Highway detour set for Montgomery to Mobile route
Detour routes announced for the Montgomery to Mobile trip while Castleberry Brewton and Atmore Perdido sections are paved. Traffic will detour at Evergreen via Frisco City Little River and Stockton to Bay Minette for an all gravel road. Pavement work from Bay Minette to Stapleton to start in about ten days. Completion expected in sixty to ninety days.
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Evergreen
Frisco City
Little River
Stockton
Bay Minette
News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
Ala
Highway Commission
Mobile
Castleberry-Brewton
Atmore- Perdido
Atmore-Perdido
Castleberry
Brewton
R. D. Jordan
Stapleton
Jordan
Lawn party to aid St. Margaret School at Bayou la Barre
St. Margaret church hosts a lawn festival at Bayou la Barre this afternoon and evening from 4 o'clock to raise funds for St. Margaret School. Rev. Michael B. Daly invites the general public to enjoy seafood and refreshments.
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St. Margaret's Church
St. Margaret School
Bayou la Barre
Michael B. Daly
Alabama Potato Market Shows Strong Demand Amid Higher Shipments
On May 19 1931 Alabama potato shipments rose to 149 cars while US totals fell to 624 cars down over 200 from Saturday. Florida led declines with 137 fewer cars. Texas down 25. Prices mostly at 1.10 per cwt for Triumph Bliss U S No 1 as operators push volume to meet trade demand.
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Alabama
United States
Florida
Texas
Triumph Bliss
U. S. No
Louisiana
Weather Outlook Thundershowers Bring Cooler Conditions
Local forecast shows thundershowers Tuesday night and Wednesday. Cooler air moves in from the west, with cloudy skies and scattered storms in eastern and southern portions. Interior regions remain cooler.
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Mississi
River Forecasts Show Changes on Alabama Rivers
Weather bulletin notes the Black Warrior river rising while the Tombigbee remains nearly steady tonight. For the Alabama river area, Selma is mentioned with atoll-like changes in the forecast.
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Alabama
Atoll
Selma
General Robert H. Dunlap Buried Under Collapsing Wall
U S General Robert H. Dunlap of the Marine Corps is buried beneath debris after a wall collapse at Chateau de la Fariniere near Tours France. Rescue teams rush to reach him but early reports say prospects of survival are slim as heavy rains undermined the structure. The Dunlaps were en route to the tower when the accident occurred at the Loire valley property serving as a boarding house for the general and his wife.
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Associated Press
Tours
France
Robert H. Dunlap
Chateau de la Fariniere
Cingmars Fa
General Dunlap
French War College
Dunlaps
Chauteau Fariniere
Old age pension bill proposed by Mobile representative
Representative George O. Sossaman of Mobile said he will introduce an old age pension bill for persons 65 and over not self supporting. The plan mirrors Minnesota law and would pay $1 a day from public funds. It would require 15 years continuous Alabama residence and grants a $3,000 homestead exemption.
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Montgomery
Ala
George O. Sossaman
Mobile
Sossaman
Minnesota
Union
American Legion Post 3 Meets Tuesday for Important Business
Lamar Y. McLeod Post No. 3 urges full attendance at its meeting in club rooms 1071-2 South Royal Street Tuesday night. Commander Chris Bailey says session starts promptly at 7:45 with important business on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar Y. McLeod Post No. 3
The
American Legion
South Royal Street
Chris Bailey
Trio Accused in Slaying of U S Marshal
In Booneville Mississippi United States Marshal Ray Lignon says murder warrants will be sworn out today against three men in custody for the slaying of Deputy Marshal Clyde Rivers. Federal officers identify three others from the arrest party and two more leaders linked to the Eaton gang remain at large. Rivers was killed after a confrontation with a group believed led by Roney Eaton. 45 people have been arrested in the roundup with several released after questioning.
