MIlling Laid To Man Here In Police Custody
Frank Paciga 32 year old seaman was taken into custody in Mobile after being linked to the murder robbery of William Fuller in Los Angeles. He admitted he was wanted and agreed to return without requisition papers as California officers prepared to take him for trial.
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Frank J. Piciga
Los Angeles
William Eugene Fuller
California
Charles Burden
Paciga
Warren Burch
Associated Press
Fuller
Harry F. d
San Diego
Conection
Burch
Bates and Schwarz Deny Refund of Tax To 7 000 Mobilians
Mobile leaders Bates and Schwarz reject refunds to 7 000 residents who paid the 1930 street tax. They say denying refunds is just and that payments by those who did not pay remain owed under repeal. Hartwell had urged refunds. his absence leaves the plan stalled as the commission notes the 1930 delinquents number in the thousands.
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Bates and Schwarz
Schwarz
Bates
City of Mobile
Mobile
Commission
Hartwell
State R. of C Holds Annual Parley Here
The Alabama Council Knights of Columbus meets in Mobile with an 8:30 Mass at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception celebrated by Rt Rev Thomas J Toolen. Sessions are at 602 Government Street with luncheon at the Cawthon Hotel and a boat ride on Mobile Bay. The convention closes with a banquet at 8 p m tonight.
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Alabama Council
Knights of Columbus
Mobile
Gene
Cathedral of Immaculateception
Thomas J. Toolen
D. D
Government Street
Hugh G. Meehan
Montgomery
Cawthon Hotel
Mobile Bay
Police Court Fines Mount to Nearly Fifty One Thousand Dollars
In police court Tuesday Assistant Recorder Dan H. Thomas fined Levert Miles 100 dollars plus 30 days hard labor for drunk driving speeding and running a stop sign after a street chase by Officer Frank Wimberly. Several other defendants received fines and suspended or delayed terms for violations including assault with a knife, vagrancy, prohibition law violations and speeding.
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Levert Miles
Dan H. Thomas
Miles
St. Joseph Street
Frank Wimberly
Sam Hawthorn
Robert Owens
J. H. Riley
Riley
Clara Allen
Ben Clarke
Archie Frazier
John Davis
Army Engineers Inspect Fort Morgan Property
Captain Phillip C Burton of the United States engineers in the Mobile district arrived with Colonel W D A Anderson to inspect government property at Fort Morgan. They traveled aboard the Chickasaw under Captain W J Colle and will return to New Orleans after the inspection.
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Aptain Phillip C. Burton
United States
New Orleans
Fort Morgan
W. D. A. Anderson
United States Engineer
Mobile
Burton
Fort
Chickasaw
Pope to Speak by Radio From Vatican on Labor Jubilee
Pope Pius will address the world via HVJ radio Friday on the 40th anniversary of Leo XIII’s encyclical Rerum Novarum. About 10 000 representatives from global organizations gather in Vatican City for the labor milestone. The address is set for a half hour beginning at 3 p.m. local time.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
HVJ
Leo XIII
Weather and river forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
The bulletin notes fair conditions Tuesday night and Wednesday across Alabama with warmer trends in the north Mississippi interior. It also reports river forecasts for the Mobiles and surrounding creeks, with the Alabama River at Montgomery showing irregular changes and rises at Selma.
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Alabama
North
Mississippi
Montgomery
Selma
State plans oil burning engine tax causing coastal concern
The state plans a two four cent tax on oil used in combustion engines, causing worry among Bayou la Batre fishing boat operators and other diesel engine users. The tax, tied to the gasoline levy, had not been collected due to doubt about legality but a recent attorney general opinion supports collection. Oil companies were notified to collect the tax effective May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Commission
Bayou la Batre
Chamber of Commerce
Hawks in Berlin Flight From Croydon in Swift Crossing
Captain Frank Hawks landed at Templehof in Berlin after a flight from Croydon England in just over two and a half hours. He maintained an average speed of 206 miles per hour.
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Berlin
Frank Hawks
Tem-plehof Airdome
Croydon Field
England
Dutch Boy To Get Holland Trial On Staying Charge
William Temmerman a 21 year old mess boy on the Dutch steamship Delfshaven faces murder charges after a knife attack aboard the ship. Charles Van de Berge chief steward died after being wounded and the vessel docked in St Petersburg before returning to Holland for trial. Temmerman says the steward nagged him since leaving Rotterdam.
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Holland
William Temmerman
Delfshaven
Temmerman
J.holstein
Charles van de Berge
Berge
St. Petersburg
Rotterdam
Mobile
War debt plea called bold affront to Americans
The article reports Senator James J. Davis criticizing foreign demands to revise World War II era debts and tariffs at a dedication of a veterans hospital in Coatesville. He cites Hoover and International Chamber of Commerce statements about armament costs and argues the stance would open U.S. markets to Europe while demanding debt relief.
