Italians Drive Teutons From Piave in Utter Rout
A.P. report says Austrian troops evacuated the Montello plateau and re-crossed the Piave as Italian attacks overwhelmed defenses along the river. Rome and Washington accounts claim 45,000 prisoners taken, vast booty seized, and the Italian navy aiding the victory. Entente leaders foresee further blows and American forces gain Belau Wood on the Marne front. Submarine threat rises as a British transport is sunk.
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Associated Press
Piave
Austrian War Office
Montello
Rome
Washington
France
Planders
Germany
Italy
Baker
Rowe
Diaz
The
Bellau Wood
Marne
Beleau Wood
Railroads Granted Extra 30 Days to File Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted railroads thirty extra days to file schedules for increased freight rates ordered by Director General McAdoo, effective tomorrow. This postpones immediate rate changes and delays the new schedules. Associated Press report from Washington dated June 24.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
McAdoo
Thornton's Luncheonette Special Today Menu
Readable menu item list shows special today items at Thornton's Luncheonette. Vegetable soup priced at 10 cents Brunswick stew 20 cents Backbone and spare ribs with mashed potatoes squash cold slaw and muffins 22 cents Cold boiled ham 26 cents Half spring chicken fried The Peaches and cream 10 cents Home made pies Lemon Apple Coconut Coffee Sc Buttermilk 5 cents Iced Tea 5 cents.
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Thornton's
Notice of Sale at 148 Parke Avenue
Furnishings available for sale at 148 Parke Avenue just off Prince Avenue include bed-frames mattresses a writing desk rockers washstands dressers parlor suite flower pots dining table chairs side-board oil stove hall rugs and more Also a Buick truck pigs chickens and 1-2 ton coal All must be sold at buyer's price Tuesday June 25 party leaving city Pick up location 148 Parke Avenue
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Parke Avenue
Prince Avenue
Buick
Fresh Green Butter Beans and More From Arnold and Abney
Advertised produce includes fresh green butter beans tender snap beans eggplants Georgia cantaloupes. Arnold and Abney emphasize quality and variety in their offerings with repeated brand mention.
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Georgia
Arnold & Abney
War Savings Stamps drive demands Clarke County effort
Clarke county residents are urged to meet a quota of half a million dollars plus forty thousand for War Savings Stamps. The column stresses every man woman and child should buy at least twenty dollars, while acknowledging some can buy more. It cites patriotic duty, historical anecdotes, and moral appeals to encourage widespread participation and support for Uncle Sam’s war financing.
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Athens
Clarke County
Uncle Sam
Belgium
France
Hell
United States
God
Great farm tractor demonstration at Commerce today
The Georgia State Council for National Defense hosts a tractor demo at Commerce to show tractors replacing mule power for plowing amid labor shortages. Gov. Hugh Dorsey will speak, arriving at 10 for 11 a.m. remarks, with the event slated for 2 p.m. Local farmers, Clarke County residents, and farm owners are urged to attend as state and federal agricultural officials participate.
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Council of Defense
Commere
Commerce
Georgia State Council For National Defense
Harry Hodgson
State Council
Hugh Dorsey
Athens
Mr. Hodgson
Clarke County
Messrs
J. E. Bodenhamer
Geo. A. Maloney
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Sam J. Slate
Athens Four Hundred urged to meet at Y M C A
The Banner notes the complete Athens Four Hundred list and urges all four hundred to assemble at the YMCA this evening at 6:30 to receive marching orders for the War Savings campaign. The notice stresses the importance of every listed worker's attendance.
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Athens
German plots hide enemy assets as American fronts revealed
New York, June 24. German schemes to cloak assets as American companies were exposed when Allen Property Custodian Palmer claimed control of three German owned firms with total capital of 3.5 million. The plan labeled these holdings as American firms and arranged payments in notes due after three years, hoping the war would end then. Changes in company leadership and substitutions in several units were noted as part of the scheme.
