Americans Focus on Hankow as Conditions Worsen
The AP reports Hankow under growing lawlessness as foreign evacuations accelerate. Admiral Williams notes dozens of warships at Hankow, with Japanese and other nationals evacuating. A Japanese civilian is wounded outside the concession and Chinese clashes rise while Russians begin to pull back. Evacuations and troop movements prompt U.S. pressure for Americans to base on steamers and depart.
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Washington
Hankow
China
Williams
Navy Department
Chi Chuen
Kinkiang
Anderson Meyer Company
Shanghai
Bulmer
Amoy
Apr
Harkew
Yangtse River
Nanking
State Department
Lockhart
Barrel of Booze Cripples Matthews in Nc Case
J. Matthews sues H. G. Gulley and doctors H. A. Rand W. W. Gaskins alleging a ten gallon keg fell on his foot causing injuries valued at 81000. The suit names the Anti-Saloon League of Craven county as plaintiff employer unidentified. Matthews says he worked last year for 50 dollars weekly to gather liquor-traffic data in Craven county Kinston Morehead City and Greenville NC. The keg allegedly dropped while Gulley lifted it from a car.
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Raleigh
Craven County
Kinston
Morehead City
Greenville
N.C
Matthews
Gulley
Good Programs at School by Y M C A Deputation
An assembly at the local high school featured a Y M C A deputation from University Y promoting clean scholarship living and habits. Ed Hudgins John Mebane and Windy Crews gave talks on Facing Life Squarely Individuality and cleanliness in thoughts and conduct. A university quartet accompanied the speakers and Stewart Clark led devotional exercises. The delegation met with Hi Y last night to urge college education and continued effort after school. The group also met the High Point Kiwanis club later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Y. M. C. A
High Point Hiv Club
Windy Crews
Ed Hudgins
Marion
John Mebane
Greensboro
Crews
Hud
High Point Kiwanis Club
Collision Leaves Rider With Serious Injuries in Winston-Salem
B K Pope is hospitalized after a late night crash on Patterson avenue where his motorcycle collided with a small roadster driven by Fond Sales of Walnut Cove. Both drivers face reckless driving charges. Sales is bonded at 2000 dollars and under a six month suspended sentence to remain out of Forsyth for three years. An earlier charge against Sales was larceny of a motor meter.
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Winston-Salem
B. K
Pope
Fond Sales
Walnut Cove
Patterson Avenue
Sales
Forsyth
Albert M. Lynn Dies in New York Hospital
Albert M. Lynn, president of West Penn Electric Co. of Pittsburgh, died today at Roosevelt Hospital New York. The obituary notes his leadership in the electrical industry and his prominence in corporate affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albert M. Lynn
West Penn Electric Company of
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt Hospital
Veterans Of South Yield To Years Do Not March
In Tampa Florida on April 8 the United Confederate Veterans grand parade closed their 37th annual reunion by forgoing a military formation behind the Confederate flag due to age. General J C Foster of Texas commanded the line and General Felix Robertson also led the procession amid bands and martial airs.
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South
Tampa
Fia
United Confederate Veterans
J. C. Foster
Houston
Texas
Felix Robertson
Forrest
Borah and Butler Debate Tonight Draws Scarce Tickets
In Boston on April 8 AP reports scarce tickets for the Borah versus Butler prohibition debate with ticket speculators asking up to 20 dollars. The event features Republican figures including William M Butler and notes possible party tensions over the 18th amendment repeal question. The debate will be radiocast by WNAC Boston and WEAN Providence at 8:15 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Senator Borah
Nicholas Murray Butler
William M. Butler
Republian National Committee
Frank W. Stearns
President Coolidge
Roosevelt Club
Inec
Mr. Butler
Morgan
State Committee
Robert M. Washburn
Stearns
Idaho
Columbia University
Theodore Roosevelt
WNAC
WEAN
Providence
R. I
Six Mexicans Drowned and Others Missing in Washita Flood
Six Mexicans are known to be dead and six missing after high waters near Rocky Ford Oklahoma. The Washita River trapped two families of 14 at the John Trammell farm. two escaped. An local undertaker has a purchase order for six caskets from Rocky Ford merchant John Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasa, Okla
Rocky Ford
Little Washita
John Trammell
John Carter
Funeral Services for Mary Freeman Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mary Freeman daughter of Mr and Mrs L E Freeman will be held at the residence 1308 Bradshaw Street tomorrow at 10 oclock The Rev M R Harvey pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist Church will officiate Burial will follow at Oakwood Memorial Park
