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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1919

Page

11

Debate Over U S Trade With Germany Sparks Senate Hearing

Senator Fall pressed President Wilson and the State Department on the resumption of trade with Germany. Lodge and others questioned whether the United States had shifted policy, citing June 1919 orders and wartime licenses that allowed limited German trade. The discussion highlighted uncertainty about official stance and the scope of postwar commerce with Germany.

Philadelphia Public Ledger Sen Germany Fall Fenase Pacord Senate Wilson Wall Lodge The United Noensas New York Ents United States Lodgei Ng Utan Okaermany President Massachusetts

Experts Redrafting Laws of Atlanta Contested Traffic Plan

The Atlanta traffic reform debate centers on a police board compromise lowering some limits while extending others. Proposals include reduced parking spaces, longer time limits on certain streets, and speed caps of 12 to 15 mph inside core areas and 25 mph outside, with bypass rules for streetcars and new enforcement ideas.

W. H. Glenn The Georgia Railway and Power Company Harry Goodhart A. Ke Bell A. J. Orme J. R. Nutting Occn da Leon Avenus Baker Street Inman Goto Preston Arkwright Walton and Fairlie Marietta Gita Mors Timd South Aide Barry, Goodhart Broad Street Chambers United States Balle Isle W. Hi Glens Broad Spring Street City of Atlanta Hhneelf Ted Norges Sebioh Peachtren Street Whitehall Tyr Nedestriana Cora Atlanta Northern Railway Watton Fairlie Walton Street Decaturine Pryor Atreat Edgewood Avenue Corn Stone Mountain Decaturines Pryor Alabama East Point Colieen Park Hapeville Stewarts Avenue Mitchell Street Forsyth Street Jamies Poplar Street Brod Street Filia Street Ellis Street Fourth Nations Bank Penchtree Street Lille Street Decaturréet Auburn Avenue Luckie Street Houston Street Distlet Recorder's Court Police Board Police Bagra Committee Bath Marlettn Batteen Peachtrea Spring Streets Peachtree Street Whitehill Street Baker Mitchell Pryor Street Peachtree Die Wood Avenue Aldbama Street Mitch- 9 Ivy Waltontreet Control Avenue Forsyth Cone Carnorleway Peyethrea Boher

Ship Waukegan Sails Hamburg to Liverpool with Cotton

A historical note reports the Waukegan sailing from Hamburg to New Orleans then Liverpool on June 28 carrying 22 710 bales of cotton. It cites The Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin from August 22 1939 and mentions later plans to discuss trade relations with Germany and a presidential order affecting trade.

New Orland Liverpool Hamburg Journal of Commerce Commercial Bulletin Germany Utah United States Massachusetts

Traffic stops and posted ordinance for city streets

The ordinance specifies curb stops at designated intersections on Alabama Broad Forsyth Peachtree and other streets, and governs garage and stable postings. It notes traffic increases on Daher Harris Dilis Calin and Houston streets and recommends pavement improvements to ease handling with minimal opposition.

Grant Alabama Alabama Street College Park Hapeville Stewart Avenue Broad Ala Alabama Forsyth Street Dames Poplar Dread Street Peachtree Street Clig Railroad Bills Street Houston Street Lachie Street Walton Street Fourth National Bank Peachtrea Street Dills Street Kimball House Luchle Street Tozlatands Police Commission Enery Bramittee Daher, Harris Dilis Calin Houston Atreete Spring Et Tindey

Acworth Cotton Mill to Double Capacity and Growth

Acworth Ga August 22 special reports a surge of business activity as four new establishments open in one week. Local firms include Acworth Hardware led by Trippe Hendon and McLain J Z Austin Son and A C White general merchandise. Real estate activity shows 46 farm transfers in three weeks post drainage canal completion. Banks expand lobby space as fall business looms and cotton prospects improve despite a generally short crop.

