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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
BRENT TO NAME
 SCHOOLB0Y-C0PS
Squads To Be Organized Today In Four
 ! Areas

Captain W. W. Brent, head of the Birmingham traffic squad, will begin the work of recognizing traffic, squads among the older boys of the Birmingham schools along plans worked out by him. self and Dr. c. B. Glenn, superintendent of the schools, according to an announce ment Sunday.
 Monday the captain will visit and organize squads at the Lakeview, Avon dale, South Highland and Paul Hayne schools. Tuesday the Barrett, Wood lawn and Cunningham schools will be organized. Wednesday will be given over to the Henley, Elyton, Hemphill, Minor and the Greymount schools. The organizing will be concluded Thursday with Phillips high, Powell and Norwood schools.
 The sauad will be organized to patrol the school districts and to help the younger children in crossing the streets at dangerous intersections. Boys who are taken into this work will carry a white sign reading "School Traffic Soouad, Stop," and their orders should be obeyed the same as uniformed of- ficer, Captain Brent said.
 An Advance Step
 "In organizing this traffic squad of the larger boys of the city schools to protect the smaller children in crossing the dangerous intersections, we feel like we are taking a step which will go a long ways in educating the public in "safety first" Captain Brent said. "At the same time we are educating the chil- dren and impressing on their minds the danger of street crossing.
 "After making an intensive study of this problem, we have decided that ed ucation is the best law enforcer, hence the school traffic squad. This squad will be for the sole purpose of educa. tion. When you see boy on the street with the white sign reading: School Traffic Squad, Stop" obey him as you would a uniformed officer, for he is the law of education, and is there to pro feet your child and to prevent you from doing something that would cause end less sorrow. 'l:,
 "We know that no one would inten. tionally run down a child and you will not miss the few seconds that you are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
WOOD ALCOHOL
 FATAL TO WOMAN
Mrs. J. o. Melee Dies From
 Effect Of Poison

Mrs. J. o. Melee, A, of Sayre. Ala, died at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Fraternal hospital from the effect of wood alcohol, she is alleged to have taken about noon Saturday at her home.
 The body is being held by Bell Under taking company of Pinkney City pending funeral arrangements. Mrs. McBee is survived by her husband and two chii- dren.
 Mrs. McBee, according to members of her family, has been ill for approxi- mately two months and confined to her he'd for a month. She is said to have left her sick bed about noon Saturday and gone into the backyard where her husband kept some wood alcohol for his automobile, secured bottle and re- turned to the house and drank a quan- ity of it. -...-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01

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 Solution of yesterdays CROSS WORD PUZZLE:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
HUNTING VICTIMS
 FUNERAL TODAY
Alleged Slayer Faces Manslaugh-
 ter Charge

The body of A. A. Haywood, 26, of 1929 Nineteenth street, south, acciden- tally shot Saturday afternoon while at work in the Builders Supply company's yard at 615 Eleventh street, south, by Frank Pickard,s 20, of 62O Eleventh street, south, who was shooting at birds, was sent to Heflin, Ala, Sunday afternoon by Brown for murial. Fun. eral services will be held Monday aft ernoon at Heflin.
 MT. Haywood is survived by his widow, his parents, Mir. and Mrs. J. M Haywood and several brothers and sis. ters.
 Following the accident, Pickard was released on a $500 bond charging sec ond degree manslaughter, by Coroner J. D. Russum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
WATERWAYS BOARD
 TO VISIT MOBILE
To Inspect Port Facilities De
 cember z And 8

MOBILE, Ala, Nov. 30.-(Special Leased Wire.) - For the purpose of making an inspection of port facilities and meeting members Of commercial or ganizations interested, General T. Q. Ashburn and other members of the ad- visory board of the Inland Waterways corporation will be in Mobile on Decem- Der z and s. This information was re- ceived by the city commission today. Committees will be named to welcome and entertain the visitors.
 Secretary of War John W. Weeks, who is in direct charge of waterways of the country, will be asked to make his visit to Mobile on the above dates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
DAVIS COMMENDED.

