Court Warns Disorder as Mandamus Fight Over Ballot Boxes Heats Up
Attorneys for the sheriff and others argue over a mandamus petition led by Leo Eldridge chairing the county Democratic committee to keep ballot boxes in custody. Judge Goldsby orders restraint on transferring boxes to jurors while speeches trigger threats of jail for further disruption.
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Leo F. Eldridge
Democratic Execu
Grand Jury
Joel W. Goldsby
Ateys
Sam Johnston
Nick E. Stall
Francis Inge
Eldridge
Idringe
Ised
Phanay G. Caffey
Vile Lina My Bs
Sisee Ae
Wien
Asfen
Joel Golds
Macy Johnston
Fey
Parvy Selection
Idsby
Amus
Icharges dropped as drivers freed in city court
Frank Ston and James Coleman were charged with reckless driving after an accident at Ann and Grd streets. The charges were dismissed following a police hearing. A little girl, child of Mr Seton, was thrown from a car during the impact, according to testimony by Lee Smith.
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Frankston
James Coleman
Ann
Grd
Mr. Seton
Lee Smith
Charity League Collects Books for City Children
The Charity League of Mobile opened a three day book drive at the Cat Hotel on Monday to aid poor city children. Donors also can give school supplies, with volumes and items to exceed last year’s collections.
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League
Ned
Cathotel
Charity League of Mobile
Stedman Stricken Relative Reported Growing Weaker
Washington dispatch reports Charles M. Stedman Klina, 89, still regis tered as the only surviving member of a group. he was struck by apoplexy and was described as weaker, with outlook for recovery uncertain amid advancing illness.
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Ashington
Charlies M. Stedman Klina
Oeto
Registf
City Approves Water System Extension and Bond Plan
The board of city commissioners approved extensions to the waterworks system costing about 100000 with total waterworks estimates near 200000. Plans include mains extensions and fire hydrants in western annexed areas and a 20000 project in Mobile south section. A midweek conference will decide a 500000 paving program. The waterworks bond issue will go to a popular referendum alongside possible airport and city hospital bonds.
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Board of City Commissioners
Mobile
Waterworks Department
Tariff Probe Will Be Held Here
Export log rates from Alabama Mississippi and Florida to Mobile will be investigated at a hearing here Wednesday by Examiner Harraman of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Mobile log exporters seek lower railroad charges for logs exported to Mobile from these states. Rates were cut to Mobile in 1926 and shippers now want extension of the area covered by the reduced rates to reach further inland for logs. The hearing will be at the federal building.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Mobile
Harraman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile Log Exporters
Commission
Federal Building
Road bonds resold at Mobile board meeting
Mobile county board of revenue resold 365000 road and bridge bonds to First Securities of Mobile at par plus 97.50 premium with accrued interest to clear a maturity technicality. A contract for painting circuit court ceilings was awarded for 425 dollars.
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Mobile County Board of Revenue
First Securities Corporation
Mobile
H. R. Luscher Paint Company
Refund money at Robert Herman Clothing Co on Tuesday
Bob Herman proprietor of Robert Herman Clothing Company announced that Jimmy Hamilton president-manager of the Mobile Bears would be at his store between 2 and 4 o clock Tuesday afternoon to refund Mobile fans who bought season tickets. A majority of the Bear home games were transferred to the road after tickets were sold here.
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Bob Herman
Robert Herman Clothing Company
North Royal Street
Mcrday
New Orleans
Jimmy Hamilton
Mobile Bears
Pistol in Beach Case Returned After Ballistic Review
Clyde Beach awaiting a possible new trial after a court order and ballistic review of a pistol and bullet tied to the slaying of Motorcycle Officer W F Murphy. The weapon was found near Monticello Mississippi while Beach was imprisoned in Liberty Mississippi. Major Charles Gunther examined the evidence in Hoboken New Jersey. The package containing the expert’s comment is to be opened only with a court order. Beach had been sentenced to die and moved to Kilby prison, with his counsel pursuing a new trial after a circuit judge granted the motion.
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Clyde Beach
W. F. Murphy
Mobile
Charles Gunther
Hoboken
N. J
Conti
Broad Streets
Monticello
Miss
Beach
Liberty
Kilby
Alex T. Howard
Transamerica Cuts Annual Dividend to One Dollar
Directors of Transamerica Corp reduced the annual dividend rate to 1.00 dollar from 1.60 and declared a quarterly disbursement of 0.25, payable October 25 to stock of record October 5, following an earlier July 14 management announcement.
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New York
Transamerica Corp
Cooper Family Vacation Turned Sidelined by Robbery Incident
The Cooper family related a vacation disruption at Grand Bay Mobile county with $37 stolen from I. Cooper and 4 paid being hidden from William H. Cooper. They chased two knife exchangers a white man and a negro but only one Cooper was caught Sunday by Officer Joe Fisher. In recorder court they claimed to identify the two suspects and said they were staying near the Mobile laundry riverfront. they were freed.
