Athens Banner looks forward to state lodge gathering and baseball finish
The Athens Banner reports the Grand Lodge of Fellows of this state will meet here with two thousand lodges represented. It notes the event will bring wide civic representation and a warm welcome to Athens. The paper urges fans to support Georgia in the final four games to win the pennant as the season closes against Mercer and Washington and Lee. It adds a hopeful outlook for better times nationally and cites optimism from the Fred Medart Manufacturing Co on reviving business.
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Grand Lodge of Fellows
Athens
Odd Fellows
Grand Enement
Grand Lodge of Kekas
Washington and Lee
Mercer
Joorrin
Georgia
Auburn
Auarn
Mtst
Erteria
Eorgia
Hoya
E. J. Medart
Fred Medart Manufacturing Co
St. Luois
America
Dr J D Applewhite To Address Clarke County Civics
Dr J D Applewhite Gaunty health officer will address the class on Wednesday afternoon his subject County and City Health Regulations The boards of health of Clarke county and the city of Athens seek public cooperation with sanitary measures to protect health during spring and summer months
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J. D. Applewhite
Gaunty
Boards of Health
Clarke County
City of
Athens
Block in Senate on Agricultural Measures Formed
An agricultural block formed in the Senate with fifteen southern farm states creating an informal group for action on farm measures. Senator Kenyon of Iowa was chosen chairman and four committees were named to study and report on federal reserve act changes, warehousing and storage, transportation matters, and general agricultural measures.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Senate
South
United Action On Measures
Kenyon
Iowa
Smith
South Carolina
Good
Idaho
Kendrick
Wyoming
Norris
Nebraska
Ransdell
Louisiana
Capper
Kansas
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Fletcher
Florida
Sheppard
Texas
Ladd
North Dakota
Heflin
Alabama
Charlie Chaplin Injured By Fire On Set
Charlie Chaplin suffered burns on his legs after his trousers caught fire from an acetylene blow torch on the studio set in Los Angeles. The incident occurred in May and Chaplin was burned from his ankles to his waist during filming.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Charlie Chaplin
A Good Morning to You A Verse and a Vignette
A short verse by O. G. Bicker notes preferring October and May to December and praises autumn weather. It contrasts seasonal sayings with personal sentiment about the pleasantness of May despite December chatter. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek line about pace and effort.
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O. G. Bicker
Answers to Yesterday's Kwiz Pack
A garbled quiz list with questions and partial answers on subjects like yodeling yokels Lapland Suez Canal Laurentian Mountains and Gustavus Adolphus plus numbered questions about Lotus Karl Marx Firth of Forth Crusades guinea pigs Saint Nicholas Numidia chirography and apothecaries weight.
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Lapland
Europe
Norway
Russia
de Lenseps
Laurentian Mountains
Labrador
Arctic Ocean
Gustavus Adolphus, Kir
Qweden
Firth of Forth
Saint Nicholas
Wisconsin Senator introduces anti Allied councils resolution
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin introduced a resolution condemning President Harding for appointing American representatives to allied European councils. He said the move violates American ideals and traditions and urged Senate debate, though most Republicans voiced little objection to the appointments.
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Associated Pres
Washington, D. C
Harding
Europe
LaFol Jette
Wisconsin
Senate
United States
LaFollette
Roots Break Out Connection With Baltimore Stake
Baltimore May 10 There were four riotous demonstrations by striking marine workers and sympathizers in the city with over 30 men arrested in connection with the riots A number of negro strike breakers were badly beaten and rioters roughly handled during a storming of the customs house Fire boats swept away riaders trying to rush the piers where the steamer CoeHada was docked Both sides held conferences preparing for a prolonged wage struggle
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Associated Press
Baltimore
CoeHada
Steamer Persian Partly Burned At Baltimore Dock
The Merchants Miners line steamer Persian was partly burned at her Baltimore dock tonight and sister steamer Ontario was endangered by the flames. Fire department responded to a general alarm and police were increased. cause not yet determined.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Merchants Miners Company
Ontario
Prize drill and inspection at Athens High Thursday
On Thursday at 11 30 a m cadets at Athens High School will undergo a competitive prize drill and inspection. Companies in the battalion compete in elimination rounds until one winner is chosen. The prize has a 15 00 value. If weather permits the event will be on the high school campus and the public is invited.
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Athens High School
War Finance Ready to Cooperate on Three Bases
The War Finance Corporation will consider plans to cooperate on cotton exports on three bases. Eugene Meyer Jr. is managing director and spoke to a subcommittee of Southern bankers and cotton exporters in New York on May 10.
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Associated Press
New York
War Finance Corporation
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Brand Would Aid Farmers With Two Agriculture Bills
Congressman Brand of Georgia introduced two bills to aid farmers. One would transfer earnings from federal reserve banks to the federal farm loan board for farm loans, reducing bond issues and delays. The other would make the secretary of agriculture an ex officio member of the federal reserve board to ensure farmer representation.
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James A. Holloman
Washington
Brand
Georgia
House
Judge Brand
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Congress
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Farm Loan Board
Federal Board
America
Menchetary of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
T!e
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Baseball results from Southern and American Leagues
Scores include Birmingham 15 Chattanooga 10 and Mobile 4 Memphis 1 in the Southern League. American League games show Cleveland 7 Washington 9, Detroit 1 New York 2, Chicago 4 Boston 4, and St Louis Philadelphia rain. National League lists Boston 2 Pittsburg 5 among others. College games record several results across Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and New York campuses.
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Birmingham
Chattanooga
Mobile
Memphis
Cleviland
Washington
Detroit
New York
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Searcy Attacks Dorsey Over Pamphlet On Georgia Judge
Judge W E Searcy of Griffin harshly denounces Governor Hugh M Dorsey for circulating a pamphlet about the Georgia negro situation citing cases in Upson county He identifies himself as the judge named in the pamphlet and calls the charges gratuitous untrue and unworthy The governor says the county is Upson and expresses respect for the judge while questioning the publication's accuracy.
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Atlanta
Hugh M. Dorsey
W. E.H. Searcy
Griffin
Flint Judicial District
Georgia
Searcy
Dorsey
Absence of Diseas Isn’t Health
Old advert claims lack of disease equals health and promotes the herb compound 8.8.8 and 8.5.8 as blood-building remedies. It urges readers to buy from a druggist and to request medical advice from the Chief Medical Advisor in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Georgia
Governor weighs response to Upson County inquiry
Report by a special investigator hired by the governor cites five county residents who met with a judge over a negro case in Upson County. The governor declines to reveal the investigators or five names but may issue a fuller reply later. The pamphlet, prepared for the governor by Marion N. Jackson for the Atlanta Inter-racial committee, cites over a hundred cases to show mistreatment and peonage of negroes in Georgia, and follows the Newton county murder farm case. Thousands seek relief from A L K aid claims.
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Mark H. Jackson
Durston Bldg
Syracuse
Upson
Upson County
Judge Searcy
Marion N. Jackson
Atlanta’ Inter-racial Committee
John 8
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