County Board Considers Map to Boost Tax Values
State Tax Appraiser calls for a map of territories near Mobile showing increased values. The plan include relocating revenue offices and expanding the probate office. A $2000 plat cost could raise about $150,000 next year through revised assessments. A committee will pursue the project at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur D. Davis
Board of Revenue
Mobile County
Board of Enue
Mr. Davis
J.C. Prine
Harold Booth
Matt Boykin
Estes D. Baker
Church Street
C. H. Franck
Government Street Road
Township Four
Passessor
Franck
Toulminville
Boykin
AIDS RATE FIGHT Invites Dr Bauer to aid Mobile power case
Dr John Bauer director of the American Public Utilities Bureau of New York will assist Mobile in pressuring Alabama Power to revise electric rates. He arrived in Mobile Monday and will travel to Montgomery and Birmingham Tuesday to study the case ahead of a Wednesday hearing. He succeeds Nathaniel Gold, whose findings aided Mobile and Montgomery in challenging the utility's differential of 20 percent for direct current users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bauer
American Public Utilities Bureau of New York
Mobile
Alabama Power Company
Bauer
Montgomery
Birmingham
Power Company
Dr. Bauer
Nathaniel Gold
National Bureau
Gold
Club Will Meet for Special Mobile Yacht Assembly
A special meeting of the Mobile Yacht Club is set for 7 30 o clock Monday night in Commodore Ed Overton s offices. The agenda includes winter plans and other business with Commodore Overton urging full attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Yacht Club
Commodore Ed Overton
Commodore Overton
Weather Local Forecast Review
Local forecast indicates mostly cloudy skies with likely light showers on Monday night. Temperatures are not expected to change significantly across Alabama and Mississippi. In extreme northwest Florida expect similar conditions with showers possible overnight Monday.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Federal Court Prepares For Grand Jury Session Next Week
Officials of the district federal court concentrate on preparations for a grand jury session opening next week in Mobile. Judge Wayne G. Borah of New Orleans will preside due to Judge Robert T. Ervin's absence in New York. Trial week slated to begin October 14, with cases including an alleged Chicago gang auto theft and transport to Mobile. One defendant, Michael Bugario, was shot in Chicago and later brought to Mobile. he is jailed. Other two defendants remain free on bond.
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District Federal Court
Wayne G. Borah
New Orleans
Robert T. Ervin
New York
Chicago
Windy City
Mobile
Michael Bugario
Mobile commission seeks voter views on tax reform
City commissioners plan to form a committee to question legislative candidates about revisions to Mobile Alabama taxation. They seek a system raising revenue to fund city needs and replace the street tax, with candidates asked whether Mobile should keep its current income or adopt a fairer levy system. Commissioner Harry T. Hartwell notes Mobile's annual income is 1.5 million dollars.
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Mobile
Senate
House
Officials to Hear Talk by Hartwell at Muscle Shoals Meeting
Mobile City Commissioner Harry T. Hartwell, president of the Alabama League of Municipalities, was invited to welcome 1000 delegates to the league’s annual gathering in the Muscle Shoals area in November 2023. The event, organized by Sheffield Muscle Shoals chamber and partnerships with Tuscumbia Florence and Muscle Shoals, will feature leaders in municipal utilities ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Hartwell
Mobile
Alabama League of Municipalities
Muscle Shoals
James G. Baker
Sheffield Muscle Chamber of Commerce
Hartwell
Alabama
Sheffield Muscle Shoals Chamber of Commerce
League
National Association
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Florence
Baker
United States
Canada
Lightning Damages Mobile Benevolent Home Hits Roof
A bolt of lightning struck the Mobile Benevolent Home at 1257 Government Street Sunday morning causing smoke from a top floor storage room and blown fuses. The fire department responded, no injuries reported to about 15 elderly residents, slight roof damage observed.
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Mobile Benevolent Home
Government Street
Opening Day Set for 1929 30 Term in City and County
Teachers from ee school districts participate in a one day institute on Monday ahead of the 1929 30 term opening. Nineteen thousand or more children are expected to enter the public schools Tuesday at 8 30 a m. Textbooks will be issued Tuesday and first day of work begins Wednesday. A few changes have been made in the text.
Changes at H. C. Meyer Grocery Store on St Francis
Extensive alterations at the St Francis street store of H C Meyer Grocery Company were approved by building inspector C W Adams. The firm will add an entrance at 209 11 St Michael street while keeping 208 St Francis street as another entry. A $2000 permit covers the project set for completion by November 1. Separate permits announce a $1500 one story frame residence construction north building and a $1500 one story frame building by C E Hankenson in Oakdale.