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Associated Press
Coatesville
Chamber of
Europe
United States
International Chamber of Commerce
Parsons Chosen Chairman Of Local Manufacturers Group
A. J. Parsons of Mobile Pulley and Machine Works and former Chamber of Commerce president is named chairman of the manufacturers committee for the coming year. Other committee members include Charlies D. Batson Charles Baumhauer A. J. Blyth Burton Butler Paul Danner J. M. Griser F. J. Hagen W. M. Henderson C. R. Hutcheson Sol Kahn Aaron Lowenstein William McIntosh Harry Parker Eugene Pitard W. R. Pritchard Fred T. Stimpson and R. E. Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Parsons
Mobile Pulley and Machine Works
Chamber of Commerce
Charlies D. Batson
Charles Baumhauer
A. J. Blyth
Burton Butler
Paul Danner
J. M. Griser
F. J. Hagen
W. M. Henderson
New Medical Chief Washington Appoints Patterson Major General
President Hoover promotes Colonel Robert A. Patterson to major general and head of the army medical corps to succeed Merritte W. Ireland who retires May 31. Patterson, born in Montreal on June 16, 1877, is a McGill graduate who began service at Fort McHenry and earned early Army Medical School honors. He served in the Philippines where he received two citations for gallantry and has risen through the ranks since.
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Washington
Hoover
Robert A. Patterson
Army Medical Corps
Patterson
Merritte W. Ireland
Montreal
McGill University
Fort McHenry
Army Medici School
Philippine Islands
Dr Albert A Michelson Cremation Plans Spark Curiosity
Dr Albert A Michelson renowned physicist who measured light speed and helped establish relativity will be cremated in Pasadena California. Family declines to reveal ash disposition as private funeral services proceed this evening with a Mount Wilson Observatory dentist and the California Institute of Technology in attendance. Dr Theodore G Soares, former Chicago colleague, leads services with a violin music program noted by the late scientist who enjoyed playing the instrument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Cal
Albert A. Michelson
Mount Wilson Observatory
California Institute of Technology
Theodore G. Soares
Michelson
Army to scrap over 20 posts on Hoover bid
President Hoover announced plan to abandon between 20 and 30 army posts nationwide to concentrate forces and save money. Thirteen posts have already been closed in the last two years as a study continues on repurposing sites for prison camps, veterans hospitals, or agricultural research farms. A committee from the army justice department agriculture veterans bureau will study possible reuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
GTON
Justice Department
Agriculture Department
State Probe Looms In Raleigh Bribery Rumors
A North Carolina senate committee prepares to investigate rumors of bribe offers to state senators. The senate by unanimous vote approves a Ward resolution to probe corruption and authorizes an inquiry into credible charges. Lieutenant Governor Fountain names a five member committee to conduct the investigation.
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Raleigh
N. C
Senate
Ward
Beaufort
R. T. Fountain
Atlanta Seeks Pair in Mail Fraud Case
Two Memphis detainees W. Clyde Smith and Eugene Boileau face a Georgia attempt to bring them to trial on mail fraud charges. Atlanta's federal district attorney ordered local police hold them after Greenville Miss mayor Fred Schellben alleged an $12,000 swindle over supposed access to stock market tips. Detective Inspector Griffin planned fugitive warrants, noting Schellben suffered no actual loss and questioning prosecution viability.
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Memphis, Tenn
Federal
Atlanta
Memphis
W. Clyde Smith
Eugene Boileau
Smith
Boiled
Fred Schelben
Greenville
Miss
W. T. Griffin
Griffin
Schellben
Work Finished as Dixon Camp Sees New Members
C E Gilbert for the Sons of Confederate Veterans reports about 30 new members joined the George E Dixon camp after days of effort. Officers were filled from vacancies. the camp will meet Monday night to elect delegates to the annual Monterorezi convention in June during the Confederate reunion week.
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C. E. Gilbert
Sons of Confederate Veterans
George E. Dixon
Thomas B. Ailman
Chas. A. Marston
Claude A. Grayson
H. E. Jones, Jr
J. L. Moulton
George E. Stone
N. E. Stallhap
Stephen Hale
Price Williams
Shucen Janes
R. L. Holcombe
H. Smith
Monterorézi
Oral Hearing Barred For Disbarment Case
The court overruled petitions for oral testimony in the disbarment case against Gulf Coast attorney Carl Marshall and colleagues. A private settlement of 80 000 by a Boston firm underpins the case, naming Lester C Franklin, J C Walker, and R E Steen among defendants. the bar seeks disbarment of Rush H Knox and Cecil Inman.
