German reparations counter offers before cabinet
Germany proposes an unbiased commission to fix total reparations and offers 50 billion marks in gold as payment with annuities possible up to 200 billion marks. Berlin notes also pledge to release private foreign property and support reconstruction if the US and allies agree. Paris reports Briand warning Ruhr will be occupied if May 1 guarantees are not provided.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Germany
Washington
United States
Paris
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Ruhr
Chamber
Prices Rally on Market Today
New York April 26 early estimates show notices issued against May contracts totaling about 6,000 bales. Initial May liquidation by Wall Street and locals eased, but opening offers were absorbed and markets steadied with a 2 to 7 point rally. Cotton futures opened steady May 11.90 July 12.55 October 13.22 December 13.66 January 13.83.
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New York
Wall Street
Farmer and Wife Charged With Peonage At Savannah
R J Oglesby a prominent farmer of Emmanuel county and his wife were brought to Savannah by government agents on peonage charges They allegedly kept a Black man in involuntary servitude and threatened his life to force work It is also alleged Mrs Oglesby used a rawhide whip to administer a severe beating
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
R. J. Oglesby
Emmanuel County
Escaped Flyer Cooper Reaches Riga After Prison Escape
Captain Marion C. Cooper of the Kosciuszko squadron, shot down on the Polish front and captured by Russians last July, escaped from a Moscow prison camp near Mu and arrived in Riga with two Polish officers. He had been a Polish ally against Bolsheviks and had previously concealed his identity while a prisoner.
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Riga
Associated Press
Marion C. Cooper
Jacksonville
Fla
Kosciuske Squadron
Moscow
Cooper
Galicia
Russia
Bedina
Ile
German Lawyers in Bow Street for War Crimes Trial
German lawyers appeared at Bow Street court in London with British POWs giving testimony against German officers accused of cruelty. The evidence will be used in the Liepzig war crimes trial under the Versailles treaty as these prisoners could not travel to Liepsie.
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London
Bow Street Court
Liepsie
Church Conference Opens in Daytona for Southeast Congregation
The 38th general conference of the Congregational church in the southeast began in Daytona Florida today. The gathering includes the two Carolinas Georgia Florida and Cuba and will continue through Tuesday with supplementary meetings of the women's board and the Florida women's home missionary union on the conference's last day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona
Fla
General Conference
The
Congregational Church In the Southeast
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Cuba
Women’s Board
Florida Women's Home Missionary Union
Welch Memorial Revival Meeting Announced
Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant church will host a revival beginning next Sunday morning led by Rev. R S Troxler of Thomasville. Public invitation extended to attend nightly services for about two weeks with preaching at 8 4 0.0 pm.
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Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant Church
R.S. Troxler
Thomasville
Funeral for Lucile Williams Held
Funeral services for Lucile Williams eight daughter of Mr and Mrs Bell Williams were held yesterday at the English street tabernacle conducted by Rev Edward Suites. Interment followed in Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Williams
BE l L. Williams
West Green Street
English Street Tabernacle
Edward Suites
Oakwood Cemetery
Girl Helps Auto Bandit Near Jersey City
A man and a female accomplice held up a party of motorists as they traveled near Jersey City New Jersey. The girl used a high powered searchlight to blind the victims while the bandit looted them and escaped from pursuing motorcycle police and cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
New Jersey
Earl
Harding Sends Greetings to American Publishers at AP Luncheon
A letter from President Harding read at the Associated Press luncheon in New York praised wartime motives and expressed hope the administration would earn continued goodwill. Frank Noyes, AP president, pledged support to Harding, with John W. Davis appearing as guest of honor in his first AP appearance as counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
New York
Harding
Waldorf Astoria
Frank B. Noyes
United States
John W. Davis
Great Britain
Peagogn’s Trial Planned for May Grand Jury
April 26 Lexington reports Dr. J W Peacock slayer of Chief J E Taylor of Thomasville will skip a preliminary hearing and let the case go to the May term grand jury. No bond hearing is expected as mental irresponsibility may be pleaded. Peacock remains composed amid visitors and a jail tele phone is installed for counsel and friends while Mrs. Michael’s health limits visits.
