Bravery Citations Highlight Lieut Frank Holden War Service
In Crawfordville Georgia The Advocate-Democrat reports Lieut Frank A Holden of the city received multiple commendations for valor from his colonel and lieutenant colonel detailing actions in France during 1918 1919. They praise his loyalty cheerfulness personal danger disregard and impact on battalion morale during gas shell attacks at Norway and in the Argonne Forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advocate-Democrat
Crawfordville
Frank A. Holden
Holden
Athens
Argillieres
France
Norway
Richard Wetherill
United States
G. Edwant Buxton, Jr
A. S
St. Michiel
Argonne Forest
Battlefeld
Anopher
82Nd
Lieut
St. Mihiel
Argonne
1St Army Advanced Replacement Depot
40Th
82Nd Division
Alabama
Mississippi
157Th Infantry
California
228Th Infantry
328Th Infantry
328Th
J. M. Tillman
Frank Holden
University of Georgia
Law
Horace M. Holden
Fort McPherson
Leutenant
328Th Regiment
Norray
Vandleres
Wilson Aims George Washington To France At Earliest Possible
Washington April 8 President Wilson has ordered the transport George Washington to sail for France at the earliest time. Navy officials received instructions through Admiral Benson in Paris. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt said the George Washington would probably depart New York Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
George Washington
France
Navy Department
Admiral Benson
Naval Operations
Paris
Soviet Troops Seize Port of Odessa Report
Reported Soviet and Ukrainian Soviet forces have allegedly captured Odessa. Unconfirmed advices from Kiev relayed from Moscow via wireless state the seizure, with details pending confirmation from official sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Paris
Kiev
Moscow
Jap General Urges Mild Methods For Troops In Korea
General Utsunomiya, commander of the Japanese army in Korea, has issued a proclamation directing troops to use arms only as a last resort, and to treat the local people charitably and sympathetically, avoiding hostility toward families of demonstrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Seul
Utsunomiya
Korea
Hines and Industrial Board Still at Outs On The Steel Prices
Washington April 8 no conclusion reached at the conference between the industrial board and Director Hines over steel price adjustments. Further consideration postponed to Thursday. Board members question policy while Hines opposes railroad binding to board approved prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hines and Industrial Board
Washington
Industrial Board
Hines
Railroad Administration
Peek
Great Caucus at St Louis Forms American Legion
The Associated Press reports a call for a St Louis caucus May 8, 9 and 10 to organize a temporary American Legion for World War veterans. Lt Col Theodore Roosevelt Jr of New York and others issued the appeal noting broad representation from states ranks services and political beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
American Legion
Associated Press
New York
Union
Army
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
Bolshevists Executed At Pinsk In Frontier Action
Warsaw reports on Saturday three Bolshevists executed at Pinsk near the eastern frontier of Poland for plotting an uprising to overpower the garrison and seize the city. Some accounts raise the tally to 250 as an allied commission investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Warsaw
Pinsk
Poland
Allied Commission
Spectre of Bolshevism alarm in Budapest move
Budapest reports link the communist movement to former president Count Michael Karolyi as a scare tactic to press the Hungarian crisis. Bela Kun seeks a Trotzkyist dictatorship while socialists push a moderate government. Most observers say only a few in Budapest favor nationalisation and similar communist schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Budapest
Michael Karolyi
Bela Kun
Trotzky
Chilean Mission Seeks Closer Trade With United States
Senator Eliodoro Yanez, head of Chile's financial mission, told New Orleans business leaders that real understanding and mutual benefit will forge a closer U S Chilean business bond. He urged expanding sailings between the United States and Chile’s West Coast to boost American investment and market access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Orleans
United States
Chile
Eliodore Yanez
Vanez Euld
United States Parte
Wesr
South America
Big Revival Planned At Tabernacle Church In May
Tabernacle Baptist church schedules a two week revival starting the third Sunday in May with Dr. Millard A. Jenkins of Abilene Texas and Rev Kong’s services led by Rev A B Couch of Locust Grove Georgia. Cottage prayer meetings begin Thursday night as prep. Attendance at Sunday School hit 459 last Sunday. church reports show higher current expenses and missions giving with a small treasury surplus.
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Tabernacle Baptist Church
Millard A. Jenkins
First Baptist Church
Abilene
Texas
First Church of
Athens
Kong
A B. Couch
Locust Grove
E. H. Jennings
The
Tabernacle
Landers Found Guilty of Murder in First Degree
Jefferson Ga April 4 After hour and a half deliberation the jury found Hollis Landers guilty of murder in the first degree in the death of Sheriff Cliff Barber of Jackson County The judge Andrew J Cobb sentenced Landers to hang on June 6 1919 A motion for a new trial was filed but no date set for hearing
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Jefferson, Ga
Hollis Landers
Cliff Barber
Jackson County
Andrew J. Cobb
Superior Court
Noyon
Jefferson
Sanders
Fifty Dope Fiends Taken In Custody In New York
Twenty five thousand dollars worth of habit forming drugs seized in a major narcotic raid in New York. Six physicians and four druggists were arrested by Internal Revenue officers on narcotic act charges. Fifty drug addicts were taken into custody.
