Former officer fined for shooting at shoe shop
Harry Minto a former motorcycle police officer was fined 500 dollars and costs or 140 days plus six months hard labor after pleading temporary insanity in a Sunday shooting at the Royal Shoe Shop on 52 South Royal Street. Rachel Russell testified as a witness. Minto appealed and posted 1000 dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Minto
Rachel Russell
Royal Shoe Shop
South Royal Street
Recorder
Minto
Be Chamberlain
Burden
Conti
Royal
Russell
Untreiner
Chick Malone
Ethel
I Asane
John Cunningham
Will Henderson
Henderson
Upward Stock Trend Continues Amid Opening Gains
The market opened higher for the seventh straight session led by public utilities and industrials. Gains for Columbia Gas and Electric, International Cement, American Car and Foundry, Westinghouse Electric, and others contrasted with small declines for American Can, General Electric, Dupont, Brooklyn Edison, and Remington Typewriter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia Gas and Electric
International Cement
American Car & Foundry
Wilson Company
Westinghouse Electric
Standard Gas and Electric
Mack Trucks
American Can
General Electric
Dupont
Brooklyn Edison
Remington Typewriter
Showers Forecast for Mobile Tonight and Saturday
Weather bureau forecasters predict showers for Mobile and nearby areas tonight and Saturday. Observers note increasing chances beyond earlier forecasts, with scattered rains already reaching north Louisiana and Montgomery. The region endures a prolonged spring drought, harming crops, while prayers for rain reportedly brought only light showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Montgomery
Albert Ashhenberger
Blockade of Rum Ships Tight Near Atlantic Coast
AP reports a growing rum shortage ashore and at sea as Uncle Sam tightens the blockades of Rum Row along the north and mid Atlantic. Prices rise while some rum runners head home or seek other ports to replenish supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Uncle Sam
Mid- Atlantic
Rum Row
Mre
Ree
New York American
War ren J. Hinkley Likeness Sparks Ford Nickname
War ren J. Hinkley of Gen esse County Michigan, state senator, bears the nickname Tin Lizzie for his likeness to Henry Ford. The remark notes the humorous comparison and local chatter about the senator’s resemblance to the famed automaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Warren J. Hinkley
Genesse County
Michigan
Ford
Bern
Lizzie
Federal official visits Montgomery en route to Texas
R W Dunlap assistant secretary of agriculture will visit Montgomery for a few hours on his way to Texas arriving Saturday noon and departing Saturday night. Congressman J Lister Hill and C W Ritternur of the Farm Bureau will meet him and a luncheon and motor tour are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
R. W. Dunlap
Texas
New Orleans
J. Lister Hill
C. W. Ritteneur
Farm Bureau
Legislation Rankles Tennessee Legislature Moves to Guard Bills
A Tennessee legislative committee headed by George L. Powers of Memphis proposes a permanent panel to observe all sessions and identify "fool bills" before passage. The move aims to take protective steps against anti-evolution measures and other proposed laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
May
International News Service
Tennessee
George L. Powers
Memphis
State den Association
Prince of Wales Arrives in Africa Fatherland
The Prince of Wales and his entourage arrived in Oudtshoorn Cape Colony today, in the ostrich featherland region famed for its abundance of birds. The visit marks the royal journey through the Union of South Africa as part of a broader tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oudtshorn
Cape Colony
Union of South Africa
Associated Press
Prince of Wales
Featherland
Weather report notes tie in Alabama Mississippi tonight
A fragment reports weather conditions across Alabama and Mississippi with a mention of a tied development tonight. No further specifics are readable.
