French Commander Named in Morocco Riffian War
Paris July 7 reports say French forces in Morocco have checked Riffian incursions near Taza with sharp offensives. Abd-El-Krim loyalists discouraged by losses. Naulin named to lead operations, replacing Gouillamat. Naulin, 55, famed for Somme-Py and Tahure actions with American support, comes from Algerian rifle regiment and Saint Cyr background.
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Taza
Abd-El-Krim
Stanislaus Naulin
Gouillamat
Rhineland
Naulin
Africa
Marshal Foch
Sommepy
Tahure
Marne
Vouziers
St. Cyr
West Point
Peru
Ninth Army
Marshal Lyauley
Robert Ward Laid Rest Monday
Funeral services were held in Thomasville for Robert L Ward a Davidson County man who died Sunday morning in a local hospital. The Main Street Methodist church officiated by Rev W L Hutchins with the Junior Order council of Denton at the grave. He left a widow and nine children seven sons and two daughters and three brothers and one sister. Mrs Ward was 33 and known in Thomasville. He married Mary Lola Loftin in 1895 and had twelve children eight living at the time of his death.
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Thomasville
Robert L. Ward
Davidson Vouniy
Man
Main Street
Sallie Ward
A. E. Ward
Lexington
J. D
T. J. Ward
Denton
Roby Surratt
Driver Asleep As Car Plunges Over Mountain In N C
Asheville July 7 One man was killed and four injured when an automobile fell from a mountain near Hot Springs North Carolina The dead is L R Campbell 27 of Unionville NC The injured are C E Kistler of Philadelphia James Vandore of Chester SC Joe Cannon of Bennettsville SC and Robert Hare of Chester SC The crash occurred as the party returning from the Fourth of July trip to Albemarle NC reached the Hot Springs area Police say Kistler who was superintendent of the Phoenix Utility Company believed the driver was partly asleep The injured were taken to Newport Tennessee hospital and the companions were freed from under the wreckage by passing motorists
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Asheville
Hot Springs
N. C
L. R. Campbell
Unionville
C. E.kistler
Philadelphia
James Vandore
Chester
S. C
Joe Cannon
Bennettsville
Robert Hare
Phoenix Utility Company
Kistler
High Point Delegation Seeks Centennial Avenue Extension
Guilford County commissioners declined a request from a High Point delegation led by state highway official J Elwood Cox to extend Centennial avenue from Montbieu. The plea followed a joint Rotary Civitan Kiwanis and chamber vote to petition for the road. During the session, commissioner W C Jones celebrated his birthday with a cake as the board also authorized a school election for a High Point township corner outside the city district.
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Board of Commissioners
Guilford County
High Point
Centennial Avenue
Montbieu
J. Elwood Cox
Good Roads Bureau
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Cox
Rotary, Civitan and Kiwanis Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
W. C. Jones
J. C. McGlamery
Helen Locke
County Welfare Department
Mr. Jones
High Point Township
President hosts Mayflower party for supper and cruise
The president entertains a small group aboard the Mayflower this evening for a supper and cruise, while Confident Connlidge attends to the cooldown among a limited number of guests.
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Conlidge
Brooklyn Boxer Martin Wins Fourth Try At Junior Title
Martin of Brooklyn defeated Vincent Pepper in a 12 round junior lightweight bout to gain the decision. Both fighters weighed 129 1 4 pounds. It was Martin's fourth attempt at the crown and second time he fissed with Ballerino as stocks like Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic gained on merger rumor revival.
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Vincent
Pepper
Martin
Brooklyn
Ballerino
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlantic
Blame sought for Pickwick club collapse trial of witnesses
Boston July 7 The effort to blame the Pickwick club disaster on Fourth of July revelers continued as the wreckers said no more bodies remained. The county grand jury spent sixteen hours at the scene questioning witnesses and survivors and adjourned to resume today. Governor Fuller pledged state aid and said he would hand the case to Attorney General Benton if the county investigation failed. The jury heard 15 witnesses with 30 more summoned. it was unlikely to complete its task today. Chinatown residents discussed the dead and named William Murray tied to prior gas bomb indictments. Boxing figures Frank Tillo and Ned Filanagan mourned, while funds were being raised for Lt. Inspector Benny Alexander and Patrolman Paul Holloran families.
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Boston
Pickwick Club
Fuller
Jay R. Benton
Chinatown
Thay
William “Poots” Murray
Rhode Island’ State
Frank Tillo
Benny” Alexander
Paul Holloran
Coolidges Remember the Sad Anniversary
SWAMPSCOTT Mass July 7 Saddened by the recollection that their young son Calvin died just a year ago today Mr and Mrs Coolidge remained today in privacy of the summer white house He had planned to be in Plymouth Vt where the lad was buried but the illness of the president's father necessitating a hurried trip there forced an alteration of plans and it is now improbable that they will visit the Vermont village before late in the summer unless there should be an unfavorable turn in
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Swampscott
Mass
Calvin
Coolidge engagements and reformatories in planning notes
Col John Coolidge meets with Mrs John Jacobs Rogers the first woman elected to the Massachusetts house from New England and with newspaper correspondents. Governor and Mrs Jackson called at White Court to honor the president. Three states absorb overflow. Alderson W Va plans a women federal prisoners reformatory and a $2 000 000 men first offenders institution site is surveyed. Pirates urged to win pennant Harris says Giants dominating.
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John Coolidge
White Court
John Jacobs Rogers
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
New Dingland
Coolidge
Jackson
Indiana
Alderson
W. Va
Secretaries of War and Interior
Few Offers Received For Overflow Prisoners
Washington July 7 report says unless more state offers come to help house about 8000 federal prisoners, authorities foresee little relief from overcrowding at Atlanta and Fort Leavenworth prisons.
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Washington
Atlanta
Fort Leavenworth
Holding His Title by Balferino in Jersey Boxer
New Jersey fighter Mike Ballerino of Bayonne remains the junior lightweight champion, holding firm on his title as of July 7 in New York.
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New York
Mike Ballerino
Bayonne, N. J
Market Opens With Price Swings In Motor Issues Race
New York stock figures opened with volatility as low priced motor issues led trading. Packard climbed to a yearly high while Willys-Overland sustained strong demand amid broad turnover and shifting expectations for autos and related shares.
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Packard
Willys-Overland
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