Formal announcement to public by Crowder Thursday
A June 5 international dispatch reports General Enoch H. Crowder will issue a formal call to colors tomorrow for 205,000 service men. Training and mobilization commence January 24, with assignments to camps nationwide except Arizona. The June total reaches 265,000 men.
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Crowder
Ternational News Service
Washington
Fet
Provessoal
Enoch H. Crowder
Mavangus
Ace
Arizona
German Push Paused as Allies Hold Aisne Front
Paris dispatch notes a temporary pause on the Aisne-Marne front with a broader aim to press against Montdidier soon. Military experts foresee a new blow against the Montdidier area while Germany relies on reserves near Soissons and Rheims, as French forces prepare counter moves.
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Paris
Aisne-Marne
Montdidier
Soisson Rheims
Rheims
Daniels vows to keep road to France open despite U boat menace
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels declared the Atlantic supply lanes to France would stay open regardless of German submarine activity. He asserted the great task of keeping roads for food and pace would be accomplished, amid national resolve to protect coastal shores.
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Ews Service
Washington
France
Germany
Atlantic
Josephus Daniels
Tod
America
Dauss Torpedoed Off Delaware Capes by German U-boat
The American schooner Dauss was found floating off the Delaware capes after a German U-boat torpedo strike. The fate of its crew remains unknown. The schooner Edna, once reported submarine, has reached an Atlantic port safely.
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New York
Dauss
Delaware Capes
Edna
Atlantic
Box Car Robbers and Cow Thief Convicted in Plateau
Sam Wilcox was found guilty of robbing a house in Plateau with sentence withheld. Rayford Sanders and others held for looting an M and O freight car of a tierce of lard were also convicted with sentence to be determined later. Foster stood trial for stealing Margaret Watkins dairy cow, with the hide and head shown in court.
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Sam Wilcox
Plateau
Rayford Sanders
Reedy Ross
Norman Ross
Dan Williams
Sanders
Will Foster
Margaret Watkins
Foster
German Artillery Active North of Scarpe and Lys
Allied report says German guns fired heavily last night along the Scarpe and Lys fronts and canal sectors from Morris to Ypres Comines. British raiders penetrated enemy trenches near Lens and the LaBasse canal while German raiders were repulsed near Marlancourt.
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International News Service
London
Scarpe and
Lys
Morris and
Ypres-Comines Canal
Lens
LaBasse Canal
Marlancourt
Draft registration figures from city and county boards
A total of 345 men were registered by the county and two city draft boards at 2 oclock Wednesday. City board 105 and second city board 80 accounted for the numbers. Officials expect a rush of registrations in the late afternoon.
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First City Board
Second City Board
County Board
Survivors of Carolina Liner Landed at New York
The Navy department announced that 265 survivors from the New York Porto Rico liner Carolina were landed at New York this morning by the schooner Douglas.
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Washington
Navy Department Today
Carolina
New York
Douglas
Speeders Fined in Inferior Court
R. C. Finlayson and Houston Reynolds were each fined $5 and costs of court for violating the state auto law in the inferior court.
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R. C. Finlayson
Houston Reynolds
Ed Murray Receives One Year In Sentences
Ed Murray was sentenced to one year across three cases with fines of 51 dollars or 30 days hard labor in each. One sentence included six months extra hard labor to be served in six months. He appealed all three, posting a $150 bond for one case.
Mayor Endorses Ku Klux Klan Parade in Mobile
Mayor Pat J. Lyons praised the Mobile Ku Klux Klan branch parade as beneficial saying it was the best thing they could have done. He claimed the event closed mouths of dangerous people and would not mind if parades occurred three times weekly as its impact was enormous. The Mobile procession was the first in the South since the Civil War and followed by similar displays in Montgomery and other cities.
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Pat J. Lyons
Ku Klur Klan
Mobile
South
Montgomery
Miss Erline Wilson Named Assistant Clerk in Inferior Court
Miss Erline Wilson was today appointed assistant clerk of the inferior court by Edward J. Huet who succeeded Fred W. Hermann and took up duties June 1. Wilson was formerly employed in the sheriff's office.
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Erline Wilson
Edward J. Huet
Fred W. Hermann
Miss Wilson
Sheriff’s Office
16 Dead and 11 Injured After Torpedoed Steamer Carolina
New York reports indicate sixteen dead and eleven missing from the torpedoed steamer Carolina.
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Carolina
International News Service
New York
Tom Williams Sentenced for Robbery and Attempted Murder
Tom Williams, a Black man, was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary for grand larceny in a circuit court. He had robbed Jake Zuckerman, a grocer, and later tried to shoot Officer Clarke. Detective Reese Dawson recovered the weapon after Williams took it from Clarke. Andrew Williams, held with him, was discharged.
