McAdoo orders rail freight and passenger rate increases
Director General McAdoo announces rate hikes to raise rail revenue by about 800 to 900 million dollars next year. Freight up 26 percent, passenger fares 8 cents per mile, while commutation and suburban rates rise 10 percent. Some tourist and special rates end. export and import rates canceled. effects to be reviewed by the ICC.
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Washington
McAdoo
Tmcaeast
Inate Comimerce Commission
Onera McAdoo
Paris Believes Crack Aviator Paul Baer Missing Since May
Lieutenant Paul F. Baer of Mobile Alabama an aviator is reported missing since May 22 and may have been taken prisoner. He has eight enemy planes credited, including a famed seven German fliers duel in which he survived. His father A E Baer a railroad engineer is cited in Mobile society coverage.
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Paris
Associated Press
Paul F. Baer
Mobile
Ala
Pris
Paul Baer
A. E. Baer
South
Conception Street
Ry Club
Red Cross
Rotarians
Young Baer
Western Front
Associated
Wilson urges immediate war tax action in Congress
President Wilson personally takes charge of war tax plan urging immediate action in a joint session. He names incomes, war profits and luxuries as targets and warns against lobbying while calling for rapid passage to fund the war effort. He argues four billion in lean will not meet the budget and emphasizes duty over politics.
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Pregg
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Nny
Treasury
Cro
Train strikes car injuring five near Birmingham
A Seminole limited train hit an automobile at the Sixteenth street and 21st avenue crossing in Birmingham Alabama causing one boy to die and three women to suffer serious injuries. Newton J Beavers the car driver and two boys were unconscious but Beavers was the only identified victim. All injured were rushed to a hospital.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Newton J. Beavers
Seminole Limited
Illinois Central Railway
Sixteenth Street
21St Avenue
Beavers
Missouri selectmen depart for Camp Sevier Wednesday
About 300 selectmen will leave Wednesday afternoon from Missouri for Camp Sevier in Greenville South Carolina to begin military training. Of the group 277 are Missouri residents with others from different boards joining the Mobile contingent. No definite demonstration plans are announced though officials say they will assemble at a central place and march to a designated point. The initial list was amended as some men received deferred classifications or were disqualified.
First river steamer resumes service after tie up
The John will depart Mobile tomorrow for Tombigbee river landings while Peerless heads to Alabama river points on Wednesday. Vendors report ready freight and large cargoes as merchants and laborers on the two rivers await supplies. Crews agreed to refer wage disputes to federal authorities for later decision.
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Mobile
Alabama
Tombigbee River
John
Peerless
Labor Department
Go Barefoot Slogan Sparks Public Debate in Essen
A fragment from a Rheinische Zeitung in Essen criticizes a campaign urging citizens to go barefoot to protest shoe shortages. The piece quotes authorities stressing duty and setting an example, while admonishing both old and young not to walk barefoot in public spaces.
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Rheinische Estag
Essen
Sores
Sehool
Chure
Draft boards urged to publish draft day proclamation
Local draft boards follow the war department in publicizing the June 5 registration for all men aged 21 by that date. Registration outside Mobile County will occur at the county board offices on the first floor, with ministers asked to include notices in their pulpits.
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War Department
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Tennessee Night
AP report notes fair conditions tonight with continued pleasant weather across Alabama and Tennessee. Widespread clear skies expect light winds and mild temperatures as the forecast extends into later tonight.
Young Aviator Likely Shot Down During Daring Attack
The young pilot spoke two weeks ago of intensifying air combat and is thought to have been shot down while undertaking one of his famed daring raids for which he earned honors.
Uncle Sam Seeks Help To Support War Effort
The News-Item urges readers to donate time to promote thrift stamps war savings bonds and certificates. Prizes include Liberty bonds and stamps. readers earn rewards by signing up non-subscribers, with no money required and equal prizes for ties.
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United States
Tme
Uncle Sam
Evry Boy
Gir
News-Item
Germans Terrify Novorossysk City in Crimea Source Text
The document describes a chaotic situation around Novorossysk with German forces threatening the city. It mentions a conference at Batoum and Turkey’s demands, with a stalled deadlock and strategic port considerations on the Black Sea.
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Saian
Turkey
Batoum
Alaska Naval Patrol to Combat I W W Influence
A naval patrol on the Alaska coast has been established to forestall agitation by I W W supporters. The move aims to maintain order and deter pro I W W activity as tensions rise in the region.
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Alaska
Naval Patrol
Washington
Alaskart
Hurley Praises Mobile Shipyard Workers
Edward N. Hurley chairman of the shipping board sends a telegram to Mr. John T. Cochrane praising the men in Mobile shipyards. The message stresses the significance of their efforts to the nation’s shipbuilding program amid wartime needs.
