Target for Bandit Band Thought Scared Away
Police report a marauder frightened away during a Tuesday morning burglary at the Albright and Wood drug store located at Northeast Royal and St. Francis. Intruders entered via St Michael street, failed to break iron bars, and fled leaving the job incomplete after fingerprints were recovered. It was the second attempted entry, with a prior shed-climb into a rear window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albright and Wood Drug Store
St. Francis and Royal Street
Albright and Wood Drug
Royal
St. Francis Street
St. Michael Street
Poison Case Defendant Pleads Not Guilty at Arraignment
Noah Sullivan a wood chopper pleads not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity before Judge Claude A. Grayson. He is charged with first degree murder for administering poison to Jerry Taylor in a cup of coffee and faces trial December 8. Additional arraignments list multiple defendants in capital cases with trial dates set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude A. Grayson
Noah Sullivan
Wood Chopper
Jerry Taylor
Sullivan
Robert E. Gordon
Grayson
Taylor
James Davidson
Davis
George Sossaman
J. G. Bennett
John Darden
Alias Darden
Robertson
Weems Dorn
Carl Booth
John B. Robertson
William McDermott
Will McCreary
Palmer Richardson
Hubert Piper
Herbert Piper
George Brownhart
White
Drunk Driving and Other Stiff Local Charges
E A Kirby of 253 North Conception street was fined 250 and costs 90 days hard labor for operating a mobile while drunk and barred from driving 6 months after arrest on Charleston street. Frank Semler of Plateau faced 1500 bond on threats to do bodily harm with Mrs Bettie Miller as complainant. Willie McCall and Lee Richardson held to grand jury under 500 bond on grand larceny for stealing 30 cartons of cigarettes from United Wholesale Grocery, 101 North Commerce Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Kirby
North
Conception Street
Recorder
Kirby
Robert Holmes
Thomas Crivalleri
Charleston Street
Conception
Frank Semler
Plateau
Bettie Miller
Semler
United Wholesale Grocery Company
North Commerce Street
P. W. Kelly Dies Veteran City Worker at 157 North Franklin
Patrick W. Kelly longtime employee of Mobile water works died Tuesday at 10 30 AM at his home 157 North Franklin Street He is survived by two sons Thomas J and J P Kelly Funeral from the residence Wednesday at 10 30 AM to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and burial in the Catholic cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick W. Kelly
City Water Works Department
North Franklin Street
Kelly
Mobile
Thomas J
J. P. Kelly
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Musical Program at St Louis Street Baptist Church
A musical program featuring Negro spirituals will be held at the St Louis Street Baptist church at an evening time Wednesday. Special seating is reserved for white attendees. Manager A H Harris confirms the event takes place Wednesday night and not Tuesday as earlier reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Street Baptist Church
A H. Harris
Seawall Officials Answer Litigation Filed in Circuit Court
Litigation filed October 10 by Virginia Bullock Willis challenges sea wall commissioners authority. Answers filed Tuesday deny usurping or unlawful exercise of public office. They assert they are lawful public officers under House Bill 1018 and ask dismissal of the bill and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Seawall Green
Kiwanis Names 1932 Election Candidates
The Kiwanis Club announces the 1932 officer and board race with a ballot listing two choices for president and other officers, plus twelve candidates for seven director seats. Voting occurs November 4 at the Battle House, per secretary H I Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Battle House
H. I. Collins
D. S. M. Unger
Leo H. Pou
K. J. Clark
George W. Nevins
M. Wilson Gaillard
John H. McCormack
Hugh M. Stanfill
William 8. Pape
Charles C. Sanders
Joseph A. Caviezel
Mitchell C. Cunningham
A. V. Greer
John F. Aldridge
Thomas P. Cumberland
Pelham Durant
George M. Haas
Tisdale J. Touart
William E. Kennedy
Richeson C. Kirk
Mendel P. Goldstein
Large number plead guilty in court here
A large number of cases were wiped from the federal court docket on Tuesday morning by guilty pleas. Prohibition law violations led the list with several other charges on the day’s call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Mullaney, Jr
Richard Hill
Selma
Dallas
Howard McCall
Belleville
C. W. Wilson
Bald
Mobile News Item Cooking School Opens This Week
