Mobile to Seek Health Officer Removal Over Dairies Contamination
Mobile officials consider a resolution urging the health board to remove Dr. Charles A. Mohr amid reports of insanitary dairy conditions. The proposal came from Dr. Eugene Thames and was tabled, with Hartwell promising to push a city commission vote supporting removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile City Commission
Board of Health
Charles A. Mohr
Harry T. Hartwell
Mohr
Health Board
Eugene Thames
W. T. Henderson
J. T. Inge
City Commission
County Board
Mobile County Medical Society
Hartwell
Mobile
Toulminville
Thames
Sienderson
Tabie
Henderson
Inge
Medical Society
Ss. W. Welch
Plans for Legion Night Boxing Event in Bienville Square
Plans are complete for the American Legion jamboree at Bienville Square on Friday night drawing ex-service men and a large crowd. The program opens with a bugle call and Star Spangled Banner by Spring Hill College band, features a five-man battle royal and other boxing matches, and ends with taps in honor of fallen servicemen. Special seating is arranged for hurt and disabled veterans, with prominent guests including Admiral Benson Senator de Chamberlain and Commissioner Thompson attending as port inspectors en route to New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Bienville Square
The
Legion
Spring Hill College
James J. Alvarez
W. S. Benson
George de Chamberlain
Frederick I. Thompson
Mobile
United States Shipping Board
New Orleans
Thompson
Yancey W. Pringle
Uncle Sam
Numbers Visit Coal Terminal Now Operating
The government 400000 coal terminal near Blakeley Island operated during official tests after a delay. Mobility observers toured the plant as Col. G M Hoffman and Major Earl North inspected features and the unloader unit, while the gelnder loaded coal onto the barge Semper Fidelis bound for Galveston.
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Government Street
Blakeley Island
Col
G. M. Hoffman
Board of Engineers For River and Harbors
Earl North
United States
Mobile
Major North
Col. Hoffman
Washington
Galveston
Texas
Directors Outline Expanded Chamber Program At Meeting
Chamber of Commerce directors outlined an enlarged activities program. Four directors headed new departments selecting co workers from the membership. Spaulding led traffic, Bedsole trade expansion, Lining public city services, and Smith headed port work with seaport amendment ratification planned for November. Executive committee includes Smith Lyons Bedsole and past presidents Bailey Reynolds Lining and secretary Fenimore.
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Chamber of Commerce
F. I. Spaulding
J. L. Bedsole
Pub City
George D. Lining
Gordon Smith
State Harbor Commission
Port Department
Mark Lyons
E. M. Bailey
W. H. Reynolds
P. A. Fenimore
Officer Parker Is Dismissed From Force
Police officer Joseph Parker has been dismissed from the force for sleeping on his beat. Chief P J O Shaughnessy approved by Mayor George E Crawford, in charge of the police department. Officer Claude A Johnson of the third shift temporarily placed in charge of the signal phone on that shift due to the death of Officer Joe McGinnis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Parker
P. J. O'Shaughnessy
George E. Crawford
Claude A. Johnson
Joe McGinnis
Weather card with multiple city matchups and times
National and American league style schedule lists matchups across cities. Games include Nashville at New Orleans Memphis at Mobile Rock at Birmingham Chattanooga at Atlanta New York at St Louis Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Boston at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Chicago Chicago at New York Cleveland at Philadelphia Detroit at Boston St Louis at Washington with varied conditions and start times.
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Nashville
New Orleans
Memphis
Mobile
Rock
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Atlanta
New York
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Weather update for Alabama and Mississippi regions
Alabama fair tonight with partly cloudy skies. Friday likely unsettled in the interior and turn to local thunder in northern and central areas. Mississippi sees fair tonight, Friday partly cloudy with possible local thunder in the north and central regions and warming temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
State Press Body Sets Mobile Meeting Date
The Alabama Press Association will meet in Mobile next year after cities withdrew claims for the venue. The Montgomery message to the Chamber of Commerce confirmed the executive board will fix the place and date for the next meeting as is customary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Press Association
Mobile
Montgomery
Chamber of Commerce
Murder trial set for Hodges after missing witness found
Amos McDonand Hodges faces a first degree murder trial for Vincent Mullen’s death after a missing witness, Jack Woodruff, was located. Woodruff was fined $50 and jailed five days for contempt when he failed to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos McDonand Hodges
Vincent Mullen
Jack Woodruff
Chamberlain
Woodruff
Hodges
Jacob W. Rehm, Jr
J. W. Houstis
Louis S. Conover
H. L. Gaines, Jr
Frank T. Malone
Elbert H. Ash
Eslava Street
Mobile shown in two magazines feature
Southern Banker from Atlanta presents a two page illustrated Mobile feature by Gordon Smith, timed for the Alabama bankers meeting in Mobile. Five Port photos illustrate Mobile’s advantages while Alabama Farm Facts at Montgomery highlights cabbage culture and Warley Fruit & Produce Company cabbage farm.
