Mobilian Taylor Escapes Death Penalty for 1929 Murder
Elijah Henry Taylor, 25, of Mobile, won an appeal of his death sentence after a retrial for the 1929 hacking murder of his wife. A circuit court jury found him guilty of first degree murder and sentenced him to life in the state penitentiary.
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Elijah Henry Taylor
Taylor
Bridge of Sighs
M. F. Kurley
M. B. Calloway
M. H. Tapia
Bayou la Barre
Kate Matsinger
R. A. Hail
Hattie Bishop
Howard Bishop
Seale
Directors Meet of Mobile Chamber of Commerce
A special meeting of the board of directors will be held Thursday morning to hear the ways and means committee report on the organization's finances. The budget committee has prepared a tentative budget for the coming year to be acted upon by the board. The call was issued by Dr H P Coleszesi.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Ways and Means Committee
Board
H. P. Coleszesi
Engineer in City Captain Wright Joins Mobile Coast Guard
Captain R. E. Wright formerly with the Norfolk coast guard base arrives in Mobile to serve as division engineer. He will have office in the coast guard facility and begin duties immediately.
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R. E. Wright
Coast Guard
Norfolk, Va
Mobile
Nae
Fed
Edington Nominated For Trustee Board At Kiwanis Meeting
International Kiwanis trustees nominees include David H. Edington Mobile Ala and eight others. Six will be chosen tomorrow to fill terms ending for Endicott Moore Van Diest Harris Gowman and Hill.
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Edington
Kiwanis Meeting
Associated Press
Miami
William O. Harris
Angeles
Kiwanis International
Raymond Crossman
Omaha
Neb
Andrew G. Gau
Hamilton
Ont
Canada
C. E. Jenkins
Brantford
Harper Gatton
Madisonville
United States
Walter R. Weiser
Daytona Beach
Fla
Carl E. Endicott
Huntington
Ind
Herbert A. Moore
DuBois, Pa
Edmond C. van Diest
Colorado Springs
Colo
David H. Edington
Mobile
Ala
H. 8. Hatfield
Gas Rate Cut Here Approved By P S C
The Public Service Commission approved rate reductions for Mobile Gas and two other utilities for industrial customers. Alabama Utilities Service and Tri-Cities Gas will lower monthly minimum contracts to 75 dollars with tiered rates: 30c per thousand for 250k, 24c for 750k, 23c for 2m, and 18c for 5m cubic feet.
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P.S.C
Public Service Commission
Mobile Gas Company
Alabama Utilities Service Company
Alabama
Tri-Cities
Commission
Mobile bills advance in committee on city pay and county warding
Three Mobile bills by Representative W C Taylor to raise police salaries in Mobile City, redraw Mobile County districts, and extending warrants for road and bridge work were sent to the Senate after favorable committee reports. The Mobile delegation met with City Commissioner Cecil Bates and planned a public statement after afternoon talks. Edward J Grove said his seaward bill for Mobile County would be introduced Friday after minor revisions.
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Mobile
W. C. Taylor
Senate
Capitol
State Capital Bureau
Cecil Bates
Bates
Edward J. Grove
Mobie County
Grove
Pardon Considered for Tom Robinson in Alabama
The Alabama pardon board and Governor Miller weighed mercy after a Tuesday hearing on Tom Robinson a Sumpter County black man condemned for murder Chair Knight recommended commuting the death sentence to life imprisonment citing the weight of evidence and legal precedents.
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News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
Ala
State Pardon Board
Miller
Tom Robinson
Sumpter County
Knight
Pardon Board
Board of Pardons
Taxation talk at Glue Meet by Clyde Foreman
Clyde Foreman explains taxation methods to Junior Chamber of Commerce members at the Cawthon hotel luncheon. He discusses how gross sales tax affects retailers and the consumer, staffing, and advertising, noting no stance on tax methods and tracing the system to tribal days. Sam Lackland proposes azalea planting along the roadside after returning from Thomasville GA for the Rose Show.
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Chamber of Commerce
Clyde Foreman
Cawthon Hotel
Foreman
Sam H. Lackland
Thomasville
Forum May 21 Plans Set by Mobile Chamber and Rotary
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with local luncheon clubs announces the first in a series of member ship forums to be held May 21 with the Rotary Club. Dr. H. P. Cole, president of the commercial unionization, will outline plans for the coming year.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
H. P. Cole
Commercial Unimation
Seismic Tremors Reported at Spring Hill College
Officials at Spring Hill College report two violent earth shocks recorded on Wednesday afternoon by the seismograph. Tremor locality remains undetermined and under investigation.
