Barred Candidate Fights Committee Over Oath Rule
Mandamus petition filed to force Mobile County Democratic Executive Committee to accept W Rees Farnell’s qualification papers for the August primary. Judge Claude A Grayson set May 17 for hearing as Farnell challenges the party oath requirement imposed by the committee. Farnell’s attorneys argue the oath to have supported Democratic electors is unnecessary for his candidacy for revenue and road commissioner in Mobile County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County Democratic Executive Committee
W. Rees
Farnell
R. P. Roach
G. B. Dunning
Claude A. Grayson
Thomas B. Allman
Allman
County Committee
State Committee
Leo F. Eldridge
Bairman
Mobile County
Alabama
Peace reign ends as mob violence burns Grayson County courthouse
In Sherman Texas May 10 a mob of about 700 men incited violence after George Hughes was killed. They burned the Grayson county courthouse and damaged three blocks of buildings in the Negro district. National guardsmen and Rangers restored order by dawn. 15 charged with inciting riot, 9 injured. Local refugees and out-of-town forces aided in containment.
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Sherman
Texas
George Hughes
Grayson County
National
National Guard
Hughes
Lawrence E. McGee
Colo
Davidson
Frank Hammer
Lone Wolf) Gonzaullas
Dallas
Judge postpones ruling in Beach death-penalty case
Judge Alex T. Howard announced Saturday that he postponed a decision for another week in the Clyde Beach case. Beach, condemned to death for the slaying of Motorcycle Officer W. F. Murphy, faces a new-trial request from his attorneys.
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Alex T. Howard
Clyde Beach
W. F. Murphy
Beach
Radio Schedule for OWDX at The Register and News Item
Saturday broadcasting slate lists National Furniture Company 10 00 10 30 Studio Program 12 00 12 30 Sunshine Hour 12 30 2 00 Studio Program 2 00 3 00 Easy Hour Off the Air 5 00 5 30 Studio Program Bishop Toolen High School 9 00 9 30 Battle House Orchestra 9 30 10 00 The Harmony Serenaders 10 00 10 30 Studio Program Featuring a Quartette Emily Marks
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OWDX
Register
News-Item
National Furniture Company
Bishop Toolen High School
Battle House Orchestra
Harmony Serenaders
Emily Marks
Murphy High School presents Rosamunde in two performances
The Four Arts Club staged Schubert’s Rosamunde at Murphy High School to large audiences, featuring about 250 students in musical, dramatic, and dance roles directed by J Jones Stewart. Cast included Harry T McBroom as Frederick and Rosamunde sung by Wilmer Edge with supporting roles by Howard Wilbur Carl Simmons and others. The production showcased strong directing and student talent.
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Schubert
Murphy High School
Hana
Besr
J. Jones Stewart
Frederick, Prince of
Candia
Harry T. McBroom
Fulgentius
King of Cyprus
Howard Wilbur
Albanus
Lord of Cyprus
Carl Simmons
Benedict
Howard Corry
Leonardio
Lord of
Cyprus
Jack Phipps
Philemon
Shepherd
Weyburn Eber
Winning Choir Broadcast Ends Mobile Music Week
Mobile music week wraps with the winning junior choir to broadcast Sunday night from WODX studio. The day includes harmonica contest, A R L S concert, boy’s orchestral programs, and a Bernheim hall music study club program.
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Mobile
WODX
Register
Barton Academy
Bienville Square
Boys Industrial School
Bernheim Nail
Pearle Schwarz
Will Ines Soa
Burglars Loot Canals Area Including Phillian's Cafe
Thieves raided business and homes Friday night into Saturday morning taking a range of loot. Phillian's cafe on Canal and Water streets was entered by prying a window with a railroad spike and the burglars then ate pies and cookies before leaving with $2 in pennies, cigars, and cigarettes. At 601 Michigan avenue Mrs. W. E. Price reported burglary between 7:15 and 11:00 Friday night, with clothing, a wrist watch, revolver, knife, and trousers stolen. Twelve chickens vanished from Schutte's dairy in Toulminville.
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Phillian
Michigan Avenue
W. E. Price
Schutte
Toulminville
Miamian Held In Contempt Over Capone Bribe Offer
Miami real estate agent Nathan Grebstein was held in contempt for approaching Circuit Judge Paul D. Barnes with a money offer in the Capone case. Lawyers F. Gordon and Vincent C. Giblin said Grebstein tried to bribe the judge after allegedly buying the judge.
