Brave Woman Mourns Mate Lost After Sacrifices
In Mobile a wife named Mrs Rose Cassidy cared for her gravely ill husband Joseph Cassidy of Lawrence County hospitalized at City Hospital. She walked eight miles daily to visit him as his condition worsened and he fought for life after a shooting incident surrounding a dispute at a laundry.
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Hamilton
Thompson
Amilton
Perenne
Laura
Mobile
Rose Cassidy
Lawrence County
Joseph
Cassidy
Firing Leaves One Wounded in Chest and Leg
A force of deputies searched for Jesse Fincher of Whitney after a shooting at the Fincher home. Lloyd is hospitalized with gunshot wounds to chest and leg, while a family member sustained a left hand and arm injury. The injured man said he did not know Fincher and was not involved.
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Jesse Fincher
Whitney 7
Leo
Fincher
Lioyd
City Hospital
Jeg
Res
Whitney Wes
Lloyd
Plane Starts Hawaii Ocean Flight Attempt
A monoplane named Southern Cross begins a non stop flight from California headed toward Honolulu. As it lifted, Telegraph Hill in San Francisco saluted the sister cities of Lone and San Francisco with a dip. The Farallon Islands are noted on the route.
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Sant Ea
Chicago Elects Choice To Enter Galveston Show
Local election coverage notes a Chicago choice selected to participate in a Galveston show. The report highlights the candidate's name and the event context, suggesting regional exhibition implications.
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Chicago
Galveston
Veterinarian Sees Tick Eradication Progress Countywide
Dr. E C Smith assistant federal veterinarian for tick eradication said county conditions for tick eradication were never better. He expects about half the county vats to be by August 1. He is visiting from Dr John Redmonds office in Mobile county overseeing cattle dipping.
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E. C. Smith
Smith
John Redmond
Mobile County
Board to Set Wngourt for Bond Auction
Meeting of the board of revenue to morrow when the 5 million road and bridge bond issue will be offered at public in whole or part in the upper court rooms. Sale of the bonds heads a heavy schedule of business. About 50 bond buying firms have sought information in regard to the issue to finance paving 192 miles of highway and construction of concrete bridges.
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Board of Revenue
Puion
City to Open Playgrounds for Children
Municipal playgrounds across the city will open tomorrow under the recreation department. Mrs. Carl A. business young le will run supervised activities from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on weekdays, with Eunice Graham in charge of swimming classes assisted by staff.
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Ing
Eng
Carl A. Business Young le
Eunice Graham
Recreation Department
Life Saving Tests to Be Held in Mobile by Red Cross
Claude Hall of the Red Cross life saving division will visit Mobile June 8 and 9 to administer tests for life saving examiners and to stage a life saving demonstration with the city recreation department. The demonstration is set for 4 PM June 9 at the Mobile Country Club pool. Hall and city staff will perform demonstrations and test candidates for Red Cross life certificates. interested applicants should notify the local Red Cross chapter at the federal building. Several playground workers and camps have signified intent to take the tests.
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Claude Hall
American Red Cross
Mobile
City Recreation Department
Mobile Country Club
Hall
Red Cross
The
Ellis Ollinger
Mobile junior slogan contest opens with $25 prize
The Mobile Junior Chamber launches a city slogan contest inviting all residents except officials and board members. Each entrant may submit two slogans with name and address, unlimited words, judged by the committee chaired by Clyde Foreman, with a $25 prize for the best slogan.
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Clyde Foreman
Nies
Mobile
Chambers of Commerce
Seaman
Lions and Civitan Clubs
Mobile Ee Ee Een Chambers of Commerce
Ies E Ewermoste
Mills for Mobile Union Mills to establish sales office in Alabama
The Union Mills Company of New York plans to move manufacturing to Alabama with a Mobile sales headquarters for the United States Canada and foreign markets. Potential knitting mills are eyed for Selma and Marion as raw material labor and power costs favor the move.
