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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1918
Page
5
Gen Semenoff's anti Bolsheviki army claims occupation of Chita in Siberia. The city lies on the Trans Siberian railway near the Amur line and about 260 miles east of Lake Baikal, marking a strategic juncture in the region.
London reports show photographs of the Zeebrugge base and Bruges canal indicate the harbor remains bottled up since British raiders sank ships in 1918. The admiralty says most of the enemy submarine and torpedo craft using the Plenders coast have been immobilized at Bruges since the Zeebrugge blockage.
Omaha reports twelve persons killed and 25 injured in a Bloomfield Nebraska tornado Saturday night. Wires were wrecked causing 36 hour news delay. all victims lived on farms. More than 200 head of livestock perished as the storm damaged the region.
Jewell Jennings a drafted man and son of Deputy Sheriff W S Jennings was shot and seriously wounded at Valhermosa Springs yesterday afternoon by John Richards. The bullet passed through Jennings neck paralyzing one side. Details are not known here. Officers left for Walder moss Springs today to arrest Richards.
President Wilson signed the draft bill calling to the colors men who have reached 21 since the last registration day. General Crowder had already set June 6 for their registration as part of the mobilization plan.
A dispatch from Amsterdam reports twenty five people killed and 47 injured when Cologne was bombed by allied aircraft. The city suffered heavy damage.
Washington May 20 The nomination of Maj. Gen Peyton March acting chief of staff to be a full general and Maj Gen Tasker Bills chief of staff to be breveted general were sent to the senate by President Wilson this afternoon.
Rome reports Italian yards are turning out more wooden ships. In the first months of the year 36,000 tons of wooden ships were built, signaling a rise in naval construction.
The ex head master of Eton attacks the playing fields myth of empire growth and labels public school games as unnecessary when empire expansion occurred. Haileybury headmaster also protests excessive school athletic praise and blames parents for the trend.
Morgan County Council of Defense held a well attended meeting for drafted men at the Masonic Theatre. E C Payne and speakers Godbey Murray and Thompson outlined protections and services available before enlistment and referenced government safeguards for families and property.
Henry Schulman, a local produce dealer, said he was advised by the food administration that all farmers must candle eggs before selling. Eggs must be marketed at least weekly, or twice weekly if possible, and merchants must ensure all eggs they buy are candled. Boston, March 3. A rope walk worker at the Charleston Navy Yard wrote a verse posted near the plant drawing attention from sailors and civilians. HERE'S THE DOPE We make the rope That rings the bell That sounds the knell.
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