Armament and War Dispatches Across Fronts and Local Deal
A local property transfer reports Mobile Yacht Club land sale to Murnan Shipbuilding Company for 5250 cash with riverfront improvements planned. Separate dispatches cover German war strategy, Russian outcomes, Ukrainian council actions, and Allied bombing and artillery activity on various fronts with American forces active against German positions and gas shells.
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Murnan Shipbuilding Cgomany
Mobile Yacht Club
Slakely Island
Shipbuilding Company
Murnan Company
La Follette Man Trails Lenroot In Early Wisconsin Votes
A La Follette Republican candidacy leads in the Wisconsin senatorial race as Irvine L. Lenroot builds a lead with many counties still incomplete. With fourteen counties missing and precincts scattered, an accurate forecast is impossible and uncertainty lingers into the night.
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Irvine L. Terest
Seee
la UN
Learoot
Postmaster Aids in Lacing Farm Hands
Postmaster J Blocker Thornton received orders to cooperate with the labor and agriculture departments to secure farm hands. Mobile County farmers should notify rural carriers of needs including job type and pay, with details posted at offices for quick matching. Posters will be shown in public places among farmers.
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J. Blocker Thornton
Departments of Labor and Agriculture
Thornton
Prohibition Case Involving Burke Le Laurendine and Others
Burke Le Laurendine alleged proprietor and George Gates alias Willie West faced the recorder for violating liquor laws. Forty two bottles found on land adjoining Le Laurendine’s store prompted a Monday hearing. Investigators sought land ownership and responsibility. Gates allegedly paid a real estate agent, with Laurendine named liable. Arrests noted.
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P Burke le Laurendine
Peat George Gates
Willie West
For
Wurendine
Pee
Gates
Laurie
Scottish Rite Masons Hold Degrees Through Weeklong Reunion
The Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite lodge conducts its thirtieth reunion with degrees from seventeenth to twenty sixth conferred today. Large attendance logged as plans for higher degrees unfold with the thirty second closing ceremony to be held tomorrow morning at nine.
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Hes
A. I. Johnstone
J. Eastburn
J. H. Meher
Mick
Isaac ‘Licht
Leonard
Wise
To' Ve . McMillan
H. L
Imo Man Sold Box Dirt Gr Auto Batteries
A garbled OCR item mentions an Imo man selling a box of dirt and references auto batteries. The readable bits imply a local trades or small item sale note with unclear names or dates. No clear outcomes or entities beyond generic references.
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Imoman
Smileage book campaign prompts employers to buy for soldiers
Mobile campaign opens with a luncheon at the Battle House. Funds reach 1211 dollars, with 616 raised today. Alex Hancock leads lodges in purchases, Mrs. W W Croom chairs the Ladies Pean group as the top sellers. Efforts target every local firm to buy for employees serving in the army.
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Mobile
Battle House
Alex Hancock
W. W. Croom
Campa Andrewe
Im Nce
Cawthon Hotel
Postofice
Elizabeth Hobart
Amy Wilson
Maude Wolfe
Mamie Paul Butler
Elizabeth McAlpine
Flora Gaillard
Georgia Higley
Agnes Fowlkes
Mary Emma Butler
Cavet Arrives as Griffith Reports Pitcher News
Pitcher Cavet arrives with Griffith reporting details from the ball park this afternoon. Damrau left New York last night while coast league magnates chased trades. Manager announced Catcher Griffith of the 1917 Mobile team had not been sold and the deal was called off. Davis was to report to Mobile.
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Texas
Athieter
Ball Park
Harry Damrau
New York
Flaherty
Damrau
Pennington
Friday
Bennett
Cavet
Kuhn
Brook
Tutweller
Griffith
Dave
Mobile
Weinacker Called Into Navy From Mobile Recruit List
Charles L. Weinacker of Weinacker Brothers in Mobile has been on the navy recruiting waiting list since January 30 and will depart Thursday night for the final photo.
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Charlies L. Weinacker
Weinacker Brothers of
Mobile
Navy
Launch Widow Sailor Sued Over Libel Claim
Charlies Rapier files a libel suit alleging damage to a launch named Widow sold to B. B. Marshall for 255 dollars. The case centers on ownership and financial dispute linked to the vessel.
Code Letters Prove to Be Loved Epistles in Spy Case
Washington March 20 investigation shows two men and two women with French citizenship arrested in New York on suspicion of spy links are not spies but common citizens. Love letters, not coded messages, formed the basis of the case as agents reveal that a Washington contact article to a diplomat and associates prompted the arrest. The four detainees were named Madame Despina Davidovitch Storch Madame Elizabeth Charlotte Nix Baron Henri de Bemviife Count Robert de Clairmont.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Justice
New York
Oma
Despina Davidovitch Storch
Elizabeth Charlotte Nix
Baron Henri de ‘Bemviife
Count Robert de Clairmont
Brookline Aviator Tops With Fourth Aircraft
Paris reports Brookline Massachusetts flyer Si kd Dera Putnam of the Lafayette flying squadron has shot down two German airplanes. Putnam has been promoted to sergeant in the French army and is officially credited with a war cross. Observers note discrepancy regarding official credit for the two victories.
