Austrian Pinchers Hold Off Italians in New Front
The Italian war office reports the Austrians are held along the Piave with no advance on the Montel Jo plateau. Italy repulsed two enemy attacks while strengthening northern plateau positions. Allied and German guns clash on multiple fronts. Austrians claim gains as battle trends, with 30,000 prisoners and 120 guns captured cited by Vienna. American forces on the Marne report accurate rifle fire repelling German patrols. Socialists stage demonstrations in Vienna, per Basel dispatch.
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Associated Press
Italy
Julian Alps
Piave
Montel Jo
Alps
Asiago
Piave River
Monterro Plateau
Vienna
Marne
London
War Office
Alumni Society Hearns on Railroads and Gym Plan
The Alumni Society at the University of Georgia heard Hon Meyhew Cunningham argue for private railroad ownership postwar while cautioning against federal control. He urged government operation as a wartime measure but favored private management thereafter. The group also named land trustees to draft a history of the Alumni Gymnasium Hall and to organize funding to complete the building.
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University of Georgia
Meyhew Cunningham
Savannah
Republic
C. M. Candler
Georgia voters favor straight talk in senatorial race
The Savannah Morning News reports Judge Andrew J Cobb of Athens says campaigners must abandon old stump humor and present clear loyalty and patriotism in the war era. He asserts William Harris is strengthening with Georgia voters backing strong wartime support and condemns jokes over crucial issues.
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Savannah News
Morning News
Times of Peace
Andrew J. Cobb
Athens
William Harris
Cobb Sal
Harris
Georgia
United States Senate
England Faces Massive War Debt As Bonar Law Proposes Credit
London June 18 Andrew Bonar Law chancellor of the exchequer introduced a vote of credit of five hundred million pounds sterling in the House of Commons and provided figures showing total war credits with current appropriations reaching seven billion three hundred forty two million pounds.
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Associated Press
London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Commandant at Ft. Oglethorpe Hospital Is Discharged
Major Charles A. Smith, commandant of the Ft. Oglethorpe general hospital, received an honorable discharge over allegations involving patient treatment. The tubercular patient was reportedly placed on bread and water diet for rule infractions under Smith’s charge.
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Chattanooga
Charles A. Smith
Ft. Oglethorpe General Hospital
Smith
Million For Submarine Base at Key West Fla
The house adopted the senate amendment to the naval appropriation bill funding a million dollars for a submarine base at Key West Florida. The vote echoed wartime patriotism as supporters urged loyalty to President Wilson and Georgia’s Senator Hardwick be replaced by Harris, signaling confidence in national leadership.
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Key West
Fla
Washington
House Today
Senate
Naval
France
Hardwick
Georgia
United States
National Democratic Party
America
Wilson
Harris
Class of '98 Endowment Fund Then and Now
The University of Georgia class of 1898 held a reunion and alumni day events. A $1,500 subscription toward a $150,000 endowment fund for “Class of '98 Endowment Fund” was announced to assist worthy young men. Trustees named B. D. Watkins C. H. Black and Y. L. Watson. Resolutions praised faculty, alumni, students, and war efforts, condemned graft and unloyal public servants, lauded ministers and Allied war effort, and endorsed Woodrow Wilson. Attendees listed include Chas Black, B. D. Watkins, A. H. Davenport, J. T. Dorsey, Y. L. Watson, among others.
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University of Georgia
Messrs
B. D. Watkins
C. H. Black
Y. L. Watson
Naval Service
Parriotic
Athens
South
A. H. Davenport
America
Americana
Woodrow Wilson
Labor to elaborate: who coined the phrase
A terse inquiry asks who first joined labor and elaborate in the phrase. It seeks a name or attribution for the linguistic blend and its historical usage. The note suggests curiosity about origin rather than a formal statement.
Red Cross Canteen Booth Erected Near S A L Station
The Ath ens Red Cross canteen committee plans a handsome parkside booth at the G A S station near the Seaboard Airline line. Planned with plans by Mr Fred J Orr, it will be funded by broad local donations and equipped with lumber lighting gas stove and coffee service. University training detachment will do carpentry. Men urged to contribute.
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RED Cross
S.A. L
Athens Red Cross
Athens
Seaboard
Mme
Lustrat
G. A.S. Station
Fred J. Orr
Gerdine
Brumby
University
Athens War Savings Drive Mobilizes 400 Workers
More than four hundred workers in Athens prepare to canvass every business and home for War Savings Stamps. W T Forbes leads a citywide drive, with six battalions and twenty four captains organizing twelve business and residential sections. A $440000 goal, with a $1000 per-person limit, aims to surpass the top in this critical campaign.
