Alabama Bankers Endorse Port Aid Measure at Mobile Session
Bankers from Alabama endorsed the port aid amendment during the Mobile three day convention. Sidney J. Bowie urged statewide support while H K Milner emphasized seaport development. The group adopted a resolution backing the amendment and pledged to aid its November passage. Officers and group chairs were elected and delegates celebrated with on board dancing.
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Bankers of
Alabama
Mobile
Sidney J. Bowie
H. K. Milner
State Harbor Commission
Bowie
Montgomery
Ala
Clyde Hendrix
Decatur
Adolph Hohenberg
Wetumpka
H. T. Bartlett
M. L. Robinson
Cullman
S. C. King
Ensley
Parkith
Greenville
W. D. Stapleen
Foley
Man Sent to Prison on Charge of Fraud
Harold Hanson, who claimed to be the son of wealthy Norwegian ship owner William Hanson, was convicted in recorder's court of false pretenses and sentenced to six months hard labor on the county road. Arthur Sirmon testified Hanson hired his taxi for sixteen hours and ran up a $47 bill while claiming to be a shipboard master. Solberg corroborated doubt about his claimed title. Two other defrauding taxi cases were not pursued by the state.
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Harold Hanson
William Hanson
Norway
Recorder’s ‘Court
County Road
Arthur Sirmon
Hanson
Shipping Board
Solberg
Ason
Government Street Loop Methodist Sunday School Program
Ground breaking set for Government Street Loop Methodist Sunday School on Mohawk Street with a special program Sunday afternoon. Addresses and a song service will mark the celebration. Sunday school day to be observed tomorrow with musical numbers and addresses.
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Government Street Loop
Methodist Sunny School
Mohawk Street
Methodist
Bna
Weather Pairings and Matchups Across Cities
A list of in league games with locations and conditions including Atlanta at Memphis Birmingham at Chattanooga Mobile at Little Rock New Orleans at Nashville and national and American section matchups Philadelphia at Cincinnati Boston at Chicago St Louis at New York Detroit at Philadelphia Chicago at Washington and other city pairings with mostly clear or cloudy skies and single digit to mid teens windless conditions.
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Southern
Atlanta
Memphis
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Mobile
Little Rock
New Orleans
Nashville
York
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
Chicago
St Louie
New York
Detroit
Washington
Orders Returned to Owner in Prohibition Trial Outcome
In a federal case Judge Robert T. Ervin ordered a 50 gallon copper still returned to Harry Durant after a not guilty verdict. Durant argued the still was used to steam lumber and the government offered no proof of illicit distilling. The trial featured juror recruitment from the street and a three week session ending with a civil case to follow.
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Robert T. Ervin
Prohibition
Harry Durant
Durant
Expert D Diver or Says Gets His Supply From River Bed
Ed Gorman a Mobile diver testified in a prohibition case about treasures allegedly found on the river bottom. He described diving to retrieve liquor discarded by ship crews to evade customs as he claimed Durant’s houseboat operation faced a still charge but was found not guilty.
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Ed Gorman
Mobile
Cuba
Gorman
Harry Durant
Durant
Health Board Deliberates Mohr Report On Mobile Dairies
The Mobile health board debates Dr Mohr report on local dairies with Dr Thames offering a minority view and calls to remove Mohr. Drs McCall and Thames fault sanitation and compliance, while the board ponders reporting to the Mobile County Medical Society at tonight’s meeting.
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Board of Health
Mobile
Mobile County Medical Society
Medical Society
Health Board
Mohr
Thames
Dr. Mohr
Cox Place Raided by Federal Agents Again
Federal prohibition agents raided the residence of James E. Cox at the southeast corner of Lipscomb and Royal streets after U S District Attorney Boyles moved to close the site by injunction. A bottle of shinny was found in Coxs Pocket and a bond forfeiture alias capias was issued following his failure to appear for a prohibition trial.
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James E. Cox
Lipscomb and
Royal Streets
United States
Boyles
Prohibition
Cox
Capias
Move to shut Shreveport house under federal injunction
Federal authorities filed a petition for a writ of injunction to close the house of Sarah Wilson known as Shreveport Sarah at 305 North Dearborn Street after raids found liquor. Edward Grant named a defendant as owner. previous raids and arrests kept the place active.
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Sarah Wilson
Shreveport
Sarah
North Dearborn Street
Aubrey Boyles
Boyles
Dearborn Street
Edward Grant
Wilson
League of Women Voters
Bart B. Chamberlain
Florida real estate operator found dead from fractured skull
W W Rn Black a prominent South Florida real estate operator was found dead in the back yard of his Tampa home from a fractured skull. Police suspect foul play as a screen lay across the yard though the cause may have been a fall from a second story window. Black was alone. his wife was in Atlanta for their son's operation. His son George Ray Black was away in St. Petersburg on business. Mrs Black later telegraphed she had an accident in Atlanta with a broken arm and asked him to come, when his body was discovered.
