Appeal to Federal Court to Save Six Italians
Federal court intervention sought to halt executions set for May 9 of six Italians, five of whom face death for the Dallas Calmes murder in Independence Louisiana. Lawyers filed a writ of habeas corpus alleging unfair trial and jury intimidation by crowds. Roy Leona not included. prior Supreme Court denial noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Dallas Calmes
Independence
Parker
Roy Leona
Archie Rennyson
Deamore
United States Court
United States Supreme Court
Rennyson
Rowden
Tangipahoa Parish
Search for Major Martin Continues Across Alaska
Three overland search parties return from Chignik with no trace of Major Frederick L. Martin and his mechanic Alva Harvey. Reports say natives saw Martin heading northwest toward Chignik Lakes. vessels and coast guard crews widen sweeps along the Behring Sea and Aleutian region as weather and food rumors affect rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordova
Alaska
Associated Press
Frederick L. Martin
Chignik
False Pass
Alaskan
Frederick Ll. Martin
Chignik Lakes
Behring
Rocky Behring
Aleutia Islands
Alaska Peninsula
Cmignik
Martan
United States
Around the
Martin
Alva Harvey
Leonard
Adelge
Belkofsky
Bear
Pavlof
Ivan Island
Paviof
Dutch Harbor
Portage Bay
Shumagin Islands
Kuikta’ Bay
Coast Guard
Chignik Lake
Major Martin
Seattle
North Pacific Shore
Frederick N. Martin
Globe Flier
Behring Sea
Alabama Travelers End First Day With Fairhope Outing
Members of the Alabama Division Travelers Protective Association conclude the first day of their annual convention with an outing at Fairhope on Mobile Bay. The program on the Bay Queen steamer includes dancing, contests with prizes, bathing, and a noon basket dinner followed by a big fish fry. An annual banquet at the Cawthon Hotel highlighted by General William L. Sibert’s address on Alabama ports and industry, with remarks by J. L. Bedsole and Rev. Richard Wilkinson. The group will meet next in Tuscaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Travelers’ Protective Association
Fairhope
Mobile Bay
Steamer Bay
Bowen
Drago
Cawthon Hotel
Vineyard
Seuport
William L. Sibert
State Docks Commission
J. L. Bedsole
Mobile Rotary Club
Sibert
Mobile
Richard Wilkinson
Montgomery
G. C. Tucker
St. John's Episcopal Church
Alabama Travelers’ Protective Association
Martin Nestor
Post C of
Birmingham
Old Virginna
Edith Tucker
Post C
W. R. Mabry
R. B. Fuller
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Testimony in federal trial halted by juror illness
The federal court trial of 69 defendants charged with conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act adjourned at 12 30 today due to juror J A Cook of Wilcox county falling ill. Cross examination of witness J A Thomas proceeded earlier, with details of undercover liquor operations and raids, letters and price lists tied to Daves tire shop and other parties, while Cook is expected to resume Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Cook
Wilcox County
Rederal Court
Cook
W. T. Henderson
Cross
J. A. Thomas
Thomas
Mobile
Sam Powe
Dan Jemison
New One
Bates
Daves
Bullenin
Ming
U. 8S
W. H
James Yarbrough
Staton
Springfield
H. B. O’connor
En Aoa
George P Morin
Cleveland Avenue
New Orleans
Wsor
Hi Horse
Gordon Gin
Maurice Road, Inc
Havana
F. Daves
Old Private Bank to Be Taken Over in London
Child & Co, England's oldest private bank founded circa 1560, will be absorbed by Glyn, Mills & Co. under the will of the eighth earl of Jersey, who died December 31. The bank on Fleet Street has historic ties to Cromwell, Walpole, Dryden, and Charles II, and with Glyns the capital will exceed 30 million pounds.
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London
Child & Co
England
Glyn, MiNs & Co
Eighth Earl of Jersey
Child’s Bank
Fleet Street
Oliver Cromwell
Horace Walpole
Dryden
Charles II
Western governors may meet to combat hoof and mouth disease
The Agriculture Department considers a governors conference in a mountain state to coordinate lifting embargoes and strengthening safeguards against the hoof and mouth outbreak affecting Pacific coast states. Western senators urged the action after caucusing on the issue.
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Washington
International News Service
Department of Agriculture
Pacific Coast
Department
Violence Marks Start of Argentine General Strike
Buenos Aires May 3 A nationwide general strike begun at midnight was ushered in by violence as a bomb exploded on a passenger train coach injuring a guard with a broken leg and wounding several passengers. The strike, called by socialist and labor unions, protests a pensions law allowing retirement after 25 years of service.
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Buenos Aires
Son-in-law Foley Considered for Tammany Leadership
New York May 3 Surrogate James A Foley may succeed his father in law the late Charles F Murphy as head of Tammany if he is confirmed on the bench A conference of influential Tammany members reached an agreement the selection and the election is expected at the executive committee meeting Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James A. Foley
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
New York Ss
Sr. Foley
Mundelein and party leave Paris for Cherbourg
Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago and his party depart Paris for Cherbourg early this morning. They travel homeward aboard the liner to New York, under overcast skies and in quiet fashion.
