Walker Percy Leads Alabama Bar Debate On Denson Letter
Alabama State Bar members debated a letter by Birmingham lawyer W A Denson accusing 100 corporation lawyers of control. Walker Percy led the attack while a motion to table failed 30 to 28 and a substitute upholding the judiciary passed. The session adjourned sine die after a barbecue as members urged judicial reforms and better law school standards.
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Alabama State Bar Association
W. A. Denson
Birmingham
Alabama
Bar Association
Walker Percy
Percy, Benners & Burr
Mr. Denson
North Alabama
Association
W. W. Callahan
E. W. Godbey
Decaturs
Deutschland deemed merchant submarine by US
Acting Secretary of State Polk ruled the German submersible Deutschland a merchantman and said it in Baltimore would be treated as such. He stressed the ruling applied only to this case and not as a general precedent, noting future submarines would be judged individually before any merchantman designation.
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Polk
Washington
Baltimore
Frank L. Polk
German Attacks on Verdun Front Repulsed Say French
Paria July 15 reports powerful German assaults along the Verdun front were repulsed by French forces. Four major attacks targeted Avecourt Wood Vaux Cllpritre wood and Apremont forest with heavy infantry and machine gun fire plus curtain artillery. In Fleury north of Fort Soubille the bombardment was described as extremely intense.
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Verdun Front
Avecourt Wood
Vaux
Clrpitre Wood
Apremont Forest
Mayor Hardage Orders City Cleanup To Prevent Epidemic
Mayor Hardage announced a citywide cleanup in New Decatur to forestall an epidemic risk from post rain conditions. Three refuse wagons will begin Monday to remove trash from alleys and continue until finished. Citizens are urged to help by placing refuse in barrels and boxes.
President to Name Muscle Shoals Nitrate Plant Site
The Wall Street Journal reports the President is expected to choose Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee river for the government nitrate plant valued at about 20 million dollars. The Alabama Power Company backs the site and Senators Underwood and Tillman have urged Muscle Shoals, with strong pressure for the water power potential influencing the decision.
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Wall Street Journal
Wilson
Muscle Shoals
Washington
Tennessee River
Alabama Power Company
Underwood
Alabama
Tillman
South Carolina
More Peace Talks Heard in Berlin
Copenhagen reports Danish correspondents in Berlin say peace efforts are gaining strength daily. A new peace propaganda group has been formed and its work is not being hindered by officials.
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International News Service
Copenhagen
Berlin
Tennessee River Falling Today Throughout Region
The Tennessee river began to fall today with the gauge at 19.2 in this area. Reports indicate the stream is dropping at all points this side of Chattanooga. Also from Philadelphia a case of infantile paralysis, involving a girl, has been discovered.
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Chattanooga
International News Service
Philadelphia
Preventive Measures Against Infantile Paralysis Warned
Dr. Frank P. Pettey health officer of New Decatur warns that infantile paralysis is contagious and uncurable by doctors. He advises nasal throat hygiene with peroxide or Dobells solution, fly control, cleaning premises, trimming vegetation, and keeping sick animals screened from flies to reduce transmission.
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Frank P. Pettey
New Decatur
Committee of One Hundred Form to Lobby for Nitrate Plant
Foster H. Pointer of Decatur and Mayor A. A. Hardage of New Decatur join a Muscle Shoals conference committee to press for locating the $20 million government nitrate plant at the Alabama site. The group, including Col. A. M. Shook as chair and Emmett ONeal among vice chairs, pledged over $10,000 for efforts and listed members from many Tennessee and Alabama towns.
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Foster H. Pointer
Decatur
A. A. Hardage
New Decatur
Wilson
Muscle Shoals
Col. A. M. Shook
Tracy City
Hector Collier Abandoned After Sinking Near Romain
A navy report from Master G. E. Newell states all aboard the collier Hector are safe after abandoning ship at 12:45 a.m. seven miles northeast of Romain. The vessel broke in two and was a total loss. 12 officers and 70 men plus 1 officer and 66 Marines were aboard, with three crew injured including a serious chief engineer and a fireman, and a carpenter with a broken leg.
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Hector
Romain
Cypress
Wilmington
Newell
Bryan
Charleston Navy Yard
Department
Richmond Named as New Decatur Replacement
At a mass meeting in New Decatur the city proposed name Richmond to replace Canton. Richmond won on the second ballot with over 100 voters participating. Council to set September 18 as the city election date for the change.
Capt Roy Horton Raised to the Rank of Major
An announcement from Montgomery states Capt Roy Horton of the Decaturs has been raised to major succeeding Maj N S Walker of the First battalion Fourth regiment who was mustered out for failure to pass physical exams Horton formerly held the rank of major in the Alabama national guard but resigned to serve Company EK He is regarded as a top military man in the state and would distinguish himself in Mexico War If any successor is named Lieutenant Brown is the senior officer of the company
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Alabama
E. W. Godbey
Decaturs
Godbey
Henry F. Reese
Committee On
Mr. Reece
Henry A. Sims
Borden Burr
Birmingham
Burr
Reese
Farrer
University Law Department
McDowell
Law Department
Montgomery
Roy Horton
N. 5S. Walker
Fewrth
Horton
Alabama National Guard
Der
Company EK
Mexico
Lieutenant Brown
Third Line of Defenses Taken to British Claim
London reports German forces on the Somme front have been driven back to their third line of defenses. Two thousand additional German prisoners are captured as English and French armies press from Hardecourt. German counterattacks near villages yesterday were repelled by intense artillery fire. Allies drive a large salient about 10 miles wide at the base and 3 to 6 miles deep.
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International News Service
London
Somme
War Office
Hardecourt
Water Power Bill Sent to Conference
The senate voted to disagree to the house water power bill and appointed Shields Bankhead and Nelson as conferees to adjust the differences over the measures.
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International News Service
Washington
Senate
Shields, Bankhead
Nelson
Inspectors in Brooklyn Battle Infantile Paralysis Rumors
In Brooklyn Fort Green residents accuse city health inspectors of spreading infantile paralysis as a protest committee forms amid a city wide inspection drive. At that time no paralysis cases had been reported before the health crusade began.
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Brooklyn
Health Department
Board of Health
New York Reports 144 New Poliomyelitis Cases
The health department reported 144 new infantile paralysis cases today, bringing the total to 1,862 since the epidemic began. There were 27 new deaths, lifting fatalities to 369.
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New York
Health Department
Paralysis cases rise in Mississippi state count
Meridian report says 75 new paralysis cases were announced today by Willis Walley the state sanitary inspector from Jackson Mississippi.
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Meridian
Miss
Willis Walley
Jackson
Missleippi
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