Girl struck by falling bricks in three story fire risk
Miss Ethel Atkins suffered scalp and leg injuries when bricks fell from the top of a three story building at 4 North Royal Street. She was taken to City Hospital by Roche ambulance after the morning incident reported by Traffic Officer Carney. Cliff Adams, building inspector, was notified.
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North Royal Street
Thomas Geary Real Estate Company
Ethel Atkins
Crichton
Kahn Manufacturing Company
Miss Atkins
City Hospital
Roche
Carney
Nho
Cliff Adams
Flags hoisted warnings for small craft near Florida coast
Weather official Albert Ashenberger announced small craft warnings for Mobile Bay lower section. Strong northeast to east winds are forecast Thursday night into Friday. An advisory linked to a Porto Rico disturbance notes a tropical system several hundred miles north and west of Porto Rico with the center still undetermined.
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Mobile
Apalachicola
Fla
Albert Ashenberger
Ashenberger
Mobile Bay
Porto Rico
Alabama Gasoline Tax Collected Totals July 667000
J J Leftin Montgomery auditor reports July gasoline tax receipts in Alabama reached 667000. He is in Mobile auditing dealer books before visiting other counties for routine checks. Loftin notes the year will surpass prior records by about half a million dollars. The four cent tax funds county shares and highway bonds from the Graves era.
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Alabama
J. J. Leftin
Montgomery
State Commission
Mobile
Loftin
Brother of Ambulance Driver Killed In Locomotive Incident
In Knoxville on September 19 an ambulance driver named Eugene Lackey identified the body of a man ground under a locomotive. The victim was his brother Buford M. Lackey, found dead after a collision.
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Brother of Man
Ground Under Wheels
Knoxville
Tenn
Eugene
Buford M. Lackey
Weather Summary for Thursday and Friday
Local area will be fair and warmer Thursday night with increasing cloudiness and higher temperatures Friday. Alabama zones in the north and west will be fair and warmer Thursday night with Friday cloudiness and warm conditions. Northwest Florida partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday with warmer temperatures.
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Alabama
Florida
Season's Lowest Mark Touched In Freezing Weather
A weather forecast notes the season's low temperature touched by a cold spell. Mr Ashemberger says temperatures will rise later in the day though clouds will accompany the warming trend.
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Mr. Ashemberger
Crash Victim Eber Davis of Grand Bay to be Buried
Funeral services for Eber Davis of Grand Bay, fatally injured when the truck he rode in overturned on the road to Bayou la Batre near Powell Seafood. Burial in the family cemetery follows services at 8:45 and 9:00, with Tom McKay Funeral Home in charge. Relatives include Susie Davis and Bertha Davis.
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Eber Davis
Grand Bay
Bayou la Batre
Powell Seafood Company
St John's Catholic Church
Tom McKay
Davis
Richard Helt
Alabama Crushing Company
Helt
Rushing Dies After Bridge Construction Injury
Sam Rushing of Gulfport died in Biloxi hospital after being struck by a breaking tow piling on the Biloxi Ocean Springs bridge. He sustained a ten inch skull wound and died about twenty four hours after the accident as crews acted to save his life.
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Biloxi, Miss
Biloxi-Ocean Springs
Sam Rushing
Gulfport
Biloxi
Tariff Slash Cuts Mobile Tampa Freight Rates
Mallory Steamship Company will establish lower rates between Mobile and Tampa effective September 28 to undercut Morgan Line charges between Florida ports and New Orleans. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic department disclosed the move and noted the Gulf Mobile and Northern Railroad will publish tractor rates from Charles City Iowa to Mobile matching the Charles City to New Orleans fare.
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Mobile
Tampa
Mallory Steamship Company
Morgan Line
Florida Port
New Orleans
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Charles City
Iowa
Prohibition violators fined in police court
Will Dixon and Lizzie Dawsey, both identified as groes, were fined $50 and costs each after a Thursday police court hearing for violating the prohibition law. Claude Drinkwater received a $1,000 bond for six months on a general charge.
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Will Dixon
Lizzie Dawsey
Claude Drinkwater
Scientific paint match links seaplane crash to pilot
In New York on September 19 a fatal Jamaica Bay seaplane crash case moves toward resolution as city chemists report green paint on the motorboat and on the plane pontoons share identical chemical makeup and color. The pilot, Henry Ramsdell, faces manslaughter charges from the crash that killed one man and injured another.