A four day cooking school for Mobile housewives starts Tuesday at 2 30 PM in the Old Shell road school auditorium. Miss Christeen Chitwood will teach with demonstrations on balanced menus and recipes. Local merchants including Snowdrift Wesson Oil KC Baking Powder Clorox Best Dairies Vadco Farms Weatherby Furniture Mobile Gas Haas-Davis Smith's Bakery Weinacker Brothers support the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Road School
Mobile News-Item and Register
Christeen Chitwood
Mobile
Register
Snowdrift
Wesson Oil
KC. Baking Powder
Clorox Chemical Company
Albright and Wood
Best Dairies, Inc
Vadco Farms
Weatherby Furniture Company
Mobile Gas Company
Haas-Davis Packing Company
Smith's Bakery
Weinacker Brothers
Mobile City Council Rejects Incinerator Cuts Plan
Mobile leaders debated abolishing two garbage incinerators and trimming 16 city vehicles. Mayor Bates and Commissioner Hartwell opposed deep cuts, citing public health and an $85,000 plant investment. No bids on $126,000 bonds. zoning dispute on Conti and Houston postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Taylor
Bates
Hartwell
Taylor
Mobile
Mr. Taylor
Commission
Delchamps Grocery Company
Conti and
Houston Streets
SEEK MISSING MAN A shipyard worker Howard Wells sought by police
Mrs. H L Wells of 257 North Conception seeks help as her husband Howard Wells 35, 5 feet 7, 135 pounds with dark hair and eyes, scar on nose bridge, last seen Sunday night leaving home in a white shirt blue trousers and grey hat. Police Moody and Franco report distress of family with four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Wells
North
Conception Street
Howard Wells
Wells
Moody
Franco
Will Stand Trial for Forgery in Madison
Ashley Peek wanted in Madison Florida on two forgery counts will be brought to stand trial after deciding not to fight extradition. He just finished a Mobile County jail term on a prohibition charge and was found by officers with alcohol in a suitcase when taken from a train at a local station. Madison police have been notified to arrange Peek’s return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Peek
Madison
Fla
Peek
Mobile
Aquor
Madison Police
Mandamus Action Over Clerk Salary Ruling Issued
The mandamus case by Vernol R. Jansen seeks his salary from the board of revenue. The court grants the petition and upholds the act while the board argues constitutional violation and questions legislature authority to name a clerk for the board of registrars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernol R. Jansen
Board of Revenue
Gordon
Edington
Leigh
Board of Registrars
Jansen
Claude A. Grayson
Pose Case Reset For October 23 In Police Court
Roy Pose of 305 South Cedar Street faced assault and battery charges after an alleged attack on Ada Mael Taylor. The case was reset for October 23 and Pose posted bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Pose
South
Cedar Street
Pose
Ada Mael Taylor
Doctor's Wife Sought In Trunk Murder Case
Los Angeles police sought Winnie Ruth Judd in a Phoenix two-girl killing case after a Los Angeles University student, B. J. McKinnell, claimed his sister confessed to the murders. He described the trunk discovery at a railroad station as officers investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona
Judd
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Ariz
B. J. McKinnell
Los Angeles University
Winnie Ruth Judd
McKinnell
Homicide Bureau
Police Department
Agnes Leroi
Hedvig Sam
Uelson
Stock Prices Rise Broadly on Open Markets
Cotton gains 60 to 85 cents per bale in early trading as the market breaks from a narrow range. The stock market advances vigorously with Eastman Columbian Carbon and Auburn climbing 5 points or more and several others up two points or more including U S Steel American Telephone Allied Chemical Santa Fe New York Central Case Loews and Johns Manville. French buying of acceptances and reduced gold outflow cited by bankers as supportive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Eastman
Columbian Carbon
Auburn
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
Allied Chemical
Santa Fe
New York Central
Case
Loews
Johns Manville
Dr Ware Returns From Vacation After Auto Accident
Dr J T Ware in charge of the local Immigration department returned Tuesday after a month away on vacation. He is recovering from injuries suffered in an automobile accident during his first days of absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Ware
Immigration Department
Storm devastates Dunedin as hurricane strikes at dawn