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Booneville
Miss
United States
Ray Lignon
Clyde Rivers
Rivers
Lignon
Dell Eaton
Ernest Liddle
Tobe Morgan
Dry Creek
Roney Eaton
Eaton
Prentiss County
Tness
Earl Womack
Distinguished Georgia man fights extradition to New Jersey swindle case
A man identified by police as Telamon Cruger Smith Cuyler of Georgia planned to fight extradition to New Jersey where he is charged with a $250000 metal trades swindle. Several attorneys conferred with the prisoner at the Tombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Telamon Cruger Smith Cuyler
Georgia
New Jersey
Young Bride Near Death After Poison Fight
Margaret Hardy 16 attempted suicide by poison in Montgomery Alabama confessing love for William Crittenden 18. She was given two days to live but survived to marry him days after the deadline.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
William R. Crittenden
William Crittenden
Margaret Hardy
Mar
Mobile senator seeks paving and seawall highway plan
Senator John Craft proposes a paved state highway paralleling a Portersville seawall project from Bayou la Batre south along Cedar Point and along bayside routes to Rolston’s station and the Cedar Port road. The measure ties county paving to state takeover and uses 1923 gas tax proceeds for Mobile county costs amid House opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
Ala
John Craft
Mobile
Senate
Portersville Bay
Mobile County
Portersville
Bayou la Batre
Coden
Rolston's
Cedar
Alabama Port
Craft
George Sossaman
E. L. Grove
Cedar F Point
Alabama
Cedar Point
Bay
Grand Bay
Irvington
Bayou la Barre
Mobile Board of Revenue
Ex Convict Slain After Resistance in New Orleans
Fred Hellbach 32, described as a notorious character, was shot and killed by detectives Detective Robert Acomb and Detective Blaise Dominguez while resisting arrest in a deserted building after auto theft. He had been traced to the scene of the slaying of Douglas Acomb, cashier of the Daily States, brother of Detective Acomb, but was released.
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New Orleans
Fred Hellbach
Robert Acomb
Blaise Dominguez
Hellbach
Douglas Acomb
Daily States
Acomb
Annexation Fight Divides Chamber Industry Groups
The new industries committee of the Chamber of Commerce joins the manufacturers in opposing city annexation north of Three-Mile Creek. They warn that annexation would burden industrial taxes and hinder development of the area as an industrial center.
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New Industries Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Recordi
Manufacturers’ Committee
City of -Erritory
Three-Mile Creek
New Industries Group
Mississippiian Slain in Private Dispute Over Liquor Cache
Arthur Horn, 23, a farmer, was shot to death last night in a private dispute over a liquor cache. Leland Moreland and Mel Rummage were jailed. Initial reports linked it to the hunt for Deputy Marshal Clydé Rivers’ killers, but authorities said there is no connection beyond liquor making.
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Booneville
Miss
Arthur Horn
Farmer
Leland Moreland
Mel Rummage
Clydé@ Rivers
Wise
Boy Prisoner Pleads For Break In Court
Frank Howe 19 appeared as his own attorney in circuit court and cried as he asked for a break to prove he could go straight. The jury found him guilty of grand larceny with a recommendation for leniency. Judge Thornton ordered one year at hard labor. Howe described a lifetime of bad breaks dating to four pennies stolen in childhood.
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Frank Howe
Circuit Court
Young Howe
Reformatory
Solicitor Chamberlain
Howe
J. Blocker Thornton
Henry D. Lie
J Street
Ol ' Club
Bayou la Batre
Ollie Lartigue
Thornton
Texas
Florida
Mobile
Mobile bill would let city commission adjust tax disputes
Mobile representative W. C. Taylor announced a bill to grant the Mobile city commission final jurisdiction in disputes with property owners over tax assessments. He argued that depreciation can leave assessments higher than property values, and the measure would extend the commission’s powers to address these inequities.
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News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
Ala
W. C. Taylor
Mobile
Mobile City Commission
Taylor
Gasoline tax bill delayed as House defers final reading
Speaker Tunstall announced a substitute bill adding two cents gas tax would not be taken up Tuesday. House leaders deferred the administration measure to an unspecified date, with possible consideration Friday or next Tuesday. The delay keeps indefinite postponement from occurring.
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News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
Ala
Tunstall
Hartwell Seeks Street Tax Refund and Plea Vote
Mobile officials debate refund of the $5 street tax paid in 1930 for about 7 000 taxpayers. Hartwell accuses Mayor Schwarz of political motive in repealing the head tax and urges a temporary refund pending mayoral attendance and vote.
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Hartwell
Harry T. Hartwell
City Commission
Leon Schwarz
Bates
Long Gets 10 Years For Robbing Agent
Charlie Long alias Creep Easy pleads guilty to robbing Harvey Hughes a former federal prohibition agent. He was sentenced to ten years in state circuit court after an October 1929 attack in which the officer lost his pistol and $34. Long escaped from the county jail with other prisoners and was recaptured in Selma.
