Shipping board bids for Mobile fuel oil station contract
Mobile projects chief official says work on the fuel oil station near Mobile should begin by mid April if the contract is promptly awarded. J W Gilbert submitted the lowest bids on two sections, with 13 bids overall. Washington will award after checks. FP M Sears of Washington topped the bid for the offshore erection.
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Shipping Board
Mobile
Hugh Sneed
Government En
New Orleans
J. W. Gilbert
Washington
Sneed
Beng
FP. M. Sears
Wasnon
Gil Bert
Dynamited farmhouse at Coalmont mines shocks Alabama area
A white miner's house at the Brookside-Pratt Mining Co. near Birmingham was partially wrecked by dynamite. Occupants escaped unharmed as county authorities reported a state of semi panic in the mining community.
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Birmingham
Ala
Coalmont Mines
Brookside-Pratt Mining Company
John Bonnyman
Coalmont Company
Mobile representation in Mississippi Valley rate hearing
R G Cobb traffic manager of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce returns to Memphis to present Mobile's interests in the Mississippi Valley rate case before an Interstate Commerce Commission representative. He spent ten days there preparing the evidence. the hearing is expected to last about ten days. Mobile faces a potential large freight rate increase affecting the city.
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R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Memphis
Mobile
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cobb
Louisville Legion Chief Speaks Here to Local Posts
Sem Mee Meekin of Louisville Kentucky commander of the city American Legion, addresses Chickasaw and Mobile posts. He discusses the growth of the Louisville post, now the largest in the United States, during an event at Chickasaw with several speakers scheduled.
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Chickasaw
Mobile American Legion
Sem Mee Meekin
Louisville
Comndor
American Legion
Louisville Courier-Journal
Coloniels
McMeekin
Louisville Post
United States
Chickasaw, Ie
Changes in Office Reshuffle Federal Court Staff
Leo M. Flynn resigns as chief deputy clerk effective April 1 to practice law after passing the state bar. Sarah Griffin will replace him, taking the deputy post, with Bessie Mayers moving to the district attorney’s office. Mary Bassey Goldsby will serve as stenographer in the attorney's office.
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Leo M. Flynn
District Federal An
Sarah Griffin
Virgil C. Griffin
Flynn
Bessie Mayers
Mary Bassey Goldsby
Joe Goldsby
Circuit Court
Jailor Brown Resigns After Fifteen Years of Service
John T. Brown county jailor resigns leaving Sheriff William H. Holcombe Jr. to retire from active life for a time. Brown has served as jailor and deputy for the past fifteen years beginning under Sheriff Powers and continuing through Cazalas and Drago and Holcombe.
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John T. Brown
William H. Hol Combe, Jr
Mr. Brown
John F. Powers
Frank Cazalas
John 8. Drago
T. T
William H. Holcombe
Tinela Merchant Bankrupt Petition Filed in Federal Court
J. W. Hybart of Tinela Monroc County filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court today. Assets were listed at 82 641 dollars with greater claims noted as valued higher. The case has been referred to the bankruptcy referee for action.
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Tinela
Monroc Mty
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Washington March 1 weather bulletin predicts fair skies across Alabama and Mississippi with cooler air tonight. Frost is expected in northern areas while northerly winds remain fresh through the night.
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Washington
Ala
Mississippi
Scouts Begin Practice for City Olympic Games
Scouts will start practice Saturday afternoon at the athletic field of the University Military School under scoutmaster J. Meredith. A large group will participate while Troop No. 3 continues building a log cabin on the lot, with work to proceed each Saturday until finished and all trees for the cabin have been cut. The project is undertaken without outside help.
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Olympic
University Military School
J. £& Meredith
Fair and Colder Friday Forecast for Mobile Area
The Weather Bureau reports a cold Friday with a low around 48 degrees in Mobile and vicinity. Temperatures will fall tonight with a brief rain squall bringing over half an inch of rain and winds near 29 mph.
