Ten Years For Man Posing As Irving Berlin
Jack Tannenbaum was sentenced to ten years in Atlanta federal prison and fined $1000 after pleading guilty to forging a signature on a $50 Liberty bond and attempting to pass money in Mobile. He had posed as Irving Berlin for days, deceiving locals and even his so called secretary.
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Jack Tannenbaum
Mobile
Irving Berlin
Atlanta
Robert T. Ervin
District Federal Court
Tannenbaum
Department of Justice
Alex.d.pitts
Benjamin Spector
Berlin
New Orleans
Construction work begins on Mobile port fuel tanks
The United States Shipping Board plans two government upgrades on Blakeley Island to support fuel oil tanks and a coal terminal. About 200 men will work over several months, with J W Gilbert as contractor and Hi Sneed supervising for the government. Major Earl North says 100 workers will be employed for the coal terminal, with contracts awarded to A Bentley and San Voledo for machinery installation. Building activity rises in May as locals add homes and a new American Dye Wood Products facility is planned. In Dublin, Ireland, violence erupts with a massive blaze at the customs house. casualties and damage run high as British troops move in.
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Theed States Shipping-Board
Mobile
Blakeley Island
J. W. Gilbert
Mr. Gilbert
New Orleans
Washington
Earl North
Ampton ‘Reynolds
A. Bentley
San Voledo
Major North
Tight Smith
Whistler
Prichard
Chickasaw
Crichton
West Mobile
Oakdale
Dublin
Sinn
Custom House
Dior
Tennessee Surgeons Pick Chattanooga for 1922 Meeting
The Association of Surgeons of the Southern Railway System selected Chattanooga Tennessee as the site for its 1922 annual meeting with plans to set a definite date. Officers will be chosen in the afternoon and an effort made to recruit more members before the session. Dr E Denegre Martin of New Orleans spoke on fractures and predicted fewer operations for Petelia fractures soon.
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Association of Surgeons of the Southern Railway System
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
E. Denegre Martin
New Orleans
Martin
Association
Bay Shore ‘Road
Allies demand Poland seal Silesian frontier
Paris May 25. Allies told the Polish government to close its Silesian frontier as Germany has done. The allied council of ambassadors also denied Berlin's request to reclaim anti-tank guns left in Upper Silesia.
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Paris
Warsaw
Allied Council of Ambassadors
Germany
Poland
Berlin
Upper Silesia
Unionists Leading Erin Election Amid Fraud Claims
Belfast reports indicate unionist candidates appear ahead in the Ulster parliament race as preparations for a northern government with Sir James Craig as premier proceed. Fraud charges surface with alleged voting by dead individuals and repeated ballots, while overall turnout runs high across six counties.
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Belfast
Sinn Fein
James Craig
Jurors Drawn for Circuit Court Week of May Thirty
Jurors for service in the circuit court during the week of May 30 were drawn today. The list includes George S. Goodbrad Walter B. Dol ry Peter F. Traynor Williar Gouy Thomas Palmer Alberton Alfred Mandeville Reese A er John Ranegner David T. War Nicholas Drouhan Sr Claude ball Emmett P. Carr William Ost er Henry H. Hybart Joseph Rub Jr Julian J. Bartee Ira Samuel A. Mountain Robert Kigue Edward J. Kiencke Charl Kennerly William E. White Bard R. Thompson Sylvester Maiges Jeton G. Barnes Ralph N. Hud Jamés O. Golman Charles Bene John H. West John F. Brady Nam Albrecht George N. Delbarco K D Boylan A Daniel Dix Frank Vermille Arthur L. Wolf John T. Thisenhunt Otto H. Neck Harrison Hamilton Herman L. Williams cb Shook Leslie K. Irwin Adriano Rubira Lafayette Busch Edwin Cogburn Samuel Drawn William Richard L. Crawford Lewis c Edward Hosselt Paul Dantzler Gollett Earl R. Gas and William W. Pugh
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Rawn
Georges. Goodbrad
Walter B. Dolry
Peter F. Traynor
Williar Gouy
Thomas T. Palmer
Alberton
Alfred Mandeville
Reese A. Er
John Ranegner
David T. War- Nicholas Drouhan, Sr
Claude Ball
Emmett P. Carr
William Oster
Henry H. Hybart
Joseph Rub, Jr
Julian J. Bartee
Ira
Samuel A. Mountain
Robert Kigue
Edward J. Kiencke Charl Kennerly
William E. White
Bard R. Thompson
Sylvester ‘Aiges
Jeton G. Barnes
Ralph N. Hud
Jamés O. Golman
Charles Bene
John H. West
John F. Brady
Nam Albrecht
George N. Delbarco
K. D. Boylan
A. Daniel di
Colored Y Seeks New Members After City Meeting
A Monday night meeting of the colored YMCA board approved canvassing for new members. A membership campaign will include five minute talks and visits to colored churches across the city to drum up support for the Y M C A.
