Congress to Act on Aid for Roads
Special report notes a federal aid bill for post roads carrying 100 million dollars for the year ending June 30 1922. The House roads committee backed the measure with Dunn opposing it publicly while claiming unspent funds exist to carry highway work another year. Senate action expected without amendment if not delayed by last minute jams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skyh
Dunn
House Roads Committee
House
Senate
Duania
New York
Wik
Roads Bureau
Congress
Federal Bureau
States face highway funding shortfalls threaten new contracts
W C Markham, secretary of the Kansas highway commission, reports to Congress on federal aid for state road contracts. Georgia and Illinois show funds fully obligated, while several states cannot add new contracts this season. The notice cites 17 states with no or limited funds, and predicts emergency legislation next week to address the funding gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Inaues
W. C. Markham
Kansas Highway Commission
Washington
Congressional
Dunn
Linnois
McArthur
Oregon
Congress
State Highway Department
Seasoel
Florida
Idaho
Illinois
Louisiana
Maryland
Shode Island
West
Ginia
Arizona
Connecticut
Indiana
Iowa
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Utah
Vermont
Wyoming
Alabama
California
Colorado
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
New Jersey
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Virginia
Wisconsn
Prada
Fass
Atete Highway Departments
House
Road Committee
DHT
Dublin Ambushes Stun City as Bombs Fire on Civilians
Dublin residents endured five minutes of terror as three ambushes struck military lorries in Merrion Square Rathmines and the south side. Casualties included a four year old killed, women and civilians wounded, and a general flight to cellars as explosions and gunfire rattled the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Dublin
Merrion Square
Rathmines
Dublin Castle
South Side
Clonmel
Devon Regiment
Warnine I
Bartow County Fair Set For Next Fall In Georgia
Bartow County will hold its annual fair and agricultural exhibit next fall after stockholders voted this as the best year for a county fair. A board of directors was named: Henry Milam president, Joseph S. Calhoun vice president, and Chas H. Cox secretary, with Knieht Scheurer Howard and Gilreath also named directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cartersville
Bartow County
The
Dan
Henry Milam
Robert W. Knieht
Earl Scheurer
Horace W. Howard
Paul Gilreath
Jos. S. Calhoun
Chas. H. Cox
Rebuild Old Hotel In McDonough Georgia
The Forest hotel in McDonough, one of Georgia’s oldest, owned by J. B. Rodgers, is being modernized into a premier facility for a town of its size, reflecting substantial update plans and investment.
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Juliette
Old Forest
McDonough
J. 3. Rodgers
Mrs Thornton Sends Message to Federated Club Women
Mrs Albert Thornton and vice presidents oversee federated activities during her Florida absence. The Atlanta City Federation urges Georgia Day observances on Feb 12 with flag displays and speakers on Georgia's discoveries. Library donations planned for Georgia Training School and children hospitals, plus a French library project funded by donations.
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Atlanta
Thornton
Federated Club Women
Albert Ornton
Georgia
Crawford Long
Federation
J. K. Ottley
State Library Commission
Library For the City Federation
Commission
Georgia Training School For Girls
Fulton County
Carnegiebrary
Young Atlanta Girls Debut On Stage This Week
Two Atlanta debutantes Miss Mary Faith Yow and Miss Virginia Kelly under Mrs William Claer Spiker present Cinderella and the Prince Charming at the Howard theater, preceding the film Forbidden Fruit. Yow, daughter of Dr S B Yow of Lavonia and Governor Dorsey’s niece, has trained two years in aesthetic dancing and dramatic study. Kelly, praised for grace, has studied with Spiker and will perform with skill and charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Theater
Mary Faith Yow
Virginia Kelly
Wiliam Claer Spiker
Miss Yow
8. B. Yow
Lavonia
Dorsey
Col Bugg Shows How Wage Cuts Hit A B A Wages
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce directors meet at noon to discuss scrapping the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad under a proposed wage reduction. Col Bugg, president of the railroad, outlines in dollars and cents how the new scale would cut pay for various workers including porters, engineers, firemen, agents, and conductors, with figures drawn from the December 1920 payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Eiyic
B. L. Bug
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway Company
Fitzgerald
Atlanta
Brunswick
South Georgia
Inia
New Pay Scale Calculations for Various Georgia Rail Workers
A list shows current monthly earnings for workers in Georgia rail service with proposed new scale figures. Entries include conductors, engineers, electricians, machinists, and cleaners, comparing actual pay to the revised scale and noting several substantial increases or decreases across positions. Colonel Bugg says the figures are not extraordinary and are representative.
Cotton Growers Gain Concessions From Seed Mill
In Cartersville on February 11, the Bartow County Farm Bureau marketing committee announced an arrangement with a local oil mill to trade 1,800 pounds of meat for 2,000 pounds of cotton seed or 5,000 pounds of hulls for 2,000 pounds of cotton seed. It claims the highest allowance in the state and credits the committee’s work. The committee also arranged fertilizer purchases for Farm Bureau members at reduced prices, with County Agent C. M. Cox aiding the effort to lower plant-food costs to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cartersville
Bartow County Farm Bureau
Hugh Heath
R. W. Jackson
Robert Floyd
Farm Bureau
C. M. Cox
Captain J A Roe Dies at Soldiers Home
Captain Isaac Alexander Roe aged 83 died early Sunday morning at the Home for Confederate Veterans. He is survived by four daughters H L Norrell of Birmingham Alabama R A Offutt L R Craig of Calhoun Georgia and Miss Bessie Roe of Washington D C. The body will be sent to Calhoun Georgia at 6 o'clock this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Alexander Roe
H. L. Norrell
Birmingham
Ala
R. A. Offutt
L. R. Craig
Calhoun, Ga
Bessie Roe
Washington, D.C
Calhoun
Scholz Rejects Paris Reparations Basis in Berlin Interview
German economic minister Scholz denounces Paris reparations demands as impossible and contrary to the Versailles Treaty. He warns a 12 percent export levy would ruin trade and says a counter proposal would tax exports only above imports to avoid wrecking Germany’s economy.
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John Graucuerz
United News
Berlin
Germany
Paris
Dr. Scholz
Enemeis
Scholz
Hig
Entente
Fife
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Wcaehinn
al Sizsz
Durham Jewelry CO
E. B. Durham
Edgewotd Ave
Georgia Art Supply Co
Broad Street
the Daffodil’s
Daffodil
Pryor Street
Candler Bldg
Gore
Hambright-Tolleson Co
Marietta Street
Alliance
Alliance Francais
McKenzie
Mme. C. K. Sliter
Alliance Francaise
W. B. Coleman
American Legion
Georgia Tech
Dean Johnston
St. Philip's Cathedral
Cable Hall
the Legion
Leila Austell
Albert E. Thornton
Young Atlanta Society
Col. Bugg
Bugg
J. A. Roe
Soldiers’ Home
Folsom’s Restaurant
Peachtree Street
Peachtree ST
Atlanta. GA
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