Troopers in Madison County quell mob at jail incident
In Alabama a mob gathered at the Madison County jail seeking to free H. Henderson a black man linked to the slaying of H. E. Ross. National Guardsmen fired a volley to disperse the crowd as Governor Bibb Graves ordered action. Henderson later identified as wounded then recaptured from Decatur. Mrs. Ross was injured in the ensuing home shooting. Police and cities assist in the manhunt.
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Negro
Decatur
Ross
Fee
Jes
Mrs. Ross
My Tery Killing From Anvsh Claims Life of ink Anderson
Whit county farmer Frank Anderson was shot and killed along a Beaver settlement road late Sunday. Witnesses said two men Newt Brester and Keyes were near the scene. Slayings in the area are under investigation with motive not yet clarified.
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Anvsh
Ink Anderson
Ous
Frank Anderson
Beaver Settlement
Boas
Wilk Whaley
Wit
Newt Brester
Keyes
Coun
Gambrell Jailed After Mountains Pursuit in Smith Killing Case
Orville Kentucky September 29 Gambrell age 25 faces murder charges in the killing of 10 year old Mat Smith. He was captured in the mountains after eluding officers and is held for a preliminary examination. Authorities say Gambrell was involved with the father of his alleged 3 year old daughter in an incident linked to the boy's death.
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Orville
Gambrell
Mat Smith
Bull Knox County
Smith
Fatal gas explosion hits coal mine in Ton, Pa
A sudden mine accident in a Coal Company mine in Ton, Pennsylvania, leaves four injured and fatally harm three workers named Adolph Ercoli, Robert Brenetti, and Marcello Inticelli. The blast occurs in the Black vein section of the cen mine as rescue efforts continue.
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Ton, Pa
Ihose
Adolph Ercoli
Robert Brenetti
Marcello Inticelli
Women and Girls Arrested at West Fifty-Seventh Street
Thirty people were jailed after attempting to gain entry to a business on Fifth Avenue and Fifty-Seventh Street. Officers charged the women and girls with misconduct and remanded them to the station for processing.
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Fasks
West Fifty-seventh Fifth Avenue
Bunnell Defends Russian Wheat Hedging as Hedging Not Gambling
Chicago board of trade president John A. Bunnell testifies before a special congressional committee that short selling by Russia on the Chicago Exchange was a hedging operation, not a gamble. He says no rule bars foreign nation dealings and cites similar moves by Canada and Argentina.
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Chicago Board of Trade
House
Chicago
John A. Bunnell
Special
Congressional Committee
Chicago Exchange
Russa
Bunnell
John F. Nelson
Maine
Board of Trade
Nelson
Exchange
Edward E. Eslick
Tennessee
Neely Faces Court Indicted Death Case
In Guntersville Alabama James F Neely aged 70 was brought into court to plead to a murder indictment tied to Hiram Cooley death on Georgia mountain near Guntersville. Indicted with his brother Thomas Neely the case dates back to 1883 and Neely was arrested in Tyler Texas after a son of the slain man provided information.
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Guntersville
Ala
Marshall County
James F. Neely
Hiram Cooley
Georgia Mountain
Here
Thomas Neely
Cooley
Neely
Tyler
Tex
A. E Hawkins
Death of Lieut. Col. Creecy Suspected Murder Scene
Washington on September 29 reports a hatchet and gun tragedy left Lieut. Col. Richard B. Creecy dead and his wife severely wounded in a hotel suite. Police shift from attempted murder to foul play as detectives trace the implements of death while a special inquest is ordered and Creecy’s father questions the death.
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Washington
Richard B. Creecy
Edward J. Kelly
Creecy
Marine Corps Headquarters
Haiti
Col. E. C. Creecy
Wagner denounces dishonest means for public office at New York convention
At the New York Democratic state convention in Syracuse Senator Robert F. Wagner, acting as temporary chairman, declares that anyone attaining judicial or other public office by dishonest means should be driven from the office and the party. He emphasizes probity and integrity in public service amid a grand jury probe of alleged NY City judicial scandals. He notes the party’s commitment to honor and duty.
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Syracuse
N. Y
United States
Robert F. Wagner
New York
New York City
Wagner
Democratic Party
Clothing Now Offered Near Pre War Prices
The article notes a shift after the war as clothing prices fall toward pre war levels. It cites historical costs of suits in 1912 and explains inflation during wartime and postwar price reductions. The piece highlights government data showing a dollar’s buying power improving at clothing stores and the return of affordable haberdashery items.
