Physiicians Convene In Roanoke For Tri State Medical Meet
More than 100 doctors from Virginia and the Carolinas arrived for the 25th annual Tri-State Medical Association convention at the Sheraton hotel in Roanoke. An address by Dr. S. S. Gale explored traumatic hernia and its industrial links, urging workmen’s compensation review and employer medical exams. Other papers covered subacute malignant endocarditis adrenal tumors blood transfusion and harelip surgery with a cancer symposium planned for the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Tri-State Medical Association
Sheraton
J. W. Hedrick
Thomas J. Gold
North Carolina Medical Society
John Wesley Long
Greensboro
State Society
R. L. Payne
Norfolk
Gale Heard
Association
Europe
Gale
Norfolk & Western Railway
William B. Porter
Roanoke
Porter
R. L. Pittman
Fayetteville
Pittman
Carrington Williams
Richmond
J. W. Gibbon
Charlotte
George H. Bunch
Columbia
S. C
Stuart McGuire
Pollard Testifies In Own Defense At Richardson Murder Trial
In Richmond on February 21 the defense rested in the murder trial of Thomas Pollard, a real estate broker accused of killing his former stenographer Thelma Ham Richardson. Pollard faced questions about wartime conduct and motives, with exchanges about loyalty and betrayal surrounding Herbert Richardson and the battlefields of Europe.
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Pollard
Richmond
Thomas Pollard
Thelma Ham Richardson
Herbert Richardson
Witness Threats Mark Red Thomas Trial Proceedings
Salisbury Feb 21 Judge Webb excused the jury in the Red Thomas murder case and asked for affidavits from anyone hearing reports of bodily harm to a witness. No affidavit was filed at adjournment. Webb also ruled on testimony about motive related to Mrs Lowe and Arthur Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. G. Thomas
Arthur Allen
Webb
Lowe
L. P. Hartsell
Thomas
General Assembly Adjourns in Memory of Leader Frank Thompson
The North Carolina General Assembly adjourned in memory of Frank Thomson of Onslow County who died November 6 1922. A joint resolution praised his suffrage work state library contributions and public service and prompted tributes from several senators.
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Assengly
Toray
Raleigh
Associated Press
L. R. Varser
Robeson
Senate
House
Frank Thomson
Onslow County
State Library
General Assembly
Thompson
House of Representatives
Bowie
Senate Railroad Committee
Legion Drives Proving Success in Membership Campaign
Robert Fox, general chairman, reports strong progress in the Andrew Jackson post drive. Donald C. MacRae presided at a Chamber of Commerce meeting noting limited attendance but three prizes spur the effort. The campaign aims to reach about 500 members by March 15.
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Robert Fox
Andrew Jackson Post
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Donald C. MacRae
Two Are Held For Death Of Robeson County Man
Luke Britt and Dock Rosier are jailed in Lumberton Robeson county in the Deeran Georgia man E R Sheppard death case. Sheppard's body was found recently. An inquest is planned for tomorrow as authorities withhold charge details. J B Sheppard, the victim's brother, arrived in Lumberton.
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Robeson County
Wilmington
Luke Britt
Dock Rosier
Robeson
Lumberton
E. R. Sheppard
Deeran
Sheppard
J. B. Sheppard
Prominent Asheville Attorney and Bus Official Charged After Fight
Warrants issued for the arrest of Scroop Styles prominent attorney and Harvey Hester bus company official for assault in Asheville on Patton avenue. The men reportedly exchanged blows in the business district and Styles was knocked unconscious by a jaw blow and taken to a physician.
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Asheville
Scroop Styles
Harvey Hester
Patton Avenue
Asheville pitcher Frank Coxe to join Carolina baseball
Frank Coxe of Asheville, a Yale varsity pitcher for three years, is in Chapel Hill to register for the spring term. He spent last year at the University and will be eligible to play for Carolina while continuing his law studies.
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Chapel Hill
Frank Coxe
Asheville
Yale
Carolina
Law School
Endowment Drive Meeting Sparks High Point Progress
W C Idol chairman of the High Point Guilford College drive calls a 5 pm meeting at Wachovia bank. High Point aims for a $60 000 endowment fund as leaders push toward the goal. Today's session reports city standings and progress toward final reports this week at Guilford College with Greensboro team cooperation.
