Mobile built vessel Oyaka resumes Mallory New York service
The steamer Oyaka, built at Mobile by Mobile Shipbuilding Company, is set to sail for New York Sunday marking the resumption of Mallory Line service between Mobile and New York. The vessel, turned over by the Emergency Fleet Corporation after a successful trial, joins two other Mallory ships in restoring prewar efficiency and schedules.
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Oyaka
Mobile Shiping Company
New
Mallory
Mobile
York
Oration
Malory Line
New York
Fts
Lyaka
I. Spaulding
Chamber of Sy
Theompany
Ship Board
Mobilians Inter
New Yorkie Line
Gulfexico
Nelson, Miller
Moisson
Ry Line
Gome
Labor Meeting Opens Here On Monday
The eighteenth annual convention of the Alabama State Federation of Labor opens Monday at 10 oclock at the Labor Temple with 200 delegates expected. Mobile seeks state headquarters amid growing local union activity and the Gulf Citys labor temple.
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Alabama State Federation of Labor
Labor Temple
Mobile
Birmingham
Gulf City
South
Man
State Federation
P. Gibson de Witt
Typographical Union No. 27
John M. Clark
G. C. Tucker
St. John's Ne Church
B. B. Chamberlain
Moses Kohn
Organized Labor
Hambright
William L. Harrison
Federation
Fairhope
Apollo
Italy renounces Decadanese Islands claim to Greece
Paris May 17 Italy relinquishes claims to the Dodecanese Islands off the Asia Minor coast in favor of Greece ending a long dispute before the peace conference. Berlin reports a plebiscite plan if allies reject treaty concessions per Zeitung Am Mittag via Copenhagen.
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Associated Press
Paris
Italy
Dodecanese Islands
Asia Minor
Greece
Berlin
Copenhagen
Zeitung Am Mittag
Atlantic NC seaplanes approach Azores after long crossing
Washington reports NC-3 and NC-1L have not spoken since morning but officials expect they reached the Azores soon. Initial guidance indicated they may head to Ponte Delgada rather than Horta to join NC-4, signaling progress on a 1200 mile Atlantic stretch.
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Washington
Azores
Ponte del Gada
Horta
Doctor killed when automobile struck by train at crossing
Dr W erry, 50, of Long tack was killed when the car he rode in at a moderate speed was hit by an incoming New York New Orleans train at a crossing in Leport Mississippi. Weiner, 76, of Cullman, was severely injured and taken to Slaughters Hospital here. Dr Terry was driving and failed to hear the onrush due to a switching train. witnesses reported the accident.
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Leport
Miss
Werry
Long Tach
Ning
August Weiner
Cullman
Long Beach
New York
Weiner
Slaughters’ Hospital
Acci
Terry
Car theft report prompts police to recover vehicle
W. H. Davidson of near Cedar reported a Ford car stolen for $400 by two soldiers. Police identified the vehicle as property of B. C. McWhorter of Hat Miss. McWhorter arrived at the rally Saturday morning and claimed the car, which had been stored at the police station. The case awaits filing.
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W. H. Davidson
South Ie Ot
Cedar
B. C. McWhorter
McWhorter
David
Police log lists new complaint at headquarters
A new complaint was filed Friday night by J Kerrigan of 907 Church Street after catching a street car on Jack Wernment Streets. Officer Searcy submitted the record noting the incident at Mobile police headquarters.
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Searcy
J. Kerrigan
Church Street
Police Officers Elected At Mobile Port Relief Meeting
Annual meeting of the Mobile Port Relief Association to be held Sunday morning at police headquarters. Elections will choose officers for the ensuing year.
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Mobile Pot Relief Association
Wil
Thief Steals from Proprieter and Robs Store at Lawrence
A bold sneak thief robs the store of George Cawie at the northwest corner of Dauphin and Lawrence streets after 1 am Saturday. He takes about 50 dollars in varying sums, first pilfering from Elias Cawie at home and then stealing from George Cawie, including store keys, cash from a register, and goods.
