Holiday Parade Planned For Registration Day June Fifth
A committee was named to organize a registration day program on Tuesday June 5 declaring it a holiday to honor citizens. The parade forms at 10 am at West 3rd Street and Main with a band autos and decorated floats. Marshals include A M Ellsworth Dan Pittman and C Calhoun with Jessie Akers coordinating girls and a Home Guard unit. Speeches by Jas D Shaver and others follow at the Chautauqua tent. Registrars will issue buttons to registrants and local decorations urged for Prescott units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Ellsworth
Dan Pittman
Italians Capture Four Albanian Towns Amid Front Struggles
Rome May 31 Italian troops occupied Cerevoda Velisest Ssoja and Cafal in Albania. Heavy rain and fog limited artillery on the Trentino and Carnia fronts while Austrians attacked San Giovanni. Gabriele d Annunzio inspired the Italian defense in fierce clashes. Madrid reports constitutional guarantees to be suspended anew amid diplomatic negotiations and protests.
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Rome
London
Albania
Cerevoda
Velisest
Ssoja
Cafal
War Office
Trentino
Carnia
Trieste
San Giovanni
Carso
Gabriele d’Annunzio
Tonale
Punta di Albioos
Monte Pizzul
Rocolana
Julian
Albanian Advances and Osum River Fighting Reported
In Albania on Monday night Albanian troops attacked enemy regulars on the upper Osum River near Berat. Heavy fighting continued as villages Cerekoda Kelmest Osoja and Cafa were taken and efforts to dislodge Albanian forces were resisted.
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Vodice
Albania
Osum
Berat
Cerekoda
Kelmest
Osoja
Cafa
World must be made safe for democracy appeal
The motto world must be made safe for democracy is urged in a statewide notice sent by W. S. Clifford and Gen. Lloyd England to all sheriffs. They request next Tuesday be a general holiday to promote voter registration, with registration day to be solemn and focused. Bells and whistles to sound at 7 am, parades near booths, and national colors at booths are urged while avoiding elaborate decorations.
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Little Rock
W. S. Clifford
National Council of Defense
Gen. Lloyd England
State Council
Seventh U S Infantry En Route East Through Little Rock
June 1 report that the 7th U S Infantry passed through Little Rock on its way from El Paso to Gettysburg. The regiment spent hours in the city, marched up town drawing attention. It is believed they are headed East to be prepared for France.
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Little Rock
U. S. Inf
el Paso
Texas
Gettysburg
France
Organized Plot to Resist Conscription in Columbus
A nationwide propaganda plot to deter young men from registering for conscription next Tuesday has been uncovered in Columbus with headquarters in the city. Federal and local officers raided 1111-2 South High street, arresting Harry E Townsley and two others for printing and distributing anti conscription material. Further arrests are expected in Ohio and the Midwest as the investigation continues.
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Columbus
Ohio
United States
James M. Cox
1-2
South High Street
Middle West
Harry E. Townsley
Ammon Hennacy
Ohio State University
Albert Valnisper
Winter Trash Causes Spring Conflagrations in the South
The Georgia Fire Prevention Society presents statistics via Southern Construction News showing winter debris dried by spring sun fuels major fires in the South, with San Francisco's April 1906 quake-linked blaze cited. A national spring-clean campaign could save millions of dollars in annual fire losses.
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South
Georgia Fire Prevention Society
Arkansas
Southern Construction News
Little Rock
Georgia
San Francisco
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Home Guard
Oficial Bulletin
Yellow Journal
Virginian Pilot
Bank OF Prescott
Prescott
Naval Training Station
American Press Association
Newport
Rkl
Spain
Carso— Antees
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Ton
Madrid
Paris
Count Romanones
Alfonso
Cortez
Burels
Washington
von Hindenburg
Chicago Herald
Guthrie
U. S. Infantry
Palm Beach
Ozan Mercantile Company
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