Three state races emerge in North Carolina primary
Raleigh April 21 three state office contests are set for the June 2 primary. James Atkins Jr. of Waynesville will challenge Corporation Commissioner W T Lee. Thomas Creekmore of Raleigh announces opposition to Congressman Edward W Pou, creating a three cornered Fourth district race. Norman E Mack of Raleigh also seeks Pou’s seat.
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Raleigh
James Atkins, Jr
Waynesville
Haywood County
W. T. Lee
Thomas Creekmore
General Assembly
Wake County
Edward W. Pou
Norman E. Mack
Pou
Atkins
Lee
W. W. Neal
Marion
Commissioner Lee
Asheville
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Santford Martin
Socialist Nobleman Governs German State
Baron Kurt Von Reibnitz, linked to the late ambassador Ago Von Maltzan, becomes sole minister of Mecklenburg-Strelitz after socialist victories. Once a cabinet minister, he now heads a 110,000-population state with powers akin to an American governor. He previously served as envoy attache in Washington in 1912 and authored works on American investment.
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Neustrelitz
Germany
Baron Kurt von Reibnitz
Washington
Ago von Maltzan
Meckenburg-Strelitz
Socialist Party
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
State Assembly
von Reibnitz
People's Party
Reibnitz
America
Count Bernstorff
Convict Confession Ties Girl’s Death to Burglary Term
Wallace Andrews in the Oklahoma penitentiary confesses that Myrtie Sizer, a 26 year old Marion Illinois school teacher, killed herself in his car as she learned she was about to become a mother and that he buried her body beside the road near Carroll Nebraska, linking the disappearance to a murder confession.
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Myrtie Sizer
Marion
Ila
Wallace Andrews
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Andrews
Carroll
Neb
English Teacher Urges College Men to Use Pure English
Miss Vera Idol head of the High Point college English department addressed 10 students urging better spoken English. She warned against faulty colloquialisms and sloppy speech, saying language shows reading and character. She noted English rests on Latin French and Anglo Saxon roots and urged students to eliminate old influences.
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Vera Idol
High Point College
Miss Idol
Car Still Luxury Across Europe Says Auto Advertisers
European motorists stay rare with pedestrians outnumbering drivers by twenty to one. A speaker notes: in France cars are a privilege, Germany a tool of domination, England a comfort, Italy a symbol of modern life, and the United States sees them as utility. Prices show most US cars under $1,000 while few European models reach four figures.
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Paris
Europe
France
Germany
England
Italy
United States
America
Phillpotts declares he has never seen his own plays
Eden Phillpotts says he has never seen any of his stage works and would not. The note prompts curiosity if he fears a Dickens like reaction to theatrical adaptations of his writing. His big successes The Farmer's Wife and Yellow Sands ran long without the author visiting the theatre district.
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London
Eden Phillpotts
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Phillpotts
Wilson's Double Is No Longer Deputy
The late President Wilson's double M. Bonnet de Paillerets will be missed from his Palais Bourbon seat when the new chamber assembles. Tall and distinguished, he startled American visitors with the resemblance but was retiring and rarely spoke. He planned to seek re election for Marvejols but withdrew after learning Marquis de Chambruin would also stand there.
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Paris
Wilson
M. Bonnet de Paillerets
Palais Bourbon
Marvejols
France
Marquis de Chambruin
National school health study tests 70 cities
A national check by the American Child Health association examines 70 cities with over 20 000 people. Trained observers assess vision, hearing, nutrition, teeth, posture, skin, health knowledge and habits in children and monitor related dental, nursing, medical services and health instruction.
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New York
American Child Health Association
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Stamey
Cikassware
Greensboro - High Point Boulevard
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