Chicago Lawyer Holds Ten Thousand Shares In Combine
Testimony to the federal trade commission shows Samuel E. Thomason of Chicago discussed 1928 proposals to buy more than a dozen newspaper properties with officials of the International Paper and Power Company. He named papers from St Louis Globe Democrat to Star League papers in Indiana and noted a purchase plan involving a Chicago stockholder.
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Washington
International Paper and Power Company
Federal Trade Commission
Samuel E. Thomason
Chicago
Bryan-Thomason Newspapers, Inc
Thomason
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch
The
Kansas City Star
Milwaukee Journal
Detroit Free Press
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland News
Newark
N. J
Evening News
South Bend
Ind
News-Times
Philadelphia Inquirer
Indianapolis News
Minneapolis Star
Buffalo Times
Booth
Michigan
Star League
Indiana
Press probe widens as Bestor and Stevens face summon
D. P. Bestor Jr of Mobile’s First National Bank and T. M. Stevens of Mobile were called to Washington to testify in the federal trade commission inquiry into the financing and influence of the Mobile Press tied to the power trust. Chandler, publisher of the Mobile Press, also heads to Spokane on related matters. The commission seeks details on financing and alleged propaganda activities involving power interests and newspapers across the nation.
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National Bank
Power Trust
D. P. Bestor, Jr
Alabama Power Company
First National Bank
Mobile
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
The
T. M. Stevens
Bester
B. Chandler
Mobile Press
Spokane
Wash
Mobile and Ohio Ticket Office
Stevens
Chandler
Washingon
Leon C. Bradley
Power Company
Frederick S. Thompson
Alabama
United States Senate
Pt Ie
Universal Service
Federal Trade Commission Today
R. B. Chandler
Ala
First National Bank of Mobile
Channing H. Cox
Massachusetts
Boston
Richard Grosier
Boston Post
Edward de Witt
Palmer
Field Mobile
Norris Aller
Soderaet
Frank E. Gannett
Rochester
N. Y
Fisher
International Company
International
E. Thomason
Chicago
Chicago Journal
Frank D. Comerford
Bos
Gas Fumes Slay Dozens in Hospital Fire
An explosion and fire at a hospital trapped patients and staff on multiple floors. Firefighters battled flames for hours as gas fumes caused many deaths and injuries. An eyewitness, Mrs. Ireng Lentz of Parsons, Wa. VA, described the ghastly scenes and desperate rescues.
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Pat
Aea Ieee
Bours
Gome
Pythane
Ireng Lentz
Parsons
W. Va
Corwin Rescues Pasagoula Fisherman 275 Miles Offshore
Coast guard cutter Corwin sighted the Leo G. 275 miles southwest of Pascagoula in the Gulf of Mexico. The two master smack loaded with red snapper was towed to Mobile after a damaged rudder left it in distress. Guardsmen cited the rescue as part of their duty beyond combating rum runners.
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Mobije
Gulf of Mexico
Stark and Oyster Company
Leo G
Mobile
Coast Guard
Pascagoula
Texas
Sans . Ware
Stainback
Corwin
Faces Court Today In Reckless Driving Case
The recorder's court heard Francis Vella's reckless driving case after a late night crash at Royal and St Francis Streets. Ped Johnson of Montgomery was involved. John M. not present. Johnson sustained injuries when his car rolled over. Charges against H. Xck and Arthur Lyman from a separate collision were dismissed.
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Francis Vella
Royal and
St. Franis
Ped Johnson
Montgomery
Recorder’s
Johnm
H. Xck
Arthur Lyman
Southeran Street
Charity league treats twenty patients at cripple clinic
The Junior Charity League provided professional medical advice to 20 patients through Dr. W. C. Hannon who leads the cripple clinic. George Beckman reports more and more people in need of care are being reached daily.
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W. C. Hannon
Hannon i S
E’s Cripple Clinic
George Beckman
Wisconsin Repeals Law in Senate Vote
In Wisconsin the Grobschmidt bill repealing a prior law passed the Senate by twenty-one to nine after the assembly had approved it. The measure now goes to the governor for approval. The repeal was decided in the primary election context.
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Wis
Senate
Grobschmidt
Assembly
Koehler
Score Volunteers to Give Blood for Lifesaving Transfusion
More than a score of Mobilian volunteers offered blood to save Mrs. Roland of Gossett and Holcombe streets who is near death from pernicious anemia. City hospital workers reported the need for a compatible transfusion and tested donors including six Mobile firemen led by Chief Gus Rehm.
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Pearl Roland
Gossett and
Holcombe
Gus Rehm
Roland
M. E. Robinson
J. W. Eaton
Everett Lott
Hurst Defeat Seen In Convention Vote
Louis B. Davenport of Barbers' Local No. 15 was elected vice president of the Alabama Federation of Labor for the Mobile district. C. P. Theimonge and L. E. Parnell won district posts in Birmingham and Anniston respectively in caucus. The convention rejected a proposal barring federation officers from public office by 38 to 8, a setback for President J. L. Hurst's administration.
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Louis B. Davenport
Barbers
Alabama Federation of Labor
Mobile
C. P. Theimonge
Birmingham Trades Council
Birmingham
L. E. Parnell
Anniston
J. L. Hurst
Federation of
Hurst
Allen Martin
International
Optical Society elects officers at Montgomery convention
Alabama Optical Society opened its two day meeting at the Cawthon hotel with Montgomery selected as next convention city. Thomas H. Hopkins was chosen president and H P McDonald of Mobile as vice president. Directors include McDonald, George W. of Dothan, and J B Whit. Clinic sessions follow into the day.
