Draftmen to Leave Mobile Monday for Camp Shelby
Mobile selectmen originally set to head to Camp Shelby on Friday will depart Monday at 1 30 PM over the Gulf Mobile and Northern Railway. Quizzes for newly registered men were due Friday with most forms returned. legal advisory board aided registrants. Marine recruiting opened in Pollock Building with Sgt Baumegras in charge offering information to applicants.
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Mobile
Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg
Miss
Adjutant General
Gulf, Mobile
Northern Railiroad
Legal Advisory Board
U. S. Marine
Pollock Building
United States Marine Corps
Royal and
Conti
C. R. Baumegras
Corot
Aptis
Holland Women Run for Office in General Election
Twenty two women were candidates in the July 3 general election in The Hague. They represented nine different parties and marked a notable female participation in national politics.
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Newsnaper Enterprise Association
the Hague
News-Item Claims Largest Circulation in Region
The News-Item notes its known circulation is the merchant paid figure and asserts the newspaper has the largest circulation of any evening paper between Jacksonville and New Orleans.
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Jacksonville
New Orleans
Advertising Services Offered by The News Item
Five services The Murray Service The Ad Art Service The Knick Erbocker Service The Illustrated Boot and Shoe Service and The Roberts Bailey Shoe Service are available to News Item advertisers. They are exclusive in this field and are the best services published.
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Murray
Ad Art
Knickerbocker
Illustrated Boot and Shoe
Roberts Bailey Shoe
Exclusive AP News Report Delivers First Telegraph Update
The dispatch presents the day’s exclusive report from AP’s news service. Readers receive the earliest telegraph news from the world’s trusted gathering network.
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Associated Press Service
Advertising buys and newspaper space audited by ABC
The News declares it is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation and emphasizes that advertisers should know exactly what they are paying for in newspaper space.
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The
News
Item
the Audit Bureau of Circulation
President seeks power to take over wires in Congress
President Wilson informed Congress that he wished authority to seize telegraph and telephone lines if needed. Representative Pou urged immediate action amid strike fears while House faced objections and focused on appropriation bills ahead of the summer recess. Senator Gore’s hold on emergency appropriations and a wheat price increase bill added pressure.
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Ares Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Pou
House
Capitol
Gore
Oklahoma
Structures for New Ship Plant Begun Here
The Fred Ley & Company of Springfield Massachusetts has begun erecting administration buildings and warehouses for a cement shipbuilding plant on Mobile Bay at Lawrence Street. Next week a large workforce will start foundation work for the big pier and piling driving as preparations for full operation. The plan calls for about 3 000 workers when in full blast. Messrs H W Underhill and A L Beckwith of Springfield and Mr T Ke of New Britain Connecticut visited on Friday morning.
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Fred Ley & Company
Springfield
Mass
Mobile Bay
Lawrence Street
Messrs
H. W. Underhill
A. L. Beckwtt
Masq
Mr. T. Ke
New Brittain, Conn
Offi' Ley Company
Four men sentenced in Emerson Motors stock fraud case
Four men convicted of conspiring to defraud Emerson Motors stock received prison terms. Nicholas Field Nelson gets seven years at Atlanta, Robert P. T. Mathes three years, William Loomis one year and a day, and Osborne Chaney one day detention plus a $10 000 fine. The Emerson Motors Company faces $1 012 in fines alongside brokerage firms C R Berry Co and R P Matches Co totaling $13 000 and $12 000 respectively.
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Associated Press
New York
Emerson Motors Company, Inc
Nicholas Field Nelson
Atlanta
Robert P. T. Mathes
William Loomis
Osborne Chaney
United States
Emerson Motors Company
C. R. Berry & Co
R. P. Matches & Co
Belgian Minister Sends His Greetings to Pershing
The Belgian minister of war sent a telegram to General Pershing on July 4 thanking him and the American forces for their shared struggle for independence. He praised four years of Belgian resolve and expressed unity with the Allied cause and hope for the day Allied troops return to be greeted by the Belgian tri color.
President Wilson Speech Placed in House Records
On motion by Representative Gillett of Massachusetts the Mount Vernon address by President Wilson was inserted into the house records. Gillette called the speech an ideal spokesman for the American people.
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Ngtor Om Washin
Representative Gillett
Massachusetts
House
Wilson
Mount Vernon
Gillette
Restaurant Owners Discuss Sugar Substitutes
Hotel and restaurant men meet this evening at 7 30 at the Tourist Welcome Club to hear how sugar substitutes have been used with great success by one restaurant.
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Restau
Mr Joe Ollinger Arrives in France in Infantry Division
Word reaches Mobile that Joe Ollinger formerly a traveling salesman with the Cee Company has spent eleven months in France and now serves in an infantry division.
