Mobile aviator Gaillard downs German plane in St Mihiel rescue
Lieutenant Palmer Gaillard of Mobile, son of S P Gaillard, was rescued by American forces after engine trouble left his plane grounded east of St Mihiel. He reportedly shot down a German machine before his craft wrecked on landing. Fellow flyer Lieutenant Charles D Olive also claimed three Bowie Planes, though initial cables misidentified him as Delive.
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Palmer Gaillard
Mobile
Public Service
S. P. Gaillard
St. Mihiel
Earth
Indica Gaillard
Young Gaillard
Charles D’olive
D’olive
Delive
Alabama
Mississippi
France
Rudolph D’olive
Hattiesburg
Daphne
D’olives
Gaillard
Aviation Service
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta
No Man’s Land
Egypt
Desperate Allied Push Across 30 Mile Front
British and French forces press toward Cambrai and St Quentin on a 30 mile front. British gains include thousands of German prisoners, hundreds of guns, and control of the Bellicourt area near the St Quentin canal as Haig's troops push deeper into the Hindenburg line amid counterattacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Thlindenburg
Contescourt
Paris
London
Bellicourt
Edenburg
le Catelet
Lempire Heights
Hindenburg Line
Haig
Associated Press
France
Hindenburg
Villeret
le Cadet
Washington
Shipbuilders Return to Work with Steam Power
Shipbuilders at the Mobile Shipbuilding Company resumed normal operations as steam-powered compressors improved electric supply. General Manager T. K Jackson said the Emergency Fleet Corporation assists with priority orders to repair the 4,000 horsepower turbine engine that burned out on Monday. Electricians work in shifts and a General Electric expert delivered repair materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moble Shipbuilding Company
T. K Jackson
Coron
Electric Company
General Electric Company
Fourth Liberty Loan Set At About Six Billion
Secretary McAdoo and treasury advisers discussed terms for the fourth Liberty loan in Washington. The amount is expected near six billion dollars with an interest rate around 4.14 percent. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing can begin printing bonds within an hour of final decision, with small bond allotments expected to reach district committees by September 28, the loan’s opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
McAdoo
Treasury
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Mobilian Receives Officer's Commission
Joseph K. Williams Mobile Mississippi Samuel Ef Jolliffe Briggs Virginia John B Howerton Spout Springs Virginia were among men who received commissions as second lieutenants at the fourth officers training school Camp Shelby Hattiesburg Mississippi the list was made public today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph K. Williams
Mobile
William CC
Parker
Crystal. Springs
Miss
Samuel Ef. Jolliffe
Briggs, Va
John B. Howerton
Spout ‘Springs
Fourth Officers Training School
Chmp
Shelby
Hattiesburg
Indiaman Held as Draft Evader in Alabama
Emmett Moncrief claimed Anniston Alabama as his home and was jailed on delinquent draft charges. The case is under investigation by the federal Department of Justice after his arrest Wednesday afternoon by Police Officer McLaurin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett
Moncrief
Anniston
Ala
Indiana
Federal Department of Justice
Tity
McLaurin
South Winds Bring Return of Summer to Mobile
South winds brought a return of real summertime to Mobile as the weather bureau reported a high of 86. A shower cooled the atmosphere shortly after noon. The forecast calls for fair skies with south winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Weather Bureau
Boy Scouts Plan Saturday Hike From Headquarters
Captain R. E. Daly Sr calls Boy Scouts to meet in uniform at 75 St. Street headquarters at 5 o clock Saturday afternoon ready to depart on a hike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOY Scouts
R. E. Daly, Sr
St . Street
Failure to register charged to Henson
William Henson, arrested by the police several days ago, was turned over to federal authorities on a charge of failing to register. The incident details remain unclear as to location and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henson
William Henson
Po Mes
Baying
Shipworker ordered to give up quarters
