Invasion of Franc Pushed Back From Paris Report
French aviators report rapid German retreat from Paris with Von Kluck evacuating supplies and fighting to escape a trap. British and French forces cut off fleeing units, 6,000 prisoners captured, 150 German cavalry taken, and artillery destroyed by Captain Bellenger. Germans retreat from Ourcq and Marne as French and British advance.
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von Kluck
Envmy
Paris
Ourcq
Marne
Joffre
George Bellenger
Sezanne
Revigny
Tenth Corps
St. Gond
Compiegne
Lorraine
Chappenoux
Rehainvillers
Gerbevilles
St. Die
Osges
Cochran Lumber Company Bankruptcy Case in Alabama
In the U S District Court Southern District of Alabama a bankruptcy matter is filed for Cochran Lumber Company and related Cochran creditors H W Cochran and G L Cochran of Toinette Alabama. Case No 1420 is listed among the docket.
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U. 8. District Court
District of Alabama
Cochran Lumber Company, Et al
Cochran Lumbe Company
S. R. Cochran
H. W. Cochran
G. L. Cochran
Toinette
Ala
Paris Will Not Be Besieged By German Forces
A wartime account recounts cavalry actions and battlefield scenes as German forces retreat. Descriptions include hussars dismounting to drive off uhlans, guns captured from hidden positions, and a dramatic fighter’s eyewitness tale of barbarity toward a wounded soldier.
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Paris
Hussars
Sixth Time Hand of Death Stayed for Pope
Ervin Pope, Calhoun county murderer, again avoids the gallows as Gov. O Neal grants a respite from Sept 18 to Oct 2. Pope, a black man, was to be executed in Anniston for killing James McClurkin, a white farmer of Oxford. This marks the sixth delay after multiple appeals and reversals by the Alabama Supreme Court.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ervin Pope
Calhoun County
O'Neal
Pope
Anniston
James McClurkin
Oxford
McClurkin
Alabama Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Buy a Bale Slogan Pushed to Boost Cotton Investment
Mr Cone argues the Buy a Bale campaign would popularize cotton investment and benefit the South and nation. He says Treasury support in Washington for a safe financing movement has strengthened the resolve of Southern merchants, planters and financiers.
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Iit
South
Cone
Treasury Department
Washington
Liverpool Buyers Tripped In Atlanta
Five buyers including a Liverpool buying firm attempted to contract for 20 000 bales in Atlanta to exploit slumping prices but found no cotton available at the low rates. The "buy a bale" campaign boosts grower confidence, stabilizes the market, and raises minimum prices to 10 cents per pound. Local merchants join the movement by displaying bales and promoting the cause.
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Atlanta
Liverpool
South Georgia
New Orleans Embraces Buy-a-Bale Cotton Movement
New Orleans reports a buy-a-bale fever with prominent citizens pledging to purchase each bale at 10 cents per pound. The movement has unsettled spot shorts as war news improves and Waco dealers bid 8 1/2 to 8 3/4 cents middling for spots while southern and New England mills face pressure to buy.
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New Orleans
Waco
Texas
Southern
New England Mills
Movement Spreads In Memphis Territory
The buy a bale movement grows in Memphis and surrounding territory. Memphis will purchase at least 10,000 bales. The boards of trade in Nashville Jackson and Little Rock agree to take 100,000 bales or more. Memphis is expected to add over 10,000 bales, with more than half already subscribed.
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Memphis
Tenn
Board of Trade
Nashville
Jackson
Little Rock
Femphis
Chicago Tailors Join Cotton Buy A Bale Drive
Ed V Price Co wholesale tailors wired Southern reps to buy fifty bales of cotton at 10 cents a pound and hold for better times following J Ogden Armour’s example, as Chicago acts to support the national drive.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Ed V. Price & Co
Tide Turns as Enemy Center Breaks on Seine Front
Report describes a rapid retreat by enemy forces, with the center broken in one day and withdrawal of forty kilometers. While the front remains in confusion, the pursuit continues along the banks of the Seine, hinting at unseen danger.
