Germany Says Sufficient Man Power To Continue War
A crowded county examination for World War I draft shows 75 percent of the 3 961 registrants filing exemption claims and many being disqualified. Early morning crowds gathered at the courthouse as Drs Woodruff and Curlee began exams, with anxious families nearby and one man initially rejected but later passed.
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Germany
Tee Kilby
Uncle Sam
J .Henry Wilson
Jacksonville
Roy Woodruff
E. J. Curlee
Kilby Warns Autocracy and Foreign Power Threats at Sulphur Springs Reunion
Lt Governor Kilby addresses Civil War veterans at Sulphur Springs recounting Lee era valor and warn ing against Kaiser autocracy and other foreign powers. He notes U S efforts with Y M C A and Red Cross while stressing wartime unity and vigilance.
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Schenck
Lee
Kilby
Kaiser
America
German Political Turmoil Amid Kaiser Advisers Bid for Peace
Amsterdam dispatch notes chaotic German politics as leaders and factional press attack the new government. Pan-Germans Junkers Socialists Social Democrats Liberals and Clericals trade charges while Kaiser insiders reportedly urge turmoil to divert attention from peace efforts.
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Amsterdam
Ars
Junkers
Socialists
Social Democrats
Lib
Delays at Camp McClellan From Heavy Rainfall
Over ten inches of rain in eight days halted construction at Camp McClellan. Flooded ditches, washed roads, and mud slowed carpenters and haulers. one mule drowned. Contractors say 150 buildings would be finished sooner without the rain. Major Dulin remains optimistic and notes clearer days could resume work.
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Major Dulin
Investigation Into Delayed Shell Explosion Near Kennesaw Mountain
Marietta Ga Aug 9 Col Chas Noyes commander of the Seventh Infantry and officers training camp began a thorough probe into a delayed shell explosion during target practice near Kennesaw mountain. Three negroes and one white woman were killed as the shell ricocheted a mile off course and burst among spectators.
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Marietta, Ga
Ol. Chas. Noyes
Seventh Infantry
Kennesaw Mountain
Fast Merchant Ships To Be Relied Upon To Defeat Submarines
The United States Shipping Board and Navy Department decide speed, not special devices, will safeguard Atlantic supply ships. Experts say submarines have reached maximum power, so a sixteen knot ship can outrun the fastest sub.
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Washington
Aug
United States Shipping Board
Navy Department
Atlantic
Aniston to Spend on City Sanitation Upgrades
Anniston faces a costly push to meet federal health standards. About $30,000 is needed to extend sewers and improve drainage to reduce mosquito breeding. Officials also push for a meat and dairy inspection ordinance, urged by physicians but opposed by some council members.
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Anniston
Major Anniston real estate sale records $20 800
One of the era’s largest local transactions. J W Comer Jr sold multiple lots in Anniston to Dr L L Scarbrough and B L Snellgrove for 20800 dollars in cash. Properties include several parcels formerly owned by Annis ton Lime and Stone Company describing blocks and streets around Leighton Quin tad and Twentieth. The record notes continued on page five.
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Anniston Lime and Stone Company
Leighton Avenue
Quintard Avenue
Twentieth Street
Quintard
Leighton
206Th
Leigh
Bread Poisoning Report Tied to German Spy
Secretary Baker declined to confirm or deny a claim that a German spy poisoned dough used for 6,000 loaves baked at Washington barracks. Officials said 15,000 pounds of bread were destroyed at the bakeries under Captain Willpoint.
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Washington
Arg
Washington Barracks
Willpoint
Batteries A and C Lose Identity in Federal Service
Montgomery Aug 9 Special. Batteries A and C Alabama National Guard, returned from the border, will not be kept in federal service though members stay in the national force. War department report declines to publish. adjutant general notes many requests from former members. About 275 of 600 reservists reported. those tied to Batteries A and C must accept assignments in infantry cavalry or hospital corps and complete three years in the reserve.
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Montgomery
Alabama National Guard
War Department
State Military Department
Military Department
Army
J. Hubbard
Cavalry
Austro German forces push toward Tekutchia amid front lines
Vienna reports Mackenten’s Austro German troops in Fue manian provinces trying to force Russo Roumanians back to the Sereth river. London notices British artillery bombarding the German base at Lons while French troops advance near Bixschoote in Flanders despite bad weather.
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Mackenten
Sereth
Vienna
Tekutchia
London
Briish
Lons
Flanders
Bixschoote
War Office
Germany Deploys 236 Divisions on Eastern and Western Fronts
Paris reports a Russian mission indicates Germany fields eighty eight divisions or about 1 115 000 first line troops against Russians and Roumanians. An additional 148 divisions are deployed against British and French on the western front.
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Paris
Germany
Night Fire Along Aisne Front Echoes Across Paris
Bombardments along the Aisne river front raged through the night in Chevrigny and Panteon Ridge as heavy artillery thundered on both sides, according to the war office.
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Paris
Aisne
Chevrigny
Panteon Ridge
War Office
Wilson appoints Covington to probe western labor troubles
On August 9 President Wilson named Chief Justice Covington of the District of Columbia supreme court to personally investigate the S. W. W. agitation and labor unrest in the west. Covington met with the President and Secretary Wilson of labor before beginning.
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Washington
Wilson
West
Covington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Department of Labor
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