Standard Oil of Louisiana Denies Campaign Involvement
The Standard Oil Company of Louisiana issued a statement denying Governor Huey P. Long’s impeachment charges and any political involvement. It highlighted its tax contributions, data on 1928 and 1929 payments, and warned a proposed tax would burden production, preventing operations in Louisiana. It asserted it has never spent money to buy votes and will not do so.
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Baton Rouge
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Huey P. Long
State Senate
D. R. Weller
Standard Oil Company
Tax Commission
Louisiana
Standard Oil Company of
Stallings, 63, Miracle Man of 1914 Braves, dies near Had-
George T. Stallings, famed for guiding the 1914 Boston Braves to a world championship, died at his Had- town home after a months long illness. He was 63. Surviving are his widow and three sons White, Vernon, and George Jr. Two brothers T P and Frank also survive. Funeral plans expected near Macon, Ga.
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Haddock
George T. Stallings
Boston Braves
Stallings
Montreal
International
Tee Tatasakie
Hewes
Auguste
Gave & Z
White Stallings
Chicago
Vernon Stallings
New York
George
Commissioner Meeting Refers Matter to County Attorney
A letter read at the Come missioners meeting directs the Mobile Bay Bridge Co to refer the matter to the County Attorney. The monthly revenue billed for bridge operation totals about one per month in 1928. The bridge company must pay taxes and expenses with remaining funds applying to the bonds under the deed terms.
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Mobile Bay
Prohibition Costs Put At 1.2 Billion Yearly
The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment estimates federal costs at 856 million annually, plus 900 million in lost local taxes, totaling a 1.2 billion annual national bill for enforcement and lost liquor revenue.
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Washington
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Association
Mangled Body Found Near Rail Line at Marietta
The mangled body of Earl Walta, 35, of Marietta, was found beside the N C and St L right of way on the Marietta outskirts. The engineer on an early morning train reported seeing the body by the track. Identification was made by the widow, Mrs Earl Waltz.
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Atlanta
Earl Walta
Marietta
Earl Waltz
Bank Closed as Orlando Institution Fails to Open Today
Orlando Commercial Bank did not open on May 13 as it was placed in the hands of the state banking department. Local customers and staff faced access restrictions while authorities arranged the transition. The event marks the bank’s temporary shutdown amid regulatory action.
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Orlando
Orlando, Fla
Orlando Commercial Bank
Hadeen
State
Do You Know Mobile Population Rates in Sacritige
The item reports a demographic snapshot citing native born 96.7 percent in Sacritige and a foreign component at 3 percent, with white population at 77 percent. It appears as a brief statistical note on local population composition.
Details Emerge On Bay Body Near Arlington
A young woman with dark bobbed hair was found in the bay Saturday afternoon. Sheriff Pat Byrne mobilized fishermen along the coast to assist in the search as police review missing persons records. Captain F H Haas reported seeing the body between beacon 40 and Arlington while piloting toward the harbor.
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Pat Byrne
F. H. Haas
Old Government Street
Beacon 40
Arlington
Haas
Robbery on Schooner Hedwig at Southern Dry Docks
Police probe burglary on the schooner Hedwig. Robbers entered the captain’s cabin at the Southern Dry Docks Saturday night and took about $400 in cash from a steel chest.
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Hedwig
Southern Dry Docks
Probe Lynchings Reach Macon Mississippi Claim
An unidentified mob in Macon Mississippi shot and killed a 28 year old black man named Jenkins claiming he had assaulted a white woman. The incident occurred May 13 as authorities investigated the mob action and tensions rose in the town.
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Macon
Miss
Negro Jenkins
Des Moines University Reopens After Trustees Injunction
Des Moines University in Iowa briefly halted classes after student riots on Saturday night. An injunction restraining the trustees order was issued and the university reopened with students recalled to classes, while Dr. Harry C. Wayman and faculty had been released by the trustees.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines University
Board of Trustees
Harry C. Wayman
Wayman
Des Moines University Students Debate Recess Plans
About 200 Des Moines University students today participate in recess plans as page eight indicates. In Washington on May 13, Republican leaders argued that the farm relief debenture plan is revenue legislation and must originate in the House, seeking to block the Senate measure after its approval.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines University
Washington
House
Senate
Hoover Convenes GOP to Shape Farm Relief Tariffs
Republican leaders abandon an extended recess plan and push to mold party majorities for early tariff decisions. President Hoover brings Senate factions together with Borah and Fess at White House events as Indiana Senator Watson opposes a long recess and supports a brief pause after the tariff bill moves through the House and finance committee.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Senate
Senator Borah
Idaho
Fess
Ohio
White House
Watson
Indiana
House
Finance Committee
Greenville Strike Hits Pelzer Mill Workers
In Pelzer, South Carolina, over 500 employees of the New England Southern Manufacturing Company walked out of cotton mill No. 4 in Greenville today. They protest the dismissal of a worker for soliciting funds to aid striking Brandon Corporation employees here.
