Southern Railway Clerks Will Not Strike, Leader Says
F H Gross local chairman of the Railway Clerks Brotherhood says there will be no strike after a Washington conference. He calls the settlement satisfactory but provides no details. White House meetings with President Harding and leaders from Chicago continued with no developments disclosed.
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Southern Railway
Brotherhood
Chattanooga
Tenn
F. H. Gross
Railway Clerks Brotherhood of the Southern Railway
Washington
White House
President Harding
T. Dewitt Cuyler
Th Association of Railway Executives
B. M. Jewell
Chicago
Jewell
Cuyler
Harding
Caplain
Coal Moving From Mines Shows Rising Output
Washington July 27 Favorable reaction to government efforts to boost coal production appeared in railway figures showing 13 083 cars of coal were loaded Monday at operating mines compared with 9 860 cars last Saturday and a six day prior daily average of 10 914 cars
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Washington
Greensboro Summer School Ends At Record Session
Greensboro July 27 nine hundred ninety seven teacher students at the North Carolina College for Women completed the summer school session. Enrollment and faculty size set new records as graduates depart for schools across the state with enhanced professional training amid varied entertainments.
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Greensboro
North Carolina College For Women
Peake Trial Set For Next Monday In Ashburn Murder
Winston-Salem July 27 The trial of J L Peake charged with murder of local insurance man H B Ashburn last December is set for Monday at 2 30 p m In superior court the solicitor ordered a 200 man venire after counsel agreement A motion for continuance by defense attorney Z C Camp was denied
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Winston-Salem
J. L. Peake
H. B. Ashburn
Superior Court
Z. Co. Camp
High Point Fire Department Takes Third in Hand Reel Races
Members of the High Point fire department won third prize in the hand reel races at the state firemen's tournament in Morehead City. The High Point team will depart Friday morning for home after the event.
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Morehead City
High Point Fire Department
High Point
National Guard Battery Prepares for Camp Bragg Training
Hendersonville July 27 Battery C 177th Field Artillery of the U S National Guard prepares to go to Camp Bragg Fayetteville during the first days of August for a two weeks training period.
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Camp Bragg
Hendersonville
177Th Field Artillery
U. S. National Guard
Fayetteville
New York Coal Dealers Forecast $22 to $25 Ton This Winter
New York coal dealers expect prices to reach 22 to 25 dollars per ton this winter if the strike persists or government controls are imposed. Longshoremen opened discussion on coal shipments from England while Anthony Chopeck declined to disclose any agreed action. Public utilities face short supply periods as new shipments slow, fueling anxiety among dealers and customers.
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New York
Longshoreman’s
England
Anthony Chopeck
Longshotmen
Rail Strike Talks Resume Amid Mixed Negotiations
President Harding's conference with railway executives and union leaders renewed hope for an early settlement of the rail strike. Separate peace talks by the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line ended in Seattle without result, while talks between the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and its striking workers continue in Baltimore.
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Harding
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Seattle
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Rail officials say service near normal as staffing grows
Rail officials asserted passenger and freight service was practically normal and noted that increased recruiting was building up new shop forces, signaling stabilizing operations.
Union Leaders Say Walkout Remains 100 Percent Effective
Union leaders assert the shopmen strike remains totally effective with no workers returning to duty. They maintain the stalemate as the labor action continues across the industry.
Critical Stage of Rail Strike Reaches New Peak
New York July 27 The central strike committee of the New York district says the railroad shopmen strike has reached its most critical stage. A statement by chairman David Williams criticizes government priority orders and accuses executives backed by Morgan Gary interests of blocking settlement. A Jersey City locomotive wheel rim came off, delaying thousands of commuters.
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New York
Central Strike Committee
David Williams
United States
United State
Aterbury Lovee
Morgan- Gary
Jersey City
Erie Railroad
Snow Convicted of Transporting Liquor in Norfolk
C. L. Snow, a Norfolk and Western baggagemaster, was found guilty in municipal court of bringing whiskey into Winston-Salem. He was fined 75 dollars and given an eight month suspended sentence, with an appeal to the state supreme court. Police evidence said the liquor came in a small hand bag. Snow denied knowledge of the bag’s contents.
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Winston-Salem
Supreme Court
C. L. Snow
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Snow
Wayne County Fair Plans Preview in Goldsboro
Wayne County chamber of commerce presses ahead with county fair to be held in November aimed at surpassing prior events. Street car service likely to stay out of operation as six motor cars are in poor shape and one car body sale was approved by the board of aldermen yesterday.
