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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1918
Page
9
Fuel Administrator Dorsey announced the coal ticket requirement is suspended for the rest of the month, with Athens having coal on hand or in transit. Dealers may sell coal directly to consumers in one ton or smaller lots and must report daily to Dorsey the sale amount and purchaser name and address.
Forty men daily are being examined at the courthouse for physical fitness for army service as part of the first class under reclassification. One hundred eight must be secured for camp soon. some cases are sent to an advisory board. The first day’s list shows numerous Ath ens and nearby towns with many qualified or disqualified statuses.
A charity concert by the Royal Belgian Trio is announced for Monday evening in Athens to aid Belgian babies. Tickets are one dollar, with further donations welcomed to Miss Daisy Jean and Madame Lusstrand, who will acknowledge gifts. The program lists multiple musical works and performers with a long sponsor committee photo.
Dr. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia federal food administrator, issues a county driven permit system allowing farmers to buy flour without substitutes up to 70 percent of their 60 day supply. Permits require countersignature and merchant record, with agents in trading centers to issue and oversee.
Local Fuel Administrator Dorsey relays a state order from Hardman suspending most provisions of the January 17 1918 regulation for North Carolina Tennessee South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana except for sections one and ten which remain in force due to improved weather and transport conditions.
Dr. Soule issues ruling permitting farmers to obtain from one sack to one barrel of flour per permit based on family size. Wholesalers may credit dealers with substitute cereals equal to flour quantities on countersigned permits. The mechanism aims to prevent famine and ensure equitable flour distribution to Georgia consumers amid agricultural plans.
Washington reports that plans to cut nonessential trade will be finished in days. The president will issue a proclamation on February 18 placing all exports and imports under license as a preliminary step. Nations at war with Germany are shifting ships to war use, cutting nonessential services.
Federal fuel administration says greater consumption of bituminous coal by rail roads and factories drives the current scarcity. Exportation was not an important factor in the shortage, according to statements received by the local fuel administrator in New York.
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