Mobile County Officials Paid in Scrip Amid Debt Report
County Treasurer George E. Stone reveals that most officials including judges and staff are paid in scrip while five commissioners receive cash. The board is told outstanding warrants total about $88,420.45 with the bonded debt at $1,162,000 and a sinking fund over $46,000 invested in Liberty bonds.
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Mobile County
George E. Stone
County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
George FE. Stone
Circuit Court
Inferior and
Revenue Board
Pac
Liberty
Road and Bridge Fund
Alleged bootlegger Elijah Singleton rearrested on bond forfeiture
Elijah Singleton, a Black man, did not appear in inferior court on a prohibition charge. Judge Henry Chamberlain ordered his rearrest and detention without bond until his appearance. Singleton claimed ownership of liquor found on Frank Levene’s farm at Neshota, where Levene was tried and acquitted.
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Elijah Singleton
Henry Chamberlain
Singleton
Bernstein
Frank Levene
Neshota
Levene
Negro Sentenced to Woodpile Under Work-Fight Rule
In Mobile, Recorder D H Edington sentenced Tom Fountain a Black man to twenty five days on the city woodpile for refusing to work under the work or fight rule. Witnesses said he refused a job offer at good wages and claimed a Class 3 card gave him street access until called. The judge noted July 1 draft age must work or fight and Fountain chose not to work.
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Mobile
D. H. Edington
Tom Fountain
Herman Radcliffe
Southern Fuel and Material Company
Fountain
Germany
Bulgarians Desert, Say Conditions Bad On Macedonian Front
Deserters from the Bulgarian army report unbearable conditions on the Macedonian front. Insubordination has risen as many units refuse orders to attack. Submarine danger in the Mediterranean is declining and Greece receives supplies more regularly.
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Associated Press
London
Macedonia
The
Times
Aulgaria
Mediterranean
Greece
Army appropriation bill signed by President Wien
President Wien signed a $12 billion army appropriation bill to fund the program for the next fiscal year. The measure covers expenses for equipment, personnel, and operations as outlined in the defense spending package.
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Washington
Wien
Treasury plans broad tax hike on luxuries in war bill
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee weighing a treasury list proposing higher taxes on luxury and consumer items. The draft suggests 50 percent on jewelry and watches, 20 percent on autos and bikes, 10 cents a gallon on gasoline, 10 percent on hotel and restaurant bills, and extended rates on clothing and fabrics, plus adjustments to film taxes.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury Department
Treasury
Motion Picture Administration
Gainesville man Johnson freed over lack of jurisdiction
J. M. Johnson of Gainesville Florida connected with the war savings department was arrested in a Pullman car on a complaint by a woman. The state announced no jurisdiction since the offense would have had to occur in Mississippi. The recorder freed him after Judge Edington said railroad officials advised the case could not be tried in Alabama. Mrs. J. Furress plans to testify in Mobile. Johnson previously spoke in Mobile at the Cawthon Hotel last May.
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J. M. Johnson
Gainesville
Fla
War Savings Department
Mississippi
Edington
Alabama
J. Furress
Johnson
Jacksonville
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
1918 Men May Join Engineers Corps
The Adjutant General announced that new registrants under the selective service law may volunteer for service in the engineers corps. Although eligible for navy enlistment since classification, this is the first chance since registration for voluntary army service. Trades desired include automobile mechanical work concrete work stationary engineers bridge carpenters electricians telegraphers and more. Applicants must apply to their draft boards with qualifications for their chosen line of work.
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Engineering
Adjutant General
Navy
Army
12 Selects to Go to Special Schools
A mixed group of white and colored selectmen will depart Mobile on Sunday to attend automobile mechanics courses at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and Tuskegee. The selections are made by draft boards based on experience and aptitude. Whites: Joseph Parnell Jones, James Nix Sawyer, J. F. Stephens. Colored: Louis Malone, Sam Newton, Hubert Campbell, George Albert Carroll, John Cunningham, Albert Moore, Chas. W. Moseley, Walter Bowling, Jack Barnes, Edgar P. Maddox. Louis Malone has moved and cannot be reached. notify him if you know his whereabouts.
