Clarke County backs rural districts as school tax passes
Clarke County residents vote 269 to 73 in favor of a county wide local tax to fund nine month schools beyond the city limits. Broad support in most districts, with two narrowly opposing, plans to raise 5 to 8 thousand dollars locally to double current state funding for improved schooling.
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Clarke County
Athens
City
Buck Branch
Winterville
Georgia Factory
Whitehall
Sandy Creek
Bradberry's
Princeton
Kinney's
Cyclist and Autoist Clash Injures Local Boy
Yesterday afternoon near the Oco nee street bridge an automobile driven by Albert Towns, with a colored driver, collided with a bicycle ridden by Carl Bearbrough, son of a local merchant, leaving the boy with a broken leg. Eyewitnesses said the accident was unavoidable as the cyclist could not maneuver the wheel, but Bearbrough’s father may pursue action against the driver.
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Oconee Street Bridge
Albert Towns
Carl Bearbrough
Oconee Street
Cotton Crop Condition Reports Mixed Across States
The weekly agricultural bulletin says the cotton crop nationwide is unsatisfactory overall. Georgia farmers replace cotton with beans corn and other food crops due to poor germination. Florida shows good growth and work, though planting is not finished and replanting continues across the belt.
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Washington
Weekly Bulletin of the Agricultural Department
Georgia
Florida
Plan to Prohibit Hoarding in War Censorship Fight
Washington May 31 The administration lost a key battle for war censorship as the house refused to accept the modified censorship section in the espionage bill. The senate had opposed censorship and leaders do not expect further action. In a separate measure the senate adopted an amendment making hoarding storage or destruction of life necessities a felony to relieve food stringency with exemptions for farmers. The secretary of commerce could promote fish use, and support from Southwestern cattlemen and wholesalers was pledged.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Secretary of Commerce
Fletcher
Southwestern
Secretary Daniels Defends Navy Officers of German Names
Secretary Daniels denounces reports questioning loyalty of Navy officers with German descent. He calls such circulation contemptible nearly to treason during the war period.
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Washington
Daniels
Navy
Commencement Speaker Prof R E Park Returns Home
Prof R E Park head of the English department at the University returned home yesterday after a record commencement tour. He traveled thirteen hundred miles within the state and delivered nine commencement addresses in less than a dozen days.
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R.E. Park
Oldest Living Flag Officer Navy Passes in Washington
Washington May 31 Rear Admiral Upshor died in Washington last night at age ninety four. He was long one of the Navy’s senior flag officers and had a notable career in service and leadership roles across decades.
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NAVY
Washington, D. C
Upshor
Annihilation and Front Reestablishment Across The Fronts
Reported WWII era style dispatches describe Italian forces under Gabriele D Annunzio annihilating Austrian troops near San Giovanni on the Corso Plateau while Italian activity grows in Albania. German positions near Mount Haut in Champagne are driven out and the French front restored. Macedonian artillery duels continue. London plans for 1918 wheat self sufficiency.
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Champagne
France
Mount Haut
Albania
Liberty Loan Would Cost $20 Per Person in U S
James Alexander president of the National Bank of Commerce notes that the two billion dollar Liberty Loan is relatively small compared with other war loans. The loan would amount to about $20 for every person.
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Liberty Loan
Associated Press
New York
James Alexander
National Bank of Commerce
Tornado Toll Reported Across Missouri States
St Louis reports from Marble Hill that twenty five people died and over one hundred injured at Zalma in Bollinger county by a tornado. Fourteen are killed and a score injured in Wayne county.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Marble Hill
Zalma
Bollinger County
Wayne County
Germany to drastically cut passenger traffic soon
Copenhagen dispatch reports a Berlin telegram stating Germany will drastically reduce passenger traffic in the near future due to a shortage of rolling stock. The move aims to conserve limited railway resources amid wartime strain and supply shortages.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Berlin
Germany
First Women Postal Carriers in France Arrive
Paris May 31 The first women letter carriers have appeared here wearing dark blue uniforms glazed straw hats and French tricolor ribbon.
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France
Associated Press
Paris
Paris Opens Red Cross Hospital Led by Dr Blake
President Poincare opened a Red Cross hospital in Paris organized by Dr Joseph Blake, surgeon in chief, with funding from the American Red Cross. He awarded Dr Blake the Legion of Honor, praising science devotion and creative work.
