Fall of Valenciennes Imminent as Allied Forces Advance
Allied forces push toward Valenciennes with significant gains and British units entering western suburbs. French troops report capturing Chalandry and Grandlup north of Laon. Belgian forces reach the Lys canal and secure a bridgehead west of Moorendre amid ongoing combat with German units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencienne
Associated Press
Valenciennes
Haig
Ponde
Angle Gebeldt
Landers
Scheldt
Chalandry
Paris
Grandlup
Laon
Czecholovaks
Terron
Two Student Officers Die In Plane Crash Over Curtis Field
Two Marine Corps student officers, both from the north, were killed when their aircraft crashed during evasions over Curtis Field in Miami on October 22. The incident involved a twin engine trainer and preliminary reports indicate mechanical failure led to the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Marine Corps
Curtis Flela
Help Drive Out Flu Campaign at Red Cross Work Rooms
Citizens urged to volunteer at the Red Cross Work Rooms in the Holman building to sew and assemble anticontagion masks for the S A T C students and the broader war effort. Volunteers are needed for a few hours to support city and county relief and patriotic duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Holman
S. A. TC
New Allied Storm Could Break In Coming Drive
Washington reports a new Allied attack may break soon as the German front in Belgium and northern France winds down. Officers say the pause allows both sides a breathing spell before a likely push toward the Meuse line to disrupt German retirement plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Gtrana
Belgium
France
Meuse
Fort Smith Explosion Injures Dozens in Fire Alarm
Ft. Smith Ark Oct 22 two believed burned and more than thirteen injured in an explosion followed by fire causing property damage of about half a million dollars. Witnesses report a loud blast at the scene and rapid spread of flames damaging nearby buildings. Authorities investigate origin as firefighters battled the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ft. Smith, Ark
Names of Miners Who Quit Their Jobs
Washington Oct 22 Namtx, addresses and present occupations of thousands of coal miners who abandoned their trade since the war began have been offered by the United States Employment Service after appeals to local mine workers unions. An effort will be made through general appeals and personal solicitations to return to their mines where they are urgently needed as war workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Help Wanted by Burial Materials Makers in Georgia
Georgia burial goods manufacturers seek laborers amid high demand. The U S Employment Service lists openings at McNatt Coffin and Casket Co and Hallochville Casket and Mfg, with positions for shapers, cabinetry, cloth rovers, and general laborers. Additional notes reference Atlanta Casket and others needing skilled workers. Employers offer roles in shapers, cabinetmaking, cloth rovering, and labor tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atria Sools
States
U. S
Clayton Street
Georgia
McNatt Coffin and Casket Co
Hallochville Casket & Mfg
Wwekville
War measures passed listed by Senator Martin
Senator Martin of Virginia outlined twenty-five wartime acts and appropriations totaling 36 million dollars for the current session. He traced measures from the Austria Hungary war declaration through Liberty Loan acts, war savings stamps, draft ages, utilities controls, farm loan bonds, and a large revenue bill, noting these likely pass before session end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martin
Virginia
Ieader
Senate
Austria-Hungary
Neasion
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Russian terror becomes monster in Soviet clash
Stockholm reports a clash between revolutionary commissions and central Soviet bodies as terror spreads from Moscow. The menace to the proletariat dictatorship grows beyond Lenine’s reach and the central government’s control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Stockholm
Lenine
Moscow
Changes Surtax on Individual Incomes
Washington adopts a surtax plan affecting individuals earning 100000 dollars. The measure reduces or adjusts rates for high income earners while aiming to balance state revenue. Political debate centers on equality, business impact, and administration.
