City council reviews rate hike and library funding
Idewater Power seeks state approval to raise trolley fares and gas charges while city council considers the plan. Hugh MacRae reports commission questions are being answered. hearing closed and decision pending. Council agrees to study increasing library appropriation to 2000 dollars amid rising costs. Also, sympathy resolution for Councilman Merritt’s mother and an Atlantic Coast Line crossing ordinance are noted along with a probe into Miss Jacoba Wayers arrest.
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Idewater Power Company
Corporation Commission
City Council
Hugh MacRae
B. A. Merritt
Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company
Front Street
Liberty Ship Building Company
Jacoba Wayers
British admiralty denies munitions on hospital ship Western Australia
London reports the British admiralty issues a formal denial of a German claim that a captured English medical student saw munitions unloaded from the hospital ship Western Australia in Rouen harbor. The statement asserts no munition of any description was ever carried on the Western Australia or any hospital ship.
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London
Admiralty
Western Australia
Rouen
Funeral services for Edith Brown held at Topsail church
Edith infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis J Brown of Hampstead died Monday evening. Funeral services were conducted at Topsail Presbyterian church by Rev J S Crowley yesterday at 5 o clock. Many friends attended and burial followed in Topsail Cemetery.
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Little Girl
Edith
Lewis J. Brown
Hampstead
Topsail Presbyterian Church
J. S. Crowley
Topsail
Burnett Listed as Draft Eligible In France
Publication of Lieutenant Archie C. Burnett as draft eligible is a mistake. Burnett, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Burnett, enlisted last fall and serves with the 105th North Carolina engineers somewhere in France.
Government investigator visits to study local housing needs
F. W. Morrill, field investigator for the government investigating branch, arrived to examine housing requirements connected with activity at the Carolina and Liberty Shipbuilding yards. He conferred with local citizens and was hosted by the Orton hotel, with the chamber of commerce notified by D. A. Calhoun.
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F. W. Morrill
Philadelphia
Carolina and Liberty Shipbuilding Companies
Morrill
Chamber of Commerce
D. A. Calhoun
Mr. Morrill
Orton Hotel
Red Cross Unit to Meet Tomorrow at St. John's Mission
Members of the Red Cross unit at St. John's mission will gather tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the mission house. A full attendance is urged.
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Red Cross
St. John’s Mission
Mission House
Americans Welcome in British Public After Cantigny Praise
June 5 London dispatch reports the French official statement that American troops are engaged in hard fighting along two sectors of the present battle line. The British public welcomes the display of American resolve as they contend between the Marne and Ourcq rivers where the Germans have not yielded.
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London
Cantigny
Marne
Ourcq
Havana Civil Defense Plan Sealed for Naval Attacks
June 4 Havana authorities issue alarms and blackout rules. Colonel J R Sanguilly, chief of the national police, directs lights at sea to go out and urges citizens to retire home and close all cafes theaters and public venues in case of attack.
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Havana
J. R. Sanguilly
National Police
Germans Repulsed Near Amiens In Morning Raid
London reports German forces attacked British lines southwest of Morlan court east of Amiens with heavy artillery. The raid failed and the enemy withdrew leaving prisoners in British hands.
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London
Morlancourt
Amiens
War Office
Telegraphers union chief plans strike after Chicago visit
Washington June 5. S L Kone kamp president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union said he would call a strike of telegraphers after reaching Chicago. The strike order will go out by mail and should take about three days to be delivered.
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Washington
S. L. Konekamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Chicago
Apartment for rent near Market Street in Carolina
Two room and bath apartment with outside exposure in the comfortable Carolina building. Wright's Realty and Insurance Agency offers to show the unit to prospective tenants.
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Carolina
Market Street
Wright's Realty and Insurance Agency
Adv
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Vineberg
Masonic Temple
the Peoples Savings Bank
F. W. Dick
J. Holmes Davis
Murchison National Bank
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Postal Telegraph
Bey
M. Care Dispatch
C. J. Hamilton
Dispatch Office
Third St
H. F. Wilder
Princess St. Or
Princess St
May's Delicatessen
N. Front St
Massachusetts
Market St
May’s Delicatessen
Front St
Bijou
Gendron
R. R. Bellamy
Fourth St
Mechanics’ Home Association
Walker Taylor
W. M. Cumming
H. L. McCabe
Masonboro Road
Sunset
Greenfield
NEW Liberty Shipbuilding
Carolina Building and Loan Association
Princess
L. W. Moore
E. T. Taylor
Overlake Pavilion
Tuesé&Sat
Mazer
S. Fifth St
The
Motte Business College
Porto Rico
C. H. Bornemann
Carolina Beach
New Hanover Transit Co
Wilmington
N. C
Gordon's
Schloss, Bear and Davis Co
South Second
Wilder
Princess Street
He Motte Business College
Buckeye Oil & Paint Co
Cleveland, O
Wacott Ginger Ale
Hershey
Hooten's
Welch’s
Froduce and
Mdse. Co
Paterson & Ruffs
Peterson & Ruffs
Sunbeam Club
Academy of Music
Yates’ Book Store
Underwood
J. C. Leonard
Civil Service Examiner
Kends Bldg
International Eeth Co
West 42Nd Street
New York
International Teeth Co
Dispatch
Coe Mfg. Co
Southern Sign Shop
J. M. Satchwell
Court House
5Th St
W. W. H. Care Dispatch
Chas. Finkelstein
Foltz and
Kendrix
Queen City Cycle Co
Virginia
Wilmington, N. C
Hutman
Jarman & Futrelle
Lippincott Standard Soda
Samuel Bear Sr
North Front Street
DU Pont Company
Hopewell, Virginia
Uncle Sam
Osu
W. B. Thorpe & CO
American Bank & Trust Co
Victory Home Committee
Tragellers
Victory Home Com
Roms
Wymington
Allan Taylor
James O. Reilly
T. B. Carroll
J. Shrier
W. D. Macmillan, JR
B. B. Cameron
I. W. Cooper
Marsden Bellamy
Incorporators
Wilmington Fe
M. c. A. War Secretaries
W. B. Cooper & Co
Cosh
Visipany
C. L. Dickinson
Acgt
Rton Hotel Bidg
Citizens Bank
Corner Second and
Princess Sts
Wilmington, N
Seabot
Pame
Lesher
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