Clarke's Draft Examinations Show HalfQuota Nearly Reached
Clarke's first draft call examined 362 men with 101 projected as meeting the quota of 181 after exemptions and absentees. The board, aided by Sheriff Jackson, Clerk Crawford and doctors, timed a second call for more examinees. Of those examined, 65 passed without exemption, 36 failed to report and were listed, and 184 filed exemption claims, mostly for dependents. Yesterday 120 were examined. 11 absentees, 40 rejected on medical grounds, 69 passed, and 47 of those filed exemptions. Additional names and transfers noted, with orders to secure one third of the quota by September 1.
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Clarke
Quartermaster Department
Weldon Brown
Will Gregory
Harvey Seagraves
Charlie Johnson
Charles Holmes Stone
Stillwater
Okla
Robert Grimes
Elmer C. Caldwell
Andy Simmons
Harvey Collins
Lc, Spradlin
Coweta Co
Arthur Howard
Morgan County
Otis Hill Adams
Newton County
Food control bill passes senate with broad powers
The food control bill cleared the Senate by sixty six to seven and, with a survey provision, awaits the president’s signature expected Friday. It creates a one man food dictatorship, gives government control over food, feeds and fuels, imposes penalties for hoarding, and licenses dealers. It authorizes buy and sell powers for wheat flour meat beans and potatoes, guarantees a minimum wheat price, and directs war-time agricultural planning. It also includes provisions to regulate alcohol production, confiscate spirits for war use, and funds to enable these measures.
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Washington
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Cssary
Hall Moves to Cut State University Funding in Georgia
Atlanta reports Chairman Hall of Bibb launches a campaign to cut higher education funding, aiming to reduce the University of Georgia maintenance from 65,000 to 50,000 and threaten to curb every branch. Milledgeville and Athens figures clash as the house votes 104 to 25 to restore Milledgeville’s $20,000 from the Smith Lever fund amid broader battles over salaries and one year appropriations.
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Atlanta, Ga
Hall of Bible
Higher Institutions of Education
Atkinson
Fulton
Appropriations Committee
Hall
University
University of Georgia
House
Milledgeville
Swift
DuBose
Pace
Wood
Burwell
Hancock
Smith-Lever
Milledgeville Institution
Smith-Lever Fund
Soule
Atlanta
Senate
Father Shoots Son and Himself in Commerce Tragedy
Athens reports a father William Hill shot his son Clarence with a shotgun after a quarrel over cutting stonewood. Clarence was seriously wounded and may die. About three, the father used a pistol to shoot himself and was in critical condition.
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Son
Self
Athens
Commerce
William Hill
Clarence
Three Die as Artillery Shells Scatter Shrapnel
In Marietta Georgia on August 8 three people were killed and two wounded when shrapnel from the last shot of practice shells from Fort McPherson batteries flew over Kennesaw Mountain. The dead are Mrs Harris Charles Martin and Jim Holleman two of the injured are Jim Coleman and Holloman's son. A buggy rider Mrs Harris was struck as the shelling ended.
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Associated Press
Marietta
Fort McPherson
Kennesaw Mountain
Seth Harris
Charles Martin
Jim Holleman
Jim Coleman
Holloman
McNeill Primary Measure Passes in Georgia Legislature
Atlanta August 8 The senate moved the McNeill primary bill to signature after House passage and gubernatorial review. The measure aims to reorganize support agencies and immigration jurisdiction away from Georgia state agencies, marking one of the session’s notable general bills handled by Governor Dorsey.
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Atlanta
Senate
McNeill
Harris
House
Dorsey
Andrews
Georgis Tati
Nervous Breakdown Cited in Lambert Inquest
Testimony at the coroner's inquest in St Louis linked John Lambert's death by his own hand to nervous breakdown caused by wartime business disruptions. Witnesses J D Wooster Lambert and Arthur Lambert, a cousin, testified to the mental state.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
John Lambert
J. D. Wooster Lambert
Arthur Lambert
Training Camp Students Feel Real Front Line Service
Atlanta August reports Fort McPherson trainees enduring rain and red Georgia clay on a ten day hike toward Chattanooga along Sherman's route. They compare mud to French and Flemish fronts, bracing for tougher fields ahead. Local grocers King Hodgs on Co advertise fresh produce and meats, while Frank Potter burial arrangements are set for Morven, Brooks County, following his Athens arrival.
