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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
5
Officials announce Athens public schools for white children will close June 18 instead of June 27 due to improved progress and summer session demand. Examinations for white schools begin June 13, while Negro schools close June 20 with exams starting June 15.
Toledo crowds watch Jess Willard begin four weeks of intensive training for the July 4 championship fight with Dempsey. Five hundred spectators applaud the champion as they see his strong condition in the first public workout.
In Toledo Ohio eleven people were seriously injured as workers at the Willys Overland Auto plant rioted. Guards fired over 100 shots to disperse the mob of idle workers numbering about 5000, many women, who attacked employees entering and exiting the plant.
Washington June 3 Independent Philippines urged by Governor General Harrison at the second joint session of house and senate committees. The Philippines have established a stable government meeting American requirements Morrison said.
Columbus Ohio June 3 The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen meeting in Columbus will hold its next triennial convention in Toronto. The convention adjourns tomorrow with the insurance board and the committee to present the wage scale to railroad administration officials elected at the closing session.
Investigation of eight city bomb explosions aimed at public men suggests a common source and a possible anarchistic group behind a failed campaign of terrorism. Washington police focus on reassembling fragments from the man killed at Attorney General Palmer's door while attempting to plant explosives. Detectives from Washington New York and Philadelphia trace operations and note the hat purchased in Philadelphia and a possible Philadelphia connection.
Washington June 3 Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor said in a statement on bomb outrages that the country is reaping the result of its immigration policy. He pointed to arrivals at the rate of a million persons yearly as the source of the problem.
In Washington Secretary Baker said he authorized a 25 million dollar sale of Army surplus food stocks to the Co operative Purchase Society of Russia, which represents 25 million families. The society will trade food for badly needed raw materials. In Paris a preliminary Europe relief survey places next year’s wheat and rye needs at 700 million bushels, with Hoover estimating US exports at 470 million and other exporters to meet the rest.
Redfield told the Pan American commercial congress that two new steamship routes to South America should be established, one touching Northern ports and the other Southern ports. He warned that unless the United States served South America the world would suffer and both nations would fail without mutual service.
Washington June 3 Director General Hines urged the American short line railroad association that a permanent railroad solution lies in consolidating lines into twelve to twenty great systems under government regulation. He said this structure would attract private capital and protect weaker roads.
Plans for checking forest fires were discussed informally at an Athens meeting held at the Agricultural college. Attendees included Dr. A. M. Soule Prof. Berry United States Field Agent Peters of Washington Mr. Riis Tate Ga and Mr. Harrell a Jacksonville lumberman interested in preventing fires.
Clarke county officials plan a year to gather and deposit the war service records of every man called to the colors. Officers say data collection is under way and will be stored in the courthouse vault upon completion.
Citizens in Oconee Heights and nearby areas pressed for a county automobile speed law and police protection against speed maniacs. plans stalled as not all residents could sign in time. The issue likely will be referred to the next Clarke-Oconee county commissioners meeting for advisement.
Atlanta on June 3 reports army wives receiving Parisien gowns from France. Dresses are praised for beauty but considered inappropriate due to length as Atlantans prefer knee to ankle reaching skirts. Returning soldiers question gifts and some babies receive frilly lace outfits amid humor and cultural clash.
Miss Marguerite Reviere returned from Atlanta Monday after a weeklong visit. She was accompanied by Mia and Floyd Traynham, who joined her on the trip and share in the homeward gathering.
Judge R C O rr presiding in Clarke County Court of Ordinary adjourned until Saturday for hearings. Few cases arose. rulings include discharge for Joe H Wilson administrator for Mrs L A Wilson granted, others granted for letters of administration, years support, and probate petitions. Some matters continued for later hearing.
Atlanta June 3 Judge C H Brand of Athens in the Eighth District fends off GOP attempts to strip him from two key committees Banking and Currency and Education He remains on both panels and may chair Education if Democrats gain control His district includes more schools and colleges than any other in the state or southern district.
Captain John R. Northcutt travels with Mrs. John D. Northcutt and Miss Charlotte Northcutt toward Camp Gordon, traveling through the country with Mr. Morgan McNeil.
Clarke and Oconee county officials announced four United States Army motor trucks are apportioned to Clarke county for road building. Two trucks will go to Athens from Camp Jesup, and the remaining two will arrive from Camp Meade, Baltimore. The War Department allocates trucks to counties to support a national good roads program. The Clarke request was approved and disclosed at yesterday's meeting.
Atlanta June 3 The citizens committee formed to oppose higher gas electric and street car fares has been abolished. J Le McCord chaired and sent his resignation to the council. The group contained few members and funded advertising against the Georgia Railway and Power Company. Councilman Claud Ashley wrote that the committee had outlived its purpose. The power company won increased rates. the last opponent has kicked out.
Mrs. C. J. Hood of Commerce was noted as visiting the area yesterday, joining other local and regional guests in a day of events and courthouse tour stops.
Wintersville plans call for a new vocational training department at the school, with installation under serious consideration by the county board of education. If feasible it will be housed in the auditorium. otherwise a brick three story building may be erected. Action is expected at the next board meeting.
Atlanta hosts the Southern Presbyterian parallel conventions June 10 12 with eight silk banners awarded. Four to Atlanta delegations and four to outsiders for largest church and highest membership percentage. The event features national church speakers at Wesley Memorial and Baptist Tabernacle.
New York June 3. The stock market saw one of its wildest sessions since the war boom as call money rates rose to 11 percent after noon. Prices broke sharply with selling pressure continuing to the close. Several previously favored stocks slid from three to twenty points.
A poem lauds the faith of a girl as sustaining a man through hardship and doubt in a Springfield Union verse. The page notes guests Mrs. George Montgomery and Mrs. Walter Sams of Marietta visiting Mrs. George Armstrong, and reports Lucy Cobb Commencement attendees have returned home.
Paris dispatches say France remains firm on original peace terms while Britain and the United States show openness to minor concessions. Germany seeks relief from financial demands and resisted territorial relinquishments as four power talks continue. Counter revolts erupt in western Hungary with refugees flooding toward the Austrian frontier.
C D Flanigen, president of the Athens Railway and Electric Co., marks twenty seven years as an executive with the firm. He is a regular at N B E L A conventions and a key figure in South station affairs. The Southeastern Section plans a Asheville convention September 17 to 19 with distinguished speakers on live issues and an ambitious postwar program. The section, originating in Atlanta October 20 1910, now spans two Carolinas, Alabama and Georgia, with war/convention participation remaining steady to foster closer ties among electrical workers.
Miss Helen McCormick the New York district attorney will speak at the Georgia meeting to form a state federation of business and professional women. The event, June 14 and 15 in Atlanta, will include delegates from Augusta Athens Macon Rome Savannah and others with Atlanta well represented. The program includes two business sessions a luncheon and dinner with talks on organization and federation details and participation in the national meeting at St Louis July 14 and 18. The Atlanta City federation meets June 9 to organize local programs, while remaining separate from the state body though many members will join it.
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