French Break Hill 304 at Verdun as Washington Reports
The Verdun front sees a French attack capture Hill 304 with gains toward Avecourt wood and Dead Man's Hill. French advances push to Haucourt and Bethincourt while British forces clash for Lens and claim control of Green Crassier with heavy German losses.
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Washington
Associated Press
Verdun
Avecourt Wood
Dead Man’s Hill
Paris
Haucourt
Bethincourt
Steel Company buys 11000 acres for Mobile shipyard site
The Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company via its Tennessee Land Co subsidiary buys over 11,000 acres at Mobile. The Manufacturers Record reports the land is secured for shipbuilding with hints of a broader Steel Corporation strategy under Judge Gary and associates.
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United States
Chickasabogue
Tennessee Coal, Tron & Railroad& Co
Manufacturers Record
South
Steel Corporation
Mobile
Mobile Land
Gary
Tennessee Land Co
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
The
Germans Evacuate Hill 304 On Verdun Front
Berlin reports the German evacuation of Hill 304 on the Verdun front. Officials say only a weak garrison remained to hold the position before retreat.
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Berlin
London
Verdun Front
War Office
British Press In Lens Front Reports Slag Heap Clash
Heavy fighting persisted through Aug 24 on the Lens southwest edge over the green cassier slag heap. Canadians gained a footing earlier and held the crest despite fierce German counterattacks, with bayonet fighting and heavy losses on both sides as British and Canadian forces pressed to retain ground northwest of the crossier.
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France
Belgium
Lens
Crossier
Crassier
Russian front quiet. Austro German attack repulsed near Krendsheni
In Petrograd the official statement says no fighting in the Riga region with only fusillades and scouting on the Russian front. On the Romanian front, Austro German forces attacked near Krendsheni, occupied part of Russian trenches, but were driven back by counter attacks.
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Petrograd
Riga
Krendsheni
Wilson works to avert Alabama miners strike
Secretary of Labor Wilson met Alabama union coal miners to discuss differences with mine operators as he aims to stop a threatened strike. Another meeting with operators was planned for 2 30 in the afternoon. progress was not disclosed, with union recognition still unsettled.
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Birmingham
Ala
Wilson
Alabama
Spot Cotton Drops 75 Points in Mobile Market
A decline of seventy five points in spot cotton at the Mobile cotton exchange brings the price to 24 cents. The drop is three quarters of a cent below yesterday's quotation with no sales reported.
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Mobile
Seaman Harold Perrson Files Declaration of Intention
Harold Arthur Secundus Perrson a Mobile seaman filed his declaration of intention to become a citizen in U S district court late yesterday afternoon. He is a native of Copenhagen Denmark.
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Harold Arthur Secundus Perrson
Mobile
United States District Court
Copenhagen
Den
Baseball Team Members Hurt After Freight Train Collision
Eleven Dayton Central League players were injured when a fast freight crashed into a passenger train at Mansfield. Two were seriously hurt including Fred Floyd Kroh of New Orleans, a pitcher with an artery severed arm, leg injuries, and steam burns. four other people were hurt.
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Champaign
Til
Dayton
Ohio
Mansfield
Fred Floyd Kroh
New Orleans
Permit 10 Lays Cable Across Mobile River
The Mobile Electric Company received a War Department permit to lay a power cable from Blakely and Pinto Islands to One-Mile Creek. Superintendent A D Quackenbush said supply will be abundant for shipyards and industries across the Mobile River. Completion is expected in two months and will serve current and future island plants.
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Mobile Electric Company
Blakely
Pinto Islands
Mobile River
Mobile
A. D. Quackenbush
War Department
Washington
Cable lines planned to ensure continuous service across river
Mr Quackenbush announced steps to keep service steady with a cable laid from Canal street across the river and a northward pole line to One Mile Creek. A separate emergency cable will be bent at One Mile Creek to minimize outages and speed repairs if the main line breaks.
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Quackenbush
Canal Street
City County Draft Quota About Ready
Physical examinations for Mobile County drafted men near completion as city and county boards process about fifty men in the second call. Exemption boards verify reports from thirteen counties and plan to open exemption hearings Monday. Once finished, Mobile County’s draft army will be ready for training camps with few exemptions expected.
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New National Army
Mobile
Alabama
Pascagoula Builders Busy With New Ways
News from Pascagoula Mississippi reports at the International Shipbuilding Company yard the fifth set of ways pile driving has begun and the fleet vessel keel is being laid. Foundations for ways advance at Dierks Blodgett Company as work on the third set of ways continues. Large timber deliveries arrive by barge from Gulfport and by rail from Florida and Alabama.
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Pascagoula
Miss
International Shipbuilding Company
Henry Piaggio Shipbuilding Company
Dierks Blodgett
Gulfport
Florida
Alabama
Second Fire Raging At Allies Naval Base
Athens Aug. 24 A second fire rages in Saloniki where a prior blaze last Saturday caused great damage. It destroyed a large portion of the city and left about 60 persons homeless as a thousand houses were burned to the ground.
