Cowley and Son Retires Founder from Mobile Butcher Firm
John Cowley retires after nearly fifty years with Cowley and Son a Mobile retail butcher operating at Southern Market. The firm formerly Cowley and Son will continue at the same location with Stan P Cowley and Fenn Cowley as remaining partners.
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Mobile
Cowley and Son
Cowley
Grre Fenn Cowley
Stan
P. Cowley
Firm
Raher
Busi
First Big Ship to Take Water at Mobile Plant
Workmen and management boast strong support for the build as a night shift nears. The ship is aimed to launch on July 4 with a large Mobile celebration planned to mark Independence Day and an answer to the Kaiser.
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Ned
Mobile
Germans resume raids on Paris with double attack
Paris faced a fourth consecutive night of German raids as two squadrons approached in a twin assault. The second squadron dropped bombs in the Paris district while defensive actions continued nearby.
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HMS
Paris
International News Service
Mobile County Draft Board Replies to Criticism Over Family Separation
George B. Toulmin, chairman, answers criticism of the Mobile County Draft Board for placing a married man with dependent wife and child in Class 1. He states the board’s policy favors deferment for married men with bona fide dependents and cites the registrant’s own statements and neighbors’ information as basis for decision. The board asserts it acted with fairness regardless of social position or other factors.
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George B. Toulmin
Mobile County Draft Board
The
Tribune
Selective Service
Camp Sevier
Toulmin
Tech
Kaiser Watches Big Guns Batter Rheims
Kaiser Will helm with Crown Prince and Field Marshal von Hindenburg watched Rheims from a German concealment as artillery hammered the city. The dispatch from Zurich says the bombardment lasted about thirty minutes and the destruction was observed from a high point within German lines.
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Rheims
International News Service
London
Kaiser Willhelm
von Hindenburg
Paris Expects Rapid Turnaround After Day One German Drive
Paris reports cautious optimism as German gains on day one of the offensive prompt Allied countermeasures. Generalissimo Foch is viewed as having the situation in hand as reserves are deployed and progress slows on both wings. The morning tone suggests a planned renewal of the push within forty eight hours.
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Paris
Foch
Picardy
General Schwab Urges Mobile Shipyard Support and Community Efforts
General Schwab delivers a message to Mobile shipbuilders and citizens calling for full local service to aid shipbuilding during the national emergency. He outlines plans to award shipbuilders, organize local committees, run school essays on shipping, mobilize labor, address housing and transportation, and speed up supply deliveries from Maryland to Texas. Pershing’s cable of congratulations accompanies the message.
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Maryland
Texas
United States
Charles M. Scwab
Pershing
America
General Pershing
Dr. Owens
Violence on Pinto Island Spurs Arrests and Shipyard drive
A clash on Pinto Island between African Americans and white workers ends with police and U S guards securing the area. Thirteen negroes are jailed for disorderly conduct while injuries to several men are treated at local hospitals. The piece also details shipyard efforts, community efforts, and a July 4 celebration plan tied to federal shipbuilding programs.
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United States
Pinto Island
Eslava Street
Mobile
Commercial Congress
Tick inspectors bond decision in Mobile county
Mobile county commissioners consider placing tick inspectors under a 500 dollar bond after a petition from 82 farmers alleges negligence in cattle dipping. The board delayed action pending the attorney general's opinion amid debates on who bears responsibility for potential losses.
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Mobile County
Bombardment by Entente Flyers Impacts German People
Official dispatches state that aerial bombardment of German towns by Entente aviators is having a very marked effect on the German people. The report comes from Washington on June 1.
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Washington
American Aviator Downs German Plane Near Toul
In France near Toul on June 1 an American aviator attacked a German aircraft from behind and emptied his gun, sending the Bowie machine crashing earthward as intense fighting raged along the American lines.
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France
Newton Parke
Toul
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