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Cooper
Mobie County
Grand Bay
I. Cooper
William H. Cooper
Coopers
Joe Fisher
Recorders Court
D. H. Edington
Federal grand jury begins probe of big dogket
A federal grand jury was impaneled Monday morning and will sit for several days to investigate alleged offenses against the government. Foreman W. L. Durant of Mobile. Judge Robert T. Ervin gave a brief charge and warned jurors not to talk with outsiders about jury room affairs. The docket includes prohibition charge cases and other offenses. Jury members include Roland Barlow Farnsdale. Locke Bolen Jackson. E. N. Bryant Edna. Berry Champion Thomasville. H. J. Clarke Grove Hill. T. W. Cleveland Selma. Ben Golson Evergreen. E. S. Gardiner Monroeville. H. O. Haynie Marion. S. E. Helton Tunttel Springs. L. W. Henson Chatom. J. E. Johnson Evergreen Route B. Wm. A. John Paul Conecuh. John May. Thad. dh . W. G. Sledge Greensboro. Julien Smith Selma. H. A. Woolf Myrtlewood.
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W. L. Durant
Mobile
Robert T. Ervin
Grand Jury
Roland Barlow
Farnsdale
Marengo County
Locke Bolen
Jackson
Clarke County
E. N. Bryant
Edna
Choctaw County
Berry Champion
Thomasville
H. J. Clarke
Grove Hill
T. W. Cleveland
Selma
Dallas County
Ben Golson
Evergreen
Conecuh County
E.S. Gardiner
Monroeville
Monroe County
H. O. Haynie
Marion
Perry County
S. E. Helton
Tunttel Springs
L. W. Henson
Chatom
Washington County
J. E. Johnson
Route B
Wm. A. John Paul
Conecuh
W. G. Sledge
Greensboro
Julien Smith
H. A. Woolf
Myrtlewood
Embezzlement case bound over to grand jury
O Ex. Wilson was bound over to the grand jury after a hearing in inferior court on embezzlement charges from W M Compton of Chickasaw regarding a $200 auto. Eddie Mack, an escaped county prison farm convict, received 30 more days. Clara Hayes faced two prohibition counts, fined 50 dollars and costs or 20 days hard labor on each, with a 90 day addition on the second count and notices of appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Ex. Wilson
W. M. Compton
Chickasaw
Eddie Mack
T. J. Touart
Clara Hayes
Secretary Hurley cannot visit Mobile after Mississippi trip
Secretary of War Patrick Hurley will not visit Mobile after finishing his inspection down the Mississippi River and traveling from New Orleans to Washington. An invitation to Hurley General Lytle Brown and General T Q Ashburn to visit Mobile was sent last week by Frank E Courtney, president of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce.
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Patrick Hurley
Mobile
Mississippi River
Washington
New Orleans
Roxas Calls for More Convincing Freedom Demand
Manuel Roxas, speaker of the Philippine house, returned from the United States and said Filipinos must express their desire for freedom more convincingly than before. He noted that courteous restraint can be seen as weakness and warned against apologetic advocacy of independence.
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Manila
Manuel Roxas
Philippine House of Representatives
United States
America
Philippines
Troops Guard Negro Killer Quells Cartersville Mob
National guardsmen were dispatched to Cartersville Georgia to guard John Willie Clark a 22 year old accused slayer and quell a milling crowd at the county jail Authorities say the crowd was urged to lynch him but dispersed after officers fired twice Jenkins death is described as accidental in a scuffle with the suspect.
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Atlanta
Homer C. Parker
Georgiaational Guard
Cartersville
National Guard
Barlow County
Parker
John Willie Clark
Joe Jenkins
L. G. Hardman
Sheriff's Deputies
Tmena
Hed Spoker Cay
Jenkins
Storm Winds Damage Arkansas Towns In Sept Storm
Storms with wind and rain battered Arkansas overnight with Chicago storms causing the worst damage in Hot Springs where eleven houses were wrecked and utilities cut. Fort Smith reported 46 mph winds as chicken houses garages and signs toppled and streets flooded, though no injuries were reported.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Hotes
Fort Smith
Russell in lead in national air tour over North America
Russell with the Ford tri motor monoplane led 17 rivals in the 4700 mile national air tour across the United States and Canada. Zeller, Davis, Beech and Livingston followed. Nancy Hopkins, the sole woman pilot, stood fifteenth as entrants head for Regina after Brandon stop.