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Colored . M. Cc
Weather Brief From Washington May 25
Alabama forecast fair tonight with mild temperatures. Weatherman notes continuing dry conditions through the weekend and no significant storms expected in this regional bulletin.
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Washington
Alabama
Espe
Two More Arrests In Picketing Case On State Law
US police charge two more striking marine workers Eston Hangen and W Crane with violating the state anti boycott law. Detectives Adams and Desmond arrested them at 8 this morning on Commerce Street for stopping seamen en route to the riverfront. The case was continued to tomorrow in recorder's court. Kilgore wounded in tanker Betterton knife assault remains in Marine hospital with Montel’s case set for May 31. bonds and continuances noted for other defendants.
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Eston Hangen
W. Crane
Adams
Desmond
Commerce Street
Recorder's Court
Alex Howard
Thomas Montel
Joseph Kilgore
Betterton
Kilgore
Marine Hospital
Montel
C. W. Goodwin
James Maddox
A. E. Phillips
Electric Fans to Buzz If Weather Man Is Correct
Weather forecaster predicts hot days in Mobile with temperatures around 90 degrees and overnight lows near 73. Light breezes will ease the heat, keeping conditions tolerable despite high afternoon heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Anniston City to Make Trial Trip in Gulf Thursday
The Anniston City will conduct a trial voyage in the Gulf this Thursday starting from Chickasaw early in the morning. A yard crew will man the ship under Captain Wynn port captain of the building company. The vessel is the last to bear an Alabama name on the line and will begin loading for its maiden voyage later in the week.
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Anniston City
Gulf
Chickasaw
Wynn
The
Shipbuilding Company
Alabama
Liquor Case Ends in Federal Court Fine for Clarke County Man
Shep Mason of Clarke County pleaded guilty to selling liquor to a federal court. Judge Robert T. Ervin fined Mason 156 dollars without costs after the plea. The indictment was presented by the grand jury.
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Shep Mason
Clarke County
Robert T. Ervin
Mathias Faces Trial for Death of Kinsey
Clint Mathias goes on trial in Chattanooga for the murder of Lewis Kinsey a Sumnerville Ga carrier. Kinsey disappeared January 29 after taking a passenger to Rome and was found later in a patch of woods. Mathias also vanished the same night and was later arrested in North Carolina after being indicted for murder. The motive cited is Kinsey as a witness in a liquor case against Mathias.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Clint Mathias
Lewis Kinsey
Summeville
Georgia
Kinsey
Rome
Clint
Mathias
North Carolina
Police Chief OShaughnessy Returns From Vacation
Chief P J OShaughnessy of Mobile came back from a three week trip to New York City Mount Vernon and Binghamp ton N Y He attended a chiefs conference at Mayor Hylans invitation and visited relatives on the other stops The department presented him a gold handled umbrella and Judge D H Edington gave the presentation speech He thanked his friends for the gift.
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Mobile
New York City
Mount Vernomw
Binghampton
N. Y
New York
John F. Hylan
Department
D. H. Edington
O’shaugnessy
Mandamus Hearing Set for May 28 in County Jail Supply Case
Sheriff Holcombe seeks a writ against the county board of revenue and road commissioners to force provision of a cook stove cooking utensils two typewriters and an adding machine for the county jail. The circuit court will hear the mandamus on May 28 with commission members required to appear.
