Athens Observes Duty Day in 1917 Registration
Athens Georgia spent June 5 1917 registering for military service with white and colored residents lining the courthouse. A 21 gun salute marked noon as Miss Mildred Rutherford spoke on patriotism and conscription. a parade closed the day with cadets, guardsmen, and Ku Klux Klan members among the participants.
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Clarke
Woodrow Wilson
Ton
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Regis County
Georgia
Regis
Court House
Mise
Mildred Rutherford
Daughters of the
Confederacy
Georgia University
National
White Family Reunion After Twenty Years
A Lordsburg LaVerne Leader item notes Mr. Bilas White of Athens and family reunite after nearly 20 years. Mr. and Mrs. T Baxter White host with Elias D White of Athens and Renwick White of Arizona joining, honoring their May 1 anniversary.
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Lordsburg-LaVerne
Cal
Rweman
Bilas White
Postal Service
Athens
T. Baxter White
Frank
White
Elias D. White
Georgia
Renwick White
Arizona
Sheldon
Emma
Jesalo White
Ten Million Young Men Volunteer for War Effort
In Washington on June 5 more than ten million Americans enrolled for war service as the first national census without incident. Governors report full registration. Attorney General Gregory praises the day. In the South many register, including a notable showing by African Americans. a few arrests reported. Ute and Navaho Indians resist registration. some religious objectors decline to register. Eleanor Parker seeks access to be awarded a B A degree pending trial.
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Georgia
Germany
Ide Kaiser
United States
Belgium
France
Serbia
Poland
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Chamber of Commerce
Capts
Boswell
Band of Georgia
National Guardsmen
Dorsey
Paine
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Gregory
South
Washington
New York
Eleanor Parker, & Bernard College
Columbia University
Nicholas Murray Butler
Supreme Court
China threatens revolution and war against Germany
From Amoy to Amoy China reports five demands on the Peking government including dismissal of the national assembly, constitutional revision, removal of the president’s advisors, reinstatement of Premier Tuan Chi Jui, and war with Germany. Other items note Albania declares independence and Italy’s cautious stance. Air raids on London cause casualties. Turkish forces defend Jerusalem. Germany protests Brazil’s use of its ships. fighting in Belgium and Italy continues.
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Chi Jui
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England
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Belgium
Gorisia
Italiana
Athens to Receive Cantonment Camp for Soldiers
Report confirms Athens will host a cantonment for soldiers as tents replace buildings. War Department plans to increase the regular army and call the National Guard into federal service in three August drafts, assembling divisions by state for deployment to departments.
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Fmt
Athens
War Department
Wood
National Guard
National Army
Southeastern
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
District of Co
Athens White Registrars Laud Colored Citizens For Duty
In Athens Georgia on June 8 1917 white registrars commend colored citizens for prompt orderly registration with few exemptions. The mayor issued thanks praising four Black registrars J H Brown S H Usher W G Carter and R H Jefferson for their work aiding registration of Black youths. Resolutions from white registrars express appreciation and note distribution to newspapers.
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Athens
Cty
Athena
J. H. Brown
C. Usher
R. H. Jefferson
W. G. Carter
Arnold
Georgia
H. Usher
McMillan Expedition 15 Heard From At Last
New York June 5 The Crocker Land Expedition leader Donald McMillan and his party have enough supplies to last until August A July departure from Nova Scotia was announced by Dr Henry Osborne president of the American Museum of Natural History The message reports discovery of new islands and scientific success and notes a relief voyage may depart from Copenhagen via a minister jet from Banjor Maine The source is fragmentary and uncertain but confirms a crucial update on the expedition.
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Associated Press
New York
Donald McMillan
Crocker
Henry Osborne
American Museum of Natural History
Nova Seo
Harrison Gant
Banjor
Sturgeon
Jet Copenhagen
Storm victims toll in Kansas and neighboring states
Topeka Kans June 5 Three persons are known dead several injured and extensive property damage reported from a windstorm that swept Jamblia Virginia North Carolina Tennessee South Carolina Indiana Kentucky Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas and Louisiana Coast artillery plans to draft in July.
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Kans
Jamblia
Virginia
North Carolin
Tennessee
South Carolina
Indiana
Kentucky
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mieelzelppi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Coast Artillery
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