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Montgomery
Alabama Optical Society
Cawthon Hotel
Thomas H. Hopkins
H. P. McDonald
Mobile
H McDonald
George W
Dothan
J. B. Whit
T .D. Hop
Mobile Legion appoints committees for state convention duties
C Phelps new Mobile commander announces committees for work tied to the Alabama American Legion state convention in Mobile. Frohlich named general chairman of the arrangements as preparations proceed for the national meeting in Indianapolis.
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Alabama Department of the American Legion
Mobile
C. Phelps
American Legion
Thomas Jaoe
Frohlich
Indianapolis
Mystery death of Walter Huntington remains unsolved
Windsor Connecticut May 15 authorities face a rare Hartford county mystery after the body of Walter Treadway Huntington a Harvard junior was found shot in a field. Two medical examiners call it homicide but coroner and state officials caution it may never be solved.
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Windsor
Conn
Walter Treadway Huntington
Hartford County
Edward J. Hickey
Nee
Harvard College
W. G. Calhoun
H. N. Costello
Hickey
Hugh M. Alcorn
Man Freed After Tree Theft Indictment Dismissal
In circuit court Judge Claude A. Grayson allowed withdrawal of the indictment against Dove Weaver for theft of small trees after defense claim the charge lacked malicious intent. The judge instructed the prosecutor to present the case at the next grand jury session.
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Circuit Court
Dove Weaver
Weaver
Claude A. Grayson
Grayson
Woman Sues Mobile Light And Rail Way Company For Injuries
Delia Winchester sues Mobile Light and Railroad Company in circuit court seeking 10000 dollars for personal injuries alleged from April 9 when a street car collided with her automobile. The complaint charges the motorman with negligence.
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Mobile Light and Railway Company
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Delia Winchester
Weather outlook: Partly cloudy with little temp change
A brief regional forecast notes partly cloudy skies with minimal temperature shifts tonight and Thursday. Regions including Alabama and Florida show similar conditions with partial cloud cover and modest temperatures.
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Alabama
Florida
Huey Long Impeachment Trial Closes Demurrer Fails
Huey P. Long faces eight charges as Louisiana senate votes 20 to 19 to reject demurrer that would drop most charges. The tense session includes debate over suppressing the press and presses on with charge about intimidating publisher Charles P. Manship. The second day of the impeachment trial unfolds amid constitutional entanglements.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Senate
Senate
Charles P. Manship
Huey
Seaman Capsia Held on Petit Larceny Charge
Joseph B Capsia a seaman from Baltimore was sent to jail for 60 days on a petit larceny charge after allegedly entering the Windsor hotel room of Joseph Stubeck and stealing two tool suitcases. He was arrested at Conti and Commerce streets by Officer John Lincoln after failing to account for the grips he carried.
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Joseph B. Capsia
Baltimore
County Road
T. Touart
Joseph Stubeck
Phoenix
Capsia
Windsor Hotel
Conti
Commerce Streets
John Lincoln
Clothesline Dispute Ends in Courthouse Peace
A local court session stretched nearly thirty minutes as Judge Tisdale J. Touart settled a case involving Clarence Bradford accused of destroying a clothes line used for the Diemert family wash. The parties agreed to restore the line, restoring neighborly peace.
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Inferior Criminal Court
Tisdale J. Touart
Clarence Bradford
Louis Diemert
Diemert
Bradford
Judge Touart
Touart
House Wrecked in Aurora Bomb Blast
In Aurora Illinois Meville Arnold’s two story mail order home was demolished by a bomb before plaster dried. The blast blasted the structure near a new public high school, which had been damaged last year by a similar blast linked to labor troubles.
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Aurora
Meville Arnold
Murder Suicide in Chicago Family Tragedy
Chicago May 15. Charles Dietz 26 shot and killed his brother in law Edward J Teufel 56 an auditor and then killed himself after a brief quarrel Dietz had said he planned to ask Teufel for a job Teufel reportedly refused to help prompting the fatal confrontation.
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Chicago
Charles Dietz
Edward J. Teufel
Dietz
Teufel
Martial Law Threat Scales in Tennessee Strike Zone
In Elizabethton Tennessee May 15 officials studied martial law as a prospect after arrests of more than 200 rayon workers. A dynamite attack targeted theBowling home near Elizabethton and Johnson City with guardsmen dispatched to the scene. Bowling claimed strikers warned of bombing if his four daughters remained employed at the American Bemberg rayon plant.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Lnterest
Rayon Workers
Nashville
Henry H. Horton
W. C. Boyd
J. Bowing
Johnson City
R. 8
Roschelle
Bowling
Weatherby Dies Prominent Mobile Furniture Merchant
Marion M. Weatherby longtime Mobile resident and well known furniture merchant died at his Spring Hill home at 1 a.m. He was born in Marietta Georgia and moved to Mobile from Gulfport. Survived by his widow Rebecca Clifton Weatherby and four sons M E Weatherby H B Weatherby W C Weatherby and J J Weatherby. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Interment in local cemetery pending Roche mor?
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Marion M. Weatherby
Mobile
Spring Hill
Marietta
Gulfport
Mies
Rebecca Clifton Weatherby
M. E
H. B. Weatherby
W. C. Weatherby
Boston
Mass
J. J. Weatherby
Midland
Macs
Roche Mor
Fatally Hurt After 20 Years on Railroad Dies at Home
Macon Georgia May 15 Robert Paxton a Southern Railway conductor died after a fall at his home. He suffered a broken hip and other injuries from the accident and passed away.
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Macon
Robert Paxton
Paxton
Southern Railway
Do You Know Mobile Geography Distances
Do You Know Mobile Geography lists distances from Mobile to New York about 1243 miles to Chicago 657 miles and to other locations. The text includes unclear fragments such as ing tox and St aa 6 18a.
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Mobile
New York
Chicago
St. Aa
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