Trio Stills Taken Over in Davidson County
Revenue Officer F C Talbort and Deputy Sheriff Leonard Michael and DeMarcus seized three liquor stills in Healing township Davidson County on Jones Cross land. A 100 gallon still with paraphernalia and 21 gallons of liquor were found, plus two new unused stills of 745 and 25 gallons. All stills and articles were destroyed and liquor poured out. No arrests then. possible later arrests expected.
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Salisbury
F. C. Talbort
Leonard
Michael and
DeMarcus
Davidson County
Healing Township
Jones Cross
World Wheat Outlook Sees Surplus Despite Price Rise Risks
Sir James Wilson, chairman of the Central Agricultural Wages Committee for Scotland, says the coming world wheat crop appears sufficient to meet demand. He predicts a surplus of exportable wheat after August 1, though not large outside Russia and India, and warns weather could lift prices again. He also foresees wheat prices in gold returning near prewar levels within 20 years.
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London
James Wilson
Central Agricultural Wages Committee For
Scotland
Russia
India
Speaker Urges Film Censorship At Methodist Convention
Miss Bell H Bennett of Nashville urged stricter censorship of motion pictures in Richmond Virginia at the Methodist Episcopal church south convention. She linked crime rises to certain film shows and noted divorce trends in the United States versus Japan, praising the inter church world movement for highlighting religious needs worldwide.
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Richmond
Bell H. Bennett
Nashville
Japan
Officials Face Continued Assassination Plots in Lisbon
In Lisbon on April 15 threats against the Tribunal of Public Defense escalate as judges are targeted. Dr Ferreira de Solusa survives a fatal gate ambush when a heart shot is blocked by a pocketbook and pen. Police link attacks to the Young Syndicalist's Association. Dr Ramos Preto receives a death threat signed by The Red Committee.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Tribunal of Public Defense
Ferreira de Solusa
Young Syndicalist's Association
Ramos Preto
Red Committee
Mexico Proposes Reduction of Standing Army
Mexico YTV reports President Obregon submitted a project to the chamber of deputies proposing reducing the Mexican standing army to 50 000 men by March 31 1922 as part of a peaceable policy.
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Mexico
YTV
Chamber of Deputies
Obregon
Arctic Oil Rush Gathers Speed With Air Travel
Edmonton reports plans to push into northern oil country near Norman as Imperial Oil prepares two planes for surveys and passenger transport. The expedition, citing a 1800 mile journey, will use river boats and wagons, with air travel introduced this season. Round trip fares reach $1000, steamer trips $300. Transportation firms expect to move 3000 men this season.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Arctic Circle
Canada
New York State
Exxample
Fort Norman
Norman
Imperial Oil Company
Diphtheria Outbreak Reported in Shanghai Settlement
Health department bulletins of the International Settlement Shanghai describe a mild diphtheria outbreak in January with no deaths among foreign residents.
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China
Shanghai
Heaith Department of the International Settlement of
Horemans to Leave in June for Belgium Return Next Fall
Edouard Horemans will depart New York in June for Belgium and is due back next fall. New York promoters plan an international one journey to bring Horemans and Hoppe together for a future bout.
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Horemans
New York
Edouard Horemans
Belgium
Hoppe
Carpentier Sidetracks Mary Ann Transfer from Paris Bank
London reports Georges Carpentier diverted his Paris bank transfer of $50 000 to New York, affecting his plans with Frank Moran during the Mary Ann encounter. The change shifts the bout's arrangements and financial aspects in the boxing scene.
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Mary Ann
London
April
Paris
New York
Georges Carpentier
Frank Moran
Manila Golf Tutor Trains Players From Eighteen Nations
Tom Nicols, superintendent of the Manila municipal golf links, has taught players from eighteen different nationalities how to play in two years.
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Manila
Tom Nicols
Manila Municipal Golf Links
Men share housework as wives work in war effort
In Merseyside towns many men clean, cook, and care for babies while wives go out to earn cash. The shortage of work in men's trades drives the shift and domestic demand rises as households adapt to wartime needs.
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London
Merseyside
Ulster Herald Fallen Official in Dublin Shooting
In Dublin on April 14 Sir Arthur Edward Vickers former Ulster king of arms was shot dead at his home as it burned in a deliberate attack authorities investigate the fatal incident and arson.
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Dublin
Sir Arthur Edward Vickers
Ulster King of Arms
Inventions and feats from early 20th century era
A Caen professor invents a stenographic machine for the blind in 1916. A giant starch molecule holds about 25.0046 atoms. A dog hunter uses a lamp collar to follow game into burrows. A New Yorker patents a four body type convertible.
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Caen
France
Vatician
Great Britain
Hamburg
Germany
Massachusetts
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Cener Family of
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