Six Months Sentence Is Given Shemwell But He Takes Appeal
Raleigh merchants challenge federal indictments on sugar profiteering as prosecutors seek to curb illicit pricing. In Graham, voters approved a 50 thousand dollar school improvement bond and a 100 thousand dollar sewer bond. Rocky Mount reports tobacco receipts lagging post New Year. Greensboro hears Clarence Schoolfield, 22, a White Oak bank clerk, face a magistrate for criminal assault with Miss Mary Miles as the 17 year old prosecuting witness. Wilson notes rent profiteering seen as rampant with a store hiking from 200 to 400 dollars monthly.
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Greensboro
Clarence Schoolfield
White Oak
Mary Miles
Wilmington Aviator Joins Polish Squadron Against Bolsheviki
Captain Harmon Robson of Wilmington North Carolina joined the Kesuiko squadron in Warsaw to fight Bolsheviks. He traveled 600 miles to enlist and earned the rank of lieutenant. American flyers in the unit receive about six dollars a month, enduring harsh Russian winter with no complaints.
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Paris
Harmon
Robson
Wilmington
N. C
American Aviation Service
Warsaw
Poland
United States
Highland Cotton Mills to Build Community Center and 50 Homes
Announcement that a $50,000 community building will be erected at the Highland cotton mills with a two story design including a first floor barbershop grocery and clothing store and second floor auditorium welfare rooms and library. Plans also call for 30 modern houses and a 12 room boarding house for employees to be built nearby.
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Highlands
Highland Cotton Mills
Corporation
Navy officer Bennet faces $75,000 deficit in accounts
A board reviewing the accounts of Lieutenant C. F. Bennet, the naval disbursing officer in Washington, reported an apparent deficit of about $75,000. Bennet, who left on December 22 for leave, has not been heard from since, authorities say.
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Chicago
Jeanne DeKay
Hull House
Japan to quit Siberia no territorial aims stated
Tokyo reports say Japan will withdraw troops from Siberia after agreeing to cooperate with the United States in supporting Czecho Slovak forces. Officials assert there are no territorial ambitions and current deployments simply replace losses while fundamental policies remain unchanged. The advisory council endorses the cabinet’s pledge not to interfere further in Siberia.
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Japan
United States
Siberia
America
Quart of liquor draws sentence in High Point court
Tom Patterson, white man, was sentenced in municipal court to three months on the county roads for receiving more than a quart of whiskey within 15 days. He appealed, bond set at $500. He was fined $1 and costs for breaking glass on High Point streets and appealed. Other locals faced fines for various charges and several cases were continued.
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Tom Pat
Terson
Patterson
High Point
Coy Wright
W. F. Clegg
North Main Street
Lloyd Bryant
Bryant
P. N. Poteat
Centennial and Washington Streets Paved After Council Meeting
The city council approved the paving of Centennial Avenue and East Washington Streets. A. E. Taplin was appointed supervisor and authority given to solicit bids. Debate focused on the priority of Steele and Thurston streets and the need to avoid debt while funding repairs.
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Centennial Avenue
East Washington
A. E. Taplin
Taplin
Stameyoy
Thurston and
Steele
Steele Street
Steele Streets
Sugar Exports Planned From Ukraine as Blockade Lifts
The Ukrainian mission announced in Washington that 400 million pounds of sugar 20 million bushels of wheat and large quantities of hides and other materials will enter world markets when the Russian blockade ends Ukraine seeks medicines surgical goods cloth clothing shoes and agricultural machinery amid widespread misery due to shortages.
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Washington
Ukraine
Transport Powhatan Being Towed Toward Halifax
Dispatches from army transport headquarters report the disabled Powhatan with 271 aboard being towed toward Halifax today by the freighter Western Comet. The Northern Pacific and destroyers Leary and Sharkey accompany the tow.
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New York
Army Transport Headquarters
Powhatan
Halifax
Northern Pacific
Leary
Sharkey
Dynamite Thrown Into Group of Children Near Lineville
A dynamite cap with lit fuse was thrown from a passing automobile into a group of children in Lineville. A 77 year old child lost an arm. Police and posses search for the car from which the explosion originated.
