Gulf Coast Hit By 57 Mile Gale Causes Rail and Power Damage
A 57 mph gale struck Mobile and Gulf Coast regions early morning, damaging trees poles and signs. Rail service via the Louisville and Nashville line halted by Rigolets bridge damage with trains delayed for hours. Telegraph and telephone poles blown, boats dragged anchors, and several ports reported outages and disruptions.
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Gulf Coast
Mobile
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Rigolets
Biloxi
Gulfport
Louisville and Nashville
Mont
Bell. Telephone. Company
Weert
M. & O. Fruit
United States
Sunflower
Hancock County
Wytheville
Avon Queen
One Mile Creek
Mobile River
Western Union Company
Theorth
Rigolets Bridge
Mobile Chamber of Commerce Elects New Board Members
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce announces eight new directors elected to the board for the upcoming officers election. Several members are away at a foreign trade conference in New Orleans. date for the meeting will be set within the week. новых directors include Aldridge Jackson Ladd LeBlanc Manning Schwarz Taylor and Wefel Jr with sixteen existing members listed thereafter.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans
Yesay
Aldridge
T. K. Jackson
G. Russell Ladd
S. A. LeBlanc
J. I. Manning
Leon Schwarz
T. J.taylor
H. H. Wefel
J. L. Abbott
J.H. Jones
Mark Lyons
George D. Lining
William McLeod
H. A.pharr
Jacob Reiss
W. H. Reynolds
Gordon Smith
F.L. Spaulding
W. B. Taylor
Edwin Warley
W. Woolf
New Shipping Rates From Bayou La Batre Area
The Mobile & Ohio announced a rate on canned goods from Bayou La Batre and Coden to Arkansas and Oklahoma, aimed at shipping canned shrimp into the region. The Mississippi Warrior barge line also cut salt rates from Louisiana to Mobile.
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Mobile & Ohio
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Traffic Department
The
Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi Warrior
Louisiana
Mobile
Bay View Opening Night Set To Welcome Summer Season
Bay View on Mobile bay will open to the public tonight marking the 1923 season. A dance at 8:30 featuring the Southern Sextette kicks off with shuttles running from the resort to the city. improvements to buildings and the dance hall have been made for the summer.
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Bay View
Mobile Bay
Weather Forecast for Alabama Tonight and Thursday
The forecast calls for showers and likely thunderstorms tonight and on Thursday over Alabama. Expect unsettled weather with cooler temperatures and possible changes in conditions through the period.
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Washington
Alabama
Prices Display Firmer Tone at Day's Opening
New York stocks started higher with short covering and some buying. Studebaker Dupont and American Can rose over yesterday while some leaders fell. United States Steel hit a new season low and several major issues showed declines amid early trading.
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New York
Studebaker
Dupont
American
Brooklyn Edison
Wilson Packing
Crucible Steel
Associated Dry
Gulf States Steel
Willys-Overland Preferred
Consolidated Gas
General Asphalt
Stewart-Warner
United States Steel
Atlantic Coast Line
Cotton futures open steady across New York and New Orleans
In New York futures May 27.36 July 26.05 October 23.75 December 28.38 January 23.10. New Orleans futures May 26.30 July 25.85 October 23.31 December 22.91 January 22.80. Chicago potatoes dull with 96 cars received. U S shipments total 453 cars. Wisconsin and Minnesota prices noted for sacked whites and River Ohips with modest advances and light demand.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
United States
Wisconsin
Minneesota
New St
Florida
Labor Agents Not Active In Departures Of Negroes
Sheriff Cazalas said Alabama law on labor agents was not violated in Mobile as hundreds of negro laborers left Mobile County of their own accord. The county solicitor asked an investigation into agent activity amid departures to northern and western towns.
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Pav
Cazalas
Alabama
Mobile County
Mobile City
Plateau
Professor Dunster Dead After Short Illness
Professor Charles J. Dunster age 65 well known musician died Wednesday morning at 2 40 o clock in a local infirmary after a short illness Funeral services set for Thursday at 8 o clock from Roche Higgins funeral home and 830 at St Joseph Church He was a native of Guernsey Channel Islands England came to the United States 20 years ago and Mobile 14 years ago He served as organist for St Joseph Church for four years He is survived by his brother Dr F A Dunster two nieces Miss Doriaril of Lowell Massachusetts and Mrs A J Ahrum of Shreveport Louisiana and other relatives
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Charles J. Dufister
Roche & Higgins
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Dunster
Guersney
Channel Island
England
Mobile
Professor Dunster
St. Joseph's Church
F. A. Dunster
Migs Doriaril
Lowell
Mass
A.J. Ahrum
Shreveport
Chinese Buy More Bibles Last Year
Shanghai reports from the American Bible Society agency show Chinese purchases of bibles in 1922 totaling 37 995 Mexican dollars, the highest yearly total yet, with a record volume of 19 356 units and a rise beyond the previous peak. The surge is linked to a growing anti Christian movement that spurred renewed interest in the Scriptures.
