Alabama Power bid explained for Muscle Shoals project
E A Yates vice president of Alabama Power testified at the Muscle Shoals hearing before the Senate agriculture committee. He outlined a joint bid by Alabama Power Tennessee Power and Memphis Power and Light to develop nitrogen fertilizer and hydro power. He proposed a $15 million intercompany capital structure to lease nitrate plants and operate water power projects under federal act, with power distributed across several Southern states. He noted Mississippi and Louisiana bidders could join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washimeiton
E. A Yates
Alabama Power Company
Muscle Shoals
Senate Agricultural Committee
Associated Power Companies
Tennessee Power Company
Memphis Power and Light Company
Southeast
Yates
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Raymond F. Bacon
Theodore Swann
Louis C. Jones
Music Shoals
Congress Blamed For Alleged Slump by Chamber Chief
Julius H. Barnes president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States told President Coolidge that the blame for a business slump rests with Congress. He spoke after a Cleveland meeting and said hopefulness abroad contrasted with U.S. signs of discouragement due to slow legislative activity.
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Washington
Coolidge
Julius H Ines
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Congress
Cleveland
Chamber
Barnesold
Europe
Alleged Slayer Reported Captured in Kansas-Okla Case
Pryor Oklahoma May 13 Stop Cochran an Indian alleged to have tracked and killed nine year old Ina Thompson in the Spavinaw hills near Kinaw Saturday night was captured by a posse in his cabin early today and lodged in jail.
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Pryor
Okla
Stop Cochran
Inahompson
Spavinaw Hills
Kinaw
Railroad probe favored in report by House committee
The House commerce committee ordered a favorable part of the Hoche resolution directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate railroad rate structure with a view to a general readjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoche
Interstate Commerce Commission
House Commerce Committee
Postmasters Named as Civil Service Candidates
May 13. The civil service commission certified ig M. Fain, C. B. Cross ucholis as Bristol Tennessee.
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Nts
The
Civil Ace Commission Today
Ig. M. Fain
C. B. Crossucholis
Bristol, Tenn
Rivers Rise as Flood Threat Looms Across States
Early today the Shenandoah and James rivers rose with forecasts predicting two to three feet higher levels on the James at Richmond. Potomac at Harper's Ferry climbed to 29 feet, with another foot expected, while Shenandoah and tributaries fell. Point of Rocks residents fled as Potomac floodwaters reached 30 feet, the highest since 1889. In Ohio near Gallipolis, the Ohio River passed flood stage at the Yanawha mouth with extensive farmland inundated and water rising rapidly, with a 50 plus foot stage anticipated.
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Richmond
Virginia
Shenandoah
Shenandoah Valley
Riverton
Southern
Norfolk_&— Western
Charlottesville
Rappahanock
Fredericksburg
William Lucas
Harrisonburg
Wheeling
Vaad
May
International News Service
Ohio River
Fairmont
Buchanan
Mannington
Farmington
Chesapeake
Kanawaha
Helva
Grafton
Weston
Piedmont
Western Port
Ohio
Hagerstown
Fisher's Hill
Shenandoah River
Potomac River
Harper’s Ferry
Harper's Ferry
Maryland
Potomac
James River
Richmond Iit
W. Va
Nivanna
Columbia
Lynchbure
Frederick
Point-of-Rocks
Johnstown
Galietipolis
Yanawha River
Indiana Klansmen Form State Lead In New Structure
Indiana Ku Klux Klansmen meeting in Indianapolis elect D. C. Stephenson grand dragon of the state to lead a reorganized, non seceding group representing 91 of 92 counties. He says the movement will pursue constructive citizenship and a stronger Indiana in national affairs.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ku Klux Klansmen
Indiana
D. C. Stephenson
Stephenson
America
Butler County Voting Seen Heavy Amid Close Races
In Greenville Alabama on May 13 weather favored turnout in Butler County where farmers with tight schedules may miss the polls. Key races include national committeeman fish and game commissioner and supreme court judge with expected close contests.
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Greenville
Ala
Butler County
Fish and Game
Supreme Court
Butler
P. B. Pepper
Wylie Howard
County Board of Education
Hutchinson Announces Discovery on Chemical Pound
Dr. Miller Reese Hutchinson, naval advisory board member and long time Edison Laboratories chief engineer, announced a new chemical pound that could be used commercially to eliminate discharges from car exhausts. He cited recent reports of asphyxiation from deadly fumes and called for further testing.