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Winnipeg
Man
Harry Russell
United States
Canada
Byron Zeller
Art Davis
Walter Beech
John Livingston
George Haldeman
Nancy Hopkins
Regina
Sask
Brandon
Flier Duo Held by Weather Near Charlottetown
On Sept 15 Captain Erroll Boyd and Lieutenant Harry Connor faced poor weather at Tea Hill five miles from Charlottetown P E I preventing a transatlantic departure. They landed there Saturday in the Columbia Clarence Chamberlain’s historic aircraft from Montreal en route to Harbor Grace N F on the first leg to London. They expect to try again only tomorrow morning.
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Charlottetown
Erroll Boyd
Harry Connor
Tea Hill
Columbia
Clarence Chamberlain
Montreal
Harbor Grace N. F
London
Nye Shadow Nabbed by Federal Agents
CHICAGO September 15 United States Department of Justice agents arrested R F Lashford one of the detectives who shadowed Senator Gerald P Nye for Ruth Hanna McCormick just before Nye planned to reopen the Illinois campaign expenditures inquiry Witnesses subpoenaed include W C and Earl Dannenberg George and Mabel Reinecke Claire Edwards Naomi McAllester Walter Schmidt Michael Avildsen and Forsythe all connected to McCormicks campaign The five member committee planned to examine the detectives and the campaign spending in the Nye inquiry highlighting the recent disclosure that McCormick hired investigators to probe the investigators
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Chicago
R. F. Lashford
United States
Gerald P. Nye
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Department of Justice
Senator Nye
Illinois
W. C
Earl Dannenberg
McCormick
George
Mabel G. Reinecke
Claire Edwards
Naomi McAllester
Wal
Ter E. Schmidt
Michael Clarence Avildsen
Miss Forsythe
Bromley Aims to Hop Pacific in New Flight
Bromley plans another cross Pacific attempt to Tacoma with navigator Harold Gatty. He footnotes a broken gasoline feed pipe as the decisive reason for turning back near Kamchatka, describing adverse elements and intense discomfort during the flight.
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Bromley
Tanabe
Aomori
Japan
Pacific
Harold L. Bromley
Rengo
Tacoma
Kamchatka Peninsula
Harold Gatty
Here
Gulfport Board Hears Railroad Franchise Proposal
Gulfport Mississippi city commissioners tentatively grant a franchise to Houston H Evans for a double track standard gauge railroad along Thirtieth avenue from the city boundary to the gulf shore with a 90 day deadline to secure responsible principals. The line would run northwest beyond Mississippi.
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Gulfport
Miss
Houston H. Evans
Thirtieth Avenue
Gulf Shore
West Side
Illinois Central Railroad
Evans
Gulfort
Mississippi
Twin Girls Brave Channel Seeking Swimming Record
15 year old New York twins Ber nice and Phyllis Zittenfeld begin an attempt to swim the English Channel from South Foreland to France at 6 50 a m. They aim for the Dover gold cup as their mother expresses confidence in their strength and endurance amid a favorable start and noted wind.
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Dover
Eng
Bernice
Phyllis Zittenfeld
New York
English Channel
South Foreland
Sonia
Millie Gade
Lipton Boat Distanced From Start In Race
The Enterprise defends America’s Cup by beating Sir Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock V in the second race. Enterprise finished 2 51 20 ahead as Shamrock faltered at the start and trailed by about ten minutes. Commodore Harcia steered Shamrock near the line, but Enterprise kept a steady lead to victory.
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Shamrock V
Vanebile
Kane
Associated Press
The
Enterprise
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock
Harcia
Venkata
Saa
Bemrock
Deaenead
Oesnald Cadome
Miss Lewis to Lead Local Junior Red Cross Efforts
Miss Maude Lewis of the Junior Red Cross quarters in Washington plans winter programs with local Red Cross representatives teachers and others She spoke at the institute of public teachers at Barton Academy and will visit county schools meet junior leaders with the Mobile Red Cross chapter executives and school officials.
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Maude Lewis
Red Crosses
Washington
Red Cross
Miss Lewis
Institute of Public Teachers
Barton Academy
Lewis
Mobile Red Cross
Guggenheim
Mobile
Lenore Jones
Nomination of Officers by Mobile County League of Women Voters
The Mobile County League of Women Voters formed a nominating committee to select a slate of officers for the annual election next month. The committee members are Mrs. Cora McDonald, Mrs. Nellie Cammack, Mrs. Helen Vass, Mrs. T. F. Robinson, and Miss Anz Tait. Inclement weather kept attendance small and limited other business, according to president Mrs. James H. Hagan.
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Mobile County League
Cora McDonald
Nellie Cammack
Helen Vass
T. F. Robinson
Anz Tait
James H. Hagan
Weather Summary Noted For Alabama And Northwest Florida
Mostly cloudy with local thunder showers forecast for Monday and Tuesday and little temperature change. Regions including Alabama and extreme northwest Florida expected to see clouds and storms Monday night and Tuesday. River bulletins indicate observation times and gauges with forecasts showing minimal changes on the Tombigbee river.
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Alabama
Florida
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