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Spring Hill College
Terminsa
Hartwell to Seek Tax Refund for Mobile Street Tax Payers
Mobile Commissioner Harry T. Hartwell announced plans to seek a refund of the $5 street tax for about 7,000 Mobile men who paid in 1930. He said he would introduce a resolution upon returning from Indiana to reimburse those who complied while others evaded. The move follows Mayor Schwarz’s repeal proposal and the Mobile House measure by George Sossaman to abolish the levy, which passed Montgomery. Hartwell noted the repeal effort appeared politically charged and delayed by lack of unanimous consent.
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Harry T. Hartwell
French Lick
Ind
Hartwell
Leon Schwarz
Commission
Schwarz
House of Representatives
Montgomery
George Sossaman
Mobile
Deacon Kills Family Then Himself After Wild Spell
A. W. Carter, 40, a Blue Mountain Mississippi deacon, slashed and bludgeoned his wife Nora 38 and daughters Martha nine Mary eight, and Miss Anne Jeffries five, then killed himself with a shotgun. A 20 page statement praised saving sinners and urged revival preaching. The nephew Harold Adair found the bodies as Carter lay dead.
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Associated Press
Blue Mountain
Miss
A. W. Carter
Carter
Nora Carter
Martha
Mary
Anne Jeffries
Harold Adair
New York
Adair
Mrs. Carter
Miss Jeffries
Grove bill seeks to legalize voting machines in Alabama
Representative Edward J. Grove’s measure to legalize voting machines was sent to a sub committee for study after a hearing by the house privileges and elections committee. A New York manufacturer’s representative will demonstrate a machine to members tonight. The cost per unit is about 1100 dollars with 600 ballots per vote, and counties could issue bonds to buy them. A governor headed board would pick the machine type for Alabama. The vendor claimed faster results, lower costs, and vote integrity, with machines paying for themselves in ten years.
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News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
Ala
Edward J. Grove
Alabama
Frazier
Bullock
House Privileges and Elections Committee
New York
Grove
Women to Speak at Mother's Day Luncheon
Mrs Herbert Hoover and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt will address a luncheon of the Maternity Centre Association in New York today. The event marks a campaign to dedicate Mother's Day to improving maternity care.
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Mrs. Hoover
Mrs. Roosevelt
New York
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Maternity Centre Association
Mother's Cay
Local Cotton Freight Rates to New Orleans Discussed
R G Cobb traffic manager of the Chamber of Commerce John W White assistant to the general manager of the state docks and Carl Godcheaux of the Gulf Mobile and Northern railroad will travel to New Orleans Thursday to attend a hearing on reducing railroad rates on Mississippi valley cotton to New Orleans to meet truck competition. The Mobile representatives will request that if rates to New Orleans are cut then rates to this city be reduced as well.
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R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
John W. White
State Docks
Carl Godcheaux
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
New Orleans
Misalasippi Valley
Eight Convicts Escape From Transport Near Greenville
Eight state convicts escaped from a transport truck near Greenville Alabama on May 6. Six white men and two Black prisoners were being taken to Atmore prison and were handcuffed in pairs, according to officers.
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Greenville
Ala
Atmore
Smiths Tax Talk Echoed At County Parley Meeting
A statement attributed to Harry Hardy Smith at a tax protest meeting was raised at a revenue board session. Commissioner Boykin and Chairman Laurendine commented on the remark about the best people not seeking political jobs. The board then moved on while Hancock Brothers were authorized to start paving on the Alabama Port Coden road. County engineer Peavy reported a letter from Pete Jarman saying Governor Miller forbade field notes. Considerable business was transacted at the meeting.
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Harry Hardy Smith
of Revenue
Matt Boykin
Board of Revenue
Commissioner Boylin
Edward Laurendine
Alabama
Hancock Brothers
John R. Peavy
Pete Jarman
Jarman
B. M. Miler
Bill To Exempt Tax On Power Firm Stock Slips Through House
Alabama House passes an act to exempt stock held by foreign corporations in Alabama firms including Electric Bond and Share, Commonwealth, and Southern Power. Vote 36 to 28. Senate opposition expected. recall motions and swift floor action discussed.
How the House Voted on Allen Bill in Montgomery
May 6 report lists 36 voting in favor of the Allen bill granting tax exemptions to Electric Bond and Share Company Commonwealth and Southern Power Corporation and other foreign interests. Opposed by 23 members including Bradford of Cherokee and Jefferson, Brooks, Callahan, Carmichael, Clayton, Cook, Giddens, Harris, Hightower, Hollingsworth, Johnston, Kelly, Molette, McClendon, Pierce, Reeder, Robinson, Sossa man, Sutton, Taylor, Thompson, Wallace, Ware, Williams.
