Boilermakers Walkout Stoppages Hit Alabama Dry Dock Plant
Union committee meets with Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding officials and U S War Industries Board representatives to settle a walkout affecting about 1200 workers. Disputes center on discipline of Milton Stock and J G Leonard who refused to join the union.
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Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Menrwitt
Milton Stock
J. G. Leonard
Sies
U. S. War Industries Board
Fred Baker
Hull No. 35
Alabama Dry Lock and Shipbuilding Company
Stock
Leonard
Baker
Alta
United States Shipping Board
Union
War Industries Board
Alabama Company
Pinto
Alabama
Mooney Sympathy Strike Called Off in Portland
The Central Council of Portland adopted a resolution rescuinding the December 9 sympathy strike for Thomas J. Mooney. The council expressed faith in ultimate justice for Mooney and said the action would be withdrawn.
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Associated Press
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California
Labor Council
Mobile Gas Plant Fire Threatens Plant Roof
The boiler room at the Mobile Gas Company plant on Davis avenue and Marmotte street caught fire Friday morning shortly after 1 o clock and firemen were called but not needed. The fire was extinguished with two extinguishers by workers. A two story frame dwelling at Con and Manassas caught fire later the same day from a defective flue causing slight damage.
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Mobile Gas Company
Davis Avenue
Marmotte Street
Areery
Con
Manassas
Hospitals Planned for Wounded Men
Washington December 6 The plan calls a new hospital at Norfolk sites to be chosen in North Carolina Massachusetts New Hampshire and Seattle to care for discharged sick and disabled soldiers Assistant Surgeon General Stimson asked the public buildings committee for 16 million dollars to provide five beds as the start of large construction An addition is planned at the Marine Hospital in New Orleans
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Norfolk
North Carolina
Massachusetts Herkishire Hills
Seattle
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Public Buildings Committee
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New Orleans
California Planes Pass Over Alabama in Display Flight
Washington Dec. 6 Authority granted by the war department today to Major Albert D. Smith commanding a squadron of five army airplanes which left San Diego or El Paso to continue toward Dorrfield Acadia File. If possible the trans continental flight will be the first by a military aircraft formation.
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Act Now Mr Mayor An Editorial Calls For Health Action
The News Item urges Mayor Crawford to amend the ordinance to require physicians to report influenza cases, including Spanish influenza, to give the public health chief a daily survey. It warns delay may cost lives and urges immediate action to prevent a local epidemic.
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Crawford
Mobile
Mohr
Planes to Fly Over City for Britain Day Parade
Rotary Club backs Britain Day celebration in Mobelia with a 3 PM parade from St. Joseph to West St. Michael. Airplanes from a nearby station and three bands will join, followed by a mass meeting in the square honoring Great Britain's wartime accomplishments.
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George Crawford
England
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West St. Michael
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Spring Hill
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Baden Seeks Incorporation With Switzerland
Southern Baden newspapers report a Copenhagen dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says Baden plans to join Switzerland. Baden lies east of the Rhine and includes much of the Black Forest.
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Baden
Switzerland
Copenhagen
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Etchings Reports George Street Repair Underway
The News Item editorial column notes mobile etchings urging repair have spurred work on George Street from Augusta to Government. A crew scarifies the worn stretch toward Magnolia Cemetery, with three blocks slated for macadamizing in coming days.
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George Street
Magnolia Cemetery
Government
Augusta
Wireless dispatches show routine executive business from Wilson era
Secretary Tumulty returns from New York as wireless messages from the White House focus on routine matters. A Carter Glass nomination and possible McAdoo timing hint at concerns over railroad policy and the director general post amid a peace conference setting.
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New York
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McAdoo
Penton
Hawkins Awarded $1000 Damages in Dry Dock Case
Amos K. Hawkins received a $1,000 judgment from the circuit court Friday after noon against the Alabama Dry and Shipbuilding Company. Hawkins sued on May 28 for the gore that caused the loss of a forefinger while working at the dry dock.
