Mobilian farewell as 76 soldiers leave Camp Sevier
A crowd lined Greenville streets to bid goodbye to 76 Mobile servicemen departing for overseas. Dinners, a parade led by Rotary and Red Cross volunteers, and speeches by Exemption Board officials and Father Eaton filled the morning before roll call at the customs house.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
S. C
N. Depot
Rotary Club
Red Cross Chapel
Cepa
Custom House
Cawthon Hotel
Ty Board
Boa 1
Brittle Horse
E. G. Rickardy
T. J. Eaton
Father A Tor
Godspeed, Godspeed
China Protest Over Railway Transfer Claim
An official Tokio announcement in late November claims China and Refesian concerns over a railway transfer under control of Premier. The statement asserts Japan agreed to the purchase and implies formal government involvement.
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Tokio
Japan
No German Statues in Bienville Square Says Mayor Lyons
Mayor P. J. Lyons overrode Acting Mayor George Crawford to deny a permit for the Mothers Army and Navy League to erect gigantic figures of the Kaiser in Bienville Square. The league planned to charge balls to raise funds for the war effort but was blocked. The group rented nearby property on Dauphin Street for a substitute display.
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Bienville Square
Pat Lyons
P. J. Lyons
George E. Crawford
Mothers’ Army and Navy League
Kaisering von Hindenburg
Lyons
Army and Navy League
Reiss’ Store
Dauphin Street
New Revenue Plan Aims For Summer Recess After Hearings
Washington May 29 The Ways and Means Committee prepared to begin public hearings on the new revenue bill as proposed by Representative Garner Texas. The plan calls for passing appropriation bills by mid June and recessing both houses while the tax bill is drafted, with August passage followed by a further recess to await Senate action. Leaders on both sides expect approval and no opposition from the administration to avoid a summer adjournment.
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Washington
Econgrees
Wilson
Ways and Means Committee
House
McAdoo
Garner
Texas
Senate
Ways and Means
Aluminum price set at 33 cents a pound
A maximum price of 33 cents per pound for ingot aluminum 98 to 99 per cent grade was set by President Wilson under an agreement between producers and the industry board. The price takes effect June 1 and runs to September 1, with higher differentials for shoe, rod and wire and maintained differentials by grade and alloy as approved March 3.
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Associated Press
Wilson
Greemen
Industry Board
Thirty Names Included in New Casualty List
The army casualty list shows 30 names with five killed in action five died of wounds one dead by accident nineteen by disease seven severely wounded two missing. Officers include Lt Francis McIlvaine killed in action and Maj John Frank Carmack Lt Cholmondeley Thornton wounded severely with others listed as prisoners or missing. Southern entries include Private Finley M Shulen and Privates Frank Baker David Hatch Ed Jackson with locations noted.
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Associated Press
Washington
Francis McIlvaine
Indianapolis
John Frank Carmack
St. Louis
Cholmondeley Thornton
Bennington
Raymond W. Parker
Champaign
Philip A. Hunter
York
S. C
Franklin Burche Pedrick
D. C
Louis Edelmens
Cabool
Finley M. Shulen
Bryson City
N. C
Frank Baker
Richmond
David Hatch
Dell
Miss
Ed. Jackson
Germans repulsed after Cantigny counterattack
German troops counterattacked the Americans near Cantigny west of Montdidier but were driven back with heavy losses, according to a Reuters dispatch from British headquarters in France. Reports also note two German patrols repulsed by American forces on May 26 and 27, with American airmen downing a German plane and an American sergeant wounded but driving off a patrol.
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London
Cantigny
Montdidier
Reuter
France
Washington
Geneal Pershing
War Department
Rickenbacker
Campbell
General Pershing
Montsec
Douglass Campbell
Lorraine
Rickenbacher
Round Table Club Discusses Mobile Public Library Need
The Round Table Club met with Mr. C A L Johnstone presiding to consider Erwin Craighead’s proposal urging Mobile to provide an adequate public library. Members held that the time is ripe and library provisions should not be delayed.
