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Newspaper
Brunswick News
Location
Brunswick, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
1
Compromise proposal from unions calls for withdrawal of demands to end overtime and radical schedule revision and restore scale. Executives and unions, each about 12 percent apart amid wage declines, warn granting overtime could bypass the labor board. Railroads to announce final action next week.
Washington August 8 Governor Harding flatly denied detailed statements made by former Comptroller Williams during a two day inquiry by a Congressional commission. Williams pressed for oath on truthfulness as the committee pressed him to reveal more. No action was taken on that request.
Tuesday morning news announces Browning-Fearnside Co plans to retire from Brunswick and relocate to Palatka Florida. A closing out sale begins Wednesday with posters heralding deep discounts. The paper features a price page that spurs heavy customer turnout with many lines sold out. buyers return to Tuesday’s News for price confirmation.
The missing president of the closed Avenue Trust Co is linked to a fray and now identified as being in Mexico. Officials and bank creditors fear a shortage of 294,125,000 may be mitigated by asset valuation and bond stock adjustments as investigators press the case.
Dr Simmons says members who have not paid their dues have overlooked the obligation and the board needs funds to cover current charges and the year’s program. Many members have already paid in full and most who overlooked it will respond when informed.
The Brunswick Buick Agency promotes Buick’s new four cylinder line to motorists with four models including roadster touring and sedan. The open car offers a three passenger coupe and five passenger sedan. Early signs suggest strong public interest and favorable reception from automobile circles nationwide.
Augata Georgia August 3 Gov Thomas W Hardwick today said he could not appoint Holder as chairman of the commission but Holder will assume duties next January unless Dr Charles N Strahan resigns during the interim S D former attorney of the board leaves office August 14.
Two persons were observed with the poster form of advertising as the checking medium. Due to the brief sale period, the Hrowning Fearnside Company will stay open throughout the day to conduct sales and complete transactions.
Georgia House remains split after slashing the University of Georgia maintenance fund and seeking to rereconsider four and a half million dollars for the common school fund. Governor Hardwick holds talks in the Speaker's room as the bill returns to the appropriations committee. Senate moves include reconsid ering the abolishment tax equalization law, scheduling it for next summer.
Reports from Petersburg indicate a mob seized one of the suspects in the Tingley Time gang killings near McKenney and carried him to Bruin County Jail where he was lynched. Another assailant was jailed.
Former speaker Joype Holder, a previous governorship candidate, may join Governor Hardwick as highway commission chairman. Support for his appointment came from many state senators who view him as a capable, conservative business man. Holder arrived in Atlanta and is expected to announce his decision within 24 hours.
The Local Orchestra will perform at St Simon and also for events at Lanier's. Manager Loreen signed a season contract to supply music for dances in Albany Whynesboro Jesup Douglas and Darien. The Five Jazz Fiends were offered a Miami contract but declined. Musicians include Randolph Baumgartner Hailey Martin Ga Ce Fennell Bob White Alex Lorentzson.
Glynn County representative in the Georgia legislature, Br. Mann, returned to Allantg after a brief visit home. Citizens commended his stance on the proposed school bill and his timely action to prevent a bitter dispute that could have disrupted the county school system and term work.
Governor Len Small and several members of his good roads party had a narrow escape when their automobile skidded into a ditch on the road from Kankakee. The governor leaped from the car and helped others to safety after the crash occurred yesterday.
San Francisco reports James Arty of Philadelphia was reelected supreme knight for the seventh time at the Knights of Columbus thirty ninth annual convention held there today.
The first bale of new Georgia cotton sold at auction on the cotton exchange in New York today for fifty cents per pound. The bale weighed 394 pounds and closed as strict low middling. Proceeds go to charity. The same bale later sold at the Savannah exchange for 68 cents per pound.
Lena Clark, postmistress of West Palm Beach, tells Assistant Inspector Hillfifer she alone stole about twenty two thousand dollars in currency mailed to the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank. Fifty seven hundred dollars has been recovered. She is held in jail in Orlando on a murder charge connected to the killing of F A Milther, an office worker here.
The Arkansas River near Pueblo remains within three feet of the levee top after earlier cloudbursts in the Royal Gorge. Canon City and Frerencé above Pueblo were partially flooded, causing property damage and disruption of water services. Rescue parties helped prevent greater loss when a fourteen foot wall of water rushed from the Royal Gorge. Several homes and plants were destroyed or damaged.
Brunswick officials outline complete plans to construct a modern brick Risley School with ten classrooms and manual training facilities for the colored youth, aiming to attract bond funds and boost local business. County records note Glynn has never funded a dedicated colored school building. the current structure was privately donated.
Armed guards surround a road camp near Millview in Pensacola Florida to halt an alleged attempt to drive off road builders. A contractor, W R Waylor, said two men fired at guards as they left the camp in a car. He received two letters threatening death if construction continued.
Incomplete returns from yesterday's Missouri special election show mixed results. Approval of a cash bonus for World War veterans and a constitutional convention proposal appear uncertain while the plan to use automobile license fees to pay improvement bonds draws doubt. The measure to allow women to hold all state offices also seems in doubt.
A Brunswick street car service preservation committee session is held today with C W Irwin chairing in Chairman G Smith absence. Members report satisfactory progress toward a solution and expect a definite proposal to be submitted in the next day or so.
A weather boosted ice cream seller promotes summer sales with a bold brick themed campaign. The advertiser urges readers to say it with a brick rather than flowers and uses stark printer ink to convey punch. The piece frames The News as a business booster and calls for a call to action.
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