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le Clothing
Mystery Veil Cast On Death Of Three Lads
Coroner J D Russum ruled accidental death after a second probe into the deaths of three youths found on railroad tracks near Adamsville Alabama. Walter Henry said the trio were in the custody of men believed to be railroad agents before the bodies were found. Henry escaped and returned home.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. D. Russum
Adamsville
Frank
Grady Kelly
Haleyville
Joe E. Fuchs
Bailey
Tenn
Tennessee
W. H. Henry
Fuchs
Walter
Walter Henry
Robbers Flee Empty after Lake Bluff Home Invasion
William V. Kelley, 70 year old multimillionaire, and his wife were robbed in their Lake Bluff mansion by two masked men. Five servants were herded into the kitchen while one robber searched the house. About 200 pounds were taken before the robbers fled when an automobile approached the private drive. Mrs. Kelley suffered collapse from the shock.
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Chicago
William V. Kelley
Kelley
Miehle Printing Press and Manufacturing Co
Baroness Student Nurse at Johns Hopkins Revealed
Miss Marie Von Kleist, later identified as Baroness Marie Dorothea Eugenia Freiin Von Kleist, is a student nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She came to the United States in 1926 to visit relatives in Buffalo and enrolled at Johns Hopkins the same year. She hopes to decide about nursing after graduation and plans a visit to Bavaria to see her father’s new home.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Marie von Kleist
Marie Dorothea Eugenia Freiin von Kleist
Karl Borrhenius Maria von Kleist
Johns Hopkins
Bavaria
Umpires Named for World Series Matchups
President Barnard appointed George Moriarty and Harry Geisel as American League umpires for the World Series between the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals. In the National League, J. E. Reardon and Charles Rigler will officiate, with Chicago selections including E. C. Quigley and George.
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Chicago
Ernest Barnard
George Moriarty
Harry Geisel
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Cardinals
New York
J. E
Jack) Reardon
Charles Rigler
John A. Heydler
Heydler
E. C. Quigley
George
County Board to Form Board Program
The county board will meet Wednesday to form a maintenance and construction program with highway work reports and other routine business on the agenda.
Drunk Drivers Heavily Fined In Two Cases
In recorder court James Tanner succeeds in delaying charges as Edward Jordan, a mechanic, is fined 200 dollars and costs or 70 days hard labor for driving drunk. Mrs. J G Wooten is fined 10 dollars and costs or 10 days for a drunk charge. Driscoll, 109 South Jefferson, is fined 100 dollars and costs or 30 days for drunk driving and 25 dollars and costs or 25 days on a disorderly charge. Taibedise faces additional charges under prohibition law.
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Edward Jordan
Recorder’s Court
J. G. Wooten
Jordan
D. H. Edington
Moses Bernstein
Beauregard Street
C. F. Driscoll
South Jefferson Street
Driscoll
Broad
Church
Wimberly
Quinn
Taibedise
Auto theft and weapons cases dominate county court
James and a Black defendant were fined 250 dollars or 90 days hard labor for taking an automobile without consent. Braxton drove 62 miles in a car left at Dykes garage. C. J. Jennings and Sam Dek received 250 dollars and costs or 90 days. Jerome Henderson and Harry Casher faced dry laws penalties. Four storekeepers were fined for slot gambling machines.
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Sam Dek
Jerome Henderson
Harry Casher
J. C. Welford
J. R. Youngblood
Pearl Basque
H. P. Simonsen
No Building Report Sets Stage for City Repairs
The city commission held a special conference to review preliminary building repair needs totaling about 100000 dollars. No final scope was decided, with further study planned for Wednesday. The report covers city hall armory two fire stations and the City hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Miller Store Burglary Loots Wea Apparel Items
Burglars robbed the A. Miller Grocery Company at northeast Dearborn and Texas streets Sunday night or early Monday. Entry was through a skylight and a large amount of dry goods and wearing apparel was taken, including silk stockings, ten men’s shirts, twelve suits of boys’ underwear, and twenty four boys’ shirts.
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A. Miller Grocery Company
Dearborn
Texas
19 Hurt in Fight During Communist Demonstration
Nineteen policemen were injured last night while trying to stop a demonstration in Paris's communist quarter after the election results. The riot followed the defeat of a socialist candidate and involved a large crowd singing and clashing with authorities.
