Protective Association endorsement of Mobile school board site choice
At a Mobile County Protective Association meeting in the county building, a resolution backed the school board for choosing a high school site against advisory council recommendations. The vote, three to two, favored the Davis property amid protests by opponents, with directors to reconvene Tuesday to revisit the matter.
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Mobile County Protective Association
Mobile County School Board
James Hagan
Ad Council
Reese Farnell
Protective Association
Advisory Council
Davis
Carlin
Goose Creek grand jury indicts in terror reign report
Harris County grand jury returns indictments in Goose Creek probe detailing a two year reign of beatings and mob-style punishments. The report cites widespread fear, police aid rumors, and alleged coerced "moral advice" actions, with further continuation promised on page seven.
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Houston
Tex
Goose Creek
Harris’” Grand Jury
J. W. Robinson
Guise
Poison Suspected in Willis Death at Delaware Ohio
May 6 reports indicate Willis was poisoned as investigators exhumed his body. Wealthy 90 year old, Uncle of Senator Frank B. Willis, from Columbus, died April 19 and may have been poisoned by a family member seeking the estate. Officials say the case is under investigation and the suspect under surveillance.
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Delaware
Ohio
Brainard Willis
Frank
Columbus
Willis
B. T. Ee County Picator
T Pete ' Dox
Maddox
Labor Agent Arrested For Operating Without License
Dick Young, described as a negro, was arrested Friday afternoon on Water street near Church by Sheriff Paul Cazalas and deputies Moore and Deff on a charge of doing the business of a labor agent without a license. The arrest followed complaints that he transported laborers from Alabama to eastern and western industrial centers without a license.
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Dick Young
Water Street
Church
Paul Cazalas
Moore
Deff
Cazalas
Young
Alabama
Railroads Propose Oil Transport Rate Increase
Railroads propose higher rates on petroleum gasoline and other oil products from New Orleans Baton Rouge Natchez and other points to Mobile effective May 25. The Chamber of Commerce traffic department is reviewing the plan and may request suspension. The higher charges would raise oil transport costs from western producing points to Mobile.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Racksburg
Natchez
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile appeals rate parity with New Orleans trade
An appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission will seek the same import export rate for Mobile to St. Louis territory as now in effect with Orleans. The plan followed a conference last Monday with Mel T. Q. Ashburn head of the War Department Waterways Division and Theodore Brent, manager of the Mississippi Warrior line. Local shippers were told rates could not be published.
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Interstate Com Commission
Mobile
St. Louis
Orleans
Mobile Aerests
Mel T. Q. Ashburn
Wand Waterways ‘Division
War Department
Theodore Brent
Mississippi Warriorge Line
Moss Point Bible Class Plans Mobile Visit Sunday
Members of the Morris Bible class of East Moss Point Baptist Church travel to Mobile on Sunday to attend a program at First Baptist Church and will be hosted for lunch at the Mobile church after the service.
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East Moss Point Baptist Church
Mobile
First Baptist Church
Servants Wages Rise in Osaka Japan
In Osaka on May 5 wages for servant girls have risen about 1800 percent over 30 years. Wages for men servants printers cabs and coolies increased between 82 and 1300 percent. In 1891 servant girls earned about 42 cents a month. today they receive around 7.50 dollars per day.
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Osaka
Japan
Local Showers Forecast With Warmer Temps Ahead
The Washington weather forecast notes local showers this afternoon and likely Sunday, with partly cloudy skies tonight and a trend toward slightly warmer temperatures.
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Washington
Enass Fair
Southern Baseball Results Highlight Regional Games
Scores and brief outcomes from games involving Southern teams in the Federal leagues and American League. Key mentions include Chattanooga at Memphis, Nashville, and leagues featuring Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, and Washington with hitters like McQuillan, Frisch, and Schalk noted.
Mobile Vessel Annie M Murphy Wrecked in Gulf Storm
The three masted schooner Annie M Murphy of Mobile, 481 tons, bound from Tampa with phosphate rock to Gulfport, foundered near Chandeleur Island. Crew suffered. four swam ashore 24 hours with no food or clothing, others climbed to cross-trees and were rescued by a fishing vessel. Only masts visible. cargo a total loss. vessel insured. Captain J G Murphy and Captain Dethloff among those affected.
