Burglary and Violent Incidents Shock Texas Street Area
Police records note Sunday and Sunday night burglaries and two fatal assaults. John Green, 37, Black, charged with a serious case. Walter Steele, 4, Black, fatally injured. Hudson Lewis also named. Incidents centered on Texas and St Emanuel, with several offices broken into on St Francis and nearby streets. loot totaled about 500 dollars.
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John Green
Hurcher
Hudson Lewis
Texas
St. Emanueltreets
Green
Recorder
Davis Avenue
Rborn
Walter Steele
Gney Stucklin
Joseph Léslie
Willie Hill
Hill
Cuba
Congress
Headlers
Burns
C. Bush, Jr
Goo
Kieves
St. Francis Tt
Royal
Waters
Gaillard, Mahomerd
St. Francis Street
Te & Washichek
F. Adams & Sons
Norville Bros
Pellagra Not Increasing in Alabama Says Health Officer
Dr Welch releases statewide survey results showing 1,242 existing pellagra cases in Alabama through September 30 1921 with 135 new cases since 1915 and 285 deaths. He notes response from physicians to determine race distribution and overall extent amid debate with the U S Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Welch
United States ’ Board
Post Office Desk Location and Complaint Book Update
Announcement states the complaint book and claim boxes are now at the Mobilé post office. The desk and postmaster offices are described as at the end of the building with the assistant postmaster nearby. Information not at the window may be secured there.
Spring Hill Rural Carrier Service Expanded
The efforts of P. D. Bar are noted as a Republican leader guiding the rural carrier service update at Spring Hill. The service, begun recently, now runs three trips weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. D. Bar- Hi
Republical
Spring Hill
Forecast: Mississippi fair tonight and cooler
Mississippi forecast notes fair conditions tonight with a drop in temperatures across the state as cooler air moves in after a warm day. The outlook calls for light winds and clear skies in most regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Revenue Board Endorses Mobile Juvenile Bill in Vote
The Mobile county revenue board endorsed a Mobile Juvenile Court bill after a lengthy discussion and roll call. Two amendments were added with support from the League of Women Voters and Judge J. F. Hogan. The measure raises court official salaries and age limit to 17. The board resisted costs shifted to the city and opposes funding probation cars, with President Hagan casting the deciding vote in favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Revenue
Mobile County Juvenile Court
League of Women
J. F. Hogan
James R. Hagan
Erwin Craighead
League
Hogan
Mobile
Finlay McFadyen
Henry Brannan
Ward and
Freeland
Hagan
D. B. Cobb
Grand Jury Urged to Enforce Game Laws in Mobile County
Judge Claude A. Grayson urged the October grand jury to strictly enforce state game and fish laws in Mobile County. He warned of declining game, urged action against pot hunters and overbagging, and called for stopping game sales, protecting waterfowl, and halting night shooting and dynamiting of streams to curb fish hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Claude A. Grayson
Grayson
Conference on Mobile Port Aid Bill Reintroduce Without Provision
A city commission conference with F K Hale and John J Russell discussed the port aid amendment. The group unanimously favored reintroducing the bill in its original form without any mention of the appropriation. The meeting was called by Commissioner Harry T Hartwell at the commission’s organization last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Messrs
F. K. Hale
John J. Russell
Mobile County
Mobile
Harry T Hartwell
Man Tries to Kill Self at Station Amid Domestic Turmoil
J Armstrong a clerk at 473 Dauphin street attempted to kill himself in the police station by headbutting his cell door. He was sent to City hospital in a straight jacket. Wife Mrs Armstrong testified shinny caused his troubles. officer described weekly home disturbances.
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J. Armstrong
Dauphin Street
Robert Holmes
Armstrong
Police Commissioners to Address City Police at Weekly Meeting
Mayor George E. Crawford and Commissioner Harry Hartwell will address members of the police department at the city weekly meeting. The session will be held with the center of the department to discuss current matters.
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George E. Crawford
Harry Hartwell
Police Department
September Aclo Heat Records Warm Mobile Area
The Mobile weather bureau records September as the warmest in 51 years with an average 82.2 and a 96 degree high on September 23. Forecasters expect a sharp cool spell tonight with a 6 degree low, signaling autumn’s arrival and lighter clothing. Frosts are possible tonight in the upper lake region and western Ohio, with scattered frost reported in the Mississippi and Missouri valleys and plain states.
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Mobile Weather Bureau
Palm Beach
Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Washington
Upper Lake Region
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Plain States
Mobilian Injured In Fall Aboard Eastern Sun
Erling Larsen of Mobile, crew member on the Eastern Sun, is at King Edward Memorial Hospital Bermuda Islands with a fractured leg after falling from the hatch top to the hold. He is expected to reach Mobile in about 12 weeks. A stranger, Henry Colson, seaman, is jailed 20 days on a dangerous and suspicious charge after a raid near the Bauer home on Government Street.
