Pershing Greeted At Boyhood Home In Kingly Style
General John J. Pershing returns to his boyhood home in Lacred Missouri as crowds line a narrow street. A gala procession with bagpipe band and tricolored bunting greets him, with handshakes from townsfolk and boyhood friends during an old time dinner. He plans to depart for Lincoln for Christmas with family.
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Pershing
Congress
General Pershing
Maay Pershing
Warren
Allen
Census Takers To Visit High Point Homes January 1
Citizens in High Point prepare for the national census as enumerators, each with a defined area, will visit homes starting January 1 to count residents. Officials urge cooperation, noting strict penalties for noncompliance and promising brief, simple questions with secret data handling.
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Ques
Changes In Penny Frill AID Bankins Circles Pugh Of The City
The new year brings shifts in High Point banking and civic work. M C Crowson resigns as Home Banking cashier to join Time-Test Furniture. successor at the bank unnamed. George J Johnson plans to quit Wachovia and move to another city. A Penny donation letter from George T Penny to KF N Tate prompts local interest in aiding the poor through High Point's Relief Fund chaired by Mrs. Frank Gurley.
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High Point
Bankins
Pugh
M. GC. Crowson
Home
Crowson
George J. Johnson
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Johnson
Wachovia Bank
KF. N. Tate
George T. Penny
Penny
Greensboro
Gate City
Frank Gayley
Exchange treaty after new year unlikely says German head
Paris Dec 23 The German peace treaty ratifications are deemed impossible before year end. The German delegation leader said he must return to Berlin to consult with the government on the alleged notes before any further action.
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Paris
Berlin
Washington
Genevieve Moore Praised In Friends Church Cantata
Reporter's oversight left a soloist unnamed during Sundays cantata at Friends church. Miss Genevieve Moore, choir director of First Baptist and city schools music director, sang a leading solo and contributed richly to the program's overall excellence.
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Friends Church
Genevieve Moore
First Baptist Church
Daniels orders full reports on naval medals
Secretary Daniels directed a comprehensive report on naval decorations for Chairman Page of the Senate Naval Committee. The review will cover all recommendations and actions by boards and the secretary, spurred by criticism of medal distribution. Admiral Sims questioned the process and declined a proposed Distinguished Service Medal.
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Daniels
Admiral Sims
University of London to Fund Phonetics Institute
The University of London plans a new Phonetics Institute costing 600000 dollars to employ seventy researchers for study of 1660 languages of the British empire. The project, initiated by Daniel Jones, head of the phonetic department, calls for total expenditure of 2500000 dollars.
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London
University of London
British Empire
Daniel Jones
Former Crown Prince Frederick William to spend Christmas in Amersfoort
Former Crown Prince Frederick William travels from Weirengen to Amersongen for Christmas. Dutch circles view the visit as evidence of reconciliation with his father. A Christmas tree for the former emperor was bought, gifts arrived, and he held a tree party for German children distributing autographs and photographs.
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Amerongen
Frederick William
Weirengen
Burglars Attack Wealthy Dallas Couple at Knickerbocker Hotel
Two burglars broke into the Dal las apartment of Mr and Mrs Aloysius Broderick at the Knickerbocker Hotel today. They pried the door struck Mr Broderick with a hammer tied his wife to a bed and escaped with jewelry valued in the thousands of dollars.
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New York
Aloysius Broderick
Dallas
Knickerbocker
Miners Strike as Hewett Jailing Spreads Protests
Seventeen Kansas coal mines with about 3000 workers idle in protest after Judge Anderson jailed Kansas District UMWA President Alexander Hewett in Indianapolis. Cabinet discussions in Washington weigh government stance on the coal dispute and Austria refinancing. France is praised for economic health amid postwar recovery.
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Kansas
Wines
Almer
Pittsburg
Judge Anderson
Indianapolis
Alexander Hewett
United Mine Workers of America
Safe passage sought for 249 radical Russians
The State Department cabled to various foreign capitals explaining the deportation of 249 radical Russians aboard the Buford. The message said precautions had been taken to request safe conduct and humane treatment by authorities under whose jurisdiction they will pass on route to Russia.