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Greenville
N. C
New England Southern Manufacturing Company
Pelzer
Brandon Corporation
Board Awards Contracts On Road Projects
The board of revenue awarded paving contracts for seven roads including six with one course concrete and one with asphaltic concrete base. Two projects known as no mans land on Government Street and Pine Crest cemetery road were rejected due to legal issues but will be surfaced with interest-bearing arrangements.
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Board of Revenue
No Man's Land
Government Street
Pine Crest Cemetery
Sullivan, Long and Hagert
Fowl River
Delchamps
Mobile
Tel Road
Stone Street
Fulton Road
J. H. Hancock
Prichard Road
Hancock
Student Injured In Auto Crash Near Home City
Edward Discher and three fellow students were injured when their light roadster was rear ended then pinned against an embankment on a rural road early Sunday. Passengers William Golden of Tuscumbia Raymond Gourley of Springfield Ti and William Black of Memphis Tenn were in the car. Discher showed improvement after the crash and regained consciousness.
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Mobile
Discher
William Golden
Tuscumbia
Raymond Gourley
Springfield
Tod William Black
Memphis
Fourth Week Opens in Vestris Disaster Inquiry
London May 13 The fourth week of the inquiry into the Vestris disaster began with under officers detailing lifeboat launches and rescues. Archibald Annister, boatswain, described orders to launch to starboard, four boats safely sent, No 9 jammed and cut, No 13 released and carried 23 people including five passengers, with no bodies seen in the water.
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London
Rd of Trade
Vestris
Archibald Annister
No. 13
Eclipse photographs in Malay States show clear promontories
Developed plates from the British observation party in Alor Star Kedah May 13 reveal transparency equal to the 1927 Giggleswick eclipse. Prominences appeared, one 15,000 miles long and 100,000 miles high with coronal arches, and velocity measuring apparatus for the corona proved satisfactory.
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Alor
Kedah
Malay States
Giggleswick
Yorkshire
Runaway Boys Tracked as One Heads for Mobile
Richard Wright aged 11 believed running from Selma orphanage to join companion Robert Underwood also 11 who surrendered hunger hardships. Underwood found at Mobile and Ohio railroad yards and to be returned to the Detention Home, Wright's fate unclear.
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Richard Harold Wright
Selma
Mobile
Robert Underwood
Wright Belt Tie
Hiss
Sapeen Dap Bae
Welfare Bureau
Calvert
Underwood
Wright
Abercrombie
Mobile and Ohio
Graves Urges Labor to Focus on Moral Life Phase
Governor Bibb Graves addressed the Alabama Federation of Labor in Birmingham urging a broader development program that includes the moral phase of life alongside health, education, and finance. He praised labor progress, lauded public health efforts, noted rail gains, and described convict reforms as humane steps. He highlighted Senator John Craft in remarks.
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Graves
Scottish Rite
Bibb Graves
Alabama Federation of Labor
Labor
State Federation
Hay
Public Health Service
Alabama
John Craft
Graves Defends Convict Removal as Humane Labor Reform
Alabama Governor Bibb Graves told the Alabama Federation of Labor that removing convicts from coal mines and placing them on a state convict farm is a humane moral advance. He praised the policy as one of the administration’s outstanding achievements. The session, with over 300 delegates, opened at 10 o clock and featured remarks from Mayor Cecil F. Bates Judge L H Brassell Sheriff Pat Byrne and others.
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Bibb Graves
Alabama
Graves
Alabama Federation of Labor
Atmore
Oks
Cecil F. Bates
L. H. Brassell
Omery
Labor Federation
Pat Byrne
John E. Winsten
State Convention Opens With Senator Craft Address
The Mobile Central Codes Council president chaired the session as Senator Craft spoke on labor items. A planned 3:30 p.m. graphic tour at the Scottish Rite and 4 p.m. automobile city tour followed by a bay boat ride, with business and officer elections set for the next few days.
Board Receives Sibert Letter on Mobile County Roads
General William L. Sibert sends a letter to the wage to the board of revenue and the citizens road committee asks for conference on road materials. Arthur D. Davis defends the board against charges from the Mobile County Protective Association and criticizes protestors for their limited tax contributions.
