Shipping Board Aims to Sell 400 Vessels at Bargain Prices
United States Shipping Board Chairman O Connor announces talks with Henry Ford to sell about 400 idle ships at low prices. Board members question Ford's plans and a formal discussion is set for an upcoming meeting. Edward Derr reports on Ford's possible use of the fleet.
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Shipping Board
Ford
N. O'Connor
O'Connor
T. W. O'Connor
United States Shipping Board
Henry Ford
United
Edward C. Derr
Derr
Ford proposes using ships to haul Ford autos to foreign markets
Detroit May 18 Henry Ford envisions using part of the Shipping Board fleet to aid his car and tractor business not as commercial carriers but to deliver vehicles to foreign ports. He suggests scrapping ships afterward, estimates $1 million to tow and dismantle, and claims 1 000 workers would be hired. He stresses profits over patriotism and calls for government payment for ships' value.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Henry
United States Shipping Board
Ford
Fordson
Square Deal
Shipping Board
Muscle Shoals
Europe
Hip Ford
Miss Marques Wins In A B L S Contest
A medal was awarded to Miss C Marques in the senior A B L S contest at the Harte auditorium. She gave a reading as part of a program opened by Dr Dunbar H Ogden pastor of Government Street Presbyterian Church.
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C. Marques
Harte Auditorium
Marques
Dunbar H. Ogden
Government Street Presbyterian Church
Gladys Brown
Ethel Dyas
Alice Dyas
Agnes Sherman
George R. Fims
Albert George
Schmeider
Bartlett
L. Wright
N. C. van Devarnder
May Ellis Nichols
Mae Gaston
Cherry Marquas
Gena ‘ Branscomb
Alice Lull Kearns
Orake Boullemet Gilbert
Ruth Krudop DeMiller
Annie Hayes
Alberta
Junior Eden
Stanley Sheip
Ruth Moore
Charles Meredith
Mendel Goldstein
Bingham Cook
Seven Mobile boys to get diplomas
Graduation exercises for the 1925 class at Auburn Polytechnic Institute will be held Tuesday. Seven Mobilian students will receive diplomas across academic courses including civil engineering, chemical engineering, pharmacy, and architecture. Notable graduates include John Hilliard Hancock with honors in civil engineering and John Edward England in science.
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Auburn Polytechnic Institute
John Hilliard Hancock
John Edward England
John Joseph Weatherby
Lucien Evans Myers, Jr
College of Engineering and Architecture
Wallace Robert McKinney, Jr
Maurice William Midgette
Herman
Frederick Schwekendiek
Weather Official Visits Mobile Orchards
J. B. Kineer chief of the agricultural division of the Weather Bureau toured Mobile County orchards yesterday. He conferred with Satsuma growers who hope for an extended forecast service. Kincer arrived from a regional directors meeting in New Orleans, and was escorted by J. Lloyd Abbot.
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J. B. Kineer
Weather Bureau
Mobile
Mobile County
Satsuma
Mr. Kincer
J. Lloyd Abbot
New Orleans
Ford plans to scrap 400 ships for oil burner conversion
Ford says four hundred ships proposed for scrapping include 260 foot lake steamers useless in foreign trade. He may buy up to thirty larger vessels for delivery work to foreign countries, stripping boilers for Diesel engines. He urges patriotism as the keynote.
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Japan
Ford
Mobile veterans depart for Dallas reunion
Fourteen Raphael Semmes Camp veterans join the Confederate Veterans reunion in Dallas after a public subscription funded their trip. Sponsors maids and chaperones named. list of attending veterans includes Tom O Rourke M T Judge J Marston and others. Douglas C Harris returns to Mobile after acting manager stint in Columbus GA.
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Dallas
Raphael Semmes Camp
Mobile
Judge Price Williams
Austin Pharr
Caroline Bailey
Semmes Camp
Helen Haas
General Kennedy
Anna Mary Crum
Sallie Blocker Thornton
Howard Gordon
Josephine Judge
Tom O'Rourke
M. T. Judge
J. Marston
J. B. Chigizola
John Simmons
Simmons
T. P. Harris
D. C. Greer
Gus Herpin
Harace Davenport
W. H. Therrill
Mrs. Therrill
Jim Farrar
John Pelham
John Greenwood
Daniel Davis
Columbus
Western Union
Douglas C. Harris
Western Union Telegraph Company
Lamar Y. McLeod
American Legion
Mr. Harris
Belt Line Bridge Completed as Rail Line Advances
The state docks board finished the bridge over Three Mile creek for Belt Line trains. Remaining work includes ballast and permanent fills at temporary bridges, with connections to Mobile railroads already established. RHEM infant Margaret Claire Browning Rhem died May 18 a.m. Funeral to be announced.
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Three Mile Creek
State Docks Board
Belt Line
Mobile
Rhem
Margaret Claire
Philip and
Bessie Browning Rhem
Deaths and Funerals In Mobile Sudden Losses Across City
The Mobile area reports multiple deaths with services and burials noted. Nine year old Jane Mason dies after illness, Mamie Ebien Fernandez and Dr James Grey Thomas funeral details given, Captain Knute Jermundsen dies in local infirmary, Mrs C F Peters dies in Philadelphia, Charles C Pruitt and Thomas P Martin funerals listed with Magnolia cemetery and St Vincent Catholic services. Sixteen ounces of gold is cited as enough to gild a wire encircling the earth.
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Jane Mason
Alfred May
and Edmonds Bennett
Birmingam
Mobile
Bennett
Trinity Episcopal
Magnolia Cémenntery
Frank Dooley
Frank Swan
Martin Norden
John 8. Murdock
Emile Scheuerman
Edward J. Barry
James Grey Thomas
Virginia Thomas
Government Street
R. C. Kirchhofer
Christ Episcopal Church
Magnolia
J. 8. Barret
E. L. Davidson
Windham Lyon
Jacob D. Bloch
R- B. du Mont
H. Guory
New York
Sigrid Anderson Jermundsen
Norman
Patrina Jermundsen
Norway
South Catherine Street
Magnolia Cemetery
Thomas P. Martin
Charleston Street
St. Vincent's Catholic Church
T. M. Rafferty
J. E. McDermott
James Byrnes
Thomas E. Neagles
Charles Benson
J. R. Quinlivan
Michael Glennon
James J. Manning
R. W. McLeod
Joseph S. Crivalleri
Sidney Talbert
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Art
Christiania
King of
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Philadelphia
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Charles C. Pruitt
Famly
North Jackson Street
P. B. Wells
Government Street Methodist Church
Leo Kling
D. E. Taylor
W. H. Mayton
J. Wachter
L. W. Moore
C. Q. Carman
Victor
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Reynalds
Caruso
McCormick
Kreisler
Paderewski
Gali -Curci
the Opper
Victor Company
Bienville Square
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