Jail Guard Payment Standoff Over Prison Security
Mobile County commissioners refused Sheriff Holcombe’s request to retain two guards at the county jail noting repairs completed and salaries to be cut. The sheriff argues the jail remains unsafe and will keep two guards with hopes salaries continue. The board, led by Commissioner Baumhauer, insisted on discontinuing guard salaries and referred a voter registration book expansion and a gasoline tax bill to a future meeting.
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William H. Holcombe
Board of Revenue
Charles Baumhauer
Edward Laurendine
Holcombe
Baumhauer
Matt Boykin
Robert E. Gordon
Mobile County League of Women Voters
League
W.C. Givhan
Dallas County
Visit Panama Canal Cuba Asheville Chicago Biloxi Tour
Travel piece invites readers to a vacation circuit exploring Panama Canal and Cuba beaches then Asheville known as the Land of the Sky, Chicago described as the Metropolis of the West, and Biloxi billed as the American Riviera with suggested itineraries and highlights.
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Asheville
The
Land of the Sky
Chicago
Vacation Contest Manager Contact R email
Readers are urged to contact The Register State News for details about a vacation contest. The item directs seeking entry by reaching the contest manager for information.
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Anager
The
Register
Fulford Testifies Mother's Plea Led To Confession
Fulford testified in federal court that his mother’s plea to tell the truth prompted a confession regarding the scuttling of the steamship Rose Murphy. He said Salvador Martinez Captain George Wonson and Orice Roddy helped Captain John G. Murphy in the plot, with Murphy paying for the work. He described a plan to detonate a hand made bomb on the Rose Murphy.
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James A. Fulford
Rose Murphy
Fulford
Salvador Martinez
George Wonson
Orice Roddy
John G. Murphy
Murphy
Mobile
Captain Murphy
Marines Purchase Shortstop Benton
The Mobile Marines acquire Sta ley Benton, shortstop from the Memphis Chicks, after a prior stint with Milwaukee. Benton, hitting .387 in 16 games for Memphis this season, will join the Marines immediately and likely debut Saturday. President Byrd Douglas confirmed the deal via a long distance call.
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Mobile
Staley Benton
Memphis Chicks
Associated Press
News-Iten
Memphis
Benton
Milwaukee
Marines
Byrd Douglas
Sterlin
Docks Board Bill Moves Through House Actions
A Dallas county representative pushes a docks commission reform to bar members from hired work and cap compensation after October 1 1931. Mobile representatives seek a constitutional amendment on city indebtedness limits and funds. Grove proposes Dog River Aquatic Game Preserve and curbs on duck hunting with a favorable committee report for Pinto Island land conveyance to local banks.
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Burns
Dallas County
State Docks Commission
Montgomery
Taylor
Mobile
Grove
Dog River
Mel Fmzier
Mobile Sportsman
Mobile County
Baldwin County
Game and Fish Committee
Judiciary Committee
Pinto Island
First National Bank
Old Peoples Bank of
Salary Cuts At Publix Corp Across Country
Premier Publix Corporation informs employees nationwide of salary reductions from five to 25 percent. The notice says the cuts are voluntary and effective until at least September 1, 1932, aiming to save from 0 to 3 million dollars annually.
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New York
Paramount-Publix Corporation
Man Found Guilty of Theft Runs for Liquor in Mississippi
Twelve circuit court jurors convict George B. White of bringing stolen chickens into Alabama from Mississippi. Judge J Blocker Thornton sentences six months in county jail, with an appeal bond filed. White testified he went to Mississippi to get liquor, claiming Mobile liquor is poor.
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Circuit Court
George B. White
Mississippi
J. Blocker Thornton
White
Bart Chamberlain
Alan
Dramatic Chase Ends With Shoplifting Arrest on Dauphin Street
Ruth Johnson of Prichard, described as a negra woman, eluded Reiss Mercantile employees Detectives Farmer and Connick and police, sprinting through Dauphin Street to St Michael Street Friday morning before Detective Palmer captured her. A complaint by Adolph Jacobs of Reiss Mercantile alleges theft of wearing apparel, with a silk garment recovered.
