Raleigh women push for state motion picture censorship law
In Raleigh on January 7 the state federation of women’s clubs urged support for a proposed state wide motion picture censorship bill while opposing repeal of the primary law. They also push for Wright salary increases for constitutional officers and legislators’ wives’ attendance at inaugural ceremonies as a senate session ends.
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Raleigh
House
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Rachel Wright
C. C. Hook
Charlotte
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
North Carolina
Wright
Pharr
Grier
Senate
Committee On
Superintendent of Education
North Carolina Leads in Tobacco Crop for 1920
North Carolina farms produced a $97,182,000 tobacco crop on 582,000 acres, 11 percent more in area and 11.8 percent higher in production, but 44 percent lower in value per year. Kentucky slipped to second. Alamance Caswell counties produced the best leaf quality amid a national price slump.
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Raleigh
King
North Carolina
Kentucky
Alamance
Caswell
United States
Editors of State Close Their Meet
J P Rawley reports from Charlotte on the North Carolina Press Association mid winter meeting attended by about 100 editors. A key action was amending the constitution to allow newspapers to join the association to improve funding and work. The group also backed bulletins to members and highway construction and maintenance. A legislative committee was named and resolutions urged stronger support for higher education and adequate state funding to admit all aspiring students.
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J.P. Rawley
High Point Enterprise
Charlotte
North Carolina Press Association
J. L. Horne, Jr
The
Rocky Mount Telegram
John A. Park
Raleigh Times
M. L. Saipman
Raleigh
San Francisco Veteran Donates Blood to Save Comrade
Skiles Hoffman a local ex service man and American Legion member donated blood to save Charles O'Brien at Lane Hospital. The operation transferred more than a pint under Dr McKenney and Dr Weeks supervision. Golden Gate Post 40 honored Hoffmans sacrifice as true to Legion values and battlefield heroism.
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Skiles Hoffman
Harry Hoffman
South Main Street
San Francisco
Hoffman
Arthur Harrison
Risco
San Pri
Golden Gate Post 40
American Legion
Legion
O'Brien
Greensboro Rotarians Discuss School Bond Election
J. E. Latham of the Greensboro Rotary spoke at a High Point Rotary luncheon on business conditions. Joseph Cox chaired the meeting as talks endorsed the January 18 school bond election for a central high school in High Point township. Harry Bush attended and spoke briefly. Will Lambeth gave a birthday remembrance to Charles Hauser. The program committee for next week includes Dr. W. A. Hayes Charles Hauser and Dr. H. B. Hiatt.
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J. E. Latham
Greensboro Rotary Club
High Point
Joseph Cox
High Point Township
Harry Bush
Greensboro Club
Will Lambeth
Charles Hauser
W. A. Hayes
H. B. Hiatt
Funeral Directors Seek Hearse Tax Reclassification
Louisville January 7 funeral directors pleaded with Governor E P Morrow to classify hearses as pleasure vehicles rather than trucks a move intended to cut tax by about two dollars per vehicle and reduce operating costs for funeral homes.
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Louisville
E. P. Morrow
Negro Carving on Broad Street Leaves Youth Injured
A young negro, name withheld, is in serious condition after a razor attack on Broad Street shortly after 7 this morning. The assailant, Jack Bryant, fled and had not been captured by early afternoon. The blade broke during the confrontation and the victim sustained multiple facial and hand wounds.
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Broad Street
Jack Bryant
Mail car robbed on Pennsylvania Line train
The mail car of train No. 203 between New York and Philadelphia was broken into and rifled by robbers early today. Officials launched an investigation to determine the value of the mail stolen.
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Yeggson
New York
Pennsylvania Lines
Philadelphia
Nation is Dry for Keeps Says Kramer
Washington January 7 Federal prohibition commissioner Kramer declared the United States will never be entirely dry but he believes the dry stance will stay despite changes. He voiced confidence in continued enforcement and public support for the prohibition policy.