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Associated Press
New York
Allen Property
Palmer
J. Moss
F. A. Lipscomb
Bat
Hardeman
R. Lee Callaway
T. S. Mell
Bat F
Sanford
Emily Mason
C. D. Cox
Co. 23
Pattman
Major Hodgson
Embargo Lifted on Outside Flour Shipments to Georgia
Georgia State Food Administrator Soule issued an order lifting the embargo on flour shipments from outside points into the state. The measure eases prior stringency though the administrator urges continued conservation and prudent handling of flour supplies.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Soule
Cotton Bloom Reported Near City Limits
Mr. W. S. Bullard reports a cotton bloom seen near Barberville on the 24th. The sighting adds to local agricultural chatter as residents note increasing bloom activity in the area.
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W. S. Bullard
Barberville
Fire devastates Watkinsville store and blocks
A midnight blaze in Watkinsville obliterated the store of L. H. Aiken and damaged adjacent shops owned by Miss Wayne Edge and J. M. McRee. Estimated loss is $15,000 with only about $2,000 insured for the block. about $1,000 worth of goods may be saved. Two Athens fires followed, damaging a kitchen and a mattress plant. the latter involved cotton bought for explosives with about $200 damage.
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Watkinsville
L. H. Aiken
Mr. McRee
Athens
B. F. A. Jackson
Hugh Jackson
Meigs Street
Church
Athens Mattress Company
Severnment
No Advance On Coal Rate Unless Freight Advance Really Paid
The Banner publishes a Georgia notice by Dr J G Hardman Federal Fuel Administrator announcing the US Fuel Administration order. It prohibits coal dealers from adding advance freight rates unless the dealer has actually paid such an advance. The rule takes effect June 25.
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J. G. Hardman
Commerce
Georgia
United States
Lottery to Draw Numbers for Late Registrants
Washington June 21 The second national lottery to determine order numbers for three quarters of a million men enrolled June 5 under the selective service law will be held here probably Thursday or Friday. The procedure followed will be similar to that last year.
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Associated Press
Washington
First Baptist Alters Midweek Prayer Hour for Summer
Announcement states the First Baptist church changes the mid week prayer service hour from 8:30 p m to 6:30 p m for the summer months. Also note fresh eggs sold at 20c a dozen with a special price for today only by Arnold & Abney.
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First Baptist
First Baptist Church
Arnold & Abney
Ten Thousand Georgia Men to Be Called in July
Atlanta June 24 Approximately ten thousand selectmen distributed among white and negro registrants will be called into service from Georgia during July it was learned here tonight.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Mutual Draft Law Operation Reciprocated by Senate Vote
Washington June 24 The senate ratified treaties with Great Britain for reciprocal operation of army draft laws for their citizens including Canadians with no dissenting vote. The agreement covers mutual registration and exemptions under each nation's draft system.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Senate
Predicted Federal Suffrage Amendment Passes Senate Thursday
Washington jun 24 After a White House conference with the president, the delegation of senators backing the house federal suffrage amendment predicted the senate would pass the measure on Thursday. They report the president is very enthusiastic in support of the amendment.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
House
Senate
Thousands Drafts Pouring Into Camp Gordon This Week
Atlanta reports flows of draftees into Camp Gordon this week as Georgia selectmen and Chicago contingents join to fill the state quota. The movement gathers thousands of men, including a notable number of African American soldiers, to meet the expected enlistment targets.
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Camp Gordon
Atlantic Coast Line shopmen strike at Waycross
In Waycross Georgia on June 24 approximately 1000 Atlantic Coast Line workers in local shops went on strike. The dispute centers on the re employment of a suspended assistant foreman as the alleged cause of the stoppage.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Waycross
Associated Press
Colored woman declared lunatic by the jury
Minnie Crawford, a colored woman, was yesterday declared to be of unsound mind and a fit subject for treatment at the state sanatorium by a jury summoned by the ordinary. Fox River Butter 55 Fresh today. Arnold & Abney.
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Minnie Crawford
Fox River
Arnold & Abney
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