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W. C. Idol
High Point-Guilford College
Wachovia Bank
High Point
Idol
Greensboro
Guilford College
Supreme Court Dismisses Premature Cotton Mills Appeal
The North Carolina Supreme Court declines to rule on the mills challenge to the Carolina power rates. It finds the appeal premature and returns the case to trial, noting interstate commerce issues are not clearly present in this transmission controversy.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
Bryson
Hoke
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Disabled Veterans Urged to Sign Claims at Once
Joe Sparks, chairman of the American Legion national rehabilitation committee, urged all World War II disabled veterans seeking compensation to certify their claims and sworn affidavits at U S Veterans Bureau offices at no charge. The sixth district rehabilitation committee reported hundreds of ex servicemen pay notary fees because they do not know that the bureau can certify papers for free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joe Sparks
American Legion
National Rehabilitation Committee
United States Veteran's Bureau
Sixth District
New Orleans
Bureau
Lansford Faces Coal Shortage Amid Mine Strike
Lansford Feb 21 reports the town is out of coal for the first time this winter. The area sits atop a rich anthracite deposit but miners have struck over grievances with Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co.
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Lansford
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Hairpin Removed From Child's Stomach in Chicago
A hairpin swallowed by three year old Vivian Block was removed from her stomach in Chicago. The operation was successful and she has nearly recovered.
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Chicago
Vivian
Theodore Block
Legion Members Aid Collinsville Pupils in Need
American Legion post members in Collinsville Oklahoma act as truancy officers helping organize a charities association. They ran a survey showing many pupils were absent because parents faced destitution and pushed for community aid programs to support needy families.
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American Legion
Collinsville
Okla
Echoos
Legion
Legionaires Brig Cheer In Denver Potato Distribution
Denver audiences cheered as a car load of potatoes donated by the Hughes Pittinger post of the American Legion at Powell Wyoming was distributed to cold and hungry poor families by the Salvation Army.
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Denver
Colo
Hughes Pittinger
American Legion
Powell
Wyo
Salvation Army
X-Ray Method Proposed To Sterilize Cotton Weevils
Dr. Miller Reece Hutchison outlined a plan at the national cotton conference for using X rays stored in chemical salts applied in adhesive mixtures to cotton squares and bolls. The aim is to sterilize boll weevil eggs and curb propagation, with low enough intensity to avoid harm to people or animals.
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Atlanta
Beb
Miller Reece Hutchison
Hutchison
Ony Laboratory
New York
City Council Hears Permit Request for Gas Station
Fred Barbee asks for a permit to erect a gas filling station on the Barbee estate triangle at Montleu and Centennial avenues on the Greensboro High Point highway. Action deferred to the March 6 meeting. Council also considers authorizing immediate pavement on multiple High Point streets including Mangum avenues Willis Beaman Hoover Wise Park Park Commerce Smith Perry and related segments.
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Fred Barbee
Triangle
Montleu
Centennial Avenues
Greensboro High Point Highway
Barbee
High Point
Mangum Avenue
East Russell
Kearns Street
East Green
Russell Street
Willis Street
South Main
Willowbrook
Beaman
Southern Railway
Leonard
Hoover Street
Price
Wise Street
Asheboro
Park
Park Street
Wise
Commerce Street
White Oak
Smith Street
Commerce
Lee
Perry Street
Commerce and Commerce
Perry
Ralph Wall Hurt in an Accident
Ralph Wall son of Mrs Frank Wall completely recovered from injuries after a motorcycle crash in Lexington Monday. Wall part of state highway commission on business with friend Passour of Gastonia. Wall bruised and cut briefly unconscious. Passour suffered a fractured skull and remained hospitalized with improving condition.
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Ralph Wall
Frank Wall
Lexington
Wall
State Highway Commissioners
Passour
Gastonia
Burrus-McCain Hospital
Terry
Fire tragedy as mother dies during rescue by sons
New York February 21 Mrs Angelina Schmidt aged 64 died apparently from fright while her two sons carried her from a burning Murray Becker apartment. Smoke filled the stair and a doctor confirmed death attributed to terror as she fainted in their arms.
