Allied Armies Hold Line as German Offensives Falter
Allied forces in Flanders repelled German thrusts near Kemmel and Lacre as ground filled with casualties. British and French stabilized positions north of Lacre and near Amiens, with French lines reestablished near Noyon. A large Allied counter offensive looms as discussions at the inter allied war council in Paris focus on turning the tide.
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Flanders
von Arnim
Ances
Ypres
Lacre
Ential
Lacl
Amiens
Noyon
Sia
Villers Brettoneaux
Foch
Inter-Allied War Council
Paris
Russia Seeks Conscription Amid War Crisis
MOCOW April 23 Leon Trotzky Bolshevik minister of war and finance pressed a central executive meeting to issue a decree for compulsory military service. He warned Russia cannot wait as imperialist enemies threaten from the east and the resolution urged immediate action.
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Russia
Mocow
Leon Trotzky
Finance
Central Executive
Third Liberty Loan Message Urges Full Patriotism and Sacrifice
Zone Chairman M G Michaels urges 100 percent loyalty during wartime, calling on citizens to lend money, give time, and persuade others to buy Liberty Bonds. The piece stresses funding the war effort, supporting soldiers, and opposing laxity, with a moral choice between America and the Kaiser and a pledge to back troops with resources and prayers.
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M. G. Michaels
Liberty Loan subcriptions hit record daily total
Treasury figures show yesterday's Liberty Loan subscriptions at 174 million dollars, pushing the campaign total to 2.458 billion. The Atlanta district surged from 37 to 58 percent in a day, narrowing the gap with New York to within seven percent, credited to vigorous local drive.
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Associated Press
Washington
Liberty
Treasury
Thig
Atlanta
New York
War Labor Board averts paper workers strike at International Paper
Washington on April 30 the war labor board averted a May 1 strike by pulp and paper workers at International Paper, which produces 60 percent of U S consumption. An eight hour day and higher pay were considered with an agreement to have adjustments by July 1 and possible May 1 date from increases. In the meantime the trade commission will study price adjustments for paper. The government also plans to reorganize the industry on a war conservation basis to conserve newsprint for newspapers, essential to wartime operations.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Labor Board
International Paper Company
Trade Commission
United States
Flour would be $30 to $50 per barrel in 1920s speech
New York April 30 Herbert Hoover federal food administrator told a grain dealers conference that without government control wheat commerce would have pushed flour to 30 to 50 dollars per barrel with prices at ten to ten and a half dollars at the mill door and mentioned congestion and regulation factors.
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Associated Press
New York
Herbert Hoover
Amercan
Germany intrigue case ends with prison terms
In San Francisco on April 30 Judge Van Vleet pronounced sentence on twenty nine Germans Americans and Hindoos convicted of conspiring to overthrow British rule in India. Total prison terms amount to twenty three years and two thirds and fines total four thousand dollars.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Germany
United States
van Vleet
India
Queen Elberta Peach Shipments Lead Season Start
Macon reports the first crate of peaches for the season shipped from Fort Valley eighteen days ahead of all previous records. The fruit is fully matured and well colored. The Associated Press notes concerns over Liberty Bonds if the war ends unfavorably, urging buyers to consider bond value.
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Associated Press
Macon
Fort Valley
Rees
Crowd Flocks to See War Relics Train in Athens
Immense crowds across Athens gather at the Seaboard Air Line station to view a government war relics train aiding Liberty Bond sales. The five-car display features cannons, shells, helmets, maps, and trenches from France and Germany. Officials and veterans accompany the train, with 43 new bond subscribers and colorful crowds, despite rain, boosting local fundraising beyond prior county totals.
