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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1918
Page
6
State Food Administrator Richard M. Hobbie announced that Washington authorities allow farmers who grow their own wheat to grind a full year's supply at once. The policy permits twelve pounds per month for each household member, enabling home production to meet annual needs.
Ed die Bodden, a West Indian sailor aboard a schooner anchored in the Mobile river, drowned while diving for a hammer that fell overboard. He disappeared beneath the vessel walls shortly before noon Saturday. the body was not recovered. Edwin Warley, Jr. reported the death to police headquarters.
Alex Crump defeated Lula Crump in a domestic dispute incident. Acting Recorder Edward Grove fined $25. Crump paid the fine and promised not to repeat the performance.
Total subscriptions to the second Red Cross Drive reached 65 965.98 by Saturday night, with 45 179.04 collected during the drive and 20 786.04 unaccounted yet. John E. Mitchell, financial secretary, urges Mobilians to pay pledges as due.
A. A. Edey will not be tried for reckless driving and speeding until July 25 as the recorder scheduled. The case follows a collision between his car and a police patrol while Sergeant Charles Schreiner and two detectives were responding to a robbery. Schreiner remains hospitalized.
Washington officials announced the list of occupations touched by the work or fight ruling effective Monday July 1 for draft age men in Classes Two Three and Four engaged in non essential work. Affected roles include food service attendants elevator operators domestic workers sales clerks and those in amusements excluding performers. The order aims to minimize hardship and gives until July 16 to find productive employment with allowances for sickness vacations and short absences. local boards may grant reasonable excuses for temporary idleness and non productive work.
British raiders press the German lines between Flanders and the Somme in France sampling garrisons and concentrating camps. A raid southwest of Arras brought in an officer and twenty-one men with ten machine guns. Six prisoners were taken from the Scarpe area. Heavy barrages target British trenches while German retaliation remains weak.
A Rome cablegram reports Austrian divisions decimated from June 15 to 26 totaling about 16 divisions or 200000 men. Capo Sile bridgehead fell with 300 Austrians captured. Piave confluence saw Italian detachments seize prisoners. seven Austrian planes shot down. shells reach the Ypres region.
The Business Government League urges voters to elect three men described as thoroughly successful in business to manage the county affairs. They warn against extravagant and inefficient expenditures and urge patriotic duty to safeguard the county. The message endorses candidates for County Road and Revenue Commissioners.
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