Power Co Ordered to Remove Poles Infringing Cedar Point Right of Way
Alabama Power Company must remove transmission line poles that encroached on the Cedar Point road right of way. The state board noted the company erected about 50 poles over two miles without county revenue board permission. Officials said permits should be issued per case, not blanket approval, and work may resume once the county determines the right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Power Company
Cedar Point Road
County Revenue Boards
C. L. Strange
T. K. Jackson
Board of Revenue
Warakeener
Albert S. Towle
Johnsons Fight Over Flowers Ends In Court
In Chicago on May 21 James Barrett Johnson’s habit of sending flowers after divorce led Mrs. Johnson to seek an injunction banning floral gifts and rides on her streetcar. Johnson argues constitutional rights permit men to send flowers to wives. The case moves to dissolve the injunction, described as contrary to public policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Barrett
Johnson
Searchlight on Carol Campaigning
North Carolina has been organized by congressional districts to back Gov. Alfred E. Smith for the Democratic presidential nomination. The senate campaign funds committee was informed that there is no single manager in the state, only a large volunteer army. A opposing group supports Judge Hull and Representative Cordell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
John B. Dawson
Kinston
Smith
Dawson
Judge Hull
Cordell
Three Owen Daughters Die in New Albany Fire
In New Albany Mississippi on May 22 three daughters of former state senator S F Owen perished in a house fire that destroyed the residence. The parents escaped as the roof collapsed. Dorothy 18 Elizabeth 16 and Helen 8 were upstairs while Mr and Mrs Owen were downstairs. Origin of the blaze remains unknown. Neighbor William Carnell reported the discovery of the fire.
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New Albany
Miss
S. F. Owen
Owen
Mra. Owen
Dh&rothy
Elizabeth
Helen
William Carnell
Secret of Flight By Convict Bared As Daughter Dies
A Honolulu arrest follows an airplane crash that killed a 12 year old girl, exposing convict Deason alias Starr. He had fled from a state prison where he served five years for embezzlement and vanished until news of his daughter's death surfaced. Requisition papers were prepared for his return to Oklahoma.
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Co. M. Deason
Honolulu
Deason
Ae ‘Starr
Epunhare
Anh
Oklahoma
Government Demurrers Upheld In Quash Petition Case
District of Columbia court upholds government demurrers in petition to quash. court notes no defendant answered questions and case moves forward.
Pursuers Foiled by Slippery Roads In Liquor Car Chase
Motorcycle officers Fisher and Stout pursued a liquor car four miles along Cottage Hill road at 2 this morning but after firing several shots had to give up due to slick roads. They recovered two empty liquor kegs from the vehicle at the police station. The car, driven by two white men, was flushed at Dauphin and Fulton streets and fled east on Dauphin to McPhillips, Parker, and Lafayette, then into Government and Cottage Hill road where the kegs were discarded.
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Fisher and
Stout
Cottage Hill Road
Fisher
Dauphin
Fulton
Dauphin Street
McPhillips Avenue
Parker
Lafayette
Lafayette Street
Government
John Hurt III Case Continued In Circuit Court
John A. Hurt once a prominent local financier faced forgery and embezzlement charges in circuit court. The case was reset to Friday as a Little Rock physician's certificate of illness was submitted. A nurse’s letter from the Army and Navy hospital in Little Rock says Hurt is a patient and ill. Emile Walker pleaded guilty to transporting 15 gallons of liquor and received a sentence of one year and one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Hurt
Citronelle Plans Big Outdoor Event With Baseball Race Show
The Citronelle Baseball Club plans an outdoor celebration on Thursday featuring a Citronelle versus Lucedale baseball game. Also on the program are horse and mule races and a Hattiesburg aviator will perform plane stunts. The day ends with a large evening dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citronelle
Lucedale
Hattiesburg
Weather Brief for Alabama and Mississippi Regions
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday in Alabama with possible local thunder showers in the south and light westerly to northwesterly winds. In Mississippi, partly cloudy with local thundershowers this afternoon, then fair Tuesday, with generally west to northwest winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mississippi
Local business groups convene under Chamber call
General meetings of Mobile retailers and automotive trade members are set for tomorrow morning at the Chamber of Commerce. G C Outlaw, president of the local commercial organization, urges a joint session to outline programs for the coming year and gather member views for committees and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
G. C. Outlaw
Outlaw
Municipal airport near Cedar Point road readies for air mail
A St. Tammany Gulf Coast Airways official tours the Cedar Point road field after a May 1 start at the Ann street field. Officials including City Commissioner Bates and Chamber of Commerce members inspect the new airfield, noting good drainage and plans to roll the surface with a 1000 pound roller. An official report to headquarters is awaited.
