Indicted crewman in fatal Gulf rum ring fight aboard ship
Captain J Holstein of the Delfshaven turned over William Temmerman, 21, messboy, to police after alleging he staged a fatal fight that slashed steward Charles Vanden Berge. Berge died from knife wounds after the vessel, about 30 miles off St Petersburg, stopped at Mobile on the way to Mobile. Temmerman is held for murder, with federal authorities to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Temmerman
Delfshaven
J. Holstein
Temmerman
Associated Press
St. Peterburg
Charles Vanden Berge
Holland
Berge
St. Petersburg
Mobile
Holstein
Turners Terminals
Joe V. Connick
John H. Farmer
Timmerman
Headquarters
Rotterdam
Delegates Plan Boat Ride During Alabama Knights Convention
Delegates to the Alabama Knights of Columbus convention will take a boat ride over the harbor Tuesday afternoon. A government vessel will depart Government street at 3:30 PM and return to allow an 8 PM session at the Caethon hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convention of Alabama Knights of Columbus
Mobile Council No. 666
Government Street
Cawthon Hotel
Mitchell Better Wilts In Mobile Merchants Return To Health
Walter Mitchell 1318 Government street vice president of Reiss Mercantile Company, operated on Sunday for appendicitis at Providence infirmary, reported Monday as doing fine and expected to recover quickly. In London on May 11 a divorce court granted a ce nisi with costs to the Duchess Manchester formerly Miss Helena Zimmerman of Cincinnati in an undefended case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Mitchell
Government Street
Reiss Mercantile Company
Providence Infirmary
London
Duchess Manchester
Helena Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Taxel Payment Notice to Mr Crow
A reference notes a tax claim involving Mr Crow and a refund of funds. The document outlines a due payment and a corrective action tied to a tax assessment. Details on dates, amounts, and authorities are unclear in the readable text.
Tax Deficit Cited As Cause For Delayed Payments
County treasurer says four mill road levy will not cover June 1 interest and principal totaling 315 161, with a projected 7403 deficit. Many taxpayers unpaid, but commissioners expect funds by June 1. Government cuts threaten social service clinic funding. dedication planned for Mobile Citronelle road June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Stone
Board of Revenue
Matt Boykin
J. C. Hope
City Hospital
Hope
U. S. Engineers Map New Wharf For Mobile Quarantine Station
Washington officials and U S engineers met in Mobile to finalize dredging and construction plans for an anchorage basin and new wharf at the Mobile quarantine station. The project includes a 1000 foot berthing slip on Sand Island with 22 foot depth and approaches from the main channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Engineers
Anchorage Basin
Mobile
W. D. A. Anderson
United States
Anderson
Stephen Clop
Treasury Department
R. E. Bodet
Clop
Sand Island
James W. Ferguson 78 Dies. Survived by 91 Descendants
James W. Ferguson aged 78, a retired farmer, died yesterday. He is survived by 91 linear descendants. Funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clover
8. C
James W. Ferguson
Two Men Fined After Attack in Inferior Criminal Court
Fines totaling 300 dollars were levied in inferior criminal court on two defendants for assault and resisting arrest. A W Clements was fined 101 dollars plus costs for assaulting Mrs. Murrell Johansen and 100 dollars plus costs for resisting arrest. John Grough received 100 dollars plus 30 days for resisting arrest. Mrs Johansen testified Clements struck her with knuckles. Deputy Hobson Hargett said he fought to subdue the pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inferior
A. W. Clements
Murrell Johansen
South Royal Street
John Grough
Clements
Johansen
Hobson Hargett
Grough
St. Emanuel
Monroe
John Reid
A. G. Beverley
F. W. Davis
Bayou la Batre
Five Die in Blast at No. 2 Victoria Mine
An explosion in No. 2 Victoria mine at River Herbert N. B. killed five miners and wounded at least eight others. Authorities attributed the blast to accumulated gas and are investigating the shaft wreckage and rescue operations ongoing at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Herbert
No. 2
Victoria Mine
Wide Interest Displayed In Helping Hand Contest
