One Man to Head Allied Purchasing Board for War Supplies
Plans outline a centralized Allied purchasing board buying arms, equipment, and munitions for the American army and navy. A single commissioner would wield vast purchasing power, supported by trained experts, with Allies including Japan in scope. Legislation may grant powers beyond existing laws and a signature-ready international agreement is anticipated.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
War Departments
War
Japan
Atlanta Fire Victims Fed at Army Kitchens
Atlanta May 23 Field kitchens from Fort McPherson set up near the fire scar to feed about 4 000 black residents who lost everything. At the armory the Fifth Georgia Guards outfits fed roughly 1 600 white persons. Red Cross funds and public subscriptions supported relief while appeals for clothing continued and an employment agency sought work for those in need.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Fort McPherson
Rmory
Georgia Guards
Red Cross
Not Incendiary Fire Report Clears Atlanta Inquiry
A May 23 report from the local Justice Department bureau in Atlanta states the $500,000 fire was not incendiary after investigation. Officials and police reviewed multiple reports of houses being set afire and found no basis for those claims.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
L. J. Ley
Bureau of the Deaf Justice
First Alabama Cavalry Recruiting Overtures
Sergeant C Le Baron Rodge and Private George Hutton are cited in Mobile as the First Alabama Cavalry prepares a recruiting office. Lieut Grove praises the regiment, which is admired statewide and plans a return to the Mexican border.
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C. le Baron Rodge
George Hutton
Mobile
First Alabama Cavalry
Grove
Lieutenant Grove
Uga
First Cavalry
Historian Dr Alfredo Zayas Is Removed In Cuba
Havana reports Dr Alfredo Zayas former vice president and presidential candidate was removed from his post as historian of Cuba. The move was issued by President Me cat on finance department recommendation.
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R. Zayas
Historian OF
Cuba
Associated Press
Havana
Alfredo
Eet Ane
Zayas
Mecat
The
of Finance
Towboat J. P. Schuh Sold to Local Bank
United States Marshal C. C. Gewin sold the towboat J. P. Schuh to the First National Bank for $1,150 in a local sale.
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J. P. Schuhold
United States
C. C. Gewing
J. P. Inteation
First National
Mobile’s Pressing Need Advertise to Grow City
Mrs E Harkness argues in The News Item Contest that Mobile must grow via better advertising. She states advertising will attract northern tourists, build docks and terminals, housing, and cleaner streets, and even help double the population and place Mobile as Alabama’s largest city.
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Mobie
Mobile
Alabama
Seventeen to graduate from University of Alabama Medical School
Seventeen medical graduates and two pharmacists are set in Mobile for the University of Alabama School of Medicine commencement at Battle House Auditorium. Dr. George H. Price of Vanderbilt will deliver the address. Three class members have enlisted as Navy surgeons and will be honored June 5 as if present. The commencement sermon follows June 3 at St Francis Street Methodist Church.
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School of Medicine
University of Alabama
Mobile
T. H. Frazer
Battle House Auditorium
George H. Price
Nashville
Department of Medicine
Vanderbilt University
St. Francis Street Methodist Church
J. M. Donnelly
Enlis
Messrs
John C. Adams
Frank H. Clements
Athens
Ala
Travis S. Mooring
Abbeville
United States Navy
Fred Crenshaw
John D. Durden
Montgomery
Burton C. Austin
Chancellor
John C. Bragg
Moulton
Robert C. Dixon
Sumterville
Hillie R. Dykes
Clio
Shelly J. Gaddy
Bond
Miss
Jerry W. Gwinn
Bessemer
Carl T. Jones
Newville
John H. Kellis
Shuqulak
Alto L. Kelli
Taylor
Mortie L. Moorer
Farmerville
William_L McClarken
Caledonia
William I. Russeau
Huntsville
J. Flournoy Rowe
Mercer Rowe
Elba
Claude L. Brown
Godfrey van Aller
Perry Told to Report to Atlanta Again
Atlanta May 23. Word from Cincinnati Nationals management says Pitcher Scott Perry will be returned to Atlanta by the Southern Association. Perry had been sent to Cincinnati after refusing to report to Atlanta when earlier facing the Chicago Nationals. Manager Frank, in Nashville, wired Perry the itinerary for the Atlanta team for the next few days.
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Atlanta
Cincinnati Nationals
Frank
Southern Association
Scott Perry
Perry
Chicago Nationals
Cincinnati
Nashville
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Fore cast from Washington on May 23 says Alabama will be fair tonight with cooler conditions in the southern part, Thursday similar with a touch warmer. Mississippi forecasts fair tonight and cooler in the southern portion, with Thursday warmer.