Acworth Acworth Hardware Company Richard Trippe Alvin Hendon Thomas McLain J. Z. Austin

Newton Negro Vets Honored With Cue

Covington Ga August 22 A barbecue was given here yesterday to the returning colored soldiers of this county by leading race members aided by white people Over a hundred colored soldiers attended The colored Methodist church hosted welcome addresses by noted colored men ev Proctor of Atlanta gave the address urging harmony and that veterans prove themselves in civil life The exercises were led by P D Johnson P C Coleman and J H Benttey.

Covington Colored Methodist Church Ev. Hy Proctor Atlanta P. D. Johnson P C. Coleman J. H. Benttey

Persian Shah On Way To Western Europe

The Shah of Persia, traveling to western Europe, arrived at Constantinople aboard a British warship from Batum. He was greeted by allied high commissioners and representatives of the sultan and port. The Turkish press notes the British- Indian agreement will influence the Middle East.

Constantinople Associated Press Persia Europe Batum Turkiyah Middle East

Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Relief for Travel Aches

An old advertisement urges vacationers to pack Sloan's Liniment to relieve stiffness and soreness from exertion and bites. It claims fast penetration without rubbing and notes prices of 6c, 1.20, with druggists carrying the product.

Sloan

Food prices spark debate on consumer pain and packers

Senators press dairy and meat price concerns as feeders insist high costs hit households. Speakers from the stock yards argue competition remains keen, with claims that packers control markets disputed and calls to curb their refrigerated cars weighed against proposals seen as sweeping.

Kenyon Iowa Dunn St Louis J. 2 Lynn Benator Capper Transas Mr. Lynn Y. A. Chiristlangon Lynn

Weevil Swarms Hit Fulton County Cotton Fields

A Fulton County observer warns of a boll weevil outbreak damaging top crops this year and possibly sabotaging cotton growth next year. He notes ground injury, widespread fall of squares, and urges north Georgia farmers to shift to food crops and livestock, as south Georgia faces heavier losses.

Mr. Brown Fuiton Howell Brown South Georgia North Georgia

1000 U S Soldiers From Vladivostok Arrive in Vestal

San Agenaisco August 22 1 000 troops from Vladivostok most enlisted in Hartford Conn bodies of twenty comrades slain in defense of the string-diberian railroad transport Sheridan crippled from breaking tail shaft three years out from Bondlulu arrive today in two United States supply ships Vestal

San Agenaisco Vladivostok Hartford Conn

Third Division Men Return From France

A brief note records the return of members of the third division from France. Details are sparse in the dispatch, with minimal names or dates readable.

France

Textile workers strike at Macon mill over union demands

Six hundred textile workers at the Macon Ba company mill walk out after discharges tied to the formation of a union. Walkouts spread from Mill No 1 to Mill No 2 with more mills expected to join. Union leaders and organizers from Philadelphia assist, seeking recognition and eight hour day without pay cuts. Georgia Federation of Labor figures to intervene.

Macon Bb Manufacturing Mall No. 1 East Macon Min No. 1 Mii No. 2 J. C. Sullivan Centire Department Textile Union Jack Thoms Philadelphia Oglethorpe Street Copeland Ravennah Georgia Federation of Labor

Major Atlanta Real Estate Deal At Corner Front Foot

Securities Sales company buys lot and building on Peachtree and Poplar from M. D. Hallman estate for 106000, at six thousand a front foot. Forrest and George Adair broker the deal. Kibler Long clothing shop to be bank office with later alterations. Corner frontage is about 25 by 75 feet with three stories and basement. Officials highlight trend of corporations owning premises to avoid lease renewals. Berry H. Collings of Securities Sales speaks on Atlanta’s growth and remodeling plans for the line building as a premier business quarters.

Peachtree Poplar Streets M. D. Hallman Securities Sales Company Forrest & George Adair Gpove Kibler & Long Securities Bales Company Peachtreet Street Broad A Poplar Street Forrest Adair Mr. Adair Berry H. Collings New Bond and Security Company Atlanta South

A Unique Experiment in West Virginia Community Progress

A two year effort scores 23 small West Virginia communities on a 1006 point system covering history government business farms homes schools churches and health. The experiment shows stimulation from external contact while rural areas lag in community betterment.

