Brand Proposes Motor Mail Routes for Eighth District
Congressman Charles H. Brand of the Eighth district pushes two motor mail routes from Athens to Atlanta and Athens to Anderson, detailing proposed paths via Hartwell Lavonia and Bowman to serve rural riders. He provides mileage, box counts, and current R F D data, hoping the department adopts his plan or a variant serving more residents. A letter from the fourth assistant postmaster general notes Brand's proposal is under consideration.
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Charles H. Brand
Athens
Atlanta
Andereon
D. C
Anderson
Neese
Ila
Ft. Lamar
Hartwell
Brand Bia
General Blakeley
Carnesville
Neene
Fort Lamar
Lavonia
Bowersville
Cannon
Bowman
Roynton
Danielsville
Franklin Springs
Seaboard Air Line
Col Ibert
Hull
Brand
Department
Contesa Brand
Conference set by Food Administration for state merchants
Dr Andrew M Soule federal food administrator for Georgia returns from Washington to announce a February 5 conference of state mercantile representatives at the Hotel Astor New York. The meeting aims to enlist retail merchants nationwide in the administration s educational campaign and promote personal food conservation and sacrifice to aid the war effort.
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Andrew M. Soule
Georgia
Washington
United States Food Administration
Hotel Astor
New York
L. Howe
Gertrude Mosshart
The
Food Administration
J. W. Hallowell
Howe
Northern Circuit Solicitor General Dies After Judge Passes
Elberton Ga Jan 22 Thomas J Brown solicitor general of the northern circuit and a leading northeast Georgia lawyer died in his hotel room peritonitis after illness since Saturday He was forty five Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm and interment at Bethesda church Hart county He was a former Bibeton county representative in the Georgia general assembly and a prominent Elberton bar member with wide state-wide acquaintance and many personal friends in Athens He was brother to Hebe Brown J B Brown of Royston and Paul Brown of Lexington noted in Athens as a respected figure in law and politics
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Elberton
Thomas J. Brown
Georgia
Bibert County
Georgia General Assembly
Hart County
Bethesda Church
Brown
Northern Circuit
Congress
Elberton Bar
Hebe Brown
J. B. Brown
Royston
Paul Brown
Lexington
M. A. Dawson
Israel
Winterville
Fred. Dawson
Homer Dawson
Geo. D. Stone
America to Raise 7000 for Motor Mechanics Regiment
The aviation corps seeks 7000 men for the Motor Mechanics Regiment to serve in France behind the lines. Recruits aged 18 to 40 are invited from various trades including auto workers machinists blacksmiths wheelwrights cabinet makers and sheet metal workers with training at Fort Hancock Georgia before deployment. Cooks canvas workers painters harness makers welders and others are also sought. The US Public Service Reserve coordinates enlistment and urges avoidance of shipyard or wartime industry work.
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America
Aviation Corpa
France
Regine Rt
U. S. Public Service Reserve
Department
Aviation ‘Corps
Fort Hancock
Attractions Coming 10 Colonial Human Hearts at Colonial
The Colonial presents Human Hearts with many scenes including Tom Logan's cross town blacksmith shop and the cottage on the Logan farm. The company promises the best production in years with added comedy and variety, offering both pathos and humor in this popular play.
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Tom Logan
Little Rock
Arkansas
Pric
Logan Farm
One Meatless Two Porkless and Two Wheatless Days Now
The food administration will issue this week a new food card asking for one meatless day two porkless days and two wheatless days each week. Lord Rhonda the English food controller plans two meatless days weekly and requires leftovers to be used on meatless days.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
The
Food Administration
England
London
Lord Rhonda
Weather halts coal relief after five day work suspension
New York reports a six inch snowfall that snarls barges and trains, threatening to nullify the gains from the five day industrial closing order. The fuel administrator warns the city faces renewed coal shortages without immediate shipments, as officials express grave concern over the city’s fuel crisis.
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Associated Press
New York
New York City
Elberton Merchants Endorse Food Administration Support
Elberton Georgia January 22 merchants of the Credit and Protective Association pledge support for the national and state food administration. They applaud Dr Andrew M Soule for guiding local understanding of laws and invite him to Elberton to discuss policies at a future meeting.
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Elberton
Elbéreton
Credit and Protective Association
Credit and Protective Association of Elberton
Tate
Andrew M. Soule
Athena
Georgia
Soule
Biberton
Sople
Food Administration
Ite Yegular
Credit and Protective Association OF
Nugent Named Senator to Fill Brady Vacancy
Boise Idaho January 22 John F Nugent was today appointed United States senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Brady The appointment holds until his successor is named in November.