St. Francis Street Methodist church today adopted resolutions commenting General Harwell G. Davis efforts tc enforce the law in Mobile county and imploring him to continue his activities until all officials of the county who fail to do their duty in enforcement of the law are removed. The resolutions de- plore the fact that law violations be- came so bad that it was necessary for the federal government to take special hand in cleaning up" conditions here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
MUSICAL COMEDY
 SOUGHT BY BOSTON
Seat Of Culture Prefers Trash
 To Drama, Says Give

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 30.- Boston, the seat of culture, wants musical comedy, and the cheap musical comedy at that" declares F. E. Olive, manager of a repertory company playing at a local theater.
 In an address before the Harvard Danes. (composed of wives, mothers and daughters of Harvard men), Give asserted "the movement is back toward the drama verywhere-except Boston"
 q can put on good plays and lose S2,OOO to $3,OO0 a week, or l can put on trash to capacity houses" he said.
 He urged students to turn occasion, ally left, instead of to the right, and come and see good plays by Shaw, Bar rie and Galsworthy."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01

detained by this boy to allow children to cross the streets with safety.
 "The traffic work in the schools is sponsored by the national safety com mittee and has worked successfully in all cities in which it has been tried Captain Brent stated. ...,
 Whether the plan saves little lives in Birmingham, depends entirely on the drivers of automobiles" the captain con cluded. "They can make it big suc- cess if they cooperate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01

How To Solve Cross-Word Puzzles
 The numbered squares the starting points for words extending horizontally vertically or both One letter to suare Words end first black encountered or border of puzzle Pick out word that fits given detrl ton and This gives you clue to other words that cross it. and they in turn to still other words.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
HOME IS DESTROYED

RUSSELLVILLE, Ala, Nov. 30:- (Special-The home of Will Cornelius in the southern part of the city was completely destroyed by fire late thls afternoon. The fire is said to have orlgi- mated from an explosion of an oil heater. The home was not insured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
SUGAR CANE FROZEN Syrup Output To Be Short In Wilmer
 CAckfnvN

wILMER, Ala, Nov. 30.-(Special Leased Wire. )-Many farmers are find. ing their cane frozen as a result of the last severe frost. >Some will grind all they have while some having fin ished making syrup have turned in the hogs on their ruined seed cane. The syrup output was already short from the prolonged drought as well as the heavy loss in seed cane from last win ter's sudden change.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
CHILD IS KILLED
Four.Year. r.Old Boy Accidentally Shot
 NeRrO

MOBILE, Ala, Nov. 30.-Joe Rich ardson, white, four years old, was shot and accidentally killed at Crichton, a suburb of Mobile, this afternoon by Jim Jackson, negro boy, aged five. A negro man had shot at hawk and not seeing him fall reloaded ihis gun and while doing so observed the hawk coming to the ground. He laid the gun down to pick up the hawk and the negro child picked it up and it ex-
 ploded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01


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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-04-08
Tszke statni otazky v Ces-


