Trial Opens In Slaying Case Of Elijah Taylor In Orleans
Judge George Smoot denied a continuance and summoned a new venire after witnesses failed to answer. Elijah Henry Taylor, accused of first degree murder for slaying his wife on Madison Street in August 1929, faced initial testimony and a plan to begin presenting evidence in the afternoon.
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Elijah Henry Taylor
Circuit Court
George F. Smoot
Ninteenth Judicial Circuit
Bart B. Chamberlain
Harry Seale
Gordon Bennett
Taylor
Smoot
Madison
Hamilton
Solicitor Chamberlain
Seale
Kiwanis Night Observed by Mobile Club
The Mobile Kiwanis Club marks All Kiwanis Night at 6 30 p m Monday at the Battle House with the reading of Raymond M Crosman’s presidential message as centerpiece. Mobile delegates to the international convention in Miami include Judge David H Edington Norman Farrar Herbert I Collins and Frank Bilis.
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Mobile Kiwanis Club
Battle House
Raymond M. Crosman
Omaha
Sesson
Mobile
Miami
David H. Edington
United States
Canada
Edington
Norman Farrar
Herbert I. Collins
Frank Bilis
Taxes on agenda for Battle House meeting Monday
A public meeting to discuss taxation is set for 7:30 pm Monday in the Battle House auditorium. John F. Glennon will be one of two principal speakers with officials from the Board of Revenue, city and school boards and civic groups invited to attend.
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Battle House
John F. Glennon
Board of Revenue
Destruction of Still and Mash in Federal Raid
Federal officers Duffie Hudson and Deputies tar gett Nelson raided a location and seized a 300 gallon copper still 15 barrels of mash and 15 gallons of whiskey in a stilling operation. The scene ended with the equipment and liquor destroyed.
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Duffie and Hudson
Targett and
Nelson
Chamber Parley on Budget by Ways and Means Committee
The Ways and Means Committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet at 6 30 Monday to discuss finances for the coming year and prepare the budget. A F Norquist chairs the committee.
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Ways and Means
The
Chamber of Commerce
A. F. Norquist
Night Club Manager Fined 500 After Raid
Clarence Bucklen owner of Ye Old Mill on Hall's Mill road received a 500 fine and 140 days in prison for violating prohibition laws after a sheriff led raid last week. Bucklen plans appeal with 750 bond. Patrons arrested were released. Other Monday cases included James Moore 100 and 50 days, John Logan 100 and 30 days plus burglary postponed, Joe and George Welch 10 and 10 for an affray, Arthur Kyser driving while intoxicated awaiting jury.
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Clarence Bucklen
Ye Old Mill
Hall’s Mill Road
William H. Holcombe
Bucklen
James Moore
John Logan
Joe
George Welch
Arthur Kyser
Mobile to Savannah Airmail Line Meeting Planned
The Waycross Chamber of Commerce announced a meeting in Waycross Georgia on Thursday to promote an airmail line between Mobile Alabama and Savannah Georgia. Attendees include Senatorial figures and Oscar Barney and Cecil F Bates may attend the convention. The move aims to benefit southern Alabama northwest Florida and southern Georgia with other cities along the route showing interest. The convention will start at 11 30 oclock.
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Waycross
Mobile
Savannah
A. D. Spotswood
Chamber of Commerce
Waycross Chamber of Commerce
Oscar Barney
Cecil F. Bates
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Police Probe Two Burglaries Over Weekend
Burglars entered two Mobile residences on Sunday night with gunfire reported when occupants fired at one intruder. The Lang home at 2108 Dauphin Street suffered a purse theft and three railroad passes were taken. D L Sheppard reported firing at a burglar near 1252 Short Street as the intruder approached his house.
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Mobile
G. M. Lang
Dauphin Street
D. L. Sheppard
Short State Street
Sheppard
H. C. Cochran
Captain Resujjac Returns Home After Severe Pneumonia
Captain Ressijac returns to port aboard his vessel after a bronchial pneumonia attack in Berlin Gerry and London England last month. He was near removal from the ship at Wondon but spoke and completed the trip home.
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Berlin
Gerry
London
Eng
Ressijac
Wondon
Cotton Freight Rate War: Railroads Cut Rates to Meet Trucks
Intersta te Commerce Commission authorizes southwestern railroads to cut cotton freight rates from Shree Arkansas and Texas to Mobile and Texas seaports to counter truck competition. Dispatches from Washington report the action amid ongoing rate war between motor carriers and railroads.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwestern
Texas
Shree
Arkansas
Mobile
Fugitive Held After Escape From State Prison Road Gang
Frank Perkins alias Frank Carter, described as a negro, is jailed at police headquarters on an escape from the Montgomery state prison. Carter admitted a circuit court burglary sentence of three years and escaped from a convict department road gang about 30 crew were picked up by detectives Bauer and.
