Salt for meat packing advised to avoid winter delays
County Administrator Graham urges farmers to pre order salt for pork preservation this fall as coal shortages and railroad congestion threaten supplies. Merchants should stock up to meet heightened demand during meat packing season. Federal Food Administrator Morgan notes salt as a food essential and warns ships may face delays again this fall and winter.
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Federal Food Administration
Tennessee
Graham
Morgan
H. A. Morgan
Dent in War Savings Deficit Shrinks as Subscriptions Increase
Dillard Dowling subscribed an additional $100, part of a broader effort to reduce the war savings deficit. The momentum from new subscriptions is expected to nearly erase the shortfall.
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Henry
Fulton
Dillard Dowling
Typhoid Inoculations Offered Saturday by Dr Bishop
Innoculation for typhoid will be given by Dr BE L Bishop at the Woman's War Building on Bigath and Garden streets between 8 and 4 next Saturday. The crowd last Saturday was large and it is expected many more will come into week.
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Bishop
BE. L. Bishop
Woman's War
Bigath
Garden Streets
Monte McDaniel Advances to Lieutenant in Army
Monte McDaniel of Bigbyville, an early Maury county draftee who served in France, is promoted to second lieutenant and assigned to the 326th Infantry. He previously taught at County High School as athletic director before entering the draft and later earning his commission after serving from Camp Gordon to the front.
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Monte McDaniel
Bigbyville
Maury County
National Army
France
326Th Infantry
Daniel
Athlene
Camp Gordon
McDaniel
A& Fon
Ocean
Historic London
Literary Digest
Trial Opens In Giles County On Espionage Act Charge
The United States case against J Raymond Howard of Pulaski for espionage act violation began at 2 PM before U S Commissioner Turpin. Government witnesses include Confederate veterans. defense calls former Senate Speaker Newton H White and others. State Attorney Fleming Jr leads for the government. B W Dade defends Howard, a young man in his twenties, as Giles County watchers attend.
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United States
J. Raymond Howard
Pulaski
Turpin
Giles County
W, Holt
H, Hardeman
F. M. Bunch
Senate
Newton H. White
J. W. Green
Ro N. Purivear
C.J. Leddedge
Ro . Green
W. J. Yancey
Bunyan Clark
Cal. Brown
J.D. Neil
Williams. Fleming, Jr
B. W. Dade
Howard
One Lost When Boat Goes Down in Collision
One man is missing after the steamship Protin sank in a collision with another steamer off Cape Hatteras early Monday. The navy department announced the loss with the rest of the crew landing safely.
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United Press
Washington
Protin
Cape Hatteras
Navy Department
First Consignment Laborers Shipped for War Needs
Maury county supplies its first consignment of laborers for essential war industries. James M. Dedman of the U S Employment Service sent fifteen men to the Nashville powder plant. Scouts surveyed the county for available workers and plan two weekly shipments, targeting those not employed in essential war work.
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Maury County
James M. Dedman
United States Employment Service
Nashville
Patriotism Dominates West Tennessee Farmers Meeting
A West Tennessee convention will be held in Jackson on September 3 with patriotism as the dominant note. Farmers, delegates, and local organizations will discuss agricultural issues and national service amid a period of civic emphasis.
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West Tennessee
Jackson
War Message from J J Finney to West Tennessee Farmers
The West Tennessee Farmers convention in Jackson Sept 3 4 5 will hear war service and agricultural strategy messages. J J Finney of the United States Food Administration will deliver the war address and a conference of food administrators will meet during sessions at the West Tennessee Experiment Station.
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West Tennessee Farmers Convention
Jackson
Charles A. Keffer
Division of Extension
West Tennessee
J.J Finney
United States Food Administration
Herald
Third Promotion For Col. Hughes Within the Year
Colonel William N. Hughes of the U S Army, long known in Columbia and Maury County as Captain Hughes, has earned a third promotion in a short time. He led Tennessee recruitment efforts and influenced many to join officers training camps, while his son in France rose to lieutenant colonel. Hughes remains a Nashville resident with Columbia as his home.
