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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1921
Page
4
Chicago markets show a volatile day with wheat easing on crop damage talk, then recovering on Argentina strike hopes. March and May futures drift, corn and oats follow the trend, as traders weigh supply signals and domestic milling demand amid fluctuating prices.
Prohibition agents raid the Kruezer auditorium scene of a testimonial dinner for Mayor Charles P. Gillen in Newark New Jersey. They seize about alcohol including whiskey wine and champagne from an open bar. Agents, under Harry E. Sands, report purchasing liquor intended for the event, valued at thirty thousand dollars.
New York February 9 Organizing Eastern Time Daylight Saving association to urge passage of a national daylight saving law was effected at a meeting of representatives from fifty seven eastern commercial groups. A committee will select a board with three directors from each of nineteen eastern time zone states to lead a campaign. Local option and agricultural opposition were condemned as impractical and selfish.
Savannah Ga February 9 Special Three national conventions will be held in Savannah next week. The national Association of Builders Exchanges begins its meeting here Monday morning February 14. Associated with the organization named will be the second annual convention of the National Association of Building Trades Employers and the first annual convention of the Manufacturers' Representatives from houses supplying or manufacturing construction materials. President John N. Davis of Savannah will preside at the opening day. Reservations have been made at Savannah hotels for more than six hundred delegates from every state. The first delegate Thomas Davis of Youngstown Ohio arrived Tuesday. Special trains will bring delegates from Washington Pittsburgh Atlanta Columbus and other points.
Hartwell February 9. A large gathering of Hart County farmers and business leaders passed resolutions to curtail cotton to 20 percent of cultivatable land. The rest would be planted in corn and other foods. An organizing body was formed to collect pledges from all planters tenants and croppers to support the curtailment.
The Amusement Directory reviews Atlanta theaters for the week. Marcus Show of 1920 at the Atlanta Theater features gaudy vestiture and haunting melodies with the Royal Italian Accordionists. Fritz Leiber performs February 14 for three nights and a matinee, with Hamlets, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello on the slate. Dore, queen of Hoola-Hoola, headlines at Lyric with Kalaluhi, Frances, and Kennedy in a lavish Hawaiian act. Other venues feature Constance Talmadge in Dangerous Business at Criterion, Trumpet Island at Tudor, Ethel Clayton at Rialto, Lon Chaney in The Penalty at Strand, Eugene O’Brien in Broadway and Jane at Forsyth, Behold a Wife at Fandette, New York Idea at Alpha, Border River at Alpha, and Seeds of Vengeance Forbidden Fruit as top mountain melodrama at the Howard. Forsyth also touts Enid Bennett’s Silk Hosiery fashion showcase next Monday to Wednesday with fashionable gowns and Miss Bennett in a romantic Paramount picture.
Loew’s Grand presents a headline vaudeville bill featuring a talented group of comedians and pretty girls with songs dances and specialties. Four other fine acts complete the lineup for Thursday Friday and Saturday shows at the Grand Cantor’s Minstrels.
Constance Talmadge headlines the Criterion weekly attraction in Dangerous Business a John Emmerson Anita Lees production. The story centers on a pretty girl who spends her life in and out of love at the theater listings page reflects the current program.
A long theater column reviews upcoming film offerings. Lying Lips at the Criterion stars with an all star cast including House Peters Florence Vidor Joseph Rigew and Margaret Livingston. Eugene O Brien appears at the Forsyth with Broadway and Home a sea coast drama about Michael Strange aided by Elinor Fair Frank Loxae Warren Cook and others. A two reel Mack Sennett comedy It s a Boy completes the bill with Sins of Rosanne and Sins of Onana noted at Rialto.
In New York on February 9 about 45,000 needle workers walked off jobs to press standardized union agreements in the women’s clothing industry, according to officials of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' union.
LeGrange Ga February 9 special Pat Cohen faces murder charge in superior court for the New Year’s Day shooting of Walter Howard. Trial delayed until 3 pm after two jury panels. witness W M Strickland briefly jailed for carrying a pistol in court and fined. Court crowded as Cohen’s defense team includes Lovejoy Maver and others with Solicitor General Atkinsin aiding prosecution.
In Gadsden Alabama on February 9 a dozen and a half eggs set a local record selling for 91.50. The Albertville prize hen sold in that town with one egg at 22.50 and the rest paying down to 51. The proceeds were bid by members of the Masonic conference to aid European child relief.
J. and P. Coates thread manufacturers announced that all departments will run 48 hours weekly with a night shift in the opening department. After weeks of limited operation, the plant, employing 2500 on day shift, plans full schedule to restore output.
A bold promotional ad claims hair can regrow after baldness using Kotalko. It urges daily use, promises money back if unsatisfied, and suggests sharing the offer with friends. Boxed promotion notes availability at active drug stores and encourages watching the mirror for results.
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