Camp Sheridan progress boosts Ohio division output
Ohio National Guard engineers advance camp setup at Camp Sheridan Montgomery as offices and quarters rise. Health reports show 88 illnesses among 3,654 Ohio soldiers with four serious cases. paymaster to distribute about 200000 dollars. Local reception by Montgomery’s Black community cited as inspiring.
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Montgomery
Sept. S
Ohio Engineers’ Corpu
Ohio
W. R. Smith
Pickett Springs Pavillion
Hall
Tennessee to Trach Coal Economy on Tour
The Tennessee Manufacturers' Association with the University of Tennessee and the U S Bureau of Mines starts a state tour from Johnson City to train steam coal users to cut coal use while preserving power. Tennessee manufacturers consume about 750 000 tons annually and aim to cut 16 to 20 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Manufacturers’ Asociation
University of Tennesee
United States Bureau of Mines
Johnson City
Tennessee
Tennesee
Memphis hosts national postal workers convention
Memphis Tennessee opens the annual convention of the National Federation of Postal Employees. Delegates from almost every state attend the event as sessions run through Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
National Federation of Postal Employes
New Orleans Bunch Tops Camp McClellan Builders
A colorful profile extols the New Orleans contingent at Camp McClellan on Labor Day. It praises their energy and patriotism as the “Who’s Who” of builders who arrived to aid construction and modernization of the camp, contrasting New Orleans culture with wartime duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Tulane University
Rampart Street
Bull
Camp McClellan
Anniston
Labor Day
Camp Sheridan prepares to greet Ohio National Guard commander
Montgomery awaits Major General G C Treat as he travels from Hawaii to Montgomery to assume command at Camp Sheridan. The city plans a large reception while local draft boards announce the first five percent of draftees to report to Camp Gordon and Camp Pike.
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Montgomery
Ala
G. C. Treat
Camp Sheridan
Ohio National Guard
United States
Hawaii
Montgomery Chamber of Commerce
Treat
San Francisco
W. R. Smith
Ohio
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Walter A. Clifton
Benjamin F. Ellis
Lawrence Kelly
Demitrious N. Leonsis
M. 8. Brassell
Felix J. Sellers
John A. Sankey
H. I Flinn
George P. McManus
Edward J. Kane
Leonsis
Kelly
Braswell
McManus
Montgomery County
Asia Minor
Melea
America
Pittsburgh Boy Among U-boat Victims In War Loss
Fred Stephen Jacobs of Pittsburgh served as a gunner on the Campana when the German U-boat U-2 sank the tanker. He and five crew members were captured and later all aboard the U-2 perished after a French patrol boat retaliated. Jacobs enlisted July 6, 1915, and had made several Atlantic crossings aboard the vessel before its loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Stephen Jacobs
Pittsburgh
Jacobs
Navy
Lauderdale County Progress: New Schools and Roads Planned
Lauderdale County prioritizes education and roads with plans for twelve new schools led by Waterloo at 5000 dollars and four thousand dollar buildings in Cloverdale Grassy and Green. Roads from Florence to surrounding farmland include Cloverdale 14 miles Waterloo 12 miles plus Jackson Highway and Huntsville Road, crews averaging 50 men.
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Florence
Ala
Lauderdale County
Waterloo
West Lauderdale
Cloverdale
Grassy
Green
Mt.Bethel
Confluence
Blackburn
Jackson Highway
Huntsville
Movement of New Jersey Guardsmen to Camp McClellan
Telegraphic advices from Seagirt New Jersey report Brig Gen Charles W Barber ordered several Jersey guardsmen to move to Annigton at once. Three infantry companies one cavalry squadron one engineers company and a division HQ troop prepare for entrainment. They likely reach Camp McClellan by Thursday due to prior conflicting orders.
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Seagirt
N. J
New Jersey
Charles W. Barber
Jersey
Annigton
Camp McClellan
Gelay
Woman Accused of Stealing Man's Wife Stuns Union
Emiline Meller a schoolteacher faced charges from saloonkeeper Philip Noeth that she hypnotized his wife leading to desertion with four children. She resigned teaching post and disputed the claim saying his cruelty drove the wife away. School board members heard the case and considered the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union HI
N. J
Emiline Meller
Philip Noeth
Newly Commissioned Officers Arrive at Camp McClellan
One hundred fifty four young officers, recently trained at Camp Meade and Baltimore, arrive at Anniston and Camp McClellan to staff expanded national army units. They are registered at the Divisional Adjutant and stand ready for duties yet undefined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Meade
Anniston
McClellan
National Army
Camp McClellan
Emotional Nature Attributed To Miss Moller In Correspondence
Correspondence between two women described Miss Moller as highly emotional, noting her temperament in private letters. The fragment emphasizes personality over event, identifying Moller's marked emotional nature.
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Colonel Fisher
Army Sanitary Department
Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Buckeye
Ohtoe
Houta
Fifth Infantry
Dana T. Merrill
Alabama
Caldwell
R. R. Moton
City Auditorium
McMahen
Montgomerians
Crescent City
Canal Street
Iberville Street
Information Bureau
Court Square
N. Jersey
Birmingham
Baltimore
Marshall
Manufactur
ING Company
Rome, GA
Bessie B. Anew
Bawes
Fred A . Chatta
Cena
Lume
For Government of
Mobile, Ald
General Contractors
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