Germans Press Life in Picardy and Flanders Fronts
London reports on May 13 that German artillery drives intensify across Picardy and Flanders while infantry attacks lessen. Dispatches note Austro German high command planning a dual opening on fronts and signaling broader alliance moves.
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International
Picardy
Flanders
Foch
International News Service
London
Amsterdam
International News
Berlin
Ministers Talk War and Faith in Twin Cities Sermons
Ministers in the Twin Cities urged prayer for Allied forces and Red Cross effort while stressing fidelity to the government. Sermons at West Side Presbyterian and Central Baptist addressed the war as moral conflict with passages about God’s laughter at calamity and warnings against pride amid victory.
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Twin Cities
Red Cross
H. R. Thompson
West Side Presbyterian Church
W. N. Shell
Christ
Central Baptist Church
Seneca Burr
Clara Worthington
W. P. Wilks
Potsdam
Zeebrugge Harbor Blocked by British Air Action
British airmen completed the blockade of Zeebrugge harbor by bombing the entrance on Sunday. A German dredge boat was sunk between two sunken steamers, and photographs show Bruges canal basins filled with German craft unable to sail. The dredge aimed to dig a hole beneath the sunken British cruisers Phigenia and Intrepid to trigger explosions.
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London
Zeebrugge
Bruges Canal
Ostend
Phigenia
Intrepid
Selectmen Called For Sunday Instruction Before Camp
The State Council of Defense and county chairman E. C. Payne call selectmen moving to camp on May 25 to attend two Sunday meetings for instruction. Albany Masonic Theatre opens at 1 PM, Hartselie at 4 PM. Speakers include a physician a military officer and a Red Cross representative.
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Masonic Theatre
Albany
Hartselle
Red Cross
Hartselie
Casualty lists detail 98 missing and 96 overseas names
Washington reports a casualty list of 18 names with 17 wounded and one missing. A larger overseas list totals 96 names with 38 missing and several dead or wounded. Capt. M. Deming of New York is listed as a prisoner of war. Southern soldiers include Private Forester, Duke, and Knight. Sunday’s list shows 84 names across KIA, dies of wounds, disease, other causes, and missing.
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Washington
M. Deming
New York
John Forester
Mountain City
Tenn
Green Duke
Campton
Grady W. Knight
Oglethorpe
George S. Shepard
North Easton
Mass
Walter M. Tenney
St. Albans
Hiram A. Miller
Newton Highlands
Silent Policeman Run Down by Speeding Auto
One of Decatur's new silent police men was struck and slightly disfigured Sunday night as an autoist sped away before license number could be obtained.
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Decatur
New Home Rule Scheme Outlined by War Cabinet Member
George N. Barnes, labor member of the war cabinet, proposed a federal home rule plan for the British Isles. It would create five separate Parliaments including an imperial parliament for the United Kingdom.
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International News Service
London
George N. Barnes
Labor
War Cabinet
British Isles
United Kingdom
American Forces To Be Held In Reserve For Big Drive
Washington reports from Ottawa claim the British cabinet plans a large Allied spring offensive with US forces kept in reserve until they exceed 1,000,000 men. Generals Pershing and Baker were said to be monitoring the situation as Italy and the United States prepare ready troops for the summer offensive.
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International News Service
Washington
Ottawa
Lord Reading
United States
Gen. Pershing
England
British War Cabinet
Reles
Italy
Baker
Mothers Day Observed Across Twin Cities Churches
Churches in the Twin Cities held Mothers Day services with special sermons and decorations. At Decatur First Presbyterian, "Memories of Mother" featured vocal solos by Mrs. R M McGlathery and Miss Ruth Banks, with Dr Shell delivering a sermon emphasizing women's contributions worldwide and biblical praise.
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Twin Cities
First Presbyterian Church
Decatur
Mother
R. M. McGlathery
Aline Camedy
Ruth Banks
China
Africa
Lowell
W. N. Shell
Borglum Promises New Aircraft Facts In Probe
Washington May 13. In a heated exchange Senators push toward the Chamberlain armed Senate Military Affairs inquiry into the aircraft program. Borglum’s open letter accusing the war department of a frame up intensifies the fight as he plans to present new facts through Senator Brandagee to compel explanations from Baker and subordinates.
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International News Service
Washington
Congressional
Thompson
Chamberlain
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Baker
Gutsor Borglum
Wilsolff
Borglum
War Department
Senate
Brandagee
Fourth Grade Pupils Raise Tobacco Fund for Soldier Boys
Fourth grade pupils in Albany public schools contributed 4.10 to a tobacco fund for the Fourth Alabama regiment. The money, turned over to the Daily, was sent to Miss Ruby Jones of Morgan county, who coordinates with the local unit’s tobacco drive.
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Albany Public Schools
Daily
Ruby Jones
Morgan County
Fourth
Alabama
Col Worthington to address Albany Board of Commerce
Col J W Worthington of Sheffield will speak at the Albany Board of Commerce meeting Thursday night. His work for locating the government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals has made him nationally prominent, and his appearance is expected to draw a large crowd.
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Col
J. W. Worthington
Sheffield
Muscle Shoals
Albany Board of Commerce
Henley
Col. Worthington
Postal increases may be suspended a year
Washington May 13 Suspension of the new postal rates for second class matter appeared likely in the senate today. Senator Watson of Indiana prepared to offer an amendment to the revenue bill that would suspend the increase in rates for a class of mail from July 1.
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Washington
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Volunteers Sought At Court House For Clerical Help
Volunteers needed at the court house on Tuesday morning at the office of the circuit clerk. The effort aims to provide clerical assistance and support to the courthouse staff. The notice invites several young ladies to participate and help the boys with office tasks.
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The
Heavy Ordna Cost Washington Largely At Six Million
A Washington project carried a heavy ordna cost totaling six million dollars. Officials noted the substantial expense and outlined budgetary implications for the upcoming fiscal plan.
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Moscow
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Petrograd
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