Heavy Storm Hits Louisiana and Texas
Mobile area report covers severe weather moving through Louisiana and Texas with warnings. Police court updates include the case of Mrs. Gertrude Puckett charged in the Pine Street shooting and ongoing slaying investigation of Mrs. Frances Hines, mother of a young child, as preparations for hearings and funerals proceed.
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Mobile
Jove
Frances Hines
Herbert Hines
Gertrude Puckett
Angela Puckett
Hines
Pine Street
Old Shell Road
Puckett
Re' I
Warren Buren
4Robert E. Gordon
Gordon
Mallory Line Sets 40-Cent Tariff to Tampa
The Mallory Steamship Company will charge 40 cents for paper articles from Mobile to Tampa to match Morgah line rates. A notice was received by the Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic office. The Central of Georgia Railroad also announced export rates to Mobile for cotton sheets pillow cases and cotton blets destined for Cuba and the Pacific coast.
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Mallory Steamship Company
Mobile
Tampa
Morgah
New Orleans
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Central of Georgia Railroad
Cuba
Pacific Coast
Five ill from tularemia in cross border outbreak
Five persons in Lamar County Alabama, across the Mississippi line from Columbus Mississippi, are treated for tularemia linked to handling infected rabbits. Lamar County Health Officer J A Jackson said it is the first appearance of the disease in the area.
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Columbus
Miss
Lamar County
Alabama
J. A. Jackson
Fistfight erupts in county wrangle over board clash
A public dispute over county board affairs escalated Friday as maintenance engineer Co L Strange was ousted and a fist fight broke out in the county engineering department offices between J H Milham and H W McGee. Milham struck McGee three times before others intervened. no arrests were reported by 10 30 AM.
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J. H. Milham
Engineer McGee
Co. L. Strange
Strange
J. H Milham
Engineering Department
H. W. McGee
County Engineering Department
St. Emanuel Street
Milham
McGee
Marathon Race Honors Sought On May 24 In Mobile
Entries from Mobile and nearby towns flood officials for a marathon run to be held Saturday afternoon May 24 under The Mobile News Item The Mobile Register and Lyric theatre sponsorship. The 5 pm start is planned at the courthouse with a course along Government Street to Broad and back for award of prizes.
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Mobile
Mobile News Item
Mobile Register
Lyric Theatre
Government Street
Broad
Million-Dollar Gas Line Orders issued for Southern Natural
Southern Natural Gas announces pipe orders totaling 3.75 million dollars to bring natural gas from Louisiana fields to Mobile and other Alabama cities. Transmission lines extend to Mobile Selma Montgomery Auburn Opelika and other cities in Georgia and Mississippi with projected 15 million dollars in further extensions this summer. National Tube company won 2.375 million and A O Smith about 1 million in pipe orders. Mobile Gas lines to Mobile by October 1 as replacement of manufactured gas proceeds.
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Louisiana
Mobile
Alabama
Southern Natural Gas Corporation
Atlanta
Associated Press
Selma
Montgomery
Auburn
Opelika
Macon
Hattiesburg
Griffin
Georgia
Jackson
Biloxi
Pascagoula
Laurel
Moss Point
Mississippi
National Tube Company
A. O. Smith Corporation
W. W. Winter
Mobile Gas Company
Winter
Car Held by Police After Abandoned Downtown Find
Police locate a Ford sedan with Louisiana plate 237 562 abandoned in the downtown district and hold it at headquarters awaiting a claimant.
Farnell Demurrers Fall in Suit to Qualify as Candidate
Demurrers filed in equity division contest Farnell’s bid for revenue and road supervisor posts. Hearing set for 9:30 Saturday before Judge Goldsby. The pleadings assert the Democratic Party may determine its own qualifications and that state interference is unconstitutional.
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W. Reese Farnell
Mertz Station
Democratic Executive Committee
Revenue and Road Commissioners
Equity Division
Circuit Court
S. M. Johnston
Joel W. Goldsby
Farnell
South
Democratic Party
Alabama
Democratic Party of
Derby Passes 69th Hour In Auto Endurance Drive
Jack Derby known as Dare-Devil continues a 100 hour marathon auto endurance in the Mobile News-Item sponsored event. After 69 hours he fights fatigue with cool weather aiding wakefulness as he nears the final 30 hours. He left Pascagoula at 10 Yelock and plans a stop at Crane Motor Co for fuel en route back to Mobile.
