University of Georgia Seniors Reply to Tech School
The University of Georgia senior class publishes a full rebuttal to a Georgia Tech senior class letter accusing UGA of ungentlemanly conduct and breaking the gentleman’s agreement after baseball defeats. The letter defends Georgia’s honor, disputes Tech’s charges, and notes Georgia’s wartime patriotism and hospitality in Athens and Atlanta.
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University OF Georgia
TECH
Atlanta Constitution
Technological School
Atlanta
University of Hisorgia
Georgia School of Technology
Ous
Centleman
Georgia
Athens
Georgia Boys
France
Kentucky
Ted Hasoften
A.M. Thornton
Wallace P. Zachry
C. Murphy Candler
John P. Stewart
Eruption Kills Sixteen Thousand in Java
Officials report sixteen thousand killed or injured in a central Java volcanic eruption on May 20, with Batavia confirming the casualties and fallout for residents and authorities.
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Tokio
Central
Java
Batavia
War Savings Station Established by Georgia Cooperation
Atlanta May 24. Plans for promoting the 1919 Thrift campaign in Georgia rural districts are being perfected with the cooperation of Dr. Andrew M Soule and J P Campbell. W G Cooper secures permission to station a War Savings representative at the State College of Agriculture to organize savings among farmers and clubs county by county. The plan aims to have Georgia agricultural people lead in thrift, teaching saving and investment to boost prosperity. By midsummer rural communities will be organized and citizens encouraged to invest in War Savings Stamps.
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Atlanta
Flans
Treasury Department
Georgia
Andrew M. Soule
State College of Agriculture
J. P. Campbell
W. G. Cooper
War Savings Division
War Loan Organization
Agricultural College
The
War Savings Organization
Harris Returns From France to Take Senate Seat
Special to Banner Washington May 24 Senator William J Harris of Georgia has returned from France to take his seat in the extra session. He details efforts to move troops home speedily and secure markets for cotton, citing talks with General Pershing, shipping board chairman Hurley, and European officials. Harris notes gains for Georgia troops, visits battlefields, and honors fallen soldiers while praising President Wilson and Georgia’s diplomatic links.
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Washington, D. C
William J. Harris
Georgia
France
Mt. Vernon
War Department
General Pershing
32St
United States
Hurley
Shipping Board
Paris
Itay
Baron Cantoni
Milan
Tobler
Italy
Poland
Baruch
United States Economic Board
McCormick
Hoover
Turis
Wilson
Peter C. Harris
Pershing
English Channel
Switzerland
Jewett Williams
Athens
S2nd
Abbeville
Charles D. Harris
6Th Engneers
Meuse- Argonne
George Munro
Benna Vista
Pleasant A Stovall
Harris
Cranston G. Williams
56Th Infantry
Americas Daily Times-Recorder
J. ©. Williams
Greensboro Herald-Journal
Earl Williams
Carrolton
Reed Attacks League of Nations Measure in Senate
In Washington on May 26 the senate debated the League of Nations with bitterness. Senator Reed charged the league would place white rule in black and yellow nations and accused Democrats of partisan motives. Hitchcock and Knox sparred as the measure, a request for the full text of the peace treaty, was laid over as unfinished business. Reed said southern and western states could not justify support due to race and immigration issues.
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Associated Press
Washington
League of Nations
Senate
Reed
Hitchcock
Knox
Pennsylvania
Republican
Johnson
California
State Department
Men Wanted for Instructors in Military Science
A letter from the adjutant general announces that ROTC units have been set up at certain educational institutions and seeks noncommissioned officers to assist professors of military science and tactics. Suitable NCOs with sergeant rank preferred, solid character, good appearance, and clerical ability may be enlisted for detailing to this duty.
