Recognition and reform topics highlight postwar debate
The piece urges Congress to award a merchant marine medal for WWI service and notes South Carolina’s strict divorce laws as a national outlier. It glosses over the League of Nations’ prisoner repatriation, criticizes railroad wage claims, and discusses tariff reform, reparations, and President Harding’s New England vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
de Siam
Congress
South Carolina
Episcopal
South Carola
Harding
New England
Portland
Washington
Warren
Candle memorial for Caruso to burn 500 years
An eighteen foot memorial candle funded by inmates of an orphan home and donated by Met Opera star Caruso supporter will burn in Naples at the Church of the Madonna of Pompeii. Antonio Ajello, candle maker, will suspend the candle with a derrick and daily pour molten tallow into it. The candle weighs about 1000 pounds and is expected to burn for thirteen years and seven months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ajello
Gasoline Tax Boosts Athens Price by One Cent
Athens gasoline dealers report a one cent rise to twenty three cents per gallon as the Georgia legislature tax goes into effect. Local merchants expect continued strong sales and foresee possible price easing later in fall. Governor Hardwick says the tax targets bulk imports. oil firms will reimburse through wholesale and retail pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Georgia
Hardwick
Stand Oil Company
Hancock Avenue
Gulf
Hungary Approves U S Peace Treaty With Washington
The Hungarian national assembly unanimously approved the peace resolution adopted by the U S Congress in July and authorized the government to negotiate a treaty of peace with Washington.
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Associated Press
Budapest
United States Congress
Hungarian National Assembly
Washington
Barrow Seeks City Aid for University Summer School
Chancellor Barrow requested the city council grant the usual 260 dollars to support the University of Georgia summer session after a legislative budget cut. The mayor and council approved the appropriation, restoring funds for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
University of Georgia
Barrow
City Council
Fyatte
Ab Uona
University’ of Georgia
Maor
Salesmanship Club offers big auto prizes and extra votes
The Banner-Herald promotes a Salesmanship Club drive with chances to win a $3,150 Lexington, a $2,000 Columbia, or an $860 Chevrolet by selling subscriptions. Offer extended for 50 new members with 400,000 extra votes and a $5 gold piece on a $20 subscription, race lasts eight weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner-Herald
Lexington
Columbia
British and American film tariffs threaten cross Atlantic industry
London notes warn proposed 30 percent import tax on films by American producers could curtail British film demand and invite a homegrown surge. Editors claim Britain may shift toward domestic productions as tariffs prompt British studios to dominate their market. Current English taxes on positive films are one penny per foot and five pence per foot on negatives.
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London
Great Britain
American Congress
British Isles
England
Jews Flee Russia Amid Fear of New Crisis
Berlin reports that waves of Russian Jews are crossing Estonia Lithuania and Poland borders monthly. Observers warn of worsening conditions as famine and shortages bite Soviet territories. Families seek escape via Germany hoping to reach America, fearing anti Jewish action if the Soviet regime collapses.
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Russia
Berlin
Germany
Baron Wrangell
Rusals
Lithuania
Buthonia
America
New Auto Law Bans Ten Day Tags In Georgia
Governor Hardwick is expected to sign a motor vehicle amendment within days making ten day dealer tags illegal. The law charges 1860 officers sheriff constable and others to enforce tag use and all other vehicle requirements. The secretary will distribute copies to law officials and dealers are barred from improper tag use.
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Hardwick
Sugar Overproduction Threatens Cuba’s Economy
Havana reports quote Diario de la Marina warn that Cuba’s sugar crop faces ruin as production nears 3.6 million tons while exports lag. The piece outlines a dilemma for President Zayas: let the industry fail or state intervene to buy or control mills and plantations to avert economic collapse amid sagging markets.
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Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
Ifie
Cibab
Diario de la Marina
Zayas
Hutletin
Oriente
United States
Ftn High Exchange
Sugar Sales Commission
Sugar Commission
Brazil
Warrant Issued in Priest Slaying Case in Birmingham
A warrant for murder was sworn out by Coroner Edwin Stephenson in Birmingham after Father James Coviv, rector of St. Pauls Church, was killed late Thursday. The priest had just married Stephenson's partner to Pietro Gussman, a Catholic.
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Asaoci
Birmingham
Ala
Rusaum
Edwin Stephenson
James Coviv
St. Paul's Church
Stephenson
Pietro Gussman
Law School Gains Judge Cobb For 1921 22 Length
Lumpkin School of Law at the University of Georgia adds Judge Andrew J. Cobb as professor of constitutional and Roman law for the 1921 22 session. The board of trustees appointed him in June from his prior roles as supreme court and superior court judge and longtime law teacher. Dean Sylvanus Morris touts Cobb as a valuable acquisition and predicts a crowded, high standard term with enrollment already exceeding last year. The full faculty will include Dr Sylvania Morris Judge Andrew Cobb S C U and W G Cornett.
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Lumpkin Law School
University of Georgia
Andrew J. Cobb
Judge Cobb
Law
Supreme Bench
Cobb
Sylvanus Morris
Tthe Law School
University of Georgia Law School
Morris
University Law School
Sylvania Morris
Andrew i Gobb
C. U and
W. G
Cotton Belt gloom eyed by Oliver in Atlanta tour
Jack Oliver, New York cotton firm head and former Atlanta journalist, tours the Cotton Belt and finds widespread pessimism. He predicts cotton will rise to 15 to 16 cents and foresees a surge in demand, urging faith in finance and market recovery. Oliver sits with farmers, merchants, and bankers, noting nationwide cash and credit strains yet optimism for eventual stabilization. He cites world cotton demand and U S production strength, and recently joined the American Cotton and Grain Exchange board.
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Atlanta
Jack” Oliver
Pearl ‘Street
New York City
Oliver
Silas
Mr. Oliver
The
Américan Cotton and Grain Exchange
Eighth Hole Water Stand Becomes Local Hit
A thrifty Athens boy opens a water stand near the eighth hole at Cloverhurst Country Club. He sells half and half water for a nickel to golfers, turning a quick profit and growing a small bank balance. The venture proves more popular than the famed nineteenth hole fizz stand.
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Athens
Cloverhurst Country Club
Swat
Kiwanis donor John McBride Howell aids Athens home
John McBride Howell of White Plains Georgia, a wholesaler and secretary treasurer of Webb Crawford Co, donated 4000 dollars to Kiwanis home in Athens during a charter presentation. He is a longtime Goodfellows member and resident on Milledge Circle with a birthday August 6.
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John McBride Howell
White Plains
Greene
Webb & Crawford Co
Mac
Goodfellows Union
Kiwante
Athens
Ture
Atlanta
Kiwanis
Milledge Circle
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Hungary
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Wallace Reid
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