House approves submission of suffrage amendment vote
Washington Jan 10 The House voted 274 to 136 to submit the woman suffrage amendment to the states with the exact number required. Speaker Clark’s promise to vote from the chair kept the measure afloat as Mann and Sims delivered decisive support. London Jan 10 The House of Lords rejected Lord Loreburg’s amendment to exclude women from suffrage by 130 to 69.
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HOUSE
Associated Press
Washington
Clark
Mann
Baltimore
Sims
Senate
England
London
House of Lords
Lord Loreburg
Night Bombers End War Predicted by Army Expert
New York January 10 Lieutenant Colonel W B Clark head of the army aviation engineers division predicted that sending a fleet of five hundred night bombing airplanes into a single attack could largely end the war. He called night bombers the most effective type of bomber.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
W. B. Clark
Army Aviation Engineers Division
Curtailment Of Fuel In Industry
Washington January 10 The first order for curtailment of fuel consumption in industry was issued by Administrator Garfield guiding all manufacturers of paper board to suspend all fuel use in their plants from seven o clock Saturday morning to seven o clock Monday morning each week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Garfield
Manufacturers of Paper Board
Making of Baby Carriages An Essential War Tabde
New York January 10. A baby carriage manufacturer sought deferred classification from the district board claiming his work is indispensable to wartime needs. The application reflects the shift of nonmilitary industries into essential war production during the period.
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PTT
New York
Carta
District Board
Government urges citizens to eat leaf beef pork and sugar
As a defense measure the government calls on every American to consume beef pork pork products wheat butter and sugar and to waste nothing. The appeal aims to reduce shortages and stretch scarce resources across the nation.
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United States
Army Costs A Billion A Year
Washington reports the total army pay for December at about 28.5 million dollars, signaling an annual rate near one billion. Base salaries range from 30 dollars a month for privates to 10,000 dollars a year for generals, according to the committee on public information.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Army
Committee On Public Information Today
Georgia land sale blocked by U S forestry board
A Washington dispatch reports the U S Forest Service refused to sanction a $205 709 purchase of 69 405 acres in Union Fannin Lumpkin Rabun and Habersham counties Georgia. The move comes after Georgia enacted a law critics say hostile to federal land acquisitions. The forestry board led by Baker Lane Houston and others cited the act as a reason for denial.
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Washington, D. C
Georgia
United States Forestry Commission
Union
Fannin,Lumpkin, Rabun
Habersham
Forestry Commission
Maryland
United States
Jacob H. Galinger
New Hampshire
Gordon Lee
Willis C. Hamtey
Oregon
Fannin
Lumpkin
Rabun
Railroad Situation Improves No Coal Shortage Declared
Washington January 10 The railroad situation has improved under government operation to guarantee no further coal famine this winter, A H Smith in charge of transportation on eastern lines told Director Mc Adoo. Thriftless and shiftless are synonymous.
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Washington
A. H. Smith
Adoo
Virginia Senate Adopts Prohibition Amendment
Virginia senate approved the national prohibition amendment after an all day debate. Following Mississippi, another Southern state may adopt the measure. Richmond January 10. The move marks a key step in the nationwide prohibition effort led by old dominion senators.
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OLD Dominion
Mississippi
Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia Senate
Cleanest Army Now in Europe
Dr W T Foster president of Reed College Portland Oregon says the United States army is the cleanest army in Europe after visiting the French front as a Red Cross War Council representative. He spoke in Chicago on January 10 asserting the army’s high conduct and hygiene.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States Army
Europe
W. T. Foster
Reed College
Portland
Oregon
War Council of the American Red Cross
Convention Here D. A. R. Postponed
The Georgia chapter Daughters of the American Revolution postpones its general convention in Athens from February 6 7 and 8 to April 3 4 and 5 due to unfavorable conditions and fuel concerns. State regent Mrs Howard Mc Call and the advisory board deem the delay wise to ensure a larger attendance and comfortable hosting.
