Pershing Announces Return of All Divisions Except Regulars
General Pershing notified the War Department that divisions of the American expeditionary forces not designated as regulars will be sent back to the United States on arrival at their French divisional HQs. The order, based on available tonnage and anticipated German shipping, lists the sailing order from March through June for multiple divisions.
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Associated Press
Washington
General Pershing
War Department
United States
France
Farm Demonstrator Opens His Office
Mr. Jones Purcell the newly appointed county farm demonstration agent has opened his office in the courthouse beside the board of roads and revenues. He will be in daily for a week with visits to the fields on alternate days, discussing acreage, planting more food crops, and distributing new department bulletins on safe farming amid rising 1919 concerns.
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Jones Purcell
Court House
Board of Roads and Revenues
Rte
Washington
Bradford Knapp
Purcell
Texas
Texa
Texia
Oklahoma
France
Belgium
Europe
City Board Seeks 25000 for Teacher Pay Raise
The city board of education moved to request a 25000 appropriation from the city council to raise teachers' salaries by about 4 percent. The plan also calls for Saturday sessions through the term to compensate for time lost to influenza. Resignation of Miss Chioa Duke, history teacher, was received.
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Board OF Education
City Board of Education
Oconee Street Schol
Chioa Duke
Measure Providing Army of 538000 Men Approved by Committee
The Senate military committee approved the annual army appropriation bill proposing a temporary force of about 538000 officers and men after next July first. Efforts will be made to pass it before adjournment, but leaders fear it may fall in the final rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Military Committee
Elks Meet Tonight at 8 O'clock on Broad Street
A call to Hogeye Orr Lodge No. 790 to convene this evening at eight at the Broad Street home corner Lumpkin. Members urged to attend as matters of great importance to the lodge will be discussed.
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Hog Ot Orr
Broad Street
Lumpkin
German Disorder Reports Used to Pressure Peace Talks
Paris dispatch says Matin accuses German propaganda bureaus of sending alarmist reports about disturbances in Germany to sway decisions at the peace conference. The note frames the information as deliberate German propaganda aimed at influencing outcomes.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Matin
Strahan Readies Georgia Highway Measure Proposal
A special legislative committee in Atlanta presents a highway reform plan aimed at creating a state highway commission and funding via an increased motor vehicle tax. Prof. C. M. Strahan outlines a nonbond, three-member zone system and a complementary Andrews bill proposes a 12-district council and a $30 million bond issue to build a network linking county seats. The session spurs calls for an extra legislative session to capture a pending federal road appropriation.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Highway Commission
Budget Commission
State Highway Commission
Special Legislative Highway Commission
C. M. Strahan
University of Georgia
Midare
Fiy
Strahan
Walter P. Andrews
Special Highway Committee
Legislture
Ech
Andrewa
Will Stop Pampering Yards and Coddling Men
Washington daily report says labor agreements between shipyard operators and employers made by the shipping board adjustment commission during the war will be superseded by a new system aimed at ending favoritism toward yards and workers. Charles Prez, director of the general emergency fleet corporation, announced the change.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Shipping Board
Adjustment Commission
Charles Prez
General Emergency Fleet Corporation
Eighteen Troop Ships Sail Home With 30,000 Men
Washington reports the largest homeward movement of troops since the overseas army broke up. Eighteen troop ships have sailed from French ports carrying nearly 30,000 officers and men. Units from the Ninety-second division and the Eighty seventh national army division are among those sailing home.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Ninety-second
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
No Extra Session Until President Returns
President Wilson will not call an extra session of Congress until after his return from Europe. Senator Martin, Democratic leader, said after a White House conference that return would likely be by June 1. The president intends to stay in Europe until the peace treaty is concluded, and Republicans may be held accountable for stalled measures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Europe
Martin
Senate
White House
American Pitch Pine Exports Company Formed in New Orleans
A million dollar export firm named the American Pitch Pine Exports Company was organized in New Orleans by eleven major pitch pine manufacturers from Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama. W H Sullivan of the Great Southern Lumber Company was elected president with headquarters in New Orleans.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
South
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
American Pitch Pine Exports Company
W. H. Sullivan
Great Southern Lumber Company
Storkerson and team Reach Ottawa Safe After Arctic Drift
Arctic explorer Storkerson and four companions are reported safe in Ottawa after sailing from the north coast of Alaska last March 1918. Dispatches from Fort Yukon indicate their drift across the polar basin ended near the Siberian coast as the ice carried them in a large eddy.
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Ottawa
Alaska
Storker Storkersin
Arctic
Fort Yukon
Canadian Naval Service
Storkerson
Polar Basin
Siberian
I'm So Happy at Colonial Theatre
Manager S M Funkenstein promotes Frederick V Bowers as star of the well known comedian musical comedy. He praises the company and predicts high attendance with reservations from out of town. The Atlanta Constitution lauded the show, which played in Atlanta and will have matinee and evening performances today.