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Wayne County
Goldsboro
Chamber of Commerce
Wayne
Board of Aldermen
Piedmont & Northern to Build New Anderson Station
E Thomason vice president and general manager announced the Piedmont Northern electric railroad will construct a new passenger station in Anderson at a cost of 50000 dollars once plans are finished.
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Anderson
S. C
Insane man surrenders after 138 day siege in West Virginia
John Frediking, the man who barricaded himself in his Hinton home after killing one man and wounding four, gave up this morning. He came to the front door, asked for water, and was taken to the county jail by two troopers. Doctors treated a wound in his arm at Hinton hospital.
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Deking
Hinton
Frediking
Allen and White Clash On Stage In Emporia
Governor Henry J. Allen defended arrest of his old ally William Allen White in Emporia after White refused to remove a railroad strikers placard from the Gazette. White and Allen shared the platform at a teachers college gathering where the governor cited a U S Supreme Court ruling upholding state anti-picketing law. The exchange framed as a study in loyal citizenship and the duty of officials to enforce the law despite free speech debates.
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Emporia
Kan
Henry J. Allen
Willie Allen White
Wheat Belt
White
Allen
Teachers’ College of Emporia
United States Supreme Court
Henry
Buddy
Kansas
Supreme Court
Milwaukee
American women sail for France on Good Will Delegation
The French liner France departed for Havre with eighty seven women from thirty American cities forming the Good Will Delegation. Delegates were chosen by popular vote to carry messages of friendship to France under the American committee for devastated France. Four gold star mothers, including Mrs. Herman H. Birney and Mrs. William Abbey of Philadelphia, Mrs. Otto Brewer of Wichita, and Mrs. Clay G. Stephens of Nashville, join the voyage.
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New York
France
Havre
American Committee For
Herman H. Birney
William Abbey
Philadelphia
Otto Brewer
Wichita
Kan
Clay G. Stephens
Nashville
Tenn
Lewis Predicts Interstate Wage Conference Ends Strike
John L. Lewis, president of the miners union, said in Philadelphia that an interstate joint conference of the central competitive field would be arranged within days to settle the wage scale. He argued wage reductions are unacceptable and a nationwide settlement is needed for resumption of mining and relief to industry and the public. Leaders noted district presidents from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania were present, with assurances that soft coal mine owners are ready to join a central wage agreement.
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Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
Miners’ Union
Competitiv
Coal Strike News Signals Conference Hopes
John L. Lewis announces hope for an early conference of miners and operators in the central competitive field. Indiana operators express willingness to join. Frank Farrington rescinds a Peoria convention call. Illinois sub-president expects Lewis to oust Farrington if plan proceeds. Federal authorities urge governors to set up machinery for priority plan and fair prices. Longshoremen may refuse imported coal.
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John L. Lewis
Frank Farrington
Ilinois
Peoria
Lewis
Farrington
Dial cotton bill unfavorably reported in Senate
Washington July 27 Senator Dial Democrat of South Carolina saw his bill to amend the Smith Lever act and expand cotton delivery grades on future contracts reported unfavorably by the Senate agricultural committee. Dial moved to discharge the committee and attach the measure to the tariff bill, urging prompt Senate consideration amid claims of undue delay. Senator Kean Republican of New Hampshire noted another similar Caraway measure remained before the committee and that action to amend the cotton futures act could follow.
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Washington
Dial
South Carolina
Senate Agricultural Committee
Senato Dial
Senate
Keers Republican
New Hampshire
Caraway
Arkansas
High Point Selected For North Carolina Editors Mid-Winter Meet
The North Carolina Press association chose High Point for its mid winter meeting today. The exact date remains undecided and will be set by the executive board at a later meeting.
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High Point
PEC UU
Enterprise Shelby
North Carolina Press Association
High Point Firemen Set World Record in Morehead City Contest
High Point firemen won first prize in the water contest at the state firemen's tournament in Morehead City finishing in nine and two fifths seconds. The team included L. F. Honeycutt Grady Culler Ann Beaman Claude Cer and Roy Church. A reel contest was to follow as the city delegation attended a fish fry and prepared to depart when events ended later today.
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Morehead City
High Point
Enterprise
H. A. Oakes
Metropolis
High Pou
L. F. Honeycutt
Wrenchman
G Grady Culler
Battman
Ann Beaman
Claude Cer
Roy Church
Wilson Letter Opposing Vardaman Seeks Senate Return
Jackson Mississippi July 27 former Senator James K Vardaman responds to a letter attributed to former President Woodrow Wilson advocating against his re election to the United States Senate Vardaman defends his record saying Mississippians should decide their votes without outside pressure and cites his focus on serving white Mississippians rather than pleasing the White House occupant The dispute centers on Wilsons opposition seen as a critique of Vardamans administration
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Jackson
Miss
United States Senate
Woodrow Wilson
McCaleb
Carlisle
James K. Vardaman
Striking rail workers win limited picket rights in injunction ruling
In Raleigh the hearing on extending a temporary injunction against Sea board Air Line railway was postponed to August 7. Judge Connor allowed two pickets near railroad shops, with names filed in court, and warned against abusing strikebreakers while permitting peaceful persuasion. In New York a Tribune report links liquor import embargo to a major bootlegging conspiracy, noting possible corruption in revenue service and vast bonded warehouse stocks.
