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Forest City Courier

Location

Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1920

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Proclaimed Taking of Juice Measures Urges Event

The brief notice states that a proclamation was issued urging action on measures related to juice. It lacks clear details on person or organization and does not specify place or date.

President urges states to fund fire prevention and safety measures

A dispatch notes President Wilson urged state governors to request public funding for fire prevention and conservation efforts. He cited vast losses from fires in buildings and resources during the postwar period, stressing vigilance and coordinated action to reduce fires and free up critical materials amid shortages. The note also covers related topics from transportation and industry to international events and conflicts.

Wilson Ous Jamation

Devlin Suspended From House Over Irish Restoration Debate

Joseph Devlin, nationalist MP for Belfast, was suspended and ordered from the house after a stormy session during the discussion of the government's bill for restoration of order in Ireland. The action followed contentious remarks and proceedings in the chamber.

Joseph Devlin House of Commons Belfast Ireland

Dempsey Stops Miske in Third Round Knockout

Heavyweight champion James J. Dempsey retains his power as he stops Hilly Miske of St Paul in the third round of a ten round bout. Dempsey sent Miske down three times in the short fight, earning a prize between fifty thousand and one hundred thousand dollars for his fifty percent gate share. The veteran wore a red sweater and finished off the match with a left to the stomach after a brutal flurry. Maine and Boston report confusion over women’s enfranchisement as Roosevelt notes uncertainty about Maine’s September 13 vote. Italian factory seizures urged as start of a general take over industry by metal workers and the socialist party. Vienna reports 100000 political refugees, mainly Ukrainians and Russians, with Italians and Hungarians among them.

Benton Harver Jack Dempsey Hilly Miske St. Paul Dempsey Toledo Miske Maine Boston Franklin D. Roosevelt New York City Roosevelt

Deserters Report Government Efforts to Free Kidnapped Men

Deserters from Zamora forces report the Mexican bandit Pedro Zamora threatens to execute American W A Sandy Gardiner and British subject W B Johnson unless ransomed. Gardiner’s employer Esperanza Mining Company holds ransom money but cannot reach Zamora as U S troops close in near El Panal mountains. The State Department will likely place responsibility on other nations to terminate inconsistent trade treaties under the shipping act.

Mexico City Pedro Zamora Jalisco W. A Sandy) Gardiner W. B. Johnson Zamora Cuale Guadalajara Esperanza Mining Company Gardiner United States el Panal Washington State Department

Death to Mutineers at Tingchow Favored by General

General Chang Tsobxling urges execution for all 1500 mutineers at Tingchow while saying the president favors only shooting the ring leaders. AP reports the clash over punishment halted by the president’s stance.

Peking Tingchow Chang Tsobxling Associated Press

Strike Extends for Building Trades to 75,009 Workers

F G Beldenkapp, national organizer of the Amalgamated Metal Workers Union, predicted an extension of the strike of building trades employees to a total of 75,009. In Montgomery Alabama, the Alabama division of the American Cotton Association voted to set 40 cents middling basis for the present crop after a spirited discussion.

Building Trades New York F. G. Beldenkapp Amalgamated Metal Workers’ Union Montgomery Ala Alabama American Cotton Association

Wage rises urged as unions seek more after coal award

Scranton reports United Mine Workers signed a two year pact with coal operators under the anthracite commission award, with increases from 17 to 28 percent. The full scale committee plans to press for higher terms and may request President Wilson or Labor Secretary Wilson reopen negotiations. Operators say they cannot alter the agreement as signed. Also Lloyd George declined to release Cork mayor MacSwiney, replying negatively to the appeal.

Scranton United Mine Workers of America Anthracite Coal Commission Aston Wilson Secretary of Labor W. B. Wilson

Recruiting Record Broken Washington

Army recruiting again broke all peace time records during August. Adjutant General Harris reports entitlements for the month reached 19,242.

