Sands of Flanders Running Crimson With British Blood
British troops hold against a German assault on the Sands of Flanders as shellfire obliterates trenches and Russians push east on a fifty mile front from Halics to the Dneister, with Austro German positions falling and fighting continuing on multiple fronts.
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Sands OF Flanders
Associated Press
France
Flanders
Yécor
Halics
Carpathians
Lomnica
Dneister
Ehilus
Kaluse
Peresinsko
Bohorodosany
St. Quentin
Pargny- Filan
Argonne
Meuse
Rheims
Pripet Marshes
Romania
Diva
Shara
Smorgon
Pinsk
War Department Seeks $10 Billion In War Time Appropriations
Washington July 13 The War Department plans a general deficiency bill to cover near term needs. The measure will group all war purposes and is estimated to reach 3,000,000,000 dollars, bringing total war appropriations to 10,000,000,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Woman Guilty of Murder Must Hang
Mrs Amy Archer-Gilligan was found guilty of murdering Franklin Andrews by poisoning on May 20 1916. She faces execution on November 6 1917 for the death of a Windsor inmate.
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Amy Archer-Gilligan
Franklin Andrews
Andrews
Windsor
Government to Offer Ship Plant Contracts for 400 Ships
Washington July 18 General Goethals announces contracts for two government owned shipping plants to build 400 steel merchant ships. He outlines plans to commandeer 1,500,000 tons of private construction and speed up production within eighteen months to 3,000,000 tons total. The Emergency Fleet Corporation will also continue wooden ship contracts.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
General Goethals
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Denman
Gen. Goethals
Lecture by Dr. Edwin Mims Promotes The Art of Thinking
Dr Edwin Mims of Vanderbilt University gave an engaging lecture on The Art of Thinking to teachers and friends at the University campus. He spoke at chapel yesterday morning and will lecture again tonight and this evening at State Normal chapel with a reception to follow. Next week the Devereux Players present five dramas with tickets selling for one dollar and fifty cents for all five performances, or thirty cents per play, available at Palmer's Costa's and the registrar's office on campus.
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University
Edwin Mims
Vanderbilt University
State Normal
Devereux
Palmer's
Costa's
Physical Training Emphasized by Georgia Curriculum Committee
The University of Georgia Curriculum Committee considers strengthening the curriculum with regulated physical exercise to cure defects noted by physicians and adding courses in military science to prepare students for national needs.
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University of Georgia Curriculum Committee
Fresh Shelled Pecans and Condiments
A concise shopper note lists fresh shelled pecans and dairy condiments including Philadelphia cream cheese and pimento cheese. Adds honey in the comb and freshly grated horseradish sold in 15 cent jars.
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Philadelphia
Arnold & Abney
Government to intern German elements of I W W
Seattle July 13 The United States government will intern German dominated members of the Industrial Workers of the World. Clay Allen United States attorney says investigations show many members are aliens and those involved in anti disorganization will be interned. Sheriff denies censoring AP dispatches and a war department probe is ordered. Federal authorities to handle fugitives in New Mexico stockades with food.
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Washington, D. C
Finland
Associated Press
Seattle
United States
Industrial Workers of the World Organization
Clay Allen
Douglas
Ariz
Bisbee
Industrial Workers of the World
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Robert Rea
H. H. Stout
Copper Queen
Army Office
Stout
Het
REA and Stout
New York
Western Union
Phelps-Dodge Company
War Department
Santafe
New Mexico
Lindsey
Simpson
Columbus
Stockades
B. H. McCloud
Pres. Rhett
National Chamber of Commerce
McCloud
Chamber of Commerce
Delegates Named at Athens District Methodist Session
The Athens District Conference of the Methodists adjourned after a prosperous session to meet next July in Bishop Ga. Four delegates to the North Georgia annual conference in LaGrange were elected J A Moss Tignall E A Copelan Greensboro J M Pound Athens F H Ficklen Washington with James Morton and A H Winter as alternates. Two candidates were licensed W A Kelley Lexington and Samuel Heldt Belk Athens son of Rev S R Belk Vanderbilt honors and a master’s from Columbia now at Emory Theoder Jere M Pound re elected lay leader.
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Athens
The
Methodists
Bishop
J. A. Moss
Tignall
E. A .Copelan
Greensboro
J. M. Pound
F. H. Ficklen
Washington
Messrs
James Morton
A. H. Winter
W. A. Kelley
Lexington
Samuel Heldt Belk
Bel
Telephone Produce Exchange Proposed by Athens Chamber
At a chamber meeting presiding officers discussed a county wide telephone produce exchange to connect growers with town buyers. Farmers would list available goods by phone for curbside pickup, trimming costs by avoiding packing and transport. The plan aims to benefit producers and consumers with lower prices and fresher goods.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
Pres. J. F. Tibbetts
See
D. P. Haselton
Messrs. C. D. Flanigen
W. G. Griffeth
C. H. Heidler
D. F. Miller
R. C. Wilson
H. A. Nix
Homer Stark
D. G. Bickers
Mr. Miller
Chamber of Commerce
Quiet Again as Royalist General Seeks Dutch Legation
Peiping dispatches report quiet restored in the capital after Republican forces overwhelmed monarchist troops. General Chang Haun's first contingent surrendered and the general is said to be a refugee at the Dutch legation in Peiping.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
First Men Drawn to Fill Up Army
Washington reports preparations for a nationwide draft of 687,000 men next week after a presidential order. Governors will assign state quotas to local exemption districts before the drawing. Enlistees since April 1 will count toward state quotas, with Georgia listed at 27,209.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Guard
Georgia
Costas Delicatessen ad offers fresh fruit and meats
The shop advertises cantaloupes from Rocky Ford and Georgia watermelons on ice, along with peaches, California plums, juicy oranges and lemons, celery, cucumbers, Irish potatoes, Roquefort cheese, Frank's meat treats, Angel cake, and more. Orders can be phoned to 1131 as shipments arrive. The piece also notes a meeting of Athens leaders planning outreach to chamber and trade bodies and a summer vacation schedule reducing weekly meetings.
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Rocky Ford
Georgia
California
Frank
Messrs. C. D. Heidler
D. G. Bickers
Sec. Haselton
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Savannah
Brunswick
Charleston
Jacksonville
Athens
Women join voluntary National League service in Clarke county
The Clarke county community prepares for mass registration of women in the National League for Woman's Service voluntary program. Mrs W L Peel of Atlanta outlines aims to classify and place women for wartime duty while stressing no compulsion and no penalties for not serving.
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Clarke County
National League For Woman's Service
W. L. Peel
Atlanta
John T. Anderson
Classified Ads Quick Results in The Banner
The notice extols using the Banner classified ads to fill hundreds of wants quickly, stressing time as a factor and urging readers to place notices to speed up getting what they desire.
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Aera
Berk
Geto
Lookout Mountain
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Vanguard
Admiralty
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Goethals
U. 5
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Imen
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