Athens Boy Allen Fleming Jr among Manley missing
In a Washington report Vice Admiral Sims said seventeen were missing from the destroyer Manley after a collision with a British warship and a depth charge explosion. Allen Fleming Jr of Athens Ga is named among the missing. his father learned the news with shock after a hopeful telegram. Fleming, an Athens native, had studied at the University of Georgia and worked in newspapers before joining the navy as a crew member on the Manley.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Manley
Allen Fleming, Jr
Genman
Athens
Fiening
Bureau of Information
I. C. Palmer
Youngeta
Fleming
Prince Avenue
Julian Fleming
France
Seaman Allen Fleming, Jr
Favy Department
Work Alten Fleming, Jr
University of Georgia
Jersey Seaboard
America
United States
Clarke county teachers institute meets at courthouse
The Clarke county taxpayers institute for Clarke county opens today with a morning session 9 to 12 in the superintendent Capt T H Dod er and State Supervisor J O Martin in charge and an afternoon session 1 30 to 4 in the city courthouse with state college extension experts. The public is invited to the afternoon program. An obituary notes the death of a young seaman from Athens honored for patriotic service with survivors in Athens Valdosta and France and references local Wheat substitutes advertised by Arnold Abney.
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Taxpayers’ Institute
Clarke County
T. H. Doder
J. O. Martin
Oglethorpe
Crawford
City Court
State College Extension Department
American reserves not yet sent into battle Pershing says
General Pershing cabled the War Department that two American railroad engineer regiments are attached to British forces on the front attacked by Germans. Three companies operate in areas cited by German officials as having American troops, and no report confirms their engagement. The message dispels reports of American reserves entering combat.
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Associated Press
Washington
General Pershing
War Department
Pershing
British line holds firm as German onslaught continues
Allied report says British forces in Picardy withstand German pressure with stubborn defense despite footholds gained west of St Quentin. French troops take over sectors to free Britons for northern sectors. Berlin claims 45 000 prisoners and both sides suffer heavy losses.
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Cope
St. Quentin
Neal
Guiscard
Russia
Rumania
Serbia
Berlin
London and Paris Remain Calm Amid War Strains
Reports say London and Paris remain calm despite setbacks while Italy shows renewed activity along the Piave. American artillery bombards German positions near Toul as battles continue from the Somme to the North Sea. British forces push north of Jericho and along the Jordan in Palestine.
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London
Paris
Italy
Piave River
Toul
Somme
North Sea
Palestine
Jericho
Jordan
Severe fighting on wide fronts near Peronne and Bapaume
London dispatch reports that fighting of the most severe description has raged all day on the fronts south of Peronne and north of Bapaume. Field Marshal Haig says British troops were forced to yield ground to German forces at Neal and Bapaume, with heavy fighting continuing despite gallant resistance.
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London
Peronne
Bapaume
Haig
Neal
Only Once Did Germans Reach British Trenches
The British repelled powerful German attacks yesterday north of Bapaume. German infantry briefly reached British trenches at one point beside the Somme but were immediately thrown out. Elsewhere, rifle, machine gun, and artillery fire halted further advances as German troops suffered heavy losses.
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Bapaume
Somme
Licourt
Brie
Perrone
Council Adopts Tentative Budget After Audit Review
The council met in a called session to discuss expenditures across departments and the ongoing audit report. A tentative budget was agreed, pending changes, with the education board seeking higher teacher salaries and a slight tax-rate increase to fund the raise. The city education board meets this afternoon and the bond commission convenes tonight.
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Board of Education
C. D. Flanigen
Aaron Cohen
Council
City Board of Education
Bond Commission
Mothers Gather at YWCA for Service Members Families
Mothers sisters and wives of boys in service invited to meet at the YWCA this afternoon at 4 30. Mrs Hamilton McWhorter chairman also advertisements for fresh produce from Arnold and Abney including fresh spinach carrots beans and new potatoes with price cuts on old Irish potatoes and a note that potatoes have declined in price.
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Hamilton McWhorter
Arnold & Abney
Banner Bulletins Read by Hundreds
War bulletins from the Associated Press drew hundreds to see the displays in street windows. Crowds formed along sidewalks day and night as the Banner published latest dispatches, attracting curious readers from Gainesville to Winterville and beyond.
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Associated Press
Banner
Yootardey
Gainesville
Washington
Lexington
Winterville
Commerce
Jefferson
Pendergrass
Comer
Watkinsville
Danielsville
General Wood urges five million man army for America
Washington reports General Leonard Wood returning from France told the Senate military committee that Allied opinion holds the German offensive will fail, but urged enlarging the American force to four to five million. He noted French disappointment at the size sent and recommended maintaining two and a half million in France, with another two and a half million in training.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Lonard Wood
Senate Military Committee
Europe
Ohio Mob At Delphas Forcibly Uproots Pro Germans
A Lima Ohio report from March 25 describes a mob at Delphas beginning a house to house search. They dragged out suspected pro German residents, forced them to salute the American flag, and threatened hanging or drowning if the flag remained or if the store flag was removed from a healthy German merchant, who was compelled to salute it.
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Associated Press
Lima
Ohio
Delphas
Here
Governor Offers Reward For Mob Lynching Captive
Atlanta March 25 Governor Dorsey offered a $500 reward for any mob member who lynched Spencer Evans after he was taken from the Taliaferro county jail Friday. He also asked Attorney General Walker to rule on his authority to call Sheriff Sturdivant to account for the lynching.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Dorsey
Nerge
Spencer Evans
Taliaferro County
Walker
Sturdivant
All Trains in U S Hour Late on Sunday
Washington March 25 Most night trains will be one hour late next Sunday due to daylight saving time. Director General McAdoo urged railroads to advance clocks at 2 a.m. Sunday. Trains will depart cities on Saturday night at the old time.
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Associated Press
Washington
McAdoo
Third Liberty Bond to Issue at 4 Percent Interest
Washington reported McAdoo announced a three billion dollar loan with four percent interest. Oversubscriptions accepted. bonds noncallable Until maturity with sinking fund plan. Legislation to authorize up to four point five billion in bonds prepared for Congress. Buttons for buyers unveiled for Third Liberty Bonds. sixteen million buttons ready.
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Associated Press
Washington
McAdoo
Plana O
Mar 'Keet
York
Marah
Seliester
Cleopatra Drenched Crowds See Colonial Crowds Cleopatra Draw
Good audiences saw Cleopatra yesterday afternoon and last night at the Colonial. Theda Bara stars in a lavish photoplay praised as a triumph of film art and staging. Photographed in California, the production cost about 15 000 and features 30 000 extras, ancient Roman and Egyptian sets, and fifty distinct costumes with jewel sets. Arnold & Abney note head lettuce 15c and fresh celery.
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The
Nile
Thedas Bara
California
Rottug
Miss Bara
Cleopatra
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the Nile
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