Nurse Blown From Bed by German Bomb Near Verdun
In October 22 raids northwest of Verdun German aviators dropped four bombs near an American hospital striking a Red Cross nurse who was blown from her bed but not seriously hurt. Patients were moved to dugouts as retaliation for American bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Verdun
Red Cross
Teaad in France to be brought home after war
All American dead in France will be brought home after the war, according to orders received by army chaplains. The grave registration bureau has been working with this in view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Verdun
France
Ten Georgians in casualties report
Washington D C Oct 22 and Washington Oct 25 list Georgians among WWI casualties. Wounded degree undetermined include Clyde M Carroll Atlanta George L Reese Atlanta Dewey Watson Columbus. Died of disease Norman M Daniel Manor Ga Herman Davis Macon Samuel R Robinson Boston William Davis Savannah Ceta Simmons Milledgeville. Missing in action Herman Davis Macon Samuel R Robinson Boston. Wounded degree undetermined John T Murphy Atlanta Calvin D Parker LaGrange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wagoner Clyde M. Carroll
Atlanta
George L. Reese
Dewey Watson
Columbus
Norman &. Daniel
Manor
Herman Davis
Macon
Samuel R. Robinson
Boston
William Davis
Savannah
Feta Simmons
Milledgeville
John T. Murphy
Calvin D. Parker
LaGrange
New Members Named to Georgia District Boards No. 1
The President appointed new members for District Boards No. 1 in the Southern District of Georgia centered in Savannah. Appointees include Dr. T E Coleman Graymont James M Rogers Savannah R A McCranie Savannah Charles T Miller Waycross R G Daniel Millen all replacing prior members. The board serves Appling Bacon Baker Ben Hill Herrien Brooks Bryan Bulloch Calhoun Camden Candler Chariton Chatham Clinch Coffee Colquitt Crisp Decatur Dougherty Echols Effingham Emanuel Evans Glynn Gundy Irwin Jeff Davis Jenkins Lee Liberty Lowndes McIntosh Miller Mitchell Montgomery Pierce Screven Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Turner Ware Wayne Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Georgia
Savannah
T. E. Coleman
Graymont
James M. Rogers
R. A. McCranie
Charles T. Miller
Waycross
R. G. Daniel
Millen
T. M. McIntosh
Thomasville
J. J. BE. Anderson
States
Coro
D. M. Bradley
Hagan
W. C. Verten
Moultrie
Industrial
John M. Lee
Fitzgerald
Applitz
Bacon
Baker
Ben Hill
Herrien
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Calhoun
Camden
Candler
Chariton
Chatham
Clinch
Coffee
Colquitt
Crisp
Decatur
Dougherty
Echols
Effingham
Emanuel
Evans
Glynn
Gundy
Irwin
Jeff Davis
Jenkins
Lee
Liberty
Lowndes
McIntosh
Miller
Mitchell
Montgomery
Pierce
Screven
Tattnall
Thomas
Tift
Toombs
Turner
Ware
Wayne
Worth
Wooden ships are dropped from emergency fleet contracts
Washington Oct 22. Chairman Harley announced that 15 to 20 shipyards building wooden ships for the Emergency Fleet Corporation will not receive new contracts due to inefficiency. The program will not be curtailed. labor and materials will be conserved. As ships are completed, workers will be reassigned to yards needing labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Harley
Wilson Awards Medals To Allied Leaders In World War I
President Wilson awarded Distinguished Service Medals to Allied leaders Foch Joffre Haig Petain and Generals Pershing Diase Gillian for their World War I service. The ceremony took place as the United States Army marked leadership of the Allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
United’ States Army
Foch
Joffre
Haig
Petain
Diase
Gillian
Persing
Navy seeks second three year building program
Washington October 23 Congress asked by the navy department to authorize a second three year program to build ten super Dreadnoughts six battle cruisers and one hundred and forty smaller vessels at a cost of six hundred million dollars Secretary Daniels disclosed after addressing the house naval committee to explain the appropriation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Navy Department
Daniels
House Naval Committee
Red Cross Seeks Overseas Volunteers Regardless of Peace
The article states that peace does not affect Red Cross needs overseas. It urges men and women of high caliber to apply to the Department of Personnel, American Red Cross, Healy Building, Atlanta, Ga, emphasizing urgent and immediate openings across clerical and executive roles even if peace is declared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Department of Personnel
American Red Cross
Healy
Atlanta
Fuigene Butler Captured After Police Chase
Chief Beusce's men and a county officer pursued Eugene Butler who fled after stealing a watch pistol and money from a man. Police and bloodhounds tracked him down within twenty minutes. Butler is held in quarantine awaiting news from Atlanta where he reportedly has a police record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beusce
Eugene Butler
Butler
Pusson
Atlanta
Influenza News Shows Regional Variations in War Update
