State auto dealers plan Mobile session for road reform
The Mes state auto dealers convene in Mobile starting July 8 for a three day meeting. They will urge repeal of unjust license tax laws and urge use of convict labor for road building along with licensing tax on public roads. J A Rountree of the Good Roads Association will speak on Alabama road legislation. President R J Barr and Secretary C R Field will report progress and membership gains.
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MES
Mobile
Alabama
J. A. Rountree
United States Good Roads Association
R. J. Barr
C. R. Field
State Highway Commission
Seaburg Named Delegate to Carmen's National Meet
J E Seaburg elected as delegate from Louisville and Nashville branch of the Railway Carmen of America to the national convention in July in Louisville. He received a gold watch and chain from local members for his work organizing the local group. The Tribune notes a Want ad for jobs.
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Railway Carmen of America
Louisville
Nashville
J. E. Seaburg
Seaburg
Catholic Laymen Retreat at Spring Hill College
The Mobile Catholic Laymen's Society will hold a retreat at Spring Hill College from July 30 to the morning of July 23 conducted by Rev. J. J. Nevin S J. About forty members will participate.
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Spring Hill
Mobile Catholic Laymen's Society Will
J. J. Nevin
S. J
Comrade in Air Reports Paul Baer Father of Missing Pilot
Lieutenant Charles Wilcox writes from the 103rd Aero Squadron of Franco American escadrille to Paul Baer’s father, saying Baer and Girobx landed after a clash with eight enemy machines near the German lines. He notes Baer may have motor trouble, hopes for news within ten days, and that Baer is considered missing but not lost, with the squadron pressing to locate him.
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Comrade IN Air
Paul Baer
Paul F. Baer
103Rd Aero Squadron
Escadrille
A. E. Baer
South Conception Street
Mobile
Charles Wilcox
Bater
Baer
Girobx
Libut
Chas. Wilcox
108 ‘Aero Squadron
8. C
Eecadrijie American E. F
Oscar L. Gray for Congress in Alabama’s First District
Political advertisement urging voters to reelect Oscar L. Gray to Congress. The text lauds his tenure in the First Judicial Circuit and Rivers and Harbors Committee, cites projects for Mobile Harbor and extra appropriations, and appeals to voters to keep a proven, loyal representative aligned with the President.
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Alabama
John McDuffie le
John McDuffie
Monroeville
Ala
Oscar L. Gray
First Judicial Circuit of
House of Representatives
House
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Mobile Harbor
Congress
Europe
Dependir Congress
King George Learns to Throw Baseball for July Fourth Game
London reports King George is practicing to pitch out the first ball in the July 4 game between American teams. Arnie Latham, a former major leaguer, tutored him on proper mechanics at the palace and a wall in the garden is used for practice.
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London
King George
Arnie Latham
Latham
Calvert Man Arrested For Draft Law Violation
F Wilkins of Calvert Alabama was arrested for alleged violation of the selective draft law for failure to register on June 5. He was arraigned Friday afternoon before U S Commissioner Borgett and honorably discharged after proving he was not within the draft.
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F. Wilkins
Calvert, Ala
United States
Borgett
Wilkins
Undertakers condemn delaying death costs at convention
Members of the State Undertakers Association, meeting in Alton, Illinois, decry postponing death as costly. The three day convention highlighted rising expenses and urged prompt decisions to avoid higher fees.
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Undertakers
State Undertakers’ Association
Alton
Til
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