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New York
Associate! Press
Internal Revenue
British blunder in manifest lands Mauretania veterans in camps
About 2,700 war veterans, mostly Americans who served with the British army, were held aboard the Mauretania after a manifest dispute between American immigration officials and British authorities. They were sent to Camp Mills pending a manifest list from Cunard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauretania
Associated Press
New York
Sel
Camp Mills
Cunard Line
Michigan Voters Reject Beer and Wine Amendment
Detroit April 8 Michigan voters defeated a constitutional amendment to legalize beer and wine sales by ninety thousand while approving a fifty million dollar highway construction program. The outcome shows strong support for road funding and opposition to changing liquor laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Detroit
Michigan
Clemenceau Commutes Cottin’s Sentence in Paris
Paris reports President Poincare commuted Emile Cottin’s death sentence to ten years imprisonment. The clemency was granted on Clemenceau’s recommendation after the attempted assassination in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Poincare
Clemenceau
Byee Press
Emile Cottin
Vital Need of Better Birth Records Plan for Reform
A historical analysis praises continental and English birth registration methods and urges U S adoption of compulsory, uniform vital statistics. It advocates federal bills, state laws, and funding for accurate records, infant mortality surveys, and universal pediatric inspections. The piece highlights deficiencies in New England, Pennsylvania, and Michigan and calls for reliable public funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Earnest
Church of England
Sweden
England
Registration General Office
New England
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Bureau of Census
The
Public Health Service
American Medical Association
American Bar Association
Federal Census Bureau
Council of Health and Public Instruction
Saloon Sign Lures Men To Salvation Army Domicile
In Chicago on April 8 scores of khaki clad men entered an old time saloon sign but found a Salvation Army substitute saloon. Swinging doors and mirror remained while the free lunch became coffee and doughnuts. The camouflage decor replaced nymphs and beer tents became flower pots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Salvation Army
Winterville and area residents visit kin and return from service
Mrs Russell Haynes and Flora Belle of Camak visit the Griffiths family while Walter Stone, recently from France, spends time with his parents in Athens. Others include Thomas Gaines from Camp Greenleaf, Rena Pittard home from El Paso teaching, Marion Culle and M B Pittard returning from a Rome convention, Kroner family traveling to Fort Riley and Camp Funston to join Major Kroner. Roberta Hodgson lectures at the State Normal School poditoma, Spurgeon Colle registers in New York after service in France, Durwood Pittard home with a battlefield finger injury, F H Kroner's wife return from Atlanta, and Mrs Georgia Chandler visiting in Bishop. Mrs James Tuck at St Marys Hospital after a serious operation. Elberton visitors to Kroner household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Stone
France
Joe Stone
Athens
Wartorn
W. M. Colle
Spurgeon Colle
New York
Colle
Durwood Pittard
James Tuck
St. Mary's Hospital
Housekeepers propose improved health inspection model
The text urges using skilled medical inspectors to improve health work, calls for better cooperation among volunteers, and notes Cincinnati’s district adopting a block system for investigating health conditions. It suggests studying this plan to fit local city and county needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Stewart Truck Sales And Service Stations To Be Opened Here
The Parsons Motor Corporation of Atlanta, distributor for Stewart trucks in the southeast, seeks a local distributor. The ad promises a full range from 3.4 to 3 1 2 ton, strong service, and stock to rival a factory branch. They require proof of capable service to Stewart owners and pledge not to lose interest in any Stewart dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons Motor Corporation
Stewart Motor Trucks
Atlanta
Stewart
Stewarts
Kennon Mott Loses Father Dr Kennon Mott Dies in Atlanta
News from Atlanta reports the death of Dr Kennon Mott father of University student Mr Kennon Mott. He died suddenly from acute indigestion while in Atlanta after returning recently from Chicago where he completed a special optometry course. Kennon received a wire and left for Atlanta, then learned of the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennon Mott
The
Univers
Atlanta
Mott
Deep unto Deep and the Bannered City
A clipped Thought for the Day poem echoes across a bannered city scene where the King and the Commoner plus the People’s choice unite in a moving pledge. It proclaims brotherhood, the fall of old barriers, and a divine call from sea to sea. The verse celebrates unity and shared hope in a time of social change.
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Victora
God
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Communist Movement
Tabernacle Church
Riron
Landers
Cottin
Winterville
Russell Haynes
Little
Flora Belle
Camak
Thomas Griffith
Thomas N. Gaines
Camp Greenleaf
Misa Rena Pittard
el Paso
Mise Marion Culle
Mr. M. B. Pittard
Rome
Woman's Circle
W. C
Mra
Hayes A. C. Kroner
Hayes, Jr
Louisa Kroner
Fort Riley
Kamas
Major Kroner
Camp Funston
Kana
Roberta Hodgson
State Normal School
F. H. Kroner
A. J. Wut
Georgia Chandler
Bishop
M. B. Pittard
Mra. C. Hayes
Elberton
Mra.f. H. Kroner
University
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