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Atlanta
Fort McPherson
France
Chattanooga
Sherman
Georgia
Flanders
Flanders fight report and Oklahoma draft resistance
Reuters: In Flanders frontline fighting continues as Russian offensives persist. In Oklahoma at McAlster and Sirpie a band of draft resisters armed themselves and vowed to resist draft examination. Twelve alleged instigators face rebellion charges. about 200 others are charged with lesser offenses. In San Francisco Daniel O Connell, an attorney, was arrested on a federal warrant for draft law resistance during a peace gathering.
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Associated Press
Muskogee
Okla
Sirpie
McAlster
Resellion
San Fransico
Daniel O’connell
Legal Investigation Wanted In Bisbee Arizona
A committee from the Arizona Federation of Labor is appointed to investigate the deportation case in Bisbee Arizona as part of a labor inquiry.
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Associated Press
Bisbee
Ariz
Arizona Federation of Labor
Japan denies plan to abandon South Sea Islands
In a Diet interpellation Viscount Motono asked if the cabinet had informed the United States that Japan would abandon the South Sea Islands. Foreign Minister Motono replied that Japan had not made any such declaration to the United States.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Japan
South Sea Islands
Viscount Motono
United States
Treasure Recovered From Bandit Train Robbery in Mexico
About 100000 pesos taken by bandits from a train attacked between Aguas Calientes and Mexico City has been recovered. The money was found in possession of Felipe Heranandes, former Mexican army officer turned bandit, who was captured and shot by troops under General Miguel M. Acosta near Guadalcazar, San Luis Potosi.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Aguas Calientes
Felipe Heranandes
Miguel M. Acosta
Guadalcazar
San Luis Potosi
Quartermaster Squad Enlists After Summer Course
Forty young men who completed the quartermaster course in the summer school depart for Atlanta today to undergo physical examinations and enlist. Captain Heidt could not reach Athens yesterday to enlist these several men.
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Atlanta
Capt
Heidt
Athens
Senate Confirms New Board Member
The senate has confirmed Bainbridge Colby of New York as a member of the government shipping board. The confirmation comes from Washington on August 8, by Associated Press.
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Senate
Associated, Press
Washington
Bainbridge Colby
New York
Government Shipping Board
Clarke County Farmers Club Postponed Meeting
The Clarke County Farmers' Club meeting and barbecue was postponed yesterday due to rain. A committee will meet Saturday to arrange the event for next week. Includes farm products and promotions from Arnold & Abney and Moss Mfg. Co with new stock items and sale notes.
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Farmers Club
Clarke County Farmers’ Club
R. L
Flanders Battles and Rising U Boat Losses Mark Week
The report notes small scale infantry fighting in Flanders and British raids near Lombaertsyde. Artillery actions persist along the Aisne Verdun sector, with Russian offensives on the Russo-Galician border and two villages plus 300 prisoners captured west of Chotin. Teutons advance north of Fokshani as U boat losses rise, with 21 British ships sunk by mines and a pair of smaller vessels.
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Associated Press
Flanders
Lombaertsyde
Aisne
Verdun
Chotin
Teuton
Petrograd
Kamenets Pidolsk
Podolia
Proskurov
Moldavia
Fokshani
London
Masons to Attend Greensboro Meet
Mount Vernon Lodge Masons will travel to Greensboro today for the annual Eighth District Masonic Convention section.
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Greensboro
Mount Vernon Lodge
First Third of Army to Be Called Sept First
Washington dispatch reports the first one third of the army’s quota will be called to the colors September 1 with training camps to run from September 1 to 6. Provost Marshal General Crowder announced to state governors that over 200,000 men will be mobilized under the order and urged local boards to select draftees while authorizing exemptions for men whose wives are in danger or at risk.
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Washington
New War Industries Board
America
United States
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Crowder
War Department
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