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Weather Bureau
Mobile
Arrests Made On Gaming Charge By Sheriff and Officer
Sheriff W. H. Holcombe Jr and state officer L Kt McManus arrested A L Grohin last night on a gaming charge. The sheriff said players who lost money taking chances received nothing in return.
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W. H. Holcombe, Jr
L. Kt McManus
A. L. Grohin
Women’s League Session on Politics Details
A women's league convenes for an executive session to discuss political matters this afternoon at 4:30 at the home of a league member. The gathering aims to plan civic involvement and outreach.
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Women’s League
Aign
Trioth League
Cambe
Bank Clearings Hit 7.76 Million in March
The Mobile Clearing House Association reported March bank clearings totaling 7,758,576.87 dollars, down over three million from the same month last year.
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Mobile Clearing House Association
Convict Youth Convicted in Arson Case in Court
A young Black man was convicted today in county court and sentenced to prison for arson. He was found guilty of setting a fire at a store on 2546 Boneton Street, with testimony detailing the blaze and the resulting damage.
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Lucius Oliphant
Dauphin
Franklin
Oliphant
Edie Cahall
Recorder's Court
Bbs
Dauphin Street
Franklin Street
Boyd
Bonton
Soldier pensions to be paid Friday
The quarterly pensions for Confederate soldiers and widows will be paid Friday. Probate Judge Price Williams ordered the payment at the probate office today.
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Price Williams
Tennessee moonshiner feud ends in killing near Winchester
Details of a mountain affray on the Franklin Grundy county line claim George Westerfield was killed and a man named Meeks wounded. Two factions armed for promised raids faced off at Meeks home. John Ladd and relatives were jailed at Tracy City as tensions rise ahead of today’s trial.
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Winchester
Tenn
Franklin
Grundy County
George Westerfield
Nam Meeks
Westerfield
Meeks
John Ladd
Tracy City
Jury Substitutes Attend Prayer Meeting Instead
Albany Ga March 31 Judge Worrill refused the arson trial jurors request to see a movie and allowed attendance at mid week prayer services. The jurors went to First Presbyterian church as suggested and attended Wednesday night services.
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Albany
Daugherty Superior Court
W. ©. Worrill
First Presbyterian Church
Venerable clubman files suit for divorce in Boston
John Baker Keyes a 65 year old retired clubman filed suit for divorce from Florence Girardin Keyes in Boston. Florence, 21, formerly an elevator girl at the Harvard Club, wed Keyes nearly two years earlier in New York, with a later marriage to Miss Cheeta noted in 1918.
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Boston
John Baker Keyes
Florence Girardin Keyes
Harvard Club
New York
Keyes
Cheeta
Election Officials to be Named for April Bond Vote
Election commission members from the circuit court clerk probate and sheriff offices will select officers for seven districts in the city and county. Inspectors clerks and returning officers must be named to oversee the $250000 county bond issue vote.
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Came Election Commission
Circuit Court
Federal prisoner granted absolute parole in liquor case
Franey Waltman, convicted in federal court for manufacturing liquors, paroled about a month ago to tend his crop, has been granted absolute parole. A notice from federal authorities to Jalior Brown states that all sentences against the prisoner have been revoked.
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Franey Waltman
Jalior Brown
Y W Law Class Meeting Tonight
The regular weekly meeting of the Y W C A Law Class club will be held tonight at the ball room. Members are urged to attend as schedules and notes will be discussed.
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Y. W. Law Class
Y .W
City Salvage Corps Hope Fades as Commission Weighs Maintenance
Insurance agents call the salvage corps a necessity while noting national firms oppose municipal work. A chamber of commerce committee urges the city to assume maintenance and funding, with a directors meeting at 4 pm to decide. The corps faces abolition Friday morning if not taken over.