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Amos K. Hawkins
Alabama M Dry and Shipbuilding Company
Hawkins
Sabbath Services at Government Street Temple
Regular Sabbath services will be held Friday night at 8 o'clock at Government Street Temple. Dr A G Moses will discourse on The Sacrifice of Peace. Children's Sabbath services are Saturday morning at 9 o'clock with the regular services at 10 o'clock. The monthly meeting of Bnai Brith is scheduled for Sunday at 11 o'clock.
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Government Street Temple
A. G. Moses Annou
Sacrie of Peace
Hearst Named In Hun Plot Disclosure
Senate briefings reveal cablegrams from 1916 show Count von Bernstorff proposing to use Hearst linked Hale as a German agent to shape Berlin news coverage. Bielaski testified Hale earned 300 dollars weekly from Hearst payroll and 15000 yearly from a German propaganda group.
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Mobile Clergy To Attend Archbishops Investiture In New Orleans
Bishop Ward P. Allen of Mobile will lead a group of Mobile clergy to New Orleans for the investiture of Archbishop John Shaw with the pallium and the consecration of Bishops Jeanmard and Grossaerts at St Louis Cathedral. Apostolic Delegate John Donvane will preside. Attending Mobile clergy include Rev Fathers Dunne Eaton and others. many Mobile residents plan to attend.
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John Shaw
Jeanmard
Grossaerts
Ward P. Allen
Mobile
New Orleans
St. Louis Cathedral
South
John Donvane
Edward P. Ee
DD. A. Eee
Peer . Dunne
T. J. Eaton
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Lawson Sues Electric Company for 25000 Damages
A. T. Lawson as administrator of James K R Lawson estate sues Mobile Electric Company in circuit court for 25000 claiming J K Lawson was killed by an overcharged wire and negligence in wiring. Anne Dry and Shipbuilding Reaper also suit Friday for 10000 for personal injuries from November 16 incident.
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A. T. Lawson
James KR. Lawson
Mobile Electric Company
J. H. Lawson
Anne Dry and Shipbuilding Reaper
Boykin
City Veterinarian Appointed to Inspect Dairy Cattle
Following a demand for cleaner city milk, the board of health with Mayor Crawford's approval appointed Dr. W. Pearce Deant as county dairy cattle veterinarian. He will test cows for tuberculosis and oversee dairy sanitation.
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Board of Health
George E. Crawford
W. Pearceting
Speer
Igpeetor
Liquor Arrest Shocks Town Driver at L N Depot
Nathan Hogan, an African American Chickasaw employee, was arrested Thursday night at the L and N Depot with a suitcase holding five quarts and several half pints of whiskey. He was jailed on a prohibition charge and the case sent to federal authorities. Deputies Ernest Burch Gibson Devise arrested Hogan on the train from New Orleans.
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Chickasaw
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Ernest, Burch
Gibson
Allied Troops to Occupy Berlin and Berlin Unrest
Allied and American forces will temporarily occupy Berlin under police supervision, reports say a German intercepted wireless dispatch. Mannheim may also be occupied as a response to a supervisor at a prisoners camp shooting three Frenchmen.
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Berlin
Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
Mannheim
Wife Seeks Custody in Probate Court Case
Harry J. Moore of Batre Alabama is cited to appear in probate court to produce Clarence Russell Moore a minor whom he allegedly unlawfully detained. Mrs Moore claims assault and forcible removal of the four month old child and seeks custody. Deputy Sheriff Frank Gibson served the citation. Moore is 17 years old and the Moores are prominent in the southern end of the county.
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Paren Batre
Ala
Clarence Russell Moore
Moore
Frank Gibson
Germans Plan Atlantic Flight From Berlin Zeppelin
A Berlin correspondent reports Germany is converting aircraft for transatlantic service. An air factory at Daaken and a Friedrichshafen Zeppelin plant are building planes and an airship with multiengine power for cross continental routes linking European capitals.
