United States Demands Fair Treatment for Cotton Shipping
The United States shipping board warned British lines it will declare an open market and haul cargo anywhere if cotton shipments from Alexandria to the UK and US are not fairly bid. It would invoke the Jones Act to exclude unfair competitors from US ports. London reports say Alexandria negotiations with Liverpool interests may break off over shipping methods.
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London
Associated Press
United States Shipping Board
Alexandria
Egypt
United Kingdom
United States
Shipping Board
London Dispatch
Liverpool
Georgia Peaches and Watermelons Break Early 1921 Records
Georgia shipments of peaches and watermelons for the 1921 season set new records. By July 22 10 264 cars of peaches had shipped with forecasts over 10 500 cars while watermelons reached 10 110 by July 16 and continued to rise. The Atlanta Journal estimates returns to growers at about ten million dollars with favorable weather transport and marketing cited as key factors.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Southern Railway System
Atlanta Journal
Local shops launch broad sales amid window signs
Store windows fill with sale signs in the city. The Quality Shoe, Efirds, Lashmit Shoe, Blair Hoskins Shoe, Harris brothers, Cannon Fetzer company, and Silver's advertise big discounts. Shoppers respond with brisk buying and merchants report smiles as prices vary.
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Quality
Efirds
Lashmit Shoe
Blair Hoskins Shoe
Harris Brothers
Cannon- Fetzer Company
Silver's
Cotton Shows A Continued Weakness
New York July 28 reports easier cables and favorable weather easing demand. Southern warehouse selling pushed prices down 23 to 24 points from yesterday, with October futures at 11.88 and December at 12.32 in the first half hour. Opening prices were steady for nearby contracts: October 12.00, December 12.43, January 12.45, March 12.78, May 32.85.
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Wall Street
Turkish Nationalists Decide to Evacuate Ishmid Peninsula
A Constantinople dispatch reports the Turkish Nationalists will evacuate the Ishmid peninsula due to Greek advances toward Adabazaar, at the base of the peninsula east of Constantinople between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea.
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London
AssociatedPress
Ishmid Peninsula
Constantinople
Adabazaar
Sea of Memora
Black Sea
Historic Monticello to be sold over upkeep costs
NEW YORK July 28 Reports Monticello the Jefferson home near Charlottesville Va is on the market Jefferson M Levy former congressman and current owner confirms he will sell if a purchaser fit to own a shrine can be found Upkeep costs have become burdensome and prompted the sale decision.
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New York
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Charlottesville
Jefferson M. Levy
Johnson City home dubbed a mad house and Fort McHenry urged overhaul
War risk insurance director Col. Charles R. Forbes told a senate committee that the Johnson City Tenn old soldiers home is a mad house with liquor and narcotics sold to about 900 veterans and no proper discipline. He urged placing all former service men institutions under federal control. Forbes also criticized Fort McHenry Maryland for poor physical conditions and proposed diverting future funds to a fertilizer plant.
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Washington
Johnson City
Tenn
Old Soldiers
Fort McHenry
Charles R. Forber
Senate
Forbes
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Isurance
Mrs J E Efird Dies At Anson County Home
Mrs J E Efird mother of the Efird department store owners in the Carolinas died yesterday at 4 pm at the Efird home in Anson County after months of illness. Funeral held this morning at 10. Survived by husband and children in Charlotte Winston Salem Columbia Norwood Concord Salisbury Albemarle Polkton.
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J. E. Efird
Efird
Carolinas
Anson County
Columbia
S. M. Efird
Norwood
A. E. Harris
Concord
T. A. Foreman
Salisbury
Wade Denning
Albemarle
B. C. Shankle
Bernice Efird
Polkton
Seven Men to Die by State Execution Dates Set
Governor Morrison fixed October 20 for the death sentences of seven North Carolina men including J T Harris Ridgecraft merchant. Frank Henderson of Madison County faces October 10 for murdering his wife. Other hearings and dates are September 29 for Carl Little, October 31 for Harry Caldwell, November 10 for Jeff Foster, November 21 for W H Westmoreland, and November 30 for Claude Moorhead with hearings to be granted on application.
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Asheville
Morrison
North Carolina
J. T. Harris
Ridgecraft
Harris
F. W Monnish
Alabama
Frank Henderson
Madison County
Henderson
Carl Little
Anson County
Harry Caldwell
Wayne County
Jeff Foster
W. H. Westmoreland
Stredell County
Claude Moorhead
Guilford County
Armament Talks Move Forward as Japan Accepts Washington
Tokyo has accepted a seat at the conference on armament limitation, clearing the path to hold talks in Washington. Officials foresee agreement on the meeting place with Washington favored, while dates remain debated among participants. Dominion premiers prefer a later date due to autumn legislative sessions.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Tokio
State Department
Harding
Dominions
Salvation Army head says worst Winter in 15 years for industry
Evangeline Booth, commander of the Salvation Army in the United States, warns New York faces a severe winter with unemployment and relief pressures. She says weekly employment registrations are a third of demand, many applicants are outsiders, and dozens of professionals seek work while families with children face eviction and hunger.
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New York
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
United States
New York City
Quarrel Over Debt Tied to Kinston Tragedy
In Kinston on Sunday afternoon Lannie Best shot and killed Mrs Effie Redd then fatally wounded himself. Local reports say Redd claimed Best owed her $300 and sought advice on collecting the debt in the days before the tragedy.
