State News Of Interest In Georgia War Effort And Local Affairs
Georgia officials report full cooperation with federal road work despite funding delays. Secretary Daniels praises wartime sacrifice in Atlanta. Georgia approves cotton mill factory at Atlanta prison and notes major stock dipping and crime incidents. Cattle dipping expands in Grady County. cotton crop outlook remains bleak. farmers urged to return to work. wheat profiteering crackdown. 326th Infantry arrival in England. Liberty Loan flags reach many districts. a deserter shooting incident reported near Jefferson.
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Atlanta
Georgia
J. J. Brown
Albany
State Council of Defense
J. E. Bedenhamer
United States Department of Agriculture
Rodenframer
326Th Infantry
Sefe J
England
Eugland
26Th Infantry
325Th
Ately
Roth Reginents
Eiely
Camp Gordon
Treasury
Washington
Chicago
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Boston
Miladelphia
St. Louis
Germany plans larger U boat cruisers to regain underwater edge
French minister George Leygues reports Berlin's plan for heavy armed cruiser submarines to counter Allied torpedo boat destroyers. Allies say they will keep pressing, aiming to clear seas as a trench is cleared. Recent charts show allied shipping losses have fallen while German output rises.
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Washington
America
Germany
George Leygues
France
M. Leygues
Naval Committee
French Chamber of Deputies
Leygues
Shipping Board
Heavy ordnance fund sought for six billion dollars
The War Department requested approximately six billion dollars for heavy ordnance in addition to the fifteen billion estimated by Secretary Baker. Brig. Gen. John D. Barrette told the House appropriations and coast artillery committees that delivery lags due to long guns, but reserves abroad may deplete.
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War Department
Barrette
United States
Swift’s Son-In-Law Ordered Interred
Count James Minotto, son-in-law of Louis Swift, was taken into custody by U S marshals on a presidential warrant for internment. A habeas corpus action was filed and he appeared before Federal Judge Carpenter, released on 50 000 dollars bond. Arguments set for May 2. DOJ officials said the arrest order was telegraphed from Washington to Los Angeles on April 30.
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Chicago
James Minotto
Louis F Swiftt
United States
Carpenter
Department of Justice
Washington
Los Angeles
Cal
Rail rate rise projected to match rising costs
Railroad officials estimate a minimum 250 percent increase in freight and passenger charges this year to cover fuel wage and equipment costs that total six hundred to seventy five hundred million dollars more than last year. The recommendation comes to Director General McAdoo from his advisers.
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Washinon
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
Russia to Rise and Strike German Fetters Says Masaryk
Bohemian educator and political leader Professor Masaryk, after eleven months in Russia, now in Washington promoting Bohemian and Jugoslav interests, says Russia will rise to strike off German domination as World War II ends. The Russian masses are not satisfied with peace under German sway.
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Russia
Washington
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk
Doctor Masaryk
A Dollar to Save a Life in War Time Ambulance Service
A Red Cross ambulance reaches a French boy before death after shell damage. The doctor notes a saved life depends on ample equipment, ambulances, and bandages. The narrator questions if a dollar could fund such rescue, urging readers to donate. It might have been one of our dollars that made the miracle possible.
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Tve
Bruce Barton
Vigilantes
Red Cross
Red Cross Special Train Aids Roumania Relief Efforts
The American Red Cross, through Commissioner Henry W. Anderson and Lieutenant Magnuson in Russia, dispatches a train to Jassy to feed and clothe 10 000 destitute in Roumania. Supplies reach from Petrograd Odessa and more cars are expected as the relief program expands. The articles emphasize US aid in the fight for freedom.
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Roumania
Jassy
American Red Cross
Henry W. Anderson
Red Cross
Roumaonia
Anderson
Russia
Petrograd
Magnuson
Odessa
Gruelling Night for the Canteen Man at the Front
A Red Cross canteen worker and his French assistant endure an all night artillery duel near a ruined house. They shelter in a cellar, survive shelling that destroys a nearby wall, then resume duties at dawn as the canteen prepares meals for weary soldiers.
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Red Cross
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107Th Depot Brigade
Woodbury
Georgia Baptist Hospital
Grady
Thomasville
Grady County
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Hoover
Andrew M. Soule
Henry Clay Johnson
Tuckston
Hubert Martin
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Jackson County
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Jefferson
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Federal Food Administration
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J.ben Wilson
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Satilla River
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