Firing Officer Named in Turner Death Raid
New witness in the Turner case may identify the exact officer who fired during the raid on the still in the country. Gus Dixon Prichard police chief led the operation with federal and county agents. Turner was shot as he tried to escape. County Solicitor Bart Chamberlain said a warrant will be sworn against the officer. Bullets from Turner's body were later examined by a Citronelle physician.
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Mack Turner
Turnerville
Turner
Soapeny
Gus Dixon
Prichard
Bart Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Citronelle
Mobile County Not Bound To Accept Unfinished Bridge System
County attorney Robert E. Gordon told the board of revenue and road commissioners that Mobile County is not obligated to accept and operate the Mobile Bay Bridge until the roadway divisions are hard surfaced and the project is completed. A supplemental contract could waive completion terms, but taking over early would forfeit completion rights. no action was taken.
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Mobile County
Mobile Bay Bridge Company
Mobile Bay
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Robert E. Gordon
Gordon
Triple breach in levee blown to save New Orleans
Three blasts opened gaps in the Poydras barrier sixteen miles below New Orleans letting Mississippi floodwaters surge toward the city. The breach threatens six hundred square miles, endangering five thousand residents and inundating vast industrial areas including a Sinclair refinery at Violet and a Republic Sugar Refining plant at St Claire.
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New Orleans
Poydras
Mississippi
Louisiana
Sinclair Oil Company
Violet In
Republic Sugar Refining Company
St. Claire
Southern Railroad
New Or
Barge and steamer movements outlined for tomorrow
The Tuscaloosa of the Mississippi Warrior Barge Service arrives with 1200 tons of general merchandise from New Orleans and will sail tomorrow with cotton and general freight. The Montgomery tow-boat ships six barges toward Birmingham with three carrying sulfur and three with sugar. Demopolis, Helen Burke, and John Quill are due in or out with cargoes on the same route.
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Tuscaloosa
Mississippi Warrior Barge Service
New Orleans
Montgomery
Birmingham
Demopolis
Mississippi Warrior
Birmingport
Helen Burke
Tombigbee
John Quill
Spring Hill Unit Construction Starts at Mobile Hall
Ground has been turned on the first unit of Greater Spring Hill College Mobile Hall after pledges of 500000 endowment. Workmen prepare the site, with contract awarded to Buffalo and Company Inc. for 179 thousand dollars and a May 22 cornerstone ceremony planned during homecoming.
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Mobile Hall
Greater Spring Hill
College
Mobilians
Buffalo and Company, Inc
Mobile High School
Ing
Hartwell Returns to Civic Duties After Vacation
Mayor Harry T. Hartwell returned from a week at French Lick Springs Indiana and presided over the monthly city commission meeting. He praised Mobile residents for exceeding its Mississippi flood campaign quota as the commission reviewed relief efforts.
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Harry T. Hartwell
French Lick Springs
Ind
Hell
Mobile
Weather: Alabama fair and warmer. clouds, showers, t storms
A weather update reports fair to warm conditions in Alabama with tonight and Tuesday rising clouds. Showers and thunderstorms are expected in the afternoon, bringing a risk of localized storms.
Ley Construction Wins Pier 2 Shed and Warehouse Award
The Alabama state docks commission formally awarded the Pier 2 warehouse contract to Fred T. Ley Construction of Jacksonville Fla bidding 877 597 92 the lowest of eight proposals. The project covers two massive concrete steel structures about 180 feet by 1 550 feet each employing 300 to 400 workers.
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Fred T. Ley Construction Company
Jacksonville
Fla
Alabama State Docks Commission
Ley Company
W. L. Sibert
State Docks Commission
Docks Board
Fred T. Ley & Company
Fila
C. A. D. Bayley & Company
New Orleans
G. Kershaw Contracting Company
Birmingham
W.horace Williams Company, Inc
Doullut & Ewin, Inc
Mobile
J. V. and R. Z. Burkes
Ware Company
el Paso
Tex
Eugene C. Gravely
Pier 2
Frascati
Pier 3
College honors Staub on Jubilee
August Staub, professor of music at Spring Hill College, was honored at a jubilee festival marking 50 years of service. The day included a high mass with Staub’s music, a noon reception, and an afternoon program in the auditorium featuring his compositions performed by faculty members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Staub
Spring Hill College
Staub
Permit Issued for $150000 City Telephone Annex
A permit was issued for a $150000 annex to the Southern Bell Telephone Co. building on St Francis and Conception streets. The Barge-Thompson Construction Co. of Atlanta will construct a 42 by 69 foot reinforced steel and concrete annex on the west side of Conception street. A dwelling on Conception is demolished for the site.
