William J Harris expected to enter Georgia Senate race
Washington dispatch reports William J Harris of Cedartown Ga chairman of the Federal Trade Commission is believed set to run against Senator Thomas W Hardwick. Harris enjoys administration backing, strong Georgia ties, and frequent White House contact, while Hardwick faces opposition for opposing war measures and administration programs. Harris would bring national policy experience to the Senate.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington, D. C
Georgia
Thomas W. Hardwick
Wilson
Hardwick
United States
William J. Harris
Cedartown
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
National
House of Representatives
Harris
Georgia Weekly
Thomasville
House of
Congress
Harria
Ho 4
Wwe
Senate
Southern Judicial
Wallace Lambdin
Frank Park
Second
A. V. Whipple
Cordelo
William E. Thomas
Valdosta
Napoleon
Germany
Senator Hardwick
Baltimore
Democratic Party
Providence
South
Commerce
Redfield
Edward N. Hurley
White House
A. 8
Clay
United States Senate
Wheat Campaign Aims to Boost Southern Production
Agricultural experts and prominent farmers from seven southern states will meet in Atlanta on August 17 and 18 to plan a campaign for higher wheat and rye output in the South. Dr. Andrew M. Soule will convene the conference at the request of Secretary David F. Houston.
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Atlanta
South
Andrew M. Soule
David F. Houston
Pearson
Taylor
Bradford Knapp
United States Department of Agriculture
Georgia
State Market Bureau Passes in Georgia House
A Georgia House vote of 151 to 10 approved the state market bureau bill, establishing a bureau under the Department of Agriculture to promote fair handling, pricing, and marketing of agricultural products. A director with a $3,000 salary and $5,000 bond leads a staff to publish market data, investigate practices, and cooperate with federal and other state markets. The bill allocates $165,000 yearly and ensures the bureau does not encroach on the state college. Other measures funded include building projects for Georgia Tech and various agricultural schools.
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Atlanta
Wright
Floyd
Akin
Glynn
House of Representatives
Senate
Messrs
Burkhalter
Department of Agriculture
State College
Market Bureau
Georgia
Commissioner of Agriculture
Bureau
Gathr
Arrested Evading Conscription Law in New York and Pittsburg
A third arrest was made in the alleged conspiracy to evade the selective draft law by East Side exemption board members. Kalman Gruber, a dentist, was arrested on a warrant like those served on Bernfield and Cherry for allegedly distributing exemption blanks. In Pittsburg, about twenty five men reportedly organized to resist the draft, registry officials said many registrants refused summons, preferring jail to army service.
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New York
East Side
Kalman Gruber
Bernfield
Louis Cherry
Pittsburg
Department of Justice
Admits Falsity Of German Pretention
Copenhagen Aug 11 Lieutenant General Baron Von Freitage Loring hoven chief of the supplementary general staff of the German army in a German newspaper admits the falsity of the German assertion that violation of Belgian neutrality was necessary for military defense.
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Associated Pregn
Copenhagen
Baron von Freitage-Loringhoven
Local Senate Passes Measure For State Local School Tax
The Georgia Senate on Saturday approved Elders constitutional amendment creating a statewide local school tax to fund public schools with county discretion on levy. The bill moves to the House for first reading and a second reading on Monday. The session also advanced the Mitts bill on jury sentence recommendations and a Griffin commission government bill. The general tax act revision and general appropriations bill were read for the first time.
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Atlanta
Senate
House
Griffin
States Aid Railroads To Aid The Nation War Board Message
Fairfax Harrison announces public service commissions across Louisiana Texas Kansas Indiana Tennessee New Jersey Virginia Massachusetts Michigan pledge cooperation with railroads. Indiana calls for prioritizing national service and safety, while Texas agrees to support capacity loading and timetable efficiency to curb delays. Public authorities urged to fund only essential improvements during wartime.
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Washington, D. C
Fairfax Harrison
Railroads' War Board
Public Service Commissions
Railroads’ War Board
Louisiana
Texas
Kansas
Indiana
Tennessee
New Jersey
Virginia
Massachusets
Michigan
Railroad Commission of Texas
Allison Mayfield
BE. I. Lewis
Public Service Commission
Tennessee Railroad Commission
Pub Hc
Farm Loan Applications Pouring Into Land Banks
Washington August 11 applications for farm loans to the federal land banks are running at over a million dollars daily. The farm loan board announced that the July total exceeded thirty four million dollars as more farmers seek credit.
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Washington, D. C
Federal
Gay
Farm Loan Board
Eastern Front Resists as Teuton Offensives Continue
Russian armies show greater resistance on the eastern front amid Teutonic pressure near the Russo Romanian frontier. Austro-German forces retreat in places with 400 prisoners lost while Molodavia offensive threatens rail lines. British, French gains in Flanders and Aisne region reported. Henderson resigns from the cabinet and a tense letter from Premier Lloyd George follows.
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Associated Press
Russia
Flanders
Lemborg
Teutons
von Mackensen
Moldavia
Wealhoek
St. Quentin
Aisne
Arthur Henderson
Cablist
Draft Law in Interest of Nation Not Individual
Washington August 11 The government tightens the draft exemptions with a rigid reading for industrial needs and dependencies District boards must follow the government's lead Employers seeking exemptions must prove the industry serves the public or military interest and that the individual is indispensable to the business
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
General Crowder
Congress
Appropriations Would Run A Million More Than Resources
Special to the Banner Atlanta Aug 11 the House added 904000 more to the common school fund than Georgia will have from all sources plus 100000 for sinking fund making the increase 4000000 over state funds the figures come from a Friday recapitulation of expenditures and income the net result would be a deficit of about 1500 million if not restrained one vote could have saved a million and a half in the end estimates vary widely on total excess appropriations but run toward about two million the trend shows the house pushing large sums despite fiscal limits and warnings from leaders about education funding and overall deficit
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Sheppard
Hardwick
Senate
Macon
Bolters
Georgia
Bolter
Army
Chile
United States
Congress
Becauen
Atlanta
House of Representatives
State of Georgia
House
Wright
Pirot
DuBose Brown Vocational Education Bill Passed
Atlanta set. The senate adjournment failed to end original legislation as the house approved bills setting solicitors general salaries in circuits including Chattahoochee Southwestern Waycross Brunswick Pataula Stone Mountain Southern and Flynt The DuBose Brown measure creating a state vocational education board allocates 16000 to leverage federal Smith Hughes funds totaling 41000 this year and 59000 next year via the University to secondary institutions.
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Chattahoochee
Southwestern
Waycross
Brunswick
Pataula
Stone Mountain
Southern
Flynt
Partaula
DuBose-Brown
Smith-Hughes Vocational Fund
Kaiser Indicted In Mississippi Grand Jury Proceedings
Meridian Mississippi August 11 grand jury returns indictment against German Governor Kaiser on multiple charges including robbery and arson after testimony by Representative Venable from the Fifth District. Sheriff prepared to act on arrest.
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Kaiser
Mississippi
Associated Press
Meridian
Miss
Representative Venable
Fifth Congressional District
Launderdale County
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State Market Bureau
Louse
Georgia School of Technology
South Georgia Normal and Industrial Collage
Agricultural School
Monroe
Americus
R. R
Railroad Commission of Louisiana
Henderson
London
Livya George
Stockhol
George Nicoll Barnes
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