Nine Hurt As Freight Sideswipes Train At China Grove
Nine passengers are injured, none seriously, when northbound freight No.2 sideswiped a combined passenger and baggage coach of No.31 at China Grove. Glass shattered in two coaches. list of injured includes H. F. Seay Lynchburg Va and J. W. Bolling Andrews S C among others. Cause cited as door blown open by high wind.
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Charlotte
China Grove
H. F. Seay
Lynchburg
T. B. Hamrick
Thomasville
Bob Price
Southern Railway
Spencer
Lucinda Mitchell
Columbia
D. C
Will Mitchell
W. H. Moore
White
Atlanta
Dr. Hardy
Two Men Injured As Laundry Machine Explodes Today
A dry-cleaning machine exploded at the High Paint Steam laundry on East Washington street injuring John Sartain who suffered a broken leg and Joseph Crowder with facial burns. The blast damaged the building and shattered plate glass as fire units responded and several suits burned.
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John Sartain
Joseph Crowder
East Washington Street
Sartain
Guilford General Hospital
Crowder
Northside
Pupise
MIT Announces New Courses in Food Engineering
MIT in Cambridge announces new food engineering courses aimed at the fish and packing industries. The program blends engineering with biology of deep sea fish and shellfish and includes business administration to prepare students as managers.
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Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Farrell Expected to Head Shipping Board Nomination
Washington reports that James A. Farrell president of United States Steel is expected to be named chairman of the shipping board. The nomination will be sent to the Senate late today.
Utilities Head Dies On Train
Zeb ulin Vance Taylor president and general manager of Southern Public Utilities died suddenly at 10 o'clock this morning of acute indigestion in Fredericksburg Virginia while traveling to New York on James B. Duke's private car. Taylor's headquarters were in Charlotte.
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Charlotte
Zebulin Vance Taylor
Southern Public Utilities Company
Fredericksburg
New York
James B. Duke
American Tobacco Company
Southern Power Company
High Point Plans Decorated Welcome for Good Roads Delegates
A Saturday afternoon meeting in the chamber of commerce led by Gilbert W. Clark organized High Point’s welcome for visiting good roads enthusiasts from Greensboro. Committees were formed to decorate the city and distribute souvenirs, aiming to showcase the Furniture City during the visit.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gilbert W. Clark
Good Roads
High Point
Greensboro
Clark
High Pointer
United States
O. E. Mendenhall
Herbet Newbold
Louise Ingram
Lucile Holton
Thelma Wineskie
V. A. J. Idol
J. S. Welborn
G. W. Clark
Avery Kirkman
Katherine Raymond
Dorothy Henley
Valette Jones
Carter Dalton
Robert Amos
W. H. Plummer
E. M. Shipman
T. D. Gilliam
J. J. Farriss
Ed Millis
A. S. Caldwell
Kenneth Denny
J. D. Cox
Robert Sechrest
W. G. Shipman
Grace Ford
H. S. Coffield
Helen Brockett
Mary Alexander
C. C. Prince
Prices Hold High on Staples Despite Modest Food Decline
The Department of Labor index shows meats butter cheese and sugar up from Feb 15 to Mar 15 while many other staple items fall. Overall food costs drop about one percent. cabbage sugar pork chops and various meats rise up to 8 percent, while eggs rice bacon and bread ease.
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Washington
Department of Labor
U S Foreign Trade Drops Sharply in March
Washington reports March 1921 foreign trade at $384 million exports and $252 million imports, versus $822 million exports and $524 million imports a year earlier, yielding a $132 million trade surplus compared with $296 million in March 1920.
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Washington
America
Department of Commerce
Primary Election Set in High Point Tomorrow
Several thousand voters in High Point are registered for a key primary to determine nominees for the May 3 municipal election. Polls open at sunrise and close at sunset with many candidates actively courting support as candidates brace for a high turnout and unpredictable results.
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High Point
Bergdoll Evadee Case Moves in House Rules Panel
The Kahn resolution for investigation of Grover C. Bergdoll the Philadelphia draft evader was reported out by the house rules committee. Chairman Campbell said it would be taken up at an early date.
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Washington
Kahn
Germany
Grover C. Bergdoll
Philadelphia
House Rules Committee
Campbell
President Harding Opens Conscience Fund With Dollar
President Harding started a personal conscience fund receiving a one dollar remittance from an unidentified Pasadena writer claiming to have robbed Harding of 40 cents about twenty years ago. The letter asks to keep the donor unknown and notes the dollar will be added to a fund like the treasury’s conscience fund.
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Washington
Harding
Pasadena
Cal
Treasury Department
Unique Still Is Taken Near City
A highly unusual illicit liquor still was seized four miles southwest of the city by Deputy Sheriffs J. E. Wagner and W. D. Martin. A hot water tank, set in a brick furnace near the woods, was nearly ready for use with mud still wet. Three fifty-gallon coca cola syrup barrels were also captured alongside the tank.
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J. E. Wagner
W. D. Martin
High Point
Urge Speeding Up Of Fixed Tariffs
Delegates of the Southern Tariff association met in Washington for two days to press Congress for a permanent tariff law and to extend the organization into every state with interested industries. They pledged mutual support for proposed schedules and said immediate relief would be provided to industries not yet included by passing a permanent law.
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Washington
Congress
De'egaes
Southern Tariff Association
Repeal of 5 1 2 percent return clause proposed by Sweet
Washington April 18 Representative Sweet Republican Iowa member of the house commerce committee says he will introduce an amendment to repeal the transportation act provision requiring rates to yield railroads a five and one half percent return on federal valuation and restore the Interstate Commerce Commission's primary authority to set rates.
