will consider increasing port handling charges for shingles from one to three cents per hundred pounds. Tuesday’s session addresses canned goods rates from Mobile to the Southeast, Ohio River crossing, and Mississippi Valley, with conclusions expected in two days.
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Worthington
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Fires Reported Across City Morning and Evening
Six fires were reported by the fire department across Jefferson Montgomery Cedar Selma and Bayou streets. Fire calls answered Friday afternoon and night to 74 North Reed 1109 Oak 1012 State 1004 South Conception 366 Michigan and 1054 State. very little damage occurred.
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Montgomery
Cedar
Selma
Bayou
Reed Avenue
Oak Street
State Street
Conception Street
Michigan Avenue
Firemen to Study First Aid Methods
Mobile Boy Scouts will teach Mobile firemen first aid techniques for injured persons. Commissioner Harry Hartwell announced that each fire truck will carry First Aid kits and crews will drill on treating wounded at fires or elsewhere as part of Scout work.
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Boy Scouts of Mobile
Harry Hartwell
Postpone Hearing in Custody Case for Mary Louise Frei
Habeas corpus custody proceedings for three year old Mary Louise Frei were postponed to next Saturday at 9 30 due to witness absence. Grandmother Maggie Frei contends the mother is not proper custodian and Judge Grayson warned witnesses to be present.
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Mary Louise Frei
Maggie Frei
Grayson
Soutullio Remanded to Jail for Prohibition Violation
Toney Soutullio a pool room employee was convicted in circuit court of violating the prohibition law and remanded to the county jail to await sentence. He was found with 60 half pints of White whiskey at Water and Conti streets by Special Deputy Ollie Lartigue. Soutullio denied ownership claiming the liquor was left with him by another man who fled.
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Toney Soutullio
Ollie Lartigue
Conti
Soutullio
Counterfeit Ring Busted in Chicago Raids
Seven men linked to a counterfeit gang were arrested in Chicago after raids in a saloon. Authorities say they circulated about $1,000,000 in fake $10 bills over the past six months. Investigators report possible headquarter activity at a local shop.
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Chicago
Secret Service
Murder on lonely mountain trail ends with arrest in Blue Ridge
A body found along a mountain trail was discovered by a younger brother who alerted police. Samuel Shockey was captured in a tent in the Blue Ridge mountains with Miss Iva Wills of Columbus Ohio arrested as a material witness. Shockey allegedly confessed to the shooting.
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Iva Wills
Columbus, C
Shockey
Southwest Gulf Warning Issued Across Texas Louisiana Coast
A weather notice on March 22 reports warnings from Port Arthur to Freeport and small craft advisories along the Texas and Louisiana coasts. A disturbance over New Mexico shifts eastward with fresh southeasterly winds along the Texas coast turning west by Sunday and increasing toward Louisiana.
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New Orleans
Port Arthur
Freeport
Texas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Doctor to Former Sultan Is Dead
San Remo Italy March 22 Dr Rechad Pasha physician to the former Sultan of Turkey Mohammed VI died here yesterday. Considerable mystery surrounds the death with some Turkish circles linking him to the ousting of the caliph by the Kemal government.
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Italy
Rechad Pasha
Turkey
Mohammed VI
Rechad
Kemal
Wage Scale Parley Continues In West Virginia Field
In Baltimore on March 22 the joint conference of miners and operators continued consideration of wage scales to be included in the new contract for the northern West Virginia bituminous field.
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West Virginia
Postpone Hearing In Auto Accident Case
The case of Harry Curtis charged with reckless operation in a collision at Lawrence and Augusta streets was reset for April 3 in recorder's court. George Lambas Jr. was injured and unable to appear due to injuries. Lambas was riding a bicycle at the time of the crash.
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L. N
Cannon
Lawrence
Augusta
George Lambas, Jr
Recorder'’S Court
Young Lambas
Lambas
Damages Sought in Trespass Suit Against Local Merchant
Joe Phillips filed in circuit court seeking 5090 dollars from L B Price Mercantile Company for alleged trespass on his property. He claims a servant of the defendant broke into his home at 458 Selma Street on March 128 last, despite his wife’s protests, and forced entry.
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Joe Phillips
L. B. Price Mercantile Company
Phillips
Retandant Company
Anntrance
Selma Street
Flag Presentation Planned for New High School
Permission is granted by the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners for Local Council 666 of Columbus to present a large American flag to the new school when the structure is ready. Members of the local council expect a suitable program to accompany the ceremony.
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Mobile County Board of School Commissioners
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Columbus
Four Mast Schooner Dorothea Brinkmann Runs Aground Off Oregon Inlet
The four masted schooner Dorothea M Brinkmann ran aground nine miles south of Oregon Inlet at 6 am. The nine crew members were rescued in a breeches buoy by the coast guard. The vessel faces heavy surf and is in bad condition. It was en route from Baltimore to Georgetown SC and is owned by Charles M Struben of Baltimore.
