Harmon Award Presented to Francis Sizemore at Senior High Chapel
Eagle Scout Francis Sizemore received the Harmon scholarship award during Friday morning chapel. The honor includes a $100 education deposit certificate, a gold coat lapel pin, and a personal letter from Dr. James E. West. Rev. Tom Sykes praised Sizemore’s well rounded program and active extracurricular life with Troop 4 at Wesley Memorial Church led by O. Delk Smith.
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Francis Sizemore
Harmon
James E. West
United States
Tom Sykes
Scout Sizemore
Wesley Memorial Church
O. Delk Smith
Dr J T Burrus Visits Al Smith for Possible Speak
Dr J T Burrus of this city served on a legislative committee that visited former New York Governor Alfred E. Smith at Pinehurst yesterday. The group invited Smith to speak before the North Carolina General Assembly on March 5, but Smith declined for next week while indicating willingness to address the legislature. Dr Burrus appeared as a senate representative.
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J. T. Burrus
Alfred EK. Smith
New York
Pinehurst
North Carolina General Assembly
Dr. Burrus
Senate
Sykes Honored as Master of Troop at Chapel Program
Scout executives and council leaders gathered at the chapel to honor Mr. Sykes, master of the troop for six years, for pioneering scouting in England and receiving awards for the past three years. Attendees included Bunn W. Hackney, H. A. Millis, Pav Ingle, G. B. Daniel, Delk Smith, Sizemore, L. R. Johnston, H. G. Owens, and Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Sizemore.
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Sykes
Scout
Bunn W. Hackney
High Point
England
H. A. Millis
Uwharrie Council
Pav Ingle
Trov
G. B. Daniell. Delk Smith
Scout Sizemore
L. R. Johnston
H. G. Owens
Court of Honor and Reading Committee
F. J. Sizemore
Dr McCain's Car Found But All Instruments Gone
The automobile of Dr W K McCain stolen from his Woodruff clinic was recovered three miles from the Greensboro High Point highway on Pinecroft road. It had no tools and two bags of medical instruments plus other equipment were missing. Police statewide alerted. no trace of the instruments found this afternoon.
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W. K. McCain
Woodruff Clinic
Greensboro High Point Highway
Pinecroft Road
Dr. McCain
Man Endangers Air Passengers and Pilot Over Midwest Flight
James J. Mangan advertising manager of a Chicago novelty firm caused a midair scare on a Chicago to Detroit flight by leaping and shouting to enter the cockpit and throwing money from the cabin. Pilot Louis Steward restrained him, landed safely at Detroit city airport, and four officers removed Mangan to Receiving hospital psych ward for observation as doctors seek causes, possibly air sickness.
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Detroit
James J. Mangan
Chicago
Louis Steward
Plano
Mangan
South Bend
Ind
Steward
City
Duke Pugilists Headed to Virginia to Box Cavaliers
Duke boxing team left Durham for Charlottesville to face the Virginia Cavaliers tonight with one regular hurt and Floyd Riddick a sophomore 115 pounder nursing a broken thumb from a recent L. C. U. meet and possibly out for the season.
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Durham
N. C
Duke
Charlottesville
Cavalier
Floyd Riddick
Rampant Gusher Threatens Fire in Oklahoma City Oil Field
A rampant gusher in the Oklahoma City oil field threatened fire as gas clouds rolled low under a south wind. Twenty families abandoned suburban homes while over 150 men toiled overnight to build earthen dikes against floods of oil from well No. 4 Mary Jane Ansell of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co, estimated at about 600 barrels an hour.
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Oklahoma City
Mary Jane Ansell
Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company
Railroads Face Government Excess Earnings Payment
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders Norfolk and Western to pay the government 15.85 million dollars for excess earnings between 1922 and 1926. The action marks the first major trunk line test of the recapture law, with potential broader claims across major carriers and a push for repeal.
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Washington
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
St. Louis
O’fallon
O'Fallon
Norfolk and Western
St. Louis and
Congress
Indiana Congressman Indicted for Bribery in Post Office Appointments
Indianapolis Feb 13. Representative Harry BE Rowbottom of Indiana’s 1st District was indicted by a federal grand jury on bribery charges. He allegedly accepted payoffs to wield influence in securing post office jobs for district residents.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Harry BE. Rowbottom
Congress
Indiana
Hoover Speaks on Lincoln and Government Power
President Hoover addressed radio listeners, likening today’s test to Lincoln era ideals. He warned against federal centralization, urging Americans to solve problems locally and defend personal liberty through self-reliance and community action. He framed Lincoln’s approach as the model of limited government.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Hoover
Lincoln
Mr. Hoover
Papers Come Out Of Receivership In Memphis
Memphis paper company exits receivership after two months under court control. Chancellor M C C Ketchum approves a financing plan backed by Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company, the largest creditor, enabling the Memphis Commercial Appeal and Evening Appeal to resume normal operations.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis Commercial Appeal, Inc
Commercial Appeal
Apeal
M. CC. Ketchum
Minnesota and
Ontario Paper Company
George Morris Takes Charge as Board President
George Morris former vice president became president and led a new board of directors to take charge of the properties.
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George Morris
A New
Board of Directors
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Tom A. Sykes
Dr. J. T. Burrus
al Smith
Broadway
Richard Arlen
Mitzi Greugene
Mack Sennett
Wheeler
Nancy Carroll
Budd
Broadhurst
Wonderful West
Bill Boyd
William Farnum
Doug Fairbanks Jr
G. Robinson
Glenna Farrell
Little Caesar
Rico
Sound News
Virginia
Overcash
Piedmont Groc
Mann’s
Les
Rexall
Mann's
Silvery Ay
Elardain
Mann
Lucky Tiger
Lolle
Three Flowers
Adlerika
Sde
B. C
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Kolynos
Roxbury
Kotex
Sloan's Liniment
L&ss
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