Safe Blowings Plot in Royal Insurance Heist Uncovered
New York reports detail a gang of safeblowers aided by a girl stenographer who spied inside the Royal Insurance building at 48 William Street. Watchman George Breckinridge, bound and gagged, named others as detectives glean a planned, ongoing series of office robberies.
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New York
Royal Insurance Company
William Street
George Breckinridge
Breckinridge
Breckenridge
Wall
67Th Street
Russia troubles the Genoa crowd at morning session
At the Genoa economic conference Big Four debate the Russian issue with Lloyd George Barthou, Schanzer, Jaspar, and Belgians present. Italy confirms allied document on Russia not endorsed by governments. Italian experts reject clauses humiliating Russia while Lloyd George reportedly backs indemnity for damages.
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Genoa
Russia
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Barthoun
France
Schanzer
Ital
Jaspar
Belgium
London
Noted Cartoonist Harry Palmer Visits High Point
Harry Palmer, famed New York World caricaturist, visits High Point to sketch local residents for publication in The Enterprise. He has already worked in Winston-Salem and Charlotte on similar portraits with his wife and child accompanying him.
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Harry Palmer
New York World
High Point
Enterprise
Palmer
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Wedding at Home Plate Opens 1922 Southern Association Season
Atlanta April 14 a wedding at home plate and a serenade by Georgia Techs Ramblin Wreck band were among attractions for the opening game between Chattanooga and Atlanta. R J Stiller president of the Atlanta club said Mrs Cora Cooper and Gordon Flowers of Atlanta accepted his offer of 59 to wed at the plate and would receive season passes.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Chattanooga
R. J. Stiller
Cora Cooper
Gordon Flowers
Oil Still Blows Up Killing One at Whiting Oil Plant
A Standard Oil oil still explosion at Whiting Indiana early today killed one man and wounded two or three others. All victims were workers. Damage was estimated between 1 million and 2 million dollars.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Whiting
Indiana
Prize Story of the Year Comes From Our Swiss Correspondent
Geneva April 14 A local Swiss newspaper chronicles a dramatic incident as a condor snatches a peasant's baby from a garden. The husband shoots the bird to save the infant. the condor lands slowly and the child suffers only minor injuries. The bird had a 17 feet five inch wingspan and a 16.5 inch beak.
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Geneva
Norfolk Helps 1500 Refugees After Berkeley Fire
Norfolk mobilizes relief for 1500 homeless negroes after a fire destroyed 300 dwellings in Berkeley. A large cook tent and Navy yard tents provide shelter, with Red Cross and local agencies aiding. Loss estimated at 750000 dollars.
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Norfolk
Berkley
Department of Public Welfare
Navy Yard
St. Helemna
Red Cross
The
Negro Ministeral Association
Four Buxton steamers burned at Tunis Lumber dock
Norfolk dispatch reports four Buxton line steamers burned to the water line at the Tunis Lumber company dock. Officials issued ten statements but the loss is estimated at more than £150,000.
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Norfolk
Buxton Lines
Tunis Lumber Company
Airline service to Chicago and New York for 200 passengers
Mrs Edith Rockefeller McCormick announced plans for daily Chicago New York flights to begin soon. Two passenger planes costing 2,000,000 each would carry 200 people and 25,000 pounds of freight, aiming for a ten hour distance with train comparable round trips.
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Chicago
New York
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Women’s Committee
The
Civic Opera Association
Europe
Father of Waters on Highest Stage
Vicksburg Miss April 14 the Mississippi river here is within one foot and a tenth of the highest stage ever recorded the gauge reading 52 8 feet a rise of two tenths of a foot in twenty four hours local packets continue their relief work trains on the y m v railroad are proceeding through the sea of water with greatest caution.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi River
Brown Child Dies at Home in Grimes Street Tragedy
Wallace Keith Brown eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. C H Brown died at the family residence 307 Grimes Street early today. Funeral services will be held at the family home at 11 oclock Saturday morning conducted by Rev Fletcher with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Wallace Keith Brown
C. Hi. Brown
Grimes Street
Rev
Fletcher
Oakwood Cemetery
Infant son of J. H. Hicks passes away
Allen Hicks nine months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hicks, died at the family home yesterday afternoon. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10 at Springfield church.
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Allen Hicks
J. H. Hicks
Springfield Church
Vote on Navy personnel measure postponed to next day
Washington April 14 House members moved to place a vote on the Navy personnel section of the enlisted force bill for tomorrow as plans shifted at the last moment. Chairman Kelly pushed to proceed with the measure despite a light floor attendance and anticipated absences from New York and North Carolina delegations.
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Washington
House
Kelly
North Carolina
Brinson
New York
Big Navy push fights vote on enlisted force amendment
In Washington on April 14 House members pressed to block a vote on a 6000 enlisted force amendment to the navy bill tomorrow. Supporters warned of possible adjournment over the weekend or a prolonged five minute debate to thwart Chairman Kelly from forcing a vote. With many members slated to leave for Easter, a filibuster and basic fight over the measure loomed as the debate opened.
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Washington
House
Navy
Kelly
Roper challenges Lewis to mixed wrestling and boxing bout
Capt Bob Roper of Wichita challenged heavyweight champion Ed Strangler Lewis to a mixed bout after Lewis defeated Earl Caddock. Roper offered ten thousand dollars to prove his claim and suggested Lewis should first meet him before any Dempsey offer.
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Wichita
Kan
Bob Roper
Strangler) Lewis
Earl Caddock
Iowa
Lewis
Roper
Dempsey Lewis
John McCormick Not Able to Sing for Months
New York, April 14. John McCormick the noted tenor who was stricken with throat illness last Saturday and whose condition worsened Wednesday has passed the crisis but cannot sing for months. Doctors say the voice remains unaffected though recovery will delay his concert schedule. All engagements are cancelled and he scrapped plans to tour Ireland starting May 2.
