Opinion Divides GOP On Universal Military Training
Washington Jan 27 The Senate and House Republicans diverge over universal military training as the army bill includes such provisions. Senate leaders backed training by seven of nine, while House Republican Mondell warned leaders responsible for enacting it will be cast into political oblivion. Harrold of Oklahoma rejected a seat on the House military committee due to opposition to compulsory training.
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Senate Military Committee
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Oklahoma
House Military Committee
E Irrigation
Associated Press
Sydney
Australia
Murray River
Hume
Mitta Mitta
Victoria
New South Wales
Welfare talks at International Congress of Working Women
Delegates from around the world gathered in Washington for the International Congress of Working Women to discuss welfare issues affecting millions of women. Notable figures include Kathleen Derry of Canada and Marie Higelmar of Denmark, with calls for compulsory physical education and expanded health programs in schools.
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Washington
International Congress of Working Women
Kathleen Derry
Marie Hyemar
Congress of Working Women
Iclewates
Miss Jey
Prem
Mes Tahaka
Palo Alto
Leland Stanford
University of Chicago
Japan
Margaret Dreier Robins
Raymond Robins
Red Cross
Russia
Marie Higelmar
Lively Competition for Transcaucasian Trade
London reports a growing contest among American British and Italian interests for Transcaucasian trade. American Relief Committees push to open trade with America while British imports remain dominant. Italian missions run biweekly steamers Triest to Batum via the Black Sea, aiding cargo and passenger transport to Caucasian ports.
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London
Batum
Board of Trade Journal
America
United States
Trans-Caucasus
Triest
Satum
Black Sea
Caucasian
Radicals Welcome in Russia Reach Petrograd
The 249 radicals deported by the United States arrived in Petrograd and were received with tremendous enthusiasm, per a cablegram from Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman released by Soviet Ambassador Martens.
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Associated Press
Washington
Soviet Russia
United States
Petrograd
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Martens
Wyoming Women Suffrage Passes In Extra Session
Cheyenne Wyoming January 27 The Wyoming legislature approves a woman suffrage amendment in an extra session with the house voting 44 to 0 The senate action follows The report also notes irrigation dam construction in Australia and a birth announcement in New York for George Gould Jr
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyoming
House
Senate
Geo. Gould, JR
New York
George J. Gould
Young Gould
Laura M. Carter
Mexican Bandit 18 Killed in Battle at Tepenahua Ranch
Despatches from Uruapan report the death of Jesus Cintora, a feared bandit in Michoacan Jalisco region, during an attack on the Tepenahua ranch. Also noted are daily New York influenza figures and the Powhatan transport arriving in Halifax harbor.
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Mexico City
Uruapan
Tepenahua Ranch
Jesus Cintora
Michoacan-Jalisco
Earth's Beautiful Light by Frank L. Stanton
A poem narrates the old songwriter living in ancient hovels against dark times. He recalls the candlelit nights, the starry song he sang to a beloved woman, and how his music became Earths beautiful light in life’s long night.
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Frank L. Stanton
Earth
Canus Letter to the Banner from Ellisville Mississippi
A reader writes from Ellisville praising Southern prosperity observed in five states. He notes rising agriculture and industry, new homes, motor vehicles, and expanding banks, especially in Piedmont and Athens regions. He recalls railways, mineral lands, and growth in Laurel and Atlanta, urging continued southern investment and stability.
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Ellisville
Miss
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Piedmont
Athens
Southland
Wilson
South
Seaton
North
Dixie
Spartanburg
D. C
Shades Mountains
Birmingham
Jones County
Laurel
Atlanta
Oglethorpe Echo
Crawford
Henry Grady
Atlanta Herald
Grady
Little Weekly
Herald
Only a Few Influenza Cases in Athens City
Athens reports only four influenza cases this winter with two deaths. One death involved a nonwhite resident, attributed partly to old age, while the other was a white individual. Officials say the situation does not threaten an epidemic and cite overall good health in 1919.
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United States
Chicago
Memphis
Athens
Capes
Prize epitome of life told in few words
A prize offered for a capsule biography of womankind yields three concise phrases. First, a champion wrote Born Bred Wooed Weil Worried Dead. A short-hand writer condensed to More Few. Final three words: Hatched Matched Dispatched. Then candidates quickly add Groomed Loomed Boomed Loomed.
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Tor
Weil
Japanese discourage American emigration says Yamashina
Sydney reports R Yamashina vice president of Tokyo Chamber of Commerce says Japan now a manufacturing nation and does not want citizens to emigrate to America or Brazil There will not be much emigration in the near future during his Sydney visit.
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Associated Prong
Sydney
Australia
America
Brazil
R. Yamashina
Tokyo Chamber of Commerce
Dividends Declared by United States Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation at its quarterly meeting declared regular dividends of one and a quarter percent on common stock and one and three quarters on preferred stock.
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U. S. Steel Corporation
Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Proposes Consolidation Of Big Railroads
John B. Oldham of Boston proposed consolidating major rail systems into single national networks. The plan would merge Southern Louisville and Nashville with Mobile & Ohio and others into the Atlantic Coast Line system, and group Illinois Central Seaboard Air Line and seven smaller lines into a separate system.
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Associated Press
Washington
Southern Railroad System
Louisville
Mobile & Ohio
Chicago
Indianapolia Nex
Athole Coast Line
Louisville & Wnville
Norfolk Southern
Illinois Central
Seaboard Air Line
John B. Oldham
Boston
Investment Bankers’ Association
Senate
Two Officers in Sea Plane Fight Death in Gulf Stream
West Palm Beach Florida January 27 Associated Press Rodman Wanamaker second lieutenant Commander David H McCulloch and four others rode out a Gulf stream storm for twenty four hours before engine trouble forced a forced landing returning from the Bahama Islands.
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Associated Press
West Palm Beach
Fla
Rodman Wanamaker
Leutenant
David H. McCulloch
Gulf Stream
Bahama Islands
Revolutionary forces defeated by Siberian troops near Irkutsk
Rasectent Press reports from Peking that revolutionary forces, largely mutineers from Harbin area, 260 miles northwest of Irkutsk, were defeated by Siberian troops and the Soviet government driven out of the town.
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Rasectent Press
Peking
Harbin
Irkutsk
J. T. Voss, Pioneer Street Car Manager, Dead
Fort Worth, Jan 24 J T Voss who owned Nashville first street railway line a horse car system built a street steam line in Macon and the first electric line at Athens Ga and was manager of Atlanta electric system in 1894 died here today he was seventy two years old.
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J. T. Voss
Pioneer
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
J. T. Vons
Nashville, Tenn
Macon
Athens
Atanta
Cold Wave Causes Deaths in Mexico City
Mexico City on January 27 sees an unusually intense cold wave causing forty deaths among the poor. Fears grow for crop damage in northern states as the freezing weather continues to press the region.
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Mexico
Associated Press
Mexico City
Baker May Never Play Another Big League Game
Miller Hoggins, Yankees manager, reports J Franklin Baker likely finished in the majors after his Trappe, Maryland return. The note reflects optimism for the South's growth, predicting vast real estate value rises in the Piedmont and surrounding Athens area and a booming regional business future.
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New York
Miller Hoggins
Yankees
Trappe
Maryland
J. Franklin Baker
Like people like priest a sermon on church reform
The piece argues that a congregation shapes its preacher. If the people are godly and prayerful they will attract a strong pastor. It urges private prayer for the preacher, restoration through meek discipline, and unity to revive or remove him, echoing Paul on restoration in meekness.
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Church Universal
Christendom
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