koslcvensku. Pro. noviny ceske
jakoby byly nejddlezitejsimi o
tazkami statni lihova afera.
Prasek, Tucny a veci. podob-
ne. Zatim vSak proziva repub-
lika vazne chvile a ma pred Sc
hou tax tezke problemy, re
nebylo w davno podobnych.
Jiston obavu opet budi nAse
financni postaveni We svete.-
Tyden jako tyden zmensuje Sc
nase zasoba cizich .zlatych va
lut devils prumelne 0 80 mi
liontl korun. Zasoba ieiich uz
klesla u Bankovniho ufadu pod
jednu miliardu. Pficinou poke
klesu je to, ze Bankovni urad
intervenuje ma zahraniGnich
bursach, aby neklesala koru-
M. Jakmile nekdo nabizi ko-
runy k vrodaji, hned je Ban
kobni dfad prostrednictvvm
svych agentu skupuje, ably ne
byla> velka nabidka jez by kurs
tlacila. Koruna nase ma tedy
tendenci sestupnou a udrzuie
syaj kurs jen intcrvenci.
Duvody jsou nekolikere. Ma
Sc platebnf bilance jest stale
dobra. Vice vyvazime nez do
vazime. Y tom chyba nevezi.
Zda Sc. ze CHI bursy prilis mas
davaii dohromady Francii, S
niz jsme pred kratkym casem
Iuzavreli spolek. Frank fran
| couzsky Sc ale fiti dolG. Vlada
chce jej zachraniti zavedenim
20 proc. piirazky k DAMN. jez
vynese skoro 5 miliard, ale to
asi nepomuze. Francie dala do
obehu asi 40 miliard papiro-
lvych frankn ty jsou nyni VIZ
hany ma trh bursobnf.
Ze. Nemci statne pomahaji,
O tom netfeba ami psati. A die
vseho CHI bursy soudi, ze S
padem franku bude padat ma
So koruna a proto Sc il zbavu-
iii.
| k tomu pfispiva, re sc roz-
nesly zpravy 0 tom, jak musi-
me ma repracich zaplatit 25
az 80 miliard kcrun.
| Ovsem takovat6 kalkulace
lskonci S neusp6chem. Name
malo korun cizine a nase "a
soba devils a zlata snese Ease
dobfe utok ma korunu. Snesli
Ijsme uz horst bitvy. Pres to ale
della bursovnf zapas dosti sta
Irosti.
Afera uplatkova v Bratisla-
I've. "Brn6nske Lidove Noviny"
sdaluji, re v Bratislave zatcen
byl kapitan R. Kout pfideleny
lintendanci zemskeho vojenske
ho velitelstbi. Kapitan Kout
jest V nemocnici, nebot' vred
kratkym casem Sc postrelil pfl
|pokusu sebevrazdy. Bylo zji-
|steno. ze pri vysetfuvani skod
|zpilsobenych phi bolsevickem
lvpadu. bral dplatky, jdouci do
statisicfi. Soucasne zatcen y
Iteze veci bratislavsky advokat
dr.. Ladislav Hegye.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-04-08
zelexnice na Slovensku

