Fire sweeps Crichton plant destroying mills and freight cars
A massive blaze at the National Turpentine and Products Company plant in Crichton, Louisiana, damaged or destroyed three saw mills, a dry kiln, a scene planer mill and fuel stores. Estimated losses exceed one million dollars as flames reached a railway yard and threatened pumping water supplies. Firefighters battled the fire through the afternoon with the main plant still burning at 1:30 PM and officials assessing the extent of damage.
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National Turpentine and Products Company
Onee
G. M. and N
Moffatt Road
Tyo
Wndi
Ieee
M.K. McLawean
Caryville
Fis
herson-Waits Lumber
Company of Sons
Corny
Pick of Mobile Dancers Win Daily Cash Prizes at Bijou
The News Item Bijou contest at the Bijou theatre continues with Harold McAtee winning first prize last night. Frank Jones and Dorothy Riddle take second and third in the evening division. junior winners and other couples are also noted. Prizes of 10, 6, and 4 dollars go to adults, with juniors earning 4, 2.5, and 1.5 dollars daily. The contest runs through Saturday finale for the city championship and silver cups.
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Seein
Shessbe
Leston
Harold McAtee
Harold MccAtee
McAtee
Frank Jones
Havense
Iss ‘Othy Riddle
Mr. N. P. Ver
St. Peter
Kate Oglesby
Audrey Burns
Hte & Ater
Putin
Marjorie Alonzo
Allene Tudor
Gussie Gullow
Freda K
Dorothy Berson
Bondle W. m
Goldstein's
McAfee
Brother
G. J. Meredith
Universal Film Corporation
Meredith
Bijou
Charleston
Reginald Denny
Laura la Plante
Survey to map Mobile Bay bridge approaches in Baldwin and Mobile counties
Officials confirm state highway engineers will survey the Moffat road west of Mobile on May 10 led by EB Hart, then cross to Baldwin side to locate the Bay Minette to bridge head road and survey Baldwin county shore routes. Financing questions remain, but completion by year end is hoped. The project aims to boost coastal access and regional value.
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Moffat Road
Mobile County
Baldwin County
Mobile Bay Bridge
Montgomery
John T. Cochrane
Chamber of Commerce
Mobi Bay Brrd Company
EB. E. Hart
Mobile
Moffat
Bay Minette
Bay
Cochran
No Break In Bib Strike Apparent
London reports the general strike shows no sign of ending as government officials and the British Gazette vow no compromise. An noon communique reiterates no negotiations until workers return. Officials note better conditions than yesterday in motor transport with no food shortage, while hoarding and price rises concern authorities. police report few injuries and one minor casualty.
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London
British Gazette
Croely
Tersel
Smwmauigh
Confhies Salletade
Warden Davis Held on Murder Charge in Alabama
Warden Charles R. Davis is free on bond of 26 with four convicts jailed and one en route to face indictments by the Jefferson county grand jury. Charges arise from the slaying of James W. at Mint Top mines with co-defendants Cecil Houston Joe Payne Elbert Lewis and Homer Anderson. A sixth man W. A. Bates comes from Brownsville Tenn to stand trial. Solicitor James Davis seeks speedy trials while warnings of high prison official resignations loom. Davis calls the cases a frame-up and insists on innocence.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charles R. Davis
Jefferson County Grand Jury
James Davis
Davis
James W,soner
Mint Top Mines
Dave
Cecil Houston
White
Joe Payne
Elbert Lewis
Homer Anderson
W. A. Bates
Brownsville
Tenn
Flat Top
Knox
Davia
Hie
Storm Warnings Issued For Mobile And Gulf Coast
The weather bureau issued a storm warning for Mobile to Cedar Keys with small craft advisories and fresh southeast winds expected this afternoon and tonight. A separate New Orleans notice confirms coast warnings at 8:30 a m with light to fresh southerly winds and thunder squalls.
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Mornee
Mobile
Cedar Keys
Fila
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
L N Plans Sunday Excursion Trains to Mobile From Several Cities
Louisville & Nashville Railroad to run Sunday excursion trains from New Orleans Pensacola and Montgomery to Mobile over the coming weeks. First trip from New Orleans set for May 4 with arrival around 11 o clock. Mobile bound trains from Pensacola depart 8 PM and Orleans 7 30 PM. Montgomery service carried nearly 1800 riders on a recent excursion and others in the Chamber expect similar turnout.
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New Orleans
Pensacola
Montgomery
Mobile
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
H. C. Geron
Orleans
Geron
Way
Rowdies Fire On Passing Motorist Near Turner Road
An unidentified man on the Craft highway near Turner road opened fire on a car driven by W. R. Batchelor of Catherine street. The bullet pierced the car opening in front of the rear seats and narrowly missed two passengers in back. Batchelor, an employee of the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, reported the incident to county authorities.