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Tampa
Fla
Rn Black
South Florida
Black
Atlanta
George Ray Black
St. Petersburg
Whiskey financiers slated for attack
Moon shine financiers are sought by city law enforcement in the South for illicit stills. In Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky officials say moneyed men pay moon shiners regular wages and escape jail as first offenders or receive five dollars a day in prison to protect backers. Authorities aim to round up the men behind the scenes.
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Washington
Prohibition
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
N. Y
Brotherhood Votes $10 000 for Relief in Textiles Strike
The International Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen voted 10000 for relief of about 70000 textile workers on strike in the New England states. The action was announced from Houston on May 20 by the Associated Press.
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Houston
Tex
Associated Press
International Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
New England
Glenn Plumb In Serious Condition After Leg Amputation
Glenn E. Plumb author of the Plumb plan for railroad control is in serious condition at Georgetown hospital after his left leg was amputated. He had been ill for some time.
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Washington
Glenn E. Plumb
Plumb
Georgetown Hospital
Weather outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Weather forecast from Washington on May 20 notes Alabama will be fair tonight with Sunday partly cloudy and likely unsettled inland. Mississippi will be partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with possible local thunder showers in the far north.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Administration Opposed Independence for Philippines
The Harding administration opposes Philippine independence. Secretary of War Weeks says the US will not accept responsibility without power and that President Harding also opposes granting independence, doom ing the Philippine mission’s push for independence next month.
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Washington
Harding
Philippine Islands
Philippine Mission
United States
War Weeks
Philippines
Pershing Leads Mecklenburg Anniversary Parade
In Charlotte North Carolina Gen Pershing and leaders including Governor Morrison General Julian Carr and Hanford MacNider joined a procession recalling the Mecklenburg declaration of independence. A three mile parade through city streets ended with brief addresses at Independence Park before thousands of spectators.
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Charlotte
N.C
Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg
Southern Manufacture Club
Gen. Persh
Cheer
North Carolina
Independence Park
Gen. Pershing
Mr. MacNider
Bankers’ arrest in Cuban bank collapse case shocks Havana
Herman Upmann is held on bail of 10 000 cash and 1 000 000 in securities linked to his failed bank. His brother Albert is released. At a preliminary hearing Upmann denies spending over 1 000 000 in Washington to recover seized property. He cites 240 000 for lawyers and expenses. A liquidation board must audit the bank’s books.
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Havanna
Herman Upman
Albert
Hermann Upmann
Washington
Inquiry Opens In Attempt To Slay Actress
Los Angeles May 20 Investigation of the alleged attempt on Bebe Daniels life continued with a mental examination of Charles Caprice found at the actress home. Caprice claimed he was sent to kill Daniels by a dope ring that had leverage over him. Officials considered him mentally unbalanced or a drug victim as doctors evaluated him.
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Los Angeles
Bebe Daniels
Charles Caprice
Miss Daniels
Caprice
Tick Eradication Funds To Be Decided By Mobile County Board
Mobile county board of revenue and road commissioners meets Monday to consider tick eradication appropriations. They will likely consult C A Cary president of the livestock board who travels to Mobile for the session. A Supreme Court ruling requires the county commission to fund the work after previous stoppage and funding was deemed unlawful.
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Mobile County
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
C. A. Cary
Livestock Board
Mobile
Supreme Court
County Commission
Rise of Elk River Sparks Local Flood Alarm
The Elk river near Fernie rises rapidly in thaw, fueling fear of a repeat of June 1916 floods. Torrents from mountain streams threaten the area as Nicolai reports flood damage reaching $20,000.
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Montreal
Elk River
Fernie
Nicolai
Harding to deliver aid plan to railroad industry
President Harding will host top railroad executives at the White House to seek voluntary rate reductions to revive business, following a prior steelmakers conference that aimed to abolish the 12 hour day. Officials note the Interstate Commerce Commission study supports some cuts but not as far as hoped.
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Washington
Pres. Harding
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
A. H. Smith
New York Central
Hale Holden
Burlington
Fairfax Harrison
Southern
Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific
Henry Ford
Hunt for Davisboro Negro Is Continued
In Davisboro Georgia May 20 officers renewed the search for John Henry Tarver a Negro linked to the brutal slaying of Mrs Elizabeth Kitchens a mail carrier. Charles Atkins a Negro youth was burned by a mob for Kitchens death. Sim Atkins and his family were moved to Macon for safekeeping amid reports of a plot at Atkins home.