Slovaci. Pc prevratu bylo Ia
potfebi zeleznicni trate naf Slo-
vensku obsaditi teskymi lidmi,
nebot' Slovaci sami nemeli do
sti vycvicenych lidi a NADIA
ii nem6li 'chuti slouziti poctive
ceskoslovenskemu statu. Ia ne
dlouh6 bude postupne konciti
sestileti pobytu ma Slovensku,
ke kteremu Sc zavazalo ma sta
zeleznicnieh drednfku z histo-.
rickych zemi. Mnozi tam sli z
nadseni, vetsina vsak povin-
nbsti a caste nerada, nebot'
bud museli rodiny zanechati
donna a sami ma Slovensku dra
re ziti, anebo nemeli rodin kde
ubytovati ami deti kde vycho-
vavat. Cechove prinesli ma Slo
vensko vse, co NELL, .iako We
domosti, zkusenosti, pill a W.
trvalost. Skutecnych SlovakI Il
fednikd bylo tehdy velmi ma
To-, coz phi mad'arskem syste-
mu neni divu. Jednotlive pfi-
pady neslusneho jednanj da-
Ia statni sprava zeleznienf W.
setfiti a vinniky cdstranila, tax
ze jakekoliv generalisoNini je
nepoctive. NaSi lide pracovali
ma Slovensku pro Stat a pro lid
3 povzhesli pomery u zelezhic
na vysi v mnohych krajich slo-
venskych pred tim nebyvalou.
To nemdze ami nejvetsi odp6r-
ce popriti. Statnf sprava zele-
znicni vydala a vyda jeste vel
ke miliony ma povzneseni a roz
vol zeleznicni site ma Sloven-
sku. Stavi tam fadu novych
drah; zdokonalu6e nyneisi ira
cele rady obytnych domu. W.
menuje mostly, zavadi elektri-
cke sv9tlo. Doprava blizka j
dalkova Sc zhust'uje a zrychlu-
u =. ~
je, humanitni 4 zdravotni "a
ffzeni Sc bohatI vyipravuji. To
je vsechno vetsinou dilo ces-
kych rukou. Byly tez poloze-
ny zaklady k odbornemu skol
stvi zeleznicnimu ma Sloven-
sku. TO vsechno btldou miti
Slcvaci bez tezkych bojI Ma
Diary, jako my js1ne museli po
dvacet let svadeti $ nemecky-
mi vladami rakouAkymi nez
jsme mohli vsechny slozky ze-
leznitnlho organismu obsaditi
kvalifikovanymi silami cesky-
nj. Preieme Slovak0m re srd-
ce, re jejich vyvoj jde svobod-
nejsi rychlejsf cestou iez Sci
mas. Zalezi jen ma Slovacich,
ably nell co nejdffve dostatek
dobrych zeleznicard, zejmena
praynikl, technik0, dopravni-
ki a ,komercnikn. Nasi neju-
pfimejsi snahou je vyjiti Slo-
vakIm vsestrane vstic sousta-
WYNN zaucovanim a vychovou
dorostu. z dIvodI cel0statnich
musi nasi lide mfti jeste tro.
chti strpeni a vytrvati jeste dd
lie na Slovensku q Psdkarpat-
sk6 Rusi nez budou moci by.
ii nahrazeni Slovaky a Rusi'
nyxa;s: nszi ses budou Irnocisvi'atii''
Iti do svych dornovf a caste
TX . svym rodinam. Provesti ter
to tezky ikol, Q kterem nyn'
piseme, bez poruch je tezkyn
problemem.
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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-04-08
Neuplna krasa

Pc nabiezl prochazeji Sc dvel
sluzebna devcata.
- Krasnv vecer.' -
Ba, takovy krasny vecera
"A po vojakovi ami pamatky! /
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
CLEVELAND CASE
 TO JURY FRIDAY
Fourth Trial Of Mobile Man Is Near Com pletiOn

MOBILE, Ala, June 19.-(By Asso- ciated Press. )-Fate of Tom Cleveland, on trial for his life for the fourth time on charges of murdering S9-year- old Stephen Tossing. on West Fowl river last August 24, will again rest with a circuit court jury about noon tomorrow. The Cleveland case has been thrice mistried on the capital charge, his father, County Commission CT Jack G. Cleveland, is under 15-year sentence on the same charge, and his cousin, Son" Cleveland, was acquitted.
 Testimony in the Cleveland case con cluded shortly after noon today when Attorney Francis J. Inge, rested the killing in which he told the court old man Tossing was accidentally shot in scuffle between Tossing, Tom Cleve- land and Toms sister, Miss Wilhel- nina.
 After brief conference between pros ecutors for the state, Solicitor Bart B. Chamberlain and Attorney N. E.. Stall worth, Solicitor Chamberlain announced the state rested without any rebuttal testimony. With the converting of court in the afternoon arguments began by Attorney Stallworth, followed by At torney H. F. Smith for the defense. Solicitor Chamberlain and Attorney Inge will speak tomorrow.
 When court convened in the afternoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
TEXAS FILES SUIT
 TO HALT MERCER
Rail Consolidation Called Viola
 tiOn Of Trust Laws