ETO Sepa Oy West Virginia Kiteh

Baron Bussche Haddenhausen on Armistice and Wilson

Baron Bussche Haddenhausen, German minister to Argentina, in an interview with the Buenos Aires Herald, insists reparations would not be paid, denounces the peace as monstrous, predicts immigration cuts from Germany, and assigns responsibility for the war to the German people while faulting Wilson for weakness in the face of Lloyd George and Clemenceau.

Iny Germay Germany Wilson United States Ehardder Lloyd, George Clemenceau Council of the Allies

Electric car crash injures twenty six in Los Angeles

In Los Angeles on August 22 an electric car from Van Nuys crashed into a sight seeing bus carrying thirty motion picture actors injuring twenty six people, several seriously. Most of the injured were women.

Los Angeles Cal Tox Vin Nuys Tnrty

Forsyth Plans Trade Board Boost for Monroe County

Edward Young Clarke of the Southeastern Exhibit Association spoke at a Forsyth banquet as locals planned a Forsyth board of trade. The gathering drew prominent Forsyth citizens and attendees aimed to organize the board to promote Forsyth and Monroe County, citing Georgia’s prosperity and opportunities to attract national attention. Clarke urged publicity and county-wide effort to attract outside visitors and investment.

Edward Young Clarke Southeastern Exhibit Association Forsyth Board of Trade Piensa Monroe County Clarke Georgia California Florida

Holmes to Tell Negroes to Stay in Land of Dixie

Rev R B Holmes, president and founder of Holmes Institute, will speak on Advantages of the Negro South at St Pauls Episcopal Church Sunday at 4 45 pm. He returns from a Boston trip. Mayor Key and other Atlanta leaders will give short remarks, with Charles A Shaw as master of ceremonies assisted by W Q Rogers pastor of St Pauls Church.

B. R. Holmes Holmes Institute St. Paul's Episcopal Church Fort Street Auburn Avenue Boston Key Atlanta Charles A. Shaw W. Q. Rogers St. Paul's, Rch

Canvassed Romance and Ocean Latitudes in One Fragment

A fragmentary mix of a comic tale about a father and a would-be suitor, a coastline description from 18 to 60 degrees south, and an animal study noting partridge changes in the Canary Islands due to environment. The text blends dialogue, geography, and evolutionary note in a garbled excerpt.

Chile Inshar Archipelago Canary Islands Planiards Europe

Southern Representatives Urge Defeat of Meat Pack Reg Bills

Southern representatives urged the Senate Agriculture Committee to reject Kendrick and Kenyon bills regulating meat packing. C B Caldwell of Colquitt County Georgia Chamber and W Vereen of Moultrie argued such laws would hurt farm markets and discourage diversification. They cited packing plants as vital to southern farming and defended competition among packers to support corn fed hogs and farmer profits.

Senate Agriculture Committee J. H. Benton Washington Senate Committee On Agriculture C. B. Caldwell Colquitt County Georgia Chamber of Commerce Moultrie Angles W i Vereen Versen Truat Ransdell Pla Mr. Vereen Chargea Vereen Verean Sentnor Kenyon Mr. Caldwell Packer

Mortuary notice and obituaries from Lawrenceville

Obituary notices for Mrs. William W. Wien and Mrs. Anna Catt, with survivors including husbands Rev William M. L, sons in Decatur and Lawrenceville, plus relatives in Georgia. The text notes a funeral in Lawrenceville and references to other family members and a late August date. Also mentions Austrian rail setbacks affecting lumber transport and a note on Summer visitors and Isle of Were om.

Lawrenceville William Xe Wien Dirmeniy Lawrences Acheca Shea Sire William ML i Aveh Winn Decatur

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