Mobile Dock Expansion Plans Boost 6000-Ton Capacity
The News Item reports Mobile will gain two 6,000-ton dry docks with Henderson and Alabama Dry Dock expansions. The Henderson plant will add 6,000-ton capacity and ship repair shops, while Alabama’s facility doubles capacity with phased unit additions. Rumors tie Horace Turner and Eastman Gardiner to a local shipyard project.
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Mobile
Henderson
Alabama, Dry Dock and Ship Building Company
Henderson Company
Ues
Alabama
Horace. Turner
Turner Terminal Company
Turner
Eastman, Gardiner Company
Laurel, Miss
Unknown man leaps to death from Chickasabogue bridge
A white man, unnamed, allegedly jumped from the Telegraph road bridge over Chickasabogue at 3 AM in view of soldiers. He cried for help as he fell, but drowned before aid arrived. The incident was reported in Mobile by H. T. Roberts, transfer agent at the county convict camp.
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Chickasabogue
H. T. Roberts
Mobile
Telegraph Road
Mr. Roberts
Army Camp Sites Placed in Atlanta and Nearby
The war department announced a second training camp site for Atlanta, joining the existing cantonment. Columbia South Carolina was named a cantonment or divisional camp, with Greenville South Carolina and Amityville New York also designated as training locations in today’s release.
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Washington
War Department
Atlanta
Columbia
S. C
Greenville
Amityville
L. I
Fire destroys substantial Lexington properties in early blaze
A major Lexington fire today caused about 600000 in damage. It started in a livery stable and within four hours burned through much of the central business district bounded by Upper Church Short and Limestone streets. Buildings consumed included the Second Presbyterian Church.
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Associated Press
Lexington
General Holiday Requested for June 5 in Mobile
Commissioner P J Lyons announced at tomorrow's city commission meeting a proposal to declare June 5 a holiday in Mobile. He seeks suspension of all business to encourage civic participation and observance.
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City Commission
Mobile
Mobile's most pressing need port improvements urged
The item argues exports and imports fuel Mobile's revenue and calls for upgrading port facilities. It cites that the best terminals are essential and places emphasis on improving Mobile's port infrastructure as the top priority.
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Neeg
More Sanitary Plans for Asylum Outlined by Board
The poor asylum committee of the board of revenue and road commissioners was authorized to study new sanitary grounds for the asylum. Dr. Ward cited disease issues and said separating patients would improve conditions, aiming for near sanitary standards despite aging facilities. Miss Elizabeth Fonde asked the board to appoint an officer to oversee child welfare work and school children.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Éom
A. G. Ward
Elizabeth Fonde
Child Welfare League
Road work report notes graveling ready on Three Notch
A. L. McLean reports monthly road work with Three Notch road ready for graveling and improvements on Government Street drain repairs on Whistler, Fulton road ditches cleared, Hannon road graded, and Mertz Station and Owens road ready for grade per Dr. P. J. M. Acker. Health officer cites jail and asylum as excellent except for fly traps. county records show 136 deaths and 127 births.
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Three Notch Road
A. L. McLean
Government Street Road
Whistler
Fulton Road
Bay Road
Hannon Road
Mertz Station
Owens Road
P. J. M. Acker
Laurendine Fined and Granted New Trial in Prohibition Case
P B Laurendine convicted of violating the prohibition law by Judge Henry Chamberlain in the inferior criminal court. He was fined 50 dollars or twenty days hard labor and granted a new trial. A similar case against Walter Puckett was continued until next Monday. Joe Jordan, charged with assault to murder, was discharged.
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P. B. Laurendine
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Sheriff's Department
Walter Puckett
Chamberlain
Joe Jordan
Riots Hit Lisbon Over Bread and Potatoes Scarcity
Rioting broke out in Lisbon on May 21 as bread and potato shortages sparked mob attacks on several stores. Police restored order after the disturbances, with reports filed via London.
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Lisbon
Associated Press
London
Field Methods Study At Y M C A Tonight
The Red Cross first aid class at the Y M C A will study field and emergency methods this evening at 7 30. A full attendance is desired and visitors are cordially invited by the class.
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Red Cross
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Forecast shows cloudy sky tonight with Tuesday outlook mostly cloudy. Precipitation possible as a temperate pattern continues across Alabama and Mississippi with variable winds and no significant warming expected.
Allied Offensives Resume in Northern France and Champagne
British forces push on along the Hindenburg line northwest of Bullecourt and seize a support trench. French troops under Petain resume the Champagne advance, capturing several trench lines and about 800 prisoners as they flank the German salient toward Rheims.
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Haig and
Petain
France
Lavin
Champagne
Crown Prince
Chemin Des Pames
Aisne
Moronviers
Rheims
Guns Catch Teutons in Exposed Formation
British troops last evening captured a support trench behind the Hindenburg line trench taken in the morning. The war office stated operations were between Bullecourt and Fontaine Les Creis with continued coverage on the last page.
