Rockingham Case Hearing Develops Two Sides
A story of alleged robbery and shooting unfolds as the Kent case is aired. Greeks are held under bond amid charges including white slavery.
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Rockingham
Kent
Robert Greer
Greer
Bockingham
Richmond County
Robert Steele, Jr
William Clinard
Steele
Williams
Hockingham
Kent Greer
Sis
Harrington
John Lucas
High Point
Henry Harrington
William Clin
Bolshevik Forces Capture Archangel as Front Advances
A Moscow dispatch reports Bolshevik troops have seized Archangel on the White Sea after White forces abandoned the town. British notes say Red forces were 70 miles south on Feb 18, weakening the Dvina line and lifting Allied hopes for Archangel supplies.
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London
Archangel
White Sea
Moscow
Dvina
Lettish
Bosheviks
Finland
Poland
Lithuania
Amir River
Sberia
Ussuri
Labor Leaders Rally Against Redrafted Railroad Bill
Washington Feb 20 Union labor led by the American Federation of Labor and railroad brotherhoods planned a determined fight in Congress against the redrafted railroad bill. The unions prepared a memorial and dispatched letters to congressmen while considering appeals to President Wilson if needed. They oppose the bill as destructive to workers rights and liberties over wage and labor dispute procedures.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Railroad Brotherhoods
Congress
House
Senate
Wilson
Senate Acts on Jones Bill Banning German Liner Sales
The Senate commerce committees favorably reported Chairman Jones’s bill prohibiting sale of 39 former German liners, as Hearst faces a potential $500 million bond to cover possible government losses from litigation. Hearst argues only nominal bond. Justice Dailey will set bond tomorrow. Meanwhile New York Republicans close their unofficial convention endorsing ratification of the peace treaty with reservations on Article X and Monroe Doctrine.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committees
Jones
Congress
Shipping Board
Dailey
District Supreme Court
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Hearst Sup di
Justice Dailey
New York
United States
Wadsworth and Calder
Mason IL
Miller
William Boyce Thompson
Senate
League of Nations
European champion adds world title in Norway races
Oscar Mathieson extended his European crown by winning three races in Christiania Norway the 1500 meter the 5000 meter and the 14 000 meter dash He also beat Bobby in a decisive display.
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Oscar Mathieson
Bobby
Christiania
Norway
Lloyd George backs peace talks with Russia via Litvinoff
Paris dispatch reports Premier Lloyd George favors opening peace negotiations with Russia through Bolshevik envoy Maxim Litvinoff in Copenhagen. He has Italian Premier Uitti's support. French delegates Cambon and Berthelot reportedly lack authority for such appeals and Millerand is recalled to London.
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Paris
Lloyd George
Russia
Maxim Litvinoff
Copenhagen
Uitti
Italy
Echo de Paris
Paul Cambon
Felipe J. L. Berthelot
Allied Council
Mr. Millerand
London
John Gordon Dies at 37 After Illness in High Point
John Gordon 37 died at his home 613 Smith Street at 3 am after pneumonia following influenza. An employee of the Tomlinson Chair Company he leaves a widow and three children. Funeral from relatives in Winston Salem scheduled for 11 am tomorrow.
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John Gordon
Smith Street
Gordon
High Point
Tomlinson Chair Company
Piedmont Camp
Winston-Salem
Bad Spark Plugs Spark Major Fraud Plot In Chicago
Police said a plot to flood the market with low grade spark plugs bearing a Toledo company’s trade name led to one arrest and several suspects sought. Imitations were made in Chicago and sold for four years, netting over 1 million dollars and threatening the original manufacturer’s existence.
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Chicago
Toledo, Ohio
Tug Samuel Faunce Crew Feared Lost in Atlantic Storm
Naval officials held hope the 80 foot tug Samuel Faunce and its 13 crew members survived a January storm after leaving Wilmington North Carolina carrying 20 tons of fuel. The crew reportedly included Russians and the tug was owned by a French Canadian steamship company. William B. Munford of Washington, a former naval reserve ensign, was among those aboard commanded by an unnamed captain.
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Washington
Bny Samuel Faunce
Atlantic
Tur
French Canadian Steamship Company
Wilmington
D. C
William B. Munford
Naval Reserve Force
Lena Breedlove Dies in Jamestown After Illness
Mrs Lena Breedlove wife of James Breedlove died at 5 30 this morning at her Jamestown home after influenza and pneumonia. She leaves her husband and three young children. Interment is set for Mitchells chapel at 120 this afternoon.
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Lena Breedlove
James Breedlove
Jamestown
British Cabinet Member Rides a Fiery Motor Scooter
London February 20 The secretary of state for India E S Montagu is the sole cabinet minister to ride a wild motor scooter along Whitehall. He keeps his monocle in place as the machine bucks over ruts, a sight that both stirs and thrills onlookers.
