Georgia Press Honored For War Effort At WeekLy Meeting
Wrightsville Georgia July 15 opening session of the Georgia Weekly Press Association featured Jack M McCartney Rome Tribune Herald praising the press for its war work. He noted Georgia papers unified in supporting selective service drives and national campaigns, stressing sacrifice and public service by editors and reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Ui
Broko
Wrightsville
Georgia Weekly Press Association
Jack M.mccartney
Rome Tribune-Herald
Georgia
McCartney
Georgia Press
National
Army
Red Cross
Salvation Army
War Library
W. C
Garabedricht
Free Enies Gocrese Press
Tribune-Herald
The Press as War Service in Georgia
A long column praising the Georgia press for its wartime role. The piece argues newspapers unite home front readers with soldiers abroad, recounting government praise, liberty loan promotion, and the essential, unpaid public service of editors, publishers, and papers statewide. It notes vigilance across agencies and the public’s eager news consumption despite censorship.
Y M G A Ready For More Work in Russia
Y M G A officials in the Southeast Military Department organize a midsummer conference at Blue Ridge North Carolina for camp executives from about 30 training camps. Campaign director R H King will convene July 18 19 with war fund cabinet and state directors across six states. Officer training and civilian Y M C A courses run through July 19 with hundreds to graduate. Our exportation of silver. Sixty four million silver dollars melted into bullion by the Treasury, most sent to India. Treasury holds 426 million silver dollars and 390 million in silver certs outstanding with new Fed notes replacing certificates.
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Thomas N. Jarrell
Army and Navy
Southeastern Military Department
Sixth Naval District
A. Ackley
Atlanta
Blue Ridge
N. C
R. H. King
M.c Ayw. C
Southeast
War Fund
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Tennessee
Carolinas
Southland
Red Triangle
Blue Edge Association
United States Treasury
India
Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
Fighting Continues as Huns Face Setbacks at Rheims
Allied forces halt German advances east and west of Rheims. American and French troops regain strategic positions along the Marne while German losses mount. Reports show 13,000 prisoners. fires, shells, and heavy counterattacks accompany the renewed fighting near Chateau Thierry and Massignes.
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Rheims
Marne
Washington
War Department
Paris
Pershing
Bliss
Chateau Thierry
Zanigonne
Liggett
France
Vaux
Hill 204
Massignes
War Message on Alien Duty in America
The speech declares two kinds of aliens, enemy and native, and stresses that every American must contribute to victory. It warns that those who do not do their part are as alien to the nation's purposes as Prussian enemies and that the war is fought by both people and nations with each person bearing a duty.
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Mall
Red Cross
Food Administration
State Council of Defense
Woman's Council of National Defense
Chamber of Commerce
Charity Hospital
Children’s Clinic
Wikson
Hurley
U. & Shipping Board
Greece
Belgium
United States
France
America
Atlantic Seaboard
Canada
Gulf
Georgia
Cobb
Washington
Wilson
John the First
Charles the First
William and Mary
Spain
England
Channel
Germany
Mike
Sarepta Association Urges 10,000 New Subscribers by Jan 1
The Christian Index, Baptist Georgia’s official organ, starts a drive to recruit 10,000 new subscribers. Apportionment details list each Sarepta Association church with varied targets, from Athens and Elberton to Carlton and Winterville, showing widespread church participation.
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The
Christian Index
Baptists of Georgia
Sarepta Association
Academy
Apple Valley
Arnoldsville
Athens
Attica
Beaverdam
Berea
Bethany
Buena Vista
Blacks Creek
Bluestone
Cabin, Creek
Carlton
Cave Spring
Maysville
Millstone
Moons Grove
Moores Grove
Mt. Airy
Mt. Olive
Nicholson
Oconee
Pleasant Grove
Pendergrass
Providence
Roger
Salem
Sandy Cross
Statham
Stevens Grove
Tabernacle
Union
Vesta
West End
Winterville
Angry men and a rebuke to pacifists poem excerpt
Reprinting Rev. Dr. Charles M. Sheldon’s John Brown poem eight years old, newspapers cite its line about God using angry men. The verses glorify righteous wrath, citing Pharaoh, Egypt, Israel, and a nation born of anger as a response to wrong.
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Leavenworth Times
Charles M. Sheldon
John Brown
Athens jurist inspires Georgia editors with union war goals
Judge Andrew J. Cobb of Athens urged the Georgia Weekly Press Association in Wrightsville to use the press to explain government aims in war. He warned editors that Prussianism threatens liberty, urged loyalty to the Constitution, and condemned mob violence while stressing law and Providence guiding the nation.
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Athens Jurist
Georgia
Public office seekers beware cruel rhetoric and bias
A July 9, 1918 letter from B. J. Greene of Jefferson Georgia condemns political boastfulness and egotism in candidates. He attacks Hardwick as bombastic and indecisive, arguing voters should distrust those who demand support while betraying trust and risking national peril.
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Georgia ‘Press
Htgy Board
Bureau of Markets
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Office of Information
United States Fuel Administration
Committee On Public Information
National War Garden Commission
U. S. Marine Corps
U. S Department of Agriculture
Georgia Administration
U. S. Fuel Administration
Department of Commerce
Vigilantes
National War Savings Committee
Mother
Father
Les
Russia
Kaiser
Associated Press
Marne Battle Front
Temps
Israel
D. G. Bickers
Georgia Weekly Breas Association
Andrew J. Cobb
Supreme Court of the State
Satan
New York
Lincoln
Garfield
Perdition
Presa
Tom
Mortiane
B. J. Greene
Jefferson, Ga
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