Bodies recovered 126 Americans from Tuscania disaster
British admiralty reported 2,235 saved and about 166 missing from the Tuscania sinking. Among the saved were 113 American officers and 1,917 American men. 16 officers, 183 crew, and 6 passengers saved. The bodies of 126 American troops have been recovered. Memorial services planned in Waco for Tuscania victims.
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Tuscania
Associated Press
London
Admiralty Tonight
Washington
War Department
U S Shooters Match Skill With German Rifles Across Front
American sharpshooters northwest of Toul on the western front have matched marksmanship against German riflemen, using machine guns and light artillery to force enemy snipers from hiding and destroy shelters. Casualties were inflicted on the German occupants as the exchange continued.
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Associated Press
United States
Toul
Fresh fish offerings and market ads
Fresh roe shad trout Spanish mackerel mangled snappers baking fish. Peoples' Market phone 1062. Fresh country butter dressed chickens ducks Spanish mackerel sheephead shad and oysters. J Van Straten phones 1475 1476. Fine baking fish 20 cents a pound. Fresh shipment fine large bass. Arnold Abney fancy meats of all kinds. Peoples' Market 229 Broad Street phone 1052.
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Phoples
J. van Straaten
Arnold & Abney
Peoples' Market
Broad Street
Peoples’ Market
Banner Announces New Social Editor Miss Elizabeth Fleming
The Banner announces Miss Elizabeth Fleming is the new social editor succeeding Mrs. Alice H. Adams. She will work from the office desk in the afternoons and can be reached at No 75, phone 708. Readers are urged to cooperate and contribute to her social and personal page coverage.
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Banner
Society
Elizabeth Fleming
Alice H. Adams
Miss Fleming
Social Land
Wartime Farm Groups Urge Faster Agricultural Output
Spokesmen for sixteen national farm organizations presented a memorial to the president at a Washington war conference urging more definite government measures to speed up agricultural production. The meeting emphasized increasing farm output to support war needs and national food supplies.
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Associated Press
Washington
Western Market Trout Feature Goods and Fresh Produce
Western Market sells trout mackerel and shad with dressed hens friers fresh eggs and butter. Fresh meats and fine mackerel two pounds for 35 cents small mackerel 15 cents. King Hodgson Co offers celery lettuce cauliflower yam potatoes cabbage carrots parsnips rutabaga turnips. Phones 1446 1447.
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King-Hodgson CO
Heatless Mondays End In Southeast. Hopeful For Next Week
Washington reports continued weather and transport gains. Fuel Administrator Garfield announces immediate suspension of heatless Monday in North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, with other states to receive fuel on future Mondays for union lofts and workshops. Officials expect nationwide relaxation after next Monday as warmer weather and rail traffic improve. Lincoln birthday holiday reduces operations to 3% day shutdown. The order keeps sections one and ten in effect.
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North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
International Allied Garment Workers’ Union
Virginia
Fuel Administration
United States
Lincoln
North Carolina
Georgia Quintet Faces Mercer On Home Court Tonight
The Georgia Red and Black hosts Mercer at 8 15 p m in Alumni Hall Athens in a return clash. Mercer arrives stronger after recent practice and a prior Macon win, while Georgia seeks a confident home victory following an uneven road trip.
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Georgia
Alumni Hall
University Campus
Mercer
Mercerias
Macon
Ias
Athens
Lene
North Carolina
Washington and Lee
Baptists
Macon-way
Navy Yard Charleston a preferred first class site
Washington reports Charleston offers the only suitable first class navy yard between Hatteras and Key West. Key West is seen as a strategic base for submarines destroyers and auxiliary vessels with a coastal air station at Brunswick. Gulf sites are distant from waters near the Windward Islands and Caribbean while Florida straits Yucatan Channel and Mobile provide aircraft bases and potential defense lines.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charleston
Hatteras
Key West
Commission On Navy Yards
Naval
Senate
South Atlantic
Brunswick
Gulf
Windward Islands
Carribbean Sea
Gulf Coast
Navy Yards
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Straits
Yucatan Channel
Tampa
St. Andrews
Bay
Fla
Mobile
Ala
Local Markets Offer Fresh Eggs Fruits and Seafood
Local market items feature fresh country eggs at 50 cents a dozen, grape fruit and lemons abundant, and fresh fish and oysters. Stores such as Arnold and Abney and Peoples' Market advertise phones for orders, with other listings including butter, apples, bananas, lettuce, and preserved ginger.
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Arnold & Abney
Great Food Rally to Hear Federal Officials in City
A Friday rally in the city will feature Federal Food Administrator Soule and State Federal Food Administrator Talmadge addressing wholesale grocers and merchants. The event, organized by the wholesale grocers and the Chamber of Commerce, invites business customers to learn the food law requirements and cooperative measures to enforce them. Several hundred business people from across the state are expected.
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Talmadge
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Talmadge
Aermany
Mérc Sumerts
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