02 Aug 1919
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Newspaper
Brunswick News
Location
Brunswick, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1919
Page
1
A Georgia health meeting in Atlanta discusses public health regulation and food safety amid a nationwide railroad shopmen strike. Health officials report 100 disease carriers among 500 food handlers in six months and stress inspections to protect patrons and society.
Candidates for teachers certificates in state schools met at the Glynn Grammar school where tests distributed by state authorities were issued by Superintendent N H Ballard and Reverend Walter D Winn. Sessions split between forenoon and afternoon and continue today. Primary examinations were held yesterday and elementary tests planned for today. No notebooks allowed and candidates may not communicate.
Homer S. Cummings chairman of the Democratic National Committee was summoned before the House subcommittee investigating aircraft expenditures. He testified why the publicity bureau branded the Pacific Coast trip as a junket and warned the situation was not as trivial as what followed.
A DeKalb county church was disrupted when a hive swarmed near the building and had already frightened nearby cattle away from a pasture behind the church.
A historical report emphasizes protecting milk handlers and food workers via pasteurization and medical screening. It stresses exam to detect typhoid carriers and periodic checks for diphtheria tuberculosis and other illnesses. Major Joseph P. Abercrombie attended the meeting among others delivering papers.
A quick conflagration hit the Pruns wick Marine Construction boilerhouse near Third Avenue and Dartmouth street. Firemen arrived at 5 PM, laid 1500 feet of hose due to distant hydrants, and battled a coal‑filled shed with two boilers venting exhausts as a safety plug blew out. Earlier, an alarm at Cochran Avenue and Mansfield Street triggered the season’s fastest response.
Constant Miller reports an old road found on St Simons Island would ease access to the Massengale property and avoid new marsh road work. County engineers say the right of way lies between cottage rows and could restore the tract for road use without extra surveys.
Paris reports the Kilchak government plans to shift the capital from Omsk to Irkutsk as morale in the army is said to be low amid revolutionary turmoil. Berlin officials announce constitution adoption and ratification moves in the German capital.
Members of the Georgia Legislature will trade the traditional barbecues for a plate dinner and country club dance at East Lake Club in Atlanta. The event, hosted by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, will be held next Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Louise Skinner Levison sues Sidney H. Levison seeking divorce alimony and restoration of her maiden name. She states they married briefly, he left her without food for three days, and did not provide support after returning a fare to his brother in Miami. Proceedings returnable at the December term.
Matthew Hale president of the South Atlantic Maritime Corporation addressed local citizens at City Hall urging immediate trade with South American states. He described the company and allied groups to secure inland trade, noting the Mississippi Valley Association across twenty two states with executives from Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Cincinnati, St. Paul and Minneapolis. He outlined the South Atlantic Coast and Gulf cities network including Wilmington Savannah Jacksonville Brunswick and Charleston, with Galveston Houston Mobile Pensacola and New Orleans, and introduced the South Atlantic Export Company.
H. Reagan a former tank driver in France was fined 6 dollars by Police Recorder Johnson after Patrolman Barnett said he disregarded a signal and passed the officer at Peachtree and Fourteenth streets Atlanta.
Washington dispatch reports seven Republican senators agreed a reservation will become an integral part of the league of nations covenant. Senator Johnson of California seeks a sixfold U S vote under the covenant, while McCumber and McNary push to accept reservations. Secret disclosures and White House secrecy color the debate as talks on the Franco American treaty proceed.
Bellwood Emmett of John McQuade & Co. Brooklyn recounts a 40 year southern visit tied to the Satilla river wreck forty years ago. He recalls the Oglethorpe Hotel opening, buying bricks, and Jekyll Island prices, as a great grand nephew of Robert Emmett. He plans a brief Brunswick stay.
Friends of good roads in the legislature cheer the Highway Bill passage in Atlanta. They say it marks the start of an era of permanent state thoroughfares and construction.
In Atlanta several thousand dollars were raised in pledges toward a proposed proportional burden for the city. R. E B. Decker presided with R. L. Phillips of the Brunswick Board of Trade and T. E. Hampton assisting. Participants included Major S. K. Brown B. C. Butts Lt J M Symons Manager Welch of the Atlantic Refining Company Major J. H. Hopkins and others.
Funds for extending the trolley system are taking shape with merchants and business interests pledging fifteen thousand dollars and the Atlantic Refining Company considering a ten thousand dollar contribution. Board action is pending while refinery officials express support for public accommodation. The refinery colony grows as waterfront development and plant infrastructure proceed.
A Printing Committee recommended the Jones Perryman bill authorizing a stage printer by the Printing Commission. The State Printer would earn 3.00 a year, with state work over 500 bid but not advertised. Any state shop may bid. contracts require small sums except journals and Acts.
In Atlanta doctors removed a needle embedded in Mrs. W. J Stoddard’s left foot after twenty five years. She recalled the needle entered when she was a child and had caused persistent trouble with swelling and rheumatism despite prior treatments. The operation succeeded and she is recovering.
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