Schroeder Jury Probe Nears End In Torch Death Indictment Expected
Marion county grand jury probes Harold Schroeder linked to a May 31 Indianapolis torch death. Witnesses including Sheriff Winkler and Dr. Lewis testified as prosecutors seek a murder indictment. body unidentified and found in a burned car near an Indianapolis road.
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Harold Herbert Schroeder
Indianapolis
Associated Press
Schroeder
Judson L. Stark
Mobilian
George L. Winkler
Mobile
Allen
Ruby Blue
Lawrence A. Lewis
Fants Carher
Ira Holmes
Marion Spenty
Oklahoma court clerk kills woman then shoots self in car
W. Dave Chandler, Delaware county court clerk and Democratic legislator candidate, killed Mrs. Dick Stafford, former actress and wife of a Tahlequah musician, and may have fatally wounded himself. He told officers it was a death by own action pact. The shooting happened in Chandler's car in a wooded area north of Tahlequah. Stafford's husband Jack Stafford, a trombone player, was believed to be in Louisiana.
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Muskogee
Okla
Dave Chandler
Delaware County
Dick Stafford
Tahlequah
Chandler
Jack Stafford
Louisiana
Storm Warning Issued for Southport Beaufort Area
The weather bureau issued a hurricane advisory for Southport and Beaufort North Carolina with warnings extending north to Virginia capes. The disturbance is small with hurricane force winds near its center near Fryingpan Shoals at 8 a.m. It is expected to move inland along the Carolina coast south of Beaufort this afternoon and weaken.
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Southport
N. C
Beaufort
Virginia Capes
Fryingpan Shoals
Carolina
Beau
League to Solicit Books for Mobile’s Destitute Kiddies
League to solicit books for Mobile's destitute kiddies at the new shop of the Cawthon hotel on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Books will be received and turned over to proper authorities. The Junior Charity stresses the cases of families in this city and county who are to receive aid.
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Cawthon Hotel
City Moves to Bar Gas Piping by Mobile Company
City officials plan an injunction in circuit court to stop the Mobile Gas Company from piping natural gas into Mobile streets as Three Mile Creek work nears completion. The Turner Lewis group holds the franchise and could supply gas, with a September 15 target for Louisiana gas delivery. State commissioners cautioned against rapid permits, seeking lowest possible rates before approving any firm.
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Mobile Gas Company
Mobile
Mece Mation
Vincent F. Kilborn
Three Mile Creek
Turner- Lewis Group
Louisiana
Turner-Lewis Group
Alabama Public Service Company
Alabama Utilities Company
Commission
Engineer Chief Invited to View State Seaport Visit
An invitation was extended to the engineer chief to view the state's seaport. The call invites Secretary Orleans and mentions a tour in a few days with officials hoping the trip proceeds without hindrance.
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State’s
Orleans
Mobile
Heroes of AR toott Mobile on October 6
Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte, French aviators, begin a 15000 mile goodwill tour from New York visiting over 100 cities. They are due to circle over this city on October 6 aboard the ship Question Mark en route from New Orleans to Pensacola.
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Heroes OF AR
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Coste
Bellonte
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
New York
Mobile
New Orleans
Pensacola
Associated Press
Charles Hayden
Resignation Denied for Guggenheim Ambassador Return
Washington reports say Harry F. Guggenheim will not return to Cuba as ambassador after vacation. State department officials say he will sail or fly to Havana at the end of his current leave. Guggenheim has been resting at Port Washington Long Island following his winter in Havana.
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Cuba
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Ambangsador
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Swedish seaman drowns at Mobile docks
Carl Johnson a 40 year old Swedish native and sailor on the smack Tom and Jeane drowned when he lost balance and fell from the Star Fish and Oyster company docks at Mobile's industrial canal. Coroner Dr H B Walker said rescuers failed to locate him an hour after the fall.
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Sweden
Mobile
Star Fish and Oyster Company
J. Walker
Johnson
Tom and
Robinson Endorsed for 1932 Presidential Nomination
The Arkansas state Democratic convention endorsed Senator Joe T. Robinson for the 1932 Democratic presidential nomination. Representative Claude A. Fuller introduced Robinson’s name, and delegates cheered as Fuller praised him as belonging to Arkansas and the nation.
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Ark
Joe T. Robinson
Claude A. Fuller
Eureka Springs
Robinson
Arkansas
Fuller
Hearing Abandoned On Cotton Rate Case
The interstate commerce commission canceled the planned September 16 hearing in Mobile on a complaint by the Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic department regarding rate reductions. Southern Railway announced a 45 cent rate from Des Moines to Mobile, matching Frisco’s Pensacola rate set months earlier.
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Demopolis
Mobile
Frisco
Pensacola
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
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Senate campaign fund panel weighs Tennessee probe
Chairman Nye said the full committee will weigh Tennessee inquiries after Illinois hearings in Chicago next week and Nebraska and Colorado probes the following week. Investigators in Tennessee will report to Chicago to determine if a Tennessee inquiry proceeds. No indication of Oklahoma Alabama or South Carolina probes.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Fund Committee
Tennessee
Chicago
Nye
Illinois
Nebraska
Colorado
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Oklahoma
Alabama
South Carolina
Burglary Foiled at Southern Jewelry and Piggly Wiggly
Police report two burglary attempts on Davis avenue, one at the Southern Jewelry company at 853 Davis and another at the Davis avenue Piggly Wiggly branch. A Black suspect was found atop the first building. A. C. Nicholas reports thieves stole his car battery while he attended church services. two boys were seen nearby.
