Survey on Widening East West Street Urged by City Citizens
Mayor Hartwell reports citizens urge relief through widening St Michael Street to ease auto traffic and protect pedestrians. Engineering chief Smith notes sidewalk reductions may occur west of Joachim. east of Joachim widening could allow two way traffic. City plans consider petitions in a forthcoming paving venture.
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St. Michael
Widmai
Ion
Perept Smith
Engi
St. Michael Street
Harry T.hartwell
Smith
Joachim
City Commission
Consideraon
Police transfers shift watches and promotions in city department
The Mobile police department reassigns personnel to night morning and evening watches effective Tuesday. Lieutenants Claude Johnson Edward Sheets and John R. Danzy and Sergeants Reese Dawson and others move between shifts. A sergeant and several patrolmen receive watch changes along with two supernumeraries promoted for traffic duties. One patrolman is indefinitely suspended for failing to report hourly calls.
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Mobile Police Department
Charles Maromoted
White
Patcoman
Edward Deford
Tax Appeals Hearing In Mobile Docket
The Mobile docket of the United States board of tax appeals opened Monday morning in federal court. The session, held in Mobile, is expected to continue for several days as cases are reviewed, including the McClure Pine refund dispute over taxes paid in prior years.
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United States Board of Tax Appeals
Mobile
McClure
Weather and River Bulletin For March 31, 1930
The forecast notes fair and warmer conditions Monday night and Tuesday, with partly cloudy and warmer skies. River observations at 7 p.m. EST show varied readings across stations, including Selma and Aberdeen, with stages and changes indicating overall river levels will continue to fall.
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River Bulletin
Father Sees Young In Waters of Pass
Heroic effort by G E Jones 4% yard foreman at S B Adams Lumber failed Sunday as his son William Guy Jones 25 of 155 Lipscombe and James H Bell 25 of Glenwood avenue drowned while fishing in Grants Pass. The elder Jones survived exposure, Bell died. scene rescued by bystanders about 9 o'clock. Corrner Dr H S J Waller said exposure and exhaustion contributed to both deaths. Young Jones worked as a clerk at Sea Company. Bell was an accessories salesman.
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G. E. Jones
S. B. Adams Lumber Company
William Guy Jones
Lipscombe
James H
Jack) Bell
Glenwood Avenue
Grant
Pasa
Jones
Bell
J. Waller
Nea Howe
Young Jones
the &Ea Eeetaser Ber Company
Lyles Arrested after pistol duel. City notices and court pleas
Clifton Lyles, a Black man, faces charges of dis orderly conduct and resisting arrest after a Sunday afternoon pistol duel near Jackson and We combe streets. He was fined $10 and arraigned before Recorder D H Holington, later taken to headquarters where officers say he was struck with blackjacks and later treated at a city hospital before being returned for further processing. Also mentioned are Hattie Lee Agee's theft case and a Mobile Commercial Club meeting with Frank Courtney as incoming president, plus plans for discussions on city improvements and golf matches.
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Clifton Lyles
D. H. Holington
Lyles
Moody and
Franco
Franelich
Miller and Quinn
Jackson
Wecombe
City
Miller
Quinn
Robert Grant
Catfish Bayou
Hattie Lee Agee
Springhill Avenue
Commercal Te Ie
Mobile
O. Phelps
George Lining
Chamber of Com
Air Time Change for WODX Broadcast Schedule
Hunter Watkins of Mobile Broadcasting Corp announced a new schedule for WODX from The Ows and News-Item studio. The Montgomery WSFA will air at 8 pm Monday, with Mobile timing adjusted starting Tuesday. The station will broadcast 12 noon to 3 pm and 5 to 9 pm on Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed and 12 noon to 3 pm, 5 to 7 pm and 9 pm to midnight on Thu, Fri, Sat.
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Hunter Watkins
Mobile Broadcasting Corporation
WODX
Ows
Montgomery
WSFA
Mobile
Four Get Fines In Recorder Court Case
George Jones and Chester Harness were fined 75 dollars with 50 days costs each for violating the prohibition law. Myrtle Johnson and Alonzo Castern received 100 dollars with 30 days costs each on vagrancy charges.
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George Jones
Lyons Street
Chester Harness
Alicy
Recorder's Court
Myrtle Johnson
Alonzo Castern
Bankers Invite Mobile Stop During Route to Conference
An invitation extends to Investment Bankers Association members to pause in Mobile either on their way to or from a conference. The notice emphasizes a welcome reception and network opportunity during the journey.
