No Alarm After U Boat Raid On Atlantic Coast
Navy Department reports five German submarines operated off the Atlantic coast with a total haul under ten vessels and only one large steamer. Despite the activity, no ships were attacked and lifeboats were spared. The raid failed to disrupt American troop and supply movements for France, and the navy has countered the U boat threat, eroding the Kaiser’s boast.
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Navy Department
Atlantic
France
North Atlantic
America
Far East athletes embrace games and unity across nations
The article notes widespread athletic enthusiasm in China Japan the Philippines Siam Java and Malaysia with baseball football volleyball and tennis. It highlights a trained director for Philippine athletics growing participation among 30000 plus girls and u s education as a path to national unity through sport. It cites Japan’s role in backing the Far Eastern Athletic Association and early 20th century interregional contests.
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Far East
China
Japan
Philippines
Siam
Java
Malaysia
United States
Islands
University of Tientelit
Far Eastern Athletic Association
Women as Soldiers and the Debate on Female Combat
A fragment discusses claims that women cannot be soldiers citing treachery among progressive women. It cites Mme Borove, a leader of a Rus wan battalion, and questions the harsh view on female discipline. The piece ends by arguing women can endure military action with level-headed resolve, while noting many men already fight.
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Ee S Oamnet
Railroads Accept Government Increases Amid War Strain
Public supports government staged wage and fuel cost hikes as McAdoo explains the 325 million and 160 million needs. The 25 percent freight rise and universal three cent passenger fare aim to sustain rail service postwar prosperity. Comer, once a fierce critic, remains silent as the policy shifts public rail ownership debates.
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Pub Ie
McAdoo
B. B. Comer
Birmingfiath
Alabama
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Tom” Kilby
New York Cotton Exchange
Hon
Comer
Worry Not About Him Brave Brothers and Duty
A wartime sermon from Rev. Lauchlan MacLean Watt of the Gordon Highlanders urges keeping faith in soldiers. He stresses true manhood and devotion, noting trenches may shock but steadfast hearts and unyielding duty bring closer the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Lauchlan MacLean Watt
Gordon Highlanders
Christ
Kingdom of Heaven
Up and Down Broadway and World War I in 1918
A Mobile letter from June 3, 1918, recounts a New York day full of sights from a street crowd and a parade to Hoover and Dolly sisters, then shifts to wartime taxation and cinema attendance. It argues increasing theatergoing boosts war taxes and cites examples from various cities, urging Mobilian readers to support the plan.
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New York
Samuel Pepys
Monte Carlo
Times Square
George Dorsey
London
Dolly Sisters
Q!donnell
Sir Herbert Hoover
Brooklyn
Sheepshead ‘Bay
Tappen’s
United States
Mobile
Mobilians
War drives buyers to embrace battered secondhand cars
The piece notes war sparked a rush to inexpensive used vehicles and junk items at police headquarters. A touring car, tree struck in Central Park years ago, sold for 101 dollars to a millionaire whose name was not given. A taxicab in battered condition went for 55 dollars. An art collector bought 50 cents for a buggy and 11 push carts in need of repair.
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Central Park
Letters to the Editor Urge Support for War Taxes on Theaters
Readers argue movie houses fund the war by paying rising taxes and urge citizens to attend films for recreation and government support. The letter notes theaters send monthly war tax payments of six to seven hundred dollars.
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the Tribune
United States
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Holcombe
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Burch & Hanlon
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Mobile, Ala
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Dauphin St
Page & Jones
Pajones
Mobile, Alabama, U. S. A
Magnolia Street
Washington Avenue
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Royal Street
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