Unexpected snag defers October finance sheet actions
The city council delays final action on the October appropriation sheet due to a $9,500 year end judgment. Mayor Woodward opposes the current balance plan and the finance committee must recombine funds, possibly recalling unspent street improvement balances to balance the sheet without hurting schools. The finance committee and council plan to reconvene Thursday to review revised terms and ensure street funds can be realigned.
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Charman Humphrey
American Edward Page Gaston Arrested by Germans in Berlin
Berlin reports Edward Page Gaston, an American known in the United States and Europe as a lecturer, was arrested on October 4 while attempting to leave the city after distributing blankets, underwear, and clothing to British prisoners of war. The charges are unclear.
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Europe
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Japanese Fleet Harriers German Base in Marshall Islands
Japanese squadron lands bluejackets on Jaluit in the Marshall archipelago to destroy the German base. Fortifications and arms seized, British steamer released, no resistance reported. Jaluit is the government seat with copra as a chief product among about thirty three coral islands.
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Tabloid Stories Classified Ads Preview
A promotional note explains tabloid stories as classified ads in The Constitution. It invites readers to submit any need or ad, promising they will be read with interest. It contrasts a country boy seeking city work with a man returning to the farm and provides contact numbers Main 5000 and Atlanta 5091.
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Portugal Says Ready to Help Britain If Called
Washington report on Berlin claim Portugal may join allies against Germany. Viscount de Alte says Portugal would act if Britain requests aid under a long standing mutual protection treaty reaffirmed Sept 28. British cruiser to Lisbon saluted Portuguese flag on that date amid hints of Portuguese South Atlantic deployment.
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Monticello owner offers $500000 to government
Washington October 5 Aronticello home of Thomas Jefferson should be the Virginia home of the Presidents says Rep Levy of New York who notified Secretary Bryan he would consider a $500000 offer for the estate. He says he has kept it as Jeffersons home and would not have it become a mere museum. Levy cites national interest and implies a sacrifice to yield to public demand while Bryan says he understands the sacrifice but notes the estate would remain a prized possession
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Levy
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Monticello
Cotton Loan Fund Plans Advance To Secretary McAdoo
St Louis bankers ratify a plan to raise 150 million dollars to loan cotton growers and manufacturers at not more than mid 60s cents per pound, awaiting Treasury approval and Federal Reserve Board clearance. Southern banks to subscribe, fund details to be allocated by regional centers.
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National Loan and Exchange Tank
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J. M. Miller
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Alliday
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Georgia
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Fighting in France report notes Allied offensive and German removal
London dispatch reports Lieutenant General Helmuth von Moltke being removed from command while allied forces press a vigorous offensive. frontline fighting remains intense with villages damaged and the front expanding north and east toward the Belgian border as German forces shift to hold pace with the Allied advance.
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French Change Positions Rapidly In War Lunge
The French moved two divisions nearly sixty miles over the weekend while German aviators spotted them and rushed fresh troops to intervene. A French regiment requested to stay in the line after three days of trench duty and then seized a German position despite heavy machine gun fire. A French cavalry raid blew a railroad tunnel behind German lines, and British lancers and French troopers disrupted the Imperial Guard ammunition train, disabling their guns temporarily. General Jean Rousseau died of wounds. Two Irishmen arrested for identity proved they were strangers within allied lines.
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