Navy Officers Shortage Sparks Debate Over Size
The discussion centers on Navy officer levels and the plan to raise permanent officers from 2,500 to about 5,500 to man a larger fleet. Palmer advocates six rear admirals to command destroyers and Eagle boats, with total needs at 33 rear admirals next year versus an 18-man bill. Critics say the increase risks a permanent, oversized navy and may not speed officering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayley
Palmer
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Daniels
Oliver
Alabama
Padgett
Naval Committee
Annapolis
Admiral Ben- 50M
Plan Boycott of Teutonic Powers Continues
An editorial argues for a worldwide boycott of Germany, asserting the need to cripple its access to raw materials. It denounces German policy as driven by compulsion and calls for economic outlawing until Germans show a moral shift away from kul tur and accept democratic values.
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United States
Germany
Wilson
Terrific Allied Attack Reported Across Fronts
Reports from the American sector northwest of Chateau-Thierry describe artillery fighting with Germany using gas shells in the Bouresches region. In Flanders the British took 60 prisoners north of Bethune. A Petrograd wireless dispatch says Germany began an offensive between Valuiki and Zhukovi, capturing three villages. Russia and Ukraine reportedly sign a provisional treaty for a ceasefire and peace talks. Gas from Switzerland killed two children. Swiss forces wear gas masks near the border.
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Champlat
Bligny
Chateau-Thierry
Bouresches
Flanders
Bethune
Picardy
Petrograd
Valuiki
Zhukovi
Brest- Litovsk
Kharkov
Amsterdam
Russia
Ukraine
Geneva
British Enter Malema War Move
British forces entered Malema on Wednesday without opposition according to an East Africa official report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malema
London
East Africa
Violin Solo at Morning Service and Choir Selections
Harry McGowan will perform a violin solo at the First Baptist Church morning service. Mrs Page will sing O Diving Redeemer by Gounod. In the evening Mrs Meredith will sing Hear Ye Israel from Elijah and the choir will render Jerusalem by Ellis Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McGowan
First Baptist Church
First 1918 tobacco barn sold in Mullins district
The first barn of the 1918 tobacco crop was brought to Neal and Dixon Bros. at Mullins by W. C. Lane and sold for 25 cents per pound. Expert tobacconist A. B. Edwards says heavy spring rains will cut the crop by at least 25 percent.
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Dispatch
Mullins
S. C
Neal and Dixon Bros
W. C. Lane
Seton
A. B. Edwards
Brick Warehouse
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C. H. Bornemann
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Walker Taylor
W. M. Cumming
Princess St
Princess Building
H. M. Garrett
E. S. Bannerman & Son
Chas. Finkelstein
Front St
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Wascot
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Hooten’s
Runkel’s
Greenfield
Welch’s
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Market St
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Grace Street
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Mazet
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Philadelphia
City
Gordon Road
J. D. McCarley
Wright's Realty and Insurance Agency
Rocky Point
MT. Airy
North Carolina
Forest Ave
Greensboro
N. C
Merica
International Press
Purdie
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Calif
Wrightsville
Wrightsville Sound
Aply
Z. L. Hanley
Wilmington
Castle St. Furniture Co
Castle St
North Ninth Street
Schloss
Bear and Davis
South Second
National Surety Company
James Owen Reilly
Telephone
Schloss, Bear & Davis Co
South Third Street
Gordon's
Chestnut Street
L. B. Pearce
Queen City Cycle Co
W. H. Sneeden
Care Dispatch
Sunset Park
Wright’s Realty
Wright
Princess Street
Carolina Beach
J. B. McCabe
Certified Public Accountant
Farris Bakery
Nixon’s Point
John’ E. Wood
Sec’v
Orange
Eighth
Peterson & Rulfs Builders
Peterson & Rulfs
Carolina
Market Street
L. W. Moore Agency
Princess
Greenville Sound
James I. Metts
W. M. Holland’s
Market St. Road
Carolina Place
H. F. Wilder
Landis
Singer
William Otersen
Grace
Winter Park
Washington
Washington, D. C
New Willard
Margaret McChord
Co. C. McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
McChord
George LeRoy Boyle
Aviation
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Hopewell, Virginia
Uncle Sam
Franklin
San Felice
Cinco
Samuel Bear Sr
North Front Street
Southport
Fort Caswell
Advy
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Jarman & Futrelle
Wilmington, N. C
W.B. Thorpe & CO
Y. M. C. A. War Secretaries
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American Bank & Trust Co
Citizens Bank
Corner Second and
Princess Sts
Third Liberty Loan
Murchison National Bank
Front and
Princess Streets
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