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Newspaper

Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1919

Page

3

Conner urges higher pay to retain Georgia State College of Agriculture staff

J J Conner president of the Georgia State College of Agriculture Board of Trustees issues a public appeal about shrinking salaries for educators. He notes resignations, rising living costs, and stagnant college funding, urging a 25 to 40 percent pay increase to keep qualified professors and maintain agricultural education in Georgia.

Sie of Georgia Georgia State College of J. J. Conner Catersville State College of Agriculture Board of Trustees Cartersville Athem Banner Athens Soule South Georgian State College For Agriculture Hag Heer College of Agriculture Board of Trustees Georgia State College of Agriculture

Every Woman film review calls out star studded cast and grandeur

Editor critic Mr Jones hails Every Woman as a screen adaptation surpassing stage success. Violet Heming leads a stunning ensemble with Clara Horton Wanda Hawley Margaret Loomis Mildred Reardon Rebe Daniels and Monte Blue in roles of Love Youth Beauty Conscience Vice and Wealth. George H Melford directs a lush production praised for its visual luxury and impactful storytelling.

George H. Melford Violet Heming Stageland Clara Horton Wanda Hawley Heauty Margaret Loomis Mildred Reardon Rebe Daniels Edyth Chasman Theodore Roberts Irving Cummings Monte Blue

RADICALS SAIL FOR SOVIET RUSSIA ON TRANSPORT

The transport Buford sails with over two hundred radicals for Soviet Russia under sealed orders. Passengers include Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman. The Suford carries food for 500 people for sixty days and guards are posted to prevent trouble. Nearly 250 Reds at Ellis Island await deportation, including three women Anna Goldman Dora Lipkin and Ethel Bernstein. The immigration bill for deporting aliens tied to anarchist groups passes the House amid Senate probes into Russian propagandists such as Ludwig and A K Martens.

Associated Press New York Bueford Soviet Russia Alexander Berkman Emma Goldman Washington House Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ludwig A. K. Martens Suford Ellis Island Anna Goldman Dora Lipkin Ethel Bernstein T. Mike Bovictna

Peace Delegates Return as France Visit Ends

New York dispatch reports under secretary of state Frank J. Polis General Tasker Bliss and Henry White arriving aboard the transport America from France. The piece surveys art in a film titled Behind the Door and praises its horror based on Gouverneur Morris's Last We Forget with a happy ending in the vengeance of a Hun ship captain. The cast includes Hobart Bosworth Jane Novak and Wallace Berry.

Associated Press New York Frank J. Polis General Tasker HW. Bliss Henry White Ste T America France Willie Hopkins Wilfred Buckland Hove Kiultar Alten Poe Meealleet Poe Gouverneur Morris Germany High Seas North Atlantic Hobart Bosworth Jane Novak Wallace Berry

The Making of Men in Athens 1919

A speaker argues that real community value lies not in wealth or real estate but in the people, especially boys, and urges parents, schools, and the city to nurture character through faith in Christ, proper home training, and moral education amid urban influences and temptations.

Athens Parenta Wen Jesus Christ the Son of

President Wilson Overturns Three Infantry Officers Death Sentences

President Wilson has set aside the convictions of three officers of the 268th Infantry tied to the regiment’s action near Binarville France on September 28 1918. Lieuts Horace KR Crawford Judge Cross and Robert W Cheers had faced death sentences.

Associated Press Washington 268Th Infantry Binarville France Wilson Horace KR Crawford Judge Cross Robert W. Cheers

Peoples Bank to raise capital to one hundred thousand dollars

The Peoples Bank of this city announces a capital increase to one hundred thousand dollars at the start of the new year. President Bernstein is praised for building the bank from its infancy to its current strong position in Georgia. A separate report by W. O. Martins & Co. of Atlanta outlines the bank’s growth and condition.

Peoples Bank Bernstein Georgia Ita

Fatal Canadian Pacific collision toll rises in Maine

St John New Brunswick Dec 20 reports here say the death toll in the Canadian Pacific crash at Onawa Maine increased to twenty three by tonight.

Associated Press St. John New Brunswick Onawa Maine

Congress Passes Sweet Bill on Soldiers Insurance

Congress completed enactment of the Sweet bill before holiday adjournment, increasing war risk insurance payments from 30 to 80 dollars monthly and liberalizing France provisions to extend beneficiary classes, with the bill sent to the president.

Associated Press Washington France Congress

Plan to shape boyhood and curb gambling in Athens

St Louis reports mine operators have not yet accepted Palmer memorandum. Thomas Brewster urges parents and citizens to influence youth by shunning athletic betting and card gambling. He warns the life of a boy is eternal and emphasizes today’s actions shape tomorrow. He asks what values will define Athens’ future.

St. Louis A. Mitchell Palmer United Mine Workers At Indianapolis Thomas F. Brewster Athens

Coal Commission Appointed by Wilson Details Released

President appoints Harry ML liv wer of Pasadena to represent the public John P White to represent the miners and Rembert Peale for the operators to investigate wages and working conditions under the strike settlement agreement The president notes possible transfer of powers from the fuel administrator Dr Harry Gurld to the commission if price readjustment is necessary The Bituminous Coal Operators Association replies that operators did not agree to any such memorandum nor were they consulted in negotiations

Harry Gureld Coal Commission

Athens Lawyers Seek Removal In Savannah Case

Athens lawyers travel to Savannah to argue before Judge Evans in a U S District Court hearing on removal of a Wilkes County case. Plaintiffs seek accounting and division of real estate and stock in Anthony Shoals Power Company and about eleven thousand acres across Wilkes Elbert and Madison counties. Defendants moved the case from Wilkes Superior Court to federal court and back.

Athens Savannah Evans U. S. District Court Southern District of Georgia Holden Wilkes Elbert Madison Tomorow Anthony Shoals Power Company Stephen C. Upson Morsrs Jennings Greep Michael Erwin Shackelford Meadow Lawton and Cunningham Hitech Denmark Bavanash

His Christmas Girl by Harriet Whitney Durbin

A memory piece where an old man recalls his Christmas girl from youth. He smiles beside his grandma as children ask what he dreams of. He recalls a gift of mittens that sparked boyish joy and shaped a lifelong cherished image of love from long ago.

Harriet Whitney Durbin Ciase Gia

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MR. Conner Osf Jones Rywoman Soviet Russia Buford Russi Pittsburg Ralph T Jones Castor Castoria Walter T. Forbes Athens Young Men’s Christian Association ARMY Grandpa Grandma
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