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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
2
The Athens Banner urges wartime efficiency and civic action urging farmers to prepare for next year's food and meat crops. It notes government use of census ages for draft and praises newspapers and magazines for patriotic advertising supporting the war effort.
Poem fragments speak of dreams ahead guiding through storms and ceaseless struggle. It reflects varied desires including health wealth home and love as guiding lights for different lives.
A historical report describes an inventor creating a sausage machine concept adapted to produce and fill bags in a single operation. The device aims to streamline packaging by combining formation and filling steps into one process.
Mr. Hoover, designated U S food manager for wartime needs, calls the Oregon apple crop vital like staple foods and assures prompt movement by rail. He notes Belgium’s fruit and vegetables shortage as a warning and jokes about Georgia grown peaches and melons to help corn move fruit.
General Goethals doubts the wooden ship plan to build three thousand vessels for Atlantic operations. He argues steel ships can be produced within the deadline and serve better after the war, due to lumber shortages and material limits. The shipbuilding board opposes the change, while British observers warned small wooden ships would fail against larger, swifter vessels.
The article urges a strong Georgia teacher turnout for the University Summer School despite World War I. It notes growing pupil numbers, no school closings due to the war, and plans for efficient training, with at least a thousand teachers anticipated from across the state.
The Smith Lever Act expansion proposes higher federal funds for Georgia's extension work in agriculture. State matching will be required for the next two years, pending legislative action opening next month. The program has yielded strong returns and improved farm conditions statewide.
The article notes tuberculosis as a major wartime foe with 150000 French soldiers discharged for the disease and widespread cases in France. It claims the English army is freer of TB and describes soldiers living in close quarters and shelters rather than open air, increasing infection risk.
The speaker notes trenches are unsanitary and conditions are harsh. The rise in tuberculosis among French troops has driven U S efforts to form organized groups to fight the disease behind the lines in France and apply American advances in hygiene and sanitation.
The article contemplates the U S Commission to Russia led by Elihu Root. It notes Russia is governed by radicals and that reception by the Russian people will determine the commission’s effectiveness. Allies rely on the visit, but success hinges on Russian attitudes and openness.
University of Georgia backs the war effort with 12.5 percent of Ft. McPherson trainees and 25 percent of Georgia students. Many alumni will join the army or assist domestically. The university expands training in wireless, field engineering, and military tactics and plans chemistry courses next year.
The article notes widespread mobilization across Georgia from the State College of Agriculture to local chambers, ministers, doctors, teachers, and bankers urging farmers to boost food production. Director J. Phil Campbell reports a 25 percent rise in food crops this year, with President Andrew M. Soule praising the unified, patriotic effort and its economic and national benefits.
Maxwell dealers nationwide tested two five passenger cars in Athens with official observers. Dr Bott's car achieved 36.2 miles per gallon and Mr O Kelly's reached 34.7 miles per gallon on long rural runs. A national prize of 5000 dollars awaits dealers in towns of Athens size.
A martial rally calls from distant lands to oppose a ruthless foe. It urges strength from the North and West and a holy duty to bind the Beast and end its tyranny, seeking a lasting peace by ending the pact with death and hell.
In Washington on June 4 crowds gathered for the twenty seventh annual United Confederate Veterans reunion the largest assembly of Southern veterans north of the Potomac. The event united Confederate veterans Grand Army men and Spanish War veterans with spectators and dignitaries including Hilary Herbert and lawmakers from Mississippi and Florida.
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