Summer Commencements Reach Mobile Schools
Thousands of students in Mobile public and private schools end the term with commencement exercises this week. Public schools close tomorrow with brief programs. Berton Academy holds Friday night ceremonies at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. University Military School and Spring Hill College also hold events.
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Mobile
Berton Academy
Scottish Rite
University Military School
Spring Hill College
Barton Academy
Walter Agnew
Woman's College At
Montgomery
Monroe Park
Frank Kling
Dan McCall
Curtis Bush
Ben Hart Harris
Leighton Smith
Oeny
Berney Sheridan
Comfort Gilbert Ladd
Wills Moore
Catherine Little
Charles Edward Barrett
Vehetta Bacon
William Curran
Margaret Gass
Harwell Doyle
Laura Jackson
Ernest Edgar
Army
Kate Beville
Bramwell Scott
Charles Erdman
Rose McPhillips
Elliott Rickardy, Jr
Lucile Stark
Bobbed Hair Here To Stay Barbers Told At Parley
Seattle barbers report women prefer long hair less than men grow beards and showcase bobbed styles in a first annual style show. Models display straight to King Tut wrinkle cuts and a well groomed man exhibit features feathered edges and shortened sideburns versus long film-sheik looks.
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Seattle
Seattle Barbers
Barbers
Master Barbers’ Association
King Tut
Thief with Gun Escapes After Poultry Theft
A burglar and alleged chicken thief, possibly the same man who shot a bull terrier, entered 1458 Spring Hill avenue and stole two sacks of chickens. He fled under threat of a revolver as occupants confronted him, but police could not arrest him.
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New York
Harry L. Hoffman
Maude A. Bauer
Staten Island
Biernan
Sing Sing
Hoffman
Maude Bauer
Lonely State Island
Bean
Mrs. Bauer
Racey Parker
Bauer
Parker
Barbara Fahn
T. J. Kelly
South Catherine Street
Leon McKeon
Spring Hill Avenue
McKeon
Weather Forecast for Alabama Tonight and Friday
May 29 weather forecast notes showers and thunder tonight and Friday. Cooler conditions expected inland with continued unsettled conditions across the interior regions.
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Washington
Alabama
Nine Counties Editors to Meet in Mobile May Thirty‑First
Editors and directors from Escambia Monroe Clark Baldwin Conecuh Washington Choc taw and Mobile will convene in Mobile on May 31. Attendees include Alabama Press Association President F G Stephens Auburn Extension Director L N Duncan Alabama Farm Bureau’s E A O Nea and county farm demonstration agent W C Vail. The conference aims to share agricultural data and conditions for public dissemination to aid farmers.
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Escambia
Monroe
Clark
Baldwin
Conecuh
Washington
Choctaw
Mobile
F. G. Stephens
Alabama Press Association
L.N. Duncan
Auburn
E. A. O'Neal
Alabama Farm Bureau
W. C. Vail
Stephens
Press Association
Duncan
Seven Graduates Receive Diplomas at Convent
Rev. Father Joseph M. Walsh delivers the baccalaureate at St. Joseph's Church for the Convent of Mercy graduates Mimi Walsh, Dorothy McDermott, Martha O'Neal, Rose Mary Bailey, Nelli Unruh, Ruth Best and Juanita Luther. The ceremony featured old rose and silver colors, roses for bouquets, and music by the church choir.
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Joseph M. Walsh
S. J
New Orleans
Convent of Mercy
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Mimi Walsh
Dorothy McDermott
Martha O'Neal
Rose Mary Bailey
Nelli Unruh
Ruth Best
Juanita Luther
Father L Schuler
D. A.bardy
E. J. Hackett
Carl Klinge
Walsh
Commander Molloy to Go on Leave
Molloy commander of the Tallapoosa will depart Mobile Saturday for a 30 day annual vacation with his family in the mountains near Asheville North Carolina. During his absence Lieutenant Commander E G Rose, second in command, will take charge of the Tallapoosa.
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Molloy
Coast Guard
Mobile
Asheville
N. C
E. G. Rose
Probe Into Harbor Collision In Pensacola
Lieutenant Commander E. G. Rose leads a Coast Guard inquiry into a collision involving harbor cutter AB-19 in Pensacola. AB-19 is sister ship to AB-20, both recently assigned here and described as brand new.
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E. G. Rose
Coast Guard
Pensacola
Gulf Waters
Hearing on State Brick Rates Set by Public Service Commission
A hearing on proposed state rate adjustments for brick and clay products will be held by the Alabama Public Service Commission on June 16. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic office reports the railroads presented their positions months earlier.
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Alabama Public Service Commission
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
One Dead and Three Hurt in Alabama Smash
EUFAULA Ala May 29 One was killed and three injured four miles from here today when an automobile went through a bridge into Little Barbour creek. The dead Gaston Carr 35 of Eufaula. The injured are Malcolm Reeves 18 B C Healsted 30 Eufaula arm broken internal injuries Alto Griffin Eufaula 25 both legs broken.