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Wall Street Journal
Union Mills Company of
New York
Mobile
Alabam
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Union Mills Company
Catskill
Herkimer
Hudson
Mechanicsville
Jacksonville
N. Y
Alabama
Ala
United States
Canada
Selma
Marion
Negro Released On Own Recognizance In Counterfeit Case
Peter White, a Black man arrested for possessing and attempting to pass a counterfeit 1600 dollar bill, was released today on his own recognizance to await action by the next federal grand jury. White says he found the bill in an old pocketbook on Church street near the cemetery and denies attempting to pass it. The bill was crude and printed, according to authorities.
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Peter White
White
Church Street
Old Cemetery
Tom Fincher
Endurance flight from Montevello fields by Italian pilots
Major Ferrarin and Captain Desprete launched from Montevello airfield in an 864 plane at 5 15 am to challenge the world duration and distance record. The Italian Aero Club oversees the flight as it follows a circuitous route around the field.
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Rome
Ferrarin
Carlo P. Desprete
Montevello
Italian Aero Club
Briand Back on Job After Illness in Cabinet Meeting
Paris report says Foreign Minister Maes Tela attended his first cabinet meeting since his mid-April stroke.
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Briand
Paris
Maes. Tela
Rebels fly to honor marines buried in Nicaragua
In Nicaragua on May 31 a rebel unit flew a mission to drop flowers on marine graves. They battled tropical storms to reach the lonely cemeteries where marines who died in battles with rebels are buried.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Tebe
Pope Pius XI Birthday Preparations Stir Vatican
In Rome on May 31 the Vatican prepared for the 71st birthday of Pope Pius XI. Courtyards rang with swords and officers as the Pope's miniature army prepared for a review. He began the day with mass in his private chapel and attended a second mass later.
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Vatican
Pius XI
Papal Palace
Pius
Rome
Little
Western University to confer degrees for flood work
Western University will award degrees on June 5 to Herbert Hoover secretary of commerce Alf Stone of Dunleith Mississippi and Albert B Cal of Memphis for their work related to the Mississippi Valley flood. Dr C Diehl president said the honors will be given during commencement with Hoover possibly attending in person.
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Omteier Esha
Herbert Hoover
Alf Stone
Dunleith
Miss
Albert
Cal
Well of
Memphis
Hwestern University
Diehl
Rehag
Brookhaven Log Skid Accident Claims Father and Injures Son
A lumber camp accident near Brookhaven Mississippi left Fred Dunn 54 dead and his son Fred Dunn Jr. severely injured. A log skid snapped crushing them as bystanders watched the mishap unfold yesterday.
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Brookhaven
Miss
Fred Dunn
Fred, Jr
Here
Journalist George Parker Dies in New York Home
George Frederick Parker, a retired journalist and president of the Grover Cleveland Association, died at his New York home. He was listed as being in his year, with the date in May.
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New York
Frederick Parker
Grover Cleveland Association
Queen Marie III in Serious Condition Report from Bucharest Palace
Vienna dispatch reports Queen Marie of Romania in serious condition at the royal palace in Bucharest. Several physicians are attending and monitoring her health.
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Bucharest
Vienna
Marie
Romania
Royal
Jury selection begins in Stewart contempt case
In Washington on May 31 the jury pool for Robert W. Stewart's contempt trial over refusal to answer Senate Teapot Dome committee questions began in the District of Columbia. Five of the initial twelve jurors were women as delays in a prior trial postponed opening.
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Stewart
Senate
Washington
Robert W. Stewart
District of Columbia
District of Columbia Supreme Court
W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of of
Indiana
Continental Trading Company
Bandits Slay Four on the Yalu River Raid
A Nichi Nichi dispatch from Korea reports Chinese bandits from Manchuria raided Tukutoku near Keisan chin on the upper Yalu river, killing four raftmen as forests nearby burned furiously.
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TOYO
Nichi-Nichi
Korea
Manchuria
Tukutoku
Keisanchin
Yalu
Four airmen prepare to fly Pacific leg to Honolulu
Four daring aviators from Australia and the United States rise early in Oakland to begin their long 2400 mile hop to Honolulu as the first leg toward Australia. The mono plane Southern Cross is set for an 8 to 10 a m start with Captain Char.
