First Work Of Local Board In The New Draft
Under orders from General Crowder to mail questionnaires to ten percent of registrants daily the local board sent out one hundred and ten names from the nineteen year old class. The list includes numerous individuals with military style and clerical annotations, marking a routine wartime enrollment effort and registry processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Olden Wood
Dewey Franklin Thurmond
Daniel David Quillen
Horace Edward Barrett
Riaynond Dewey Hobson
Death of 2 1/2 Year Old at Bear Center Center
Hubert Mathews, two and a half year old son of Mr and Mrs oy Mathews of Bear Center, died at home Tuesday afternoon after a brief illness. Funeral was held Wednesday at 4 pm at Center Methodist Church with Rev J J Lovers officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert
Oy Mathews
Bear Center
Center Methodist Church
Servena
J. J. Lovers
Atlanta Woman to Speak Today at State Normal
Mrs. B. M. Boykin of Atlanta will address the State Normal Sebor faculty and students in Pound auditorium about the Y M C A overseas service division and women canteen and secretarial work for the Red Triangle in France. She will also attend the Eighth congressional district women’s committees meeting in the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign and speak at that conference. Accompanying her is daughter Miss Marence Boykin, enrolled at Jacy Cobb Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Normal Sebor
Pound Auditorium
B. M. Boykin
Atlanta
Women's Overseas Service
Southeastern
Lawyers Offer Free Help to Registrants for Questionnaires
City lawyers volunteer to assist registrants with questionnaire completion. Help available at the courthouse on specified dates, no office visits. If dates are impracticable, lawyers will reschedule with other bar members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Michlal
Stanton Fortson
Weat
Curliale Cobb
Claud Mahaffey
Devpree Hunntcutt
Young Davis
Walter Comett
J. D. Bradwell
Lamar C. Rucker
Austin Bell
Horace M. Holden
A. J. Cobb
Howell C. Erwin
A. H. Woodyard
Bankhead Highway To Be Taken Over For Military Road
J A Rountree reports Bankhead National Highway may become a government military road from Washington to Los Angeles. A pathfinding team toured North Carolina Virginia and Washington meeting senators to push a December 13 hearing with maps and data to show feasibility and need. Local clubs along the route are expected to send representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
J. A Rountree
North Carolina
Virginia
Washington
Los Angeles
Calif
Secrary Rountrea
Col. C. M. Vanstory
Col Denneban’ Camron
W. 9. Fallin
Willametown
N. C
Raleigh
Henderson
Norfolk
Naval
Petersburg
Secrary Rountree
Stephens-Bankhead
Bankhead National
Loa Angeless
John H. Bankhean
Post Office and Post Roads Committee
F. H. Simmons
Finance
Martin
Appropriations
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Dent
House
Bankhead National Highway
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Minnisippi
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Bankhead Highway
Lumber embargo announced restricting shipments east of Mississippi
The Associated Press reports a nationwide lumber embargo from the United States and Canada to east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio, allowing exceptions only for war needs. The embargo was announced today at the St. Louis office of the railroad administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St. Louis
United States
Canada
Mississippi River
Ohio River
The
Railroad Administration
Dosas Kidows Pills End Kidney Trouble Report
Athens residents tout Dean’s Kidney Pills as the remedy for chronic kidney issues. Mrs Fr Graham tests and endorses the product after relief from blinding dizziness and fatigue, purchased at Smith & Bro.’s Drug Store, priced 60 cents.
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Athens
Fr. Graham
E. Dougherty
Noan
Dean
Smith & Bro
Graham
House Works Fast On Revenue Bill In War Effort
Washington reports rapid progress as the house approves nearly all major tax provisions of the war revenue bill. Only minor items remain, with a final vote likely by Friday or tomorrow. A Liberty Loan bond purchase is urged for the 28th as Fourth Liberty Loan opens and citizens are called to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Union of Churches Foreseen by Missions Chairman
Dallas Texas Sept 18 A study of foreign missions was the main business at the centenary of missions conference of the Methodist church South opening its first session with fifteen annual conferences represented Dr W H Beauchamp of Nashville chairman secretary missions committee forecast union of northern and southern Methodist churches He contrasted $706 raised in 1819 with $7000000 raised last year in missions funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
The
Methodist Church, South
W. H. Beauchamp
Nashville
Methodist Churches
Hhe
Echoes of a Song and War Casualties in Georgia Families
A fragmented verse opens with memory and longing as the modern world intrudes on a poet's past. Washington reports casualties from the American expeditionary forces with Georgians named for KIA MIA and wounds. Additional listings note prisoners and deaths from disease and other causes among Georgia soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, DD
Llot
Acworth
Washington, D. C
Diarasa
Senator Harris travels to Washington to aid cotton farmers
Senator elect Harris leaves North Carolina to reach Washington in response to farmers and will oppose price fixing on cotton. He aims to prevent any price above a reasonable level, while Georgia touts his support for farmers and the broader public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elect Harris
Washington
North Carolina
Georgia
Harris
Senate
Tulsa Reunion Draws Interest With Historic Tulsa Setting
Tulsa hosts a Confederate Veterans reunion September 24 to 27, projecting attendance near 190000. The city’s Creek and Osage heritage, early founder Archie Yahola, oil wealth, Liberty Loan support, and rapid growth frame a vivid backdrop for visitors, with ample entertainments and developing infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
South
Toles
Fred
Clinton
Talse
Tulna
Ualted Comfederate Veterans Association
Seven Weeks in Shell Hole Hero of Dist in DCM
Private J. Taylor earned the Distinguished Conduct Medal after being cut off with his company. He crawled into a shell hole with a leg wound and a compound fracture, surviving seven weeks under bombardment. He foraged beef from dead bodies at night and sourced water from a waterproof cap. Enemys visited the hole but he feigned death, eventually returning to his lines. He is recovering in hospital near London and looks forward to returning to the trenches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felgne
Hune Vielt
J. Taylor
Taylor
Electine
London
Hindelborg
Tisuet
Eteus
Peters
Wheti
Removal of Teutonic Eagles from State Emblems
Authorities ordered removal of ten eagle emblems resembling a German eagle from four eagle ornaments at a major Safeway and at the State Capitol in Meit bene City. Governor Rawberyey directed their removal and replacement with figures of real American insignia to avoid misrepresentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wo Grand Safeway
Caprio
Meit Bene
Rawberyey
Indian Coat Worth Thousands Attributed To Canadian Craft
A priceless elk tooth coat made by an Indian in Manitabs Canada and Skyview, weighing 22 pounds, is valued at 10000 dollars by its owner who notes the item was found with 3900 elk teeth. The owner is not a member of the Inuit or related tribal council and mentions an upcoming convention.
Italians Show Patriotism In Wheat Substitute Protest
Italian residents of Wheeling West Virginia demonstrate their patriotism by not handling wheat flour and veiling substitutes. The action earns special approval from Italians in their community, who know little about wheat flour substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
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