Smith Case Proceeds in Calvert Court Over Killing
The Glenn Smith murder hearing in Calvert Alabama resumed with defense testimony planned from about ten witnesses to support self defense. The crowded courtroom from Mount Vernon and Calvert heard jurors chosen earlier. the trial likely reaches a verdict today.
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Dan Bryant
Calvert
Glenn Smith
Ala
Touart
McMillin
Bryant
Mount Vernon
Henry C. Laffre
James E. Sheran, Jr
Ferdinand T. Koppersmith
Allington Johnston, Jr
Harry Kohn
Kur J. Koppersmith
Allen R. Hol- George Moslander
Harry J Ues
John T. Pierson
Benito “Hermann
Joseph L. Hermann
Urges Teams to Reach Goal In C C Drive
Mobile Chamber of Commerce urges teams to persist despite bad weather as the drive moves into its critical day. W H Reynolds chairman says the campaign must reach the $60,000 goal, with $24,675 already raised, and reports to be given at a luncheon. Teams began at the Hawkins Hotel, aiming for a victorious finish Friday.
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Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Reynolds
Mobile
Reynolds
Police raid targets 205 North Dearborn Street house
Police raid on 205 North Dearborn Street, home of Sarah Wilson alias Shreveport Sarah, leads to arrests of Wilson, another Black woman, and Ollie Maples. Solicitor Chamberlain prepares injunctions to close the property amid prior violent incidents and statutory charges. Bail set for the two women. trial postponed to Saturday.
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North Dearborn Street
Sarah Wilson
Shreveport Sarah
Wilson
Ollie Maples
B. B. Chamberlain
Red” Olsen
Charles Medicus
Ivy Medicus
Medicus
Chamberlain
Opus Mifas
Genoa Conference Near Collapse Amid Foreign Tensions
Genoa the conference teetered toward collapse as Lloyd George and French leaders clash over private property demands. Soviet delegates hint at unity with Germany and blame France and Britain. Mrs Lloyd George and her daughter were injured in a car accident near Nervi as coverage continues.
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Genoa
Lloyd George
France
Great Britain
Russia
Lloyd
Tiows
Paris
Lloyd mi
Poincare
Grenoa
Associated Press
Mra
Rigid inspection of Old Shell road by board officials
The board revenue and road commissioners schedule a thorough inspection of the concrete road on Old Shell road from the city limits to the Country Club this afternoon. Reports cite faulty features with undermining concrete and paving breaks where earth has washed away after heavy rains.
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Conte
Old Shell Road
E City
Country Club
Revenue and Road Commissioners
Large Crowd Foreseen at Toulminville Athletic Meet
The Mobile County Athletic and Memorial Association expects a record crowd for a Saturday meet at Toulminville. The program includes athletics and several orations focusing on topics like erecting a memorial to Gorgas and developing Muscle Shoals.
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Mobile County Athletic and Matorical Association
Toulminville
Ond
Gorgas
Athlet
Sunday scholars visit Fairhope for district institute
Several Mobile Sunday schools sent delegates to Fairhope for a district Methodist institute at the church. The event lasts all day with attendees from many Methodist Sunday schools in the Mobile district.
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UNDAY
Fairhope
Bile
Mobile Raises Quota for National Campaign Committee
Mobile reports a quota of 260 dollars for the Democratic national campaign committee has been raised and sent to the national committeeman for the state. Joseph Lyons announces Mobile is the only district to have met the pledge with further contributions welcome.
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Mobile
Joseph Lyons
Lyons
Weather Roundup Shows Rain And Clear Skies Across Cities
The bulletin lists city by city conditions with times: New Orleans rain, Mobile rain, Birmingham partly cloudy at 3:30, New York threatening at 3:30, Brooklyn and Pittsburgh cloudy, St Louis clear at 3:14, Philadelphia cloudy with rain near Boston at 3:15, Chicago clear, Louisville and Detroit clear around 3.
