Returned Witnesses Form Key Evidence in Havard Fire Trial
Louis Westcovich, a former convict from Alabama Port, will testify Friday against Charles Havard in Mobile circuit court over a shop fire at Alabama Port. Westcovich, who served two years at Kilby, is a state witness in the case while Havard faces charges of willfully setting the blaze. Assistant State Fire Marshals Slaughter and King helped build the prosecution, with numerous witnesses slated for both sides.
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Alabama
Siace
Kilby
Mobile
harietHavard
Allaa C. M. Havard
Inds
Bergen
Westcovich
Havard
Martin Byrne
Homer L. Slaughter
George M. King
Prevard
Spring Hill College Debate to Discuss World Disarmament Plan
A debate at Elks Hall in Spring Hill will be broadcast on Station WODX with Spring Hill teams led by Jack Schwab of New Orleans and Denny Sullivan of Montgomery defending the affirmative that disarmament should be complete except police. Paul Douds and Frank Campbell will argue the negative. The Pennsylvanian debaters have toured Florida facing major colleges.
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Elks Hall
WODX
Register
Aone
Poe
Cadens
Spring Hill
Jack Schwab
New Orleans
Denny Sullivan
Montgomery
Paul Douds
Frank Campbell
Pennsylvania
Florida
Grand Jurors Drawn for Federal Court Term Notified
Notices to grand jurors drawn for a term of the federal court to open April 28 are being sent from the marshal's office. The grand jury term will be followed soon by a trial term, though the exact date remains undecided.
Weather notes and river bulletin for March 27, 1930
The Weather Local reports cloudy skies with local rain Thursday night and Friday and a drop in temperatures Friday. Alabama follows with cloudy conditions and rain in the southeast, similar colder trend. Mississippi shows cloudy with rain in the southern portion. Observations at 7 am EST.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Yas
River Bulletin
River Forecasts for Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers
The Tombigbee river and its branches show irregular changes tonight and likely Friday. The Alabama river near Montgomery and Selma will experience slight changes with continued fluctuations.
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Alabama
Montgo
Selma
Saying It With Music
A brief note on the growing presence of music in daily life with claims that even a carpenter saw can yield harmony. The column suggests homes need music sources and that bargains in musical merchandise appear in the Classified Columns with affordable used pianos and instruments.
Rum Traffic Held By Baptist Women As Greatest Evil
Members of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Alabama Baptist convention adopted a temperance program for the coming year in Mobile. The resolution branded liquor traffic as the great evil harming women, homes, and souls, urging delegates to teach temperance at home and in schools churches and organizations. The final day of the convention at First Baptist church featured officer elections, addresses on missions in China Africa and denominational schools, and a guided tour of Mobile.
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Woman's Missionary Union
Alabama Baptist Convention
Imane
Mobile
China
Princeton H. Heu
Shanghai
Harry Clarke
Judson College
John C. Dawson
Howard College
J. Carter Wright
Roanoke
Hsu
Mary Ellen Carver
Africa
W Hamilton
The
New Orleans Baptist Bible Institute
Mobile city backs electrical inspection department
The Mobile labor legislative advisory committee urges retaining and strengthening the electrical inspection department. It warns a cursory inspection increases fire hazards and endangers lives and property, calling for inspections by experienced and competent electricians rather than unskilled labor.
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Mobile Legislative Advisory Committee
Threats cited in recorder’s court with knife charge
James Jackson faced disorderly conduct charges for threatening George Blake with a knife and was fined 25 dollars plus court costs. Officers Lott and Blackman made the arrest. Ella Filmore Elizabeth Balleria Viola Wilson and Ella Hayes were convicted of disorderly conduct and fined 10 dollars plus costs or 10 days.
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James Jackson
George Blake
Recorder’s Court
Lott and
Blackman
Ella Filmore
Elizabeth Balleria
Viola Wilson
Ella Hayes
Mobile Meeting Seeks Move of 1930 Session
Delegates from Alabama Georgia Florida Tennessee and New York City met Wednesday to push bringing the 1930 session to Mobile. The Mobile recreational department was praised for its progress and influence. An excerpt from the 1788 rules of Cokesbury M college was read, highlighting officials' views on sports.
