Women Voters grill Taylor on four years of official acts
City Commissioner R. V. Taylor faced rapid fire questions from the Council of Women Voters about his four years in office including his stance on Ford's Muscle Shoals bid and a docket manipulation. Opponent Captain Leon Schwarz defended parole cases and criticized Taylor's tenure as voters pressed for accountability.
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R. V. Taylor
Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Jesse Hogan
Council of Women Voters
Taylor
Leon Schwarz
Col
A. S. Lyons
Alabama Power Company
Napoleon
Ford
Levene-McEvoy
Schwarz
John McEvoy
Democratic Executive Committee
Efort
Toppy Levene
Royal Street
Schwarz Forces
Beauregard
St. Joseph
Minute Book of the
City Commission
Vincent Kilborn
Mr. Schwarz
Harry T. Hartwell
Dick Taylor
City ‘Hall
Voters Question Dobra in Kidnap Drama Ahead of Wedding
Detroit and Buffalo police arrest Charles Dobra and three accomplices after Mary Britten a 17 year old girl says they abducted her the night before her wedding The abductors allegedly forced guests to the wall and sped away in a car with a witness Stradin was detained as a witness and others were questioned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Charles Dobra
Detroit
Mary Brutten
Dobra
Jel Eilish
Victor von Houton
Wanda
Roil
Stradin
Mich
Mary Britten
George
Marriegé van
Negro Held on Forgery Charge After Check Incident
A Denton man identified as Burr was bound over on forgery charges after attempts to cash an $8.20 check. He allegedly used a forged name Jennie Davis on a little book to remember the giver. Judge David H. Edington set bond at $750, with Burr to await grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr
David H. Edington
Alex
Denton Tire Company
Ford
Jennie Davis
Manassas Street
Edington
C. H. Denton
Kranco, Ptras and Wilcox
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Fair to Wednesday with local thunder showers in the extreme south portion. Moderate northeast and east winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mississippi
Highways Maps Planned For Mobile From Auto Show
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce automotive committee voted to publish about thirty thousand official maps of six major highways into Mobile. The maps derive from the American Automotive Association data and will be funded half by the chamber, half by local dealers. Several logistics remain, including logging two missing routes and licensing concerns for auto firms. Henry Kittrell chairs the committee with James Farley of the national body present.
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Mobile
Automotive Committee
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
American Automotive Association
Meridian
Hattiesburg
Peter
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
James Farley
Alan Automotive Association
Henry Kittrell
Fertilizer Rate Hearing Set for Southeast Mobile
A second hearing on fertilizer rate adjustments for the southeast will be held in Montgomery on Wednesday. R G Cobb of Mobile Chamber of Commerce will travel to represent Mobile interests at the hearing. A prior Atlanta hearing featured railroad testimony and the decision could affect import and export rates through the Mobile port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast
Montgomery
R.G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Atlanta
Powell to Begin U. S. Prison Term
J. S. Powell of Chatom, a defendant in the Washington county liquor conspiracy case, was convicted in federal court last July and is to report in Atlanta to start a one year and a day term in a U. S. prison. Deputy Sheriff L. L. Armstrong began serving four months in the county jail. Former Sheriff Leroy Onderdonk, sentenced to two years, filed a notice of appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Powell
Chatom
Washington County
Atlanta
Tate Oral
Powell
L. L. Armstrong
Leroy Onderdonk
Bessemer Youth Taken Off Norwegian Steamer Lysefjord
William Elbert Vance alias Bill Vance a 14 year old boy from Bessemer was removed from the Norwegian steamer Lysefjord on arrival this morning and held for word from his parents. He reportedly ran away August 22 planning to visit Central America. police had issued a description leading to his capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Elbert Vance
Bill Vance
Lysefjord
Bessemer
Vance
Central America
Luckenbach Ship Sails With Cargo
The steamer Bena Luckenbach of Mobile Liners departed from Mobile for New Orleans to complete loading cargo for Pacific coast ports. She will carry freight to Los Angeles San Francisco Honolulu via San Francisco Oakland Portland Seattle Vancouver via Seattle and Tacoma. A large portion of the cargo is pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bena Luckenbach
Mobile Liners, Inc
Mobile
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
Luckenbach Line
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Honolulu
Oakland
Portland
Seattle
Vancouver
Tacoma
Rabby Quits Job as Motorcycle Cop
M Rabby a motorcycle officer on the night shift tendered his resignation to Chief Warren Burch today. Rabby had been with the department for about a year. An appointment to fill the vacancy will be made by Chief Burch later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S M. Rabby
Police Department
Warren Burch
Rabby
Burch
Petitioners Protest Cedar Point Rock Asphalt Contract
County commissioners approve rock asphalt paving for Cedar Point road despite 90 percent petition demand for concrete. President Towle refuses to sign. Commissioner Prine to sign contract as others overrule him, amid public protests and calls for permanent paving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Point Road
Ward
Freeland
Prine
County Board of Revenue
Cedar Rest
Albert Towle
Edward J. Grove
Cedar Poigt Road
R. M. Perry
Towle
Pacific seaplane PN-9 No. 3 in distress during Hawaii hop
The PN-9 No. 3 aircraft, part of a two seaplane flight from San Francisco toward Hawaii, is in trouble 300 nautical miles from the coast. Commander John Rodgers led the mission while destroyer William Jones and mine sweeper Gannett move to aid if needed. repairs at sea are deemed unlikely.
