Alleged highwaymen held man prisoner in rumble seat
Harvey Calloway 22 of 958 Nellie Street reported missing from home. A letter from him claimed bandits stopped his car near Mobile Alabama and forced him into the rumble seat, then drove away with the vehicle before releasing him. He later said he was safe.
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Jeffer
Waymen
Mobile
Harvey Calloway
Nellie Street
Calloway
J. W. Ewing
Gal- Texas
Alabama
Young Way
Mobile County
Names Committee Formed To Help Forester Smith
Arthur Vander Sys announces a Names Committee to assist Harry F. Smith division forester in a reforestation program. Henry Jones named chairman with members Douglass Kennedy Herman Marston and Andy Wilson. The Union Chamber president hopes the panel will boost interest. Luncheon meeting set for Wednesday at the Cawthon Hotel.
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Harry F. Smith
Forester
Arthur Vander Sys
Theunior Chamber of Commerce
Henry ‘Oenes
Douglass Kennedy
Ferman Marston
Andy Wilson
Union Chamber
Cawthon Hotel
Tariffs Lowered on Tobacco Exports via Mississippi-Warrior Line
New reduced rates for tobacco shipments from Tennessee Kentucky Ohio and Illinois to Mobile for export have been published by the Mississippi-Warrior barge line. Mobile rates are set on the New Orleans basis, with the new charges effective October 1.
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Mobile
New Orleans
Jewish New Year Observed With Service At Government Street Temple
The Jewish New Year is observed Tuesday with a service at the Government Street temple and other features. A special Monday night service featured Rabbi Moses speaking on The Challenge for the New Year with music highlighted during the service.
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Government Street
Moses
Weather forecast notes for unsettled period
Partly to mostly cloudy skies with occasional showers expected Tuesday night into Wednesday. The Daily River Bulletin reports observations at 7 am on September 23 1930 and provides river forecast guidance.
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Daily River Bulletin
Bankhead pledges support for Black bill to develop Muscle Shoals
In Ashville on September 23 John H Bankhead the Democratic senate candidate labeled Sen J Thomas Heflin as a tool of the power trust and liquor interests He pledged support for Hugo Black to use Muscle Shoals for farmers not the Alabama Power Co He criticized Heflin on prohibition the Webb Kenyon bill and tariff votes and defended Alabama Democrats 20 years of party unity.
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Bankhead
Ashville
John H. Bankhead
United States
St. Clair County
J. Thomas Heflin
Power Trust
Alabama Power Company
Heflin
Congress
Senate
Congressional
Tom
State Democratic Executive Committee
Locke
Powell
Alabama
Democratic Party
Canal project gains backing for Coosa Alabama river system
In Rome Georgia on September 23 representatives from three states pledged support for developing the Coosa- Alabama river system. A fund goal of 11 500 was proposed with Mobile asked for 2 500 and Atlanta for 1 000 under a quota plan to finance the improvement effort.
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Rome
Coosa- Alabama
Coosa-Alabama
Mobile
Atlanta
Experts Begin Mobile Dairy Industry Survey
L C Bulmer of the Alabama Industrial Development Board and E A Wilkinson of the state department of agriculture arrived in Mobile to launch a statewide dairying study. The effort, under the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, will examine markets feeds and plants and is expected to take several months nationwide but be finished locally in about three to four weeks. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce invited the experts and O M Phelps, the general manager, said the group will receive full cooperation from the business group.
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Mobile
L. C. Bulmer
Alabama Industrial Development Board
E. A. Wilkinson
State Department of Agriculture
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
O. M. Phelps
Eldridge Testifies Again Before Special Grand Jury
Leo F. Eldridge chairman of the county Democratic executive committee answered his fourth subpoena and testified before the special grand jury probing irregularities in the primary. He appeared in the witness room at 11 15 after the jury reconvened at 10 o clock Tuesday and was released about two hours later. Eldridge first appeared around 10 p m September 15, shortly after Judge Joel W. Goldsby sanctioned the investigation for fraud.