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Eufaula
Ala
Little Barbour Creek
Gaston Carr
Malcolm
Reeves
B. C. Healsted
Alto Griffin
Election of Dr. Charles H. Robinson Moderator at Assembly
Richmond Ind May 29 The election last night of Dr Charles H Robinson of Wheeling West Virginia as moderator drew attention among commissioners at the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian church of North America Today the vote on the revised statement of faith looms large The revised statement follows the overire presented by the 1923 Buffalo convention after a vote by all presbyteries
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Richmond
Ind
Charles H. Robinson
Wheeling
W. Va
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Buffalo
Still and Liquors Seized on Cedar Point Road
Federal and state prohibition agents found a still with mash liquor 78 pint bottles and ten gallons of home brew on Cedar Point road about six miles from Mobile. Willie Lartigue was charged with violate ing the prohibition law.
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Cedar Point Road
Willie Lartigue
Mobile
Fossil of Large Ichthyosaurus Found in France Quarry
In Auxerre May 29 a exceptionally large ichthyosaurus fossil was discovered in a cement quarry at St Colombe, the second from that site. A paleontologist from the natural history museum will supervise its removal.
Police Officers to Take Annual Paid Leave
Members of the police department begin their summer vacations next week under a city commission resolution. Each officer receives one week off with pay during the summer months.
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Police Department
City Commission
Three Chattanooga Trainmen Die In Derailment
Three trainmen from Chattanooga were killed when a Southern Railway freight train derailed near Rockwood Tennessee at 2 AM. The deceased are engineer Charles E. Dudley fireman Oscar Holland and brakeman Herman W Potter.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Railway
Rockwood
Charles E. Dudley
Oscar Holland
Herman W. Potter
Stomach Trouble Kills Attorney in Texarkana Trial
W. A. Wilkinson a 59 year old defense attorney from Shreveport Ia died in Texarkana after suffering acute indigestion Tuesday. He was attorney for the defense in the Otto L. Morris mail fraud case.
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Texarkana
Ark
W. A. Wilkinson
Shreveport
Otto L. Morris
MacDonald Signals Possible General Election If Defeated
London May 29 The Prime Minister in the house of commons said that if his government is defeated tonight on a test vote it would go before the country in a general election.
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London
Associated Press
MacDonald
House of Commons
Postmaster Named for Tuscaloosa Alabama
The civil service commission certified eligible candidates for Tuscaloosa postmaster. The list includes John Morton William Smith and Ernest A Townsend.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Tuscaloosa
Ala
John Morton
William Smith
Ernest A. Townsend
Ship Board s Oil Contracts To Be Probed
Washington May 29 The house committee investigating the shipping board will resume hearings after testimony linked former Secretary Fall and Sinclair Oil to fuel oil contracts. Bowen and Sheedy claim the Sinclair terms overpriced the Board and would have saved about 3 million yearly if continued. Fall reportedly urged higher prices and sought a contract outside the Midwest Refining Company. the Salt Creek field plan is noted.
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Washington
Associated Press
Fleet Corporation
House
Shipping Board
Fall
Sinclair Oil Company
Montana
M. B.bowen
Joseph E. Sheedy
Vic
Sinclair
Bowen
Salt Creek
Midwest Refining Company
Bowen and Sheedy
Bucharest Amid Explosions Desolate City Wide
May 29 Bucharest reports a series of blasts from a burned government arsenal leaving large sections deserted. Intermittent explosions continue as schools close and damage tops five million dollars. Royal family members and the former Greek king and queen fled Cotroceni palace as a nearby explosion shook the building.
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Bucharest
Greece
Cotroceni
New York Market Frowns On Election Bets
The New York turb has joined with the stock exchange to discourage election betting. Members holding bets or acting as betting commissioners are deemed detrimental to the curb market. The stock exchange already prohibited bets about three weeks ago. One top bettor firm will cease, leaving a single independent house to handle election wagers.
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New York Turb
The
Stock Exchange
Cath
Curb Market
Change in Divorce Regulations by Methodist Church Defeated
Springfield Mass May 29 A proposal to ban most divorces by the Methodist Episcopal church failed at the general conference by ten votes 300 for and 310 against It would have legalized most marriages except those involving guilty parties in adultery and set new rules for ministers conflict with current law sparking debate among delegates.
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Springfield
Mass
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Fire destroys Wilson golf stick plant in Nashville
Nashville Tennessee May 29 fire started by lightning destroyed the R T Wilson Company storage plant manufacturers of golf sticks shortly after 2 o clock this morning entailing an estimated loss around 200000 authorities said the blaze caused extensive damage to the storage facility and its contents.
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Nashville, Tenn
R. T. Wilson Company
Uruguay Leading In Soccer Games At Half
Paris May 29 The Associated Press reports in the Olympic soccer match between United States and Uruguay that at halftime Uruguay leads 3 to 0 after a dominant first period.
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Uruguay
Paris
Associated Press
United States
Pope Pius Names 1925 as Holy Year
Pope Pius I announces 1925 as a holy year. He tasks Monsignor Wilpert with the bull and reads it publicly at St Peter's Portico. The ceremony, on Ascension Day, gathers prelates, the apostolic chamber, and church chapters in Rome.