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Joe Ollinger
France
Mobile
Cee
War One
Theen
Automobile Dealers Plan Mobile Convention
Mobile car dealers gathered at the Cawthon Hotel to arrange a three day meeting of the State Automobile Dealers Association starting Monday R Barr of Troy will preside. The group aims to seek equalized license taxes and road fund use in each county with outings and tours scheduled during the visit. Attending members include R J Kearns P D Reville C Day J G Gray Edgar Barnes and L G Adams representing major local firms.
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Automobile Dealers of Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
Vineyard
State
Automobile Dealers’ Association
R. Barr
Troy
Ala
Naxt
Businas
Sudmanitt Ie
T County
Dog River Club
Snapper Banks
Messrs
Winners announced in athletic contest at Mobile Fourth
The Fourth of July athletic events at Monroe Park in Mobile were led by E. I. Keys in the 100 yard dash and Moses Frank in blind boxing. Prizes went to several participants across events including Miss Mary Curly, Miss Elsie St Jacques, Ralph Pyburn, and D. C. Moffatt in multiple feats.
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Mobile
Monroe Park
W. H. Dale
E. I. Keys
Moses Frank
C. L. Roark
Mary Curly
Elsie St. Jacques
Master Sunarill
Ralph Pyburn
Corinne Williams
D. C
M. Tapia
Robert Cochran
Fred Palmiter
R. L. Gribbs
George Barnage
J. Griffin
Delaware Baptists Hold July 4 Meet at Colored Church
An enthusiastic patriotic mass meeting was held at the Delaware church by Rev. C. English on July 4. James R. Knox urged weekly War Savings Stamp investments and a general appeal to support the Red Cross, with funds raised for war saving stamps.
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Delaware Church
English
James R. Knox
Aelish
Red Cross
Sam
Weather Forecast Summary
Forecast outlines fair to cloudy conditions with periods of sunshine. Winds light to moderate from the southwest. Temperatures expected to range from the mid 60s to mid 70s, with a slight chance of light showers in the evening.
Wilson signs four billion dollar war funding bill
Reports from Irkutsk and Moscow describe Czech forces driving Bolshevik troops west of Irkutsk and a Russian army debate on universal conscription. Washington announces President Wilson signed the three billion sundry civil appropriation bill funding navy growth and shipbuilding with 131000 enlisted by year end.
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Washington
Wilson
Pou
House Rules Committee
Tumulty
Sawmill Fire at Jackson Wrecks Lumber Stock
A blaze at a Jackson Alabama sawmill destroyed the mill and several thousand feet of lumber owned by Co. W. Zimmerman. Estimated losses reach seventy five thousand dollars. Fire believed to have started near the Cawthon yard. authorities notified and lumber stock greatly damaged.
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Co. W. Zimmerman
Jackson
Ala
Cve
Isomerman
R Vne
Cawthon
Bae Bee
Boon and McDuffie Appointed to Fire Department
Thad T. Boon and P. P. McDuffie have been named to the fire department roster. The appointments follow official action and affirm the new incumbents in their roles.
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Fire Department
Thad T. Boon
P. P. McDuffie
Fire de Parco Eis
Staples
Prohibitionists Seek Six Month Whiskey Ban in Senate
In Washington on July 5 the senate was urged to amend the Nortis emergency crop bill to bar sale of whiskey beer or wine after six months. If a recess occurs tomorrow they intend to press the change immediately when Congress returns.
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Washington
Senate
Nortis
Congress
Mrs Catharine Sage Dies At Home In Mobile
Mrs. Catharine Gordon Sage widow of George Edwin Sage died at her Mobile home Friday at 11 0 oclock after ten days illness. She was 70 and a member of St Johns Episcopal Church since girlhood. Survived by one son, five daughters, two sisters, nine grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral from the home at 6 oclock Saturday afternoon.
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Catharine Gordon Sage
George Edwin Sage
Mobile
St. John’s Epi Church
Frederic Elliott Gordon
Medical School
University of Alabama
George Edwin Gage, Jr
William Plumer Burgett
Mark Lyons
Catharine
Georgia
Tula Sage
A. B. Wilmer
Talulah Gordon
German grain crops may exceed hopes in cautious forecast
Amsterdam dispatch reports Berlin feared crop failure from April May drought but by June weather improved. Officials expect the new cereal year starting August 1 to slightly surpass the previous year though fodder losses threaten livestock and future cultivation. Transport limits and potash shortages are noted as risk factors.
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Amsterda
Berlin
Dr. Dieckmann
Dieckmann
Sere Teat
Bankers Conference Meets in Norleans on Financing Marketing
Bankers conference meets in Norleans with a group including Farmers Union members and market commissioners to discuss financing the South, marketing, warehousing, use of warehouse receipts, and the need for a unified system. Federal officials to attend in Washington.
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Farmers Union
Commissioners of of Markets
South
Washington
Negro Women Work At Whistler Shops Debated Roles
Negro women reported to have been told to work at Whistler Shops as part of workplace assignments. The brief notes that women came to work and aimed to bring others, reflecting labor dynamics and recruitment in the facility.