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Investment Bankers Association
Mobile
Overcoat Stolen From Car. Wallet Named
Max Weife, a Pear son Mill employee, reported his overcoat taken from his automobile parked on Conception between Dauphin and St. Francis streets. H Parham of St Andrews hotel said his pockets were rifled of 50 dollars at Windsor hotel Sunday.
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Max Weife
Pearson Mill 'Y
Conception
Dauphin
St. Francis Streets
H. Parham
St. Andrew's Hotel
Windsor Hotel
City Firemen Get Copies Of News Item Editorial
A copy of an editorial lauding the Mobile fire department is sent for public attention. The item invites readers to turn to page 10 for the full column and commentary.
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City Firemen
Mobile Fire Department
Atten
Wetland Lobby Hearings Target Prohibition Funds
Senate lobby committee hears witness testimony on wetland lobbying spending tied to the Muscle Shoals project. John J. Raskob and Dr. Clarence True Wilson are called to discuss their roles in the dry and wet campaigns. William B. Bell testifies about Cyanamid funds used to influence government action on the Alabama power bid.
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Washington
Senate
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Clarence True Wilson
William B. Bell
American Cyanamid Company
Bell
Tennessee River Improvement Shoals
Huston
Raskob
Raskob Coloatibn
Mrs Boone Dies Native of Mobility Family Composer in City
Mrs Boone a noted composer and music critic for a major New York publisher dies in this city after winters in New York and the east. A charter member and past president of the Century Book Club she held prominent local connections. Survived by son Boykin Boone of Idaho Col and daughter Mrs H Bland. Services from Roche mortuary with time and interment to be announced.
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New York
Boone
Century Book Club
Boykin Boone
Lidel Col
H. B.land
Roche Mortuary
Mitchell to Rule Washington on Cumberland Falls Permit
Formal announcement says the Cumberland Hydro Electric Power Co request for a federal permit is referred to Attorney General Mitchell for an opinion. The move clears up misunderstandings about the case status as Secretary Wilbur, chairman of the power commission, releases the statement.
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Washington
Iction
Cumberland Falls
Mitchell
Landage Emerge
Cumberland Hydro-Electric Power Company
Wilbur
Power Commission
Petition Filed to Restrain Gasoline Distributor
Lyons Chamberlain and Courtney representing the state filed an equity petition in circuit court to restrain Bert Sherman from distributing gasoline for failing to report gasoline sales. It seeks an injunction and notes taxes owed of 4705.06. Hearing date awaits set by the court.
Walter Rivers Held on Bond in U S Commissioner Hearing
Walter Rivers appeared before United States Commissioner J. to answer charges after being detained. He was held under bond as the proceedings continued.
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Walter Rivers
United States
J. . Have
Bond
House Republican Leaders Fail to Reach Tariff Procedure
Washington March 3 For the third time house Republican leaders failed to reach an agreement on a procedure for consideration of the tariff bill before sending it to conference with the senate. A meeting of the rules and ways committees was held again to seek a path that could pass the floor. Western Republicans worry a trade stand may be traded in conference if the senate retains higher duties.
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Washington
House
Senate
Steeks and
Rulea
Cd T
Ups
Western House
Sao
Tilson
Nate _P
Mittes
Comets
King Faces Slaying Charge After Eureka Body Found
Clarence L. King travels from Portland to California to face a murder charge in the death of Mrs. Mary McCoy whose body was found along a California highway north of Eureka. He is described as an ex convict and married eight days before the discovery, with his Osborn bride Hunice Pardee, 21, from Corvallis. Police say King forged Mrs McCoy's name to obtain money in Missouri, and was taken into custody after the forgery was detected at a St Joseph bank.
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Portland
Clarence L. King
California
Mary McCoy
Eureka
Calif
Hunice Pardee
Corvallis
King
Mra. McCoy
Mrs. McCoy
St. Joseph
Quarantine Costs Put Mediterranean Fly Work in Jeopardy
Governor Carlton and state plant commissioner Wilmon Newell warned that Florida must pay expenses to maintain the quarantine against the Mediterranean fruit fly unless federal funding resumes. Newell noted exhaustion of federal revenue and ordered curtailment of eradications as the force size drops from 750 to 77.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Doyle E. Carlton
Wilmon Newell
Florida
Newell
Deputy Sheriff Charged in Kentucky Liquor Raid Slaying
In Richmond Kentucky on March 31 a deputy sheriff aged 44 was arrested on a murder charge after shooting Ammon Williams aged 34 during a liquor raid. He is held in Sheriff Albert’s custody pending his examining trial Friday.
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Richmond
Ammon Williams
Williams
Albert We
Indian youth confesses to triple killing in Mille Lacs area
William Taylor Hanks, an Indian from Carlisle Institute, admitted to county authorities that he killed his wife, her aged grandfather, and his infant stepson Sunday night on the Mille Lacy reservation north of Milaca Minnesota.
