Mobile Merchants adopt shorter hours with Thursday half day
The Retail Merchants' Association of Mobile says hours are 8 am to 5 pm with Saturdays closing by 9 pm for department stores and 10 pm for other shops, plus a Thursday afternoon half holiday in June July and August. They pledge to work with the Council of Defense to reduce shopping hours.
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Joseph C. Rich
Mobile County Council of Defense
Retail Merchants’ Association of
City
Rich
Clerks’ Association
County Council of Defense
Mobile
Ala
Moile
Central Trade Council of Mobile
Winstanley
Retail Merchants of Mobile
Crowder Warns Draft Boards of Leniency in Exemption Claims
Provost Marshal General Crowder told state draft executives that over half of the 744000 registrants in the 1918 class are expected to be placed in class one as physically qualified for general service. He instructed boards to scrutinize reports for boards failing to classify per this percentage and barred releases to enlistment in certain branches until enough physically qualified registrants are available for August calls.
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Crowder
Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Emergency Fleet
lLocal
Shipyard rent increase prompts federal investigation
U S attorney in Mobile reports Emergency Fleet Corporation orders to curb steep rent hikes for shipyard workers. Authorities will requisition housing and set fair rents based on past costs, upkeep, and fair valuation. Investigations under way after complaints from workers about rent jumps from 11 to 18 dollars monthly.
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United States Attorney's Office
Mobile
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Harry T. Pegues Friday
Peguey
D. M. Taylor
Pegues
Fmergency Fleet Corporation
Americans Battle for Village Reduced to Ruins in France
In Tordon on July 26 Reuters reports American troops fought a fierce clash with German forces in the Spiedes and Trugny area near the Tardenois. The Germans, advancing from the Marne line, checked the Franco American thrust for about thirty six hours and wrested Moledes from the Americans three times before the village disappeared under ceaseless shellfire. The Americans then forced a final assault, driving the Germans from the ruins to capture the slopes on the flanks.
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London
Reuter
France
Associated Press
Tondon
Spiedes
Trugny
Marne
Tardenois
Moledes
Esthonia Sends Congratulations After French Victory
The president of the provisional Esthonian government telegraphed Foreign Minister Pichon offering congratulations on the French and allied victory and expressing hope for Esthonia’s liberation. Pichon replied that France would not forget the Esthonian people’s valiant three years of war.
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Associated Press
Paris
Exemption Board Deliberates Many Draft Appeals Today
The South Alabama District F Exemption Board is in session reviewing a large number of appeal cases from Meilo and other counties. Men seek deferred classifications on agricultural or industrial grounds. The board will sit throughout the day and likely into the night with all members present.
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South Alabama
Meilo
War Industries Board orders newsprint cuts and price limits
The War Industries Board issues a mandatory order to newspapers urging reduced reading matter, a two cent minimum retail price, and elimination of waste by limiting returns and exchanges as a wartime measure to conserve white paper. The News Item pledges strict compliance and will implement all required adjustments.
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War Industries Board
Mobile Regiment Receives Colors at Macon Camp
Mobilians with sons in the 112th Infantry at Camp Wheeler Ga will attend a color presentation in Macon Ga. The Alabama Daughters of the Confederacy sponsor the event with Mobile leaders guiding the arrangements. Captain Leon Schwarz serves as general chairman along with Captain FE Roy Albright and Chaplain B E Crosby. The 123rd regiment, formerly the First Alabama, includes many Mobile men on its staff and in its ranks.
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112Ird
Camp Wheeler
Macon
Alabama Daughters of the Confederacy
Leon Schwarz
Mobile
FE. Roy Albright
B. E. Crosby
123Rd
Alabama
Distinguished Alabamians Attend Camp Wheeler Events
Alabama Daughters purchased flags for a presentation attended by Governor and Mrs. Charles Henderson. James Parish of Montgomery will present colors, accepted by Chaplain S. H. Crosby. Col Maddox names a committee including Captain Leon Schwarz to organize entertainment for out of town guests and Macon friends. The program runs from 10 to 11 parade review to 9 p.m. Idle Hour club reception and dance.
