Second Avast in Reinaieceion Case Details Arson Charge
W C Heartley of West Savannah Street was arrested on arson in the second degree. Deputy State Fire Marshals Stratton and Slaughter filed the warrant after investigation. The Semmes arson case involves Robert Lowery and Howell, with Lowery said to have offered pay for the blaze. Bill McDuffy reported the offer, and state evidence led to Heartley’s charge as the investigation continues.
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Semmes
W C. Heartley
West Savannah Street
Stratton
Slaughter
H. Hudson
Sheriff's Office
Solicitors Office
Robert Lowery
Howell
Hudson
Bill McDuffy
Lowery
McDuffy
Heartley
Otela
Lawsuit Over Annuity Contract Seeks 48000 Yearly
Frieda Hempel, renowned concert singer and opera star, filed suit against August Hecksher claiming he breached a contract to provide an annuity of 48000 dollars annually. The action centers on the alleged agreement and ongoing payment obligations.
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Frieda Hempel
August
Hecksher
Flood Crest Near New Orleans Sparks Relief Efforts
May 18 alert from New Orleans describes rising flood crest expected June 6 to 10 as levees hold back Teche Country waters. Rescue crews, volunteers, and National Guard man checkpoints while thousands flee and 7,000 homeless expected in St Martin parish with camps planned for up to 27,000 in coming days.
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New Orleans
New Orléans
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Teche
Port Barre-Butte la Roche Revees
Breax Bridge
The
National Eemen
St. Martin Parish
Nina
Southern Pacific Railway
Port Barre-Butte la Rose
Atchafalaya
Bayou Des Grainses
Cecila
Henderson
Installation of Bishop J Toolen in Mobile Dioceses
A historic ceremony at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception marked the installation of Rt. Rev. J. Toolen as bishop of Mobile. Archbishop John W. Shaw presided as hundreds filled the cathedral while priests filed two by two in procession.
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J. Toolen
Diocese of
Mobile
Allen
Bishop Tooley
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Cawthon Hotel
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
John W. Shaw
D. D
New Orleans
M. and O
Quille and
Clifford
Thomas J. Toolen
Cathedral of Immaculate Conception
Nare
Toolen
Baltimore
Barrett
Lyona
C. J.le
Explosion devastates northern wing of state normal school
A massive blast ripped through the north wing of a state normal school, collapsing the brick building and killing the superintendent. A number of students and staff were injured, with several residents reported among the injured, as ambulance crews rushed to the scene and buses carried survivors to safety.
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Ines Et
Matson
Ignace
Leona Gutkuiest
Ann Arbor
Pryaspians
Pink Hill alias Arthur Garner held as murder suspect
Pink Hill alias Arthur Garner, a Negro man wanted in Macon Mississippi for murder, is held at the police station awaiting Sheriff Co B Adams. Hill admitted the killing of Carrie Ola, a Negro woman at Macon weeks earlier, claiming it was accidental. Detectives Burch and Holmes arrested him on the river front as a dangerous suspect. Adams confirmed the identity by letter and telephone.
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Way
Pink Hill
Arthur Garner
Macon
Miss
Co. B. Adams
Hill
Adams
Carrie Ola
Walter Burch
Robert Holmes
River Front
Little Theatre Repeats The Bad Man Play
A benefit performance of The Bad Man, successful in its first run, will be staged again for the public on May 19 and 20. An all star local cast returns including Jack Johnstone Zilpha Glehon Charles Dolan Hal Huguenot Miriam Jacobson W. W. Croom T. Bingham Cook Katherine Monk Leslie Blanchard Fred E. Armstrong Edward H. Robertson Jr. and George A. Haas.
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Little Theatre
Jack Johnstone
Zilpha Glehon
Charles Dolan
Hal Huguenot
Miriam Jacobs
Wish Granted Seaman Resting Beneath Gulf Waters
A retired naval officer Thomas Jefferies died and was buried at sea near Sand Island. His coffin in a waterproof canvas sack weighed 100 pounds of ballast slid over Nimrod’s rail 10 miles southeast of Sand Island. Rev Lockler offered prayers as the crew joined in a final blessing and the ship’s whistle faded.
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Thomas Jefferies
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Davey Jones
Tub Nimrod
Sand Island
W. E. Lockler
Snyder Killers Enter Oblivion of Death Cell
In Ossining New York May 18 convicts Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, numbered 79891 and 79892, settled into Sing Sing death house. They rested after transfer from Queens County jail while matrons attend Ruth Snyder and Gray remains isolated from the world as the case recedes from public glare.
