Funeral for Denis Ward with Military Honors Near Groometown
The body of Denis W. Ward, who died in France on October 24, 1918, arrives in High Point and will be honored at a Sunday service at 3 o'clock at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Charles A Ward near Groometown. Rev W A Lambeth will officiate with American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars in charge. Ward, 21, served in the 54th Infantry and was a brother of Gilmer Ward, who frequented High Point before enlisting in Greensboro.
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Denis W.hwara
France
Charles A. Ward
Groometown
W. A. Lambeth
Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gilmer Ward
High Point
Greensboro
Cuban planter Lezama assets under management amid probes
Cred itors of Jose I Lezama, the young Cuban planter and financier who collapsed after amassing more than 328 million, have joined to administer his properties for protection. A special court had sought his arrest on charges of forgery and document falsification after a draft for 250 thousand appeared forged. Unofficial lists show lands along Havana harbor where he began a sugar refinery and a 2.4 million mortgage. His two mills produce 400 000 to 500 000 sacks of sugar annually. Creditors listed include...
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Havana
Cuba
Jose I. Lezama
Lezama
Havana Harbor
Remarkable Remarks From Historic Figures Spark Debate
A collection of quotations from James Hamilton Lewis, Alice Robertson, Father Degen, Dr Woods Hutchinson, General Ludendorff, Dr Wilbur Crafts, and others contrasts American and European views on culture, morality, and peace. A Berlin dispatch notes Germans adopting shorter pipes amid wartime stress.
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Berlin
Large Creditor Figures Between Missing Trader Detail
The Banco National de Cuba, L. R. Munoz and Co., Royal Bank of Canada and other creditors are listed with large amounts such as 31.6 million and 7 million dollars. While the figures are large, most of the missing trader's larger creditors are well protected.
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Banco National de Cuba
L. R. Munoz and Co
Royal Bank of Canada
Banco Mercantil Americano
Armour and Company
Munson Steamship Line
Tnander
Card of Thanks for Gertlé Miller Family
Card of thanks from Mr and Mrs Spencer Epps and family to friends in Mechanicsville and High Point for kindness during the illness and death of their daughter Gertlé Miller.
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Mechanicsville
High Point
Gertlé Miller
Spencer Epps
Legion Men Protest Sweet bill's War Risk Office Plan
American Legion national commander F W Galbraith Jr urges defeat of house committee amendments to the Sweet bill proposing 14 regional War Risk offices with power to examine rate and award claims and provide care. He warns the amended section six would hamper decentralization and threaten reforms for disabled World War veterans.
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Washington
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Congress
House
America
F. W. Galbraith
American Legion
Galbraith
War Risk Bureau
Harding
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Federal Board For Vocational Education
United States Public Health Service
Veterans Bureau
Veterans’ Bureau
Tulsa business men to build Negro homes
Tulsa business men organize a plan to rebuild homes for thousands of negroes displaced by the Fiats. Judge J T Martin says one thousand Tulsa businessmen should volunteer to build a negro home each, estimating costs under $1,000 per dwelling as relief workers resettle former detainees from the fair grounds. White employers provide shelter at homes and businesses as relief work solidifies.
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Tulsa
Okla
J.T. Martin
Committee On
Fair Grounds
Widow slept beside sister's corpse for weeks in New York
Mrs Car lie Jacobs, a widow, told police on June 4 that she has slept in a bed beside her dead sister for eight weeks. Detectives stated the case involves the sister's death and ongoing inquiries continued in New York.
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New York
Carlile Jacobs
Sister Found Dead at Jacobs Apartment
A woman named Flossie Fishburne missing from the neighborhood was found dead in a bed at the Jacobs apartment. Mrs Jacobs was taken to hospital for observation after the discovery.
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Flossie Fishburne
Jacobs
Tobacco Aids Teeth Dentists Told in New Jersey
Dr William H Gelston of Camden told the New Jersey State Dental Society in Atlantic City that an old fashioned chew of tobacco is one of the best disinfectants known to dental science. He warned that banning tobacco may worsen diseases of the teeth and gums.
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Atlanticcity
Wiliam H. Gelston
Camden
New Jersey State Dental Society
Real Mint Furor on Bar in New Orleans After Prohibition
In New Orleans on June 8 the heat tops 90 degrees while the sole prohibition officer, Theodore Jacques, guards confiscated liquor from the past sixteen months. Saloons have reopened and mint juleps fill the mahogany as crowds gather despite enforcement.
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Fuleps
New ‘Orleans
Theodore Jacques
Banker Cashes Huge Check Then Flees by Air
In Copenhagen on June 4 M Barning, a banker, cashed a 200000 dollar check for a German. Realizing the check was bad, he boarded a plane and flew to Warnemunde Germany to meet the holder as he left a ferry. Barning retrieved his money and returned to Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen
M. Barning
Warnermende
Germany
Barning
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Henry Ford
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