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Erling Larsen
Mobile
Eastern Sun
King Edward Memorial Hospital
Hamiltton
Bermuda Islands
Henry Colson
Recorder's Court
Bauer
Joachim
Government
Adolph Jacobs
Colson
Baltimore Mobile Water Rates Soon
The Clyde Steamship Company announces semi weekly sailings between Baltimore and New York and all water rates to Mobile via New York will be published. Mobile expects lower all water rates than current tariffs, with Baltimore canned goods shipped to New York then Mallory vessels to Mobile.
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Clyde Steamship Company
Baltimore
New York
Mobile
Mallory
Louisville and Nashville Excursion to New Orleans Large Turnout
A Sunday departure on the Louisville and Nashville line carried 774 passengers to New Orleans with over 150 boarding between the city and Bay St. Louis. The train left at 7 30 and returned shortly after midnight, marking one of the most successful trips from this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisvile and
Nashville
New Orleans
Crescent City
Bay St. Louis
License Delinquency Deadline Set for October End
Probate Judge Price Williams Jr announces that all state and county licenses including auto and business licenses are due in October and become delinquent after October 31. Licenses must be paid before November 1 under the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Williams, Jr
Williams
Stowaway Ordered Back to Tampico
Eliel Anderson, a stowaway aboard the Schooner Ralph S. Parsons, received a hearing and was ordered returned to Tampico, Mexico, where he boarded the vessel. The schooner arrived in port Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliel Anderson
Ralph S. Parsons
Tampico
Exico
Georgia Woman Admitted To Bar Before Supreme Court
Mrs. Mary Campbell Johnson of Rome Georgia was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States today. She is a member of the firm Johnson and Johnson of Rome.
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Washington
United Press
Mary Campbell Jo
Rome
Supreme Court of the
Johnson
Johnson and Johnson of
Ome
Boy Scouts Save Train After Tree Fells on Tracks
James Caldwell and Clarence Swingholm, both 12 and 13, Omaha Boy Scouts, spotted a bee tree across the rails near Camp Gifford. They waved Caldwell’s red sweater as the 800 yard distant Burlington train approached, forcing the engineer to stop before a serious wreck.
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Omara
Neb
James Caldwell
Clarence Swingholm
Omaha
Chicago, Burlington and Quady
Chicago
Camp Gifford
Young Caldwell
The
Burlington
Port Charges Hearing Opened In Mobile
The Interstate Commerce Commission held a port terminal charges hearing in Mobile at 10 am with city officials state harbor board Chamber of Commerce railroads and terminal interests represented. Examiner John B Keeler presided and Major Earl North outlined data on separating port charges from rail haul and ensuring reasonable returns for docks. The session aims to study practices across the country to root out unfair charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
State Harbor Board
Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile
United States Court Rooms
John B. Keeler
Washington
William B Wilber
Earl North
War Department
Major North
R. V. Taylor
R. A. Christian
Horace Turner
W. J. McKerall
P. A. Fenimore
Y. §. Hurlbert
Maritime Bureau
Fruit Dispatch Company
Death at St. Nicholas Church Raises Murder Question
Nicholas Varzakakos, a New York merchant, died at the altar of St. Nicholas Greek Catholic Church. Authorities weigh murder by a priest after an altercation over financial affairs. Autopsy planned as district attorney questions the priest Rev Kyrillos Vafiadakis, sexton, and witnesses.
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New York
United Press
Nicholas Varzakakos
St. Nicholas
Kyrillos Vafiadakis
Varzakakos
Vatiadakis
Vartakakos
Board of Trustees
Sexton
Varzakakes
Wright's Academy Opens Session with 200 Students
The University Military school, a leading southern institution, opened this morning with about 200 students, up from last year. Ten instructors lead operations across classrooms and drills as Dr. Julius Tutwiler Wright serves as principal. A full program includes football practice starting immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
University Military School
South
Julius Tutwiler Wright
Ber of Gamse
Sinn Fein seeks release of 4000 Irish prisoners of war
Dublin reports Arthur Griffith plans to demand freedom for 4000 Sinn Fein prisoners held since the 1916 uprising. The Sinn Fein plenipotentiaries will travel to London October 10 for talks with a British cabinet committee as pressure mounts for clemency ahead of a proposed Irish solution.
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Dublin
United Pacg
Sinn
Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein Delegation Leaves for London Conference
Sinn Fein delegates will depart Dublin on October 10 for a London conference starting October 11 to discuss the Irish situation and seek a definite statement. Eamon de Valera will not accompany the delegation to London. Desmond Fitzgerald announced the departure plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Associated Press
Sinn Fein
London
Eamon de Valera
Desmond Fitzgerald
Moslems in Battle Lose Number Men at Baku Clash
Thousands of casualties reported in a violent Baku battle between Bolshevik troops and Moslems on the Caspian coast in Transcaucasus. Moslems hoisted banners of independence or death as Red bombardment damaged parts of the city and forces withdrew to save it.