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Leo F. Eldridge
Democratic Executive Committee
Eldridge
Joel W. Goldsby
Circuit Court
Joseph B. Crow
J. N. McAleer
Five Men Held in Blackmail Case in Augusta Arkansas
Five men faced preliminary hearing in Augusta Arkansas on Sept 23 for a blackmail scheme. One defendant identified as G O A Turn reportedly linked to the case as proceedings moved to page 12.
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Augusta
Ark
City sets public hearing date for 27th paving venture
The city commission fixed October 21 for a public hearing on the proposed street schedule for Division A of the 27th municipal paving project. An ordinance to conduct the hearing and receive protests was adopted as the first step, with an estimated cost near 485000 dollars. Mayor Hartwell and Commissioner Schwarz approved the measure amid absence of other board members.
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Board of City Commissioners
Mobile
St. Francis Street
Hartwell
Schwarz
Rome
Annie Nance
New York Gangster Deported After Arrival in Philadelphia
Ordered to leave Philadelphia, New York gangster Jack Hoos iaassee arrived on the Hanover and faced police orders. Diamond, held as a suspicious character, was released on bail for a hearing before a magistrate who gave him an hour to depart as detectives watched for his next visit.
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Philad
Jack Hoos Iaassee
New York
Germany
Hanover
Diamond
Philadelphia
Death by poison at Commercial hotel in Mobile
John W. Barrow, 63, a law filer living at the Commercial hotel, Mobile, ended his life with poison early Tuesday. He moved from Indian Town Florida eight months ago. Survived by wife Bell Knapp Barrow and three daughters Ruby Carpenter, Icie Brownson, and Viola Hornsby. Funeral services planned at Roche mortuary.
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John W. Barrow
Government Street
Barrow
Mobile
Indian Town
Fla
Bell Knapp Barrow
Ruby Carpenter
Icie Brownson
Viola Hornsby
Williston
Roche
Easlinger Appointed Head of New Narcotics Bureau
Harry J. Easlinger, acting commissioner of narcotics, was appointed by President Hoover to head the newly created Bureau of Narcotics in the Treasury. He has long service in government, previously leading the Prohibition Bureau’s foreign liquor violations division and later its narcotics division. The bureau was established by Congress last spring.
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Washington
Harry J. Easlinger
Hoover
Bureau of Narcotics In
The
Treasury
Prohibition Bureau
Th Prohibition Bureau
Bureau of Narcotics
Congress
Meet Wednesday plans to list Mobile manufactured products
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce Manufacturers Committee will meet Wednesday afternoon to discuss compiling a complete list of products made in Mobile. The group aims to gather and share information on local industries with Mobilians and others.
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C. Group
Mobile
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Russian grain used to break world prices
Washington reports show Russian grain operations expanding to temporary world wheat price control. Farm Board Chair Legge urged farmers to absorb surplus and end price depression, proposing feed wheat to cattle instead of corn. Chicago notes Russia held strong with offerings, while U S visible supply hit a record as Congress plans investigations into Russian short selling.
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Washington
Legge
Farm Board
Chicago
Russia
United States
May Run Again Havana May Seek Presidency After Machado
General Mario Menocal, Cuba’s two term president from 1913 to 1921, says he may run again to succeed General Gerardo Machado. He opposes Machado’s policies and warns the current crisis risks stability and sovereignty, predicting revolution and American intervention if congressional elections on November 1 are not called off.
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Havana
Mario Menoccal
Cuba
Gerardo Machado
Machado
Stedman Failing Then Civil War Vet In Congress
Washington dispatch reports Representative Charles Manly Stedman of North Carolina is very ill after an apoplectic stroke two weeks ago. At 80 he is described as very low and barely through the night. He is the last Civil War veteran in Congress, a former officer with Jackson and Lee.
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Washington
Charles Manly Stedman
North Carolina
Congress
Jackson
Lee
3 Hurt in Storm Demolishes Homes at Pear Ridge
Three people were slightly injured and property damage estimated at 10 000 occurred in Pear Ridge near Port Arthur Texas when a storm from Sabine lake struck early today. Several houses were demolished others blown from foundations trees uprooted and telephone poles and wires toppled.
