Crowder’s Draft Aides Include Noted Lawyers
General Crowder built a staff of distinguished lawyers to run the draft. Notables include Charles Warren of Detroit, who drafted key draft regulations, and J. H. Wigmore, dean and author on evidence. Others: Robert Lansing, J. R. Clark, F. R. Keefer, Roscoe Conklin, H. E. Stephenson, and J. Barry King.
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Associated Press
Washington
General Crowders
Crowder
Ha Hng
General Crowder
Charles Th. Warren
Detroit
Rojoner
Staf
Conone
Warren
United States
Canada
Hague Tribunal
Joint High Tribunal
Great Britain
Bering Sea
Robert Lansing
Colonel Warren
Ame
J. H. Wigmore
Wigmore
Northwestern University
J. 3. Busby-Smith
Supreme Court
District of Columbia Draft Board
J. R. Clark
Washington, D. C
State Department
F. R. Keefer
Grant Trent
Philippine Islands
Joseph F. Fairbanks
New England
Roscoe 8. Conklin
New York
H. E. Stephenson
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. Barry King
Oklahoma
Athens Cage: Kidney Ailments Relieved by Dosa's Kidney Pills
A farmer from Athens reports long standing kidney pain from heavy work eased after using Dosa's Kidney Pills. He notes relief after years of suffering and recommends the Milburn Co. remedy, priced at five cents, with no other details provided.
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Athens
Deana Kidney Pilla
M. E. Hill
Farmer, R. &, D. No. 2
Price Sc
Milburn Co
Municipal election interest noted as incumbents face no opposition
Athens reports typical calm in mayoral administration as aldermanic races loom. O R Dobbs of Third ward opts out, Wright of First ward plans not to seek re election, while Paul H Smith of Athens Overland Co and other local leaders are hinted as candidates. The primary is weeks away with expected subdued contests.
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Tlw
Andrew C. Erwin
O. R. Dobbs
Dobbs
Mayour Arnold
Paul H. Smith
Smith
Athens
Athens Overland Co
People’s Bank
Wright
R. T. Dottery
Wit Wright
Athéns
Dottery
University Boys
University
Lieut Will Erwin Promoted to Captain in Camp Dix
Hundreds of friends in this city learn that former Lieutenant Will Erwin of Co A 325th Infantry promoted to captain. He was sent back from overseas to serve as an instructor and is now stationed at Camp Dix New Jersey.
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Will Erwin
Co. A
325Th Infantry
Erwin
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Mr. Vines Martin Improving After Illness
The many friends of Mr. Vines Martin regret his illness at his home in this city. He has been ill for several days but his condition is improving and it is hoped he will soon recover and return to his place of business where friends enjoy calling on him.
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Vines Martin
Mr. Martin
Community Club Hosts Bond Purchase and Plans Next Meeting
The Community Club enjoyed a pleasant meeting with Mrs. Marvin Davis in attendance. Members purchased a Liberty Bond during the session and noted the next gathering will feature Miss Nina api Lilie Davis.
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Mra
Marvin Davis
Miseee Nina API Lilie Davis
Duty ships built at Orange Texas amid wartime boom
Orange Texas October 16 Sixteen vessels launched with twenty four more due before Christmas and contracts for sixty one more. Shipyards employ about 7000 men with weekly wages totaling 225000. National Shipbuilding Company, Southern Dry Dock and others build for government and foreign clients. New Daugharty design saves timber and boosts efficiency while security against German agents remains tight after an Independence Day arson attack.
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Associated Press
Orange
Texas
America
Sabine River
Atlantic
National Shipbuilding Company of Texas
Mexico
Daugharty
Emergency Meet Corporation
Daugharty {den
National Yards
Orange Maritime Corporation
Department of Juation
Let the Lower Lights Be Burning in Prayer Time
A wartime sermon urges prayer at 8 20 pm as the closet prayer practice, citing Jesus words about praying in secret. It links faith at home with the battles abroad, urging readers to act as lower lights while soldiers fight and urging unity of work and prayer until the Master comes.
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Jesus
Pershing
Foch
Haig
Elizabeth Hughes to Speak at Athens Conference on October 24
Miss Elizabeth Hughes, director for the Department of the Southeast of Women’s Work in the United War Work Campaign, will be a principal speaker at the Athens district conference on October 24. Her extensive experience with war work and the merger of seven organizations under the November drive lends authority to her educational address on women’s war work and district plans.
