Public Hearing On Zoning Ordinance In High Point
City planning and zoning officials led by Campbell Scott will explain the proposed zoning ordinance at a 7 30 p m hearing at city hall A large crowd is expected and seating will be added. council members mayor and manager will attend. The measure aims to guide growth and is favored by the council with several projects already referred to the commission for study.
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City Planning and Zoning Commission
Campbell Scott
New York
Zoning Commission
High Point
Scott
Commission
Southern
Moffitt
A. E. Taplin
City Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Southern Rail Way Company
Miller
Chamber
High Street Property Sells for Premium Frontage
The Simmons estate on High Street near Main Street saw buyers M. C. Crowson J. T. Boswell and Mrs Minnie Broadhurst acquire 40 feet of frontage at 600 dollars per front foot. Development plans remain undisclosed. The site lies opposite the passenger station and is targeted for business use.
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High Street
Main Street
Simmons
Nean
M. C. Crowson
J. T. Boswell
Minnie Broadhurst
Weather Outlook for Week in South Atlantic and East Gulf
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday shows a first half with rain in the South Atlantic and East Gulf states, followed by generally fair conditions. Temperatures are expected to be above normal most of the week.
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Washington
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Count Ludwig Salm to Leave Palm Beach for Washington
Count Ludwig Salm Von Hoogenstraten will depart Palm Beach on a train with the Dowager Countess for Washington. Reservations were made today for the journey amid reports of his unhappiness in Palm Beach society and his desire to see his 18 month old son Peter Constantin, who is with his former mother Millicent Rogers.
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Count Salm
Palm Beach
Fra
Ludwig Salm von Hoogenstraten
Washington
Rogers
Peter Constantin
Peter
Two Cities Unite To Hunt Slayers Of Mrs Nesbitt
Dayton and Troy police joined in an investigation into the murder of Mrs Frances Drake Nesbitt 25 found dead in a bathtub at their home with a fractured skull. The couple graduates of Ohio State University were described as a devoted pair. Evidence places the killing between 8 am and noon yesterday with robbery not the motive. Nesbitt was questioned and released.
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Troy, O
Dayton
Troy
Frances Drake Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Ohio State University
Hance
Horace Hayworth to Speak on Ireland at YWCA Talk
Horace Hayworth will share experiences in Ireland after the armistice and impressions of the country at the YWCA social gathering next Saturday evening at 7:30. He studied at University of Dublin and will discuss Irish customs and characteristics. Mrs. Herman Abels will sing Irish songs. The informal program invites any man with a female companion and any young woman with a male escort. A social hour with refreshments follows.
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Horace Hayworth
Ireland
Hayworth
University of Dublin
Herman Abels
Juvenile report on detention home and probation needs in High Point
A city committee studying High Point juvenile welfare plans to recommend hiring a male probation officer to assist the lone woman officer and to establish a detention home. Officials consider a county home serving Winston-Salem Greensboro and High Point, with Mayor Moffitt backing the plan. City Manager Pickett questions affordability but supports adding a male probation officer.
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High Point
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Moffitt
Pickett
Pan MacRae
Zoning engineer to outline crossings plan amid mixed views
City officials debate a proposed crossings plan with sections welcomed by some residents and criticized by others. The zoning engineer is expected to present a detailed outline addressing traffic, safety, and environmental concerns for the project.
Saunders Bond and Stock Crash Tangle Revealed
Report notes Saunders remains under bond with funds not raised while his Piggly Wiggly stock manipulations tied to the crash are cited as the cause of his financial decline.
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Saunders
Colonel Stone Ordered to Washington for Deputy War Office Role
Washington February 20. Colonel Davis L. Stone commander at Jefferson Barracks Missouri has been ordered to Washington to serve as executive officer in the office of the assistant secretary of war. The position opened by Colonel B Frank Cheatham’s promotion to quartermaster general.
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Capital
Washington
Davis L. Stone
Jefferson Barracks
B. Frank Cheatham
Saunders Indicted On Mail Fraud Charges In Piggly Wiggly Case
Clarence Saunders, former head of Piggly Wiggly Stores, is indicted in St Louis on six counts of fraudulent use of the mails. Bond of 7500 to be arranged. attention focused on stock promotion after Saunders cornered Piggly Wiggly shares in 1923. His rise from grocery clerk to financier ended in losses after receivership.
