Miners Overcome by Fumes in New Mexico Mine Blast
Dawson New Mexico February 9 Seven bodies recovered in Mine No 1 of Phelps-Dodge Corp entombed miners. Rescue teams from Colorado faced fumes and falling debris as they worked to reach others. Lights were extinguished by rescuers in escape, while two miners escaped unassisted.
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New Mexico
Colorado Fuel & Tron Co
Trinidad Col
Dawson
Phelps- Dodge Corporation
Mmouth
Charlies Candale
Phillip Martines
Fire in Downtown Charlotte Causes 65000 Dollar Loss
A downtown Charlotte blaze last night burned for hours, damaging the W. E. Ferguson and company building and wholesale grocery concern with estimated losses up to 65000 dollars. The Craig-Fite cash store sustained about 10000 dollars in damage. Both losses are said to be insured.
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Charlotte
W. E. Ferguson and Company
Craig-Fite
Ferguson Company
Legion idea promotes community service in Provo camp plan
National American Legion headquarters cites a Provo Utah post proposal to establish a premier Boy Scouts summer camp on ten acres near Aspen Grove in Provo Canyon. Land donated by government. War Department to aid with tents and cots. legion to build cook houses and storerooms and lay out the camp in military style.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
Provo
Utah
Legion
America
Boy Scouts
Aspen Grove
Provo Canyon
Timpanogas
Roylance
Boy Scouts of America
War Department
Judge Ferguson to Hold Court in Gate City Monday
Judge G S Ferguson of Waynesboro will preside over Guilford superior court two weeks at Greensboro starting next Monday in Judge A M Stack's absence due to illness. Clerk M J Gant informed Governor Morrison after telegrams from Monroe. Stack may serve later to let Ferguson rest. Ferguson currently presides over Asheville term this week.
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Waynesboro
Guilford Superior Court
Greensboro
Ferguson
A. M. Stack
Monroe
Superior Court
M. J. Gant
Stack
Greesboro
Morrison
Asheville
Mallory Leads American Tennis Invasion To Europe
New York February 9 Mrs Molla Bjurstedt Mallory United States women's tennis champion sails for England aboard the U S Olympic to meet Suzanne Lenglen in France The move marks the start of a broad American athletic invasion with nine women tennis stars including Leslie Bancroft Eleanor Goss Florence Ballin and Katherine Gardner among others heading to Europe to compete and promote U S sport excellence
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Neaw York
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
United States
Mile
Suzanne Lenglen
England
U. S
America
Sport Army
Mallory
Leslie Bancroft
Martha Bayard
Eleanor Goss
Florence Ballin
Katherine Gardner
Joleanora Sears
Edith Sigourney
Isabella Lee Mumford
Bevo Lebourveau Released by Phillies to Cincinnati
Phily baseball star De Witt Lebourveau known as Bevo has been released to Cincinnati and is expected to drop to Oakland in the Contg league.
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Phily
Bevo
Philadelphia
de Witt Lebourveau
Philliies
Cincinnati
Oakland
Steady Tone On Cotton Market Opens Steady
New York February ninth reports the cotton market opening steady with a small gain and holding fairly steady as Liverpool cables and foreign exchange remain steady. Weather maps look favorable and new crop selling is restrained by discounts though July faces pressure. March 27.75 May 28.02 July 27.40 October 26.02 December 24.75.
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New York
Liverpool
Elon Student Is Injured by Car in Burlington
Clyde Gillam a college boy sustained a broken leg and other injuries when knocked down and run over by a car driven by Dr. W. D. Moser of Burlington after a basketball game. Gillam was cared for at Professor Brannock’s residence and then moved to the hospital in Burlington.
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Elon Colleges
Clyde Gillam
W. D. Moser
Burlington
Gillam
York Brannock
N. F. Brannock
Prof. Brannock
Moser
Professor Brannock
Professor Greenwood
Strike Cost Railroad Five Millions in Work Stoppage
In St Louis Missouri a railroad shopmen strike last summer cost Missouri Pacific 2 million in direct expenses and required buying fifteen locomotives at 3 million. EB C Wells assistant general manager testified at a hearing.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Missouri Pacific Railroad
EB. C. Wells
Truck driver held for death in Charlotte
Frank L. Martin, bakery employee, is held at the police station awaiting a coroner's inquest into the death of Mrs William T Bartlett. Police say he swerved to avoid another truck, struck Mrs Bartlett as she walked with her husband and son on Dowd road near Elizabeth mills. Preparations for the inquest were made for late today.
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Charlotte
Elizabeth Mills
Legion Thanks For Resolution On Ruhr Contention
Indianapolis Feb 9 Alvin Qwiley national commander of the American Legion received a message from the league of section chiefs and combattant soldiers of France thanking the legion for a resolution by the national executive committee supporting France in the Ruhr Valley dispute. The message says Germans wrecked France's finances to dodge reparations and that France was justified in collecting its debt by invading the Ruhr district.
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Ind
Alvin Qwiley
American Legion
League of Section
Combattant Soldiers
France
Legion
Ruhr Valley
League of
Combattant
Germany
Ruhr
Convict Mithoefer Found Guilty of Murder in Columbus
Charles Mithoefer of Cincinnati, last of three men tried for the November murder of Patrolman Granison P. Koehler, was convicted of first degree murder with a mercy recommendation. Peter Long of Erie, Pa., who accompanied Mithoefer and two others, was shot dead at the scene.
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Columbus, CO
Charles Mithoefer
Cincinnati
Granison P. Koehler
Peter Long
Erie
Mithoefer
Explosion Shatters Tulsa District as plant blast kills man
A powerful blast struck downtown Tulsa at 10 am shattering windows in business and residence areas. Reports say a nitro glycerine plant near Jenks, ten miles away, blew up and one man was killed nearby.
