Mobile to Host Big Chicago Motorcade Plan Meeting
A Mobile Chamber of Commerce committee will meet this afternoon at 4 to plan events for a ~1,000 car motorcade from Chicago arriving next Monday. F Taylor Peck chairs the group and Mobile residents will arrange accommodations and entertainment for the visitors in what could be one of the largest parties to visit the city.
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Chicago
Mobile
Mobile Chamber of Com
F. Taylor Peck
Chamber of Parca
Sam Powe Appeals Conviction Set for October Hearing
Sam Powe appeal of a 13 month federal prison sentence for conspiring to violate national prohibition law will be heard October 2 by the circuit court at Montgomery. Assistant United States Attorney Joseph John will represent the government. Powe was convicted in Birmingham by Judge I Grubb. A preliminary hearing for Tom Cleveland, charged likewise, was postponed to October 21 due to missing government witnesses.
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Sam Powe
Circuit Court of Peals
Montgomery
United States
Joseph John
Powe
Winter
I. Grubb
Birmingham
Tom Cleveland
Oust Bishop on Charge Heresy by Episcopals
The Rt. Rev. William Montgomery Brown, former Arkansas bishop, was deposed from the sacred ministry at New Orleans. Presiding Bishop Ethelbert Talbot announced his conviction for teaching doctrines contrary to the Episcopal Church. Court appearance for further proceedings set for Wednesday morning.
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New Orleans
William Montgomery Brown
Arkansas
Brown
Ethelbert Talbot
Talbot
A. R. Berkely
St. Paul's Church
F F. Reese
Georgia
Thomas F. Gailor
Tennessee
C. L. Pardee
House of Bishops
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Bishop Brown
Pheuse
Toog
Speeders Nabbed as Cops Patrol County Highways
On Sunday officers tracked numerous violations on main roads. Joe Banes, intoxicated on Craft highway, collided with a car and was jailed. Earl Tuberville faced prohibition charges. Ten speeders were arrested on Telegraph road while Evans family escaped a 20 foot embankment crash.
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Craft Highway
Joe Banes
Will Ernest
Banes
Earl Tuberville
Ernest
Mose Bernstein
Lartigue
Telegraph
Jareld Johnson
A. Farrell
Recorder
Johnson
St. Louis
Joachim
Collin Scott
Andrew Portis
Henry Pillichody
Fire Department
R. P. Sabetti
Mobile County Tubercular Sanitarium
Cottage Hill
Government
Bayou
Vina Harris
Sabetti
Population gain in Mobile estimated at 5,178 over five years
Census Bureau estimate places Mobile's 1960 population at 65,963, up from 60,777 in 1920 and 61,521 in 1910. The five year rise follows a long-term trend of about 1,006 persons per year, averaging roughly 10,000 per decade.
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Mobile
Census Bureau
Washington
Census “Department
Government Department
Eleven Dead After Clara B Capsizes Off Melbourne
Eleven bodies are prepared for burial after the Clara B capsized during a pleasure cruise from Melbourne Florida. Fourteen aboard included Kansas travelers on a farm property inspection junket for the Melbourne Farm Company. Missing are three Wichita men. survivors recount a wave sweeping the deck and a delayed response to the helm as seas proved rough.
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Melbourne
Fie
Kansas
Florida Farm
Melbourne Farm Company
Pany
Ed Arnold
Atlantic Ocean
Sebastian Inlet
Here
Hugh Seas
D. A. Buckles
Wichita
Kan
Loretta Dreilling
A. L. Wagstaff
Kansas City
Lock D. Davidson
F. T. Barton
Mabel Larsen
Witchita
Omaha
Harry Roach
Donald Roach
Harry Coppock
Kansa City
Frank Driscoll
John Salmans
Husted
Albertson
Malabar
Fila
Ruckies
Rickson
Hill
David Barnes
Campbell
Sears
Wichita, Kan
Melbourne Farms Company
Returning explorer welcomed by large crowds in Maine
Large crowds in Wiscasset Maine greet Commander Donald B MacMillan and his Arctic expedition partners as Bowdoin Peary reaches port finishing the voyage to the far north. The party had been storm bound at Cheaga Island about 30 miles away before moving up the Sheepscot River. Governor Brewster and naval and congressional representatives joined locals to welcome the explorers.