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Round Table Club
C. A. L. Johnstone
Erwin Craighead
Mobile
Cotton Jumps Points in Mobile
Scant readable text notes movement in cotton points at Mobile with reference to four bales received. A fragment mentions a German officer held and a New York dateline, but details are unclear from the OCR snippet.
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Mobile
New York
Gustav
Happy Lad Sells The News Item for Nine Years at 14
Dinty, a 14 year old vendor on South Royal Street near the BK B Cafe, has sold The News Item for nine years. He earns about $6 weekly and attends McGill Institute living at 81 Eslava Street. He greets customers with a smile and stays on the job daily.
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Dinty
Eslava Street
McGill Institute
South Royal Street
BK. B
Barton Academy 1918 graduates to receive diplomas
The Barton Academy 1918 class will hold graduation at Lyric Theater Wednesday at 8 p.m. with 139 graduates, the largest in the school's history. Prof. Zebulon Judd will give the keynote, and John T. Cochrane will confer diplomas and honors.
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Barton Academy
Lyric Theater
Zebulon Judd
Department of Education
Arab Polytechnic Institute
John T. Cochrane
Board of School Commoners
8. S. Murphy
Mobile County
Mary Margaret Fock
Agnes Scott “Colllege
Decatur
Gertrude Drew
Albert,p. Bush
Aviator Killed as Battle Plane Keeps Up Fight
A British Bristol battle plane engages a German Albatross over the front. The two-seater fires until it crashes near Arras, killing both occupants with bullet wounds. The incident follows a two hour air duel in clear weather as the Royal Air Force fighter continues to pursue.
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al Air Force
Arras
London
Ike
Two pounds of woot donated by Lincon era event
Fragmentary notes show a donation event involving two pounds of an unspecified item described as woot. Names and precise details are unreadable, but references to Lincoln, May and Neville hint at a historical context and donors.
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Lincoln
Wilson
Neville
Emperor William reports gains on Aisne front and Chemin des Dames
telegram from the Emperor describes Crown Prince Frederick William leading a strike on the British French lines at Chemin des Dames. He claims the fortified height fell after heavy artillery, routes across the Aisne and Vesle opened, and notes the First Guards and Twenty-Eighth Division distinguished themselves. He forecasts further progress with divine aid.
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Amsterdam
Emperor William
Laon
Aisne
Potsdam
Wiliam
Frederick William
Theritish
Chemin Des Dames
Vesle
Fritz
Navy Director Indicted Over Hoarding Sugar
Francis S Nash the medical director in the navy was indicted today on a charge of hoarding foodstuffs Investigators found more than a ton and a half of sugar stored in Nash home in Washington May 29.
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U. S. Navy
Washington
Francis S. Nash
Dinee
Navy
Nash
War Industry Zones Fixed by Board Across Cities
War industry zones were established by the board to house manufacturing plants. Zones include Birmingham, Mindeloita port, New York, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, St. Paul, Keeneck City, and Francisco, each geared to use local raw and partially manufactured materials.
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Naron
Bave A
War Indes Board
Todaly
Fia
Ceur
Birmingham
Mindeloita
New York
St. Louia
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
St. Paul
Keneek City
Francisco Af
British rivets record set at Queen's Island
A new British record was set at Queen's Island as workers completed 7,841 rivets in nine hours and 922 rivets in one hour marking a remarkable productivity feat reported by Associated Press from Belfast.
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Associated Press
Belfast
United Ks
Queen's Island
Down Eens
President Wilson to observe Memorial Day prayers
President Wilson will observe National Memorial Day with a day of prayer and attend church services. He issued a proclamation urging support for American arms and will participate in memorial services at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Arlington National Cemetery
Confederate flag gifted to Semmes Camp by donors
Raphael Semmes Camp No. 11 United Confederate Veterans received a Confederate battle flag. The gift was announced Tuesday night by Commander A W Treat and Adjutant R F Daly. The flag was presented by Mrs C B Mise Kate Middleton and the Dunlap Mercantile Company of Mobile and is on display in a J Gayfer & Co show.