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Oakland
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Honolulu
Australia
Pth
Flight leg from California to Australia continues
The second leg of the journey departs California bound for Australia. Passengers report smooth connections and clear weather as the long-haul segment proceeds toward its destination.
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California
Australia
Suspects Held in $10,000 Bank Robbery Case
Four men and two women were arrested in Chicago in connection with a $10,000 robbery of the Cena Bank trust Company on May 18 in New Orleans. Marion Meyer implicated six in a confession after Louisiana officials arrested her accomplice. Names: Ralph Johnson and wife Louise, Fred Johnson and wife Muriel, John Cannon, and Tom Rainey. Three men and a woman took part. two vehicles fled.
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Chicago
Cena Bank Pe Trust Company
New Orleans
Louisiana
Marion Meyer
Ralph Johnson
Louise
Fred Johnson
Muriel
John Cannon
Tom Rainey
Arizona Woman Eva Dugan Granted Stay of Execution
Florence May 31 appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court stayed the execution of Eva Dugan a 50 year old mother of two and the first woman in the state to be condemned to death. Dugan was to be hanged next morning in Florence for the murder of A J Nathis a wealthy recluse.
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Florence, Ariz
Supreme Court
Eva Dugan
Arizona
Lancashire Cricketer Reaches 1000 Runs in Month
In Manchester on May 31 C Hallows of Lancashire surpassed the 1,000 run mark for the month in the Lancashire Sussex cricket match. The feat equaled a rare record previously achieved only twice, as every run translates to a boundary in cricket.
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Manchester
Eng
Babe Ruth
C. Hallows
Lancashire
Memphis Wins 1929 Good Roads Convention Bid
Memphis beat out Des Moines and other cities including Columbus Birmingham Atlantic City Philadelphia Detroit and Cincinnati to host the 1929 United States Good Roads Association convention, ending a spirited competition.
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Des Moines
United States Good Roads Association
Memphis
Tenn
Columbus
Birmingham
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cincinnati
Thieves Steal Flowers From Mrs. Walton’s Garden
Mrs. J. W. Walton of 503 Augusta street reports a break in last night. Sneak thieves entered her flower garden and carried away geranium plants and ferns.
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J. W. Walton
Augusta Street
The
Today
American Mine Manager Shot Dead in Mexico
H I Lane, head of a mine near Pachuca Hidalgo state, was killed by an unidentified gunman while driving from Pachuca to the mine. Lane, from Denver, leaves a widow and son. A $1000 reward is offered for information leading to the killer.
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Mexico City
H.ld
Uca
State of Hidalgo
Smith
Pachuca
Pachoyes
Denver
Robbery at New York Party Nets $15000 in Jewelry
Forty party guests at a Bowery cafe celebration for a 12 year old were robbed by four masked men with automatic weapons. Jewelry and cash valued at $15,000 vanished amid the confusion. A note of violence ties the gang to a prior Greenwich Village hold up and a murder investigation.
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New York
Bowery
Clara
Mary
Orlando
Benya
Greenwich ‘Village
Alf
Cantor
Cane
Rivera assures government will stay unchanged
Madrid May 31 General Primo de Rivera the Spanish premier told Noticiero the official government organ that he has no intention of changing his government.
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Rivera
Madrid
Primo de Rivera
Noticiero
Man Dies in Bicington Area Rites Held This Afternoon
Mr. Rouff, a native of Bicington Illinois, died recently. He is survived by his widow and children Irma Dus Jr. and Irene. Funeral services were held this afternoon.
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Alisa
Rouff
Bicington
Ill
Dus Jr
Daiter
Irma
Beadry
Shanes
Funere
Red Cross Meeting Summary In Late Summer Session
The Red Cross held its final summer gathering today to plan sending 20 units this month. Twenty six cases were recorded with no taste noted. High number of infant cases were handled by nurse Mrs St John Wilson, who presided as chairwoman.
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St.John Wilson
Reckless Driving Charge for Sylvester Jones
Sylvester Jones faces a reckless operation of an automobile charge filed after a char incident. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail.
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Sylvester Jones
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