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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1918

Page

1

Peay outlines wartime ideals in Tennessee Governor bid

The speech delivered in Trenton Gibson County frames Democratic candidate Austin Peay as a reformer guiding Tennessee through World War I era worries. He urges restraint on new laws, calls for fiscal reform to end deficits, and stresses citizen service, executive vigor, and unity under federal wartime demands while praising Woodrow Wilson and warning against excessive legislation.

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VICE By Doing Everything We Can In Every Way We Can

The statement emphasizes exhaustive effort across all possible means to pursue a goal. It frames commitment as total and persistent, urging thorough action and unwavering resolve to maximize opportunity and impact. It signals a rallying tone for collective persistence.

General Assembly

War Savings Day Push in Tennessee Near June 28

War Savings Day is near as Tennessee readies for the June 28 muster roll of War Savers. The drive seeks two million enlistments in Tennessee, urging every man woman and child to own War Savings Stamps and pledges to buy more before December 31.

Tennessee Army of War Savers War Savers

War Savings Stamps and Military Film Instruction

Government urges full purchase of War Savings Stamps to aid the war effort. Recruits are to be taught warfare via motion pictures shown in M C A buildings at military camps and cantonments in the country.

M.C. A

Movies Follow the Army at French Front Posts

Movi es are shown to soldiers behind the lines as the division or regiment moves. Projections are established at rear posts to entertain troops during campaigns. The program adapts to shifting front lines and troop movements, keeping entertainment available for soldiers in transit and garrison duty.

Italians Recapture Three Towns With Aid of French

Allied forces breakout along the Italian front push back Austrian positions south and east of Asiago. French and Italian troops retake Pennar Bertigo and Castalunga as Austrian defenses falter under renewed Allied pressure with over 200 prisoners taken.

Venetian Alps Adriatic Piave Asiago Hallans Pennar Bertigo Castalunga Auticn Vicenza

Our Boys Clear German Trenches Before Cantigny

At dawn in the Mondidier sector American troops stormed German fronts near Cantigny. German defenders fought to hold positions as U.S. artillery barrage preceded rapid infantry assault. Many Germans killed, prisoners taken, including eight men at a machine gun nest blown up by a trench mortar bomb.

France Associated Prem Cantigny Mondidier Garriso Thei Cantizny

Doubled Common Stock Authorized by Liggett and Myers Tobacco

New York June 18 The Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company authorized common share capitalization was doubled at a special meeting. This action creates 27 496 400 in common stock to fund wartime cash needs. The text also includes a public health note urging eye care for children and detailing eye defects' impact on aviation and schooling.

New York Liggett and Myers ‘Tobacco Company

Shelbyville men buy fourth cotton mill in Jonesboro Tenn

Col J D Hutton Maj W J McGill and Capt Sam Westall visited Jonesboro Tennessee last week and bought the cotton mill there. The Shelbyville Gazette praises their loyalty and enterprise and wishes them success in their new purchase. It notes they already own four mills.

J. D. Hutton W. J. Mc= Gil Sam Westall Jonesboro Tenn Shelbyville the Gazette Tom

Government to recruit all unskilled labor

Washington June 17 All employers in war work urged by President Wilson to stop recruiting unshifted labor after August 1 except through the United States Employment Service. The labor force is asked to respond loyally to calls for voluntary enlistment in essential industry through the agency.

Washington Wilson United States Employment Service Department of Labor

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