Philippine trade described as unprecedented by official in London
Fidel A. Reyes director of the Philippine Bureau of Commerce and Industry declared in London that the islands have seen unprecedented economic progress in twenty years. He highlighted foreign investment opportunities, noted trade growth from 1831 to 1920, and urged development in agriculture, sugar refining, and fruit and fish canning to attract capital and boost regional commerce.
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London
Fidel A. Reyes
Bureau of Commerce and Industry of the Philippine Islands
Reyes
Philippines
Udn
Mr. Reyes
China
Siberia
United States
Petrograd Granted Privileges to Boost War-Torn City
The All-Russian central executive committee in Moscow ordered preferential fuel and transport for Petrograd and a special district for city food, with Lenine heading a commission to implement the relief plan. Only about one sixth of prewar factories operate, and population is under 700,000.
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Reval
Esthenia
Russian Soviet Council of Labor and Defense
Petrograd
Moscow
Central Executive Committee
Russia
Lenine
Zinovieff
Charlie Miller Initiation Sparks Lethal Return
In Wilson on July 18 Charlie Miller a Black man faced a rough initiation into a secret order. He fled the lodge rooms and later returned with two pistols to stage a gunfire incident. He was tried in the mayor's court and given 45 days on the roads.
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Wilson
Charlie Miller
Charlie
Miller
Buttons Made Daily Reach 26 Million In United States
A production trend shows about 26 million buttons manufactured each day across the United States. Factories report steady demand from apparel and hardware sectors as workers maintain high output levels.
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United States
American Woman Denounces SQU1E in Constantinople
Mrs. Anna Keiser of Philadelphia, newly arrived in Constantinople, recalls fleeing Bolshevik Odessa and describes brutalities under Soviet rule. She says Americans were not asked about exit, cites marriage law flexibility, and mentions Henry Potter’s execution over consular papers.
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Constantinople
Anna Keiser
Philadelphia
Odessa
Keiser
Eli Keiser
B. Willer
Irving Avenue
Chicago
Soviet Russia
State Department
Petrograd
More Divorce Cases in England
London July 16. Postwar divorce courts face an unprecedented backlog and new suits, requiring retired judges to keep pace. Lord Birkenhead notes war effects linger in domestic life and may keep divorce rates above prewar levels for a generation. Mrs Seaton Tiedeman cites UK marriage wrecks higher per capita than the United States.
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London
Lord Birknhead
Lord Birkenhead
Pettioner
Seaton-Tiedeman
Divorce Law Reform Union
United Kingdom
United States
Fayetteville Club Bans Sunday Golf
Fayetteville July 18 directors of the Fayetteville Country Club near the Tokay plantation three miles north of the city vote against Sunday golf on club grounds. The club has 250 acres. clearing for the golf course is progressing rapidly.
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Fayetteville
Tokay
Hat Named for Him Marks Step Toward Stardom
A wholesale house named a boys hat after Wes and sought his endorsement. Wes granted it and now believes he has cleared the final obstacle to reaching the pinnacle of stardom.
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Wes
Joint Summer School for County Teachers
Salisbury reports Rowan and Davie counties will start a joint summer school for teachers here on July 18. The program aims to share training, resources, and methods to improve instruction across the two counties.
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Salisbury
Rowan
Davie
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F. Wall
Sec
All White
Barbers
Walter L. Hargett
Hart Drug Co
High Point, N. C
Panama
Southall Hat Works
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Long gReed Street
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Civil Service
Continental Bldg
Washington, D. Cc
McMahan Ryman Chair Co
Sevierville
Tennessee
J. Elwood Cox
V. A. J. Idol
H. Marriner
C. M. Hauser
E. B. Steed
Asst
Wachovia Bank & Trust Company
Stongest Bank
Caolinas
Southern Railway System
High Point
New York
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Birmingham
Charlotte
Washington
Columbia
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Atlanta
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New Orleans
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Westminster
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Wash
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Birmingham-New York
Augusta
Birmingham-N. 0
H. D. Saunders
R. H. Graham
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Loflin
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Hamilton Beach
Electric Carpet Cleaning Company
Elwood Hotel
Commercial Club
Friend’s Church
Elwood Cox
Room and Board
Virginia Avenue
J. W. Johnson
Bank of Commerce
Willow- Bar Terrace
W. L. Kivett
FORD
R. E
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A. B. Huff
High Point Amusement Company
Corporation of
High Point Citizens
Broadway Theatre
T. J. Gold
Atty. Wachovia Bank Building
High Point Ins. & Real Estate Co
Jack Edwards
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
Erick Florman
Boulevard Street
R. E. Andrews
Baga
Ford Garage
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Ward Street
Good Street
James F. Brown
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