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Elizabeth Hughes
Department of the Southeast
United War Work Campaign
Athens
Miss Hughes
Young Women's Christian Association
War Work Council
U. W
Women’s Committee
South Georgia Normal Closed Amid Flu Precautions
Valdosta Ga Oct 16 Special The Valdosta Board of Health order to close moving picture shows schools and churches as flu precautions also forced the South Georgia State Normal College to shut its doors. President R H Powell accepted the order cheerfully noting the college houses more than 200 girl boarders and many local students yet has long guarded against epidemics with strong sanitary measures.
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Valdosta
Valdosta Board of Health
South Georgia State Normal College
South Georgia
R. H. Powell
Normal College
Aaron Cohen Dies in Jacksonville Camp Johnston
A sad death to Athenians noted in Jacksonville Florida at Camp Johnston. Aaron Cohen son of Daisy and Herman Cohen volunteered for service, lived in Atlanta before the war, and will be brought to Athens by S A L. Pallbearers include Louis Funkenstein Max Michael Abe Link B P Joel Herbert Van Straaten Maurice Jankower.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Camp Johnston
Athens
Aaron Cohen
Daisy Cohen
Herman Cohen
Cohen
Atlanta
Frank Myers
Felix Phillips
Simon Michael
Sam Myers
Augusta
Mesers
Louis Funkenstein
Max Michael
Abe Link
B. P. Joel
Herbert van Straaten
Maurice Jankower
Mr. Cohen
Daisy Myers
Southern cities behind in quotas for liberty loans
Avanta Ga Oct 16 The southern cities lag in liberty loan subscriptions with Nashville and Chattanooga as the only cities over the top District chairman W C Wardlaw says larger cities must meet individual quotas and men who should subscribe 5000 and more are not meeting their responsibilities Influenza epidemics in many parts of the district worsen the situation.
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Avanta
South
Nashville
Chattanooga
W. C. Wardlaw
Jerome Michael Commissioned As 2nd Lieutenant
The friends of Mr. Jerome Michael announce his commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Machine Gun Division at Camp Hancock. He is assigned as an instructor in the officers training school, reflecting his entry into military service.
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Jerome Michael
M. G. Michael
Camp Hancock
Sehool
Nighttime Coast Vigil Inspires Rescue Hope
A fragment recalls the Coast Guard or local mariners tending distant beacons as a stricken seafarer clings to hope. The passage invokes enduring faith that hope and aid can reach a weary mariner across the waves, urging rescue and solace.
Reichstag Granted Final War Power in Peace Decision
Copenhagen reports Germany's federal council accepted a proposed amendment granting the Reichstag final power in deciding war or peace. The move centralizes authority amid ongoing political debates over constitutional reform.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Germany
Federal Council
Reichstag
Chief Hope Is Assurance Of Loan Chairs
Washington reports the liberty loan campaign made a major daily gain, with $315,000,000 added in one day. Officials expect more than $1,000,000,000 to be counted after the Saturday closing, though the pace likely slows. St Louis district leads at 85 percent. Atlanta and Philadelphia trail at 43 percent. Atlanta subscriptions totaled $81,320,000.
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Associated Press
Washington
Liberty Loan
St. Louis
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Freight for the Front: Fifty Pounds a Day Per Soldier
Eighteen steamships unload Army goods at 10,000 tons daily along three miles of American docks in Southwestern France. Twelve thousand workers, including 7,000 stevedores and 13,000 engineer troops, move vast freight through warehouses, rails, and camps to supply an army of millions.
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Associated Press
American
France
America
Europe
Georgia artist cooks fame via pies for American troops
Georgia culinary artist Thomas Kane travels with the American Red Cross across rail hubs in France teaching French cooks to craft American pies cakes and cookies. His pastry skills have won praise from doughboys and Red Cross workers who fear losing his talent when he moves on to the next canteen. Kane, once a transatlantic steamer chef, volunteered with the Red Cross after fleeing German-occupied Antwerp.
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Associated Press
Thomas Hane
Georgia
Mother
Kane
Red Cross
Kine
Calinary
Antwerp
France
de Wah
Cabbies Come Into Their Own In New York
New York on a gasolene free Sunday finds cabs recalled to service. Hansoms and barouches reappear as traffic dwindles and pedestrians adapt. The city slows yet stays lively, with cabbies, marquees, and even millionaires enjoying the quiet streets.
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New York
Associated Press
Tharssix
Times Square
I Can Now Eat and Sleep in Comfort After Illness
Miss Agnea Turner of Chicago Illinois describes how overwork irregular meals and health neglect left her a wreck. She suffered headaches loss of appetite constipation and sleeplessness before trying Chamberlain’s Tablets which brought relief after nearly two months of use.
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Agnea Turner
Chicago
Chamberlain
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