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Cedar Point Road
St. Tammany-Gulf Coast Airways, Inc
New Orleans
Atlanta
Region Field
Ann Street
Grima
Airways Company
Bates
Post Office
Chamber of Commerce
Cecil F. Bates
John R. Peavy
Demony Spotswood
Knapp Goes On Trial Again In Albany Larceny Case
Mrs. Florence E. S. Knapp the first woman elected to statewide office in New York goes on trial for a second time for alleged 1925 state funds larceny. Jury selection began as court opened following a prior hung jury.
Police hunt for assailant of Delatos Nicholas storekeeper
An unidentified white man attacked Delatos Nicholas, a fruit shopkeeper at 351 North Royal Street, injuring him and forcing a hospital visit. Detectives Bernstein and Untreiner reported the assault occurred at about 5 PM after a dispute over a bag of peanuts.
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Delatos Nicholas
North Royal Street
Nicholas
Bernstein
Untreiner
City Hospital
Fish Poles Reveal Theft in Chicago Suburb
In Lawndale Chicago a man named Joseph Novak was stopped with a fishing pole line hooks and no bait. Police found items that once belonged to others and Novak admitted fishing twice a week. The value of the catch is estimated around 15000 dollars and he was held.
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Chicago
Lawndale
Joseph Novak
Novak
Fines imposed in recorder court on prohibition violations
Henry Joseph and Henry Thomas were fined 100 dollars with 90 days costs for violating the prohibition law. Ruby White, Molly Liner, and Caroline Thomas each faced 50 dollars or 50 days. Sam Smith received 25 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct aboard a Louisville and Nashville excursion train. Emile Bell was fined 25 dollars and costs or 25 days for reckless driving. Officers arrived promptly to prevent further trouble.
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Henry Joseph
Henry Thomas
Recorder’s Court
Ruby White
Molly Liner
Caroline Thomas
Sam Smith
St. Medar Street
Louisville
Emile Bell
Lynching of Negro Man in Shelby County Courthouse Yard
A mob abducted and lynched Buddy Evins, a Black man charged with murder in a May 12 attack on John Wheeler in Canton. Evins was hanged at about 7 30 a m from the same oak limb used five years earlier for another lynching near the courthouse. Authorities reported the mob took him from two officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center
Shelby County
Texas
Buddy” Evins
Evins
John Wheeler
Canton
Negro caught burglary pleads guilty in hall’s mill crime
Clemmons Williams, a named individual, confessed to burglarizing the Detremopolus dairy residence on Hall's Mill road in inferior criminal court. He entered a guilty plea, with bond set at $1,000 and the case to be reviewed by the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemmons Williams
Detremopolus Dairy
Hall's Mill Road
Decision Upheld On Ship Collision In Gulf Waters
Judge Robert T. Ervin ruled the Norwegian steam Dea at fault in the Gulfport collision with Mobile schooner Copperfield. The U S circuit court of appeals in New Orleans upheld the finding and the Dea must pay 6500. Copperfield owner Captain Walter Wright ton is Mobile and Alex Howard represents Copperfield. Attorneys Rickardy and Coley defended the Dea and a question on attaching funds was decided in Copperfield’s favor.
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Robert T. Ervin
Federal Court
Mobile
Dea
Copperfield
Gulf
Gulfport
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
the Dea
Alex Howard
Mobile Admiralty
Walter Wrightton
Rickardy and Coley
New York
Beer Seizure Tells Of Prohibition Visit To House
F. L. Weinberg of Canal street near Royal street arraigned before inferior criminal court on prohibition charges. Officers allege 191 bottles of beer found in his possession and case continued to May 24. Other detainees include Thompson tied to whiskey in a car and L. Conroy with Willie Welch docketed at the county jail on prohibition violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Weinberg
Canal Street
Royal Sreet
Rufus Cannon
Barber and
Armistead
Weinberg
Thompson
L. Conroy
Willie Welchma
Atheist Leader Fined in New York Lettercase
Charles Lee Smith, president of the Association for the Advancement of Atheism, was fined 100 dollars for sending annoying letters and pamphlets to Dr. John Roach Stratton, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church. He chose to pay under protest and said an appeal would follow.
