Germans Balked in Big Sweep to Paris
Paris reports the German drive toward Paris halted as French lines gain ground along the Aisne and Marne. Crown Prince operations falter with repeated Allied counterattacks between Ourcq and the Marne, fierce fighting near Soissons, and French recapture at Favorelles. Mr. Choisy also cited in French hands after a bloody battle.
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International News Service
Paris
Aisne and
Marne
Ourcq
Soissons
Favorelles
Mr. Choisy
Register Refuses to Publish Reply From F Johnston
Birmingham paper withholds a prominent Alabama citizen's reply to an anti amendment campaign. F Johnston criticizes editorial stance urging vigilance against constitutional erosion. He denounces perceived sympathy with German autocracy and argues self-determination in America remains essential.
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Register
F. Johnston
Forney Johnston
Mobile Register
Johnston
1800 Rock Island shopmen strike over wage award
More than 1800 Silvis shop workers walk out at noon demanding 75 cents per hour minimum and overtime pay after eight hours. They seek revision of the wage award of 55 cents hourly and tie up work across the Rock Island system, in concert with other railroads. The walkout follows petitions to Director General McAdoo, despite appeals by officials.
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Millinix
Washington
Silvis
Rock Island
Mobile Public Library funds debated by city commission
The Mobile city commission approved a substitute resolution to fund the library at 50 dollars monthly instead of 25, while critics warned the city cannot take on more debt. Mayor Lyons backed the measure despite opposition from Commissioner Crawford and Pillans. The action leaves the library's future uncertain as representatives respond to the petition.
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Mobile Public Library
Pat J. Lyons
George
Matt Mahormner, Jr
Crawford
Harry Pillans
Lyong
Chesey, Earl and Helmbach
Arlington
Wright Smith
James E. Duggan
Dan
Lehan
Ahearn
Lyons
John Duff
U boats feared to attack Gulf Coast after Delaware chase
Washington reports submarines driven from New Jersey waters may strike Gulf of Mexico vessels. Patrols tightened to protect ships to Mobile Pensacola and New Orleans from Cuban and South American ports as officials warn U boats could appear in the Gulf.
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Jersey Waters
Gulf Coast
International News Service
Washington
Navy
Gulf of Mexico
Patro
Delaware
New Jersey
United States Navy
Gulf
Mobile
Pensacola
New Orleans
Americans Defend Paris Against German Attacks At Neuilly
American troops hold back German assaults near Neuilly and along the Marne as French forces report heavy losses for the enemy. Germans cross the river at one point but are repulsed by American units. Between the Aisne and Ourcq, Germans seize Pernant and La Poterie as French lines bend under violent pressure. A western counterattack by Americans breaches the German front in the Champagne salient, signaling possible disarray if pressed.
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Paris
Neuilly
Marne
France
Aisne
Ourcq
Pernant
la Poterie
Champagne
Two Mobileians on Board Victim of Submarine
Mrs. Peter Joseph Hamilton and her daughter Carlotta, wife and daughter of Judge Peter Joseph Hamilton, were aboard the New York Porto Rico liner Carolina. Rumor spreads they were among eighteen passengers landed at Lewes Delaware after a suspected torpedo strike off the American coast. The Hamilton family in Mobile confirms the woman’s identity via relatives in Mobile and a New York telegram from Peter Hamilton.
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Atlantic
New York
Porto Rico
Carolina
Cape Mary
Lewes
Delaware
Savannah Line
City of Columbus
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Savannah
City of Rome
Oee
Herbert L. Pratt
Edward H. Cole
Hattie Dunn
Isabel Wiley
Jacob H. Haskell
Edna Hauppage
Texel
Winnecome
Atlantic City
Peter Hamilton
Judge Hamilton
Mobile
Port of Mobile Open Despite Submarine Threat
The customs office stated on Tuesday afternoon that the port of Mobile had not been ordered closed despite reports that enemy submarines causing havoc off the Jersey Coast were heading toward the Gulf of Mexico.
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Jersey
Gulf of Mexico
Office of
Mobile
Drowning Reported in Three Mile Creek Near Spencer's Mill
Sheriff W H Holcombe received a phone call reporting a boy drowned in Three Mile Creek near Spencer's mill on the Telegraph road. No name or details were given. Deputies were sent to the scene to investigate.
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Three Mile Creek
Census Bureau Reports Big Cotton Crop Prospects
Washington June 4 The government report on the cotton crop to May 25 shows eighty two and three tenths percent of normal. The report also indicates prospects of a bumper crop.
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Census Bureau
Three Killed in Action in Casualty List
The War Department casualty list released today reports three men killed in action, two died of wounds, six from disease, and nineteen from accidents. Eight were severely wounded, one slightly hurt, and one captured. Sidney Scales of Stone Mountain Ga died from disease. Jim Roberts of Athens Ala was severely wounded.
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Sidney Scales
Stone Mountain
Jim Roberts
Athens
Ala
Birmingham Leader Named to War Industry Zone
Washington June 4. Section Chief Otis of the Resources and Conservation Division of the War Industries Board announced the heads of the industrial zones to supervise the placing of war orders. M. W. Bush of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce heads the zone.
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International News Service
Washington
Otis
The
Resources and Conservation
War Industries Board
M. W. Bush
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Retail Clerks’ Association of Mobile Elects Officers
A large attendance at Knights of Columbus Hall heard the Retail Clerks’ Association of Mobile schedule upcoming officer elections. The exact election date will be announced later.
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Retail Clerks’ Association of Mobile
Knights of Columbus Hall
British Guns Booming Amid Frontline Artillery Activity
London report from June 4 says German artillery is extremely active in the Albert and Serre sectors. The British official war office statement confirms heightened bombardment and ongoing combat along the Western Front.
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Sy International News Service
London
Albert
War Office
Wheatless Days Ordered for Hotels and Restaurants
An official order by J H Brockamp, chair man of the hotel and restaurant meat, bans wheat in any form at all hotels and restaurants for two days weekly. Wheat products will be allowed only on Mondays and Wednesdays each week.
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J. H. Brockamp
Nash Bond Granted After Federal Indictment Draft
Thomas Nash, a painter, released on $250 bond after being held to await action of the federal grand jury next November on charges he made statements tending to create disloyalty and disrespect for the United States government.
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Thomas Nash
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Police chase ends with three officers injured on Government street
Police Sergeant Charles Schreiner was badly injured and Detectives M. Rabby and Robert Holmes hurt during a chase of a speeding car on Government street. Schreiner remained in hospital. Rabby returned to duty after treatment for a facial wound, while Holmes was hospitalized.
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Charles Schreiner
M. Rabby
Robert Holmes
Government Street
Schreiner
Virginia and
Michigan Avenue
Flivver
Robby
Schriner
Inges Bondurant Hospital
Holmes
Rabby
Submarine Raids Fail to Halt U S Overseas Shipping
Washington officials report that Germanys submarine raids in American waters have failed to stop U S movements overseas. They expect continued submarine activity and a new menace, but believe supply and transport routes remain active from Mexico to Europe.
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Washington
Germany
American
Villacoats
Mexico
Europe
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Carlotta
Peter Joseph
Hamilton
Porto
Rico
Government Street Presbyterian Church
Plummer Burgett
Rober Burgett
J. Irwin Burgett
Port OF Mobile
Collector of Customs
Mile Creek
W. H. Holcombe
Spencer’s Mill
the Gov
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Nash
Bond
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