This Car To Chickasaw Sign on Mobile Streetcars
The Chickasaw streetcar line will begin operation Monday or Tuesday, replacing the Prichard line. Cars will display Whistler Magazine Point and Chickasaw signs. New yellow and black signs are ready, with schedules to be announced by Mobile Light and Railway Company. The line promises heavy traffic and economic benefits for Mobile merchants and workers commuting from Chickasaw.
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Chickasaw
Prichard
Whistler
Magazine Point
Convent
Mobile Light and Railway Company
German Deputy Blames Germany for Sacrifices in Frontline Drives
Deputy Hoff man in Berlin accused the German military government of sacrificing half a million men on French British and American fronts since March 21. The charge, reported via Amsterdam to Reuters, marked a violent parliamentary speech in the Berlin chamber.
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International News Service
London
Germany
Hoffman
Berlin
Chamber of Deputies
Amsterdam
Reuter
Italians Capture Capo Silo After Counter Attacks
Italian forces captured Capo Silo and the ground between the Zenson Loop and the Fossetta canal after a series of strong counter attacks. They took numerous prisoners and seized guns.
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Capo Silo
International
London
International News Service
Zenson Loop
Fossetta Canal
General War Situation Optimistic in June Reports
Washington officials say the general war situation is exceptionally favorable and more optimistic than in three months. France and Italy offer the most satisfactory news as Rome dispatches note Austrians losing gains in the Montello district.
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International News Service
Washington
France
Italy
Rome
Montello
German Alien Women Urged to Register in Alabama District
Postmaster J Blocker Thornton, chief registrar for the southern judicial district of Alabama, says no German alien women have registered to date and warns wives of registered German aliens must register by June 26. Fines imprisonment or internment may follow noncompliance. applicants must submit four 3x3 photographs without head coverings.
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J. Blocker Thornton
Southern Judicial District of
Alabama
United States Marshal
Southern District
Thornton
Nothing to report says German war office in Berlin
Berlin reports no activity and claims the surprise attack on Rheims Tuesday night failed. Dispatches from Berlin indicate a complete setback for the German offensive.
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Berlin
International News Service
London
German War Office
Rheims
Figures on new 18 to 45 bill being sought
Washington June 20 Preparations started to estimate how many men would be drafted if the law extends ages to 18 45 Secretary Baker no longer opposes the bill but believes passage likely Information will be released indicating the approximate number of men affected by the work or fight law
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International News Service
Washington
Baker
Postal Company Reinstates 42 Birmingham Operators
Birmingham on June 20 telegraph operators discharged for union membership are reinstated by the Postal Telegraph Company after agreeing to War Labor Board rulings. Forty two workers return to service starting today in the city.
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International News Service
Birmingham
Postal Telegraph Company
War Labor Board
Postal
Huns Rain Gas Shells on Yankee Sector in France
German forces bombarded the Laneville sector at night with heavy gas shells mixed with high explosives and peppered the front with shrapnel. The attack followed the gas bombardment as American troops faced the assault in France.
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Yankee Sector
Laneville
Steamer Chased by Sub Off New York
A Panama port passenger steamer, 180 miles south of New York, was chased by a submarine yesterday. The ship arrived today with 50 passengers aboard reporting a scary but well managed escape. Passengers praised the crew’s conduct during the U boat chase.
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New York
Atlantic
Panama
Stores Close For Half Holiday In City First Day
All non drug stores in the city closed at 1 o clock on the first day of the new half holiday plan. Hundreds of clerks enjoyed the early off as the Thursday half hour continues through the summer months.
British Trench Raids Score Success in Lens and Ypres
London reports noon artillery activity in the Somme Ancre valleys and near Albert and La Bassee. British forces have successfully raided German trenches in the Lens and Ypres sectors, marking two successful sector actions.
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London
Somme
Ancre
Albert and
la Bassee
Lens
Ypres
Allied raid destroys German military depot at Krugges
Amsterdam June 20 Allied airmen destroyed the German military depot at Krugges used for storing torpedoes.
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Amsterdam
Krugges
Important Notice to Advertisers in Mobile
The Tribune offers to take up advertising contracts abandoned by other local papers and provide required service without extra charge to prevent business loss due to any advertising medium failing.
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The
Tribune
Mobile
Italian Gains, Prisoners in Asiago Montello Sectors
Italian forces report further gains near the Asiago plateau and Montello with hundreds of Teuton prisoners taken and multiple machine guns captured. Fierce fighting continues along the Piave river and lower Meolo Roenale sectors as Austrian assaults incur heavy losses.
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Rome
Asiago
Teuton
Montello
Piave River
London
Austria
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Italian War Office
Montegraph
Monte Bellane
Piave
Sanandre
Caudeleu
Roenale
Meolo
Cape Sile
Vienna Riots Over Food Stir General Unrest
June 20. Grave riots break out in Vienna as workers strike for food and a swift end to the war. The city faces ferment with laborers abandoning jobs while the burgomaster warns Premier Seydl that order is slipping from civil authorities to maintain.
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International News Service
Vienna
Amsterdam
Premié Seydler
Government seizes Western Union night messages
By order of Postmaster General Burleson federal inspectors in New York Boston Baltimore and Washington seized thousands of Western Union night letters alleging attempted delivery by messenger to bypass official channels. About 1200 lettergrams were taken in New York with hundreds more in other cities as telegraph messengers are held for grand juries. Proceedings proceed under civil and criminal law.
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International News Service
New York
Burleson
Boston
Baltimore
Western Union Telegraph Company
Wilson Places Stockyards Under Federal Supervision
President Wilson issues a proclamation placing all stockyards under a federal license beginning June 25. The Secretary of Agriculture is delegated to enforce the act’s provisions, with expectations that prices may fall due to this licensing measure.
Overseas Casualties Reported In War Frontline List
Washington reports seven teens killed in action nine died of wounds seven of disease two from aeroplane accidents and one from other causes. Thirty two severely injured four wounded in an undetermined degree and one missing. Masses of Austrians on the Piave front in a flood state with bridges swept away. Marshal Williams of Collinsville Alabama and Lieut Calvin Capps of Lucama North Carolina among the dead. Clarence Macey of Columbus Georgia previously listed as killed now reported prisoner.
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Washington
War Department
Piave
British War Office
Piave River
Rockefeller Jr Visits Army Camp For One Day
John D. Rockefeller Jr. spent a day with the national army at Camp Grant Rockford Illinois. He dined with cooks and bakers, ate from a mess kit, washed up, toured the trenches and rifle range, and inspected the colored Y M C A while shaking hands with several Black soldiers.
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Camp Grant
Rockford
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
National Army
French Take Twenty Huns in Trench Raid
Paris dispatch reports detachments penetrating German lines near Montdidier and the Oise river region. Twenty Germans killed or driven back as actions are described by the German sector announcement.
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International News Servicr
Paris
Montdidier
Oise
Chaume
Cotton Prices Rise Noted With October Figures
The report shows a 26.20 rise over yesterday alongside October cotton at 34.4, highlighting price movement in the market and the current trend for cotton futures.
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