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Paris
Jury Pleas Lead to Convictions in Federal Court
Several defendants pleaded guilty in federal court as jurors were sworn in for the session. Notable sentences included Napoleon Robinson given four years at the national training school for boys after stealing cars in Mississippi and Mobile. Ed Blount, Willie Burke received three years each in Atlanta for counterfeiting. Cearie Gardner paroled after a two-year sentence. Edwin Oates drew two years in Atlanta for auto theft. Harry Wilkins had sentence postponed pending further information. Malcolm Wells, once an interior decorator, is noted in the report.
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Robert T. Ervin
Napoleon Robinson
Mississippi
Mobile
Robinson
National Training School For Boys
Washington
Ed Blount
Willie Burke
Atlanta
Cearie Gardner
Edwin Malcolm Oates
Harry Wilkins
Chicago
Illinois
Three injured in separate city crashes on government streets
In one wreck at Old Government and Williams streets Ballard and two youngsters suffered minor injuries while Huff of Theodore and occupants were shaken. In another crash on Washington avenue and St Louis street Irma Bell sustained painful injuries as her car collided with Tom Roberts vehicle. Bell reported $75 damage to her car and Roberts faced reckless driving charges set for October 2 in recorder's court.
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Balled
Coavernment
Graham Huff
Theodore
Old Government
Williams Streets
Ballard
Huff
Irma Bell
Glenwood Avenue
Tom Roberts
Moulton Street
Washington Avenue
St. Louis Street
Bell
Roberts
Recorder’s Court
Prohibition Raid Seizes Liquor Near Lucedale
Deputy Federal Prohibition agents joined George County deputies in a raid on Sunday at David Davison’s place six miles southwest of Lucedale Mississippi. They recovered three pints of whiskey and 72 gallons of wine and the George County authorities will file charges there.
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Federal Prohibition Agent
Mobile
Catledge
George County
Miss
David Davison
Lucedale
Fruit ban lifted on Florida citrus by state
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce reports the Florida citrus quarantine is lifted by the state department of agriculture after the federal restriction ended last winter. The move ends months of protection for the Satsuma industry in this region.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Florida
Satsuma
State Department of Agriculture
Grand Jurors to File Report Early in Week
Foreman Taylor promised a hot report as the grand jury, reassembled after adjournment, met at 10 o clock with no witnesses present. The body has spent weeks questioning witnesses tied to the August 12 Democratic primary and reportedly examined every box in the county.
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Foreman Grand Jury
State Democratic
Taylor
Stovall Improves After Gasoline Explosion at County Garage
James Stovall, a county garage employee, was seriously burned when gasoline ignited by a forge flame exploded in the county blacksmith shop. He jumped into a water pool to extinguish the flames and was slightly improved by Monday.
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James Stovall
Providence Infirmary
Stoval
Auto Stolen From Conti and Joachim Streets
A. Cazalas of Crichton reported his Chevrolet sedan was stolen Sunday night from Conti and Joachim streets. It had not been located by Monday afternoon.
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A. Cazalas
Crichton
Conti
Joachim
World Series Matinees To Begin Wednesday
The Mobile News Item and The Register announce matinees for the World Series with loudspeaker play by play and an electric scoreboard. Fans may attend as the events feature detailed play by play from the Athletics and Cardinals, with AP wires providing expert commentary.
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Register
Athletics
Cardinals
Ae Sanrunot
Coene
Tee Cartel
Associated Press
Pear
Philadelphia Wataenday
Thanaday
Bators
Grand Jury Authority in Issue Amid Election Challenge
A clash over authority erupts as Ben Taylor foreman testifies in the Berbeze Boykin contest for a seat on the board. The state Democratic executive committee also weighs in as the primary contest prompts questions about how the grand jury obtained an election certificate.
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Ceme
Ben Taylor
Francis Inge
Taylor
Ie Deere
Sam Johnston
Nick Stallworth
James Hy
Mark
Foreman
Stallworth
Court House
Special Grand Jury
Unsettled Rainy Weather Forecast Continues
Forecasters predict continued unsettled weather with occasional rain across the region. Temperatures will remain steady with a low of 67 degrees reported last night.
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Wrenu
Weather update shows clouds and showers with temperature change
The forecast notes lingering clouds and possible showers across the area with notable temperature changes. Residents should prepare for damp conditions and adjust plans accordingly.
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Wells
Malcolm Wells
Chamber Commerce
Crichton Man
State Committee
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Calvert
Daniel Wilkinson
Calvert, Ala
Wilkinson
Bugsy
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