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Boise
Idaho
John F. Nuugent
United States
Brady
Austria appoints new commander to face Italians
Reports from Geneva and London on January 22 indicate Austria-Hungary faces a severe economic crisis with over a million striking workers. In Italy, San tozar Borcevic is named generalissimo to lead the first front, superseding Archduke Eugene and challenging expectations of a breakthrough by Conrad von Hoetzendorff.
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Associated Press
Italy
San Tozar Borcevi
Archduke ‘Eugene
Borcevic
Conrad von Hoetzendorff
Austrian War Office
Geneva
Austria-Hungary
Dr Soule Sets Max Bran Price At Mill Door
Dr A M Soule federal food administrator for Georgia announces farmers should buy bran at mill door in bulk at no more than 26 35 a ton when wheat is 2 05 a bushel The ruling allows a 50 cent per ton premium over carload basis for mixed feed and other weights The bulletin lists other bulk prices tied to 2 05 wheat including shorts standard middlings mixed feeds and red dog with proportional adjustments for other wheat prices
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A. M. Soule
Federal
Georgia
Soule
United States Food Administration
Food Administration
Mit
Exemption Board Advances Classifications in County
The local exemption board pushed beyond the Clarke list in classifying registrants under the draft act. Nearly two thousand names remain to be classified, with about a hundred unresponsive or already in service. Yesterday they classified eighty men, a record for a single day since before Christmas. In total 1,080 have been named classified, over half the county list.
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Thin County
Wages Increase For 900000 Munitions Workers
London January 22 Winston Churchill announced in the house of commons that wages for 900000 men in munition factories and shipyards would rise, involving an ultimate cost of 14,000,000 pounds. The motion sparked debate on individual responsibility.
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Associated Press
London
Winston Church M1
House of Commons
Miss Mattie Skelton Dies From Fall In Hartwell Ga
Miss Mattie Skelton, about eighty, died from injuries after a fall a week earlier and was buried Monday afternoon from the home of her nephew J. H. Skelton. Survived by nephews J. H. Skelton J. R. Skelton A S Skelton L B Skelton and by Mrs R H Burns of Hartwell and Mrs Tim Thornton of Atlanta.
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Hartwell, Ga
Mattie Skelton
J. H. Skelton
American Soldiers In France Make Record As Clean Living Fellows
General Pershing cabled Secretary Baker denying reports of immoderate drinking by American troops in France. He asserts there has never been a body of men as clean in conduct as the soldiers, stressing the exemplary behavior of U S forces abroad.
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France
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Pershing
Baker
The Winter Wind Poem by Augusta Wall
A verse broadside laments winter nights as the wind sighs over moor and trees. It contrasts sorrow and fear with fleeting songs from the wind, ending by imagining lullabies sung by the Flower Spirit of Maiden Spring.
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Maidem
Augusta Wall
Gotham Puts Plan to Avert Halifax Horror
New York officials say Greater New York will be safeguarded from Halifax disaster risks by relocating ammunition transfers away from Manhattan. With substantial monthly shipments of explosives, authorities promise no accidental eruptions will threaten the city once new shipping centers are operational.
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Gotham
Halifax
New York
Manhattan Island
Jvast
Winder News outlines February preacher schools and weather woes
The State Mission Board will hold twenty lectures for preachers statewide, with a Winder session February 18 22 taught by Rev. B B Jennings Dr L E Roberts Rev F A Fleming and other leaders. Snow and sleet halt service and utilities with Barrow county schools closed for repairs. Local editor notes Winder News improvements and health hopefuls for state figures.
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Winder
State Mission Board of the
Georgia Baptist Convention
B B. H. Jennings
Athens
L. E. Roberts
College Park
F. A. Fleming
Conyers
Inv
W. H. Faust
Residents share news in Winterville and Jacksonville
The column reports greetings and visits among Jacksonville and Winterville residents. It notes Gordon Dowdy's return from Florida, illness of Mrs. R0 Towns, Ruby Dowdy’s marriage to W H Courire, travel and family events, and a funeral for Mrs. M A Dawson. Local soldiers from Camp Wheeler return home and several sick cases are mentioned. The closing remark contrasts Prussian and American ideals.
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Hoke Baggs
Jacksonville, Fla
Still Another Boy From Athens In Europe Service
Mrs. Ed Rhodes received a cablegram from her husband who landed safely at a French port. He went to Europe as chief field clerk aboard a White Star Line steamer, one of fifteen picked men for the expeditionary forces. His rank is lieutenant though clerks are noncommissioned.
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Athens
France
Ed Rhodes
Field Clerks’ Association
New York
Rhodes
Annament
White Star Line
Europe
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