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London
E. S. Montagu
India
Whitehall
Raid by tanks and armored cars in Dublin amid city clashes
In Dublin on February 20 soldiers with a tank and two armored cars conducted a raid near Crafton street and arrested several people after earlier civilian police clashes left a constable dead and another officer and a civilian wounded. Authorities say the raids aimed to cripple an organized synchronised attack on police across the city.
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Dublin
Crafton Street
Mrs S Nannie Sanford 83 Dies After Illness
Mrs Nannie Sanford aged 83 died last night at 9 oclock at her daughter Mrs G E Liane 125 Perry Street after pneumonia. She is survived by one daughter. Interment will be at Oakwood Cemetery tomorrow afternoon at 3:50.
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Nannie Sanford
G. E. Liane
Perry Street
Being maid to Queen Mary is no sinecure
London, Feb 2. Maids to Queen Mary manage a costly life. each earns 1050 dollars annually, holds the title honorable, and wears a diamond badge. Maids serve in pairs for a month, with two retirees due to ill health.
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Queen Mary
London
Peary North Pole discoverer dies in Washington
Rear Admiral Robert Edwin Peary retired Arctic explorer and discoverer of the North Pole died at his Washington home. Funeral plans unknown but will include naval honors. He had a blood transfusion ten days earlier, then improved briefly before weakness returned. He was 64. He entered the navy as a civil engineer on October 26, 1881 and died of pernicious anemia.
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Washington
Robert Edwin Peary
North Pole
Admiral Peary
Peary
Navy
High Point Considers Lifting Influenza Ban
City council may rescind the emergency order shutting public gatherings as influenza cases decline. Health authorities note several deaths earlier this week linked to prior infections, but new cases are few and precautions remain urged for early abatement.
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High Point
Baltimore trades strike over badge ban at docks
About 1100 carpenters joiners and pipe fitters at Baltimore dry dock plants walk out in protest of President Evans order restricting union shop stewards from wearing badges while on duty. The move follows a 30 day notice to foremen who belong to unions to withdraw or be removed.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Dry Dock
Evans
Missed Her Nighto r Returns To Edinburgh
A white haired woman entered the passport office in the Federal Building in Chicago demanding a passport to Scotland. She said she cannot sleep without her doch and Doris and must return to Edinburgh. The chief, Thomas Sell, granted the application with a stamp.
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Chicago
Scotland
Federal Building
Thomas V. Sell
Doris
Edinbur
O. K
Mr. Sell
Liberty Flyers Deliver The Enterprise By Air Over High Point
A bi plane from Liberty Flyers distributed The Enterprise papers this afternoon over the city marking the first air delivery from High Point. The Curtis aircraft carried over 3 000 passengers with no accidents and landed near the ball park while Asa Biggs published the edition.
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Curtis
William Hi Clark
High Point
Liberty Flyers
Millard Hendrix
Rogers
Robert Teague
Enterprise
Asa Biggs
The
Ball Park
Farmers to test presidential stance on farm issues
Washington February 20 The national board of farms organization plans to put all presidential candidates on record about farm policy. Each candidate will answer a questionnaire to reveal his position clearly.
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Washington
National Board of Farms Organization
Connecticut Farmers Plowing Snow in Wintry Roads
Winsted Connecticut reports farmers plowing snow to open snowbound country roads. Using horse drawn sleds with plows on both sides, some drifts are so hard that crosscut saws are needed to clear a path for the plows.
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Winsted
Conn
N C Leads In Cotton Spindles Says Gaston County
Special to The Enterprise reports Gaston county holds top South lead in cotton spindles with 1 922 696 spindles and ninety mills including forty one in Gastonia. New mills under construction total over nine million dollars and place Gaston near Middlesex County Massachusetts for third nationwide.
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Gastonta
South Carolina
North Carolina
Gaston County
Spartanburg County
Aso
America
Hillsboro County
New Hampshire
England
Rastonia Chamber of Commerce
Typhus Epidemic Reported in Eastern Galicia
Typhus rages in epidemic form in eastern Galicia, with wireless dispatches noting very high virulence in some villages, causing severe civilian suffering.
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London
Galicia
Moscow
Import ban targets European corn borer risk
Washington date line reports a February 25 order from the Department of Agriculture prohibiting the importation of corn broom corn and related plants to prevent entry of the European corn borer into the United States. The action reflects precautionary quarantine measures affecting agricultural commodities and trade.
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Washington
Department of Agriculure
United States
Cabinet Crisis Sparks Fresh Spain Political Turmoil
The Madrid political scene remains unsettled as cabinet disruption looms, signaling possible government changes. In Washington the House Military Committee advanced universal military training as a cornerstone of future policy by a narrow vote.
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Madrid
Spain
Washington
House
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