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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1918

Page

5

Women Alien Enemies Required to Register

Registration for German alien females 14 years and older within the United States proceeds June 5 under the authority of the attorney general. Officials Nathan J. Williams and H. MeL. Green oversee the process, with locations at the police chief’s office and local post offices for city and county registrants respectively. Violators face restraint, imprisonment, or removal, and the notice outlines complex citizenship rules and exemptions for those with US naturalization or marriage to Americans.

Nathan J. Williams H. Mel. Green United States Willams Green Thomas Gregory Attorney General Germany Marray Alsace-Lorraine Schleswig-Holstein Washington

Gores Suspended Officer to Face City Council

J. G. Gore, a police officer suspended by Chief Williams after an Eagle Island incident, plans to appear with his attorney before the city council Wednesday morning. The case involves allegations of intoxication from liquor found planted on the island and Gore’s role in watching it, with further disclosures promised.

J. G. Gore Williams Eagle Island Gore Rackley Harker Gore Ner Commissioner of Public Safety Grimsley

Miss Harriet Pope Joins Royal Theatre Orchestra

Miss Harriet Pope of Durham joins the Royal Theatre Orchestra as a piano artist. Formerly pianist at the Orpheum theater, Durham, she brings a seasoned touch to light music shows and helped make the first bill of the week’s company a success.

Harriet Pope Durham Howard-Wells Amusement Company Royal Theatre Orchestra Miss Pope Orpheum Theater Royal Orchestra

Power preaches against the slacker at First Christian Church

Prof J Montague Power spoke on The Slacker at the First Christian Church last night. He urged government service and M C A work overseas, urging the public to view slackers as a dire threat to the Allied cause and praised the audience for understanding the issue.

J. Montague Power Court House First Christian Church Power Wilmington First Church

Camp Fires Gleam as Farmer Boys Work at Bolton

One hundred thirty seven acres are planted in corn and velvet at Bolton by 66 Whimington boys under Odis B. Hinnant. The third contingent goes out today with about $500 earned. Forty? five boys started this morning for a week long stay, aiming for a Lake Waccamaw camping trip after two weeks without lost time penalties.

Bolton

Gas failure shortens afternoon Dispatch edition

Fore noon gas outage caused the Dispatch to publish an abbreviated afternoon edition. The disruption affected print deadlines and distribution easing. No further details are provided in the readable text.

Faithful Thanks for Deliverance After Train Wreck Near Delgado

In Delgado, Baptists and Presbyterians joined in evening services at the Presbyterian church to give thanks for the near catastrophe on Monday when a Sunday school excursion car derailed from a trestle into Wiitsville sound. No fatalities. most patients were discharged from the hospital. survivors recall divine protection.

Delgado Wiitsville Sound Andrew J. Howell Winter Park Presbyterian Church D. H. Willcox John Jeter Hurt First Baptist Church Mill Village Little Mill

Coal Order Week Urges Winter Fuel Purchases

This week is observed locally as coal order week urging residents who will use coal for fuel in winter to place orders with their dealers. The fuel administration aims to manage the upcoming supply by coordinating orders during the week.

Fuel Administration

Mrs Merritt Critically Ill at Home in Raleigh

Friends of Mrs. Mary Merritt of 514 Chestnut street mourn her critical condition at home. Her sons R. H. Merritt of Raleigh and Louis L. Merritt of Charleston, and grandson Herbert L. Darden of Hopewell, Va., are in the city.

Merritt Mary Merritt Chestnut Street R. H. Merritt Raleigh Louis L. Merritt Charleston Herbert L. Darden Hopewell

Engineer Lieu tenant Safe In France

Lieutenant C. C. Brown Jr of the 307th engineers has landed safely in France, per a cable to his father C. C. Brown of 1721 Chestnut Street. The report confirms his welfare amid the wartime dispatches received yesterday.

C. C. Brown, Jr 307Th Engineers France C. C. Brown Chastnut Street James F. Avent Corps Artillery Park Bag J. D. Avent Walnut Street

Blizzard returns to Newport News for summer stay

K. L. Blizzard, formerly with Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock, has returned to the city for the summer. The Carolina Place Red Cross unit will meet tomorrow at 4 30 PM at Mrs. J. F. Man's home, 1802 Perry Avenue.

K. L. Blizzard Newport News, Va Carolina Place

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