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Wiscasset
Maine
Donald B. MacMillan
Bowdein Peary
Ehaga Island
Sheepscott
Wist
Vernor Brewster
Ingress
Y and Navy
Pa Id
MacMillan
Six Ships Reach Mobile Port Over Sunday
Six steamers arrived in Mobile over the weekend with cargoes in transit and slated for loading to foreign ports. This morning four vessels the Mar Negro Mar Mediterranean Caldy Light and Ida plus the Smaragd and Steel Inventor also docked.
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Mobile
Game
Mar Negro
Mar Mediterranean
Caldy Light
Ida
Smaragd
Steel
Assistant Collector of Orleans Visits Mobile
Ernest F. Koelle, assistant corrector for customs of the port of New Orleans, visited the local customs office in Mobile. He spent Saturday and Sunday in Mobile and paid several visits to the office before departing.
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Ernest F. Koelle
Port of
New Orleans
Koelle
Mobile
Spanish War Vets to Meet Tuesday at Hall
Members of Fitzhugh Lee Camp No. 2 United Spanish War Vet will hold their monthly session Tuesday night at 7 30 o clock at the hall. Reports of delegates to the national convention at St Peters will be made by W J Koral camp com.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzhugh Lee
United Spanish War Vet
St. Peters
W. J. Koral
Miss Fonde Attends Recreation Congress Session
Mobile is represented at the twelfth Recreation Congress held in Asheville North Carolina by Miss Elizabeth. Delegates are present from the United States and from many groups. The meeting is convened by the Playground and Recreation Association of America.
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Mobile
My Recreation
Asheville
N. C
Miss. Elizabeth de
United States
Rape
Playground and Recreat Association of America
Weather Outlook Cloudy with Light Showers
Cloudy skies with late night and Tuesday showers. Warmer air moves in tonight from the east and southeast. Temperatures hold with little change and only moderate southeasterly winds.
Arrests to Follow Raids on Windsor Hotel
State, federal and county officers raid the Windsor hotel at Conti and Royal streets and seize eleven half pints of whiskey. Officers Cannon Pruitt Gillespie Hughes and Folmer report arrests to follow. a vineyard operator nearby faces prohibition charges, and other suspects are docketed at the county jail with continuances and ongoing cases.
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Windsor Hotel
Conti
Royal
Rufus Cannon
Cannon
Pruitt
Gillespie and Hughes
Folmer
D. Gemipro
Russell
Bock
Lee
Oak Grove
Gemipro
Morris Davis
Elbert Petrson
I. Willey
Untreiner
Hubbard and Welch
Recorder
Tug Hulver To Make Tow Light Barges
The former United States Shipping Board tug Hulver, purchased by Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company, had been chartered by Coyle Coal Company to take a tow from New York. The Hulver recently returned from a towing mission to Florida ports and is expected to leave Mobile tomorrow for New York. The specific tow to be pulled remains unclear.
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United States Shipping Board
Hulver
Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company
Coyle Coal Company
New York
Towing Company
Florida
Mobile
Tug Arrives With Tow Light Barges in Mobile
The tug Jim Side arrived in Mobile today with two light barges from Tampa Florida. The barges were towed to Miami with gravel due to high demand for building materials and other cargoes created by a Florida rail embargo. They will be loaded here and towed back to Florida.
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Jim Side
Mobile
Tampa
Fla
Miami
Florida
Bananas and passengers arrive in Mobile on Smaragd
The Norwegian steamer Smaragd bringing 200000 stems of bananas from Puerto Castilla discharges at pier 1 in Mobile. Passengers Cornelius Wharton Harry S Stoneham and Felipe E Majia are listed among those arriving aboard the ship operated by United Fruit Company.