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Allies Naval Base
Athens
Saloniki
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Washington report notes generally fair air for Alabama and Mississippi tonight and Saturday.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Feasibility of a Great Furnace Steel Plant at Mobile
Discussion centers on the possible future construction of a large iron and steel plant at Mobile using foreign ores and Gulf ports. Analysts note Cuba Brazil Chile ore discoveries and Texas deposits that could feed a Mobile operation, alongside a vast shipyard site bought for over 760000. The piece hopes Judge Gary contemplates irons and steel development alongside shipbuilding growth.
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Cuba
Brazil
Chile
South
Gulf Ports
Tidewater
Texas
Mobile
Gary
Owl Pays Visit Here And Notes Progress
A big owl inspected Mobile's business district perching atop a Royal Street electric pole near the Southern Express office. It quietly watched streetcars cars, autos and pedestrians then flew toward Chickasabogue district as Mobile modernizes and grows bustling.
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Mobile
Chickasabogue
Owl
Southern Express
Royal Street
Japanese mission head to address U S Senate
Viscount Ishii, head of the imperial Japanese mission to the United States, is to address the Senate next Thursday. Senator Saulsbury arranged the invitation after the mission’s formal call, with Senators Martin and Lodge assisting. A dinner will be hosted by Senator Saulbury Friday night.
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Washington
Viscount Ishii
United States
Senate
Saulsbury
Snator Martin
Virginia
Lodger
Massachusetts
Delaware
Clark
Oil Tanker Navajo Destroyed After Sea Battle
The Standard Oil steamship Navajo was destroyed by fire after a four hour battle with an enemy submarine. Crew of 27 says the ship sank the submarine before the Navajo exploded due to a fuel pipe rupture as she returned home on August 15. The crew arrived at an Atlantic port aboard an American steamer.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
U S Plans 10 Spend Billion More for Ships
Washington August 24 The shipping board outlines a total ship program of 1 270 ships totaling 7 968 000 tons seeking a billion dollar appropriation. Construction commandeering and purchases projected at about two billion dollars with distribution for building providing 400 million, commandeering 265 million and purchases 150 million.
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U.S
Washington
Shipping Board
McAdoo
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Congress
Commodore Jahncke Praises Mobile Navigation School
Commodore Ernest Lee Jahncke of New Orleans says Mobile hosts the gulf coast’s best navigation school and could become a top ship construction center. He toured the Mobile school with an aide from the New Orleans navy yard, met the advisory committee, and praised progress before heading to Jacksonville to supervise another program.
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Mobile
Gulf Coast
Ernest Lee Jahncke
New Orleans
United States Shipping Board
Cawthon Hotel
New Orleans Navy Yard
Shippine Board
Merchant Marine
Jancke
Jahncke
Jacksonville
Fla
Galveston
Houston
Texas
Jahnecke Pushes Marine Training in Mobile
After returning to New Orleans from Jacksonville St announced to day that he will urge Mobile to establish a school for training marine engineers. He said qualified men would be easy to recruit for courses and suitable for maritime posts. He also suggested starting a navigation class for capable men unable to join the regular school. A portion of Mobile’s senior navigation class, begun weeks ago under Capt Aubrey D Shaw and Alfred B Wilson, will be seen within a week.
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New Orleans
Jacksonville
Jahnecke
Mobile
Jahncke
Aubrey D. Shaw
Alfred B. Wilson
Rioting Troops From Texas Navy Withdrawn Quietly
Washington reports indicate Senator Sheppard announced immediate withdrawal of the Houston rioting negro troops from Texas after a War Department conference. Secretary Baker held off action pending full investigation and noted the affair does not change policy on training negro troops in the South.
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Texas
Washington
Senator Sheppard
Baker
Houston
South
Southern Department
War Department
Roosevelt
Texas Leather Workers Threaten to Strike
Leather workers in Dallas say they will quit government contract jobs after demands for higher wag es and shorter hours were rejected by manufacturers. W F Alterman, on the local union executive board, notes about half of the 200 workers have quit. Company officials deny union recognition and say operations are not handicapped.
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Dallas
Texas
W. F. Alterman
United Brotherhood of Leather Workers
No Public Hearing On Soldier Consent Bill
Washington Aug 24 The senate military affairs committee refused public hearings on Senator Hardwick Georgia bill to require consent before sending soldiers abroad The panel will hear Hardwick alone for one hour next week and will not hear a delegation he requested
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Washington
Senate
Hardwick
Georgia
Larson wins Grand American handicap shoot-off in Chicago area
CHICANO Aug 24 Charles H. Larson of Waupaca Wisconsin won the 1st annual Grand American handicap in a shoot-off with Mark Arie of Thomasboro Illinois. Larson broke 37 of 40 targets while Arie had 35 in the national amateur championship at South Shore Country Club today.