Injustice Seen in Doheny Grant Oil Tank Offer
Washington May 8 The willingness of special government counsel to let Edward Doheny fill naval oil tanks at Pearl Harbor Hawaii without a payment agreement is labeled an absurdity and injustice by oil operators counsel. Doheny through Frank Hogan says his company ready to fill tanks as contracted in 1922 if government suits not affected. Hogan notes Pan American Petroleum proposed to fill tanks at about 5 million dollars if government guaranteed reimbursement. offer rejected, leaving Doheny to spend 5 million without promise of reimbursement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Edward L. Doheny
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Doheny
Frank J. Hogan
Tees
Hogan
Pancan Petroleum and Transport Company
Business Is Good Says E H Gary After Steel Inspection
Chicago May 8 E H Gary chairman of United States Steel Corp reports healthy vigorous business conditions with potential for further improvement. He notes high taxes and building costs but says most steel properties are near full capacity with Gary and South Chicago mills running at full to 90 percent capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
EE. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Ind
The
Steel Corporation
Birmingham
Ala
Dignitaries Enter A Plowing Contest In Arkansas
Gov Tom J Terral Senator J F Brewer and Senator Robert Bailey with Reps Reese Caudle and Joe D Shepherd will compete in a plowing contest at the Polytechnic College farm at the opening of the next term. The contest will be judged by mule harnessing speed correctness and time between trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russellville
Ark
Tom J. Terral
J. F. Brewer
Fort Smith
Robert Bailey
Reese Caudle
Joe D. Shepherd
Pope County
Polytechnic College Farm
Bootlegger Parade Planned by Police Des Moines
Des Moines police announce a weekly automobile bootlegger parade, with bootleggers confined in stocks, to show the public their standing in society. The plan followed a parade featuring a wrecked car and an officer dressed as Death holding a liquor bottle, with the driver reportedly intoxicated at the time of the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
James Cavender
Morocco Situation Found Satisfactory
Paris dispatches report the situation in French Morocco as satisfactory as Marshal Lyautey works to drive Abdel Krim’s Rifian forces back toward the Spanish zone. The Rifians are giving French troops more trouble than expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Associated Press
Morocco
Marshal Lyautey
Abdel Krim
Demands Differ On Armament Control News From Geneva
Paris dispatches report divergent headlines on arms traffic talks at Geneva as Britain pushes for control over warships and airplanes while seeking free commerce for naval vessels. The French delegation favors a cautious stance noting submarines could enable clandestine trade even without arms, threatening peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Associated Press
England
Geneva
Amundsen Polar Flight Delayed By Weather
Unfavorable weather delays the Amundsen polar expedition from its base in King's Bay Spitzbergen. Oslo observatory reports postponement of the start planned for today. The Farm steamer brings updates of overcast skies and snowfall as the two Amundsen planes are said to depart from Seal Bay on the way to the Pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amundsen Polar
King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
Meteorical Observatory
Oslo
Farm
Seal Bay
Danes Island
Amundsen
Pole
King's Ay
Presence of Mind Prevents Robbery in Memphis
In Memphis on May 8 a $2000 jewel robbery was foiled when a victim Mrs. B. J. Long and two telephone operators acted quickly. A burglar, a woman disguised as a man, tried to rob Long while another woman voice urged police. The operators connected to the chief, but the robbers fled before police arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
B. J. Long
Track preliminaries set for Saturday in Birmingham
Preliminaries for the 8 I A A track meet in Munger Bowl Birmingham will start Saturday morning with finals in the afternoon. The event was postponed from today due to few entries. Competing teams include Birmingham Southern Millsaps Mississippi College Centre College Furman University and Mercer University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham- Southern
Millsaps
Mississippi College
Centre College
Furman University
Mercer University
Primitive duel in Tazewell leaves one dead
In Tazewell Tennessee a primitive duel between Oscar O'Dell and Carl Cole ended with O'Dell, 22, shot dead and Cole, 23, in custody on a charging shooting. The youths, sons of county families, faced revolvers and fired almost simultaneously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
International News Service
Tazewell
Oscar O'Dell
Carl Cole
Mt Acogument
Clayburn County
Decreases in retail food prices in 14 cities report
Washington May 2 The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows declines in retail food prices in 14 of 23 cities for the month ending April 15. Milwaukee leads with a two percent drop while several cities show one percent decreases. Prices in all 23 cities were still higher than a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, May
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Milwaukeee
Birmingham
Cleveland
Detroit
Indianapolis
Louisville
New Haven
St. Paul
Scranton
Springfield
Til
Denver
Charleston
8. C
Richmond
Providence
R. I
Georgian escapes death sentence given two friends
Sam J. Scarborough, 19, was sentenced to life in state prison after a jury found him guilty with mercy for the killing of Prof. W. C. Wright in Eatonton Georgia. Coggeshall and McClelland face execution by electric chair on May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eatonton