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Washington
Buford
Russia
All Poor Mary Sought Was Wee Crap O'Rum
New York on December 23 Mary Behn age 40 caused a false alarm rush by pulling a fire alarm box seeking whiskey after paying five dollars to a bootlegger who failed to deliver. Police charged her with disorderly conduct.
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Mary
Sherrod Buys Barbee Estate In High Point Suburban Plan
A. Sherrod and associates have purchased 60 acres of Barbee estate land on Montlieu avenue and the Greensboro High Point highway. The $31,900 to $35,000 deal closes a pending transaction and will yield a popular suburban residential section as homes rise nearby.
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A. Sherrod and Associates
Barbee
Montlieu Avenue
Greensboro High Point Highway
Sherrod
Marshal Declines Presidential Bid Fed Up With Senate
Indianapolis December 23 Vice President Thomas R. Marshal disclaimed any run for the presidency and said he was fed up with the Senate after seven years as presiding officer and would not seek re election He warned that anything might happen at the Democratic convention and offered no predictions on a nominee
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Indianapolis
Thomas R. Marshal
United States Senate
Marshal
Turkish Leader Assassinated in Asia Minor Crisis
A Smyrna dispatch to the Temple reports the assassination of Mustapha Kemal, leader of Turkish insurgents in Anatolia and head of the Turkish nationalist government in Asia Minor, as of December 23 in Rome.
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Rome
Mustapha Kemal
Anatolia
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Indictment Formed Against Wilhelm in Crown Talks
London reports officers of the crown met with French and Belgian law officers to discuss the former German emperor and a case and indictment were reportedly framed. The Hague bureau says no truth to Brussels claim that the Netherlands will not surrender the former ruler and that no action has been taken.
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London
Belgium
Brussels
Netherlands
Bueau
No Rope Held Out for Mr Watson Hoax Wake? Wait
Washington reports attending physicians abandoned hope for Representative Walker A. Watson of Virginia after mastoiditis surgery last night. A collision occurred at Main and Washington streets at 9 am involving a Dedys automobile driven by Dr F R Taylor and a Ford with a South Carolinian passenger. no injuries. Dr Taylor’s car suffered major fender damage.
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Washington
Walker A. Watson
Virginia
Hos
Dedys
F. R. Taylor
Ford
Main
Fire Destroys Seven DunnBusinesses Early Today
A morning blaze in Dunn Dunk, N C, destroyed seven stores on Broad street and surrounding wooden structures. Origin undetermined, loss fixed at about ten thousand dollars with only limited insurance. Fire spread from Warres brothers and Will Lucas shops to Hatch brick building, then south, affecting mainly wooden frame structures.
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Dunk, N. C
Broad Street
Spanoon
Warres Brothers
Will Lucas
Pact Progress As Senate Leaders Seek Peace Ratification
Washington December 23 with both sides willing to give and take the effort to reach a compromise agreement for ratification of the peace treaty is progressing satisfactorily between senate leaders of both parties. Early ratification is forecast by some senators probably before January 16, which would give the president a chance to end war time prohibition. All senators remaining here will be called to take part in the conferences.
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Washington
Sdes
Senate
Stene Statement Charges Joseph Virgo in Maude Tabor Case
Mrs. Sarah I. Tabor accuses Joseph Virgo of performing an illegal operation on Maude Tabor. The 86 year old mother of the famed linguist was found dead in a trunk in the basement of her home. police information released today.
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Ee Lawton
Joseph Virgo
Maude Tabor
Sarah I. Tabor
Ftinguist
Memorial note for Burke Culpepper revival leader and John A. Robinson
People who wish to remember Burke Culpepper who conducted the Wesley Memorial Methodist revival and his singer John A. Robinson may send cards to 533 LeManters street Memphis Tennessee.
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Burke Culpepper
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
John A. Robinson
LeManters Street
Memphis
Tena
Soviet forces capture Ukrainian region near Kiev
A wireless Moscow dispatch reports that General Petaura's anti Bolshevik troops in the Ukraine have been surrounded by Soviet forces in the therovines of Kiev, about 24 miles south of Vitomir, according to the broadcast received in London.
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London
Petaura
Ukraine
Vhitomir
Moscow
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