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Charlies H. Larson
Waupaca
Wis
Mark Arie
Thomasboro
South Shore
Larson
Arie
Seaman Quarti Held as Alien Enemy in County Jail
Hans Quarti, a seaman and German native, was locked up in the county jail on orders from Commissioner H. C. Brownlow. Officials report Quarti is an alien enemy, making thirteen such detainees in the county over the past six months.
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Seaman
Hans Quarti
H. C. Brownlow
Quarti
Germany
Prohibited liquor found at multiple city locations
Deputy sheriffs report Thursday night found liquor offenses at John Danzy residence at Hamilton and New Jersey streets beer and whiskey No 10 South Conception street beer Max Maisell corner Bloodgood and Cedar street whiskey Police action targeted several sites in the city listings include names and cross streets.
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John Danzy
Hamilton
New Jersey
South
Conception Street
Max Maisell
Bloodgood
Cedar Street
Posing As Man Woman Exposed By Army Draft
Cleveland report says Harry Hoffman a 30 year old, real name Lillian Myers, registered for the draft on June 5. Failure to appear for examination led to detention and confession that ten years she masqueraded as a man, working in various jobs as male.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Harry Hoffman
Lillian Myers
Massive U S Credit Extended to Russia Amid War Aid
Washington reports another loan of $100,000,000 to Russia, lifting total Soviet credits to $275,000,000. McAdoo and Ambassador Bakhmeteff pressed for rapid aid to buy locomotives freight cars rails and other railway gear as allied needs grow. Allies including France Italy and Britain supplied new figures and monthly credit pace is expected to near $600,000,000.
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Washington
Russia
McAdoo
Bakhmetteff
Lee
Liberty Konda
Lord Northcliffe
France
Italy
Confidence in Russia’s government voiced by state department
Secretary Lansing said the United States views the Russian government as stronger today than a month ago. He denied that Russia news caused pessimism, noting confidential dispatches show improved political and military value in the government.
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Washington
State Department
Lansing
Russia
Railroad Official to Take Government Job
Judge Iwight Watts of Portsmouth confirms resignation as general counsel of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad effective August 31. He will be succeeded by E Marvin Underwood, currently assistant attorney general of the United States. Watts cites age and health as reasons for leaving the post he has held since the system's founding.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
Iwight. Watts
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
E. Marvin Underwood
United States
Seaboard
Judge Watts
Red Cross Mission to Italy Plans Base Hospitals
The American Red Cross mission to Italy led by Lieut. Col. George Baker Jr. will leave Paris for Rome in days to study base hospital feasibility and ambulance units for rapid wounded care. It targets relief stations at seaports to aid those injured in Adriatic and Mediterranean naval warfare.
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Paris
American Red Cross Commission
Italy
George Baker, Jr
New York
Rome
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Mexican Avoid Draft by Crossing Border
In Brownsville Texas Aug 24 the city development board urged Senators Culberson and Sheppard and Congressman Garner to take action to curb Mexican and Mexican American draft evasion across the border. The board claimed that mass crossings reduce labor and threaten food production in the lower Rio Grande valley.
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Associated’ Press
Brownsville
Texas
Mexico
United States Army
Rio Grande Valley
Board of City Development
Culberson
Sheppard
Garner
16 Killed In Texas Riot Will End Martial Law
Rioting by 24th Infantry soldiers led to sixteen deaths and many injuries in Houston. National Guard and Illinois troops aided, with General Hulen proclaiming control as martial law takes hold. Regulars patrolled streets, police and citizens faced clashes, and preparations to move troops to Camp were underway.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
24Th United States Infantry
John A. Hulen
Texas National Guard
Galveston
24Th Infantry
Hulen
Illinois
Texas
National
J. W. Mattes
Mlinois Field Artillery
Ira
D. Rainey
Rafe Daniels
Smith
S. Satan
Second Illinois Field Artillery
J. Meink
Earl Finley
A. R. Carsten
Manuel Garredo
Red EK
Winkler
Bryant Watson
M. D. Everton
W. Wright
Vida Henry
Horace Moody
F. M. Jones
Cadogan
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Meuse
Green Crassier
Léns
T.l.co
Industrial Weekly
Sy Associated Press
Pinto
Great Furnace
U. S. Senate
Commodore Jahncke
Marine Engineers
Marine Engineer's
New Republic
American Red Cross Mission
Henry
Moody
Wiliam J. Drucks
W. H. Burkett
I E. A. Thompson
Hempstead
J. F. Richardson
Asp Bland
Wylie Strong
24Th
Negro
D. R. Patton
Samuel Foreman
Livingston
6Th
Texas Infantry
James Edwin Lyon
CG. W. Butcher
W. A
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