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Ruth Johnson
Prichard
Reiss Mercantile Company
Farmer and Connick
Dauphir Street
St. Michael Street
Palmer
Adolph Jacobs
Weather and river outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Local forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions Friday night and Saturday across the region. North Alabama may see thunder showers Friday night with cooler Saturday, while the east stays cooler. Mississippi records partly cloudy skies and cooler Friday night with Saturday fair. River levels show the Black Warrior and Tombigbee at Columbus to fall on Saturday, with the Tombigbee below Columbus rising. Alabama at Montgomery experiences irregular changes as river levels fall.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Columbus
Montgomery
Aerces
Cashier Killed in Memphis Train Incident
John Coniiors, 47, assistant cashier of North Memphis Savings Bank, was killed by a railway locomotive in Memphis. Police cited two witnesses who said he dove beneath the engine while bank officials began checking his accounts.
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Memphis, Tenn
John Coniiers
North Memphis Savings Bank
County Budget Fight Delays 61 000 Paving Payments
County Attorney Robert E. Gordon says a required legislative measure is missing to authorize paying 61 000 in excess road paving costs tied to a 5 million bond issue. He notes funds were reduced by bond discounts and that several contracts, including a Bayou la Barre sidewalk, were let without proper authority.
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Board of Revenue
Robert E. Gordon
Gordon
Matt Boykin
Bayou la Barre
Noonan Construction Company
Bay Boosters’ Club
Mrs Stock Dies Resident of Chi U Mobile Figure
Mrs Katherine Stock wife of Fred Stock longtime Chi U resident died Thursday afternoon at her home 447 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago Her son Milton Stock manager of the Mobile Marines was at her bedside He had been in Chicago over two weeks Funeral services will be from the family home and then from the Church of the Resurrection at 11 15 Saturday morning The Mobile game Saturday will pause briefly as players honor her memory
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Katherine Stock
Fred Stock
Chi- U
Milton Stock
Centi Street
Mobile Marines
Chicago
Manero Eliminated in Leeds Pro Golf Semi Final
In Leeds England on May 22 Tony Manero of Norwood Country Club New Jersey was eliminated from the $5,000 Leeds professional golf tournament in the semi final by British Ryder Cup player E R Whitcombe.
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Leeds
Eng
Tony Manero
Norwood Country Club
New Jersey
E. R. Whitcombe
Tax row over Feagin and highway post escalates in Alabama
In Montgomery, a tense Senate debate centered on Governor Miller's potential pick for the state highway director. The Hildreth resolution, demanding the governor name a permanent highway chief and disclose Feagin’s ties to the convict department, advanced to Tuesday. The measure probes expenditures, contracts, and profits between the two state agencies and seeks fiscal details from 1929 to May.
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Capitol Bureau
Montgomery
Senate
William F. Feagin
Board of Administration
Capitol
Miller
State Highway Department
Hildreth
Montevallo
Alabama College For Women
Highway Department
McDowell
Barbour
Edmundson
Jefferson
Fletcher
Madison
Bonner
Wilcox
Powell
Macon
McDaniel
Marengo
Teasley
Highway Commission
Feagin
Highway Sor
Ak Ad
Strident Winner From Cambridge Clinches British Amateur
Eric Smith, a little known Cambridge University golfer, won the British amateur golf championship at Westward Ho Devon, defeating John De Forest in the 36 hole final one up.
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Westward HO
Devon
Eng
Eric Smith
Cambridge University
John de Forest
Mobile County School Tot Injured Leaving Bus
Lillian Powell six, of Wilmer Alabama, was struck by a lumber truck driven by Ollie Howell as she left a school bus on Lott road near McCrary road. A reckless driving warrant was expected. Powell suffered a brain concussion and possible fracture and was taken to Dr. L L Lane in Wilmer. Her condition was described as critically injured.
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Lillian Powell
Lott Road
Ollie Howell
Wilmer
Ala
McCrary Road
Howell
Blanche
Norma Powell
L. L. Lane
Lane
Mobile policemen pay rise bill over governor veto
The Alabama House, by 57 to 17, overrode Governor Miller to boost Mobile police salaries. Tension flared as Reps Taylor and Sossaman clashed with Rep Grove, who supported the bill after backing Bates’ pledge on raises. Taylor accused Bates of funding his own raise and breaking the law. Grove defended his consistency.
