Insanity Defense Seen in Peacock Trial Testimony
Dr J W Peacock defense argues temporary insanity in the murder of Chief of Police J Taylor. Dr T Burrus testifies he believes Peacock was brilliant yet not acting normally, may have delirium, and could not know right from wrong. Deliberations likely Friday night or Saturday.
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Lexington
J. W. Peacock
Davidson County
J. & Taylor
Thomasville
J. T. Burrus
High Point
Peacock
Dr. Burrus
Court House
Mr. Woollon
Clyde Hoey
Long
Taylor
Supreme Court invalidates High Point school bond plan
The state Supreme Court ruled that the 1920 special session act creating a township high school bond issue and the 1921 validation act are invalid. Bonds to fund a central High Point high school, not to exceed 600000 dollars, cannot be sold, blocking the project. Supporters had hoped differences from Robeson county would save the bonds.
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State Supreme Court
General Assembly
High Point
Supreme Court
Finley
Robeson County
Rooms Needed For Guests Attending Furniture Exhibit
High Point hosts a furniture exposition with hundreds of guests expected from June 20 to July 2. The Southern Furniture Market association urges local citizens to provide spare rooms due to limited hotel capacity and asks residents to contact Harry Raymond to list available accommodations for buyers, salesmen, and manufacturers.
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High -Point
Southern Furniture Market Association
Commercial Club
High Point
Furniture Association
Harry Raymond
Committee On
Raymond
Bootlegging car unloads liquor in Cumberland stunt
In Cumberland Maryland about 100 onlookers witnessed a bootlegging auto deliver a cargo of intoxicating liquor valued at 45000 to a near beer saloon. The men laughed openly about their activities as the liquor, carried in suitcases and a trunk, was covered with blankets.
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Cumberland
Height of folly for U.S. to disarm first
New York June 8 Secretary Weeks warned that disarming first would be folly while addressing New York University graduates. He urged preparedness to defend rights sovereignty and citizens until all nations scrap fortifications. Weeks received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
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New York
United States
Weeks
New York University
Great Britain
Conference on racial relations called by Governor Morrison
Governor Morrison orders a Raleigh conference with prominent citizens on June 28 to discuss improving race relations and living standards in North Carolina. He asserts the call to ease white yes fear of the negro race and to counter rumors of hostility. The meeting will be at Yarborough Hotel at 12:30 p m. Further details to follow.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Cameron Meoryrson
Yarborough
Tom
Morrison
State Department of Education
General Assembly
Clarence Johnson
Roland F. Beasley
State Board of Charities
Beasley
Johnson
Corn on cob from High Point garden
Mr and Mrs A F Eshelman of South Mafin street are tiptop gardeners who report several weeks of beans and today enjoy their first roasting ears from a less favorable year. Can any one beat it.
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A. F. Eshelman
South Mafin Street
Police Lorrie Attacked in Dublin Across the Streets
Dublin June 8 gunfire erupted on the streets for twenty minutes in coordinated attacks on two police lorries. Five constables were wounded along with several civilians as bombs and revolvers were used.
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Lorrie
Dublin
Wilson compared 10 Moses of old
Drham June 8 The speaker at Trinity college graduation Senator Hitchcock Nebraska urged a league of nations citing wartime budgets and US military spending as a poor example He warned economic strains from cotton copper corn and wheat require global cooperation and compared Wilson to Moses for misjudgments that cost leadership
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United States
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Moses of Old
Wilson
Moses
Smoke
League
Formal Complaint Made Against Speech
Senator McCormick of Illinois formally complained to President Harding and Secretary Denby about Rear Admiral Sims's London address on the Irish question. He urged disciplinary measures and asked Denby to act while Christian was to notify the president. McCormick called the speech disgusting and un-American after leaving the White House.
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Washington
McCormick
Harding
Denby
London
Sims
Christian
White House
United States
Sinn
Dwelling Fire Damages Pine Street Roof
Fire department battled a roof blaze at a Pine Street home owned by R. B. White and occupied by Rodney Ronekh and family. Most household items were moved or damaged by water. losses unknown but reportedly insured. Origin under investigation, possibly a defective kitchen appliance.
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Pine Street
R. B. White
Rodney Ronekh
Schwab Says Steel Slump Signals New Economic Fabric
In South Bend Indiana Charles M Schwab warned the steel industry has fallen from 40 million tons to under 10 million, calling the downturn the best thing that happened in the United States as it forces a shift to an economy based on efficiency to counter German industrial strength. He urged capital and labor to cooperate to restore industrial success.
