France Ready to Enforce Versailles If Germany Defaults
Premier Poincare says France will act alone to enforce Versailles if Germany fails to pay reparations. He vows continued insistence on treaty execution, noting May 31 as a key deadline and urging allied cooperation but readiness to proceed without it. He emphasizes Europe’s peace and France's prosperity depend on payment and enforcement.
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France
Germany
Bar DE Luc
M. Poincaire
Europe
Non-Union Miners Stopped by Women in Fayette County
In Fayette county near Uniontown a strike action halted non union miners as they headed to works. Women supporters confronted the miners with pokers and pepper boxes causing a scuffle before state police dispersed the crowd and arrested two women at the Amend Coal Company site four miles from Uniontown.
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Pittsburgh
Fayette County
Uniontown
Amend Coal Company
Supreme Court Rules Labels Must Accurately Describe Goods
The Supreme Court held the Federal Trade Commission can order a hosiery firm to cease misleading labeling. Justice Brandeis delivered the opinion upholding the order against the Winsted Hosiery Company for using the label merino on knit goods, a practice deemed unfair competition. Justice McReynolds dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Trade Commission
Winsted Hosiery Company
Brandeis
The
Trade Commission
R. C. Snow 71 Dies at Daughter's Home in High Point
R C Snow 71 died Saturday night at the home of his daughter Mrs T L Chamberlain 826 West Green St He lived in Stokes County and has resided in High Point for two years Surviving daughters are Mrs Chamberlain and Mrs H L Hobson Funeral at Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Church at 2 30 pm with Rev C V Brooks conducting Burial in church grounds
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R. C. Snow
T. L. Chamberlain
West Green Street
Stokes County
High Point
Mr. Snow
Chamberlain
H. L. Hobson
Primitive Baptist Church
Mechanicsville
C. V. Brooks
West End
Frost Hits Cape Charles Area Ruining Crops Across Peninsula
A killing frost with ice covered the peninsula from Delaware through Maryland to the lower eastern shore of Virginia in Recconue and Northampton counties Saturday and Sunday night causing extensive crop damage across all sections.
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Cape Charles
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Recconue
Northampton
Legion finds majority of ex servicemen show no bonus preference
Checking census taken by the American Legion shows 117 of 182 ex service men express no preference for a bonus. Among those surveyed 40 disabled in service and 65 have not received victory medals. Some seek changes to insurance or back pay while many blanks await consolidation by Dr T Mann. Canvassers in dense districts have yet to report.
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American Legion
Legion
Liberty
Picture actress refused pulpit speaking in Nashua
Virginia Pearson, a motion picture actress, was barred from speaking at the First Baptist church in Nashua New Hampshire. Deacons told the pastor to announce the event was for the good of the church. The crowd filled the auditorium as Pearson discussed efforts to raise the stage moral standard.
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Nashua
N. H
Virginia Pearson
First Baptist Church
Greek Troops Capture Sokia and Scala Nova
Greek forces, confirmed by a Turkish nationalist communique received in Constantinople, captured Sokia and Scala Nova about forty miles south of Smyrna, as the Greek army began its southward advance. Turkish reinforcements are reported in large numbers amid heavy fighting in the Italian zone.
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Sokia
Scala Nova
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Trial Postponed In Brooklyn Doctor Murder Case
New York April 24 trial of Mrs Lillian Raizen charged with killing Dr Abraham Glickstein in his Brooklyn office is postponed until a commission reports on her sanity District Attorney Rushton announced today
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New York
Lillian Raizen
Abraham Glickstein
Brooklyn
Rushton
Former Postmaster Sentenced for Embezzlement in Georgia
Salisbury reports W. D. Pethel former postmaster at Spencer was sentenced to 15 months in the Atlanta federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to a $3 000 shortage. Pethel previously represented Rowan County in the legislature.