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Southern Bell Telephone Company
St. Francis
Conception Streets
Barge-Thompson Construction Company
Atlanta
Telephone Company
Conception Street
St. Francia
St. Francis Street
John Barter
Rey May
Moses Kohn
Dunlap
Government Street
Georgia Avenue
Sherman Plaza
Crombie Testifies in Armour Grain Investigation
Frank Crombie, former superintendent at an Armour Grain elevator, testifies that in 1924 he raised the grades of 2,000,000 bushels of wheat under orders from George E. Thompson to keep his job. He says he altered records and sample bags to match the higher grades and avoid discrepancies.
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Chicago
Frank Crombie
Armour Grain Company
State Legislative Committee
Crombie
Northwestern
George E. Thompson
Grain Marketing Corporation
Thompson
Coal Plant Bids Opening Set May Nineteenth
The Alabama docks commission sets May 19 for opening bids on a $10 million coal handling plant. Bids will be received until 10 o clock and publicly opened that day. A site on the south bank of Three Mile creek has been selected for the unit.
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Alabama Docks Commission
Commission
Three Mile Creek
Three Men Fined for Prohibition Violations
Three defendants Lee Cowart W D George and Will Crawford were convicted in the inferior criminal court for violating the prohibition law. They received fines of 150 dollars and costs of court for 50 days plus 9 days of hard labor due to prior convictions. Raymon Asberry Mattie Johnson and Henry Linn appeared for the cases.
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Inferior Criminal Court
Lee Cowart
W. D. George
Will Crawford
Raymon Asberry
Mattie Johnson
Henry Linn
Arthur 2 flier travels to build Pan American goodwill
The text notes Arthur 2 flier efforts to stop over in the United States to promote Pan American goodwill. Congressman McDuffie was asked to make the request. Captain McDaniel, cousin of Mobile attorney Jere Austill, wrote to express desire for a stopover and invitation for a visit.
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Arthur
City and County Special Bills Advertised for June Session
Legislation prepared by W. H Armbrecht for Mobile city and Mobile County would go to advertising for the June recess session. Proposals include constitutional relief and broader municipal powers for Mobile, a $4,500,000 bond program for roads and bridges, a Baldwin county road district for the Eastern Shore Boule vard, and a statewide tax appeal amendment allowing cities and counties to appeal assessments like property owners.
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W. H Armbrecht
Mobile
Baldwin County
Mobile Bay
Armbrecht
State Tax Commission
Alabama
Negro girl sentenced for letter box theft in Washington
Lucy Tolbert, described as a negro girl, pled guilty to stealing a letter from a box and was sentenced by Judge Robert T. Ervin to two years at the National Training School in Washington. Deputy Marshal Noah Gewin arrested Jimwell on a national prohibition violation charge today.
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Lucy Tolbert
National Training School
Washington
Robert T. Ervin
Jimwell
Noah Gewin
Fair and Warmer Tonight With Likely Afternoon Showers
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight with increasing cloudiness. Showers and thunderstorms are possible in the afternoon with a low around 5 and a rise in temperature expected later.
Shippers Await Call by Owners Over Park Footwear
Police report four ladies tennis shoes found in Ryan Park and urge owners to claim them at the police headquarters. Shoes appear left by players, and owners must provide proof of ownership.
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Ryan Park
Ruth Snyder trial closes in on Gray with widow in command
Mrs Ruth Snyder testifies that Henry Judd Gray killed her husband for insurance and that Gray sought money from her. Gray, his counsel brisk and alert, probes as the direct examination continues amid defense and state questioning.
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Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Long Island City
Eleanore Foley
Waldorf-Astoria
Jane Gray
Murd
New York
Ruth
Gray
Snyder
Edgar F. Aazelson
Five Thousand More Sent to Flood Sufferers
Mobile Red Cross officials report an additional six thousand dollars for flood relief sent from Mobile after Washington urged more funds. Total contributions reach fifteen thousand in a week, with over four thousand on hand for another potential call.
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Red Cross
Mobile
St. John Wilson
The
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Coolidge
Wilson
Everett Dix
Office
the Red Cross
Federal Building
Mobile Bay
Corps
Salvation Army
Mississippi River
George A. Zolezzi
Pullman Delegation to Mobile Surgical Association Session
A gilded train of Pullmans arrives in the city tomorrow night via the Mobile and Ohio railroad carrying many delegates to the Southern Railway Association of Surgeons annual convention in Mobile for a two day session beginning Wednesday. Dr Marion Inge of Mobile presides over the meeting.