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Gating
Turner Road
W. R. Batchelor
Catherine Street
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Batchelor
City Brake Law To Be Enforced
Police announce new city brake inspection policy following order from headquarters. Authorities distribute brake parts to garages to enforce compliance.
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Weather update notes cloudy skies across Alabama with likely rain showers late Friday. Winds shift to a fresh southeast breeze, with possible night and Friday conditions affecting travel and outdoor plans. Continuous updates advised.
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Mississippi
Jackson Heads Country Club
T. K. Jackson will head the Mobile Country Club next year as president after the new board’s first meeting. W. Jo Paterson was elected vice president. Jackson succeeds Fr. J. Speer, who served as president for two years. Eleven new directors were elected last week by the general membership.
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T. K. Jackson
Mobile Country Club
W. Jo Paterson
Mr. Jackson
Fr. J. Speer
Appeal May Be Costly to Richie
An order by the circuit court threatens to raise Richie’s bond by 2500 if he appeals the case. He is held in jail on a charge of threatening Recorder D. H. with violence.
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Richie
Ho Hie
D. H
First Test in Music Contest Begins in City Cathedral
The city wide music memory contest starts at 2 30 this afternoon at the Scottish Rite cathedral for grammar school sites. Primary grade tests follow tomorrow afternoon at the cathedral. Gold medal honors include a bronze plaque on mahogany. silver and bronze medals awarded for second and third places. Finalists listed by grade include Dewey Earle Graham Mary Earle etc.
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Old Shell Road School Student Names List by Grade
Grade IV includes Betty Whiting Helen Oliver Marion Ray Parsons Benjamin Lewis Bernice Jackson Anna Mary Foster. Grade V lists Eleanor Hegeman Lois Hubbard Harris Corry Stella Nelson Pat Byrne. Grade VI features Helen Head Maria L Harriet Caspér Katherine Colvin Harris Ada Roberts. Grade VII shows Marie Roth Anna B Fox martrone cinta Jim Guest Augusta Dennis.
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OLD Shell
Betty Whiting
Helen Oliver
Marion Ray Parsons
Benjamin Lewis
Bernice Jackson
Anna Mary Foster
Eleanor, Hegeman
Lois Hubbard
Harris Corry
Stella Nelson
Pat Byrne
Helen Head
Maria L
Harriet Caspér
Katherine Colvin
Harris
Ada Roberts
Marie Roth
Anna B. Fox
Martrone
Cinta Jim Guest
Augusta Dennis
Russell School Grades A B C list by classes
The article lists pupil names by grade levels Alvin Togert Lorraine Ingram Marie Golson Josie Austin Maudie Searcy Elizabeth Lindsey Lottie May Carley in Grade TV John Barnes Thelma Puckett James Crow Fred Hazard Thelma Hilberg ViI William Suffich Marie Helen Perry Mary C Pennington Grade ViI John Yockers Elsie Brannon Hel Anderson Mary Prairées Kennedy
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Russell
Alvin Togert
Lorraine Ingram
Marie Golson
Josie Austin
Maudie Searcy
Elizabeth Lindsey
Lottie May Carley
John Barnes
Thelma Puckett
James Crow
Fred Hazard
Thelma Hilberg
William Suffich
Marie Helen Perry
Mary C. Pennington
John Yockers
Elsie Brannon
Hel Anderson
Mary Prairées
Kennedy
Lee School Grade Class Rosters Listed By Grade
Grade IV includes Evelyn Moody Vera Agnes Lavinghouse Florence umbecos Pose Lubel Jane Tate Miriam Freeland. Grade V lists Thelma Kamil Evelyn Revel Robert Baumer Marie Volakis T O Howell Flora Vocalia. Grade VII shows Sadie Lubel Rosales Uber Regina Drey Mona Kelly Julia Amador Angus McAuley Ide Doster Wilson DeVis. Grade VI gives David Rattner Goldie Helen Tankersley Ernest Schneider.
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LEE
Evelyn Moody
Vera
Agnes Lavinghouse
Florence Umbecos
Pose Lubel
Jane Tate
Miriam Freeland
Thelma Kamil
Evelyn Revel
Robert Baumer
Marie Vocalis
T. O. Howell
Flora Vocalia
Sadie Lubel
Rosales Uber
Regina Drey
Mona Kelly
Julia Amador
Angus McAuley
Ide Doster
Wilson DeVis
David Rattner
Goldie
Helen Tankersley
Ernest Schneider
Thompson Case Delayed as McDuffie Surrenders in Holdups
Roy McDuffie surrendered to County Solicitor Bart B. Chamberlain amid planned use as a witness against Thompson in the McPhillips and Albright and Wood drug store robberies. McDuffie denies links to the Albright case while facing robbery charges without bail. Testimony and evidence base for Thompson remain undisclosed as trial proceeds.
