Davis Promises Aid Linking Isle and Mainland through Bond
An Alabama chamber of commerce highway committee meeting backed a September 17 bond election to link Dauphin Island with Mobile. Royce Kershaw and A D Davis spoke as the board urged concrete road standards and state support, with a $1,000,000 bridge project authorized by the US Army Corps.
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Chamber of Commerce
Dauphin Island
Mobile
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Royce Kershaw
A. D. Davis
Mr. Kershaw
County Board
O °Ain, Kershaw and Devis Were Called To the Meeting. To Link Island, Kershaw
Kershaw
Weskimates
United States Engineer Department
Labor federation seeks free text books stance in Alabama
James L. Hurst president of the Alabama State Federation of Labor announced a plan to ask legislature candidates for their views on free text books. He is in Mobile meeting with labor leaders as the federation funds a free text book drive and prepares committees to push distribution in public schools.
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Alabama
James L. Hurst
Alabama State Federation of Labor
Mobile
Hurst
Railroad Officials Visit Mobile on Vacation
A group of railroad officials visited Mobile on Thursday. Marion Cumberland, chief clerk to the assistant general passenger agent of the Southern Railway at Birmingham, and Mrs Cumberland arrived. E Green, freight traffic agent of the Southern at Selma, was there on vacation. H E Cain, district agent of the Pennsylvania...
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Mobile
Marion Cumberland
Southern Railway
Birmingham
LeGear warns motorists on street stop ordinance
William N. LeGear, traffic commissioner, urges drivers to obey the stop signs at all crossings. He says lax observance of warnings could invite enforcement action and stresses clear display of fire stop signs at key intersections.
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LeGear
William N. LeGear
Weather summary for Alabama Mississippi and Northwest Florida
Weather notes report mostly cloudy conditions in Florida with local thunder showers tonight. Portions of Alabama and Mississippi show similar unsettled conditions with isolated thunder showers.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Seamen testify again in Paulsboro ship probe in Mobile
The inquiry into the Paulsboro oil tanker fire and mutiny moved forward as 13 crew members deserted. Captain Pearson and Boatswain Johanessen reiterated earlier testimony while Third Mate Kelly described alarms and warnings.
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Paulsboro
Mobile
John T. Pearson
H. A. Tellier
John Johanessen
Loyal
M. Kelly
Pearson
Kelley
Houston
Penalty for Murder: Sam Haskins Executed in Virginia
In Richmond on September 6, Sam Haskins a burly Black man was executed by electric chair for the March murder and robbery of B M Gordon a Richmond junk dealer He had boasted his next prison term would be for a big job and he fulfilled that promise also tied to the beating death of Arthur Trainer a local merchant in November last year He was previously sentenced for a minor crime at the state prison.
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Richmond
Sam Haskins
Haskins
B. M. Gordon
Salu Ted
Arthur Trainer
Halt of City Service Held as Certainty
Property owners refuse to sign annexation petition. city plans to discontinue land, gas, water, police, and fire services in former city territory by October 1. Mayor Cecil Bates notes annexation efforts blocked, commission already threatened shutdown, pending legal impacts and required signatures.
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Cecil Bates
Hacen Baker
Lonn
Supreme Court
Ee Eer Eee Ee
Bates
Commis
John Robinson's Circus Club Fetes Moblian Veterans
More than 175 Moblians from the 50 year old John Robinson circus club attended a matinee at Monroe Park. They gathered at The News Item and The Register, rode special streetcars, and posed for photos before the 1 PM departure to the grounds. The tented show opened at 8 PM after early setup.
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John Robinson Circus Club
The
Mobile
Monroe Park
Register
John Robinson
Clerks Busy With Street Tax Delinquent List
Clerks in the street tax department on Friday posted books to list delinquents after J. Rogers Burgett warned many Mobility residents failed to pay. The rush aims to compile names for 4 check-ups and enforcement.
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Burgett
J. Rogers Burgett
Gastonia strike murder trial hears communism issue
In Charlotte court the Gastonia police raid case introduces a communist question as Rev. Whitley testifies on a pamphlet sermon amid the Loray mill unrest. Witnesses Adam Hord and T A Gilbert recount the raid that led to Chief Aderholt’s death and detail earlier June events.
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Charlotte
N. C
Gastonia
Tom P. Jimison
Whitley
Loray Baptist Church
T. A. Gilbert
Oh Pamphiet
Jimison
O. F. Aderholt
National Textile Workers’ Union
Adam Hord
Parley Ends Orleans Trai Dispute
New Orleans officials and the Carmen’s union hailed a settlement ending a two month street car strike that began July 2 for union recognition. Police revert to eight hour shifts after a riot and two men were fatally shot as non union crews operated amid explosions and car burnings.
