Mobile Fourth of July Seen as Unusually Significant
Mobile observers plan a full day of patriotic events led by the County Council of Defense and City Commission. A parade of naturalized aliens, morning meeting with Fort Morgan band, home dinners for soldiers, playground games, Monroe Park baseball, water sports, and a Patriotic League box supper followed by an all military dance are outlined by a committee chaired by Mrs Rhett Goode and Mayor Pat Lyons.
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Avery G. Clinger
Mobile
County Council of Defense
City Commission
Shipbuilding Plants
Red Cross
Patriotic League
War Camp
Federal
Rhett Goode
George F. Connelly
E. J. Higgins
Pat Lyons
Mat Mahomer
George Linning
Fort Morgan
Monroe Park
Shipbuilding
Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg
The
Soldiers and Sailors
Negro Soldiers Run Amuck in Hancock County
Sunday afternoon reports from Camp Gordon furloughs in Hancock county describe multiple incidents. Willie Roach, a soldier, and three others were shot near Mount Zion eight miles north of Sparta. five mules were hit. A black church at St Paul saw a fatal shooting by a soldier named Colors who fled toward Atlanta. Harper wounded two others at Warren Chapel. Cummings and brothers allegedly opened fire on a home at Carrs Station. Warrants issued for Cummings and siblings. Details remain unclear.
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Sparta
Camp Gordon
Hancock County
Mount Zion
Willie Roach
Roach
St. Paul
Colors
Atlanta
Warren Chapel
Harper
Carrs Station
Cummings
Tanks and Draftees in War Effort Parade Narratives
Washington reports 38 draft-age workers deferred by the state draft department in response to a congressional request. A Mobile Fourth of July festival plans boxing bouts and ship launches, with soldiers and sailors to attend. French tank actions in the Noyon-Montdidier counterattack are described with vivid casualty and heroism details from an early June frontline report.
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Washington
State Department
Department
Congress
Young Oficer
Leutenant
Ice delivery free in Mobile county finds no charge rule
County Food Administrator John Craft announced that no ice delivery charges may be collected by Mobile county dealers Crichton Prichard and Mobile firms. Some were adding delivery fees to bypass price controls. several charged 2 cents on a 10 cent delivery. The Federal food administration will prosecute all violations.
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Mobile County
John Craft
Crichton and Prichard
Food Administration
Federal Food Administration
Circuit Court Hears Five Prohibition Cases
No fines were imposed in the circuit court on five prohibition cases. John West’s case was not pressed, William Schroeder’s was continued due to illness, and J W Wheeler’s was withdrawn after paying a recorder's court fine. Alias writs and bond forfeitures were ordered for J H Jackson and Aubrey Jackson. Fred Schafer was found not guilty and dismissed.
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John West
William Schroeder
J. W. Wheeler
Recorder’s Court
J. H. Jackson
Aubrey Jackson
Fred Schafer
For Rent Ad in The Tribune
Small home owner seeks rental listing in The Tribune. Details include location preferences and contact options for prospective tenants to reach the advertiser.
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