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Hurley
Mobile
Edward N. Hurley
Cnnones
Shiping Board
John T. Cochrane
Aiursey
Severus Vna
Edward N. ‘Hurley
Shairman
Goodman Fined for Shortweight Ice Sale
Crawford Goodman ice wagon driver was fined $25 for selling ice that weighed several pounds short. He appealed to the circuit court with bond set at $150. A similar case against Robert Bates was postponed until Tuesday morning. arrest occurred on a citizen’s complaint by Police Officer Robby.
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Crawford Goodman
Recorder
Ee i Clarke
Robert Bates
Robby
Postoffice Loses Eight Men in Draft from Mobile Office
Postmaster J. Blocker Thornton reports eight Mobile post office workers drafted. Five clerks and four carriers are affected, with four mobiles slated to depart Wednesday to Camp Sevier as informed to Washington per authorities.
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Mobile
J. Blocker Thornton
Thornton
Washington
Camp Sevier
Spring Hill Raises 1092 For Red Cross at Lyric Theater
Spring Hill students raised 1092.01 dollars from ticket sales at the Lyric Theater for the Red Cross. A committee report released Monday details the proceeds and the aid effort associated with the performance of Major Dal on U. S.
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Spring Hill
RED Cross
Lyric Theater
McQuillen Receives Army Wrist Watch From Friends
George McQuillen assistant city plumbing and sanitary inspector departs Wednesday with selectmen for Camp Sevier S C was presented with a silver regulation army wrist watch Monday at 11 AM at city hall The gift came from his fellow employer in the building City Commissioner Harry Pillans delivered the presentation speech McQuillen expressed surprise and thanked his friends for the remembrance
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George McQuillen
Camp Sevier
8. C
City Hall
Harry Pillans
Mce Quillen
Mobile Representatives Named for Warrior River Barge Conference
Horace Turner and W M Clemens of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce were named as Mobile delegates for a conference at Windsor with Director General McAdoo to discuss a Warrior river barge line. Delegates from Mobile Tuscaloosa Birmingham and New Orleans will attend. Conference date pending.
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Messrs
Horace Turner
W. M. Clemens
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Wington
Warrior River
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
New Orleans
McAdoo
Turner
Clemens
Chamber of Commerce
Police to register German alien women by June 26
Police require all German alien women to register at the station from morning until 8 p.m. on the second. Women aliens must comply within the dates or face arrest.
Wood reassigned from France bound West command
Washington reports General Leonard Wood will not lead his division to France. He is detached from Camp Funston duties to take a new command in the United States later. Brigadier General Frank L. Winn remains second in command at Camp Funston awaiting the new sailing order with Wood’s relocation to San Francisco for West Department duties.
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Associated Press
Washington
Leonard Wood
France
Camp
Frank L. Winn
Wood
Camp Funston
Greenville
8. C
Camp Sevier
Kan
Department of the West
San Francisco
Two Alabama Men Named In Pershing Casualty List
The May 27 casualty list reports nineteen Southern men, with four killed in action or dying of wounds, two wounded severely, and one dying of disease. Names include Corporal Lonnie Simpson, Alexander P. Garrett, James C. Holland, Walter Wallen, and John F. Walters among others. Sunday’s list lists 28 names with multiple officers cited.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lonnie Simpson
Exander P. Garre Mangu
James C. Holland
Vills Ries
Walter An
Schutzman
Ethel
James Wallen
Wallen
Fairland
Okla
Wagoner Norris G. el
J. T. Stokes
la Crosse
John F. B. Walters
Gadeden
Ala
Army
Cers
Walker Victor Barneby
Pau Kurtz
Samuel W. Wilson
Lexin Ky
William J. Burdell
Hot Rorien
Ark
Theutenant
Frederick Cone
New York City
Silas Mullins
Robert A. Woods
Jerry M.liams
Bela Street
Mobile
Shisbaly
Germans Admit Loss of Large Submarine
An Associated Press report from Amsterdam states Germany acknowledged the loss of a large submarine in a recent engagement off Cane. The brief dispatch notes the enemy’s assertion and offers few details beyond the admission.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Dersnien
Annansnoesise
German Offensive Shifts Line Across Allette River Front
Fragmentary wartime note describes a shifting German advance along the Allette River north of Atmneé. The attack extend across a forty mile sector, fifteen miles shorter than the original German push, signaling a strategic turn as observers previously expected a different pause pattern.
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Flanders
Pigardy
Allette
Atmneé
Freing
Hll
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