Education Board Not Responsible Says President
The Fifth Ward Improvement Club attacked Superintendent William M Slaton and the board over transfers from English Avenue to Ashby Street. President George McHope and W H Terrell defend the board, noting social boundaries and lack of transfers by the superintendent. Terrell confirms a prior protest against transfers and cites that the board has acted through an assistant superintendent and head clerk. Continued on last page.
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William M Slaton
Board of Education
Fifth Ward Improvement Club
Fifth Ward
George McHope
Constitution
W H Terrell
Educational Board
First Ward
English Avenue
Ashby Street
Slaton
Terrell
Hope
Simpson Street
Slatons
English Avenue Grammar Schoul
Leslie
Clark
Superintendent of Schools
Watkout
Ste
Spethers
Pyagnes
W.o Terrell
Terell
Sunda
Imovement Club
Great German Lineups Shift as France Battles Turn
A flawed map reports German forces nearly reached Paris, then 25 miles east. It notes advances toward the Marne, with German retreat starting as British and French lefts rally. Von Kluck falls back toward Rheims, Buelow and Haugen move north of the Marne, while Duke Albrecht and crown prince withdraw from Argonne forest. Verdun fortress remains under siege as the center holds.
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Paris
Marne
von Kluck
Rheims
von Buelow
von Haugen
Albrecht
Wurttemberg
Argonne -Vitry
Verdun
Cotton Dresses For The Women Fashion Show At National Capital
Washington readers are informed that women will wear cotton dress designs at the national cotton fashion show to be held in October. Miss Genevieve Clark of Champ Clark’s family spearheads the patriotic effort to boost American cotton, replacing Parisian names with notable American designers. The plan aims to stimulate the cotton industry and encourage use of cotton goods in clothing and households, with manufacturers urged to exhibit their cotton products. Continued on Page Three.
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John Corrigan
Washington
Sneil
Worth Paquin
Poiret
National Capital
Tts
Genevieve Clark
Champ Clark
Paris
Clark
Destruction of Rheims Cathedral by German shelling shocks Bordeaux
The French government, led by Interior Minister Louis Malvy, confirmed that the Rheims Cathedral and several historic buildings including St Jacques Church and the Archbishop's palace were destroyed or seriously damaged by German artillery. Indignation surged as editors denounced the act and a government commission was formed to gather evidence of atrocities for a protest to the powers.
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Bordeaux
Louis J Malvy
Rheims
St Jacques
Archishops Palace
Malvy
Hhelms
Robert de Courcy
Cathedral of
France
Philip II
Charles X
Orleans
Charles VII
St Remy
Jovinus
Joan of Arc
Hotel de Ville
Germany
Rene Villiamt
Diplomatichen Nély
Rhelms
Col Isaac H Hardeman Dies in Macon at 80
Georgia lawyer and Civil War veteran Colonel Isaac Hardeman died at his Macon home on September 20 at age 80. The prominent figure was known for his legal career and long service in the state.
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Col
Isaac Hardeman Grosses
Macon
Georgia
Isaac Hardeman
Volcano Strikes White Island in New Zealand
A volcanic eruption on White Island, Bay of Plenty near North Island New Zealand, caused hillside collapse into the crater. Reports indicate several workers in sulphur deposits are missing and feared lost.
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Wellington
New Zealand
White Island
Bay of Plenty
North Island
Battles at sea fair divided between British and Germans
London reports imply neutral balance of naval encounters as German Königsberg battles Pegasus in Zanzibar harbor while Emden seizes six British steamers in the Bay of Bengal and Carmania sinks or drives off suspected German raiders off the east coast of South America. Casualties aboard Pegasus number about twenty five killed and eighty wounded.
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Emden
Bay of Bengal
North Sea
London
Admiralty
Konigsberg
Pegaeng
Zanbizar Harbor
Rangoon
Exploiti Ag
Cap Trafalgar
Berlin
Cunard
South America
Foss
Cumberland
Kamerun
Pegasus
John A Inglis
Zanzibar
Dar Es Salaam
German East Africa
Mowe
China Station
Indus Lovat Kullim
Frabbock
Katinga
Calcutta
Allied Gains Reported As German Attack Slows
Paris dispatches quote Echo De Paris via Rome noting German forces begin retreatments toward the Belgian frontier and likely a fresh withdrawal toward the Ardennes forest. The article says Allied center gains but German center remains entrenched though exhausted from heavy artillery fire.
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Paris
London
Echo de Paris
Rome
Aisne
Forest of Ardennes
Steady Allied Advance Reported Amid Flooded Trenches
The Exchange Telegraph dispatch from London says British and French forces on the left gain ground as German general Von Klack’s flank is exposed. Paris reports place French and British troops waist deep in water with trenches flooded by rising waters.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
von Klack
Allies Make Progress In Great Battle In France
Allies push in northern France amid a week of fierce fighting with shifting gains. Two major armies have entrenched along rivers and mountains from the Orne to the Meuse, extending toward the Franco German frontier as the battle remains undecided.
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France
London
Orse
Meuse
Germans Beaten by the Japanese In Laoshan Bay Clash
Tokio reports Lieutenant General Kamio says a German detachment was repulsed September 12 after landing at Laoshan bay and advancing to a fortified line at Wang Kehuang thirteen miles east of Tsi mo The Japanese suffered no casualties, three were killed in a cavalry reconnoitering move, and Germans left supplies behind.
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Tokio
Kamio
Kiao-Chow
Akirmish
Laoshan Bay
Wang- Kehuang
Tsimo
Hsorder
Germans Declare War Threats Reported in Brussels
London dispatch says the German military governor of Brussels threatens to shoot all gunners or persons in possession of Belgian or Daglish newspapers. German papers with pro German sympathies are authorized for use.
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London
Brussels
Ostend
Artillery Duels Above Record Keep Evacuation Focus
Reported artillery duels unprecedented in intensity continue as Allied infantry press toward the enemy positions under heavy fire. Fighting rages on the Allies left along the Olse with bombardment of Rheims cathedral and the Argonne ridge marked by back and forth gains and losses. French officials say slight progress on the left with recapture of Bri mont heights and defenses at La Pompelle near Rheims, and a French success between Rheims and the Argonne.
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Olse
Rheime
Craonne
Rheims
Brimont
la Pompella
Argonne
Weather Prophecy For Southeast States This Week
Weather prophecy indicates fair skies for Georgia and Virginia on Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change. North and South Carolina also fair, Florida expecting local showers Monday and Tuesday except coastal areas. Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana generally fair, Tennessee mainly fair through Monday and Tuesday.
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Georgia
Virginia
Yorth
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
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Education Board
George Hope Anners
W.H. Terrell
Amiens
Spe
Weey
Bureau of Information
Constitutions
Bureau of Boarding
Atlanta
Carmania
Aligue
Noel Grant
Royal Navy
South Amelia
Vantage
Kaiser
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