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San. Francisco
Hawaii
San Francisco Bay
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
William Jones
Jones
Pn-§ No. 1
Langley
Hawaiian Islands
John Rodgers
Washington, D
Rothers
Dayton
Ohio
Byron J. Connell
Pittsburgh
N. Pope
Jackson
Otis G. Stantz
Aerat
Naval
Willam Jones
Gannett
McCawley
Washington
Navy Department
Co Dant
City Commissioner Denies Klan Involvement In Bond Vote
A letter read at the city commission meeting accuses City Commissioner R V Taylor of asking Ku Klux Klan members to monitor polling places during the hospital bond issue election. The letter, signed by N A Miller as Klan No 108, claims Taylor furnished watchers certificates and arranged police to move a man to a polling place. Taylor denies any connection with the Klan and calls the charge unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Taylor
Ku Klux Klan
Miller
Taylor
Fifth Ward
Mr. Taylor
Lysefjord Arrives With Bananas and Cocoanuts at Pier 1
The Norwegian steamer Lysefjord of United Fruit Company reached port from Belize with a cargo of 16300 stems of bananas and 8673 cocoanuts. She will discharge at Pier 1 and load freight for Belize and the coast before sailing Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lysefjord
United Fruit Company
Belize
Unions blacklist big ball game in Washington
Washington union officers order all union men in the capital to stay away from the Washington Philadelphia game as part of the American Federation of labor economic pressure campaign. The action targets the ball club as a protest and follows broader labor tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A.P
Amercan Federation
Philadelphia American League
National Capital
Washington-Philade
Annie Here
Jackson Starts as Day Enforcer in Tenth District
O D Jackson moved from Louisiana federal prohibition director to commander of dry forces in Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi as federal prohibition administrator of the tenth district under A S Treasury reorganized plan. He named six aides including A A Catterall J B Matthews M H Dailey E P Chapman J Hargett Thad R Rowden and noted deputy posts for Shreveport Mobile Montgomery and other cities would be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Ila
O. D. Jackson
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Tenth District
Andrews
J. B. Matthews
M. H. Dailey
Jackson
Miss
Oxford
J. Hargett
Birmingham
Thad R. Rowden
Little Rock
Shreveport
Mobile
Montgomery
Former inmate of asylum kills two in Tennessee home
Will Mitchell a wealthy farmer and former asylum inmate shot and killed his nephew Melville Dodson and mortally wounded Milligan a roomer at his Sun Grove area home near Nashville Tenn He surrendered to police claiming amnesia and asked to be locked up before harming anyone else He said he regained his senses at home while holding a but or shotgun Dodson was dead Milligan dying with no others present
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Nashville
Tenn
Will Mitchell
Melville Dodson
II Milligan
Sun Grove
Mitchell
Dodson
Milligan
Lawson Estate Worth Twenty Million in Probate
The estate of Victor Lawson editor and owner of the Daily News was valued at 20,200,000 dollars. Probate filings show the Daily News and a substantial portion of the estate left in trust to the Illinois Merchant Trust Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Victor Lawson
Daily "News
Daily News
Tilinoig Merchant Trust
Alabama and Georgia taxpayers top state income lists
Alabama led by Algernon Blair with 60028.46 in state income tax payments. Other notable Alabama names include Morris W. Bush, Octavius Roy Cohen, Isidor Well, and Thomas Kilby among many Birmingham and Montgomery residents. Georgia's Samuel Dobbs and Asa Candler are noted, while California and Chicago figures highlight Chaplin, Ford, and Wilshire areas.