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Mobile
University of Alabama At
Tuscaloosa
Tuskegee
Joseph Parnell Jones
James Nix Sawyer
J. F. Stephens
Louis Malone
English Girls Set New Shell Record at Vickers Works
Two young women at Vickers works in London worked 111/2 hours at night and grooved the recess for the copper driving band in 18 pounder shells. One averaged 92.6 shells per hour, setting a new record.
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
London
Vickers’ Works
Cotton Exchange Quiet as 20 Bales Sell at 30 Cents
Activity in Sies was resumed in the Mobile Cotton Exchange Wednesday. Twenty bales changed hands for 30 cents a pound while quotations remained unchanged. No new shipments were received.
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Sies
Mobile Cotton Exchange
Six Mobile men among crew saved from Cuban ship sinking
Six crew members from Mobile report the ship Renando sank off the Cuban coast after striking a coral reef in an electrical storm. The 6,000 ton steamer, loaded with nitrates from Chile, was sunk near June 13. Rescue and immigration procedures followed before several crew members reached Mobile.
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Renando
Atlantic
South America
Cuban
Mobile
Chine
Eet Oben
Bo Howard Mumme
Victor Steelrich
Richard Spencer
D. J. Houston
August Smith
Lorenzo Conklin
Havana
New Orleans
Mummie
Steelrelt
Spencer
United States Shipping Ingenat Es
Publishers Elect Officers at Southern Newspaper Meet
The Southern Newspaper Publishers Association adjourned its sixteenth annual meeting at Grove Park Inn Asheville on July 10 re electing F. G. Bell of the Morning News Savannah as president J. H. Allison of the Tennesseean Nashville as first vice president Charles H. Allen of the Advertiser Montgomery as second vice president and Walter C. Johnson of The News Chattanooga as secretary treasurer.
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Associated Press
Asheville
N. C
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Grove Park Inn
F. G. Bell
Morning News
Savannah
J. H. Allison
Tennesseean
Nashville
Steel Corporation Increases Unfilled Orders in June
United States Steel Corporation reports unfilled orders on June 29 at 8,981,866 tons, up 581,243 tons from May 23. The rise marks the largest monthly increase since January 31 when 9,477,853 tons were on the books.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
New Yankee Ace David E Putnam Tops German Flyers
Lieut. David E Putnam of Brookline has officially become the leading American ace, succeeding Lieut. Frank Baylies who has been missing since June 17. Putnam's tenth victory was verified, achieved on June 30, and he downed seven German planes in June, tying a monthly record set by the late Capt. Guynemer.
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Paris
David E. Putnam
Brookline
Stass
Frank Baylies
Putnam
Guynemer
News Men to Decide Subscription Rate
Southern Newspaper Publishers met for the closing session to debate subscription rate questions and the role of advertising agencies in newspapers. Officers will be elected and the group will likely adjourn early this afternoon.
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Asheville
N. C
Absence of German Flags Marks Argentine Fete
In Buenos Aires on Argentine independence day German flags were absent. German businesses and the German newspaper flew only Argentine flags, noting a shift from prior years when German flags were common during wartime.
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HUN
Buenos Aires
A. R
Death Toll of Train Wreck at Nashville Rises
Nashville Tenn July 10 Latest reports from morgues and hospitals indicate fifty white persons and sixty five negroes were killed and over one hundred injured in a collision between two fast trains on the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway near the city. The wreck is described as Nashville's worst. A soldier refused aid to help others first and three soldiers were involved. A Bible survived the wreck undamaged, and Red Cross relief efforts are active as investigators blame Train No 4 crew.
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Nashville
Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Uncle Sam
No. 4
The
Red Cross
P. Bruce
Nashville, Chattanooga
St. Louis
Tenessee Central
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Shops Junction
Cleaning Up Panama to Withdraw Troops
Decrees issued in Panama to improve conditions in Panama and Colon. American troops now on duty will be withdrawn effective July 16 after a cleanup is completed. Liquor sale will be restricted and soldiers may not be served. Opium traffic is outlawed and sanitary regulations enforced in prohibited areas. A small American guard force will supervise as inspectors and be withdrawn once the cleanup is finished.