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Alabama
Mississippi
City Sets June Fifth Registration Day for Conscription
Two city registration boards led by Joel W. Goldsby and Elliott G. Rickardy will run a June fifth single day for men ages 21 to 30 to sign up for the army. Volunteers are urged to assist as clerks and registrars, with notices urging full cooperation and stating penalties for evading the law.
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Joel W. Goldsby
Elliott G. Rickardy
Pillans
Federal Congress
King George Tills Potato Patch in Windsor Park
King George is seen most afternoons in Windsor Park tending a potato patch he started when the general allotment scheme began. Princess Mary also owns an adjoining allotment and a young princess spends much time tending a small vegetable patch.
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Windsor
King George
Windsor Park
Mary
New York Health Exhibit Showcases Unutilized American Foods
A health exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History opens in New York featuring filet of shark gray fish and various seaweeds among many practically unused American foods. The display emphasizes high dietetic value and aims to educate visitors on unconventional food sources.
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New York
American Museum of Natural His
Right to Discontinue Two Trains to Mobile Sought
Southern railroad filed with the Public Service Commission to discontinue trains 21 and 22 between Thomasville and Mobile for wartime use and to cut trains 13 and 14 between Selma and Thomasville and other lines. Vice president E H Capman said the move preserves equipment and concentrates forces for the war. Hearing set for June 4.
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Mobile
Montgomery
Ala
Ee Aecinea Southern Railroad
Public Service Commission
Thomasville
Selma
E. H. Coapman
June 5 Declared Municipal Holiday for Registration Day
City officials announce June fifth as a municipal holiday with bells, bands, and whistles to mark the national registration for men aged 21 to 30. The plan includes patriotic ceremonies at 7 a.m. and escorting registrants to booths with badges.
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Pillans
Mobiler
Associated Press
Kews Item
Washington
Ams
State Councils of Defense
Council of National Defense
Gifford
Wilson
Randolph Votes Down 3 Million School Tax
Randolph county joined Marshall and DeKalb in opposing a three mill tax for public schools. Tuesday returns showed Randolph with a about two hundred fifty vote against the levy submitted Monday, surprising observers who expected support after approving the November constitutional amendment. Officials attributed the defeat to wartime unsettled conditions and planned another election when business improves.
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Randolph
America
Government Pushes Universal Suffrage in Romania
Jassy May 23 Premier Bratianu announced to the chamber that the government asks parliament to insert universal suffrage and peasant expropriation into the constitution. The note also mentions consideration of the Jewish question.
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Associated Press
Jassy
Rumania
London
Bratania
Chamber of Deputies
Farmers Institute to Be Held at Auburn
The fifteenth annual round up farmers institute and summer school will be held at Auburn Alta from July 28 to August 4. Dr C A Cary director for the summer school floods the field with literature about the event and calls attention to pressing war conditions confronting the South and the Southern farmer. He promises a series of much instruction to all who attend.
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Farmers’ Institute
Auburn
Alta
C.,a. Cary
White Sox Players Sign Draft Register
Chicago May 23 Members of the Chicago Americans went to the clerk’s office to register under the absentee clause as the American League schedule sends them on the road June 5.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Americans
War to Finish quoted Russian minister vow
A Russian minister states that Russia will continue the war not for conquest but to secure its own rights and a peace free from future attacks. The remark comes amid Belgium and other nations reacting to the ongoing conflict.
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Belgium
Baron Ons Forter
Russia
Supreme Push Fails to Turn Tide in Allied Drive
In World War I developments Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s drive to regain initiative is checked as British and French forces tighten their hold on the German line in Northern France. A major British offensive is anticipated along the Drocourt-Queant line while peace rumors circulate from various unofficial sources. Germany agrees to respect Spain's territorial waters, but Madrid says the accord is unspecific.
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Field Marshal von Hindenburg
France
Drocourt-Queant
Austria
Russia
Germany Toussia
Germany
Switzerland
Madrid
Berlin
Prieto
Spain
British Hold Positions After Heavy Bombardment Near Hindenburg Line
May 23 official wartime report says German forces bombarded British positions along the Hindenburg line near Bullecourt. British artillery countered vigorously and conducted a successful raid southeast of Gavrelle with German deaths and no British casualties. Prisoners were taken after patrol encounters north of Arras.
