Seizure of Muggles tobacco like mixites by police squad
A raid on a lower Government street rooming house led by Police Lieutenant Cliff Adams netted seven men on charges of dangerous and suspicious possession. The substance labeled Muggles and cigarettes made from the material are being reviewed under the Harrison Narcotics Act with federal examination pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Adams
Government Street
Department of Justice
Adams
Recorder’s Court
Recorder
United States
Aubrey Boyles
Boyles
Federal
Birmingham
Two Stills Found Near Ghunchula In Sheriff Raid
Sheriff Paul G. Cazalas reports six deputies searched swamp near Ghunchula and found two moonshine stills. Frank Wangerin and Jack Masingall were arrested on manufacturing prohibited liquors and held on $500 bonds. One still was a 400 gallon copper outfit and the other a 50 gallon drum. Authorities seized beer mash and white whiskey from both sites.
Plans for National Fire Prevention Week in File
Plans were finalized for National Fire Prevention Week October 7 to 13 in File. James H. Glennon, chair of the chamber committee, said the observance will explain fire causes and losses and promote near total precautions. The plan calls for cooperation by firemen, schools, civic organizations, and Boy Scouts to reach the entire city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Glennon
Ohile Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Glennon
Mole
Civic Organiss
Boy Scouts
Citronelle Ice and Fuel Incorporates for Ice Plant
The probate court today approved incorporation papers for Citronelle Ice and Fuel Co Inc to manufacture and sell ice. The firm plans an $18 000 capital start and will begin business with that amount. Officers are Jeffries as president John A urt as secretary and treasurer and W as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Citronelleé Ice and Fuel Com, Inc
Ice. Com
Ironelle
Busi
Incorpo
Jeffries
John Aurt
Purnell Sues for $10,000 Injury in Dec 22 Auto Crash
Hilary Herbert Purnell files suit in his circuit court against E. B. Dier Emmett Chandler and Chan & Son for $10,000. He alleges that on December 22 while walking along Conception Street Road near Pekin Cooperage Company he was struck by the defendants automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilary Herbert Purnell
E. B. Dier
Emmett Chandler
Dicty
Chan © & Son
Prichard
Conception Street
He Pekin Cooperage Company
Ndants
Weather Outlook for Atlantic and Gulf States
Forecast for the week begins Monday with showers in the south Atlantic and east Gulf regions. Unsettled conditions, then generally fair and cooler in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee, with normal temperatures midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baina
Mississippi
Atlantic
East Gulf States
South Atlantic
East Gulf
Gulf States
Io Valley
Tennessee
Sawada Misses Japanese Earthquake By Two Days
Nurseryman K Sawada of Overlook on Moffat road returned from a Japan visit and narrowly missed the Yokohama Tokyo quake and tidal waves by two days. He heard news by radio on a steamship en route, noting relatives near Osayka and that rural Japan is modernizing with mills electricity and American and English practices. The voyage was timed by dwindling funds and marked his first Japan trip in 16 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Sawada
Overlook
Moffat Road
Japan
Yokohama
Tokio
Yokohonma
Sawada
Osoyka
Gawnca
Proposals For Rate Reductions Reach Mobile Chamber
Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic department reports proposals for freight rate cuts to aid Mobile as a shipping center. Railroads west of the Mississippi seek equal rates for lumber staves and shocks for export and coastwise movement, with other gulf ports already reducing rates. Gulf Mobile & Northern Railroad to publish lower can rates after a complaint by Mobile shippers. Mississippi Warrior barge line lists broader Mobile to Ohio river and north rate cuts effective October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traffic Department
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi River
Southwestern Freight Bureau
Gulf
Mobile
Selectea” Commerce Commission
Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad
Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi Warrior Barge Line
Ohio River
North
Man Given Chance to Prove Alibi in Insult Charge
Louis Dubb a local clothing store manager faced a disorderly conduct charge from Miss Lena Tillman in the recorder's court. He must produce a witness by Monday to prove he was at a bakery about 11:30 a.m. on September 14, or risk a heavy fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Dubb
Recorder’s Court
Lena Tillman
Seneca and
Ann Streets
Recorders Court
D. H. Edington
Miss Tillman
Dubb
First Fall Day Brings Drop in Temperature Here
The first autumn day brought Mobilians their first touch of fall weather as the thermometer dropped to 64 degrees last night. The cool spell will continue tonight and Sunday per today’s forecast. The equinox on September 22 marks equal day and night and the days will shorten until December 21. Straw hats and light clothing will be discarded as temperatures fall.