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George Cawie
Dauphin
Lawrence Streets
Lawrence Street
Cawie
Elias Cawie
Cawies
Play Festival Draws About A Thousand Children
Miss Elizabeth Johnston oversees a seventh annual play festival at Lyons Park starting at 6 o clock with about one thousand kindergartens and primary grade children. The Mobile Kindergarten Study Club sponsors the event as Drago's Orchestra provides music for dances games and marches.
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Elizabeth Johnston
Lyons Park
Mobile Kindergarten Study Club
Drago
America
Old Shell Road School Holds Play Exercises
Hundreds of boys and girls at Old Shell Road School joined field day exercises Friday afternoon led by Miss Maxie Jones community service supervisor of play who trained the younger children. Continued on Page Seven.
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Old Shell Road School
Maxie Jones
Cobb Returns From Rate Case Hearing
R G Cobb traffic manager Mobile Chamber of Commerce returned to Mobile from Meridian Mississippi after presenting Mobile shippers position at the second Meridian rate case hearing before Interstate Commerce Commissioner Burnside. Cobb attended a Birmingham meeting of the district freight traffic committee before continuing home.
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R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Meridian
Miss
Mobile Shippers
Second Meridian Cas
Birmingham
Birmingham District Freight Traffic Committee
Interstate Commerce
Burnside
Shippers of
North
Wst
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Charles D. Cotterill
Atlanta
O' Inn Rate
Mr. Cepbb
Steel arrives to finish six Moshiro ship adds
A carload of Birmingham Steel Corporation steel reached Mobile Shipbuilding Company on Saturday to complete six Moshiro yard vessels under government contract. Four ships are under way and the keel for the fifth will be laid Monday. The first steel ship launch is planned for June 10.
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Birmingham Steel Corporation of Birmingham
Mobile Shipbuilding Company
Birmingham Company
Mobile Company
Moshiro
Mr Jett Returns Father Improves After Illness
Mr G M Jett, vice president of the Jett Math Construction Company, returned Friday night from Tsien Tenn where he had gone for his ill nephew who underwent an operation. He found his father much improved.
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G. M. Jett
Jett-Maths Construcon Company
Tsien Tenn
Nee
Jett
Doomed Invasion Odds Reassessed By Army Chief
Washington May 17 General March chief of staff of the army announced that wartime estimates of a foreign landing in the United States were too high. He noted counts of 387000 Germans 404000 French 180000 Austrians and 238900 Japanese in sixteen days were based on a 30 day transport cycle, while actual transit times ranged from 35 days to 76 days for cargo ships.
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Washington
General March
Army
War Department
Unite States
March
Germany
France
Austria
Japan
Warrior River shipping rates to Birmingham to be announced
Traffic officials from Birmingham and Mobile report that new river to rail interchange rates will be set once facilities at Cordova and other points are installed. The information came via R G Cobb of Mobile Chamber of Commerce after a Birmingham briefing from O L Bunn, secretary of the Birmingham Traffic League, andDirector of Traffic Chambers at the railroad administration.
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St. Louis
New Orleans
Mobile
Birmingham
Mississippi
Warrior Rivers
Cordova
R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Cobb
O. Ll. Bunn
Birmingham Traffic League
Traffic Chambers
The
Railroad Administration
Washington
Mr. Sion
Oelin
Rene Cordova
Southern Track Meet Opens Under Heavy Field
A heavy field confronts the Southern Intercollegiate Association track men at Nashville for this afternoon's meet as rain dampens preparations and complicates events.
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Associated Press
Nashville Tenn
Pope seeks talks with peace conference leader over terms
Rome reports Pope Benedict XVI has acted on a petition from the German episcopate asking for easing of peace terms. He plans to communicate with the head of a key peace delegation to press for modifications.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pope Benedict
Italians Relinquish Dodecanese Claims to Greece
Washington May 17 The Italian government agrees to abandon claims on the Dodecanese Islands off Asia Minor in favor of Greece. The move aims to advance the Paris peace talks as Austria's treaty nears completion with a 5 billion gold mark indemnity. Pope Benedict seeks a revision of peace terms after Cardinal Hartmann's appeal, while mass protests continue.