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Associated Press
London
Hindenburg
Bullecourt
Gavrelle
Armentiers
French Win Attacks on Three Front Parts
The French war office reports successful attacks last night on three front sections along the Aisne front. Observation points dominating the Ailette valley were captured on the California plateau, and three lines of German trenches east of Chevreaux fell. Counterattacks were repelled with heavy losses. 350 Germans were captured, including eleven officers.
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Associated Press
Paris
War Office
Aisne
Californie
Ailette
Chevreaux
Vauclerc
California
Atackers
Kparges
Warning to Mariners on Waterlogged Boats and Mines
The Mobile customs office issued a warning to navigators to avoid waterlogged boats and floating mines used as decoys for submerged mine fields. The alert cites guidance from E. F. Sweet in Washington and reports from Naples, noting mines in derelict vessels between Philipville and Cape Bon in the Genoa gulf. Waterlogged boats should be destroyed by gunfire rather than rammed to prevent detonation.
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Mobile Customs Office
E. F. Sweet
Department of Commerce
Washington
Philipville
Cape Bon
Genoa Gulf
Department
Naples
French Envoys Return Home After U S Visit
Paris reports Marshal Joffre and Premier Viviani arrived in Brest after a May 1919 voyage home from the United States. They landed at midnight and proceeded inland, completing their trip.
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Paris
Marshal Joffre
Farmer
Vivian
United States
Brest
Newspapers conceal tidings of departure
Vice Premier Viviani Marshal Joffre and the French mission sailed from New York on May 15 in secrecy. American newspapers and officials were kept in the dark as the party departed on the same steamer, escorted by a French warship, after farewell visits in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Viviani
Marshal Joffre
Mision
New York
Frencmen
Wilson
Cooler Tonight and Fair Weather in City
Mobile forecasts a cool night with fair conditions and slightly lower temperatures. Thursday expects fair and warmer weather with light to moderate north to northeast winds. Tuesday peaked at 83 with a 69 low as Alabama and Tombigbee rivers show little change. cotton belt temperatures remain 10 to 20 degrees below normal west and mildly below east.
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Mobile
Weather Bureau
Alabama
Tombigbee
Cotton Belt
Poron
Wheat Purchases From Australia Boost Bearish Tone
In Chicago on May 23 traders noted sizable U S wheat purchases in Australia. Prices opened near yesterday's close or lower and continued to ease with July at 2 28 and September around 2 04 to 2 05. Corn declined on warm weather and expected larger plantings. Lard selling by firms and foreign links added to the downward pressure on provisions.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Australia
Last of Little Group with Francis Joseph
In New York on May 23 Associated Press reports the Austrian situation with Count Tissa a long time pro German leader facing a political shift. Count Apponyi and Karolyi join in criticizing Tisza over his stance on franchise and democratic reforms amid war era tensions.
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Associated Press
New York
Count Tissa
Austria-Hungary
Francis Joseph
Cin O
Hungary
Apponyi
Mt Karolyi
Hu Independent Party
Lar
Count Tisza
Proposal for Reform Submitted by TI Premier Tisza
Budapest telegram via Berlin reports Premier Tisza submitted to the king proposals for franchise reform. The king reserved his decision on cabinet resignation. Count Tisza plans to leave for vacation, to be received by the king.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Don
Budapest
Berlin
Tisza
Cabi
Count Tisza
Vaccone
Cuban regime faces revolt as returning Kaiser warned
Geneva May 23. Dr Aristides Aguero recalled Cuban minister to Berlin reports from Berlin that things are going badly for the imperial regime. Aguero says the Kaiser edifice cracks abroad and the regime is under strain as he travels to France with positive but cautious news after years of study of the German character.
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Geneva
Aristides Aguero
Berlin
Wig
France
Aguero
Mies
Rhine
Ministers leave Berlin amid frontier train ban and shortages
The Cuban and Guatemalan ministers departed Berlin escorted by a German colonel. They were not allowed to board their train at any station toward the frontier as their luggage and cards were confiscated. Aguero said food in Germany would not improve soon and occupied Romania faced no help due to manpower shortages preventing field work.
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Berlin
New York Cotton Futures Open Higher Amid Realizations
May 23 cotton futures opened easy with May at 21.18, July 21.00, October 20.75, December 20.82, January 20.84. Traders noted yesterday’s gains followed by heavy realizations, with July near 21.06 and December touching 20. a volatile session with 10 to 12 point swings and brief high ground.
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New York
Associated New York
Vance
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