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W. H. Holcombe, Jr
County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
8. F. Hale
Bankers expect improving Alabama business conditions
A. L. Staples president of Peoples Bank and retiring Alabama Bankers Association head returned to Mobile from Atlanta after attending the state convention at Birmingham. He said Alabama bankers were optimistic and believed business conditions were rapidly improving and would continue to do so.
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A. L. Staples
The
Peoples Bank
Alabama Bankers’ Association
Mobile
Atlanta
Birmingham
Harding's Sister Named Defendant in Libel Suit
Mrs. Lyn Votaw sister of President Iding is named defendant in a $26 000 libel suit filed in the District of Columbia by Dr. G R Lee Cole. The suit stems from a letter to Justice Stafford about the trial of Cole and Minnie Cole. Counsel Crandal Maker said the letter reached President Harding's secretary. Harding wrote to the lawyer but the letter was not made public.
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Cei
Mralyn Votan
Iding
District of Columbia
G. R. Lee Cole
Votaw
Stafford
Cole
Minnie Cole
Wage disputes total over one hundred before board
Chicago May 2 more than 100 new wage disputes have been filed with the rail labor board in recent weeks. Railroads seek wage reductions across job classes from train service to shop crafts. Hearings begin in June with a joint submission of roads, including subsidiaries, raising the scope to 104 roads. Decisions are to align with the June hearing and July 1 effect date under the transportation act.
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Chicago
Rail Labor Board
T Board
Committees Plan For Ball Game of Ki-Ros on June 2
The Ki-Ro baseball game at Monroe Park on June 2 is shaping up with committees for publicity stunts coaching lunch music and seats. Rotary and Kiwanis practice daily as preparations intensify. A Battle House lunch parade and stunts are planned with charitable ticket sales handled by ladies from five institutions.
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Monroe Park
Chamber of Commerce
Mobillans
Rotary
Kiwanis
Battle House
Bids Set For New Mobile County Highway Project
Senator John Craft and County Engineer G M Adams conferred with Commissioner Henry Brannan on the state aid road from the Calvert county line to Satsuma. Bids open June 21. Mobile must secure its state and local funds before then. Engineer Adams announced oiling of Broad Street and Washington Avenue from Virginia Street to Long Bridge would begin next week.
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John Craft
State Highway Commission
G. M. Adams
Henry Brannan
Calvert
Satsuma
Craft
Mobile
Montgomery
State Highway Department
Adams
Broad Street
Washington Avenue
Virginia Street
Long Bridge
Disarmament Meet Urged on Harding
The Pennsylvania industrial board of the department of labor and industry asks President Harding to convene an international disarmament conference to reduce war risk. They cite Fourneyraese suffering severe postwar disruption to business.
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Harrisburg
Industrial Board of the
Department of Labor and Industry Today
Harding
Commonwealth of Fourneyraese
Savage fighting widens in Upper Silesia as Polish German clashes intensify
May 25 reports from Opplen describe escalating life or death battles between Polish and German residents in shared communities. Both sides accuse the other of brutal mutilations, while German forces push in southern Silesia and a column near Loslau is halted by Polish artillery.
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Oppeln
Upper Silesia
Sdes
Silesia
Oder
Loslau
German forces bombard Leschnitz and claim train capture
Berlin reports Leschnitz, recently occupied by German volunteers, is under Polish artillery bombardment. Polish attacks in the Rosenberg sector were repulsed. Adelbert Korfarity, Polish insurgent leader, threatens a 1,000,000 mark tax to any Silesia resident paying taxes to Germany.
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Berlin
Leschnitz
Silesian Front
Rosenberg
Adelbert Korfarity
Silesia
Germany
Poland Standoff in Upper Silesia Amid Cabinet Crisis
Warsaw reports an extraordinary session as German forces mass in Upper Silesia. Sae piha cabinet crisis feared with ministers resigning. Piłsudski and Witos urged Sa piha to stay. Berlin press notes 40 000 to 90 000 German troops moving toward the industrial district to face Polish insurgents amid diplomatic pressure.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Upper Silesia
Sapieha
Labor
Agriculture
M Jeha
Pr Pilsudski
Witosha
Germany
Paris
Poland
Pilsudski
Gen Wood's Auto Tumbles Off Ferry in Philippines
Major General Leonard Wood, aboard a mission to study conditions in the Philippines for President Harding, escaped injury when his automobile slipped from a ferry at Pinacanauan river near Cabaganger route in Tugerrio Cagayan Province. Twenty men, including Wood, hauled the car to dry land. at Cabagan they were greeted by Filipino officials and one supervisor who voiced faith in American guidance.
