Corporations Face Heavy Tax Increases Under War Bill
Washington July 1 The Senate finance committee decides to push a wartime tax bill toward passage next week. United States Steel Corporation alone would pay about 200 million dollars to the treasury this year based on second quarter earnings after government deductions. The plan raises corporate and individual income taxes, plus higher levies on spirits beer and certain other goods, with spirits taxed at 3.20 per gallon and beer at 3.25 per barrel, yielding substantial revenue.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
United States Steel Corporation
Treasury of
United States
Wilson to veto food control bill in congress clash
Washington reports President Wilson will veto the food control bill if it passes with amendments from the seven member committee. He signaled the move in a morning conference with congressional conferees aimed at curbing extravagant prices and easing burdens on the country.
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Washington
Presif
Wilson
House
Congress
Engineer John Farmer Stricken On Train Route
Engineer John Farmer of Brunswick, a popular B and W district figure, was taken ill early morning between Way and Tifton while on duty aboard a passenger train. He was brought to the Coast hospital in Yatis afternoon for treatment and reported improving.
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John Farmer
Brunswick
B. and W
Alt Line
Il Sudmorning
Wayd Tifton
Apes Mieyed
Conferees Seek Breakthrough in Food Bill Debates
Washington July 31 conferees on the food bill for congressional war expenditures recessed after a fruitless day of dispute. They plan to resume talks with the Senate and House leaders tonight and again seek a compromise to resolve differences in the provision.
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Aaa
Washington
Congressional War Expenditures ’ Committee
Tomor Row
Senate
Herseeleaters
Oil prospects in south Georgia areas studied by U.S. Geological Survey
The U S Geological Survey reports limited evidence of oil seeps or anticlines in two southern Georgia areas from Columbus to the Florida line and Fitzgerald to Valdosta. No direct oil in shallow tests found, and insufficient data to justify drilling.
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United States Geological Survey
Washington
South Georgia
Georgia
Pilgeerald
Department of the Interior
Geological Survey of Georgia
Chattahoochee River
Columbus
Loreida
Fitzgerald
Miorida Mee
Thomasville
Valdosta
Postoffice Receipts Rise Sharply in Brunswick
Postmaster Leavy reports Brunswick post office receipts up about 20 percent in July compared with July last year. July normally slow, but this year shows a strong increase, with this month marking a higher performance than the previous five months.
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Brunswick
Leavy
Measure Aims to Abolish Glynn County Treasurer Office
Representative Akin introduced a bill in the Georgia House to abolish Glynn county treasurer, a move tied to previous county commissioner calls and public debate. The term ends in 1920, with division over whether to let the incumbent serve out the term or abolish the office now.
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Akin
Glynn
Atlanta
Heat Wave Grips Nation With High Temperatures
A severe heat wave persisted across the Central Valleys, Middle Atlantic, New England, and the lower lake region with no relief expected for two days. New York reached 90 degrees at 9:30 AM, and numerous prostrations were reported. Chicago tally recorded fifteen heat deaths in the past day.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Lower Lake Region
Weather Bureau
New York
Germans Continue Deporting Belgians From Mons
Havre July 31 The deportation of civilians from Mons Belgium continues. The Germans sent away 129 men on July 26 and 39 two days later. It is probable they will be forced to work on the German front in France.
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Havre
Mons
Belgium
France
Georgia Senate Adopts College Endowment Tax Exemption Measure
Atlanta July 21 the Georgia senate passed by 37 to 7 a college endowment tax exemption bill authorizing a constitutional amendment to exempt endowments not invested in real estate from taxation. The house spent most of the day on a Confederate veterans pension bill with a 149 to 17 vote, amended to cap pensions at veterans with property under 5 000 dollars and widows married by 1881.
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Atlanta
Georgia Senate
ROK FOR DRAFT FOR PHYSICIANS
A New York petition circulated in hospitals and among doctors urges Congress to draft physicians for military service while exempting bona fide doctors from existing rules. The plan would conscript physicians ages 21 to 45 similar to the army draft, backed by the Washington based Council of National Defense.
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New York
Congress
Army
Council of National Defense
Washington
Men at training camps offered as non commissioned officers
Seventeen thousand men at the officers training camps who do not receive commissions or are not selected for further training will be offered appointments as non commissioned officers in the national army with chances of promotion. General Bliss, acting chief of staff, issued a circular on the plan.