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Associated Press
Paris
Poincare
Red Cross
Joseph Blake
American Red Cross
Blake
France
Awake and Arise War Alarm Calls for Liberty Loan Support
A wartime civic appeal urges citizens to act immediately for national defense funding. It warns of aerial bombardment and famine, calls for committees, bond subscriptions, and united, intelligent effort to arm and feed the nation during the conflict.
Charged Speaker at Foreign Relations Meeting
New York May 31 Charges that writer Paxton Hibben was in the pay of the Greek government propagandist and the push for a new war aims statement sparked a sharp debate at the National Conference on Foreign Relations in Long Branch Hibben said he knew Constantine’s sympathies lay with Germany and attacked Venizelos supporters as a small group of astute politicians Professor Theodore Ion of George Washington University accused Hibben of being a propagandist Hibben asked for evidence.
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Associated Press
New York
Paxton Hibben
National Conference On Foreign Relations of the
United States
Long Branch
Hibben
Constantine
Venizelos
Greece
Theodore Ion
George Washington University
Liberty Loan Local Committee Named for the Athens Campaign
The Banner reports the organization of the Liberty Loan Local Committee to handle Athens area bond sales. M G Michael chairs the main committee with listed members across distribution speakers publicity and moving pictures.
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Liberty Loan
Athens
Liberty Loan Local Committee
M G. Michael
John J. Wilkins
Hugh H. Gordon
Andrew C. Bewin
J. F. Tibbetts
Jno
J. H. Beusse
R. Lee Callaway
B. H. Dorsey
H. V. Head
W. F. Dorsey
D. C. Barrow
A. M. Soule
Jere Pound
A. J. Cobb
T. 8. Mell
Harry Hodgson
Judge Gee
C. Thomas
H. J
Food waste problem urged by Agriculture secretary in 1917
The Secretary of Agriculture cites Department studies showing about 700 million dollars wasted yearly in U S food. He attributes this to poor preparation, bad cooking, improper care, and excess courses in well to do households, urging immediate relief through conservation.
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Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Athens To Celebrate June Fifth As Day Of Patriotism
Athens schedules June fifth as a day of patriotism with rallies and law enforcement warning against traitorous conduct. In Topeka Kansas George W. Klethege socialist candidate for governor in 1914 was arrested in Lawrence on conspiracy charges tied to agitation and conscription. In Columbus Ohio three men faced treason charges for an anticonscription plot. Horace Hennacy of Ohio State University was among them, with antidraft posters seized. New York reports pledge of constitutional objections to the draft at the American conference on democracy and peace terms. A collegiate antimilitarism league, with members at Yale Harvard and Princeton, was disrupted by federal agents. Kansas City notes four arrests linked to propaganda against registration under the draft.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kans
Geo. W. Klethege
Kansas
Lawrence
Columbus
United States
Boling
U. S
Horace Hennacy
Ohio State University
Madison
Milwaukee
Hennacy
New York
Frst
American Conference On Democracy and Terms of Peace
Committee On American Liberties
College League
Owen Cattell
Garrison
Charles Philips
Columbia
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Kansas City
Cadet Burned To Death In Airplane At Camp Mohawk
Deseronto Ontario May 31 Cadet W E Fraser of Winnipeg was burned to death while flying with Vernon Castle at Camp Mohawk Castle escaped with minor injuries
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Vernon Castle
Cadet
Associated Press
Deseronto
Ontario
Camp Mohawk
W. E. Fraser
Winnipeg
Castle
Crawfordville and family face loss as infant dies
In Crawfordville Georgia on May 31 a baby's death brings mourning to Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Kendrick whose infant is buried in Cherryville North Carolina. The note mentions local sympathy and community ties while another report discusses moving Archie Pra Normal and Industrial College to Crawfordville amid committee fundraising efforts.
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Crawfordville
A. V. Kendrick
Cherryville
N. C
Kendrick
Prof
Thomas
Archie
Pra. Normal ‘and Industrial College
Athens Plans Great Fourth of July Style June Fifth Registration Day
Citizens rally for nationwide registration for military service with Athens urging a mass parade and citywide decorations. The Chamber of Commerce will organize activities while businesses close for the event and banners display support for patriotic turnout. Georgia aims to mobilize volunteers as multiple cities plan similar observances.
A Splendid Play At Athens High School Club
A Dramatic Club performance at the Athens High School last night drew praise for the young actors. A resident, dazed by smoke, woke but re-entered the blaze and was seriously burned before rescue a second time.
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High School Dramatic Club
Athens High School Dramatic Club
High Cecoo
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