Germans Hit Still-hands On French Front Endures Drive
World War I dispatch reports German forces attacking near Soissons and Chateau Thierry, with American, French, and British troops holding lines. In Pernant and Neuilly La Poterie sector, German gains are limited as Allied forces counter and force some enemy retreats on the Marne and Aisne front.
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Associated Press
France
Soissons
Chateau Thierry
Rheims
Neuilly Wood
Paris
Marne
Jaulgonne
Pernant
Aisne
Ourcq
Neuilly la Poterie
Osse
Pennant
Foch
Washington
Berlin
Bae
Montdidier
Carson Casualty List Confusion Clears Tolbert Identity
A casualty list item from France misnamed Joe Tolbert as Joe Carson in Athens GA. The Deaner learned the name was transmitted incorrectly. Relatives were wired as Joe Corban. The deceased was Joe Tolbert, a colored Quartermaster Corps soldier, whose mother lived on River Street.
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France
Joe Carson
Athens
Deaner
Joe Corban
Joe Tolbert
Quartermaster’s
River Street
Men Sought for U S Guardsmen Roles in Athens Ga
Local recruiting station in Athens Georgia seeks men over draft age with prior service in Spanish-American War Philippine Insurrection Boxer Rebellion Army Navy or Sarina Corps. Applicants must be under forty five and may include married men. Experience in organized fire or police departments acceptable with chief’s permission. Assigned to guard docks munition plants and other public utilities.
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U. 8
Army
Athens
U. S
Navy
Thirty Days for Failure To Stand and Uncover If National Anthem
City council plans a June 4 ordinance requiring people to stand and uncover when the national anthem is sung and to remove cars from public areas. Violations carry up to thirty days in jail.
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Atlanta
Adverse Report on The Florida Canal Project
Washington June 4 an adverse report of the war department against the purchase and enlargement of the Florida east coast canal or the construction of an enlarged canal over a parallel route was submitted to the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Florida East Coast Canal
Cadet Mills Dead After Plane Crash Near Taylor Field
Cadet George O. Mills of Jersey City New Jersey was instantly killed when his engine failed and his airplane plunged about 2000 feet near Taylor Field this afternoon. The tragedy ends Mills career as a cadet and follows his service in the United States military.
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Montgomery
George O. Mills
Jersey City
N. J
Taylor Field
Wilson opposes further food legislation now
President Wilson, in a June 4 letter to Genstor Shoppard, declares opposition to additional food legislation until the food administration deems it necessary to conserve foodstuffs. The stance emphasizes restraint pending expert guidance.
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Washington
Wilson
Food Administration
Genstor Shoppard
City Officers Chosen In Caucus For Ensuing Year
After a brief session the council met in executive caucus to elect officers for the coming year. All departments except city assessors were filled. several police and fire positions changed hands while others were reappointed. A salary raise was approved for Howard Kirk of the waterworks.
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Council
C. H. Allgood
Charles W. Heard
John M. White
H. Grady Wright
Allie Richards
Weldon Wood
George James
Robert L. McCune
Marion Elliott
Charles Meade
Howard Kirk
Former Vice President Fairbanks Dies at Home
Indianapolis dispatch reports former vice president Charles Warren Fairbanks died at his home in Indianapolis tonight from intestinal nephritis.
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Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Ren Fairbanks
United States
Federal authorities remove Loyalty Committee placards
Federal authorities today removed from fences and posts in Knoxville glaring placards bearing a warning to all disloyal citizens and pro-Germans signed by the Loyalty Committee. The notice claimed the group organized for a long neglected service to put the fear of God in your souls or wring the life from your excellent bodies.
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Knoxville
Majorities Enlist at Local Recruiting Office
Local recruiting station lists young men who reached majority since last June and volunteered before draft registration. Only one Clarke County boy, Nathan Abelman, among Athens youths, enlisted. others are sons of prominent families. Father of Chester Haynie intervened to ensure his son enlisted with blessing, then returned home brief period before camp.
