City Bank & Trust to Become City National Bank
Directors approve converting City Bank & Trust Co to a national bank to serve Mobile with larger capital and direct access to the Federal Reserve. Stockholders may exchange shares for national bank stock and buy additional stock, while certain assets are redistributed. The move expands trust services and deposits under national supervision.
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City Bank and Trust Pany
E. J. Buck
City Bank & Trust Company
Federal Reserve System
Mobile
National Bank
National Bank Examiner
Loars
City National Bank
Federal Reserve Association
City Bank & Trust Co
Oer
Title Insurance Company
City Bank & Nst. Co
Greradership
Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Act
Hansling
This Man Is Valued At One Army Corps
Paris January 9 International News Service reports that Alphonse Pegoud the famed aviator is valued by the French general staff as the equivalent of one army corps for his impact on the war. He flies daily averaging eight hours killing Germans and destroying targets while his planes suffer many bullet holes.
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International News Service
Paris
France
Alphonse Pegoud
Pegoud
Four Royal Fusiliers Suffer Heaviest Frontline Losses
Three quarters of the Fourth Royal Fusiliers are dead or wounded after heavy combat in Mons and rear-guard actions. The regiment, long noted for front-line action, has endured severe losses as it fought through the retreat toward France and west Flanders.
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Boulogne
France
London
Fourth Royal Fusiliers
Mons
Frente
West Flanders
Kilied
Eien
Anti-War Meetings Spur Socialists in Berlin
Reports from Berlin indicate frequent anti-war meetings organized by socialist groups. The gatherings attract various local activists and reflect rising public dissent amid ongoing international conflict.
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Berlin
International Jaws Service
Prominent American Women Sail for Soldier Relief
Mrs Reginald Brooks Mrs Henry Payne White and Mrs Gifford Pinchot depart on the Cunard Franconia to devote time and money to wounded soldiers in Europe. A J Boards family of Minneapolis and veterans mourn a Beverly Hills death. Fire in Burn Georgia causes 45 dollar loss. German civilians reported Ostend as allies near. Wheat price rise noted with farmer impacts. Charles J Brand heads market bureau. American farmer faces rising prices lacking direct benefit.
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Reginald Brooks
Henry Payne Whitey
Gifford Pinchot
Charls J. Brand
al* Bureau of Markets
Mrov
French Congo Troops Repel German Force in Kamerun
In Kamerun near Mdéa the French Congo garrison repulsed a mixed German native detachment in force. German casualties reached 74 dead and wounded, with one machine and fifty rifles lost. The report notes German retreat and French advance despite heavy resistance.
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Congo
Mdéa
Kamerun
Senator Cumming Seeks Substitution on Naval Vessel Bill
Senator Cumming introduced a substitute yesterday for the administration ship purchase bill. The measure would authorize the president to acquire vessels suitable for naval service at a cost not exceeding thirty million dollars.
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Cumming
Panama
iGead
Physician Waldemar E. Dies by Suicide in Apparent Tragedy
The well known doctor Waldemar E. reportedly took his own life amid fears he was losing his mind. Neighbors and colleagues expressed shock at the apparent act and the surrounding speculation.
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Waldemar E
Louis
Pipaterais
Texas breweries face anti-cost suits by Attorney General
Attorney General Tooney filed suits against seven Texas breweries alleging improper use of corporate funds for political purposes within the past two years. Senator J Hamilton Lewis continues to improve with his doctor confident he will be active soon. Virginia ship Ly norta carries cargo valued at 400000. President Wilson spoke informally at Altoona and Harrisburg, shaking hands with long lines. Interstate Commerce Commission seeks 175000 in addition to 925000 requested for next year. Several senators say there will be no elimination of the African exclusion.
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Tooney
Texas
J. Hamilton Lewis
Wilson
Trewds
Altoona
Harrisburg
Grain pricing bureaus on exchanges deemed illegal by attorney
A public notice from Attorney Onal Barker states that grain pricing bureaus run by the Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis and the Board of Trade of Kansas City are illegal. The warning tightens oversight of commodity price reporting and signals potential legal actions.
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Merchants’ Exchange of
St. Louis
Board of Trade of
Kansas City
Onal Barker
Postoffice builder Emery accuses aide Deal of fraud
Thomas McGrath of Philadelphia relieves Horace B. Deal as Mobile post office construction superintendent. Emery alleges Deal and stenographer Rose Kohl conspired to pad payroll, hide funds, and plan divorce so they could marry. Deal reportedly fled to Mobile, where criminal prosecution is anticipated.