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New York
City Chemical Laboratories
Jamaica Bay
Henry Ramsdell
Ramsdel
Ramsdell
City Laboratory
Deliberations Continue In Texas Bank Robbery Case
In Braunfels Texas Rebecca Bradley Rogers faced a fourth trial for robbing Farmers National Bank of Bude Texas of 1000 dollars three years ago. The jury deliberated four hours without reaching a verdict as Otis Rogers urged acquittal or death. Prosecutors say she robbed to pay debts.
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Braunfels
Texas
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Farmers National Bank
Bude
Otis Rogers
University of Texas
Convention Opens with Tree Planting at WCTU Meet
In Indianapolis on September 19 the 55th annual national convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union began with affiliated organization meetings a prayer service a tree planting ceremony and executive sessions at Murat Theatre. National president Mrs Ella A Boole of Brooklyn will open with Eternal Vigilance Is the Price of Prohibition and local officials Lt Gov Edgar D Bush and Mayor L Ert Slack will welcome delegates and visitors.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Murat Theatre
Ella A. Boole
Brooklyn
N. Y
Edgar D. Bush
Indiana
L. Ert Slack
Crash Takes Toll on Officers in Lithuanian Air Crash
MEMEL Sept 19 Two army officers were killed when their airplane crashed near here. Captain Kumschaitis and Lieutenant Wedaikawere burned to death in the disaster.
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Memel
Lithuanis
Here
Kumschaitis
Wedaika
Prohibition Charge Docketed for Asa Taylor in Mobile
Asa Taylor of Keenton Washington county was brought to Mobile by Deputy Marshal D Pennington on a prohibition charge. He was processed and released after appearance.
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Asa Taylor
Keenton
Washington County
Mobile
D. 8. Pennington
Open in Mill Riots and Kidnapping Probe Grows
Four investigations into mob violence in North Carolina proceed as authorities report no public developments. The key cases include the flogging of Cleo Tesenair, national textile union organizer, and his kidnapping in Cherokee and Cleveland counties. An inquest into Mrs. Ella Wiggins' death is set to reopen in Gastonia. Governor Gardner and officials urge diligent prosecution.
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Charlotte
N. C
Cleo Tesenair
National Textile
Southa
J. F. Wright
Cherokee County
Caroling
Tesenair
Irvin Allen
Cleveland County
North Carolina
King's Mountain
Tgree
Ella Wiggins
Gastonia
Gov. Gardner
Kings Mountain
Baltimore
National Textile Workers Union
Uni
N. A. Townsend
Spurling
New anemia treatment from hog stomach extract
Ann Arbor researchers at the University of Michigan announce a promising pernicious anemia therapy. An extract from dried hog stomach, developed at the Thomas Henry Simpson Memorial Institute, was led by Dr. Cyrus C. Sturgis and Dr. Rapheal Isaacs with Dr. Elwood A. Sharp of Parke Davis & Co assisting.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Ann Arbor Dailey News
University of Michigan
Thomas Henry Simpson Memorial Institute
Cyrus C. Sturgis
Rapheal Isaacs
Elwood A. Sharp
Parke, Davis and Company
Death toll rises from St Charles coal mine disaster
In Saarbrucken Germany the St Charles mine disaster worsens with 23 dead and 25 injured after three days of underground fires. Tremors signal more explosions in inaccessible galleries, while fumes threaten nearby Velsen mine. Flooding the St Charles shaft is seen as the only remedy.
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St. Charlies
Saarbrucken
Germany
St. Charles
Velsen
Governor to Leave for Warm Springs Three Weeks
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt will depart New York tonight for Warm Springs Georgia to stay three weeks. He plans to recover after his recent illness and resume duties by early October.
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Warm Springs
Georgia
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Double Kidnaping and Murder Flash Through Chicago Gang War
In Chicago on September 19 two men were abducted from a sedan by four assailants after being tailed by a touring car with a Michigan plate. A cab driver witnessed part of the crime and heard threats as the men were forced into the other vehicle. Police fear a pair of victims were taken for a ride to be killed, a pattern the city has seen before with bodies later found.
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Chicago
South Parka
42Nd Street
John Stege
Michigan
Cy Cawley
Eddie Westcott
West Side
Palmes Chapel Methodist Church Concert Night
Members of Palmes Chapel Methodist Church will meet Thursday night at the church for a program of readings and music. Refreshments will be served.
