Albany World War Bond Oversubscription Tops County Totals
Morgan County reports an oversubscription of at least 100 percent in the third Liberty Loan drive with Albany exceeding its quota by 200 percent. County total subscriptions reach 531,400 with 1,330 individual subscribers, Albany alone contributing over 14,000 and total county quota 267,450.
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Morgan County
Clyde Hendrix
Albany
Bloodworth
Liberty Loan
Hendrix
Decatur
Hartselle
War loan breaks records with broad farmer support
Washington reports the United States subscribes to the largest war loan in history without bank aid. A per capita response of one in six, and a treasury total of 3,316,628,250, with the Atlante district leading and counties over-subscribed. final figures due May 13.
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International News Service
Washington
United States
Treasury
Atlante
Peap Committee
Every Alabama County Fully Subscribed to Liberty Loan
Montgomery May 6 It is believed that every county in Alabama over subscribed its quota to the third Liberty Loan Full state totals are not yet available as reports come in slowly
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Montgomery
Alabama
U S Supreme Court affirms draft power to send soldiers abroad
Washington May 6. In a sweeping decision the court upholds Congress power to prosecute the war without limit and overrules an appeal claiming the selective draft law could not compel a man to go abroad to fight.
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International News Service
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Browning Machine Gun Scandal Revealed To House Panel
Washington May 6 Gen Dixon of the ordnance department testified to the House military affairs committee that a production failure in heavy Browning machine guns was comparable to the fall down of the aircraft program.
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International News Service
Washington
Gram
House Military Affairs Committee
Gen. Dixon
The
Ordnance
President Orders Probe Into Aircraft Board Work
The White House directs the attorney general to cooperate with the Senate Military Affairs Committee in a sweeping probe into the aircraft board. The move follows charges raised by sculptor Gutzon Borglum at the President’s request regarding FAA oversight.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Gutzon Borglum
Captain Simrell Wyatt Heads to London for War Training
Capt Simrell Wyatt, chosen by medical officers at Camp Taylor Louisville to study cardio vascular diseases in London under Sir James Mackenzie and Dr. Thomas Lewis, will embark from an eastern port after visiting his parents. He will join his unit in France upon arrival in Europe. The assignment is a distinguished government honor.
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Simrell Wyatt
Camp Taylor
Louisville
London
L. B. Wyatt
Wyatt
James Mackenzie
Thomas Lewis
Hhis
France
Europe
Russian Black Sea Fleet Captured Confirmed
London reports the Russian Black Sea fleet has been captured intact in Constantinople. The dispatch says the former German cruiser Geeben participated in the action. The Clowes Oval Manual notes the fleet consisted of ten battleships, four cruisers, and over 40 destroyers.
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International News Service
London
Constantinople
Geeben
Booster Edition Locates Lost Boy in Sheffield
The booster edition of the Daily reports the return of Clifton Nichols, an Albany boy, to his uncle T. M. Foust of the A. Z. Bailey Grocery. A Sheffield resident notified authorities, and the boy was brought back yesterday.
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Lost Boy
Sheffield
Clifton Nichols
Albany
T. M. Foust
A. Z. Bailey Grocery Company
Daily
Record-Breaking Crowd Hears Dr Thompson on France Trip
Dr H R Thompson spoke to a packed Central Baptist Church audience about his voyage to the battlefields and transport life to France. Captain Thompson cited Red Cross workers who kept soldiers warm with coffee buns sweaters helmets and yarn socks, praising their service amid wartime strain. Continued on Page 4.
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Tral Baptist Church
H R. Thompson
France
Capt. Thompson
Captain Thompson
Red Cross
Two Southerners Among War Casualty List
Washington May 6 Eighty eight names are on the war department casualty list. Three men were killed in action three died of wounds 15 reported missing nine succumbed to disease two were victims of accident one died from other causes four severely wounded and 48 slightly wounded. Two southern names appear Abraham Joseph Moss Point Mississippi who died of disease and Lieut William L Staggers Benton Alabama missing in action.
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International News Service
Washington
War Department
Abraham Joseph
Moss Point
Miss
William L. Staggers
Benton
Ala
Angelus Ring Across Lutheran Churches Sparks National Prayer
The Angelus at 6 pm rings in Lutheran churches nationwide calling worshipers to prayer. The benediction voice invokes God bless our President and soldiers and leads a supplication for guidance and protection.
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Angelus
United States
Four White Men Sought for Special Military Service
The county exemption board calls for four white volunteers for a state university and Tuscaloosa training program to prepare for army auto repair and mechanical duties. Eligible registrants urged to report to the local board for voluntary induction by May 8, with a six o'clock deadline.
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State University “& Tuscalooga
Patriotic Address by Rev Hyde Set for Decatur Event
John D Wykey announced that Rev Cc B Hyde president of Decatur Hosiery Mills will speak Wednesday in Decatur. He will give a patriotic address at either the First Presbyterian church or the Decatur City hall that evening.
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John D. Wykey
Cc. B. Hyde
Decatur Hosiery Mills
Decatur
First Presbyterian Church
Decatur City
Paris Shelled by Long Range Gun Quiet for Three Days
Paris reports a long range gun that had bombarded the city has been silent for three days. The lull is seen as confirmation of a direct hit from French artillery. It marks the third of the Big Berthas knocked out. Dutch reports say other giant guns are en route to the front.
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Ates
Flanders
France
Somme
Ancre
Bethune
Locon
Lawre
Picardy
Trivesnes
Amiens
International News Service
London
Germany
England
Belgium
Holland
Hague
Alsace-Lorraine
Austro-Hungary
Italy
Balkan
Africa
Asia Minor
Kio Chau
China
Berlin
Paris
French and American troops clash near Anchin farm front
Paris reports say French lines southeast of Anchin farm repelled a violent bombardment as German attackers pressed. A London dispatch claims American troops are near Amiens south of Grivenes and west of Idier. Wounded Germans arrive as various schools are turned into hospitals.
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International News Service
Paris
Mans
Anchin Farm
French War Office
London
Amiens Battle Field
Grivenes
Idier
Dispatch
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Decatur Boosters Club
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Decatur Ice Cream and Creamery Co
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Dr. C. P. Hyd
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