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Thomas McGrath
Philadelphia
Horace B. Deal
Postoffice
John W. Emery
Quaker City
Mobile
Battle House
Deal
Emery
Mock
Hervey Hotel Company
Law and Equity Court
Rose Kohl
Mr. Emery
Mexican General Hill Granted U S Passage Through
Advices say Washington grants Benjamin Hill commander of Carranzista forces at Naco Sonora permission to pass through the United States to Galveston as a private citizen. He will depart Naco Sunday night with three staff members and his family. This move is expected to ease General Scott's efforts to settle the Naco border dispute.
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Scott
Naco
Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch killed in Persia battle
Berlin reports via wireless that Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch, brother-in-law of the czar, was killed fighting at Mianda Nerhémetadbad in the Azerbaijan Kurdistan province of Persia.
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Grand Duke
Alexander
Czar
Berlin
International News Service
Sayville
Imperial Press Bureau
Constantinople
Alexander Michaelovitch
Mianda
Nerhémetadbad
Azerbaijan
Kurdistan
Persia
Indian appropriation bill passes. river and harbor next
Washington Jan 9 The house late today passed the Indian appropriation bill carrying $8,135,000. An agreement was reached to take up on Monday the river and harbor appropriation bill.
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International News Service
Washington
House Late Today
Saltillo Battle Continues To Rage in Mexico
Fighting near Saltillo remains intense as General Antonio Villareal besieges Villaistas under General Felipe Angeles. The two generals’ forces clash for a second day with heavy losses reported. reports originate from Monterey as Saltillo loses communications.
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International News Service
War to End Within a Year Says Phillip Sneddon
Parliament member Phillip Sneddon told reporters in San Francisco that the war would end within a year with the Allies winning and Germany starved out. He arrived with his wife from Sydney, bound for England aboard the liner Ventura.
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Phillip Sneddon
San Francisco
Germany
M. P
Sydney
Ventura
England
Berlin approves gift for Von Hindenburg amid war injuries
Berlin reports the municipality approved a 40000 dollar gift to von Hindenburg by wireless from London. The message notes eight Russian generals were seriously injured and mentions leak and Lambert tensions as context.
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Plan von Hindenburg
Berlin
London
von Hindenburg
Basie
Terrific battles along the Aisne front described in chaos
Paris reports fierce fighting and heavy casualties on a twenty mile front along the Aisne as French forces press a violent offensive. German counterattacks are repelled with brutal fire as trenches fall to the French and artillery dominates.
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Paris
Yaa
Aisne
Eday
Sois
Craonne
Aront
Perthes-léa-Hurlus
Soissons
Phi Sreee
Nanteuil
Atxy
Republic
Vailly
Chavonne
Advan
Ieet
Acreat
Braye
Cernay
Chevrigny
Panoy
Marigny
Palace of Justice
Laon
Arrancy
Perthes
Sasemnen
Upper Burnhaupt
Altkirch
Alsace
Connecticut man to wed young widow of Gates
Harold Lee Judd II of New Britain will marry Mrs Charles G Gates, widow of the John W Gates heir, in Minneapolis on January 30. Philip Corbin, heir to $1,000,000, will be best man. The Gates widow inherited about $15,000,000 from her late husband.
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Connecticut
Gates
International News Service
Hartford
Conn
Harold Lee Judd II
New Britain
Minneapolis
Charles G. Gates
John W. Gates
Philip Corbin
American Hardware Company
Florence Hopwood
F. F. Hopwood
Weather Outlook for Alabama Mississippi Regions
Alabama Sunday and Monday to be warmer with interior heat. Mississippi Sunday mostly fair with possible rain in the north overnight into Monday.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Howell Acquitted In Poisoning Trial At Lucedale
Walton Howell and Walter Havens, both about 18 and cousins, rival suitors for a girl, faced a charged courtroom battle in Lucedale Mississippi. The state alleged Howell poisoned Havens by lacing cider with strychnine but the jury acquitted Howell after Havens tasted only a mouthful. Judge James H. Neville presided.
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Lucedale
Miss
Walton Howell
Walter Havens
Howell
Havens
James H. Neville
Gulfport
Fritzi Scheff Bound to Bed by Creditors
Fritzi Scheff faces multiple attachments totaling 8710.62 on a 2800 bill as creditors seize clothes and any salary or hotel funds. Deputy Sheriff Martin A. Meyer stands guard in her room while the actress vows to stay in bed until releases are made.
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International News Service
Louis
Fritai Scheff
Henri Beudel
Shubert
Ates
Martin A. Meyer
Fritai
Rockefeller's Pastor Seeks Higher Tax Bill in Cleveland
Rev. W. W. Hustard of John D. Rockefeller's Euclid Avenue Baptist Church asks County Treasurer O'Brien to tax him on $400 more property, including a stamp for the extra bill. Rockefeller, parishioner, refuses to pay taxes on $311 million in Ohio property, claiming New York citizenship. He offered the county no fee.