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Washington
Associated Press
Paris
Dodecanese
Asia Minor
Greece
Italy
Austria
Germany
Pope Benedict
Rome
Hartmann
Cologne
Vatican
Nurses Seek Rank in Honor of Work
Mobile members of the Alabama State Association of Graduate Nurses push a congressional bill to grant officer ranks to Army Nurse Corps personnel. At a Birmingham executive board meeting a state-wide committee was formed to aid passage as nurses return home amid grievances over hardships and a lack of recognition.
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Mobile
Alabama State Association of Graduate Nurses
Army Nurse Corps
Birmingham
Army
America
Bertha
State Association
American War Department
Salvation Lassie at Lyric for Salvation Army drive
Dave Frank with pianist Cuff Bateman performs Salvation Lassie at the Lyric Theater this afternoon and tonight to aid the Salvation Army Home Service Campaign. Sergeant Morningstar will speak on the Army’s work in France and heroism at the front.
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Geo “Salvation Lassie
Dave Frank
Cuff Bateman
Lyric Theater
Salvation Army
Morningstar
France
Ac Pe
Frank
Mr. Paternan Ee Ce
Leo Feist Music Punishing Company of
New York
Saenice
Ser —- Morniatar
Peno Os
Pe Rervation Army
Montgomery to Build Memorial Hospital for World War I Vets
Montgomery will erect a memorial hospital to honor local men and women who served in World War I. The city council approved the ordinance, with construction costs at least 100000 dollars and annual maintenance of 12000 dollars. Water service will be provided free, plans to be drawn immediately, location pending.
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Montgomery
Board of City Commissioners
Montgomery Memorial
Weather Station to Aid Gulf Coast Storm Warnings
The Weather Bureau will open a new meteorological station at Fort Myers Florida by June 1 to extend hurricane warning service for Gulf coast states. The Fort Myers unit joins about fifteen Caribbean stations and aims to speed early warnings from June to November to protect ships and shore areas. The West Indies network supports rapid alerts as storms form in the breeding grounds, aiding U.S. Virgin Islands and growing American commerce.
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Washington
Gulff of Mexico
Fort Myers
Fla
Weather Bureau
Army
France
Tampa
Caribbean Sea
West Indies
Virgin Islands
United States
Theodore Man Held on Indictment for Burglary
Wille McDonald of Theodore was arrested by County Jailor Vance Gunnison on indictments for burglary and grand larceny. The charges allege he and Silas Lu broke into the Jackson Mercantile Company store at Theodore weeks ago and stole 1,600 sacks of landy. McDonald is held in jail under indictments. Landy is also accused of bicycle larceny.
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Wille McDonald
Theodore
Janilor Vance Gunnison
McDonald
Silas Lu
Jackson Mercantile Company
Landy Ie
Aoant
Landy
Rumanians Defeated by Bolsheviks Reported by Vienna
A Vienna dispatch cites a Hungarian official agency report that Bolshevik foreign minister Techitcherin telegraphed Bela Kun saying the Ukrainian red army defeated Romanian forces along the Dniester and crossed the river forcing Romanian retreat. Separately, Rev Henry Wade Du Bote accepted a call to Danville Virginia church.
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London
Vienna
Exchange Telegraph Company
M. ‘Techitcherin
Russia
Bela Kun
Hungary
Red Army
Dniester
DU Bose
Danville
Henry Wade du Bote
Government Street Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Women to Plan Aid for Salvation Army Drive
Women in the Salvation Army war service will meet Monday at 11 in the clubrooms of the A. to plan their contribution to the drive. Mrs. J. Baker announced the meeting and Mrs. James R. Hagan will preside.
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Salvation Army
Women's War Service
J. ©. Baker
James KR. Hagan
Will
Rates on crude petroleum held reasonable
The Interstate Commerce Commission found the rates on crude petroleum in tank cars from Shreveport and Crichton Louisiana to East St. Louis Illinois not unreasonable. The decision was announced today in Washington reflecting ICC approval of the Southern Railway Company carrier rates.