Washington reports a slight improvement in the national influenza situation with the east and south showing faster civilian recovery. Far west and Pacific coast areas remain less affected while army camps note continued abatement and overall deaths fall to 392 though pneumonia cases rise slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Public Health Service
Far West
Pacific Coast
Wilfully Equivocal French Think Note
Paris October note on evacuation and armistice cited by Havas shows German reply to President Wilson as crafty and obscure. The chamber of deputies lobby notes the tone as denoting a spirit of malaise and demoralization pervading Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Havas
Wilson
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Red Cross Workers Reach Stockholm
The last American Red Cross workers from Russia arrived in Stockholm after a four day Petrograd journey. Bolshevik officials sought to obtain Lenn from Red Cross leaders to prevent winter starvation of non-combatants in Russia. Dr. George Simons sent a famine report urging maximum Red Cross food aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Stockholm
Red Cross
Russia
Petrograd
Red Crors Party
American Red Cross
George Simons
Conference Postponed Amid War Campaign Preparations
Washington reports the supreme war council's likely guidance on Germany notes shaping President Wilson's move while influenza delays the Athena district United War Work Campaign meeting. Athens district aims for 119 500 dollars toward a 170 500 000 national fund for seven nonsectarian organizations aiding troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United War Work
Athena
United War Work Campaign
Athens
Clarke County
Unite War Work
France
War Department
United War Work Fund
National Catholic War Council
Knights of Columbus
The
Jewish Welfare Board
War Camp Community Service
American Library Association
Salvation Army
Debs Appeals 10-Year Sentence to Supreme Court
Eugene V. Debs, former Socialist presidential candidate, sentenced to ten years for disloyal utterances in Canton speech, has appealed to the United States Supreme Court from Washington on October 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eugene V. Debs
Canton
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Wonderful Work by Y M C A in France War Effort
Paris reports the American Y M C A coordinates a vast lyceum circuit behind the lines to entertain troops in France. The program, supported by Y M C A K of C Jewish Welfare Board and others, pays expenses and seeks volunteers ready for rugged, frontline conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mally
Lyceum
America
Ite Ftold
France
K. of C
Jewish Welfare Board
American Library Association
Salvation Army
War Camp Community Service
Madison Avenue
New York City
American Expeditionary Force
MLC. A
United States
Soldier press agents for U S in Russia
Archangel Sept 30 Those of the American army contingent stationed here who speak Rowlan are press agents for Uncle Sam In the troops selected for Russian service were many of Slavic birth reviving their old language now and using it with the pretty Russian girls and more important with the Russian workmen who are inclined to think sometimes that the allies are quite imperialistic Between guard duty moments soldiers tell Russians that the United States is here to help them and that's all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archangel
Associated Press
Uncle Sam
Villa Is Again On The Warpath In Chihuahua
Chihuahua City Oct 22 Francisco Villa and his band are on the warpath in Chihuahua state. After Murguia’s departure for Mexico City Villa resumes guerrilla warfare, feinting on Chihuahua City to draw in federal troops, then attacking Parral and Jimenez Junction. At Jimenez 12 hours of looting, killings, and a family poisoned occurred before Villa was driven off by Amato. A Parral ambush later nearly wiped the federal garrison, as a government-station letter ordered Pilar de Conchos junction with Favela’s force. a signal fire failed to produce the coalescing attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua City
Francisco Villa
Agaln
Francisco Murguia
Mexico City
Villa
Chihuahes
Chihuahus City
Parral
Jimenzo Junction
Jimenz
Onu
Joaquin Amato
Durango
Jeminez
Murgula
Reesi
Pedro Pavela
Trade expansion planned in south
Atlanta Ga Oct 33 esciphens tacking to the expansion of southern trade after the war adopted at a conference of the southern cammogrets congress here today include recommendations for adjustment of the razy wystemy of railwaye wo that southern ports and producing districts may have the advantages which they are naturally entitled to a stemmlon of ton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Cammogrets Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lys Canal
London
FT. Smith
Fuigene Butler
Peachtree Street
Missouri Commerce Newn
Supreme Council
Supreme War Council
Allied War Council
State Department
Lansing
War Council
Lodge
Debs
Supreme Court
Soldier
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!