Pellagra Parley Behind Closed Doors In Washington
A closed session in Washington brought together Surgeon General Cummings Red Cross officials and state health officers led by W S Rankin of North Carolina to discuss pellagra conditions in the South. Dr Goldberger reported data indicating a rise and outlined plans for 1922 while officials contested disease severity in their states.
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Washington
Cummings
United States Public Health Service
Harding
Red Cross
W.S. Rankin
North Carolina
Department of Agriculture
Joseph Goldberger
Goldberger
American Legion Rally Set At Main Street School
The American Legion plans a grand rally Friday at 7 30 PM in the Main Street school auditorium for ex service men. Elks Band will play from 7 30 to 8 15 with solos, followed by Cale K Burgess Raleigh state adjutant delivering a message. All members urged to attend and bring a guest.
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American Legion
Main Street
Elks
Cale K. Burgess
Raleigh
The
Burgess
Legion
Japs Plan to Boost Japan’s Foreign Trade
Kobe chamber of commerce proposes a plan to the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. It calls for lifting the export ban on gold and silver to cut production costs and prices, expanding low interest funds for traders, bank purchases of cheap bills, and preventing unfair competition. It also urges a central trade bureau, export credit adoption, a Black Sea to Persian Gulf steamship line, and lower telegraphic charges.
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KIO
Kobe Chamber of Commerce
Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Apan
Japan
England
Black Sea
East Mediterranean
Persian Gulf
Old Dugouts Used for Homes at Dvinsk
Dvinsk Latvia Aug 4 Hundreds of families in the war devastated territory about Dvinsk are living in dug outs used by German and Russian soldiers in the early days of the war. Little progress toward reconstruction has been made as poverty and Bolshevik rule hinder recovery in razed villages.
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Dvinsk
Latvia
Russia
Germany
Large sums authorized for army hospitals in Augusta and Oteen
Secretary Mellon authorized $814,000 for Augusta and $700,000 for Oteen to buy sites and buildings for public health hospitals for disabled soldiers. Oteen will gain a fireproof infirmary with space for 200 beds as the current infirmary lacks adequate facilities while the sanatorium serves about 100 patients.
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Washington
Augusta
Oteen
North Carolina
Mellon
Ulster Tones Down Bowl Overtures Amid Irish Talks
London dispatch reports Eamon de Valera and republican leaders call a full Irish government meeting to study British peace proposals. Dublin and Belfast give conflicting Ulster signals. both sides may be correct as informal talks between north and south Ireland could still proceed.
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Dublin
Ulster
Belfast
Ulster Ministry
de Valera
Northern
Southern Ireland
Full Irish Republican Parliament Called for Meeting
Dublin reports a full meeting of the Irish republican parliament will be called and dates announced in tonight’s Irish Bulletin. Ulster’s reply to Sinn Fein overtures is said to be unfavorable.
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Irish Republica
Dublin
Irish Bulletin
Ulster
Sinn Fein
Shipping Board’s Chinese Built Ships Near Completion
In Shanghai the Shipping Board reports rapid progress on the steamers Oriental and Cathay, with delivery expected before summer’s end to San Francisco. The Mandarin and Celestial, first two of the four vessels, have been completed, marking a landmark in Chinese shipbuilding and expected to meet the Mandarin’s high standard.
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Shanghai
Oriental
Cathay
U. S. Shipping Board
San Francisco
Celestial
China
American Shipping Board
Shipping Board
Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Company
Cuba Plans to Do Away with Filthy Money
Havana August 4. Cuba offers to exchange dull worn U S currency for bright new nickel and silver coins in a limited program to replace the long circulating one and two dollar bills. American paper money now dominates circulation and much of the scud bills are torn and unreadable.
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Havana
Uba
Cuba
United States
United States Treasury
Hungary to Establish National Chamber Reform
Budapest August 3 The Hungarian government plans a law to reorganize the grand national chamber. The chamber will include city, industrial, commercial and cultural groups, nobility, clergy, government and judiciary representatives. Twenty life members will be named by the king on the prime minister’s recommendation.
