High Point Urges $5,000 For European Relief Drive
Local leaders in High Point launch a campaign to raise five thousand dollars for starving European children. J Elwood Cox chairs the relief effort with canvassers appointed to collect funds from residents and churches have already contributed near two thousand dollars. Henry A Page urges rapid organization across North Carolina towns led by Herbert Hoover backing the national drive.
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J. Elwood Cox
High Point
Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Henry A. Page
North Carolina
Page
Furniture City
Henry
A. Page
Herbert Hoover
United States
Elk Song Birds Prepare For Minstrel Rehearsals
Rehearsals began at the Elks' home last evening for the Elks' minstrels with 65 performers expected to attend next Monday at 7 30 PM. Comedians dancers and other acts will each receive their innings as rehearsals continue to line up the open ing act.
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The
Elks’ Minstrels
Elks
Lone Bandit Holds Up Train Near Fort Gibson
A lone robber boarded a Frito freight train at Fort Gibson, robbed the conductor of his watch and money, then sat at the door and demanded valuables from other crew. He fired no shots and jumped off when the air brake signal was pulled near the Arkansas River bridge.
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Muskogee
Okla
Fort Gibson
Arkansas River Bridge
Opera Star Alli Curci to Wed Pianist in St Louis Park
Madame alli Curci famed grand opera singer and Chicago company member will wed accompanist llomer Samuels at his parents home in St Louis Park Minneapolis on January 15, announced by the groom’s father C J Samuels.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Madame alli-Curci
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Llomer Samuels
St. Louis Park
C. J. Samuels
Employment and Room Registry Aids Public
The High Point Y W C A widens service to help newcomers find living quarters and to connect employers with women seeking jobs. Names of seekers may be left with the secretary at the Y W C A hut on East Green Street, announced by Miss Lou Owen the Y secretary.
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High Point
East Green
Schools Plan Bond Campaign Meetings Next Week
W M Marr announces mass meetings to back the school bonds election with T R Foust to address. Sessions run Tuesday to Friday at Springfield DeLane Oak Hill Deep River Mechanicicsville and Welch, with a large Friday night program at Main Street School. Foust will discuss Hugh Point township high school and the January 18 election. A Friday parade may follow in fair weather.
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W. M. Marr
T. R. Foust
Springfield
DeLane
Oak Hill
Deep River
Mechanicicsville
Welch
Main Street
Thomas R. Foust
Hugh Point Township
Cooperation plan at New Bern works fails
In New Bern North Carolina workers at the New Bern Iron Works and Supply company refuse to continue under a wage profit experiment that cut pay by twenty percent, leaving foundry and machine shops idle while a few odd jobs continue. The foreman cites broad industry conditions for the reductions. The workers, now unionists, say they cannot work for the reduced living wages and may seek elsewhere.
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New Bern
N. C
New Bern Iron Works and Supply Company
J. H. Willis
Posse Captures Armed Negroes in Alabama Shootout
In SEAL Alabama on December 30 a posse led by Sheriff Ragland near Pittsview captured three armed black men who wounded a deputy sheriff and four white men who had pursued a suspected attacker of a farmer’s wife. Brothers L C Hill and Cleveland Hill were among the captured. The farmer’s husband, knocked unconscious by the assailant, recovered and reported the incident from Hartsboro.
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Seal
Ala
Here
Ragland
Pittsview
L. C
Cleveland Hill
Wfe
Hartsboro
Hospitals May Buy Liquors
Liquors valued at about 1 million dollars seized in the New York district after national prohibition began are to be sold at auction to hospitals and authorized non beverage institutions. The sale will be conducted by federal prohibition officer Charles J. OConnor who ordered immediate disposal of the confiscated stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles J. O'Connor
Rickards Named Militia Bureau Chief in War Department
George C. Rickards of Oil City Pennsylvania was appointed by President Wilson to head the militia bureau in the War Department. He will take office tomorrow with the rank of major general and will be the first National Guard officer to hold the post under the army reorganization bill passed last session.
