Shipping Board trio visits Mobile port on inspection tour
Admiral Benson Senator Chamberlain and Frederick Thompson arrive in Mobile for two days of port and harbor inspections including coal terminal and fuel oil facilities. They dine with local officials and plan hearings in New Orleans on merchant marine act section 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Benson
George E. Chamberlain
Frederick I. Thompson
United States Shipping Board
Mobile
Mr. Thompson
American Legion
Country Club
Joseph H. Lyons
Shipping Board
New Orleans
Merchant, Marine Act
Crescent City
Sunflower
Clifford W. Smith
Admiral Benson
Fort Morgan
Yantic
Benson
Sen
Chamberlain
Senator Chamberlain
Oregon
Senate
South
Natchez, Miss
Southern
Natchez
United States
Thompson
Kines
Lleagues
Gulfport
Comntee
Jamboree Plans Set for Bienville Square Legion Night
Tonight at Bienville Square the McLeod Post kicks off a 1 500 member drive with boxing 30 rounds music and addresses. Guests include Admiral Benson Commissioner Thompson and Senator Chamberlain as officials accept telegram invites for a 7 20 start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Bienville Square
James A. Alvaro
W.S. Benson
Frederick I. Thompson
George E. Chamberlain
United States Shipping Board
Legion
Mobile
Thompson
Admiral Benson
Senator Chamberlain
McLeod Post
Spring Hill College
Pretrial Delay in Foster McGinnis Slaying Case Ordered
Police Officer James Foster faces a postponed hearing for the killing of Signal Supervisor Joe McGinnis after defense objections to bail and a continuance. The recorder set the next hearing for Wednesday with twenty witnesses for the state and eighteen for the defense. McGinnis was found dead by gunshot at 6:30 a.m. with no struggle or weapon nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Foster
Joe McGinnis
Recorder's Court
C. W. Tompkins
Jack Courtney
Charles Arata
Courtney
Arata
McGinnis
Tompkins
Foster
Explosion at Peterman mine sparks mass arrests in Penn township
Twelve men were jailed after a dynamite blast at the Peterman coal mine in Penn township sparked a miners' march toward the Schneck mine near Pittsburgh. Deputies stopped the mob, reported threats to blast other mines, and noted no injuries.
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Pittsburgh
Peterman
Penn Township
Schenck
Sheriff's
Pittsburg
Bessemer
George Wessel
Robert W. Woodside
Oakmont
Joseph Schneck
Schneck
Robert Woodside
Genoa Conference Split Over Russian Reply
The Genoa conference factions divide after the Russian note. France rejects the note and may withdraw from Russian talks while Britain and Italy push to continue discussing debts and property, with Lloyd George proposing a mixed commission and a truce on the eastern front.
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Genoa
France
Lloyd. George
Barthou
Lloyd Georg
Russia
Denikin
Wrangel
Kolchak
Tehitcherin
Lloyd George
Paris
Europe
Clerk charged after alleged phone removal at drugstore
Leonard Brown, a clerk, reportedly tore a telephone from the wall at Ortmann's drug store on Davis Avenue and Marmotte Street after an argument with Officer Franko. Brown failed to appear in court and his bond was ordered forfeited. he was rearrested.
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Leonard Brown
Franko
Maries
Ortmann
Davis Avenue
Marmotte
Brown
Hospital Day Observed With Citywide Open Houses
Hundreds of Mobilians are expected to visit city infirmaries for Hospital Day events marking May 12 Florence Nightingale’s birthday. The Mobile Infirmary hosts birth-home reunions for past five years’ patients from 3 to 5 pm, while Southern Infirmary showcases demonstrations on disabled veterans education and care. City Hospital beds receive flowers, and Mayor Crawford urges visits to see hospital work.
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Florence Nightingale
The
Red Cross
Mobile Infirmary
Southern Infirmary
Veterans Bureau
Mobile Infirmary Association
City Hospital
Crawford
Court Takes Up Numerous Criminal Cases
The circuit court docket included many cases. Albert Howard faces charges after a collision, Eli Collins has two assault to murder counts, Red Broadus appears on two assault to murder counts, T Armstrong and R Cammack are charged with assault and battery and no auto license respectively, J L Harris is charged with reckless operation, James Sledge Emma Humphrey Houston Crow and Sylvester McCree face prohibition law violations, Seth Butler and Richard Tipp have two assault and battery cases.