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New York
Miller Reese Hutchinson
Naval Advisory Board
Edison Laboratories
Rivers cresting at Pittsburgh as floods threaten riverfronts
Flood waters from the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers damage riverfront properties and lowlands in Pittsburgh. Point Bridge records a stage of 25.9 feet, above the 22 foot flood level, with the rise rate about 0.2 feet per hour and a crest not expected beyond 27 feet.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Monongahela
Point Bridge
Ohio
Clemency for 24 Negroes Sought in Louisville
A committee named by the AME general conference in Louisville plans to lobby President Coolidge for clemency for 24 Negro infantrymen serving 32 years in Leavenworth for riot involvement in Houston. Another committee will press Congress to consider the Dyer anti lynching bill. A church resolution bans sleeveless dresses and belts for women seeking official posts.
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Louisville
General Conference of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church
President Coolidge
Leavenworth
Houston
Texas
Washington
Congress
Jokes Shared With Five Miners Trapped Underground
Five miners trapped 1,500 feet underground in the Empire Zinc mine as rescue teams drill 20 feet through rock. Through a 1.5 inch iron pipe a life-sustaining air and food line runs 90 feet, while workers at the 1,590 foot level pass jokes to the men to lift morale.
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Gillman
Col
Black
Empire Zinc Company
Littl
World Birdmen Prepare For Next Long Hop
At Attu Island calm weather allows the three U.S. Army cruisers to speed preparations for the 787 mile jump to Paramashiro island in the Kurile group Japan. Major Frederick I. Martin and staff sergeant Alva L. Harvey, who crash landed April near Chignik, will depart on coast guard cutter Algonquin or Catherine B. to Seattle then Washington DC en route to India where Martin resumes squadron command.
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Cordova
Alaska
Associated Press
Attu Island
United States Army
Atka Island
Paramashiro Island
Kurile Group
Japan
Attu
Frederick I. Martin
Alva L. Harvey
Chignik
Port Moller
Catherine B
Seattle
Washington, D. C
India
Martin
Injuries Fatal to Edward McGill Struck By Auto
Edward McGill a 45 year old shipyard worker died after being struck by an auto truck on Water street near Madison. Injured are Herndon Inge Jr and Brother Galtan with minor to serious injuries. Police hold Albert Richardson in connection with the death as investigations continue.
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Edward McGill
South Royal Street
Herndon Inge, Jr
Herndon Inge
South Ann Street
Galtan
Albert Richardson
Ofter Eg
McGill
Water Street
Madison
Mobile
Mel Frazier
Damages Sought Over Plaster Fall Injury at Claiborne Street Home
Susie B Hendrix sues Agnes Brisk in circuit court for 10000 dollars alleging a heavy plaster medallion fell from the ceiling of a North Claiborne Street house in September 1923 striking her and causing permanent injury and disfigurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie
B. Hendrix
Agnes Brisk
North Claiborne Street
Adams and McCown Fight at City Filling Station
L G Adams of Adams Motor Co and J M McCown president of the Automobile Co-operative Association fought in front of a filling station near Roval and St Louis streets. Adams said he was struck with an iron pipe and police were called. Adams sought McCown’s arrest but McCown could not be found. Adams claimed McCown was the aggressor after entering to discuss the board’s actions at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Adams
Adams Motor Company
J. M. McCown
Automobile Co-operative Association
Roval
St. Louie
Adams
McCown
Prisoner to be sent to Kentucky
John Latham 46 identified as escapee from the state reformatory at Frankfort Kentucky was returned to the prison by Assistant Superintendent Hopkins. He was arrested in Mobile on a charge of attempting to pass a bogus check and admitted the 1924 escape with another prisoner serving a murder term. Latham a Birmingham resident was serving three years for forgery and said he escaped to visit his mother in Birmingham.
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John Latham
State Reformatory
Frankfort
J. (. Hopkins
Latham
Mobile
White
Harper
Police Department
Kentucky
Hopkins
Birmingham
McLeod Hearing Set for May 16 in Monroé Case
Thomas McCloud, 35, a cook, was arrested by Police Officer J C Pampacee after being found in a vacant Jackson street house near Monroé. He submitted to arrest after two shots were fired. He will be arraigned on a dangerous and suspicious charge May 16 following a prior recorder appearance and case continuance.
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Thomaas McCloud
J. C. Pampacee
Jackson Street
Monroé
McCloud
Exatelle Barrett
August Burband
MecCloud
Brent Here on Inspection Trip
Theodore Brent, manager of the Mississippi Warrior System based in New Orleans, is in Mobile for a routine inspection. He visited the Chamber of Commerce traffic office to discuss cotton handling from Memphis to Cordova and down the Warrior River to Mobile, noting no special significance to his visit.
