Get Em While the Getting's Good Is Utilities
The street railroad company joins raids on public pockets following Mobile Electric and Mobile Gas. City commissioners and a Mobile utilities official fail to resist price hikes, allowing burdens on the public without strong defense of rights and interests.
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The
Street Railroad Company
Mobile Electric Company
Mobile Gas Company
Electric Company
Gas Company
Mobile
State Utilities Commission
Mangin Called by Allies to Check Reds
Paris dispatch reports General Mangin to be recalled from command for a mission likely in eastern Europe, possibly the Balkans, to affect operations on the Hungarian frontier and southern Russia as allies seek to counter Bolshevik forces. Military critics echo calls for a swift allied thrust through Germany to join with Poland and finish the campaign under Marshal Foch.
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Associated Press
Paris
Havas
Neral Mangin
Mayence
Hungary
Gaulois
Europe
Balkans
Russia
J. M. G. Malleterre
Germany
Poland
Foch
Slavs War On Italy Rumor Reaches Peace Talks
Paris March 26 Delayed The Italian delegation at the peace conference learned that Belgrade had barred commerce with enemy nations and directed Slavs to stop business with countries under trade prohibitions. The Belgrade decree also forbids transporting Italian goods through Yugoslav territory to other nations.
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Paris
Slavia
Italy
Thetalian
Belgrade
Jugo-Slavia
Troops Occupy Isburg Near Hungary Front
London dispatch reports forces have occupied Isburg thirty five miles southeast of Enna on the Hungarian side of the bar. The report from Buda via Central News, current in Berlin, confirms the action.
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Associated Press
London
Isburg
Belgrade Calm Amid Foreign Mission Anxiety
A state department cable dated March 23 reports Belgrade maintaining order and that foreign missions were harmed but not ordered to leave the city. The dispatch notes widespread anxiety about the fate of foreign missions and emphasizes continued protection.
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Associated Press
Washington
Belgrade
State Department
Best Wishes Cabled By Wilson to Suffrage Convention
The report from St Louis states President Wilson sent best wishes to the National American Woman Suffrage Association Jubilee Convention. He expressed hope that the amendment will soon be ratified and signed the message “Woodrow Wilson.” The session focused on primaries for national executive board candidates in the convention’s program.
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Wilson
Associated
ST. Louis
Paris
Nationalerican Woman's Suffrage Association
Woodrow, Wilson
National American Womanistion
Winchester Quiet After Night of Prohibition Violence
Winchester was quiet after a night of threats and violence linked to alleged bootleggers. Prohibition agents Raymond Shackleford and L D Hudson were attacked during a night raid and a mob gathered near the hotel where officers were sheltered.
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Associated Press
Winchester
Raymond Sackleford
L. D. Hudson
Prohibition
J. 8
Woodstock
Ekleford
Hudson
Shackleford
W. C. Hall
British Warn Reds Not to Mistreat English Prisoners
In the House of Commons Harmsworth said the Bolshevik government arrested the British mission in the Caucasus last October and the men are in Moscow. They receive exercise and extra food via Red Cross aid. negotiations for exchange of all Bolshevik-held naval military and civilian prisoners are under way. Bolshevik leaders are warned they will be held personally responsible for mistreatment.
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London
Maren
Vie
Montréal
House of Commons
Harmsworth
Caucasus
Moscow
Red Cross
Ben
Japan presses for racial equality at peace conference
Paris reports show the Japanese delegation pushing for a covenant amendment to recognize equality of nations and fair treatment of all nationals. The proposal has drawn mixed reactions from major powers with Australia opposing further concessions.
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Cy. Annee Press
Paris
Arch
The
League
Taft Amendment to League Covenant Drew White House Support
The text of Mr Tafts proposed amendment to the League covenant was sent from the White House within a week after Taft was assured by Tumulty that any sage suggestion from him would be considered by President Wilson and the allied premiers in Paris.
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Associated Press
Paris
League of Nations Commission
Wilson
Colonel House
United States
Robert Cecil
Great Britain
Venizelos
Greece
Ferdinand Lamaude
Paris Law Faculty
Commission
Executive Committee
The
Taft
Washington
League of Nations
Rmer
White House
Tumulty
Czech premier vows resistance to Bolshevism in Paris dinner
Paris March 26 Associated Press reports Dr Karl Kramarz premier of Czecho Slovakia said his nation will resist Bolshevik temptations and stand against hunger as Bolshevism's main weapon. He warned a Bolshevik victory in Russia could bring German influence to Russia.