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Annie M. Murphy
Mobile
J. G. Murphy
Chandeleur Island
Tampa
Fla
Gulffort
I. T. Newberry
Barrel Island
Dethloff
Pascagoula
Moss Point
Disabled Vets To Stage Show in Square Tonight
The Disabled American Veterans of the World War host a “A Night in Monte Carlo” in Bienville Square tonight. Two cars will be awarded a Willys Knight and a Ford, with a prettiest girl prize chosen by a secret committee. Harry Drysdale leads the local chapter and praises its community work.
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Bienville Square
Monte Carlo
Reece
Willys Knight
Ford
Disabled Veterans
Harry Drysdale
Campaign to Cut Weeds and Mosquitoes Aimed
The board of health and police are enforcing the grass and weed ordinance to reduce mosquitoes this summer. Tenants must cut overgrown grass from sidewalks and owners of vacant lots should clear them. Another officer urges property owners to gutter roofs to improve drainage and curb pests.
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Board of Health and Police Department
Large shrimp catches reported along Alabama coast
Captain George Sprinkles, chief state oyster and shrimp inspector, says Mobile area boats show increased shrimp catches from Bayou la Batre. He notes oyster beds along the Alabama coast may stay open through June 1 under state law, with current oysters caught and packed in good condition.
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George Sprinkles
Alabama Department of Conservation
Mobile
Bayou la Batre
Pac
Alabama
Five IWW Members arraigned on vagrancy charges in city court
Police arraigned five more IWW Marine Transport Workers members on vagrancy charges amid hunger strike protests. Attorney Alex Howard argued lack of due process and constitutional violations as trials were reset to Tuesday. Hunger strikers Bjondal Bishop Thornton and Carlson remain without food at the county jail.
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Marine Transport Workers
Alex Howard
Howard
T. Bjondal
Charles Bishop
Bernard Thornton
Carlson
Bjondal
Farm Bureau Session Elects Nye President in Mobile
About 40 Mobile County Farm Bureau members gathered at the Cawthon Hotel after a disputed meeting call by three directors. A paid ad by J. Lloyd Abbott and L. T. Lane claimed the call was unauthorized. After assembling, the group elected F. P. Nye as president.
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Mobile County Farm Bureau
Cawthon Hotel
E. L. Curtis
H. A. Kimmel
J. C. Jenkins
J. Lloyd Abbott
L. T. Lane
Farm Bureau
F. P. Nye
Weather forecast calls for rain today then fair Sunday
The local weather bureau predicts occasional showers this afternoon and tonight followed by fair weather on Sunday. Sunday will be slightly warmer. The temperature at 8 AM was 63 degrees after dipping to 61 last night.
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Weather Bureau
Sunda
Negro Arrested After Fatal Duel at Railway Crossing
Edward Tripp, a Negro, sought for the alleged killing of Munroe Mungo, a Negro, last Wednesday night at the Southern Railway crossing in Plateau, was arrested Friday afternoon by Sheriff Paul Cazalas and jailed in default of bail. The duel occurred as the two men fought with pistols.
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Edward Tripp
Munroe Mungo
Plateau
Paul Cazalas
Southern Railway
Subuthle
Cartman Jewelry Company Incorporation Report
The Cartman Jewelry Company Inc filed incorporation papers in the proper court on Saturday. The firm will engage in general jewelry and repair work with capital of $5,000 paid in. Incorporators are Charles H Carlman Olga C Carlman and Hugo V Carlman.
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Cartman Jewelry Company, Inc
Charles. H. Carlman
Olga C. Carlman
Hugo V. Carlman
Gasoline Output Reaches New March High Record
Washington May 5 The output of gasoline during March totalled 620,701,2355 gallons and set a new high record, the department of the interior announced today. Stocks on hand March 31 were 1,259,209,171 tons, up 129,000,000 athens. Consumption in March was estimated at 440,000, production 190,761, 276 gallons, a slight decrease.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Athens
Birmingham Cafe Wrecked by Bomb
Police in Birmingham investigate a bomb explosion that wrecked the cafe of S. K. Stephens on the edge of downtown. The restaurant staff had just left when the blast struck the building.
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Birmingham
Ala
S. K. Stephens
Court to Decide Law Meaning of Word Chauffeur
In RT Louisiana May 5 the circuit court will rule if a laundry truck driver is a chauffeur. Judge Mills held the driver was not a member of the chauffeur class, noting laundry workers deliver business rather than act as typical drivers. The Ford case tests whether a license is required and will be appealed to the supreme court.