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Albert Howard
Eli Collins
Red Broadus
T. Armstron
R. Cammack
J. L. Harris
James Sledge
Emma Humphrey
Houston Crow
Sylvester McCree
Seth Butler
Richard Tipp
Two Sentenced In Circuit Court For Early April Burglary
A man described as a negro pleaded guilty to burglary after being shot during the crime on Quigley Street near Davie Avenue in April. Judge Claude A. Gray sentenced him to two to four years in the penitentiary. Ada Bell, a negro woman, pled guilty to grand larceny and received a two year term from Judge Grayson. J. H. Johnson was also involved in the proceedings.
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Quigley Street
Davie Avenue
Claude A. Grayson
Ada Bell
Grayson
J. H. Johnson
Gandhi’s Son Dewadi Gandhi Arrested in Bombay Hearing
May 12. Dewadi Gandhi son of Mohandas K. Gandhi non corporal tionist leader in prison sentence has been arrested at Allahabad. Pan dit Ramadhani president of the All- India congress committee and Haroloi Chotel Lashiram secretary of the Indore congress committee also were arrested in Bombay hearing.
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Bombay
Associated Preas
Dewadi Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Allahabad
Pandit Ramadhani
All- India Congress Committee
Haroloi Chotel Lashiram
Indore
Court Asked to Force Trial in Dempsey Case
Attorney Tisdale Touart argues Dempsey, an oiler on the barge Tuscaloosa, should be brought to trial after 35 days in jail. Dempsey is held on a coroner's verdict related to Edgar Ruiz's drowning on March 4. The state and defense clash over witnesses and conditions at the city prison.
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Tisdale
Touart
C. H. Dempsey
Tuscaloosa
Warrior River
Dempsey
Edgar Ruiz
Jasper
Ala
Courtney
Lee Thirsk
Regular Services At St. Margaret's Church
Regular services will be held at St. Margaret's Catholic church on Cedar Point road near Thomas' Store Sunday morning at 7 30 o'clock Confessions will be heard immediately before the mass.
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St. Margaret's Catholic Church
Cedar Point Road
Thomas’ Store
Weather and baseball matchups across the South and East
The Southern League lineups list games in Chattanooga Atlanta Little Rock Birmingham Memphis New Orleans Nashville Mobile and New York St. Louis Brooklyn Cincinnati Boston Pittsburgh Philadelphia Chicago with various conditions and 3 15 to 3 30 start times noted. American League previews Detroit New York St. Louis Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland Washington Boston Boston Chicago play under clear or cloudy skies with several 3 15 to 3 30 starts.
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Chattanooga
Atlanta
Little Rock
Birmingham
Memphis
New Orleans
Nashville
Mobile
New York
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi May Showers
Partly cloudy and unsettled tonight and Saturday with little change in temperature. In Alabama and Mississippi the weather remains partly cloudy with areas of unsettled skies, cooler overnight in the far north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Meteor creates 500 foot hole in Virginia grove
A metal meteor struck 12 miles NW of Blackstone in Nottoway County, about 120 miles west of Norfolk, carving a roughly 500 square foot hole in an oak grove. The blast rattled windows in Lawrenceville, Petersburg, and Blackstone but caused no reported damage as of morning.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Blackstone
Nottoway County
Lawrenceville
Petersburg
Lackawanna Steel Jumps Ten Points
The Lackawanna Steel stock rose to 75 after a bombshell merger announcement with Bethlehem Steel led by Charles M. Schwab. Market chatter tied the move to a broader seven-firm independent merger, while officials said Lackawanna’s withdrawal would not derail the other companies’ plans.
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Bethlehem
New York
Okawanna Steel Company
Wall Street
Bethlehem Steel Company
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Lackawanna
Stell
George F. Downes
Srvtenne
Lackawanna Company
Schwab
Thomas I. Chadbourne
Independent Combine
Confession Letter Barred in Stillman Case In Poughkeepsie
In Poughkeepsie New York May 12 a referee ruled inadmissible as evidence a letter described as a confession by Mrs Anne A Stillman claiming Fred Beavans had entered her life The ruling marks a victory for Mrs Stillman and her baby Guy Stillman whose paternity is questioned by James A Stillman
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Anne A. Stillman
James A. Stillman
Fred Beavans
Daniel J. Gleason
Justice Morehauser
Stillman
Gleason
Renewed Threat of Chinese Civil War Stirs London Report
London dispatch reports renewed civil war danger in China with Manchurians poised to clash with Pekin and the city guard under Gen Wu Pei Fu. Wu Pei Fu states he will not pursue further campaigns unless opponents strike first, setting tense odds between Chang Tso Lin and Sun Yat Sen forces.