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Tanooga
New Orleans
L. Rock
Mobile
Redville
Birmingham
National
Adelphia
New York
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Permati
St. Louis
Pinging
Boston
Feelas
Chicago
Louis
Detroit
Weather forecast for Alabama Mississippi
Weather notes from Ashington indicate mostly cloudy skies with possible thinner over tonight and a mild temperature trend. The report blends Alabama and Mississippi outlooks with limited detail and no significant precipitation noted.
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Ashington
Alabama
Farmers Plan Large Shipments of Crops by Summer
Wilmer Alabama area farmers plan to ship 100 cars of Irish potatoes 60 cars of watermelons six cars of sand pears three cars of beans and several cars of sweet potatoes by July 4 with Gulf Mobile and Northern Railroad Company handling shipments at Wilmer Semmes and Orchard in Mobile County. W C Vail County farm demonstration agent spoke on cooperative marketing and railroad officials pledged full cooperation at a Wilmer meeting.
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Wilmer
Semmes
Mobile County
Gulf, Mobie and Northern Railroad Company
Tanner-Williams and Semmes
L. T. Lane
W. C. Vail
Mr. Vail
Finance committee weighs fireproof filing cabinets for county offices
The board of revenue and road commissioners met in special session at the courthouse to consider a county request for fire-proof steel filing cabinets in county offices. The committee plans to report at the regular meeting next Monday. Road members with County Highway Engineer Leslie E. Prouty also inspected Hall's Mill road from Fulton road to Theodore.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Leslie E. Prouty
Hall's Mill Road
Fulton Road
Theodore
Fort Worth Woman Seeks Relatives Missing In City
Miss Dorothy E. Williams of 2208 Mistletoe Avenue asks Fort Worth police to help locate relatives in the city. She notes her aunt Dora T. Blackburn Kirkpatrick, who moved here 35 years ago from Missouri and once resided near Spring Hill.
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Dorothy E. Williams
Mistletoe Avenue
Fort Worth
Texas
Police Department
Dora T. Blackburn
Missouri
Kirkpatrick
Spring Hill
Brooks Held on Federal Writ for Liquor Possession
George W. Brooks of Chatom Alabama was docketed at the county jail today on an alias writ from the federal court. He was arrested on a charge of illegally possessing liquors and failed to answer the charge when his federal case was called.
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George W. Brooks
Chatom
Washington County
Ala
Brooks
Special Sermon for Members of Clubs
Pr Dunbar H Ogden of Government Street Presbyterian church will deliver a special sermon to Rotary and Kiwanis members Sunday at 11 o clock. A large number of members from one club is expected to attend. Atlanta minister to speak tonight Rev H C Gurrens of Atlanta will lecture at Harte auditorium on The Sect and Coming of Jesus and the Battle of Armageddon Soon to Be Fought. The lecture starts at 8 o clock.
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Pr. Dunbar H. Ogden
Government Street Presbyterian Church
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Atlanta
H.C. Gurrens
Harte Auditorium
Davidson named Mobile county school board business manager
W P Davidson a former Mobile resident now in New Orleans was elected business manager of the Mobile county school board at a called meeting. He must post a 10000 bond with the premium paid by the board. The superintendent carries a 40000 bond and handles cash. Davidson’s salary will be 3000 annually.
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W. P. Davidson
Mobile
New Orleans
Mobile County
Davidson
Montgomery
Winter
Irish Truce Declared Between Rebel Armies in Ireland
A truce between the rival Irish republican army forces is in effect from 4 PM today to 4 PM Monday to allow talks on unification. The accord, signed by chiefs Owen O'Duffy and Rian Lynch, blocks offensive operations except training and routine duties and commits both sides to order and protection of persons and property.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Irish Republican Army
Bioth
Owen O'Duffy
Rian Lynch
Navy Reports $250 Million In Onhand Supplies
Washington May 4 Navy officers told the Senate Naval Appropriations Committee that the United States navy holds about 250 million dollars in onhand supplies. The amount covers ammunition equipment for sailors and spare parts for ships and excludes major air leaves reserves in California and Wyoming. Oil reserves are valued up to 1.9 billion. A 100000 dollar appropriation to fund naval guards was requested to hire observers to guard each naval reserve.