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Salisbury
W. D. Pethel
Spencer
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
United States
Pethel
Rowan County
Shriners to gather in High Point for May meeting
Reports show about 3,500 Shriners will visit High Point for a May 25 convention. Organizers plan a large parade with floats advertising the city, Oasis band from Charlotte to perform, and a 100 member Arab patrol drill. Public street dance tentatively May 24 if weather permits.
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High Point
Shriners
Sheraton Hotel
High Point Shriners
Mammoth Street
Shrine Club
Charlotte
Oasis Band
North Carolina
Linn Funeral Set After Salisbury Died at 40
Luther A. Linn, 40, druggist and Landis resident, died in Salisbury from Brights disease. Survived by widow Ruth Harding and one child. Widow formerly Miss Ruth Harding, a Davis County teacher. Funeral to be held Sunday at 11 a.m. from the Reformed Church in Landis.
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Salisbury
Luther A. Linn
Landis
Brights
Ruth Harding
Davis County
Firemen battle cemetery blaze in Calvary cemetery
Norfolk firefighters battled a cemetery fire of likely incendiary origin at Calvary Cemetery. The flames destroyed the keeper’s office, a barn, a hog, two horses, a wagon, and the body of a black woman later placed in the morgue awaiting burial. The loss came after the fire had gained headway, making rescue of the animals impossible.
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Norfolk
Calvary Cemetery
National Humane Week Begins Today
Kansas City segment reports National Humane Week runs April 24 to 30 with dog Mike as spokesman through H H Jacobs. The piece urges humane treatment, asks readers to skip hunting, and highlights dogs’ suffering from cruelty and slaughter while calling for kindness and happiness for all beasts.
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Kansas City
Mike
H. H. Jacobs
Kans
Sorosis Club Changes Meeting Day This Week
Sorosis members will be entertained Thursday afternoon instead of Friday by Mrs. Ed Steele at her Washington street home. The notice calls special attention to the date change.
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Sorosis
Sorosis Club
Ed Steele
Washington Street
Perry home place sold at auction on East Washington Street
The old Perry home place on East Washington Street sold for 31010 at auction to Dr. D A Stanton who quickly transferred his bid to T F Wrenn. A vacant lot across from Jordan Street sold for 36440 with buyers including Pete Atakonas Tom Gablos and a Greensboro Greek restaurant proprietor. The sale figures affect plans to link Jordan and Rankin streets and possible city condemnation.
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Washington Street
D. A. Stanton
T. F. Wrenn
Mr. Wrenn
Dr. Stanton
George Penny
East Washington
Jordan Street
East Washington Street
Pete Atakonas
Tom Gablos
Greensboro
Jordan and
Rankin Streets
Penny
Wrenn
Main Street
Seize Subchaser as a Ram Runner
Prohibition officials report a bootlegging scheme smuggling liquor from Bermuda and Cuba using former submarine chasers in U S Navy uniforms. Chaser 101 renamed Fidus, its commander and seven crew have been seized. Crew allegedly told of pirates boarding off Long Island and seizing liquor cargo.
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New York
Bermuda
Cuba
United States Navy
Long Island
May Offerings Absorbed As Cotton Futures Open Higher
Cotton futures opened steady in New York with May at 17.90 and July at 17.65. Initial trading showed a mixed move as May contracts were absorbed after an opening dip, while July to January contracts rose, led by New Orleans selling and Liverpool and commission houses buying.
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New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Commission
French Skeptical Over Russo German Pact Guarantees
Genoa April 24 The French delegation said it would sign the proposed pact to abstain from aggression if proper guarantees are provided, stressing the Russo German treaty requires special assurances.
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Genoa
Little Girl Dies of Burns in Kerosene Fire Accident
Hickory reporter notes 11 year old Ruby Ieard, daughter of Lafayette Ieard, died after her clothing soaked with spilled kerosene caught fire from an open blaze. The incident occurred Saturday as she carried a can from a store, six miles south of Hickory, and she died in a local hospital last night.