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Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
City Commission
Corp
Chamber of Commerce Committee
New Orleans
Memphis
Louisville
National Board
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Firemen Battle Skyscraper Blaze in Equitable Building
New York on March 31 reports firemen fought for over an hour to subdue a dangerous blaze on the upper floors of the Equitable Building. The broker’s office area burned, crowds watched from narrow ledges, and water cascaded through elevator shafts. Six lives lost, nineteen injured, property damage $12,006,000.
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New York
Equitable
Hiazy Heights
Postponed Issuance of Draft Dodger List
Washington reports the War Department delaying the public release of the wartime draft evader list until Attorney General Kerry issues an opinion on government liability if innocent names are accidentally disclosed. Officials say careful checks are underway to protect those innocent from exposure.
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Washington
War Department
Kerry
Weeks
Origa
Leprosy Strikes 11 Year Old Boy in New Orleans
In New Orleans on March 31 an 11 year old boy, son of a Louisiana man, was brought to a local specialist after a diagnosis showed malignant leprosy. Authorities say the illness is severe and requires immediate care.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Harding
White
McKenna
Joseph McKenna
Justice Day
Hig Heath
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Dovante
Pitney
Neon
McReynold Brandiecs
Clark
New Orleans
Joseph Cri
Epeciaiiot
Carrville
Probe of Peonage Charges Continues
Federal agents re open a probe into peonage conditions at the John B Williams farm in Jasper county. Five negro witnesses were questioned after being detained as material witnesses. Williams and Manning face state murder indictments for the deaths of three or more enslaved workers, while Governor Dorsey seeks indictments against them and Williams's three sons in related killings.
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Atlanta
John 8
Williams
Jasper County
Clyde Manning
Roes
Department of Justice
Minning
Dorsey
Faairy
United States
Alexander
Harding Nears Decisions on Three Appointments
Washington March 11 President Harding is believed to have nearly decided on three new offices while keeping an open mind on the commissioner of internal revenue a post long contested by patronage forces. Expected appointees include former Representative Charles Burke of Pierre South Dakota as Indian commissioner and E Hobertson of Chevy Chase Maryland as head of a congressional committee on public service.
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Washington
Harding
Internal Revenue
Charles Burke
Pierre
E. Hobertson
Chevy Chase
H. Carter
Congressions
Cafe men promise to limit profits
Restaurateurs members of the American Caterers Association agreed to charge for food not more than double their costs. Russell J Poole, chairman of the city council committee on living costs, and Jacob Miller, president of the Caterers Association, debated publicly last night the requests for fair restaurant prices and alleged.
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Chicago
Restaurateurs
American Caterers’ Association
Russell J. Poole
Jacob Miller
Caterers’ Association
Orleans Warehouses Destroyed by Blaze
Fire of undetermined origin tore through several warehouses in New Orleans causing extensive damage. Reports say flames gutted multiple storage facilities and disrupted nearby riverfront activity. Local fire crews battled the blaze through the night, with authorities investigating the cause.
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Orleans
Lieutenant Coney Completes Continent Spanning Flight
Lieutenant W D Coney leaves Pablo Beach on a second attempt toward a trans continental one stop flight after midnight. He previously set a record San Diego to Pablo Beach in 22 hours 27 minutes flying time. He stopped at Bronte Texas Dallas Montgomery and Brunswick before returning to San Diego.
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Natchez
Misa
W. D. Coney
Crowville
Jacksonville
Fla
San Diego
Cal
Brunswick
Coney
N. B. Clagwett
Fourth Aviation Corps
Fin
lLieutenant
Pablo Beach
Here
Bronte
Texas
Dallas
Montgomery
Ala
Jack
Ae Dime Lédeutenant ‘Oney
el Paso
Irish Unionists Urge Logue to Open Peace Talks
In Belfast on Tuesday Cardinal Logue met with Sir William Goulding and three southern Irish unionists at Dundalk to press for peace negotiations between the Irish republican parliament and the British government. Goulding, a prominent railway figure and former Dublin sheriff, chairs major Irish rail interests and served in the 1917-18 convention.