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Birmingham
Ala
United Press
Algernon Blair
Montgomery
T. G. Bushrmingham
Morris W. Bush
T. H. ,Benners
George Gordon Crawford
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
John L.kaul
Octavius Roy Cohen
Erskine Ramsay
G. B. McCormack
J. Harry Weil
L. B. Musgrove
Jasper
Julius
Hammel
Mobile
Otto Agricola
Gadsden
Charlies A. Thigpen
W. H. Smith
Prattville
William F. Johnston
Anniston
W. D. Howell
W. H. Martin
Sheffield
E. C. Adams
H. G. Woodward
Frederick I. Thompson
Birmingham and Mobile
Victor H. Hanson
Wenona W. Hanson
Pryor Plumlee
A. Thomas
H. Hammond
Rmingham
J. Frank Rushton
Isidor Well
Thomas E. Kilby
William T.acker
L. A. Cowan
Jesse H. Rand
Huntsville
J. C. Huxford
J. C. Austin
Tuscaloosa
H. M. Brooks
H. M. Ryding
Richard W. Mansey
Lionel Weil
Gordon Smith
T. M. Rogers
Florence
D. A. Rodgers
G. T. Wofford
Theresa D. Shackelford
Clanton
B. B. Comer
Oscar W. Underwood
Bertha W. Underwood
Atlanta
Augusta
Young Stribling
Angeles
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Prohibition Force Seizes Saloons In Chicago District
Initial push of the reorganized prohibitions force in the Chicago district netted a number of saloons and soft drink parlors. Miss Mary D Bailey, assistant United States district attorney, reported the seizures. The orders bore the signature of Federal Judge Ai C Cliffe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alary D. Bailey
United States
Ai'c. Cliffe
Fort La Loma in Managua Still Held by Rebels
The fortress of La Loma near Managua remains under rebel control as negotiations to transfer it to government forces continue. General Alfredo Rivas maintains the position despite an agreement to hand it over when the cabinet changes. The tense standoff persists as talks proceed.
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Managua
Nic
la Loma
Alfredo Rivas
Arrests Made in Double Shooting at Gray Georgia
Seven farmers are jailed as the Jones county investigation into the slayings of Floyd Matone and Frank Tucker proceeds. Sol Gen Joe Duke leads the probe with arrests continuing across four counties and warrants issued for additional suspects. The victims, both county policemen, were found shot in their boat near a mill at Badock.
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R. Buridge
Atkinson Etheridge
T. Avf
Otis. Stubbs
Mitchell Moore
Floyd
Tucker
Badock
Two Miners Die In Kentucky Coal Mine Blast
Owensboro Kentucky September 1 Two miners were killed and another seriously burned at Black Diamond Mining Company drill No 3 in Drakesboro after a gas explosion followed slate fall in a tunnel where seven men worked Four escaped uninjured The dead are Theodore Col white Nashville Tennessee and Jima Buckran Drakesboro Kentucky J T Fitzhugh Dunmore Kentucky was badly burned Dorsey Sarben helped bring the two bodies to the surface
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensboro
Min No
Black Diamond Coal Mining Company
Drakesboro
Theodore Colwhite
Nashville
Tean
Jima
Dorsey Sarben
Britisher Christie Sentenced in Shanghai Court
In Shanghai a British detainee named Christie received a three month prison term with hard labor and a $200 fine on arms charges. The trial also involved Brigadier Charles A. Nelson an American, Otis Christ a French officer, and a Chinese secretary to General Wong Tse Hua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Games Christie
Ner Bey
Brilice
Oe Christie
Charles A. Nelson
Ey. Chaperon
Otis Christ
Wong Tse Hua
Sinking Craft Brought Safely Into Boston Harbor
A U S destroyer and coast guard cutter aided by officers and crew rescued a sinking ship near Seal Island and towed it into Boston Harbor amid dangerous tides and tar damage. The vessel, listing and sinking, was secured as rescuers prepared to evacuate crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United Shiping Board
Seal Island
Bank messengers robbed in Pittsburgh payroll heist
In Pittsburgh on September 1 masked bandits held up two bank messengers and seized a satchel with a portion of the Bauer Baking Company payroll estimated between seven thousand and nine hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Bauer Baking Com
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Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Bessemer Youth
Luckenbach
Adrift
Pacific
Charge Taylor
Asylum
Lawson
Lovely Girl
Annette Jackson
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Moeracture
Douglas Fairbanks
Gloria Swanson
Jesse L. Laskey
James Chilae
Mary Pickford
R. R. McCormick
The
Tribune
J. M. Patterson
the Tribune
Sidney Smith
John T. McCutcheon
International News Service
Michigan
Fords
Edsel Ford
Ste Anal
Fila
International Né Service
James Deering
Miami
Florida
Internal Revenue
William Horlick
Miami Beach
Nicaragua
Kentucky
China
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