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Cricton
State Convict Department
Roy McDuffie
Bart B. Chamberlain
McDuffie
McPhillips
Lef
W. O. Robbins
Thompson
R. E. Gilmore
Jack Gillis
McPhillips Place
Spring Hill
Gilmore
Sale of Confederate Memorial coins in Mobile
An intensive drive in Mobile sells Confederate Memorial half dollars at 1 each to fund the Stone Mountain memorial. Teams under the Mobile Council of Patriotic Societies expect to dispose of nearly all Mobile's quota tonight, praising generous local response amid a history of wartime service and capture.
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Mobile
Stone Mountain Memorial
Mobile Council of Patriotic Societies
Dawdale School Grade TV-Ethel Patterson Program
Grade V pupils Eloise Brown Myrtle Mc Innis Walter Murphy Edgar Stapleton perform in a school program as voicing critics and argument participants.
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Dakdale
Ethel Patterson
Ella
Eloise Brown
Myrtle McInnis
Walter Murphy
Edgar Stapleton
Showers Forecast In City District
Mobile forecast today shows cloudy skies with showers possible late tonight and Friday. Temperature expected to hold with little change.
Strikes Challenge Government as UK Press Reports Turmoil
Amid a sweeping general strike in Britain, labor papers claim millions seek an end to strife while ministers insist no peace talks unless the walkout ends. Reports note transport gradual recovery, railways running hundreds of trains, and police guards at major offices as authorities vow to uphold parliamentary authority.
Boyles Reply Draws Support In Mobile Prosecution Case
The district attorney candidate Boyles faces opposition in a Senate judiciary sub committee hearing. His brief asserts broad support from prohibition advocates and church members for vigorous enforcement, while opponents list 42 Mobile lawyers. Zumbrunn warns full confirmation would equate to government disapproval of strict law enforcement.
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Senate Judiciary
Boyles
Mobile
Poseaen
Zumbrunn
College Fund Is Growing at Woman's College of Alabama
May 6 Montgomery Alabama reports the endowment and building fund surpassing $266,000 as 600 students contribute $26,586 and alumnae faculty and regional Methodists raise substantial sums to support the college campaign. Local leaders expect steady progress toward a top rating.
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Montgomery
Ala
Woman's College of Alabama
Methodists
North Alabama
Alabama
Yenstnneton Pharasseiakescien
Pardons Inquiry Probes Illinois System and a Grand Jury
Chicago May 6 Investigation of pardons and paroles granted recently is under way led by Robert Crowe with Attorney General Susie Caratrome assisting. Two men questioned include Major M A Messlein and Lucas Pollack. Pollack claims his nephew Ralph Steiner was freed with help from Joseph Weil. Messlein denies any wrongdoing, calling his work humanitarian. Officers secured engineering firm records and uncovered stock transactions linking named individuals including George Moran.
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Chicago
Robert Crowe
Susur EB. Caratrome
McSwiggin
M. A. Messlein
Volunteers of America Hope House
Lucas Pollack
Pollack
Ralph Steiner
Pontiac
Joseph “Yellow Kid” Weil
Well
Major Messlein
Messlein
Springfield
Messiein
Engineering Corporation
Crowe
George Moran
Walter Stew
Self
Seven Convicted in Racing Charges at Me Somes Track
The high court convicted seven men linked to betting at the March race meet at the Somes track. Several co defendants were arrested and await trial. Losses were partly insured, and a fire destroyed the plant though the De Funiak Springs fire department helped save homes and businesses. The plant will be rebuilt and a large number of workers were left jobless by the blaze.
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High Court
A. Binson
Erndon
Tet
R. H. Radcliffe
afi Business Men's _ Association
W. J. Potter
Star
de Funiak Springs
Norman Malone Awarded Honors at University of Sylvania
Norman Malone, son of B Malone, is one of seven men honored at the annual university elections. A Wharton School of Finance student, he participates in varsity soccer and the sophomore vigilance committee. He belongs to Kappa fraternity and prepared at the U Military School while playing football and baseball.
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University Ofsylvania
Malone
L. Malone
B. Malone
Wharton School of Finance
Merce
Kappa Fraternity
Univ of Pennsylvania
U Military School
Two Held in Mount Vernon Assault Case
Amos Chestang and Frank head of Mount Vernon Alabama are jailed on charges of assault with intent to murder Willie Jackson. Deputy W C Robbins reports the attack followed the capture of Cam Starks the indicted suspect in the shooting of Police Officer Chris Jackson. Jackson remains hospitalized with no bail set.
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Amos Chestang
Frankhead
Mount Vernon
Ala
Willie Jackson
Prestwick
Als
Chig
W. C. Robbins
Robbins
Cam Starks
Egro
Train Naming Contest Draws Wide Public Interest
A flood of suggestions for the new Mobile Ohio fast train between Mobile and Louis is being received by the Chamber of Commerce. C B Hayes, vice president of the railroad, asked John T chores of the Mobile Chamber to review entries and select a name.
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Mobile Ohio Railroad
Mobile
Louis
bile.Chamber of Commerce
C. B. Hayes
John T
Mobile Chamber
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