Defense Evidence In Warner Case Put On Late Today
In Greensboro on February 17 the defense began testimony in the civil suit by Mrs. Henry B. Varner against her husband. Fred O. Sink of the Lexington Dispatch testified followed by other witnesses as defense lawyers seek to prove Varner’s wife innocence of immoral relations with Baxter McRary. McRary is ill in Cincinnati hospital after being removed from Lexington. The crowded federal court audience includes many Greensboro and Lexington residents as the trial proceeds.
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Greensboro
Henry B. Varner
Anna Miller
Warner Home
McRary
Cincinnati
Lexington
High Point Plans Modern YWCA Cafeteria
The Young Women's Christian Association leases the former Wood Brothers building on South Main Street and will equip a modern cafeteria. Officials seek a competent director and aim to open at the earliest possible date, signaling urgent city demand for a new dining facility.
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High Point
Young Woman’s Christian Association
Wood Brothers
South Main Street
Young Woman's Christian Association
Plaas
Fordney Seeks Second Emergency Tariff Plan
Chairman Fordney of the house ways and means committee travels to St. Augustine to obtain President-elect Harding's approval for a second emergency tariff. The plan aims to protect all American industry products as a stopgap until a long term scientific tariff law is developed after the war.
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Washington
Fordney
House
Ways and Means Committee
St. Augustine
Fla
Harding
Congress
Tirpitz Sees Battleships Winning Future Wars
Admiral von Tirpitz, former head of the German fleet, says battleships will decide wars to come. He maintains submarines gained unexpected importance in World War I and that future global conflicts will center on sea power, with land forces playing a secondary role outside Europe. He warns the exact maritime force mix remains an open question.
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ST. Blasien
Baden
Heb
Associated Press
Admiral von Tirpitz
German Feet
BMASV
Ongland
Japan
United States
Europe
Lost Army Flyer Safe After Four Days Missing
In Sanderson Texas on February 17 a group of soldiers protected a hotel room as Lieutenant Alexander Pearson Jr. sought his first news since leaving El Paso last Thursday for a 24 hour flight across the continent from Arizona to Florida. The missing airman was reportedly traveling by raft at times and had been exploring a route to San Antonio when located.
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Alexander Pearson Jr
el Paso
San Antonio
Texas
Sanderson
Pearson
Rio Grande
Arizona
Florda
Strike Proposed Over Hotel Prices By Travelers
Letters sent to 600 000 commercial travelers urge a 30 day strike against hotels and restaurants charging exorbitant room and meal prices. The campaign compares hotel prices to Jesse James and asks patrons to refuse service until rates drop. The message emphasizes unity and direct complaints to proprietors to force more favorable terms.
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Omaha
Neb
Jesse James
International Federation of Commercial Travelers Organizations
Hotel Committee
Senate Pauses To Hear Thos Dixon Address
Raleigh, Feb 17 The general assembly paused thirty minutes to hear Thomas Dixon lecturer writer playwright and Cleveland County NC native who said North Carolina is the cradle of democracy He praised the senate for sending many young men to service The house prepared to vote on the Doughton Connor Bowie road bill with amendments under consideration
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Thomas Dixon
Cleveland County
WN. C
North Carolina
Dixon
Senate
House
Doughton-Connor-Bowie
School Teachers Brutally Murdered in Cleveland
Miss Louise Wolf and Mabel Foote two young teachers at Palmer High School were found beaten to death on a road in Thomas Heights near Cleveland. A bloody stick discovered near the bodies indicated murder. children found the mutilated victims on their way to school.
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Cleveland
Louise Wolf
Wises
Mabel Foote
Palmer High Schhool
Thomas Heights
Here
Party Leaders Say Agreement Made In Poll Tax Dispute
Statesville February 17 The Campbell Doughton election contest results show voters who hadn t paid poll tax voting in November 1920. Democratic and Republican leaders testified an agreement waiving nonpayment of poll tax was reached to justify challenges. Registrars in four precincts worked four days at polls to assist all parties. Absentee vote handling was questioned. Hearing to continue in Stanley next Monday and expected to close Saturday.
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Statesville
Campbell-Doughton
Stanley
High School Plans Debating Basketball and Track Events
Broad plans for debating and athletic activity spread across hundreds of North Carolina high schools. Rankin announced April 1 for tri angular debates and eliminations at Chapel Hill on April 14 15 to crown state champion and Aycock cup. 238 schools entered debating with 89 in basketball. Eastern and western managers met to set dates. The week of April 11 16 will showcase track and tennis alongside debates. Last year Asheville won debating and Wilmington basketball. Wilson tennis and track champions.
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Buncombe
Gaston
Guilford
Pitt
Moore
Robeson
Wayne and Johnston
Alamance
Duplin
Mecklenburg
Rockingham
Wake
Chapel Hill
Rankin
Elizabeth City
Greenville
Fremont
Wilson
Durham
Benson
Cary
Clayton
Belhaven
Wilmington
New Bern
Philadelphua
Red Oaks
Raleigh
Stem
Rowboro
Mason's Cross
Burlington
Statesville
Jamestown
Siler City
Matthews
Mooresville
Candler
Asheville
Leaksville
Charlotte
Badin
Concord
Belmont
Greensboro
Reidsville
Winston-Salem
Startown
Biltmore
Friendship
Georgia Lynching Probe Opens in Athens Area
Authorities launched a state and county inquiry into the lynching of John Lee Eberhart, a Black suspect in the murder of Mrs. Walter E. Lee. Eberhart was seized from Clark County jail by a mob of thousands, drawn by a shotgun-attack killing two shots to the head, and burned at a field near the Lee residence after overpowering the sheriff and torching the jail door.
