United States Plans 350 Million Destroyer Fleet Program
Washington August 27 Secretary Daniels asks Congress to approve 350 million dollars for a destroyer fleet expansion. The plan funds shipbuilding plant upgrades and engine boiler factories to enable mass production. Details on destroyer numbers are kept secret for military reasons. deliveries start next year to use trained officers and men. The estimate may rise as the program proceeds.
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Sting
Navy
Uder
Joni
Anately
War Bond Bill Delayed by Absence in Committee
The $11 538 945 000 war bond and certificate bill stalled in the House Ways and Means Committee due to Secretary Doc’s absence. He will testify tomorrow and the measure moves to executive sessions. Leaders promise full debate time but progress toward a vote this week is in doubt.
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Doc
Washington asks for holding of German
Instructions from Fort Oglethorpe authorities were sent to the decal detective department to hold a carload of aeroplanes on Saturday and arrest a man. The telegram stated that the Cedar Grove arrest was not Arnold Hinkle and named him as Arnold Hinkle, age 35, interned in.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Fort Oglethorpe
Cedar Grove
Arnold Hinkle
Birming
Americans to Carry Flags From French Descendants
Ten American regiments will receive embroidered banners from a French descendant group. Ambassadeur Jusserand notified the U S State Department that the French descendants organization has offered ten more flags to American regiments. The offer was sent to the War Department which will accept gladly and designate five American organizations to receive the flags.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Jusserand
State Department
Pershing
Secretary of War
Spot cotton dips in Mobile market to 22 1 4
Spot cotton on the Mobile market closed at 22 1 4 cents, a drop of 100 points from the prior session. No sales were recorded today.
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Mobile
Woosley Charged With Abandoning Family
Robert Tyson Woosley was arrested at Royal and Dauphin streets by Deputies Easterling and Dona on a warrant charging him with abandoning his family. Sheriff Easterling said the man left his wife destitute. In Missoula Montana on Aug 27 reports note western Montana fire conditions as district forester H Rutlidge discussed extinguishing fires at Lolo Hot Springs.
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Robert Tyson Woosley
Royal
Dauphin Streets
Easterling
Donaom
Sereboula
Missoula
Mont
Montana
H. Rutlidge
Lole Hot Springs
I W W Officers Held in Little Lynching Case
In Butte Montana C A McCarthy an I W W officer jailed amid an investigation into the lynching of I W W leader Frank Little swore he was framed and denied involvement. He said authorities can't connect him to the crime and claimed no participation in the lynching.
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Butte
Mont
C. A. McCarthy
Butte Industrial Workers of the World Local
Rty
I. W. Weader
Frank Little
Ship yard site to be surveyed early in week
A surveying party from United States Steel Corporation will arrive in Mobile late this week to survey and mark off the Chickasabogue district site for planned plants. Coleman Engineering's James F. Coleman noted further information may follow after the field survey. He met with local real estate figures at the Battle House before returning to New Orleans.
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United States Steel Corporation
Mobile
Chickasabogue
James F. Coleman
Coleman Engineering Company of
New Orléans
City
Coleman
Steel Corporation
Chicasabogue
New Orleans
Bruise on Head Ends in Death of Kreole Woman
Mrs. Fannie Miller of Kreole Mississippi died at a Mobile infirmary after a head injury from an iron fence led to blood poisoning. She was brought to Mobile on Thursday and died soon after, daughter of William Crane of Kreole. Burial arrangements entrusted to Berenjohn & Sands.
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Fannie Miller
Kreele
Miss
Miller
Mobile
William Crane
Kreole
Berenjohn & Sands
Socialist candidate Charles Evans held on anti-draft charges
In Newton Mississippi Charles Evans the Socialist candidate for Congress in the fifth district was arrested by federal agents for anti-draft activities. He was brought to Meridian and held on a $3000 bond as officers allege he gave speeches opposing the draft law.
