Tulsa Riot Erupts Over Black Man’s Arrest
Tulsa experiences widespread rioting after the arrest of a Black man sparks armed clashes between white and Black residents. Six White deaths reported, dozens of injuries, guards deployed. chaos spreads through Sunset Hill as fires and gunfire erupt along the railroad, with Black workers and train crews caught in the violence.
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Tulsa
Kla
Sunset Hill
Barrett
Oklaahoma National Guard
Pollice
North Carolina bankers propose six percent state loan syndicate
Raleigh June 1. Tar Heel bankers propose a gigantic bank syndicate to loan the state all it needs at six per cent interest. If accepted the plan would alter the council of state’s policy of borrowing only when required. The proposal, sent to Governor Morrison and the council, envisions over ten million dollars for road and permanent improvements and may supersede prior cautious borrowing.
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Morrison
New York City
Council of State
North Carolina
New England
Greensboro
Charlotte
M. L. Shipman
Federal Employment Bureaus
J. Carl Wheeler
Wade H. Vause
Rocky Mount
Samarcand
Hamlet High School
Rail wage cuts ordered two thirds of last July increase cut
Chicago June 1 Approx two thirds of the wage increase granted last July by the railway labor board is to be deducted on July 1. From last year’s $60,000,000 a year raise nearly $400,000,000 will be set aside. The decrease averages 8 to 12 cents per hour for general workers, with 19 to 12 percent cuts overall. Union leaders withheld comment as meetings are planned for July 1 to discuss the award.
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Chicago
Railway Labor Board
Labor Board
H. E. Brvam
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
S. M. Felton
Chicago Great Western
Race outbreaks in Tulsa kill seventy five people
In Oklahoma City a police report to Governor Robertson states seventy five persons died in Tulsa race disturbances, with victims including whites and blacks. The Tulsa chief asked for state troops to control the violence.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Tulsa
Robertson
Oklahoma Martial Law Declared in City and Tulga County
Governor Robertson ordered martial law at 11:15 today and placed Adjutant General Barrett in command of Oklahoma City. The order extends to all of Tulga County and places the adjutant general in control of the felty nd county.
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Oklahoma City
Robertson
Barrett
Tulga County
Felty Nd
Fairview Street Negro School Year Ends With Awards
Commencement at Fairview street Negro graded school featured Prof. W. M. Marr address and medal prizes. Industrial art and manual training exhibits drew attention with $5 and $2.50 prizes. O. B. Davis praised the year as the school’s most prosperous ninth year of leadership.
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Fairview Street
Negro Graded School
W. M. Marr
High Point
W. C. Jones
C. Dunbar
W. M Marr
Fairview Street School
O. BE. Davis
Market Quiet as Early Cotton Decline Sets In
New York June 1 The cotton market opened steady then declined 8 points to 1 point gains. Active months traded 4 to 5 points lower than last night’s close with July at 12.95 October 13.67 December 14.05 January 14.18 March 14.50.
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New York
Rotarys sail for Liverpool to attend Edinburgh convention
New York June 1 Eleven hundred Rotary club members from the United States and Canada boarded the Caronia today for the voyage to Liverpool. They will attend the twelfth annual convention of the International Association of Rotary Clubs in Edinburgh Scotland June 15 to 16.
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New York
Rotary Clubs
United States
Canada
Caronia
Liverpool
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Edinburgh
Scotland
Proposals to Halt New Navy Battleships Defeated
Washington June 11 Senate debate over Senator Lee Cece of Utah proposal to suspend construction on six battleships and five battle cruisers failed without a recorded vote. The measure did not advance, leaving naval construction plans intact.
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Senate
Washington
Lee Cece
Utah
Hearings In Stillman Divorce Suit Postponed By Illness
In Poughkeepsie New York the hearings in the divorce suit filed by banker James A Stillman against former Mrs Potter were postponed to June 7 8 and 9 after counsel for Mrs Stillman requested the delay saying she was ill.
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Stillman
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
James A. Stillman
New York
Humorist Wins English Derby at Epsom Downs
Humorist won the classic English Derby at Epsom Downs on June 1 as the race was run today in England.
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Humorist
Epsom Downs
England
High Point Students Prepare For Tonight Oratorical Contests
Commencement activities continue with an eight o clock essay and oratorical program in the auditorium. Medals and prizes will be awarded tonight. Tomorrow is class night and Friday closes with an address by Archibald Johnson of Thomasville and diploma presentations.
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High Point High School
Archibald Johnson
Thomasville
Nancy Kirkman
Bessie Swartz
Miss Rush
Mary Annis Younts
America
Lulabe McManus
Elks’ Band
South
Aubrey Poston
Willie Rabinowitz
Gurney Briggs
Laurence Hauser
James Farriss
Moffitt
George R. Brown
Stamey
T. J. Gold
Bones
James A. Clarke
McAnally
Walter Royal
F. N. Tate
J. J. Farriss
Wrenn
Cox
Rev. S. L. Haworth
Clarke
Charles P. Cobb
Elm Street
C. C. Earnhardt
Elm Street School
J. T. Burrus
Espernotou8n Schooner Esperanto Rescued Off Sable Island
The Gloucester schooner Esperanto was wrecked after hitting a submerged wreck near Sable Island. The crew was rescued by the Gloucesterman Elsie and brought to Halifax today. The Esperanto had won the international fishing vessel championship last fall.
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Halifax
Sable Island
Britain Tentatively Proposes One-Year Anglo Japanese Alliance Extension
The Nichi Nichi reports that Great Britain suggested Japan allow the Anglo Japanese alliance to continue for another year while negotiations for a revision proceed.
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Great Britain
Japan
Tokio
Nichi Nichi
World Cotton Conference Heads for Britain Intensely Watched
Delegates from the United States about 180 attend the second world cotton conference in Liverpool June 13 15 and Manchester June 16 22 with major participation from India Egypt and many European nations. Reports address hours of work and growth prospects including 100000 bales of colony cotton and potential expansion in Africa and Mesopotamia.
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London
Liverpool
Manchester
United States
India
Egypt
Britain
Belgium
France
Italy
Japan
Norway
Sweden
Portugal
Switzerland
Holland
Brazil
Spain
New Orleans
Hayworth Springs Opens for Picnic Season
Hayworth Springs ready for picnics and outings as owner John P. Hayworth says the premises are cleared and fully prepared for the season. A staffer will be on site daily to assist visitors at the popular resort.
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Hayworth Springs
John P. Hayworth
Hayworth
Textile Workers Strike Across North Carolina Cities
Textile workers in Charlotte Concord and Kannapolis walked out today at 10 oclock in solidarity with the United Textile Workers of America closing most local mills. In Concord about 2600 workers and in Kannapolis over 3500 joined the stoppage affecting nearly every mill in the two cities. No management statements or union notices were issued at the time.
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Concord
Kannapolis
United Textile Workers of
Strike Action at Charlotte Cotton Mills Echoes Local Unrest
CHARLOTTE, June 1 Three thousand cotton mill employees walked out at 10 o clock today in a threatened strike. Vice President McMawhon of the United Textile Workers of America said he was unaware of the movement and that the strike was left to local unions to decide their course.
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Charlotte
McMawhon
United Textile Workers of America
Double murder shocks Salisbury residents. motive unclear
In Salisbury on June 1 residents faced a grim mystery after John W. Davis and his wife were found dead in their second floor bedroom. Authorities believe Davis shot his wife through the left temple then killed himself, with questions remaining about motive and timing.
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Salisbury
John W. Davis
Davis
Davis & Wiley Bank
Hayden Clement
Davises
Mr. Davis
Fin
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