Paris Exiles Flee by Free Trains to Switzerland and South
Paris residents mainly women and children board free government trains to flee the city. Refugees head south or west. Switzerland receives crowds as trains run three times normal, with Americans and Belgians among arrivals. Cruising conditions say crops good and hotels keep normal prices as the exodus progresses.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Paris
Switzerland
Italy
France
New Orleans Seal Sparks Suspicion on European Trip
English officers detain Charles H. O Rourke of New Orleans after a forged looking document bearing a red New Orleans seal and a German name prompts scrutiny while en route to Europe. He explains a quick private business deal and plans to report in Bow Street on arrival in London. The piece notes Havas News Agency shifting offices to Bordeaux.
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Washington
Charles H. O'Rourke
New Orleans
Martin Behrman
O'Rourke
Europe
Antwerp
Holland
Plymouth
Bow Street
Mr. O'Rourke
Liverpool
Candidates Seek Refund From County Democratic Committee
Twenty six candidates in the April 6 primary petition D B Cobbs chairman asking for a meeting of the county Democratic executive committee to determine if they have refunds from the money paid for the privilege of being voted for. They claim state and county committees refunded leftovers after the primary.
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D. B. Cobbs
Democratic Executive Committee
State Committee
Jefferson County
Pri
Democratic Party
Dobbs
Laurendine
Cobbs
Mobile
Ala
R. A. Hall
Albert S. Ward
M. L. Campbell
E. V. O'Connor
H. L. Richard
James T. Burns
Harry T. Hartwell
C. A. Grayson
Bart B. Chamberlain
John F. Holley
W. E. P. Wilson
Dr. L. W. Roe
Mobile Democrats consider refund of unused primary funds
A letter from Mobile Democratic leaders discusses calling a meeting to decide whether to refund about thirty cents per candidate from a roughly two thousand dollar pool after primaries. Officials say a contingency fund is needed and refuse a blanket return.
German Drive Near Paris Escalates in War Front
German forces push the French back through Creil Senlis and Crepy en Valois with Paris within twenty miles as official lines remain unclear. Reports from Liverpool allege 80 000 Russian troops landed in France, a claim not cleared by cable censors.
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Creil
Senlis
Crepy-en-Valois
Paris
New York
London
Liverpool
France
Louisiana Cotton Leaders Schedule Regional Meetings
Paul M. Potts calls parishes and state meetings to tackle a wartime cotton crisis. Parish meetings on September 19 elect delegates, state meeting September 22 at Alexandria forms the state association, with the central meeting September 29 in New Orleans to elect officers. Tickets to ride to Coden or Bayou La Batre are 50 cents.
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New Orleans
Paul M. Potts
Louisiana
Southern Cotton Association
South
Europe
Potts
Alexandria
Game Warden Hunts Men For Out Of Season Deer
County Game Warden Stanley A. Edwards searches for Jordan Burrage Jr and Wilbur Lewis both residents near Creola for killing one buck and two does out of season. They were arrested and released on their own recognizance but failed to appear for trial. authorities now seek to bring them to court soon.
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Stanley A. Edwards
Jordan Burrage, Jr
Wilbur Lewis
Creola
Tuck
Doe
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