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Washington
United States
Kramer
Henge
Steals Wife And Money For Honeymoon Trip
Chicago reports a missing Spanish grandee Pierre Paul Arthur a chemist at Highland Park and Mrs Charlotte Franzen of Madison under larceny charges by Franzen husband a UW faculty member The warrant accuses Arthur of abducting Franzen s wife at gunpoint and forcing him to surrender over 100 for the honeymoon Frantzen says his wife may be in Philadelphia with him.
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Chicago
Pierre Paul Arthur
Highland Park
Ill
Charlotte Franzen
Madison
Wis
Philadelphia
University of Wisconsin
Franzen
Arthur
Lumber Thefts Lead To Preliminary Hearing In City Court
Coupney Wallace was bound over to Guilford Superior Court after a preliminary hearing before Judge Kirkman on four larceny charges for stealing about 3650 feet of lumber from Frank Littleford Lumber Company. Kinley Brown was convicted of abandonment and non support with bond and monthly payments. City ordinance cases resulted in partial cost payments by several defendants, and others paid speeding or traffic costs.
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Wallace Coupney
Kirkman
Frank Littleford Lumber Company
Guilford Superior Court
Coupney
Kinley Brown
C. P. Johnson
Harrison Dorsett
Donald Rogers
Lyman Redding
Jim Ellington
H. L. Ryan
A. R Idd
Hotel Keepers Take Right Step
Chicago January 7 The Chicago Hotel Men's Association called for restoration of pre war room and food rates. After their annual meeting members urged hotels nationwide to lead in lowering prices with immediate reductions promised though not guaranteed. They suggested phasing out extra charge items like bread and butter and tying meat orders to market conditions. Room rates were projected to drop by about thirty percent.
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Chicago
Chicago Otel Men's Association
North Carolina campaign aids 3334 Armenian orphans
Raleigh January 7 At present of giving NC supports 3334 Armenian orphans under Tar Heels care as schools churches and individuals donate to sustain aid. Donations include 724.14 from Hawthorn Lane Methodist Church Charlotte and 35 from Mount Olivet Sunday School Manteo. State Treasurer Robert A Brown collects gifts.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
George Bellamy
Hawthorn Lane
Charlotte
Mount Olivet
Manteo
Lieut Frank Connes
New York Supreme Court
Near East
United States
Woman on 40th Day of Hunger Strike in Danville
Danville Illinois January seventh report says Mrs Ernest F Harrington enters her fortieth day of fasting to urge husband to join her church Church of God Eldora Illinois supervisor to visit Danville pursue influence physician notes increasing emaciation but not immediate danger unless heart fails as yet her claim remains she has taken no food since start of fast.
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Danville
Ill
Ernest F. Harrington
Harrington
Church of God
Eldora, Ill
Cotton Market Opens Unsettled Amid Early Declines
The New York cotton market opened unsettled with first prices down five to 30 points due to realizing and southern selling. January traded to 15.85 and March to 14.95 in early dealings, while futures opened steadier at 16.00 for January, 15.00 for March, 14.95 for May, 15.05 for July, and 15.12 for October.
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New York
Southwest
Miss Elizabeth Council Improves After Auto Crash
Miss Elizabeth Council of 300 Thurston street shows marked recovery after being struck by an automobile on Main street several weeks ago. The car was driven by O B Mendenhall of High Point.
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Miss Elizabeth Council
Thurston Street
Miss Council
Main Street
O. B. Mendenhall
High Point
Possum Finds Winter Quarters in a Pipe Organ
In Clayton a possum nested inside a church pipe organ during Sunday services causing disharmony. A New York factory expert traced the problem to the animal after removing a nine pound possum from a large pipe.