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Hickory
Ruby Ieard
Lafayette Ieard
World Law to Outlaw War Urged by Judge Allen
Judge Florence Allen of Cleveland urged a world law criminalizing war and punishment for it at the Young Women's Christian Association national convention in Hot Springs Arkansas. She called for a world court to enforce peace and argued Americans should push for global governance and the vote to promote international justice.
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Ark
Florence RE. Allen
Cleveland
The
Young Women's Christian Association
America
Allen
Common Pleas
United States
World Court For
Mrs Lula Vesper Dies at Home in High Point
Mrs Lula C Vesper wife of J H Vesper and longtime High Point official died Sunday at 1 30 pm at 311 Mangu m avenue after about two weeks of heart trouble. She was born July 20 1886 in Yadkin County and was a Green Street Baptist member. Survived by husband son Claude B Vesper Greensboro brothers W L Flemming Jackson Miss and H N Flemming Marion Ind sister Mrs Gray Kenyon Little River Fla. Funeral at Green Street Baptist Church Monday at 2 30 pm with Rev J E Lanier assisted by Rev J M Hilliard. Interment Oakwood cemetery. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named.
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Lula C. Vesper
High Point
Mangum Avenue
Green Street Baptist Church
J. E. Lanier
J. M. Hilliard
Oakwood Cemetery
E. F. Nance
Marvin Howell
M. G. Goodin
H. J. Willard
Carroll and Beach Visit Lexington Yesterday
J. C. Carroll and M. W. Beach were visitors in Lexington yesterday afternoon.
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J. C. Carroll
M. W. Beach
Lexington
Legion Leaders Approve Bank Loan Plan for Soldier Bonus
American Legion officials led by Hanford MacNider and John Taylor met with the Senate Finance Committee in Washington to review soldier bonus funding proposals. They indicated approval of the house bill with a bank loan provision while showing little enthusiasm for a substitute endowment insurance feature. The group planned to reconvene with senators the next day.
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Washington
American Legion
Senate Finance Committee
Watson
Indiana
Hanford MaccNider
John T. Taylor
Legislative
High Point Prepares for Travelers Protective Association Meet
Delegates from across North Carolina gather for the Travelers' Protective Association state convention in High Point. G L Renner of Winston-Salem decorates storefronts for the event and Southern Furniture exposition. About 3800 to 400 delegates expected at the Sheraton hotel with a Thursday Welchfield game and a vaudeville show at the Orpheum.
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Travelers’ Protective Association
High Point
G. L. Renner
Winston-Salem
Renner
Sheraton Hotel
Welchfield
Danville
Orpheum Theater
Exposition Building
Dempsey Willis Bout in London Considered
London hopes rise for a summer title clash between Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills after promoter George MacDonald cables a London bout. Willis says he is ready to depart at once, but his manager offers no comment on leaving yet.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
London
George MacDonald
Dia Collings
McDonald
Willis
Bergdoll denied habeas writ by Supreme Court
Washington April 24 The Supreme Court refused Erwin R. Bergdoll of Philadelphia the writ of habeas corpus he sought He is serving four years at Leavenworth for failure to perform military service during the war and argued his conviction was illegal He is Grover C. Bergdoll’s brother.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Erwin R. Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Erwin
Grover C. Bergdoll
Leavenworth
Federal Judge Charged With Denying Miners Naturalization
John Lueternacik an interpreter for the United Mine Workers testified before the House Labor Committee in Pittsburgh alleging that Judge Orr refused naturalization papers to alien miners who joined the coal strike union efforts. The testimony centers on alleged bias in the naturalization process during the dispute.
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Washington
Orr
Pittsburgh
House Labor Committee
John Lueternacik
United Mine Workers T
R N Watson Dead In Salisbury After Hernia
R N Watson, 44, a Southern railway engineer on the Spencer Selma run, died in Salisbury Saturday from a hernia. He leaves a widow and several children. The body was sent to Greensboro for burial.
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R. N. Watson
Salisbury
Roble N. Watson
Southern Railway
Greensboro
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