Alabama bankers study state banking board plan
A committee of the Alabama Bankers Association recommended establishing a state banking board with power to name the state superintendent of banks and to extend the superintendent’s term. The governor would appoint board members who would then select the superintendent. J. B. Barnett of Monroeville chairs the committee. The report highlighted the convention’s morning session and group activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Superintendent of Banks
Alabama Bankers’ Association
J. B.barnett
Monroeville
SeThe Addr Bogs
Sreesiuuuet
Trust In Savings Bank Chicago
George Land
University of Alabama
Alabama
Bradford Knapp
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Alabama Anti-Smith Delegation to Houston Set by State
Unofficial counts show Alabama’s delegation to the Houston convention will consist of opponents of the nomination of Al Smith. The Democratic executive committee meets May 24 to canvass returns and finalize the make up across ten districts with named electors and alternates.
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Houston
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Democratic Executive Committee
Capitol
Prohibition Liquor Raids Net Cars Still and Docks
State agents and deputies seized two automobiles and about 70 gallons of liquor. Dick Fincher alias Dick Tanner and Lanar Kelly were arrested for transporting liquor, with additional cases against R. K. Pyburn and Julia Johnson. A 100 gallon copper still and seven barrels of beer were also seized. In London, Lord Terrington was committed for trial for fraud involving about 75,000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Cannon
Dewey Barber
Government Street
Dick Fincher
Dick Tanner
Lanar Kelly
Kelly
R. KR. Pyburn
McFayden and Gewin
Gunnison Creek
Satsuma
Barber
Stringfellow
Legma
Julia Johnson
Conti Street
Inferior Criminal Court
London
Lord Terrington
Central Criminal Court
Bank robber nabbed in El Paso with Mexican blankets
An armful of blankets led to the capture of Jack Long, 22, in El Paso Texas. A customs officer inspecting the goods found $18 000 sewn in the garment. He was wanted for bank robberies in Oklahoma and Missouri and claimed the money came from gambling halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Long
el Paso
Texas
International Bridge
Long
Oklahoma
Missouri
Passers By Hear Word From Haunted House Tragedy
Deputies investigated a fatal incident at a haunted house in Lufkin Texas on May 18. A man and his wife were fatally injured and their eight children, aged two to eight, were left in a dire state as workers reported the scene. The case details remain unclear as investigators pursue clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lufkin
Tex
Coleman Weeks and N. E. Craft Fined for Auto Theft Incident
Coleman Weeks and N. E. Craft were fined 101 dollars and 50 days hard labor for taking and using N. G. Davis's automobile without consent and driving it around the city for hours. Efforts to place blame on Ruby Griffith failed. Alton Bell and others faced similar charges but were dismissed for lack of evidence. J. C. Duffy's operating an automobile while intoxicated was continued to May 22. P. Combel's slot machine charge was reset to May 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Weeks
N. E. Craft
N. G. Davis
College Street
D. H. Edington
Ruby Griffith
Alton Bell
George Brown
George Grube
J. C. Duffy
North Hallet Street
Recorder
P. Combel
Stickney to Oversee County Highway Work in Converse's Absence
Morgan Stickney assistant county highway engineer will be in charge of the work during J Converse absence Conway left yesterday for Battle Creek sanitarium where he is expected to remain about one month or six weeks Converse has been ill for ten days leading to his removal to the sanitarium
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Stickney
J. Converse
Battle Creek
Engineer Converse
Mobile Republicans Return From State Convention
Mobile County delegates to the state and district Republican convention in Birmingham returned home last night. Alex C. Birch, Mobile district attorney, was chosen as the first district’s delegate to the national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Mobile County
Birmingham
Alex C. Birch
Death notice announced for Edit Jordan in telegram
Western Union Telegram delivered to 204 Railroad avenue announcing the death of Edit Jordan and Fannie Travis in Hattiesburg Mississippi. Attempts to locate the address were unsuccessful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A
E. Jordan
Western Union Telegraph Company
Edit Jordan
Railroad Avenue
Fannie Travis
Hattiesburg
Miss
Weather forecast for Alabama and Northwest Florida
Generally fair tonight and Saturday with possible thunder showers Saturday afternoon in portions. Light winds, mainly south. Northwest Florida: mostly fair tonight and Saturday with light winds from the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Florida
Tait Brothers Convicted in Police Chief Killing
