City commission withholds awards until bonds sold
The commission decided to withhold awards for project No. 25 until the bonds issued for the undertaking are sold and money is in the bank. The report names bid winners for storm sewers, paving, and materials, with Commissioner Bates opposing bid features. meeting ran late after paving discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartwell
Cecil Bates
Bates
Dysard Construction Company
Atlanta
Commission
Aggressive Driving Case Leads to Heavy Sentence
Deakle convicted of drunken driving and reckless driving after a downtown pursuit that reached speeds of 60 to 80 mph. Sentence includes hard labor and costs. testimony cited dangerous driving near a tire station and Elks club. Others involved faced fines or further delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Ll. Deakle
Fin Parsons
Deakie
Sones
Oes Fisher
Cottrell
Murphy
Harper
Adams Tire Service Staion
Deakle
Harper Co
W. Baldwin
South Cedar Street
Ted
F. H. Mon
Elks
Baldwi
Government and
Commerce Street
Louisville and Nashville Road
Ant
Tex Shelton
L. Schellinger
Tutt
Tornado Toll Rises in Poplar Bluff Missouri
A massive tornado devastated downtown Poplar Bluff on May 9 wrecking four blocks by ten and killing dozens. About 60 bodies lay in improvised morgues and 200 more were injured as fire followed by heavy rain hampered rescue. Missouri guards patrolled the streets under military rule amid property losses stretching into millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Bluff
Missouri
Doniphan
Dexter
Mies
East Side
Mary Clark
Middle States
Fee
Arkanscourt
Texas
Illinois
Arkansas
Lawrence County
Strong
Norphiet
Union County
Cleveland County
Search for missing French aviators p g
Paris reports inquiry into missing captains Nungesser and Coll as heavy fog hinders Coast Guard and naval searches. American and French officials coordinate to locate the aviators on a 3800 mile Paris to New York flight plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washton
Vecal
Filera
Charles
Francois Coll
State Department
Navy
Treasury Departments
Coast Guard
New York
Nungesser
Cal
United States
Rabber
Wandank
Mohave
Boston
Cape Sable
B . Channel
Grand Banks
Charles Nungéesser
Paris
Newfoundland
Newark
New Hingland
Fiest
le Bourget
Sailor to be Interred Today at Magnolia Cemetery
John Fred Gruter 28 a seaman died Sunday after a fall from a mast on the steamship Braddock. He will be buried this afternoon at Magnolia cemetery with services at Roche Mortuary at 5. Coroner S. Hale notes he was a native of Holland, with a wife in Amsterdam and a brother in Antwerp Belgium.
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John Fred Gruter
Braddock
Magnolia Cemetery
Roche Mortuary
F. Hale
Seaman
Holland
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Belgium
Weather Outlook With Thunder Showers In South
Generally fair and cooler tonight with local thunder showers this afternoon or tonight in the south portion. Winds fresh south and southwest shifting to north, diminishing. Mississippi: fair and cooler tonight with showers this afternoon and tonight in the east south portion. Wednesday fair with winds from the south and southwest shifting to north and diminishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Mystery of Missing Doors and Windows Stirs City
Police investigate a spate of thefts including a vacant 109 South Scott Street house losing four doors and six windows and the Doullut and Ewin warehouse near the state docks missing 750 cement sacks. A rooming house at 206 North Conception Street reported two suits stolen with one recovered later in a pawn shop. Detectives Untreiner and Lawrence follow leads as investigators weigh motives and timing.
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Meuman
South
Scott Street
J. L. Leflore
Doullut and Ewin
State Docks
Lla
North Conception Street
Untreiner
Lawrence
Lela Russell
Ieee
Ate Street
Ee Ape
Curb Market Opening Plans Set For Thursday Meeting
Final plans for the Broad Street curb market opening in Mobile will be discussed at a 8 o'clock Thursday committee meeting. The market opens Saturday at 7 am with farmers selling produce and a visit by 850 county school winners who will tour Mobile, attend lunch, and see local sights.
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Broad Street
St. Anthony
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Curb Market Committee
State Docks
Bay Bridge
Cawthon Hotel
Saenger Theatre
Mertz
Theodore
Crawford Community House
W. A. van Camp
Seafood firm to locate large Mobile plant
A Chesapeake Bay based seafood group plans to locate in Mobile to catch and ship oysters. Maryland interests will visit next week to assess riverfront sites while Captain Carl Ward has an option on a Mobile warehouse. They cite abundant local waters and no anti fishing restrictions as reasons for the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake Bay
Mobile
Maryland
Carl Ward
U. S
Crisfield
Captain Ward
Chesapeake
Ted
Cement and Steel Shipped For Lake Pontchartrain Bridge
Three barges of cement and one of steel have been moved this week via the Warrior division to the Lake Pontchartrain bridge project near New Orleans. Cement from Spocari Alabama and steel from Birmingham mills supplied by Raymond Concrete Pile Company. Two cement barges and a steel barge departed yesterday under the Gildart tow, with another Tuscaloosa tow carrying extra cargo to Slidell for transshipment. Additional tows returned to Mobile with steel coal and cement from Birmingham and Demopolis districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrior Division
Mississippi Warrior Barge Service
Lake Ponchartrain Bridge
New Orleans
Raymond Concrete Pile Company
Slidell
Spocari
Ala
Demopolis
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Warrior
Mobile
Spocart
Mobile Flood Relief Donations Reach Twenty Thousand
Mobile raises about 20 600 dollars for flood sufferers announced at Red Cross offices. Cash sent to national headquarters. 500 dollars remain. Clothing and blankets arrive at Red Cross and Mobile Kiwanis Club. Pineapple resident sent a box. Salvation Army ships provisions to Natchez and Vicksburg. Commander Cuthbert thanks donors and urges continued support to Citadel 213 Conti Street.
