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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1922
Page
4
A former soldier deserves permanent, fitting employment over cash bonuses. The piece argues the government must secure work for those disabled or capable of work, prioritizing veterans and urging swift, decisive action over symbolic resolutions. It stresses that earned wages through honest labor beat charity and outlines the duty of both government and people.
Unemployment in the United States tops three million, largely due to strikes. The piece urges capital and labor to unite, revive business, and resume foreign trade to reduce joblessness. It notes underutilized land, mines, and building needs, and calls for confidence and constructive steps to end the strike impasse.
The Genoa Conference risks collapse if Russia will not accept allied terms. Britain and the allies demand Russia assume czarist and Kerensky debts, reject debt repudiation, and accept allied supervision of credits. If Russia shows resolve, talks may salvage the conference. otherwise it will fail and Lloyd George may fail to disentangle the tangle.
Athens notes show Butes Normal School extending sessions funded by Georgia aid, with state officials Bradwell Boegs Evans Baker Lee managing the Normal School. Meeting for men at the Y M C A features Rev George Yarborough speaking at 4 pm, Tom Dozier leading boys at 3:30 pm. Personal items include William McKinley Cobb leaving Athens for Atlanta, Miss Maude Echels visiting Atlanta, Miss Mamie Bussey and Miss Alice Wing visiting, theatre party hosted by cotillion club, Mrs J S Davant to Memphis. Casper Buchwald, Athens native now in New York, visits hometown amid growth.
President Harding proclaims May 1 to 6 as Postal Improvement Week nationwide. Athens Acting Postmaster Paul L. Smith invites patron cooperation. The piece includes a Harding quote and a humorous Mother Goose verses parody about postal practices and mail handling.
The coroner reports Gertrude Hanna, 25, a former Hoopeston teacher, found murdered in the United Presbyterian church parsonage basement. Her wrists show bindings, she left March 24 in rainwear, and death is believed four weeks prior. Illinois exam may reveal more. no immediate cause or weapon is identified.
Judge R C Orr reports about 6000 in pension money received and being paid out at his office. He notes that only the old veterans were recognized this time and those funded two years ago were not eligible. About 60 or 70 veterans are expected to receive funds, and they should call at Orr's office or a patrol.
Apollo Pa. Three miners were killed and one injured when a bomb exploded in a bunkhouse at the Patterson mine of the Kiski Coal Co near Apollo. The dead were Stanley Meiske Andrew Borniak and Frank Ridpaki all married leaving fourteen children. Frank Cogaski was badly hurt by a steel shard and hospital reports warned of possible death. The Patterson mine in Westmoreland county near the Kiski River employed 75 men before the strike and supplied product to a local steel firm.
Boston Mass Senator Walsh telegraphed Mayor Curley that nearly every member of congress especially the senate is for or against labor. He doubts any impartial tribunal for the New England textile strike and predicts futile efforts to obtain favorable action. He cites capitalistic opposition to arbitration and says administration officials oppose the strikers’ right to organize and bargain.
Seattle based Sun Dodger a comic monthly by University of Washington students will stop publication after the faculty publications committee adopted dean James F. Gould’s recommendation that there is not enough comical material about a college to sustain a humorous magazine.
Friends announce M M Arnold has recovered from a recent operation and is being moved to his home. He is gaining strength, no longer bedbound, though remains indoors. If improvement continues, he is hoped to be out and about and back at his business soon.
Chancellor David C. Barrow will be in Monticello on May 6 to address the local Parent Teacher Association. The group has shown strong growth in the state in recent years.
A user afflicted with kidney trouble for years reports relief after taking two bottles of Foley Kidney Pills. The testimonial claims improved vision, reduced back pain, and renewed energy, noting the tired sensation vanishing and a general health improvement.
The Monticello organization invites leading educators and men of affairs to address meetings as women gain suffrage. Chancellor Barrow will discuss the state's educational conditions before the gathering, highlighting civic and educational themes.
Mr. B. W. Torrence of Atlanta, general agent for the Virginia Life Insurance company, visiting the city for a day. He is the father of Cobb Torrence, a Georgian boy of the class of 1921 who was injured in an auto wreck last summer and is now attending the spring festival week at the University.
A Cincinnati woman endorses Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs during flu season. She credits the remedy with easing throat irritation wheezing and chest pains and notes it helps her mother. The ad claims druggists widely recommend Foley's Honey and Tar for cough relief.
The patient is slated for a final operation to treat injuries from the recent accident. Medical teams plan to complete the recovery path with this procedure, aiming to improve overall function and reduce ongoing impairment.
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