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Associated Press
Panama
Colon
Canal Zone
25 Pounds of Sugar Limit for Canning
The food administration allows grocers to sell 25 pounds of sugar per customer for canning and preserving, with a signed certificate that sugar will not be used for other purposes. Alabama home demonstration women aid housewives in saving produce with little or no sugar.
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Food Administration
Home Demonstration
Alabama
Sunday Evangelist William Sunday Undergoes Hernia Operation
The Rev. William A. Sunday, evangelist, was operated on here for hernia today in Rochester Minnesota. The operation was announced as successful and the cause of the procedure was cited as a hernia repair.
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Sunday
Associated Press
Rochester
Minn
William A. Sunday
War Saving Stamps Sales Reach New Tuesday Total
Post office reports $5,813 in War Saving Stamps sold on Tuesday, up from $4,800 the previous day. The figures reflect ongoing drive to fund war efforts and bolster savings.
Germans Plan Great Attack On Americans
The article notes signs Germany plans a major effort to recapture high ground won by Australians and Americans east of Amiens and north of Villers-Bretonneux. American front movements are heavy, with bombardments along an eight mile front from Villers-Bretonneux to the Somme. Austrian leadership changes are also reported.
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Ssociated Press
Washington
Xsanciatad Press
Amiens
Villera-Bretonneux
Villers-Bretonneux
Somme
Ancre
Montdidier
Cantigny
Pershing
French Raids North of Montdidier Take Prisoners
War office reports artillery activity north of Montdidier and south of the Aisne near Chavigny farm. In Champagne French troops conducted raiding missions and took prisoners. Seven German planes were shot down and two captive balloons burned by French air forces on July 8.
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Pata
Montdidier
Aisne
Chavigny Farm
War Office
Champagne
German Artillery Action East of Amiens and Merris Raid
British forces repelled local German attacks in the Villers-Bretonneux area as artillery and machine guns opened fire east of Amiens. In Flanders, British troops conducted an operation near Merris northeast of Nieppe Wood following heavy bombardment.
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London
Amiens
Villers-Bretonneux
Ancre
Saga
War Office
Villers-Isretonneux
Flanders
Merris
Nieppe Wood
Cool Nights Slightly Dampen Cotton Growth
In the eastern cotton belt, cool nights last week lowered growth modestly, though the national weather and crop bulletin says overall conditions were fairly good. Temperatures stayed above normal, with the week viewed as generally favorable for cotton.
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Arene Press
Alsington
Cotton Belt
National Weather and Crop Bulletin
Davis Fined for Speeding in Inferior Court
Isaiah Davis was fined $19 or ten days after arraignment in the inferior criminal court for speeding. Deputy sheriffs Uran Nan and Bernstein testified that on Monday afternoon he traveled at a high rate of speed on Telegraph road in a truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah Davis
Inferior Criminal Court
Urannan and
Bernstein
Davis
Telegraph
Rev R B Eggleston to Supply Pulpit Here
The Rev R B Eggleston D D of Suffolk Va arrived to supply Government Street Presbyterian Church during the pastor H DuBose's absence. He will lead the midweek prayer meeting tonight at o'clock.
Pistol Toter Fined by Recorder in Manassas Street Case
Robert Beck, identified as a Black man, fired a .38 caliber revolver four times on the Fourth of July near Walter Phillips on Manassas Street by Franklin. He pleaded guilty, was fined $101 and costs of fifty days' hard labor and four months additional, and his appeal request was denied.
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Robert Beck
Walter Phillips
Beck
Manassas Street
Franklin
Morgan Brothers Taken Prisoner in Butler County
John Tom and Bill Morgan three brothers from Butler County were arrested for alleged seditious utterances and unpatriotic remarks. United States Marshal Cain led a squad from Camp Sheridan to seize them nine miles from Greenville with two brothers en route to the Montgomery county jail and John Morgan remaining at his home wounded in the knee. The arrest occurred at 9 20 this morning without incident despite earlier threats they would not be taken alive.
