Allied Armies Face 2 340 000 German Troops in France
AP dispatch reports 2 340 000 enemy troops facing French British American and Belgian forces or in reserve. British authorities note Entente advantage in men and guns despite large German reinforcements. Reports describe ongoing bombardments, patrols, and counterattacks as both sides fortify lines amid weathered fronts.
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Associated Press
Entente
France
Belgium
Teutonbie
Maryland Senate Ratifies Federal Prohibition Amendment
Annapolis Md Feb 13 The Maryland senate ratified the federal prohibition amendment ending the matter for the state and moving Maryland in line with national policy. The action cements enforcement and signals statewide compliance with the prohibition framework.
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Associated Press
Annapolis
Maryland Senate
Maryland
Thorntons Luncheonette Specials One Day
Luncheon menu lists chicken salad with bread and drink 25 cents and hot roast beef sandwich a dime more. Cream chicken soup Brunswick stew roast pork apple sauce candied yams bread pudding with cream sauce and egg bread offered. Oysters fried or stewed 50 cents and 30 cents with coffee and tea prices. Home made pies lemon apple coconut and coffee 19 cents each.
More Ships Sunk Than Built In 1917 Week
Washington reports ship tonnage sunk by submarines in 1917 nearly tripled the total 1917 production of the United States and Great Britain. London notes nineteen British merchantmen sunk last week by mine or submarine, with three fishing craft also lost. Madrid reports Spanish steamer Ceferino sunk near Ferro Island with all crew saved and towed to La Estaca.
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U. S
Great Britain
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Bonar Law
House of Commons
London
Admiralty
Madrid
Ceferino
Ferro Island
Canary Group
la Estaca
Canaries
Carrie Thurmond Dies at Home in Athens After Illness
Miss Carrie Thurmond died yesterday afternoon at her Dearing street home after a weeks long illness. Survived by sister Mrs Bessie Swift and two nieces in Elberton, funeral today at 11:30 from the Dearing street home conducted by Rev S R Belk. Pallbearers listed. Thurmond family long prominent in Athens and statewide.
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Carrie Thurmond
Dearing Street
Bessie Swift
Elberton
Elizabeth Tutt
Sarah Swift
R. Belk
Col
Samuel P. Thurmond
Dearing
Misa Thurmond
Booth
Florida Produce Stalls Fresh Picks at Costa’s Delicatessen
Arnold and Abney offer green Florida cabbage and fresh Florida lettuce with beets cauliflower and celery. Three bunches of carrots for 25 cents and large Spanish onions headline a morning shipment of iceberg lettuce expected today at Costa’s Delicatessen.
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Florida
Arnold & Abney
Food rally to explain conservation laws to merchants
More than a thousand invitations have been sent to merchants and other businessmen in the region around the city for a food rally tomorrow at 11 o clock in the city hall. Federal Food Administrator Soule and Wholesale Food Administrator John E. Talmadge will detail the plan to conserve food and explain meat wheat poultry and other foodstuffs laws. Athens merchants especially retail grocers are urged to attend along with housewives and citizens interested in the food situation.
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Morrow
Soule
John E. Talmadge
Mr. Talmadge
Athens
Misleading Reports On Food Rules Wedn Wheatless Day
The Banner clarifies the food administration rules urging observers to follow multiple days of wheatless and meatless meals. It notes two wheatless days per week Monday and Wednesday, and lists meatless days including Tuesday, with porkless days on Tuesday and Saturday.
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Food Administration
Atlanta
Sale Thrift Stamps Is Most Encouraging
Chairman C D Flanigen praises the thrift stamps and war certificate drive with strong sales in Clarke County. Citizens bought in thousand dollar lots, boosting the campaign and signaling Clarke County may lead the state. Nationwide sales have been encouraging, including Metropolitan Life Insurance guaranteeing sixty five million dollars in stamps.