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St. Francis Street
H. C. Meyer Grocery Company
C. W. Adams
St. Michael Street
Northbuilding
C. E. Hankenson
Oakdale
Mobile port booklet in demand by national business interests
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce reports many requests for the new port booklet. Requests come from prominent business concerns nationwide, signaling Mobile's growing port importance. Booklets are distributed by the state docks commission, which cooperated with the chamber on publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
State Docks Commission
Man Fined 101 for Fast Street Drive by Drunk Driver
Richard King, labeled a negro, was fined 101 dollars after a hearing before Recorder D. H. Edington for dangerous driving that endangered citizens. Motorcycle Officer Willie Puckett arrested him about 4 am Sunday at Government and Broad streets for racing at 50 mph. The car skidded to a church entrance after braking, while Detective Lawrence Arras and Detective Charls Burton observed the rapid pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard King
D. H. Edington
N ‘S
King
Willie Puckett
Government and
Broad Streets
Broad Street
Government
Lawrence Arras
Charls Burton
Davis Avenue
Arras Dec
Austria in Arms Sparks Civil Strife in Vienna
A large section of Austria sits as an armed camp amid factional clashes between political groups and government and rural provinces. Federal Chancellor Streer seeks peace while mobilizing regular troops to quell unrest and avert possible civil war.
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Vienna
Austrian Republic
Federal
Char
Agr
Death Day Set for Atlanta Convicted Attacker
Alvin E. B. Merritt condemned shadow fiend is sentenced to die in the electric chair on Friday October 4. He was convicted of attacking a woman in a fashionable Atlanta residential area and is held in jail pending transfer to Milledgeville state prison for execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt
Atlanta
Alvin EB. Merritt
Milledgeville
Photographer Atanasi Spasitch Slain in Sofia Street
Three men killed photographer Atanasi Spasitch in Sofia last night, authorities say the attackers acted on instructions from the Macedonian independence committee. Spasitch, a former political figure, allegedly incurred the displeasure of Macedonian movement followers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Atanasi Spasitch
Macedonian Independence Committee
Spastich
Carroll Succumbs After Streetcar Accident
Carroll 78 died in Atlanta from injuries after being struck by a car as he stepped from a streetcar yesterday afternoon. Driver Herbert Williams was arrested on reckless driving charges and released on a $1,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
James R. Carroll
Herbert Williams
Carolina Mod Victim Names Six Kidnapers
In Charlotte a preliminary hearing on anti-communist terror plots proceeds after Ben Wells refuses to testify due to professed atheism. Wells identifies six suspects among 14, while officers Dewey Carver Lee Johnson Carl Holloway Smiley Lewis A G Morehead and John Holly are dropped from the case. The court, led by Judge Victor J. Shaw, accepts Wells disqualification and moves to dismiss his examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Ben Wells
Gastonia
Wells
C. D. Saylor
C. M. Sell
State Supreme Court
Dewey Carver
Lee Johnson
Carl Holloway
Smiley Lewis
A. G. Morehead
Loray Mill
John Holly
The
Co. M. Bell
Odd Fellows Converge for 105th World Convention
Thousands of Odd Fellows from Canada to Honolulu attend the first session in Houston Texas on September 16. Welcoming speeches feature Gov. Dan Moody Lt. Gov. Barry Miller and Rep. Daniel E. Garrett with responses from Frank Martin and Mrs Bertha A. Wills.
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Houston
Tex
Atlantic
Canada
Honolulu
Rebekahs
Patriarchs
Canoo
Odd Fellows and
Dan Moody
Barry Miller
Daniel E. Garrett
Frank Martin
Boise
Idaho
I. O. O. F. Grand Sire
Bertha A. Wills
Wichita
Kas
Slayer personal crisis ends in triple tragedy and suicide
Vancouver police report William Campbell Phillips, 37, a machinist, killed his daughter Joan aged 10 and son Eris aged 4 with a hatchet. He slashed his wife’s head, set his house ablaze and killed himself by cutting his throat. His wife is in critical condition.
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Vancouver
B. C
William Campbell Phillips
Joan
Eris
Flamingo Flight Bids For Endurance Record In Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Flamingo, piloted by Lieuts. Walter H. Peck and Lawrence Genaro, had been aloft 58 hours and 5 minutes at 10 a.m. as it refueled at 5 p.m. The aircraft reported smooth operation and expected fuel to last until evening.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Flamingo
Walter H. Peck
Lawrence Genaro
Roosevelt Seeks State Control of St. Lawrence Hydroelectric
Governor Franklin D Roosevelt announced plans to seek legislative creation of public trustees to oversee St Lawrence River power development. He cited Morgan interests acquiring hydro property but noted no control gained yet and tied the effort to statewide mandate for waterpower development following voters’ support in 1930s era.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
St. Lawrence River
Franklin D. Roosevelt
St. Lawrence
Roosevelt
S J. Lawrence
Ernor Smith
Torch Slayer Trial Opens Over Death of Estranged Wife
Earl Francis Peacox a youthful radio mechanic goes on trial in White Plains for the killing of his wife Dorothy. Defense seeks accident and insanity pleas citing alibi girl Frances Newman and contends the bundle carried from the house was not the corpse. Prosecution rests on confession and seeks capital punishment with jurors largely hostile to the electric chair.