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City
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Sout Railway Association of Surgeons
Mobile
Marion Inge
Assault Victim In Danger After Pine Grove Beating
Hobson Foster, 23, of Pine Grove Alabama, remained in danger after a Saturday attack in which he was struck on the head with an iron pipe. Suspect A K E Wilkins, a Pine Grove garage operator, is jailed on an assault to murder charge awaiting a physician’s note confirming Foster is out of danger. Foster’s brother reported the incident. Wilkins said Foster was drunken and abusive, and he struck him in self defense. No witnesses were present at the garage.
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Hobson Foster
Pine Grove
Ala
A. KE. Wilkins
Foster
Wilkins
John Foster
Hobson
Charles Brannan
Hobson Gibson
Asault
German Magnates To Visit U. S
Three European Rayon manufacturers and a number of stockholders will visit Johnson City May 8 after sessions in New York. Leaders include Dr. F Bluthgen Dr W Springorum and Dr C Benrath of Germany. A prince of Saxony may accompany the party.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Europe
America
New York
Ritz Carlton
F. Bluthgen
Gastav
Verdnig Glenzstoff Fabriken
Elberfield
W. Springorum
Avpoime Dtoesat
C. Benrath
I. P. Bemberg, Ltd
Barmen
Germany
Saxony
Red Cross Relief Totals Clarified in May Reports
Washington May 2 The Red Cross relief funds show a total of about 6.04 million dollars allocated nationwide with thousands more expected. Contributions break down across regions including 1.28 million from the East 1.398 million from the Midwest and 419000 from the Pacific coast. Additional funds come from insular and foreign donations and other red cross sources.
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Washin
Mid Western
Pacific Coast
Miners Entombed in Everetteville Mine After Blast
Rescue teams fought through debris at the Everetteville mine of the New England Fuel and Transportation Co to reach 77 trapped miners. Sixteen already confirmed wounded as fire raged, with workers hoping only 700 feet more would reveal the men at the blast site. National guard units and state police joined yardmen to aid rescue amid crowds of relatives at Paine Hill entrance.
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Everetteville
New England Fuel and Transportation Company
Paine Attile
Nation Army
West Virginia National Guard
Coast Guard Launches Reinforcements For New Orleans Flood Zone
Two anchor and boarding launches AB-19 and AB-20 sailed from this port to aid flood relief around New Orleans. AB-19 arrived from Pensacola to join AB-20 attached to the cutter Tallapoosa. Boatswain Miller leads AB-20 with Anderson commanding AB-19. Detachment of about 12 boats will operate in the west end of New Orleans. The vessels left port near 11 o'clock and are due in New Orleans by noon tomorrow. Captain Wolf of the gulf division had not yet issued an update.
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Coast Guard Service
New Orleans
Pensacola
Boatswain KR
Miller
Boatewain A. Anderson
Alec
H. H. Wolf
Ant
Gulf Division
Flooded EU tied to aid drive and White House talks
Secretary Wyse announces 260 000 people ready to return to work as waters recede and lowlands drain. President and War Department leaders confer on relief costs and timing while Red Cross funds rise into millions and public generosity funds the effort ahead of Coolidge’s flood visit.
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United States
Coolidge
Mia
Hooover
Geere Davis
Red Cross
Film Murder Case Involving Dorothy Mackaye and Dr Sullivan
Fragmentary notes recount a murder case linked to Dorothy Mackaye and Dr. Sullivan. Reymond died after a six week illness amid a Hollywood scandal surrounding a fight and alleged payments. authorities are uncertain about the cause and extent of involvement.
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Dorothy Mackaye
Sullivan
Hollywe
Arrow
Reymond
Juventio
Mackaye
Kelly
Dr. Sullivan
Ceal
Ors
City to Halt Use of Present Dumps
City commission to consider an ordinance at tomorrow’s regular meeting ordering all persons and firms to stop trash and dead animal dumps in northern city sections and within city limits. Hartwell explains that current dumps on Florida Street area are central to the measure while incinerator plans are discussed. The draft ordinance also covers territory outside city limits but under police jurisdiction. The session notes reflect concern over health and cleanliness and references to city finances.
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New City
Ord
Tageda
Hartwell
Florida Streetet
William H
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Telephoso Ees
Spring Hill
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Eset
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Medicos
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