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Port Arthur
Texas
Pear Ridge
Here
Sabine Lake
Little Addition
Body Found In Upper Bay Describes Justice Crater
New York reports identify a body recovered in the Upper Bay near Manhattan. Police say the decedent matches a voluntary disappearance profile tied to Justice Crater’s case. Investigators checked claims of sightings in Nova Scotia and other locations.
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Justice Crater
Upper Bay
Manhattan
Officers Question Husband In Culvert Murder Case
Monroe Bachman, 50, was detained in Memphis for questioning in a culvert death identified as his wife Josie Bachman, 35. Relatives announced the buried body will be exhumed and reburied at Hattiesburg.
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Memphis, Tenn
Monroe Bachman
Josie Bachman
Bachman
Champ Shoots Brilliant 73 in National Amateur Golf
Bobby Jones remains dominant in the national amateur championship at Merion as he posts 105 for 27 holes. Harrison F. Johnston, defending champion from St Paul, rebounds with a 73 to reach 156 after 36 holes, aided by five birdies and improved putting.
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Merion Cricket Club
Redmore
Bobby Jones
Ardmore
Harrison F
Jimmy) Johnston
St. Paul
Johnston
Girl Slayer Admits Crime In Kidnapping Slaying Case
George Sherman Myers a 40 year old ex convict is held at Michigan City prison after confessing to the kidnapping and murder of 8 year old Marveline Appel in Indiana on August 27. He said he lured the girl from her home and strangled her in a barn fearing exposure. He then moved the body to an alley for immediate discovery.
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South Bend
Ind
George Sherman Myers
Michigan City
Marveline Appel
Myers
Appel
Your Dollar Buys More at Drug Stores
The article notes that the dollar’s buying power is up to 1.25 in today’s terms but prices at drug stores show complex changes. Some items are cheaper per unit, others are larger packages at the same price, and many promotions add free items or combined offers. Mobile drug stores are offering lower prices than since the war.
Police Advance Theory in Murder Suicide at Office
Detectives say two men had quarrelled over the company. Gray was shot and died after last rites, while a wounded survivor, rushed to a hospital, lingered in semi conscious state. Patrolman Arthur Block forced entry and other officers entered the office as officers tried to save Gray with medical aid.
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Arthur’ Block
Georgia women lead Southern securities group meeting
Mrs Evelyn Clifton was re elected secretary as a Georgia woman named Onve Bere De ia Pesta bate lary of the state commission was elected president. The Southern group of securities commissioners met in Atlanta where next year’s convention was chosen and officers J W Martin of Austin Texas and J Ashcraft of Frankfort Kentucky were named first and second vice presidents respectively.
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Onve Bere de’ Ia Pesta Batelary
Georgia State Commission
Southern Group of Securities Missioners
Atlanta
J. W. Martin
Austin
Texas
Frankfort
Kentucky
Evelyn Clifton
Sheriff and Attorney Fly to Alabama for Slaying Probe
Sheriff J. B. Hyde and County Attorney Claud W. Scruggs of Guntersville Alabama departed Crowley Louisiana with James N to answer for a slaying more than forty years old. They spent the night in Crowley en route and were jailed briefly while the rest of the party found lodging. Mrs. Hyde accompanied the group.
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Crowley
J. B. Hyde
Claud W. Scruggs
Gulistersville
Ala
Alabama
James
Texas
Former Merchants and Planters official shoots self at home
Gaffney South Carolina September 23 S Lipscomb 70 a former Merchants and Planters official shot himself at his home today Physicians expect the wound to prove fatal Lipscomb resigned from the bank a month ago The bank president said no irregularities were found in his account
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Gaffney
S. Lipscomb
Beaufort County Officers Seize Small Motor Cruiser
Beaufort County police seized a small motor cruiser amid a raid. Three suspects were arrested in connection with the seizure and related offenses. Investigators reported the operation targeted illegal activity and recovered the vessel.
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Beaufort County
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