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Atlanta
Mobile
Gordon Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Farm Facts
Montgomery
Warley Fruit & Produce Company
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Bay Boat Mail Service Connects Mobile To Fairhope
The bay boat mail service between Mobile and Fairhope will begin May 16 and will serve only Fairhope on the Eastern Shore. Postmaster J Blocker Thornton announced that Battles Point Clear Zundles Daphne and Magnolia will not receive the new service. mail for those towns continues by rail to Bay Minette and then by rural routes.
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Mobile
Fairhope
J. Blocker Thornton
Battles
Point Clear
Zundles
Daphne
Magnolia
Bay Minette
92 Stand Examinations for Postal Service
A total of 92 applicants took the examinations for clerk and carrier for the Mobile post office. There were 106 applications filed but several failed to appear. The test ended at noon today. Applicants were examined in three classes, with sessions yesterday morning yesterday afternoon and this morning.
Murder hearing taken out of call in 1921 Ada Guy case
The case of Bela Guy indicted for the killing of his wife Ada Guy in the summer of 1921 was called in circuit court today and taken out of the call. The continuance was requested by defense attorneys who said key witnesses were absent.
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Bela Guy
Ada Guy
Two Sentenced In Prohibition Case Outcomes
State Transfer Agent Frank Boswell took Mitchell Crooms into custody this afternoon after sentencing him to 4 to 8 months for manufacturing prohibited liquors. Rose May Skinner was convicted of a statutod offense and sentenced to not less than two years or more than three years.
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Frank Boswell
Mitchell Crooms
Rose May Skinner
Radiophone Rage Reaches White House Radio Room
In Washington on May 11, the public pastime of choosing broadcasts spreads to the presidency as President Harding uses a powerful Navy installed radio set. The White House apparatus, tuned to 25 000 feet wavelength, enables distance broadcasts when weather allows, hailed as magnificent machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Navy Department
White House
Foster Case Set for Friday Trial in McGinnis Killing
James Foster, a police officer charged with murder in the death of fellow officer Joe McGinnis, faces a recorder's court trial Friday. Prosecutor Jack Courtney says no eye witness is located yet. weapon details are absent. McGinnis was killed about 3:30 am near Franklin and Bloodgood streets. a .38 calibre bullet was confirmed. Defense attorney Charles W. Tompkins says Foster will plead not guilty and asserts no knowledge of the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Foster
Joe McGinnis
Recorder's Court
Jack Courtney
McGinnis
P. J. O'Shaughnessy
Charles W. Tompkins
Judge Rules Home Brew Not Guilty Without 0.5 Percent Alcohol
Judge Robert T. Ervin instructed a federal jury in the George Schenker case to return a not guilty verdict unless the government proves beer contains more than 0.5 percent alcohol. The ruling, first on a home brew charge in the court, stems from evidence that the beer was found at a residence and unclear intent. Several defendants face related prosecutions as juries previously failed to reach verdicts.
