England Supplying Bulk of the Force Denial
A Reuters authoritative statement denies claims that dominion troops are used more on the western front than United Kingdom troops. It says UK casualties are higher, and dominion and UK divisions fought in proportion from two to one to five to one in Somme Arras Ypres and Messines. The report asserts fighting was shared regardless of empire origin and rejects idle retirement of fit soldiers in Britain.
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London
America
United Kingdom
Reuters
Western Front
Dominions
Figuers
Somme
Arras
Ed Kingdom
Ypres
Messines
Food costs in England double since war began
London reports the National Food Journal states retail food prices in the United Kingdom more than doubled since the war started. Causes cited include high import prices, inflation through currency and credit, rising Atlantic freight and insurance costs, and exchange rate differences. The article notes middlemen have been restricted and warns probes into profiteering. Actress Sadayakko Kawakami plans retirement with a farewell performance in Tokyo.
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London
United
Ingdom
National Food Journal
Lord Rhondda
Ministry of Food
Georgia Products Day Fixed by Georgia Chamber
H G Hastings president of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce announces Georgia Products Day will be Thursday November 15. The event aims to boost state food and feedstuffs production to offset boll weevil threats and support the war effort with simple vegetable and grain menus for public dinners across Georgia. Thomas R Gentry is named chairman for Georgia and related observances in New York Detroit and likely Baltimore with Mr Crawford Wheatley overseeing arrangements in Americus and Sumter County.
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H. G. Hastings
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Products
Georgia
Stae
Thomas R. Gentry
Southern Bell Telephonee Company
Georgia Society
New York
Detroit
Baltimore
Crawford Wheatley
Americus
Sumter County
Hunters Prepare for Big Shooting Season in Sumter County
Forty hunters have obtained licenses in Sumter County while Game Warden McMath expects about eighty. County licenses cost one dollar, state licenses three dollars, and non resident licenses twenty five. Seasons include Quail and Doves with varied dates and one day bag limits. Deer open Oct 1 to Dec 1. Wood Duck Sept 1 to Jan 1. Migratory Duck Sept 1 to Apr 1. Woodcock Dec 1 to Jan 1. Plovers and Marsh Hens with one day limits. Snipe Dec 1 to May 1.
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Sumter
McMath
Yeomans Hurt In Plains Road Auto Collision Near Americus
A convoy of convicts escorting C W Yeomans, Sumter county convict guard, collided with a Webster county party near the Mitchell place on the Plains road. Yeomans was badly injured. the touring car driver M Christian Jr escaped harm as responders aided Yeomans and convicts at Americus.
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Plains Road
Americus
C. W. Yeomans
Sumter County
Yeomans
Seaboard Tracks
Mitchell Place
Webster County
Preston
tGo M. Christian, Jr
Bulgarians Believe Prisoners Are Killed on Capture
A British officer’s Saloniki front letter, published by the Daily Telegraph, recounts Bulgarians fearing capture by British troops. Sixty Bulgarians were rounded up. some drowned, others prayed, one surrendered after a soldier offered a cigarette, easing tension and averting violence.
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London
Saloniki
Daily Telegraph
Tommy
Scholarship for Essay on Profitable Use of Fertilizer
District Farm Agent Boyette announces a state college scholarship for Sumter County boys writing the best essay on the Profitable Use of Fertilizer. The Tennessee Chemical Company offers the prize. Essays due October 27. Judging 75 percent on handling and 25 percent on composition. Boys under eighteen may compete.
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Boyette
State College
Sumter County
Tennessee Chemical Company
Friendship Baptist Association to Meet in Dawson
The fifty first annual session of Friendship Baptist Association will convene at First Baptist Church in Dawson October 23 to 25. About forty-five churches from Terrell to Taylor counties attend as Dawson hosts with services led by Rev. A D Kendrick and Rev A C Wellens. Committees for missions education temperance and more will report and elect a moderator and clerk during the afternoon sessions.
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Dawson
First Baptist Church of
Terrell
Lee
Sumter
Webster
Seleby
Marion
Macon
Taylor Counties
Dawson Baptists
A. D. Kendrick
First, Baptist Church
Americus
A. C. Wellens
Plains
B. T. Moore
Andersonville
State Missions
Lansing Burrows
Home Missions
C. 8. Durden
Leslie
Foreign Missions
Hi. D. Warnock
E. T. Moore
J. J. Bull
Oglethorpe
J. H. Whitehard
EB. W. Dupree
J. H. Young
A.C. Wellens
Joe Tesh
J. Ars
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555
Elephoneme
R. E. Cato, Jr
Times-Recorder
W. J. Josey
Americus, Georgia
The
Bank of Commerce
England
Little Island
France
Tolo
Sadayakko Kawakami
Tokio
Sadayakko
CE. Yeomans
Friendship Baptist Association
MR. Farmer
Ludlow
York and Hub
Harrold Brothers
Americus, Ga
W. L. English
Hampton Street
Harrold
Sean Tor
J. L. Glawson
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