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Mills
D. Ford
Ford
Supreme Court
Gap in Fence Made by Act of New York
Washington reports a renewed effort to cut New York liquor by sea as the state repeals enforcement laws aiding federal action. Officials fear worsened federal enforcement, possible withdrawal of state police from the Canadian border, and a surge in border smuggling needing more agents. Wayne B. Wheeler calls the repeal a wets’ consolation prize. Haynes says enforcement will not falter and funds remain for expansion.
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Washington
New York
Anti-Saloon League
Wayne B. Wheeler
Haynea
New Yor
Haynes
Payroll Bandit Slain in Gotham B 38 Zone
In New York the payroll holdup at the B R T subway entrance on Chambers Street ended with one bandit slain after eight shots. A patrolman killed him as he fled into Tribull Place. His partner fled. Wallace was captured by Patrolman Touhery shortly after. A Chicago robbery also reported with three bandits seizing a $3,000 payroll.
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New York
International News Service
J. B. Se Htheons
Chambers Street
Trumbull Place
Wallace
Touhery
Railroads Withdraw Lumber Rate Advance
Railroads withdraw the proposed increase in rail rates on logs and lumber from Alabama to Mobile for export and coastwise movement after a Mobile chamber request. The rate had been 12 1/2 cents, with a proposed 16 1/2 cent figure. A separate cut lowers Mobile to Tampa roofing rates from 20 1/2 to 26 cents via Mallory Line.
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Pointe
Western Railway
Alabama
Mobile
Department of the Mobile
Reseenery Lasaeee
Eerce
Tampa
Mallory Steamship Line
California night riders reported in Fresno area
Deputies investigate reports of night riders damaging fruit ranches in the San Joaquin Valley last night. Vines pens and other ranch property were cut or destroyed amid tensions with Sun Maid Raisin Growers contracts allegations of coercion by ranchers.
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Fresno
Cat
San Joaquin Valley
Sun Maid
California hammer murderess Clara Phillips escapes?
Reports from Tegucigalpa Honduras claim Clara Phillips the California hammer murderess being detained there has escaped. Los Angeles sheriffs plan to depart later today to recover her but no confirmation yet.
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San Salvador
Associated Press
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Clara Phillips
California Hammer
Los Angeles
Sheriff's Office
Tégucigalpa
Sheriff in Fight With Rum Runners
Sheriff McGraham of Covington county requested ammunition from Sheriff Welch of Jones county after an all night gun battle with three rum runners. No injuries reported. a horse and wagon, nine gallons of moonshine, rifles and sawed-off shotguns were seized. suspects believed to hide in Leaf River swamp in western Jones county.
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Laurel
Miss
Mc Graham
Covington County
Welch
Jones County
McGraham
Leaf River
Jellybeans Cited As Cookie Dusters To Die Out
In Chicago on May 5 C H Benson of Springfield Mass proposes phasing out jellybeans called cookie dusters and cookie dusters male type winter varieties. He spoke at the Lycéum and Chautauqua Managers Association meeting urging coordinated community activities for boys and girls as the junior town project of the Springfield junior achievement bureau.
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Chicago
Flaappre
C. H Benson
Springfield
Mass
Lycéum and Chautauqua Managers’ Association
Junior Achievement Bureau of
Golson To Be Hanged On June 8 In Alabama
Will Golson, a Black man, is sentenced to death by hanging on June 8 in Jefferson county jail yard unless the governor grants clemency. The sentence echoes his father John Golson’s execution twenty five years ago for a slaying. Four others, including a woman, face the same fate on that date.
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Birmingham
Ala
Golson
Brandon
Jefferson County
John Golson
Bob Warnock
Alabama
Chicago Police Seek Woman Murder Suspect Trio Held
Police link a South Side tenement crime to a female murder with bloody prints hair and blood pools. Three men are in custody and two women are sought as Lieut. Lynch says no one could bleed on the stairs and live.
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Chicago
Daniel Lynch
DIRT FARMER BOARD MEMBER IS NAMED WASHINGTON
May 5 Edward H Cunningham of Iowa was appointed by President Harding to be the dirt farmer member of the federal reserve board. The president also announced Edward E Jones of Pennsylvania as an additional member of the farm loan board under the new agricultural credits legislation.
