Mobile shipyard boom fuels wartime growth and dry pledge
Mobile swells as shipyards, concrete ships and steel plants surge along the waterfront. Payroll nears 130000 dollars weekly with expected doubling in three months as Tennessee Coal and Iron and others pour capital into Mobile county. Crowded shops, rising wages, and preserved low prices contrast with bootlegging crackdowns and a hard dry stance enforced by Police Chief O Shaughnessy.
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Mobile
Bostit
Chickasabouge
Mobile County
Tennessee Coal and Iron Com
Alabama
Aes
Pabt
Savings Account Thrift Practice Encouraged by Institution
Start practicing thrift today with a Savings Account offered by the institution. Open an account and begin saving regularly to build financial discipline and future security.
Hindenburg Wins Cemeteries and Foch Saves Men
Paris June 3. German forces cross the Aisne river on the southern front and improve defensive positions with no decisive gain for the Allies. Von Hindenburg seeks heavy casualties for limited ground, while General Foch can sacrifice ground to prevent greater losses.
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Hindenburg
Foch
Paris
Aisne
Esetor
von Hindenburg
Berry-au-Bac
Berryau-Bach
Amiens
Hasebrouck- Ypres
Yankee Navy Craft Veiled In Camouflage Cirque
An International News Service report from Washington on June 3 says the U S Navy credits camouflage work for convoy protection to France. Sailors describe Admiral Sims fleet as Sim's circus with ships painted as animals in varied colors to deceive enemies while guiding convoys across the Atlantic.
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Admiral Sim
Sim's
Ten Entrained Sunday for Army Service
Ten men left Mobile Sunday for state headquarters of the army recruiting service for final examination and assignment. Six were from Mobile. Albert Imahorn J F McRae Walter T Byrd Albert Robinson Albert A Stanton and Davis E Rowland left from Mobile. Harmon Hanson Dahone Lester McKenzie Wheelerville Thomas Tonlin Atmore Harold A Richardson Bay Minette will serve in engineer infantry coast artillery or quartermaster units.
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Mobile
Army Recruiting Service
Sergeant Maguire
Albert P. Imahorn
J. F. McRae
Walter T. Byrd
Albert Robinson
Albert A. Stanton
Davis E. Rowland
Harmon Hanson
Dahone
Lester McKenzie
Wheelerville
Thomas Tonlin
Atmore
Harold A. Richardson
Bay Minette
Tonlin
Stanton
Rowland
Coast Artillery Corps
Quartermaster'’S Corps
Mrs Annie Charles Hunt Curry Passes Away in Mobile
Mrs Annie Charles Hunt Curry a Monroe county native and ten year Mobile resident died at 5 30 Sunday morning at 1064 Dauphin street She is survived by her son Ben Walker Curry a well known attorney of the city The remains will go to Brewton for interment.
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Annie Charles Hunt Curry
Monroe County
Mobile
Dauphin Street
Mobile woman dies in Oklahoma after Mobile renown
Mrs. J. E. Kenelly, well known in Mobile, died last Wednesday in Coyle Oklahoma. She leaves a husband a daughter a son her mother Mrs. M. C. Thomas of Gulfport Mississippi and one sister Mrs KK Cc Harris of Mobile.
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Mobile
Coyle
Okla
J. E. Kenelly
M. C. Thomas
Gulfport
Miss
KK. Cc. Harris
Death of Stanley H Whiting Aged 3
Stanley Herndon Whiting, the 3 year old son of Mr and Mrs Wythe L Whiting, died Sunday night at 11 after a brief illness.
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Stanley Herndon Whiting
Stanley Herndon
Wythe L. Whiting
Funeral of Mrs Mary Brocker Held at St Matthew's
The funeral for Mrs Mary Brocker was held from Theodore Brocker's Easton Street home at 2:30 pm and at St Matthew's Church at 3:00 pm with Rev John W Dunne. Interment followed in Magnolia Cemetery amid numerous floral tributes. pallbearers listed. The article also notes the death of Richard Lewis Wood, age 18 months, at 402 Marine Street with burial planned in Magnolia Cemetery.
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Mary Brocker
Theodore Brocker
Easton Street
Gayle
St. Matthew's Church
John W. Dunne
Magnolia Cemetery
Mhany
William McQuillan
Thomas Rutherford
Carl Eisenreich
Richard Lewis Wood
Richard J
Emma Wood
Marine Street
Gas Masks For All Horses And Mules Of U S Forces
Washington June 3 The gas defense service states that every horse and mule in the American expeditionary forces will receive a gas mask. Daily production reaches 5 000 masks with large shipments to France under the War Department. The mask is described as the most effective type yet devised and able to neutralize all known gases affecting animals. It is designed to fit even when the animal is unbridled and is expected to save many lives on the picket line.
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New York
Army
Naval Flying Corps
Naval
Fort Morgan
United States Guard
Revenue Cutter Service
Mobile
Gulf City
Washington
Gas Defense Service
France
War Department
Hungas
Summer School Opens at Yerby This Morning
Mobile public schools opened six week summer sessions at Yerby School this morning. All pupils below high school grades qualify and graduates of recognized high schools may train as teachers. The program aims to train inexperienced persons for public school teaching.
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Mobile Public
Yerby School
Senator Borah calls Congress to crush profiteering
Idaho Senator Borah urging Congress to stay until profiteering is eliminated cites President Wilson and introduces a resolution asking the Treasury secretary to provide Senate with all information on profiteering. He says the president’s statement makes clear the profiteer is here and must be dealt with.
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International News Service
Washington
Wilson
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
Notice to Mariners Horn Island Range North Buoy Replaced
Notice to mariners reports the Horn Island Range North Buoy out of position on May 29 1918 and to be replaced as soon as practicable. References Co G S Chart No 189 Buoy List 8th District 1916 p 25 Coast Pilot Part EB 1916 p 90 By order B B Dorry Inspector If you are looking for a job put a Want in The Tribune.
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Mississippi
Mississippi Sound
Horn Island Range
G. S
B. B. Dorry
Alabama
John McDuffie
Monroeville
Ala
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