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Jack
Dare-Devil" Derby
Alix
Pascagoula
Crane Motor Company
Road work aid withheld delays Moffat road project
A closed conference on the Moffat road from Mobile to Wilmer ended with an indefinite postponement of state participation due to property owners not granting rights of way. Gaston Scott and county officials cited federal funding denial and unpaid rights of way as the main obstacle.
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Mobile
Wilmer
Gaston Scott
R. D. Jordan
John R. Peavy
Board of Revenue
George E. Stone
Jordan
Boykin
Scott
Prine
Booth
Baker
Moffat Road
Federal Bureau of Roads
Alabama
Line
Birmingham
Bankhead Highway
Atlanta
Woolsey Finnell
State Commission
Moffat
Baldwin County
Plans for cross country flight to shatter records
Detroit pilot William Brock and Edward Schlee announced a plan to fly from Jacksonville Florida to San Diego and return within 24 hours to break three cross country speed records. The radio equipped plane will use a national network to broadcast progress as the attempt starts within four weeks.
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Detroit
Jacksonville
Fla
San Diego
Calif
William 5. Brock
Brock
Edward F. Schlee
Tokyo
Ten Days Hard Labor For Petit Larceny
R T Crawford of 555 St Michael Street sentenced to ten days hard labor after a hearing on petit larceny for stealing a chicken and other articles from the Battle House coffee room. Carney Buford fined 51 and costs for assault with a razor on Isaac Bush. Bush treated for six wounds and a disorderly conduct charge continued to May 30. Ed Lewis fined 10 and costs for improper auto license tag.
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R. T. Crawford
St. Michael Street
Recorder
Crawford
Battle House
Carney Buford
Isaac Bush
Bush
Ed Lewis
Costa
Interior plans to install 100 radio sets in isolated homes
The Interior Department will install 100 radio receiving sets in remote mountain homes to study broadcasting education possibilities. Many locations are reachable only by trails and footpaths, and some residents have never seen a railroad train, a car, or an airplane.
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Washington
Iterior Department
Shrine Party Sets Route to Toronto
Abba Temple hosts an On to Toronto party at the Shrine home Friday night at 9. A 2 ten-piece orchestra will provide music as members gather for the Imperial Council pilgrimage preparations.
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Imperial Council
Abba Temple
Toronto
Shrine
See Eriety
Voninn
Baptists Urge Defeat of Prohibition Opponents in Elections
New Orleans May 16 The Southern Baptist Convention social service commission urges mobilization of patriotic citizens to oppose any candidate from president to local office who does not openly support current prohibition laws. It condemns neutral ballots and movements and calls for voting only for those who back prohibition.
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New Orleans
Commission On Social Service
Southern Baptist Convention
Church
Down
New York
Chicago
A. J. Jon
Anti- Saloon League of America
Chris
United States
Sherman plans local protective force after riots
Citizens meeting in Sherman Texas endorse creating a civilian force to protect lives and property after martial law followed riots that burned the Grayson County courthouse and left a white woman dead. Colonel McGee declined to say when military rule would end.
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Sherman
Texas
Grayson County
George Hughes
Lawrence E. McGee
PREFER CHARGES Against Two for Auto Theft
Charges of violating the national automobile theft act were filed against Bobby Holliday and Joseph Garrett by department of justice officers in Wilmington Delaware. The pair, held on auto theft charges, allegedly stole a car from the G. E. Barnes Motor Car Company on North Royal street and will be returned to Mobile for trial.
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Bobby Holliday
Joseph Garrett
Department of Justice
Warren
Police Department
Wilmington Wdela
G. E. Barnes Motor Car Company
Motor Company
North Royal Street
Mobile
Memphis Wins Largest American Legion Post Title
Memphis captured the top post with 4451 members, Louisville 3717, Omaha 3507, after drives lasting till late last night. Memphis will lead the grand parade at the Boston convention this summer, with Louisville and Omaha following.
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Louisville
American Legion
Memphis
Omaha
Boston
Cash Stolen From Room Of H Pearson On Conception Street
Police report a thief entered the rear of H Pearson's home on Conception Street while he slept and took $26 from his trousers. Pearson, of 17 North Conception Street, notified authorities Friday.
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H. Pearson
Conception Street
North Conception Street
Navy Chiefs Attack London Arms Treaty as Unfair
Two U S Navy officers, Rear Admiral L Bristol and Rear Admiral Hilary P Jones, condemned the London naval treaty during testimonies before the Senate Foreign Relations and Naval committees. They argued the United States accepted 18 inch cruiser limits instead of 21 inches, claiming the deal cedes parity with Japan and skirts national defense needs.
