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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1921
Page
7
Georgia lawmakers push to adjourn after August 10 while opposing parties argue over a proposed one cent gasoline tax. The House defeats the tax but signals a reconsideration, and resolutions seek governor portraits and a study of education boards.
Lord Northcliffe, publisher of The London Times, arrived in Washington for talks with President Harding but was told invitations to attend a British embassy dinner had been withdrawn. The affair followed sharp attacks on Lord Curzon and the foreign office by Northcliffe and related press friction with The London Times. The embassy offered no comment beyond saying the notices were inaccurate, and Northcliffe planned to dine with Mrs Edward B. McLean the following night with other invited guests.
The Times editorial in London accuses Lloyd George and Curzon of unfit character for Washington talks on the disarmament conference, amid a rupture between Britain’s foreign office and Northern Ireland press. The Associated Press summary notes distrust of Lloyd George and Curzon, while police say Lackey stays silent about the affair and Adams asserts he is not connected with the Adams National Detective agency. Detectives Stone and Whatley led investigations and arrests with potential civil action pending.
Decatur Georgia July 28 special. Willa A Sutton superintendent of Atlanta schools will deliver the principal address at the open air mass meeting at the new McDonough Street School Friday at 7 30 oclock The event supports a 12000 drive for the new high school and reports on progress of the campaign to secure the fund will be given Watermelon cutting will be a feature Professor R E Carroll DeKalb county schools superintendent will also speak Charles D Melviney is campaign committee chairman whose group began last Saturday
Durten up the affair led to a disappearance and discovery of the gift under borrowing conditions. Frank Jones and Detective Gleer, bond set at 100 dollars, face Sunday bond hearing while they must explain their role. Jones says Gleer claimed Jones and the girl were seen together. Sleuths allegedly impersonated officers and pressed a false document for 250 dollars.
Multiple notices report deaths Wednesday at private sanitariums and residences, listing survivors including spouses, children, and siblings. Individual obituaries name J L Baughman, D H Brown, Y Wydge, Samuel Hizey Britt, Newton W Standridge, Josie Anderson, Susie A Sills, Thomas Galloway, and related relatives and funeral arrangements.
Advertises Dixie Brand Calcium Arsenate to fight boll weevil with three tines of arsenate used this year, claims quick results from 1920, and offers Feeny Hand or Mule-back Dusters for application. States direct shipment from Atlanta or Milledgeville, Ge. Culver & Kidd, Inc. Milledgeville, Ga.
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