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Seine
Sunday Ticket Offer At Coden And Bayou La Batre
Tickets priced at 50 cents round trip for Sunday travel to Coden or Bayou la Batre. Information available at City Ticket Office at 23 5. Royals a-12 isa 16-16 17 18:19.
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Coden
Bayou la Batre
Britain adopts plans to guard food supply in war
London reports the cabinet forms a food security committee and coordinates with the board of trade and agriculture. Measures include stock assessments, extended bank holidays, price controls, state reinsurance for shipping, and weekly maximums on butter flour and essentials to prevent shortages and hoarding.
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Britain
London
Board of Trade
Board of Agriculture
Runciman
House of Commons
Llgud- George
Board of Trace
Agricultural Consultative Committee
Consultative Committee of Traders
Alabama Good Roads Plan for Eighteenth Session at Montgomery
Alabama Good Roads Association executives push for a strong Montgomery meeting October 21 to 23. They urge probate judges mayors and clubs to appoint twenty five delegates each and report names to J A Rountree Birmingham. Delegates will discuss location construction maintenance and state aid with aim to influence legislature.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Good Roads Association
Montgomery
Good Roads
J. A. Rountree
Exchange Hotel
May
Montgomery Chamber of Commerce
William A. Gunter
Emmet O'Neal
Alabama
Association
P. O. Box
Stalwart Taxicab Driver Arrest Sparks Bystander Tension
Four policemen, including Officer Barrett, tackled and arrested William Ransom, a 38 year old white taxi operator, after he resisted sobriety checks in Bienville Square. A crowd formed, critiquing the arrest as officers handcuffed Ransom. A second man, John Kouitz, 24, was taken into custody nearby.
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William Ransom
Pittroff
Ransom
Bienville Square
Harris
McKay
Barrett
John P Kouitz
Hattiesburg and Laurel Exporters Renew Shipments
Lumber shippers from Laurel and Hattiesburg, using Mobile port, have arranged finance to renew shipments of timber to British and Scottish ports. Information came via an authoritative source.
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Hattiesburg and Laurel Exporters
Mobile
Laurel and
Hattiesburg
Austria Mobilizes Six Armies In Balkan Campaign
Vienna dispatch describes Austria mobilizing six armies across the eastern front. Four Galician forces face Russia while two push against Serbia and Montenegro. Command appears divided among Potierek, von Frank, and several generals under Archduke Frederick, with about fifteen divisions engaged in the Serbia theatre and the Prague Eighth corps mobilized for potential expansion.
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Venice
Russia
Servia
Potierek
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Montenegro
Ritter von Frank
Bohm Ermolli
Brudermann
Auffenberg
Scheman
Archduke Frederick
Francis Ferdinand
Prague
Galicia
Landwehr
Honved
Alabama Governor Heads to Washington for Cotton Relief Talks
Governor O Nea l leaves Montgomery for Washington to consult Secretary McAdoo on relief for Southern cotton growers amid the European war. He plans to return by late next week and may discuss appointing a federal judge for the circuit court of appeals, with Judge Richard W Walker among candidates.
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Montgomery
O'Neal
Washington
William C. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
David D. Shelby
Richard W. Walker
State Court of Appeals
Walker
Jacques Delcasse Wounded in War
An international telegram from Bordeaux reports Jacques Delcasse, son of the French foreign minister, wounded in battle and admitted to a hospital at Thionville before transfer to Galicia. The dispatch also details Austro Hungarian army composition and deployment in Europe.
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International News Service
London
Bordeaux
Jacques Delcasse
Thionville
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Boston
Qeonalds
Pouse
Army Service Corps
Uhlans
Bic
Melbourne
Australia
Adam Glass
Royal St
Austria
Via and
Gov. O'Neal
McAdoo
Ton Growers
First National Bank
Federal Reserve Association
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