Arthur Butterworth, an Emergency Fleet Corp official, faced a trespass issue for refusing to leave lodgings at 11 North Jackson street owned by Mrs. Josephine Pfau. The recorder discharged him after warnings. the court stated no right to stay after being ordered out, regardless of status. The federal rental board admitted no authority to force a landlord to permit a nonresident staying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Butterworth
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Josephine Pfau
North Jackson Street
Recorder’s Court
R. E. Gordon
Butterworth
B. B. Chamberlain
Tisdale Touart
H. T. Pegues
Henry Bernhardt
Federal Rental Board
Mr. Bernhardt
Gordon
Plau House
Mobile School of Medicine Joins Army Medical Corps
The University of Alabama style medical school in Mobile will train men for the Army Medical Corps with military discipline, free uniforms and board. Major Ord will assign an officer to the Mobile site, and Dean T. H. Frazer advocates the program amid a large October enrollment. Dr. W. R. Jackson plans to return from Mayo Clinic duties before October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department School of Neeetitinn
University of Alaebama
T. H. Frazer
Ord
Military Department
University of Alabama
Mobile
Mobile School of Medicine
Washington
Dean Frazer
W. R. Jackson
School of Medicine
Mayo Brothers’ Hospital
Rochester
Urgent tire drive continues for Red Cross in Mobile
Henry A. Forchheimer, head of the tire collection committee, appeals to Mobile residents to donate old tires and inner tubes. He notes the city lags behind others and says the drive will run through next Tuesday, piling donations at the Semmes rearment where items are received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Forchheimer
Red Cross
Forchheimer
Alleged Deserter Taken to Fort Morgan
George Lannitt accused of desertion from Company B 25th Infantry at Camp Sheridan near Montgomery Ala was taken to Fort Morgan Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Fred Devis. Lannitt does not deny the charge and says he was attached to the camp's military police in Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lannitt
25Th Infantry
Camp Sheridan
Montgomery
Ala
Fort Morgan
Fred Devis
Lannitt
Sugar Dispute Over Five Cent Coffee Cup Fined
Captain N G Borden of Warrington Fi fined five dollars after a Recorder's Court hearing over a disputed sugar portion for a five cent coffee. A Battle House waitress testified the man used bad language when his portion of sugar was given.
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N. G. Borden
Warrington
Recorder’s Court
Battle House
Divine healer held for investigation
George W. Dickey a 54 year old man who calls himself a divine healer and poet was arrested by Police Chief P J O Shaughnessy on a suspicious charge after attempting to collect funds for healing patients. He operated on State street near Hamilton while in custody he declared The Lord is with me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Dickey
P. J. O'Shaughnessy
Dickey
State Street
Hamilton
Weather forecast summary for Alabama and Mississippi
The weather bulletin from Washington on September 19 reports Alabama partly cloudy with possible showers in the north tonight into Friday. Mississippi expected to have showers tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Pi
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Brewers Involved Press Probe Ordered By Senate
The Senate ordered an investigation into political activity by brewing interests. It centers on claims brewers bought a Washington newspaper, funded campaigns, and pressured officials. A. Mitchell Palmer alleged the Washington Times owner borrowed funds from a New Jersey brewer.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
A. Mitchell Palmer
Senator Jones
Arthur Brisbane
The
Washington Times
New Jersey
Judiciary Committee
United States Brewers Association
Bere
Department of Justice
Palmer
United States District Attorneys
Senatoriones
Clerks Arrive to Speed Draft Classification in Mobile
Four privates fitted for limited service will join Mobile draft offices from Camp McClellan to assist Local Boards No. 1 and No. 2 and the District Board. James H. Webb seeks volunteers to aid registrants with questionnaires as lawyers' ranks run low. Mail-out data show 1423 forms sent to Local County Board 760 Local Board No. 2 470 and Local Board No. 1 253 ahead of October calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Camp McClellan
