Brunswick Hosts Plan for 12 Steel Steamships Plant
A visiting party led by Oscar Daniels of New York announced Brunswick as the ideal site for a large shipbuilding plant. The project calls for 12 steel vessels, each about 400 feet long, costing roughly 1.5 million dollars apiece, with total outlay near 18 million and 1,500 jobs. The group plans to return within a week to finalize offices and start construction.
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Brunswick
New York
Henry F. Brittain
Terry Shipbuilding
Savantuy
Howard S. Terry
Ve Terry and Tench Co
Newark
Terry Shipbuilding Company
Penn
Davis EB. Baxter
Oscar Daniels Company
W. C. McGowen
Federal Shipping
Jacksonville
South
Oklahoma chapter riots against selective draft stir Glynn County
The Glynn County scene reacts as a bill abolishing the county treasurer’s office passes the house and heads to the senate. Despite support for abolition, voters favor letting Treasurer R S Pyles finish his term, though the act reportedly takes effect January 1 two years early.
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House
Senate
R. S. Pyles
Atlanta
Pyles
Glynn County
Local Board Passes On First Applicant In Glynn County
The Glynn county exemption board yesterday found a Brunswick man physically fit after examination. He waived five days notice and became the first registrant examined and passed, surprising the applicant who believed he might be unfit due to nerves. The physician noted only temporary nervousness affecting the heart.
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Brunswick
Glynn County
Anl
Wickian
Judge confirms manager for Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad
Receivers Aiken and Leavy win a court order confirming Mr D C Smith as manager for the Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad, restraining ex manager Mendes from acting. Judge Emory Speer set August 8 for a full hearing at Mt Airy to hear both sides amid rumors of management changes and potential equipment upgrades.
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F. D. Aiken
C. H. Leavy
D. C. Smith
A. B
Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad Company
Aiken and
Leavy
Emory Speer
Mt Airy
Speer
Mr. Smith
Mr. Mendes
Southeastern
Lloyd George Calls for Lasting Peace Across Nation
Premier Lloyd George declared in London that the nation as a whole must make peace after victory. He warned against sectional committees guiding the war and urged unity across parties to secure liberty and terms of peace. He dismissed German peace rhetoric and said Allied aims require broader German concessions.
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London
Lloyd George
Queen’s Hal
Glynn County Health Board Names Dr. C B Greer
At a Glynn county board of health meeting Dr. C B Greer of Atlanta was elected commissioner of health to succeed Dr T F Abercrombie. The News had predicted Greer’s election and he is seen as highly qualified. He may start Sept 1 as relief from the state organization is arranged.
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DR. Abercrombie
Glynn County
Greer
Abercrombie
Brunswick
State Board of Health
Brunswick To Housing All Newcomers Plans Considered
Brunswick housing officials convene to address the urgent need for hundreds of homes for new arrivals. A cooperative housing company is among proposals. estimates reach 300 houses to accommodate current residents and forthcoming workers. Secretary Smith notes many workers will relocate once housing is available. no vacant desirable homes exist now.
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Brunswick
the Board of Trade
Smith
Board of Trade
Cypress Mills
France Stronger Today Than When War Began
Washington August 4. France reports greater fighting strength in men and war matériel than ever during the war. Andre Tardieu high commissioner of France sends an informal message to Secretary Baker with striking figures on troops guns and money, and links the United States to France in delivering the final blow to the foe.
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Washington
France
Andre Tardieu
Baker
United States
Root Sees Russia Overcoming Woes and Preserving Democracy
Elihu Root, head of the American commission to Russia, told a Pacific Port luncheon that Russia will overcome its difficulties and sustain a free democracy. He cited returnees from America spreading antiwar propaganda and warned German influence hampers the new Russia alongside socialist pressures toward immediate socialization.
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Pacific
Russia
Elihu Root
Amerian Commission
Jess
America
Russell
Commonwealth
Vatican shifts toward Germany after Holweg fall
Vatican circles report a changing impartial stance toward official Germany. The pope reportedly regrets deportations of Belgians and other acts. The shift follows the fall of Holweg and signals a new official mood in Rome.
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Rome
Vatican
Germany
Teutons Yield Ground Under Pressure in Flanders
British forces retake positions in Flanders as French and British troops push along multiple fronts. Russian troops fight near the Galician border and Bukowina while retreating between the Dniester and Pruth. Carpathian movement endangers Romania amid bad weather and renewed Allied pressure.
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Galician
Bukowina
Petrograd
Zbrodz
Kimpolan
Dniester
Pruth
Carpathians
Flanders
Teutons
St. Julien
Cabaret
Kortcker
Seven Hundred Ships Requisitioned by Emergency Fleet
Washington reports the Emergency Fleet Corporation has requisitioned all merchant vessels over 2,500 tons now under construction in American shipyards. Double and triple shifts will speed up production as many ships are owned by foreign firms, with settlements to be negotiated with the respective countries.
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Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
The
Shipping Board
Oklahoma City War on Draft Rebels Escalates Across Oklahoma
Oklahoma City reports at least one leader dead and twenty five arrested as draft resistance widens. A band of thirty alleged slackers shot Deputy Cross and burned bridges along the South Canadian river area. Federal Provost Marshal Crowder orders military courts for deserters and mobilization this month.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Konawa
Ada
Wallace Cargill
Rocky Point
J. W. Cross
Wewoka
South Canadian
South Sasakwa
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Maud
Tyrola
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
South Canadian River
Saskawa
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Perience
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Committee of Board of Trade
Ene
Mies
Pope
Holiweg
Gress
Tory
Arras
Infantry Hill
Monchy le Preux
Nadian River
War Department
Provost Mars
General Crowder
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North Carolina
Georgia
Thomas EF. Watson
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