NEW ORLEANS, June 19.-Suit was filed in federal district court here today by the state of Texas attacking the proposed merger of the International and Great Northern railroad with the New Orleans, Texas and Mexico (Gulf Coast Lines) on the ground that such merger would be in violation of the anti trust laws.
 The court is asked to prevent the sale of stock and permanently to block the merger.
 The suit was filed by Frank Kemp, assistant attorney general of Texas. The petitioner alleged that the trustees of the International and Great North ern agreed February 14 to sell the Gulf Coast Lines 74,991 shares of stock at $S1 a share. the purchase to be made before June IA. On June 13, the pc tition continues, the interstate commerce commission authorized the sale.
 The Texas constitution forbids a Texas railroad to be merged with any railroad organized under the laws of any other state, the petition sets forth, and forbids the sale of stock by one railroad to a competing line. The petition alleges fulfillment of the contract would mean one trust would be controlling another trust, and that it would seriously crip- pie trade with Mexico, through Texas, because there would be no competition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
HARVARD CONDUCTS OPEN AIR EXERCISES
Degrees Number 1,4S6, Largest
 Total In History

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 19.- Harvard seniors, favored by fine wealth CT. held their commencement exercises today in the open air in Sever Quad rangle. The commencement addresses were by Frederick l.. Santee, Wapwallo- hen, Pa; Nelson H. Smith, Cambridge and Weston c. Thomas, Middletown, Ohio.
 Honorary degrees included:
 Doctor of Laws: Justice Terry San ford, of the United States supreme court; Owen D. Young, New York, part framer of the Dawes reparatiOn plan.
 Doctor of Letters: Robert Bridges, poet laureate of England; Edward Capps, professor of classics at Prince ton.
 Doctor of Science: William J. Mayo, Md, Rochester, Minn.
 Master of Arts: Maj. Robert c. F. Goetz, U. S. A., former commander of the Harvard officers training camps i; Gerrit Smith Miller, zoologist and cura- tor of the National museum at Wash ington and Andrew J. Ritchie, of the Rabun Gap Agricultural school, Geor- gia.
 Degrees in course numbered 1,4S6, the largest total in the history of the university.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
FOOL IS BLAMED
 FOR KIDNAP. NOTE

CHICAGO, June 19. V Kidnapping threats modelled after those sent by Ma than Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, kidnapers and slayers of Robert Franks, and threatening the life of Irwin Hart man, Jr., 10, a playmate of the Franks boy, caused the police today to guard the home of Irwin Hartman, wealthy furniture merchant
 Se letter. demanding $1O,O00. ran some under threat that the boy would be kidnapped or killed was written by a person of little education. the police be- lieve. Detectives assigned to investigate termed the threat the work of "a fool' but the police took no chances on a repetition of the Franks Kidnapping.
 The Hartman family lives in the fashionable Southside residential dis trict just block from the Franks fam | ily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
FLORENCE OFFICE
 N'FIRST CLASS
City Will Be Entitled To Extra Postal Facilities
 On July First
(MuscIe Shoals Bureaul

FLORENCE, Ala, June 19.-On July 1 the Florence post office will as sume the rating of firstclass, receipts for the previous year having passed the required figure of $4O,0O0 by a margin of $3,000 With this advanve Florence will be entitled to additional facilities and working force. Postmas ter Cathey says that if the increase con tinues at the present rate the years total will reach $50,000 or more.
 Loan Association FOrmed-At 6 meeting of the recently organized Mus cle Shoals Building and Loan associa tion, held in the Chamber of Com merce auditorium last night, it was de cided to change the name of the organi zation to the Florence Building and Loan association. Operations will be- gin about July l. The following 6f. ficers were elected, W. H. Mitchell president; Judge A. F. Koonce, first vice president; M. B. Darnall, second vice president L. w. Foy, manager secretary and treasurer.
 Former Citizen Honored-Former friends of Buford Key of Jackson Miss, who was formerly a citizen of Florence, are delighted to learn that he has been elected president of the pharmaceutical association of Missis- sippi.
 MasOns EIect-The following officers have been elected by the Cypress chap ter. Royal Arch Masons, John W. Hall, high priest; Henry Mckee, king James NJ. Cook, scribe; Thomas J. Phillips, treasurer; Wilson Heights, secretary; Frank Fifer, captain of the post; Leslie Timie, principal so journ- CT; Charles w. Crews, royal arch chapter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
HORNE PRESENTS
 GIFT TO HOSPITAL
New Nurses Home Pre-
 sented At Formal Tus- calOOsa Exercises
(TuscaIoosa Bureau)

