Rainy School for Scoutmasters Begins Here
A six week training school for scoutmasters under Uwharrie Council of Boy Scouts began with a banquet at First Presbyterian church. J W Geeslin led tenderfoot instruction while T Wingate Andrew and F Logan Porter spoke in support of the scout movement. About 30 attended with 20 enrolled. the program launches a five year training effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uwharrie Council of Boy Scouts
First Presbyterian Church
J. W. Geeslin
Greensboro Council
T. Wingate Andrew
F. Logan Porter
Rev
C. P. Coble
H. A. Millis
James Asbury
Billy Sheloff
Frank Sizemore
Mr. Geeslin O. Derk Smith
Henry Schwartzberg
Logan Porter
G. L. Asbury
C. Delk Smith
James O. Gold
O. P. Whitley
L. Holt McPherson
R. T. Quigley
C. E. Diffendal
J. N. Bready
Roy C. Preston
H. L. Schwartzberg
C. P. Gilbert
John T. Willett
N. L. Smith
Guy Lee
Robert Blackwell
C. T. Mishoe
Walter Marshall
Scoutmasters’ School
Uwharrie Council
King’s Condition Shows Slight Improvement Bulletin
Additional bulletin reports the king’s condition shows slight morning improvement and notes removal of prudent fluid around the base of the right lung. A medical update continues to monitor his status as authorities release details.
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King
Cedars and Holly Grow Slow Yet Valuable to Preserve
The note emphasizes the slow growth of cedars and holly and warns against losing them, stressing their value and the need to protect these plants despite ongoing costs.
King George Battling Illness With Signs of Rally
London dispatch reports King George continued a strong fight against fever today with a lower temperature and a hopeful tone in Buckingham Palace after a medical bulletin signed by five of his attending doctors. The king’s rally before meeting the Prince of Wales in a dramatic bedside visit underscored the struggle.
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Buckingham
Prince of Wales
Equatorial Africa
Folkstone
Baldwin
Duke of York
Victoria Station
Prince of Wales Visits King George at Buckingham Palace
The Prince of Wales, returning from Africa, spent an hour and a half at Buckingham Palace while doctors Sir Stanley Hewett and Lord Dawson of Penn remained in and out through the day. He left York House at noon and again visited the palace where King George lies gravely ill, staying until about 1:30.
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London
Prince of Wales
England
Equatorial Africa
Buckingham Palace
Lord Dawson of Penn
Sir Stanley Hewett
York House
King George
King George Weakens as Prince of Wales Visits
London dispatch reports King George's condition grave yet stable with the Prince of Wales visiting late at night after a long African journey. The Queen plans to attend a war memorial unveiling as doctors weigh the king’s fragile state and the potential risk of stress from public moments.
King’s illness and royal pain as Bolivian dispute grows
Reports describe the king’s condition with a steady pulse and no major gain in strength while his heirs and ministers discuss the illness. Bolivia and Paraguay clash over Chaco Boreal, a contested oil rich tract near the Paraguay river, amid mobilization rumors. Washington hosts a 40 nation international civil aeronautics conference with Orville Wright honored and a Kitty Hawk monument planned.
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Bolivia
State Department
Paraguan
Chaco Boreal
Paraguay
Chaco Borsi
Chaco
Peru
Washington
Coolidge
Wright brothers praised for sustained flight achievement
Coolidge lauds the Wright brothers for proving a machine can lift itself and carry a man in sustained flight. He credits Linbergh’s Paris flight and postwar tours with fostering American air mindedness as the railway and steam era yields to aviation’s rise.
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Wright Brothers
Dayton
Coleidge
Paris
Charles A. Linbergh
America
United States Influenza Death Toll Rises With 202,550 Estimated
The influenza outbreak grows nationwide with over 200,000 cases estimated and daily reports listing statewide totals. Kansas, California, Georgia, Texas, New York City and many others report figures, while Nevada, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New York State and several others do not require case recording.
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Kansas
California
Montana
South Carolina
Oregon
Colorado
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri
North Dakota
Nebraska
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
Georgia
Florida
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Idaho
Wyoming
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Washington
District of Columbia
New York City
Nevada
Vermont
Pennsylvania
New York State
Iowa
Delaware
South Dakota
North Carolina
Mississippi
Senate debates on campaign funds and utility holdings
The Senate questioned a past testimony on campaign contributions and Insull utilities holdings. The House passed bills to raise allotments for alterations and repairs on the battleships Pennsylvania California and Arizona. Committee activity was low with the patronage panel adjourned and others inactive. Sam A. Lewisohn claimed $2 billion annual unemployment losses could be avoided with proper management. The House agriculture committee kept hearings on the Packers and Stockyards Act without a decision.
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Insull Utilities Group
House
Pennsylvania
California
Arizona
Senate
Sam A. Lewisohn
Tennessee Copper and Chemical Company
House Agriculture Committee
Packers and Stockyards Act
Carolinas mended the action amid student suffering
A fragment notes that the Carolinas adjusted policy or approach as student suffering increased. No further clear details, names, dates, or places are provided in the readable text.
Disease spread prompts widespread school closures in the Carolinas
Disease cases surge from nineteen to seventy five overnight as public schools close in High Point and Columbia following flu outbreaks. In Charlotte officials contest influenza counts while universities report limited cases. South Carolina records over five thousand influenza cases. Greenwood Lander College also suspends activities.
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High Point
Columbia
S. C
R. T. Jennings
South Carolina
North Carolina
Winthrop College
Rock Hill
D. C
United States Public Health Services
Charlotte
W. A. McPhaul
Lander College
Greenwood
Brown and Williamson Move Depts to Louisville
Robert Barton of Brown and Williamson Tobacco announces the cigarettes and smoking tobacco departments will move from Winston-Salem to Louisville early in 1929. A new modern building is being constructed in Louisville for the transfer and chewing tobacco expansion is planned at Winston-Salem.
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Winston-Salem
Robert Barton
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Louisville
Barton
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Charles Farrell
Mona
Moscow
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FE. Humphrey Rolleston
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George
Hope
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Orville Wright
Wilbur
Kitty Hawk
Wright
Charles A. Lindbergh
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Mary Heath
Aviatrix
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Clarence D. Chamberlin
Arthur C. Goebel
A. F. Hegenberger
Otto Merkel
Lufthans
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Pacific
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