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News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
House
Allen
Commonwealth and Southern Power Corporation
Tunstall
Barber
Beebe
Burton
Calloway
Coats
Davis
Macon
Pickens
Glover
Henry
Goode
Goodwyn
Graves
Green
Grove
Harrison
Jack
Jordan
Key
Wancaster
Lawler
Lee
Monroe
Matthews
Morrow
McNeel
Parker
Pitts
Poole
Posey
Rish
Smith
Snodgrass
Stokes
Swift
Tate
Tidwell
Rea Pgn
Bradford
Cherokee
Jefferson
Brooks
Callahan
Carmichael
Clayton
Cook
Giddens
Elmore
Harris
Hightower
Hollingsworth
Johnston
Kelly
Conecuh
Talladega
Molette
McClendon
McDonald
Pierce
Reeder
Robinson
Sossaman
Sutton
Taylor
Thompson
Wallace
Ware
Williams
Negro Admits Slaying in Mississippi Banker's Murder
Sam Green 19 confessed to the axe killing of W. G. Wagner 64 and his wife Mamie Wagner in Water Valley Mississippi. Green named several other negroes and three white men as implicated but police doubt those claims. Emmett Shaw 35 and other suspects were held for questioning and moved to an unannounced jail amid tense local feeling.
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Usy
Associated Press
Water Valley
Mias
C. T. Doyle
Sam Green
W. G. Wagner
Mamie Wagner
Doyle
Green
Emmett Shaw
Wagner's
Room Tax Aired in Hearing on Power Rates
LF McDonnell chief engineer of the Alabama public service commission defended Alabama room tax during a Wednesday hearing on power rates and valuations. He argued Alabama residential light rates are lower than Georgia’s though Frank Morgan said no substantial difference. Kelly of Talladega criticized the figures and cited rate injustices as the committee planned an afternoon session.
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News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Power Company
LF. McDonnell
Alabama Public Service Commission
McDonnell
Alabama
Georgia
Frank Morgan
Kelly
Talladega
Employment Stabilization Plan Urged by Swope at DC Meet
General Electric president Gerard Swope told the International Chamber of Commerce that regularizing employment is the industry’s duty. He argued that better job regularity reduces reliance on unemployment insurance and relief, urging joint action by management and workers. Aloyse Meyer of Luxemburg spoke on wages and real purchasing power, noting nominal versus real wages and European wage trends.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
International Chamber of Commerce Today
Aloyse Meyer
Luxemburg
European Steel Cartel
Fliers Die In Pacific Air Transport Crash Near Burbank
Art Starbick and Charles R. Parmalee, pilots for Pacific Air Transport, were found dead on a mountainside eight miles north of Burbank while flying the night air mail from San Diego. Fog and darkness hindered their descent and the company said radio contact was lost before the crash.
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Burbank
Cal
Art Starbick
Charles R. Parmalee
Pacific Air Transport Mail
San Diego
Pacific Air Transport Company
Greene county Senator leads resist tax hike pledge in Alabama
Senator Hildreth of Greene county announced that a clear majority of Alabama senators had signed an agreement to resist new taxes or increases. The statement claims tax hikes are unnecessary to discharge past obligations and would hurt business and relief efforts. Roughly 20 of 35 senators had signed.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Hildreth
Greene County
Senate
Alabama
Greene
Murder Club case narrows as girl identified in slaving raid
Gulfport Mississippi May 6 officers with a fingerprint expert traced a well dressed 20 year old girl who accompanied two men in a hijacking raid that left Sam Martin 37 dead on his Standard home porch. Authorities from Gulfport and Bay St Louis say the trio moved in a death car over 48 hours and arrests were expected today.
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Specail
Gulfport
Miss
Hare Rison County
Sam Martin
Standard
Bay St. Louis
Weather Snapshot for Local Mississippi and Alabama
Partly cloudy conditions persist with cooler toward Thursday night. Winds shift from light to moderate westerly to northerly as Mississippi and Alabama regions expect generally fair weather and Thursday’s cooler trend.
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Mississippi
Alabama
River Forecast Warns of Rising Waters Tonight
Meteorologist Harry Armstrong reports the Tombigbee River and its tributaries will rise tonight mirroring the Alabama River’s expected change. Severe weather outlook suggests rising levels and potential flooding in low-lying areas.
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Alabama
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