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London
Baku
Caspian Sea
Transcaucasus
Azerbaian Information Bureau
Azerbaijan
Persia
Courthouse Burns in Wayne County Loss Estimated
Wayne county court house in Wayne West Virginia burned early Sunday causing an official loss between 75 000 and 125 000. Sheriff Brumfield said he heard explosions inside as the fire raged. Most records were in fire proof vaults and were recovered, but 1921 assessment sheets were destroyed.
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Wayne
W. Va
Wayne County Court House
Brumfield
Probe of Mingo Disorders to Conclude Next Week
Washington Oct 3 The senate labor committee will wrap up investigations into disorders in the Mingo West Virginia coal fields with a week of hearings set to begin next Monday. Kenyon announced today that another visit to West Virginia is planned.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Mingo
West Virginia
Kenyon
Lane
West Vir
Six Million Bales Estimate U S on Cotton
The department of agriculture estimates this year’s cotton production at 6,537,000 equivalent 500-pound bales based on the Sept 26 crop condition 42.2 percent of normal. State forecasts show varied yields by Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Louisiana Texas Oklahoma California and others with different percentages of normal.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
California
Department of ‘Agriculture
Cotton ginning totals up to September 25 in 1946
The census bureau reports U S cotton ginned before September 25 totaled 2 907 950 running bales plus 69 319 round bales. including 2 376 bales of American Egyptian and 229 bales of Sea Island. State figures list Texas Alabama Georgia and others with Alabama 229 927 bales and Texas 1 220 281. A decline in crop condition and an estimated total crop of 6 637 000 500‑pound bales are also noted.
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Washington
Sea Island
Census Bureau
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
States
Solons Gather at Capital for Alabama Special Session
Alabama legislators arrive in Montgomery for a special session called by Governor Kilby. Proposals include funds to match federal road grants, cereal beverage regulation, port development for Mobile, and revisions to Sunday movie laws and anti boycotting statutes. The roads bond issue, previously struck down, is up for re submission. The highway commission meets to discuss the proposals.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Kilby
Mobile
Supreme Court
State Highway Commission
Union Chiefs In Session On Rail Wage Vote
In Chicago four railway unions counted their strike ballots on the 12 percent wage cut effective July 1 under the railroad fair board order. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Enginemen and Firemen, Conductors, and Switchmen voted on acceptance while the Trainmen and Federated Shop Crafts voted heavily for a strike. Officials said a formal count of the remaining unions would show the same result and a strike may follow after grievance committees meet, with no strike likely for a month.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Faor Board
Brotherhood of Locootive Enginers
Brotherhood of Enginemen and Firemen
Order of Railroad Conductors
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Brotherhood of
Federated Shop Crafta
United Press
Princeton President Urges University Action on World Disarmament
Princeton New Jersey October 3 A plea to American university students to back world disarmament and form an undergraduate group to support the Washington arms conference was voiced by John Grier Hibben president of Princeton University in the opening sermon of the new school year He warned of cynicism about the conference and urged firm student backing for the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Washington
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
Cotton Market Breaks After Government Crop Figures
New York October 3 The cotton market rose to a new high after the agriculture department released crop figures. December cotton climbed to 21.95 per bale before futures fell back to 21.86 as the report cited a crop well below expectations. The season has been disastrous with heat and drought, and the boll weevil invasion spreads across Tennessee Arkansas and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Department of Agriculture
North Re
Tennessee
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Cotton futures surge after government crop report
New Orleans reports a volatile session with cotton prices jumping after the Department of Agriculture released its final season report. December and January contracts saw sharp gains amid a volatile trading day as the market assessed a 42.2 percent crop condition and a projected 6.5 million bale yield, with futures moving well above the morning highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
New Orleans
Prisoners Moved To Escape Mob In Colonial Beach Case
Fredericksburg Virginia reports two prisoners Roger Eastlake and Sarah Knox held after a mob gathering demanded lynching at the Montross jail. Sheriff Griffith says both protested innocence. Eastlake and Knox are charged in connection with the brutal murder of Mrs Eastlake at her Colonial Beach home.
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Fredericksburg
Roger
Eastlake
Sarah
Connec
Colonial Beach
Bent
Metross
Asqueze Ae
Montro
Griffith
Praise for Two Navy Men After Boiler Accident
Secretary Denby commends Robert Burns of Weston Pa and chief water tender James Joseph Hegarty of Philadelphia for courage and devotion to duty aboard the Sinahen during a boiler accident on July 10, 1921. Burns assisted in the fire room while Hegarty acted on deck.
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Washington
Robert Burns
Westston
Jome Joseph Hegarty
Philadelphia
Denby
New York
le Roads
Hegarty
Burns
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