Knights of Columbus Begin 39th International Convention
Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty declared the Knights of Columbus ready for a year of service to the nation. Delegates from the United States Canada and Latin America heard plans for a $500000 war fund hospital program a large correspondence school for veterans and an anti tuberculosis drive. Flaherty also announced funding to aid Italian welfare work in Rome and a national magazine Columbia. Archbishop Hanna opened the meeting in San Francisco with a mass and Mayor Rolph welcomed the group at a reception as 20000 attendees gathered.
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Barnhardt Party Plans European Tour and Conference
Rev J H Barnhardt pastor of West Market Street Methodist Church, Charles H Ierland, and Dr Gilbert T Rowe depart Greensboro for New York and sail to Europe. They will tour Europe and attend the worldwide Methodist conference in London and expect to return to the United States in late September.
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North Carolina Firemen to Convene in Gastonia
Throngs from all parts of the state will attend a four day gathering in Gastonia August 22 to 25 as the North Carolina State Firemen's association holds its convention. Early reports indicate the largest attendance ever in Gastonia.
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Art student back from Bolshevik Russia seeks U.S. return
Ralph Rimar, once an art student from Detroit and Charleston, left for Soviet Russia with 700 others. After three months visiting Petrograd Moscow and Kiev he found Bolshevism worse and longs to return to the United States. He was arrested five times and had no legal passport. He says many Russians who left the U.S. are drifting back despite border controls and bribery.
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Highway Lexington Spencer Highway Planned
The boards of road and county commissioners have arranged funding for county advancement to the state to build an eleven mile Lexington to Yadkin river highway. State engineers near completion of the survey. contract expected in a few weeks. The link would complete the rough stretch and a concrete Davidson central highway is hoped within two years.
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Tallest South Office Tower Claimed in Fort Worth
A 24 story office building in Fort Worth Texas is described as the tallest in the southern United States, signaling a regional landmark in the skyline.
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Pins Produced Daily By One Worker With Modern Machinery
A single worker using modern machinery can produce 15 000 000 pins per day underscoring high efficiency in mass pin manufacturing facilities.
German Soldiers Honor Barbarossa Shrine in Kyffhäuser
In Kelbra Germany Aug 1 German militarists celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Kyffhäuser memorial to Barbarossa and Germany’s empire with Hindenburg and 10 000 veterans. The tale ties Barbarossa to a sleeping king awakening to restore power amid postwar politics. Ravens circle the cavern as legends persist of a resurrected emperor guiding Germany’s fate.
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Popular Barber Pettigrew Dies in Apparent Suicide
W I Pettigrew a well known Reidsville barber died after firing a revolver shot through his right temple Monday morning at his Pettigrew home. Family and neighbors found him alone in the front room. illness is believed to be the motive with no other cause suggested.
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