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Paris
Dera & Putnam
Brookline
Mass
Lafayette
Putnam
Sa Say
Red revolutionary navy organizers murdered on Monday night
Three commissioners entrusted with the organization of the Red revolutionary navy were mysteriously murdered on Monday night. Names were not given in the report.
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People
Red Revolutionary Navy
Russian church in Petrograd warns against binding peace
Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports the patriarch of the Russian church messages Orthodox believers that peace terms are not binding and that the Russian proletariat must be ready to act at any moment. Other reports say the council of people's commissioners ordered the arrest of marine commissioner M. Bibenko for opposing treaty ratification and that he had been missing for several days.
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Associated Press
London
Reuter
Petrograd
Pfp
Council of People’s Commissioners
M. Bibenko
All Belligerents Seek Strong Peace In World War I
An Arbiter Zeitung report from Zurich compares German leaders wildly differing peace pledges with a Vienna socialist view. It notes Czernin’s silence and claims Berlin, London, and Paris are making the key decisions while offers to President Wilson fade.
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Aaenega Et Srna
Zurich
Switzerland
Marshal von Hindenburg
von Ludendorff
von Hertling
Czérnin
Berlin
London
Paris
Overman Bill Favorably Reported by Senate Judiciary Committee
The Overman bill to expand presidential cooperation with government departments for war prosecution was ordered favorably reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee by an 11 to 7 vote. It serves as an administration substitute for the war cabinet and munitions director measure favored by President Wilson.
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Washington
Wilson
Verman
Senate Military Committee
Senate Judiciary
Prisoners Armed in Siberia Support Bolshevik Opposition
Reports indicate Siberian prisoners have been armed and are aiding Bolshevik forces to suppress opposition. Authorities consider investigating arming practices and security implications across ports and prisoner depots.
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Harbin
Siberia
Louisiana Senator Broussard Is Critically Ill At Home
United States Senator Robert F. Broussard lies critically ill at his home in Louisiana. Two New Orleans specialists were consulted this week for infusion therapy and surgery was discussed though complications persist.
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Louisiana
Associated Press
Coat
United S
Robert F. Broussard
Perone
Brous
Missionary Work Plan Shaped by Methodist Conference
At Memphis Tennessee delegates from the Methodist Episcopal Church South and Northern and Canadian branches convened to map a worldwide missionary drive marking the founding of the Missionary Board. John R Pepper of Memphis was elected permanent chairman as the session continued. The final session will set the fund amount for the campaign pending ratification by the church general conference.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Marek Seitearvest
Conference of Ministers
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Methodist Missionary Board
John R. Pepper
General Conference of the Church
German Alliance secretary testifies before senate committee
Timm of Philadelphia, secretary of the German Alliance, testified today before the Senate committee investigating alleged disloyal activities. The hearing focused on the organization’s finances and general operations.
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Washington
Ee Timm
Philadelphia
German Alliance
Senate
Orapympp
Aime
North Carolina Man Reported Gassed in Incident
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a man in North Carolina was reported gasged in an unclear incident. Details are unreadable and verification is needed for specifics.
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North Carolina
First American military crosses awarded for heroism
Lieutenant John C. Green Sergeant William Norton and Sergeant Patrick Walsh receive the first new American Crosses for extraordinary heroism in France. Norton, a veteran formerly of Arkansas, led troops after Walsh’s decoration and Green’s actions during heavy fighting. The awards honor acts against German forces during ongoing operations. further details to follow on page 7.
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U.S
Nandar Pershing
John C. Green
William Norton
Patrick Walsh
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Norton
Walsh
Arkansas
Clemenceau
Coutenant
Rtat
Setinied
Serorea Ig
Oes
Erahing
Aker
Prasente
France
Eee
Sauaea Enem Cockenadt
Steamer Sterling Sunk Carrying Grain to Switzerland
Official reports say the steamer Sterling was sunk after a collision while carrying a large grain cargo for Switzerland. The loss follows the prior torpedoing of the Spanish steamer Sardinero, worsening Swiss revictualing prospects.
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Associated Wrews
Berne
Duesday
Sterling
Switzerland
United States
Norwegian Steamer Wegadesk Crew Rescued After Submarine Attack
The crew of the Norwegian steamship Wegadesk, 4271 tons, was saved from lifeboats after bombs from a German submarine were placed aboard. A separate vessel, 1668 tons, was sunk with the captain killed. the crew survived. The Norwegian foreign office reported the events via a Copenhagen dispatch.
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Associated 1
London
Wegadesk
Foreign Office
Copenhagen
Ger
Ree
Income Tax Slackers Face Prosecution Under War Revenue Act
Washington reports that tax dodgers who fail to file by April 1 will be prosecuted vigorously under the war revenue act. Daniel C. Roeper, commissioner, says revenue officers nationwide are checking returns in preparation for action against violators.
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Associated Press
Washington
March
Daniel C. Roeper
Internal “ Revenue
Aviator Killed in Texas Flight Crashes Near Kelly Field
A crash near Kelly Field in Texas killed a flyer identified as Walter J. Ke of Jersey City and injured others. The aircraft reportedly dove from about 1,500 feet after briefly regaining control, ending in a fatal impact. Mrs. M. Hoe of Jersey City is named as a relative.
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San Antonio
Maren
Walter J. Ke
Kelly
Jersey City
N. J
Lieutenant Jones
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