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Frank Perkins
Frank Carter
Montgomery
Carter
Jon
State Convict Department
Bauer
Dr. Phillips Resigns From First Baptist Pastorate
Dr. Phillips resigns after twenty years as pastor of the First Baptist church here amid age reasons. He has served in ministry for 58 years with earlier pastorates at Evans Mill and Cohoes in New York, then Mobile. The notice notes an early retirement from the local pastorate.
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First Baptist Church
Evans Mill
N. Y
Cohoes
Mobile
Mobile Pastorate Union
Anti Wins
Mentee
Seeceinata Ues Eteee
Tis Piensa
First Baptist
Phillips
One Man Dead in Mobile Traffic Smashups
A traffic series Sunday in Mobile left one man dead and seven others injured. Alexander Gaines died at City hospital from injuries suffered on Hall's Mill road near Mertz station. Others hurt include C. F. Luther, Mrs. Suther, Mrs. Rey, Mrs. McManus, and Hattie May Daniels. three negroes were jailed on related charges.
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Mobile
Alexander Gaines
South Jefferson Street
City Hospital
Hall's Mill Road
Mertz Station
C. F. Luther
Blacklawn
F. Suther
A. A. Rey
Suther
L. B. McManus
Senator Street
Hattie May Daniels
South
Jefferson Street
Planes Banned After Rockne Crash Probe
The commerce department ordered discontinuance of passenger service on all Fokker F-10 AF-1 planes used by four airlines, about 35 tri motor aircraft. The action follows the Knute Rockne crash investigation. Anthony Fokker meets officials on required safety steps. The navy department also rejects a new Fokker tran airplane as unstable.
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Washington
Young
Commerce Department Aeronautics Division
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Anthony Fokker
Department
Commerce Department
Navy Department
Mission Aid Seeks Release of Abducted Swedish Pastor
Negotiators in Hankow China reported the pursuit of the release of the Rev. Oscar Anderson of the Swedish Lutheran mission who was abducted and taken to Kingmen on April 17. They left the area with a ransom of 10 000 Mexican dollars and a supply of medicine and other items.
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Hankow
China
Oscar Anderson
Kingmen
Bank cashier kills wife then himself in Conshohocken
Howard C. Pedrick, cashier of the First National Bank, strangled his wife in Conshohocken, Pa., then shot and killed himself after police said he was about $45,000 short in his accounts.
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Conshohocken
Howard C. Pedrick
First National Bank
Pedrick
Dynamite Found Near State Docks Reported
A box of dynamite was found Sunday near the state docks by the father of J. D. Morgan a student living at 44 St Anthony street who notified police Monday. The youth had brought the dynamite to his home before the father reported the discovery and officials said it was property of the docks.
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State Docks
J. D. Morgan
St. Anthony Street
Shell Rate Cut Tariff to Mobile Announced
R G Cobb traffic manager of the Chambers Commerce announced reduced shell rates from Bayou in Barre Coden and other points to Mobile. The price drops from 1.15 to 0.99 per ton.
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Mobile
Bayou
Barre
Coden
R. G. Cobb
Chambers Commerce
Two Brothers Questioned In Mississippi Prohibition Slaying
In Collins Mississippi two brothers Legan and Walter Dorsett were jailed amid a 24 hour search tied to the murder of Prohibition Agent H L Everett near Jackson. Everett, an important witness in whiskey raids, was killed when his car struck a creek after being shot during a confrontation with suspected bootleggers Patterson and others.
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Associated Press
Collins
Miss
Covington County
Legan
Walter Dorsett
H. L. Everett
Jackson
Clyde Patterson
Weathersby
Maxie
Forrest County
Hattiesburg
Patterson
John Smith
McCallum
Smith
Ever- Cole
To & Gun
Everett
Rebels Overrun Vicinity of Santa Rosa In Honduras Battle
More than 200 men were killed on both sides in a battle near Santa Rosa between rebels and federal troops. Prominent civilians including Abraham Bueso and Mariano mi were among the casualties, with hostages reported as rebels retreated toward Ocotepe. Looting and destruction of bridges and communications caused substantial property damage.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Santa Rosa
Abraham Bueso
Mariano mi
Ocotepe- 2
Hines Plans Southeast Tour For Veterans Hospitals
Veteran administrator Hines departed for a southeastern swing to inspect proposed veterans hospital sites. He will visit Jacksonville Florida on Thursday and Scopes sites near Columbia Washington to choose a hospital location and a Florida Soldiers Home site.