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Dele
Alabama
Geo
Floria
Tennessee
New York City
Klinge
Mobile
Mobile Recreational Department
Cokesbury M. . College
Drop inspectors cut from Mediterranean fruit fly program
Washington March 27. The elimination of the field inspection branch and about 600 inspectors from the Mediterranean fruit fly work was announced by the agriculture department. Lee A. Strong said the changes conserve dwindling funds for fruit fly efforts.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Lee A. Strong
Department
Five Youths Surrender Over Abusive Language Incident
Five youths from Prichard surrendered at the county jail on Thursday and were docketed on charges of using abusive language near the King's Crown theatre. Officers were summoned Wednesday night to the playhouse and directed the youths to report for processing.
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Prichard
King's Crown Theatre
Sinnett Answers Thousands of Personal Questions
A humor column presents brief reader inquiries about relationships jobs deeds and plans. Answers promise a letter within days a hotel position a deed to a vacant lot reconciliation in a lover’s quarrel and a house proposition leading to success with mentions of an oil company and upcoming travel plans.
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H. H
Perdido
Spring Hill
Ala
A. B
Lila Jimerson Trial Hearings In Buffalo Witch Case
In Buffalo March 27 cross examination continued in the Lila Jimerson murder case. Old Nancy Bowen testified via interpreter about how she killed Mrs. Clothilde Marchand on March 6 believing she was a witch after instructions tied to Lila Jimerson. Nancy described painting stumps to “kill” the witch and named Anson Jimerson as a relative by marriage involved in the rite. She faces her own murder trial after the current proceedings.
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Buffalo
Nancy Bowen
Clothilde Marchand
Lila Jimerson
Henri Marchand
Lila
Nancy
Anson Jimerson
Victor
Two-Guns
Guy B. Movare Cosel
Guards Praised as Kiwanis ClubPlans Education Drive
Colonel William Screws praised Mobile guards morale after a visit with Kiwanis Club members. Charles Helser announced a club wide educational program to begin soon. Rabbi Alfred Moses called education the bridge between past and present as Harry Parker won an attendance ham prize and led a musical performance of Southern songs.
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William ¥. Screws
Kiwanis Club
Mobile
Charles ‘Helser
Alfred Moses
Ubaries Meredith
Harry Parker
Kiwanis
Strike at Missouri Penitentiary Amid Prisoner Mutiny
Missouri inmates at the Missouri penitentiary went on a wide scale strike in the five plants after mutinies over food and conditions. National guardsmen, 27, helped restore order as authorities reported no violence. Warden sought rebel leaders and isolated mutinous convicts as the uprising spread through the plants.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Penitentiary Walls
Penitentiary
Two Men Hurt in X Ray Room Blast at Molly Stark Hospital
In Canton Ohio on March 27 two men including a doctor were shocked when a fuse blew during X ray work at Molly Stark Hospital. Officials said the injuries were not serious and a child patient suffered minor harm. Superintendent and custodian William F. Hahn reported a fuse blew as the doctor touched Hahn near a steel table. The room reportedly sustained no damage.
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Canton
Ohio
Molly Stark
Here
Thon Oo Ey
William F. Hahn
Alliance
H. B. Stone
Hahn
Inland Waterway Funds Ordered for Gulf Coast Ports
Secretary Hurley approved a 12 million dollar rivers and harbors allotment. Items include 1.05 million for the Louisiana Texas intracoastal waterway from New Orleans to Corpus Christi and 270 thousand for the St Johns river Jacksonville to the ocean. Mobile river system survey listed at 40 thousand, with 10 thousand for removing water hyacinth on the Mississippi Delta projects. Col. W D A Anderson questioned the Mobile river allotment and suggested 40,600 may fund Alabama and Coosa river work.
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Washington
New Orleans
Corpus Christi
Hurley
St. Johns River
Florida
Jacksonville
Mobile
Southwest Pass
Mississippi River
Louisiana
W. D. A. Anderson
Alabama
Coosa
Free On Bail for Concealed Weapons in New Jersey
Oscar J. Friend of Fort Smith Arkansas a writer known as Owen Fox Jerome and brother in law Herbert C Brenon New York theatrical producer were released on 5000 bail each on concealed weapons charges. State Trooper Robert Benjamin arrested them claiming the author claimed unfamiliarity with New Jersey law and gun carrying in Arkansas.
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Flemington
N. J
Oscar J. Friend
Fort Smith
Ark
Owen
Fox Jerome
Herbert C. Brenon
New York
Robert Benjamin
New Jersey
Arkansas
Benjamin
End
Whiteouse
Seizure of Liquor Leads to Local Arrests
Rebecca Carter a Black woman was jailed Thursday on a prohibition charge after officers found ten gallons of liquor at her Plateau home. Deputies Lee and Hughes and federal officers Hudson and Graves arrested her. John M. Carlton was jailed on an alias writ for failing to answer a transport liquor charge in circuit court.