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Associated Press
Meridian
Miss
Charles Evans
Mississippi
Newton
Evans
Coal chute worker badly injured on Southern Railway site
George Cosby, a coal chute worker for the Southern Railway, is listed at City Hospital with both legs fractured after a coal fall at work. The incident occurred Saturday night and was filed with police headquarters.
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George Cosby
Southern Railway
Dangerous Germans Taken to Fort Oglethorpe
New York Aug 27 orders were received to transfer more than a dozen Germans deemed dangerous from Ellis Island to Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. A special detachment of soldiers will escort the prisoners south.
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Associated Press
New York
Uni States
United States
Ellis Island
Fort Oglethorpe
Craney Island Named Quarantine Post Across Elizabeth River
Craney Island across the Elizabeth River from Norfolk is designated a national quarantine station. The Navy turned the site over to the United States Public Health Service, which requested 406000 dollars to build modern facilities on the island.
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Associated Press
NORFO
Craney Island
Elizabeth River
Norfolk
United States Public Health Service
Navy One
Public Health Service
Senate War Tax Contests Postage Increase Debate
Washington Aug 27 The Senate opened debate on the wartime postage provisions and profits tax with a split over newspaper and magazine publisher taxes. Hardwick and McKellar urged substitutes to raise second class rates and tax publishers income, while the committee plan seeks revenue from both higher rates and income tax. A ruling on the postage section is expected by midweek as publishers press for relief.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Hardwick
Georgia
McKellar
Tennessee
Finance Committee
Post Office Department
Senator McKellar
Imperiled explorers mislinked to Pitt institute
Dr. William J. Holland of the Legro Institute in Pittsburgh stated that Bradley Jones and Daniel M. Wise, cited in a San Francisco letter as endangered in a South American jungle, were not connected to the institute and he had no knowledge of their movements. The letter claimed they were marooned near the Amazon head with scant provisions and a rifle, seeking a coast escape.
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Associated Press
Watch Hill
R. I
William J. Holland
Legro Institute
Pittsburgh
Bradley Jones
Daniel M. Wise
Jones
San Francisco
South America
William B. Leahy
Amazon River
Soldier Not Killed As First Reported
Calvin Culpepper of Pelham Georgia, a member of Battery D First New York field artillery, was wrongly reported killed yesterday during a fire at Cliff Haven Catholic summer school near Plattsburg New York. He was injured but not fatally and hospital reports indicate he should recover.
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Associated Press
Plattsburg, N. Y
Calvin Culpepper
Pelham
First New York Field Artillery
Cliff Haven
Culpepper
Two Women Beaten and Slain Near Omaha Farm
Omaha report states Mrs. C. L. Nethaway aged forty was assaulted and murdered near her rural home with her throat cut. A day earlier Mrs. Christina Anderson widow aged forty four was killed in her Omaha home with a similar throat wound. A Black suspect has been arrested.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
C. L. Nethaway
Christina Anderson
Houston Returns to Normal After Martial Law Lift
Houston returns to normal after Major General Bell lifts martial law. Saloons reopen and shops sell ammunition, Pa are removed from streets, armed guards leave street corners as order returns to the city.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Bell
Nearly Lynched Negro Bids His Mother Farewell
William H. Burgess, a Black man arrested in Fairfax for allegedly attacking two white women, was brought to Henrico county jail from Alexandria amid lynching fears. He wrote a farewell letter to his mother, which police deem a virtual confession. State troops guarded him during transfer and jailers keep him under tight watch.
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Richmond
Wiliam H. Burgess
Fairfax County
Henrico County
Alexandria
Burgess
U S Aims Reply to Papal Peace Note This Week
Washington reports indicate the United States will issue a reply to Pope Benedict XV's peace proposal this week. Secretary Lansing declined to give a time or character for dispatch while entente powers await Washington's first move. Alsace Lorraine leaders oppose a duchy arrangement and dismiss the pope's plan as unacceptable.
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Washington
Pope Benedict
Lansing
United States
American Girl Weds Canadian Officer in Quiet Seaford Ceremony
Miss Gertrude Langry daughter of Frederick W. Vanderbilt wed Lance Corporal Locquell of the Canadian army in a restrained Seaford ceremony. The bride announced she would use Vanderbilt as her name and stated her parents had not learned of the marriage.
