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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1922
Page
2
A fractured fragment notes a dark period and a long night in the far north. The text mentions a newborn named Persia Tombs and a road project tied to a holiday, with reserved status by unnamed authorities. The garbled phrasing suggests a mythic or fictional setting.
An old advertisement touts Gets-It as a quick remedy for corns claiming fast relief with a few drops. The terse copy emphasizes speed and simplicity.
The Majestic, a 56,000 gross ton passenger liner, left Southampton on May 10 for New York on its maiden voyage. At 956 feet long and 100 feet beam, she dwarfs earlier ships, with 1,245 state rooms and space for 4,100 passengers plus 1,000 crew.
Gloria Swanson heads Her Husband's Trademark at the Palace with Stuart Holmes and Richard Wayne in a tale of a money obsessed husband and a disillusioned wife. A Chaplin comedy Pay Day opens two days at the Palace, praised for Chaplin's artful humor and timing.
Rumors circulated in motion picture circles on Thursday about the departure of Miss Hudnut as of the matter Wednesday. The report claimed the district attorney’s office was aware of the situation.
General Pershing commends the U S Interdepartmental Social Hygiene Board for reducing vice districts and disease rates among troops. In six months 83 districts closed improving health and saving $1 118 000 in medical costs. He notes Benning Camp rate drop from 149 to 27 per 100 000 men and warns parents and schools to teach correct sex facts to prevent misery. Women’s clubs push continued war on vice though Congress has not provided funds.
Whitehall celebrates the close of the school year with a Friday program featuring night school class debates on "Automobiles and Greater Service to the Country Than Railways" led by Miss Jowell Brown Nathan Williams Weldon Williams and Robert Cunningham. The Whitehall Band under J L Morris will play between speeches. Afterward Boy Scout leaders will present camp songs yells stunts minstrel and vaudeville acts.
The Associated Press report notes a Methodist Episcopal Church South conference session at Hot Springs where delegates advance to select secretaries of boards while calendar business proceeds. Tellers count ballots as officials expect much business to be completed by adjournment. The vote on unification with the Northern branch and merging Southern interests with the Church of the United Brethren remains key issues discussed.
Los Angeles report says Nat a Ramboya known as Winnifred Hudnut married Rudolph Valentino last Saturday in Mexicali. She boarded a train to New York from Pomona with Valentino bidding farewell. Deputy DA Thomas McClelland says he will present a report on possible bigamy prosecution if Valentino returns to California. Actress Jean Acker, from whom Valentino obtained a divorce decree, is noted in the coverage.
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