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Shanghai
China
American Bible Society
Oil Geologist Frederick Salathe Dies at 57
Santa Barbara reports the death of Dr. Frederick Salathe aged 57, a nationally recognized oil geologist. Details remain sparse as authorities confirm his passing in the California city.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Frederick Salathe
Public meeting called over Mobile high school site pledge
A local report states that three Mobile school board members allegedly ignored a pledge to consult a business committee before selecting a new high school site. President W Reese Farnell of the Mobile County Protective Association urges members to meet to press for prudent spending and campaign pledge adherence. The meeting aims to respond to recent board discussions on site options, with Springhill avenue area noted among candidates.
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Mobile
W. Reese Farnell
Mobile County Protective Aation
Inferior Criminal Court Room
Farnell
Ie County Organization
Springhill Avenue
Michigan Diocese Selects Bishop Candidate from Japan Link
Detroit, Mich May 2 A special convention of the Michigan diocese of the Protestant Episcopal will assemble May 1 to choose a successor to the late Bishop Charles D Willams Five bishops and a dozen priests have been named as possible successors Rt Rev Henry Bt George Tucker former bishop of Kioto Japan is often mentioned He was elected in 1912 and served in the Red Cross in Siberia during WWI high ranking officer in the American expeditionary forces He is son of Bishop Tucker of southern Virginia.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Protestant Episcopal Will
Charles D. Willams
Henry Bt
George Tucker
Kioto
Japan
Tucker
American Red Cross
Siberia
American Expeditionary Forces
Bishop Tucker
Virginia
Deputies to Guard Freighter Cardona
Tampa Florida May 2 deputies will be placed aboard the freighter Cardona on arrival at the request of Inter Steamship Company operators who allege I W W leaders are trying to induce seamen to desert ships in port here and at Port Tampa. Seamen questioned say J W W representatives have succeeded in some cases, but company officials deny the claim.
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Tampa
Fla
Cardona
Spencer
Inter Steamship Company
Port Tampa
Police Seek Kidnapers Auto in Verner Alexanderson Case
Police hunt a large black touring car with two men and a boy aboard as the clearest lead in the kidnapping of six year old Verner Alexanderson from his Schenectady home. A man lured the boy with rabbits, and radio enthusiasts aided the search as descriptions of the child and abductors were broadcast.
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Schenectady
Verner Alexanderson
Alexanderson
GP -Cognisy
Jackie Crosby Faces Murder Charge After Deputies Slain
An affidavit accuses Se Sat Soa Donete Jackie Crosby of complicity in the ambush near Violet Louisiana on April 17 that killed two deputy sheriffs. Crosby was arrested on a Baton Rouge train and jailed upon arrival, with authorities pursuing connections to the rum caravan gunmen.
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Newporleans
Jackie
Crosby
Te Werbak
Antiaee
Violet
Baton Rouge
Parish
Cane
Imports From All Nations Increase in January
Analysis shows U S imports rose to over 357 million dollars in January, higher than the previous period. The report highlights swelling totals in total imports into the United States, with broad gains across sectors and nations.
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Washington
United States
Heresy Charged Over Teaching in Methodist Colleges
Rev Hawkins accuses Methodist higher education of heresy at a Texas conference in Worth. He cites a Texas Women's College professor allegedly teaching that the virgin birth is not essential to salvation. Witness Miss Ruth Read claims a professor dictated anti Christian beliefs in class. The crowd of about 6,000 responds with uproar.
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Worth
Texas
Wee 8
Texas Women’s College
Hawkins
Miss Ruth
Texas Women's College
Read
Read Read
Tigress in Honduras Jail Fights Guards Over Camera
Clara Phillips Angeles, known as the hammer slayer, fought a jail guard and reporter in Cig alpa Honduras as California detectives were en route. Her companion Mrs R M Young helped subdue the reporter. The altercation lasted about five minutes in the prison bedroom.
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Herman Robleto
United Press
Cigalpa
Clara Phillips
Angeles
Suchain T
Shutter
R. M. Young
California
Payee
Arson
Jeme Carson
RacWeune
Hiking Lass Enticed by Sheiks to Flapper Life
In Missouri a man laments his walking partner, a woman he says left him after joining flirtatious companions in Kansas City. He alleges she adopted new fashions and habits, prompting him to claim she now favors luxury and cars over long hiking routines.
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Ee City
United Ee Eamia
Kansas’ City
Tom
Jay E
Barker College
Prohibition Violation Case Involving Deputy Held
A deputy faced federal action after a prohibition violator was held by a marshal tonight. Reports say federal agents had been investigating the matter for several weeks and involved multiple agencies.
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Antint
Boys to govern Nashville an hour
Traffic officers prepare for a feature event in Nashville as Wawin Fran takes chief role for the afternoon. The arrangement is part of an official program announced for May 2 with activities set to begin at three o clock.
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Nashville
Burned-Home Tragedy Claims Knett Little and Bride
In Gadsden Alabama on May 2 Knett Little 23 a planter and his bride of three months died in a house fire near Chatchee Neighbors found the blaze and tried to wake them but the couple perished The bodies were found on bed springs both were well known in the area Little worked as a jeweler before moving to a farm The fire’s cause remains undetermined.
