Safe Cracker Foiled at Gulf Refining Station and Weekend Burglaries
Reported Sunday and Monday see a failed safe robbery at a Gulf Refining filling station on Craft highway near Three Mile creek. Burglaries included a stolen car, a home invasion by burglars using a stolen vehicle, and several thefts with minor loot. Local residents Marie Larsen Willie Sykes J. Bear Elia Fran and P. McRae are named in the notices.
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Marie Larsen
Gulf Refining Company
Craft Highway
Three Mile Creek
Yeggs
Thomas Baskin
Mo@hawk
Old Government Street
Joachim
Government Streets
Willie Sykes
South Cedar Street
Franklin
Augusta
Sykes
J. Bear
Florence Street
Elia Fran
Walnut Street
Solice
P. McRae
Williams Street
Fight Rate Change Hearings Held By ICC
Large parcel post shippers appeared before Commissioner Tate and Examiner Mullen at the interstate commerce commission to oppose revision of parcel post rates. Hearings on the proposed revision were held as Postmaster General Brown noted opposition from the National Council of Business Mail Users the Chain Stores Traffic Bureau the Chicago Association of Commerce and various eastern mail order organizations and stores.
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Washington
Tate
Examiner Mullen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Brown
National Council of Business
Chain Stores Traffic Gue
Chicago Association of Mmerce
Alabama potato market shows firmer tone and strong Baldwin county
Demand for Alabama potatoes was fairly active with sales around 1.10 per cwt for U S No 1 Bliss. Late Saturday demand rose to 1.15 1.20, Baldwin county market sold out, 216 cars shipped statewide with 840 total country shipments. Chicago and Cleveland markets noted modest strength this morning. W D Hull local representative.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
U. S
Baldwin County
Florida
Louisiana
South Carolina
Coron
Texas
Hamilton Selected To Be New Jurist of Juvenile Court
J G Hamilton a well known mobile attorney was chosen as judge of the juvenile court at a court commission meeting at the courthouse He succeeds Frank Coffin who served 11 years in the post Hamilton will begin duties late in June McCaulley Benton and Sadie Jenkins were re elected to probationary roles for boys girls and negroes respectively All appointments await approval by the new judge The commission also elected Kirchhoffer Parham and Mrs Hagan to leadership roles and noted Senator John Craft was absent.
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Mobile
Frank Coffin
Court Commission
J. G. Hamilton
Wallace J. Parham
Hamilton
William H. McCaulley
Miss Benton
Sadie Jenkins
John Craft
John B. Waterman
James R. Hagan
Wallace Parham
J. H. Creighton
R. A. Kirchhoffer
Luke
Rev. Kirchhoffer
Mrs. Hagan
Traffic fines tally for Mobilians in inferior court
Nearly $500 in fines were levied in inferior criminal court Monday on Mobilians for traffic violations. M E Blankenship faced a fine of 90 days and $300 bond after a driving while intoxicated charge. Robert Higgins got 20 days or $50 and costs on reckless driving. George McKinnon O Pace each drew 20 days or $25 costs for reckless driving. Henry Cuffie Alberta McGuire were fined 30 days and $65 costs on prohibition charges.
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Inferior
M. E. Blankenship
Robert Higgins
George McKinnon
O. Pace
Henry Cuffie
Alberta McGuire
Weer
Grice brothers plead guilty to robbery sentences set
Clarence Grice and Chester Grice two negroes pleaded guilty to two robbery charges each and were sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary by circuit court juries Monday morning. Charles Grice already received 25 years. the 20 year addition will begin after. Jesse Grice, brother, had a 10 year term earlier. The three are alleged to have operated together.
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Clarence Grice
Chester Grice
Charles Grice
State Penitentiary
Jesse Grice
Chester
Clarence
Bell hops fined for probation law violation pleas
Six bellhops at the Battle House pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the prohibition law. They were fined 50 dollars each and warned of possible jail sentences if convicted again. Names listed: Alex Sawyer J D Jones Griffin Rivers Albert Burnette Willie Broadus C Burnette.
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Battle House
Alex Sawyer
J. D. Jones
Griffin Rivers
Albert Burnette
Willie Broadus
C. Burnette
Crichton Men Convicted of Chickens Theft in Court
J H Johnson and Ed Kelly of Crichton were convicted in inferior criminal court Monday of stealing chickens and sentenced to five months hard labor each. They were arrested days earlier by Police Officer Joe Fisher after the theft of numerous fowls.