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Board of Revenue
William L. Sibert
Citizens’ Road Committee
Board of
Rev
Arthur D. Davis
Matt Boykin
Davis
Mobile County Protective Association
John R. Peavy
Sibert
Protective Association
Mobile
Officer Injured After Motorcycle Collision In City
Lorenzo Miller, a motorcycle officer, suffered a broken leg and other injuries when his bike was struck by a car near Government and Marine streets. The auto, driven from 908 Government, failed to stop or see the officer traveling west. Miller, off duty for weeks due to illness, rode again for the first time yesterday.
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Government
Marine
Lorenzo Miller
Ee 908
Lire
Miller
Helen Wills Dominates Scheveningen Tennis Duel
Helen Wills, American tennis champion, beat Rollin Couquerque 6 1 6 1 in a one sided singles match in the U S team duel. She also defeated Dutch star K Bouman 6 1 6 1 in another straight set victory.
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Helen Wills
Scheveningen
Holland
Rollin Couquerque
United States
Fair Association Seeks $2000 For Ongoing Dispute
The Mobile Fair association plans a November fair while stockholders have split to form the Greater Mobile Gulf Coast Fair association. A routine suit seeks to determine the disposition of certain accounts after the split.
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Mobile Fair Association
Greater Mobile Gulf Coast Fair Association
Knotts Removed as Florida Republican Chairman by 28 to 7 Vote
At a meeting in South Jacksonville on May 13 the Florida Republican central committee voted 28 to 7 to oust A. F. Knotts of Yankeetown as chairman. The move cited political incompatibility with National Committeeman Glenn B. Skipper, with opponents saying the hearing was not provided. Callaway led the charge while others argued against removal without due process.
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Jacksonville
Fla
State
Republican Central Committee
A. F. Knotts
Yankeetown
Pus
Knotts
Glenn B. Skipper
Fred Kirtley
Miami
E. E. Callaway
Lakeland
Callaway
Skipper
Deficit Signals Possible Tennessee Legislative Extra Session
Nashville May 13 a deficit of 4065240.26 is shown in the state financial statement released by Governor Henry H Horton. He studies possible revenue measures and a call for an extra session around June 10 to address the shortfall. Estimated totals include 312,581.31 in expenses and 277,777,241.05 in revenues with a governor’s office note pending next week.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
Board Rejects Radcliff Sand and Gravel Contract
Demurrers filed in circuit court by Alabama County Treasurer George E B Stone claim the 3 AMT approval of the Herndon Radcliff contract violated public policy and constitutional provisions. Judge Joel W. Goldsby set next Saturday for argumentative proceedings as Radcliff treasurer faces suit over payment.
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Herndon Radcliff
Board of Revenue
Alabama
Circuit Court
George EB. Stone
Radcliff
Joel W. Goldsby
Swiss vote defeats Prohibition local option bill
Geneva May 13. Swiss cantons rejected by large margins an initiative to allow local option on hard liquor prohibitions. The plan would have let cities and towns vote on sales of high alcohol content liquors, while beer and wine would remain unaffected. Health arguments were central to the temperance campaign.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Baldy
April Health Report Shows Mortality and Birth Rates
The April report by county health officer Dr Charles A Mohr filed with the city commission records a death rate of 12.45 with 87 total deaths, 45 of them white, and a birth rate of 13.81 with 80 births. It notes 16 deaths from infectious diseases among Negro residents and 10 deaths certified by the coroner.
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Charles A. Mohr
City Commission
Pope meets Stanley Adamemicz in Vatican audience
Pope Pius received Stanley Adamemicz, president of the citizens' group, in an audience at the Vatican on May 13, highlighting ongoing church civic relations.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Stanley Adamemicz
Fugitive Held After Hotel Detention Pending Warrant
Shaw Gard detained at the New St. Andrew hotel by detectives in Rockingham as Sheriff J F Braswell confirms a warrant for him. Gard agrees to return to face the charge of wife desertion after being shown the warrant.
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Shaw
New St. Andrew
Burch
J. F. Braswell
Rockingham
Tallapoosa Due In Mobile After Key West Run
The Cutter Tallapoosa based in Key West is expected to arrive in Mobile on Wednesday for adjustments to the radio system. The voyage details were announced by the crew.
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Tallapoosa
Key West
Mobile
Local Thunder Brings Few Changes Overnight Midwest
Weather note indicates minimal temperature change overnight into Tuesday with scattered thunder showers affecting Alabama Mississippi and nearby areas. Forecasters warn of possible brief downpours and brief thunder activity in the region.
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Alabama
3Ida
Mississippi
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Peterson
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Recess
Hoad
Edward Discher
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Nual
Senator Craft
Mobile Central Eodes Council
Convention Ments
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Hurst
Fair Association
Central Group
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