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Miamian
Capone
Miami, Fla
Nathan Grebstein
Miami
Paul D. Barnes
Grebstein
F. Gordon
Grehetein
Vincent C. Giblin
The
Chi
Giblin
Roberts to Be Seated as Supreme Court Justice
Washington May 10 The administration remained confident Owen J Roberts will be acceptable to the senate as an associate justice despite southern opposition over his 1923 anti prohibition remarks Senator Sheppard Texas a proponent of the amendment said he would hold judgment after reviewing the record The GOP leadership welcomed the nomination praised the Parker fight outcome and the senate hearing is awaited
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Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Senate
Supreme Court
John J. Parker
Roberts
Sheppard
Demcrat
Texas
Conference on Mobile Census Boost Efforts
City officials and Mobile Chamber of Commerce representatives will meet Monday at 11 at city hall to decide if efforts to locate and enumerate missed residents should continue. Frank E. Courtney sparked the drive after letters to 600 firms. only about 100 responded. The count sits around 67,000, below the government estimate of 69,000.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Frank E. Courtney
Mobile
Defendants Win In Mobile Sidewalk Slip Case
A jury returned a verdict for the defendants in the civil division before Judge Claude A. Grayson in Mobile. Mabel Webb claimed $5,000 damages for a fractured arm from a fall on a defective sidewalk at 77 Dauphin Street in October 1928. Robert L. Marshall, owner of the property, was a co defendant.
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Claude A. Grayson
Circuit Court
Mabel Webb
City of Mobile
Robert L. Marshall
Vincent Kilborn
C. C. Inge
Max Rogers
David Goode
Marshall
Pastor Hunter Recovers After Automobile Accident
Dr. Hunter Better, pastor of North Side Baptist Church, is up again after injuries from an automobile collision. A minister suffered a broken leg and other injuries.
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M. Hunter
North Side Baptist Church
Underwriters Meet At Mobile Life Association Session
The Mobile Life Underwriters Association held its monthly meeting Friday night at the Cawthon hotel. Routine matters were discussed and Judge den Turner spoke on the value of insurance to the public. Ben W. Walker presided as president.
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Underwriters Meet
Mobile Life Underwriters Association
Cawthon Hotel
den Turner
Ben W. Walker
Tornado Toll in Southwest Rises to Sixteen
Oklahoma and Texas tornadoes claim 16 lives over the past week with four new deaths reported from eastern Oklahoma. In one case Gladys Downs, 21, died when a tornado hurled her home 150 yards over a hill and smashed it. The Chappell family suffered losses as Jim Chappell, 24, could not reach shelter and John Chappell, 71, died after guiding others to safety.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Texas
Gladys Downs
Kinta
San Bois
Rockford
Eureka
Blaine
Stigler
Arkansas River
Keotah
Jim Chappel
Chappel
John Chappell
Co-Operative Cotton Plan Aims for 1930 Crop Handling
Directors of the American Co-Operative Cotton Association study plans to contract with state co-operatives to create a centralized agency for the 1930 cotton crop. Carl Williams of the federal farm board notes this would concentrate the cooperative crop to improve economy and service in the South.
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Montgomery
Ala
American Co-Operative Cotton Association
Carl Williams
Federal Farm Board
American Association
Williams
Friday's Mob Reign Mark in Sherman History
In Sherman Texas on May 10 a mob killed George Hughes 41 a black man who confessed attacking a white woman. The piece portrays the event as the blackest mark in a city famed for its Athens of Texas schools churches and public buildings.
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Sherman
Tex
George Hughes
Athens
Texas
Public utility stocks rise boosts New York trading week end
A spirited rise in public utility stocks and favored industrials at the start of the short week end session diverted speculative interest. Wall Street saw signs of another squeeze on shorts after two weeks of liberal short selling amid a favorable tone for weekend trading and a stronger market mood.
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New York
Wall Street
Bishop Cannon Aims at Prohibition Issue at Conference
Dallas May 10 Bishop James Cannon Jr of Washington faces criticism from church leaders over his political and prohibition stance. He is believed to have pushed the prohibition enforcement issue to the floor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South general conference meeting in Dallas.
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Dallas
Tex
James Cannon, Jr
Washington
General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
N.C
Committee On
Widow Shoots Friend Then Self Near Midnight Party
Alderman J. Russell Sheffield was shot twice and gravely wounded, and Marie Riley a widow, 31, was shot in the abdomen and also critically hurt. Sheffield said they quarreled after a party and Riley ordered him to the yard before firing. she then shot herself. Both were hospitalized.
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Minneapolis
J. Russell Sheffield
Sheffield
Marie Riley
St. Mary's Hospital
Early Markets: Orleans and New York Cotton Futures
Cotton futures opened with mixed bids in New Orleans with January at 14.75 and May at 15.90 while July rose to 16.02. In New York, futures opened steady with January around 15.07 and May near 16.30, with other months trading in the mid 14s to mid 16s.
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Orleans
New Orleans
New York
Weather Forecast Mixed Clouds Local Showers Tonight
A weather brief notes cloudy skies with occasional showers tonight and Sunday across the region. Temperatures hold steady with cooler air in western areas Saturday night into Sunday. Alabama reports cloudy conditions with showers. Mississippi shows continued cloud cover with local showers.
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Alabama
Mississippi
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