Ward's Cell Guard Placed by Warden at County Jail
White Plains N Y Sept 27 Warden Hill today stationed a special guard at the door of Walter Ward's cell in the county jail. The warden declined to explain his action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Walter
Ward
Passage Hopes For Mobile Local Bills In Last Days
With only two legislative days left in the session, confidence remains that some Mobile local bills will pass. Kilborn notes possible items include a Mobile county concrete roads constitutional amendment, a $50 monthly county solicitor expenses bill, and compensation for county commission members on the board of review. Also likely is a sheriff fees measure capped at 300 dollars monthly. Delegates oppose Craft's three cent per gallon Mobile gasoline tax bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Vincent Kilborn
House
County Commission
Board of Review
Inferior Criminal Court
John Craft
Fewer Antiques Moved From Tutankhamun Tomb
Howard Carter reports less than a quarter of the tomb’s antiques have been removed so far at Luxor. He predicts further thrills as exploration continues for two years and foresees the sarcophagus opening this fall revealing the Pharaoh in regal death regalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tutenkhamun
Howard Carter
Earl of Carnarvon
Archaeost
Lord Carnarvon
Prisoners at Camp Ordered To Testify
Governor Brandon opposes allowing convicts to testify before Jefferson county grand jury probing Banner convict mine conditions. Circuit court orders four convicts to appear Monday. Investigators report flogging ring leaders. witnesses describe harsh mining tasks and scant food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Brandon
Jefferson County
Banner
Circuit Court
Civitan guest Whitaker of Chattanooga in Mobile
P. H. Whitaker international secretary of Civitan clubs, spoke at a luncheon at the Cawthon Hotel in Mobile. He was greeted by Civitan members and stayed as their guest for the day. Attorney McInnis of Moss Point also attended to discuss forming a Civitan club on the Mississippi coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ber
P. H. Whitaker
Chattanooga
Civitan Clubs
Cawthon Hotel
Whitaker
Civitan
Attorney McInnis
Moss Point
Miss
Mississippi
U S Will Not Oppose Cuban Tarafa Railroad Bill Passage
The state department announced that the United States will offer no further opposition to the Tarafa railroad consolidation bill in the Cuban senate. Officials noted the bill has been amended to remove features deemed monopolistic and confiscatory by American business interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Senate
State Department
Department
Impersonator of Roosevelt Arrested in Charlotte
Peéerly Marshall Johnson who impersonated Theodore Roosevelt across several cities, including Washington and Atlantic City, has been arrested by department of justice agents in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is held on a $20,000 bond on charges of impersonating a federal officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Peéerly Marshall Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt
Atlantic City
New York
Department of Justice
Charlotte
N. C
William J. Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Johnson
Transport workers on lake called out
Chicago Sept 22 The marine transport workers branch of the I W W has called a strike effective last midnight on the Great Lakes. Similar strikes are in effect or will be called in Gulf and Seaboard ports for the release of war prisoners, local officials report. Local steamship officials said no strike is in effect to their knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marine Transport Workers Branch
Great Lakes
Gulf and Seaboard
Removal of Road Official Sought in Oyster Suit
Knoxville, Tennessee seeks removal of J. W. Spradlin Knox county road superintendent over permitting brutal beating of prisoners in the county workhouse County Judge George M. Trotter and County Attorney J G Johnson file the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
J. W. Spradlin
Knox
George M. Trotter
J. G. Johnson
Fire Engulfs Oil Tanker William F Herriss Near Avon
The Associated Oil Company's tank steamer William F Herriss carrying about 4590 barrels of distillate is reported ablaze off Avon in Carquinez Straits, San Francisco Bay. Two fire tugs were sent to Avon to fight the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
Associated Oil Company
William F. Herriss
Avon
Carquinez Straits
San Francisco Bay
Two Airmen Headed for Capital Field From Havana
Lieutenants Ford Rogers and Horace Palmer pilot two Marine DeHavilland planes from Santo Domingo to St Louis via Washington. They took off at 8 45 a.m. from Hialeah field Miami and aim to reach Washington by nightfall en route to Paris Island South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Ford Rogers
Horace Palmer
Marine
de Haviland
Santo Domingo
St Louis
Washington
Hialeah
Paris Island
Fugitive Loses Habeas Case in Atlanta Court
Charles St. Oswhger, wanted in Chicago on embezzlement charges, lost habeas corpus proceedings in Fulton Superior Court to block extradition. He remains jailed until the state Supreme Court rules on his appeal from the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Charles St. Oswhger
Chicago
Fulton Superior Court
State Supreme Court
Inter-Collegiate Association Meets in Atlanta Session
The executive committee of the Southern Intercollegiate Association met in Atlanta on September 22 to review the eligibility of several football and baseball players. No other business was anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Gra
Southern Intercollegiate Association
Swift & Co. Packing Plant Fire in Birmingham
