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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1922

Page

2

United States Refuses To Allow Allies To Loot Reparations

The American government states it will not permit allies to take all Germany can pay in reparations and leave the United States unpaid for expenditures in the Rhineland occupation. Dispatches say allies may defer payments, but Washington insists on equal sharing under the Versailles terms. The notice emphasizes the U S has borne costly occupation and seeks fair reimbursement without legal evasions.

Ale Paci Washington Germany United States Rhineland Vernailies Rhine

Dispute Over German Money Distribution Reaches Allies

The Associated Press reports tensions over distributing German reparations payments as allied finance ministers prepare for a meeting. The talk centers on how 10.5 billion marks will be allocated among occupied areas and whether the United States claim for $241,000 in occupation expenses will be treated as equivalent to other reparations. Officials debate legal status under Versailles and possible direct negotiations if the interpretation favors or opposes the United States.

Probwih United States Germany Prin- Ha

Settlement accords between Tennessee company and Duck- Iphur

On motion of origin the Tennessee company and the Duck- Iphur Copper and Iron reached an agreement under a resolution passed July 27, 1921 for settlement of disputes arising from operation of sulphurous gases. The supreme court limited the two companies health impact concerns. The case involved regulatory action on water mains and gas emissions.

Tennes‘company Duck- Iphur, Copper and Iron Zia Ile Tureuly Supreme Court

Tombstone Styles Witness Change

CHICAGO ILL Styles in tombstones change as well as fashion and even the short history of America has witnessed profound changes in what dealers in monuments call memorial art. Old New England graves show stark slate slabs and grim skulls while last century’s obelisks and sarcophagi give way to smaller plain stones. H Whitaker of Monumental News says tombstones erected 1800 to 1875 were imposing but cursed by silly verses no longer in vogue.

Chicago America Boston Plymouth New England H. Whitaker Monumental News Madison Wis Witaker

Hawaiians to Get 20 Acres on Molokai

The Hawaiian homes commission plans that each family or individual moving to Molokai next year will receive at least a 20 acre land tract. Engineer Jorgen Jorgensen outlined the plan, with George W. Cooke noting that if 20 acres proves insufficient, additional land may be allotted to allow self sustenance away from urban areas seen as harmful to Hawaiian health.

Honolulu T. H Molokai Jorgen Jorgensen Hawaiian Homes Commission George W. Cooke

Lighthouse Keeper Receives Strange Gift

HONOLULU T H A gift of the sea eighty pounds of a substance believed to be ambergris came recently to Harry Flint keeper of a lighthouse at a lonely coast location in Honolulu Territory The report notes the mysterious nature of the delivery and the curiosity it aroused among local residents and authorities.

Honolulu T. H Harry Flint

Sperm-Whale Concretion Sent to New York for Analysis

At Kalae Point on Hawaii’s southern tip a suspected sperm-whale concretion has been sent to New York for chemical analysis. Flint reported finding the mass on rocks below his lighthouse, soon after a dead whale washed ashore with a substance similar to the discovery. The item is valued at 28 dollars an ounce.

Kalae Point Hawaii New York Flint

Belfast fights claim eighty three dead in ten weeks

The Northern Whig cites Belfast gunmen and bombers as causing 83 deaths and 157 serious injuries in ten weeks, worse than all of 1921. The paper notes many wounded were women, children, and babies struck by stray bullets or bomb splinters.

Belfast Associated * Press Northern Whig

Peach Blossom Festival Held in Fort Valley Ga

Fort Valley, Georgia hosted a peach blossom festival that drew about 20,000 attendees. The event was described as inaugural and expected to recur annually, highlighting Fort Valley as a center of the state's peach belt.

FT. Valley Fort Valley Georgia

Treasury Secretary Says Treasury Not Incumbent To Advise Banks

Secretary Mellon told the House Ways and Means Committee that the Treasury would be authorized to advise banks not to loan money on adjusted service certificates under the soldiers' bonus bill compromise, but he would not feel it incumbent to do so.

Washington Mellon House Ways and Means Committee Treasury Department

Charge Aylor with Murder in Perry Killing

A coroner's jury in Perry Georgia returned a murder verdict Tuesday morning charging Sidney Aylor forty with murder in the killing of his wife the previous afternoon. Aylor was severely wounded in the incident.

Perry Sidney Aylor Aylor

Ayler Defied Arrest and Fatal Shooting Under Guard

Witnesses testified Ayler barricaded in a tent, held his wife with his left hand, and fired a revolver with his right. The woman had powder burns and three chest wounds. Her clothes reportedly caught fire and Ayler put it out with a bucket of water.

Ayler

League Secretary Visits Cox in Aiken

Arthur Bweetzer secretary of the League of Nations arrived in Aiken on Tuesday to be the guest of James M. Cox former Ohio governor and 1920 Democratic presidential candidate. Cox plans to spend the spring months in the city with an indefinite stay.

Aiken Arthur Bweetzer Geneva League of Nations James M. Cox Ohio Mr. Cox

Dramatic critic Louis DeFoe dies after flu pneumonia

New York journalist Louis V. DeFoe, longtime dramatic critic for the New York World, died early Monday from pneumonia after attending the opening of a play with his wife five days earlier. He had served over two decades reporting on theater and arts.

New York Louis V. DeFoe New York World

Broadway Critic Falls Ill After Debut Night

A new Broadway attraction drew mixed reviews as the critic wrote his thoughts the same night and the next day both were hospitalized with influontza. He developed pneumonia on Friday. Mrs Defoe remains in hospital. Mr Defoe, born 53 years ago in Adrian Michigan, began in newspapers in 1881 as Sunday editor of the Chicago Tribune and joined the New York World staff in 1899.

Broadway Defoe Adrian Mich Chicago Tribune New York World

How Much Does It Cost To Clothe Modern Girl

NEW YORK costs for proper clothing rise to 250 dollars annually, according to League of Girls clubs members. The report notes Topeka and Chicago estimates are too low, contrasting with a Topeka merchant's 82 dollar dress allowance. Chicago girls added they could dress more than earlier quotas.

New York League of Girls’ Clubs Topeka Kans Chicago New York

Fragmentary Prices Listed for Clothing Items

The text shows scattered prices for clothing items including a suit, shoes, hats, and dresses with amounts like 20, 16, 84, and 81 dollars. It references standards and appearances but the fragmentary OCR lacks coherent structure or full context.

Dyspeptics Seek Relief With Stuart's Tablet

A faded ad-like fragment touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet as a remedy for indigestion during meals. It claims the tablet eases pain, reduces gas, and helps sufferers regain normal stride, suggesting a 60 cent box available from druggists and noting a grill sign at mealtime.

Henry Stuart Gil Stuart

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