Germans Repelled At All Points In Allied Front
In a Georgia Chamber of Commerce gathering, Asa G. Candler urged farmers to boost food production and reject war era despair. He warned against new legislation and extra sessions, favoring action over talk. W J Witham backed credit limits for cotton diversions, urging loans for crops other than cotton.
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G. Candler
Chamber of Commerce
Aga G. Candier
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Charles J. Haden
Georgia
Linton
Georgia Chamber
Haden
Wall Street
Wfe
Coles Outlines Candler Plan To Aid Farmers In Cotton Loan
A plan to use 6000 to 8000 bales of cotton as loan security was outlined by A G Candler and bank officials. Central Bank and Trust will store cotton in a new Atlanta warehouse, with loans at current rates, issued only to its customers and their correspondents. The effort aims to encourage farmers to diversify, with banks urged to support non cotton crops through coordinated lending.
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Central Bank and Trust Corporation
Atlanta
Ace Candler
Coles
Candler
Mr. Coles
Constitution
Marvin Shearer
Spring Street
American Society of Painters
J. Bebo
Whitehall
Humphres
German Submarines and Floating Mines Cost England Ships and Men
German submarine and mine tactics in the North Sea have cost Britain six cruisers and one gunboat, with 2,186 men lost. Sinking included Pathfinder, Cressy, Hogue, Aboukir, Hawke, Amphion, and Speedy, while Britain destroyed several German vessels. The naval balance favors Germany despite Allied losses.
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England
Eiel
Helgoland
North Sea
Pathfinder
Cressy
Hogue
Speedy
Jury Won’t Back Segregated District Restora tion
In Atlanta the grand jury will not recommend restoring the segregated district. The majority expect Atlanta will never tolerate the tenderloin again and oppose reestablishment. A conference between the grand jury city hall officials and police aims to harmonize operations and boost police resources to fight vice.
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Vica
Atlanta
Atlante
Grand Jury
Police
Pace
Beavers
Sanford
Texas kills measure to gut cotton acreage
Austin reports the Texas House defeated a bill to make it a felony to plant cotton above a fixed percentage of this year's crop. Amendments set the cap between 11 and 25 percent. The chamber still considers voluntary acreage reductions as an alternative.
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Austin
Texas
Columna
8. C
House
Senate
South Carolina
Mayor’s ad owner hired for $5,000 job revealed
New York October 20 An executive appointment approved after a newspaper Help Wanted ad drew hundreds of applicants. Mayor Mitchel did not disclose he was the advertiser while George G Thompson emerged among contenders for third deputy commissioner of charities. The job offered $5,000 salary and overseen large staff and operations.
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New York
Blayar Mitchel Ap
Charities
New York City
George G. Thompson
Mitchel
Advertiser
Compromise plan to relieve cotton faces hurdles in Congress
Washington October 20 The cotton relief plan gains sessional traction as the Lever cotton warehouse bill and Glass bill move in the House. A special rule for consideration is adopted amid protests from Payne Mann and Glass. Debate over $210,000,000 in relief and federal reserve currency trials fractures the chamber with quorum challenges and party disputes.
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Washington
Congress
House
House Rules Committee
Federal Reserve
Secretary of the Treasury
Cotton States Representatives
Senate
Bulkeley
Ohio
Mann
Payne
Glass
South
Representative Hardwick
Georgia
Treasury
Progress Is Claimed For the Allied Troops Along Long Line
The German assaulting across the front was met with strong resistance as the French War Office reports heavy losses and repulsed attacks. Belgian forces hold sections of the line and beat back German advances. Nord Maritime via London claims 5,000 Germans driven from Briges with Allied forces now in possession.
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French War Office
Dunkirk
London
Nord Maritime
Meuse
Camp Des Romains
Son of Von Moltke Reported Killed in War News
Paris dispatch cites Dr Klein of the third French army corps saying the son of German field marshal Von Moltke has been buried. Desperate fighting rages in West Flanders and northwest France as Belgian and Allied lines hold against German coastal advances near Nieuport.
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London
A Daily News
Paris Dispatch
Klein
von Moltke
West Flanders
France
Nieuport
French Marines Bayonet Germans In Frontline Clash
From the battle front October 20 French marines repelled a German surprise attack with bayonets after a day of fighting in fog. Four hundred German prisoners taken. The action near the western line elbow saw repeated advances and a mine explosion that helped halt French defense for ten hours before withdrawal.
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Paris
English Channel
Themelves
Weather Prophecy FAIR Local Report
Local weather bulletin notes the period's temperatures with low details. It lists the lowest and highest temperatures, the mean and normal figures, and rainfall in the past 24 hours. Also included are the rainfall deficiency since the first of the month and since January 1.
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Witham
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Hawke
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Canal
Roye
Lille
Heisel
Armentieres
Alles
Arras
Birmingham
Boston
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Galvestos
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Helena
Cidy
Kansas City
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Memphis
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Mobile
Montgomery
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Clay
New Orleans
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Portland
Ron Raleizh
San Francisco
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St Paul
Chive
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