Valuation and Boards of Equalization Provisions
State and county boards to value property at 60 percent of cash value with quadrennial assessments. Three member county boards appointed locally and a state board arbitration panel set taxes for corporations and utilities. franchise taxes scale with capital stock and intrastate holdings. The article also hints at local observer anecdotes about a jitney and a coffee habit.
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Board of Equalization
Alba
Aonat Ae
County Boards of Equalization
County Board of Equalization
State Board of Equalization
County Board
State Board
Arbitration
Alabama
Russian fortunes rise as Vienna retreats on eastern front
Territorial notes describe Austro German retreat from Lublin area and Russian gains toward Warsaw. London experts attribute Austrian reverse to overextended advance and logistics strain. Reports say German reinforcements move west while Paris notes British trenches hold. Petrograd says Grand Duke Nicholas uses desert warfare to pin German forces. Albert Thomas asserts Britain can supply unlimited munitions to the Allies.
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Poland
Warsaw
Petrograd
London
Archduke Ferdinand
Krasnik-Lublin
von Mackensen
Vienna
Lublin
Vistula
Holland
Paris
Cig Og
Pilyken
Souchez
Czar
Nicholas
England
Albert Thomas
David Lloyd-George
Muunitions
Wilson Line steamer Guido sunk by submarine off Scotland
The Wilson Line steamship Guido en route from Hull to Archangel was torpedoed off the Scottish coast by a German submarine. the crew were saved. A Venice dispatch says the cruiser Amalfi was torpedoed twenty miles from the coast and sank within half an hour. 500 crew members were saved with hospital ships sent to aid.
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Wilson Een
Guido Unk
London
Wilson Line
Guido
Hull
Archangel
Scotland
Rome
Venice
Giornale D'Italia
Amalfi
British Gain Moral Upper Hand at Gallipoli
British press reports the June 28 Battle of Gully Ravine widened the allied line on the Gallipoli front and created a strong moral effect, stating the British "now have at length got the whip hand of the Turks" as the left flank advanced a mile.
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London
Gully Ravine
Gallipoli
General Liman von Sanders Wounded Report Denied
From Mytilene a Times dispatch claims confirmation of von Sanders being wounded by Turkish troops while Enver Pasha takes command of Gallipoli defenders. The report remains disputed.
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Eneral von Sanders
London
Mytileni
Liman von Sanders
Enver Pasha
Gallipoli
Mobile Police Sweep Nets Large Prohibition Busts
Law enforcement reports a major push on liquor during Thursday raids by Mobile city and county officers. 299 packages valued over 3000 dollars seized from multiple sites, including 87 casks of Sphinx beer, plus 119 packages from a barn and 30 more from a Lawrence Street location. The total seized and stored for court exceeds 9500 dollars as Frank L. Allen posts bond after a Prohibition violation warrant.
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Crenshaw
Newbern and
Harris
C and
South Carolina
B. F. Cody
Punnisen, Brannan
Lynch
George Sindik
Frank L. Allen
Oberhaus
Inferior Criminal Court
Sheriff's
Corrects Standing of Memphis and Little Rock
Memphis record adjusted after July 4 game with Little Rock. Memphis now 46 wins 32 losses. Little Rock 30 wins 46 losses. Also notes murder case ongoing, a drowning of 15 year old Felie Smith, ambulance steward appointment for city hospital, and a Mobile College scholarship award to Mr. Pson.
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Memphis
Little Rock
Birmingham
Ala
Stradford
Southern Association of Baseball Clubs
William Henry Thompson
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
City
Pson
Mobile In College
Mane Convicted Notary Public Bond Filed in Pro bate Court
Ee Mane was recently convicted as a notary public and filed his bond in a probate court on Thursday afternoon under the supervision of Governor Charles Henderson.
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Mane
Charles Henderson
Convicts’ Work Plan Overhauls State Penal System
July 9 Special: Alabama moves toward a unified state prison commission merging highway and convict departments and the prison inspection service. A three member panel would include a physician inspector, a highway engineer, and an executive head with six year terms and $4000 salaries. The plan relocates convict labor to roads gradually over four years, with funding shifted from highway to motor vehicle revenues.
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Montgomery
Legislative Investigating Committee
State
Prison Inspection Department
State Prison Commission
Highway Department
William H. Oates
W. 8. Keller
Commission
Holcombe Again Heads Democratic Young Men's Club
The Young Men's Democratic Club re elected officers for the ensuing year led by president William H. Holcombe Jr and included E S Thomas F T Cammack Albert Hart A J Zieman Clem Lang and J R Ennis. The group endorsed Attorney Jack P Courtney for assistant solicitor and sent Governor Henderson a telegram requesting the appointment.