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Theodore Brent
New Orleans
Mobile
The
Chamber of Commerce
Memphis
Cordova
Warrior River
Brent
Arrest of Robert Davis for speeding and unlicensed driving
Robert Davis, described as a Negro, was arrested late yesterday afternoon at St. Emanuel and Charleston by Deputy Sheriff Moses Bernstein. He was charged with speeding at 46 miles per hour and operating a car without a license, and jailed on the charges.
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Robert Davis
St. Emanuel
Charleston
Moses Bernstein
Davie
Langley Asks New Trial In Whiskey Permits Case
Congressman John W. Langley of Kentucky, found guilty in federal court of using influence to secure illegal whiskey permits, plans to file a motion for a new trial within the three day limit. Co defendant Lipschutz also to seek a new trial. Slater and others faced trial as the case centered on 1400 cases shipped from Belle of Anderson to Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
John W. Langley
Kentucky
Milton Lipachuts
Langley
Belle of Anderson
Lawrenceburg
Philadelphia
Albert F. Slater
Federal Prohibition Director’s Office
Langley and
Lipschutz
Lipschut
M. &. Huth
Alliance
Ohio
Walter BB. Carey
Canton
Slater
Huth
Carey
Langley Whiskey Conspiracy Case Goes to House Panel
Representative Langley of Kentucky was found guilty yesterday by a federal court of conspiracy in whiskey transactions. The house committee tasked with investigating the charges took up the case today.
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Washington
Representative Langley
Kentucky
House Committee
Visiting Shriners Set for Mobile Ceremonial Parade
Members of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will come from Jerusalem Temple New Orleans Pensacola and Selma to join the Abbas Temple ceremonial in Mobile. Potentate Alex Hancock says the parade starts at 5 PM from Government Street with brass bands drum corps and Shriners in fez, marching past Royal St Francis Bienville Square and back to the government home.
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Abbas Temple
Jerusalem Temple
New Orleans
Shrine Club
Pensacola
Morocco Temple
Jacksonville
C. Thomas
Selma
Government Street
Frank J. Herman
Myron T. Sprague
Abba
Laurel
Miss
Alex Hancock
Government
Royal
St. Francis
St. Joseph- Dauphin
Bienville Square
Girl Dies After Poison Dose at City Hospital
Mrs Mildred Brunson Milstead a 20 year old woman died at 2 30 this morning at City Hospital after swallowing five bi chloride of soda pills Police found her at 553 South Dearborn Street She had been admitted April 0 and lingered for weeks before a turn for the worse The body was taken to Roche funeral home for relatives to arrange final rites
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Mildred Brunson Milstead
City Hospital
South Dearborn Street
Severa
Police Investig
Memphis
Bein Roche Funeral Home
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Iafeetee
Chicago
Cardinal Mundelein
E. A. Yates
Washington, N. Mex
Musicle Shoals
Norris
Senate Agriculture Committer
Henry Ford
Senate
Ford
Harrison
George Cardinal Mundelein
Peoria
Tll
J. PL. Muldoon
Rockford
Edward F. Hoban
Divine Mission of
Priary
Mobile City
Mobile County
Elizabeth Fonde
Leo Eldridge
Hivan Davis
Stephen Hale
Khow
Cawthon
Game and Fish
Coat of Appeals
Game Commission
J. T. Quinn
A. L. Kimbrough
A. G. Patterson
Public Service Commission
John Bowman
Price Iliams
Alan B. Dorion
Sharacet
Williams
P. B
C. C. Laurendine
Percy Kearfis
Tor Black
Williams Elt
Laurendines
Dorlon
P. B. Laurendine
W. J. Hanson
Percy Kearns
M Black
Uae
Hanlon
John Moulton
Sam Unger
W. H. Knox
Harry W
Brogley
M. Ree
Angers
C. Laurendine
Roy Schaeffer
Gonzaullas
Laurendine
Harry French
Knox
Donaghue
Canon
Holcombe
Cannon
French
Cazalas
Lenoir
Unger
Schaefer
Bragley
Crawford
John Moore
Fred Hudoff
Sherif
Daves
Crawford-Ward
Fred Findoff
Kirkpatrick
W. C. Hoffman
Gus Dixon
Robert T. Ervin
F. C. Brown
Magnolia Cemetery
Walter Blackman
Blackman
Charles Howell
Belle Monroe
Cook County
Wesley Weatbrook
Hutchinson
World Birdmen
M’cown
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