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C. D. Flanigen
Flanigen
Clarke County
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Enormous Increases In Wages Suggested
Washington February 13 The first official indication of the cost of railroad wage increases was given at hearings before the wage commission. J A Franklin presented the claims of the railways employed department of the American Federation of Labor. He said an average increase of thirty three and a third percent would cost about eighty two million dollars annually for 250000 organized workers. He noted a proposal to extend increases to 260000 unorganized workers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Railroad Wage Commission
J. A. Franklin
Department of the American Federation of Labor
Land
Franklin
More Survivors of The Ill-Fated Tuscania Known
Seven additional survivors of the Tuscania disaster were officially reported, lowering the war department’s unrecorded saved to about 260. The Associated Press tally of unreported, compiled by the checking official, reduced to 171.
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Associated Press
Washington
Tuscania
War Department
Fuelless Mondays Declared Off East in Brief
Washington reports the suspension of the heatless Monday program in the east announced by Fuel Administrator Garfield. A restoration is possible before ten weeks if bad weather again disrupts railroad transport. State administrators may keep closing orders if needed. aside from New England, the policy likely ends.
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Washington
East
Garfield
New England
Registration of Enemy Aliens Ends in Athens
Chief Beusse announced that the registration period for German and Austrian aliens in Athens ended at midnight. A few natives were registered as required. the process collected birth, time and place, parentage, residence of relatives, autographic signature, a recent photograph, and fingerprints of both hands from registrants.
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Beusse
Athens
More Aviation Victims Took Their Last Flight
Fort Worth reporters note two pilots died in an aviation accident near the camp with First Lieutenant J W Wray of Los Angeles and R Porter of Long Island among the dead and Lieutenant Priton March fatally injured. The item also lists dairy and fruit ad copy inserted in the column.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
J. W. Wray
Los Angeles
R. Porter
Long Island
New York
Here
Priton
March
Odd Fellows Fourteenth Division Held Meeting Here
Washington D C February 13 1917 report that the Odd Fellows Fourteenth Division held a meeting here yesterday. Includes mention of H J Rowe Athens Ga and a request to publish a forthcoming account of efforts to modify a fifty fifty order. Notes a telegram from Congressman Charles H Brand denying a quoted interview in the Vidalia Advance.
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ODD Fellows Fourteenth Division
Athens
Georgia
Vidalia
Soule
Charles H. Brand
Washington
Brand
Thinks Better Government Had Not Taken Roads
In Washington on February 13 Senator Kettog argued the railroad take over was unnecessary and better results would come from government rail co operation. he would vote for the measure with rails under government. Senator McLean called government possession a half slave and half free policy but also pledged support to the president.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kettog
Senate
McLean
Record Number of Service Members Apply for Life Insurance
Washington February 13. More than eight billion dollars in government life insurance has been applied for by one million soldiers sailors and army nurses nationwide as the program expands.
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Associated Press
Washington
Increasing Fatalities At Aviation Schools
Washington reports Army officials attribute rising fatal accidents at military aviation schools to many students nearing qualification as fighting flyers. The dangerous training requires students to perform perilous maneuvers they may face in combat.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army
U. S. May Take Over Ship Building Yards
Washington reports delays in shipbuilding due to labor difficulties have stirred congressional talk of government operation. The Shipping Board was asked to study taking over some private plants as a possible remedy.
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Anacelated Press
Washington
Congress
Shipping Board
Presh Lady Fingers Fresh Aponge Cake
Arnolds and ABNGr present fresh sponge cake today with light texture and delicate flavor. A brief bakery notice highlights ready to serve pastries and a modern bakery style.
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Arnold & Abngr
Four Officers Chosen for Odd Fellows Group
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows meeting in Williams and Glenn lodges, with Grand Master J. E. Bodenhamer and other officers present, elected new officers including C. Parsons and Jake Joel. The gathering in Franklin county near Roys ton set the next meeting at Tyson Lodge No. 479. Grand Master urged thrift, loyalty to government, and continued fraternal service.
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Tyson Lodge
Franklin County
Royston
Odd Fellows
Thirty-Odd Lodges
Independent Order
Williams and Glenn
Grand Lodge
Odd Fellowship
Giorgia
D. DG
R. W. Haynie
J. E. Bodenhamer
Georgia
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