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Boston
Carl Marshall
Gulf Coast
Lester C. Franklin
Saas Lai
Tad
Fata
J. C. Walker
Shaw
R. E. Steen
Sharkey County
The
Bar Association
Rush H. Knox
Cecil Inman
Tax Commission
Kidnappers Hold Selma Editors at Gunpoint in Safe-Robbing Attempt
In Selma Alabama on May 12 two men kidnapped newspaper editors F T Raiford and his wife and a female companion as they tried to blow the Times Journal safe. The trio were forced toward Montgomery before being released. the robbers guarded the editors while the safe was attempted, reportedly containing about fifteen dollars. Readers are urged to check Page 3 for further details.
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Selma
Ala
Selma Times-Journal
Yeggs
F. T. Raiford
Montgomery
Times-Journal
Defiant Girls Quelled at Wyoming Girls' Home
Disorders erupted again at the State Training School for Girls in Birmingham Alabama. Ten girls locked in a dormitory Thursday night and were removed by police. Over the weekend they were jailed in the city and upon return yesterday refused to exit the vehicle. Mrs Eva Comer Ryding a trustee urged them to return to the school finally after two hours. Police reported more girls joined the disturbance and furniture was hurled as officers arrived.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
State Training School For
R. H. Watkins
Eva Comer Ryding
Hawking
Auto Plunges Into Parade Killing One Injuring Ten
An auto crashed into the Randolph village American Legion drum corps during Memorial Day parade practice. Russell Barber of East Randolph, 28, died en route to the hospital. Liston Moore, 19, of East Randolph, others injured. Merrill Hiller, arrested at Price's Corner, admitted stealing the car.
Bank Robbery Ends With Suspects Apprehended
A $1000 plus theft occurred when three robbers forced a cashier assistant cashier and three customers to lie on the floor at a bank about 10 o clock. An armed pursuit followed through Huntsville with Sheriff Dodson shooting one robber. three men surrendered and cash was recovered. Floyd Liesmore named among arrestees. others refused to identify. This marked the second county bank robbery in weeks.
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Floyd Liesmore
Gerald Walker
Huntsville
Drake's
Here
Dodson
Madison County
Bank of
Kingston
Miners Strike Halts Blue Diamond Mine At Harlan
In Harlan Kentucky on May 12 the Blue Diamond mine at Chevrolet owned by Blue Diamond Coal Co Knoxville Tenn stood idle as about 225 workers refused to return to the shaft in protest of armed civilian guards. Sheriff J H Blair kept arrests under way on indictments from a special grand jury probing months of disorders as state troops were sent to the county.
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Harlan, Ky
Blue Diamond
Chevrolet
Blue Diamond Coal Company
Knoxville, Tenn
Harlan County
J. H. Blair
Green Joins Club In Greenville Debut
Arial Green a Wes ley College shortstop from Greenville Texas arrived in the city Tuesday and reported to Acting Manager Red Oldham Green batted .350 in college and independent baseball President Byrd Douglas said Emmett Lipscombe was released by the Mobile Marines Tuesday Catcher Fred Polvogt injured last Sunday in Little Rock will be ready to work Wednesday if called on
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Arial Green
Wesley College
Greenville
Texas
John C. “Red” Oldham
Green
Byrd Douglas
Emmett Lipscombe
Mobile Marines
James Howell
Fred Polvogt
Little Rock
Alabama Potato Market Dampens Demand Across Regions
U S department of agriculture notes slow demand for Alabama potatoes with markets weak and oversupply. Foley and Loxley packing sheds idle as shippers curtail to bolster local market and spark outside demand. Prices ease to 1.35 to 1.50 per cwt for U S No 1 Bliss Triumph. Florida shipments near peak then decline.
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Alabama
Foley
Loxley
U. S
Bliss
F.o.b
Florida
Bama
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Frank J. Paciga
State R. of C
Morgan C
Pope
Pius
Daily River Bulletin
Bayou
HAWKS
Croydon
Wessel
Davis
C. of
C. Chief
Manufacturers’ Committee
R. A. Patterson
ARMY
Georgia
Co. C. Gilbert
Klzabeth Morrow
Anne Morrow
Clyde BH. Riddy
Tino Alabama
Rubber Free
Defiant Girls
WY Girls
Randolph
N. Y
Legion
Dolph
Merril Hiller
Frank Annis
Price's Corner
Hiller
Little Valley
Owag
Arkansas
Hindsville
Harlan
College 8
Gt Shortatog Regents
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Register
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