A violent hurricane hit Dunedin at daybreak, uprooting trees and wrecking several buildings. It unroofed a grandstand and a hospital, with heavy damage but no reported casualties as the wind eased later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunedin
N. Z
Wreck Injures Charles Miller in City Street Collision
Charles Miller aged 27 of 1600 Center street sustained cuts and bruises after a collision with a car driven by Hubert Pierce at Hazel street near Springhill avenue. Pierce aided Miller to City hospital where he received surgical attention before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Miller
Center Street
Hubert Pierce
Tanner Ferry Road
Hazel Street
Springhill Avenue
Pierce
Miller
Edison Lies In State As Nation Mourns Icon
Thomas A Edison lay in state at his laboratory library in Orange New Jersey as thousands filed by. Funeral planned for West Orange with services at Rosedale cemetery at 2 30 pm. Hoover undecided on attending while states and firms suspend work for one minute in tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
West
Orango
N. J
Thomas Alva Edison
West Orange
Arthur H. Brown
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Mr. Edison
Walker
New Jersey
Kans Quaker drive to aid miners with flour
Wichita news report says Kansas flour will be distributed to needy miners and families by the Friends Service Committee of West Virginia. Kansas Quaker churches agreed at a conference to collect wheat for the effort and have it ground free of charge by Kansas Milling Company of Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kans
Kansas
The
Friends Service Committee of
West Virginia
Quaker Churches of Kansas
Kansas Milling Company of
Wichita
Knight Defends Butler In Cut On Power Taxes
In Montgomery Alabama three new developments in the taxpayers fight against Alabama Power Company tax favoritism emerged. The mandamus hearing by county commissioners of Chilton and Coosa to compel Butler to assess power era properties at 60 percent instead of 45 percent was postponed to allow Butler to adjust assessments when he reopens Thursday. Attorneys for the counties said another action was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Baughn
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Power Company
R. Butler
Chilton
Coosa
Butler
Montgomery County
Smith
Coosa County
Kidnapped Cashier Slain in Bank Robbery Fleeing Bandits Shot
Four raiders robbed Kraft State Bank in Menominee Wisconsin taking about ten thousand dollars. James Kraft 19, son of bank president, was kidnapped and slain. W. R. Kraft 22 was wounded as pursuing officers fired on the escape car. Bank guard Townsend triggered alarms during the getaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Menominee
Wis
Kraft
James Kraft
W.kraft
W. R. Kraft
Wi Brother
W. Townsend
Boses
Phyasiel
Edward Trinko
Ned
No Storm Threat Foreseen for East Coast
Washington weather bureau notes a storm advisory with moderate intensity, moving northward, centered near latitude and longitude 75, bringing strong winds north of its center. In Miami, a disturbance 350 miles east by north of the city is described as moderate and unlikely to threaten the Florida east coast, continuing at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami, Fla
Washington
Weather Bureau
Nward
Miami
Fla
Richard W. Gray
Miami Weather Bureau
Florida
Deacon King Goes On Trial In Slaying Case
Roy C. King a former church deacon faces trial for the slaying of Louisa Bu Palmer 19 shot while in a car with her daughter Glenda on July 20 in Colorado Springs A district attorney said an extortion plot was involved and King has denied a purported confession by a daughter who is being held as a suspect
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Roy C. King
Louisa Bu Palmer
Glenda
John M. Meikle
King
Local Weather Forecast Fair in Alabama and Mississippi
The area will see fair weather Tuesday night into Wednesday with low temperatures around 58 degrees. Predictions cover Alabama and Mississippi with continued dry, mild conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mississippi
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P. W. Kelly
Seawall
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Cyr
Long
Shreveport
Huey P. Long
Paul N. Cyr
Jeanerette
United States Senate
Senate
David B. Hill
Hiram Johnson
California
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Alvin O. King
Lake Charles
H. Wells
Registrars’ Act
Bull Mart
DR. Ware
Edison Plant
Knight
Quarte
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