Four men admit guilt in interstate stolen car case
Four men arrested in Miami pleaded guilty in federal court to violations of the national motor vehicle theft and transportation of a stolen car charge. They were held on 1500 dollars bond each and await next grand jury. Mobile officers stopped them after they arrived on a bay boat driving a reportedly stolen Jewe t sedan. They claimed they did not intend to steal the car and said they damaged it while afraid to return it to the owner.
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Miami
Florida City
Mobile
Burnd
National Motor Vehi
Walter J. Maynard
Burling Vt
Joseph J. Hyland
Ogter
N. H. Ing
Four Men Enter Pleas of Guilt To U. S. Auto Theft Law
SUSPECT I HELD FOR ATTACKS. To OIO Toledo dispatch reports a man naming himself Robert August matched a suspect description after allegedly attacking nine women in Toledo with a hammer near a woodland road. Two victims were found dead and the assailant was captured after a search by hunters who spotted a stained hammer and newspapers in his possession.
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Toledo
Ohio
Robert August
Ee August
Stanley
Settings Fixed for Trials in Federal Court
The federal court criminal docket for the week of December 7 includes the Harry G. French murder case and multiple violations of the national prohibition law. Trials are scheduled for Tuesday December 8, Wednesday, and Friday with two days next week devoted to criminal cases and civil jury trials to follow. The second week docket lists numerous defendants charged with possession and sale of whiskey and liquor in various offenses.
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Federal Court
Harry G. French
Harry G. ‘French
Albert, Cartledge
Albert Cottrell
Alice Maples
Lola Russell
Alonzo Williams
William Daniels
Joseph Bernard
Wiliam Pryor
William Sturtevant
Claude Sturtevant
Dennis Lynch
Denny Lynch
William Schroeder
Bruce Etherdice
Lee Berry
Forest Leonard
George Goodman
Hand Thompson
Jack Thompson
Lee Miller
Hans Thompson
Peter White
Oliver Pboykin
C. H. Smith
William Guy
G. W. McCormick
Gall Hearing on River Charges
Protests by boat operators and shippers against Alabama Public Service Commission river rates will trigger a conference Tuesday morning at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Commissioner Frank Morgan Examiner J H Aldridge and Attorney Hughie will meet with local parties to discuss lumber and veneer rate disputes between Tombigbee river points and Mobile and Stockton to Mobile.
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Alabama Public Service Commission
Frank,Morgan
J. H. Aldridge
Hughie
Chamber of Commerce Rooms
State Board
Mobile
Traffic Department
Chamber of Commerce
Tombigbee
Stockton
Real Governor of Texas? Ferguson Feud Heats Up
Austin Nov. 28. The Texas governor saga continues as Speaker Lee Satterwhite claims Governor Miriam A Ferguson acted under husband James E. Ferguson’s advice. New York Times dispatches say former governor Ferguson is the real power, while Attorney General Dan Moody and Speaker Satterwhite eye the governorship amid calls for a special session and possible impeachment. The Travis County grand jury begins two months of state department probes as district attorney suits move against Hoffman Construction over highway contracts.
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Austin
Tex
A.P
Texas
Lee Satterwhite
Mem
Miriam A. Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
New York
New York Times
Ferguson
Sutterwhite
Sergunrn
Grand Jury
Dan Moody
Satterwhite
Moody
Washington
Hoffman’ Construction Company
Travis County Grand Jury
Transmission line project bids opened for Mobile area
Bids to be opened December 1 by Dixie Construction Company of Birmingham for Alabama Power Company work on a canal from Mobile River near Twenty one Mile Bluff to the Tensas River. Project includes creosoted timber piles and concrete foundations for transmission towers, plus transport of line materials. Quantities: 110 650 cubic yards canal fill, 1 180 lineal feet creosoted piles, 1 200 cubic yards concrete, 3 000 tons line materials.
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No Dixie Construction Company
Birmingham
Alabama Power Company
Obile
Mobile River
Tensas River
Iso
Automobile stolen from Ashland Place home of U S district attorney
Early today a sixth car theft in the area occurred when a vehicle owned by Assistant United States District Attorney Joseph was taken from No 4 Wilson Ashland Place. It was found abandoned on Dauphin Street Foote Street after motorists reported joyriding by two Black youths who drove about 30 miles.
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Joseph
Wilson Ashland Place
Dauphin Street
Foote
T Segiton
Ashland
Marine
County Men Destroy Two Stills in County
Chief Deputy Sheriff W C Robbins and Federal Prohibition Agent P Graves found two operating stills on Clear Creek near Orchard, in the county's eastern section. The 100 gallon copper still and a 506 gallon still, with 30 barrels of mash, were destroyed as officers approached.
