Fain Named Police Board Chairman as Watch Reorganized
The Atlanta police board elected W B Fain chairman on the first ballot ending eleven months without a chair. Mayor Woodward’s plan to abolish the vice squad and form a new fourteen member uniformed watch was approved, with sixteen detectives to be drawn from the department and pay adjustments enacted. Fire stations will host two call officers to handle emergencies, with territory details published for public guidance.
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Baskin
Police Board
Andy King
Woodward
King
W. B. Fain
Fain
Pace
Vernoya
Nishi
Dickson
Letton
Smith
Verney
Wein
Johnson
Clarke
Garner
Counell
J. M. Renfroe
Prilice
First Ward
James G. Woodward
General Council
al- Dermanié
James
Beavers
Sueh
Atlanta
Vigo
Elt
Newport Sanford
Sanford
Jon
Aoresome
No. 7
Whitehall
Central Avenue
Glend Street
North Avenue
Peachtree Street
DeKalb Avenue
Ninth Wards
Third Ward
Bellwood
Delegates Arriving for Georgia D A R Conference in Atlanta
Delegates from every section of the nation arrive for the seventeenth state convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Atlanta. The credentials committee and state executive board met at Ansley yesterday but details continue on the last page.
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Atlanta
Ansley
State of
Boston
Birmingham
Buffalo
Charleston
Chicago
Denver
Galveston
Hatteras
Clear
Kansas City
Knoxville
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Mobile
Montgomery
Lear
Nashville
Elez
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma
Pittsburg
Snow
Portland
Ore
Ely
Raleigh
Francisco
St. Louis
Lake City
Shreveport
Soukane
Tampa
Toledo
Cloud
Vicksburg
Cle
Washington
P. c
Bundle Day uses Pretty Wynne to collect charity bundles
Forsyth vaudeville star Wynne leads a charity circuit Thursday morning to collect clothing for the poor. She tours in a decorated limousine with a large truck, visiting homes on the north and south sides where donors tie ribbons on doors. The effort, backed by retailers, telephones, and charities, seeks shoes and garments for working men and others in need.
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Wheesie' Wynne
Forsyth Star
Miss Wynne
the Constitution
Eivery
Atlanta
Retail Grocers’ Association
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Gould
Corry
Cary
Joseph €. Logan
Associated Charities
Qhildren
Logan
Macy Lake Sheldon
Locust Grove
Joseph C. Logan
Mary Lakh Sheldon
Dan Lyle
College Park
Agnes Scott Institute
Washington Seminary
Miss Woodberry
Decatur Street
Gould Building
L. J. Daniel
Daniel Bros
Mack Sign Company
Aes Pan-Hellenic
Atlanta Pan-Hellenic
Pan-Hellenic
Two Hands Pull Harder Than One in Cooperation
When manufacturer and dealer unite in advertising their product in The Constitution ads, both sides gain. The manufacturer gains prospective customers while the dealer and store benefit from increased attention and sales. This mutual partnership turns into mutual profit.
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Constitution
Australia to Permit Wool Exports to Neutral Nations
Melbourne February 4 reports that exportation of wool will be allowed to neutral countries with which trade was permitted before the embargo. The decision, stated via London, enables wool shipments to the United States and other neutral destinations formerly sanctioned.
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Melbourne
Australia
London
United States
Wilson On Lusitania Flags War Zone Protests
President Wilson and Cabinet considered notes to Great Britain and Germany over use of the American flag by the Lusitania and Germanys war zone policy toward neutral ships. The administration views the Lusitania flag as a customary war ruse but will warn Britain that neutral shipping may suffer. Goals include obtaining more info on methods to identify neutral flag vessels and delaying official action until data is complete.
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U. S
Britain
Washington
Great Britain
Germany
Lusitania
Wilson
Bryan
Trig
United States
Foreign Office
State Department
Gerard
Hus
Page
London
British
Congress
Atlanta approves amended budget sheet after mayoral veto
Mayor James G Woodward and the general council reached a settlement after a conference to amend the budget sheet. The amended sheet, approved 18 to 4 by the council and concurred by the aldermanic board, with $12,600 and normal training funds removed, halts teacher salary increases and forces abolition of the Normal Training school, affecting Miss Postell and other staff.
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James G Woodward
Atlanta
Aldermanic Board
Weoward
Postell
Mary Anderson
Lee Street
Postel
Azille Simp~_son
Sahlock
Counsil
Jesse Wood
Frank Reynolds
John 8. Owens
Owens
Jesse W. Armistead
Armistead
Kelley
General Council
Armintead
Board of Education
Claude Mason
Woodward
South Side
J. L. McCord
J. C. White
5. L. Dallas
Sam Treeman
Lakewood Park
Senate fights over shipping bill extend into night
Washington February 9 Republicans aided by seven Democratic bolters resumed a filibuster on the administration shipping bill. Senate leaders warned of an extra session while administration chiefs said the session could last a week. Cloture moves and repeated points of order dominated the continuing debate as lawmakers pressed for a final vote and potential reconsideration.
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Washington
Senate
Reed
Gallinger
Feed
McQuimber
Sherman
Simmons
Tase
Decumber
Senator Lea
Senator Stone
Stone
Senator Fletcher
Lea
ieCumber
Thes
Seanton
Atlanta Athletic Club May Combine With Capital City
Amalgamation talks between the Atlanta Athletic Club and the Capital City Club moved to a conference committee of 18 led by Ed Inman Ulric Atkinson and Ra win EF Johnson. Plans include using the Capital City townhouse as the combined base while the Auburn Avenue townhouse would be sold to fund adding two stories to the Capital City gym. The East Lake country home and 16 acre lake are proposed for the merged club, with improvements to the East Lake complex.
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Atlanta, Athletic Club
Capital City Club
Athletic Club
Ed Inman
Ulric Atkinson
Rawin EF. Johnson
Auburn Avenue
Capital City
Clu
Atlanta Athletic Club
East Lake
Germans Rush to Stop Russians in East Prussia
London and Petrograd dispatches report intensifying battles on the eastern front. German forces move toward East Prussia to counter a Russian offensive aimed at isolating Bukowina, with fighting also ongoing in the Carpathians and Galicia as Russians press western passes yet face stronger eastern opposition. The campaign appears wide, fluid, and uncertain in outcome.
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London
Str
Warsaw
East Prussia
Tilsit
Insterberg
Bankowina
Thia
Ruslan
Petrograd
Carpathians
Petrogral
Plock
Poland
Tilnit
Gumbinnen
Macurian Lakes
Lipno
Vistula
Weather Prophecy TAIR. Georgia Fair Weather
Georgia shows a Wednesday and Thursday warming trend with a local report noting the lowest and highest temperatures and mean reading. Rain in the past 24 hours is minimal and the excess since January 1 remains slight.
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W.B. Fain
Police
Joseph Habersham
W. L. Peel
A. P. Coles
J. A. Perdue
Samuel Lumpkin
H. Mell
Normal
Atlanta’ Athletic Club
The
Daily Telegraph
Bucharest
Sala
Bukowina
tVia
Madvornea
Kaloza
Georgia
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