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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1925
Page
2
Jewels valued at 700000 were returned to police after a private detective delivered them in brown paper. The collection included two pearl necklaces and a $450000 pearl, with one bag missing. Investigators pursue thieves as motives and methods remain unclear.
Benjamin Gitlow, Workers Party candidate for mayor, is barred from the ballot by New York election officials because he lost his citizenship in 1921 during a Sing Sing sentence for criminal anarchy and never had it restored. The board acted four years ago while he was in Sing Sing.
Hollywood actress Maryon Rye failed director Clarence Brown and writer Jack Boyle in a 17 question mental test designed to reveal reactions to love and moral dilemmas. The test sought a suitable heroine for a new Boston Blackie story, highlighting age and ambition themes and ending with readers asked what they would answer.
Louisville owner William F. Knebelkamp announces he will manage the Louisville Colonels himself for the current season and the next. He says no assistant will be appointed, and notes the club will proceed with a Pacific Coast trip after Des Moines, Omaha, Kansas City stops, then San Francisco for the series against the coast pennant winner.
Washington observers report the court of inquiry pauses its technical hearings to hear weather experts. Two meteorologists from the USDA and naval forecasters will corroborate Harvard’s A G McAdie testimony on how gas valve removals and motor loss may have contributed to the Shenandoah catastrophe over Ohio.
In Melbourne Florida on October 14 two bodies remain missing from the four teen drowned when the yacht Clara A sank off Sebastian Inlet. Rescue crews and local citizens continue search efforts while plans to raise the vessel aim to recover further victims. Missing are J. T. Salman of Wichita Kansas and E. E. Albertson of Sedgwick Kansas. A coroner's jury ruled the accident an un.
In Atlanta on Oct 14 Judge Samuel H. Sibley ruled for Famous Players-Lasky, denying Mrs. Mattie Thompson of Eufaula royalties and an injunction. She claimed to have authored the movie scenario used for The Ten Commandments in 1919. The company said eight contest winners received $1,000 and that Miss McPherson wrote the final scenario.
Calahorra Spain Oct 14 All bakers in the town of about 11000 are jailed for refusing to sell bread at a municipal fixed price. Each baker faces a 600 peseta fine and bake shops may be seized on release if they resume refusals. Nearby towns supply bread to residents.
Washington October 14 The department of agriculture reported a continuing strong feeder cattle market. The outlook rests on heavy marketing improved feeding in western regions and better feed in the southwest. Shipments of stock cattle were somewhat reduced in July August and September versus last year.
In Hopkinsville Kentucky on October 14 the Dark Tobacco Growers Co Operative Association announced that 70 000 members may dispose of their 1925 crops as they choose. The board passed the resolution by a vote of 106 to 1. The move follows leadership and legal counsel actions.
Reports from multiple cities detail a range of events. Mrs Jess Margaret dhong wins a litigation over trespass on her husband’s Newport estate after her husband sought an injunction. In Ossining a prisoner at Sing Sing receives a potential blood transfusion. In Vienna the death by suicide of a high official’s valet prompts fears about League of Nations control.
Lucius T. M. Canada a former state senator and lawyer known for handling notable cases in the area died at his Memphis home at age 66. He had practiced law for many years and was active in public affairs. Canada's death was reported from Memphis Tennessee on October 14 by the Associated Press.
Report states all aboard the yacht were cleared of fault after the incident. Most salvaged guests were real estate prospects from Kansas and visitors of the Melbourne Farms Company. Recovered men were largely shipped to their homes.
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