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Raphael Semmes
United Confederate Veterans
A. WU. Treat
R. F. Daly
C. B . Mise
Kate Middleton
Dunlap Mercantile Company
Mobile
J. Gayfer & Co
Youth Far From Home Register in Advance
Provost Marshal General Crowder orders draft subjects away from home to register with their local board well in advance of June 5. The draft ration is completed at the offices of the home boards and must be sent to the appropriate boards by that date.
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Fra
Washington
Crowder
Cotton Goods Price Fixing Meeting Reported
A special committee of cotton goods manufacturers met the War Industries Board price-fixing committee in Washington to draft preliminary cost figures to guide price setting. The session aimed to facilitate the price fixing process for cotton piece goods.
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Washington
War Industries Board
French and German Actions Reported on May 29
Paris dispatch says Franco British forces hold positions between the Vesle and the Aisne south and southeast of St Mihiel Cantigny repulsed two German counter attacks on the front. German guns active along Flanders east of Robecq and near Lens with increased fire.
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St. Thierry
Vesle
Aisne
von Hindenburgy
Soissons
Terness
War Office
Adda
Moneichen de Feement
Cantigny
Associa Paris
Flanders
London
Albert
Robecq
Lens
American Doctors with British Captured in War News
Amsterdam dispatch reports British forces captured by fighting near the Chemin des Dames. A Wolff telegram from Berlin notes that some Americans were taken among the prisoners. The report highlights medical personnel among those captured.
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Amsterdam
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Chemin Des Dames
Amo
New German Long Range Guns Bombard Paris
Examination of shells from the German long range bombardment of Paris shows new guns in use. Larger shells than before, with 12 inch or 9 inch calibers, produce detonation without increasing the charge. A shell yesterday detonated near a bench but harmed no one.
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Paris
Hextas
French Forces Halt German Drive in 46 Hours
Paris reports General Foch holds the line as French troops close with advancing German forces in a contest of speed. No evacuation threat remains and reserves are praised for perfect order as they enter the fighting line.
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Paris
Foch
German Offensive Stalls in France Amid Allied Resistance
In France the German attack along the Aisne and near the Véle areas made only slight progress under heavy French opposition. French forces held the center and certain sectors, slowing the enemy advance. Tuesday night saw stubborn fighting as German units pressed forward against entrenched positions.
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Aisne
Lesle
France
Frontline Reports From Ypres and Albert Sectors
War office statements describe a night of patrols and a repulsed attack near Ypres Comines with prisoners taken. Hostile artillery activity is noted north of Albert and around Ayette Robecq Merville and Artois fronts with local intensity east and south of peaceful sectors.
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Givenchy-les- la Gascée
Ypres-Comines
Albert
Ayette
Robecq
Merville
Ens
65000 HMN CAPTIVES HELD IN ENGLAND
London May 29 65 000 German prisoners of war are held in Great Britain James MacPherson parliamentary secretary to the war office announced in the house of commons. Of these 42000 are employed in farming and other work of national importance.
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London
Great Britain
House of Commons
James MacPherson
Paer
War Office
Newport News Convention Names Democratic Candidate
In Newport News Virginia on May 29 delegates chosen Otis Siank of this city was selected as the Democratic candidate in the first congressional district after a long deadlock. The late Rep Nisam A. was noted in the proceedings.
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Newport News
Ting
Otis ‘Siank
Nisam A
German News Notice Appears in Amsterdam Papers
A May notice in German newspapers reports attempts to influence communications and foreign affairs. The item notes Amsterdam as the publication location with vague references to authorities and methods used.
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Amsterdam
Ainst
French and Allied Lines Shifting Under German Pressure
The report notes a German drive in the Aisne sector with German wedges near the Vasilie river and Fismes. Allied forces are said to be compelled to fall back as French lines withdraw to outskirts. The German movement trends southwest toward Paris and signals ongoing pressure on the central sector.
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Washington
Aisne
Vance
Vasile River
Fismes
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Usands
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Belectere
Rd House
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Tews Stand
China
Prospect
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Baker
Perehing
Europe
Pershing
Willie
Dinty) Moore
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Tulane
WFC. C. Edey
Willam Charles Cameron Edey
Gertrude Elizabeth Bolton
Semmes Camp
HMN
England
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