War thrift stamps drive active by mobile girls in Alabama
A large group of young workers under War Savings campaign chairman Phelan Dor and assistant James Ye target June 28 War Savings Day. Sixty six hours of mailings and letters go out from the postoffice in a county effort with volunteers including Mrs Crawford Adams Miss Annette McMillan Miss Lula McMillan and teacher Claudia Pitard among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phelan B. Dorthis
James H. Ye
Governor Henderson
Presidentias War Savings
Ala
Crawford C. Adams
Annetta McMillan
Lula McMillan
M. T. Sprague
Isabel Moore
Juliet Boyd
Edna Pickard
Thelma Swanson
Hilda Zandel
Francis Dodge
Margaret Thomason
Esther Reynolds
Mary Gaynor
Gladys Gray
Elizabeth Pearson
Jamnita Seiple
Lucille Moore
Claudia C. Pitard
Alabama
National War Savings
Retail Merchants Debate Half Holiday Agreement
Merchants claim Thursday half-holiday serves clerks' benefit not a compromise with clerks. Discussion shows ongoing controversy over the proposed day off and its implications for workers and trade.
Italy Stoppes German Lies by United States Legion
Italian citizens in the United States form the Roman Legion of America to combat German lies and spies. The group aims to mobilize Americans against pro Nazi propaganda and espionage activities.
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Roman Legion of America
Cost of War Savings Stamps In 1918 June to August
Table shows prices for War Savings Stamps for June July and August 1918. Data lists costs per stamp amounts and total values for various stamp quantities including 200 300 900 and 1000 stamps with final figures aligned to January 1 1923.
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United States
Secretary of the Treasury
War Savings
Alabama
United States Treasury Department
Gover
Dont Marry Slackers Says French War Letter
Private Eugene Henson of the Eighteenth Infantry in France urged American girls to hate slackers and never marry one. A former Fornfelt High School student, he wrote March letters home before he was killed in action on April 28. He expressed morale, pledged to fight the Kaiser, and referenced Pershing and American resolve.
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France
Supt. O. E. Oesch
Gulf district ILA to convene in Houston Texas
Mobile delegates John J. Sullivan and Martin Clausen announced Houston Texas will host the Gulf district meeting of the International Longshoremen's Association, following the New Orleans convention.
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International Longshoremen's Association
John J. Sullivan
Martin Clausen
Rich Leaves for New York to Attend Directors Meeting
J. C. Rich, general counsel for the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad, departed yesterday for New York to participate in a directors meeting scheduled for Thursday.
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MR. Rich
New York
J. C. Rich
The
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Tea prices rise in Montevideo amid import hurdles
Since the war began the price of tea in Montevideo has risen from 65 to 85 cents per pound to about $2. The higher cost stems from freight problems and import difficulties. Major dealers report limited stock while C. D. Kenny Company claims to hold a large stock at old prices in original packs, noting bulk purchases conserve tin for government use.
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Montevedio
Motevideo
Carroll
C. D. Kenny Company
Dauphin Street
Lawyers To Aid In Reclassification Of Deferred Men
Mobile lawyers assisted the Mobile Bar Association in preparing a plan to re classify registered men in deferred classes. They aim to move men into Class One to meet the quota and request any information from those present.
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Mobile Bar Association
Fraternal Order Spares Rafe Clemmons Says Klan Target
Rafe Clemmons claims membership in a fraternal order saved his life after an alleged attack by white branch members in Gulfport. He was later reported to have been seized by Ku Klux members on his way to Mobile police, then arrested for carrying whiskey. Clemmons fled to New Orleans or Mobile before returning, vexing Gulfport business leaders.
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Mobile
Clemmons
New York
New Orleans
Gulfport
Riour
Davis Avenue
Ku Klux
Notice of Sale in Mobile County Alabama Equity Case
Public sale of property in Mobile County Alabama to satisfy decree in Swift & Company versus William and Elvina Hultz and related notices. Advertises sale date July 22 1918 at 12 noon before Mobile courthouse with described parcels and legal proceedings in multiple equity actions. Notice also details a court order in Hazelwood case and publication requirements in The Mobile Tribune.
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Swift & Company
William Hults
Elvina O. Hultz
Circuit Court of
Mobile County
Alabama
Court House
Mobile
Ala
Towit
Augusta
Mary Hazelwood
Oliver Hazelwood
Circuit Court
A. D
Merchants In Mobile Adopt War Time Consumer Rules
Retail merchants of Mobile Alabama urge customers to follow National Defense Council guidance to free labor and materials for farms and shipbuilding. Rules limit deliveries to one per route, ban small parcel deliveries, restrict returns to three days, and require reporting of defiant customers to Alabama Council of Defense. If seeking work, place a Want ad in The Tribune.
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Mobile
Council of Na
Alabama
Council of National Defense
Alabama Council of Defense
Council of Defense of Alabama
Canadian Hero Enthuses Mobile Ship Workers
Three speakers from the national service section of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation addressed workers at local shipyards. A. G. Morse of New York J. A. Yeomans of the Canadian War Lecture Bureau and Private L. C. Burgess of the Princess Pat regiment spoke for thirty minutes each, delivering a well received talk.
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United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
A. G. Morse
New York
J. A. Yeomans
Canadian War Lecture Bureau
L. C
Room rental appeal seeks list of available accommodations
Government requests all persons with rooms to rent and real estate men with houses to rent to contact Harry C. Vaughan, box 143. Provide name, address, room location, and quantity available to estimate current accommodations. Event tied to Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company shipyards talks at three plants.
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Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company
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Mobile Tribune
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Crawford Johnson
Ar Savings
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Henson
Fornfelt High School
Old Germany
Hitch
Pershing
Good Old
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Texas
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Rafe Clemmons
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Vention
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Tribune
Amons
Ku Klux Klan
Legal Advertising
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Broad Street
James A. Crane
Wilkinson — Street
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Augusta Street
West Gordon Division
Favre Tract
Broad and
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Register
Thornton and Frazer
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
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Mobile and
Bay Shore Rail
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
St. L.-Cin.-N. Y. Ltd
B’ham-Cin-N.y.ltd
Southern Railway System
Merchants
County Council of
Defens
Jos. Patt
D. V.S
St. Michael St
Catherine
National Service
Burgess
Princess
Pat
Rent
Harry C
Vaughan
Riley Shorthand and Business College
ST. Joseph Street
the Mobile Business College
Business College
R. QO. Harris
R. O. H. Tea
hUme Alsum
Oolong
Ceylon
Young Hyson
Japan
Assam
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