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Sher W. C. Robbins
Prohibition
P. Graves
Clear Creek
Orchard
Anes
Stern
Affternoon
Land Transfers and Sales Reported in Local Deed Records
The Chicago Mobile Development Company transferred Goat Island area opposite Mobile Bay Boosters' Club on Fowl river and the northern tip of Mon. Luis Island to F. Lee Giblin for 15009 dollars. Peoples Bank sold west side of St. Joseph street north of Morgan for 28000 dollars to C. C. Huxford. Cordelia Vass Jones sold east Bradford avenue area near Brown street for 2250 dollars to Elma E. McKinstry.
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Goat Island
Mobile Bay
Young 15 Year Old Held for Public Drunkenness and Prohibition Violation
Ollie H. Davis, a 15 year old, jailed on public drunkenness and dry law violation charges. Held as possibly the youngest prisoner here in such cases, Davis was committed to the county jail on a juvenile court warrant.
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Ollie H. Davis
Davis
Reunion at St Vincent School Honors Miraculous Medal Origin
A St Vincent's School reunion brought nearly two hundred alumni and Mary of Nazareth affinity groups together for Benediction and a history talk on the Miraculous Medal first revealed ninety five years ago. Attendees, spanning most years since 1866, shared refreshments and received silver Miraculous Medals, prayer leaflets, and history booklets.
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Children of Mary
St. Vincent's Alumnae Association
School Improvement Board
St. Vincent’s Select School
Spinsterhood a Flapper Star Strives Between Love and Career
Barbara Hawley breaks from control after a fiancé objects to her literary path and accepts a journalism role. The News Item promises a serialized story exploring a girl’s choice between love and independence in the era of flappers.
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Barbara Hawley
Excursion Train To Mobile For Grid Game
The Louisville and Nashville railroad announces a special excursion train from New Orleans to Mobile for a grid game between Spring Hill College and Holy Cross College of New Orleans. The train leaves New Orleans at 7 30 a m on December and returns from Mobile at 6 30 p m. Local agent H C Geron released the details. A separate winter tourist excursion from St Louis to Mobile departs December 6 for twenty days with a 20 round trip rate.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
New Orleans
Mobile
Spring Hill College
Holy Cross College of
H. C. Geron
L. and N
St. Louis
Mothers League tag sale to fund World War memorial
Mothers Army and Navy League members sell tags on city streets to raise the remaining funds for Mobile World War memorial construction. The target is $21,000 with about $20,000 already secured. Memorial planned at the Government Old Government and Houston streets intersection. Mrs. W. H. Bancroft leads tag day committees.
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Mothers’ Army and Navy League
Government
Old Government
Houston
W. H. Bancroft
Clay Gravel Paving Planned for Conception Street
The unpaved section of Conception Street from Canal to Virginia will be improved with clay gravel as announced today by Street Superintendent Joseph J. Heller. Work starts at once. The St Louis Street paving, from Claiborne to Broad, is next and will be tackled by the same contractors. City Engineer Wright Smith said work would begin on that route as soon as possible.
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Conception Street
Canal
Virginia Street
Joseph J. Heller
St. Louis Street
Claiborne
Broad Streets
Wright Smith
Two Cops Hurt in City Collisions
Police say two officers John J. Smith and Joe Charlott received minor injuries in separate collisions last night. Smith was hit on Government and Roper by an automobile driven by R. E. Moore of 262 1-2 Roper Street. Charlott, assigned to recover Smiths damaged motorcycle, was struck by a one man Government Street car operated by D. C. Grider near the scene, bruising Charlott and bending the patrol fenders.
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John J. Smith
Joe Charlott
Smith
R. E. Moore
Roper Street
Government
Roper Streets
Chailoctt
D. C. Grider
Community Fair Draws Large Crowd in Semmes Alabama
Several hundred people from Mobile attended the Semmes community fair featuring an address by T. H. Halliwell. Attendees noted regional produce including vegetables, fruits, and grain on display. County officials such as Probate Judge Price attended the event.
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Mobile
Semmes
Ala
T. H. Halliwell
Yestern
Price
Governor Ferguson Center of Texas Power Debate
Austin reporters awaited any word from the governor as James Ferguson claimed he is effectively the governor while Miriam A. Ferguson faces impeachment threats. A Travia county grand jury report on highway affairs looms final, with Mrs. Ferguson silent and allies pressing for a special session or resignation. Governor Ferguson remains focused on duties as tense political maneuvers unfold.