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Taylor
Sossaman
Representative Grove
Alabama House
House
Miller
Mobile
W. ©. Taylor
George Sossaman
Edward Grove
John Craft
Senate
Cecil Bates
Grove
Bates
Measure to Abolish A P S Is Introduced
In Montgomery on May 22 Representative Edgar of Washington county introduced a bill to abolish the public service commission and create a state utility board of three members with term limits and lower salaries. The measure bars hiring former utility staff and caps re election.
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News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
Ala
Public Service Commission
Edgar
Washington County
Its
Taylor
Mobile
Guy of
Alabama
Former deputy district attorney held on murder charge
David H. Clark former deputy district attorney was held on a murder charge for the slayings of Herbert Spencer magazine editor and Charles Crawford wealthy politician shot to death in Crawford office. Clark surrendered to District Attorney Burton Fitts who said Clark identified by Crawford employees as the man in conference with victims before the fatal shooting. Police questioned Clark for over an hour before he was jailed. Fitts said no statement was given.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
David H. Clark
Herbert Spencer
Charles Crawford
Crawford
Clark
Burton Fitts
Fitts
Farrell Attacks Steel Wages at Industry Meeting
James A. Farrell of United States Steel denounced wage stabilization as a fool's paradise at a general American Iron and Steel Institute gathering. He claimed large firms fail to maintain standard wages, citing honeycombing and cutbacks as evidence. Page 7 continues.
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Associated Press
New
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Feliran Ot Abe
Steel Industry
Catalan election abstentions spark sovereignty debate
Five parties in Barcelona abstain from a Catalan assembly election to decide Catalonia's status within Spain. Provisional President Macia faces scrutiny as radicals consider similar action. Some call for a constituent parliament to settle sovereignty, fearing weak assembly ahead of decisions.
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Barcelona
Spain
Francisco Macia
Catalonia
Socialist Federationists
All Spain
Col. Macia
Mobile business data from 1929 census figures
Figures from the 1928 compiled census, published in the University of Alabama Business News and received by A D Spottswood of the Chamber of Commerce, show Mobile County ranking third for wage earners with 7 065 and second for wages paid at 7 179 235. It lists values for raw materials and products, horsepower, and total retail sales of 323 056 707 with per capita sales of 484 58.
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Mobile
Bureau of Census
University of Alabama Business News
A. D. Spottswood
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile County
United lowers New York to Kansas City air fares ten percent
The National Air Transport Division of United Air Lines announced a 10 percent fare cut for passengers traveling between New York and Kansas City. The reduction also applies to other western cities and takes effect in May.
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Chicago
National Air Transport Division
United Air Lines Today
New York
Kansas City
Funeral Rites for Marine Lt Raymond B Sullivan Jr Held Saturday
Funeral services for Lieutenant Raymond B Sullivan Jr of the marine corps killed May 19 in a Pensacola Florida air station crash will be held Saturday. He was a son of Lieutenant Colonel Sullivan, assistant and inspector at Parris Island South Carolina.
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Washington
Raymond B. Sullivan, Jr
Marine Corps
Pensacola, Fila
Sullivan
Marine
Mobile police pay bill passes over governor’s veto
In Alabama, the Mobile salary increase for policemen won approval in the House by 57 to 17 after lawmakers challenged Governor Miller’s objections to fixing a minimum wage. Representatives Taylor and Sossaman accused Commissioner Bates of breaking campaign pledges by voting for higher pay while raising his own.
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News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
Miller
House
W. ©. Taylor
George A Sossaman
J. Grove
Taylor
John Craft
Senate
Bates
Sossaman
Mobile
Grove
Potato Market Report From Mobile Alabama May 22 1931
Market notes show lighter Alabama potato shipments at loading plates due to rain. Texas and South Carolina shipments rose, while Florida and Louisiana declined. Total new potatoes traded fell to 40 cars, prices steady around 1.10 per 100 pound sacks for Bliss Triumph U S 1 No 1 carrots. Demand remains strong in Alabama with orders for more cars than loaded. Northern markets show moderate supplies and fairly good demand with steady prices.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Florida Louisana
Texas
South Carolina
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