Turkey Breaks Relations With Germany and Austria
Washington officials reacted with limited surprise to reports from London that Germany and Turkey severed relations. The piece notes Constantinople’s anti German sentiment rising after Turkish loans failed, the army being German commanded, and uncertainty whether the rift is permanent.
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Washington
Austria
Copenhagen
London
Germany
Turkey
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Erman
Allies Press on Soissons Rheims Salient Front Backed
Allied forces push forward across the Ourcq while Germans bend back from the Soissons Rheims wedge. French and American troops cross the Ourcq and advance northward with villages falling to the Allies. British in Flanders harass, Morlancourt trench lines fall, prisoners taken, heavy losses inflicted.
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Associated Press
Soissons-Rheims Salient
Soissons Nd Rheims
Soissons
Fere-en-Tardenois
Flanders
Morancourt
Paris
Soissons-Rheims
War Office
Patriot rally forms loyal Harris backers at Jefferson
A large Jefferson meeting formed the William J. Harrig club in Jackson county after stirring patriotic speeches by Judge Andrew J. Cobb and Blanton B. Fortson. The mass gathering pledged aggressive loyalty and aims to deliver a large county and state showing for the certified candidate Harris.
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Jefferson
William J. Harrig
Jackson County
Andrew J. Cobb
Blanton B. Fortson
Athena
Harris
Irish Question Be Left to Wilson Settlement Debated
London July 29. Debate in the house of commons on the Irish question ended in defeat for Irish adherents. John Dillon's motion condemning government policy was rejected 245 to 106. Dillon suggested referring the issue to President Wilson, but Asquith said the US president could not take on such a task now and the matter should be settled by the British.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
John Dillon
Dillon
Wilson
House
Asquith
United States
Prominent Citizen Benson Dies in Arnoldsville at 39
Arnoldsville Ga July 29 The town mourns the death of B C Benson aged 39 a leading local figure proprietor of a gunnery and garage He was active in town life and survived by parents two brothers and three sisters The funeral will be held at 3 30 Tuesday in Buford conducted by Rev B K Cook of Lawrenceville
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Arnoldsville
B. C. Benson
W. H. Benson
Buford
E. E. Benson
Favor Tax on Both Export and Import
Washington July 29. A Ways and Means Committee decision shows no increase in passenger and freight taxes while a majority favors taxing both export and import trade as constitutional, with postponement of higher taxes on equity and beverages.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Probing the Qualities of de Haviland Planes
Washington January 29. Criticisms by Pershing and others of the De Haviland airplane, the principal output of American factories, are being investigated by Secretary Baker and a Senate committee. Three army officers in charge of testing the De Haviland machines at Wright plant Dayton are reported to appear tomorrow. Bearings expected to continue about ten days.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jay
Pershing
Othura
Baker
Senate
Army
Wright
Dayton
War department bans letters to strangers for officers and soldiers
Avanta July 29. General Orders No. 68 forbids officers and enlisted men from exchanging letters with strangers to prevent enemy propaganda. The order prohibits inviting strangers to write and replying to such invitations, and directs commanders not to share soldiers’ names with unknown outsiders.
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Avanta
War Department
Can't Meet The Enormous Demand For Steel Goods
New York July 29 The government and private war industries demand steel at vast levels, forcing continual allotment cuts for less essential manufacturers. Mills struggle to produce the varieties most needed, though efforts to increase output include rapid machinery production.
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Associated Press
New York
No Coal Ban Advised If Wood Supply Is Plentiful
Washington reports that state administrators may forbid coal sales to domestic consumers where wood is plentiful, except by special order. The U S Fuel Administration will also curb wood- price gouging by dealers.
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Washington
United States Fuel Admistration
Coroner Alwick Jennings Visits Glynn Roots Remembered
Alwick Jennings, longtime Glynn coroner for 27 years and former local resident, is visiting Brunswick. Decades ago he performed dramatic feats on Broad Street ropes, balancing a stove and cooking flapjacks midair for Saturday crowds while entertaining locals.
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Alwick Jennings
Brunswick
Broad
Joel & Sons
Georgia House Advances Salary and Licenses Bill Pack
In Atlanta the House passed a hitching bill to license itinerant horse traders by county at 200 dollars and a bill to license veterinary examiners for practitioners with three years of active work before 1918. It rejected a 50 percent bond idea for garnishment, and a state archives department bill. The big salary bill was set over, while debate raged over raises for state officials, clerks, and librarians. Wright led opposition, criticizing the senate tax act and library funding amid tense exchanges with Culpepper and Ayers as sessions heated up.
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Atlanta
State Board of Vetinary Examiners
Department of State Archives
Wright
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Seaborn Wright
Floyd
Culpepper
Merriwether
Ir. Burwell
Sparta
Brown
Clarke
State House
Commissioner of Agriculture
Representative Stewart
Coffee
Neill
Muscogee
Treasury
Messrs. Skelton
Hopkins
Beck
State Library
Mr. Wright
Ayers
Jackson
Mr. Ayers
Burwell
Llorarian
Georgia
Lbrarian
Librarien
Mesars
Arnold
Coweta
Lumpkin
Austin
Baldwin
Barrett
Piks
Bellab
Carroll
Carter
Cook
Davenport
Giddens
Gordy
Grantland
Haynes
Hodges
Lanier
Lankford
Lasseter
McCall
Pickren
Reiser
Scott
Schtit
Swords
Trammel
Walker
Ben Hill
Bulloch
Students' Status by Department Defined in War Order
Washington July 29 military status of college students in the students' army training corps is defined. A student soldier is entitled to military service in the nation but becomes subject to registration at draft age when the president directs. He will be placed in class 60 and not inducted while remaining in the student army training corps.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army Training Corps
War Department
State Guards Call for Tuesday Night Drill 1918
Officers of the State Guards urge enlisted men to assemble at the County Court House Tuesday evening July 30 1918 for drill by order of the Commanding Officer. It is noted that the unit will soon be equipped with guns and regulation uniforms, aiming to form a capable organization for the city and region.
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State Guards
County Court House
Quiet in Philadelphia riots as patrols hold line
Philadelphia July 29 saloons closed and four hundred police on duty as South Philadelphia remains quiet after rioting since Sunday. Three killed and several injured. In state news the Burwell bill creating a state archives department was taken up with $2400 yearly appropriation. debate over striking it from the general appropriations act. Senate awaited conference committee action on the absent voters bill.
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Philadelphia
Senate
Heath
Andrews
Logan
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Berlin
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Rheims
Morlancourt
Amsterdam
France
America
Jefferson, GA
Judge Cobb
MR. B. E. Fortson
BIG Harris Club
de Haviland
Straners
Glynn
House For Action Today
Pennsylvania City
Jonea
State Department of Archives
Bursell
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