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Washington
Hines
Jacksonville
Fla
Columbia
D. C
Soldiers Home
Florida
Two Men Shot at New Orleans Printing Plant
In downtown New Orleans a printing plant shooting left manager Val Edler and employee Joseph Hacker gravely wounded. Hacker, 54, fired at Edler, 55, then shot himself. both were hospitalized in serious condition.
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New Orleans
Joseph Hacker
Val Edler
Senate seeks removal of Power Commission chair Smith
The Senate petitions the District of Columbia supreme court to oust Power Commission Chairman Smith, citing usurpation of office. John W. Davis and Alexander J. Groesbeck filed the action to force Smith to prove his authority, while Pepper represents Smith.
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District of Columbia Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
Smith
The
Power Commission
John W. Davis
Alexander
J. Groesbeck
Senate
Hoover
Draper and Garasand
Charles A. Russell
William J. King
Walsh
Montana
Davis and Groesbeck
Commission
Rover
Strong Fight Looms On State Income Tax
Governor Miller disagrees with recess finance commission plans to send his revenue program to the legislature without a recommendation. He may seek a direct vote on his plan at Monday’s session, amid opposition to a $25,000,000 road bond issue to be financed by tax changes.
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Montgomery
Miller
Recess Finance Commission
Hoover urges armament cuts to aid world economy
President Hoover told 1000 delegates at the sixth biennial congress of the International Chamber of Commerce that further armament limitation is essential to revive global trade and ease worldwide gloom driven by wartime legacies. He called armament reduction the supreme factor in international economic cooperation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
International Chamber of Commerce
Death of Hazel Bradshaw Stuns San Diego
Hazel Bradshaw, 22, a principal supporter for her mother and nine siblings, was found dead with 17 stab wounds near an adobe wall in an Indian village. Suspect M. Garrison, 35, is held for questioning as police say no link to prior child and adult murders has been established.
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San Diego
Cal
Hazel Bradshaw
M. ©. Garrison
Virginia Brooks
Louise Tucker
Dolly Ribbens
Two Arkansas pastors indicted in flogging case
In Mena Arkansas two Apostolic ministers Rev Sid Wise and Rev B R Larimore were indicted on flogging charges after they allegedly whipped Bud Balls for returning home drunk during a Red Cross aid effort. Sheriff Joplin says fines may be paid by his office. Wise denies arrest and Larimore remains free on recognizance. The October circuit court term will hear the case.
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Associated Press
Mena
Ark
Tay 4
Red Cross
John EB. Joplin
Sid Wise
B. R. Larimore
Apostolic Faith
Wise
New Mexico
Larimore
Joplin
Ralls
Missing Philadelphia heir Brinton Weatherill is reported
New Orleans police say Brinton Weatherill 60, of a Philadelphia family, has been missing from his uptown New Orleans apartment since April 3. Landlady J F Barrett found his dinner marketing and the rent was paid through J Kemp Ridgely. Friends noted a $600 check he received the day before his disappearance was never cashed.
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New Orleans
Brinton Weatherill
Philadelphia
Uptown Garden District
J. F. Barrett
J. Kemp Ridgely
Weatherill
Brinton Wierill
State Officials Sued Over Road Obstruction Injury
Dan R Moody Jr sues William F Feagin and L G Smith in circuit court claiming obstruction to a road near Axis caused his car to wreck and him to be injured. Attorneys Inge Stallworth Inge and Hamilton represent Moody seeking 500 dollars.
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William F. Feagin
State Board of and
L. G. Smith
Dan R. Moody, Jr
Inge
Stallworth
Thomas A. Hamilton
Feagin
Sherman Morrisette, Jr
Sherman Morrisette
Sabre Saxon
Morse Salister
D. R. Coley, Jr
Salister
Sabre
Bay Bridge
Bandits Loot Downtown Memphis Bank
Three unmasked men entered the Union Planters National Bank on Main Street and Beale Avenue after 9 am, held employees and customers at gunpoint, and escaped with cash and negotiable securities estimated at $10,000 or more.
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Memphis
Tenn
Union Planters National ,Bank and Trust Company
Main Street
Beale Avenue
Weather outlook with showers and easterly winds
Local forecast calls for probable showers Monday night and Tuesday with light to moderate easterly winds. Alabama expected cloudy with showers. Mississippi mostly cloudy with localized showers tonight and Tuesday and warmer in the north. Daily River Bulletin notes observations at 7 p m standard time May 4 1981.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Southeast
Daily River Bulletin
River Forecast for Tombigbee Area Briefing
River forecast indicates little change tonight for the Tombigbee and its branches. Reports focus on the Alabama Montgomer y irregular and Selma region with slight variations in flow.
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Tombigbee
Alabama Montgomery
Selma
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