Telephones Home 1760 AY June 5 1918
A brief item from the June 5 1918 telegraph column notes the telephone transfer or service update for Home 1760 AY with unspecified local effects.
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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1918
Page
9
A brief item from the June 5 1918 telegraph column notes the telephone transfer or service update for Home 1760 AY with unspecified local effects.
A returning American criticizes the belief that the English demand Americans eat less. He notes England faces wartime shortages with rationed sugar and scarce cream, while U S diners waste food. He urges real conservation and substitution of shippable staples to aid allies.
The Deutsche Volks outlines a 25 year military alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary pledging total strength for war plans. It describes unified armies, universal service, pooled resources, and German initiative, with rising unrest among Austro-Hungarian nationalities and potential revolt amid broader plans for future war.
President Wilson approves a simple mourning badge proposed by the Women’s Committee of the Council of National Defense. A three inch black band worn on the left sleeve bears a gilt star for each family member who died for the nation.
The piece compares the German offensive to a desperate early war push. It cites Clemenceau’s L Home Libre stating Germany seeks to end the war and awaits judgment by the Allies and American forces. The article warns the enemy’s display cannot break the inevitable penalty.
The piece highlights a college class where over half the graduates are in military service with two killed. It presents a pledge: to defend sacred arms, honor comrades, obey laws, defend and uphold the nation, and honor fathers. The author urges adopting this vow in all commencements and common schools nationwide.
The Omaha World-Herald cites Allied educational propaganda plans in Germany. It notes a proposal to print two to three million copies of the Tech Commandments in German for distribution.
A commentary argues that spreading the Decalogue by air would hardly sway Germans. It notes many would ignore it as outdated and incompatible with the modern state. The piece insists the Commandments lack the sanction of the Kaiser and Kaiser God in Germany today.
The piece contrasts daily struggles of heat and prices with the sturdiness of workers and troops in allied trenches, noting real troubles faced by soldiers while urging resilience on home fronts.
Charles Nelson Jr was arrested for violation of the traffic ordinance and fined two to four days in jail by the recorder today.
Albert Corson was discharged by the recorder after the schooner captain testified the seaman would shortly go to war and praised him as a splendid sailor despite Corson’s prior drunkenness arrest.
Property owners advertise rental homes in The Tribune. Submit address, rent, contact details, and availability to reach local renters quickly.
A Café Lafayette reminiscence by a playwright who once waited there. He recalls a fashionable couple and a mining man, the shift from cabaret glamour to new Broadway bands of shops, and a New York aristocracy fading as Fifth Avenue grows lighter with stores. The Museum of Natural History volunteers aid postwar war service in its annual report.
Herbert L. Pratt of Standard Oil recounted reports from the Tour front that Americans found two U S soldiers crucified to trees and many others with heads cut off. He said such outrages provoked fierce retaliation and near total war in the sector, with Americans preferring to shoot rather than capture unless Germans surrendered in numbers.
Mr Pratt explains the Y M C A army stores will sell cigarettes tobacco and other items at New York prices but seek profit where possible to ease army burden. He notes Gen Pershing wanted relief for the troops by shifting sales to the Y M C A and that soldiers largely approve retail pricing and store service despite some complaints.
Willie Preston, held for inviting men not to return to federal shipyards, will be tried June 7. Federal authorities continue to investigate the case involving the young man.
An order by J. H. Brockamp chair of the hotel and restaurant men prohibits wheat flour and products in all city hotels and restaurants on the upcoming Monday and Wednesday each week.
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