Write Home and Win the War Pershing Urges Soldiers
General Pershing urges troops to write home regularly to sustain morale and strengthen home fronts. He states duty extends beyond parade grounds to aiding victory, stressing letters ease distress at home and keep families informed of sons overseas. He says letters from home inspire replies and reinforce bonds between France and the United States.
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Washington
General Pershing
Far Department
France
Pershing
United States
Austill Goes to Boston to Study for Aviation Corp
Jere Austill United States Commissioner at Mobile leaves for Boston Mass to enter Boston Polytechnic Institute for naval aviator training. Official note says he will be placed on inactive list while serving. J Irwin Burgett Mobile attorney files appointment and qualifies as United States Commissioner to serve during Austill's absence.
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Jere Austill
United States
Mobile
Boston
Mass
Boston Polytechnic Institute
Navy
Austill
J. Irwin Burgett
Ervin
Texas
United States District Court
Burgett
Richard Jones
W. C. Griffin
Hotel and Cafe Men Meet Over Potatoes Plan
Hotel and cafe managers will meet at the Irvine and Arlen Realty office on St Joseph Street at 3 30 today. They aim to serve potatoes free with meat orders while charging for bread to conserve wheat. J H Brockamp chairs the committee and urges all hotel and restaurant men to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvine and Arlen Realty Company
St. Joseph Street
J. H. Brockamp
British Receive 450 000 Tons of American Bacon
London June 11 John RH Clynes parliamentary secretary of the ministry of food told the House of Commons that German submarines could not menace Britain. 457 000 tons of bacon and ham had been imported from America. He said 100 000 more acres of potatoes planted in Great Britain and 120 000 in Ireland. Margarine manufacture had quadrupled since the war began and Britain is independent of margarine imports.
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London
John RH. Clynes
Ministry of Food
House of Commons Today
Great Britain
America
U S Troops Trained for Open Warfare in Wartime Shift
American forces at home are being trained for open warfare with longer marches and continuous target practice. Commanders are told to reduce trench fighting emphasis as Allied armies prepare to move forward after Germany’s offensive powers are crushed. Observers see this as a sign of renewed confidence and a shift away from fixed trench warfare toward mobile combat.
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International News Service
Washington
Germany
France
America
Five Women Sentenced in Vice Crusade
William Mosely, a Negro, fined 25 dollars and costs plus three months extra jail for taking a Post Office Vehicle. Fred Evans discharged. Three Negroes and two white women fined for vagrancy in a campaign to force treatment at the Mobile county jail venereal disease hospital. Those sentenced include Cleo Hare 51 dollars or thirty days, Nellie Williams 101 dollars or fifty days plus ten days, and three Negro women Liza Sanders Louise Strickland Annie May Hurt fined 51 dollars or thirty days.
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William Mosely
Post Office Automobile Company
Fred Evans
Recorder’s Court
Mobile County
Cleo Hare
Nellie Williams
Liza Sanders
Louise Strickland
Annie May Hurt
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Alabama
Thos
T. Palmer
Marne
Herbert G. Squiers
Marian Hoyt Wiborg
Susan Wills
Mary Withers
May Hammona
Miss Peyton
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Ann Morgan
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George Burns
Giants
George
Ch! Cubs
McGraw
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Tetley's Tea
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All National Biscuit Co
Ae LN Ass Cnt
EDS Wesson Oil
Ferndell Park
Knox
Duteh
Mellen’s
Johnson
Lydia KE
Pinkham
Welch
Dr. Caldwell
Gap
Carter
Castoria
Fletcher's
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Gillette Safety Razor Blades
Peace Tina Ene Ee
Colgate’s
Bayer’s
Brillo Aluminum
Brillo
White Mountain Ice Cream Freezer
Kerr
Mason Dozen
La-Lai
Bell
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Government Street Lumber Co., Inc
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