Georgia Automobile Association Meets in City for Road Plan
The executive committee of the Georgia State Automobile Association held a morning meeting with Clarke county’s local motor club at the Chamber of Commerce. Leaders discussed state aid, a permanent highway system, and a statewide road-building tour planned to run from Atlanta through 64 counties with 15 official cars starting April 15.
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Georgia State Automobile Asociation
Clarke County
Chamber of Commerce
Motor Sta
Macon
Atlanta
Atlanta—and They Were All Atlantans, Except Mr. M. J. Abney
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Clarke County Motor Club
W. Tom Winn
State Association
Wylee West
Frank J’. Reynolds
Mears
J. Wooding
Geo H. Holliday
Fr. G. Woolford
T. R. Gentry
John M. Harrison
Tomas
Abney
Real Highway Commission
West
Sate Auto Association
Winn
Georgia
California
Connecticut
Maryland
New York
Holman
Flanigen
Gentry
Woolford
Association
Valdosta
Tifton
Americus
Columbus
Waycross
Searcy
Milledgeville
Monroe
Augusta
Athens
Southern Good Roads Association
Bankhead Association
Little Rock
Georgia Senate
House
Must AWAIT Explanation Robertson s Retirement
London February 18 The public must wait twenty four hours for the governments explanation of General Robertson s retirement and the Versailles conference decisions. Bonar Law and House leaders declined to anticipate the premier s statement Lloyd George will speak tomorrow afternoon if he recovers from a severe chill. Law s speech signals readiness to face a censure vote, but Robertson s acceptance of another command reduces expected issues from the address.
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Associated Press
London
Robertson
Versailes
Bonar Law
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Law
Shipyard Strike Ends as Government Terms Set
Washington reports the president's intervention ends the shipyard strike with workers to return by noon tomorrow. William L. Hutcheson of the Carpenters and Joiners Brotherhood is expected to meet officials while William Blackman of the emergency fleet corporation warns of labor-wide impact if ships cannot be produced. Fresh fish ad and road tour notes interleave this page.
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Associated Press
Washington
William L. Hutcheson
Carpenters and Joiners Brotherhood
William Blackman
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Express Thief Alleged and $300 of Stolen Property Captured
Police arrest Will Thomason as he alighted from a train at the S A L station on Sunday night. He faces charges of extensive robbery of the Southern Express Company. Officers recovered clothing, automobile supplies, and other goods totaling several hundred dollars. Thomason, employed as an express driver, was turned over to state authorities.
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Police Department
Will Thomason
Southern Express Company
Express Company
Thomasson
Guy Hancock
The
Peoples Bank
South urged to raise food for people and livestock
The 1918 food production program urges increased spring acreage for wheat and more meat, especially hogs, with the South told to feed its population and livestock first and then plant as much cotton as feasible. It says best efforts are needed to produce enough food in 1918 regardless of war duration, and that labor issues can be improved with better organization and skilled farm labor classification.
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Associated Press
Washington
South
Althou
Fayette County Mob Kills Man After Robbery Attempt
Fayetteville Ga February 18 Bud Cosby a Black man was fatally harmed by a mob after he allegedly attempted to rob the home of Mrs Barney McElwaney near Aberdeen and held her two year old child. The child was found unharmed and returned to its mother. Cosby’s body was found hanging near the scene in a neighboring tree.
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Associated Press
Fayetteville
Bud Cosby
Fayette County
Barney McElwaney
Aberdeen
Smokes Week Appeals for Our Boys in France
Wartime plea from Corporal Turner and readers urges sending tobacco to soldiers in trenches. The piece explains Smok es Week as a national drive, notes a dollar buys a month’s supply, and prints a soldier’s letter praising tobacco’s boost to morale. Local contributions from The Athens Banner and readers are listed.
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France
Jack Turner
Urance” Tobacco Fund
Jany
Washington
Athens Banner
Morton
Ee Wees
Billion Dollar Urgency Deficiency Bill Passes House
The billion dollar urgency deficiency bill, carrying one billion seven million two hundred twenty thousand dollars, includes half a billion for the military establishment and large sums for the navy and other branches. The bill passed the House today without a record vote and moves to the Senate for prompt action.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Bananas Case Fires Through City Court Jury
Judge West presided in a city court session with multiple judgments and orders. Two related suits by S. Zemurray against P. Petropol over banana shipments were tried together with one verdict for $50 to the plaintiff after tender of payment, and a second verdict for the defendant. The regular calendar resumes today with jurors stricken for the first docketed case.
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West
Would Have Germany Come to Understanding With the United States
Wilson's last address to Congress is read as a signal of willingness to pursue peace talks with the United States. Editorials in South German papers urge Central Powers to seek an understanding through diplomacy while wartime fronts show ongoing actions across Europe and in Russia.
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Germany
United States
Washington
Presi
Dent Wilson
South Ger
Amsterdam
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Ukraine
Vienna
Thornton's Luncheonette Menu Ad Features Specials
A 1920s style luncheon advertisement lists chicken salad on bread with coffee chocolate or milk for 25 cents, vegetable soup 10 cents, scalloped oysters with creamed potatoes, various pies 10 cents, and beverages. It mentions local produce from Arnold & Abney and assorted groceries and items like Irish potatoes and smoked bloaters.
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Automobile Association
Arnold & Abney
Crisco
Red Cross
Private Bradley
Co. F
Eighteenth Infantry
ARMY
Norfolk
Frank
Costa
Costa's
Peoples Market
Dwina
Berlin
Sweden
Odessa
Minskere
Allons
Tera
Petrograd
Lenine
North
Moscow
Rome
Frances Rowe
Joe H. Booth
M. D. Browning
Coe
Sloman
W. M. Thomas
Kate Simpson
T. B. Wootten
J. J. Jenings
Thornton
South Georgia
Florida
Arnold &Abney
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