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Hindenburg Line
Bullecourt
Hindenburg
Queant- Drocourt
Douai
Haig
Associated Press
London
War Office
Hindenberg Line
Fontaine-Les-Croiis
Speakers Chosen for Rally in Bienville Square
Mr W H Armbrecht and Captain S E Crosby chaplain First Alabama Infantry were selected as speakers for a patriotic mass meeting in Bienville Square tonight. The event organized by Recruiting of Mobilians invites mothers and girls and all residents to attend. The First Infantry band will perform from 7 30 with Armbrecht speaking first, Crosby second, and more music to close the program presided by W D Bellingrath president of the Chamber of Commerce.
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S. E. Crosby
Alabama Infantry
Bienville Square
Recruiting of Mobilians
Infantry
Armbrecht
Rosby
W. D. Bellingrath
Chamber of Commerce
St. Joseph Street
War menu to be served in New York hotels
New York May 21 On a food conservation basis a war menu will be placed before hotel patrons as soon as possible by the Hotel Men's Association The initiative reduces courses at dinners and banquets and removes expensive foods from offerings Attempts will also trim unnecessary dishes from table d hote dinners to save resources
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Associated Press
New York
Hotel Men's Association
Exhibit at Owens colored school shown in Adam Glass windows
The domestic science department of Owens colored school places an exhibit in the show windows of Adam Glass & Co. The display will remain through the week. Principal W. A. Caldwell and J. V. Garbon are connected with the school.
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Owens Colored School
Adam Glass & Co
W. A. Caldwell
J. V. Garbon
Arlington Telpher Election Set for June 25
Mayor Pillans announced a telpher system election on June 25 and said voters will not decide Arlington and telpher projects together. The Arlington site lacks War Department approval, delaying that ballot. Commissioner Lyons expressed indifference to one or two elections, while Commissioner Schwartz would not be at City Hall.
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Pillans
Arlington
War Department
Pat J. Lyons
Schwartz
Mayor Warns Moblie Residents On Draft Registration
The Mobile mayor urges residents aged 21 to 30 to register on June 6 under existing conscription laws. He warns those who fail to vote or register will face serious trouble and notes exemptions for married men and those lacking physical or moral elements.
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Mobile
Registration Board Meets to Plan City Registration
The board of registration schedules a 3:30 p.m. meeting with the mayor to review district assignments and discuss clerks. It divides into two districts led by Joel W. Goldsby and Elliott G. Rickardy, inviting volunteers for the June 5 registration effort and noting all civil officers must serve.
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Board of Registration
Joel W. Goldsby
Gharles A. Mohr
James P Moreland
Edwin B
Cacity
Caution Call Urges Male Draft Registration For 21 to 30
The mayor cites War Department rules requiring all males aged twenty one to thirty to register. No exceptions exist for those not in military or naval service. Failure to register or giving false answers is a misdemeanor with imprisonment, no option for fines.
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War Department
United States
Proposing a $2.50 Cotton Tax Under War Revenue Bill
Washington May 21 A proposed amendment by Representative Moore Pennsylvania to tax raw cotton $2.50 a bale was ruled out on a point of order in the house after a prolonged heated debate.
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Washington
Moore
Pennsylvania
War Revenue Bill Faces Delay In House Action
Washington May 21 The House leadership delays on the war revenue bill as Ways and Means mulls higher second class mail rates and provisions taxing advertising and auto moments. The bill’s fate hinges on unresolved tax details complicating a quick vote.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Senate Takes Up Fed Food Control Plan in War Effort
Washington May 21 The Senate today considered an administration bill for a federal survey of food supplies promotion of production control of hoarding licensing of dealers and authorizing flour mixing. Debates likely over restricting grain use for liquor and Gore proposed amendment to empower the president to issue regulations stopping gambling in foodstuffs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
Gore
Agriculture Committee
Elaborate Camp Program for Alabama Soldier Boys
A detailed entertainment program for Alabama soldier boys and the public is set at the army branch of the Y M C A camp tonight at 8 o clock. Directed by Mrs. Carl Klinge the event features Misses Cecile and Genevieve Sherman May White Lillian White Miss Adelaide Johnstone Mrs Flinn Dickson and Jessie Winter with the Junior Rowley Orchestra performing selections and violin solos. Cars will run to the camp grounds for attendees from the city.
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Alabama Soldier Boys
Carl Klinge
Kkulele
Cecile Sherman
Genevieve Sherman
May White
Lillian White
Adelaide Johnstone
Rowley Orches
Miss Fanny Richardson
Flinn Dickson
Misses Cecile
Agnes Sherman
Jessie Winter
First Alabama Infantry Tops Mobile Recruiting
The First Alabama Infantry recruiting station led Mobile offices with three men accepted. Names listed include John Evans and George W. Bailey of Mobile, James J. Temple of Columbus Ga, Cyril Drew Parking of Liano Cal apprentice seaman, and Gus Rolls of Mobile. Parking and Rolls proceeded to Montgomery and Birmingham for training assignments.
