Clearing Warmer Weather Forecast After Snow
Atlanta on January 26 reports rain and sleet shifting to clearing and warmer conditions across northeast Georgia and the Carolinas tonight and tomorrow. Alabama and southeast Georgia expect clearing weather after two days of rain. Raleigh sees sleet with 24 degrees, while Birmingham and Atlanta rise to 82. Telegraph wires delay business. railroads report trains on schedule.
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Georgia
Carolinas
Alabama
Raleigh
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Birmingham
Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Powhatan in tow after week adrift off Halifax
The Army transport Powhatan, adrift about 100 miles from Halifax for more than a week, is in tow by two American tugs. Captain Travis of the Lady Laurier reports the vessel underway again with Relief wrecking tug near, while Coast Guard cutters linger in the area.
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Travis
Powhatan
Laurier
New York
United States Coast Guard
Soviet Says Moscow Ready to Fight World
Soviet agent Ludwig Martens told the Senate committee Russia is strong enough to fight the world. He said the soviets have ceased urging international revolution and would spend 450 to 500 million dollars in foreign purchases, noting no gold remained in private hands in Russia.
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Martens
Russia
Chicago Death Toll Sets New Daily High
Chicago health reports today’s influenza and pneumonia deaths at 132 with 1,058 new influenza cases and 250 pneumonia cases in five hours. Overall deaths reach 250, a new daily high, while new case counts show a marked decrease from Friday. Health Officer Robinson says the epidemic appears to be waning.
Republicans Demand No Change to Reservations on Pact
Washington reports that Senator Lodge told Senator Hitchcock and the Democratic committee that Republicans will not accept any changes to reservations affecting the League of Nations covenant article XII or the Monroe doctrine. The statement followed a Saturday meeting with Senators Borah Johnson and others, prompting a private conference and a pledge to respond tomorrow.
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Senator Lodge
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
California
Hitchcock
Lodge
First Snow Covers High Point In Welcome Winter
High Point woke to the season's first snow with six to seven inches in some areas and about three inches on average. Sleet mixed in, sidewalks slick, and shoppers sought overshoes and boots as children built snowballs and sledded. The city anticipated more precipitation in the coming hours.
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High Point
High Pointers
Bachelor gallery opens in Embassy Club London restaurant
London January 24 The Embassy Club, the fashionable West End venue, introduces a bachelor gallery to ban all things feminine and celebrate a leery leap year convenience in its new dining space.
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London
West Iind
Embassy Club
Personal Crisis Reports Rise. Lawyers Lead While Editors Immune
A New York dispatch notes a rising number of personal crisis reports since the armistice, with 5,112 cases in 1919 in the United States. Lawyers head the professions cited, including judges, physicians, teachers, clergymen, business leaders, and society figures. marital strife explains many tragedies, and while men outnumber women overall, many cases involve youths, with editors seemingly immune.
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New York
Save A Life League
Germany
Russia
Syria
United States
Nune
Legal Phase of Duigh Case Up
Paris January 26 The council of ambassadors discussed the Dutch refusal to surrender former Emperor William as allies seek a legal reply. French experts will review all aspects and draft a response for approval next week. The debate centered on the legal phase as the main issue.
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Duigh
Senate Approves Public Health Influenza Aid
The senate adopted a resolution for an appropriation of 550 000 for the public health service to fight influenza. The disease is spreading across 20 states with new cases reported in Michigan and 36 deaths in Kansas City attributed to influenza.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Senate
Michigan
Kansas City
Powell Miller Found Guilty On Weapon Charges
Powell Miller, described as a negro, was tried in municipal court this morning for carrying a concealed weapon and firing a pistol within city limits. Judge J A Austin found him guilty on both charges and fined him.
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City Limits
J. A. Austin
Passport decree to bar undesirables in Cairo set for Feb 1
In Cairo on Jan 26 British high commissioner announces new passport regulations designed to bar undesirables. A negro court fine of 50 dollars for concealed weapon was reduced to 30 days to secure payment. Prince found not guilty over missing license tag in borrowed car. Benson fined 25 dollars for noise and intoxication with suspended judgment on costs. Gross fined 5 dollars for breach of peace language.
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C. C. Prince
Prince
Duffy Benson
Benson
Hr. Gross
No report on mens capture in Siberia
Washington January 26 no report regarding the capture by Bolshevik forces of American railway engineers and Red Cross workers in Siberia had been received by the state and war departments or the national headquarters of the Red Cross. The Colonel Blunt mentioned in dispatches is believed at the war department to be Frank Roscoe Blunt of Plano Alabama, a member of the Steven railway commission.
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Red Cross
Siberia
State Department
War Department
Blunt
Frank Roscoe Blunt
Cotton futures open steady as market unsettled in New York
In New York on January 26 cotton futures opened steady with March at 386.00, May 34.07, July 32.10, October 29.95, and December 29.45. Early trading saw a drop of 5 to 37 points before buying by Liverpool and domestic traders trimmed losses, but higher offerings pushed March from 36.15 to 35.90 and July from 32.20 to 32.00. Prices then steadied with some rallies on covering.
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New York
Liverpool
Major Davis Refuses Shore Hail Over Prohibition
Major William H. Davis of Philadelphia arrived on the Crale from Colombian ports and refused to come ashore after learning prohibition was in effect. He declared he would not live in a country that tells him what to drink and returned to his stateroom after securing a booking home to Christobal.
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Fie
Christobal
Willy Lewis Shot. Pugilist Expected to Recover
Willy Lewis a retired boxer was shot at his Fourteenth Street cafe by two unknown men. He underwent treatment at St Vincent's hospital and showed signs of improvement with doctors predicting recovery.
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New York
Willy”’ Lewis
Fourteenth Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Plague Outbreak Sends Soviet Officials From Moscow
Reports say members of the Soviet government evacuated Moscow after a renewed plague outbreak, heading to Gogor on the Upper Volga per received advices.
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Stockholm
Moscow
Gogor
Upper Volga
InN Park Buys Fayetteville Observer
John A Park of Raleigh has purchased the Fayetteville Observer, an afternoon daily and one of the state's oldest newspapers. The price was not disclosed. Park is also publisher of the Raleigh Times.
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Raleigh
John A Park
Fayetteville
Mob Fire On By Carbineers at Florence Meeting
In Florence on January 26 a mob assaulted carbineers during a meeting where anarchist Enrico Flotesta, newly elected to the chamber of deputies, urged a revolution. The carbineers fired in defense of themselves against the demonstrators.
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Enrico Flotesta
Chamber of Deputies
Party of Carbineers
Bolshevik Troops Reach Chinese Frontier Near Godda
An official Soviet statement says Bolshevik peasants corps reached the Chinese frontier near Godda on the western border of Mongolia, in the Moscow issued note.
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London
Moscow
Bolshevik Peasants’ Corps
Godda
Mon
Scandinavian Labor Congress Backs Against Bolshevism
Paris reports the Scandinavian labor congress adopted a resolution to stem Bolshevism, introduced by Socialist leader Branting, in a Copenhagen dispatch to a local newspaper.
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Paris
Scandinavian Labor Congress
Branting
Copenhagen
Mass Meeting Tonight Paves Way For Better Schools
Citizens from all parts of High Point township will attend a mass meeting at the high school auditorium to discuss consolidating the township high schools and building a modern school. A $150000 facility with vocational department is proposed to ease crowded rooms and improve facilities. Principal speakers include Guilford County Superintendent Thomas R. Foust and City Schools Superintendent W. M. Marr. The meeting proceeds despite bad weather with heated auditorium.
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Thomas KR. Foust
Guilford County
W. M. Marr
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