National Guard outlines universal military training plan
New York Sept 9 The National Guard Association of the United States issues a plan for universal military training that would base national strength on the Guard rather than a large standing army. The program calls for school age training from age four, a yearly drill, and a two month camp in vacation with a transition to a citizen army under the secretary of war.
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New York
Universitl
Congress
National Guard Association of the
United States
National Security League
Organization Committee
The
National Guard Association
John B. Rose
National Guard
Llan
America
National ‘Yard
Georgia Delegation Dominates Cotton Meet in New Orleans
New Orleans, Sept. 9. Hon. John N. Holder of Jefferson, speaker of the Georgia house, heads a strong Georgia delegation at the cotton conference. Jackson County spawned the first Georgia county American Cotton Association chapter, with farmers backing the movement. Holder insisted on paying his own expenses. Georgia officials and leaders including H. A. Boykin, J. A. Davis, T. J. Shackleford, J. T. Brown, L. B. Jackson, J. H. Mills, D. F. McClatchey Sr., and D. F. McClatchey Jr. attend as Governor Dorsey presided and Harvey Jordan spoke.
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New Orleans
John N. Holder
Jefferson
Georgia House of Representatives
Jackson County
Holder
Georgia
American Cotton Association
Jacksng
T. S. Johnson
Holders
Cotton Association
H. A. Boykin
American Cargo Association
J. A. Davis
T. J . Shackleford
Athens
J. T. Brown
Agriculture
L. B Jackson
Bureau of Markets
J. H. Mills
State Farmers' Union
D. F. McClatchey
D. F. McClatchey, Jr
Dorsey
Harvey Jordan
Monticello
Jewelers Report Diamond Shortage in Atlanta
Atlanta jewelers report a scar city of diamonds as demand peaks. High quality stones remain scarce, prices have risen about 30 percent since prewar days, and mines in South Africa have been virtually closed due to war and labor troubles, limiting supply.
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Atlanta
South Africa
Three Best Things to Seek and Love by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A prose lyric listing the best three things to seek to earth reverence work and knowledge, the three to love labor a home and a devout partner, and the three sins to shun a corrupt thought harmful action and undeveloped mind with a closing note on practical tests and a future vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Earth
Pershing Leads Fighting First in Big Parade
General John J. Pershing led 22 000 First Division veterans in a Fourth Avenue parade through New York honoring the World War victory. The procession featured Pershing’s Own guard, veterans from 47 states, and French Croix de Guerre recipients, with artillery, tanks, and decorated horses amid cheering crowds.
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Associated Press
New York
John J. Pershing
Lafayette
Plepus
Fifth Avenue
General Pershing
France
Pershing
Edward F. McGlachlin
William J. Sibert
Robert L. Bullard
Frank Parker
Charleston S.C
Union
United States Army
110Th Street
Washington Arch
Sixth Field Artillery
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
18Th Ffantry
Bracquet
Mobile
Brest
America
Europe
Fire Bivision
Signia
Clarence Heubner
Soissons
Powell
Farmer 10 Demands Fair Price For His Cotton
Harvie Jordan of Monticello Ga urges adequate cotton storage via bonded warehouses and cooperative marketing exchanges. He proposes legally chartered farmer controlled exchanges financed by $1 per bale stock, to remove middlemen, stabilize prices, and finance storage while reducing losses to farmers.
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New Orleans
Lis
Harvie Jordan
Montcello
Natiom
American Cotton Association
Jordan
Europe
Mr. Jordan
Ring of Doom Anchored by Madrid Statue Legend
An ornate diamond ring reputed for misfortune sits on a statue’s neck in Madrid, cursed by the deaths tied to each owner from Alfonso XII to Queen Christina. The tale unfolds through royal transfers and a final display facing the parade as troops pass the reviewing stand with a ceremonial eye salute.
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Madrid
Alfonso XII
Mercedes
Alfonso
Infanta
Maria
Queen Christina
Our Lady of Almudena
Ability of Women Shown in Regent World War
In Atlanta on Sept 9 Mrs C L Pettigrew, president of the Woman's Auxiliary for the Episcopal Process, urged women to direct moral and spiritual improvement worldwide. She said women's wartime service proved their capacity and urged continued contribution to the broader war between good and evil, noting a nationwide church campaign.
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Atlanta
C. L. Pettierew
Atlant
Woman's Ausliary
Episcopal Process
Famous Calvary Parade at Atlanta Confederate Reunion
Dixie veterans of Forrest's cavalry prepare for the Atlanta Confederate reunion October 7-10 with headquarters opened by Major General Joe N. Johnson. Efforts include mail notices to survivors urging attendance, special rail rates of one cent per mile, and reservations at local hotels for an expected four to five hundred attendees at Piedmont Park.
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Atlanta
Dixie
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Joe. N. Johnson
Forrest
Meesagen
United States
Piedmont Park
Confederate Southern Memorial Association
Communication Key West Is Cut Off By Storm
A tropical storm centered just south of Key West with winds near 60 mph may move into the Gulf of Mexico tonight. Key West is cut off from all wire communications except one Morse wire to Havana, leaving the island largely isolated.
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Key West
Associated Press
WaMington
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Key Weat
Havaha
Union To Outline Its Fight On Steel Corporation Today
Washington Sept 5 after two lengthy conferences today representatives of twenty three unions having members in the steel industry announced it would issue a statement tomorrow outlining their position in the controversy with United States Steel Corporation which has been threatening to result in a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Stern
United States Steel Corporation
Laborites Call Treaty Too Harsh on Germans
In Glasgow the Trades Union Congress pledged cooperation with international labours to push for Germany's admission to the League of Nations and for immediate revision of harsh treaty provisions viewed as inconsistent with Allied statements at the Armistice.