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Athens
H. H. Gordon
W. T. Forbes
Times
Barnett
T. F. Green
John White Morton
Andrew
Erwin
Max Michael
B. F. Hardeman
Morton Hodgson
Sanford
Clarke
Howard Threatens Retire If My Record Attacked in Any Place
Hartwell Georgia June 18 Hon William Gchely Howard US Senate candidate spoke to about two hundred at Hart County courthouse. He accused Gainesville opponents of plotting to replace him and promised to retire if anyone attacked his public record. He invited all to Gainesville for June 29 debate with Dean.
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Howard
Hartwell
William Gchely Howard
United States Senate
Georgia
Hart County
Forrest Adair, Jr
Walter L. Hodges
Northern Circuit
Mr. Howard
Foot
Dean
Senate
U. & Judge
Newman
Bil Burwell
South Georgia
Hugh J. Rowe
Athens Banner
Gainesville
D. T. Quillian
Quillian
Grace Lask Declared Sane And Is Sentenced
Grace Lask declared sane and sentenced in Waukesha Wisconsin for second degree murder in the slaying of Mrs Mary Newman Roberts wife of Dr David Roberts former state veterinarian The verdict and sentencing come after today proceedings and reflect the court action in the case
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Associated Press
Waukesha
Wis
Grace Lask
Mary Newman Roberts
David Roberts
Birth of Harold Amoss Jr., son of Marguerite DuPree and Harold Amoes
Dr. and Mrs. Harold Amoes of New York announce the birth of a son Harold Amoss Jr. on Saturday June 16. Mrs. Amoes was formerly Miss Marguerite DuPree of this city.
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Harold Amoes
New York
Harold Amoss, Jr
War Talk by Canadian Vet at Georgia University Octagon
Sgt Maj Ivan Staneslaus, a disabled Canadian soldier of the 297th Canadian Overseas Regiment, spoke on the war and personal experiences. He described wounds, capture, and torture, and denounced German crimes including atrocities against civilians, doctors, and captured troops, urging relentless action against the Kaiser and German tyranny.
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Ivan Staneslaus
297Th, Canadian Overseas Regiment
Belgium
Red Cross
Morton
America
Germany
Canada
Alwayn
Trustees Reconsider Admit Women to Georgia Education
University of Georgia trustees reversed Monday’s action by 12 to 8 vote, denying women entry to the junior and senior classes of the School of Education. The Wooster resolution had proposed broader access, but the latest vote preserves limits to the education program and does not open the full university to women.
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School of Education
Univerity of Georgia
Fatal Mob Incident Near Mangham Louisiana Sees Black Man Die
Natchez Mississippi June 18 Associated Press reports a Black man George Clayton was fatally harmed by a mob near Mangham Louisiana after he fatally injured a white man and wounded others. The mob consisted of local citizens acting as a posse.
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Associated Preag
Natchez, Miss
George Clayton
Mangham
Mississippi River
Western Hemisphere Troops to Train in America
The War Department will seek funds to build training facilities in the United States for forces from western hemisphere nations allied against Definite arrangements are not yet made. Congress approval is expected, and the plan aims to prepare allied troops here while American forces train overseas.
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America
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
War Department
Kentucky School Teacher Sets War Work Record
Miss Balle Lanes, a Knox county school teacher with two brothers in the army, has established a war work record by mowing six acres of hay in one day on her father's farm in Knoxville on June 18.
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Associated Press
Knoxville
Miss Balle Lanes
Knox County
Cent a Mile Rate For Confederate Re-Union
Tulsa on June 18 Associated Press reports railroad rate of one cent a mile with thirty day stopover for the Confederate Reunion to be held in mid September. Director McAdoo and General Forest outline recruitment of support for war effort. He urges Americans to act, warns foreigners and praises soldiers, noting funds for a Canadian officer remaining over.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okm
McAdoo
Geeperal Forest
Belgium
France
Britain
America
Hugh Gordon
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Ben F. Riley
J. T. Dorsey
W. C. Pitner
E. W. Martin
B. c. Yancey
E. E. Pomeroy
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Roscoe Perkins
Dupree Hunnicutt
L Watson
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Martin Lueck
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Went
Georgian University
Lousiana Negro
Kentucky
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