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Cabagan
American Congress
America
Detroit trunk case echoes in Oklahoma
Shawnee Oklahoma May 265 Chief of Police Irma Simms holds the body of George Leroy for identification in the trunk murder mystery case. The deceased was killed by a train last Friday and the description matches Eugene Leroy, linked to the gang Leroy Fernandez.
Vote Counting Begins in Belfast for North Irish Parliament
Election officials started at 9 am counting votes cast in Belfast yesterday for the new north Irish parliament. If not finished by 6 pm tonight, they will adjourn to tomorrow morning. All 88 polling places were busy as results were awaited, with heavy anticipated turnout in major towns and some disorder overnight in Ulster.
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Belfast
Wister
Ulster
Strike of British Miners Crumbling As Men Start Back
London May 25 The first break in the ranks of striking British miners occurred today as 600 miners returned to the pits under a temporary wage agreement with mine owners. Optimistic observers call this a landslide, while union leaders and officials expect a nationwide settlement at conferences later this week.
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London
Shropshire
Gern. Vereen
Eed Es
Caruso to Sail for Sunny Italy Saturday Report
New York May 25 Enrico Caruso recovering from illness will sail for Italy on the steamer President Wis on Saturday. He will be accompanied by Mrs Caruso Baby Gloria and his brother Giovanni Caruso Their suite will be fitted with music rooms and a nursery More than 1000 applications for pier passes have been made by Caruso s friends to see him off.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
Madame Curie Ends U S Trip Due to Exhaustion
Madame Curie and her party announced she is exhausted by the seeing America tour. Doctors ordered rest and the voyage will be shortened with a return to New York and then France.
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Madame Curie
U.S
Pittsburgh
America
Curie
Mme. Curie
New York
France
Summer Must Have Hit New Hampshire
Nashua May 25 All traffic halted when George Megaloger sprinted down Main Street wearing only his B V D underwear Halfway down the course he shed the undershirt and the city police needed five officers to finish dressing him before he reached the curb
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Nashua
N. H
George Megalogermis
Main Street
George
Turbulent Dublin clash as Sinn Feiners seize customs house
In Dublin on May 25 clashes erupted between Sinn Feiners and Black and Tans. The crowd seized the customs house and government offices, destroying desks and papers. Shots fired as civilians and rioters faced fire in the streets, with a burning house and smoke visible.
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Dublin
Irish Repy Army
Sinn
Montgomery Penitentiary Contract Awarded to Martin Lide Co
Montgomery May 25 The contract for a new $500000 state penitentiary has been awarded to Martin J Lide Co architects engineers of dam The prison to house 1000 convicts will be constructed with modern equipment steam heat and year round comfort The building will be 45 feet high and brick faced front
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Montgomery
Martin, J. Lide & Co
Rickenbacker Delays Eastward Flight for Repairs
San Francisco May 25 Jair Eddie Rickenbacker resting from Los Angeles on the second leg of his journey to Washington D C announced he would not resume the trip eastward until Thursday morning He stopped in Omaha Nebraska for repairs on his airplane and the delay was necessary.
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San Francisco
Jair Eddie Rickenbacker
Redwood City
Los Angeles
Washington, D. C
Omahe
Harding Will Give Navy Midshipmen Diplomas
Washington reports President Harding has accepted an invitation to deliver diplomas to the graduating class of the Naval Academy. The ceremony is scheduled for June at Annapolis.
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Harding
Washington
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J. Tannenbaum
Sadie
Tennessee City
Korfanty
Erin
Northern Ireland
Armaigh
O'Shaughnessy
Ion
Eve Ay Ie
Gen. Wood
Detroit
Oklahoma
Caruso
Italy
New Hamshire
Rickenbacker
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