Police Seek Vagrants as Warrants Served This Morning
Police issued warrants against several well known young men on vagrancy charges as they planned to arrest them before daylight. Earlier raids two days ago brought six well dressed suspects to court with one sentenced to 30 days on the roads. Arrests will be heard before Justice Furlong and any taken will appear before the Recorder.
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John J. Furlong
Recorder
Woolard
Williams
J. W. Hall
Aviator Recues Comrade in North Sea Air Battle
Ensign Fallon of the United States Navy flying a British machine in the North Sea on March 12 left his seat to give first aid to his wireless operator who had been shot in the neck. He returned safely to his control and the British Admiralty announced the act tonight. The Secretary of Admiralty commended Fallon in a letter to the commander of the American air force.
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London
Fallon
United States Navy
North Sea
Secretary of Admiralty
British bridge across the River Jordan opens eastward advance
London reports General Allenby states the British have bridged the River Jordan and pushed east along the left bank. He notes the river was bridged Friday and that significant resistance is being met in Palestine.
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London
Jordan River
Allenby
Palestine
Examinations Complete for South Carolina Pharmacists
Twenty seven men took the pharmacist license exam in Florence as the State Pharmaceutical Association adjourned. Passes were awarded to R H Boulware Winnsboro H E Bridgers Latta J T Brunson Barnwell Herman Earl Cain Denmark W Ravis Charleston W H Fanningley Ivey Raiford Aiken Adolph Ritter Jr Charleston I Sgan Charleston Gustave Sanders Beaufort Robert A Shingler Orangeburg R Strom Blenoch Be Stroman Orangeburg BE Werner Charleston.
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Florence
S. C
State Pharmaceutical Association
Pinewood Club
R. H. Boulware
Winnsboro
HE. B. Bridgers
Wage Adjustment Board Created For Railroads
Washington officials announce a permanent wage adjustment board for railroads and four brotherhoods to decide disputes over wage and hour agreements. The panel will sit monthly in Washington, with members chosen by regional railroad directors and Brotherhood presidents, and can refer split votes to the Director General. The wage commission remains to handle broad wage and hour questions. The new board could raise the railroad payroll by up to 500 million dollars annually and will operate for the war duration and beyond unless dissolved.
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Washington
McAdoo
Big Four Brotherhoods
Railway Board of Adjustment
Railroad Administration
Railroad
Commission of Eight
Brotherhoods
American Federation of Labor
Mobile Firemen Strike Leaves City Short of Firecrews
Mobile Alabama reports 20 fire department members on strike demanding higher wages. One station unmanned, police and street crews pressed into service. Fire Chief Crawford cites financial limits as union president Felix Wainright asserts minimal response to government plant calls. The union formed about six months ago.
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Mobile
Ala
Crawford
Felix Wainright
Fireman’s Union
Wainright
Twenty Seven Enemy Aircraft Downed In Day of Fighting
In London on March 23 Field Marshal Haig reported twenty seven hostile planes were downed yesterday. Of these, twenty descended beyond control and three were shot down. Several British aircraft are reported missing. Bombing of enemy positions continued with fourteen tons dropped by day and fourteen tons at night. In Washington Congressman Godwin has moved a civil service reform bill allowing exams anywhere in the United States, eliminating the need to return home for testing.
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London
Haig
George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
Godwin
North Carolina
Committee of Reform In Civil Service
House
United States
Senate
California
Washington
Dent Calls Hearing for County Equalization Board
Lexington S C March 23 W D Dent county auditor has called a meeting of the county equalization board on next Tuesday to hear appeals from township boards whose work is finished. Variations have been based considerably.
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Lexington
S. C
W. D. Dent
County Equalization Board
Tidewater Power Plans Transmission Line on Eagle Island
Deeds filed yesterday privilege the Tidewater Power Company to build a pole line on Eagle Island for electricity transmission. Several property owners join the arrangement. Officials refused to disclose the purpose of the project at this time.
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Tidewater Power Company
Eagle Island
Motorists Fill Streets as Tax Day Sparks Ranty Rhapsody
A Washington Times column roams from sugar bread to joyboats along New York avenue, lauds spring hats, and imagines auto dreams. It riffs on motorists toward La Plata and other spots, hints at John D. paying forty million income taxes, and ends with a jocular taunt about an undertaker friend getting work.
Kennedy and Carnegie Birth Dates Noted in Iowa Hero Page
Charles A. Kennedy representative for the First Iowa district born in Montrose Iowa 49 years ago today. Miss Margaret A Carnegie daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Carnegie born in Pittsburg 21 years ago today.
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Charles A. Kennedy
Iowa
Montrose
Margaret A. Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburg
Allen's Foot-Ease Relief for Pinching Shoes
Advertisement notes Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder relieves corns bunions and foot pain. Shaken into shoes or used in footbath it eases stinging swelling and tenderness. Over 10 000 packages used by American British and French troops. Sold everywhere 25c.
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Allen
Birthday spotlight on prominent figures
Senor Don Juan Riano y Gayangos Spanish ambassador in Washington born in Madrid 53 years ago today Alfred E Burton MIT dean born in Portland Maine 61 years ago today Claude Kitchin U.S. Representative born Scotland Neck North Carolina 43 years ago today Garrett P Serviss author and scientist born Sharon Springs New York 67 years ago today
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Don Juan Riano Y Gayangos
Washington
Madrid
Alfred E. Burton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Portland
Maine
Claude Kitchin
Congress
North Carolina
Scotland Neck
N. C
Garrett P. Serviss
Sharon Springs
N. Y
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