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Mobile
Smaragd
United Fruit Company
Puerto Castilla
Pier 1
Cornelius Wharton
Harry S. Stoneham
Felipe Emajia
Tug James Dougherty Returns From Havana Tow Mission
The James Dougherty of Gulf Towing and Wrecking Co arrived in Mobile from Pensacola after towing two barges from Havana to Pensacola. The vessel left Mobile for Pensacola, then proceeded to Havana to pick up the two barges for the return trip.
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James Dougherty
Gulf Towing and Wrecking Company
Mobile
Pensacola
Fla
Havana
Cuba
Bullets Fired Into Conti Street Home
Mrs May Whitehead of 412 Conti Street says unidentified shooters fired into her second floor apartment last night a bullet shattered a window near her bed. Detectives probe the shooting as police continue the investigation hours after the incident. Bernice Burnett of 1001 St Medar Street reports a knife attack injuring her shoulder and arm and alleges Alphonse Adams of 505 Maple Street did the cutting.
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May Whitehead
Conti Street
McIntyre
Whitehead
Bernice Burnett
St. Medar Street
750 Tons Freight on Warrior Barges Arrive in Mobile
The Mississippi Warrior, a self propelled barge, arrived from New Orleans in Mobile with 750 tons of freight to discharge at St Michael street. Barges carry 450 tons for transfer upriver and are part of a combined movement by the Warrior line. The towboats Demopolis and Montgomery schedule movements with sulphur, general merchandise, lumber, cotton and steel toward the up river district.
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Mississippi Warrior Barger Line
Tuscaloosa
Mobile
New Orleans
St. Michael Street
Demopolis
Up River
Montgomery
Convy Named to Police Department Chauffeur Post
James Convy a longtime longshoreman and secretary of a longshoremen's union has been appointed to the regular police department role. He will be attached to the second shift from 3 pm to 11 pm as a chauffeur.
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James Convy
Convy
Showers Tonight in Mobile area forecast
Cloudy conditions with a late night shower or Tuesday rain in Mobile and vicinity. Temperature remains steady with no significant change expected overnight.
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Weather Bureau
Mobile
Probe starts into death of air mail pilot Charles Ames
A board of investigation opened in Bellefonte to probe the death of air mail pilot Charles H. Ames who crashed near Heela Gap while delivering mail. Ames’ body was found strapped to his plane by a local searching party. the crash destroyed the aircraft and mail.
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AIR Mail
Bellefont
Charles H. Ames
Hecla Gap
Ames
Ashes of mail pilot Charles Ames sent to Michigan birth city
Charles Ames, a 31 year old mail pilot whose body was found on a Pennsylvania mountain after a 10 day search, will be cremated and laid to rest in Jackson, Michigan, his birthplace. His father C. C. Ames confirmed the death to brother Paul, noting the family will not attend the funeral. Ames served in World War I era aviation and later flew in the air mail service.
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Los Angelles
Charles Ames
Pennsylvania
Jackson
Mich
C. C. Ames
Charles
Paul
Ances
Michigan
Air Service
San Diego
Texas
Brooks and Kelly Fields
Transport Service
Air Mail Service
Reach Agreement On German Entry To League Of Nations
Locarno Switzerland Oct 12 The Allies present a solution on Germany joining the League of Nations expected to satisfy German public opinion and protect Reich relations with Russia while securing the security conference aims. Chancellor Luther and Foreign Minister Stresemann express cautious optimism about the outcome.
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Locarno
Switzerland
A.P
Germany
League of Nations
Luther
Stresemann
Reich
Russia
Two Cars Stolen in Bon Air and Dauphin City
G. E. Baldwin at 71 Bienville avenue reports his Dodge stolen last night from near the Methodist church at Dauphin and Catherine streets. J. W. Thurman of Bankhead and Lettice streets, Bon Air, says a Ford was taken from near his home. Police describe the vehicles and sent descriptions to nearby cities.