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Ossining
N. Y
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Sing Sing Death House
Queens County Jail
Snyder
Missing 29 year old Ole Hystad vanishes after trip for cigarettes
Mrs I Hystad of Northwest Williams and Senator streets seeks help locating her brother-in-law Ole Hystad who left their home Monday night to buy cigarettes on Fulton road with less than five dollars. The 29 year old San Francisco arrival, described as quiet with blue eyes blonde and a sailing vessel tattoo on one arm and a Norwegian flag on the other, was reportedly despondent earlier after a physician visit. Anxious family members and police are investigating his disappearance.
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Ole Hystad
I. Hystad
Northwest
Williams
Senator Streets
Hystad
San Francisco
After &W
Pacific Coast
Houis
Fulton Road
Mobile Lions Discuss Traffic Laws and City Changes
The Lions Club met in Mobile to review traffic regulations and refer proposals to the civic committee for possible city commission changes. Debate centered on stop requirements at thoroughfares and the number of main streets, with objections to hiding speed patrols near Government street. Harry Calhoun was elected delegate to the International Lions convention in Miami on June 14.
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Mobile
The
Lions Club
Civic Committee
City Commission
Bob Herman
Government Street
Herman
Harry Calhoun
Miami
Claims Damages In Court Action
Jeanne Fisher a minor by her next friend Mrs E B Fishre filed suit seeking damages in a court action. The record notes the plaintiff the defendant and the court but provides limited details of the claim or relief sought.
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Jeanne Fisher
E. EB. Fishre
Youth Faces Mann Act Case in Missing Girl Incident
Luther Pierce of Crichton is under arrest on Mann Act charges after a 12 year old girl vanished near Orchard and was later found at Meridian. He was arraigned before United States Commissioner Burge and sent to jail in default of 2500 dollars bond. The girl was returned from Meridian and placed in juvenile detention.
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Orchard
Meridian
Luther Pierce
Crichton
Pierce
United States
Burge'r
Meridien
She
Dutch Battleship Collision Near Pamanukan Sends Ship Aground
Off Java’s coast the Dutch battleship De Zeven den collided last night with the government steamer Wega near Pamanukan. The vessel Batavia with the governor general aboard was in tow, while the Graeff and Mme De were among those aboard the Damaged steamer.
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Batavia
Java
de Zevennden
Fos Ourabaya
Plane of Lost Fliers Reported Southwest of Cape Sable
A fleet of government patrol boats investigated wreckage 100 miles at sea after Capt. B. F. King sighted the debris from a large wood wing 40 miles south of Cape Sable N S The craft was seen at dusk Monday and at dawn a ram-runner from Lynn reported a large plane at 3 000 feet near the cape The crew learned later a trans Atlantic flight was underway.
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Boston
Cape Sable
N. S
Lynn Y
Cape
Re routing of Lee Highway debated in South Pittsburgh
South Pittsburgh Tennessee May 18 resolutions urged the state highway commission to re route the Lee Highway between Chattanooga and the Alabama line to follow the Tennessee river via the South Pittsburgh area instead of at a ferry location.
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Pittsburgh
Tenn
State Highway Commission
Shettenooga
Tennessee River
Uth
Cantonese Cruiser Fires on Woosung Forts
Shanghai dispatch reports northern cruisers Haichi and Chaoho of Chang Teung-Chang’s squadron bombarding forts at Woosung north of Shanghai. Forts returned fire as the engagement continued.
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Woosung
Shanghai
Haichi
Chaoho
Chang Teung-Chang
Ngha
Mobilian's Auto Recovered Upstate in Birmingham
An automobile claimed as the property of C. E. Ow of this city was recovered in Birmingham according to police sources via Sheriff Chris Hartsfield of Jefferson County. The Mobile owned car shows tire slips and other equipment evidence.
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C. E. Ow
Birmingham
Chris Hartsfield
Jefferson County
Japanese Destroyer Engages Fire Near Yangtse River
The Japanese destroyer Momo headed to Hankow with a foreign office mission to assess Yangtse valley conditions. It came under fire by northern Chinese while anchored off Chinkiang at night, the exchange lasting two hours and a warrant officer being wounded.