Washington Harris

Delacroix Meets Paris Premier on Military Accord

Delacroix of Bal sium visits Paris and lunches with Premier Millerand to finalize ratification of the France Belgium military accord. Marshal Foch signed for France and General Maglinse heads Belgian staff.

Delacroix Paris Premier Delacroix Balsium Millerand France Belgium Marshall Foch Maglinse

Sugar Prices Go Lower in New York Market

Announcements lowered refined sugar prices to near the level of speculators’ stocks. The Federal Sugar Refining Company cut a cent a pound, placing fine granulated sugar about eighteen cents a pound, minus two percent discounts.

New York Federal Sugar Refining Company

Coal deliveries conference opens in Stressa Italy

German coal deliveries to Allied powers become subject of negotiations as delegates from Britain France Italy and Germany convene in Stressa Italy to settle payment conditions and advances. Berlin vows to defend Lithuania against Polish invasion and to deter future incursions.

Paris Stressa Italy Germany Lithuania Berlin Kovono

Earthquake Devastates Rome Area with Hundreds Dead

A major earthquake in Rome Italy causes extensive destruction across towns and villages. Reports indicate hundreds killed and thousands injured as rescuers race to reach victims under ruins. The ducal palace at Massa Carrara shows serious damage and Pisa’s Sea Tower trembles amid the tremors.

Rome Italy Massa Carrara Napoleon Pisa

Wood Alcohol Victims In Baltimore Arson Case

A Baltimore jury ruled that deaths of arsenals residents resulted from wood or poisoned alcohol. The victims were part of an intoxication outbreak leading to several fatalities. Officials indicated an alcohol poisoning link as the cause in the verdict.

Baltimore Arsenal Resi Net Anine

Army Officer Surrenders in New York After Stolen Funds Claim

Major Henry Ren, a marine corps pay officer stationed at Quantico, disappeared after reporting $12,000 stolen from post exchange funds. He was taken back to Washington under guard from a marines recruiting station in Buftifall, New York, where the report came.

Buftifall N. Y Henry Ren Marine Corps Quantico Post Exchange Aim Washington Marine

Reds Recapture Omsk Harbin in Western Siberia

Russian soviet forces aided by German and Hungarian war prisoners recaptured Omsk as peasant uprisings disrupted soviet control across western Siberia. In Italy, King Victor Emmanuel visited districts in Tuscany after an earthquake nearby. The disaster at Fivizzano in Massa-Cafalina region killed several hundred and injured many more.

Omsk Harbin Manchuria Siberia Pisa Italy Victor Emmanuel Tuscany Rome Fivizzano Tribuna Massa

No Trace of Slides Cleared in Panama Canal Work

No traces of recent slides remain in the Panama Canal area and the Culebra Cut channel is being widened and deepened, according to reports reaching San Diego.

San Diego Calif Panama Canal Culebra

Mail Planes Begin Transcontinental Airmail Flight

In Mineola New York the Trans continental air mail service to San Francisco was officially inaugurated as R G Page flew westward at 6:20 am in a special plane capable of carrying 400 pounds of mail.

Mineola N. Y Trans-continental Air San Francisco R. G Page

Potatoes Lost Overboard In New Bern Dockside Salvage

The New Bern waterfront reports twenty three thousand dollars worth of Irish potatoes rotting at Craven street foot and slated for Neuse River disposal. Barrels fetch five to eight dollars locally as two barges unload from a three barge fleet from Norfolk bound for Havana at thirty one dollars per barrel. Ongoing port diversions include Beaufort oats rerouted to New Bern. Local politics note Burlington tobacco market opening Sept twenty first, and Davidson county adds precincts in Lexington and Thomasville. Seaboard payrolls trigger over one hundred thousand dollars in back pay to Hamlet workers.

New Bern Craven Street Neuse Tme Beaufort Lexington Davidson County Board of Elections Lexington Townships Thomasville Township Hamlet Seaboard

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