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G. EB. Baldwin
Bienville Avenue
Dauphin and
Catherine Streets
J. W. Thurman
Bankhead and Lettice Streets
Bon Air
Pirates Hunker Down for decisive Game in Washington
The Pittsburgh Pirates face a must win game at Griffith Stadium in Washington to avoid a 4 1 deficit in the World Series. Vic Aldridge will start for Pittsburgh against Stan Coveleskie as the Senators seek a series clincher. Play begins at n o'clock with a free matinee coverage planned by The Register and News Item and an Associated Press feed.
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Washington
A.P
Wateone
Griffith
Pirate
Johnson
Senators
Leonean Goslin
Clyde Barnhart
Joe Harris
Goslin
Wright
Traynor
Harris
Traynors
Tag Barnhart
Judge
Pittsburgh Pirates
Washington Senators
Griffith Stadium
Pirates
Vic Aldridge
Seniotrs
Stan Coveleskie
Aldridge
Register
Ress
Wichita families mourn as Clara sinking claims six
The pleasure boat Clara sank off Sebastian Inlet Florida killing six Wichita residents. Victims include contractor F T Barton and his wife, Miss Loretta Dreilling 15, D A Buckles, Mabel Larson who had just moved from Omaha, and others tied to Florida land ventures. Survivors include Catherine Hil and Mr and Mrs Davis Barnes.
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Wichita
Kans
A.P
Clara
Sebastian Inlet
Florida
F. T. Barton
Mabel Larson
Omaha
D.A. Buckles
Melbourne
Loretta Dreilling
Lock Davidson
E. Roach
Davidson
Plevna
Kansis
Catherine Hil
Pauls Valley
Okla
Davis Barnes
Barmes
Guarantee Title and Turst Company
Dickson
Dodge City
Columbus Day Observance Noted in City Schools
Public schools are expected to hold brief exercises today for the 433rd anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America. No programs have been announced by fraternal groups, continuing the usual Columbus Day observance with school activities.
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America
Christopher Columbus
Santa Maria
Bahiman jailed five days for alimony contempt
Charles G. Bahiman was committed to the county jail for five days for contempt of court by order of Presiding Judge Safford Berney. He failed to pay alimony to his separated wife and did not pay the court fees.
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Charles G. Bahiman
Safford Berney
Equity Division
Circuit Court
Treasury debates tax reform and $5,000 exemption
Washington reports Treasury officials prepare data for a tax reduction bill. Green opposes abolishing the federal inheritance tax and supports a $5,000 exemption, while Treasury argues gradual cuts will boost revenue. Officials cite rising surplus and differing views on rates and impacts.
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Washington
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Green
Iowa
Mellon
Ita
Melton
Congress
Melion
B. Pry
Ion
Cotton Handling Hearing Date Fixed
A hearing on practices and privileges in cotton handling across the territory was scheduled for November 30 in Jacksonville. Weatherford Crump & Co., a Texas firm, filed a plaint, with R G Cobb of Mobile Chamber representing local cotton interests, broadening focus on shipments.
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Acksonvile
Senecdine
Chamber of Commerce
Steel Inventor Arrives to Load Rail for Far East
The American steamer Steel Inventor arrived in Mobile from Baltimore and moored in the upper Mobile to load Alabama rails and other products for Yokohama and Kobe. Norton, Lilley & Co. act as steamship agents for the voyage.
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Steel Inventor
Mobile
Baltimore
Alabama
Far East
Norton, Lilley & SS
Yokohama
Kobe
T Orient
Unification Approved at Meeting in Niagara Falls
The conference of the Methodist Church unitization received strong support with a reported vote showing broad approval. The meeting, held in Niagara Falls, focused on unification among the Me Supeh in session and related church structures.
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Niagaraa
A Falls
A.P
Methodist Church
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Biuege
Orleans
Zachary Lansdowne
Middle West
Naval Inquiry Board
Miss. Fonde
Tug Dougherty
Warrior
Robert 8. Thornburgh
International News Service
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