District Board
John Leo McCarron
The
People’s Bank
Norman L. Pitman
John A. Townsend
de Witt. C. Baldwin
Satsuma
James H. Webb
Mr. Webb
T. M. Stevens
Legal Advisory Board No
Gregory L. Smith
J. H. Webb
State Adjutant General
Montgomery
Paregoric Addict Recovers in Jail
In a recorder's court on Thursday a white woman named Murtis Broadway was arrested for excessive paregor ic use. Federal Justice officials said the Harrison anti narcotic act did not apply. Broadway claimed recovery and happiness in jail and said she lives in Crichton. She received an additional ten day sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder’s Court
Federal Department of Justice
Murtis Broadway
Crichton
Mayor commends police for handling large labor rally crowd
Mayor P. J. Lyons sent a letter to the police praising their work at the September 13 labor rally in Bienville Square. He noted it was the largest crowd ever listed there and lauded the department’s conduct during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Lyons
Police Department
Bienville Square
Revenue Bill To Pass House On Tomorrow
In Washington the House Ways and Means Committee approves a plan extending a war time tax to all professions earning 2500 or more annually while debating other tax measures. A proposed cotton tax and broker tax exemptions fail on votes as lawmakers push for treasury rule alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pt. 19
Kitchin
Weys Means Committee
House
Ways and Means
Moore
Pennsylvania
Rainey
Ilinois
Treadwell
Representative Wood
Indiana
Wood
N &Ssy Treasury
34 Young Men Sent From Local Board To University Training
Local County Board and Local Board No 1 sent 34 young men to the University of Alabama for the mechanics course Thursday at 8 15 am. The list includes Allen Vearn Fearn Jr Ernest Foster William Haas and Walter Powell with alternates Clyde Gray Jeffreys John Collier. Also named are Conrad Burke Jesse Nettles Lester Moller George Shipp George Stone Albert Patrick John Murphy and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Alabama
G. Neuberger
Allen V. Fearn
William A. Roberts
William M. Haas
County Board
Charles William Spicer
Walter Lee Powell
Allen Voorheis Fearn, Jr
Ernest Foster
John Terril
Legros
William Melvin Haas
William Edward Long
Samuel Om Neuberger, Jr
Hardy Dudley Om. Brown David
Gilmer
Ernest Clifford Carter
Geo
Washington Kirkland
Jennings
Bryan Peek
Nicholas
Verett
Thomas
BE. Watson
Robert Edward Lee
Ivy Jimmie Griffin
Louis Edward Eberling
William Abraham Roberts
Percy Nathaniel Thompson
Clyde Gray Jeffreys
John Collier
Conrad H. Burke
C. R
C. B. Brutkiewicz
Jesse T. Nettles
Lester J. Moller
George L. Shipp
George W. Stone
Albert Patrick
John T. Murphy
Michael Co. Hines
George Lendell
William E., Lawton
Francis Edward Lauzon
Colored selectmen to attend camp at Camp McClellan
Local Board No. 2 sends 64 colored selectmen who registered before September 12 to Camp McClellan in Anniston Alabama for a three day program starting September 25. They will meet at Bethel Church on Franklin Street for first roll call and general instructions with a long list of names following.
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Camp McClellan
Anniston
Ala
Bethel Church
Franklin Street
Monroe
Estava Streets
Larry Wooten
James Johnson
Thomas Carter
Jesse Champion
Garner Beard
James Taylor
Anderson Daniel
Willie Giles
Robert Thomas
William Henshaw
Roland Smith
Merlin P. Schuasse
Alexander Sawyer
Grover Brewster
Pary Gray
Lee Stevenson
Willie York
Willie Donald
Zannie Vaughan
Charles Allen
Albert Allen
Isaiah Davis
Williams
Joseph Collins
William Houes
LeRoy Moore
Alphonse Johnson
Tobe Daniels
Alexander, Bagby
Samuel Goldsmith
Henry Bell
Leonard Williams
Bank clearings rise in week ending September 19
Bank clearings for the week ending September 19 show a $273 128.97 increase over the same week in 1917. The 1918 total reached $1,538,878.60, reflecting strong year over year growth.
Life Story of General Pershing in The News Item
The News Item announces a first complete authentic life story of General Pershing. He commands all American forces in France and leads the Mobile troops now in action against Germany. The feature begins in Friday's issue and promises a thrilling biography.