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ST. Louis
Clarence Saunders
Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc
Memphis
St. Louisans
Saunders
New York Stock Exchange
Piggly Wiggly
St. Louisans Ig Oom
Market Valley
Piggly Wiggly Investment Company
Fourth Area Officers Meet In Charleston
ATLANTA Feb. 20. Selection of Charleston South Carolina as next meeting place and Colonel O J Bond president of the Citadel at Charleston named to lead the fourth area officers training corps association. Resolutions protested inadequate appropriations for reserve training corps development as outlined in circulars from opposing groups. Attended by officials and reps from ROTC schools across the area including North and South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Atlanta
Charleston
S. C
O. J. Bond
Citadel
Association of Reserve Officers’ Training Corps College of the Fourth
Reserve Training Corps
Reserve Officers Training Corps
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Domestic Quarrel Ends With Triple Tragedy in Wake
In Raleigh on February 20 AP reports aLeesville farmer C M Jackson 69 and his wife were found dead in their Leesville farmhouse after a violent dispute. Dora Jackson 37 died later in hospital with authorities noting she and her father attacked by an axe and a shotgun suicide. Police say the trio died from a domestic quarrel with no known enemies.
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Raleigh
Dora Jackson
Leesville
C. M. Jackson
Jackson
Endeavor Officers Meet to Plan State Convention
North Carolina Christian Endeavor Union state officers join High Point Union chairman for a 2:30 PM meeting at Friends church annex to arrange the June 1920 state convention. Officers listed include J C Corbett Graham president Stokes S Rawlings Greensboro vice president Miss Hester L Steele secretary and J B Turner Burlington treasurer. A J Koonce leads the local chapter.
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North Carolina Christian Endeavor Union
High Point Christian Endeavor Union
Friends Church
J.C. Corbett
Graham
Stokes S
Rawlings
Greensboro
Hester L. Steele
Mooresville
J. B. Turner
Burlington
A. J. Koonce
Moravian Sunday School Meeting Today at Broadhurst Building
The Moravian Sunday school will meet at 2 o'clock today in the Broadhurst building not the theater as announced. At 3 o'clock it will have its regular monthly service. All members and friends are invited.
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Moravian Sunday School
Broadhurst
Broadhurst Theater
Countess May Face Deportation Hearing in Federal Court
Vera Countess of Cathcart battles U.S. authorities over admission for a federal court hearing on alleged moral turpitude. Attorney Hayes argues act not crime under foreign law while Ellis Island officials scrutinize exclusion likelihood. A Broadway deal for her play Ashes hinges on admission with Estelle Dord Ravhaven linked to the production.
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New York
Vera
Countess of Cathcart
United States
Buckner
Henry W. Goddard
Goddard
Arthur Garfield Hayes
Hayes
London
England
Estelle
Bimba Supporters Plan Worcester Mass Meeting
Boston reports that despite closed halls in five cities, backers of Anthony Bimba announce a mass meeting in Worcester for his blasphemy case. They vow to speak regardless of police or militia and may use Lithuanian halls or public buildings after appeals to city officials fail.
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Boston
Anthony Bimba
Brooklyn
N. Y
Massachusetts
Worcester
Bimba
Brockton
Commonwealth
United States
Brockton District Court
Dudley Field Malone
New York
Bertram D. Wolf
Hudson
Sidney Bloomfield
Labor Defense League
Washington
O'Hara
City Hall
Bloomfield
Sullivan
Each Person In Nation Costs Government $58.7
New York February 20 1928 government figures show the average cost per person for federal and state services. Education libraries receive 16.69 dollars while highways account for 12.03 and interest and amortization 9.69. Other funds go to protection of persons and property 3.97 health and sanitation 2.83 administration 3.24 charities 2.74 recreation 1 and public service enterprises 3.60.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Millionaire Frederick Pearson Dies in Chicago Fire
Frederick Beverly Pearson, 39, a prominent sportsman, was burned to death in a Claridge hotel room after falling asleep in an arm chair with a lighted cigarette. Companion John H. Hogshead escaped the blaze after earlier cabaret visits.
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Chicago
Frederick Beverly Pearson
Claridge Hotel
John H. Hogshead
Pearson
Six Lives Lost in North Carolina Accidents
North Carolina newspapers report six deaths and one serious injury from a series of accidents and violent acts statewide. Incidents include a textile worker struck by a Southern train in Concord, two men killed in a freight train crash near Newton, a self-inflicted shotgun wound in Leesville, the murder of a wife and axe killings, and a ship collision on the coast near Elizabeth City.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Concord
John Goode
Southern
Newton
N. C
Boliek
Cole Williams
Maiden
Leesville
Wake County
M. Jackson
Dora He
Mear
Auth
Elizabeth City
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William Stanley Dell
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