Tax Talk At City Hall On New War Laws
Hon A O Blalock and D J Gantt explained the May first tak law to Georgia Florida businesspeople at a city hall meeting. They urged trust in citizens, discussed exemptions and the liberal application of the new tax rules, and noted war tax on luxury items like hats and dresses commencing May 1.
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A.O. Blalock
D. J. Gantt
A. O. Blalock
Internal Revenue
Georgia
Florida
Sam
Blalock
George C. Thomas
George
Qver
Victory Day Observed Across Southern District
Atlanta observes Victory Day with governors proclamation. Liberty Loan workers urged to conduct Victory note sales in communities. In Memorial Day states joint exercises honor heroes of 1860 61 and the Great War. Business suspended for half holiday to boost sales.
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Atlanta
Liberty Loan
Americans Think Peace Be Delayed
Paris April 25 Associated Press Baron Sonino Italian foreign minister will leave for home Saturday. American delegates regret the temporary break with Italy yet express confidence a settlement may come when Premier Orlando meets the Italian parliament. Americans think peace will be somewhat delayed but expect no Wilson concession on Fiume without an Italian attitude change.
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Associated Press
Paris
Victory Loan Subscriptions Reach 552 Million Thread
Washington reports Victory loan subscriptions across federal reserve districts total $552,000,000. Southern Memorial Day in the Atlanta district will be observed in three states tomorrow as Victory Day. Joint memorial services will honor Civil and European war heroes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Reserve
Atlanta
Four Million Tons Ship Contracts Are Cancelled By Board
Washington April 25 cancellation of war time contracts for 2 000 000 tons of steel ships was announced by the shipping board as it winds down government work in yards nationwide The action raises total cancellations since the armistice to 4 000 000 tons The board gave no contract or yard details but said builders were not surprised by the policy to end plans for ships under 12 000 tons
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Associated Press
Washington
Shipping Board
Whch
Hurley
U of G Students May Attend Summer Small Arms School
Plans for a three week summer school in small arms instruction at Paris Island South Carolina announced by the Navy Department. It will benefit students from Southern and Eastern universities with military training in their curriculums. Mr Gantt led a round table on taxation questions and urged calm in adapting to the new law, offering to provide prompt information from the collector.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pril
Paris Island
South Carolina
Navy Department
Gantt
Florida House Acts To Protect Prisoner In Lake City Case
Tallahassee April 25 Florida House votes during a special session to protect a prisoner linked to the Mayers case involving a woman from Lake City. The legislature plans to return from Jacksonville next week for trial proceedings.
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Florida House
Associated Press
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Legislature
Mayers
Lake City
Jacksonville
Bar Association Finishes Hearings on Military Justice
Washington April 25 Hearings by the American Bar Association committee on the administration of military justice were concluded today. The committee adjourned subject to the chairman Judge Gregory of Chicago. Brigadier General Gregory acting judge advocate general told the panel that discipline and justice share the same aim, and advancing one also advances the other.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
American Bar Association
Judge Gregory
Chicago
Greger
Cotton Manufacturers Call For Lifting War Restrictions
In New York on April 25 the National Cotton Manufacturers Association closed its annual convention by adopting a resolution urging immediate removal of all government restrictions on private business deemed unnecessary during the war.
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Associated Press
New York
National Cotton Manufacturer’s Association
German Delegates Authorized To Sign Treaty On The Spot
Berlin April 25 Professor Walther Schuecking said the German delegates to the Versailles peace conference have powers sufficient to sign the peace treaty on the spot. He added the national assembly must sanction the treaty.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Walther Schuecking
Versailles
National Assembly
Fresh Fish and Dressed Poultry in Local Market
Local market offers fresh fish including red snapper mackerel steak Spanish mackerel salmon trout along with dressed chickens and fresh country butter for shoppers.
Local Grocery Ads Highlight Fresh Meats and Delicatessen
An assortment of ads from 773 College Avenue lists Collins Grocery and Meat Market offering fresh Philadelphia cheese varieties including Swiss Camebert and Pimentos, Costa's Delicatessen Shop, and a note for rice, fat hams, pork sausage, and other groceries. J Van Straaten is referenced with multiple phone numbers and the store at 1475 1476 and 104 J for orders.
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College Avenue
Collins Grocery & Meat Harket
Philadelphia
Costa
Italians to Stay in Paris for Peace Conference Talks
Italian Premier Orlando departs but not a rupture in collaboration. He may return to Paris by May 1 or 2 to help present terms to the German plenipotentiaries. Remaining Italian delegates will continue on interallied commissions such as the economic council and armistice commission.