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Milaca
Minn
William Taylor Hanks
New Carlisle Institute
Mille Lacy Reservation
Here
Witch Letters Held Not Penned By Lila In Hex Death Plot
Court Room Buffalo March 31 motion to dismiss indict ment of murder declared by defense. Judge Thorn denied the motion and the trial proceeded with testimony about a supposed plot involving Lila and Nancy to kill Mrs Clothilde Marchand. Witnesses identified a druggist Jameson and others and alleged anti dog poison use.
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Lila
Nancy
Marchand
Thorn
France and Britain Halt Naval Parleys
London reports political talks between Great Britain and Germany over security guarantees and tonnage limits. An American contingent attends, and a possible three power pact looms as delegations meet, with minutes planned to proceed.
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France
Britain
London
Great Britain
Sian Wisttiglanse
Donald
Folgent
Miners Trapped After Explosive Blast at Kettle Island
At Kettle Island Kentucky March 31 16 miners are trapped after a gas and dust explosion. Five bodies have been recovered and rescuers report delays due to dangerous carbon monoxide levels. John F Daniel leads state and federal rescuers aided by local companies with 15 rescuers affected. Seven miles to Pineville serves as recuperation area for exhausted workers.
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Kettle Island
State Department of Mines
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Pineville
John F. Daniel
Lexington
State Bureau of Mines
Haligonian Wins Havana to St Petersburg Yacht Race
The Haligonian a class B yacht owned by Houston Wall of Tampa Florida won the sailing race from St Petersburg to Havana. Eleven boats started with the Haligonian first to finish entering Havana harbor. The 82 foot Starland placed second with the 44 foot entry close behind. The Windjammer 56 footer and Mallard 47 footer finished third and fourth with Sunshine 64 foot schooner finishing fifth.
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Havana
Houston Wall
Tampa
Fis
St. Petersburg
Starland
Gerth
New Creek Tea Caeene Gata
Garner H. Tullis
New Orleans
Hubert Moore, Jr
Sunshine
H. 8
Denniston
Mobile
Glider Incident Forces Return After Takeoff
Captain Frank Hawks was forced to return to Tucson after takeoff for E Peak due to a rope attaching his glider to the tow plane becoming an issue. The dramatic moment occurred as the glider failed to stay connected, prompting an emergency return to base.
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Captain Hawks
Tucson
Ariz
Frank Hawks
E! Peak
Pastor Rebuked by Author for Drunk Charge Apology
A Unitarn church audience heard Dr. Stidder rebuke Lewis over a drunken charge claim about his writing Elmer Gantry. Stidder’s letter and Lewis’s reply were read by Rev. L M Birkhead, a close friend, during the All Souls service.
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Nation
Lewis
Elmer Gantry
L. M. Birkhead
All Souls Unitarian Church
Binkhead
Stidder
Kan
Hoover to name successor in event of resignation
Fragmentary historico news notes indicate President Hoover will consider a successor if he resigns, with discussions expected in White House circles and the possible formation of a committee to advise in the matter.
Probe reveals charges linked to school affairs case
A grand jury probes alleged con involving Jack White and Harry York. White and York face multiple counts for obtaining funds from individuals and firms. York found guilty on five or six counts, sentenced to years and fined $4000. The panel hints at further investigations into school matters and architect dealings.
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Jack White
Harry York
White
York
Grand ‘Jury
Elf
Cop Is Slain in Los Angeles by Motorist
A police officer was shot and killed by James Costello 27 after confronting a motorist on a downtown grade. Three bullets struck the officer named JelJo in the body as the Hoffman suspect fired from a speeding car following a query about speeding.
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Los Angeles
James Costello
JelJo
Hoffman
Costello
Radio Schedule Fragments From The Register Studio
The clipping lists WODX radio programming from The Register and Newa-ltem studio. It shows 12:00 to 12:30 noon hour and 12:30 to 1:00 and 1:00 to 1:30 blocks with topics including weather and a 200th rare SE book for sale.
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WODX
Register
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Eee
Ieadie
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Ena
Beantry Club
Frank Courtney
Ee Ae
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Chamber
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Dr. Wilson
Bill
McCoy
Lane
William Hanks
Missi
Squaw
Sarena
Seneca
Jameson
Nancy Indian
Frank
A. Y
Anson. Merson
Lile
Anson
Percy W. ‘Darby
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H. S. Dennison
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Publican
Chai
Dent Hoover
White House
Probe Affairs
Cop
Colt
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