Highway plans reviewed for Mobile to shipyard boulevard
U S government and Alabama officials inspect routes for a pre permanent paved boulevard from Mobile to the United States Corporation shipyard at Chickasaw. Engineers discuss brick pavement, bonding, and treasury department approvals while considering ground bases and road width.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Alabama
Mobile
United States Corporation
Chickasaw
J.mee Bullen
W. S. Keller
Harry Fisher
Wright Smith
County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Assaah
Keller
Bullen
Cullen
Creen
United States
Treasury Department
Butten
Messrs
Fisher and
Smith
F. S. Jarvis, Jr
Meety
Goa
City fills firemen places after mass resignations
Fire Chief C. S. McCosker says the department will fill the 34 vacancies left by resignations, with nine men short and two engines idle at No. 7 and No. 8 stations. Several captains and privates from multiple companies quit over the weekend, but volunteers and new applicants are coming forward to maintain service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCosker
Presid Wainwright
C. S. McCosker
Savannah
Scott
Beauregard
Joachim
G. R. Brabner
Felix Revere
James Oped
Earl Sandoz
Mobile Com
Lst
Department
Hugh No
Peter J. Carney
Jullian Mott
Tilien
William Chisholm
M. Gonzales
L. Stevens
Frank Tuttle
Dan Chisholm
Mr McGuire
J. R
Harms
B. Verneuille
Tom Jackson
Eli Merrill
Caine
Joseph F. Tarr
Tom Frank
Gambrel
Edgar Alider
James Torrans
William Soles
John Barter
H. T. Lyndall
John C. Stewart
Andrew Steadman
James Strand
Robert Schneider
L. F. Ott
C. Ll. Lott
D. B. Cornelius
O. T. Davis
Charles
J. Kountz
British Counterattacks Reported on Western Front
London dispatch says British forces counter attacked between Nesle and Ha, with action north of Bapaume as Germans pressed at dawn but were held back by the British barrage and repelled by dawn.
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A. P. Bulletin
London
Nesle
Bapaume
Two Year Old Burned to Death in Coffee Cup Accident
Bernard Constantine Jr. died at a local infirmary after a coffee spill scalded him at home on Friday. He was the two year old son of Mr and Mrs Bernard Constantine of 512 South Lawrence street, the city.
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Bernard Constantine, Jr
Bernard Constantine
S. Lawrence Street
Attempt to Burn Frame Dwelling on Knox Street
An attempt to burn a one story frame house at 256 Knox Street occurred at 6 50 this morning. Inmates discovered fire burning under the front steps and extinguished it with water. Hose Companies Nos 1 and 2 responded to the alarm. Damage was very slight.
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Knox Street
Dearborn Street
Dve
Pascagoula Road In Good Shape After Trip
Mr. Peyton Steele manager of the Hotel and President John Craft of the Alabama Good Roads Association joined B. McAtee of the Tourist Welcome Club on a trip to inspect the road between a town and the Mississippi. They report the road conditions as good and suitable for travel.
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Peyton Steele
John Craft
Oflabama Good Roads Association
B. McAtee
The
Tourist Welcome Club
Wantecduieee Mae
Mississippi
Wile
Cpch
Austro German Offensive Expected Against Italy
Official Rome dispatches forecast a formidable Austro German assault in Italy as conditions permit. Austrian divisions arrive steadily while artillery, aviation camps, and ammunition depots are reinforced. Military circles expect a two stage strike with a Franco British front attack followed by an Italian front offensive.
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Associated Press
Washington
Italy
Rome
Germany
Hallan
Alien Enemy Mobile List Names German Residents
Unnaturalized Germans registered under the alien enemy act are listed for Mobile. The roster names multiple individuals with street addresses across Mobile including Adams, Bender, Blahut, Biederbick, Barner, Curiel, Britton, Engelbrecht, Feig, Fox, Goetschaldt, Gussinger, Harmis, Herman, Hochstein, Houser, Kay, Konstanzer, Kosel, Kepfer, Gottlich Kraft, Leege, Kinderberg, Luft, Curt Luft, Meyer, Mahnken, Mehlinger, Metzger, Otto, Lees, Pe, Heinholdt, Rebesher, Ronig, Schettier, Schmidt, Salvntin, Schreck, Schulze, Traeger, Wackerle, Wachemann, Weirich, Wilkinson, and Zimmern, among others.
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Mobile
Theo. J. Adams
Iquaten Bender
Dauphin
Robert Blahut
Commerce
Herman Biederbick
West St. Joseph
N. Bloodgood
Walter Barner
Semmes
Ala
Hans _Curiel
Willard and Fulton Sign for Big Battle
Chicago March 25 Final articles closing a championship match between Jess Willard and Fred Fulton were signed today in Miller, the site to be announced. Willard to receive 75 percent of net profits. Fulton to get a flat 20 000 dollars.
