Durham Machine Gun Company Members Testify In Alamance Jail Shootings
Seventeen Durham Machine Gun company members testified before the investigating commission led by Governor Bickett regarding the July 19 gun battle at the Alamance county jail in Graham. Private John Thompson, visiting Graham, swore he mingled with Graham citizens in civilian clothes and heard plans to gain jail entry by force.
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Durham
Durham Machine Gun Company
Bickett
James Ray
Alamance County
Graham
Court of Investigaton
John Thompson
War in Poland and League Plans Move Ahead
Suspicions rise as Soviet armies press toward Warsaw while Poland fights for the Danzig corridor. League of Nations adopts plans for a general staff and international court. Greeks retreat near Smyrna. Turkish reform strengthens. Coal miners' strike wanes. rail rate hikes loom. Communist Labor party leaders convicted. Cox accepts Democratic nomination amid party rallies and league rhetoric.
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League of Nations Council
Communist Labor Party
Sweden
Edward W. Pickard
Minsk
Danzig
Warsaw
Red Army
Cracow
Brest-Litovsk
Bug River
Narew
Lemberg
Poland
Lloyd George
Krassin
Kamineff
Great Britain
Russia
Winston Churchill
London
Germany
Supreme Council of Allied Ambassadors
Paris
Moscow
London Times
Council of the
League of Nations
San Sebastian
Spain
United States
Italy
Advisory Jurists’ Committee
International Court of Justice
Elihu Root
Thrace
Kemal
Asia Minor
Bagdad
Simay
Smyrna
Constanople
Constantinople
Sofia
Bulgaria
Madjaroff
Chicago
William Bross Lloyd
Lloyd
Comerford
WINS AN MALARIA CONTEST IN EASTERN NC
Rachael Grimsley of Jacksonville won the malaria essay contest in eastern North Carolina public schools. The $350 grand prize comes from the North Carolina Landowners Association and Dr Clarence Poe. Second prize went to Bernhard McDuffie of Point Caswell, with several others favorably noted. The program reached 70,000 students via 2,600 teachers and 65 superintendents, part of malaria education reaching about 300,000 people.
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Wilmington
Rachael Grimsley
Jacksonville
North Carolina
North Carolina Landowners Association
Landowners’ Association
Clarence Poe
Progressive Farmer
Bernhard McDuffie
Point Caswell
Pender County
Stella Campbell
Beaufort
Marguerite Forbes
Belcross
Bertha Lawrence
Gatesville
Lillie van Leuven
Zulienne Johnson
Kinston
Christine Windley
Swan Quarter
Rosa Lee Wynne
New Bern
Carolina
Association
Tax commissioner data show Stanley Albermaine value exceeds 44 million
Early figures from the county tax commission indicate Stanley Albermaine's total taxable property exceeds 44 million dollars, a rise of over 35 million from last year. Even with last year's valuation, the increase would reach several million, with expectations of a further four thousand added.
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Forest City
Census Bureau
Washington
Rutherfordton
Stanley ‘Albermaine
Tax Commission
Dodson’s Liver Tone touted as safe calomel alternative
Dodson’s Liver Tone is advertised as a pleasant, vegetable remedy that replaces calomel for liver sluggishness and constipation. The ad claims it is non irritating, inexpensive, and backed by a money back guarantee, contrasting it with dangerous calomel.
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Dodson
Bayer Aspirin advertisement and barbershop anecdote
An old Bayer aspirin advertisement touts safety and common use for headaches arthritis and colds with affordable 12 tablet tins and larger packages. A barber shop overheard remark jokes about a customer with cancer needing surgery, noting the man declined treatment to save money but the barber offered services for free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sustomer
Bill
Bii
Shave With Cuticura Soap Ad Claims Higher Efficiency
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap promising increased razor efficiency by 9 percent and improved skin purity comfort and health. It claims no mug no germs and no irritation even after shaving twice and suggests one soap for shaving gathering and shampooing.
Bareback Gowns Stir Washington Dinner Crowd
A Washington dinner scene features a woman in a decollette gown berating Bolsheviks over Russia selling dresses. Senator Johnson of California smiles as all ladies wear decollette outfits, remarking Bolsheviks would not find much to sell at a fashionable American gathering.
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Germany
Berlin
Moscow
Russia
Poland
Sion
Washington
Senator Johnson
California
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Machine Gun Company
Thompson
Graham Growd
Mooresville
Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
Raleigh
Meredith College
Myatt
North Blount Street
Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Vital Statistics Registrars
Salisbury
Toccoa
Asheville
J. W. McCue
Armour Packing Company
Cherokee Inn
Durham Traction Company
Greensboro
R. W. H. Stone
North Carolina Farmers’ Union
Piney W. Burrell
Burrel
Dugey
Sta
Prague
Dayton
Governor Cox
John G Isbell
Robert Cecil
Viscount Grey
League
Othors
Wilson
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Indiana
Angas
A. M. Howat
Uni
Illinois Public Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tvo
Cox
Montgomery County Fair Grounds
San Francisco
Missouri
Breckfridge Long
Spencer
Kansas
Curtis
Allen
Scott Ferris
Gore
Oklahoma
Bailey
Texas
New York
Alfred B. Smith
Harry C. Walker
Locklear
Los Angeles
S. T. Price
Price
Superior
Statesville
Board of Tax Assessors
Iredell County
Irdell County
Belmont
Belmont Cotton Mills
Whcc
Crescent
Sterling
Acme
Hendersonville
Benny King
Ashland Avenue
Plymouth
Washington County
Leonard Phelps
Raymond Clifton
Scappernong Township
Jenkins
Snaitman
Rogers W. Davis
International Association of Rotary Clubs
J. P. Quarles
Quarles
Estes Snedecor
International Association
Davis
Beacon
Yonkers Statesman
Bayer
Biah Om
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