Chapman's Self Defense as Conn Law Fight for Life
Hartford Nov 28 Gerald Chapman the mail bandit reprieved from the gallows for three months by Governor Trumbull is acting as one of his own lawyers in a five page brief written in his cell. He argues that President Coolidge misuses pardon powers and that his transfer to Connecticut is unlawful. His plan is to go to the supreme court if needed to force serving his federal sentence before execution in Connecticut.
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Hartford
Conn
A.P
Trumbull
Gerald Chapman
Coolidge
Chapman
Atlanta
New York
Connecticut
Supreme Court
A . Chapman
Frederick J. Groehl
Goel
Ghochl
Theft of Five Pounds of Fish Brings 20 Days Work
Willie Porter pleaded guilty in recorders court to stealing five pounds of fish from the National Sea Food Company yesterday. He was sentenced to twenty days of labor on the county road.
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National Sea Food Company
Willie Porter
Porter
Recorders Court
Last Rites For Queen Mother Alexandra At Westminster Abbey
London dispatch reports crowds filing past the coffin of Queen Alexandra at Westminster Abbey as dignitaries and mourners paid final homage before her burial beside King Edward VIII at Windsor. Canon Herbert Westlake, who organized the funeral, died afterward. two others connected to the service also died under tragic circumstances.
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King George of
England
Queen Alexandra
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
London
Alexandra
Westminster Abbey
Peyton
Alexan
Edward VIII
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
Abbey
Catheral
Fi Alexandra
Sirithe Pryke
St. Paul's Cathedral
Weatlake
Sunderland
Westminster
Herbert F. Westlake
Queen Mother
Dwellings Suffer Slight Fire Damage In Two Incidents
A frame dwelling at Kennedy and Congress streets received slight roof damage from sparks at 10 50 this morning after an alarm from evs. The fire department reported a small blaze last night at 7 26 at the ice plant corner Water and Adams streets in a saw dust pile with minor damage.
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Kennedy
Congress Streets
Evs
Water and
Adams Streets
Ferguson Offers Reward for Major Liquor Law Violations
Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson announced a $500 reward for information leading to arrests for liquor law violations involving Texan properties valued at $5,000 or more. The reward was issued via proclamation. she noted funds are limited but will use all available money.
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Austin
Tex
A.P
Miriam A. Ferguson Ts
Setback Delays Strike Settlement Proposal in Harrisburg
Governor Pinchot faced a setback as Major Inglis, chair of the operators wage panel, could not bring his committee to Harrisburg for talks on the anthracite strike settlement. John J. Lewis, Mine Workers president, had sent general scale committees to Harrisburg, but the sides delayed until further word after Monday.
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Harrisburg
Navy
Pinchot
Sels Wi
John J. Lewis
Major Inglis
Pinch
Negro Boy Injured by Auto on Broad and Delaware Streets
John H. Moore former city parks foreman charged with driving as result of injury to eight year old negro boy at Broad and Delaware streets. The boy remained unable to appear in court. Moore carried him to City Hospital. Recorder’s court reset for December 4. W T Crist and W Smitherman, charged with reckless driving after an accident at Dearborn and Charleston streets, were discharged.
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John H. Moore
Uty
Broad
Delaware
Himer
Recorder’s Court
Poe
Nct
Moore
W. T. Crist
W. Smitherman
Dearborn
Charleston
Recorder
Donaldson to Face State Charges After Arrest
I R Donaldson was taken into custody last Wednesday from Tub by officers who found jail br elements in his possession. He faces state offenses charged by County Solicitor B B Chamb. Two laws were found with Donaldson and two more with S Fleming. The prisoner turnover involved saws transferred from Donaldson to Fleming, leading to a forgery charge.
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I. R. Donaldson
Tub
B. B. Chamb
Dona
S. Fleming
Donaldson
Henry Marcet
Fleming
Ers
Weather forecast for the South and Midwest regions
The report outlines fair weather in Alabama with frost risk east if clear, and Sunday bring clouds with moderating northeast winds. Mississippi sees cloudy to partly cloudy conditions with rising temperatures and northeast winds. Overall outlook: mostly fair in the South Atlantic and East Gulf with a brief rain or snow chance, then a cold spell, and mixed conditions in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee Valley with showers early on.
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Alabama
Mississippi
South Atlantic
East Gulf
Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Micey
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MA Ferguson
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