Local Draft Exemption Policy Set by General Crowder
General Crowder announces a hands off policy on draft exemptions with local boards handling queries and district boards interpreting industrial exemptions. Sheriff Borders to replace McCargo on the exemption board. A H Sheppard may be urged to serve.
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Washington
Crowder
Gen. Crowder
A. H. Borders
Hubbard
Remieve D. McCar&0
Lamar Jeffers
Fort McPherson
Sheriff Borders
McCargo
A. IT. Sheppard
Eclrcuit Court
Sheppard
City approves ordinances to regulate Sumics campside plans
Council lays out new rules as many seek permits to erect temporary structures near the camp buildings. The move aims to govern and tax the anticipated amusement resort development around the park.
City council enacts Camp McClellan traffic ordinance
The city council approved a traffic regulation ordinance for the highway to Camp McClellan. Major C L Dulin urged the measure, six special police will patrol the road, and violators will be arrested. Residents expect improved congestion control and safer transit near the camp.
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Scarbrough
Alabama Power Company
Thirteenth Street
Moore Avenue
Noble Street
Camp McClellan
Noble Streets
Mieming
C. L. Dulin
Niel P. Sternt
Hotel Alabama Change of Ownership and Plans
Hodge of West Point Miss buys the Hotel Alabama lease from Michael Clifford and pledges strict metro police oversight, with a new detective to maintain order and protect guests. The property, built 15 years ago, has about 100 rooms and will receive improvements under Hodge’s management.
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Alabama
Michael Clifford
Anniston
Mr. Hodge
William H. Zinn
Scoville Bros
Stubbs & Keene
F. G. Warden
C. H. Mitchell
Mitchell
Pelly Appointed Superintendent of Southern Division Railroads
Announcement from Memphis dated July 27 states John J. Pelly, former superintendent of the Memphis division of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, has been named Superintendent of the Southern Division of the Illinois Central in New Orleans. He succeeds L. Downs, reassigned to Chicago as Superintendent of the Northern lines.
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L. A. Downs
TL. C. Mephis
John J. Pelly
Memphis
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Southern Ac
Hitnois Central Railroad
Ce Sree
New Orleans
Mr. Pelly
L. Downs
Chicago
Northern Lines
Missouri Proclaims Patriotic Day and Food Conservation Drive
Governor Gardner issues a proclamation designating tomorrow as Patriotic Day in Missouri. The state urges all women to register for service and food conservation. In St Louis police organize house to house canvass to urge women to enlist in the conservation effort.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Goveror Gardner
Torpedo From Submarine Looms Toward Liner
A submerged torpedo was launched from a submarine and failed to dive. It drifted on the surface toward a liner and destroyed its target after washing ashore.
Dulin’s Orator Faces Off With Camp McClellan Crowd
The article describes a confrontation at Camp McClellan where two orators debated influencing five hundred men. Major Charles Dulin used patriotism to rally the crowd to return to work and prepare the camp for soldiers bound for New Orleans. A ringleader who urged the men to quit work was jailed for disturbing the peace.
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Charles Dulin
Union Station
New Orleans
Dulin
Fred Freeman
Wood settles issupp cantonment issue at Charlotte
General Wood wires Chief Engineer Ladue to proceed with construction of the cantonment at Charlotte, ending a week long controversy over the project.
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Charlotte
N. C
Wood
Engneer Ladue
Colonel Dalton Praises Camp Conditions in Southeast Tour
Colonel A C Dalton on a tour of camps in the Southeast expressed favorable impressions of conditions at Camp McClellan and in Anniston. He praised Major Charles Dulin for efficient work and noted the return of many men to duty after considering leaving for New Orleans.
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A. C. Dalton
Anniston
Camp McClellan
Dalton
Leonard Wood
Southern Department
Southeastern Department
Charles Dulin
New Orleans
Amusement Resort Planned Near Camp Clellan
Chicago capitalists seek to open a clean amusement resort near Camp Clellan to attract soldiers and visitors from Anniston and Jacksonville. The plan includes a pavilion for dancing or skating, Coney Island style amusements, and a swimming pool at the covered bridge entrance, pending army approval.
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Chicago
Campace- Clellan
Anniston
Jacksonville
Entente vows to fight on as war rages in Europe
London and Paris insist on crushing Germany and restoring territories as Ramsay MacDonald’s peace defeat and Asquith’s speech signal steadfast opposition to any peace. Kerensky wounded in Galician retreat as Kolomea fortress pressure mounts. Russo-Rumanians gain in Suchitza valley with Austro German advances reported in Galicia.
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London
Paris
Ramsay McDonald
House of Commons
Asquith
Geneva
Kolomea
Galicia
Delaytn
Gnita
Petrograd
Suchitza
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Ab Db
General Crowder
D. McCargo
Adjutant General
A. H Shep
Ordi
Ball Park
Tures
Counclil
Labama 13
T. L. Hodge
Glifford
Pases
Jaxonville Road
Major Dulin
Imously
Pribot
Busi
J. T. Gardner, Jr
Tom Ware
Idiot Baby
H. L
Hodge
West Point, Miss
Harry J. Hasselden
William Meter
North Normal Avenue
West Pullman
Colonel Dalton
Leon
Ard Wood
Aeourt
Jacksonville Pike
DT Vauch Hun
Kerensky
Kolo
MER
Suchita Valley
Germany
Budapest
Arest
Berlin
Vienna
Gelicia
Moldavia
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