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Jim B. Waddell
Jefferson
Robert H. Shields
Jerse Day
Statham
Nathan Abelman
N. A. Athens
Henry W. Malcolm
Sig. Corps
R. A
Eastville
Chester
Haynie
Sig
N. A
Athens
Optimism Should Be the Slogan for Wartime America
A WWI era editorial urges calm amid submarine threats and predicts improving front lines. It calls Americans to maximize food production, invest in Liberty Bonds and War Savings, and support Red Cross while building a prosperous, united nation. It stresses optimism, thrift, and collective effort to strengthen the country for victory.
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Jersey
New England
Germany
Paris
America
Red Cross
American destroyers scour Atlantic coast for U boats
Submarine raids off the American coast persist. A destroyer saved the French steamer Radjoleine from destruction off Maryland and then found the Edward Baird Jr sinking after a submarine attack. The toll rose to fifty eight dead and missing from the Carolina voyage. survivors from the Carolina reported U-87 and U-151 operating near the coast, with plans to stay through August.
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Associated Press
Washington
Radjoleine
Maryland
Edward Baird, Jr
New York
American
Carolina
Roker
Edna
Record shows record ship completions for May at 263571 tons
Washington reports the shipping board completed and delivered forty four ships totaling 263 571 tons in May, the greatest production in the nation's history.
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Associated Press
Washington
the Shipping Board
Pershing Street Edged Berlin for Fort Shing Rename in Athens
City council held an executive session to elect officers and then voted to rename Berlin Street near Madison Avenue to Fort Shing Street, at Alderman Palmer's suggestion. The council also pledged 500000 gallons of free water for 250 soldiers at the University of Georgia detachment and authorized a public weigher to manage wagon scales with set fees.
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Berlin
Athens
Madison Avenue
Fort Shing Street
Palmer
University of Georgia
Died Last Evening of Mr LH Nichols in Kenney District
Louis Nichols a prominent county farmer and merchant died at his home in Oconee Heights after a lengthy illness. Funeral at Boges Chapel Thursday at 10 AM with Rev Wiggins and others officiating. Burial in churchyard cemetery. Nichols admired for public virtue and personal integrity.
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Louis Nichols
Kenney
Oconee Heights
Boges Chapel
P. ‘Wiggins
Messrs
M. Mortis
A. S. Askew
B. I. Smith
Br. J. H. Dorsey
Charlie H. Phisixy
R. H. Wier
Geo. H. Thurmond
Joe Alexander
Church-Yard
Mr. Nichols
Postmaster Buys All War Savings Stamps Allowed
Capt J H Rucker postmaster at Athens completed his purchase of war savings stamps with the limit of one thousand dollars per individual. He exchanged change for green stamps and deposited the funds in the bank. The piece ends with a call to employables to work and contribute productively during wartime.
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J. H. Rucker
Athens
Buy Thrift Stamps in Public and Lead by Example
A Vigilantes member urges readers to publicly buy Thrift Stamps to inspire others. He compares it to a patent medicine trick where early adopters influence the hesitant, arguing visible purchases boost confidence and sales. He advises purchasing one stamp at a time and sharing the message widely.
Thrift stamps urge support for Uncle Sam and war effort
A compact appeal stresses buying thrift stamps to aid the nation and help Uncle Sam fund the war, noting savings grow with interest as a vital contribution and promising help for nephews overseas.
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Uncle Sam
L Sts
The
Bergein
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London
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Picardy
Chateau Tosses
Uncle Sam's Boys
May Listy
Morris
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Bethune
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Florida Canal
Loyalty Committee
Atlantic Coast
Lewes
Delaware
Third Naval District
City OF Columbus
Atlantic
Caroline
At- Hantle
Navy Department
Hattie Dunn
Bana
Student Soldiers
LH. Nichols
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