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Washington
L. Bristol
Senate Foreign Res
Japan
London
Naval and Foreign Relations Committee
Hilary P. Jones
General Board
Hoover
Jones
Bristol
Pratt
United States
Cannon Relinquishes Gavel To Face Quiz
In Dallas on May 16 the quadrennial conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South voted retirement for bishops at 72 with the new law to take effect in 1964. Bishop James Cannon Jr. of Washington DC surrendered the gavel to Bishop Beauchamp of Atlanta after citing matters before the conference.
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Dallas
Texas
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Tex
James Cannon, Jr
Washington, D. C
General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
South
W. J. Beauchamp
Atlanta
Beauchamp
Board of Temperance and Social Welfare
Former Philadelphia operator on trial for hatchet slaying
William R. Carver, once a Philadelphia real estate operator, is poised to testify in his trial for the April 2 hatchet killing of his wife at their Sebring, Florida home. The defense expects to rest late today with character witnesses and depositions to be used, while arguments are planned for tomorrow.
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Fia
William R. Carver
Philadelphia
Carver
W. D. Bell
Grady L. Burton
Senate Vote Delay Shapes Tariff Conferees Clash
In Washington on May 16 Senator Smoot Utah asked the Senate to relieve conferees from prom ises not to abandon the debenture and legislative flexible tariff provisions. The showdown on the debenture and legislative flexible tariff provisions was postponed likely until next week as tariff bill conferees reached impasse on returning the bill to the Senate without another house vote.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot
Utah
House
Texas city backs Garber divide plan after census surge
Pampa Texas reports a 950 percent population rise and backs Representative Gar ner's Congressional Record proposal to split Texas into five states to dilute power of the un divided. The record notes Dearborn Beverly Hills Jacksonville and Long Beach see large gains as well.
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Washington
Pampa
Texas
Jack Garner
Garner
Lone Star
Dearborn
Mich
Beverly Hillis
Calif
Jacksonville
Flay
California Clean
Long Beach
River Aige 40 Oil Derricks Lost In Cloudburst Flood
A violent cloudburst struck northwest and east Texas on May 16. Winds damaged crops, toppled 40 oil derricks between Vivian and Plain Dealing, and caused record rainfall. Vivian resident Troy Maxwell suffered a serious arm injury from a shattered window. Arthur City and Denison reported rising rivers and power outages disrupted transmission.
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Shreveport
Texas
Troy Maxwell
Vivian
Here
Plain Dealing
Negro sought after assault near Liberty North Carolina
An unidentified Black man about 20 assaulted a 14 year old girl at her Liberty home late yesterday. Bloodhounds were to assist as six suspects were arrested and released after she could identify none. The intruder gagged the girl and threatened with a knife causing a facial wound. a factory whistle helped frighten him away. Her father rescued her and alerted authorities.
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Liberty
N. C
Mrs Harvey Leads Mobile Tuberculosis and Health Association
Mrs. W. M. Harvey was elected president at the annual meeting held Friday at the Cawbo gh hotel. Officers named include Mrs. Robert T. Ervin as first vice president and Mrs. I Frenkel as second vice president. The group planned a three month summer preventorium for under privileged children opening June 16 with Miss Harriet Adams in charge.
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W. M. Harvey
Mobile Tuberculosis and Health Association
Cawbhog
Robert T. Ervin
I. Frenkel
H. H. Clarke
Virgil Griffin
Joe Montgomery
Harriet Adams
Mis St. John Wilson
A. D. Henan
Sacred Heart Novena Speaker Delivers Third Sermon
At weekly services Rev. Father EB. T. Cassidy S. J. will speak at 5 PM Friday on The Sacred Heart the Safeguard and Salvation of Society. This is the third sermon in the series running through June 27. All Catholics invited.
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the Sacred Heart
EB. T. Cassidy
S. J
Sacred Heart
Weather Forecast Mixed Clouds and Showers
Local forecast calls for cloudy Friday night and Saturday with possible thundershowers and little temperature change. Alabama Mississippi region expects cloudy skies with interior thunderstorms overnight and on Saturday. Rivers Tombigbee and Alabama show potential rises with irregular and slight level changes.
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Mississippi
Tombigbee
Alabama River
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