Mitchell predicts jail for accusation against War Navy
Col William Mitchell, air officer of the 6th corps area, denounces the War and Navy departments over Shenandoah disaster and a Honolulu flight. He accuses non flying officers of blocking aviation development and says airmen are drafted and punished for truth. He cites the Pacific fleet maneuvers as a costly, pointless show.
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San Antonio
Texas
William Mitchell
6Th Corps
Air Service
War Department
Navy Department
Honolulu
Army
Navy
Col. Mitchell
Col
Mitchell
Congress
Lie Wie Pierson
Skeel
Pacific
Hargett to Lead Mobile Dry Forces In New Plan
A telegram from C D Jackson District administrator New Orleans says A H Hargett former Alabama federal dry enforcement head will run the air sub district in the new plan and a crew of six to eight men will be assigned to Mobile to work under him. Graves is currently the only federal dry agent in Mobile.
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A. H. Hargett
Alabama
C. D. Jackson
New Orleans
Hargett
Russellville
Ala
Mobile
Graves
Andrews
Montgomery
8. Q. McPherson
Birmingham
Baseball standings and game scores from baseball card page
National League results show St. Louis 5 Pittsburgh 6 in extra or late play with listed pitchers and line scores. Cincinnati 0 sound? and Brooklyn 5 Philadelphia 14 with detailed batting lines. Several doubleheaders noted including New York vs Philadelphia and Cleveland vs Chicago style box totals.
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National St. Louis
Pittsburgh
O'Farrell
Meadows
Cincinnati
Cage Mays
Hargrave
Kaufman and
Hartnett
Lipton Races Open With Pensacola Teagatta Start
Twelve sloops will race in the Sir Thomas Lipton trophy event off Pensacola bay this afternoon. Eastern Shore Yacht Club representatives left Mobile for the scene. Skippers E. B. Overton and Irvin Jackson expect local sloops to contend strongly for the Lipton trophy. Mobile crews include Overton with Tarbert and Hamilton, Jackson with Terrell and Baumhauer, and an emergency crew captained by Joe L. Herman Jr with Hansen and Norville.
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Guilt Yachting Station
Tegatta
Pensacola Bay
Eastern Shore Yacht Club
Mobile
E. B. Overton
Irvin Jackson
Overton
Carl Tarbert
Heywood Hamilton
Jackson
Frank Terrell
Fody Baumhauer
Herman
Merlin Hansen
Peyton Norville
Examination Notice for Marine Fireman at Mobile Quarantine Plant
The Civil Service Commission announced an exam for a marine fireman position at the Mobile quarantine station. The test is set for October 13 and requires at least one year of marine experience as fireman or oiler on a steam vessel. Salary is 900 dollars annually with quarters and subsistence.
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Mobile
Civil Service Commission
Graves on Job After Injuries
Federal Prohibition Agent Graves is out today after being confined to his home due to injuries from being thrown from a truck carrying a captured still. He was in the rear of the vehicle when it jolted crossing a railroad track and suffered injuries to his back face and hand requiring medical attention.
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Graves
Baldbutte tanker towed to Twelve Mile Island
The United States Shipping Board tanker Baldbutte arrived recently with fuel and was towed to Twelve Mile Island this morning by tugs James Dougherty and John Hay. Delivered to the Shipping Board operator in the oil trade via Van Heynigen Brokerage.
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United States Shipping Board
Baldbutte
Twelve Mile Island
James Dougherty
John Hay
Shipping Board
van Heynigen
Bids Received for Repairs to Cutter Tallapoosa
Bids for repairs on the coast guard cutter Tallapoosa were received yesterday aboard the vessel and mailed to the headquarters at Washington. Information on awarding the general overhaul contract is expected to reach Mobile within the next few days.
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Coast Guard
Tallapoosa
Washington
Mobile
Weather outlook for Alabama fairs and showers
Weather brief notes fair tonight and Sunday partly cloudy with possible thunderstorms in central and northern areas. Winds from the west and south remain gentle to moderate. cooler conditions expected in the north with a chance of showers and local thunder.
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Alabama
Heat record set at Mobile as Mercury reaches 101
A 101 degree reading at Mobile's weather bureau marks a seven year heat record for September and the highest since August 16, 1918. Officials predict possible Sunday thunder showers as relief. The 101 degree temperature was recorded at 2 00 PM by Albert Aschenberger.
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Mobile
Weather Bureau
Albert Aschenberger
Police Court Closes Early After Two Minute Session
Judge David H. Edington presided a two minute police court session handling cases from 8 AM to 8 AM. Sixteen dollars in fines barely covered operating costs. Ernest Burden paid a 15 dollar fine after a postponement, Andrew Washington paid one dollar, N. J. Scott was held for trial on September 8. Labor Day deemed an off day with no court until 8:45 Tuesday morning.
