Camp McClellan Workers Exposed to False Disease Rumor
Two anonymous IW W members were arrested at Camp McClellan for spreading a false tale that yellow fever and smallpox plagued 3 000 to 4 000 workers. Major Dulin and doctors reassured that no contagious diseases exist and the hospital is properly staffed and inspected. The agitators were escorted from town.
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Camp McClellan
Lh Dulin
Phillips
I. W. Wa
Dulin
Anniston Star
United States Public Health Service
Anniston
New Orleans
T Am
McClellan
Anniston Chamber Discusses Inn Purchase and Soldier Plans
The Anniston Chamber of Commerce debated buying the Inn property for 50 000 dollars to serve as a hotel and rest facility for soldiers. Secretary Keating reported Anniston's lack of funds for soldiers preparations while citing rival cities' grants for recreation buildings and club facilities for troops.
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Anniston Chamber of Commerce
Anniston Inn
Chamber of Commerce
Pure City Water Reaches Camp At Noon
Water from the Anniston reservoir was directed to Camp McClellan at noon. Engineers, contractors and army officers celebrated the milestone after six miles of 10 inch pipe and seven miles of trenching, with pumping stations installed and strict water treatment overseen by public health experts.
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Anniston
Camp McClellan
Anniston City
Alabama National Guard
Red Cross
Remarried after Twenty Years in Montgomery
W. J. Stephenson and Mrs. Ella Reynolds, once divorced twenty years ago, renewed their marriage today in the probate judge’s office with Bernard Gaston officiating. Stephenson, a wealthy planter from Mathews Station near Montgomery, noted their long separation and remarriage.
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Montgomery
W. J. Stephenson
Ella Reynolds
Bernard Gaston
Stephenson
Mathews Station
Douglas Arizona Opens Downtown Reading and Recreation Room
Douglas Arizona, a 15,000 population town, opens a downtown reading and writing room 25 by 110 feet. The facility includes a piano, Victrola, pool table, and a temperance bar for soldiers.
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Douglas, Ariz
American Troops Not Yet Sent to Front in France
Washington Aug 1 The War Information Committee says no American units have entered combat in France. Troops now in country are in training behind the lines and no official word confirms action or numbers wounded. Reports may reach the War Department with immediate public notice if movements occur.
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Ington
D. C
London
War Department
Hoover shifts from wheat to meat policy
Washington reports that after stabilizing the wheat situation Herbert Hoover will now tackle the meat problem. He states meat prices must be reduced and will pursue policy to lower them.
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Washington
Herbert
Hoover
Strong Opposition to $2 Billion Revenue Bill Grows
Senator La Follette leads fierce Senate Finance Committee opposition as the $2 billion revenue bill faces tax on excess profits. Backers argue the wealthy should pay more toward a treasury estimate of $1.006 billion for this year.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Secretary of the Treasury
Strike in Spain Reaches Serious Height in Catalonia
Paris reports a rising strike in Catalonia turning revolutionary with deadly clashes. Dispatches from Nadine describe soldiers using cannon and machine guns to quell the disorders as Premier Dato follows the situation.
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Paris
Catalonia
Nadine
Dato
Troops Rally North As Camp McClellan Grows
Major Dulin announced a tentative plan for troop movement to Camp McClellan and Anniston this week. An engineer battalion and a truck company are ordered forward with more infantry to follow, forming a brigade within four to five days. A cavalry troop is requested for fire patrol duties as the camp expands with over four hundred pine structures and twenty more daily.
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Camp McClellan
Dutin
Dulin
Anniston
Eighth Army Division to Move from Camp Edge to Anniston
Brigadier General Barber announced about 500 troops from the Eighth Army Division will relocate from Camp Edge Seagirt New Jersey to Anniston as soon as possible. The orders affect units in New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia. Barber will designate sending commands with Maryland and Virginia brigade commanders selecting their units one company from each infantry cavalry and artillery regiment will be chosen.
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Seagirt
N. J
Aus
Eighth Army
Anniston
Barber
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Union strike expected to collapse as order restoration looms
Report says the situation begins from the start with confidence that the strike will soon end and normal order will be restored. No specific groups or dates are provided. The tone implies an imminent resolution to the industrial action.
Haig's British Forces Press In Belgium and Lens
London reports field marshal Haig shifted attacks to Belgium with violent assaults near Ypres and gains across a wide front while German defenses around Lens fail to hold. The Lens sector remains the focal point as British lines push forward despite stubborn enemy resistance.
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Haig
Belgium
London
Marshal Haig
France
Begium
Ypres
Teutons
Fror
War Office
Lens
PREFERMENT OF GEN Steiner Pleases Nation and Army Moves
Montgomery August 16 Special It is probable that many in the mobilization camp are happy over President Wilson sending Rob E Steiner’s name to the senate for brigadier general. News from Washington says the 167th Regiment of Infantry commanded by Colonel William P Screws will be the first Alabama unit to depart for France. The new regiment joins the eighty fourth infantry brigade in the forty second division. The camp health report shows 179 total patients among 6000 men with bronchitis wounds malaria venereal disease and other illnesses.
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Wilson
Robi. E. Steiner
Senate
Washington
Alabama
France
William P. Screws
Fourth
Alabama Infantry
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Second
Alabama Cavalry
Eighty-Fourth Infantry
United States
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Alabama Field Hospital
First Alabama Infantry
First Alabama Cavalry
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