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Alabama Daughters
Charles Henderson
James Parish
Montgomery
Crosby
Macon
Maddox
Leon Schwarz
Kh. Albright
Kh. ©. Betts
S. BE. Crosby
J. T. Buck
WP. Till
Ww. EK
Robert BE. Steiner
Whitters
Camp Wheeler
Idle Howl Country Club
War Stamps Drive Names Directors and Conference
The post office reports 2132 dollars in war savings stamps sold on Thursday. Louis J. Adler announces George J. Meyer district director and Victor C. Lowenstein county director for the traveling men drive. A Birmingham conference is planned Saturday to coordinate efforts ahead of the August 12 big drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Adler
Traveling Men's Association
War Savings Stamps Society
George J. Meyer
Victor C. Lowenstein
Adler
Birmingham
Mobile
Mr. Adler
Twenty One Indicted in Army Beef Theft Case
Twenty one people including butchers purchasing agents government checkers and truck drivers were indicted by a federal grand jury in New York for conspiring to steal beer consigned to the United States army and dispose of government property without authority.
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New York
Fedral Grand Jury
United States Army
United States
Cotton Drops Again on Mobile Exchange
The Mobile cotton market fell again with 25 points lost on Friday. Prices closed at 23.50 cents per pound amid a weak tone. Four bales were sold on the losing market and there were no receipts announced.
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Mobile
Progress of Marne Battle Reported by Officials
Washington July 26. Secretary Baker and General March told members of the house military committee that American troops with French and British forces are pressuring German lines at the Soissons Rheims salient. They cited full transport support, ongoing bombardment of heavy guns, and low death rates among expeditionary forces.
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Associated Press
Washingston
Soissons-Rheims Salient
House Military Committee
Baker
General March
March
Military Police Arrest Draft-Avoider at Shipyard Plant
Military police arrested laborer Iraqi Bell at Mobile Shipbuilding Company plant on a charge of failure to register for the draft. Bell, 32, was jailed on the general charge after claiming his age. Robert Harris of Pensacola, Florida, was arrested by Officer Outlaw for a similar draft charge and held at police headquarters, with transfer to the recorders' court planned for Saturday morning.
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Bell
Mobile Shipbuilding Company
Thevetty
Robert Harris
Pensacola
Fla
Roth
Recorders’ Court
Ladies Sought to Aid Enlistment in Mobile Campaign
Sergeant R. Baumgras of the local Marine recruiting station invites young ladies to write him care of the recruiting office at Cont and Royal streets to apply as recruiting agents. Mrs. C. R. Baumgras will supervise, appointments will be given, and campaigns organized to recruit. No compensation offered.
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R. Baumgras
Royal Streets
C. RR. Baumgras
Mobile
Viereck Admits He Wrote to Germany
George Sylvester Viereck editor of Viereck's Weekly admits sending mail to Germany through secret channels after U S entry. He says the letters were innocent communications to his father in Berlin and that he burned the originals. The admission comes in a statement by New York Attorney General Morton F. Lewis.
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New York
Germany
United States
George Sylvester Viereck
Viereck
The
Fatherland
Morton F. Lewis
Berlin
Russian novelist Maxim Gorky reported dying
Helsingfors wireless report states Maxim Gorky the Russian novelist and revolutionary propagandist is dying, as conveyed by British Admiralty via wireless press from Stockholm on July 26.
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Maxim Gorky
Associated Press
Tockholm
British Admiralty
Wireless Press
Helsingfors
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday. Skies clear, with light winds and warm temperatures expected across both states.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Rice Committee Named to Enforce Grain Pact
Washington July 26 The food administration named a committee to implement the rice grading and valuation terms of the recent pact with rice sniffers. Members include KF A Kignux Broussard of Beaumont Texas and J H Roman of New Orleans. The group will supervise rough rice grading and valuations and oversee grower prices and cleaned rice pricing under the contract.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Food Administration
Apsset
KF. A. Kignux
J. J. Broussard
Beaumont
Texas
J. H. Roman
New Orleans
Antwerp fines and Burgomaster ousted by Germans
Antwerp faced a million frauds fine and Burgomaster Jan Devos was deposed by the Germans for recent city events. Activists celebrating July 11 were beaten and anti Belgian propaganda prisoners from Goettingen were reportedly harmed by locals as doctors refused treatment and those men were deported to Germany.