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Mobile
Red Cross
National A
Mobile Kiwanis Club
The
Pineapple
Ala
Ape
Salvation Army
Natchez
Vick
Cuthbert
Conti Street
Keg of Whiskey Found in Auto
Deputy Sheriff Moses Bernstein arrested M. Durette after a chase on Stephen's road. A five gallon keg of white whiskey was found in a rear seat cardboard box. The car was seized in the name of the state. N. J. Smith and Claude Moberg face manufacturing liquor charges. Charles Hearn faces forgery and gun assault charges. Emma Horton is the complainant.
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M. Durette
Moses Bernstein
Bernstein
Durette
Stephen's Road
N. J. Smith
Claude Moberg
Charles Hearn
Texas
Tod
Emma Horton
Fire Damages Two Brick Buildings on South Commerce Street
A mysterious explosion caused a blaze at 62 and 64 South Commerce Street at 5:20 AM, heavily damaging the upper floors of the three and two story brick structures. Loss is about $5,000, insured, and the unoccupied buildings were owned by H. B. Pake. Police officer reports flames shooting from the second story as fire crews fought the blaze. A second alarm brought extra units and the fire was confined to the two buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Commerce Eet
South Commerce Street
H. B. Pake
Cobb Back From Rate Discussion
R G Cobb traffic manager of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce returned to Mobile this morning after a conference of shippers and railroad men on proposed fertilizer rate changes. Cobb urged Mobile’s geographical advantage in setting new charges and called for unchanged handling of sulfur at Mobile. Port representatives plan to meet in Washington with an Interstate Commerce Commission examiner to discuss adjustments before final adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
French Airmen Missing As Atlantic Flight Toll Rises
Four French fliers are dead or missing in Atlantic effort. Captain Nungesser and Coll are missing after leaving Paris for New York. Saint Roman and Mouneyres also unreached after departing from Senegal to Pernambuco. Earlier incidents include Mall Wooster in Virginia, Islamoff and Clavier in a Sikorsky fire, and Byrd's crew injuries in New Jersey.
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New York
Atlantic
Nungesser
Coll
Paris
Saint Roman
Mouneyres
Louis
Senegal
West Africa
Pernambuco
Brazil
Stan Mall Wooster Wen
Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
Pauper jailed for tax dodge seeks freedom
Charles Ford a 64 year old Monongahela resident jailed five months for an inability to pay a 70 cent city tax may be freed by a charity effort. Donations from multiple cities including Chicago Philadelphia and Washington boost the fund toward about 25 dollars needed to cover tax and court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
Charles Ford
Monongahela
R. E. Russell
Washington
D. C
Ford
Hannah
Sparrow
Chicago
E. Broadhurst
Schroemeyer
Philadelphia
A. F. Heck
Easton
Duluth
Minn
St. Louis
Memorial Park Work Unfinished in Houston
City parks head Cecil Bates says work to complete Memorial Park at Houston and Government streets will not finish this year. The park has been open with partial shrubbery and landscaping already in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Park
Houston
Government Streets
Cecilr. Bates
Polarine Tanker Undergoes Rapid Repairs at Todd Drydock
General overhaul work on the Standard Oil tanker Polarine is progressing quickly at Todd Drydock. The vessel arrived yesterday, was dry docked and surveyed, with initial repairs begun. Duration of dock time remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd Drydock
Todd Yards
U S Government Seeks Sale of Philippine Holdings
Manila dispatch reports Governor General Wood announces the sale of about 56 million dollars in government holdings in Philippine enterprises. Key assets include sugar centrals in Oriental and Occidental Negros and the Manila Railroad Company, with control handed to native boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippine Friande
Wood
Associated Press Today
General Wood
Manila Railroad Company
Soman Pelete
Great Sugar Centrals
Ori
Ental
Philippine National Bank
Johnson lifts suspension of Cobb and Simmons
In Chicago on May 10, President Ban Johnson lifted Ty Cobb and Al Simmons suspensions for the Philadelphia Athletics. Cobb is to appear in Detroit as a visiting player amid planned welcome events, following Umpire Owens' report and Ormsby’s handling of the prior incident.
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Chicago
Ban Johnson
Fon League
Ty Cobb
al Simmons
Philadelphia Athletics
Cobb
Detroit
Athletics
Johnson
Brick Owens
Red” Ormsby
Philadelphia
Ormsby
Owens
Simmons
Maconic Temple
Ball Park
Tyrus
New Orleans Police Chief Thanks Mobile for Flood Aid Offer
Thomas Healy, New Orleans police superintendent, conveyed thanks to Mobile Chief Warren Burch for the offer of Mobile police aid during flood threats. Healy affirmed readiness to reciprocity courtesy if assistance is needed and in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Healy
New Orleans
Mobile Police Department
Warren Burch
Mobile
Burch
France mourns loss of air aces Nungesser and Coli
Paris awakens to news that Captains Nungesser and Coli are missing after last flight plans. Crowds react with anger and grief as optimistic editions are burned and police restore order amid uncertain fate. Bonis de predicts formal tributes but details are unclear.
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Paris
France
Nungesser
Coll
New York
Atlan
Fernand Bonis Dent
Chain of Ties
Coli
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London
Young Suna
Dana
Jane Co
Miss Cowl
BE Tol
Bellanca
Lec Bertaud
Clarence D. Chamberlain
Weath Bureau
Foreign Office
Peter AD
Ébgov
Kf Ih
Curb Mart
Z. Ward & Son., Inc
Orleans
Warrior Barger
Pennsylvania
U.S
Philippines
Cobb, Simmons
Georgia
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