Three Alabama National Guard privates desert from camp
Three privates of the First Infantry Alabama National Guard from Mobile were declared deserters after vanishing during a hike and remaining away beyond military limits. John E. Ardengo Cliff Howell and Fitzhugh L. Stroud face desertion and absence charges with court martial possible. Rewards are offered, and the unit trains for a French service amid broader mobilization efforts. Sergeant Bolse Hood, son of a Montgomery Journal editor, is also noted in personnel lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Ardenyne
Mobile
Cliff Howell
Company
Fitzhugh L. Stroud
Ardengo
Howell
Perdido
Stroud
Brewton
France
Stix
Charleston, & C
First Cavalry
Bolse Hood
Horace Hood
The
Mont
Oxford Vibe as Out-of-Town Shoppers Bring Prosperity
Local society notes miss Mary Sue Bell visits Anniston before returning to Lineville. Frances Cooper stays with Mae Smith in Munford. Hamp Draper on business in Chattanooga. Mrs Foster visits Oxford, to Birmingham, marriage announced at Barron Foster in Birmingham. Oxford enjoys revived prosperity with busy streets and shoppers. many friends visit residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sue Bell
Frances Cooper
Mae Smith
Munford
Stubbs
Barron Foster
Birmingham
Foster
Oxford
Cupid
Birdie Allen
Anniston
Local Farmer Endorses Tanlac For Relief In Griffin
J T Waldrup, a prominent farmer near Griffin Georgia, declares Tanlac cured his inflammatory or sciatic rheumatism and restored his health. He says he gained fifteen pounds and now has a hearty appetite after months of pain and fever. He praises Tanlac as a Godsend and vows continued praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spalding County
J. T. Waldrup
Griffin
Tanlac
Lanlal
Scarbrough Drag Co
Merrellton
W. D. Nixon
Oxford
Calhoun Drag Co
Pledmont
W T Moody & Sor
Washington War Department Increases Training Camp Quotas
The War Department announced today that each state will receive a quota 30 percent higher than originally assigned for officers training camps, which will open on August 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Geddes Career Bridges Army Navy With One Jump
London Aug 3 Sir Eric Geddes the new First Lord of the Admiralty is described as the only civilian to become both admiral and general essentially in one leap. A Scot by birth he started in the army before pursuing railway work in the United States and Britain He later directed military railways in France and at the British war office during the Somme era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eric Geddes
Admiralty
North
United States
Baltimore and Ohio Road
India
British Empire
of the
Somme
France
British War Office
Oldest College Sport Affected by War
New York reports that intercollegiate rowing, the oldest American college sport, has been eclipsed by war with no summer races on the Hudson or at New London. The piece notes Aug 3 marks the sixty-fifth birthday of intercollegiate rowing, dating to Yale and Harvard's first meet in 1852.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hudson
New London
Yale
Harvard
Historic rowing popularity across top universities
The sport quickly gained popularity on Lake Winnipesaukee and dominated through decades. Rowing remained the premier college sport where facilities existed, with Harvard Yale Cornell Princeton Penn Pennsylvania Annapolis Syracuse Columbia Wisconsin Stanford California and Washington among active participants in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Winnipesaukee
Harvard
Yale
Cornell
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Annapolis
Syracuse
Columbia
Wisconsin
Leland Stanford
California
Washington
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Deoiation
Alabama National Guard
Montgomery
Try
Gomery Journal
Hamp Draper
Chattanooga
Della Staples
Heflin
Frank Fulton
Columbiana
Surgeon Fulton
Grace Clark
W. M. Clark
Amy Cooper
Lula Yeary N
Verbena
A. G. Davis
X. Be Gagley
Cooks Springs
Miss Sue Peley
Leo Miller
Guyzelle Hudson
DeArmanville
Miss White
Leila Mattison
Sulligent
Mike Ruth Stucky
Carre Shoe Company
Mrs. Ross
Macon
Margaret and
Mildred Katherine Turner
T. A. Turner
William Gorman
Crestview Farm
John Fitzgerald
Frank Butenschon
C. J. Dodd
EAGT
Tak
Ing Tanlac
National Guard
Quartermaster
Ordnance Departments
Ardine, Pique
Berman
Oxford Lake Park
Richardson Strought
Man
the Garrisons
Maid—Nute— Piano
Larry Richardson
Billy Ferguson
Scarbrough
Alabama Power Co
Anniston Operations
Tang Geddes
Fulton Motor Trucks
Fulton Motor Truck Co
Fulton
Farmingdale, L. L
A. R. Thomas
Dist
Sales
Mgr
Alabama
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