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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
6
The piece lauds Anniston as an ideal camp location with backing from W E Gibbons of Buffalo who recalls camping near the city hall as provost guard. It notes optimism for a large college enrollment and broad support from local authorities and residents.
The city faces a shortage of available rooms as August crowds in, risking no housing for teachers when the fall term starts. The piece urges the school board to provide affordable, adequate dormitory style housing to keep qualified teachers from strain and distraction.
An editorial from Anniston describes a two year old starving baby at St Luke's hospital and urges local donors to create a charity ward. It contrasts foreign aid received by the city with domestic hunger and appeals to parents to fund more hospital beds for the needy.
Anniston teachers spending the summer at homes away from the city feel growing anxiety over ongoing conditions. The piece notes their concern as they cope with the heat and disruption while awaiting possible improvements to housing arrangements.
Montgomery August 2 Special Employees of state departments have not received July salaries for three months and face interest on borrowed funds secured by warrants. They plan mandamus action against State Treasurer W L Lancaster to compel honoring warrants and make salaries priority. Fifty dollars raised for legal steps. treasury holds 71711.65.
Senators pushed a six year ratification window for a proposed national prohibition amendment as the chamber approved a measure to add a constitutional article banning manufacture sale and transport of intoxicating liquors. Debate featured heated rhetoric on Prohibition and mixed votes from dry and wet factions.
Montgomery Ark August 2 Special says local exemption board members cannot retire and must perform duties under the selective service law. Crowder telegram states boards are as effectively drafted as registrants. excuses for hardship only with governor approval. further relief unlikely. In Atlanta the first draft exam in the first district yields 15 exemptions among 17 examined. two fail. many claim dependents.
In Cedar Rapids Rev John Reichart pastor of the German Evangelical church at Lowdon Iowa was held to the grand jury in five thousand dollar bond on charges of preaching treasonable sermons. The hearing occurred today.
Dr. Paul P. Salter appointed assistant bacteriologist succeeding Dr. J. T. McCall who resigned to enter the army. Dr. Paul T. Young of Vernon Lamar County offered the field agent post but has not replied. Young recently received Alabama medical license.
Sir William Watson, 59, English poet critic and censor from Yorkshire, famed for Lachrymae Muda rum Ode on the Coronation of King Edward VII and The Purple Bast. Also listed are Sam R. Sells 46 congressman, Samuel W. Stewart 45 Montana governor, Milton Whitney 57 USDA soils chief, Leon K. Ames 34 St. Louis pitcher, Ray Brownson 30 boxer and manager.
A chronology of events from 1675 to 1916 notes Indian attacks at Brookfield and Bad Axe, gains in art with Gainsborough, steamboat milestones on the Mississippi, early mail boxes in Boston, bank suspensions, and World War I developments including German advances and the Verdun battles with the Yellow Book documenting deportations.
Memphis officials report all cotton records broken for the year ending yesterday. Net receipts reached 753,462 bales with value at 75,550,693 dollars, while gross receipts stood at 1,335,690 bales. Midling upland averaged 19.33 cents, with long staple reaching higher prices.
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