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Belfast
Cardinal Logue
Ireland
William Goulding
Irish Republican Parliament
Dundalak
County Louth
Dublin
Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland
Irish Railway Clearing House
Doblin
Attack on Cork Barracks Leaves Many Missing
An assault on the police barracks at Konus Carbery County Cork occurred this morning. Fourteen officers are missing and it is believed five were killed.
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Cork
Associated Press
Konus Carbery
County Cork
Petroleum Stocks Jump in February
Petroleum stocks in the United States rose by 7.6 million barrels in February. Domestic production averaged 130000 barrels per day more than consumption, with imports 19000000 barrels below December totals. Total on hand February 24 was about 132 million barrels.
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Washington
United States
Geological Survey
Prohibition Enforcement Seen Easing Over Next Two Years
Attorney General Daugherty said the nation will move toward full observance of prohibition within a year or two. He warned enforcement remains a hard job with district attorney dockets crowded as cases await action.
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Washington
Daugherty
Three Children Die in Auto Train Collision Near Plano
A northbound interurban train struck an automobile three miles south of Plano on the Dallas Denison line. Three children from Harlan Iowa were killed instantly and a man was fatally injured as they traveled from San Benito Texas after spending the winter there.
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Plano
Texas
Here
Dallas-Denison
Harlan
Iowa
San Benito
Wood Permitted to Accept Jap Bid in Far East Talks
Washington reports Wood is cleared to accept Japan's bid in relation to the Japanese government and its dealings with the Philippine Islands. The decision was expected to be finalized today with Wood likely to accept.
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Washington
Peg Wood
Japan
Philippine Islands
Wood
Nations threaten war over former ruler Charles throne
In Budapest three nations strike a warning against Charles reclaiming the throne. They demand his expulsion and vow action if he returns while reporting an army of 000 men moving toward Budapest. The Little Entente promises swift steps if Charles is restored.
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Budapest
Hungary
Charles
Trai
Hapsburges
Horthy
The Slap Stick Apfair
Ulm Republicans celebrate the failure of former Emperor Charles to regain power in Budapest as his attempt ends the last hope of a restoration. The Vienna report notes the fiasco diminishes any chance of Charles political comeback.
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Vienna
Associated Preas
Ulm City
Charles
Budae
Pest
Mobilization of Army and Navy Air Forces Initiated
Washington reports a coordinated mobilization of the Army and Navy Air Forces. Training and bombing tests will occur in June with naval vessels at Hampton Roads and Yorktown Virginia. An Atlantic fleet detachment will augment ongoing operations as aircraft arrive from southern ports.
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Washington
Navy Air Forces
Army
A Field
Con
Hampton Roads
Yorktown
Navy
Ent
Atliantic
Taba Mo
Thirty Reach Safety In Ship Lifeboat
A ship's lifeboat carried thirty persons to safety after the Uberaba was wrecked off the coast of Maranhao. A second boat landed after the incident with no lives lost, according to a Para report.
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Maranhao
Para
Uberaba
Navy Recruiting Ramps to Limited Pace as Debate Sees Bill
Report from Washington states navy recruiting has resumed to a limited extent with about 1,000 new men and specialists being taken weekly. Senate debate on the naval appropriation bill last session suggested a 150,000 man navy strength, while the current listed strength is about 118,000.
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Washington
House Republicans Set April Caucus for Leadership Picks
Washington March report says members of the Republican House organization will meet Saturday afternoon April 8 before Congress convenes. Representative from Wyoming as majority leader announced the session to select chairman and other leadership posts as recommended by committees.
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Washington
March Publican
Rew
Sign of Congress
Wyoming
Lcan
Com
Steamship Runs Aground Off Round Shoal Near Chatham
A large steamer ran aground near Round Shoal off Chatham. The vessel was sighted by the coast guard and distress signals were exchanged before assistance arrived.
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Round Shoal
Chatham
Proba
Coast Guard
Iistance
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