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Lexington
J. W. Peacock
J. E. Taylor
Thomasville
Lexington Dispatch
Peacock
Michael
No Brotherly Love Here in Varna Visit
A Bulgarian Bolshevik deputation visiting Odessa found hostility from Red Guards who blocked boats and seized food. Soviet agents shot a deserter on the arriving ship, witnessed by the Bulgarian delegation. The Bulgarians returned to Varna chastened and doubtful about Bolshevik influence.
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Varna
Bulgaria
Odessa
Red Guards
Speedboat Gar II Jr Races Coast Ahead of Havanna Special
Gar II Jr driven by Gar Wood arrived in Southport at 12 55 pm and left at 1 05 pm heading north half a day ahead of schedule. Wood said the boat would anchor north of Moorehead City tonight and reach New York tomorrow evening after refueling in Norfolk. The Havana Special passed Rocky Mount at 11 35 am en route from Miami to New York.
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Southport
N. C
Gar II, Jr
Gar Wood
Detroit
New York
Capt. Wood
Moorehead City
Norfolk
Rocky Mount
Atlantic Coast Line
Havana
Miami
Fla
Armies of Occupation in Germany Described as a Miniature U S Army
In Coblenz April 25 the American army of occupation is portrayed as a complete outfit able to field on 24 hours notice with 10 000 infantry and support units including 300 cavalry 18 planes three trained pilots 1000 artillery 600 medical staff and pontoon engineers all without tanks and with modern signals and transport services.
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Coblenz
Associated Press
Germany
Europe
Allen
Berne
Rhine
Netherlands
Signal Corps
Railway Engineers
Motor Transports Corps
Engineers
One Minister Among Amherst College Class This Year
Amherst Mass April 26. Of the graduating class at Amherst College this year only one student will enter the ministry. Fifty four will enter business and twenty seven will pursue law medicine and other professions.
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Amherst
Mass
Amherst College
Woman's Club Music Literature Meet Moves to Johnston Street
The music literature department will meet tomorrow afternoon at 28 30 o clock with Mrs. H B Sears on Johnston Street instead of with Mrs. Ben Moore as announced today.
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Woman's Club
H. B. Sears
Johnston Street
Ben Moore
Mystery Beepens in Disappearance of Sehoner Cre
Coast guard notes a bottle message near Cape Hatteras claiming the five masted schooner Deering was captured by an oil boat like a submarine chaser and crew held. The Deering captained by Warmell of Boston with twelve is feared lost after grounding on Diamond Shoal in January with all sails set and no one aboard.
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Norfolk
Carre
A. Deering
Cape Hatteras
Coast Guard
Here
Chris C. Gray
Buxton
North Carolina
Matteras
Deering
Warmell
Boston
Diamond Shoal
New Plant at Salisbury to Make Paper Cones
The Alpha Cone company plans a Salisbury plant to manufacture paper cones for knitting mills. J F Cavanaugh, manager, leads Philadelphia financiers to start with about twenty women workers. The site is the metal culvert building near the freight depot with future expansion anticipated. The plant aims to begin operations in two to three weeks amid local mill industry and shipping facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Salisbury
Alpha Cone Company
J. F. Cavanaugh
Judge Orders $6,000 Yearly Alimony In Whitehouse Case
In Pittsburgh Judge Thomas C. Jones ruled Charles C. Whitehouse must pay $6,000 annually in wife support after twelve years of separation. Mrs Whitehouse testified to loyal marriage while citing her husband's alleged relationship with a blonde stenographer who worked hard. Whitehouse stated he had no affair. His income cited as $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Justice
Thomas C. Jones
Charles CC. Whitehouse
Whitehouse
British Railwaymen Ban Coal Deliveries Across Nation
The national union of railway men ordered members not to receive coal from sidings or overseas. Sir Maurice Geddes in the House of Commons called the move grave, saying it risks starving the nation while utilities and transport depend on coal. He invited the railway workers’ general secretary to a conference that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