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Tom Williams
Jake Zuckerman
Toxey Clarke
State Penitentiary
Thas
Andrew Williams
Tom Wiliams
Clarke
Reese Dawson
Offer Clarke
Ambassador Egan Resigns Danish Post
Ambassador Egan resigns from his post in Copenhagen announcing plans to return home. The move comes amid a reshuffle in diplomatic assignments as Washington reshapes its overseas team.
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Egan
Denmark
Red Cross Dues Authorized To John E Mitchell
The executive committee of the Red Cross fund appoints John E Mitchell as agent with full authority to collect dues. Mitchell acts as office secretary at 72 St Michael Street and will seek prompt payment at maturity to avoid personal notices. S. H. Peck chairs the drive.
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Red Cross Fund
John E. Mitchell
Red Cross
Mitchell
Levy Iy
St. Michael Street
S. H. Peck
39 Killed in Action Listed by Pershing Forces
The War Department casualty list reports 39 killed in action, 13 dead from wounds, 6 from air bombs, 3 from accidents, 47 severely wounded and 2 missing. Included are Colonel Bertram Clayton of Salisbury North Carolina and Privates Williford Funderburk of Durand Georgia, Shellie Poole of Wedenee Alabama, Clyde Fulcher of Talladega Alabama, John Jones of Oxford Alabama, and Admiral Hulsey of Rebecca Georgia.
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the Tribune
Washington
Clyde Fulcher
Talladega
Ala
John Jones
Oxford
Forty Thousand Colored Selectmen Called by Gen Crowder
Washington June 5. A call for forty thousand colored selective service men qualified for general military service was issued by Provost Marshal General H Crowder today. The men will be sent to training camps between June 20 and 25.
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International News Service
Washington
H. Crowder
Atlantic Port Report Notes June 5 Dispatch
An International Aims Service brief from an Atlantic port reports a June 5 development. Details are sparse in the readable fragment, with no names or organizations clearly identified.
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International Aims Service
Atlantic
Preston Arrested Over Remarks Urging Negroes To Not Return
Preston, involved in a Cordet's Court speech, was arrested on a federal war warrant issued by United States Commissioner Jere Austil. He faces charges for making remarks calculated to hinder the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company and war work. A preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday afternoon before Commissioner Austin.
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Cordet’s Court
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
United States
Jere Austil
Preston
Secretary Stokes to Address Hammel Men
R. W. Stokes local secretary of the war camp community service will address the employer of the I Hammel Dry Goods Company at 6 15 oclock Wednesday evening on behalf of the Girls Patriotic League.
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R. W. Stokes
War Camp Community Service
Girls’ Patriotic League
England's Men Pay Tribute to General Foch
Discharged British soldiers send a message to General Foch from London dated June 5 expressing faith that his forces will again halt the invasion and defend France’s sacred soil on the 1914 victory scene.
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England
Foch
International News Service
London
France
Eva Douglass Brings Carolina Survivors To Port
The schooner Eva Douglass arrived with 150 passengers and 94 crew from the torpedoed New York Porto Rico liner Carolina. Relatives waited at the pier as survivors reached safety and dockside conditions were described by reporters.
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International News Service
New York
Eva Douglass
Porto Rico
Carolina
Americans Fight Fiercely in Neus Wood Battle
American troops in the Neus Wood sector near the Coleusant engage German forces in intense combat. The clash features bayonet charges and machine gun fire as U.S. units push back German advances along the northern edge of the wood, with heavy German casualties reported near Jaulgonne.
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Marne
Jaulgonne
Germans Press Heavy Push Around Choizy and See Cotteret
International dispatch reports German forces concentrating their strongest assault near Ma and Ourca with heavy losses. They push along northern sector, threatening positions north of the Alene line as troops press around Choizy.
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International News Service
Paris
Tass
Ourca
Choizy
Cotteret
Alene Bo
Mobile Chamber details cement plant revival and shipyard efforts
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce report covers securing a government concrete shipyard contract, reopening the Demopolis cement plant, disposal of Mobile county cabbage surplus, and the board’s vote to fill a director vacancy. President Belingrath and General Secretary Clemens outline actions in Washington and rail freight changes.
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Mobile County
Belingrath
W. M. Clemens
Washington
Mobile
Demopolis
R. G. Cobb
Railroad Administration
Secretary Addresses Camp Sevier Officers Amid Transfers
The secretary of the comm training camp at Camp Sevier Greenville 8 C addressed a letter to R W secretary of the same advising him of moves to the letters ofints given to lect men who report to him.
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Sevier
Greenvile
8. C
Dresed
R. W
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Pensacola
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Austin
Stokes
Hammel
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Lisa
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