Shooting at 316 North Conception Mystifies Neighbors
Mrs Mary Rawls wife of Wiley Rawls was shot near her home at 316 North Conception Street around 12 30 am on September 2. Neighbor Mrs A G Wilson is held on 500 bond as grand jury to review case next Monday while Mrs Wilson denies firing a pistol.
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Mary Rawls
Wiley M. Rawls
North Conception Street
A. G. Wilson
Recorder’s Court
Grand
Mrs. Wilson
Hattie Wilson
Rawls
Wilon
Seaman Pleads Guilty to Forgery in Local Court
J William Schwarzelder also known as J William Knox, a seaman from Ravenswood WV, pleaded guilty to forging Dr R W Shaw’s name on a 35 dollar check and attempting to cash it at a local bank. Arrested by H H Sullivan of the Bodeker Detective Agency, bond set at 1000 dollars. He remained jailed awaiting grand jury action.
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J. William Schwarzelder
J. ‘William Knox
Ravenswood
West Virginia
Recorder’s Art Today
D. H. Edington
Knox
R. W. Shaw
H. H. Sullivan
District J
Bodeker Dellective Agency
Negro bound over in theft of auto
Johnny Frazier residing on Cedar Point road near Thomas store was held to the grand jury under $2,500 bond on a guilty plea to grand larceny for stealing an automobile from W. G. Horn. The car was taken Friday night and found Saturday morning on South Broad street with punctured tires. An additional charge of stealing a Ford from C. C. Connors on the bay front road went to grand jury for investigation.
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Johnny Frazier
Cedar Point Road
Thomas’ Store
Grand
Recorder
W. G.horn
Frazier
South Broad Street
C. C. Connors
Bay Front Road
Hannon Avenue
European Doctors Arrive in Alabama to Study Mosquito Fight
Six European and South American doctors sent by the League of Nations health section will visit Mobile next week. They will study Mobile's successful malaria mosquito control methods as the delegation tours Montgomery.
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United States
League of Nations
Mobile
Montgomery
Mobile Knights of Columbus Elect Officers Tonight
The Mobile Council Knights of Columbus holds its annual officer election tonight at 8 o'clock. Grand Knight McDermott retires after a term, and several offices have nominees ready for voting at the meeting at Government and Warren streets.
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Mobile Council
Knights of Columbus
Warren
McDermott
Misitor Fined $25 for Fast Driving in Government Street
A motorist identified as I. A. Edin of Boston was fined $25 for speeding on Government Street near Lawrence. Traffic Officer Olsen charged the driver with 39 miles per hour, and the fine was paid in court.
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Recorder
I. A. Edin
Boston
Fine for Profane Language Issued by Recorder
Recorder D. H ington fined T. C. Watkins $25 or days for disorderly conduct after the defendant allegedly used profanity on Dauphin Commerce streets. Pathe r Evans charged the offense.
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D. Hington
T. ¢. Watkins
Pather Evans
Dauphin Commerce
Weather Briefing for Alabama and Washington
Weather notes indicate generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday. Forecasters expect stable conditions across regions with mild temperatures and light winds.
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Washington
Alabama
Highway Safety Petition Over John Craft Road
Citizens of Prichard plan to petition the county school board to protect children crossing the John Craft highway and railroad near the village. Residents say trains pass close to the crossing and many pupils walk long distances on a dangerous stretch with speeding cars. The issue may be brought to the board of revenue as two officers will be appointed to enforce speed limits.
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Prichard
John Craft
Board of Revenue
Martina Goes to Mound for New Orleans
Fort Worth opens the Dixie series with New Orleans at Panther Park under cool cloudy skies. Manager Gilbert reveals Pelicans lineup led by Schick and Martina. Panthers list Calvo Sears Eddington Kraft Hoffmann. multiple umpires named with Brennan as umpire-in-chief for the opener in New Orleans.
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Fort Worth
Texas
New Orleans
Panther Park
Neral Admissiance Ee
Gilbert
The
Pelicans
Schick
Schick, Lf; Gilbert, cf;Ewoldt, Sf; Tucker, Rf; Foss, 3B; Knaupp
Henry
Dowie
Martina
Panthers
Calvo
Sears
Eddington
Kraft
Hoffman
Haworth
Moore
Rapp
Targener
Stoner
Pate
Sweeney
Texas League
Brennan
Southern
Weir
Guthrie
Complaint filed over freight rates on oranges and other goods
Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange and Satsuma growers pressed for lower rates from Baldwin county to Ohio and Mississippi crossings Detroit Chicago and beyond with Irvington and Grand Bay also affected. Traffic department intervenes to protect Mobile fruit industry and port interests. Hearing set before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Montgomery on October 29. L and N reduces pine tar and pine pitch rates from Gulfport to Mobile aiding coastal shipping.