J B and J Tait convicted by circuit court jury for the killing of Patrick J O Shaughnessy former police chief. They were sentenced to ten years in state prison with bail set at four thousand dollars pending appeal. Evidence included self defense pleas and testimony from former officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B
Patrick J. O'Shaughnessy
Joel W. Goldsby
Harry Crawford
Taits
O'Shaughnessy
D. W. Pennington
Cliff Adams
B. B. Chamberlain
Louisiana
Dunning
Tompkins
Tait Brothers
South Lawrence Street
Therm
Daylight Saving Discussion Gathers Public Input
A special committee in Mobile seeks proposals from civic groups to determine public opinion on daylight saving. A casual survey by junior order members reveals broad citizen disagreement on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Spncial Comm
Black woman pleads guilty in serious case sentencing
Ella Brown pleaded guilty to a serious case in the first degree and received eight years in the penitentiary. She had prior conviction for a serious case in the second degree with a twenty year sentence reversed on appeal. Frank Turner also pled guilty to an incident in the serious case and was sentenced to two years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negress
Ella Brown
Frank Turner
Alex Markis
Damage suits filed from auto crash June 1
Leannie Diemert sues J. A. Stringer in circuit court for 3000 dollars for alleged personal injuries from an automobile collision on June 1 1927 at Broad and Main. Louis V. Diemert joins as co plaintiff and seeks 3000 dollars for similar injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leannie Diemert
Circuit Court
J. A. Stringer
Posem
Louis V. Diemert
Broad and
Aun
Prohibition History Cast by Michigan Liquor Case
Chicago police arrest Mary Tokarz of Muskegon after home brew is found following her daughter's wedding. She faces Michigan habitual criminal law with three prior liquor felonies and a life sentence, echoing Fred Palm's Lansing case now on appeal.
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Chicago
Mary Tokarz
Muskegon
Mich
Fred Palm
Michigan
Tokarz
Liberty
Lansing
Palm
State Supreme Court
Funeral for Dr Rivers A Rush Held at 10 AM
The funeral for Dr Rivers A Rush was held at 10 AM from his family home on Michigan Avenue with Rev Dr Thomas R Bridges of All Saints Episcopal Church officiating. Interment followed at Magnolia Cemetery with Roche Mortuary handling arrangements and a list of pallbearers and honorary pallbearers.
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Rivers A. Rush
Michine Avenue
Thomas R. Bridges
All Saints Episcopal Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Roche Mortuary
John T. Cochrane
Richard I. Sedler
A. W. Brooks
Barry Lyons
EB. Cc. Hughes
Estes Baker
Harry T. Smith
Burial for Train Victim in Jackson Tennessee
Frank Kennedy aged 13 was killed instantly near Jackson when struck by a four passenger train. He was laid to rest in a local cemetery after the accident reported yesterday evening as he walked the tracks with two other youths.
Homicide Charged After Man Found Dead at Hotel Adrienne
Jen Ags was discovered strangled in a hotel room on February 12. $25,000 in gems vanished from the same room. Watkins denied involvement but said he was in the organist’s room the night of the murder. Police say Watkins was one of four men who escaped San Joaquin jail on November 3, 1926, and he had prior sentences in Richmond Virginia, San Quentin California, and Portland Oregon.
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Jen Ags
Ores
Adrienne
Watkins
Bibemsen
Watkins Caenaa
San Joaquin
California
Richmond
San Quentin
Cal
Portland
Ore
Lewis denies seeking vice presidential nomination
Former Senator James Hamilton Lewis declares he is not a candidate for any office and has not discussed a possible vice presidential run. He notes Judge Malmin acted without his consultation and expresses surprise at the effort. He also mentions no talks with anyone about his candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Hamilton Lewis
Lakius J. Malmin
Smith
New York
Lewis
Malmin
Judicial Post
Fish Boats Ready For Mobile Yacht Club Race
Four fish class sloops prepared for the Mobile Yacht Club across the bay race set to start at 1 30 tomorrow afternoon. The course runs about 20 miles from the foot of St Francis street to Magnolia Beach anchorage. Mayor Leon Schwarz will fire the starting gun as weather outlooks promise a sea breeze and clear skies with average wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Yacht Club
Negro fined for selling whiskey in L. and N. shops
Jessie Lewis of 752 South Conception street, described as a Negro, was fined and costs for bootlegging whiskey in the Louisville & Nashville shops at the foot of Charleston street. Special agent Charles Farrar testified he had pursued Lewis for some time before catching him selling liquor. D. C. Gibson also faced the recorder, arraigned for possessing a half pint of whiskey, and was fined $50 and costs.