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New Orleans
New York
Public Service Ton
Carmen
Theodore Ray
Public Service
Prutis Kidnapped by Five Men in Chicago
A cab driver named Peter Prutis, 26, was abducted from his rooming house at gunpoint by five men. They demanded to see him, forced him into a waiting car, and fled. Police doubt any gang ties and fear he might have been killed.
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Chicago
Peter Prutis
Prutis
Train Robbers Steal 26000 Pesos From Payroll Train
Dispatches report bandits attacked a payroll train between Bermejillo and Penoles in Mexico and robbed it of 26 000 pesos about 13 000 dollars. An airplane pursuit followed the incident.
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Penoles Mining Company
Mexico City
el Universal
Torreon
Penoles
Bermejillo
Arrest of Lithuanian exile leader in East Prussia strains Poland ties
Berlin reports the arrest of Colonel Pletskaitis, head of Lithuanian exiles in Poland, and five companions at Eydokuhnen in East Prussia. The detentions deepen already tense Polish Lithuanian relations as authorities move on exile groups.
Heflin Absent in Dry Law Case Bond Forfeited
J Tom Heflin Jr son of the senior Heflin was absent early this week after officers had seized his automobile. A charge of violating the state prohibition law was also preferred against him.
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Heflin
Phenix Crry
J. Tom Heflin, Jr
Two Die and Three Women Hurt in Beach Road Crash
A car on the Jacksonville Beach road collided with a power line pole and transmission wires fell, killing Donald McLemore of South Jacksonville and John Chadwick visiting from Michigan. Three women Miss Jeesie Dent of Brunswick Georgia Miss Anna Hyde and Mrs Aubrey Booth of Jacksonville were injured.
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Jacksonville Beach Road
Jacksonville
Fla
Earl
Jacksonville Beach
Donald McLemore
John Chadwick
Michigan
Jeesie Dent
Brunswick
Anna Hyde
Aubrey Booth
Young couple in crash claim two lives in Memphis field mishap
Ruth Greer an 18 year old Oklahoma student at Birmingham Southern College and aviator Hays Douglass both died when Hays air plane crashed over Park Field in Millington Memphis. Miss Greer had been visiting the Ase family en route to Birmingham for college and was to live with relatives there.
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Ruth Greer
Woodward
Okie
Hays
Birmingham
Ala
Memphis
Southern College
O. Greer
Okla
Census enumerator age limit set for next year
Washington announces there is a fixed age limit for census enumerator appointments for the decennial census next year It states that rumors of a ban on men over 42 are unfounded and clarifies eligibility conditions for war veterans and their organizations
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Washington
Census Bureau
Flying Colonel Aids Search in Arizona for Missing City of San Francisco
Lindy joins in hunt after the Air Force unit departs New York to locate the missing ship City of San Francisco in Arizona.
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Lindy
New York
San Francisco
Arizona
Belief husband alive as search widens
In Clovis New Mexico Mrs J B Stowe widow of T A T airliner chief pilot expressed hope her husband is alive. She said he is safe somewhere and implied he could not be dead after weeks of frantic search.
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Gallup
N. M
San Francisco
J. B. Stowe
Clovis
Search plan expands as four pilots aid missing ships crew
In Winslow Arizona on September 6 plans to locate missing ships of the City of San Francisco intensified. A pilot in a white shirt flew low signaling rescuers while Anson returned to base with supplies. Lieutenant Tomlinson led a systematic desert trek 26 miles north toward Walpi from Wasps.
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Winslow
Ariz
Jast Francisco
Anson Reac
San Francisco
Old Fort Defiance
Arizona Desert
Tomlinson
Navy
Tr Aviation
Los Winslow
Here
Desert
Walpi
Wasps
Jury Chosen in Pan Murder Case in Los Angeles
A jury of seven men and five women was selected to try Mrs. Alexander Pan widow of a theatre magnate on a murder charge linked to a fatal automobile crash with Joe Rokumoto, a Japanese gardener. The trial is expected to be lengthy with jurors kept overnight in a hotel.
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Los Angeles
Alexander Pan
Joe Rokumoto
James P. Comtello
Rokumoto
Do You Know Mobile Exports Campaign Overview
The piece notes Mobile's principal exports to foreign markets including iron steel and cotton. It mentions a Know Mobile Better campaign sponsored by the Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with The Mobile Register and News-Item.
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Mobile
Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce
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