Masked robber held up auto service office in night raid
Thomas, held as the masked bandit, robbed Gus Lambeth, night manager of Jorden Auto Service at 107 North Royal Street. Police recovered $110 from a taxi cushions and Thomas confessed, arraigned in recorder's court with hearing set for Tuesday.
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Gus Lambeth
Jorden Auto Service Company
Leslie
Highway Rob's
Thomas
Auto Company
North Royal Street
Tomas
Warren Burch
Recorder’s Court
Lambeth
Royal Street
Lambbeth
Bber
Tom Newberry
Newberry
Toulminville
Chickasaw
Burden
Welch
Robby
Market Opens With Upward Tilt After Selloff
New York, Sept. 26 The stock market started with an early upward movement as selling power waned. Freischmann rose to a record 121 1-2 while Chrysler Tobacco Products Stewart Warner and General Electric posted gains. Motor shares led buying with Chrysler up to 16 3/4 and Mack Trucks advancing over three points. Foreign exchange opened irregular with Norwegian kroner down about 25 points to 2.08 cents. sterling and francs held firm.
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New York
A.P
Stock Exchange
Freischmann
Chrysler
Tobacco Products
Stewart Warner
General Electric
Mack Trucks
Briggs Body
American
Adams
Columbia Gas and Electric
Norfolk & Western and
Commercial Investment Trust
U. S. Cast Iron Pipe
General Baking
Dupont
Seizure of Hazel E Herman Carries 3900 Cases of Liquor
Three coast guard vessels seized the British schooner Hazel E Herman off Timbalier Light with 3900 cases of liquor including 2400 alcohol 1000 whiskey and 500 wines. Seven crewmen were arrested in Mobile after a seizure tied to prohibition violations and suspected communications with shore.
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Hazel E. Herman
Gulf
Coast Guard
United States
Leslie Darden
Audrey Haughn
Hecker Perry
Lock Adams
Edward Sperry
William Saunders
Leon Croft
Norman Carkum
Haughn
Perry
P. Edmonds
Biloxi
Mobile
Hazel BE. Herman
C. A.algerson
Darden
Timbalier Light
Herman
Belize
British Honduras
Lunenburg
Nova Scotia
Anderson
Hommeland
Edmonds
Horn Island
Breton Island
Nashville Bride and Groom Charged in Tate Murder
Esther Louise Simmons and Kellie Simmons were jailed in Davidson County charged with the murder of Raymond Turner Tate on the night of their wedding. Tate was shot after a group attempted to haze the groom as guests looked on. The couple claims fear drove them to flee after helping Tate to a doctor.
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Marate
Raymond Turner Tate
Esther Louise Simmons
Davidson County
Kellie Simmons
Tate
Simmons
Turner
Andrews Reports On County Camps
Glenn Andrews state prison inspector issued a clean bill of health for the Irvington convict farm and Camp No 2 on the Pasco gulf road. The report to the board of revenue and road commissioners found wholesome food, good inmate behavior, and orderly conditions. One prisoner was lashed for theft after three escape attempts.
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Irvington
Pascagoula Road
Glenn Andrews
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Body of Unidentified Woman Found in Mobile Bay
The body of an unidentified African American woman was found in Mobile Bay near the former concrete shipyard at about 8:30 this morning. Coroner S. F. Hale viewed the body, which was turned over to the city sexton for burial. She is believed to have drowned and had been in the water for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Bay
S. F. Hale
Weather Forecast Indicates Showers Possible
A local weather bureau forecast hints at possible showers with no cooler trend. Yesterday's high reached 38 degrees, three below the prior day, and night temperatures remained lower than earlier in the week.
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Weather Bureau
Weather Forecast for Alabama Saturday Showers Likely
A weather bulletin predicts showers through Saturday across Alabama with moderate to fresh southeast and south winds. Temperatures remain mild as fronts move through the region.
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Alabama
Cotton futures steady with varied month prices listed
New OrleansSeptember 25. Cotton futures showed stability with quoted settlements for October 22.98, December 23.13, January 23.18, March 23.34, and May 23.44 as traded by the market.