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Berlin
Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Lindsey Sues for One Third of Steamship Commissions
Henry M. Lindsey filed suit in circuit court seeking 17000 dollars alleging he was to receive one third of commissions on all vessels sold by Scott Ship Agency. He contends he sold or caused to be sold two steamers under the agreement.
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Henry M. Lindsey
Scott Ship Agency
Neighboralleged abusive language case leads to arrest
Mrs. E. N. Bailey of 205 St. Anthony Street was arrested Thursday on an inferior criminal court warrant sworn by neighbor Otis Mac Mahon. He alleges she used abusive language in front of his family and Bailey posted bond for her appearance.
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E. N. Bailey
St. Anthony Street
Inferior Criminal Court
Otis MacMahon
Belief in Christmas Amid Hardship Echoes in Stocking Hope
A child clings to Christmas magic despite a bare room and faltering finances. Parents struggle to keep from falling behind, yet the stocking remains hung with quiet faith, as hope for miracles sustains a hopeful bedtime. The text urges readers not to disappoint the child by neglecting the Christmas fund.
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Santa Claus
Hospital Ship Comfort Arrives Azores After Storm Delay
Washington reports the hospital ship Comfort, overdue from Europe with wounded soldiers, put in at the Azores to ride out a heavy storm and is now expected to reach New York by tomorrow or Sunday.
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Europe
Navy Department
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New York
Mobilians Urge Aid For Jewish War Sufferers
City canvassers urge residents to raise Mobile’s $20,000 quota for Jewish war relief. The drive opens with $5,300 already raised and is led by Messiah Alex Bish, Vanes H. Zelnicker, and Bernard Eichold.
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Poland
Russia
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Messia
Alex Bish
Vanes H. Zelnicker
Bernard Eichold
Money Made Making Money by Uncle Sam
Washington reports show the mint earned by seigniorage as 20,538,000 on 43,596,000 dollars of coins minted in the year ended June 30. Production hit a record with 714,000,000 coins, led by 445,000,000 cents and large runs of dimes and quarters amid wartime demand. no gold was minted.
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Washington
Raymond T. Baker
Abolition of Severe Punishment Promoted by Baker
Washington Dee announces abolition of tying military prisoners to cell bars and other severe corporal punishments. Secretary Baker says the efficiency of such punishment as a deterrent to military violations has proven questionable.
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Washington
Dee
Warrtment
Baker
Businessmen to Attend Peace Parley in Europe Aid to Peace Delegates
The reconstruction congress of war service committees decided to send a commission of organized U S business men to Europe. They will be available to the American peace delegates to assist with economic issues that may arise during peace negotiations.
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Reconstruction Congress of War Service Committees
Europe
War Department reports 16000 major casualties pending reports
The War Department announced that sixteen thousand major casualties, including killed in action, died of wounds, died of disease or other causes, severely wounded and missing, have not yet been reported to next of kin. The arrears of casualties is much larger.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
War crimes demand justice in aftermath of world conflict
The United States maintains stance on Kaiser extradition and calls for accountability for war crimes. Lloyd George pledges Allied support to prosecute those responsible, detailing restitution and punishment for the aggression and invasions that caused widespread suffering.
Atlanta Street Car Men Get Increase
The War Labor Board ordered increased wages for Atlanta street car workers and reinstatement of two employees. Conductor and motormen will earn 36 38 and 40 cents per hour with a proportional raise for other staff. The decision also forbids union buttons while on duty.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Board
Atlanta
Two Flyers Die As Plane Slips In Fort Worth
A civilian aviation cadet J E Overall of Murfreesboro Tennessee died from injuries after an airplane he was flying with Lieutenant Peterson of Boston fell near Barron. Peterson died instantly.
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Texas
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Tenn
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Boston
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