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New York
John McCormick
McCormick
Ireland
Divorce Carries Title to Wealth in Brazil Land
Mrs. Ella Douglas secured a final decree of divorce and won title to nearly 2,000,000 acres of land in Brazil formerly owned by her husband Hugh M. Newell alias Donger of the Brazilian army. Newell is jailed in New York. Douglas and attorney Henry Reynolds plan to fly to Brazil to inspect the Mato Grosso jungle land about 700 miles from the Atlantic.
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Oakland
Cal
Ella Douglas
Brazil
Hugh M. Newel
Dongder
Newell
New York
Leaksville Banker Enters Race for Congress Nomination
Prof. P. P. Gwynn banker and Leaksville citizen announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress from North Carolina's fifth district. Gwynn, UVa graduate, teacher, and Presbyterian minister, is introduced as a prominent local figure.
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Leaksville
PP. H. Gwynn
Congress
North Carolina
Gwynn
University of Virginia
Sixty Cars of Freight Daily Average at the Local Southern Depot
High Point shows freight gains with about sixty carloads handled daily, split roughly forty out and twenty in, as Southern Railway agent S. O. Schaub notes local traffic rising. The furniture expositions boost outbound shipments and expand markets, while staffing trends reflect growing business.
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Southern
High Point
Southern Railway
S. O. Sehaub
Schaub
Wizard Nolan Targets Immigrant Hyphenated Americans
Imperial Wizard J Q Nolan of the Ku Klux Klan attacks immigration as the menace of hyphenated Americanism. He claims 25,000,000 foreigners await passports and calls for English as the sole language, abolition of foreign language papers, and loyalty to pure white Protestant Americanism.
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Frederick
J. Q. Nolan
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
United States
Oil Leaders Protest Mexican Export Tax Change
Representatives of oil companies told the Mexican government they cannot continue paying the export tax under the September agreement and asked for modification. Secretary de la Huerta will arrive from Sonora to join conferences with a committee of American and other oil men on April 24.
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Mexico City
Treasury de la Huerta
Sonora
Elks Band Rehearsals Resume with Plans for Fall
The Elks minstrel band returns to its regular weekly practice tonight in the band room led by manager J. V. Garrett. A financial report will be presented and future engagements discussed, including the T P A state convention, May furniture show, and Winston-Salem state convention in May.
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Elks Minstrels
Elks
J. V. Garrett
Winston-Salem
Easter Weather To Favor New Togger
Washington reports the weather bureau predicts generally fair conditions east of the Mississippi for Easter Sunday with possible unsettled weather from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast. Temperatures will be moderate in the south and cool but not cold in the north.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Firemen Hurt in Collision in Portsmouth Fire
Five firemen were injured, three seriously, when their pumping engine and a touring car collided while rushing to a blaze that swept four homes in Portsmouth Virginia.
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Portsmouth
Third Death in Triangle Tragedy Reported in Brooklyn
Mrs Anna Glickstin widow of Dr Abraham Glickstin was found dead by her New Jersey Avenue home in Brooklyn. Authorities say she died by her own hand, marking the third fatality in the Triangle tragedy dating from December when Dr Glickstin was shot by Mrs Willian Raizen.
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New York
Anna Glickstin
Abraham Glickstin
Jailian Kaizen
New Jersey Avenue
Brooklyn
Olivia M. Fp.stone
Polis Guy H Kinkead
Cincinnati
Raizen
Iss Stone
Stores Close Day After Easter Trade Outlook
Most retail stores will be closed Monday observing Easter as a holiday. Dry goods and clothing shops will shut, drug stores open part or all day, and grocers expected to operate as usual. Merchants anticipate a busy shopping day for Sunday and the holiday to follow.
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Retail Merchants’ Association
Noted surgeon dies in prison cell in Chicago
Dr. J. C. Willis once a famed surgeon and bank president with a $500,000 fortune died in the county jail while awaiting trial for passing $125 in bogus checks. He authored medical texts and was a leading authority on nerve diseases, his wealth having vanished through speculation.
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Chicago
J. C. Willis
President urges navy personnel level to 86000
Washington April 14 President Harding is understood to have sent a letter to the capitol urging that the navy personnel be not reduced below 86000 The views were transmitted as members debate an amendment to lift the navy bill from its 67000 provision.
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Washington
Harding
Capitol
House
Radio Bill Extends Naval Radio Use to 1925
President Harding signed a bill extending use of the government naval radio facilities for commercial purposes through June 30 1925. The measure aims to expand wireless service by allowing private entry and use of military radio assets.
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Washington
Naval
Harding
Governor Morrison to Campaign After Democratic Convention
Raleigh April 14 Governor Morrison plans to begin campaigning after the state Democratic convention next week He will not enter the campaign before then and does not seek the convention endorsement He notes tax policy and highway spending faced criticism while stressing income and inheritance taxes and local school funding Mecklen burg tops the county vote count with 75 followed by Buncombe 69 and Guilford 65 Western districts hold sway in convention decisions and a contest for Congress may arise with Brinson Allen and others planned for the race
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Raleigh
Morrison
Highway Commission
Democratic State Executive Committee
Mecklenburg
Buncombe
Guilford
M. Trinson
Clipse
Allen
R. L. Carrot Darlin
Congress
Frietda
Rivers Johnson
Duplin
George FB
Goldsboro
Wayne
Arctic law and Coal official recovers from illness
M. D. Petty of the Arctic Law and Coal Company has recovered from shortness of breath and illness.
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M. D. Petty
The
Arctic Law and Coal Company
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Wizard Nolan
Elks Band
Dr. Glickstin
Sergeon
FORD
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