Withdrawal of Yank Troops From Rhine Ends American Occupation
The last regiment of the Rhine guard pulls out marking the end of American participation in the occupied Rhine area. The Stars and Stripes were lowered at Ehrenbreitstein Castle as the eighth infantry entrains for Antwerp to sail aboard the transport St Mihiel back to the United States.
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Rhine
Antwerp
St. Mihiel
Belgium
Ehrenbreitensterin
Germany
Ehrenbreitenstein
Coblenz
United States
Americans End Rhine Occupation Move Toward Home
American forces in Germany complete Rhine watch and begin return to the United States. Four sergeants from the 7th machine gun battalion help Maj. Gen. Allen lower the colors at Ehrenbreitstein. Troops sail from Antwerp aboard the transport St Mihiel Thursday night. flag hauled down at noon.
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Ehrenbreitenstein
Germany
Associated Press
Rhine
Coblenz
8Th Infantry
Antwerp
Reveille
Marne
Allen
Sergt
Dewey Kidner
Lester Kelbaugh
Charles Long
Frank Ihley
St. Mihiel
Cotton Reaches New High Level in Early Trading
New York cotton market shows strength with Liverpool responding to yesterday's gains. Openings steady with advances of 6 to 40 points sending deliveries to season highs. Early trading sees heavy realizing and slight irregularity. futures prices rise with January at 28.85 and May at 28.94.
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New York
Liverpool
Operators and Miners Reach One Year Wage Pact
New York Jan 24 Associated Press reports bituminous coal operators and United Mine Workers officials have signed a one year wage agreement covering Ohio Indiana and Illinois. The pact mirrors the terms of the expired agreement and will set a standard for the tri state competitive field and rest of the bituminous territory.
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New York
Associated Press
United Mine Workers of America Today
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Fines Meted Out To Rich Germans
Fritz Thyssen and five German industrialists faced only fines from a French court martial in Mayence for resisting Ruhr Valley coal demands. The prosecutor suggested leniency due to the defendants patriotic attitude toward Germany.
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Mayence
Associated Press
Fritz Thyssen
Ruhr
Kiwanis Club Musical Program Praised at Meeting
The High Point Kiwanis club met at the Presbyterian hut noon today for a program of voice and piano selections by city talent. Charles Hassel and Thomas Phillips performed baritone and piano pieces, with 17 year old Salisbury highlighted as a gifted pianist. Dr. F E K McLarty spoke on Men’s Clubs and their role in business fellowship.
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High Point Kiwanis Club
FE. K. McLarty
Wesley Memorial Church
Charles Hassel
Phillips
Hassel
Florence Blair
Dr. McLarty
Kiwanis
Rotary
Civitan
J. A. Mizell
Atlantic Bank & Trust Co
W. B. Thomas
Thomas Phillips
The
Presbyterian Church
Parker May Call For Martial Law
Parker warns he may declare martial law in Morehouse Parish if threats arise against state witnesses between adjournment of the Morehouse hearings and trials of cases tied to masked kidnappers. A bill to provide $250,000,000 in European farm credits was favorably reported by the Senate Agricultural Committee.
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Bastrop
Parker
Morehouse Parish
Morehouse
Washington
Norbeck
South Dakota
Europe
Senate
Ruhr Miners Return End 24-Hour Ruhr Strike
After a 24 hour protest strike workers at the Stinnes and Thyssen mines in the Ruhr resumed work to continue coal production in unoccupied Germany officials announced.
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Ruhr
Berlin
Associated Press
Stinnes
Thyssen
Germany
Funds For French Bread River Maintenance
Allocation of 2500 from river and harbor funds for maintenance and improvement on the French Broad river in Tennessee announced by the Army Engineer Corps. The note is dated Washington January 24.
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Washington
French Broad River
Tennessee
Army Engineer Corps
High Point Businessmen Plan Rail Hearing and Purchase
A High Point meeting at the Commercial club laid plans to present the city’s case to Judge Stack in Guilford superior court. They seek to buy the Carolina & Yadkin River railroad at auction for the highest bid, or set a new upset price below 200000 if denied. The aim is to rehabilitate and operate it as a competitive line between High Point and High Rock, 35 miles apart, now under receiver.