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Shanghai
Momo
Hankow
Foreign Office
Yangtse Valley
Chinkiang
Pennies Spent Daily by New Yorkers Reported
New Yorkers reportedly spend seventy five tons of pennies daily on a moving expense or purchase as W P Beazell assistant managing editor of the World cites a Methodist Preachers' anecdote from New York on May 18.
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New York
New
Strayed Sheep of Angelus Return to Fold After Year
Angelus California story reports a flock being found a year after disappearance at Ocean Park. Evangelist Miss McPherson announces all members of her orchestra and choir who had seceded have returned to Angelus amid anniversary meeting.
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Los
Elus
Aimee Bempie
Angelus Low
Ocean Park
Nee
Crossland Welcomed by Shriner Officials in Mobile
David W. Crossland of Montgomery, imperial potentate of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, arrives in Mobile greeted by Abba Temple Shriners and temple leaders. A full day includes boat tours, luncheons, receptions, and ceremonial activities ending with the hot sands rite.
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Mobile
David W. Crosland
Montgomery
Imperial
Mystic Shrine
North America
Abba
Bronxites Flee As Wall Crumbles In Bronx Collapse
In New York on May 18 a five story Bronx apartment building collapsed with a roar. More than one hundred residents fled in night clothes as a wall 160 feet long and 169 feet high crumbled. The structure, weakened by blasting for a new foundation, left doors warped and floors dropping several inches.
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New York
Bronx
Cobb at Pensacola on rate matters
KR G G Cobb mobile chamber manager travels to Pensacola to discuss rate adjustments for import and export business. Mobile urges favorable treatment based on geographic location and shorter distances to justify lower port rates, while agreeing longer distances should equalize with competing ports.
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KR. G. Cobb
Gaffic
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Pensacola
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Weather Forecast Summary for Alabama and Northwest Florida
Generally fair tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures. Winds are moderate to fresh from the south and southwest. In Florida, fair conditions tonight and Thursday with warming tonight except the extreme south, winds gentle to moderate from the southeast and south.
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Washington
Alabama
Florida
Youth Freed of Murder Charge in Brooklyn Dining Room Shooting
Walter Goldberg, seventeen, was freed by Supreme Court Justice Townsend Scudder before jury deliberations on charges of shooting his sixteen year old schoolgirl sweetheart Anna Harris in the dining room of her Brooklyn home on March 16. Goldberg had faced a murder trial for three days.
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NEW Ork
Walter Goldberg
Anna Harris
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Townsend Scuder
Goldberg
Driver Fined On Drunk Charge In Court
George Shipp was fined ten dollars and costs or ten days in jail after a hearing in the inferior criminal court on operating an automobile while intoxicated. John Compton faced the same charge and was released on a one hundred dollar bond after demanding a jury trial. Ed Jenkins, charged with reckless driving, was fined ten dollars and costs or ten days.
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George Shipp
Inferior Criminal Court
John Compton
Ed Jenkins
Barge Plans 1200 Tons of Sulphur from Texas
The Coastwise will bring in 1200 tons of sulphur from Texas and move it to Mississippi via barge service. The Coastwise is owned by Sipsey Barge and Towing Company.
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Texas Ec
Aecemingport
Mississippi
Coastwise
The
Sipsey Barge and Towing Company
Mellett Slayer Convicted of First Degree Murder
Streitenberger and Patrick Mostermport convicted of murder in the first degree in Canton. Jury imposes life imprisonment with a recommendation. The defendant denounces Louis Mazer, who allegedly aided the case.
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Streitenberger
Canton
Patrick Mostermport
Don R
Streltenbergers
Iti Calla
Ntme
Louis Mazer
Forecasting Fair Weather Tonight Through Friday
The weatherman predicts generally fair conditions for tonight and Friday across the area. Temperatures are expected to run rather cool tonight with mild readings in store Friday.
Classified Ads Offer Ease in Local News Page
Readable lines hint at a classified ads service for buying selling and helping with home and office needs. The fragment suggests a local notice urging readers to use the ad column for trades and assistance.
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Ran Neache
Crescent City
Shaw
Paniec NE
Uuuilu UI IZ Foun
Mary
Poe
Daar Eee
ASK
LEE Highway
Mobilian’s
Yantgse River
Shrine Imperial Potentate
Angelus
David W. Crossland
Louisville and Nashville
Cawthon
Bay Bridge
Carrolli. Cowan
Abba Club
Cobb
Eal
Mellett- Slayer
Office
Bell
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