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London
China
Pekin
Wu Pei Fu
Pao Ting FU
Chang Tso Lin
Sun Yat
Bond suspects say they confessed to New York bank robbery
In Savannah on May 12 John Vardeman and his alleged wife companion confessed to the $500,000 Chase National Bank robbery in New York. Pinkerton detectives report that the missing $20,000 in bonds will be recovered within hours. The couple were reportedly given a severe questioning by Pinkerton men yesterday afternoon.
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Savannah
John Vardeman
Chase National Bank
New York
Pinkerton
Mrs. Bankhead’s Body Sent to Birmingham
The body of Mrs. John H. Bankhead widow of Senator Bankhead and mother of Congressman William Bankhead will leave Washington this afternoon at 2 20 for Jasper Alabama. The funeral will be held at the Bankhead home and Congressman Bankhead will accompany the casket. The party will reach Jasper early Sunday morning.
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Washington
John H. Bankhead
Sen. Bankhead
William Bankhead
Alabama
Birmingham
Jasper
Ala
Bankhead
Quash U S Charge Against Captain Weldon
The indictment against Captain John B. Weldon former officer of a shipping board steamer was quashed in federal court. Two counts were not properly drawn and the government could not prove the third count. Weldon and another crewman were indicted after a complaint by shipping board officials.
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John 8. Weldon
Shipping Board
Aubrey Boyles
Weldon
Perry Says New Tariffs Harmful
Nashville Tenn May 12 Hunter H Perry president of the Nashville Livestock Exchange filed a formal protest with the state utilities commission over new live stock tariffs effective June 1 in the south He warned the proposed rates would raise livestock charges 50 to 75 percent and make short hauls prohibitive.
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Nashville, Tenn
South
Hunter H. Perry
Nashville Livestock Exchange
State Public Utilities Commission
Hunter
Chattanooga Broker Believed to Have Taken Own Life
Nate N. Silverman local broker was found dead in a car along a rural road near Chattanooga Tennessee officials say he apparently died by his own hand. A revolver was in his grasp and a bullet hole was found in his head friends say he recently suffered heavy stock losses.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Nate N. Silverman
Here
Silverman
Freight car mislabeled as potatoes seized for whiskey
Chicago May 12 A freight car hired to move potatoes from New Orleans to Chicago was found in a federal prohibition net with about 160 barrels of whiskey hidden inside each barrel topped by a potato layer. The car had wandered the country for six weeks before stopping.
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Chicago
New Orleans
Liniment drink turns up in Mattoon arrests
In Mattoon on May 12 a spike in liniment drink related arrests is noted. Police report men found with liniment bottles in their pockets, labeled as 75 percent alcohol, prompting talks to curb or ban sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattoon, Jil
Mattoon
Genoa Brief on Poincare Russian Decision
Premier Poincare has made a decision regarding the Russian issue. The report is continued on page fifteen as details are outlined by the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
Associated, Press
Poincare
Ireland Peace Move Faces Setback Amid Belfast Violence
Dublin reports a peace effort in the Irish Free State amid violence in the north. In Belfast a suitcase bomb wounded four. a girl and a boy were hit on the street, and a 14 year old who had been wounded earlier died. Troops operate on the Donegal frontier as Republican forces mass near Clady with trenches and barricades.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Belfast
Donegal
Ulster
Clady
Watermelon Grower Claims Large Florida Crop
Tampa reports on R L Eaton of Anticello who claims a 1000 acre watermelon farm and that he grows melons exclusively for farmers in Florida and Georgia. He says he has not shipped a melon for 12 years, his ripe fruit spoiling in the fields.
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Tampa
Fla
Althothah
Termelons
Ida
R. L. Eaton
Anticello
Eaton
Group 2
Dem
Florida
Georgia
Troops Guard Haverstraw As Brick Plant Strike Spreads
Twenty state troopers were sent to Haverstraw New York to guard against an expected march by about 1 000 African Americans on strike at 35 brick plants. More troopers from Albany and Troy join this afternoon as daytime patrols keep streets clear and a ban on street gatherings imposed near brickyards.
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Haverstraw
N. Y
Troy
Engineers Tour Birmingham Plants to Inspect Nitrate Facilities
Engineers from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers arrived in Birmingham for a dinner hosted by the local chapter. They plan to tour Muscle Shoals nitrate plants and power facilities the following day to inspect operations and discuss engineering aspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
American Soc of Mechanical Engineers
Chapter of
Engineers
Muscle Shoals
Bank Held Up Near Palm Beach In Noon Heist
Three bandits robbed The Bank Stuart north of Palm Beach at noon taking approximately $5,000. No injuries reported as investigation begins in Miami area.
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Miami
Fla
Stuart
Palm Beach
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