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Jessie Lewis
South
Conception Street
Louisville & Nashville
Charleston Street
D. H. Edington Ru
Charles Farrar
Lewis
D. C. Gibson
Cleveland Miss Hopes To Finish Atlantic Flight
Cleveland aviatrix Carrie Bellet aims to become the first woman to complete a transatlantic flight. With 100 hours of flight time, she plans to depart Cleveland for Le Bourget Airport in Paris in late July or August.
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Carrie Bellet
Cleveland
Ohio
Aviatrix
Miss Bellet
le Bourget
Paris
France
Woman Demands Smith Friends Pay for Speech
Florence Gilmour sues Smith supporters in California and New York for payment claiming $15 a day plus expenses for organizing Smith for President clubs in Orange Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. She acted as advance agent for Nellie Tayloe Ross tour while Smith campaign reports show $40,200.61 in expenditures and equal contributions.
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New York
California
Florence Gilmour
al Smith
P. EB. Abbott
Isadore B. Kweiler
Harry C. Baffer
Marie A. Larkey
Tom Mix
Smith
Gilmour
United States
Fredderick Steiner
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Smith For President
Orange
Santa Barbara
Ventura Counties
Sacramento
Mayors Confer On Alabama Association Convention Plans
Cullman Mayor M L Robertson secretary treasurer of the Alabama Association of Mayors and City Commissioners confers with Mobile officials Mayor Leon Schwarz and Cecil F Bates about the June 7 8 meeting agenda The delegates are expected to be hosted by the Rotary Club at lunch and a boat ride on Mobile Bay with trips to the Alabama state across the bay bridge and other sites planned for the second day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Robertson
Cullman
Ala
Alabama Association of Mayors and City Commissioners
Leon Schwarz
Cecil F. Bates
Mobile
Robertson
of Thce Association
Rotary Club
Mobile Bay
Alba
Alabama
Bay Bridge
City unveils new ambulance costing $2,600
City Commissioner Cecil F Bates announced today a new ambulance costing 2600 has been placed in service and stationed at City hospital. Cammack named driver replacing Teddy Kearney who will retire on June 1 after more than 20 years chauffeuring city ambulances. The machine was supplied by Studebaker.
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Cecil F. Bates
Cammack
Teddy Kearney
Amt
Studebaker Com
Muscle Shoals bill faces hurdles before adjournment
Congressional leaders fear final action on the Muscle Shoals bill may be delayed as conferees prepare to reconcile Senate and House differences. Senator McNary plans an early conference meeting, but start is unlikely before tomorrow or next week, with time running short before adjournment and a potential filibuster risk. If blocked, the bill could carry over to the recess and await a conference report.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
Senate
House
McNary
Jublican
Oregon
Agriculture Committee
Indiana Rule Funds Wat son Campaign in Hoosier State
In Indiana a campaign committee reported raising 33356 for Senator Watson and Hoover primary efforts. Expenses total 32671.06 with more bills due. Major donors include A L Kitselman and E T Kitselman of Muncy and Max Epstein of Chicago. The Watson group borrowed 4000 from Security Trust Co of Indianapolis. The panel adjourned for further questioning on receipts and expenditures.
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Washington
James E. Watson
Indiana
Senate Ca
M. Bert Thurman
Thurman
Watson
Herbert Hoover
Harry C. Woodyard
West Virginia
Hoover
Claudis H. Huston
Rush L. Holland
South
Woodyard
The
Security Trust Company
Indianapolis
Lawrence K. Whiting
Chicago
Karl Castan
Arthur Butler
M. Milliken
Charles Plez
Richard W. Yeakes
BE. B. Ayres
A. B. Ayres
Newcastle
Ind
Enos Porter
Shelby
Derby Entries Narrow to 26 with Reigh Count Favored
In Louisville on May 18 26 thoroughbreds entered for the Kentucky Derby. Post one went to Rumpel stiltskin from McFarland & McCarty Joliet stables, second to Misstep from Lemar stock farms, third to Don Q from Sagamore stables, Reigh Count fifth. Mrs John D Hertz of Chicago not entering Anita Peabody yet. Reigh Count the favorite. Each colt and gelding to carry 126 pounds.