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Athens
John Lee Eberhart
Walter E. Lee
Eberhart
Clark County
Oconee County
Lee
Court House
Twenty Arrests Of Susppected Men
Jacksonville police arrested twenty men this morning as suspicious characters after two masked bandits shot and killed George A. Goodrich of Atlanta and Walter H. Burden of Patchogue. The pair fled in a car left near the hotel parlor.
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Jacksonville
Fla
George A. Goodrich
Atlanta
Walter H. Burden
Patchogue
Long Island
No Favorable Change Noted In Caruso Condition
New York report on February 17 states Enrico Caruso remains in unsatisfactory and critical condition. Dr. Francis J. Murray notes no improvement since yesterday, with intermittent rallies followed by relapse into unconsciousness. Oxygen tanks were sent to the Caruso apartment during the night.
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Enrico Caruso
New York
Francis J. Murray
Caruso
Rehearsal Tonight For Womanless Wedding Farce
In High Point the Womanless Wedding staged by the High Point Business and Professional Women's club holds its first rehearsal tonight in the high school auditorium. Miss Clementina Miller arrives to finalize tryouts with local businessmen acting as bridesmaids and little flower girls. Rumor links Tommy Thomas and Billy Plummer as the wedding couple, though plans may change.
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High Point Business and Profesional Women’s Club
Clementina Miller
Miss Miller
Tommy Thomas
Billy Plummer
Mr. Thomas
Miss Plummer
City High School Board Forms To Plan New Building
The city school committee and township representatives reorganized after a January election to form a new board. C F Tomlinson serves as chairman with S L Davis as vice chairman and J A Davis as treasurer. They will assess all site options for a $600000 high school, inviting offers and donations, with meetings twice monthly and by laws to be adopted.
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Board of Commissioners
Commercial Club
C. F. Tomlinson
S. L. Davis
L. Davis
C. Dunbar
W. C. Jones
J. A
Road Bill Passes Lower House By Wide Margin
The Doughton-Connor-Bowie good roads measure moved through the North Carolina House on its second reading by 91 to 21 after a lengthy debate. Proponents rejected amendments seeking a $10 million bond and no ad valorem tax, while opposition favored higher bonds or tax changes.
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Raleigh
Doughton-Connor-Bowie Good Roads
General Assembly
Williams
Cabarrus
McBee
Maguire
Townsend
Harnett
Fort Grier
Austin
Barnes
Johnston
Barnhill
Bell
Bellamy
Blackwelder
Bolton
Bowie
Bradley
Bryant
Bunch
Burt
Butt
Byrd
Christopher
Clark
Clement
Cline
Coffey
Connor
Cooke
Cooper
Coughenour
Cowles
Crisp
Dees
Donnell
Coughton
Ensley
Everett
Durham
Richmond
Exum
Ezzell
Fisher
Fuller
Gaston
Gatling
Gibbs
Glover
Gosney
Grady
Graham
Orange
Grant
Hamilton
Henderson
Hendricks
Hicks
Kennedy
Lane
Lawrence
Leach
Linney
Mesee
McArthur
Martin Matthews
Mecklenburg
Melvin
Moore
Morrisette
Morrison
Mumford
Murphy
Neal
Parham
Pass
Person
Pharr
Ridings
Rogers
Ross
Templeton
Tucker
Uzzell
Walker
Walton
Ward
Whitaker
White
Waltz
Wright
Young
Hertford
Bennett
Brown
Coleman
Darden
Fountain
King
Lee
McGee
Matthews
Bertie
Owen
Propst
Quicker
Shaw
Smith
Pitt Spence
Taylor
Halifax
Vance
Williamsor
Johnson
Pender
McSwain
Cox
Dawson
Hall
Limerick
Brunswick
Swain
Bandits Raid Toledo Mail Truck For Large Sum
Five bandits robbed a Toledo mail truck at the post office and escaped in a car with eleven sacks of mail. Authorities estimate the sacks may hold 300000 to 400000 dollars in federal reserve notes, six sacks registered.
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Toledo
Federal Reserve Bank
Coolidges Return Home From Asheville Sojourn
Vice President elect Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge arrived at their Northampton Massachusetts residence after a vacation in Asheville North Carolina. They plan to stay until shortly before the March 4 inaugural ceremony.
Emigration From Central Europe Halted in Trieste
Emigration to the United States is suspended and Italy's eastern frontier is closed while sanitary conditions are cleaned up, announced from Trieste on February 17.
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Triest
Associated Press
Europe
United States
Italy
Smith Resolution Calls for Crop Investigation
Senator Smith of South Carolina won approval for a Senate Agriculture Committee inquiry into the amounts of cotton and wheat remaining from last year. He argued conflicting market reports justified the probe. He corrected a prior misstatement about Secretary Hester’s employers, saying Hester only worked for the New Orleans cotton exchange.
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Washington
Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
Hester
New Orleans
Mr. Hester
The
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Recreation expert to lead city games training
Miss Emma Howe, recreation specialist and representative of the national community service, arrived in High Point to train local leaders in community work. She will demonstrate playing games tomorrow at 4 pm at the First Reformed Church with adults and children invited. Additional demonstrations are expected. Fred eric A. Cummings, an organizer, arrived weeks ago to prepare the city. committees are named and a program of activities will follow.
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Emma Howe
M National Community Service
High Point
Miss Howe
Ehurch
Landert Declines Navy Secretary Post Offer
ST. AUGUSTINE Fla Feb 17 Former Governor Frank O Landert of Illinois has declined to be considered for appointment as secretary of the navy and will not be appointed to any post in the official makeup of the next administration, it was announced here today.
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ST. Augustine, Fla
Frank O. Landert
Illinois
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Bia
Max Abernethy
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Munity Service
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