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Washington
United States Navy
Senate
California
Wyoming
Navy Department
Denby
Mobile Rotary to Attend National Convention in San Francisco
A group of twenty Rotary Club of Mobile members will attend the national convention in San Francisco in early June. The delegation will be led by R. A. Christian and will tour notable sites on both the trip to Frisco and the return journey.
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Rotary Club of Mobile
San Francisco
Cal
Mobile
R. A Christian
Mobile Arty
Frisco
Homesteader Wins Village Through Ruling in Wyoming
Emmett C. Hathaway's homestead near Lance Creek was approved by the Douglas land office. A village, built by the Western States Oil and Land Co., now sits on part of the tract. Hathaway “owns the town” and may use the village amenities and two stores for supplies and social life.
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Manville
Wyo
Wyoming
Emmett C. Hathaway
Lance Creek
United States Land Office
Douglas
Western States Oil and Land Company
Hathaway
Oii Resaurants
Food Supply Crisis Hits Flooded Mississippi Region
Thousands in the Natchez area rely on rafts and improvised platforms as relief groups provide food and clothing at camps in Natchez Harrisonburg and Rhinehart. Congressmen from Concordia and Catahoula parishes plan to press for federal relief while river backwater expands flood zones and farming livelihoods face long term ruin.
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Natshez
Miss
Natchez
Harrisonburg
Rhinehart
Congressional
Mississippi Valley
Vicksburg
Ferriday
Yor Batinga
Mile E
Concordia
Catahoula Parish
Red River
Mississippi
Thismane
Seccai
Pretty Student Calls Men Spend Too Much at Dances
Miss Donabine Cameron of Stanford argues that young men in college overspend on dances and dates. She advocates affordable outings without decorations or heavy expenses, urging men to trim excess costs to ease college burdens.
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Stanford University
Donabbiine Cameron
Leland Stanford University
Cameron
Foike
Cashier Freed on Sixty Day Stay Bond
John Harkins cashier of the First National Bank of Lepanto is jailed today after posting a sixty day stay bond. He was convicted in federal district court of making fake entries in the bank books and fined $1060.
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Jonesboro
Ark
John Harkins
First National Bank of
House Appropriations Panel Proposes Twelve Soldier Hospitals
A May report from the House Appropriations Committee outlines a bill to erect twelve soldier hospitals costing 17 million dollars with a capacity of 5450 beds. It would provide 12 million in direct funding this year, with authority for 6 million more from the veterans bureau as needed.
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House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Oii
Veterans Bureau
Agree
Forbes
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Cairman
Desperate Mexicans' shanties burned in Denver
Police report that 150 destitute Mexicans living in a squatter settlement on Denver's edge were burned out when a torch was set to their huts. The shacks, about four feet high, were built from fragments of tin, pasteboard and wood found in the city dump, with residents relying on refuse for clothing and food.
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Denver
Aniston Officer Freed on Bail in Detectives Slaying
Anniston Alabama May 4 Marshal Welch aged 34 charged with the killings of City Detectives Joe Holliday and Bryce Hurst received a $10,000 bond after a preliminary hearing. Ernest aged 30, accompanying Welch, was exonerated and released. Welch claimed self defense and said Hurst was killed by accident as he sat with Holliday.
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Anniston
Ala
Marshal Welch
Joe Holliday
Bryce Hurst
Ernest
Welch
Welsh
Davis
Holliday
Hurst
Ex-Bookkeeper Roy Sought in Embezzlement Case
Nashville May 4 Officers search for William G. Roy former bookkeeper at the state penitentiary charged in a warrant by Lewis Pope president of the state board of administration with embezzling between 7600 and 7800 dollars in state funds. The shortage involved travel warrants for prisoner transport Roy left service in November 1921.
