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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1918
Page
3
The Southern states push a campaign with the slogan Enroll for farm work on Saturday to end Saturday leisure. White farmers and city workers are urged to reduce weekend time off to six days a week to support the cotton crop and war effort. Our fighting men work harder and do not have Sundays off.
The essay argues that Theosophists see Germany’s falling birth rate as spiritual test. Souls reincarnate in cycles, and fewer souls returning to Germany suggests a shift of soul energy elsewhere. Birth patterns, they claim, indicate future national dominance and the places where souls choose to be born.
The piece notes the U S plan to convert a liner named Comfort into a hospital ship for journeys between the United States and its overseas base. It argues this acid test will reveal German decency by observing how it treats a neutral humanitarian ship after departing the Wer zone.
The article argues that the wartime pool of 21 to 31 year olds in the United Kingdom grows each year, numbering about a million annually, and will sustain the war effort as a decisive resource. It contrasts this with Germany's slower intake and praises Britain and its allies for relying on this steady stream of young men to overwhelm Prussianism.
The piece outlines a plan by Mr. Hoover for indirect control through daily fair price lists in each community. Local wholesalers retailers and consumers would decide sale prices for food with newspapers publishing them and the public enforcing the prices through patronage. The approach has seen local use and is expected to improve nationally with federal support.
The piece surveys New York nightlife near Broadway showing turkish baths as hangouts for crime and vice. It notes police raids on bathhouses drawing draft dodgers and underworld figures, plus cultural notes from Midnight Frolics to cabarets and retail vacancies in the Woolworth building.
Government cases against Nick Su fulas Veggo Anderson Angélo Washing ton Gotfleib Brunner Joe Miller and Lee Dixon were dropped in the recorder s court today and the case against John Rettig continued until tomorrow.
A special program marks the presentation of veterans jewels to Mobile Lodge Knights of Mythias members tonight. Six candidates will be initiated in the first rank and other attractions are planned for members and visitors. Veterans receiving jewels include Sigmund Haas H W Parsons F D Pepers J W Rodriguez Joe J Godard J A Stal worth and M Hines.
Paris reports continued calm amid danger as traffic remains dense. French women show high morale, keeping dressmakers busy with sober but new gowns while the poilus fight and sustain national morale.
Canadians south of Armass conduct repeated night raids on German trenches while enemy artillery remains largely quiet. Prisoners say officers are rarely in front lines and report a commander earning the Iron Cross after reoccupying posts two hours after Canadian withdrawal.
Washington reports Gen Foch has outgeneralled the Germans on the Aisne front by halting their advance without weakening Channel port defenses. Territory has yielded but no strategic value, as Germans try to draw away supporting lines at Pivardy and beyond.
Forces led by French British and American units face the need to unleash their armory to break through the massed defenses blocking access to the Channel ports. The prompt describes possible decisive action in a tense coastal front.
A brief classified style note mentions a house for rent advertised in The Tribune and suggests a sample edition from The Mobile Tribune for residents in the North seeking housing details.
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