Two New Federal Officials Take Oath of Office
In Washington two new federal officials were sworn in. Charles Evans Hughes Jr of New York became solicitor general as Charles Evans Hughes Sr and John W. Davis attended. Robert H. Lucas of Kentucky was named commissioner of internal revenue succeeding David H. Blair as Secretary Mellon joined the induction. Bankhead Plans to Oppose Heflin in Alabama Primary.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
New York
Robert H. Lucas
Kentucky
Hughes
United States
Mitchell
John W. Davis
Mr. Lucas
Internal Revenue
David H. Blair
North Carolina
Mellon
Fraudulent certificate found and suspect flees Lexington bank
In Siler City the Page Trust Co recovered a $600 fraudulent certificate of deposit from a man calling himself Fred A. Ward who presented a $745 check and sought a deposit credit. Police, alerted by bank staff, pursued him as he fled, while the branch had offered a reward for the certificate’s recovery. The arrest attempt occurred as officers scoped the rear office area.
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Lexington
Page Trust Company
Siler City
Fred A. Ward
Talbert
Page ‘Trust Company
Ped A. Ward
Ward
Today's Program Brightness and Evening Worship Details
The text lists a full day of church services with hymns anthems and sermons led by Pastor Tom Alderman Sykes and Rev George H Miller including a 6 30 pm Children s Day program at Archdale Playground and a 11 00 am Baccalaureate sermon at First M P church Cambridge Ohio plus Junior church and a March Processional by Mendelssohn.
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Pease
Jesus
Kriens
Nevin
Tom Alderman Sykes
Hosmer
Archdale Playground
First M. P
George H. Miller
First Methodist Proestant Church
Cambridge
Ohio
Board of Mission
High Point College
Ashon
Meitzke
St. Clair
Andrews
Mesdames Allred
Whitesell
Harrison
Ballard
Gounod
First Reformed
Oferrtory
First State University Reopens with Winston Race Rivalry
The first student to reach the reopened State University after the Civil War is said to be Judge Francis D. Winston of Bertie County who raced a footrace with his brother Judge Robert W. Winston for the honor. The Winston class of 1879 will hold its 50 year reunion at commencement this week. The article lists a full schedule of services and hymns for the college and church events surrounding the ceremony.
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State University
Francis D. Winston
Bertie County
Robert W. Winston
Winstons
Lake depths may reveal ancient forest catastrophe
In Bend Oregon scientists from the National Geographic Society plan an expedition to Cedar Lake at the Cascade summit to examine growth rings of buried trees. They hope to date the event that destroyed a vast forest and formed Cedar Lake by studying centuries-old timber preserved in icy waters.
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Bend, Ore
Cedar Lake
Oregon
Cascade Mountains
National Geographic Society
Confederate Veterans Gather for 39th Reunion in Charlotte
In Charlotte for the United Confederate Veterans thirty ninth reunion, 15 bands from Georgia Arkansas Washington DC Florida Alabama and the Carolinas join 26 military units arriving by train from Dallas Norfolk Atlanta and Houston. Camps open Tuesday with 3000 veterans housed at Camp Goodwyn Independence Park as a three hour grand parade nears.
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Charlotte
United Confederate Veterans
Dallas
Camp Goodwyn
Independence Park
Queens College
Thompson
Norfolk
Atlanta
Houston
Georgia
Arkansas
Washington
Florida
Alabama
Carolinas
Apportionment of the Equalization Fund Delayed
In Raleigh on June 1 the distribution of the six months school equalization fund was postponed until Monday due to last minute shifts in county valuations and budgets. Secretary Leroy Martin announced the board adjourned after completing its work but tabulation remains to be finished. Information aimed for Monday when boards of education submit budgets to county commissioners.
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Raleigh
Leroy Martin
Boards of Education
Pinto Beans Gain Assured Market Boost in South Dakota
Western South Dakota farmers in Fall River County secure seed for 3000 acres as New Mexico firms plot to fund a warehouse and cleaning plant if 20 carloads are produced. Colorado bidders listed as competitors for the crop expected this year.
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Hot Springs
8. D
South Dakota
New Mexico
Colorado
Fall River County
Chicago May Churchill Hospitalized After Serious Operation
Chicago May Churchill, famed for two decades as a notorious gang girl, was admitted to a Philadelphia hospital for a serious operation. She begged to marry Robert Considine at her bedside, but officials refused. Churchill and Considine, once international crooks and con artists, both served sentences for attempting murder.
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Chicago
May
Churchill
Philadelphia
Robert Considine
May” and
Considine
Charley Smith
Eddie Guerin
Devil's Island
Ithe Brenech
Remal Cask
Endowment urged to improve the race by eugenics leaders
New York report on June 1 states Dr. Clark Campbell urged state church and foundation support for funding worthy families to have at least four children. He proposed tax relief for contributors and a tax on those who contribute nothing to racial reproduction. The American Eugenics Society elected Henry Pratt Fairchild president and Irving Fisher vice president.
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New York
Clark G. Campbell
The
Eugenics Research Association
Association
American Eugenics Society
Campbell
Henry Pratt Fairchild
New York University
Irving Fisher
Yale
Norse claim Erik the Red named America over Vespucci
Wisconsin report notes Norwegians assert the continent was named America from Amt meaning land and tie Erik the Red to the discovery claim. They argue Erik the Red has as good a claim as Columbus, while Leif Erickson would be hailed as discoverer.
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America
Erik the Red
Madison, Wis
Leif Erickson
Leif
Amerigo Vespucci
Wisconsin
Erik
Columbus
Planetariums to Show 15 000 Years in Skies in Philadelphia
Philadelphia will gain a planetarium funded by Samuel S. Fels, featuring a synthetic sky with a 60 foot diameter and a 50 foot high zenith. It will display northern and southern skies, the sky 5 000 years ago, and projected changes 10 000 years hence.
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Philadelphia
Samuel 8S. Fels
Franklin Institute
Earth curvature affects distance per mile claim
A claim states the earth’s curvature produces seven metres of drop per mile. The assertion lacks scientific support and appears exaggerated for practical surveying and navigation.
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