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Cap
Berlin fares rise after municipal takeover
Berlin reports fare increases to pfennings despite expectations of cuts after city lines were municipalized last summer. In other items, derelict army trucks in France will be rescued for return to England, and Brazil’s President Pessoa says the United States is Brazil’s best friend aboard the steamer Epitacio Pessoa. Field Marshal von Mackensen seeks a new German home with land near woods for shooting.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Pessoa
United States
Brazil
Epitacio Pessoa
Dantzig
Poland
Germany
Army Reorganization Bill Endorsed by Baker
Secretary Baker praised the army reorganization bill before the Senate military sub committee. The measure includes compulsory training and creates a citizens’ reserve army alongside the regular army and national guard, forming one big national force of about 286,000 in the regular army.
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Citizens’ Reserve Army
Baker
Regular Army
National Guard
Boys Trial for Theft Friday in Municipal Court
Tom Hodgin and Elmer Sexton two white youths faced a hearing before Judge J A Austin in municipal court on charges of larceny of Basil H Hedgecocks automobile the Home Wan k cashier. The case was continued to Friday due to damaged car estimates and the youths were released without bond with parents to ensure attendance.
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Tom Hodgin
Elmer
Sexton
Basil H. Hedgecock
J. A Austin
Hedgecock
Hodgin
Lexington
Austin
Mexico bar of U.S. undesirables in Mexico City
Mexican consuls ordered to refuse visas to passports of persons expelled from the United States. The foreign office deems them dangerous to Mexico’s peace and immigration officers are strictly vigilant.
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Mexico City
Foreign Office
United States
Mexico
Suffrage Amendment Rejected by Mississippi Legislature
Jackson January 21. The Mississippi tower house rejected the federal amendment granting women suffrage after a brief ten minute debate.
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Jackson
Tower House
Mississippi
Plans for $1,250,000 Asheville hotel project emerge
ASHEVILLE Jan 21 plans underway point to a proposed construction of a $1,250,000 hotel in Asheville. Other brief items note Albany and London dispatches on socialist trials, Soviet defense, a Mexico City report on William Jenkins, and Washington influenza outlook.
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Asheville
Albany
Russia
New York Assembly
Seymour Stedman
Chicago
Mexico City
Excelsior
Hilario Medina
William O. Jenkins
Resolution condemns Admiral Sims for public official instructions
Senator Walsh of Montana introduced in the Senate a resolution condemning Rear Admiral Sims for making public official instructions that affect international relations. No action was taken on the measure.
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Washington
Sims
Senate
Walsh
Montana
New Low Records Hit English French and Italian Exchange at Open
New low records on English, French and Italian exchange were set at the market open in New York. Demand for pounds fell to 3.6234 dollars as adverse trade balances and foreign trade uncertainty weighed on rates.
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New York
Martial Law Declared in Italy Over Railroad Strike
Paris reports martial law in major Italian cities as consequence of a nationwide railroad strike. Turin dispatch to Petit Parisien notes authorities enforce order amid industrial action.
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Italy
Paris
Turin
Petit Parisien
Kahn urges new tax plan at Newark meeting
Otto H. Kahn, a New York banker, urged abolition of excess profits tax and a 1 percent tax on all purchases over $2 at a Newark eas meeting of the association of credit men.
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Newark
Otto H. Kahn
New York
Eas
Association of Credit Men
Peace Bond Set After Lexington Assault Case
Baxter Shemwell, an outlaw with caps issued to Guilford Forsyth Rowan and Buncombe counties, faced Recorder John Mover in Lexington. He pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and received six months' jail, with a $4,500 bond for trial and a $5,000 bond for assault charges, plus a $1,000 peace bond. He allegedly assaulted Major Wade H. Phillips and attorney John C. Bower, firing a pistol ball near Phillips. He appealed and will be tried at the next Davidson Superior court term.
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Combe Counties
John Mover
Shemwell
Maj
Wade H. Phillips
John C. Bower
Lexington
Major Phillips
Davidson Superior Court
Clemenceau Hails United Allies for Lasting Peace
Georges Clemenceau told the supreme council he and allied powers Britain the United States Italy and Japan must stay united to guarantee peace beyond any paper pledge. He spoke after bidding farewell and shedding tears as he left the foreign minister’s office.
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Paris
David Lloyd George
Hugh Wallace
Georges Clemenceau
Great Britain
United States
Italy
Japan
Clemenceau
France
Cotton futures open steady amid weak early trading
New York futures opened steady with January at 38.30 and October at 30.65 while Liverpool cables and Manchester reports weigh on sentiment. Active months fell 25 to 39 points, withJanuary under pressure and mixed declines across March and July as liquidation grows in early trading.
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Liverpool
Manchester
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