Des Moines Faces Bus Challenge to Street Car System
In Des Moines Iowa motor busses challenge the street railway, cutting into revenue and threatening a five year franchise. The city has endured five years of legal fights strikes and management changes as fare disputes escalated from 5 to 6 and then to 6 plus cents. Busses claim cheaper faster service and the end of dependence on street cars if allowed to replace the system.
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Iowa
Supreme Court
Martin J. Wade
Wade
Augusta
No Government Aid in Russia Famine Relief Says Hoover Group
Washington reports say the committee for child relief under Herbert Hoover will arrange famine aid to starving Russians mainly through unofficial channels and the Red Cross for medical supplies. No official recognition or government aid to the Soviet regime will be provided, with the view that Soviet policy caused the famine.
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Washington
America
Russia
Committee For Child Relief
Herbert Hoover
Red Cross
United States
Europe
Lenin
Missionary urges square deal with Japan to avoid war
The Rev Dr Frank Herron Smith, a Methodist missionary in Japan for 16 years, urged America to offer Japan a square deal and limit immigration. He argued war is not the aim but improving relations through naturalization and Christianizing Japan, praising Japanese reception of missionaries and noting expansion in Manchuria and Siberia.
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Chicago
America
Japan
Frank Herron Smith
Orient
Japan Methodist Church
Manchuria
Siberia
Russia
Relief of starving Russian children blocked by transport collapse
Washington dispatch reports the Hoover committee aims to feed 1,000,000 Russian children for about ten months with $12.6 to $15 million needed, but transport breakdown hinders relief. Efforts focus on Petrograd Moscow and Vologda as famine worsens in the Volga region amid epidemics and suppressed information.
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Europe
Hoover
Petrograd
Moscow
Vologda
Volga
Russia
Washington
Thieves Forced to Eat Watermelons by Vigilante Woman
In Winston-Salem on August 6 Mrs. Emma Whitley spotted three men leaving her neighbor's melon patch with melons. She ordered them to finish their watermelons then escorted them away. They were found outside the patch with melons opened and were made to eat them all except a cantaloupe she spared.
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Winston-Salem
Emma Whitley
Big South furniture firm unveils new 300-employee plant
Carried Big Liquor Gargo boasts two of the souths largest furniture makers. The new two story 60 by 385 foot plant will employ 300 men to manufacture bedroom furniture while the older plant runs overtime to meet orders. The High Point exposition sparked a business upswing and Forsyth lines occupy about 11 000 feet on the market floor.
Patch owner faces theft claims amid concert reports
An owner linked to a TW patch says two accomplices fled after a gun incident while the third remained with the gun and is jailed on a $100 bond. He refuses to name the other two men. The patch owner also says a large melon patch was mostly stolen by thieves as two other meetings ran concurrently with a concert praised in yesterday’s program.
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TW@ patch
Elks Band Concert Enjoyed As Usual
The Elks Band concert last evening drew a good crowd despite a smaller turnout than expected. Members performed a varied program showcasing local talent and discipline.
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Elks Band
Forsyth Dining Room Furniture opens plant number 2
Special to the Enterprise reports Winston-Salem will be energized as plant number 2 of the Forsyth Dining Room Furniture company begins operations. High Point is praised for support and collaboration in the expansion planned for the furniture industry region.
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Winston-Salem
Forsyth Dining Room
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