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Amsterdam
Antwerp
Jan Devos
Belgique Dagblad
Goettingen
Germany
Assistant Attorney James Duggan Resigns to Enter National Army
The resignation of James Duggan assistant city attorney Mobile leaves Monday to enter training at Camp Sevier South Carolina. Action to abolish the office will be taken by the city commission at its regular meeting Tuesday noon.
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James Bblluggan
Mobile
National Army
Camp Sevier
8. C
Pat J. Lyons
City Commission
Duggan
Grover Burke Heads to Kelly Field for Aviation Training
Mr. Grover Burke a well known Mobilian will leave August 1 for Kelly Field San Antonio Texas to enter aviation training camp as a mechanic He will work in the mechanical repair department at the training station.
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Grover Burke
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Burke
President Wilson Condemns Mob Action Across Nation
In a personal statement President Wilson denounces mob spirit and lynching as blows to ordered law and humane justice. He warns that mob violence at home undermines democracy abroad and that every mob aids German propaganda, promising continued coverage on page seven.
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Washingyvon
Jats
Wilson
United States
America
Cochrane Heads to New York for Railroad Reorganization
John T. Cochrane receiver for the Alabama Tennessee and Northern railroad travels to New York for a meeting of the Reorganization Committee which bought the railroad at auction last week. The committee includes security and stockholders. George Van Tyl Jr. of the Metropolitan Trust Company chairs. Cochrane will remain in charge until new officers are named and will stay about a week.
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John T. Cochrane
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
New York
Cochrane
George van Tyl, Jr
Metropolitan Trust Company
Ukraine Peasants Rally Against Germans In Ukraine
A peasant rebel force estimated at 75 000 men with officers and instructors is advancing against German troops in Ukraine, driving detachments back toward Kiev. The peasants are well armed and organized for the confrontation.
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Associated Press
London
Ukraine
Kiev
Franco Americans Advance Lines on Aisne-Marin Front
Allied forces on the Aisne Marin front along Chateau Thierry pressed their advance on July 26 as Franco American troops pushed forward while German defenders clung to hills and woods. The attack featured heavy use of machine guns artillery and gas against advancing troops.
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London
Soissons
Vances
Mery
Hill 204
Wrigny
Fismes
Marraux
Bouilly
St. Euphraise
Courton Wood
Oureq
Chateau Thierry
Aisne-Marin
War Office Statements Describe Allied Advances
Washington July 26 General Pershing reports continued Allied pressing against the enemy between the Oureq and the Marne. Troops advance eastward and have taken the southern half of Foret de Ere. No further details available in the section.
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Washington
Oureq
Marne
Pershing
War Department
Foret de Ere
French Capture Villemontoire and Oulchy le Chateau
The war office reports French forces seized Villemontoire after heavy fighting taking two hundred prisoners and twenty machine guns. Further south Oulchy le Chateau fell to the French as they advanced east of the town and took four cannon. Across the Ourcq region yesterday the French captured many hundreds more prisoners.
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Pajus
Villemontoire
Oulchy le Chateau
War Office
Ourchy le Chateau
Ourcq
British Repel German Attack in Flanders Front Actions
London dispatch reports a local German assault in the Meteren sector of Flanders aimed at British lines. The war office says the attack was repulsed after sharp fighting. German forces also attacked new British positions at Heboterne between Albert and Arras and were driven off with heavy losses, leaving prisoners.
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London
Metern
Flanders Front
War ‘Office
Ileboterne
Albert
Arras
Kaiser Supreme Rules Civil Affairs
A striking political change grants civil and military executives equal status. The report, though terse, notes a new balance in power between the import general staff and ruling authorities as observed from Berne.
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Kaiser
Associated Press
London
Herse
Berne
Allies Move Up Heavy Guns In Front Of Aisne Marne Front
July 26 dispatch reports Allied forces including American and French units advancing on the Aisne Marne front. Heavy artillery supported countering German positions around Sapo Oulchy le Chateau and Villemontaire while grim fighting persists in nearby woods and forested sectors. Germany withdraws slowly as allied pressure and gas bombardment intensify.
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Aisne-Marne
Sapo
Oulchy
Be ©Eau
Feren
Saponay
France
Salient
Bey Boom
Eces
Jly
Ain
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Saga
Esthonia
123Rd Infantry
Sec. Baker
Gen. March
Congressional Committee
Tal
Food Administration Committee
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Associated Preas
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Central
South America
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Aisne-Marne Front
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