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High Point
Commercial Club
Carolina & Yadkin River
A. M. Stack
Guilford Superior Court
Greensboro
High Rock
House of Bloody Chime Is Wrecker
The Hill House on Craven Street in New Bern is being dismantled after repeated condemnations. Carpenters began work Tuesday on the three story structure famed for a grisly 1900s murder and its eerie, skeletal appearance.
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New Bern
Craven Street
WN. M. Cooper
Sue Hill
John Alcocke
Little Miss Hill
Jersey City theater owners win injunction after arrest of public safety director
Six Jersey City theater owners appeared before Vice Chancellor John Bentley seeking to operate their venues despite orders from William B. Quinn, the director of public safety, who had directed closures for Sunday movies. The owners claimed most theaters had been granted permits by Quinn to show films on Sundays.
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Jersey City
William B. Quinn
Public Safety
John Bentley
Quinn
Bentley
Shadows of ancient days hover in Fresno boxing show
Oscar Battling Nelson and Fighting Dick Hyland meet in three exhibition rounds for the American Legion show in Fresno California. The pair previously fought for the lightweight world title on May 9 1909.
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Fresno
Cal
Oscar
Nelson
Hyland
American Legion
Suit filed against Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co.
Mrs. Lucy Patterson administratrix of J Lindsey Patterson's estate sues Forsyth superior court for 3635 dollars claiming the 5000 dollar life policy, in force since 1910, lapsed after July premium default despite borrowed 1465 and sufficient paid up insurance, with prior assurance of full force on receipt of July premium by check.
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Winston - Salem
Lucy Patterson
J. Lindsey Patterson
Forsyth Superior Court
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co
Trail to Embassy Booze Prompts Prohibition Probe
Washington police said revelations of sensational character may follow as they pursue a route to embassy liquor flowing into the bootleg trade in the national capital. The Jan. 24 dispatch notes investigators focus on a key course linking foreign missions to illicit liquor rings.
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Washington
National Capital Police
Jam Manufacturer Dies in Factory Elevator Fall
Hamilton Ontario report says James Wagstaff head of Wagstaffs Ltd jam makers fell down an elevator shaft in the factory yesterday and was instantly killed.
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Hamilton
Ontario
James Wagstaffe
Wagstaff's, Ltd
Storrs Plans U S Lecture Tour After Berengaria Voyage
Gen Ronald Storrs governor of Jerusalem was aboard the Berengaria sailing from Southampton to New York. He travels to the United States for a lecture tour following the Transatlantic voyage.
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Storrs
London
Ronald Storrs
Jerusalem
Berengaria
Southampton
New York
United States
Wife of opera singer Tita Ruffo robbed in Rome
The wife of opera singer Tita Ruffo reported to police that she was robbed of valuables in Rome including a diamond ring other jewelry and 10 000 gold lire.
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Tita Rufio
Rome
Tita Ruffo
North Carolina House Advances 15 Million Road Bill
The 15 million good reads measure with a three cent gasoline tax passed its second reading 87 to 14 and moves to a third reading. Debate centered on prior appropriations and parliamentary procedure as Baggett and others urged action. The jury tax bill reemerges in a new form directed to Cherokee and Catawba counties with Anson and Washington added.
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Raleigh
Associated Press
Moore
Martin County
Bennett
Anson County
House
Bagett
Senate
Johnson of
Duplin
Friends of
Baggett
Everett
Dillard
Martin
Graham
Orange
Cherokee
Catawba
Washington
Bandits Seize $75,000 Whisky in Chicago Raid
A dozen booze bandits raided Delaney and Murphy in downtown Chicago driving a large motor truck. They kidnapped a watchman and a newsboy, breached an 18 inch wall and steel vault to steal 600 cases of whisky worth 75 thousand dollars before escaping. The watchman and newsboy later freed themselves and reported the crime.
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Chicago
Delaney & Murphy
Negro Jury Convicts Man in Kentucky Murder Case
In Hazard Kentucky the first all black jury in the south convicts New O Neill of murdering William Young after a card game dispute. A negro lawyer and all black witnesses supported the case. O Neill accepts the verdict and faces 20 years in the penitentiary.
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Hazard
South
New O'Neill
William Young
O'Neill
Young
Kentucky
Commonwealth
Nappier
Roberts
Paroled Lifer Proposes Marriage to Author in New York
Louis Victor Eytinge, paroled from an Arizona life sentence for murder early this year, invaded the New York office of author and director Pauline L. Diver last Saturday. He asked, What is the use of writing love letters all the time Lets get married she exclaimed.