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O ‘S
New Orl Ne
A.P
New York Cotton Futures Open Higher on Sept 26
New York futures show cotton opening with October at 23.50, December 23.95, January 23.20, March 28.46, and May 23.72. Market updates reflect an early move higher for the commodity.
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New York
Mobile to Miami Passenger Line Announced
The Waterman Steamship Corpora tion will operate a regular mobile to Miami passenger and freighter line. The Lake Capens, being repaired at Alabama Drydock, will be hauled out at the start of October. Maiden trip expected between October 8 and 12 after purchase from the Shipping Board.
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Mobile
Miami
Fla
Lake Capens
John B. Waterman
Waterman Steamship Corporation
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company
The
Shipping Board
Youth charged in assault of federal witness in Alabama
Herman Bragsell, 18, of Marengo County, was brought to Mobile by deputy marshals to face charges of assaulting and intimidating a federal witness, jumping bond, and manufacturing prohibited liquor. Indicted last spring, he allegedly assaulted M. C. Tucker, a government witness, near Coxsheath Alabama.
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Herman Bragsell
Marengo County
Mobile
United States
Noah Gewin
Brassell
Selma
Coxsheath
Ala
M. C. Tucker
Baseball trains pass through city en route to Texas
The Atlanta and Fort Worth baseball clubs, traveling with followers in two special trains, passed through Mobile early this morning en route to Texas for the championship series. The Atlanta train of nine coaches went through at 5 o'clock, while the Fort Worth train of thirteen coaches arrived at 7 15 and stayed ten minutes at the L N station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Fort Worth
Texas
Mobile
Mobile to host Marine Association meeting on exhibit plans
The chairman of the executive committee of the American Marine Association is in Mobile today. He will confer this afternoon with Mobile steamship line representatives at the Chamber of Commerce about the marine exhibit in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Marine Association
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
New York
Burglar Steals Cash and Pistol From Crow's Grocery
A burglar gained entry to A. W. Crow's grocery store on the west side and escaped with cash and a pistol. Police search for the suspect.
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A. W. Crow
Pioneer Walter Manton Dies in Pasadena
Walter Porter Manton aged 67, a Detroit resident and descendant of Rhode Island founders, died in Pasadena California on September 25. The obituary notes his connection to early colonial history and his residence in California.
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Pasadena
Cal
Walter Porter Manton
Detroit
Rhode Island
Nora Bayes Survives Auto Hold Up by Four Robbers
Nora Bayes, famed vaudeville star, was attacked by four armed men who blocked her car on West End Avenue. Her chauffeur was wounded in a struggle, and Bayes and her secretary resisted the robbers who escaped in another car. Police investigate as evidence suggests paste stage jewelry lured the attackers.
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New York
Nora Bayes
Miss Bayes
West End Avenue
John Carlow
Benjamin Friedland
Riverside Theatre
Bayes
Carsow
Air board urged to aid development of national air service
Commander John Rodgers urged a presidential advisory air board to work with the army and navy for air service development. He defended the Navy's role in the San Francisco Hawaii flight and said pilots who ignored orders did so due to miscommunication. He warned against delaying air progress for future generations and stressed advancing both land and sea aviation.
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San Francisco
A.P
President Coolidge
Army
Navy Departments
Air Service
John Rodgers
Navy
Air Board
Rodgers
William Mitchell
Navy Department
Naval Air
Naval Air Service
PITEOUS PLEA MADE BY DOPE ADDICTS
In Tampa Florida on September 25 addicts beg county authorities for treatment as police seized over 300000 dollars worth of narcotics cutting off supply. They warn that the absence of daily shots worsen the condition of the more advanced users.
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Tampa
Fia
A.P
Fingerprints Tie Ex-Fiance To Illinois Slaying
Sheriff announces fingerprints photographed from a window removed by the assailant who choked Marie McKee Fulton Sr. to death match those taken from John He, her former fiancé, now held without bond in Morris Illinois.
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Morris, Ill
Alabama woman claims author of noted movie
Mrs. Mattie Thompson of Eufaula sues Famous Players-Lasky for royalties over The Ten Commandments alleging she conceived the story in 1994 and wrote the scenario in 1909 while society editor of the Eufaula Citizen. She testified she never received money or the manuscript back as the film appeared in 1924 with Miss Senale McPherson named as author. Scenes from the picture will be shown to the jury.