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Associated Press
Glasgow
Germany
League of Nations
Trades Union Congress
Big Increase in Attendance at Singing School
Prof. Andrew Hazelwood of Pell City Alabama conducts a singing school at the Y M C A under Clarke County Singing Convention. Attendance rose yesterday with sessions moved to four to five in the afternoon. Mothers and grownups joined to enter children for sight reading. Parents urged to enroll children this afternoon. The class costs $1.50 and aims to improve vocal singing knowledge.
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Andrew Hazelwood
Pell City
Ala
Clarke County
Athens
Hazelwood
All Railroads Now Working For On Time Trains
The campaign for on time passenger service in the Southern Region highlights the Illinois Central Railroad leading with 98.5 percent of trains reaching final terminals on time in July despite delays. It operated 6,044 trains with 6,550 on time and 6,557 or 98.7 percent on schedule or made up time, compared to June figures. Across 29 roads, 63,256 passenger trains ran and 49,248 or 92.5 percent stayed on schedule or made up time, with 47,774 or 89.7 percent arriving on time at final terminals. The Seaboard Air Line logged 2,227 trains in July with 2,925 on time at final terminals, 92 percent, and 3,021 on schedule or made up time, 93.6 percent.
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Imnels Central Railroad
T Eon A
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Woman Arrested For Murder Of Knoxville Man
Maude Moore was arrested in a cave near Knoxville tonight charged with killing Leroy D. Harth a prominent real estate and automobile man. She claimed he tried to attack her on Kingston Pike late Monday night and that her act was to defend her honor. Moore said she had known Harth five years but never dated him despite his repeated advances.
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Associated Press
Knoxville
Maude Moore
Leroy D. Harth
Kingston Pike
Mins Moore
Harth
Prominent Labor Leader Dies in New York City
John Mitchell aged 49, former president of the United Mine Workers of America and a prominent U S labor leader, died in a New York hospital after gall stone surgery ten days prior.
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New York City
Associated Press
New York
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
House Boats Sunk Off Florida Coast
Seventeen house boats and smaller craft were sunk at Biscayne Bay during heavy winds from a tropical disturbance off the Florida coast. A British auxiliary schooner Mystery J left for Nassau earlier today with nineteen persons aboard and is reported heavily laden.
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Associated Press
Miami
Biscayne Bay
Florida
Mystery J
Nassau
Eighth District Organizes to Aid Roosevelt Fund
The eighth district of the Georgia Roosevelt Memorial Fund organizes a campaign with Hon. Hugh J. Rowe as district chairman and J B Skelton Hiram Gardner and Earnest Camp to head county efforts. Raymond Robbins of New York to attend Atlanta meeting to discuss Roswell Bulloch home site and memorial plans.
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Eighth
Georgia
The
Roosevelt Memorial Funch
Atlanta
Raymond Robbins
State of
New York
Hugh J. Rowe
Athens
J. B. Skelton
Hartwell
Hartt County
Hiram L. Gardner
Hatenton
Putnam County
Earnest Camp
Waltog Tribune
Monroe
Walton County
Robbins
Roosevelt Memorial Association
Bulloch
Roswell
Roosevelt National Memorial
W McClure
National Committee
Robbing
Beer
Red Cross
Lenine
Trotsky
Russi
S. W. McGill
Southeastern
Sympathy Strike Hits Boston Police Force
Union members of the Boston police went on strike amid discipline for union affiliation. Superintendent Crowley said 600 volunteers were recruited as rioting and window breaking scenes were reported in south Boston. Government inspectors and metropolitan park police were rushed to the area.
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Boston
Boston Police Force
Crowley
South
Metropolitan Park
Casualty List From Siberia Published
Washington Sept 9 The War Department announced casualties in the Siberian expeditionary force: one officer and 24 enlisted men killed in action 12 died of wounds 40 from disease 26 from accident 5 listed 2x personal crisis reports 4 officers 47 men wounded one officer and its men taken prisoner but released.
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Washington
War Department
Siberian
Band of men dissasembled after failure to locate Ed Jones
Jacksonville report says a band that searched St Augustine and Palatka for Ed Jones the black man who attacked a white woman here dissolved after not finding him in Palatka. The incident appears to reflect racial tension and pursuit rumors of the time.
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Jacksonville
Iit
Met
St. Augustine
Palatka
Ed Jones
Reception to Bride Honors Mrs Ver Nooy Wier
A late season reception hosted by Mrs. John B. Wier honored Mrs. Ver Nooy Wier and Mrs. Henry Stradley of Greenville S C. The first floor displayed fall flowers with yellow accents in the living room and a white dining room with a damask cloth and silver. Attendees included Mrs J B Wier Mrs Ver Nooy Wier Miss Mamie Morse and others with the serving staff aiding in the dining room and reception areas.
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John B. Wier
Ver Nooy Wier
Henry Stradley
Greenville
S. C
Theu
Une
J. B. Wier
Mamie Morse
Cora Morse
Joel A. Wier
Oale Morse
Mise Maris Price
E. L. Hil
T. F. Green
Legar Mitchell
D. M. Roberts
Bolling DuBose
Barney Dobbs
Lucy
Annie Linton
Annie Crawford
Louise Dorsey
Maybeus Huggins
J. J. Wilkins
Snd
R. L. Moa, Jr
Ty En Ear Eee
Jean Moss
MaNita Lock
Eng
Masine Dobbs
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Cotton
Metropolitan Museum of Arts
Field Artillery
Sth
Ith
Gen. Forrest
Steel Corporation
Singing
Roosevelt
Siberia
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