Townsends North Carolina Essay Prize Winner
Landon M Townsend of Raynham Roberson County a Columbia University junior won a $500 prize for best essay on preparedness. The award was given by Jules Bache of New York under the National Security League with judges from Minnesota Chicago and Harvard. Townsend wrote as Veritas praising preparedness and warning of future war.
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New York
London
M. Townsend
Landon M. Townsend
Raynham
Roberson County
Columbia University
New York City
W. H. Townsend
High Point
New York Times
Jules 8. Bache
Rus Northrup
University of Minnesota
Harry Pratt Johnson
University of Chicago
Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard University
Townsend
Veritas
League
Alr. Townsend
Family of Nations
Panama Canal
Pacific
Washington
Comptroller Seeks Usury Details From National Banks
The comptroller of the currency demands reports from all national banks on loans charged above 6 percent interest during 1815. Banks must list loans with rates exceeding usury, current practices on deposits with loans, non-deposit loans, collateral status, penalties for usury, and connections of officers with other banks.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Lyon in Critical Condition in New Mexico
George L. Lyon of Durham, amateur world shot champion, nephew of J. B. and B. N. Duke, former Durham police and fire commissioner, and ex war salesman for Du Pont Powder, lies critically ill with tuberculosis in an Albuquerque sanatorium. Doctors fear death. his wife died of tuberculosis two years ago in Durham after a special train brought her from Saranac Lake.
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Durham
George L. Lyon
J. B
B. N. Duke
duPont Powder Company
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Lyon
H. R. Goodall
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Russia Seeks Control of Manchuria Rail Corridor
Correspondent reports widespread Russian aims to gains through the Manchurian region along the Trans-Siberian rail line. Harbin shows strong Russian influence while Mongolian politics volatile as banditry and Chinese resistance mingle with Japanese arms shipments.
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Associated Press
Hiarbin
Manchuria
Russia
Far East
Harbin
trans-Siberian Line
Serbia
Mongolia
China
Outer
Japan
Chen-lo
Urga
Outer Mongolia
Siberia
Tidewater
Runaway Danville Boys Located After Chase in City
Three youths from Danville aged about 14 and two around 11 were chased and caught by Officers Wood and Mungo in High Point. They said they were thrown out of work in Danville and came here seeking jobs. Parents will be notified and the boys likely sent back to Danville.
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Danville
Wood
Mungo
Hem
High Point
Balances and notices from early 20th century bank ledger
A 1916 bank statement fragment shows assets, including loans 500.00, reserves 46 053.01, and cash items with certified checks and deposits. It lists capital, surplus, undivided profits, and notes due from reserve agents, along with rediscounts and bonds. A notary attestation dates January 7 1916 and an offer for a Pin Money ClubSavings schedule in weekly installments.
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Federal Reserve Bank
New York
Aes
Nissa
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J. A. Hart Drug Co
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Urya
Central Asia
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J. W. Harriss
W. P. Pickett
C. M. Hauser
L. Ragan
High Point, WN. C
Pateu
Independent Insurance & Investment Co
O. E. Mendenhall
W. R. Morrow
Piedmont Building & Loan Association
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