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Orlando
Paris
Economic Council Armistice Commission
Centennial Odd Fellows Meet in Athens Mark 100th Founding
The 100th anniversary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will be celebrated in Athens by the 14th district lodges. Grand Master W A Slaton and other dignitaries attend as Mayor Erwin opens the ceremony. A parade with about 1000 Odd Fellows and wives precedes a barbecue dinner and afternoon addresses.
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Independent
Order of Odd Fellowship
Athens
Odd Fellows
W. A. Slaton
Washington, Ga
T. H. Robertson
Gainesville Ga
Boyce Ficklen
Washington
Andrew C. Erwin
Big Mary captured after Greene County still raid
Revenue officers led by Scott Jackson captured the 160 gallon Greene County still known as Big Mary yesterday morning as she operated in multiple locations to evade authorities. Officers found over 2000 gallons of beet and various base operations, with owners and operators expected to stand trial before Judge Walter Cornett in the coming days.
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Big Mary
Mammoth Still
Greene County
Scott Jackson
H. T
John
L.H. Miller
Greene
Sam
Smeths
Athens
Walter Cornett
Memorial Day Observances and Victory Loan Total in Athens
Memorial Day events in Athens feature tributes to Southern veterans and a series of songs and speeches at Seney-Stovall Chapel. The Victory Loan subscriptions in Athens Clarke County totaled 776 850 00 for the day, over the 775 900 00 reported earlier, with a 66 800 00 over-subscription.
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Athens
Clarke County
Audley Morton
Sylvanus Morris
University of Georgia Law School
Gettysburg
Seney-Stovall Chapel
Laura Rutherford
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Spain
Cuban
Flandera
Chateau
Thierry
Argonne
Columb
Rainbow Troops Arrive Aboard Leviathan at New York
The transport Leviathan docked in New York on April 25 with 12,000 Rainbow division troops. The ship reported narrowly missing a mine thirty feet off the Grand Banks yesterday, with detachments from the 149th and 160th field artillery and the 166th and 168th infantry regiments aboard.
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Associated Press
New York
Leviathan
Rainbow Division
149Th
160Th Field Artillery
Grand Banks
New Foundland
Blalock May Enter Georgia Governorship Run
Hon. A. O. Blalock, Georgia internal revenue collector, may pursue the governorship. He is a longtime public figure, ex-bank president, and former state legislator with broad statewide ties. supporters in many counties urge him to run.
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A. O. Blalock
Geo
Andy Night
Bud” Blalock
Georgia
Senate
Publishers Urge Congress to Repeal Wartime Rate Act
New York April 25 The American newspaper publishers association closed its annual convention with a resolution urging Congress to repeal or suspend for two years the wartime act of 1917 that raised second class postal rates. The measure called the rates crude and burdensome to newspapers and subscribers. Frank P. Glass of Birmingham was re elected president.
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Associated Press
New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Congress
Frank P. Glass
Birmingham
Association
Jury Frees Fricke of Treason After Deliberation
New York April 25 After about one hour the federal grand jury found Albert Paul Fricke not guilty of treason. He was accused of furnishing money to Karl Rodiger a German naval officer for wartime propaganda in the United States.
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Associated Press
New York
Albert Paul Fricke
Fricke
Karl Rodiger
United States
Freight Depots Closed Across City for Acne Meporis Day
Every freight depot in the city remains closed today April 36th with no rules received or dispatched from several stations. The notice marks a prolonged shutdown observed as Acne Meporis day, affecting rail and freight operations citywide.
Post Office To Observe Holiday Hours Saturday
Capt J H Rucker postmaster announced that post office employees would observe holiday hours today April 26 Southern Memorial Day to prevent disappointments in transactions with the office.
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Post Office
J. H. Rucker
Costa's Delicatessen and Fresh Produce Listings
Western Market features speckled trout bluefish croshers and butterfish. Hens and Turkeys Country eggs and butter offer fresh strawberries. Local produce includes lettuce bell peppers ripe tomatoes yellow squash beans new potatoes celery zucchini cauliflower carrots beets and asparagus. Costa's Delicatessen Shop and Arnold & Abney distribute Julcy Grapefruit Indian River oranges California lemons and yellow yam potatoes.
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Costa
Indian River
California
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J. van Straaten
Washington, D.C
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Grand Lodge
Arnold & Abney
Victory
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Seney-Stovall
Lucy Cobb Instituta
Long
Glee Club of
Normal School
Home Road
Carpenter
Athens High School
Morris
Oscar Davison
Dixie
Lucy Cobb Institute
Cross of Honor
BM. Rutherford
Thweat
Rainbow
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