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Mobile
David H. Edington
Police Court
Ernest Burden
Andrew Washington
N. J. Scott
Edington
Cedar Point road contract signed by Commissioner Prine
Signing of the Cedar Point road construction contract by Commissioner J. Prine late yesterday will pave the way for litigation from property owners demanding better material than rock asphalt. Edward Grove, representing affected owners, plans injunctions once the contract is signed. Ninety percent of Cedar Point residents favor concrete but the board, Prine Ward and Freeland, awarded the contract to R. M. Perry for rock asphalt.
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Cedar Point Road
J. Prine
Prine
R.M. Perry
Albert S. Towle
Edward Grove
Prine, Ward
Freeland
Perry
Crews Saved After Foundered Union Steamship
Hobart Tasmania Sept 5 The entire crew of the Karam of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, which foundered yesterday, was saved according to a report today.
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Hobart
Tasmania
Union Seamship Comany
New Zealand
Boat Escapes After Shots Fired At Maplefield
Government patrol CG-300 commanded by Willie Skipper fired on a small boat fleeing a three masted schooner Maplefield off Mobile bar. The pursuing crew abandoned the chase after no liquor was found aboard. Four CG-300 men boarded Maplefield to guard until return to Mobile.
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Mobile Bar
Willie Skipper
Mobile
Biloxi
Skipper
Gulf
Maplefield
Actress Kate Meek Dies After Long Stage Career
New York, Sept 5. Actress Kate Meek, who began during the Civil War with benefit entertainments for soldiers, died today. Born in New York in 1838, she joined Ford's Theatre stock company in Baltimore after the war, acted with Edina Forest and Charlotte Cushman, spent 19 years under contract to Charles Frohman, performed in Europe with Billy Burke, and led in David Harum opposite W. H. Crane.
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New York
Kate Meek
Charles Frohman
Europe
Billy Burke
William Gillette
David Harum
W. H. Crane
E. L. Dodson
John Drew
Maud Adams
Otis Skinner
Ida Conquest
Coal consumption figures published
Figures from the Interstate Commerce Commission show railways used record low coal per 1000 gross ton miles in June. The 127 pounds per 1000 ton miles is the best for freight service, beating the previous record of 161 pounds set in August 1924 per the Railway Age.
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Chicago
A.P
Railway Age
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eleven Executed in Syria for Assassination Case
Beir ut dispatch reports eleven persons executed by court martial for participation in the assassination of French commandants Vanneries and Vyssoki. The French administration in Syria faced inquiries over the disappearance of two French officers during a desert automobile trip amid ongoing clashes with Druse rebels.
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Beirut
Syria
Vanneries
Vyssoki
Retired Methodist bishop Thomas B. Neely dies at 84
The Rev. Thomas B. Neely, retired bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, died at his Philadelphia home at age 84. Elected bishop in 1904, he first oversaw church work in South America with headquarters in Buenos Aires. He also served for the Americas in 1903. his wife died in 1912 in New Orleans.
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Philadelphia
Thomas B. Neely
Methodist Episcopal Church
South America
Neely
Buenos Aires
Acre
New Orleans
Liquor Outfit Found by Deputies on Hall's Mill Road
Deputies locate a liquor outfit about 23 miles from the city on Hall's Mill road. A confiscated quantity of alcohol is reported in the recovered item.
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Walker H
Hall's Mill Road
Yotr Darvele
Schwarz Rally Tonight for City Commissioner Race
Schwarz supporters hold a downtown rally at 8 o clock at Royal and Government streets to back Captain Leon 8c in the race for city commissioner. Speakers include Vincent Kilborn campaign manager and Mayor Harry T Hartwell.
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Leon
R. V. Taylor
Royal
Government Streets
Vincent Kilborn
Harry T. Hartwell
Schwarz Forces
Bers
General Schwarzen Committee
A. A. Edey
Omen's Council of Voters
Anna P. McGowan
Mobile County League of Women Voters
Man Found Murdered Then Car and Body Set Afire
Police found a burned sedan in an upper East Side residence area containing a body believed to be a murdered man. The corpse showed burned clothing and tied hands, with identification attempts thwarted by the fire. The car had been saturated with oil or kerosene, and the man was estimated at about 30, five eight and 160 pounds. the jewelry and ownership linked to Newark, New Jersey, may tie to a July 14 disappearance of Leo Warren.
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New York
International News Service
Upper East Side
Leo Warren
Newark
N. J
Slavo Commission to Arrive Oct 5 for Debt Talks
The Czecho Slovakian government notified Washington that a commission will arrive on October 5 to open negotiations for funding their debt of 117,679,000 dollars to the United States.
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Washington
International News Service
State Department
United States
Roads Improved for Drive in Fez
French engineers and teachers worked to improve roads and transport in Fez French Morocco as the planned drive against the Rif area was refined for best possible conditions.