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Pec Press
London
Gertrude Langry
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
New York
Locquell
Oporto
Unive
Daily Mirror
Seaford
Vanderbilt
Mae
Onan
Pleasure Bay Damaged by Fire at Zandels
The Pleasure Bay suffered minor damage from a fire at Zandels this morning. Fire was found between 4 and 6 o clock. ash pan flooded to extinguish it. Crew aboard. ship left Zandels at 10 35 a m for Mobile. Damage under 15 dollars. cause not determined.
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Pleasure Bay
Zandel’s
Zandels
Mobile
Negro Troops Removal Debate Reaches Texas and Congress
Fragmentary report shows discussion in Congress and at the White House about removing black troops from Texas. The record mentions a senator and unspecified officials weighing action.
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Seocrated Press
Atetane Ding
Fiona
Paiten Awal
Pegro
Congress
Presid
W House
Governor Edge Presses Federal Price Control to Curb Groceries
Governor Walter Edge in New Jersey calls for federal price control legislation after weekly market reports show rising food costs. He warns retailers and producers to limit price hikes to stabilize prices for consumers.
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Associated Press
Tre N
Walter Edge
New Jersey
Verdun Offensive Holds Gains as French Repel Attacks
General Petain reports holding all Verdun gains against strong counterattacks as French forces repulse assaults on new positions and take 1100 prisoners. Two thirds of a mile advanced along a two and a half mile front toward Beaumont village amid German efforts in the Aisne sector and British aviation strikes behind German lines. A trench raid near Oostteverne is noted as infantry activity.
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Associated Press
Washington
Petain
Verdun
Beaumont Village
Aisne
Paris
Denis Westren
Oostteverne
Bombing raid over Belgium by British naval air service
London reports a midnight bombing raid by the naval air service on the St Denia Westren air drome in Belgium. A large number of bombs were dropped and one aircraft is missing.
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London
Belgium
Naval Air Service
St. Denia Westren
German Attacks on Aisne Verdun Fronts Rebuffed
Paris reports strong German assaults on the Aisne and Verdun fronts last night. The war office says French fire broke up the attacks and all positions were held. More than 1,100 prisoners were taken yesterday.
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Associated Press
Paris
Aisne
Verdun
War Office
Yestery
Germans Claim Recapture of Beaumont on Verdun Front
Berlin reports Beau mont village and surrounding woods were seized by Germans, then retaken after being forced out on the Verdun front east of the Meuse. Hostilities in the sector persist as the war office notes ongoing fighting.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Beaumont
Verdun
Meuse
War Office
Austro German Attack Repulsed Near Ocna
Austro German forces attacked Romanian positions south of Ocna last night but were repulsed according to the war office. Romanian troops northeast of Souveia retook a height previously held by the enemy.
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Petrogad
Ocna
War Office
Souveia
Navy Yard Plot Prosecution Discussed With Officials
At Washington on August 27 Secretary Daniels and Attorney General Gregory conferred about criminal proceedings for those responsible for the Mare Island explosion that killed five. Bruce Bielaski joined the briefing as head of the Bureau of Investigation, with the scope and findings still not disclosed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ogress
Mare Island
Cal
Daniela
Gregry
Daniels
Department of Justice
Bruce Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation
German prisoner escapes from Hot Springs camp
An interned German at the Hot Springs North Carolina camp forty miles north of Asheville escaped last night according to officials in Asheville. The escape was reported to the United States marshal and follows several weeks of activity in the area by German internees.
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Ssociated Press
Asheville
Sigfried Sonneck
Hot Springs
N. C
United States
Therma
First Navy Flyer Killed on Duty in France
The first American navy flyer to die at the French front is stated as George Herbert Manley, a machinist's mate in the naval aeronautical corps. He was killed in an airplane accident in France. Manley was the son of Herbert Manley of Maplewood New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Department
George Herbert Manley
Naval Aeronautical Corps
France
Manley
Herbert Manley
Maplewood
N. J
District Board Draft List Incomplete For Exemption Reviews
The Southern Alabama district exemption board has not finished checking exemption claims as full reports from local boards are not yet received. Chairman Joel W. Goldsby said work is underway and should wrap up before week’s end. Local Mobile quota men for the national arena will assemble in Mobile on September 5 to be fitted for training and sent to a front line unit upon arrival at the cantonment.