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Whistler
Botha cites serious unrest in South Africa
Premier Botha reports that grave unrest exists in South Africa and that police and military actions are in place. He says without prompt and effective measures the situation could have led to a grave disturbance and likely loss of life.
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South Africa
BOTHA
Associated Press
Pretoria
Union of South Africa
Ships Launchings Reach Ninety Five for Week
Emergency Fleet Corporation reports 95 vessels launched in the week ending July, including 53 wooden and 42 steel ships. Total deadweight tonnage about 474,464. potential rise to 100 with additional launches. Also notes two ships stuck on ways and earlier delays causing postponed Independence Day ceremonies.
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Sme Asenciated Press
Philadelphia
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Fleet Corporation
Tin River
S Ping
Postmaster Warns Against Sending Perishables to Soldiers
Health officials issue a cantonment order urging patrons not to mail fruit or other perishable matter to soldiers unless delivery is certain to arrive unspoiled. Postmaster J Blocker Thornton relays instructions from higher authorities to avoid spoilage and delays.
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J. Blocker Thornton
Net Ceive
Ted
Banas Tonmenta
Sareliae
Downtown Corner Property Sold For Improvements
The southeast corner of Commerce and St Louis streets sold by Joseph Espalla & Company to George McGowin of Atmore Alabama. The property, once owned by Mrs C J Torre y, fronts 28 feet on Commerce and extends to Front Street.
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Commerce and
St. Louis Streets
Joseph Espalla & Company
George McGowin
Atmore
Ala
C. J. Torrey
Joseph Hwspania, Jr
Commerce Treet
Front Street
Duluth Men Lay Keel in Record Time for Ship
Duluth Minn July 5 Workmen at the McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding Company claimed a new keel laying record as Lake Helen was launched. A trained crew placed the first plate in thirty seconds and completed all thirteen plates in four and a half minutes.
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Duluth Minn
McDougall-Duluth Shipbuilding Com
Lake Helen
Doles
First Mobile Black Soldiers Reach France in War Effort
Mr. E. G. Rickardy, Mobile draft board chair, reports Henry Pettiway and Augustus A. Carroll, among Mobile’s first Black draftees, have arrived safely in France. The men, sent from Mobile to Camp Dodge last fall, have both become sergeants. Pettiway formerly worked as a city hall porter.
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E. G. Rickardy
City Draft Board No. 2
Henry Pettiway
Augustus A. Carroll
Mobile
France
Camp Dodge
Lows
Pettiway
City Hall
Powder Blast Kills Several at New Jersey Plant
An explosion at the Ceegan Company plant in New Jersey killed several workers and injured others. The blast occurred today and authorities are investigating the cause.
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N. J
New YO
Ceegan
N- J
British and American Forces Engage Near Beaumont Hamel
American aviators claim victory on the Marne front with German planes aflame and two Germans captured. a follow up report says a German division is moving into the Hamel sector while British forces repulse raids in the Beaumont Hamel area with prisoners taken.
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Marne Front
Beaumont-Hamel
Straseele
Flanders Front
Raiding Parties Take Prisoners Near Montdidier Meuse
French patrols operating between Montdidier and the Meuse region in Champagne captured several prisoners. The detachments advanced along the front and secured captives from the opposing forces as part of ongoing operations.
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Paris
Notadanante
Montdidier
Per Osse
Champagne
Meuse
British advance over Somme fronts yields prisoners and weapon loot
Allied forces pushed into new positions south of the Somme with 1,600 prisoners taken. Germans failed to counterattack, while Australians Americans and British gained ground and captured a field gun and over 100 machine guns.
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London
Asiape
Hamel
Ince
Cosore
Gestion
Somme
Jenemy
French Allies Advance as German Counterattacks Recoil
Across the Oise and Aisne sectors the Allies press gains with French forces taking trenches and woods, lifting positions near St. Pierre and west of Chateau Thierry. About 6,000 German prisoners are reported as Allied offensives roll on, despite heavy enemy artillery and continued counterattacks.
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Oise
Aisne
Cossiole
Chateau Thierry
St. Pierre
Somme
Hamel
Vaire
Vilage
Treches
Ancres
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Ley Construction Company
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Delaware Baptists
England
Way 5
Irkutsk
Lake Baikal
Siberia
Lake
Finland
Stockholm
Trotzky
Moscow
Russian Soviet Republic
Leon Trotsky
Sioner
Congress of Soviets
Lenine
Trotey
Polish New Council
Spo 1
Leon Trozky
Leon Trotzky
Red Army
M. Trotsky
Jadivostok
Generais
Orce
Prohi Senators
Wanats
Dily
Pe's Oger
Bankers’ Conference
Norleans
Columbia River
Legation Ceer
Christiania Foreign Office
Norway
Duluth
Haig
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