Graduation of Class of 1918 at State Normal School
Last night in Pound Auditor D. B. Ha of the State Normal School graduated the Class of 1918. A capacity crowd heard five senior speakers discuss topics from government control to women in war and the future of teaching, praising civic duty and patriotism amid wartime.
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State Normal School
E. J. Hill
First Presbyterian Church
Clas
Ted
Ella Mae] Miller
Thelma Wilson
Ead
Miss Wilson
Hayden Plunkett
Atlanta
Athens Teacher Rally Champions Front Line Service
An Athens school event featured student speakers urging commitment to patriotism and teaching duty. Miss Viola Ward framed the Red Cross as a moral call to service, while Dr Pound and Miss Lamar Boss outlined futures for defense and democracy. The evening closed with diplomas and a benediction.
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Pound
Viola Ward
American Red Cross
America
Lamar ‘Boss
Monroe
England
France
Army of Future Defense
War of Nations Not of Armies Urges Thrift and War Savings
President Wilson urged Americans to buy only essentials for health and efficiency and to volunteer by June 28 National Thrift Day. He called for systematic investment in war savings and thrift stamps or government securities. He said the war is one of nations, not armies, requiring all 100 million people to adapt economically and industrially.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Accosts by Soldiers Reported in Camp Lee Incident
Petersburg May 29 The Thirty seventh Division is confined to Camp Lee under orders of General Fransworth after a bulletin highlighted reports that men accosted women on the street and called for passengers in passing automobiles.
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Associated Press
Petersburg
Camp Lee
Fransworth
Fo Ethaenta
The Proof: Howard Broke His Word Pledged President
In Macon on May 29 1918 the Telegraph plans to publish that William Schley Howard sought the presidency with the president's approval and pledged not to run for Senate. The piece details letters and responses from President Wilson and Howard arguing over whether Howard violated a White House backed pledge to withdraw from the Georgia Senate race.
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WM. Schley Howard
Macon
Telegraph
Wilt Pubeen
Washington
William Schley Howard
Senate
Georgia
United States
W. J. Harris
Howard
O. K
Atlanta
White House
Waycross
Jet Bowden
Howard People
T. W. Hardwick
Hardwick
William Harris
France
William Schley Howe
Pati
Hhe
Mr. Long
Woodrow Wilson
Geo. H. Long
Iteci
Wilson
Committee On Appropriations
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
Tate
Georgis
Senator Hardwick
William Howard
Mr. Howard
Schley
Eringoem
Holloman
Atlanta Constitution
Harris
Government Supervision of Meat Packing Inches Toward Supervision
Washington May 29 The approval by President Wilson of supervision over the meat packing industry without actual government regulation was announced tonight by the food administration.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Eas
Lieut Robert Griffith dies overseas in plane crash
News from Athens confirms Lieut Robert Griffith of the Signal Corps, son of A B Griffith, perished in an airplane accident May 9 while serving with British patrols. He was a University of Georgia graduate, Phi Beta Kappa, with many honors, and left behind his father, brothers, and a wide circle of relatives.
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A. BE. Griffith
Neapon
Mon Oral
Washington
Lieut
Robert Griffith
Robert Grifith
Signal Corps
Athens
Red Cross
London
Arthur Griffith, Jr
Leutenant
TRG
Paria
A. B. Griffith
Walton Griffith
Arthur Griffith
Lieut. Griffith
England
Suspect Killed After Repeating Crime near Orlando
An unknown black man, believed linked to a Friday night assault on a young white girl near Ganford, was killed near Orlando by county game warden C. R. Carter after an attempted assault on a Black woman. The jury exonerated Carter.
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Orlando
Fla
Ganford
C. R. Carter
Carter
Wedge Drive From HMS 15 Miles In One Place
German forces pressed southeast of Soissons driving wedges about twelve to fifteen miles in onrush areas near Vauxaillon Louveigne and Savigny. British and French units sustain tactics to counter and inflict heavy losses as they pull back under mounting pressure.
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HMS
Soissons
Vauxailion
Louveigne
Savigny
Germans Penetrate Allied Lines In Night Attack
An afternoon report describes a German assault breaking through American trench lines with hand to hand fighting. German and American troops fought in close quarters. nine Americans were killed and one wounded before the defense remained intact as refugees and prisoners were counted. The text notes a gas attack, west of the salient, and additional reports from Pershing on French gains at Soissons and raids repelled in Lorraine.
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Soissons
Tates
Prench
Paris
Compeigne
Rhelma Algo
French War Office
Almé Canal
Seemdarensrely
Washington
Pershing
Lorraine
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Oreory
Rub ‘Ard
Indent Wilson
Macon Telegraph
Robert. Griffith
Chamberlin
Cccee Merlin
Beriin
Leasowe Castle
Chavestet Ead
Nenabeson
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