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Alabama Infantry
Mobile
John Evans
George W. Bailey
Columbus
Navy
Cyril Drew Parking
Liano
Cal
Army
Gus Rolls
Parking
Rolls
Montgomery
Birmingham
County registrars to be appointed across five precincts
The county registrars will meet this afternoon to appoint registrars for Irvington St Elmo Grand Bay Bayou la Barre and Coden. The board members are Sheriff W H Holcombe Circuit Clerk S H Smith and County Health Officer P J M Acker. Tomorrow they will appoint registrars in each precinct of the county.
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W. H. Holcombe
S. H. Smith
P. J. M. Acker
Irvington
St. Elmo
Grand Bay
Bayou la Barre
Coden
Ukraine Autonomy Demand from Kiev Congress
A Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports the Kiev congress of military delegates, representing over a million armed Ukrainians, urged the provisional government to proclaim national autonomy for Ukraine. The note also mentions forming a cabinet for Ukraine.
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Asoctated Press
London
Reuter
Petrograd
Kiev
Ukraine
General Wood Forecasts 300000 Civil War Troops Southeast
General Leonard Wood in Chattanooga says about 300000 men will be raised in the southeastern department including national guardsmen and draftees. He expects an officers training camp by June 15 and concentration camps near Atlanta and Augusta with one or two divisions ready for front. He notes Chickamauga space and water will determine moves. He will be greeted at a reception tonight.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Leonard Wood
Fort Oglethorpe
Wood
Atlanta
Augusta
Chickarflauga
Southeastern Department
TWO AMERICAN NURSES KILLED IN GUN MISHAP AT SEA
A U S steamship returning to New York from Europe killed two American nurses and wounded a third when a naval gun misfired during a practice drill. The incident occurred about 2 30 pm as the vessel fired overboard while a bell rang, sending steel fragments through a group of nurses and surgeons aboard.
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Sie Wces Press
New
Yor
Red Cross
Chicago
Two Red Cross Nurses Die On American Steamer
Edith Ayres and Helen Burnett Woods, both Chicago nurses with base hospital No. 12, were killed on an American steamer by fragments from brass of a liner gun. The navy department offered no further detail beyond confirming the fatal gun accident.
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Associated Press
Washington
Red Cross
Edith Ayres
Helen Burnett Woods
Chicago
Navy Department
Nurses From Cook County Hospital Die On Steamer To France
Mrs Edith Ayres aged 36 and Miss Helen Burnett Wood both nurses at Cook County Hospital prior to joining hospital unit No 12 were killed yesterday aboard a steamer bound for France. Ayres hailed from Attica Ohio and Wood from Evanston Illinois.
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Chicago
Edith Ayres
Helen Burnett Wood
France
Cook County
Ayres
Attica
Ohio
Illinois Training School For Nurses
Miss Wood
Nurses’ Training School
Evanston
Ill
Railroad Liable for Cattle Tender Pass Injuries
Washington May 21 The Supreme Court held federal laws banning free passes do not shield railroads from liability in a case where a drovers pass under the uniform live stock contract caused injury. The ruling affirms a $1 509 verdict for W C Chatham of Hertford NC against Norfolk and Southern Railroad despite claims the Hepburn act exemptions apply.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
W. C. Chatham
Hertford
N. C
Norfolk & Southern Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chatham
Mobile Offered 3000 Acre Training Site For U S Army
Secretary Clemens says Mobile offered a 3000 acre site for a U S Army training camp. Major Leonard Wood and army officials discussed inspection soon and the site location was not disclosed. Baker acknowledges the offer in a dated letter while many cities seek camps, keeping details private.
Premier Calls Irish Leaders for Meeting
London May 21 Associated Press reports Premier Lay G Cree announced in the House of Commons a government plan to summon an immediate committee of representative Irishmen to draft a constitution for Ireland. Lloyd George said the convention chair would be named by the crown and that if substantial agreement on the constitution emerged, Parliament would proceed to enact it.
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Associated Press
London
Lay
Cree
House of Commons
Ireland
Lloyd George
Cattle Owner Brock Granted Delay to Dip Stock
Brock, a cattle owner from Lambert Alabama, faced an inferior criminal court arraignment on tick law violations. He received a continuance to June 20 to comply by dipping his cattle, with Dr W H Bales reporting Brock has complied and the case may be dropped.
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8. Brock
Lambert
Ala
Inferior Criminal Court
W. H. Bales
Bales
Brock
Maée
Heinze Loses 15 Million Damages Suit Delayed
Washington May 21 The Supreme Court decision on the P Heinze case representing copper interests faces delay as the Amalgamated Copper Company Lewisohn interests and others are charged with alleged monopoly tactics. The suit sought 15 million in damages and treble damages under Sherman anti trust law.
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Associated Press
Washington
P. Heinze
Supreme
Amalgamated Copper
Lewisohn
Whllam Borfeller
Thee G
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