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Mundelein
Cherbourg
Paris
Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
New York
Weather forecast for Washington area and gulf states
Weather brief notes fair and mild weather expected across Alabama and Mississippi. Periods of sunshine with gentle breezes through Sunday and warmer temperatures likely in coastal regions.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Relief Work Under Way in Storm Areas
Relief efforts are under way across the southeast after midweek tornadoes killed 106, injured hundreds, and left thousands homeless. The American Red Cross coordinates field relief, shelters, and temporary housing, with tents and supplies sent to affected states including South Carolina where 73 deaths were reported. Georgia 14, Alabama 11, North Carolina 5, Virginia, Louisiana and Arkansas also tally deaths as surveys continue.
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Atlanta
American Red Cross
Red Cross
South Carolina
McLeod
Georgia
Alabama
North Carolina
Virginia
Louisiana
Arkansas
Delayed Beam to Testify Ahead of Baring Trial
International News Dred Beam former Elizabeth high school teacher tied to the Baring germ poisoning case plans to testify before the district attorney around May 12. Her relatives say she fears publicity but is ready to undergo interrogation when able.
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White Plains
N. Y
International
Rowland
Miss Beam
Clarence O. Baring
Baring
Charlies E. Young
Wiley
Hope to End Boycott on American Tobacco
A tobacco growers commission of southern co operatives sails for Europe aboard the Leviathan to lift the boycott on American tobacco and study foreign markets. The groups claim to represent about 250 000 farmers across Kentucky Ohio Indiana Tennessee West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Kentucky and Jessee. The mission seeks to gauge European demand and general marketing conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A_tobacco growers’ commission of southerners
United States
Europe
Leviathan
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Co-Operative Association
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Tennessee
West Virginia
Tobacco Growers’ Co-Operative Association of
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Dark Tobacco Growers’ Co-Opative Association of
Jessee
Pershing to Lead Judges in Women's Essay Contest
General Pershing will head the panel judging essays by young women in a prize competition organized by the women's overseas service league. Other judges include Miss Louise Wells, Charles B. Pike, John J. Tigert, and Miss Anita E. Phipps with two more women yet to be named. The contest, closing May 5, centers on why a young man the entrant knows should attend a citizen soldiers camp and prizes will be presented by Mrs. Coolidge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Pershing
Women's Overseas Service League
War Department
Louise Wells
Chicago
League
Charles B. Pike
Military Training Camps Association
John J. Tigert
Anita E. Phipps
w@omen
May
Businessman Turned Singer Rekindles Studio in Chicago
Ambrose Wyrick, selling merchandise, impressed executives who praised his business acumen and singing. Their support relaunched his studio and concert work. He promotes himself as the businessman's tenor and plans to sing at the Republican convention in Cleveland and later at a White House reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ambrose Wyrick
Executives Club
Iveland
Ite House
Well Known Chicago Grocer Advertises in War Effort
A Chicago grocer, Frank C. Letts Sr., a wholesale merchant, retired early and served supplying the American war effort. He left a widow, three daughters, and Frank C. Jr., president of Dusland-McNeil-Horner Company, among survivors.
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Chicago
May
Frank C. Letts
Frank C., Jr
Dusland-McNeil-Horner
Sure Vive
Grain futures report cites Chicago Bear Trade totals
Washington May 3. The grain futures administration reports to the senate on future Wheat trading. It states that a futures deal on the Chicago Bear Trade last year totaled 2,672.69 bushels. The report outlines the per transaction figures and overall volume in the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Grain Futures Administration
Senate
Two Bank Robbery Suspects Sought After Jail Break
In Newton Kansas on May 3, deputies searched western Kansas for James A. Woodruff and Pat Carroll accused of robbing the Walton State Bank of 140000. They escaped by dynamiting a jail corner. explosion damaged the building as they fled toward a waiting car. Mrs Woodruff and James Reynolds were released last week after arrest in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Kansas
James A. Woodruff
Pat. Carroll
Walton, State Bank
Zayas Heads to Scene of Cuban Uprising
President Zayas departed Havana for Santa Clara province amid armed opposition to his government. He traveled with General Herrero and a military escort. the move followed fresh unrest centered in Santa Clara and Cienfuegos. Police seized newspapers to curb reports of the military outbreak.
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Zayas
Cuba
Peavana
Havana
Santa Clara Province
Herrero
Cof
Citst
Nfuegos
Santa Clara
Cienfuegos
Raldo de Cuba
Heraldo
Church Unite in Honoring O'Reilly Fifty Years Priest
Lawrence Mass May 3 Citywide celebration marks the 50th anniversary of Rev James T O'Reilly priest at St Mary's church since 1886 He observed his 74th birthday last week Father O'Reilly played a key role in resolving six major textile strikes in the area Cardinal G G Connell will celebrate Mass at St Mary's and lead the May Day parade with Father O'Reilly at the head.
