War Dept adopts unified numbering for all army regiments
The War Department redesignates all army regiments by number and service branch only to simplify Great War records. Regular regiments keep their names. National Guard and National Army units receive sequential numbers, with state names optional in parentheses for local identification.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Guard
National Army
War Department
Cavseo
205Th Infantry
Virginia
65Th Field Artillery
North Carolina
Whitlock-West Band Set For Open Air Concert Tonight
The Whitlock-West band performs at post office square at 8 30 PM as part of a three concert test to gauge public interest in open air events. If crowd size meets expectations the City Council may hire them for Friday night summer performances. The program features marches overtures and songs including The National Emblem Golden Crescent United We Stand For the Freedom of the World Where the Black-eyed Susans Grow and The Star Spangled Banner.
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Postoffice Square
Whitlock-West
Dispatch
Whitlock-West Organization
Bagley
Marshall
Miller
Berlin
Hayes
Zamecenik
Whiting
Rose Garden
Crosby
Berry
March
Tierney
Evangelism Talk Highlights Pastors Pay and Courage
The address discusses Paul’s refusal of a salary in Thessalonica versus Philippi’s stinginess, and a speaker asserts a pastor must choose living over church support. Dr Robertson’s remarks prompt former seminary students to stand, while Dr Weston Bruner outlines eight requirements for soul winning. A duet by W B Muse and Wolslagle closes the morning.
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Paul
Thessalonica
Thessalonian
Phillippi
Guinea
Weston Bruner
W. B. Muse
Wilmington
Wolslagle
New Interest Quarter Begins at American Bank and Trust Co
The bank announces a new interest quarter starting July 1 with 4 percent compound interest on deposits made in the Savings Department on or before July 2. Interest will be computed on October 1. Advertisement reads 6 29 3t.
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American Bank and Trust Co
Savings Department
Hall Not Dead Despite Lung Wound in Air Battle
Paris June 29 Corporal James Norman Hall American aviator in the Lafayette Flying Squadron was wounded in a clash with German planes. He shot down in the lungs during a dogfight, landed safely in French lines, fainted, then recovered enough to reach Soissons hospital.
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Associated Press
Paris
James Norman Hall
Lafayette Flying Squadron
Hall
Soissons Hospital
Lafayette
A. W. Hall
Colfax, Iowa
Women in Power Parade in New Russia May Day
United Press reports from Petrograd on May Day show women in equal authority roles at the Soldiers and Workers Council and in the May Day parade. The writer notes women and men marching arm in arm, voices joining in the Internationalists' chant, illustrating broad gender equality in the new Russia.
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William G. Shepherd
United Press
Petrograd
Duma Building
Washington Square
New York
Emma Goldman
Russia
National Democratic Convention
Socialists’ Union
Net Cutting Device on New Submarines
The torpedoed merchant captain reported a German submarine design with a wire cutting system. It features stout hawser lines from bow to stern and heavy circular knives a foot wide, spaced a yard apart, intended to cut through steel nets and free the sub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
1st Deposits Made in Savings Depart 4 Per Cent
Deposits placed in the Savings Department earn 4 percent compound interest from July. The note outlines the interest rate and eligibility for account holders seeking to grow their savings through compounding annual yields.
Rises of the Hog Sung by Officials
The Department of Agriculture urges farmers to raise hogs as the quickest way to boost the nation’s meat supply. It calls hogs the most efficient meat animal, needing less labor and capital while yielding strong gains, noting a 313,000 hog decrease by end of 1916 from the prior year.
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Y Associated
Washington
Department of Agriculture
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Harriss Typewriting and Advertising Company
Joseph D. Smith
North 7Th Street
W. S. F.” Care Dispatch
A. S. Baddour
Market Street
Valentia
Bear Produce and Merchandise Company
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Richmond Bag Company
Richmond
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Seventh and
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W. M. Cumming
J. D. McCarley
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H. J. McCartney
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A. Carpenter
North Second Street
Walnut Street
Gene Byrnes
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National Press Bureau
Buffalo
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Globe Baking Company
Carolina
L. Mazer
S. 6Th St
Philadelphia
Hoffman Machine
Chas. Frenkelstein
South Front Street
Oliver
Queen City Cycle Co
Lanier Harness Co
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J. H. Rehder
F. O. B. Tennille
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W. A. McGirt
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Foltz & Kendrick
Price Bros
North Front
Lune
Mechanics Home Association
Walker Taylor
W. Y
Farris
Life
Farris’ Bakery
J. T. Gordon
John S. McHackern Sons
Bath
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Marie G. Dright
Little Switzerland
Cromwell & Co
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Motte
Leon L. Motte
South Fifth Street
W. B. Cooper & Co
Wilmington, N. C
Builders’ Supplies
W. B. Thorpe
Water and Ann Streets
Quarte
St. Ane
the Peoples Savings Bank
Princess Streets
Free Motion Pictures
Bryant Washburn
Jones
Vitagraph
Lumina
the Murchison National Bank
T. S
H. C. McQueen
J. W. Grainger
J. W. Yates
C. S. Grainger
M. F. Allen
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C. L. Dickinson
Princess Building
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the Doctor
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Spalding Athletic
Victor
Victor Talking Machines and Records
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