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Seaboard Air Line Railway
Tennessee
Georgia
M. G. Michael
J. J. Wilkins
Andrew Erwin
Bogart
Auto
Athens
James W. Morton
Sidney Boley
D. G. Bickers
H. H.gordon
Jere M. Pound
8. W. Sanford
W.T. Forbes
Rod Davis
Ed Gallagher
France
Germany
B. H. Goodhart
Atlanta
Robert H. Wolcott
Extreme Penalty Imposed in State by Food Administrator
Washington April 30 plans to create a three million man army to meet France bound troops. Secretary Baker to present measures within days to the house military committee. The exact increase is undisclosed but widely believed to be about one million more troops.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
House Uitary Committee
Baker
Spy Wilhelm von Linder Held at Fort Leavenworth
District Attorney Robertson announced that Wilhelm von Linder, a deserter and alleged German spy, obtained valuable military secrets near Norfolk while with the First Georgia infantry before the United States entered the war. He is imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth awaiting proceedings.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Wilhelm von Linder
Fort Leavenworth
Robertson
America
Norfolk
First Georgia Infantry
Loss of Cyclops Still a Mystery
Washington April 00 The navy department has ordered many crews landed by warships to question sabermen along the coasts of the West Indian islands in an effort to find a trace of the missing naval collier Cyclops. None of the many vessels engaged in searching has reported finding wreckage or other crew.
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Washington
Navy Department
West Indian Islands
Body of Beloved Lady Laid To Rest
Funeral services for Mrs Francea M Cheney were held at her Milledge avenue home at 6 pm with Rev E L Hill officiating. Floral tributes reflected wide affection. Interment followed in Oconee cemetery with pallbearers Hugh Hodgson Howell Erwin Frank Lipscomb J J Wilkins Bolling DuBose and Andrew C Erwin listed.
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Milledge Avenue
Hill Street
Francea M. Cheney
E. L. Hill
Oconee Cemetery
Messrs
Hugh Hodgson
Howell Erwin
Frank A. Lipscomb
J. J. Wilkins
Bolling DuBose
Andrew C. Erwin
Auto Chase After Auto Tiger And When Liquor Was Poured Out Upon Ground Negroes Got More Than They
Special to the Banner. Jefferson Georgia April 20 Yesterday afternoon in a downpour of rain Sheriff Barber and Deputy Sheriff pursued an automobile filled with liquor moving toward Jefferson They attempted to stop it and a chase followed reaching outside town before they finally halted the vehicle obscured by the weather and damaged phrasing
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Banner
Jefferson, Ga
Barber
Jeferson
Toddy Garman
Contracts Let for 1025 Locomotives in Record India? No, US rail order
Washington April 30 Contracts for 1025 freight and passenger locomotives the largest single order in American railway history were let today by the railroad administration to the American Locomotive Company and the Baldwin Locomotive Works at about 60 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
American Railways
The
Railroad Administration
American Locomotive Company
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Treadwell & Co. Atlanta Closed Under Food Administration Order
Dr. Andrew M. Boyle, Georgia federal food administrator, revoked A. P. Treadwell & Co.’s license for war-time violations of food control rules. The order, issued April 30, restricts business to preexisting contracts and on-hand goods, with winding-up directed by Vasser Wooley. Alleged charges include cottonseed wildcat speculation and failure to deliver contracts.
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Atlanta
Andrew M. Boyle
Georgia
A. P. Treanwelt & Co
Herbert Hoover
United States Food Administrator
A. P
Treadwell & Co
Congress
United States
Nox
A. P. Treadwell & Co
Vasser Wooley
Andrew M. Soule
Administration State Office
United States Food Administration
Food Administration
First Break in Cigar Makers Strike Reaches Local Plant
In Tampa on April 90 the first break in the cigarmakers strike occurred as a small factory with under 100 workers accepted the strikers demands for higher wages, marking a notable development in the labor action.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Nearly quarter million tons of new shipping built in April
Washington reports 240,900 tons of new shipping completed in April as the Shipping Board releases figures. Commissioner Chamberlain notes two thirds of the total was constructed in the last half of the month.
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Associated Press
Washington
Shipping Board
Commissioner of Navigation
Chamberlain
Reflections by Henry Russell Wray on Made in Germany
In this piece by Henry Russell Wray of The Vigilantes a condemnatory tone toward German bowdlerized slogans appears, noting inflammatory phrases and the impact of wartime messaging. The author urges clarity in mail to soldiers and warns against misdirected or mistaken labels in overseas correspondence during the war.
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Henry Russell Wray
Vigilantes
Germany
Hell
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