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White Plains
N. Y
Earl Francis Peacox
Dorothy
Edna
Rossmaster
Scarsdale
New York
Frances Newman
Peacox
Peaches
Browning
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Social
Westchester County
Rhinelander
Scarsdale Proveriy
Con
Senate Debates Flexible Tariff Provisions Amidrow
Congressional report outlines sharp disputes over the seven year tariff rate flex policy. Democrats oppose continuation and seek repeal while Hoover supports restructuring of the tariff commission and maintains executive rate adjustments after tariff investigations.
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Washington
Senate
Tariff Commission
Hoover
Navy ZMC-2 dirigible makes test flight over New York
The ZMC-2 all metal dirigible lifted off near Lakehurst New Jersey before 11 a m for a flight over New York City. Captain Kepner Army and Lieutenant Dugan Navy directed the flight with six civilian and Navy passengers aboard.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
New York City
Kepner
U. S. Army
Dugan
Fragmentary note on 1929 marital dispute
In April 1928 and April 21 1929 the couple marked anniversaries and faced strain. A attempted reconciliation followed a violent incident as the husband struck the wife upon returning to the apartment.
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Ension
Five held after university student death in Mississippi car crash
Three white men and two black suspects faced preliminary hearing for the killing of Blanche Bloodworth, Rosebloom Ole Miss student and YWCA president. Bloodworth fell 60 feet from a bridge near Oxford after a crash. Annie Lee Crawford was seriously injured. Authorities said the car carried liquor and named Nine Fire as the driver. others named were Doc Gray and Van East, Roy Britler, Lozo Parks, all of Oxford.
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Annie Lee Crawford
Laurel
Doc Gray
Negro
van East
Roy Britler
Lozo Parks
Oxford
Paris official Henri Bayle slain in his office
Henri Bayle, director of the identification service for the French justice minister and noted anthropometrist, was found slain in his Paris office. Police suspect a madman. Bayle advanced Bertillonian methods and pioneered X ray identification of paintings and artworks.
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Paris
Henri Bayle
M. Bayle
Bayle
Bertillon
Greek Senator and five others freed after ransom payment
Senator Hadkigakis of the Greek senate and five companions including a gendarmerie officer were released in Athens after captors accepted 500 000 drachma about five thousand dollars. The bandits had demanded 5 000 000 drachma about fifty thousand dollars.
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Athens
Greece
Hadkigakis
Water sewer explosions injure fifteen in Newburg search
Fifteen injured and one feared fatally after a series of explosions and fires in a Water street sewer between Main and Second in Newburg New York. A bookstore owner William Greene was missing with others as fires engulfed four stores and a hospital treated victims.
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Newburg
N. Y
Water Street
Main
William 8. Greene
Pan
Lawson Company
Kresge's
Fire and Gore
Ford Returns to School in Dearborn Historic Building
Henry Ford and family visit the old Scotch school built in 1861 now part of Dearborn’s Deamane school system. Ford sits with Dr. A Ruddiman as 32 pupils in first and second grades receive instruction in a rebuilt classroom with kerosene lamps and a wood stove.
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Detroit
Ford
Eeems
Ong
A. Ruddiman
Dearborn
Edsel Ford
Bryant
Henry Ford
Jackson Sought In Hollywood Stock Scheme Fraud
Investigators probe an alleged bucket shop fraud linked to several famous film stars. Herbert R. Jackson is missing after authorities say he bilked more than twenty victims of at least $100,000. Deputy DA David Clark cites broader victim list.
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Hollywood
Cal
Herbert R. Jackson
Jackson
Milton M. Golden
David Clark
Clark
Hoover Nominates Cooper for Commerce Bureau Director
President Hoover nominated William S. Cooper of New York to head the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce in the department of commerce.
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Washington
William S. Cooper
New York
Hoover
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Do You Know Banana Conveyors Campaign in Mobile
Mobile has three banana conveyors with an hourly output of over 5 000 items. The Know Mobile Better Campaign was conducted by the Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with The Mobile Register and News Item.
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Mobile
Know Mobile
Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mobile Register
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