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Robert T. Ervin
George Schenker
Ervin
Joe Ferdiner
Noah
Clarence Emmett
Escambia
Robert Helton
John Timsnolle
Opticians to Close Alabama Convention Tonight
The Alabama Optical Society meets at the Cawthon hotel for a second day program with talks on ethics eye diseases and optometric findings. Speakers include J H Tinder S W Martin J H Merrell A R Rockwell and H J Rosenstihl with afternoon sessions by W W Perdue J Taylor. Demonstrations and a banquet conclude the gathering as nearly 100 members attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Optical Society
Cawthon Hotel
J. H. Tinder
Birmingham
S. W. Martin
Talladega
J. H. Merrell
Fayetteville
A. R. Rockwell
H. J
Rosenstih
Uniontown
W. W. Perdue
Mobile
J. Taylor
Gadsden
Peers
War Dept Reorganizes Corps Training and Troop Distribution
Washington May 11 The War Department reveals a plan to assign corps art for training of the citizen army with a reinforced brigade this summer all arms included except Camp Travis Texas where the second division remains intact The First and Third divisions will be broken up and dispersed to army posts to support summer training and rapid mobilization under reduced army strength this year Changes also move select units between camps and forts across the Fourth Corps area and adjust infantry and artillery postings.
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Washington
War Department
Citizens Army
Camp Travis
Texas
Camp Dix
N. J
Camp Lewis
Wash
National Guard
Army of
United States
22Th Infantry
Camp Meade
8Rd Field Artillery
Fort Myer
Second Field Artillery
Fort McPherson
Athkinta
Eighth Infantry
Germany
Fort Moultrie
S. C
Twenty-second Infantry
Forts Jay
Porter
Niagara
N. YY
Camp Jessup
Pius XI and Tchitcherin Sign Idea of Worship Freedom
Rome dispatch cites Tribuna claiming a pact granting freedom of worship and protection of omissions in Russia while restitution of church property is rejected. Genoa conference: Soviet Foreign Minister Tehitcherin delivers reply to Italian Foreign Minister Schanzer in Palazzo Reale. The 15 page note is mixed with argumentative and constructive sections proposing a new commission to continue talks after Genoa.
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London
Rome
Tribuna
Pius XI
George Tchitcherin
Genoa
Russia
Ity
Associated Press
Tchiteberin
Schangzer
Italy
Palazzo Reale
Francisco Giannini
M. Tehitcherin
Moscow
Signor Schanzer
United States
Gulf Grocery Store Damaged by Fire in City Block
Fire damaged the Gulf City Grocery Company at the southeast corner of Adama and Royal streets causing several thousand dollars in loss. The blaze was found in the Warehouse building at 6 15 this morning by a watchman, with heavy water damage used to extinguish it. Warrant Warehouse Company owns the building and the loss is insured.
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Gulf City Grocery Company
Adama and
Royal Streets
Royal and
Adama Streets
Warrant Warehouse Company
Harding to Speak to Mobile Kiwanis
W. P. G. Harding, noted financier and president of the Federal Reserve Bank, will address the Kiwanis Club at the regular weekly session next Wednesday. He wired resident Jon Schwartz accepting the invitation. Harding travels to Mobile for the Alabama Bankers Association convention.
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W. P. G. Harding
Federal Preserve Bank
Washington, D. C
Kiwanis Club
Harding
Jon .Schwartz
Kiwanis Clnic
Mr. Harding
Mobile
Alabama Bankers Association
Caveman murder case prompts grand jury to seek new facts
New York May 11 The Rockland county grand jury after one day of deliberation could not name the caveman bluebeard accused of killing Lillian White and leaving bones on a mountain top near Haverstraw It reviewed a mass of new evidence and planned to investigate conditions at the Letchwood Valley Sanitarium where White lived and fled following punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bluebeard
Lillian White
Haverstraw
Rockland County Grand Jury
Woodamen
Letchwood Valley
Heat Prostration Causes Woman's Death in St Paul
St Paul reports one heat related death as temperatures climbed to 46 degrees. An unidentified woman died on a street car amid the heat yesterday.
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ST. Paul
KT. Paul
Minn
Three Irish youths shot to death in Ballymulderg
Three Catholic youths, James Francis and Thomas McKeown, were abducted from their beds at Ballymulderg by masked men and shot. James died at once while Francis and Thomas were seriously wounded with Francis suffering 16 bullet wounds.
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Pelfast
James
Francis
Thomas McKeown
Balymulderg
Standard Oil Raises Gas Price One Cent
Standard Oil of New York announced a one cent per gallon gas price increase across its territory. The company also raised varnish makers and painters naphtha prices in the same announcement.