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Chicago
Jess Sors
Fred Fulton
Tee Mae
Miller
Aak
Willard
Fulton
Cobb to Attend Capital Rate Hearing
Traffic Manager R G Cobb of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce will leave Mobile tonight to attend the reopening of the rate hearing. He attended last week before returning Friday for a recess. This is the fourth week of testimony as rate men for the roads are expected to finish by week’s end. Shippers opposing the proposed raise plan to begin presenting their case after.
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R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
British Resistance Holds Out to the Last
British forces on the western front defend every hill and fort as they retreat. Artillery sacrifices cover the withdrawal with batteries breaking up only as German storm troops reach within a few hundred yards. Gunners fire their last ammunition and retire.
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Associated Press
London
Amsterdam
Japs Regard Russian Situation as Grave
London dispatch reports Tokyo saying the Siberian situation is grave enough to require continued actions. The note adds that further formal delay and negotiations with the allied powers are needed to secure absolute unity.
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Byrd Press
London
Tien Tsin
China
Tokio
Japan
President Wilson Congratulates Haig on Win
President Wilson extends congratulations to Haig after a victory cited by official dispatches. No further details are provided in the fragment.
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Wilson
Haig
British Rifles Hold No Man's Land Against German Attack
London report of British units in France describes Leicestershire troops resisting a German assault in No Man's Land near Pergieres. Two tanks supported defense at Epehy as four hours of open sight fire tested gunners and perseverance of the Leicestershires retreating defenders.
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British Rifles
No Man's Land
Associated Press
Dndon
France
Daily Express
Epehy
Leicestershire
The German Offensive Near End as German Drive Fails
The article describes a desperate German assault on the Flanders front aimed at breaking British lines. It argues Germany lacks reserves and air superiority, predicts German retreat and Allied countermeasures, and frames the Paris shells and St. Quentin clash as preludes to the empire’s decline.
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Flanders
Paris
St. Quentin
Americans Raid by Airmen in France Reported
American artillery on the Toul sector continued to shell the German first line and trenches around St. Boussant and billets north of Boqueteau. An American patrol inspected an enemy point last night and today for several hours with no contact. German artillery bombarded a town within American lines with gas shells in two half hour periods.
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Associated Press
France
Toul
St. Boussant
Boqueteau
U. S
Touland
Bombardment of Paris Resumes Amid War Alarm
The long range bombardment of Paris began at 6:30 am and paused after the second shot, then fired two more, and was suspended again at 9:10 am. Citizens ignored the shelling as a new alarm system and drums woke residents while police circulated. Transportation ran normally and the Somme battle loomed in discussion. an American marine was wounded by a shell splinter but survived.
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Associated Press
Paris
Somme
Verdunmerican Corps of Marines
German Attack A Failure Near Ervillers
British headquarters in France report German infantry assaults near Ervillers were repulsed despite heavy bombardment. On the right flank, Germans crossed the Somme and the canal south of Ham but Allied counter attacks aim to push them back across the waterway.
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Associated Press
France
Mare
Ervillers
Somme
Canal
Ham
Berlin Claims 45000 Taken In War Update
Berlin reports German forces north of the Somme after night fighting. Bapaume and Nesle seized. Guiscard and Chauny fell in the evening. More than 45 prisoners and over six hundred guns captured. British American French forces reported to be thrown back.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Somme
Offici
Bapaume
Nesle
Guiscard
Chauny
U. S. Engineers In Battle At Cambrai
American engineers again saw fierce fighting and performed excellent work in the Cambrai battle last fall, earning high praise for their contributions to the operation and the broader war effort.
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U. S
Cambrai
Battle Rages as Germans Renew Attacks Near Bapaume
The war office reports fresh German offensives north and south of Bapaume with the British repulsing major assaults. British forces held the eastern Somme bank between Licourt and Brie and drove German troops back after crossing the river, suffering heavy losses.
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Associated Press
London
Bapaume
War Office
Somme
Licourt
Brie
Peronne
French and British Forces Hold Line in Western Battle
Paris reports France has deployed heavy forces in a fierce western front clash with the common enemy. Field Haig says British lines stay firm along the Somme and north of Bapaume as German thrusts are repulsed with heavy losses.
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Washington
Associated Press
France
Somme
Bapaume
Field Haig
German Troops Recovered on Somme Front
On the Somme line German bodies were driven back to the eastern bank after crossing the river between Licot Brie south of Peronne. Continued on Page Five.
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Somme
Licot Brie
Peronne
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Lal
SRE
Pascagoula Road
Willard and
MR. Cobb
Spain
Pergieres
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