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Washington
Shreveort
Crichton
East St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Snee Comey
I. Bey ‘Southern Falkway Company
Carri Rt
Irish American Delegation Arrives in Paris From England
The American delegation representing Irish societies in the United States reached Paris from England last evening. They have no definite appointment to see Premier Lloyd George and will move to discuss their plans for the movement.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States
England
Lloyde
First NC plane reaches Azores on trans Atlantic flight
The NCG seaplane under Lt Cmdr Albert Read landed at Horta Azores at 9 20 am Washington time after departing Trepassey Bay N F. The NC 1 under Lt Cmdr Patrick N L Bellinger followed closely while NC 3 remained off course about 100 miles from Horta awaiting further routing and refueling.
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NC.4
Washington
NGG
Albert ©. Read
Horta
Island of Ayal
Azores
Trepassey Bay
N. F
NC-1
Patrick N. L. Bellinger
NC.3
John H. Towers
Ponta del G
Columbia
Navy secretary hails NC planes flight as planned work not luck
Secretary Daniels arrived from Europe and praised two years of preparation behind the successful ocean flight of American naval sea planes. He credited Commander Towers and team for their capable operation and emphasized the mission aimed to chart the air route to Europe not to outpace British aviators. He noted uncertainty over German battleships but sensed England favors sinking them.
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Associated Press
New York
Daniels
Europe
Navy
Daniele
John H. Towers
Stat
Great Britain
America
England
Sutik
Sunday Amusements Attacked by Church
St Lollis May 17 Reports from committees on church activities include recommendations striking at Sunday ports and amusements and routine business as the 131st general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America enters its third day. The inter church world movement decision rests with a committee and is due for action next week.
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Associated Press
ST. Lollis
131St General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Inter-Church World Movement
Allied forces seize Smyrna strategic points in peace move
Paris May 17 Allied naval forces landed at Smyrna and occupied all forts and strategic points by nightfall. The action, directed by the peace conference, aims to maintain order as moves toward peace with Turkey proceed.
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Associated Press
Paris
Smyrna
Aarch
Near East
Turkey
Merchantmen to Head for Savannah Maritime Move
Savannah shipping men report the United Shipping Board plans dispatch of merchant vessels to Savannah to support trade and naval needs. The plan involves several unnamed companies and ships moving to or from Savannah to bolster wartime logistics and shipping capacity.
Read Makes Early Landmark Flight to Azores in NC-4
Commander Read reaches Horta seven hours before the schedule amid early estimates that twenty hours were needed for the seaplanes to reach Ponta del Gada. The NC-4 led the way to Lisbon and the Azores, though repairs plagued the journey, while Navy records show a longer continuous flight by Lt. Comdr Grow near Hampton Roads.
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Trepassy
Read
Navy Seas
Ocean
Horta
Ponta del Gada
Azores
Roc Beach
Long Island
Liberty
Ten Rockaway
Chatham Light
Masge
Newfoundland
Chatham
Halifax
Trepassey
Lantic Ocean
Lisbon
Portugal
Commi H. B. Grow
Hampt Roads
NC-4 Leads Trans-Atlantic Flight Amid Damaged First Leg
AP reports NC-4 remains at the forefront as three other seaplanes trail two thirds of the way across the Atlantic from Trepaza Azores. The NC-4’s speed exceeds 75 mph as crowds gather at dawn to watch the progress.
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Associated Press
Ponta Delgada
Azores
New York
Advances Made by Rainbow Third in Army in Europe
War department figures show Rainbow Third leading Allied divisions in gains in Europe with 77th, regular and other units also advancing significant distances. New York National Army took 7112 setae, others reached 60 and 56 kilometres respectively. General March announced the latest advance totals for Allied forces and the Rainbow unit’s pivotal role.
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Rainbow
Europe
Associated Press
Washington
War Department
France
New York City
South Dakota
Webtau
Mexico
Arizona
CAI
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Moshico
MR. Jett
Pope May
Mercy
HMNS
Montgomery Plans
Florida
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Poe
Savannah
United Shipping Board
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Rade Shi Company
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