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Palmes Chapel Methodist Church
Adults Overrun City Playground Amidst Unruly Gatherings
Police were forced to clear Grey Park as numerous parents occupied the swings, slides, baseball field, and merry-go-rounds leaving little room for children. The recreational surge among grownups disrupted routines once reserved for homes and offices, provoking complaints from youngsters.
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Grey Park
Ford rejects plea for new Muscle Shoals offer
Washington September 19 Henry Ford will not bid again for the Muscle Shoals Alabama power project and has told Senator Heflin through E G Liebold that there are no plans to utilize the Muscle Shoals power at present and Ford will not offer again. Liebold says other interests may be better positioned to develop and utilize the power.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Detroit
E. G. Liebold
Liebold
Ford
Thal
Shawnee shells at New York guard clash prompts protest
Halifax report says Shawnee escaped after Coast Guard Cutter 145 opened fire near New York while en route from Bermuda. Captain John McLeod plans a formal protest to the Dominion government after shell damage and pursuit by Gresham and other cutters.
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Halifax
United States Poe
John McLeod
McLeod
Dominion
Bermuda
New York
United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Gresham
St. Pierre
Coast Guard Fires On Canadian Motorship Shawnee Off New York Harbor
Coast guard headquarters says a patrol boat fired on the Canadian Shawnee near New York harbor on September 11 after the ship failed to stop. The vessel, running without lights and unID at first, eventually showed the Shawnee name on its bow and stopped after three warning shots and two shells fired.
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Washington
Coast Guard
New York Harbor
Widow of Slain Texas DA Questions Probers In Borger Case
The widow of District Attorney John A. Holmes, slain in Borger, accuses local officers of failing to help fight crime. Sheriff Ownbey says a suspect is located but no arrest yet due to insufficient evidence. Governor Moody orders D A Clem Calhoun to assist as Rangers seek affidavits and clues.
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Texas
Flags Probers
Holmes
Jim Crane
Cal Baird
Crane
Ownbey
Clem Calhoun
104Th
Dan Moody
Calhoun
Moody
Austin
Texas Rangers
Borger
Mobile direct current charges dispute in power case
Mobile witnesses argue Alabama Power should not collect 000 annually or 12 percent on direct current equipment value. An I. F. McDonnell admission reveals Mobile DC lighting customers pay 20 cents more than AC users, while Birmingham customers face no penalty. The special to News Item from Montgomery notes expert testimony in the general commercial and street ing investigation before the service commission.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
Service Commission
John New York
Alabama Power
Bauer
I. F. McDonnell, Neer
Records Conflicts In Mobile Power Company Disclosure
Alabama Power faced disputes over access to company records. The Alabama Public Service Commission ordered document disclosure to Mobile, while the company allegedly restricted access, later directing information to the commission. Attorney Perry W. acknowledged instructing staff not to share with Mobile officials. Telegrams and testimony indicated commission pressure for records, with further assurances noted from an associate member.
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Alabama Public Service
Bormingham
Mobile
State Commission
Alabama Power Company
Kilborn
Power Company
Perry W
A. B. Foster
Alabama Supreme Court
A. D. Quackenbush
Commission
Hugh White
Frank P. Morgan
Argentine aviation minister seeks pardon for Gordon Bennett race
Senor Eduardo Bradley, Argentina's civil aviation minister, asks for special dispensation to compete in the Gordon Bennett balloon races in St. Louis after a White House visit. He wired Major Albert Lambert to permit him to bring his bag to St. Louis the day before the contest, noting rules require entries on the ground days before takeoff.
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Washington
Senor
Eduardo Bradley
Civil Aviation
Argentina
Gordon Bennett
St. Louis
White House
Andes
Albert Lambert
Amphibian Pan American Plane Crashes at Miami Airport
Three Pan American Airways crew members were injured when an amphibian plane crashed during takeoff at Miami Florida. Pilot Leo Terletsky and co pilot Robert Hively were discharged after treatment while radio operator L Edgar Farrouse suffered a broken arm and possible internal injuries.
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Miami
Fila
Pan- American Airways
L. Edgar Farrouse
Robert Hively
Leo Terletsky
Farrouse
Meridian High selects student leaders in senior class
Robert Bourdeaux is elected president of the senior class at Meridian High School. Bert Bourdeaux becomes vice president, Tom earns the secretary treasurer role, and Carter Harmon serves as sponsor.
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Bourdeaux
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