Demand to End Double Sessions Moves Citywide
Indignant parents, school boards and Commissioner Dan Green press for ending Atlanta double sessions. Finance committee seeks 1999 for extra teachers and classrooms, citing meager funds and disruptions. Tuesday vote to decide site and funding, with organized PTA campaigns to push council.
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Atlantes
General Council
Lounei
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Finnance Committee
Scohol Board
Commissioner Green
Atlanta
Ildemvin
Jesse Arnstead
Guinn
James Lkey
Huanca Committee
Upus
Heal
Tme
Atigatas
Bach Ee
Lund
George M Hope
Dan Green
Councils
Bank clerk Moses shoots self in Macon amid $10000 shortage
Phenix City banker Moses, cashier of the Bank of Phenix City, killed himself in a Macon hotel. He was reportedly short over 10000 dollars and left letters to his son and to Mrs. Robinson of Girard. He had recently faced his wife’s death and had traveled to Macon for a real estate matter before the tragedy.
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Macon
Moses
Phenix
Phoenix Ata
W M Moses Jr
NW C Robinson
Girardola
Coi
Robinson
Raphael J. Moses
Columbus
Standsord
Phenix City
Moultrie Moses
Bank of Phenix City
Alex EB Walker
Alabama
Montgomery
Aifais
Phony City
GI Rad Ala
Phoenix
Girard Excise Commission
Cieres
United States Navy
Stanford Moses
Texas
Anglo French Fleet Bombard Cattaro Fortifications
London reports Great Britain and France bombard strongly the Austrian positions near Cattaro in Dalmatia. A wireless dispatch from the French fleet commandant states the fortress of Palagesa has been dismantled.
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Cattaro
Rome
London
Great Britain
France
Dalmatia
Palagesa
Department store to take cotton for merchandise
A department store plans to accept cotton as merchandise in a trade move. Bell Phone Company supports a large movement with Buick Motor Company Hupp Motor Company Maxwell Company and Ludden Bates providing aid to the effort.
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Buick Motor Co
Hupp Motor Co
Maxwell Co
Ludden & Bates
St Louis Cotton Purchases Grow in Campaign Effort
Dr Clarence J Owens of the Southern Commercial Congress reports a St Louis firm bought 10000 dollars worth of cotton as part of a western canvass. He says total purchases in St Louis reach nearly five thousand bales, advancing the cotton campaign.
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ST. Louis
Washington
Clarence J Owens
Southern Commercial Congress
Middle West
Congress
St Loui
St Lows
Bass Dry Goods announces cotton purchase offer
The Bass Dry Goods company said on Saturday that starting Monday it will take cotton at 10 cents per pound middling from farmers in exchange for merchandise selected from its stock. The offer runs until 500 bales are bought. Continued on Page Five.
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Bass Dry Goods Company
Bates
Villa and Zapata Join Against Carranza in Mexico
General Carranza reports Zapata and Villa are acting in concert against him while Huerta officers ready to back a new revolution. The United States considers keeping some battleships in Mexican waters as unrest continues and rail lines face sabotage.
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Francisco Carbajal
Felix Diaz
Huerta
Washington
Carranza
Mexico
State Department
Thhat Zapata
Villa
Vile
Funston
Zapata
Villas
Carransa
Fletcher
Villa Carranza
General Fansten
General i Fanston
Cable Company
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Higonig Aguilain
Benjamin ‘Irgunedo
Candigo Aguilar
Cartangas
Solidad
Cordelis
Orizaba
Jesus Carranza
Gustavo Mireles
Guadelupe
Fought Front News Describes Heavy Losses Across Northern France
The Somme to Oise front sees fierce fighting with heavy losses as French and German forces clash around von Kluck’s army. French gains on the left wing are noted while Meuse heights remain largely unchanged. British reports are sparse under strict censorship and mention German activity and heavy counterattacks. The Russian staff notes a clash near Drushendrhi in Suwalki and reports Austria’s westward retirement toward Cracow.
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Army Corps
Austria
Meuse
Somme
Oise
France
von Kluck
Drushendrhi
Suwalki
Russian Poland
Prussia
Cracow
Contraband ban and royal health news from Europe
Amsterdam reports martial law to curb contraband to Germany and Britain requires neutral food assurances. Prince Oscar, the German Emperor's son, withdraws from his regiment due to heart ailment. Austrian port Cattaro bombarded. Pelagosa fort dismantled and seized by French and British ships.
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Netherlands
Amsterdam
Germany
Great Britain
Oscar
Sen
Berlin
Metz
Cattaro
Dalmatia
Pelagosa
German Bodies at Troyon Siege Reported by Paris Dispatch
A Reuters dispatch from Paris reports wounded from Montlucon and details of the Fort Troyon siege near Verdun. German bombardment led the fort commander to set straw inside the fort ablaze, prompting German advances as French mutraileuses opened fire.
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Reuter
Paris
Montlucon
Fort Troyon
Verdun
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Girard, Ala
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Bell Phone Company
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Tver Meuse
St Mihiel
Helland
Troyon
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