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Dorothea M. Brinkmann
Orn Lotet
X. Ie
Coast Guard
Georgetown
Charles M. Struben
South Frederick Street
Baltimore
All Hope Lost for Trapped Seamen in Submarine 43
Torio March 22. Hope for rescue of 18 men trapped in the aft compartment of submarine 43 faded as salvage attempts failed. Twenty six crewmen drowned after a collision with a warship Wednesday. the remaining 18 likely died of suffocation. An inquiry will be held next week.
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TORIO
Associated Press
Honeymoon to be spent in jail for life
Douglas Georgia March 22 United Press John Alton Rogers and his bride prepared today to honeymoon in jail for life. Rogers and his wife pleaded guilty and were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Rogers brother Love, the bride’s first husband, killed so the brother could obtain his wife. The confession followed their arrest in Florida where the couple had eloped after burying Love Rogers in a crude grave.
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United Press
John Alton Rogers
Rogers
Love
Love Rogers
Florida
Love R
Two Held After Chicagoan Slain
ChicagoMarch 22. Mrs Minerva Abbas 33 wealthy widow of Husain Abbas Highland Park grocer charged with murder after Ahmed Mohammed 40 confessed he killed the merchant at her insistence Mohammed also held Abbas shot dead in bed she previously told detectives a masked assassin killed her husband after tying her in the bathroom
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Chicago
International NW Service
Minerva Abbas
Hussian Abbas
Highland Park
Ahmed Mohammed
Mohammed
Abbas
Earthquake Shocks Felt in San Salvador
Ban Salvador reports violent earth shocks recorded by sesamographs. Disturbances centered roughly 50 kilometers away in western Nicaragua near W Nicarasua.
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San Salvador
Ban Salvador
Nicarasua
Congressional Hearings Open Into Board of the Shipping Boat
Public hearings begin as a congressional inquiry into the board of the Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation launches. Chairman O Connor Rear Admiral Benson and President Palmer testify amid data requests on contracts and board operations spanning three years. Representatives White Davis Cooper Lineberger Lehman Bankhead Connolly oversee the probe.
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O’connor
Benson
Palmer
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Fleet Corporation
Representative White
Maine
Representative Davis
Tennessee
Foreign liquor seized from Lens launch at Galveston harbor
The gasoline launch Lens from Beaumont was captured at the entrance to Galveston harbor last night with about 250 cases of foreign liquor aboard. The capture was made by coast guards under Captain Henry H. P. Holzheuser.
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Texas
Beaumont
Veston Harbor
Coast Guards
Henry H. P. Holzheuser
Hamburg Riots Leave Many Wounded as Police Open Fire
In Hamburg on March 22, dock strikers clashed with police and strikebreakers. The crowd shouted kill the dogs and the police fired after shots were fired, wounding multiple people amid the unrest.
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Hamburg
Germany
International News Service
Pace
Former Army Officer Charged With Embezzlement in Florida
William Lawrence Rogers Wheeler, former army officer and local high school teacher, was freed on a $1,000 bond after being arrested on charges of embezzling funds from the school's athletic department. The incident occurred in Sea Breeze Florida.
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Sea Breeze
Fla
International News Service
William Lawrence
Dias Rogers Wheeler
Owner of Florida resort hotel dies at Ormond Beach
Ormond Beach Fla March 22 James P Vining owner of the Céquina at Ormond Beach and known throughout the South suddenly died today at his home He was also proprietor of a summer hotel and other properties in the area
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Florida
Ormond Beach
Fla
James P. Vining
Mriining
Simmer” Ote
Differences Settled Between Noble and Gas Company
Tulsa setlled legal row as Charlie F Noble former president of Charlies Gas Company signed a decree ending suits exceeding $2,000,000 each. District Judge R L Williams had awarded Noble $145,000 against the firm after alleging manipulation of company funds and stock misappropriation totaling about $2 million.
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Lieemtrahass
Tulsa
Okla
Charlie
F. Noble
Charlies F. Noble of and Gas Company
R. L. Williams
Noble
Iimself. Pytes
Veterans Home Hall Destroyed by Fire in Verena Alabama
A fire gutted the Veterans Home Hall at Old Soldiers Mountain Creek in Verena Alabama early last night. The state owned facility housed between fifty and a hundred elderly veterans as flames gained headway before control.
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Ala
Old Soldiers
Mountain Creek
Erate Veterans and” “Veterans
Alabama
Jury Selected Yet in Indianapolis Embezzlement Case
In Indianapolis Indiana the governor faces a forced summons to empanel a jury for the embezzlement trial. Only five jurors are tentatively accepted while the venire of about one hundred is nearly exhausted as the opening day approaches.
Cunard Liner Carmanta Runs Aground Off Jersey
Cunard Liner Carmanta, on the Clyde-Liverpool route since December, ran aground on Askew Spit near the Mersey bar this morning. The ship was refloated later without damage and due to arrive today with passengers onboard.
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Jersey
Liverpool
Carmanta
Askew
Mersey
Accordit
Stamoul Y M C A Ordered to Close in Constantinople
A government order directs the Stamoul Y M C A to close in Constantinople amid political tensions. The move comes as diplomatic strains between local authorities and foreign groups intensify, with the United States and Ismet involved in discussions.
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Association
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Ismet
Allence
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