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Washington
Dee
George C. Rickards
Oil City
Wilson
Milittia Bureau
The
War Department
Rickards
Pennsylvania National Guard
National Guard
Baptists Show Rapid Growth Across Southern Region
A Nashville report finds Southern Baptists have grown far faster than the region’s population since 1900. Membership up 84.1 percent, missions giving up nearly 1,000 percent, and local churches rising from 7,387 to 25,351. Projections reach 1949 show continued expansion in associations, churches, members, schools, and property.
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Nashville
Tenn
South
E. P. Alldredge
Department of Survey
Baptist Sunday School Board
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptists
Fide
Alldredge
Hundred Per Cent Stock Dividend Declared at Androscoggin Mills
In Lewiston Maine December 30 stockholders of the Androscoggin Cotton Mills approved a stock dividend of one hundred percent at a meeting held today increasing share value and rewarding investors with additional shares without cash distribution.
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Lewiston
Androscoggin
Postoffice Silent Holiday Saturday City Banks Closed
Postmaster announces that the city banks and the post office will observe a holiday Saturday. The building will close all day and carriers will not run routes in the city or rural areas. Mail volume during the Christmas holiday was larger than last year, with clerks kept busy constantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Farrise
Farriss
Night Watch Service Tops Wes Ley Memorial for New Year
Crowds from all city sections attend Wesley Memorial church for a 1920 to 1921 night watch program starting at from o'clock. The evening features music stories readings social time in the basement and a formal auditorium program with addresses discussions and Christmas carols. The Elks band will provide music and Dr J Fred Tesh leads as Rev W A Lambeth invites all High Point residents to the whosoever will meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Memorial Church
Elks’ Band
J. Fred Tesh
W. A. Lambeth
High Point
Deportation to Continue Planned for January Fifteenth
Boston December 30. The department of labor will deport more alien radicals to Russia on January 15. The shipment will include prisoners detained and on parole at Boston and New York. Assistant U S Attorney Louis Goldberg announced the plan, citing notification from Louis F Post.
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Boston
Russia
Department of Labor
New York
Federal District Court
United States
Louis Goldberg
Louis F. Post
Secretary of Labor
Rotary Dinner Here Tonight
The High Point Rotary club holds its regular weekly dinner this evening at 6 15 in the Commercial club. An interesting program is planned and each Rotarian is urged to attend.
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High Point Rotary Club
Seaplanes Begin San Diego to Panama Bay Flight
Seventeen seaplanes led by the F5L squadron commander departed the island training air station in San Diego at 8 30 this morning on the first leg of the long San Diego to Panama Bay flight.
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San Diego
Cal
Panama Bay
Governor Dickson cancels five dollar inaugural ball
Governor-elect Jim Dickson in Montana says he will not attend an inaugural ball planned for Helena next week and quotes I dont want to be the honor guest at any party costing five dollars a guest.
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Missoula
Mont
Jim Dickson
Helena
Cotton Opens At An Advance In New York
The cotton market opened firmer with January at 14.70 and March at 14.03, rising on Liverpool support. About 2,000 bales of January notices circulated, stirring fresh contracts while other months showed modest gains.
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New York
Liverpool
Fire alarm at South Main and Vail streets triggers response
A false alarm answered by High Point firemen last night originated from box 36 at the South Main and Vail streets corner. Police and fire crews did not learn who sent the alarm and no arrests were reported this afternoon.
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High Point
South Main
Vail Streets
Beaver decline spurs farms in Canada
The fall in beaver numbers prompts the establishment of numerous beaver farms across the country as interest in fur and rearing beavers grows.
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Canada
Fiume Quiet as Capitulation Terms Tabled
In Trieste and Rome reports say Italian troops and D Annunzio legionnaires agreed to cease fighting in Fiume. The communal council accepted terms, Captain D Annunzio to sign capitulation next morning and likely seek amnesty before possibly traveling to South America.
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Trieste
Associated Press
Gabriele D’annunzio
Legionnaires
Fiume
Caviglie
Dalmatia
D’annunzio
Abazzia
London
Rome
Caviglia
South America
Eight men await electrocution in death cell of pen
Eight condemned men linger for clemency as Governor-elect Morrison weighs stays. Four have appeals dismissed and four await decisions. First pair Caldwell and Foster from Wayne County face January 7, 1921, execution unless updated trials grant relief. Additional defendants include Little, Baily, Holtsclaw, Henderson, Harris, and Ward with varied appeal status.