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Southern Jewelry Company
Davis Avenue
First Place
A. C. Nicholas
Franklin and
St. Michael
Nicholas
Payroll Stolen in Pittsburgh Hold Up
Three bandits stole a $9,000 payroll from two employees of the W. N. Sauer Company heating and plumbing engineers in front of their Pittsburgh offices. The trio escaped in an automobile.
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Pittsburgh
W. N. Sauer Company
Emory man Grady Fagan surrenders to feds on liquor charge
Grady Fagan of Emory in Choctaw county surrendered to federal prohibition officers in Mobile to answer a liquor possession charge. Authorities had raided the Emory area a few days earlier and arrested another person. Fagan posted bond after surrendering Friday.
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Grady Fagan
Emory
Choctaw County
Mobile
Ousted Argentine Chief Held Aboard Belgrano Warship
Former President Irigoyen remains under arrest on the cruiser Belgrano in Argentine waters near La Plata. Interior Minister Sanchez Sorondo denies plans to move him to a steamer or to Montevideo and says a bulletin will outline measures for Irigoyen and other prisoners.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ihs
United States Chamber of Commerce
Recount Petition Follows Michigan Gubernatorial Primary
Detroit report shows Oakland county miscount flipped lead from Wilbert Brucker to Alex Groesbeck by 1,060 votes. Groesbeck vows a statewide recount petition alleging manipulation by Brucker forces aided by Gov. Green and naming Edward J. Jeffries as third candidate.
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Detroit
Wilber M. Brucker
Alex J. Groesbeck
Oakland County
Oakland
Brucker
Groesbeck
Alex J Groesbeck
Wilbert Brucker
Michigan
Fred W. Green
Edward J. Jeffries
Matinee Club session offers balanced program at Saenger Theatre
The Mobile Matinee Club program announced by the Mobile recreation department features Miss Agnes Griffin on piano and a mix of songs dances and acts for kids and adults at the Saenger Theatre Saturday at 10 15. After the stage show comes the feature film Holiday starring Mary Astor Robert Ames and Edward Everett Horton plus a Karnival Kid cartoon. A goal of 3000 kiddies is set by September 20 and members are urged to bring a friend to keep the count up.
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Saenger Theatre
Mobile Recreation Department
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Ey Saenger
Sunny Side Up
Ruth Becker
Richard Cunningham
Carolyn Miller
Lemoyne Cassidy
Mr. Lasker
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Eileen Lloyd
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Joker
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Scott
Aon
Migs Griffin
Saenger
Ann
Mary Astor
Robert Ames
Edward Everett Horton
Wheeler says national prohibition a failure calls for state be
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana, among the drys, declares national prohibition a failure and urges states to regulate liquor according to citizen will. He cites bootlegger influence, dives and speak easies as evidence and notes administrations failed to stamp out the evil.
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Montana
Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Congress
Republicans Adopt Ohio Platform Silent on Prohibition
Columbus September 12 The Ohio Republican platform was adopted with no roll call and without a direct reference to prohibition The resolutions committee refused to bring a liquor question to the floor and the convention approved the platform noting enforcement of all laws The plank mirrors the Kansas City national platform and the state convention plank from two years ago It endorses law observance and enforcement of constitutional provisions and related statutes.
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Columbus
Resolutions Committee
Kansas City
Garrison Grow Nears Glimak End in Sight
The trial of Roy Garrison faces closure as the defense plans to finish testimony this afternoon in Masonhall near Union City Tennessee. Mrs. Sam Boyette is set to be recalled as a witness and the hat of deputy Sam Boyette was entered as evidence to argue the shot entered above the brim.
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Union City
Tenn
Roy Garrison
Paducah
Sam Boyette
Masonhall
Here
Boyett
Garrison
Elder Garrison
Walter Griggs
Resta Employe
John Garrison
Kentwood Pair Sought After Cashier Firefight
Police pursue two suspects after a cashier’s cage was breached and officers returned fire. A pursuit through Kentwood led to a manhunt as investigators collect evidence at the scene.
Lee Doomed to Die in Mississippi Slaying Case
In Vicksburg on September 12 W P Lee was found guilty of the murder of Clarence Lanier and remanded to jail for a possible retrial. J M Tucker, a Lee son in law, faces separate trial under a severance order. The state produced the officer’s pistol a shotgun and other exhibits at the trial.
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Vicksburg
Miss
EB. L. Brien
Lee
Tucker
Twenty Communists Executed in Hankow Clone Plot
In Hankow China on September 12 twenty communists were executed by the Hankow militia in a crackdown against red propaganda. The group included two women school teachers and was part of an effort to suppress communist influence in the district.
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China
Hankow
Sart
Books Located After Stolen Library Reports
Several books from the Mobile library reported stolen were found misplaced in a downtown store and have been recovered. Police report Friday noted the items were located and returned.
Weather outlook and river forecast notes for Mississippi and Alabama
Partly cloudy to Friday and Saturday with little temperature change. Mississippi expects generally fair weather with unsettled southeast Saturday. Daily River Bulletin notes Tombigbee river conditions show no significant change through Saturday and Alabama observations from Selma and nearby areas indicate steady conditions.
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Tombigbee River
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Alpert
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