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Kinston
Lannie Best
Effiie Redd
Presbyterians Reach 1.69 Million Members in Nation
New York July 28 The Presbyterian Church in the United States reports an added 55 496 communicants over the year bringing total membership to 1 692 558 The Sunday school roll stands at 1 483 292 Contributions to missions education and benevolence total 47 036 482 The year sees 63 386 dismissed members 19 058 deaths and 61 157 suspensions.
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New York
Presbyterian Church
Elks Band to Play at Kernersville Friday
The Elks band from this city will travel to Kernersville Friday for a concert under the Kernersville concert band. Dr. Tesh said the entire group will perform a high class program tomorrow evening in the Kernersville auditorium. The band plans Friday night performances here each week with occasional Sunday concerts.
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Elks
Kernersville
Tesh
Russians Grateful for Hoover Relief Message Reply
Secretary Hoover released a radio reply from Maxim Gorky at Petrograd thanking him for the relief message. The reply says American relief in Russia must come after the release of Americans detained by the Soviet government, with a detailed return from Moscow to follow.
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Washington
Hoover
Maxim Gorky
Petrograd
American Relief Association
Russia
Moscow
Russian Relief Committee
Seaside Resort Fire Destroys Clubs and Cottages
Norfolk Virginia July 28 A fire at Ocean View destroyed two clubs and six cottages displacing about fifty residents. Several escaped from second story windows and one man, J B Griswold, was severely cut. Loss estimated at 150000 with partial insurance coverage. The Shamrock and Beacon clubs burned. cottages owned by Munford Jones Pryor Griswold Lapacini Church and Fentress were lost.
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Norfolk
Ocean View
J. B. Griswold
Shamrock Club
Beacon Club
C. M. Munford
L. C. Jones
W. L. Pryor
A. D. Lapacini
H. W. Church
Walter Fentress
Raleigh Seethes Over Rock Quarry Drainage Dispute
Delegations urge Solicitor Norris to probe the East Raleigh rock quarry issue as Mayor Eldridge blasts the state for draining costs and buck-passing. Governor Morrison’s committee meeting weighs whether to drain the seven million gallon pond and the city’s $3,250.04 claim. State college summer session ends in Raleigh with 950 attendees and a stock of 120000 licenses issued for autos and trucks.
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Raleigh
H. B. Norris
Eldridge
Norris
Morrison
J. Bryan Grimes
State College Summer School
Local firemen enter contest in Gastonia tournament
High Point firemen prepare for the August 22 to 25 contest in Gastonia with a team for water and chemical events. Ed Ellington captains the chemical team with Joe Davis and Jim Pierce. Grady Culler leads water as buttman with W. W. Church, D. L. Sprinkle, Cc Culler, and L. F. Hunevcutt. Drills on East Russell Street invite public view while urging spectators to stay clear for safety.
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Gastonia
High Point
Northside
Ed Ellington
Aldder
Joe Davis
Jim Pierce
Grady Culler
Buttman
W. W. Church
Wrenchman
D. L. Sprinkle
Jack Puller
Culler
L. F. Hunevcutt
East Russell Street
French Insist on Troops in Silesia
The Associated Press reports France demands immediate deployment of more troops into Upper Silesia. A Downing Street meeting at Lloyd George's residence included the Prime Minister Dominion premiers and cabinet members to address the issue amid concern in Britain.
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London
Associated Press
Upper Silesia
Lloyd George
Downing Street
France
Pasha Urges Allied Intervention in Greco-Turkish War
Mustapha Kema Pasha head of the Turkish Nationalist government telegrams Constantinople asking central governments to intervene with the Allies to seek a cessation of Greek Turkish hostilities.
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London
Mustapha Kema Pasha
Constantinople
Alles
Farmer killed by unknown assailant near Wilson
E. L. Pearson a 46 year old prominent Taylors township farmer was shot and killed late yesterday while feeding hogs on his farm near Wilson North Carolina. Family says he had no enemies and officers have made no arrests.
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Wilson
N. C
Pearson
Taylors Township
North Carolina Officials See Pellagra Report as Political Move
Raleigh officials condemn a U S Public Health Service bulletin describing a semi famine Pellagra outbreak in the cotton belt as a Harding administration plot to damage southern states. State health chiefs insist Pellagra is not an epidemic and stress political motives behind the release.
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Raleigh
United States Public Health Service
Cotton Belt
Harding
North Carolina
Washington
Public
South
Red Cross
Public Health Service
New Stop Signs Installed at Main Street Intersections
The city placed four foot high stop signs at Main and Commerce Main and High Main and Broad Main and Washington and Main and English. Signs bear Stop on one side and Go slow on the other and require vehicles entering Main street from these streets to stop briefly before proceeding with caution.
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Main
Commerce Streets
Broad
Washington
English Streets
Main Street
Negro Gives Bad Check for Auto
James Sullivan is jailed on a charge of paying Gate City Motor Co with a bad check for 2488.20 for an automobile. Police pursued him and found he lacked a bank account though he claimed funds and offered a note. He denied the charge in custody, expressing confidence in release as officers described his rapid flight.
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James Sullivan
Gate City Motor Company
Wagner
Sullivan
Ance
Edsel Ford Seeks Lower Auto Costs Through In-House Production
In a candid interview Edsel Ford outlines a plan to cut car prices by expanding in house production. He notes progress toward full self sufficiency, ongoing efficiency drives, and new ventures from tractors to aluminum speed boat development.
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U.S
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Silesia
Pasha
U. S. Health Service
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Edsel Ford
Matin
Negro
Osel Ford
Edward Thierry
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Edsel
Henry
The
Fold Motor Company
Builder
Man At the Wheel
Ford
Detroit Toledo & Ironton Railroad
Coatedian
Springfield
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