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J. H. Johnson
Ed Kelly
Crichton
Joe Fisher
Miller Honored by Olympic Committee Leader
Chicago president of the executive committee of the American Olympic committee heads the group in charge of arrangements for the Los Angeles Games set from July 30 to August 14, 1952.
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News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
Gorcago
American Olympic Committee
Los Angeles
Captain Murphy Trial Proceeds In Rose Murphy Scuttling Case
Defense witnesses take the stand as Captain John G. Murphy faces charges of conspiring to scuttle the steamship Rose Murphy off the Florida coast in 1927. John Jones the ship broker for Murphy testified he solicited cargo for the ship and arranged the cargo the vessel carried when she sank.
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Captain Murphy
John G. Murphy
Rose Murphy
Florida
John Jones
Murphy
Bridge contract awarded over Escatawpa River in Mobile County
May 25 contract for a concrete bridge over the Escatawpa river on the Mobile to Hattiesburg route was let to Walton & Cunningham of Union Mississippi for $60,000. The project is funded by Alabama Mississippi and the federal government with Mobile county lending Alabama its share. Work will be administered by the Alabama highway department with final signoffs by Alabama and Mississippi highway departments and the bureau of public roads.
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News-Item Capital Bureau
Montgomery
L. G. Smith
Escatawpa River
Mobile County
Walton & Cunningham
Union
Miss
Alabama
Mississippi
Mobile
Hattiesburg
Alabama Highway Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Endurance Flight Attempt by Lees and Brossy
Walter E. Lees and Frederick A. Brossy, Detroit aviators, launched from Jacksonville Beach in a Diesel monoplane to attempt a world non-refueling endurance record of 75 hours 23 minutes. They carried 308 gallons of fuel and 75 gallons of oil, rose at 6 47 a m and were forced down by a storm within three hours. to officially break the record they must stay aloft until 10 47 a m E T Thursday.
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Jacksonville
Fre
Walter E. Lees
Frederick A. Brossy
Retroit
Man shoots wife then kills himself in Baltimore
In Baltimore on May 25 a man shot his wife, severely wounded his 11-year-old nephew Joseph Schmidt, and killed himself. Mrs Barbara Schmidt, his wife, criticized him over his unemployment. Doctors described her condition as critical.
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Baltimore
Joseph Schmidt
Barbara Schmid
Supreme Court bars two for war arms scruples in citizenship
Yale theology professor Douglas C. MacIntosh and Canadian war nurse Marie A. Bland were denied U S citizenship by the Supreme Court for refusing to bear arms in war. Both served in France in World War I and remain Canadians. Justice Sutherland led the majority. dissenting voices noted limits on oath requirements and religious liberty.
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Associated Press
Washington
Yale
Supreme Court
Douglas C. MacIntosh
Marie A. Bland
Circuit Court of Appeals
France
MacIntosh
United States
Miss Bland
Justice Sutherland
Rosika Schwimmer
and Inquist
Oppose Clemency Debate On Two Executions In Alabama
Secretary of State P B Jarman Jr and State Auditor John Brandon told Governor Miller the pardon board recommends denying clemency for Spencer Bates and Tom May both condemned to die by electric chair for the murder of Tom McKinstry near Livingston. Attorney General Knight said he will rule on May’s case next. Willie Brown received a life sentence after pleading for mercy at the same hearing.
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Montgomery
P. B. Jarman, Jr
John Brandon
State
Miller
Spencer Bates
Tom May
Thomas E. Knight
Pardon Board
May
Sumpter County
Tom McKinstry
Livingston
Governor and Pardon Board
Bates
Willie Brown
American missionary dies in Rio after kidney illness
The Rev. C. A. Patton aged 35 an American missionary formerly of Diveron Ill died in a Rio de Janeiro hospital from kidney disease contracted while en route from Santos to the United States.
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Rio DE Janeiro
C. A. Patton
Divernon
Santos
Brazil
United States
Four convicts foiled in escape plot at Vandalia prison
In Vandalia Illinois May 25 guards ended a riot at the state penal farm after 600 inmates burned buildings and four escape attempts failed. Four escapees were wounded or captured as guards opened fire with shotguns. Damage to dormitories and buildings totaled about ten thousand dollars.
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Associated Press
Vandalia
Vandalia State Penal Farm
Frank Whipp
Clifford Ikes
Metzger
Metager
Charles J. Kang
William D. Simon
State Farm Pris
Carnera Blocked From Sharkey Bout at Ebbets Field
Federal Judge John Knox enjoined Primo Carnera from fighting Jack Sharkey at Ebbets Field on June 10. Madison Square Garden Corp filed the action. Bond requirements set at 25 000 and 55 000 to guarantee contract performance and damages if Carnera breaches.