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Tulsa
Okla
Jenks
Principal prohibits hugging and smoking at High Point High
In a February 1 announcement reported by The Pointer, High Point High School Principal L R Johnston forbade hugging and smoking on campus or grounds. He warned violators would be sent home, reinforced earlier penalties for shooting paper in classrooms, and outlined upcoming student elections for baseball manager and future athletic officers.
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High Point High School
L. R. Johnston
Johnson
Pointer
Johnston
Texas Negro Confesses to Eight Murders in Waco
Roy Mitchell, a Black man in Waco, Texas, reportedly confessed to sheriff and county attorney to eight murders in and around Waco over the past year. The alleged admission was written by the county attorney. He also confessed to shooting and wounding a man and a woman in an automobile at Waco in May 1922.
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Waco
Texas
Roy Mitchell
Stegall
Washington Debts Measure Clears Senate Debate
Washington news reports the senate debt settlement authorization moving toward passage after a four hour general debate limit agreed by unanimous consent. Republican managers foresee broad support to approve terms with Britain and to extend similar settlements with other debtor nations. Meyer London of New York, the sole socialist representative, voiced support for the settlement.
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Washington
Senate
House
American Debt Commission
Meyer London
New York
Winston Seeks A New Courthouse
Winston-Salem February 9 Bills to build a new courthouse on the present site or elsewhere and to relocate the county home and other institutions plus authority to appoint a purchasing agent and name the auditor are in Forsyth legislators hands Chairman O B Eaton said residents want transparent spending and business like county operations The purchasing agent bill caps salary at 1200 per year.
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Winston-Salem
Forsyth
O. B. Eaton
Eaton
Raleigh
Rebels decline to make peace in Ireland crisis
Dublin dispatch reports Irish rebels refuse peace negotiations. Liam Lynch, head of republican forces, rejects proposals delivered on behalf of the republican government and army commands. Edison to celebrate 76th birthday with associates at Edison plant luncheon in East Orange.
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London
Associated Press
Press Association
Dublin
Liam Lynch
Liam Deasy
Edison
New York
Thomas A. Edison
East Orange
New York Police Hold Rum Fortune
New York Police Commissioner Enright disclosed that $20.6 million worth of seized liquors is being held, with only 3 percent of it in fine whiskies and wines. He urged amending the Mulford-Gage law to allow sales to municipal institutions while noting the department bears vast costs from hauling, storing, and guarding the contraband.
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New York
Enright
L Yrus
John A. Leach
Thas
Wain Réitsen
Commissivner Wem
Brooklyn
Murphy denies kin with Durham arrestee in larceny case
J A Murphy of Mechanicsville says the Clyde Murphy arrested at Durham on a Will Davis auto larceny charge is not his relative or resident. He asks The Enterprise to publicize that the Durham Murphy is not Clyde Murphy nor any family member and did not live in Mechanicsville.
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J. A. Murphy
Mechanicsville
Enterprise
Clyde Murphy
Durham
Will Davis
Murphy
Prohibition agents map out six best smellers in court
In Newark federal court a New Jersey Prohibition unit duo Virag and Kaminski testified on methods for detecting liquor signs in a Passaic salmon case. Virag explained a system of matching breaths after drinks to justify warrants, claiming their approach to cases.
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New York
Herman Virag
Joseph Kaminski
New Jersey
Newark
Passaiic
Virag
Izzy
Moe
Joe Kaminski
Joe
Winston-Salem Community Chest Campaign Success
Winston-Salem drive raises 29,097 the amount requested plus a surplus of 800. Most funds came in during a six hour drive Wednesday. Some local charities were already financed for the year before the campaign.
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Winston-Salem
Senate approves bill abolishing prison for insane
In Raleigh on February 9 the Senate passed a measure to abolish the department for the criminal insane and transfer inmates to state hospitals for the insane. The chamber also approved creating a board of directors for a state tuberculosis sanatorium and joined plans for a cotton commission. A Giles farm loan bond bill of 2.5 million dollars was referred for detailed scrutiny amid objections over speculative features. The bill for militia compensation at 50 percent of federal pay was also approved.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Senate
North Carolina
Cotton States Commission
House
Giles Farm Leam Commission
Varser
Castello
Bertie
Johnson
Dupin
Giles
Moss
Nash
Adjutant General
Burlington May Be Training Camp for Skeeters
Greensboro area considers Burlington as spring training site for the Jersey City Skeeters in the International League. Burlington Chamber officials welcomed the idea after discovering the Greensboro park would be scarce. If accepted, Skeeters teams may play warmup games against the Patriots in Burlington and nearby venues.
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Greensboro
Burlington
Jersey City Club
International League
Skeeters
Chamber of Commerce
Burlington Chamber of Commerce
W. E. Sharp
Jersey Club
South
South Carolina
Jersey City
Patriots
Rail Union Official Whitney Dies in Iowa
Charlies E. Whitney, general secretary and treasurer of the order of Railway Conductors, died after three weeks of heart disease in Cedar Rapids Iowa. He had served as secretary since 1906 and was a leading figure in the conductors' organization.
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Rail Union
Cedar Rapids, In
Charlies E. Whitney
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Whitney
Natorial Conductors’ Organization
Fire destroys $100,000 National Home and Chain plant
In New Albany Indiana on February 59 a fire of undetermined origin yesterday damaged the National Home and Chain company's local plant, destroying the chain shops and causing an estimated loss of $100,000.
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New Albany
Ind
National Home and Chain Company
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