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Mary Freeman
L. E. Freeman
Bradshaw Street
M. R., Harvey
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Oakwood Memorial Park
Moore Fatally Injured After Mr. Moore Car Crash
Salisbury April 8 Charles E. Moore Jr. of Greensboro cotton broker was injured in an automobile accident Wednesday. He suffered a perforated lung severe chest and abdominal injuries and other internal wounds He is conscious at a local hospital but recovery is doubtful
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Salisbury
Charles E. Moore, Jr
Greensboro
Miss Maxine Johnson Hit By Bat In School Game
Miss Maxine Johnson, a teacher and Greensboro College for Women alumna, was struck on the head by a bat thrown by a player during a Concord versus Winecoff game. She remained in critical condition at the local hospital, conscious but unstable the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Maxine Johnson
Winecoff
Johnson
Greensboro College For
Tilden Reaches Blue Ridge Final in Asheville Tennis
In Asheville today, top ranked American star Big Bill Tilden of Philadelphia defeated Frederick Bages of New York 6 2 6 4 6 2 to advance to the finals against George Lott Jr of Chicago in the Blue Ridge tournament at the Asheville Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Big Bill” Tilden
Philadelphia
America
George Lott, Jr
Chicago
Blue Ridge
Asheville Country Club
Frederick Bages
New York City
Mrs L J Robinson Wins Asheville Women’s Golf Title
Mrs. L J Robinson of Detroit won the spring invitation golf tournament for women at Biltmore Forest country club in Asheville. She defeated Mrs. Alan McDonald of Asheville 3 up with two to play in the final round.
Turner trial proceeds in court today
Sanford April 8 AP Walter Gilmore deputy sheriff who rode with Will Utley and Sheriff James L. Turner during a moonshine battle near here testified in a murder trial for four men charged with killing Turner. He described the fighting and said all four fired as a stump was shown to illustrate shot damage.
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Gilmore
Utley
Bart Gatling
Bud Davis
Leonard Craig
Davis
Charles A. Harris
Raleigh
Tom McAvinew
Parker Robbins
Enginemen Missing After Train Falls Into Floods
Two enginemen of Missouri Kansas and Texas train number 22 are missing after a collision and derailment on parallel tracks near Ragged Creek about 20 miles north of Enginemen Missing RARSONS Kansas. Roughly 15 people are reported injured with several severely injured as flood waters swept two trains from the rails in the early morning.
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Rarsons
Kan
Missouri- Kansas and Texas
San Antonio
Texas
Here
Three Suspects Held in Death of Horse Trader Haynie
Charlie W Haynie 39, a Franklin horse trader, was found dead in the street. Harry Shepherd Dewitt Sutton and a Georgia woman are held in Macon county jail after a bloody automobile link and a hat traced to Haynie surfaced. Coroner's inquest resumes this afternoon as authorities pursue the group last seen with Haynie.
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Franklin
Harry Shepherd
Dewitt Sutton
Blake Addington
Clayton
Charlie W. Haynie
Sylva
Haynie
Macon County
Sutton
Georgia
T Sylva
Exhibition game with Rochester cancelled due to weather
The exhibition between the Pointers and Rochester Internationals was called off today by Manager Frank Kitchens due to inclement weather. A two game series with Duke University will start tomorrow at Welch Park at 3 PM and finish Monday.
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Pointers
Rochester Internationals
Frank Kitchens
Duke University
Welch Park
Sapiro Loans Scrutinized in Idaho Growers Case
Detroit Apr 8 AP two loans totaling 4000 dollars from Weyl and Zuckerman via Aaron Sapiro to the Idaho Potato Growers Exchange committee were attacked by Senator James A Reed as bad faith and defended as proper by Sapiro who seeks 1 million dollars on 86 libel claims. Reed called Weyl and Zuckerman speculators and questioned if the growers were used by them. Sapiro said the loans were requested by the growers committee and were handled properly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Los Angeles
Weyl and Zuckerman
Aaron Sapiro
Idaho Potatoe Growers Exchange
James A. Reed
Missouri
Henry Ford
Sapiro
Reed
Weyl
Zuckerman
Potatoes Center Stage in Sapiro Ford Libel Suit Trial
In Detroit AP report, Aaron Sapiro fights Henry Ford over libel claims tied to farm cooperatives. Senator James A. Reed questions Sapiro on Idaho and Colorado grower groups, loans by Weyl and others, and the breadth of Sapiro’s legal actions.
