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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1918
Page
12
The Tribune announces a week long contest with 300 000 votes per club submission and 50 000 regular plus 350 000 extra votes for 325 in credits. Prizes include a $1 550 cash award, an Overend Thrift Car valued at 960, Liberty bonds, two of each district prize items, and multiple gold pieces. Judges will award on Saturday June 22.
Under order by the Director General United States Railroad Administration the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Co announces fare hikes and changes. After June 9 1918 mileage and excess baggage books issued before June 10 1918 become invalid for passage or baggage charges but may be redeemed only if passengers pay higher rates for travel in sleeping or parlor cars and for seating cars.
June 10 report notes the air war over France intensifying as ground battles loom. British airmen claim 336 German planes downed in under three weeks through June 2, destroying 283 and dropping heavy bombs on targets including Bruges. more enemy craft and tens of tons of explosives follow in successive days.
Charles P Taft 2d son of William Howard Taft is voted most to Yale by the senior class. He is praised as the most scholarly brilliant versatile and likely to succeed. He serves as sergeant major with the American expeditionary force in France.
Orville C. Enfield, socialist candidate for Congress against James V. McClintic in Oklahoma City, was found guilty by a federal court jury of conspiracy to obstruct the selective service law and sentenced to twenty years in Leavenworth.
Major James J. Meade, back from France, praised the morale of English French and American troops. He cited their cheerfulness, determination to stay in the fight until the Hun defeat, and a shared spirit of optimism and grit.
Bulletin No 67 warns ginners and seed merchants to obtain licenses for handling cotton seed and sets limits on flour buying. It directs separate sugar accounts, returns of certificates, and urges Alabama residents to conserve wheat with strict monthly flour caps amid wartime shortages and Hoover guidance.
An International News Service report from Amsterdam states a German official says Zeebrugge and Ostend are blocked and Germany will use the Scheldt river in Holland as a submarine base even if it violates Dutch neutrality, showing desperation in wartime submarine warfare.
Masked men in Muskegon Mich overpowered a city hall officer, dragged John von Newman from a jail cell, tarred and feathered him after he allegedly renounced U S involvement in the war and wished President Wilson to hell. He escaped during the mob release and police seek his capture.
Belfast on June 10 reports John Omir drove in 12 209 seven eighth inch rivets into a standard ship in nine hours at the yards. He had set the UK hour record last week and in yesterday's work averaged over 1 000 rivets per hour with two instances above 1 400. His best minute saw 26 rivets.
King George issues his honor list with a single notable item, elevating Lord Rhondda from baron to viscount while other promotions appear routine in this public commendation.
All sales of mixed flour by retailers must follow the federal limit of six pounds per person per month. Retailers may not sell more than one eighth of a barrel to any town customer or more than one quarter of a barrel to any country customer at any single sale.
Four German generals retire on half pay after Berlin newspaper report. Generals named Von Kehler Vor Helchow Bromers and Yon Wurob cited. action noted by Kreuz Zeitung from Berlin with report dated June 10.
A wartime appeal signed Citizen Soldier No. 258 District National Draft Army describes the need for food care clothing and weapons from civilians. It urges the home front to supply a constant stream of resources to support troops and the war effort.
Representative Husted of New York condemned a plan to send the hospital ship Comfort abroad without convoy, weapons, or night lights to test German mercy. He warned the move could become propaganda if unassailed or costly if attacked, risking 200 lives and the ship.
Local notice seeks a house for rent in The Tribum area. Household seeks long term lease and reasonable monthly rent. Contact details not provided in the fragment.
A courtroom record notes R H. and R M. Smith acting as solicitors for complainants in a May 27 to June 10 to 17 timeframe. The fragment references an ace defeating a hive flyer and a legal action underway.
The Circuit Court of Mobile County enters an order in the case Henry Goldthwaite et al v Cement Boat Company Gadillini System Inc et al. Defendants Societa Cemento Armato Retinato Gabellini a Rome corporation and Italo Chiera are non residents of Alabama. They will be barred if not appearing by May 27 to June 8.
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