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South Bend
Ind
Charles M. Schwab
Mr. Schwab
United States
Germany
Hug Country
Lasker to chair Shipping Board for six-year term
A. D. Lasker of Chicago, former advertising manager for the Republican National Committee, accepted Harding's offer to chair the Shipping Board. The White House announced the appointment today, assigning him as the representative of the central portion of the country for a six-year term.
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Washington
A. D. Lasker
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Harding
Shipping Board
Lasker
White House
Russian student to be allowed return home after library theft
NEW YORK, June 8. James Banine, a student charged with stealing books from the New York Public Library and from shelves at Columbia and Harvard universities, will be allowed to return to Russia rather than serve a penitentiary sentence of six months to three years. Banine’s sister from Lynn, Massachusetts, intervened at his arraignment as a second offender and offered to pay his passage abroad.
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New York
New York Public Library
Columbia
Harvard
James Banine
Russia
Banine
Lynn
Mass
First Woman Jury Boss Drawn
Philadelphia report notes Frances Broomall of Thornbury Delaware County becomes first woman foreman of a Pennsylvania grand jury at the June term opening in Media courthouse. She is a cousin of Judge William B. Broomall who named her for the post.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Frances Broomall
Thornbury Township
Delaware County
Broomall
William B. Broomall
Car Men Win in Montreal
Montreal Tramways announces no current wage cuts for its 1600 employees after talks with the employees union. If a cut is needed later, the company will provide thirty days notice.
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Montreal
Montreal Tramways Company
Great Army Will Cut Wheat Crop In Midwest
An army of 100000 farm hands forms in the middle west to harvest the grain crop as prices rise and tariffs aid farmers. Tractors move west on flat cars, banks plan loans, and harvest begins soon in the western belt with routes through Oklahoma, Kansas, the Dakotas, and Montana.
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Washington
Middle West
Federal Reserve System
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Middle Western
Oklahoma
Kansas
Dakotas
Montana
Cotton Tone Opens Quiet as Markets Edge Lower
New York opening trading showed a quiet market with narrow movement. Liverpool rose slightly while the market opened down 1 to 2 points. favorable southern weather spurred scattered liquidation and some southern selling between 3 and 8 points. Futures opened steady with July at 12.60 and March at 14.10, with other months shown.
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New York
Liverpool
Bullet Years In Skull Watch Charm For Life
WHITE PLAINS N Y June 8 For 35 years John Inman of Elsford NY has carried a .32 caliber revolver bullet in a bone at the base of his brain. It was removed from his head last night during an operation at his home on a dining room table. The bullet was fired accidentally by a schoolmate when he was 15.
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White Plains
N. Y
John Inman
Elsford
Tomlinson Named President Of Christian Science Mother Church
Irvin C Tomlinson of Boston was announced as president of the Christian Science mother church at its annual meeting. Edward T Ripley was named treasurer and Charles E B Jarvis clerk for the coming year.
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Christian Scientists
Boston
Irvin C. Tomlinson
Christian Science Mother Church
Edward Tt. Ripley
Charles EB. Jarvis
Home Run King Ruth Jailed For Speeding Today
New York June Rahe Ruth famed home run king of the New York American League team was sentenced to one day in city prison and fined 100 for speeding in magistrate court. This marked his second recent court appearance on speeding charges. After an earlier trial he was fined nominally and promised reform. Six days ago he was again caught speeding on Riverside Drive and arrested. He awaited the heavy fine but received a jail term instead and hoped to rejoin the game with Cleveland later today.
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New York
Rahe Ruth
Ruth
Riverside Drive
Cleveland
Petition Drives City to Close Orpheum Theater Sunday
Mothers' Club delivers petition of 500 signatures urging revocation of Orpheum Theater license as council debates a Sunday closing ordinance. City leaders also consider a $175,000 school bond, a $600 charity grant, a water main refund, and other routine matters while delegations press for Sabbath sales prohibitions and Sunday closing.
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Associated Charities
J. A. Smith
Bunker Till
Clara Cox
Lois Welborn
Cox
Mothers’ Club
Orpheum Theater
Miss Cox
No&am
George R. Brown
First Methodist Protestant Church
High Point
Crayson
Wes Brown
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T. Burrus
Cobe
J. Worth Bacon
Star
Central High School
U.S
Cecil Burkett
Knox
Cec
Senator Hitchcock
Trinity
Cotton
Abe Sholay Ees
CITY
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