Mrs William Rogers 103 Fetes Birthday in Savannah
Savannah notes mark 103rd birthday of Mrs William Rogers as she reaches three figures in age today. Her long life spans two World Wars and many local memories.
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Savannah
William Rogers
Man named McKnight bound over for highway robbery in Greensboro
Ever ett McKnight of Charlotte appears before Judge Colling on highway robbery charges after robbing a Greensboro filling station of 40.10 with an automatic pistol. He faces a May term Superior Court trial and received a 12 month sentence on carrying concealed weapons. Police identified him by the gun, car, and description, with Burlington arrest following.
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Greensboro
Everett McKnight
Charlotte
Superior Court
David H. Colling
McKnight
Burlington
Harry D. Moore
Moore
Enterprise
Oak Ridge
Bailey Military School
R. C. McKnight
Young McKnight
Tate and
Spring Garden
Oak Ridge Institute
Swiss to Abandon Ten-Child Boy Bonus Subsidy
The Swiss government will drop the 100 gold francs subsidy offered to parents of ten children when the tenth is a boy. Pro feminist groups call it gender discrimination and argue the scheme insults women. About 2,800 families stood to receive the reward, prompting the decision to end the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Turner Jury Secured for Sanford Trial
The jury for the Turner murder trial was completed after 44 men were called. Court opened at 2 p m as the state prepared to present evidence against four alleged slayers of the sheriff fatally shot during a liquor raid. Jurors named include J Cook Dunn W C Long Buckhorn T S Jones Buckhorn W J Godwin Duke L E McGee Black River J C Averasboro Leonard Dean Buckhorn D R Pope Duke E O Adams Duke W F P Huff Black River H B Bordeaux Hesters Creek and Stuart McDonald Upper Little River.
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Sanford
Apr.s
Turner
J. Cook
Dunn
W. C. Long
Neals Creek Township
T. S. Jones
Buckhorn Township
W. J. Godwin
Duke
L. E. McGee
Black River Township
J. C. Averasboro
Leonard Dean
D. R. Pope
Duke Township
E. O. Adams
W. FP. Huff
H. B. Bordeaux
Hesters Creek
Stuart McDonald
Upper Little River Township
Navy planes depart Phoenix for San Diego with Italian official
Four U S Navy aircraft from North Island San Diego lift off from Phoenix at 11 08 AM for the return flight to San Diego carrying Commander Francesco Le Pinedo two Santa Maria crew members and Captain A Gradentto royal vice consul of Italy in Los Angeles Lieutenant Commander A E Montgomery in command of the mission.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Francesco de Pinedo
Santa Maria
San Diego
California
Roosevelt Lake
de Pinedo
John Thomason
Thomason
Canyon Lake
Arizona Republican
United States Navy
April
North Island Air Station
Francesco le Pinedo
A. Gradenttgo
Italy
Los Angeles
Navy
A. E. Montgomery
Sailors Landed After Shanghai Sniper Attack
Eight hundred additional Japanese sailors landed at Shanghai after Chinese snipers attacked Japanese guards on the North Szechwan road. Admiral Williams, American commander in China, reported this to the navy department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shanghai
Szechwan Road
Admiral Williams
China
Navy Department
Paris Sees Push for Stage Reform Amid Criticism
Movements to clean up the legitimate stage have reached Paris as New York and London efforts spread. French critics condemn the new prudery, while public sentiment is expected to push reform forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New York
London
Joyce Hawley Seeks Pardon Aid From Coolidge for Carroll
Joyce Hawley the bath tub girl is in seclusion in New York planning to meet Attorney General Sargent and possibly President Coolidge to seek a pardon for Earl Carroll. A federal judge in New York was told of her visit as she asks to overturn a one year and a day perjury sentence tied to Carroll’s bath tub wine party testimony.
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Chicago
The
Chicago Journal
Joyce Hawley
New York
Sargent
Coolidge
Earl Carroll
Goddard
Carroll
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Borah and
Butler
Exposition and Coliseum
Indianapolis
Ind
Lee County
Rochester
Federal District Court
Colorado
United States
Ford Counsel
Maine
Minnesota
Idaho Growers Cooperative
E. W. Weyl
GE Pinedo
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