The Mobile Register and News Item report shows strong participation in the $2,000 Helping Hand contest, with nineteen organizations entered and more joining through the month. Each entrant gets 10,000 votes, and every penny spent at advertisers earns an extra vote, aided by cooperating merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
News-Item
Mobile Register and News- Item
Register and News Item
Mobile Register
Séil
Fires damage stores and homes in Mobile area
A weekend blaze in Mobile and Whistler damaged a clothing shop a bakery and a general store with a dwelling. Three people escaped a Dauphin Street fire aided by ladders as flames trapped them. Total damage runs into thousands with at least 30 000 expected. Four fire companies responded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile City
Sam W. Kelley
Whistler
Sheriff's Department
Kelley
Blanche Kelley
Dauphin
Hamilton
J. B. Bakery
Gustave H. Ziegler
Clifford Bell
Ziegier
State Docks
Wreck Charged In Prohibition Drive Case
Robert Coleman, 37, detained on charges of drunken driving and prohibition violation after Deputies Beatty and Rollings arrested him. His inferior court case was reset for May 14. Another crash near Mertz station involved an occupied car with an escapee. Wallace was fined 50 dollars and costs or 20 days plus 90 days hard labor. Payne and Por each fined 65 dollars and costs or 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Coleman
Beatty
Rollings
W. C. Jackson
Elmira Street
Coleman
Hill
Mill Road
Mertz Station
C. J. Wallace
Bills on Mobile Bay Bridge takeover debated
A Cham ber of Commerce bay bridge committee and civic club reps will meet Monday to discuss two state bills. One would allow the Alabama Bridge Corporation to negotiate buying the bridge or condemn it if needed, the other would permit Mobile and Baldwin counties to seize the bridge if the state declines. Tolls would not be removed immediately. Copies of the bills will be sent to local clubs for resolutions supporting the measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Bridge Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Bridge Corporation
Mobile
Baldwin
Hurley Plans Entown of Army Posts
Secretary Hurley signaled army economy moves including abandoning 51 posts since WWI and consolidating others. He said no cut in rivers and harbors funding, and stressed removing military budgets from political representation while pursuing efficiencies and value for each dollar spent. House Appropriations Chairman Wood urged drastic cuts, proposing abandonment of coastal forts to save costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Hurley
Hoover
Rapidan
Army
War Department
Good Wood
Wood
House Appropriations Committee
Bilbo Recovers After Mississippi Car Crash
Mississippi Governor Theodore Bilbo, injured in a Saturday automobile spill, felt "tip-top and full of fight" as he answered the mansion phone Sunday. Doctors say he is on the road to full recovery from a broken rib and other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Politica
Theodore G. Bilbo
Contracts Let for Beach Road Wall From Coden to Bayou la Batre
The board of revenue awarded contracts Monday to build a wall along the beach road between Coden and Bayou la Batre. Albert Freeland secures the piling contract while The Standard Equipment Company provides bolts and related material. A committee will choose the lumber bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coden
Bayou la Batre
Board of Revenue
Albert Freeland
Standard Equipment Company
Mobile Women to Receive Diplomas at Union Theological Graduation
Miss Elizabeth Ogden and Miss Delia Dulaney of Mobile will receive diplomas from the school for lay workers at graduation exercises at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond this week. They have attended the training school for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ogden
Mizz Delia Dulaney
Mobile
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Do X Seaplane Awaits Weather for Brazil Flight
The DO X giant German seaplane remains at the island of Bubaque near Bolama in Portuguese Guinea awaiting favorable weather before embarking on a transatlantic flight to Brazil. The mirror-like waters and calm conditions are cited as essential for the long voyage. Local officials report no departure time yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island Port
Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
Bubaque
Brazil
Spain Calls Troops As Outbreak Flares
Madrid riots surge through the streets burning four Catholic institutions and attacking others amid anti church demonstrations. The republican government declares martial law and vows to defend the republic by force if needed as army units move in to seize control from civil guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Associated Press
Madrid
Republican
Stock Exchange
Alabama farmers to protest Montgomery bill on agents
A public hearing on Senate bill 348 in Montgomery is set for May 4 at 10 o clock. Farmers fear the measure targets county agents and extension service workers, with E L Deal of the Farm Bureau calling it an attack on their rights and business. Thousands are expected to attend the protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
John Craft
Mobile
E. L. Deal
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Fatal Wages of Autoists In Train Crash Near Alvord
Six members of the Collins family die when their automobile is struck by a Fort Worth and Denver passenger train at a crossing near Alvord. Charles Collins 30, Nora Lee Collins 23, Charlene 5, Fannie 65, Florence 20, Cecil 18, all reported fatally mangled. The wreck occurred as the car lunged onto the tracks just as the locomotive arrived. bodies carried about 250 feet down the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortworth
Denver
Concord man who owned Slain Women farm shoots self
R L Parker owner of the farm where Mrs Starnes and daughter Anna were slain near Concord on Saturday was found shot to death today beside a shotgun. Deputies say he apparently killed himself. An inquest was planned as police pursue a definite clue in the double murder case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Barrier
Self
Associated Press
Concord
N. C
R. L. Parker
Chris Starnes
Anna
Barker
Indictments tied to Perdido Bay liquor seizure
Federal grand jury charged eight men and two women in a case linked to a New Orleans Miami liquor ring. The Coca Cola Kid motorboat carried beer and rum to Florida ports in 1929 1930 with 6 000 quarts seized and 7 700 quarts later deployed in Perdido bay. Names include Jared S. Kenyon James Lamson Harman and others from New Orleans Miami and nearby cities with remaining suspects unnamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Bers
New Orleans
Jared S. Kenyon
Miami
James Lamson Harman
Panama
Bond
Scenery Belonging to Shakespearean Actor Mantell Burned
Stage scenery and costumes used by Robert B. Mantell, noted Shakespearian actor, were destroyed by fire. Loss is $26,000. The items were stored in two buildings on the Mentall estate which burned yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Highlands
Nod
Robert B. Mantell
Mentall
Committee named for Chamber publicity plan
The committee on publicity for the Chamber of Commerce was named Monday by Dr H P Cole president. It includes Clyde Blake McNeely John Terrill W Todd and Charles White-Spunner. A total of $900 was allotted for publicity work during the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
H. P. Cole
Clyde
Blake McNeely
John Terrill
W. Todd
Charles White
Weather summary and river bulletin May 11 1931
Mostly cloudy conditions expected Monday night with partial clearing Tuesday across Alabama and neighboring states. The Daily River Bulletin lists readings for flood gauges in Aberdeen Columbus Demopolis Tuscaloosa Montgomery and Selma with river values and changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mississippi
Aberdeen
Columbus
Demopolis
Tuscaloosa
Montgomery
Selma
River Forecast Report for Selma Area
Weather bulletin notes minor river level changes near Selma with limited impact. Local forecasts emphasize small rises and brief fluctuations as conditions remain stable through the period.
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Gulf Rum
Steward
Mitchell
Mobilian
Providence
Mobile-Citronelle
Citronelle Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce of
Demony Spottswood
Oliver P. Dix
Cecil Bates
U. S
Dtogiss
Anchorage
Clements and
Blazes
Trip
Bay Bridge
Bilbo
Miner
Board
Robert Dollar Moat
San Cal
Scott
Pioneer
Anil Grossing
Ray Hoover
Priouerd
Wait
Federal Grand Jury
Pensacola
Orleans-Miami
Perdido Bay
Cole
Tombiebee
Harry Areata
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