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William N. Hughes
Columbia
Maury County
H Hughes
Hughes
Col. Hughes
San Juan Min
United States
Tennessee
Nashville
France
Anny
Tennessee Militia
More Soldiers To Make World Safe For Democracy
Kamon Roberts Page Walker Shiras Fitzgerald and Charles Wesley Hiomilton drafted, left for Daniyr Gordon Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon. All are prominent young men of the county and can be depended upon to render a good account of themselves in the army of civilization. Robert Henry Mitchener left today for Kelly Pratt San Antonio, where he had been living to aviation.
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Kamon Roberts Page
Walker Shiras Fitzgerald
Charles Wesley Hiomilton
Daniyr Gordon
Atlanta
Robert Henry Mitchener
Kelly Pratt
San Antonio
Nevl
Moore & Son to Sell More Mares at Public Auction
Moore and Son announce another public sale of Percheron range bred mares at their tar near Monday. They list twenty five mares and one lot of stock ready to haul to city or county markets, with movement to Nashville possible. J. D. Willis is noted with contact via Citizens phone 280.
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Moore & Son
Nashville
J. D. Wiliis
Citizens Phone
Retail prices of staple foods here in Columbia
Prof L W Duke, clerk of the federal food administration in Maury county, issues maximum selling prices for staple food commodities in Columbia. The list includes wheat flour in sacks of 12 and 24 pounds, self rising flour, rolled oats, rice, beans, canned goods, corn meal, raising, peaches, lard, cheese, potatoes, butter, bacon, bread, and more with varied weights and price figures.
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Prof
Duke
Federal Food Administration
Maury County
Columbia
Borden
Bae
Inacon
Macon
County Fair Here 10 Be Great Success
Members of the committee on the agricultural fair to be held in Oct are meeting at the era to discuss plans and arrangements for the fair. Efforts aim to make the fall fair an even greater success than past events as war drives interest in agriculture and production. Government agencies back fairs as war necessities with a strong program, premium list, and good crops expected to make the occasion memorable.
Flor ence youth joins Coast Artillery at Fort Barrancas
News from Columbia reports Louis Summerton son of Mr and Mrs S G Summerton of Florence Alabama formerly of this city has volunteered for the coast artillery and is now stationed at Fort Barrancas Florida Herald Cheap Column Ada Pay.
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Fort Barraucas, Florida
Columbia
Louis Summerton
S. G. Summerton
Florence
Ala
Angele San
Tillery
Fort Barrancas
Pla
Big Increase In French Orphans Adopted Here
The county drive led by Mrs. Fret R. Gamble has raised French orphans adopted from twenty eight to eighty locally. She reports strong support from Santa Fe and believes broader community response will increase the count to a creditable number. Mrs. Gamble notes ten children already taken in Santa Fe and urges wider participation to reflect the county’s wealth and population.
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Mra. Fret R. Gamble
Santa Fe
Thirty Two U S Divisions Now In France
Washington Aug 21 Gen March chief of staff announced that thirty two fully organized American divisions are in France. About 1.4 million men are now across the sea with the movement accelerating since March. It was also announced that no less than 150,000 will be shipped over in September.
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United Press
Washington
France
March
Red Cross Detachment Aids Struggling Czecho Slovakia Front
An American Red Cross unit arrived in Vladivostok from Tokyo with seventy thousand pounds of hospital supplies. Part of the detachment will go to the Czecho Slovak front to aid Patriots. General Otani of the Allied forces in Siberia had arrived at Vladivostok. British artillery was active in the region, reducing enemy artillery superiority.
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RED Cross
United Presa
London
American Red Cross
Vindievostok
Tokio
Otani
Siberia
Vlasivostok
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Federal Bank
Maury National Bank
Food Administration
Nation’s Army
Ada
J. J. Finney
the Herald
Register
Chancery Court
P. Garber
West Seventh Street
Columbia, Tenn
Court House
THE
Coast Artillery
East Seventh Street
Maury
R. F. Moore & Son
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