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Louisville
Rumpelstiltskin
McFarland & Mce-Carty Joliet Stables
Misstep
Lemar Stock Farms
Don Q
Sagamore Stables
Reigh
John D. Hertz
Chicago
Anita Peabody
Tennessee D.A.R. Meet Nears Adjournment
The Tennessee chapter of the Daughters of America closes its two day convention in Knoxville with about 250 delegates from across the state. Nationally prominent speakers are on the program as adjournment nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
The
Daughters of America
Public Utilities Hearing Set With National Electric Light Group
A publicity quiz precedes a financing probe with witnesses from Nebraska South Carolina and the National Electric Light Association. The next hearings start May 28 led by Charles B Chapin Frew W Crone and John W Lapham with further sessions scheduled through May 31 as a holiday adjusts the calendar.
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Electr Light Association
Somaien
Sotivitias
Towa
Nebrask
South Carolina
Abdove
National Electric Light Association
Charles B. Chapin
New York
Empire State Gas and Electric Association
Frew W. Crone
Skeletons Found At Oriental Institute Discoveries
CHICAGO May 18 Skeletons said to be Hittite and pre Hittite men and women over 3000 years old were brought to the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago by Dr James H Breasted who has directed five Near East expeditions. The best find a group of 31 Hittite skeletons encased in clay from a mound at Huyuk near Angora Egypt. Skull forms indicate flat short heads as suggested by prehistoric art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriental Institute of University of Chicago
Chicago
Oriental Institute of the
University of Chicago
James H. Breasted
An Huyuk
Angora
Egypt
James T. Harrison Dies at 79 in Mississippi Home
James T. Harrison former lieutenant governor of Mississippi died at his Columbus home at age 79 after a period of ill health. He was a widely known figure in the state and Southern Masonic circles, an 83rd degree Mason and a past grand master of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Miss
James T. Harrison
Mississippi
Harison
Wright Aeronautical output growth noted in stock letter
In New York May 18 a stockholders letter from Charles S teret cites Wright Aeronautical Corporation increasing aircraft engine production from 30 to about 100 per month in the past year and a half. It informs holders that rights to subscribe to 50 000 additional shares at 100 will expire June 22. Directors will be elected at the stockholders meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright T
LER
New York
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Charles S.teret
Laing Family Attack Shocks Town. Father Dead
Passersby heard mournful screams as two children lie unconscious and John Laing dies from blunt force injuries. Neighbors chased a man described as a lunatic muttering like a madman before being led away by a Mrs Laing. Police investigate the deadly assault.
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Ose Laing
Dep
Ghdat
Laing
Min
Mrs. Laing
Storm toll rises as tornadoes, hail strike Southwest towns
Storms in the southwest spawn a deadly toll with a tornado injuring several in Kerville Oklahoma and heavy property losses. Hail and fire from oil fields threaten more lives as trains are delayed and residents seek aid by air drops to flood and disaster areas along the Red River in Texas Burnett and Midland.
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Stad
Fland
Kerville
Okla
Oklahoma
Red River
Midland Burnett
Texas
North
Stresemann Gravely Ill but Stable in Berlin
Aide reports German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann gravely ill in Berlin. Officials say his temperature and pulse are normal and he remains cheerful, reading newspapers and favored authors as doctors work to prevent further danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Stresemann
Berlin
Ambassador Houghton to sail May 26 for U.S. visit
London May 18 American ambassador Alanson B Houghton will sail May 26 for a brief business visit to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton
Alanson
U. S
London
America
Army plane takeoff blocked by bad danger issue
Report from St George's on May 18 states United States Army planes could not take off due to an undetermined danger problem. Authorities investigated the issue to determine cause and safety measures.
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ST. George's
Newsor
United States Army
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