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Young Men's Democratic Club
William H. Holcombe, Jr
E. 8. Thomas
F. T. Cammack
Albert Hart
A. J. Zieman
Clem Lang
J. R. Ennis
Young Men's Henderson Club
Mystery meeting of Ways and Means Committee
An air of secrecy surrounds a Ways and Means Committee meeting scheduled for next Monday at 8 o clock in the Battle House. Chairman J Leslie Taylor hints at an important matter but refuses to reveal details, urging full attendance. Greenville report notes the third floor of Greenville High School now houses manual training domestic science and a gymnasium to bolster the curriculum.
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Ways and Means Committee
Battle House
J. Leslie Taylor
Greenville
Greenville High School
Executive Board of Good Roads Ass'n to Talk Legislation
President John Craft travels from the city to Birmingham for a Saturday executive committee meeting at 10 o'clock in the Morris Hotel. The Alabama Good Roads Association will discuss state road funding from automobile licenses, a non elective commission bill, and review the field agent report from forty six counties. The Huntsville Times J A Pearce and Huntsville Chamber of Commerce president Ezelie will invite the group to meet there and present a second invitation.
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John Craft
Alabama Good Roads Association
Birmingham
Morris Hotel
J. A. Pearce
Huntsville Times
Ezelie
Chamber of Commerce
Second Cargo of Zinc Ore Arrives at Port
The Danish steamer Natal delivered the second zinc ore cargo to the port last evening. The ore, consigned to Walsh Stevedoring and Contracting Co, is for a major paint firm in Howe, Illinois. No import duties are collected locally. valuation and duties occur at Howe by Chicago district officials. Both shipments originate from Dahl Port Pirie South Australia. two more cargoes are expected.
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Natal
Walsh Stevedoring and Contracting Company
Howe
Chicago
Dahl
Port Pirie
South Australia
Minnehaha Safe at Halifax Fire Mostly Contained
The Atlantic Transport Line steamer Minnehaha with 15000 tons of war munitions aboard reached Halifax harbor after a fire that started Thursday. Early wireless reports said flames were mastered and danger reduced, confined to Hold No 8 away from cordite and explosives. An inquiry into a possible bomb on board by Frank Holt was expected once the ship arrived.
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Halifax
Atlantic Transport Line
New York
London
Halifax Harbor
Claret
No. 8 Hold
England
Holt New York
Explosion Suspicion Ties Holt to Minnehaha Incident
Report suggests Holt, linked to a disaster diction, may have intended a ship explosion on a voyage from New York. The aim was to sink a steamer believed to be the Game Onia or the Philadelphia, tying to a planned maritime calamity.
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Coat
Cnet
Holt
Ateamer
New York
Philadelphia
Man Claims Self Defense After Killing Uncle on Greene County Plantation
In Greene county near Demopolis a man identified as a Black man named Bannison Waiters was arrested after admitting to shooting his uncle Sam Waiters with a shotgun two weeks prior. He says he acted in self defense as his uncle approached with an ax. Sheriff notified by Green County authorities.
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Humphreys
Nina McCoy Surprise Party At Oakdale
Thursday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs George McCoy a surprise party honored Nina McCoy with a crowd of friends attending. Games refreshments and a late move to the park for moving pictures followed a cheerful gathering. Guests included Anita Bolton Rosa White Ruth Barnett Rebecca Barnett Marguerite Bell and others. Mrs Frank Brettle visited Mrs Yost during the event and Earl and Christine Walker planned to return home to Suggeville after a pleasant visit with Aunt Mrs Keorhien.
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George McCoy
Nina
Mrs. McCoy
Anita Bolton
Rosa White
Ruth and
Rebecca Barnett
Marguerite Bell
Nina McCoy
Leslie Bullen
Harrell
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BOTHA
Rane Pererhe
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
Calvert and Yoerk
Meridian
Tuscaloesa
East
Huerta
U. S
General Huerta
el Paso
Constabulary OF Mobile
Jim Pippin
Charles Williams
Government Street
Felié Smith
Elmira Street
William Thompson
Nle & Nashville
Johnson-Allen Uni Company
Holcombe
Democratic Young Men’s Club
Bauer
Palm Beach
Mobile
ST. Emanuel and
Dauphin Sts
Blue
Executive Board of
Good Roads Ass’n To Talk Legislation
Africa
Oakdale
Miles
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