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Nashville
Tenn
William G. Roy
State Penitentiary
Lewis
Pope
State Board of Administration
Roy
Comronwealth
Directors Say Bank Accounts Are Short
Pine Bluff Arkansas May 4 Directors of the Merchants and Planters Bank announced that a shortage of 21758 in the accounts of Willard Jarman a bank bookkeeper had been covered. Jarman left for New Orleans on vacation and has been sought by officers for a week.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Merchants and Planters Bank
Willard Jarman
Jarman
New Eans
Ben
Typothetae Federation Holds Fifth Annual Convention
Delegates from all sections of the south arrive in Memphis for the fifth annual convention of the Southeastern Typothetae Federation to be held Friday and Saturday.
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Memphis
Tenn
South
Southeastern Typothetae Federation
Mayor Hylan Injured in Brooklyn Street Car Collision
May 4 report states Mayor Hylan was slightly hurt when an automobile carrying him from his Brooklyn home to City Hall collided with a street car. The incident occurred early today as he rode to his office.
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Hylan
Brooklyn
City Hall
Croker Funeral Postponed to Thursday
The funeral of Richard Croker, previously set for today, has been postponed to Thursday. The change announced via Associated Press notes the services will proceed at a later date with arrangements to be updated.
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Genoa
Associated Press
Russia
Moscow
Exchange Telegraph
Lenine
Croker
Heli
Dublin
Richard Croker
Russia Would Seek U S Loan If Genoa Talks Fail
Moscow says if the Genoa conference collapses Russia will request a loan from the United States. M Steklov editor of Igvestia declares Russia would offer Siberian railway concessions as collateral and asserts U S and Russia share aligned interests against Japan. He accuses Japan of occupying eastern Siberia as an undesirable guest.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
M. Steklov
Igvestia
Steklov
Siberia
Japan
America
Bonus Bank Loan Clause Part Of Senate Plan
Washington May 4 Chairman McCumber of the senate finance committee was authorized by a committee majority to present his soldiers bonus plan with the bank loan provision to President Harding. Senator Smoot will also present his own bonus plan proposing a 20 year endowment life insurance plan with no loan provisions.
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Washington
McCumber
Senate Finance Committee
Harding
Smoot
Utah
White House
Mount Etna Eruption Returns With Violent Explosions
Catania Sicily May 4 Mount Etna has erupted again with increasing violence and continuous roars heard for miles. A dense black plume fills the sky as lava and ash blast outward from the volcano.
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Catania
Sicily
Associated Press
Mount Etna
Ranger Killed by Bolt in Lightning Strike
Clercy O'Kelley forest ranger was killed and his wife seriously injured when a bolt of lightning struck their home near Asheville May 4. The event occurred last night and authorities reported the injured wife was removed to a local hospital for treatment.
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Ashevila.e. N
Clercy O'Kelley
Prisoner from Little Rock Confesses in Mullin Case
Nashville May 4 Burrell Cordell the confessed slayer of Miss Nora Mullin of Little Rock remains in the state reformatory. He repeated his story to Police Chief Rotenburg and District Attorney Denham who are returning home without the prisoner and admit no corroborative evidence to convict if he testifies.
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Nashville, Tenn
Burrell Cordell
Nora Mullin
Little Rock
Ark
State Reformatory
Rotenburg
Denham
Senator Borah Attacks Bakamete and Semenoff in Speech
Idaho Senator Borah launched a sharp denunciation of Boris Bakamete described as Russia's ambassador to the United States and General Semenoff, former anti Bolshevik commander in Siberia, calling Semenoff a brutal fiend and murderer.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Boris Bakamete
United States
Semenoff
Siberia
John Lewis Visits White House to Discuss Coal Crisis
John I. Lewis president of the United Mine Workers of America arrived in Washington to confer with Secretary of Labor Davis on a government plan to end the nationwide coal industry controversy. He was expected to call on President Harding at the White House.
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Washington
John I. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Secretary of Labor
Davis
Lewis
Harding
White House
Plumber Refuses to Testify in Klan Grand Jury Probe
R A Abbott a plumber is jailed after a grand jury investigation into Ku Klux Klan activities in Bakersfield California He refused to answer questions saying it would violate the oath of the Ku Klux Klan and his own oath obligations Prior to this he faced the jury’s scrutiny yesterday as part of the inquiry
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Bakersfield
Cal
R. A. Abbott
Ku Klux Klaas
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