National Union of Railway Men
Maic Geddes
House of Commons
Eric
National Railway Workers
Not Guilty Found in Distilling Case at Arraignment
Henry Fields was found not guilty on a distilling liquor charge after arraignment before Magistrate W G Brown. John Ward, arrested with Fields, faces trial next Monday on liquor manufacturing and concealed weapon charges. Ward’s barn contained the illicit still, 75 pounds of sugar, and yeast. Ward and Fields are related by marriage and have lived together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Allred
G. Brown
Nora Allred
Guilford Superior Court
Wagner
Allred
Mechanicsville
York and
Maxwell
L. B. Williams
Henry Fields
White
W. G. Brown
John Ward
Fields
Martin
Stout
Ward
Brown
North Carolina counties seek increased school levy in 1921
Thirty six counties that failed to fund a three month term in 1919 20 will request more money from the state for 1921. The plan uses revised valuations and the state equalizing fund to cover shortfalls amid delayed printing and potential printers strike.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Alexander
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Caldwell
Camden
Carteret
Caswell
Catawba
Chatham
Clay
Currituck
Dare
Hyde
Jackson
Macon
McDowell
Mitchell
Montgomery
Pamlico
Pender
Percuimans
Person
Polk
Rutherford
Stokes
Transylvania
Tyrrell
Union
Watauga
Wilkes
Yadkin
Yancey
House
Senate
Still Captured by Officers Near City
Revenue Officer R L White and Deputy Sheriffs J B Wagner and W DPD Martin seized a 55 gallon illicit liquor still six miles northwest of the city. The steam operated outfit was brought back to town. Two men were seen fleeing the scene, believed to have taken liquor and distillery utensils, with only the still recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. White
J. B. Wagner
W. Dpd
Martin
Public Tent Meetings Begin on Chestnut Street
Tent meetings led by S. A. Cecil and G. H. King are held nightly at a Chestnut street lot north of J. W. Kennedy's store. The non denominal services invite all, with fifty to one hundred confessions reported so far. Mrs. Andrews speaks tonight at 7:30, and services continue through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Cecil
G. H. King
Chestnut Street
J. W. Kennedy
Andrews
Death of Well Known Young Man Clyde Denny
Clyde Denny aged 21 son of Mr and Mrs J C Denny died yesterday at his parents home on Mangum avenue. Funeral services will be held at 4 pm today at the residence conducted by Rev Lanier pastor of East Green Street Baptist church. Interment will be in Oakwood cemetery.
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Clyde Denny
J. C. Denny
Mangum Avenue
Lanier
East Green Street Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Doss Girl Dies After Measles Illness
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B H Doss of 434 Mangum avenue died last night after a measles illness. The funeral is set for tomorrow afternoon at 8 at the family home. J Wilson Smith, North Carolina Y M C A secretary, will speak at the Kiwanis luncheon in the Commercial club building at 12:15 tomorrow. Kiwanis members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Doss
Mangum Avenue
J. Wilson Smith
Charlotte
North Carolina
High Point Kiwanis Club
Commercial Club
High Point Campaign Planned to Recruit 800 Members
The High Point finance committee plans a one day campaign next Thursday morning to recruit 800 members for the local community service. Walter Hargett leads as campaign manager with David Harriss as assistant. forty teams will canvass for a $5 annual membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Walter Hargett
David Harriss
Grand Review of Fleet Near Newport News
April 26 naval ceremony in Newport News notes the Atlantic fleet from Guantanamo will occupy Hampton Road anchorages X B and C. President Harding and Secretary Denby to review the fleet at 9 am. It marks the greatest naval task in years and signals port orders during the exercise.
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Newport News
Guantanamo
Hampton Road
Harding
Denby
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State Department
Hughes
Farmer
Flyer
Bow Street
Daytona, Fla
Welch
MR. Harding
the Waldorf
Mr. Noyes
Peagogn
Nay
Thomasville Physican
Ghimiplete Uni
He- Woman's Club Meeting
Allred Belo
Jesus
Guilford
Doss
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