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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
4
A local weather observer notes December’s quirky swing from last year’s snow and deep coal shortages to this year’s milder warmth. He cites last year’s December 14 low of twenty-two degrees and a prior snowfall on December 13 while highlighting volatile local weather conditions.
A New York Times feature recalls the social prominence of Mrs. Mary Mason Jones and her marble Fifth Avenue residence. The northeast corner of Fifty-seventh Street long served as a center of society, hosting banquets and receptions before urban changes led to the looming removal for a modern building.
Fragmentary text from a British press sketch hints at ongoing commentary on commerce and policy. Names and places are unclear, leaving the exact focus and entities unreadable.
Henry P. Davison, chairman of the Red Cross War Council, calls for a Christmas Roll Call to enroll 22,000,000 members and fund a peace program. The plan blends war relief with enduring humanitarian work, expanding Red Cross reach worldwide while seeking broad member loyalty and a one dollar dues payment.
Captain Fred G Hodgson of Athens has been promoted to major. He attended the University of Georgia and graduated from there. He is stationed at Blois France with the Emery Unit base hospital number 43, after volunteering when the unit was organized in Atlanta and serving at Camp Gordon. He has been in France for about a year.
Nerlin reports Solf has offered to resign as foreign minister, a move not yet accepted. The likely response from socialist ministers ranges between city of resignations and preserving foreign policy. Trained foreign office staff threaten to quit if Solf leaves, while Haase and Barth press for Solf’s removal.
Washington reports the Rail Road Administration announced plans to build four steel self propelled barges three steel towboats and twenty wooden barges for service on the Black Warrior river in Alabama. This development outlines expanded riverine capacity and transportation options for the region.
London dispatch reports President Wilson accepted King George’s invitation to visit England and is expected to stop there on his way home. British officials await Ambassador Davis before arranging entertainment as part of the visit plans.
A military mapping flight between Tampa and Jacksonville crashed near Ocala on December 14. Mechanician Sergeant O. J. Remington of Borrl field died, while Lieutenant Harry Foxt, the pilot, escaped uninjured.
Neighbors in Clanton Alabama investigated a farmer John Mehan after his continued absence. They found that Mehan his wife a son and a daughter were dead from influenza and pneumonia.
Special to the Banner reports a wild welcome for the returning army with crowds filling the waterfront and docks. The piece notes a surge in political activity ahead of 1920 campaigns, plus promised jobs for veterans by industrial leaders. Christmas displays brighten every block as merchants anticipate strong holiday trade.
A Giant Handley Page airplane with six Royal Air Force members departed Ipswich airdrome tonight for France en route to India. The AP reports the British air crew began the Channel crossing as part of a long-range mission.
John W. Davis American ambassador to Great Britain and Mrs Davis arrived in London with Vice Admiral Sima and staff aboard a special train from Plymouth. The welcome marks the end of wartime demands and the city’s postwar mood shows signs of decline in war posters and billboards as winter arrives.
Wartime food guidance details carrot and tomato marmalades, conser ves, and a beet apple blend. It urges home canning, then shifts to hunger in Europe and the call for Americans to save food. A Garden Army plan mobilizes two million youths to grow vegetables for home use and for Europe, tying school programs to peacetime self sufficiency.
Paris December 14 Paris newspapers devote most space to demonstrations honoring the United States president. They describe the receptions, functions, and entertainments praising America with Lalibert noting Paris gave the chief magistrate a reception more enthusiastic than those for Poincare and Clemenceau in Strasbourg.
Governor Hugh Dorey has called a January seventh election for the Fiftieth Senatorial District, formed by Clarke Oglethorpe and Wilkes counties. Only two candidates, J. T. Griffeth and J. F. Rhodes, are in the race, with O. H. Arnold expected to announce this week joining potential entrants.
J T Griffeth outlines his campaign for the new 50th senatorial district, pledging strict enforcement of Sabbath laws and prohibition. He recounts family roots in Georgia, farm upbringing, and decades of public service, proposes nationwide highway construction funded by the government and landowner assessments, and invites voters to support a clean, transparent race with no complicity in wrongdoing.
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