Three High Point Men Nab Suspect in Randolph County Assault
A Black man identified as Will Davis, accused of attempted assault on an 18 year old white girl from Randolph County, was captured by three High Point men near Winston Salem. He was taken to Guilford jail then Greensboro for safe keeping while authorities pursue trial. a mob previously threatened the jail as bloodhounds and police hunted across Randolph and Guilford counties.
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Will Davis
Greensboro
Guilford County
Randolph County
A. S. Mason
John Lyles
Lee Staton
Winston-Salem
Thomasville Road
Raleigh
State Penitentiary
High Point
Mason
Lyles
Stanton
Thomasville
Winston- Salem
Davis
Charlotte
Lexington
Florence Reddick
Jane Reddick
Prospect Church
High Points
Northside
John W. Hedrick
Ku Klux Klan
Randolphounty
Randolph
Guilford
K. W. Blackwelder
Blackwelder
Greenville and High Point Tour Promotes Piedmont Unity
A luncheon at the Sheraton welcomed 125 Piedmont business leaders from Greenville and High Point. Speakers urged sectional cooperation to fuse town and community efforts, with audiences praising High Point’s industries, public buildings, and attractions. The tour continues to Greensboro, with a film of the trip to be shown later.
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Greenville
High Point
Sheraton
Piedmont
Hotel Sheraton
Furniture Exposition
John T. Burrus
Chamber of Commerce
A. E. Tate
Guilford County
Westcott Roberson
J. Elwood Cox
W P. Convers
South Carolina Board of Pardons
Greensboro
D. C
Sheraton Hotel
Labor Board Cuts Pay Across Rail Shops in Chicago Action
The United States Railway Labor Board approved wage reductions for railway shop mechanics and freight car workers, with mechanics earning 7 cents less and freight car men 9 cents less per hour. The cuts, effective July 26, aim to save about $60 million yearly for railroads, amid minority objections noting human costs and limited supervision changes.
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United States Railway Labor Board
Labor Board
Carmen
Enpalo
School bonds battle narrows as votes counted
At 2 30 this afternoon 514 votes remained to carry the school bond issue as 448 of 1059 registrants had voted 440 for and 8 against. Polls closed at sundown about 7 08 with residents urged to vote before the end. Ward returns show mixed results amid picketing by pupils.
Immigrant Trade Policy Narrowed in House Panel
Washington June 6 Republicans on the House Merchant Marine Committee struck from a ship subsidy bill a provision requiring fifty percent of arrivals to take passage on United States ships. Chairman Lasker had urged the clause to boost immigrant trade.
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Washington
Administration
United States
House Merchant Marine Committee
Lasker
The
Shipping Board
Train Hits Hospital Truck Kill 3 and Injures 4 in Binghamton
A fast Erie passenger train struck a truck at the waterworks crossing near the state hospital in Binghamton New York. Three hospital inmates were killed and four others injured. The engineer is believed fatally injured and the fireman hurt as the locomotive derailed.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Erie Railroad
Binghamton State Hospital
State Hospital For
John Lawrence Returns Home After Visit in High Point
John Lawrence of Austin Texas returned home today after spending a short while in High Point with his niece Mrs J W Austin.
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John Lawrence
Austin
Texas
High Point
J. W. Austin
Lillian Russell remembered as famed American singing actress
Lillian Russell wife of Pittsburg Leader editor Charles P. Moore starred in operatic roles across the United States and England. She remained popular for youthful beauty after retiring from the stage and toured the country with a lecture on How to Live a Hundred Years.
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Lillian Russell
Charles P. Moore
Pittsburgh, Pa
Leader
United States
England
Plea for New Trial in Georgia Death Penalty Case
Atlanta June 6 The first step in seeking to save Mrs. Cora Lou Vinson from the gallows for the murder of her husband Dr W D Vinson will be a new trial appeal. Attorneys contend the divorce petition filed by Dr Vinson violated Georgia law barring spouses from testifying for or against each other and note his petition was not cross examinable since he is dead. If no action is taken by July 28 the execution date remains set. the stay of execution is sought with the new trial plea.
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Atlanta
Cora Lou Vinson
W. D. Vinson
Morris
Georgia
Mrs Rogers Returns Home From Hospital Stay
Mrs. P. B. Rogers returned to her College street home after more than a week in the hospital.
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P. B. Rogers
College Street
Hapgood Praises Senate Action On Palestine Restoration
Norman Hapgood, editor and Zionist activist, praised the U S Senate for backing the restoration of Palestine to the Jews. Speaking in Brooklyn at a Palestine Foundation Fund event, he stressed Zionism as a spiritual movement seeking a Hebrew language center and a Hebrew university amid harsh land and hard living.
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New York
Norman Hapgood
Brooklyn
Palestine Foundation Fund
United States Senate
Palestine
Hapgood
Film Star Blanche Sweet to Wed Producer Marshall Neilan
Los Angeles reports Blanche Sweet the film star will marry Marshall Neilan the well known producer. The wedding is to take place in New York late this month per Neilan representatives. Sweet confirmed the engagement to a friend and will depart for the cast today after a years absence due to illness.
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Los Angeles
Blanche Sweet
Marshall Neilan
New York
Miss Sweet
Neilan
Cement cases on the docket for trial
Washington June 8 The department of justice announced vigorous prosecutions of the cement case after a conference between Attorney General Daugherty and Col William Maryoward U S Attorney for the southern district of New York who came to Washington for the purpose decisions reached for swift action in the New York districtOther cases in the New York district to be pursued vigorously.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Department
Daugherty
William Maryoward
United States
Southern
New York
Wage cuts spark vote on rail shop men strike
In Cincinnati on June 6 the railway labor board wage reductions provoke immediate strike sentiment. About 1.2 million rail workers will vote on a strike, via individual unions, due by June 30 and thirty days after the cuts take effect.
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Cincinnati
Railway Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
United States
New York Cotton Advances on Opening Amid Rain Reports
Reports of renewed rains in the southwest spurred covering by recent sellers at the open. First prices were firm with active months up to 20 points higher. October traded around 20.26 after the call. Liverpool and New Orleans offerings came in, but demand was not broad, and prices eased slightly early. Futures: July 20.30, October 20.26, December 20.12, January 19.81.
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New York
Liverpool
New Orleana
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