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New York
Louis Victor Eytinge
Arizona
Pauline L. Diver
Moscow Soviet Backing Ireland Revolt Alleges Morning Post
The Tory Morning Post charged that the Moscow Soviet supports the Republican revolt in Ireland. It claimed arms are being poured into Ireland from the United States and Scotland.
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Wondon
Morning Post
Ireland
United States
Scotland
Two More Axe Assault Victims in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama Luigi Guellero and his wife were found with crushed skulls in their shop. Police report an axe as the weapon and fear they will not recover. The axe assault tally reaches 24 with this pair counted.
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City OF Birmingham
Birmingham
Ala
Luigi Guellero
Guellero
Real Snow Grips High Point After Winter Storm
High Point saw the season's first real snow last night after a heavy rain and sleet. Ice caused numerous minor fender benders and pole strikes but no serious injuries were reported. Temperatures hovered just above zero, sleet turned to snow, and children enjoyed sledding and snowball fights today.
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High Point
School pupils attend police court session
A class from South Main Street graded school visited the police court with Principal L R Johnston to observe trials. Defendants included Roosevelt Miller fined 25 dollars and costs for receiving stolen gasoline. Edward Wilson and John Rabb convicted for weapons and assault. several others paid costs or were sentenced to roads.
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L. R. Johnston
South Main Street
Walter Royall
Roosevelt Miller
John Balam
Roosevelt
Jim Miller
Clark Waldron
Oliver Snipes
Eugene Wells
Edward Wilson
John Rabb
Alice Rabb
Hobart Robbins
Oscar Turner
Roy Henderson
Great Furniture Show Draws Wide Buyer Attendance
Buyers and exhibitors express satisfaction with the Winter Show as large crowds attended the event, highlighting strong interest in new furniture lines and favorable sales prospects.
Five Year Space Contracts Sought At Southern Furniture Expo
The Southern Furniture Exposition draws heavy buyer turnout at the 10 story building with hundreds of exhibitors and about 700 potential buyers expected before closing Saturday. Manager Charles F. Long says about 30 exhibitors have asked for five year rental contracts, and directors authorize one to five year leases. Attendees include buyers from New York City Newark Charleston and many North Carolina towns as the event cements High Point as a premier furniture market.
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Grand Rapids
High Point
South
South Carolina
United States
Charles F. Long
Mr. Long
S. B. Jones
Curtis C. Shell
Rosemary
F. E. Garvin Newton
R. H. Sechrest
Mary Julian
Vera Norman
Salisbury
W.A. Williams
Greensboro
M. Hamilton
J. A. Bynum
Hope Mills
W. A. Bunch
Statesville
J. M. Colson
Spray
J. M. Hughes
Hendersonville
EH. E. Thompson
S. T. Proctor
Fuquay Springs
Y. C. Dickson
N. B. Boles
Jamestown
S. J. Buckner
H. L. Baily
Lake View
W. S. Love
Hamlet
Jack Palmer
Shelby
E. A. Harold Hamlet
Wadesboro
C. L. Stockney
Charleston
Harrison Building Fire Destroys Structure in Augusta
The Harrison building on the former November 1921 site burned completely after flames began in a restaurant basement.损害估计为八万五千美元.
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Burns
Augusta
Harrison
Ruhr Isolation Expected From Tomorrow
ESSEN January 24 French authorities report that the occupied Ruhr will be completely isolated from unoccupied Germany starting tomorrow. The move aims to sever transport and communication links between the Ruhr and areas not under Allied control.
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Ruhr
Essen
Associated Press
Germany
Witness says he saw kidnap men near lake
Leon L. Jones of Moselle Mississippi, called the mysterious witness, heads to Bastrop Louisiana to testify at an open hearing. He owned the wrecked auto near Lake LaFourche on August 24 and says a black hooded group brought Watt Daniels and T S Richards to the lake. Their bodies were found December 22.
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Bastrop
Associated Press
Leon L. Jones
Moselle
Miss
Jones
Lake LaFourche
Watt Daniels
T. S. Richards
Daniel
Richards
Lake Dee
Poland Mobilization Reported on German Front
Moscow reports from Germany indicate Polish troops are mobilizing along the German frontier. The Polish government maintains a policy of watchful waiting as events unfold. Russia is taking measures to guard its Polish frontier against possible attacks.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Germany
Russia
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