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Rebecca Carter
Plateau
Lee
Hughes
Hudson
Graves
John M. Carlton
Miss Hesper Shot. Mrs. Keene Held on Bond
Miss M Hesper 22 hospitalized with bullet wounds in face and chest after a shooting at her Lepanto Arkansas home. Mrs Bessie Keene wife of a Lepanto farmer held on $1000 bond to answer for the shooting. Discrepancies over motives cited by Arkansas authorities and Lepanto residents.
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Memphis
Tenn
M Heeper
Bessie Keene
Lepanto
Ark
Chicago Buries Itself Under Historic Snowfall
Chicago and suburbs endured the heaviest continuous fall in city history with 19.2 inches of snow. The storm paused by March 27 but left traffic delayed and schools dismissed. Drifts along the lakefront piled high, trapping hundreds of vehicles and crippling streets and sidewalks.
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Chicago
Checago
Nome
Lakefront
Petition Hearing On Oyster Bed Trespass Near Fow River
James K. Glennon and Company and William Henderson seek an injunction in circuit court before Judge Alex T. Howard to stop eight West Fow river residents named Zirlot and Ladnier from harvesting oysters on beds developed over 20 years. The plaintiffs claim exclusive oyster rights 600 feet from the low water mark and accuse the defendants of repeated trespass despite warnings.
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James K. Glennon and Company
William Henderson
J. R. Milling
Fow River
Alex T. Howard
Nathaniel Zirlot
George Ladnier
Louis Zirlot
Fred Zirlot
Henry Zirlot
Pike Zirlot
West Fow River
Lpast
FRG Probe Aims Probe Into Prohibition Lobby Groups
Chairman Caraway announced a planned inquiry into FRG and allied prohibition organizations. The probe will begin soon with testimony from W B Bell of American Cyanamid and then first witness Representative A Republican of Massachusetts.
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Muscle Shoals
W. B. Bell
American Cyanamid Company
Congress
Massachusetts
Anti-Saloon League
Association Against
Tinkham
Activi
Bus Crash Wounds 21 Near Tecolote New Mexico
A Pickwick Transcontinental motor bus skidded on an icy highway near Tecolote 15 miles southwest of Las Vegas New Mexico. Nineteen passengers and two others were injured. Leroy Lightner of Los Angeles suffered a broken leg and Cook Wilson of Denver sustained several fractured ribs. The bus top was torn off en route from Los Angeles to Denver.
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Las Vyegas
N. M
Pe Aede
Canine Hospital
Pickwick
Premier Ferguson Refutes Canadian Dry Law Attacks
Premier G Howard Ferguson of Ontario responded to testimony by ex premier Drury before a U S congressional committee criticizing liquor sales in Canada. He cited Ontario election results, noting 92 of 112 government supporters, to argue public satisfaction with the law. Ferguson offered to provide data for Washington officials.
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Toronto
Ont
G. Howard Ferguson
Ontario
Washington
E. ©. Drury
Drury
Canada
Hoover Hands Off as Republicans Face Leadership Demands
President Hoover signals a hands off approach amid rising calls to replace the party chief. He suggests no immediate action while national Republican leaders weigh the party’s direction and internal pressures.
Inquiries in Probate Court Seek Information on Missing Heir
Two probate court inquiries request information on a missing heir from Century family and on a related orphaned child in Mobile County. Mrs Mary B Cole of Louisville asks for relatives of her parents Joseph and Rosie Daniels, noting her parents divorced when she was young and she was taken to Louisville.
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Thin City
Bank Robbery In Dayton Narrowly Misses Target
A group of four bandits attempted to rob a Dayton bank but fled after forcing two tellers and three customers to the floor. They escaped with about $7,500 and are suspected to be the same quartet linked to a raid on the First National Bank at West Henderson yesterday. The bank was in receivership and reportedly had no funds.
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Dayton
Ohio
Germantown
Here
First National Bank
West ‘Ndria
Radio Schedule From Mobile Register Listings
The page lists WODX Mobile Register and News studio times from 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. with programs Sunshine Hour Price's Home Howe Records Off the Air Wheeler and VOD.
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Mobile Register
Newsstudios
Sunshine Hour
Price
Howe
Veotk
Apy Souk
Wheeler
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