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Colonial
Colonial Theatre
Frederick V. Bowers
Bowers
Atlanta Constitution
M. Funkenstein
Chinese Japanese rail pact notes disclosed
Paris reports that Japanese financiers gain rights to construct and ban railways across Mongolia Manchuria and China proper while Japan may operate trains on lines in Shantung under notes exchanged on September 24. The Chinese government also recognizes agreements between Japan and Germany on Shantung rights and interests.
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Associated Press
Paris
China
Mongolia
Manchuria
Shantung Province
Japan
Governors Labor Conference Set For March 3
Secretary of Labor Wilson announced after a cabinet meeting that a conference of governors will be held in Washington on March 3 to discuss the domestic labor situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor’s Labor
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Ink
Another Naval Man Held in Connection With Bribe Charges
Washington reports the arrest of two additional naval reservists in a bribery inquiry in the third naval district bringing total holders to five. Lieutenants Davis Ellert and Beck are named along with Benja min Davis Bennett James Ellert Lloyd Casey and Frederick A. Jones in allegations of securing naval assignments for civil gain. Davis allegedly received ten thousand dollars. Ellert about twenty thousand plus gifts. Casey about three thousand dollars and presents. Beck about one thousand dollars and gifts for shore berth placements.
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Associated Press
Washington
Third Naval District
Daniels
Benjamin
Davis
Benett James Ellert
Paul Beck
Boa
Waing
Lloyd G. Casey
Frederick A. Jones
Naval Service
Ellert
Department
Casey
Becks
Thompson Wins Republican Nomination in Chicago Primaries
Chicago reports Mayor William Hale Thompson secured the Republican nomination for re election by an indicated 45 000 vote plurality over Chief Justice Harry Olson while Charles E Merriam trails. Democrat Robert M Sweitzer defeats Thomas Carey for the nomination by sixty to seventy thousand.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Harry Olson
Charles E. Merriam
Robert M. Sweitzer
Thompson
Thomas Carey
Eastern Mediterranean Blockade Lifted United
Paris reports a Allied blockade in the eastern Mediterranean has been lifted. The move ends weeks of tension as shipping resumes in key routes.
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Mediterranean
Associated Press
Paris
Secretary Glass Urges Cheerful War Tax Payments
Secretary Glass urged the American people to pay the higher war taxes with cheer, effective today, as the president signs the new revenue bill. He called it the Victory tax meant to bear the cost of war and the boon of peace.
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Glass
Associated Press
Washington
Y M C A Directors Report Strong Year in Athens
The Athens Y M C A board reported a busy year ending October 1 with a productive program despite war activity. The financials show current expenses paid with about 9 000 owed on equipment and a 2 000 building mortgage due 1921, prompting a March campaign for 15 000 to support operations and debt clearance.
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Young Men's Christian Association
A. W. Jones
Hay
Athens
Forbes
New York
United States
Athens Young Men's Christian Association
Glarke County
Premier Clemenceau To Leave Hospital Tomorrow
Paris premier Clemenceau shows improved condition and will be able to leave his hospital tomorrow for the first time since he was shot. In San Francisco a slight earthquake was felt at 2 39 pm causing no damage.
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Clemnceau
San Francisco
Clemenceau
Associated Press
Wilson resumes heavy White House pace on first Capitol day
President Wilson returns to Washington and spends over ten hours at his desk signing twenty eight bills and joint resolutions, making numerous nominations, and consulting with the cabinet before a legislative situation conference with Senate Democratic Leader Martin. It marks one of the busiest days in recent years at the White House.
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Associated Press
Washington
Capitol
Wilson
Senate
Martin
White House
The Meteor Girl Benefit Postponed by Woman’s Club
The Woman's Club delays the benefit musical comedy The Meteor Girl to a later date after returning from Columbus. Rehearsals continue evenings this week to ensure a fine show, with early January preparations cited as influenza peaks. The production aims for a packed house when rescheduled.
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Woman's Club
Geo. L. Dick
Woman's Card
Columbus
Yow Brothers Expand Auto Plant On Spring Street
Yow Brothers, auto dealers, have leased the former Dozier building on Spring Street facing the Broad Street rear and are remodeling it into a large, modern auto repair and building plant. They expect to become one of the Souths largest facilities, with ample space to handle increased business and repairs. Their team will operate the expanded plant to meet growing demand for automobiles.
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Messrs
Yow Brothers
Broad Street
Spring Street
Dozier & Co
Messrs. Yow Brothers
Yew Brothers
Government to issue short term notes in place of long bonds
Financiers expect new government notes to attract investors as the Treasury plans a four type set of short term Victory notes for 1 to 5 years with varying interest and tax exemptions. Carter Glass signals a shift from long term bonds to flexible options aligned with postwar prosperity.
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Atlanta
Uncle Sam
Carter Glass
the Treasury
Congress
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W. T. Bryan
James W. Morton
Claud ‘Tuck
Morton | Hodgson
Robert White
John R. White
W. G. Griffeth
Frank E. Griffeth
Clarke County
E. R. Hodgson, Jr
L. F. Edwards
G. Booth
D. C. Barrow
Ino
J. Wilkins
C. A. Rowland
W. G. Slaughter
W. B
Freyuy
Zier & CO
Spring Stree
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