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Washington
Representative Sweet
Iowa
House Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas Firm Seeks Halt to Georgia Oil Inspection Fees
The Supreme Court scheduled October 12 for the hearing of a Texas company’s suit to stop Georgia inspectors from collecting oil product inspection fees, arguing the statute authorizing the charges is unconstitutional.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Texas Company
Georgia
Irregular Start to Cotton Market Opening
The New York cotton market opened irregularly with narrow initial trading. Liverpool showed strength while British miners strike news held steady. listing prices moved modestly with May at 12.00 and July around 12.85 while July eased to about 12.69.
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New York
Liverpool
New
Wall Street
South
Canvassers Meet Tuesday Evening for High Point Drive
A meeting of canvassers seeking new members and funds for the High Point chamber of commerce will be held in the commercial organization building next Tuesday night at 8 oclock. Encouraging progress reports were received today as more than a score of business and professional men work hard to reach the goal with several new members added since the campaign began.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
French to Take More Territory
Paris reports occupation of additional German territory if Allies’ demand for 12 billion gold marks by May 1 is not met. Echo de Paris says potential extension could reach beyond the Ruhr into Westphalia’s industrial zone. Cabinet discussed extending military activity with two reports adopted.
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Paris
Ruhr
Westphalia
Echo de Paris
Caruso Recovers After Illness in New York
The first image of Enrico Caruso since his illness shows him at the Vanderbilt Hotel apartment in New York. The celebrated tenor, reported recovering, appears in a staged moment amid hospital and press speculation.
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Caruso
Enrico Caruso
Vanderbilt Hotel
New York
Carhartt Legacy Built on Sentiment and Ambition
York County profile of Hamilton Carhartt founder of the Dar Carhartt company. From a pants peddler to a major textile magnate he built factories across the U S and stresses sentiment loyalty and early hiring to run a large business. He funds a 1600 acre estate and celebrates nurturing young men into leadership roles.
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Mr. Carhartt
York
5. C
Hamilton Carhartt
Carhartt
Catawba River
York County
Rhode Island
Detroit
Atlanta
Dallas
San Francisco
Toronto
Liverpoool
Rock Hill
8. C
Carhartt Company
Delegates Arrive for Road Weeting in Greensboro
Greensboro hosts the ninth annual United States Good Roads convention and the fifth annual Bankhead Highway session with 2500 to 3000 delegates arriving from almost every state. Governor Cameron Morrison to welcome attendees. Judge Toney to reply. An old fashioned barbecue at Guilford Battle Ground and an automobile ride to High Point are among planned entertainments.
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Greensboro
United States
100D Roads Association
Bankhead Highway Association
Union
Cameron Morrison
Toney
Arkansas
Guilford Battleground
High Point
Senate Confirms Harding Appointees
President Harding nominated H Foster Bain of California for director of the bureau of mines. Mary Anderson of Illinois was nominated to head the women s bureau of the department of labor. Col George Harvey of New York and Myron T Herrick of Ohio were confirmed as ambassadors to Great Britain and France respectively, with Harvey s vote 47 to 20.
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Washington
H. Foster Bain
California
Harding
Bureau of Mines
Mary Anderson
Ilinois
Women’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Col
George Harvey
New York
Great Britain
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
France
Senate
Col. Harvey
Lightning kills young farmer on porch in Alexander county
Hickory April 18 Charlie White age 22 unmarried was instantly killed Saturday afternoon by a stroke of lightning while standing on the porch of his home in Alexander county 13 miles from Hickory His father and sister who were nearby were slightly injured
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Hickory
Charlie White
Alexander County
Wounded man may recover after Thomasville shooting
Kenny Shaver, struck by a stray bullet fired by Dr. J W Peacock who killed Chief J E B Taylor in Thomasville, was reported in favorable condition at a local hospital. Thomasville quieted by afternoon as officials consider defense counsel and possible transfer of Peacock for trial. Chief Taylor’s funeral was held in Winston-Salem with police from that city in attendance.
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Kenny Shaver
J. W. Peacock
J. E B. Taylor
Thomasville
Shaver
High Point
Lexington
Peacock
Davidson County
Bower
E. T. Cansler
Charlotte
J. R. McCrary
Wade Phillips
Mr. Raper
Walser and Walser
Chief Taylor
Winston-Salem
Swedish actress Sigrid Holmquist seeks arts ministry
Sigrid Holmquist asks Senator Knute Nelson to begin legislation for a ministry of fine arts to enforce national pursuit of beauty and culture. The request aims to elevate government support for the arts and cultural initiatives.
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UL S. PO Poster Jre
Sigrid Holmquist
Mary Pickford
Knute Nelson
Ministry of Fine Arts
North Carolina Road Work Near Ten Million Dollars
North Carolina highway work as of April 1 1921 totals about 9.727 million dollars under contract four projects two bridges and two gravel roads. Hard surfaced and gravel mileage reach 560 gravel outdistances hard surfaced by nearly four to one with 667 miles under way and a total 36 projects completed or contracted for. Federal aid funds all road activity though private firms perform most construction with commissioners often acting as their own contractors.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Doughton-Connor- Bowie
Craven
Cumberland
Wayne
Guilford
Haywood
Wilkes
Columbus
Gaston
Duplin
Stanly
William Jennings Bryan
San Francisco
Bryan
Josiah William Bailey
Tarheelia
Warmer Weather By Wednesday
A cold snap moving eastward from the plains states spread along the Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Florida. The Weather Bureau forecasts gradually rising temperatures for Tuesday and Wednesday with light frost likely tonight as far south as interior Florida.
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Washington
Plains States
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Florida
Weather Bureau
Asheville
N. C
Alabama
Middle Atlantic
Oil price rise announced by major buyers
Pittsburgh April 18 oil buyers announce a crude oil price increase with rises from ten to twenty five cents per barrel.
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Pittsburgh
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