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Associated Press
Paris
Maren
Karl Kramarz
Kramarz
Eemits Bolshevism
Czer
South Carolina Invited to Welcome 30th Division Troops
Columbia South Carolina March 27 Charles S Barron chairman of the local entertainment committee for returning soldiers invited the entire state to a celebration here Monday afternoon March 31 in honor of more than 5 000 troops of the 30th division quartered at Camp Jackson.
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Associated Press
Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Charles S. Barron
Camp Jackson
Weather Forecast For Alabama And Mississippi
The Weather section notes fair weather across Alabama and Mississippi on Friday with a cooler night ahead. Interior regions will see rising temperatures following the chilly spell.
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Washington
Warriors River System Aims to Ship Wide Ranges From Mobile
Theodore Brent, traffic manager for Mississippi Warrior Transportation Co., says the Warrior river system will not be limited to coal. He envisions handling miscellaneous merchandise from Mobile and New Orleans to destinations nationwide, with joint rail and water rates. Brent, visiting Mobile with R G Cobb of the Chamber of Commerce, emphasizes gradual development to avoid overbalance of expenditures.
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Warrior River Transportation System
Mobile
New Orleans
Theodore Brent
Mississippi Warrior Transportation Company
Brent
R.G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Waane
Sam
Mobile official studies upstream cargoes to offset freight costs
A government policy aims to balance construction and maintenance costs with freight income. Mobile officials explore upstream cargoes to reduce freight charges and broaden merchant access. They consider steel containers for barges and joint rail and water rates, linking Birmingham, Chattanooga, and farther north.
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Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Inland Waterways Department
Washington
Brent
Attanooga
Mississippi
St. Louis
Plan to Launch Two Fabricated Vessels
Newark March 27 The submarine boat corporation prepared to launch at Bigtide the Knoxville and the Nashville the 31st and 32nd vessels under its contract with the Emergency Fleet Corporation for fabricated steel ships of 5500 tons. Dorothy Spearmenright sponsor for Knoxville vessel and Mrs Joshua F Speed sponsor for another. Knoxville earned right to name a Newark ship in Liberty Loan contest.
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Associated Press
Newark
Submarine Boat Corporation
Bigtide
Knoxville
Nashville
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Mises Dorothy Spearmenright
Knoxville, Tenn
Lberty Loan Committee
Joshua F. Speed
Louisville
United States Shipping
Shipbuilder Dies After Fall At Mobile Plant
David A. Hawkins seventy year old ship carpenter at Shell Banks Shipbuilding Company died in Mobile from injuries suffered days earlier when he fell from a scaffold. He lived at 255 South Claiborne Street and will be buried in Meridian Mississippi. He is survived by his widow and relatives.
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David A. Hawkins
Shell Banks Shipbuilding Company
In Es
Meridian
Miss
Roche & Burke Company
Lauderdale County
Mississippi
Mobile
Mise
South Claiborne Street
Towboat Darling Heads Upstream With Barges
The towboat Darling arrived Wednesday with three coal laden barges from Cordova and will depart Thursday afternoon for the Warrior river with three or four barges to be rationed on the Warrior river system. Darling conducts periodic trips for the Mississippi Warrior inland waterways department and returns with barges built by Murnan Ship building Company for Alabama waterways use.
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Darling
Cordova
Warrior River
Mississippi Warrior Inland Waterways Department
Murnan Shipbuilding Company
Alabama Waterways
Law Fixes Fares On Cars At Five Cents
Mobile residents are protected from a planned fare increase by an 1896 ordinance. Section 7 sets a five cent fare between city points on Mobile Light and Railway lines and former Mobile and Spring Hill routes. A prior ordinance for Mobile Street Railway confirms a five cent limit within the city or one mile outside. Transfers are provided by the ordinance.
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Mobile
Mobile Light and Railroad Com
Mobile Light and Railway Company
Mobile and Spring Hill Railway Company
Mobile Street Railway Company
Love Pact Blamed For Girl's Departure
Angelina, in love with an American man, disappeared from a Gypsy camp on Government Street. Suspicion centers on a $2,000 trunk theft by Gypsy leaders, with Angelina later found at police HQ carrying $21.55, a Pascagoula train ticket, and personal items. Gypsy leaders refuse to leave the station as they await her confession about the missing money.
