Motorists Warned to Obey City Traffic Laws
Announcement from Police Chief McGhee sets Monday night as the start of strict enforcement of all automobile statutes. Cars must have front and rear lights at night, mufflers closed in the city, horns when turning, and speed limits of 15 mph in residential zones and eight mph in business areas. The crackdown urges drivers to study the laws and repair their vehicles before enforcement begins.
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Little Willie
McGhee
McCihee
General Assembly
New German Order Limits Coats for Winter Wear
Copenhagen reports a German imperial clothing bureau order allowing only old or disabled individuals to wear overcoats. Applicants must present a medical certificate proving need, with restrictions extending to wartime winter garments and related gear.
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Germany
Imperial Clothing Bureau
Pigeons Race From High Point To Allentown 400 Miles
A Queen City Homing Club 400 mile race started in High Point North Carolina with A Yost liberating the birds. The winner flew 407 miles to South Bethlehem in 9 hours 32 minutes at an average 1252 yds per min. Results list owners and distances with speeds, noting Reinert Chamberlain and others.
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Allentown
High Point
Co. A. Yost
Queen
James Hartigan
Oak Street
Bethlehem
Reinert
Shyder Siwaaeeean
Carey
Coler troubles not keenly felt in public service area
Local observers report no bankruptcy risk for Coler and deny NC Public Service companies in High Point and Salisbury are involved. Coler’s former control ended years ago, and a nearby steam railroad remains the only regional link. Hope remains that the situation is temporary and the company will emerge stronger.
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Coler
North Carolina
Salisbury
High Point
Coler Company
Asboro
Bird
Public Service Company
Automobiles Offered for Endeavor Delegates Basket Picnic
Local news notes additional businessmen have offered their cars to transport the Christian Endeavor delegates to the Trinity basket picnic tomorrow. A list includes J W Harriss G H Kearns O E Kearns J M Kearns A M Rankin Frank Wineskie J E Foust E T Hedrick Frank Luther Alfred Briggs M Shipman Wescott Roberson D Cox Dr D A Stanton J J Farriss Dock Welbarn C C Robbing and Jesse Frazier. Cars should be at the school auditorium by 4 PM tomorrow.
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Christian Endeavor
Trinity
J. W. Harriss
G. H. Kearns
O. E. Kearns
J. M. Kearns
A. M. Rankin
Frank Wineskie
J. E. Foust
E. T. Hedrick
Frank Luther
Alfred Briggs Fk
M. Shipman
Wescott Roberson
D. Cox
D. A. Stanton
J. J. Farriss
Dock Welbarn
C. C. Robbing
Jesse Frazier
Austrians Claim Ten Thousand Italians Taken
An Austrian official statement reports 2550 officers and 10 000 men captured in three days of fighting on the Carso plateau. Regiments including the 86th 69th and 71st were taken unwounded with much of their arms and equipment. Verona Syracuse Puglia and Ancona brigades allegedly annihilated.
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London
Mor Tha Troon Tamas
Theipaca
Carso
Jamiano
Verona
Syracuse
Puglia
Ancona
Italians Claim Further Advance on Front
Udine reports Italian forces make additional gains along the front between Castagnavizza and Volcizza shifting the line south of Jamiano. Austrian attempts on the Vodne zone and at Hermada are described as repulsed, with continued Italian pressure threatening Laibach, Triest, and the Brestovizza road vicinity.
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Udine
Paris
Hhe Vodne
Laibach
Triest
Borsevio
Asaults
Castagnavizza
Volcizza
Brestavizza
Hermada
Jamiano
Generous German Youth Impostor Sentenced in Germany
A 20 year old German locksmith from Berlin received six months in prison for posing as a captain. He traveled with a girlfriend to garrison towns in central Germany, used false stamps and papers, and issued counterfeit orders granting leave and free railway passes to officers and men.
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London
Berlin
Cassel
Germany
Saxony
Lee Memorial at Gettysburg Honors General Lee Monument
Gettysburg Pennsylvania June 8 Governor Henry Stuart of Virginia presented to the Gettysburg National Park Association a Virginia state erected monument honoring General Robert E. Lee and Virginia troops who fought at Gettysburg The unveiling crowned the national reunion of United Confederate Veterans and symbolized blue and gray unity with veterans visiting the battlefield and tracing Lee's charge across the Bloody Angle.
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Gettysburg
Henry ©. Stuart
Virginia
Gettysburg National Park Association
State of
Robert E. Lee
Getysburg
United Confederate Veterans
Washington
Avery
National
Pennsylvania
Baltimore Street
Centre Square
Culp’s Hill
Audenad
JD Hey
Nate
West Confederate Avenue
Genval Lee
Traveler
Lee
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Elkin
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