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Washington
Edward H.cunningham
Iowa
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Edward E. Jones
Pennsylvania
Farm Loan Board
Agriculturé Credits
Sea Board Air Line awarded permission to issue bonds
Washington May 6 The Sea Board Air Line received Interstate Commerce Commission approval to issue 1 697 000 in consolidated mortgage bonds. A portion of the securities will be pledged to the treasury department as security for government advances to the railroad.
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Washington
The
Stengel and Frisch Hit Key Homers In Giants Win
Philadelphia native game description shows Casey Stengel and Frankie Frisch hit solo homers to back a strong pitching effort. The New York Giants defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 6 to 2 at home as Head yielded seven hits and McQuillan allowed six.
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New York
Philadelphia
Casey Stengel
Frankie Frisch
New
Yo Giants
Carnbergs Nationals
Head
Giants
McQuillan
Phils
Lightning Kills Brother and Sister in Georgia Home
In Cordele Georgia on May 5 Miss Dannie Blow 16 and her brother Dewey 23 were killed by lightning at their Listonia area home. The bolt struck the chimney and hearth as the brother built a fire, according to local reports.
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Cordele
Dannie Blow
Dewey
Listonia
France Objects to Prohibition Law Challenge
France protests to the United States over the Supreme Court liquor ruling. Ambassador Jusserand delivers a mild note to Secretary Hughes, arguing French sailors on French ships must receive wine rations and that U S law should not apply to France. Discussion also touches on the $256 million Rhine occupation bill.
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Washington
International News Service
United States
Nquor
State Department
Hughes
Jules Jusserand
Care
Jusserand
Toy
France
Poincare
Supreme Court
Paris
M. Jusserand
Rhine
Adrenalin Brings Infant To Life In Dallas
In Dallas on May 6 a baby born with no heartbeat or respiration was revived using adrenalin hydro-chlones vat injections. Dr. Warren E Massey and Dr. Smoot credited the drug with restarting respiration, and the infant began to breathe within a short time. Hospital attendants reported the child in good health the next morning.
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Dallas
Texas
Baylor
Warren Ei. Massey
J. T
Smoot
Massey
Court Martial For Woman Reported At Saloniki
Mrs Virginia Brain said to be wife of a Standard Oil official faces a court martial at Saloniki amid unclear charges arising from a street incident in which she allegedly slapped a general during questioning.
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London
Virginia Brain
Standard Oil
Saloniki
Athens
Daily Express
Barbot Declines Channel Flight Without Escorts
Georges Barbot, the French aviator, attempted to fly the English Channel in a 13 horsepower monoplane from Saint Inglevert but turned back two hours after takeoff when the two hydroplanes planned to accompany him did not appear.
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Saint Inglevert
France
Associated Press
Georges Barbot
English Channel
Gomper s Launches Fight on Radicals
Samuel Gompers today opened a campaign to expel from the American Federation of Labor its radical wing led by the Trade Union Educational League figures W. Z. Foster and C. E. Ruthenberg.
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Gompers
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation ‘of ‘Labor
Trade Union Educational League
W. Z. Foster
C. E. Ruthenbers
Herrick Convicted in Police Court
Washington May 95 Pa Representative Mahuela Oklahoma called aerial daredevil of congress convicted in police court today on a display charge. Herrick's attorneys said they would appeal the ruling.
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Washington
Mahuela
Newspaper men in court case linger through week
A battered clipping notes a court session involving newspaper men and a judge named Heflin. It references citations and reports of police and retail activity, mentioning women and public record details in a condensed, fragmentary style.
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Protective League
Moss Point S. S
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Irminghan
Bates
Hitchiliana
Robertson
Fulton and Heving
Chattanooga
Memphis
Harckabeas
Nanamaker
Mitchell
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Sig Shee Sieves
Little I,t
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Haley
Vann
Drake
National League
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O'Farrell
Ainsmith
Doak
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
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Hargrave
Cooper
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Taylor
McNate
EMG Asculas
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Cebvgteig
Kolpf
Severeid
Edwards
Wyatt
Williams
Homer
Mioreong
Lanak
Hela Weihe Collins
Woodall
Leverette
Schalk
Boston
Ehmker and
Picinich
Zachary
Ghasrity
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Perkins
Bush
Schang
Gulf
Fashing Schooner
Jewelry Company IS Incorporated
Act of New York
Canadian
Gotham
Gleich Dé Seine Company
California
Phillips Eocapeo
Central America
S.A. L
Stengel
Frisch
U.S
Barbot
Herrick
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H. P. Heflin
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