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Fez
French Morocco
A.P
Riffiane
Prehistoric Stag Skeleton Found on Gor River Bank
In Dresden Saxony on Sept 5 a prehistoric stag skeleton was found on the Gor river near Schwindbeck. The hornless species is believed washed ashore by a great flood thousands of years ago.
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Dresden
Saxony
Gor
Schwindbeck
Synthetic steaks loom in future says expert
In Ottawa a dispatch notes Dr. Davis Wesson of New York, former president of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, forecasts synthetic beefsteaks made from cotton seed. The sentence highlights future food innovation and the expert’s credentials.
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Ottawa
A.P
Davis Wesson
New York
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Recovery Hope for Missing Seaplane Crew
Captain Standford E reports hopeful signs on the Hawaii flight project as the search continues for Commander Rodgers and the missing seaplane JN-9 No. 1. The update came from the Navy Department in Washington.
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Washington
Standford E
Hawaiia Flight Project
Nawy
Department Today
Rodgers
Drought Strains Water Supply From Alabama to Georgia
Officials warn of a severe water shortage in east central Alabama and Georgia due to a prolonged drought. A Western railway water train runs from the Chattahoochee to La Grange with three daily trips and Auburn University may receive similar relief as campus water use spikes with opening events approaching.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Georgia
Western Railway
Chattahoochee River
la Grange
Auburn
Ala
Talladega Tallapoosa
Coosa
Elmore
Lee
State Department of Fisheries
Weather Bureau
Montggomery
International News Service
Department of Fisheries
Auburn’ College
No relief from heat is promised as records fall
The heat wave continues across the southeast with many cities posting new records. Columbia South Carolina hit 105.7 degrees, Birmingham Alabama 105, Columbus Georgia 104, Chattanooga 101.2, Savannah 102, Atlanta 100.6 and Nashville 101.2 as the Weather Bureau forecasts continued hot and dry conditions.
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Atlanta
United Press
Weather Bureau
Columbia
Birmingham
Ala
Columbus
Chattanooga
Savannah
Nashville
Gallagher Affair Again In Divorce Petition
New York report states Skeet Gallagher seeks a divorce from Bertha Irene Martin Gallagher naming Pat Somerset as co respondent. Gallagher alleges in Brooklyn petition that Somerset conducted himself with Bertha Irene Martin Gallagher in Los Angeles in a manner warranting divorce in New York.
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New York
Pat Somerset
Edith Day
Skeet Gallagher
Somerset
Brooklyn
Gallagher
Bertha Irene Martin Gallagher
Los Angeles
Jamestown Police Note Street Smoking Disorderly
In Jamestown North Dakota on September 5 a police magistrate fined Ruth Anderson and Mrs William Schwartz five dollars plus costs after they argued street smoking was not disorderly while marching on pills.
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Jamestown
N. D
A.P
Ruth Anderson
Mra
William Schwartz
Wienecke
Valentino to sail after departed wife
Hollywood news reports Rudolph Valentino plans to sail in two weeks for Paris after news that his wife is en route to Paris. The Latin lover of the screen and his wife, Natacha Rambova, had recently decided on a brief vacation.
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Hollywood
Cal
Rudolph Valentino
Anno
Vitino
Paris
Valentino
Natacha Rambova
Jones Wins National Amateur Golf Title at Oakmont
Hobby Jones of Atlanta defeated Watts Gunn at Oakmont, winning the national amateur crown. The match ended on the 29th green as Jones sank a par four to seal an eight-up score with seven holes remaining. Gunn fought bravely, but Jones dominated with superb shots on the difficult course.
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Oakmont
Hobby Jones
Atlanta
Watts Gunn
Georgia City
Bobby
Gunn
Jones
Shenandoah Victims Sent From Shenandoah to Arlington
The bodies of Lt Cmdr Zachary Lansdowne and Lts J D Lawrence and E R Sheppard, slain in the Shenandoah disaster, were shipped by train from Oho to Arlington under naval escort for burial. A body of Lt Cmdr Lewis Inboee will arrive to assist at 11 o clock.
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Washington
A.P
Zachary Lansdowne
J. D. Lawrence
E. R. Sheppard
Shenandoah
Oho
Arlington
Lewis Inboee
Church closes to immodest women in Rome basilica
In Rome at Santa Maria Basilica authorities posted a notice barring entry to women not fully covered, saying heads must be covered and dress must be modest with long sleeves. The move marks a strict stand in the Vatican era against immodest attire.
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Rome
Santa Maria
Another Suit Filed Against Ford Plan
Edward G. Moore filed suit against Ford Motors Company alleging deliberate infringing and unlawful use of his payment plan for mobiles. He seeks an injunction, ceasing the scheme, and profits.
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Ford Plan
New York
Edward G. Moore
Ford Motors Company
Moore
Ford
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