Maubeuge Forts Fall and Georgia Auto Train Crash Tragedy
German forces report gains at Maubeuge while a Georgia road crossing accident leaves Miss Gladys Glass dead and her brother Raymond Glass and his wife severely injured. Witnesses say a Decatur electric car slowed the view, a speeding roadster hit the tracks, and the crushed auto was scattered along the rails. Father John W. Glass recognizes his daughter by a ring. scene at Hast Lake Drive crossing near Oakhurst, with hospital care for the injured and authorities investigating. Continued on Page Two.
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Georgia
John W. Glass
Peters Building
Peters
Decatur
Raymond Ginass
Oerder
Glass
Ring
Invaders Advance South of Paris and Maubeuge Falls
Paris dispatch reports German forces pushing southeast of Paris while Maubeuge endures heavy bombardment and three forts fall. French and Belgian lines claim the enveloping move is checked and the German retreat continues toward the southeast as Compiègne and Senlis are evacuated.
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Maubeuge
Nord
Bordeaux
Lorraine
Vosges
Compeigne
Senlis
British war birds fly over English Channel
London reports that the Royal Flying Corps conducted cross channel aeronautical operations with rapid, combined flights. A Pall Mall Gazette correspondent notes the achievement as historic, part of a larger movement, with multiple machines crossing the channel and air squadrons in operation.
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English Channel
London
Royal Flying Corps
Pall Mall Gazette
Storing Cotton of the South Recommended as Remedy
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce directors accept a report from a special committee urging farmers to store cotton in insured warehouses. Receipts would back notes for emergency currency under the Aldrich Vreeland act, with price support via acreage curtailment. The plan seeks to ease market distress caused by the European war while sustaining southern commerce.
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Atlanta
Sommerde
Aldrich- Vreeland
Meana
Bastnams
Merchenta
Conaider
Atlanta ‘Chamber of Commerce
America
Europe
Quita
Milla
Amar Kency
Ui Aldrich- Vreeland
British Force at Maubeuge Fortifies French Defense
London reports a portion of the British expeditionary force aiding the French garrison at Maubeuge, a first class fortress in Nord. German dispatches admit the fortress remains in French hands as critics note German forces paused their Paris offensive to seek a weaker line while the Allies strengthen their positions. Paris observers say entrenchments around the capital see hundreds of excavators at work.
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London
Maubeuge
Department du Nord
Paris
German Forces Take Rheims in World War I Report
German embassy dispatches from Washington report Ahheim fallen to German forces. Army of Buelow captured 12,000 men and 260 heavy guns along with 160 light guns and six colors. A second Berlin message mentions Belgian neutrality and notes a weekly imperial bank reserves rise of 27 million.
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Berlin
Vila Sayville
Ahheim
Buelow
Great Britain
Imperial Bank
Famine Feared in Vienna Amid Unemployment Surge
Copenhagen dispatch reports famine feared in Vienna within a fortnight as 250000 idle, stores closed, despondent crowds. Other reports say Austrian army routed on the Carpathians with Cosacks in pursuit and German reinforcements moving to face Russians at the Vistula.
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Paris
Copenhagen
Temps
Vienna
Germans Flooded Out Termonde by Belgian Action
A dispatch from Antwerp reports German forces occupying Termonde were flooded out by Belgian troops today. The Belgian counteroffensive drove the Germans from the town, shifting the行动 to the surrounding area as the war press describes.
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Exchange Telegraph Company
Attwerp
Termonde
Dendermondey
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Raymond
W. H. Glenn
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West Chester
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Faphivel
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