Fire gutted the storage and packing plant at Swift & Co. 2109 2111 Morris Avenue Birmingham early today. Loss estimated at 250000 dollars with extensive damage to lard and other products. Captain Brown of Hose Company No 1 injured and hospitalized. Firefighters fought the blaze from 645 to 730 AM to prevent spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Swift & Co
Morris Avenue
D. W. Péace
Captain Brown
Hose Company No. 1
Birmingham Fire Department
Swift & Lompenks
Americans snap up English antiques as tourists flood market
London dealers report a booming season as American tourists buy rare English articles. A dealer says $20,000 in old china has shipped to an American mansion amid high estate taxes and depleted fortunes. English families sell pictures, furniture, and imports to make ends meet as curio hunters buy up old grates, oak paneling, marble, tapestries, and other antiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
International News Service
England
United States
P -One
Mobile Interest in Coastal Canal Boosted by Chamber
J B Addicks of the Mobile Chamber previews an inter coastal canal from New Orleans to Corpus Christi with potential Pensacola to Mobile plans. General Goethals is reviewing engineering challenges and a federal aid push is expected from civic groups and the Intercoastal Canal Association of Louisiana and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
New Orleange
Corpus Christi
Texas
Pensacola
Mobile
J. B. Addicks
Manger
Chamber
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Intercoastal Canal Association of
Louisiana
Mississippi
Rio Grandé
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Minneapolis
Addicks
Mobile Bay
Pensacola Bay
Identification of body remains uncertain in Ohio case
In Cleveland on Sept 22 the body of a man listed as H A Martin from Detroit is believed to be H A Madden of Newark New Jersey. He died by suicide after taking poison then leaping from a seventh story window. A diamond ring stick pin and 354 dollars were found on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
H. A. Martin
Detroit
H. A. Madden
Newark
N. J
Martin
Figures in Press Contract Revealed in New York
The contract between the International Union and Publishers' Association lists weekly wages for day and night work. Day work rates show $54 for foremen, $48 for journeymen, and $32 for juniors. Night work pays $57 for foremen, $81 for journeymen, and $35 for juniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Union and Publishers’ Association
Dance and Relax Elinor Glyn’s Secret to Youthful Energy
Hollywood gossip captures Elinor Glyn praising dancing as her elixir of life. The author of Three Weeks emphasizes weekly sessions with a young partner who must stay silent to ensure total relaxation and recreation, sustaining her vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Elinor
Madame Glyn
Terpsichore
Legion of Fancy
Press Blamed for Mutiny at Banner Mines
Montgomery Alabama September 22 The mutiny at Banner mines near Birmingham on September 10 was blamed on newspaper agitation by State Convict Supervisor A Boyd who appeared before the Jefferson County grand jury. Governor Brandon declined comment Solicitor Davis said convicts must testify and no executive interference was expected. Observers foresee a clash between judicial and executive branches when the convicts appear Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assoc Bama
Nes
Convict Board of Supervisors
Brandon
James G. Davis
L.A Boyd
Convict Board
Davis
Boyd
J. D. Evans
Davie
Banner
Tirether
Grand Jury
Banner Mines
Montgomery
Ala
Associated Press
Birmingham
A. Boyd
Jefferson County Grand Jury
Jefferson Jury
Jefferson County
Executive Ee
Loss to ships in quake hits Japanese navy
The earthquake damage to the Japanese navy is estimated at 100,000,000 yen per Admiral Takārabe. American businessmen who fled Yokohama are returning to Tokyo after reassessing plans for Kobe and Osaka as recovery begins. Surviving modern office buildings damaged by the fire are being repaired rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forio
Associated Press
Takarabe
Yokohama
Tokio
Kobe
Osaka
Dragnet Seeks Detroit Suspect After Cumberland Slayings
Police scoured an east Cumberland area for Gabrielle Roberts of Detroit after a deadly night at a city home. William Baward Bae Q 58 was killed. Beasgie M. Riley, 9, severely wounded. Roberts fired with a .32 Colt pistol and fled after a gun battle with the bereaved husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Gabri
Roberts
Detroit
Wiliam Baward Bae
Beasgie M. Riley
Riley
Eris
Father
Rae
Miss Riley
Robert
Near Final Wind-Up of Passive Resistance Near Berlin
The German government plans a near final wind up of passive resistance to occupation in the Ruhr next week. It aims to harmonize policy after surrender decisions and begins steps to win Ruhr land and industrial unions support for resuming work. Ruhr representatives are to meet Chancellor Stressemann Monday to consult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ruhr
A Kuhr
Chancelllor Stressemann
Germany Forced to Drop Stamps Across Post
A Washington dispatch reports Germany will stop using postage stamps for letters sent abroad. The German government has ordered stamps discontinued with letters now bearing only a postage indication. The cost to deliver a letter from Germany to the United States at the lowest weight unit is 200,00 marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gecmann
Post Office Department
Germany
Strage Bandit Sought By Police In Denver Foothills
Denver police continued an overnight search in the foothills west of Denver for a bandit who stopped the car of Mrs. Symes society leader and wife of United States District Judge J Symes last night. He forced her to drive for over an hour before she escaped, and investigators pursued the suspect through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Etutttan Symes
United States District
J Symes
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