Fighting resumes on French Italian fronts and Essen raid
Paris reports French counter blow on Verdun recovers ground near Hill 304 with prisoners taken. British actions in West Flanders push northeast of Warnerton. German raid on Essen followed by explosions. Also reports sink of American schooner Childe and rising tensions in Reichstag debates.
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Anniston Evening Star Paeken
HOT Blast Pe
Gira _ VOL
Anniston
Ala
Verdun
Reichstad
Macedonia
Essen
Paris
War Office
Champagne
London
West Flanders
Messines Ridge
Warnerton
Transport Men Sink German Submarine
An American gun crew aboard a transport to France claims to have sunk a German submarine. James Cray of Boston says the ship’s marksman gunnery saved the soldiers aboard, and witnesses saw submarine crew struggling in the water. Officials dispute the drowning claim as untrue.
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United States
France
James Cray
Boston
Bray
Macedonian Front Quiet Amid Raids Repulsed by French
Reports say raids in the Vardar sector by Teutonic forces were repulsed by French troops. A separate action captured 275 prisoners along with machine guns and war matériel, while overall conditions on the Macedonian front remained comparatively calm.
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Vardar
Twenty Four New Destroyers to Bear Names of Naval Heroes
Washington July 17 Twenty four new U S destroyers to be built for the Navy will form a floating Hall of Fame honoring distinguished naval officers. Each ship will be named for a notable officer such as George Little Thomas H Stevens John W Philip Henry H Ball and Cornelius K Stribling with further names listed from Revolutionary through Civil War eras.
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U. S S
Washington, D. C
United States Navy
Navy Department
George Little
Massachusetts
England
France
Boston
Thomas H. Stevens
Connecticut
Fort Sumter
Farragut
Mobile Bay
John W. Philip
New York City
Texas
Santiago
Spain
Henry H. Ball
North Carolina
Osaka River
Japan
Cornelius K. Stribling
South Carolina
Need of houses realized in Anniston as soldiers arrive
Frank Leigh, cashier of City Bank & Trust, reports strong demand for moderate size dwellings in Anniston after selling his Seventh and Tyler home to G. N. Meredith and buying next door from R. L. Bentley. Businessmen expect a population influx with Camp McClellan arrivals, but note a housing shortage. A Chamber of Commerce committee is considering plans to accelerate building.
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Frank Leigh
City Bank & Trust Company
Seventh and
Tyler Streets
G. N. Meredith
R.L. Bentley
Anniston
Mr. Leigh
Camp McClellan
Chamber of Commerce
Cattle Dipping Vat Demonstration Near Morrisville
Dr. E B Sellers on a farm near Morrisville road has built a cattle dipping vat and will hold a public demonstration. Tick fever deaths in the area prompt interest in the vat's effectiveness, with county agent L G Prentice praising the initiative and urging more vats to spur a dipping law.
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EB. M. Sellers
Morrisville Road
L. G. Prentice
Sellers
Senators Back $640 Million Aviation Bill
The senate military affairs committee endorsed immediate passage of the $640,000,000 aviation bill with nearly all members in favor. No further hearings will be held and leaders plan to move the bill to floor debate, likely tomorrow, in the same form it passed the house.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Senate
House
Hendricks Arrested on False Pretenses Charge
Sheriff Borders went to Birmingham to arrest J. T. Hendricks on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. A former Anniston resident allegedly claimed a railroad company owed him a large sum, using it as assets to borrow money. He faces a hearing in the court of common pleas next Friday.
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Hendricks
Court of Common Pleas
Organizer Held on Serious Charge in Draft Evasion Plot
Chicago July 17 federal agents arrested John Natchky on a charge of attempting to form an organization that would pledge members to shoot their officers and surrender to the Germans if drafted.
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Chicago
John Natchky
No Slacker Term Denied in U S Draft Policy
Washington officials state there is no place for the word slacker in the draft for the new national army. Military men declare any person who registers is available until exempted or declared unfit. The President’s proclamation forbids slacking via exemptions and asserts all registrants are needed unless disqualified.
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Washington
Conscript Trouble in Canada Montreal July 17
The dispatch reports conscription issues in Canada with mounting difficulties in Montreal. Authorities respond as tensions rise amid wartime draft enforcement. Page six continuation noted.
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Canada
Montreal
Farmers rush to join federal farm loan program
Additional applications for membership in the Calhoun County National Farm Loan Association are pouring in as farmers seek government loans on long term notes at low interest for farm improvements. Secretary Frank Leigh said the charter is expected any day and that initial borrowers will spur more signups.
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The
Calhoun County National Farm Loan Association
Frank Leigh
Association
Negroes Continue Moving North for Work and Family
Rail officials report ongoing migration of African Americans to northern states and to Oklahoma and Kansas for harvest work. Some wives join husbands after months apart, leaving gaps as cooks and house girls quit, forcing employers to cook meals themselves.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
North
Berlin Leader Michaelis Prepares Speech for Reichstag
A Berlin dispatch says Michaelis is holding talks with a party of leaders in Zurich in advance of his Reichstag address on Thursday. He will confer with Kaiser Wilhelm before the speech.
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Michaelis
Reichstag
Liberal Party
Amsterdam
Berlin
Zurich
Kaiser Wilhelm
Patrolman Freed After Killing Chief in Greenville
Greenville Mississippi July 17 C Wallace Mullen who shot and killed Chief of Police William A Chipman of this city last Thursday was discharged at a preliminary hearing by Justice O Bannon. Mullen admitted the killing and pleaded the unwritten law.
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Greenville
Mias
C. Wallace Mullen
William A. Chipman
O'Bannon
Justice For
Mullen
Chipman
Henry Clay Beattie Dips
Henry Clay Beattie 64 a father of Henry Clay Beattie Jr died today in a local hospital in Richmond He was a wealthy merchant and bank officer and was noted as the father of the condemned killer of his young wife.
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Richmond
Henry Clay Beattie
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Beattie
More Women Urgently Needed for Red Cross Supplies
A note from Anniston’s Red Cross workroom urges more women to aid in sewing for army base hospitals in France. Despite rain, dedicated volunteers work at machines to produce garments, with home sewing options available for those unable to attend in person.
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RED Cross
Tom Hood
Hood
Anniston
Star
Anne Kilby
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State Department
Trieste
Jamiana
Hindenberg
Vienna
Bethmann Hollweg
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Sibert
Kateer
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