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New York
Charles Lee Smith
Association For the Advancement of Atheism
John Roach Stratton
Calvary Baptist Church
Smith
Strat
Government moves to settle WWI era claims under act
The department of justice provides legal machinery to protect government interests under the settlement of war claims act. It covers payments to citizens of Germany Austria and Hungary for seizure of property during the war, mainly ships, plus patents and other sources. The act sets a $100 million limit for settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Justice
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Dupont Board Declares Extra Dividend on Common Stock
Wilmington Del May 20 Directors of E I DuPont de Nemours and Company declared an extra dividend of one half a share on the common stock plus an additional extra dividend of two dollars per share on the quarterly dividend of two dollars and fifty cents per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dupont de Nemours & Company
Wilmington
Del
E. I. Dupont de Nemours & Company
Socialist Candidate for Presidency Drowns in Rescue Attempt
Bend Oregon May 21 Frank Tr Johns of Portland Socialist candidate for president died in a fruitless attempt to rescue a 12 year old boy from a drowning incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bend
Oregon
Frank Tr. Johns
Portland
Expert to Visit Radio Plants in Gulf District
A. P. Arlington, radio electrician for the gulf unit of the coast guard, departs Mobile today for an inspection tour of radio stations at Pascagoula Biloxi Grand Isle La and New Orleans. He will be away several days.
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Gulf District
A. P. Arlington
Gulf Unit
Coast Guard
Mobile
Pascagoula
Biloxi
Grand Isle
Orleans
60 Dead in Blast Torn Eastern Mine
Mather Pennsylvania May 21 The known death toll in the Mather mine disaster rose to 60 as rescue workers pulled 14 more bodies from the explosion swept workings. About 100 miners remain entombed with little hope of survival as rescuers labor amid heavy roof falls and afterdamp.
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Mather
Butt 15
West Virginia
Frank Armstrong
The
Coast Guardsmen arraigned in Han son case at Lewiston
Glenn Jennings and Chris Dew, United States coast guardsmen, were arraigned today before a peace justice at Lewiston on charges of assault connected to the May 6 shooting of Jacob D. Hanson, Elks lodge secretary. They waived examination and were held for the grand jury. County Judge William A. Gold at Lockport planned to set bail later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Glenn Jennings
Chris Dew
United States Coast
Monument to Unknown Soldier in Budapest
In Budapest on May 21 ceremonies marked dedication of a marble and bronze monument honoring the Unknown Soldier. Attendees included archduchesses of the old imperial court, military veterans, and officials, giving a royalist tone to the event. The sculpture features a Hungarian soldier with a lion at rest as a symbol of courage.
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Budapest
Hungary
Tela
Imperial Court
Commander Kenworthy Pushes For English Oars In Fleet
London May 22 Commander Kenworthy MP challenged W C Bridgeman in the house of commons over naval oars. He argued that Britain should not rely on American oars and asked where they were supplied in the American war. He noted Lord Nelson’s era as a reminder that English oars were preferable.
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London
England
Kenworthy
United States
Admiralty
W. C. Bridgeman
House of Commons
Fate Smiles on Hammond Couple After Train Collision
John Yankes and his wife of Indiana Harbor narrowly escape death when their stalled auto on Michigan Central tracks is struck by a fast train. The vehicle is dragged 500 feet onto the tender and over an embankment before collapsing. both emerge with only minor bruises.
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Hammond
Ind
Michigan Central
John Yankes
Indiana Harbor
Yankees
Taken to Kilby for execution of Robert Shelton
Robert Shelton, a Black longshoreman, was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Camp Kilby on June 15 for a serious incident involving his wife who was to be taken to the passing house this afternoon. Sheriff Pat Byrne had custody. Shelton, enraged by his wife’s refusal to give him money, attacked her with a club and attempted to shoot his son.