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Associated Press
Greenville
Ala
John
Tom
Bill Morgan
Butler County
United States
Montgomery County
Cain
John Morgan
Morgan Brothers
McDuff Cain
Camp Sheridan
John E. Smith
U S Deliberates On Military Aid To Russia Policy Unclear
Officials state the United States will not decide on Russian policy now as uncertainty and changing conditions affect aid plans. The government aims to extend military assistance while coordinating with actions on the Western Front and allied forces in France and Belgium.
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Russia
United States
Trotzky Proclaims Imminent Russian General Military Service
In Paris on July 10 Leon Trotzky, Bolshevik war minister, declared at the opening of the general Russian soviets that Russia is on the eve of a general military service conscription. He stressed Russia must maintain a powerful army.
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Paris
Leon Trotzky
Basel
Russia
Provisional Siberian Government Established at Vladivostok
A new provisional government with broad popular support has been formed at Vladivostok to fight the central powers and restore order in Siberia. It aims to convene a constituent assembly, liberate Siberia from Bolsheviks, promote universal suffrage, provincial councils, a labor bureau, land to landless, and limited foreign intervention. Liberia is cited as the first democratic state in Russian history. The flag is white and green. Czecho Slovak troops in Russia wish to stay on the western front and avoid internal affairs, per a memorandum to Japan and the Allies.
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London
Siberia
Vladivostok
Times
Liberia
The
Russia
Toklo
Vladimir Hurben
Fight on in Senate Over Prohibition Amendment
The Senate opened debate on an amendment to an 11 million dollar emergency food bill proposing national prohibition after December 31. Senator Penrose and supporters argued the amendment is general legislation to an appropriation, while prohibition advocates contended the measure is a temporary wartime hunger program.
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Byted Press
Washington
Senate
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Amment
Jones
Phelan
Twelve Steel Ships to Mobile Shipyard in New Deal
The Mobile Shipbuilding Company seeks to transfer twelve steel ship contracts awarded to J Shipbuilding Company in New York. If approved, Mobile would build twenty four ships for the Emergency Fleet Corporation at about one million dollars each.
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Associated Presa
Washington
Mobile Shipbuilding Company
Bile
J. Shipbuilding Company
New
Sh Board
Associated Dispatch
The
Blie Shipbuilding
Mobile
Mobile Shipbuilding Company Cently
Ateel
Fleet Corpo
Mobile Company
Oren i. le Drittain
Mobile Shipbuilding
Cota
United Fitatee
New Yorkers Honor Late Mayor Mitchel on Eve of Funeral
The city hall rotunda will open later today to admit citizens to view the body of Mayor John Purroy Mitchel who died in army service. Thousands wait through the night to file past the closed casket as a civil and military procession prepares for the funeral at St Patrick's Cathedral tomorrow. Honorary pallbearers include Col. M House Lt Col Woods and George Perkins. Viscount Ishii and the Japanese consul general send flowers.
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Associated Fim
New York
John Purroy Mitchel
P Sans
St. Patrick's Cathedral
M. House
Woods
Mitchel
U. S
George Perkins
Flowers
Viscount Ishii
Junalaska Inn Destroyed by Fire in Asheville
The Junalaska Inn at the Lake Junalaska grounds near Asheville burned early this morning. The two year old hotel, built for 160000, was reported a total loss with furnishings destroyed. No serious injuries were mentioned as other hotels on the grounds remain available for summer conference attendees.
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Associated Press
Asheville
N. C
Jaska Inn
Methodist Church
South
Lake
Waynesville
Lake Junalaska
War control bill to take over communications to the calendar
The Senate was notified that the resolution authorizing the president to seize telegraph, telephone, cable, and radio services during the war has moved to the calendar after a committee report. Debate continued as objections paused action and lawmakers considered moving forward.
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Washington
Senate
Smith
Commerce
Vania
Withers
Finland Plans Expulsion Of Jews Aimed Before September
Stockholm dispatch reports the Finnish government ordering expulsion of Jewish residents by September and directing communities to prepare for the removal, outlining official action and timelines.
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Stockholm
Agee ‘H
Finland
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Epocha
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R. B. Eggleston
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Trotzky
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