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Gadsden
Ala
Knett Little
Planter
Chatchee
Mra
Mr. Little
Tennessee Dentists Meet in Nashville Convention Opens
Five hundred delegates attend the fifty sixth annual Tennessee State Dental Association convention in Nashville Tennessee with Dr Oliver of Nashville presiding. Dr Harry B Johnson of the Atlanta Root Canal Club is set for an address today.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee State Dental A
Oliver
Nashville
Atlanta
Grand Jury Probes Cult Immorality in Michigan Colony
In St Joseph Michigan the grand jury continued hearings into charges of immorality linked to the House of David colony led by Benjamin Purnell. About fifty or more subpoenas were issued and witnesses awaited their turn in the grand jury room before Judge Harry Dingeman and Attorney General Andrew B Dougherty. Three witnesses had testified the previous day.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Bshiroh
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Grand
Grand Jury
Harry Dingeman
Andrew B. Dougherty
Michigan
Mississippi Business Men Discuss Labor Migration
Mississippi businessmen met in Jackson at the state chamber of commerce's request to address labor shortages from the Great Migration. Secretary Lusk said the exodus alarmed agricultural and industrial counties as about seven thousand Black farm laborers left the state since fall and roughly five thousand moved to different counties within Mississippi.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
State Chamber of Commerce
Lusk
D. A. McCandliss
Federal
Memphis Concern Buys Lumber Mills
Gale of the Lamb-Fish Lumber Mills at Charleston Mississippi, a major hardwood timber plant, plus 18 000 acres of virgin timber land in Quitman and Tallahatchie counties, was sold to Turner Farber Love Company of Memphis. The purchase price was not disclosed. Sellers Frank May and C M KeHo g g bid at a receiver sale. Included items cover twelve miles of logging road, equipment, a hotel, a commissary, and 54 houses golf course included.
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Memphis, Tenn
Gale
Lamb-Fish Lumber Mills
Charleston
Miss
Quitman
Tallahatchie
Mississippi
Turner- Farber-Love Company
Memphis
Frank May
C. M. KeHogg
California Tenth District Special Election Report
May 2 election returns show Captain John D. Fredericks, Republican, apparent winner in California's Tenth District, pledging support for the world court and endorsing Harding while facing opponent H Z Osborne Jr. on the ballot. Early tallies indicate Fredericks leading as results trickle in from the special election.
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Los Angeles
John D. Fredericks
Washington
Ghiers
World Court
Harding
California
Cotonose Tabstan
H. Z. Osborne, Jr
Republi
King Albert of Belgium Flies Own Plane for First Time
King Albert of Belgium piloted his own plane yesterday with his personal pilot as instructor. The royal flight marked his first time at the controls, according to reports from Brussels.
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King OF
Alwert
Brussels
New Governor Sworn In at Federal Reserve Board
A new governor was sworn in as head of the Federal Reserve System. The appointee previously served as comptroller of the currency and now leads a major national banking body.
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Federal Reserve Board
Assamed
Wild Storm Strikes Crescent City and surrounds
A severe weather event cut power and disrupted transit across Crescent City and Lake Pontchartrain area. Rescue trains evacuated Milneburg residents as floodwaters rose, with Mississippi coast towns like Gulfport and Biloxi cut off. Telegraph and electric lines were down and damage tallies remained incomplete.
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Orlpane
Milneburg
Lake Pontchartrain
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Orleans
Lake Shore
Southern Yacht Club
West End Country Club
Thie City
Weather Bureau
Storm Strikes Vicksburg with Trees Down and Power Outages
A heavy wind and rain storm hit Vicksburg late last night causing downed trees and damage. Light and power service were partly disrupted and telephone and telegraph lines were hampered making full extent of damage unclear.
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Vicksburg
Miks
Bsevera
Storm hits De La Croix Island injuring residents
New Orleans reports storms early today destroying homes on De La Croix Island in Bayou Terrebonne St Bernard parish. Sheriff Albert Estopinal ordered ambulances to Charity Hospital for two seriously injured residents. No other injuries reported at noon. Estimated property damage around $100,000.
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New Orleans
International
News Service
Albert Estopinal
Charity’ Hospital
de la Croix Island
Bayou Terrebouef
Ord
No. Charges Filed Against Dr Jones
Joe May reports on May 2 that Dr James M. Dent of the State Board is involved as charges are filed against Dr Jones in a developing case.
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DR. Jones
Joe
James M. Dent
The
State Board
Unclear fragmentary OCR note on supply and channel ban
The readable lines describe a disjointed discussion about sanctions or bans in the English Channel and effects on American ships. Names and clear events are not determined, making specifics hard to extract.
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English Channel
PHEASANTS SENT TO AMERICA FOR HATCHING
A London firm reports pheasants will be sent to America for hatching. Arrangements are made with trans-Atlantic steamers to transport eggs and young birds. The laying season starts next month and stock renewal is planned.
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London
America
Meeting Held With Colored Bishops at C. M. E. Church
A Monday meeting brought together bishops from the C. M. E. Church for a discussion and cooperation session. The event focused on church matters and the role of colored bishops in the denomination.
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Havin Pera
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