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Pershing
France
Germany
German Cologne Gazette relates U.S. coast shelling fears
The Cologne Gazette reports German U boats bombed Wilmington North Carolina and Charleston South Carolina in mid August. It alleges Atlantic cities including Boston Providence New York Philadelphia Norfolk Savannah and Jacksonville fear panic and urge the U.S. government to station warships at harbor entrances while warning that such ships could not be sent to European duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Wilmington
N. C
Charleston
D. C
Byrman
Atlantic Coast
Cologne Gazette
Ss 21
Charter
Lyates
Ama
Paris
Atlantic
United States
Cologne
North Carolina
Boston
Providence
Thousands of Americans Held in HU Prison Camp
The German war ministry designated Rastatta Baden as the central camp for American prisoners of war near Baden Baden. About 1 000 Americans are interned there, with hundreds captured during fighting since July 15. Sergeant Eagar M Halyburton of Stonyert, N has been chosen their captain, after initial internment at Tuchel, West Prussia, along with twenty others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asociated Press
Amsterdam
Rastatta
Baden
German War Ministry
Rhine Valley
Black Forest
Baden- Baden
Eagar M. Halyburton
Stonyernt, N
Tuchel
West Prussia
Fairhope Rejects Commission Plan Election Results
In Fairhope the commission form of government was defeated two to one in the Monday election. William McIntosh, a banker, was elected mayor. Aldermen elected include Frank Stewart Dr V McShoalwalter J M Galbreath James Gaston and J Lorenzen Captain M H Bowen served. Hope declined to run for a third term after urging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhope
William McIntosh
Frank Stewart
V. McShoalwalter
J. M. Galbreath
James Gaston
J. Lorenzen
M. H. Bowen
Hope
Nunnery Fire Caused by Female Attendant Confessed
The February 14 Grey nunnery fire in Montreal killed 65 babies. Berthe Courtmanche, a female orderly, confessed to the crime after detectives accused her, citing periodic manic episodes as motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Montreal
Grey Nunnery
Berthe Courtmanche
Jewelry Stolen in County Burglary Report
Mr. R. W. Horn, a dairyman at Eight Mile Post on St. Stephen's road, reported to the sheriff's office that his home was robbed after midnight Wednesday. Stolen items include a double-barreled shotgun a ring a diamond and pearl brooch a pearl stick pin a diamond stick pin a pair of gold old style cuff buttons and other jewelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Horn
Eight Mile Post
St. Stephen’s Road
British Break German Front Near St Quentin In Night Assault
Australian forces spearheaded a nighttime attack in the Villeret sector near St Quentin forcing Germans to fall back to fortified rear lines. British units reported heavy casualties on both sides with 400 prisoners and numerous guns and machine guns captured amid powerful enemy counterattacks and notable tank support.
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Gion
St. Qu Netrat
Escourt
St. Qwentin
Parla
St. Tin
Gouzeaucourt
A Cibrai
Wyerigoany
St. Quentin-Cambrai
St. Quentin
Cambrai
Lempire
Pontruet
Hindenburg
le Catelet
High Road
Canal
Dalion
Trescanit
Mouevres
Associated Press
Villeret
Havrincourt
French Troops Reach Close To Chemin Des Dames Front
General Mangin’s army attacked northeast of Soissons and captured Colombés farm on the plateau east of Sancy near the Chemin des Dames branch. A German counterattack by Prussian Guard was repulsed, placing French forces on part of Ange Gardiene plateau and opening the way toward Pthon as part of the St Go bala region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br Associated Press
France
Mangin
Soissons
Colombés
Sancy
Chemin Des Dames
Laon
Ange Gardiene
Colombes
Chemin Deses
St. Gobala
Pthon
Pawn theft case ties to Benton residence break in
Theo Perry, a Negro, appeared in the circuit court on $300 bond after a recorder’s court hearing for stealing a gold safety razor set and a silver handle knife from 307 St Anthony Street, the items later recovered from S Rattner pawnshop on South Royal Street. Rattner faced a charge of receiving stolen property but was cleared when no proof showed knowledge of theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo, Perry
Recorder’s Court
E. Benton
St. Anthony Street
S. Rattner
South Royal Street
Rattner
Selma Leader Urges Stronger Local Defense Council
Mr Lloyd Hooper state chairman of the National Council of Defense spoke in Mobile urging a more effective local council. He noted Mobile and Pickens counties lagged in organization and said the council must arrange housing for shipyard workers and new residents while determining non essential buildings and providing basic comforts at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Hooper
Selma
Ala
National Council of Defense
Thu
Selma I
Mobile
Pickens
Hooper
Council of Defense
Will Say Farewell to Dr J D Atkins
Dr J D Atkins departs Friday evening for Camp Lee Petersburg Pa and will receive a farewell at the Masonic Temple at 7 p m hosted by Jepthhe Number 41 Eastern Star. He has been commissioned as first lieutenant in the base pieal at Camp Lee. After the reception the chapter will hold its regular meeting at about 8 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Atkins
Camp Lee
Petersburg
Masonic Temple
Order of Eastern Star
Atkins
Banago Transfer to U S Fleet Corporation
The Banago, a 3500 ton steamship built by Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding, was turned over Thursday afternoon to the Ame Fleet Corporation. The vessel sails with a regular crew and is the newest addition in port, receiving a salute upon arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Dryice and Shipbuilding Company
Ame Fleet Corporation
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Ned
Shurabay
Fon En
Tl A
Teuton
Mobilian
Army Corps
FT. Morgan
Legal Advisory Board
Ways and Means Committee
County Draft Board
Local Board No. 1
Gen. Pershing
Council OF Defense Executives
Steamship Banago
U. S
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