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New York
Primo Carnera
John Knox
Jack Sharkey
Ebbetsfield
Brooklyn
Madison Square Garden Corporation
Illinois
Jimmy Johnston
Carnera
Farrell predicts rising trade activity in radio address
James A. Farrell, president of United States Steel, said a period of growing trade is imminent. He urged exporting 10 percent of farm and factory products and argued domestic recovery must precede global gains. He cited improved productivity since 1914 and confidence in overseas commerce.
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Associated Press
New York
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Farrell
Death by Own Action Ends a Brilliant Artist Career
Famous artist caricaturist Ralph Barton killed himself with a pistol, leaving a self typed note that his mind was in perfect condition. The obit highlights a failed marriage history and his last minutes with Carlotta Monterey, noting a life of wandering from wife to wife and country to country in a futile escape from himself.
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Ralph Barton
Hinyebe
Jove-atfaira
Carlotta Monterey
Ron
Psycho
Rton
Pantages Seeks Separate Trials In Girls Market Case
Alexander Pantages and three codefendants ask for separate hearings in San Diego superior court before the main trial on charges tied to moving two 17 year old girls from Hollywood for immoral purposes. Mills pleaded guilty to lesser counts and awaits state testimony. Shreve and Jobelman seek independent hearings amid related Los Angeles charges.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Calif
Alexander Pantages
Superior Court
Tom Whelan
Pantages
Jesse H. Shreve
John P. Mills
Southern California
William Jobelman
Olive
Clark Day
Vice Mart
Hollywood
Mills
Shreve
Jobelman
Los Aneles
Eunice Pringle
Geographical shifts complicate 1932 presidential puzzle
Washington May 25 The Associated Press reports that geographic shifts in political strength intensify party leaders’ difficulty in solving the 1932 presidential puzzle. Reapportionment affects electoral college and party conventions, with 27 new representatives across 32 states and resulting changes in nominating and voting dynamics.
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Washington
Electoral College
National Party
Fined for Assault Jack Jordan in Recorder's Court
Jack Jordan charged with assault with a gun was fined 101 dollars and costs after a hearing in the recorder's court. He faced accusations of holding a gun on his wife and Bud Dannelly on a Monday.
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Jack Jordan
Recorder’s Court Mondey
Bud Dannelly
Tennessee inquiry faults Horton administration in quiz report
After a four months inquiry the Tennessee state affairs committee issued a majority report criticizing the administration. It states Governor Horton acknowledged political influence from Colonel Luke Lea and that high state officials were discharged for failing to run offices in a satisfactory manner.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee State Affairs Investigating Committee
Henry H. Horton
Luke Lea
Stock Rejoins Mobile Marines After Funeral Absence
Mobile Marines manager Milton Stock returns to the team in Memphis after visiting his ill mother, Mrs. Fred Stock, who died in Chicago last week. He had been away for about three weeks.
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Milton Stock
Mobile Marines
Memphis
Fred Stock
Chicago
Stock
Feagin Note Forecast for Tuesday in Alabama capital
Montgomery May 25 Gov Miller signaled a possible reply to the Senate demand for information on who will be appointed permanent director of the highway commission. A lively Senate session is expected Tuesday afternoon with the Taylor bill boosting Mobile police salaries likely to come over from the House.
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Montgomery
Senate
Highway Commission
Hildreth of Greene
Capitol
Attea
Miller
Hilldreth
Taylor
House
Senior Southwestern College Student Shot in Classroom
William Mitchell nineteen a Southwestern college senior was shot to death in a psychology classroom in Memphis Tennessee. He had told fellow students he planned to kill himself over a troubled romance and his girlfriend’s rejection. Mitchell was business manager of the school newspaper and expected to graduate next month. His home was Grenada Mississippi.
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Memphis
Tenn
William Mitchell
Southwestern College
Chapel
Mitchell
Grenada
Miss
Weather and river bulletin for Alabama and Mississippi
The report notes fair weather and warmer temperatures for Monday night through Tuesday in Alabama and Mississippi. Winds are light to moderate from the west to southeast. Daily river bulletin lists crests at 7 a.m. CST with Tombigbee and Alabama rivers continuing to fall at Montgomery and surrounding branches.
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Alabama
Mississippi
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