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Possum
Raleigh
Jan
the Baptist Church
Clayton
New York
Curfew Clamps Down on Dublin Social Life
Major Gregory Dublin promotion noted alongside curfew impact in West Raleigh. Curfew at 10 pm freezes theaters and shops, reduces tram ridership, cuts incomes, while Major Daniel D. Gregory receives war department notice of lieutenant colonel promotion effective July 17, 1920.
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West Raleigh
Daniel D. Gregory
State College
War Department
Gregory
U.S. Military Academy
Missouri
Philippines
Hawaii
Mexico
Camp Cody
Deming
New Mexico
Army Staff School
Langres
France
Toul
Chateau Thierry
Marne River
Champagne-Marne
Aisne-Marne
Vesle
Col
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Montfaucon
Rhine
Army of Occupation
United States
Military Intelligence Division
General Staff
Washington
North Carolina would reshape judiciary with four district plan
Raleigh January 7 report of a Crisp bill to shift judge riding from July to December to a four district system, creating five divisions of four districts and ensuring judges ride within home districts. Chief Justice Walter Clark supports reform as reducing travel and improving justice.
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Max Abernethy
Raleigh
Crisp
Dare
Walter Clark
North Carolina Supreme Court
South Carolina
Clark
Administration of
Woltz
Gaston
House
Senate
O. Max Gardner
Pharr
Mecklenburg
Neal-Murphy-Bowie
General Assembly
Friends of the
North Carolina
Taylor
Wayne
Wayne County
Lacy Convicted In False Pretense Case
In municipal court Judge O A Kirkman found F J Lacy guilty of obtaining money under false pretense. Lacy and J M Loving ran a Mechanicsville meat market and sold an ice box to Loving for 165 dollars after renting it from E F Nance. Lacy was ordered to pay 50 to Nance, 115 to Loving, and to cover court costs.
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O. A. Kirkman
F. J. Lacy
White
Lacy
J. M. Loving
Mechanicsville
E. F. Nance
Loving
Kirkman
Nance
First All-Women Jury Delivers Guilt Verdict in South Carolina
In Anderson on January 6 Magistrate Foster impaneled four matrons and two single women to try a negro charged with stealing two kitchen chairs. After a fifteen minute deliberation the all-women jury found the defendant guilty and fined him $190.
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Anderson
S. C
South Carolina
Foster
Brushy Creek
Six Die in Royal Hotel Fire in England Arkansas
A blaze at the Royal hotel and cafe in England Arkansas killed six people and left two others possibly fatally burned. The fire occurred early today destroying the hotel complex and cafe facilities. Local authorities launched investigations into the cause and rescue efforts are underway.
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England
Ark
Royal Hotel
Raleigh Concerns To Run Open Shop
Eighteen leading Raleigh building contractors including electrical painting and roofing firms announce they will use the open shop method starting March 8. W S Moody president of the Raleigh central labor union says unions will act after the system starts.
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Raleigh
W. S. Moody
Raleigh Central Labor Union
Texans Aroused Over Japanese Texans Aroused Over Japanese
Developments were awaited today in Harlingen Texas after two Japanese families arrived with agricultural implements and planned to settle on a 280 acre tract nearby. Citizens and American Legion members warned the Japs it would be dangerous to settle on American soil, with anti Japanese sentiment described as intense.
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Brownsville
Tex
Jan. T
Haringen
Texas
Harlingen
American Legion
Indiana Mob Threatens Negro in Jeffersonville Jail
A mob of several hundred gathered around Clark county jail at night with intent to lynch Rufus Jones a black man charged with entering a white woman’s home Robbed of forty dollars Jones was taken to the nearby reformatory for safe keeping to prevent lynching as authorities moved to secure him
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Rufus Jones
Clark County
Indiana State Reformatory
Jones
Lord Milner Resigns Colonial Secretary Post
London January 7 Lord Milner announced his resignation as secretary for the British colonies. A successor had not yet been named.
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Lord Milner
London
Asociated Press
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H. E. Betz
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Tramway
Waltz
Indiana
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