TUSCALOOSA. Ala, June 19.-A large audience witnessed the graduating exercises and a presentation of the nurses home to the Druid City hospital Wednesday night. Dr. J. J. Doster, dean of the summer school at the Uni versity of Alabama, delivered the grad uating address and J. T. Horne pre- sented the nurses home to the hospital. The home was a gift of MT. Horne. Sam F. Clabaugh accepted the home in behalf of the hospital students and Dr. L. 0. Dawson delivered the dedicatory prayer. The graduating class was com posed of Miss Berdie Thompson, Mrs. Bessie Dees, Miss Dora Clemens, Miss Eloise McCrecken. Dr. J. E. Shirley presented the diplomas in behalf of the Tuscaloosa County Medical association.
 To Inspect Plant-The Tuscaloosa Rotary club will have its regular lunch con meeting at Elrod next Tuesday. The Rotarians will be guests of the Pio- neer Lumber company. The members will inspect the plant and a ball game in the afternoon will provide amuse- ment for the visitors.
 Joint Meeting Set-The Senior and Junior Chambers of Commerce will com. bine and hold joint meeting next Mon day night. The regular July meeting of the Junior Chamber coming about the time of the state legion convention has been called off.
 To Attend ConventiOn-Dr. Page F. Reed will attend the Southeastern Con- gress of Optometry at Greenville, s. c., June 21-27. The congress. is composed of many states and 1000 eye special ists are expected to be in attendance.
 Army Has New Hall-Dr. A. Don aldson Ellis, rector of Christ Episco- pal church, will conduct the services for the Salvation Army at its new hall next Sunday evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
POLITICAL STRAINS

ST. PAUL, Minn., June 19.-The of ficial count will be required before the winners. in the republican sena. torial contest and the Farmer-Labor gubernatorial race in Mondays state primary are determined.
 Returns available today gave Rep. resentative Thomas D. Schall, of excel. sior lead of 600 votes over Oscar Hallam of St. Paul for the senatorial nomination.
 The unofficial returns gave Tom Davis of Minneapolis slight lead over Floyd B. Olson of Minneapolis for the gubernatorial nomination on the FarmerLabor ticket.
 -Magruns Johnson had a walkaway on the Farmer-Labor ticket for United States Senate.
 PORTLAND, Maine, June 19.-Goy. ernor Baxter today called a committed of the executive council into special ses- sion tomorrow to make a prompt of ficial canvass of the vote in the repub lican primaries on Monday for the gubernatorial nomination. With two of the smallest towns in the state miss ing this vote in unofficial figures now gives President Frank c. Harrington ol the state senate a lead of 33S .votet over Senator Ralph o. Brewster, whose candidacy was endorsed by the Ku Klnx Klan. The missing towns to gether cast only 20 votes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20


 Press. )-General Jan Christian Shuts, premier of the Union of South Afri- ca, whose majority in the assembly was wiped out in this weeks election, has accepted the offer of Colonel G. M. Claassen, member of the assembly for Standerton, Transvaal, to contest for his seat. t.,,-
 With 10 districts still to be heard from the returns from the general cleo. tions show a majority of 9 for the ma tionalist-laber coalition against the gov ernment of General Shuts. The forma- ton of a ministry under General J. NJ. B. Hertzog, the nationalist leader, is regarded as a certainty. -
 The press as q whole in it's editorial comment is congratulating the victori- ous parties and expressing the hope