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Davisboro
John Henry Tarver
Elizabeth Kitchens
Charles Atkins
Tarver
Atkins
Macon
Search for Ballinger and Blanche Foster Deepens
A nationwide police and Salvation Army search targets Captain E. E. Ballinger and Blanche Foster 16, who vanished after letters hinting at departure on May 13. Foster’s mother, Mrs Roy E. Foster, filed an abduction warrant against Ballinger as investigators probe the case.
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Clean
N. Y
Salvation Army
E. E. Ballinger
Blanche Foster
Calrin Ballinger
Roy E. Foster
Balinger
Youth Will Marry Girl He Wounded
Vincent Li cardi, 20, secured bail in Market court to marry Margaret Polanti, 18, whom he shot on May 8 after she spurned his suit. He then turned the revolver on himself. Both are recovering and the marriage is planned in a few days.
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New York
Vincent Licardi
Margaret Polanti
Miss Polanti
Licardi
Delegates See Beginning Of Understanding At Genoa
British French and Belgian socialists plan demonstrations at The Hague during the Russia conference opening in June as Genoa ends. Delegates depart with belief that Genoa fostered better European understanding despite unsettled Polish Russian and Baltic issues and bolshevik concerns. No US participation yet discussed.
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London
Genoa
Hague
Russia
Brussels
Louis Barthou
France
United States
Economic Commission
Europe
Genoa Conference Yields Two Alliances Says Marcellay
Paris May 20 Marcellay writing in the Petit Journal declares the Genoa conference produced two alliances one German Russian and the other Anglo Italian.
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Paris
Marcellay
Petittt Journal
Genoa
Valentino Bigamy Probe Hinges on Mexico Witnesses
Los Angeles May 20 Prosecution of Rudolph Valentino for alleged bigamy hinges on evidence from Mexico border towns. Deputy DA McClelland says witnesses could show if Valentino and Winifred Hudnot lived as husband and wife in California. He awaits fuller information as agents report telegrams from Indio Calexico and other towns.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Rudolph Valentino
Winifred Hudnot
Mexico
McClelland
Atorney
Valentino
California
Proposed Merger of Independent Steels Dropped
New York May 20 Abandonment of the proposed merger of independent steel firms followed the withdrawal of Youngstown Sheet and Tube from the six company combine J A Campbell president of Youngstown had been agreed as chairman of the board and executive committee Executives of the remaining five firms Midvale Republic Tube of America Inland Steel Steel and Tube of America and Brierhill Steel would confer with Chadbourne Kuhn Loeb bankers to decide next steps
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New York
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
J. A. Campbell
Youngstown
Midvale Steel and Ordnance
Republic Tron and Steel
Inland Steel, Steel and Tube of America
Brierhil Steel
Chadbourne
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Ireland Forms Broad Coalition as De Valera and Coogan Reach Accord
In Dublin on May 20 a peace and coalition agreement was announced by Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera. The accord creates a national coalition cabinet with nine ministerial posts shared by both sides and sets elections for the third Dail in June, aiming to unfold a united government amid talks with labor leaders. The plan, to be submitted for ratification, is reported to include a June 16 general election and a sustaining peace framework for southern Ireland.
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Dublin
Ireland
Michael Head
Free
Eamonn de Vilera
Republicans
Dail
T Ay
Michael Co
Eamon de Valera
de Va
the Eireann
Dail Eireann
National Execu
Ister of Defense
Ters
Net
de Valeras
Soa
Gene
Labor
South of
Michael
Edison to testify before Senate on Muscle Shoals project
Edison agreed to appear before the Senate Agriculture Committee to discuss proposals for Muscle Shoals power and nitrate projects. Senator Norris invited him, but the center was in Washington, and Edison’s testimony was arranged with the committee chair for a noon hearing.
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Washington
Thomas A. Edison
Senate Agricultural Mittee
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Edison
Norris
Nebraska
Adareme
Eoh
Boys Struck by Train Near Athens Leave One Dead
In Athens Georgia J C ler nine died and his 12 year old brother Arthur is in critical condition after being struck by a passenger train late yesterday. Witnesses say the brothers stepped onto the tracks from a siding to avoid a freight train and did not follow their mother's directions.
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Athens
J. C.ler
Arthur
Gordon Urged to Hasten War Graft Probe
Washington May 20 Attorney Gordon was instructed by Attorney General Daugherty to expedite forming a grand jury to hear war graft evidence in the District of Columbia. The Justice Department plans to add 100 highly trained lawyers to focus exclusively on such cases.
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Washington
Gordon
Daugherty
Columbia
Department of Justice
Pla
Justice
Wilmington Klan Initiates Class Amid Fire and Flag Display
In Wilmington Delaware a Ku Klux Klan initiation took place tonight with 35 candidates welcomed using a Bible and flag. A witness said about 200 men attended the meeting held in a secluded Elim location near the city, with many coming from Dover and other areas.
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Wilmington
Del
Chah Dover
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Pershing
Hanford Caider
Doligit Aid For
Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
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