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Rome
Pius
Joseph Wilpert
Apostolic Prothonaro
Apostolic Chamber
Hughes
Boncampagni
Traffic Problem Study Urged by Hoover Aides
Nation ally statisticians accepted Secretary Hoover's invitation to study traffic hazards to reduce deaths. Participants include Dr Louis A Bublin New York Harold Gordon Chicago Dean A N Johnson University of Maryland and N C Long National Automobile Chamber of Commerce.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Louis A. Bublin
New York
Harold Gordon
Chicago
Dean A. N. Johnson
University of Maryland
N. C. Long
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Tong War Outbreak Threatens Cleveland
The Chinese quarter of Cleveland is under police guard after Yee Hee Kee, 58, former president of the On Leon Tong and a noted Chinese merchant, was shot five times while emerging from a downtown building shortly after midnight by two Chinese attackers who fled with the gun. The shooting spurs fear of a Tong war outbreak.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Yee Hee Kee
Small boats warned of probable blow along Gulf coast
New Orleans dispatch reports small craft warnings posted today on the Louisiana and Texas coasts. Pleasure and fishing craft were advised by the weather bureau to stay near shore and avoid open waters as a likely wind event approaches.
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Panama
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Key West
Rio Grande
Comanche
Texas
Coast Guard Service
United States
Great Britain
Gulfport
Galveston
Mobile
Baltimore
New Orleans
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Harbars
Negro Axeman In Birmingham Doomed to Die
In Birmingham Alabama O'Dell Jackson a negro axe man was sentenced to hang for the murder of John Turner a white man. His wife Pearl Jackson was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to hang, Peyton Johnson also faces the death penalty. The trio allegedly confessed after being drugged with truth serum leading to convictions aided by police.
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Birmingham
Ala
Pearl Jackson
O'Dell Jackson
Jackson
John Turner
Therupy
Peyton Johnson
Turner
Specialists Hear Series Addresses At Meeting
In St Louis on May 29 physicians at the annual American Bronchoscopic Society meeting heard addresses from member societies across the country and elected officers for the coming year. Dr R C Lynch of New Orleans was elected president. Distinguished ENT specialists will attend the thirtieth meeting of the American Laryngological Rhinological and Otological Society opening here today.
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New Service
Omaha
Howard Gray
Or ' Gray
Union, Pacific Railroad System
ST. Louis
R. Cc. Lynch
New Orleans
American Laryngological Rhinological and Orological Society
British Cabinet Fates in Balance in Commons Debate
The Daily Herald reports the government's fate hangs in the balance as the House of Commons holds a crucial debate over a Conservative motion to reduce Tom Shaw’s salary. Political writers foresee a tighter corner and only a small majority for the administration.
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London
Associated Press
House of Commons
Daily Herald
Tom Shaw
Hoover denies vice presidential bid in published report
Secretary Hoover said there is nothing to the discussion of the vice presidency in connection with myself. He denies any plan to run as the vice presidential candidate.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal Reserve approves bank rate cut for Cleveland Rose Bank
Washington May 29 the Federal Reserve Board has granted the application of the Cleveland Rose Bank to reduce the rate from 4 1 2 percent to 4 percent effective June 1.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Cleveland Rose Bank
Railroad traffic hurt by hurricane on Nashville line
Damage from a north region storm washed out 15 foot fills and retaining walls on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis line from Boag to Guntersville. Morgan Junction reported a 15 foot fill washed away and large gaps in the track. crews repair work aims to resume traffic by Friday.
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Chattan
Nashville, Hi & St. Louis
Guntersville
Morgan Junction
War Crimes Prosecution Plan Targets Wartime Actions
The Justice Department outlines a streamlined policy to press all pending prosecutions of wartime transactions. Attorney General announces a centralized approach under one leader. Paul Shipman of Syracuse is appointed to head the aviation unit in the nationwide reorganization.
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Washington
D of Justice
Department
Paul Shipman
Syracuse
Lip Injury Case Sees $2500 Award Upheld
In Los Angeles a court case over a lower lip injury ends with Gertrude Steele ordered to pay Pauline Hall $2,500 after Miss Hall, a picture actress, sued for $16,000 claiming the incident ruined her contour. The jury awarded $2,500 and the state supreme court affirmed.
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Los Angeles
Supreme Court
Gertrude Steele
Pauline Hall
Miss Hall
New Members Sought for Road Board Urged by Dent Coolidge
Dent Coolidge urges the appointment of new members to the road board. The request signals push for reform and updated oversight of infrastructure decisions. The call stresses accountability and expanded expertise on road projects and funding.
Auto tourists held up at border due to quarantine
About 100 east bound tourists waited at the California border for permission to cross as an emergency lifting of the smallpox quarantine remained in effect for several weeks. Authorities issued a statement indicating travel from Arizona was restricted and that limited travel would be permitted.
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Needles
Cal
Arizona
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W.A. Alexander
Central Presbyterian Church
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F. C. Hecox
Long Island
Patchogue
N. Y
Charles Gordon
Long Island, Duck Raisers’ Association
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United Press
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Pope Pius
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Borer
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