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Raleigh
Morrison
Supreme Court
Harry Caldwell
Jesse Foster
Wayne County
Robah Baily
Yadkin County
Kohler Holtsclaw
Catawba County
Frank Henderson
Madison County
J. T. Harris
Asheville
E. W. Monnish
Tuscaloosa
Ala
PD. J. Ward
Columbus County
State Corporation Commission
Lenoir
Carolina and A Northwestern Railway Company
Chester
D. C
Edgemont
Hickory
Caldwell
North Carolina
Robeson County
Durham County
Robeson
Johnston
Scotland
Anson
Cleveland
Mecklenburg
Wake
Durham
Cumberland Power and Light Company
J. R. Baggett
Fayetteville
Lillington
Fuquay Springs
Wendell, Bailey
Middlesex
Cumberand
Drastic measures against hold ups in Evanston
Evanston plans drastic security measures led by Mayor Pearson and the police. Tank corps squads and motorized patrols with rifles will guard the north shore suburb to stop a wave of robberies against women, with officers in disguise and a shoot to kill directive for resistors.
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Chicago
Setting the Stage For Inauguration
Marion Ohio December 30 plans for the inauguration occupy President elect Harding with conferences. E B McLean publisher of the Washington press and chair of the inauguration committee Senator Knox of Pennsylvania and Will Hays head of the Republican National Committee join in arranging ceremony details.
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Marion
Ohio
Harding
E. B. MclLean
Washington
Senator Knox
Pennsylvania
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Not So Strange in Whentucky
Federal prohibition agents in Lexington Kentucky probe twenty four liquor cases seized yesterday that turned out to be colored water with intact government seals and no signs of refills. The case remains unsolved as investigators review the seals and packaging for clues.
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Lexington
Oldest Managers in Baseball Now Comiskey Remains Senior
Omaha report notes Pa Rourke sold his interest and ended his 21st year as a manager. Rourke, born in Columbus Ohio in 1864, leaves Charles Comiskey as the oldest acting manager in baseball.
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Omaha
Pa” Rourke
Rourke
Columbus
Charles Comiskey
O'Neill Convalescent at Minooka from Pneumonia Fever
Jimmy O'Neill, brother of famed catcher Steve, is convalescing in Minooka Pa from pneumonia fever and expects to return to the Washington infield when the season bell sounds.
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O'Neil
Minooka
Jimmy O'Neill
Steve
Jimmy
Washington
Family burned to death in plantation blaze near Monroe
On a plantation near Monroe Louisiana a family of five the elder Nency his wife and three children died in a fire that destroyed their house. Officers believe the fire was started by an incendiary.
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Monroe
Nency
Buck Flowers Receives Academy Appointment Offer
West Point will offer Georgia Tech captain Buck Flowers an appointment to the U S Military Academy. Flowers has an important business proposition in Atlanta and has not yet decided.
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Flowers
Atlanta
West Point
Buck Flowers
Georgia Tech
U. S. Military Academy
Nomination to Roumania Sent by Wilson
The nomination of Peter Augustus Jay of Rhode Island to be minister to Roumania was sent to the senate today by President Wilson.
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Roumania
Washington
Peter Augustus Jay
Rhode Island
Senate
Wilson
Improved Mail Service Between Greenville and Richmond
Greenville chamber of commerce and allied groups secure mail service on the North bound New Orleans New York Limited No. 38 between Greenville and Richmond after persistent effort and cooperation with commercial organizations.
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Greenville
D. C
Chamber of Commerce of
Richmond
New Orleans
Plan County Fair In Greenville Inauguration Meeting
A movement to inaugurate a county fair for Greenville has been launched and will be acted upon at a meeting here on January 7.
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Greenville
D. C
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Lou Owen
Petes
Pete Stinchcomb
Ohio State University
Ann Ruth Summers
Postoffice
Rotary
Rickson
Five Dollar Party
Corporation Commission
Northwestern
Man Abernethy
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