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Washington
National Army
Bliss
Chhef
British Casualties Reported At 71 000 In July Theater Losses
London July 31 British casualties in all theaters as published in newspapers for July total 71 000 officers and men. The officers killed wounded or missing are listed as 2 503.
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London
German Brutality Report From Liege Belgium
Amsterdam dispatch reports Liege authorities arrested tried and sentenced a Liege merchant Groneret his wife and two daughters to death within three days on unproved espionage charges. The note cites widespread German brutality claims with emphasis on Belgium.
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London
Amsterdam
Liege
Belgium
Groneret
Two Million Russians Retreat Amid Wartime Panic
A Petrograd dispatch reports more than two million Russians retreating in Galicia, including troops from the eleventh and seventh armies and their reserves. The eighth army is also falling back in a critical line as Teutons push to trap it. Deserters and agitators are being shot, with corpses marked traitor to his country. Prisoner escapes rise as military authorities monitor the situation.
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London
Times
Petrograd
Galicia
Aries
Eighth Army
Teutons
Judge Beverly Evans Named U S Judge Report
Washington reports Judge Beverly Evans of Washington County slated for a Georgia United States judgeship. Evans serves on the Georgia supreme court and was among candidates submitted by Senator Hardwick to the attorney general before the nomination of Judge W E Thomas of Valdosta.
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Washington
Beverly
Evans
Washington County
South Georgia United States
Georgia Supreme Court
Hardwick
W. E. Thomas
Valdostamm
Hasty Marriages Denounced As Grounds for Escape
Washington reports General Crowder ruled July 20 marriages to evade the draft will not discharge the conscript unless the wife is dependent on the husband. The order targets women who marry to aid men, declaring such arrangements as slackers to be prosecuted.
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Washington
Croton
General Crowder
Germany Runs Short of Gold
Washington reports confidential dispatches indicate Germany’s gold reserve is shrinking as the balance of trade worsens and Turkey refuses to accept German paper money.
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Germany
Washington
Socialists Plan Big Meet In Stockholm Conference
Paris July 31. An administrative committee of French, English and Russian socialists decided the International Socialists and Labor Conference will be held in Stockholm from September 9 to 16, with possible venue changes if Stockholm is not convenient. Russian soldiers and workers delegates initiated the movement for the conference.
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Paris
Stockholm
German Submarine U-23 Enters Spanish Port Damaged
Coruna Spain July 31 The German submarine U-23 arrived in the harbor badly damaged with only its periscope visible The captain refused to disclose the cause of the damage The vessel lay beside an interned German ship and is described as a coastal type
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Coruna
Spain
Georgia Opens Dove Hunting Season This Month
Georgia allows dove hunting now through August with a single month closure at month end. The season then resumes in November. Hunters must obtain a hunting license from County Game Warden Bunkley before hunting this month.
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Georgia
Bunkley
Prohibition Amendment Debate Continues in Senate
Washington July 31 The senate enters the second day of debate on the national prohibition constitutional amendment with several senators ready to speak. The discussion is perfunctory and spectators are few in the galleries.
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Washington
Senate
Troops Leaving for National Guard Training Camp
The first detachment of the national guard is expected to depart New York for training at Spartanburg South Carolina next week as part of ongoing mobilization efforts.
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New York
National Guard
Spartanburg
S. C
Food prices fall for three staples in July report
Washington July 31 Only articles classified as food items in price from May 1914 to this year show decreases. The notes cite green oranges and dried apples among the three items down in price.
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Washington
Treasury issues 300000 certificates for Liberty Loan financing
The treasury announces a 300 million dollar issue of Liberty Loan certificates as the first installment of the second loan phase. It notes the bid is the largest yet offered and payments are due in November with August dates referenced for closing actions. The report also mentions the final moonlight excursion of the season to Saint something, with details unclear.
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Washington
Treasury
Allies Break Through Front Lines in Flanders Offensive
Allied forces breach German trenches as French capture Steen Straete and advance up to two and a half miles. British lines hold three positions with ten villages seized and 3,500 prisoners taken. Russians resist in Galicia as entente aims at Belgian submarine bases amid heavy bombardment by Haig and Petain.
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Associated Press
Flanders
Belgium
Steen Straete
Galicia
Bukowina
Entente
Lys
Aisne
Haig
Petain
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