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Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange
Satsuma
Baldwin County
Ohio
Mississippi
Detroit
Chicago
Irvington
Grand Bay
Chamber of Commerce Today
Alabama
Mobile
Mobile County
Montgomery
Western Points
Traffic Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Montgomery Chamber of Commerce
L. & N. Railroad
Gulfport
Florida
Jacksonville
Craft Receives Engrossed Copy of Resolution
Senator John Craft of Mobile received an engrossed resolution for 25 years of service to Alabama, presented with applause by Lt. Governor Charlies McDowell in the Senate. Craft thanked members of both houses for their recognition as the General Assembly praised his public service.
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Senate
John Craft
Mobile
Alabama
Charlies McDowell
McDowell
General Assembly
Craft
House
Sig
GITY PAVING PROJECTS APPROVED BY CITY COMMISSION
City commission approves next paving venture including Broad street and Washington avenue from Baltimore to fair grounds. Plans cover Catherine Monterey Reed Elmira and others from Dauphin Old Shell. Broad to Rapier, Texas, Hannon, and more. White way bill designation discussed. action held pending bill copy.
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Broad Street
Washington Avenue
City Commission
Baltimore
Fair Grounds
Catherine
Dauphin
Old Shell Road
Monterey
Reed Avenue
Church
No Man's Land
Hartwell
Legislat
Monroe
Beauford
Fire Prevention Week Aims to Cut Mobile Losses
James H. Glennon, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce fire prevention committee, predicts fire losses in Mobile will drop during National Fire Prevention Week October 7 to 13. He says the campaign is a citizen movement with education on fire hazards, and 100 Boy Scouts will patrol the city to identify hazards. The committee list includes J. C. Bullock F. M. Backes Thomas M. Moore J. D. Meador Paul Wilson H. C. Burton and B. F. Adam e Sr with Civic Club representatives A. C. Tonsmeire E A Zelnicker Dr Eugene Thames and J R Ladd.
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Mobile
James H. Glennon
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Mr. Glennon
J. C. Bullock
F. M. Backes
Thomas M. Moore
J. D. Meador
Paul Wilson
H. C. Burton
B. F. Adame
Civic Club
A. C. Tonsmeire
E. A. Zelnicker
Lions
Eugene Thames
Civitan
J. R. Ladd
Rotary
Canning Plant To Open Soon In Neely
Thomas F. Keeley of Chicago and associates will operate the Dixie Fruit Products Company at Neely, canning shrimp seafood products and vegetables with P. F. McGivern as president. The property was sold at foreclosure to Keeley for $20,000. the plant will reopen soon.
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Thomas F. Keeley
Chicago
Protests Eviction as Hopkins Arrested for Resistance
Deputy Sheriff Moses Bernstein arrested Hopkins in the western city part for resisting a legal process to evict him from a rented house. The charge states Hopkins tried to block enforcement of the inferior civil court order.
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Rider. Hopkins
Moses Bernstein
Hopkins
Per Capita Loss in Japan After Disaster
Washington report shows Japan’s material loss from the recent earthquake and fire at about 1 billion dollars, equating to roughly 13 dollars per capita when spread over the empire’s population, according to the Far Eastern division of the department of commerce.
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Washington
Japan
Far Eastern
Department of Commerce
Cruel Fate Drives Japanese Accountant to Suicide in New York
Yokunosuke Inouye, an Mitsui & Company accountant in New York, had hoped to return to his wife and two children in Tokio with savings. After an earthquake cut off messages for days, he walked to a Broadway window and jumped, his body found fifteen stories below. twelve days later a later message claimed his family was safe.
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New YO
International News Voice
Yokunosuke Inouye
Inouye
New York
Mitsui & Company
América
Tokio
Broadway
Auto plunges into river near Here leaves two missing
CENTER Ala Sept 25 The body of one unidentified man was recovered and search continues for two others believed to have been in an automobile that sank after plunging from a road into a river. The recovered man had no ID and the car bore a Georgia license tag linked to R D Wilson of Lafayette Ga.