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Budapest
Grand National Chamber
Seizure of Henry L Marshall liquor schooner sparks federal action
Warrants issued for the Henry L Marshall crew and three others after the vessel was seized as a liquor runner outside the Atlantic City three mile limit. The case, charged under the Volstead act and customs fraud, may prompt New York officials to be summoned to Washington for discussions on outside limit seizures.
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Jemsey City
M. J
Henry L. Marshall
Atlantic City
Queen
Government of Customs
Washington
United States
Hayward
New York
Goff
Department of Justice
Shackleton to lead polar air voyage on Quest to the south
Sir Ernest Shackleton plans an unprecedented polar expedition in August using the 111 foot ship Quest to study animal and plant life rock formations currents and lonely Atlantic stations. The venture will include a sea plane and captive balloon with a 10000 mile steaming radius and 23 foot beam.
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Milton Bronner
London
Ernest Schackleon
Shackleton
Sir Ernest
Atlantic
Africa
South America
Murmansk
Schackleton
J. Quiller Rowett
Sharp Advance on Cotton Opening
Bullish private crop advices spurred a sharp rally in Liverpool and opened cotton futures in New York with gains of 15 to 21 points. Reports of crop deterioration in Texas lifted early prices while prices for October and December rose about 20 to 27 points. futures opened firm with October at 13.00 and December at 13.48.
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New York
Liverpool
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Missing Bank Head Believed in Mexican Action
Warren Spurgeon, missing president of the Michigan Avenue Trust Co of Chicago, is near Chihuahua City, Mexico per a telegram to El Paso police. Mexican officials are cooperating as authorities expect his arrest shortly.
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EL Paso
Tex
Warren Spurgeon
Michigan Avenue Trust Company of
Chicago
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Millis Relays Elks Westward Tour Highlights
H A Millis of High Point reports a 30 day Elks Lodge 155 tour across 23 states starting in July. The trip covered Los Angeles Grand Canyon Yosemite Yellowstone Salt Lake City and Pike's Peak among other sites. The convention in Los Angeles drew about 50 000 Elks with 1500 lodge reps.
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H. A. Millis
United State
Lodge 155
B. P. C. Elks
Los Angeles
California
Italy
el Paso
Old Mexico
Mill
Arizona
Millis
Willis
Moving Picture Studios
United States
Catalina Island
Inos Angeles
Grand Canyon
Yosemite Valley
Yellowstone National Park
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Brigham Young
Pasenger
Tillis
Pike’s Peak
Pike
Colorado Springs
Denver
High Point
Mr. Millis
Virginia Officers Spirit Negro Away As Mob Attends Funeral
In Virginia a mob besieged Lawrenceville jail to observe the burial of Lem Johnson, lynched for the killing of Tingley Elmore. Elmore was spirited to Richmond after narrowly escaping lynching, while denying guilt in the postmaster’s death.
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Virginia
Richmond
Will Elmore
Tingley Elmore
Tobacco
Lawrenceville
Lem Johnson
Elmore
Unfair Freight Rates Challenged by Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that cotton seed meal freight rates from Knoxville to Virginia and Carolina areas are unreasonable and prejudicial. Mixed feed rates from Knoxville to Southern Railway points also judged unduly prejudicial compared with Nashville and other cities, and northern points on the Greensboro and Goldsboro lines were found hard and prejudicial versus Nashville or Memphis.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Knoxville
Virginia
Carolina
Potomac River
Nashville
Southern Railway
Greensboro
Goldsboro
Louisville
Cincinnati
Ates
Memphis
Armer Killed While Asleep in His Bar
William Whitley a 40 year old merchant and farmer from Walstonburg in Green County was shot and killed in his tobacco barn while sleeping late last night. A sheriff’s posse with bloodhounds searches the countryside for the assailants as Whitley’s widow and six children mourn.