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Robert Shelton
Camp Kilby
Pat Byrne
Shelton
Stillmans Happy Stillman Hunts Home Near Harvard Medical
Stillman family news from Boston reports Mrs. James A Stillman Jr househunting for a home near Harvard Medical School so Bud can lunch at home. She plans to keep house without a maid. Bob, a Princeton graduate, married Lena Wilson ten months ago and will enter Harvard medical school in the fall with his bride.
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Boston
James A. Stillman, Jr
Harvard Medical School
Bud
DEFER OIL TRIAL IN TEAPOT DOME CASE
The Robert W. Stewart trial on charges of refusing to answer questions before the senate Teapot Dome committee was postponed from today to a date to be announced. Justice Siddons is expected to rule in the District of Columbia Supreme Court on the government's demurrer to Stewart's plea to bar the indictment.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Senate
Siddons
Stewart
Robert W. Stewart
Sugar rate change postponed to August 10 in southeast
The date for the new sugar rates in the southeast has been postponed to August 10. The delay was announced to the Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic department and attributed to a postponement by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Interstate.Commerce. Commissign
New York Bars Parade as Curbs on Riot Emerge
Police Commissioner Warren denied the Citizens’ Association Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and Empire State Rangers, Inc. permits while 25 other parade groups in Queens and Brooklyn were approved. A 2,500 word Klan statement blamed Mayor Walker’s police orders for last year’s riot and vowed legal action to defend the parade right.
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Warren
Citizens’ Association
Emmet D. Smith Klan
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Empire State Rangers, Inc
Hempstead
Queens
Bughs
Jamaica
Walker
Smith
Quakes Level Cajamarca Villages in Peru
Earthquakes in the Cajamarca department of Peru destroyed entire native villages and caused numerous deaths. Reports say Jaen near the Ecuador border was destroyed and Pimpincos was razed with at least 25 known dead as telegraph lines returned fragmentary updates to the government.
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Lima
Peru
Cajamarca
Jaen
Ecuador
Pimpincos
Relief planes lift off from Pictou after Bremen disaster
May 21 report says the Bremen is gravely damaged after a faulty take-off and cannot complete the flight to New York. Two Army amphibians planned to escort the transatlantic vessel to the United States but started for home at 10 am ED time without announcing a first stop.
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Pictou
New York
United States
Icc Balks Los Angeles Union Terminal Plan
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled it lacked power to compel railroads to build a union passenger terminal in Los Angeles at Plaza site, refusing to order construction by the railroads serving the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Los Angeles
Plaza
Divorce sought in Newport amid romance claims
A preliminary divorce case filed in Newport centers on a romance involving Nam e Oakland and Sertaie, with allegations of a relationship affecting family life. The woman is described as living in New York.
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Newport
Oakland
New York
Sculptor dies at 68 who crafted many memorials
Sir George, a prominent sculptor and former president of the Society of British Sculptors, died today at age 68. He designed or contributed to the Cavell Memorial in London, the Victoria Memorial Hall in Calcutta, the Victoria Memorial statue of Queen Victoria, the statuary at Government House in New Delhi, the statue of King George V for the Guildhall lions and other works including numerous medals. The obituary notes his role in royal and public memorials across Britain and the empire.
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Tor
London
Sir George
Ya Society of British
Queen Victoria
Queen Mary
Victoria Memorial Hall
Calcutta
Government House
Dalhi
Rait Aoa
Ki George An Ee Ee
Guildhall
Take-Off Delayed for Van Lear Black Flight in Khartum
May 21 report from Khartum notes Van Lear Black Baltimore publisher delayed due to engine trouble on a 40,000 mile air tour. Coast Guard cutters Mojave and Modoc relieved on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland, Modoc winning the annual ice patrol classic by four lengths in ten-oared boats.
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Khartum
Egypt
van Lear Black
Baltimore
Ae Alake
Bale
San
MODOC
Rhe Modic
Uni States Coast Guard
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Recorder
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Athiest
Boy
C. G
Ired
U. S
Fate
Kilby
Stillmans Happy
Mrs. Stillman
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William H. Vanderbilt
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Freedom
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