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Georgia
R. D. Wilson
Lafayette
Wilson
Parnor
Summer Overstays Appointed Period Lingers
Autumn is officially in, yet Gulf coast heat persists with 90 degree readings. Forecasters expect little change for the next day as high temperatures continue to dominate the region.
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Gulf Coast
Nurse Copley Aims to Abduct Heiress Hope Ranger
Nurse Copley imagines a ransom plot to abduct heiress Hope Ranger to gain access to Loring Ranger's wealth. She pitches the plan to the Combine, a powerful crime network, which accepts it with ease. Jealousy then disrupts the scheme, threatening the criminals' careful arrangement.
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Nurse Copley
Hope Ranger
Loring Ranger
Hope
Combine
Mrs Wilson Woodrow A Popular Magazine Writer
Mrs Woodrow emerges as a prolific author with bylines across Harper's Munsey's McClure's Ainslee's Cosmopolitan American and The Smart Set. The passage notes her broad appeal and widespread popularity as one of the era's top fiction writers.
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Mrs. Woodrow
Harper's
Munsey’s
McClure’s
Ainslee’s
the Cosmopolitan
the American
The
Smart Set
Norma Cast in Version of Stage Classic
Norma Talmadge will film a screen version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with producer Joseph M. Schenck confirming the project. The star aims for a lavish production to mark a career triumph, noting the play has been filmed seven times and discussed by other major stars.
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Norma
Hollywood
Norma Talmadge
Joseph M. Schenck
Stally
Diary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Lash Hearing Opens as State Links Dentist to Flogging
In Macon Georgia the Yarbrough rioting trial begins with the state seeking to tie the defendant to an anonymous letter about a flogging by a band allied with him. Witnesses including Eva McMichael and R A Hartley testify to letters and threats tied to Dr. Yarbrough.
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Macon
Associated Press
C. A.yarbrough
W. O. Barnett
Yarbrough
Ofce
Eva McMichael
Elizabeth Culpepper
Ollie M. Perry
R. A. Hartley
John F. Ross
Hartley
Mr. Ross
Power Deal Over Muscle Shoals Spells Ford's Role Unchanged
President Coolidge says the sale of the Gorgas steam plant to Alabama Power for about three and a half million dollars does not alter Henry Ford's offer to buy and lease Muscle Shoals properties in Alabama. He noted the remaining government facilities in the state remain attractive for Ford's plans.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gorgas
Alabama Power Company
Coolidge
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
War Department
Ford
Official to Testify at Lash Inquiry
Birmingham Alabama September 25 1930 Governor Brandon may testify before the Jefferson county grand jury probing alleged brutalities at Banner coal mines. The solicitor says the grand jury will visit the mines and base camp this week to inspect conditions and witness testimony continues.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson
Banner Mines
Davis
Roy JL. Nolan
Board of
Convict Supervisors
F.F. Blair
Supreme Court
Banner
Grand Jury
W. W. Brandon
Jefferson County Grand Jury
Banner Coal Mines
Here
James Davis
Brandon
Board of Prison Supervisors
Alabama
Allied Conference Soon To Be Called
London speculation grows that France Great Britain Italy and Belgium will join a new allied conference after Germany abandons passive resistance in the Ruhr. Prem1er Baldwin may reference foreign affairs in a Northampton speech, or focus on domestic issues.
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London
France
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Ruhr
Baldwin
Northampton
Gorgas Plant Sold to Alabama Power Company
Government approval to transfer the Gorgas steam power plant and related assets to Alabama Power Company is reported. Rep Oliver says the move confirms government rights to retain the plant until June 1924 and that the sale likely ends Henry Ford’s bids for Muscle Shoals properties. Ford officials note Gorgas is vital to Muscle Shoals economics.
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Washington
Associated Press
Bama Power Company
Oliver
Bama
Power Company
AG J
Tele
Weeks
Gorgas
Alabama Power Company
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Ope Fi
Ver
Muscle
Dixie Series Details Free at Regis ter-News Item Building
The New Orleans Fort Worth Dixie championship series starts Tuesday with free coverage at The Register news item building. Games begin at 3 30 each afternoon, and an expert caller will narrate plays as reported by Associated Press leased wires.
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Register-News Item
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