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Army
Shackelford
Adjutant General's Office
Committee On
Secretary of War
W. T. Bates
Adjutant General
Shackelford Building
U. S. Army Recruiting Station
Captain McCall Cited For Bravery In World War I Action
The report, from Headquarters One Hundred Sixty Fourth Infantry Brigade, honors Captain Howard H. McCall Jr. of Company D, 327th Infantry, for courage at Cornay, France, on October 7 1917. He held ground under heavy fire, aided wounded men, led a small force into Cornay, and inspired his men before being captured. Also cited is Captain Young H Fraser of the 325th Infantry for fearlessly directing operations near St Juvin, France, in October 1918 while under heavy fire and wounded.
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Tech
United States
Tred
Endrnver
Georgia
Athens
Atlanta
Tech Rooters
Grant Field
Georgia Boys
Argonne Forest
France
Golden Tornado
Gartland Rice
Georgia School of Technology
Howard McCall, Jr
New York
McCall
EB. P
Howard H. McCall
Three Hundred and Twenty-seventh Infantry
Cornay
Ingen Hill
Julian Lindsey
Young H. Fraser
B. F. Fraser
University Law School
Three Hundred and Twenty-fifth Infantry
St. Juvin
Unemployed soldiers riot near House of Commons in London
Thousands of discharged soldiers and railway workers, out of work, marched on the House of Commons citywide today armed with stones and missiles. Police blocked the approach and clashes caused arrests and disorder in London.
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London
Associated Press
House of Commons
Florida Legislature Defeats State Division Resolution
Tallahassee May 26 The state division measure by Representative Mathis failed in the lower house missing eleven votes needed to pass.
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Associated Press
Tallahassee
Mathis
Army worm alerts from Agriculture Department
Special to the Banner reports no new army worm appearances province wide, with Texas efforts aiming to confine it near Dallas and Fort Worth where damage to wheat and oats occurred. The department urges farmers east of the Rockies to watch, report sightings, and rely on established control methods.
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Banner
Washington, D. C
Army
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
Dallas
Forth Worth
Rocky Mountains
Department
Fort Worth
Texan
National Catholic War Council Drives Jobs for Veterans
The National Catholic War Council launches a nationwide drive to place soldiers sailors and marines in work. P J Hanley directs a two hundred field agency network from sixty divisional headquarters to open jobs daily across eleven thousand Catholic parishes. William J Carey heads New York State efforts and Peter J Rigney leads efforts around the New York port as the campaign expands locally.
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Washington
National Catholic War Council
France
United States
P. J. Hanley
Portland
Ore
Niet Asd
Fce
Thity
William J. Carey
Rochester
New York State
Peter J. Rigney
U. S. Employment Service
New York
Battleship New Jersey Delays Because of Engine Trouble
The United States battleship New Jersey, which sailed from Brest on May 20 with troops aboard, put in to Pontadelgada today due to engine trouble.
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New Jersey
Associated Preas
Pontadelgada
United States
Brest
Mission NC-4 to Lisbon Sets Sail at Dawn
Pontadelgada May 26 The motor of the American seaplane NC-4 was tuned this afternoon under Lieutenant Commander Bear. The craft probably will start for Lisbon at daybreak tomorrow.
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Read
Associated Press
Pontadelgada
Bear
Lisbon
Chinese President Authorizes Signing Peace Treaty
Paris May 26 the president of China has informed the Chinese delegation by cable that a cabinet meeting and bath house speakers have authorized the delegation to sign the peace treaty with reservations regarding Shantung.
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China
Associated Press
Paris
Bath Houses
Shantung
Withdrawal of American Forces From Archangel Under Way
Washington May 26 cable advices to the War Department report the withdrawal of American forces from Archangel is underway. All members of the Thirty-ninth Infantry are awaiting evacuation. The cablegram notes that returning soldiers as casuals will not speed up overall discharges since their units will reach home before these individuals.
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Washington
Archangel
War Department
Thirty-Ninth Infantry
Cabblegram
Department
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Ndign Tay
W. J. Harris
U. S. Senate
Young Fraser
Florida Legislatire
Watch For the Army
National Catholic War Council Drive
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