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Rockefeller
Bustard
New York
Treassea
Compulsory Recruiting Threatened in Britain
Edinburgh January 9 Lord Rosebery warned that if voluntary enlistment fails Britain may adopt a compulsory system. He said Britain fights with its back to the wall and cannot concede without subjugation, noting Germany knows defeat would end its power.
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Britain
Edinburgh
Lord Rosebery
Germany
Steinbach Changes Hands Six Times in One Week
Paris dispatch from Geneva reports Steinbach in Alsace changed hands six times in a week as French forces drive the German garrison eastward. The town alternated control daily. Geneva notes a 6,000 casualty tally for Germans in Alsace amid conflicting war rumors.
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Paris
Geneva
Switzerland
Steinbach
Alsace
Frisco Civic Center Auditorium Dedicated With Public Ball
San Francisco's magnificent exposition civic center auditorium, built at nearly two million dollars, was formally dedicated with a public ball. The event featured an elaborate program and addresses by exposition and city officials.
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Civic Center
Frisco
International News Service
Oat
Fearcingo
San Francisco
Magnificen Exposition
Villa Agreement Aims to Halt Border Fighting
A report describes a tentative agreement between Villa and Carrancista forces to halt border fighting. General Igen signs for the Carrancistas, with Cabral’s forces ordered away from border towns. The plan seeks an invasion focus inland, ending two months of border clashes that have cost over fifty civilian lives on the American side since the Madero rebellion.
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Paneer
Jona Tong
Milla
Igen
Pealte Cabral
Cabral
Hora
Madero
German Battle Cruiser Von Der Tann Sunk by Invincible
Rumor from New York reports a battle off the South American coast between the German cruiser Von Der Tann and the British Invincible in which the Von Der Tann was sunk. The vessel was said to have broken through a North Sea cordon and headed for western Atlantic waters as a raider.
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New Service
New - York
Daft
South’ American
von der Tann
Invincible
North Sea
Atlantic
Mercantile National Bank Assumes Citizens Bank
Memphis Tenn Jan 9 Through a deal consummated today the Mercantile National Bank assumes all the stocks and accounts of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company. The former is the bank from which Hunter Raine, its former president, defaulted for a million dollars. Its reorganization made it a rational bank with $500 000 capital.
Kinzie Sentenced to Hang for Norris Stabbing
John Kinzie was sentenced by Judge Stough in Norris to hang on February 12 for the September 26 stabbing death of Mrs. Agnes Bopodikitis. Kinzie cursed State's Attorney Hayes after sentencing saying his ghost would follow him to his grave. The hanging will be Norris’s fifth in history.
Lieutenant Cornwallis West Sails to New York
Lieut George Cornwallis West sails from Bordon for New York aboard the Transylvania on a wartime leave. He declined to reveal the purpose of the visit until reaching New York, while his wife Mrs Pat Campbell stars in Geo Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.
Henry W. Yates Dies in Omaha Heart Disease claims former N B A head
Henry W. Yates longtime president of the National Bankers Association and a veteran banker in Omaha died at his home from heart disease. He led the National Bankers Association and served as a key financial figure in Nebraska.
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Henry W. Yates
Omaha, Neb
Henry W. Dent
The
Tional Hank of
Omaha
National Bankers’ Asociation
Henderson calls for election of Edw Johnston and Oscar Lewis
Governor Elect Charles Henderson issues a call urging Alabama citizens to back Oscar S. Lewis for Senate president pro tem and E D Johnston for speaker of the House. He asserts the need for firm leadership amid unprecedented legislative tensions and emphasizes loyalty and Democratic integrity.
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Montgomery
Ala
Charles Henderson
Alabama
Wilson
Oscar 8. Lewis
Senate
E. D. Johnston
House of Representatives
Chas. Henderson
Johnston Makes Statement About Alabama Legislature
Huntsville leader Edward D. Johnston voiced opposition to a coalition agenda and warned that aligning with nonlegislators would subordinate state obligations to a liquor policy and fiscal plans. He urged the legislature to focus on the administration’s promised needs and duties.
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Johnston
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Edward D. Johnston
Huntsville
Onan
Henderson
Johnson
Lawmakers focus on immediate financial relief for Alabama
Early arrivals in Montgomery show near unanimity on tackling the state’s finances first. Debate splits over prohibition but all agree revenue reform must precede other measures, with no concrete relief plan yet offered and a likely early clash over liquor issues.
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Legisla
Montgomery
Johnston
Edward D. Johnston
Madison
Oscar Lewis
Tuskegee
Senate
H. N. Thompson
Greenville
H. B. Fuller
A. H. Carmichael
Tuscumbia
Prohibition
Jan
Unite
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Belgium
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