Sam J. Scarborough
W. C. Wright
Scarborough
J. B. Parke
Aga Hy
Coggeshall and McClelland
Grand jury action against Boston psychology group held up
The Boston Chapter International Society of Applied Psychology faces a delay as District Attorney Thomas C. O'Brien postpones grand jury action to probe the group's financing. Reports cite hammocks used as health therapy, with $1,000 shares for a Lake Chapala colony and a $500,000 temple plan, linked to Dr. Orlando E Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
International Society of Applied Psychology
Thomas C. O’brien
Orlando Edgar Miller
Lake Chapala
Exico
Miller
Confession to Denver Mint Robbery by Boston Man
Michael Narey alias Henry Nelson, 26, of Boston, confessed to Detective Sergeant John Carlin that he was one of four bandits in the Denver mint robbery about three years earlier. He said two men looted the plant and that he is an ex convict from San Quentin wanted there for violations. He used the name Frankie Genaro while staying in a Chicago hotel and was apprehended after failing to pay his bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Michael Narey
Henry Nelson
Boston
Mass
John Carlin
Denver Mint
Narey
San Quentin
Calif
Viola
Frankie Genaro
Death sentences urged in Sofia cathedral bombing case
In Sofia the public prosecutor sought the death penalty for four defendants at a court martial over the Sveti Kral Cathedral bombing that killed 160 and wounded many. The accused included Marion Friedmann and Pete Zedgorski for planning and executing the crime, with George Koeff and Dimiter Dashkaloff charged for harboring culprits. The prosecution linked the attack to communist and agrarian groups and tied it to a failed assassination bid on King Boris. Deliberations were expected to last 24 hours.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Associated Press
Sveti Kral
Marion Friedmann
Pete Zedgorski
Pevinkrepared
Eax
George Koeff
Dimiter Dashkaloff
Friedmann
Zadgorski
Boris
Grasshopper Outbreak Threat Spurs State Agriculture Response
May 8 reports the department of agriculture facing a flood of inquiries about grasshopper control in the southwest. Officials say a mistaken Texas Oklahoma belief that a fungus disease called funk can exterminate the pest has caused confusion.
Christ in War Ruins Painting Draws Mixed Views in New York
In New York a 16 by 6 foot painting titled The Only Hope of Civilization shows a Christ child amid ruined city chaos. Pleased with the work, P Kingsley, president of the New York Life Insurance Company and of the chamber, notes some members doubt Christ as the world’s hope. Artist Inness, 75, from Lakeland Florida, brought the piece to New York. it has no sale plan and was shown at the White House to President Coolidge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Christ
P. Kingsley
Owie Yorn ‘Life Insurance Company
Kingsley
South
West
President Coolidge
Complaint Filed Over Turpentine Cup Rates in Southeast
A complaint filed by the Serio Patent Cup Company and the Mobile Steel Company seeks redress over rates on turpentine cups and aprons. A hearing is set for June 15 in Mobile before Examiner A. Knowlton of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The action targets carriers in the Southeast as unjust rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serio
Cup Company
Mobile Steel Company
United States Court Room
Mobile
Knowlton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Traffic Department
The
Chamber of Commerce
Demonstration in Berlin Planned Amid Welcoming Plans
Berlin May 8. Communists in the capital plan open air demonstrations against Field Marshal von Hindenburg upon his arrival next Monday. Nationalists push a large welcome for the president elect and farewell from Hanover crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Associated Press
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Hanover
Hearing on Iron Rates Fixed for June 3
The Interstate Commerce Commission fixed a June 3 hearing in Chattanooga before Examiner A. B. Knowlton on suspending ferro-manganese spiegeleisen and pig iron rates. Mobile Chattanooga and Charleston seek suspension from South Atlantic and Gulf ports to southern points, per Chamber of Commerce notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chattanooga
Knowlton
Mobile
Charleston
South Atlantic
Gulf
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Editor Ordered Deported for Describing Police Search
Hussein Dija hid Bey, a provincial newspaper editor in Constantinople, has been sentenced to life deportation for having described a police search. The Associated Press reports the ruling amid tensions over press reporting practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Associated Press
Hussein Dijahid Bey
Pro
Baby Farm Case Charges Grow After Probe
In New York May press reports say Mrs. Helen Geiser Volk faces arraignment on baby farm charges tied to starving 12 children at an upper side infantorium. Police found 14 infants and five older youths under care. no records of parents. bonds set at 35000 dollars. records indicate infant sources from Jersey and New York.
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New York
Chapman
John J
National Bank
Lynbrook
L. I
Nassau County
Phalan
Lower Broadway
Cha
Wilton
Mall T
Anderson
Hae Phaian
Hartford
Conn
Ing
New Britain
Seto
Helen Auguste Geiser-Volk
Geiger-Volk
Geiser-Volk
Infantorium
Lees
Jersey
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E. H. Gary
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H. C
Knoxville, Tenn
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Bender
Evelyn Whitson
University of Nebraska
Washington University
St. Louis
St Louis University
Kansas Agricultural College
University of Tennessee
Christus
N. Y
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