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Raleigh
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Connor
Toaly
New York
New York Tribune Today
The
Revenue Service
Milk Bottle Explosion Injures Railroad Official
Charles D. Signer assistant general manager of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad reports explosives placed in a milk bottle on his porch exploded as he attempted to move it. Signer age 61 says the blast yesterday injured his right thumb and the incident was reported to police today in Chicago.
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Chicago
Charles D. Signer
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Signer
Officers Capture Escaped Convict Near Town
Roland Wheeler a white convict escaped from a camp just northeast of town early this morning and was captured about an hour after by Police Officers Stout and Myers in the south end of the city He is jailed and will appear in municipal court for trial tomorrow morning.
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Roland Wheeler
Stout and
Myers
Seviers Reunited After Century apart in Tennessee
In Knoxville on July 27 the remains of Bonnie Kate Sevier will be reburied beside her husband John Sevier Tennessee's first governor. The posthumous reunion joins two historic figures without shared grave for over a century.
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Seviers
Knoxville
Tenn
Bonnie Kate Sevier
Tennesse
John Sevier
Miners Hoot At Troops In Quiet Kentucky Town
Troops sent by Governor Morrow were greeted with hoots and jeers by striking miners in Fonde Kentucky but no violence occurred. The scene remained quiet and orderly throughout the day.
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Fonde
Morrow
Ruth and Pipp Native Bench Remark Sparks Rumor
St Louis July reports say Babe Ruth and Wally Pipp argued on the Yankees bench during the sixth inning of a game with the Browns. Both players deny injuries and would not elaborate, stating it was a small argument and they would not discuss it.
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ST. Louis
Babe Ruth
Wally Pipp
Browns
Yankees
Huggins
New York
Rath
Pipp
Associated Press
British miners to keep working amid export debate
LondonJuly 27 The executives of the British miners federation discuss whether to act against coal exports to America. Reports from coal fields say miners will not strike, citing improved employment from American demand. William Straker of the executive committee doubts any official action will occur for obvious reasons.
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London
America
Miners Federation Today
William Straker
Miss Weil Favored in Third District Nomination Fight
In Raleigh a large Republican gathering hears Dr. Few Person push for Miss Gertrude Weil of Wayne to be Republication nominee and congresswoman in the third district over Charles L. Abernethy. Twenty four former shopmen named in Judge Connor injunction appear seeking modification rather than defiance, praising the judge and their own conduct as they await court action.
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Raleigh
Few Person
Wayne County
Gertrude Weil
Wayne
Charles L. Abernethy
Craven
Person Woud
Wayyte
Rev
T. J
Iidistrict
Miss Weir
Miss Wes
Person
Vir. Hood
Goldsboro
Fet
Twen O
Judge
Connor
Illinois Miners Demand Farrington Ousted
John Watt, secretary of the Springfield district, warned that disruption by United Mine Workers could follow if Frank Farrington proceeds with his St. Louis program. Watt urged John L. Lewis to act quickly and consider a provisional Illinois district to remove Farrington as the Illinois workers seek a separate wage contract.
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Springfield
Lll
United Mine Workers of America
Frank Farrington
Ijllinois
St. Louis
John Watt
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Illinois
Worthrow Farrington
Dirigible Balloon Wares Flight Record
The army lighter than air craft service completed its longest flight as the dirigible balloon A-4 reached Scott Field near Belleview after a roughly 1100 mile trip from Langley Field Virginia. The journey included two stops and took about hours and 40 minutes of actual flying time. The blimp will be stationed at Scott Field.
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Belleview
Army
Scott Field
Here
Langley Field
Indiana Operators Seek Four-State Conference
Indianapolis July 27 Indiana operators propose a four state conference to coordinate with other central competitive field operators if they join. Governor McCray sent a message to John Hessler president of District No 2 United Mine Workers of America regarding the plan.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
McCray
John Hessler
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Gov. Allen
William
Keditor
Coal Strike News
High Point Firemen
A. B. Horney
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Convics
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O. J. Coppin
LY Associated Press
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