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Government
Ie Cne
Angelina
Missi
Louis John
Pard
Pascagoula
Alabama
Gretna Green
Mobile
Lower Government Street
Recorder’s Court
War Department to Discontinue Casualty Lists April First
The War Department will end the practice of issuing unified casualty lists for simultaneous newspaper publication. Lists will be mailed from Washington and distributed to papers, but no fixed publication date will be set. The last list under the current system appears in early April. future notices will be distributed as received.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
San Francisco
Chicago
Crowell
Owen Dismukes Suicide At Arlington Alabama
Mobile reports Owen Dismukes a prominent Arlington farmer shot himself at Arlington Alabama after a second attempted suicide following an earlier failed effort. He was about forty, married four years, and his wife a school principal at Arliff.
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Owen
Dismukes
Mobile
Arlington
Ala
Scoutcraft Featured by Rotary Luncheon in Mobile
Rotarians and guests in Mobile explored scoutcraft at a Vineyard Cafe luncheon. Twenty seven knots were demonstrated by a young Chickasaw boy scout, with life saving and stretcher making shown. Speakers included W M Barrow and W H Reynolds as local organizers championing the Boy Scout campaign.
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Vineyard Cafe
Chickasaw
W. M. Barrow
Louisiana
W. H. Reynolds
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Boy ‘Scout Movement
Mobile
Corse Jr
Navl
Second Handley Page Plane to Land En Route Across Continent
A Handley Page aero plane with four officers and six enlisted men from Elizabeth N J to Houston will land here late Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. It is the second long distance flyer to visit Mo bile this month. Commanded by Captain Penmaes and piloted by Lieutenants Palmer Bradfords with Lt Wayne Pittman as engineer, the giant 100 foot wing span craft weighs four and a half tons with one and a half tons extra capacity.
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Handley-Page
Ar Nive
Elizabeth
N. J
Houston
Mobile
Giant Flyer
Penmaes
G. M. Palmer
G. L. Bradfords
Wayne Pittman
Gasoline price cuts vary by city amid oil company moves
Gasoline prices show uneven reductions with New Orleans and Memphis announcing cuts to 19 and 15 cents per gallon respectively while Mobile holds at 25 cents. Officials cite lack of uniform guidance and ongoing price battles between Standard Oil and Gulf Refining, with Gulf aiming to undercut Standard regardless of regional changes.
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Orleans
Memphis
Chattanooga
Mobile
Ard Ollompany
Guilt Refining Company
New Orleans
Comics
Duraday
Standard Oil Company
Texas Company
Standard and Gulf
Standard Oi] Company
Gulf Peeing Compar
Texas Oil Company
Liberty Oil Company
Tenn
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Gulf's Refining Company
Eanoos A
Gulf Refining
Gulf Company
Nordie
Old Deed Filed Shows No Wear Forty Years On
A deed dated October 10, 1840 and signed by Martin Van Buren was filed in the probate court. The parchment look and expert handwriting are preserved, and the patent for land in the county is recorded as in good condition with possession tied to several families.
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Martin van Buren
Broadus Convicted in Inferior Court. appeals planned
John Broadus was convicted in the inferior criminal court on a me law violation, fined 101 dollars and costs with four months extra, and released on bond after giving notice of appeal to circuit court. The case stemmed from a Sunday arrest in Prichard for assault with a gun and drunkenness.
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John Broadus
Inferior Criminal Court
Broadus
Circuit Court
Prichard
Gliff J. E. Cox
Fred Shaffer
Shaffer
Theresa Shaffer
Mobile Utilities Seek Higher Fares Amid Contract Controversy
A Mobile press notice reports stockholders of the Mobile Light and Railway Company will meet on April 28 to amend the charter and seek a fare increase from five to six cents or more. The article outlines alleged city consent issues, prior waivers, and comparisons to the Mobile Electric Company, which secured higher rates with Public Service Commission approval, prompting public outcry over municipal bargaining with utility firms.
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Mobile Electric Company
Mobile Gas Company
Mobile Light and Railway Company
P Pp
Mobile
Alabama Public Service Commission
Street Railway Company
City Commission
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Cbee Mobile
Se Cocats
Cesar Tecen
Owever
al: Public Service Commission
Electric Company
Mobile Light
Eac Oe Eelay Company
The
Gas Co’ Ye
Mobile Ht
Rai Company
Barrer
Alabama Nobile Service Commission
Public Service Co
Supreme Court
Weather outlook shows cooler, fair by Friday
The forecast from the weather bureau says a clearer, colder night with temperatures near 47 degrees. Friday should bring fair skies and a rise to around 67 degrees as a warmer day follows a cool spell.
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Weather Bureau
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Warrior
Great Cargo Carrier
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Boy Scouts of
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Abba Temple of Shriners
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