Carranza Cabinet Named as $60 Million Issue Repudiated
Mexico City dispatch reports a decree repudiating the $60,000,000 Huerta era bonds issued with Carranza’s authority. The new Constitutionalist cabinet is named, with Fabela, Arredondo, Silva, Bonillas, Villa Real, and Hay in key posts. Seizure of troops continues and two Gracketed thieves were executed.
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Alabama governor argues solvent credits tax targets wealth, not farmers
Governor O Neal issued a formal statement defending Alabama’s solvent credits tax. He claims protests come from rich corporations, not the broad taxpayer base, and asserts the state can enforce taxation without mandamus. The governor notes the Supreme Court upheld taxing solvent credits not secured by mortgage and urges action by tax authorities to docket cases.
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Weather Outlook Alabama Mississippi Tonight and Thursday
Continued on page eight forecast mixed conditions with Alabama chances of thundershowers tonight and Thursday, while Mississippi expect generally fair to eight and Thursday.
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Government to buy ships for food export plan
President Wilson approved a plan to buy ships to carry American foodstuffs abroad. Congress would be asked to appropriate 25 million dollars for ship purchases. He conferred with Senate and House leaders on developing and safeguarding the American merchant marine and a bill for government purchases.
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Refugee accounts arrive from Liege aboard Red Star liner
American refugees recount the Liege fight and European war horrors upon arrival in New York aboard the Finland. Many travel without money or baggage. some were held as spies, others walked from the interior seeking safety.
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Liege
Europe
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Canadian women use veto. husbands cannot go to war
Canadian women refuse to send husbands to battle and exercise government granted veto power, thinning regiments to about half their membership in some cases. The move, far beyond official projections, drew a protest today from Colonel Morrison, director of artillery.
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Pope in Critical Condition as Crisis Enters
Rome August 19 reports the pope suffered a sudden relapse and doctors say his life is in danger. Sisters of the pope express deep apprehension and have lit candles before the Miraculous Image of St. Joseph while the pontiff is said to have received the last communion.
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Marchiafava
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Great Battle in Belgium as Allies Oppose German Advance
London reports fierce fighting along an extended Belgian front marking the war’s first major battle. Emperor William allegedly ordered the attack. Belgian and French troops oppose the German push as refugees flee Diest Tirlemont and other towns.
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Her Four Sons French Soldiers Given Up To Country Cause
A Paris woman with four sons in the French army walked from a municipal office as relatives learned soldiers’ status. She said all four were safe and pledged their lives to the cause. Americans face a French language rule when telephoning and are interrupted if they slip into English.
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