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Wilson
N. C
William Whitley
Walstonburg Green County
Whitley
Harvey to Attend Allied Council Meet
London Aug 4 A formal invitation for an American representative to attend the meeting of the Allied supreme council in Paris was sent to the American embassy in London by the French ambassador. United States Ambassador Harvey with a small staff will depart for Paris Monday.
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London
Allied Supreme Council
Paris
United States
Harvey
Delayed Bomb Kills Boy at Staten Island Station
New York August 12. Twelve year old Frank Cafaro is dead and his two brothers are seriously injured after a bomb they found yesterday on the federal quarantine station of Staten Island exploded. The boys brought the bomb home and one brother died this morning after striking it with a hammer. How the device came to be on government property is not determined.
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New York
Frank Cafaro
Federal
Staten Island
Funeral of Enrico Caruso Draws Global Attendees
Naples crowds massed at the Basilica of San Francesco di Paola for the tenor Enrico Caruso funeral. King Victor Emmanuel authorized the service with royal, government, and municipal representatives attending. United States officials also prepared to attend, honoring the singer who rose to fame worldwide.
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Naples
Church of
San Francisco di Paola
Enrico Caruso
Victor Emmanuel
United States
Caruso
Americans Unite After Freedom Meet in Berlin
Capt Marion C Cooper of Jacksonville Florida, freed from a Moscow prison after a clash between Bolshevists and Poles, arrived in Berlin from Warsaw to see Mrs Margaret E Harrison recently liberated from a Russian prison. Cooper praised Harrison for supplying food and clothing that kept him alive. The two Americans exchanged an emotional greeting in a Berlin hotel lobby.
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Berlin
Assocated Press
Marion C Cooper
Jacksonville
Fla
Moscow
Warsaw
Margaret E. Harrison
Cooper
Harrison
May Call Troops to Protect Negroes in Virginia
Raleigh Haskins and Judge Griffith two Black men accused of killing Steven G. White faced possible lynching as they were taken to the Petersburg courthouse for trial. Governor Davis authorized state troops to be deployed to safeguard the defendants during proceedings.
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Petersburg
Raleigh Haskins
Judge Griffith
Steven G. White
Court House
Richmond
Davis
General Electric Announces Wage Reductions in Lynn
In Lynn Massachusetts on August 4 a General Electric wage reduction affecting 12 000 employees was announced. The cut will vary by class with unskilled workers receiving the largest decreases.
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Lynn
Mass
General Electric Company
Harding Invited to Attend State Fair at Raleigh
President Warren G. Harding is seen as likely to be the principal speaker at the North Carolina state fair, with dates set October 17 to 22. The invitation is being pushed by Mrs. Vanderbilt and North Carolina officials as senators Overman and Simmons back the bid. The article also notes National Guard camp at Camp Glenn August 10 to 28 and details on drought and drainage projects in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Warren G. Harding
Jos. E. Pogue
Sec
Etary
Gordon Smith
Adjutant General’s Department
National Guard Cavalry and Engineers
Camp Glenn
Morehead City
Asheville
Andrews
Hickory
Lincolnton
North Wilkesboro
Wade W. Bowman
Metts
Bowman
State Guard
C. D. Farmer
State Highway Commission
Neuse
North Carolina
Marketing Association
Norris Carolina
Clarence Poe
Progressive Farmer
B. W. Kilgore
Extension Department
British Dirigible ZR-2 to cross Atlantic for Lakehurst
The ZR-2 airship, built in Britain, will sail from Howden England on August 26 bound for its station at Lakehurst New Jersey the Navy Department announced today.
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Washington
Howden
England
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy Department
Four Die When Gasoline Car Explodes in Rail Yard
In Alexander, Louisiana a car carrying gasoline blew up in the railroad yards killing four people. Twelve tank cars were destroyed by the ensuing blaze.
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Alexanderbra
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