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New York
Angelina Schmidt
Murray Becker
Presbyterian women and laymen to hold southern conventions
Charlotte hosts the Woman's auxiliary and Laymen's Missionary Movement of the Presbyterian church for a two day meeting covering North and South Carolina. Notable leaders include Mrs Hal P Winsborough from St. Louis and Mrs F L Mayes of South Carolina. Speakers from Tennessee Mississippi and Georgia will address Bible class work Sunday school and church duties. The eighth biennial Laymen session follows regional events in Richmond Huntington and Houston with arrangements by Mrs Baird and laymen leaders.
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Charlotte
Presbyterian Church
North
South Carolina
South
Southern Presbyterian Church
Laymen’s Missionary Movement
Richmond
Huntington
W. Va
Houston
Tex
Little
Rock
Ark
Jacksonville
WIRE OF SLAIN MATLALAN HELD ON MURDER CHARGE
Mrs. Ethel Bean is under arrest in Farmington Maine charged with murder in the shooting death of Otis A. Bean at Haines Landing Rangeley Lakes on October 6. Lumbermen Norman Mawson and Jeremiah Wheaton had been jailed. grand jury did not indict them.
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Farmington
Ethel Bean
Otis A. Bean
Pleasant Island
Rangeley Lakes
Haines Landing
Rangeley
Norman Mawson
Methuen
Mass
Jeremiah W. Wheaton
Ebmira
N. Y
Bean
Mrs. Bean
Mawson and Wheaton
Legacy of 40000 to Old Servant in Clark Will
Samuel W Maguire of Brooklyn longtime servant to three generations of Governor William Clark receives a fixed legacy of 40000 and the income from a 25000 trust under the will of Mrs Julia Clark Voorhis filed in New York. Mrs Voorhis widow of St Louis lawyer Robert Voorhis died December 18 at her New York home. The will disposes of about 200000 in total.
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New York
Samuel W. Maguire
Brooklyn
eGn
William Clark
Missouri
Julia Clark Voorhis
Woman Stricken Dead Kneeling at Altar Rail
Philadelphia report says Mrs. Caroline Davis collapsed at the altar rail during the 7:30 mass while about to take communion in the church of the Visitation on Sunday morning. She died of a heart attack almost instantly.
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Philadelphia
Church of the Visitation
Caroline Davis
Struck by Ford roadster injures Miss Myrtle Long
Miss Myrtle Long a cashier at the Orpheum theater was struck by a Ford roadster driven by Ottis Stutts on South Main street near the theater. The car lacked a state license and dragged her about 30 feet. She sustained painful but not serious injuries and is at her home. Police had not acted by noon.
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Ottis Stutts
Myrtle Long
Orpheum Theater
South Main Street
Miss Long
Veterans to Speak for Combatants in International Talks
H Nelsn Jackson of Burlington Virginia reports President Harding believes the U S will be poorly represented in international councils without a delegate who can speak for those who fought in actual warfare. The president sent a letter to Jackson acknowledging a manifesto from eight allied nations gathered in New Orleans with the American Legion convention.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Harding
United States
H. Nelsn Jackson
Burlington
Interallied Veterans Association
Jackson
New Orleans
American Legion
Mother Gives Blood to Save Son's Leg in Tacoma
In Tacoma Washington on February 21 Mrs Alice Watson refused leg amputation for her twelve year old son Rector after a shotgun discharge mangled his leg. She donated more than a quart of her blood in two transfusions, and doctors say the boy may recover without being crippled thanks to her sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Alice Watson
Rector
Local Resident Charles Durepo Dies in Atlanta
Telegram from Atlanta reports the death of Archdale resident Charles Durepo at 7 30 PM after a two week influenza illness. Funeral plans not completed. body to be brought home for burial with interment in Springfield cemetery. Survived by widow, son H L Durepo of High Point, and daughter Mrs R N Anderson of Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Charles Durepo
Archdale
H. L. Durepo
High Point
R. N. Anderson
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