Senate backs war finance bill amid general support
The Senate approved the administration bill to create a war finance corporation with a 4.5 billion dollar fund to aid war industry. Three senators voted against the measure: Harding of Ohio Sherman of Missouri and Hardwick of Georgia.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Noday
War Finance Corporation
House
Harding
Ohio
Sherman
Milneis
Hardwick
Georgia
Howell Cobb dies in Camp Forrest mission and honor
Howell Cobb, 23, Georgia native and officer candidate, died at Camp Forrest Chickamauga after meningitis and pneumonia setbacks. He was a grandson of Judge Howell Cobb and Capt. Wiley B. Burnett, survived by grandmothers Mrs. Howell Cobb and Mrs. W B Burnett, with funeral plans forthcoming. He had planned to join Ft McPherson officers camp but fate redirected him to service in his native state.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Howell Cobb
Georgia
Fort Oglethorpe
Athens
Camp Forrest
Chickamauga
Ft. McPherson
South
Republic
el Paso
Texas
Wiley B. Burnett
W. B.burnett
Presbyterian Church
Oconee
Y M C A Home Base Drive Nets Strong Athens Subscriptions
Athens Y M C A campaign to raise 7000 for current year expenses closed with 290 subscriptions totaling 5276 dollars. Citizens Committee led by Billups Phinizy secured 290 subs for 5276 dollars while the Women’s Committee under Mrs. George Dudley Thomas supported with 40 ladies and six captains.
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Athens
Billups Phintzy
Citizens Committee
George Dudley Thomas
Ladies’ Committee
Forbes
Vfor
Acpoeae
Troops and Supplies Going Schedule Time
The Associated Press reports Pershing troops and supplies are moving to France on schedule. Op timing suggests major western front operations may begin after May first. weather delayed large offensives but progress continues.
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Associated Press
Washington
General Pershing
France
Western Front
National Party Platform Embraces Prohibition and Farm Help
Chicago March 7 The National Party adopts a platform calling for equal suffrage nationwide prohibition and radical farm and labor legislation. The platform backs crop storage loans farm insurance and tax exemptions on farm equipment to aid farmers.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National Party
Prohibition Party
Finland Signs Peace With Huns In Berlin Treaty
Berlin reports announce Finland and Germany have signed a peace treaty with trade and shipping accords. Finland pledges no territorial cession without German consent. German claims of Allied prisoner captures and heavy air and artillery action are noted, with mentions of Bolshevik relations and American front developments.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Finland
Germany
Berlin
Teutons
Jamburg
Petrograd
Francis
Vologda
Chemin Des Dames
Lorraine
Toul
Siberia
Leland Powers to Read David Copperfield at Lucy Cobb
Tonight at Lucy Cobb Institute the famed reader Leland Powers will give a lecture in the chapel as part of the lyceum series. The appearance promises a strong showcase by the American stage reader and author.
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Lucy Cobb Institute
Leland Powers
America
David Copperfield
The
Institute
Re classification of draft candidates by medical boards
Washington announces revised instructions for draft medical advisory boards classifying men into four groups from one to four, detailing acceptable general service, post-treatment eligibility, limited service, or exemption. Advertisements note fresh produce and canned fish from local grocers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Athens Chamber Plans Drive to Boost Clarke Food Production
At the January meeting, Athens Chamber of Commerce approves a statewide food production campaign for Clarke and surrounding counties. A rally is set for March 16 with Dr A M Soule and other speakers urged to push increased food and feed crops. A public meeting follows March 17 with 100 plus business leaders and agriculture experts to visit schools and churches across Clarke and neighboring counties.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
Martin J. Abney
Clarke
Athens
Soule
College of Agriculture
Chamber of Commerce
Holman Building
A. M. Soule
Georgia
United States
Exceptions Revoked To 50-50 Wheat Rule
Washington reports that all exceptions to the fifty-fifty substitutes rule for wheat flour purchases were revoked to conserve wheat for the Allies. Dr A M Soule federal food administrator for the state said he had not yet received official advice and could not comment on the revocation's scope or effect.
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Associated Press
Washington
Food Administration
Soule
A. M. Soule
Railroad buys planned under government supervision
Washington March 7 partial centralization of purchasing between a billion and two billion dollars worth of railroad supplies and equipment this year under government supervision is involved in a plan for organizing the railroad administration's division of finance and purchases announced today by Director General McAdoo.
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Associated Press
Washington
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
Rear Admiral Perry Dies in North Carolina Winter Spot
Rear Admiral Thomas Perry retired and died suddenly in Southern Pines North Carolina where he was spending the winter. The cause of death was not announced.
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Py Associated Press
Washington
Thomas Perry
Southern Pines
N. C
Thornton's Luncheonette Menu and Local Advertisers
A pasted page shows Thornton's Luncheonette offerings with prices for thicken salad soup oysters and pies, plus beverages. The advertisement lists local business names across insurance printing fuel transportation conventions railroads real estate and agriculture, naming investors and officials such as Arnold & Abney and H. J. Rowe.
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Iles Brunswick
Thornton's
B. 8
Dobbs
Sidney Doles Gasper Palmisano
G. C. Armstrong
H. J. Rowe
H. H Gordon, Jr
Harry Hodgson
C. M. Snellings
J. Warren Smith
H. V. Head
W. T. Collins
H. Dorsey
W. W. Scott
Aaron Cohen
C. W
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College Ave
Liberty Bakery
Buchwald's
YM. CA
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W. C. Ash
Hodgson
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Billups Phinizy
J. M. Pound
T. J. Dozier
Paul H. Smith, Jr
Joel A. Wier
Max Michael
H. F. Patat
E. R. Hodgson, Jr
H. H. Gordon, Jr
M. G. Nicholaco
J. W. Jarrell, Jr
J. W.barnett
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Pershing
Hammond Johnson
Johnson
Julius Talmadge
H. W. Odum
T. F. Green
Co. F
Louis Funkenstein
NEW National Party
Tonga
California
Arnold & Abney
Chamber Commerce
Dr. Soule
M. J Abney
Messrs. G. A Mell
C. D. Flanigen
F. W. Carroll
W. F. Dorsey
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Sidney Boley
J. J. Wills
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J. F. Tibbetts
Rodney C. Wilson
John T. Dittard
Winterville
George H. Thurmond
M. J. Abney
W. T. Bryan
M. G. Michael
J. J. Wilkins
W. G. Griffeth
C. D. Flantgen
C. M. Strahan
A. J. Palmer
G. A
BE. B. Mell
H. A. Nix
W O. Payne
H. B. Ritchie
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A. W. Brooks
T. J. Wooster
M. P. Jarnigan
J. Y. Talmadge
Perry
Thornton
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