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Harvey Hughes
Charlie Long
Creep Easy
Ficer
Hughes
Long
Megro
Selma
Solicitor Chamberlain
J. Blocker Thornton
Florida
Body of Oscar Rollin Found in Mobile River
The body of Oscar Rollin a white man known for his camp on Cedar Road was found Tuesday in Mobile River near Canal Street. Police saw no sign of foul play and suspect accidental drowning. Roy Anderson discovered the body. detectives Ines and Bauer investigated. Rollin has relatives in Hammond Louisiana and Nashville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Reilin
Cedar Road
Rollin
Hammond
Nashville, Tenn
Two Men Fined for Drunkness and Resisting Arrest
In recorder's court Tuesday morning E K Campbell of 1008 Delaware and a Hall's Mill road resident were fined 15 dollars and costs on drunk charges and 10 dollars and costs on resisting arrest amid allegations of a fight. Officers Clark and Smith testified Campbell attempted to assault them with a hatchet, prompting them to draw their guns to detain him.
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E. K. Campbell
Delaware Street
Stafford
Hall’s Mill Road
Recorder’s Court
Clark
Smith
Campbell
Safe burglaries hit Turner Todd Motor and nearby sites
A pair of yeggs smashed two safes with a hammer at the Turner Todd Motor Company office on 455 St Louis Street early Tuesday morning and fled with about 500 dollars from cash and stamp boxes. The incident follows a Friday night safe robbery at Mobile Linen Supply Company and an earlier burglary nearby.
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Yeggs
Turner-Todd Motor Company
St. Louis Street
Mobile Linen Supply Company
St. Francis Street
Turner-Todd Company
Geggs
Delegates Named for State Convention by Confederate Camp
Members of the George E. Dixon Camp Sons of Confederate Veterans met at the Chamber of Commerce Monday night and elected Charles Marston Judge Claude A Grayson Dr F Hale W R Mouton and Thomas B Allman as delegates to the state convention in Montgomery on June 25 with authority to appoint alternates and sponsors for the Mobile camp.
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George E. Dixon Camp
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery
Charles Marston
Claude A. Grayson
F. Hale
W. R. Mouton
Thomas B. Allman
Mobile
Probe of Chicken Thefts Expected To Not Arrests
Police detectives expect early arrests in a Mobile theft ring that displaced 21 chickens from C Gibbons on Wolf Ridge road 40 from Wadco farm and entered Willi Gaston’s hen house at Whistler but escaped after Gaston opened fire. Detectives White and Pearson followed the case to an upper Dauphin Street produce house and recovered rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile City
C. Gibbons
Ing
Wolf Ridge
Wadco
Willi Gaston
Whistler
Gaston
White and Pearson
Dauphin Street
Plea Bargains Hit Rose Murphy Case In Florida Straits
Defendants James Fulford and Salvador Martinez pleaded guilty in federal court and will testify against Rose Murphy owner Captain John G Murphy as the trial opens. Prosecutors allege a conspiracy with Captain George Wonson and Roddy to sink the ship in November 1927, with Wonson and Roddy dead since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Fulford
Mobilian
Salvador Martinez
Rose Murphy
John G. Murphy
Murphy
Fulford
Martinez
George Wonson
Sd C
Roddy
Wonson
Fem
Coast Guard
Florida Straits
Mobile
Federal
Circuit Court
Tire vulcanizers recovered after arrest at Bayou and Congress
Police seized six sets of auto tires vulcanizers found early Tuesday with the arrest of a man at Bayou and Congress streets by Officers Tunstall and Durden. The Betbank Tire Company identified the property as belonging to a store room burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayou
Congress Streets
Tunstall and Durden
Betbank Tire Company
Tariff Hearing Set On Mobile to East Building Materials
The complaint by McPhillips Manufacturing Co of Mobile challenges freight rates on sash doors blinds and other building materials to eastern points. Examiners Bardwell and Maidens of the Interstate Commerce Commission will hear the case Wednesday at the federal building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPhillips Manufacturing Company
Mobile
Bardwell and
Maidens
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Building
Bates opposes public vote on Mobile tax measure
Commissioner Cecil F. Bates declares against submitting the ad valorem tax increase of four mills to a public referendum. He notes confusion after a conference proposed one amendment covering both 3.12 and 4 mill proposals and states his objections. Hartwell also prepared a statement to be recorded in commission minutes.
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Hartwell
Commission
Schwarz
Bates
Mobile
City Commission
Cecil F. Bates
Craft
Taylor
Sessaman
Kilborn
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Marine Corps
Chateau
Dunlap
Legion
Amarshal
Deputy Rivers
Mississippi
HOR
Seawall
Senator Craft
Barrier
Mobile Bay
Orleans
Bill
Spehker Tunstall
Hartwell and Bates
Oscar Rellin
Sons of Veterans
C. of C
Salvador Marstinez
Capt. Murphy
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