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Southern
Alabama
Joel W. Goldsby
Mobile
Cura Re Rt
Sptember 5
Panter
Local draft processing outlines cantonment assignment plan
Exemption boards will assemble men here and supply transport and meals. Recruits report to cantonment for bath, medical pre exam and vaccinations. Training starts with two weeks of physical drills and health instruction, then gradual work increase under surgeons watch. Units localize by state with 30 percent initial strength in cantonments.
Effort to Settle Coal Strike Faces Setback
In Birmingham Alabama on August 2 indications were that Secretary of Labor Wilson’s push for a settlement between Alabama coal operators and union miners has been fruitless with only slight operator concessions hinted. Wilson reportedly sent a forceful message to Coal Operators Association president G B MacCormack and suggested a formal statement might follow later as optimism waned.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Wilson
Alabama
G. B. MacCormack
Coal Operators Association
Dave Wilson Fined in Gaming Charge After Raid
Dave Wilson pleaded guilty to gaming in the inferior criminal court and paid a $1 fine plus court costs after a raid on a house where gambling was in progress Saturday night. Also arrested were C. L. Miller Moffett Wiggins John Johnson and Fred Barnes by Deputy Sheriffs Read Donahue and Easterling.
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Dave Wilson
Inferior Criminal Court
Wilson
Jack Courtney
C. L. Miller
Moffett Wiggins
John Johnson
Fred Barnes
Read
Donahue
Easterling
Navigation school enrollment grows
Six or seven new members joined the Mobile navigation school's class and as many additional applications were accepted. Appointees will join the class later in the week. Instructor Mr Alfred B Wilson announced today the new class will consist of at least a dozen.
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Mobile Navigation School
Alfred B. Wilson
Wilson pledges aid to Russian government from Moscow
President Wilson sent a cable to the National Council in Moscow stating the United States will provide every material and moral assistance to the government of Russia. The message accompanied cautious official reactions to Premier Kerensky’s Moscow remarks, noted with concern by U.S. officials.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
National Council In Assembly
Moscow
Russia
Kerensky
Newvernment
National Council Assembly
Great Council
Impeached Governor Refunds State Money
James E. Ferguson suspended Texas governor refunded 2403 to the state from the executive mansion appropriation for items courts said could not be paid. The sum covers 1320 from 1915-16 and 1083 from 1916-17. Acting Governor Hobby also turned over 3116 to the treasurer credited to the Texas National Guard.
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W. P. Hobby
Hobby
Ferguson
Texas National Guard
Police and Firemen Liable for Service
New York Aug 27 Policemen and firemen eligible to draft will not be excused from military service says a communication from Provost Marshal General Crowder received by Police Commissioner Woods. The marshal argued exemptions for larger cities would be unfair to smaller ones and noted that medical students and others would seek exemptions if firemen and policemen were exempted.
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Associated Press
New York
Crowder
Po Hce
Woods
Whitman
Secretary of War
Baker
Ice Dealers Meet to Aid Government Food Program
In Chicago on August 27 ice dealers who control a large share of U S output discussed cooperating with the Hoover food administration. A representative of the food administrator urged dealers to sell ice at a price making it a true economy for households and to reduce waste.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Herbert C. Hoover
David A. Brown
Trust
Aviation Service Capacity Reached. Enlistments Halted
The aviation section of the Signal Reserve Corps, United States Army, is filled to capacity and will not accept new enrollments until further notice. John Maguire of the Birmingham recruiting station reports sufficient men secured for the present. The station recently sent men from the aviation section.
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Signal Reserve Corps
United States Army
John Maguire
Ini Dharn
Birmingham
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