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St. Mary’s Church
Father O'Reilly
Klan Organization Reported in Vancouver Canada
Police investigate claims a Canadian Ku Klux Klan branch is being formed in Vancouver British Columbia an officer from the American Midwest recruiting members in a hotel room amid pomp and ceremony based on initial reports
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Ku Klux Klan
Middle West
Invisible Empire
Three New Cures Claimed By Doctors In Seattle
Dr John Hunter of Sydney and Dr William Mayo of Rochester announced discoveries of cures for spastic paraplegia listless disease and parkinsonian syndromes at a Seattle arrival from Auckland, New Zealand. The treatments target injuries to the brain and pediatric movement disorders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
John Hunter
University of Sydney
Australia
William J. Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Auckland
N. Z
British Medical Association
Mayo
Postpone Many Cases in State Court for Week
The state circuit court postponed many cases last week due to the U S liquor conspiracy trial. No jury has been drawn for next week, so all calls may be passed if pleas of guilt are not entered. The schedule lists defendants and charges for May 1 7 8 and 9.
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United State
Circuit Court
J. D. McAllister
Mitchell Latikos
Brice Etheridge
Emma Humphrey
He Ara Eore
Samuel Powe
Sabel Sai Cumber
B. M. Orne "Sohn Wheeler
R. KK. Coor
Prohibition
Len Wicke
Gold Dust
Vaudie Dossett
Frank Dossett
Mary Williams
S. E. Worcester
Toulmin Broadus
Houston Bosarge
Harold Taite
Amanda R. Wilson
Charlie Bennett
Willie Jones
Frank Carroll
Willie Lee
John McClellan
D. Gnipro
Perry Moseley
Will Johnson
Sam Powe
Thomas IF. Harrison
Japanese Suspects Questioned Over Fort Adams Photos
Three Japanese observers were found taking photographs of Fort Adams and Newport harbor. Police questioned them, the film was seized for development, and the trio, released, left for New York after their names were recorded.
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Newport, R. I
Fort Adams
Newport Harbor
New York
Who Is It Picture Memory Challenge
A daily memory test features one of 20 faded portraits of famous people. Readers guess the face from distinguishing features only. Names revealed the day after publication. whole family can join the contest.
Man Held on Statutory Charge in Local Case
Clyde Byrd, 20, of Oild Shell Road and Union Avenue, was arrested Friday afternoon by Police Sergeant Marshall and Officers Mar cet and Tunstall on a statutory offense charge. He was turned over to county authorities. Fred Cowart of Crichton is the complainant representing a 13 year old girl.
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Clyde Byrd
Shell Road
Union Avenue
Marshall
Marcet and Tunstall
Fred Cowart
Crichton
Broadus Sues Bethea and Ice Cream Co for $1590
Robert H. Broadus files in circuit court against J. P. Bethea and the Columbia Ice Cream and Creamery Company seeking 1590 damages for injuries alleged after being struck by an auto truck while crossing Wilkinson and St Francis streets in March remembered as past last.
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Robert H. Broadus
Circuit Court Today
J. P. Bethea
Columbia Ice Cream and Creamery Company
Broadus
Wilkinson
St. Francis Atreets
Rebels Slip Away From Federal Force Near Cienfuegos
Rebels elude government troops around Cienfuegos as rugged terrain hinders pursuit. Havana dispatches note more machine guns and a radio set sent to loyal forces to aid operations.
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Havana
Cienfuegos
War Department
Menus Arranged For Army Camps In Washington
Army subsistence experts have set menus for citizens training camps, with 28 000 youths expected to train. Ration allowance rises to 45 cents per man daily, plus 25 cents for preparation and service. Regular army costs, aided by detachments, will relieve the youthful soldiers of kitchen duty.
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Washington
False Pretenses Charged To Negro
Dan Gaines, 25, a Black man, was arrested by Deputy Shefffe M Bernstein on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses with a Bay St. Louis warrant. Gaines agreed to return to Mississippi without requisition papers, and an officer from Bay St. Louis is expected to come to Mobile this afternoon for the prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Gaines
Shefffe M . Bernstein
Bay St. Louis
Gaines
Mississippi
Bay Louis
Mobilé
Husband and Wife Charged in Federal Narcotics Case
Frank Hutchinson and May ingon, a husband and wife, were arrested a week ago on the same charge and sent to the county jail today. They face violent federal narcotics act accusations and were unable to post bonds. They will appear before the federal commissioner for arraignment.
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Frank Hutchinson
May & Ingon
Parker Denies Deliberate Falsehood in Lynching Case
Baton Rouge governor Parker denounces claims of deliberate falsehood regarding the May 9 execution of six men. He warns that those who deny justice will face consequences, asserting the hoodoo claim would be proven true if lynching occurred.
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Baton Rouge
Ernor Parker
George Gaka Ak
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Pittsburgh
Italy
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