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Mattie Thompson
Eufaula
Ala
United States District Court
Samuel Sibley
Senale McPherson
Los Angeles
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Thompson
Eufaula Citizen
Famous Players-Lasky
Miss McPherson
Anderson to File Heavy Damage Suit
William H. Anderson former state superintendent announced plans to sue the Christian Century for 50000 dollars alleging libel over a claim he served time for misusing funds of the Anti Saloon League. He was convicted in 1924 of forgery and paroled after nine months in Sing Sing.
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New York
William H. Anderson
Arew League
Christian Century
Chicago
Anderson
Anti-Saloon League
League Fund
Sigg Sing
Pickford Home Visited by Four Gunmen
Beverly Hills police investigate an attempted break in at the Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford residence after a Beverly Hills watchman reported four gunmen entered the property. No injuries reported as the incident is probed by authorities.
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Los Angeles
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Pickford Fairbanks
Beverly Hills
Girl Arrested for Appearing in Boys Garb in Alabama
In Gadsden Alabama on September 25 a girl identified as Bessie Buchanan age 18 wearing trousers a coat and cap was arrested late Wednesday night. She said she was the daughter of a Birmingham couple and employed at a packing house there. She told welfare superintendent Frances Allen she married Quick at Greenville Texas in 1920 and has a 3 year old baby left with her mother. The arrest followed police contacts with her parents and the boy she appeared with who fled.
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Gadsden
Ala
B. Lf
Buchanan
Birmingham
Frances Allen
Allen
Bessie Buchanan
Grand Avenue
Woodlawn
Quick
Greenville
Texas
Louisville & Nashville
Prohibition Agents Sent Into Florida Survey
Prohibition agents have been dispatched to Florida by General L C Andrews to assess conditions and determine mobile force needs for winter smuggling control and to consider transferring state headquarters from Tampa to Jacksonville. Decisions will wait several weeks as agents report back for Andrews to review.
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Washington
International News Service
Prohibition
Florida
L. C. Andrews
Tampa
Jacksonville
Andrews
Navy aborts nonstop Pacific to Hawaii flight this year
Secretary Wilbur announced no new PB-1 seaplane flight from the Pacific coast to Hawaii will be attempted this year. The aircraft, under weeks of testing, has been sent back to the factory for engine changes and the attempt will not occur until January or later.
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Washington
United States Navy
Pacific
Hawaii
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
Cathedral Dome Shaken in Italian Earthquake
The dome of the cathedral at San Pietro Avellino collapsed after an earthquake felt across Italy. Several houses were cracked and buildings damaged in Roccasicura amid the tremor reported yesterday.
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Rome
San Pietro Avellino
Italy
Roccasicura
RADICALS TURNING MONEY INTO PRO
A New York report describes radical groups turning funds into profit. Fund growth ranges from modest to dramatic with investments in securities and banks. Norman H. Thomas notes Wall Street success as a season highlight. George F. Baker and others are cited in a critical, satirical frame.
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New. York
Morris
Ernst
Norman H. Thomas
Fund
Wall Street
George F. Baker
Fi National Bank
George J. Baker
America
Man Fined 250 For Assault On Wife After Hearing
Joseph T. Alvarez, clerk, was fined 250 dollars and costs for assaulting his wife. The Recorder's Court session lasted about an hour. An appeal was noted with bond set at 200 dollars. The wife testified she had been living apart and reported she saw him searching a drawer, then was shoved and kicked when confronted. Alvarez denied seeing her at the time.
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Joseph T. Alvarez
Recorders Court
Oif
Alvarez
Yale College ends compulsory chapel attendance
Yale College will drop daily compulsory chapel and split students into two groups. Sophomores and juniors will attend on Monday Wednesday and Friday while the other group attends Thursday Saturday. Freshmen will continue daily chapel.
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New Haven
Connd
Yale College
Frederick
Jones
Excuses Crashed in Customs Case Across the Channel
A customs court rejected a sailor's claim that seasickness excused failing to declare articles brought from abroad. The man confessed holding a gold watch and opera glasses without proper listing. The court fined him 2,009 francs despite his plea of incapacity to list items.
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Enman
France
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