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Standard Oil
New York
the &Standard Oil Company of
Ite
Highlights of Russian reply foils secret diplomacy plan
The May 11 dispatch reports that publication of Russia’s reply to the allies disrupted a proposed secret diplomacy session. International News Service obtained the official text before a hidden discussion could be held and caused a press stampede when New York wires circulated the document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Weyer
International News Service
Genoa
International
Signor Schanzer
Entente
New York
Engineers Start For Inspection of Shoals Plant
Several hundred members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers depart from Atlanta after the annual spring meeting. The group plans to inspect Birmingham and Muscle Shoals sites and send others to Charlotte to review textile and power plants. The society eyes a 1923 Montreal spring meeting and will vote by mail on officers, with results announced December 1 in New York.
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Atlanta
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Birmingham
Muscle Shoals
Charlotte
Montreal
New York
Governor Cooper Named to Board After Lever Resignation
Washington May 11 Selection of Gov Robert A Cooper of South Carolina to fill the vacancy on the federal farm loan board due to Asbury F Lever's resignation is understood to have been made by President Harding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert A. Cooper
South Carolina
Federal Farm Loan Board
Asbury F. Leverin
Harding
Earth Tremor Felt in Martinique at 2:45 AM
A strong earth shock was experienced in Martinique at 2:45 this morning. No damage was reported. The tremor occurred in Pt. de France and surrounding areas, as reported by AP.
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PT. DE France
Martinique
Associated Press
Ex Governor Catts See Count Struck From Indictment
Sidney J. Catts former Florida governor had eleven of twelve counts in a peonage indictment stricken after Judge Shepard sustained the demurrer on those counts and denied one. The government may announce Friday whether to proceed on the remaining count or drop the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Sidney J. Catts
Florida
Ed, Brown
William B. Shepard
Goment
Charles Keller Indicted for Murder in Mississippi
Meridian Mississippi May 11 Charles Keller indicted by the Leake County grand jury for the March 27 murder of Georg and Clem Odom father and son and Marshal Howard. Keller was said to have shot after a quarrel over a pig, with Norman and Page later dying from injuries.
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Meridian
Miss
Charles Keller
Georg
Clem Odem
Marshal Howard
J. Page
Li Miss
Leake
Odom
Norman
Page
Peggy Joyce Back to U S on Friday
New York May 11 Peggy Hopkins Joyce the siren of the century returns to the United States Friday aboard the Mauretania to her home near Norfolk Virginia. In a wireless message Joyce denies any connection with Paris suicide attempts involving Lieut Mont Rivas of the Chilean Legion. It’s a false report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Mauretania
Ainey
Norfolk
Peggy
Paris
Lieut
Mont Rivas
Banker's Wife Dies After Operation in Jackson
Mrs Miles Buckingham wife of a former Memphis banker died at a Jackson hospital after an operation for the removal of a bullet which authorities said Buckingham declared he fired accidentally. She had been at Pickens near Jackson and was brought to the city accompanied by her husband.
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Jackson
Miss
Miles Buckingham
Memphis
Buckingham
Rast Is Freed In Attack Case In Orangeburg Court
Claude J. Rast former county superintendent of education was acquitted here after a jury deliberated three and a half hours on charges of attacking a 16 year old pupil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orangeburg
D. C
Claude J. Rast
U S Consul at Plymouth Dies After Operation
London May 11 Announcement was made today of the death yesterday of William Wesley Masterson American consul at Plymouth following an operation for appendicitis. Masterson was born in Charlestown in 1861.
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London
William Wesley Masterson
Plymouth
Masterson
Carolston
Central of Georgia Granted Bond Permits
Washington May 11 The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed the Central of Georgia railroad to issue 1,313,000 in six per cent mortgage bonds. The proceeds will be used as collateral to guarantee repayment of advances previously made by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Central of Georgia Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wave of deaths in New York raises toll to eight
A Wednesday surge in self inflicted deaths in the New York district added eight victims and left one more person in critical condition at a hospital.
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New York
Mandayla City Hit by Swift Fire in Rangoon
May 11 Mandayla in Rangoon suffered a devastating fire that left many homeless and caused heavy damage across the urban area. Fire crews fought the blaze, with residents assessing losses as authorities investigate the incident.
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Rangoon
India
Mandayla
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Peggy Joyce
U. S
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