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Howard McCall
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Georgia
Athens
Athens D. A. R
Resolutions Back Selected Service Plan From Farmers Unions
A New Orleans meeting of the Association of State Presidents of Farmers Unions approved the general plan of the selective service questionnaire. It urged exemption boards to define a skilled farm laborer as any man who understands and can do farm work rather than a college graduate. A second resolution urged cotton farmers to continue diversified farming and to increase food and feed crops.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Association of State Presidents of Farmers’ Unions
Draft men in Class One not to receive commissions
Washington dispatch reports the war council approved by Secretary Baker a resolution restricting Class One selective service draftees from receiving commissions in non combatant arms. The article also urges readers to follow Food Administration guidance to save money and improve family health and happiness.
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Washington
War Council
Baker
The
Food Administration
Special meeting on Clarke County roads planned
Athens Chamber of Commerce president M J Abney calls a meeting of Clarke County farmers business leaders and others interested in a county road maintenance plan using local contracts The gathering is set for Saturday at 10 45 in the Chamber rooms in the Holman Building A citizens committee will discuss feasibility and practical steps with county commissioners already endorsing the patrol system as urged by three grand juries
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M. J. Abney
Athena Chamber of Commerce
Good Road
F Farmers
Clarke
Athens
Chamber of Commerce
Holman
Clarkety
Messrs
C. M. Strahan
C. D. Flanigen
Protest Wilsons Identification of Bolsheviks With Russia
London January 10 Henry Hyndman leader of British socialists and Dr William Vronsky Kerensky government commissioner to Great Britain sent a cablegram to President Wilson protesting against the presidents identification of the Bolsheviks with the democracy of Russia They say the president is strengthening autocratic despotism.
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Associated Press
London
Henry M. Hyndman
William Vronsky
Kerensky
Great Britain
Gram
Wilson
Russia
Call for Local Vigilance Corps Urged by American Defense Society
The Banner reprints an American Defense Society appeal urged by Richard M. Hurd calling for a local vigilance corps in Athens to aid the government against German propaganda and enemy activity. It outlines classifying residents, reporting suspected disloyalty, and coordinating with police and justice officials.
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Richard M. Hurd
American Defense Society
Russia
Italy
Germany
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Berlin
Executive Committee
The
Police Department
Department of Justice
Army
Navy
Washington
America
N‘mediate
Vigilance Corps of the
National
East 28Rd Street
New York City
Peace talks stall as wheat shortages loom worldwide
Reports from Washington say peace negotiations between Russia and Germany make little progress while allied wheat supplies collapse. The United States plans to export ninety million more bushels to ease the food crisis, though its surplus had been shipped by mid December. Americans will be urged to further reduce consumption to support exports.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Plant oats and then more oats urgent Georgia farming bulletin
Atlanta Jan 10 special to The Banner outlines urgent state guidance to Georgia farmers to plant spring oats and intensively cultivate with liberal fertilizers due to a likely short grain crop. Drainage of 8 million acres and 40 districts already reclaiming lands could boost food production. drainage districts cost little and can be organized locally.
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Atlanta
State Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Due
State Geological Department
No Drunkenness Among The Soldiers Abroad
Senator Ken yon defended American troops abroad against reports of widespread drinking. He called the charges unfounded and a diversion from wartime prosecutions. He warned against excess bacon consumption when soldiers at the front might face shortages.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kenyon
Europe
Winter Battlefronts See Inactivity Amid Snowbound Italy
Reports from the fronts indicate limited infantry action with ongoing artillery duels. Snow in northern Italy delays operations, while German delegates seek mediation with Sweden and Brest-Litovsk talks shift location to Stockholm. Trotsky warns that delays may provoke a reaction from the Russian people. Officials report Russian willingness to continue peace talks at Brest-Litovsk.
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Associated Press
Italy
Petrograd
Sweden
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Russia
Turkey
Brest-Litovsk
Stockholm
Trotsky
Central Powers
War Economy Call Urges Strict Food and Material Saving
Secretary McAdoo declares waste in wartime is criminal and calls for tight economy in all consumption. He urges households to calculate each member’s intake, prepare meals accordingly, and adopt a clean-plate policy to reduce demand on farms, factories, and munitions while speeding production for the war effort.
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Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
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