Unions Seek Reaffiliation With European Trades
Two international unions push the AFL convention to reinstate the federation with the International Federation of Trades Unions. Resolutions by the International Association Machinists and Firemen and Oilers challenge Gompers and the AFL executive’s 1919 severance. The Joint rail and shop workers union plans to press for reinstatement, with 250 000 members, amid a jurisdiction dispute with carpenters and joiners.
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Denver
Col
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
International Federation of Trades Unions
Tcoday
International Association Machinists, Firemen and Oilers Union
Gompers
Executive Council
European Labor Federation
Fred Hewitt
Machinists
United Brotherhood of Railway
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Gordon Expected in City for Bible Conference
High Point prepares for a major religious event as S D Gordon arrives to open a 10 day Bible conference at Wesley Memorial Church with two Sunday services at 3 PM and 3 PM and daily meetings in afternoons and nights.
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Wesley Memorial Church
High Point
D. Gordon
Gordon
Ministerial Association
Gurney Briggs
Robert Crews
British Isles
Europe
Asia
India
Africa
America
Kentucky Grocer Fled After Son’s Quarrel with Policeman
Frankfort, Ky. June 16. John Fallis, a Frankfort grocer who last night shot six people while resisting arrest in a quarrel between a policeman and his son, escaped from his combined store and home. Early today sheriff and deputies fired into the house, which was set ablaze by burning matches as bullets sparked a blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
John Fallis
Fallis
Ben Moore
Microbe of Love dazzles in Legion produced comedy
The Wayne Sewell Lyceum company staged Microbe of Love in three acts at the high school auditorium under the American Legion post Andrew Jackson. Miss Helen Reynolds starred with strong supporting turns by J. F. Scott and Lucille DeMuth, while the chorus and cast earned high praise for a lively, well delivered performance.
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Andrew Jackson Post
The
American Legion
Wayne Sewell Lyceum Company
Lucille DeMuth
Atlanta
High Point
Helen Reynolds
Miss Reynolds
J. F. Scott
Billy Bachelor
Bachelor's Club
Miss DeMuth
Piney Meltingheart
Mr. Henpeck
J. W. Chandler
Adele Wineskie
Lucile Sherrod
Mary King
Katherine Pickett
Helen Muse
Ruth Welborn
Mary Harmon
Lucy Neal Carr
Mina Kirkman
Fifi
Mildred Stewart
Didna Chandler
Cupids
Rotary club approves boy work program in luncheon meeting
High Point Rotary club adopted a new monthly program giving advice to boys after an experiment at a luncheon in the Commercial club building. Speakers included A S Caldwell Ottis Mendenhall Robert Ragan Arthur Lyon Chase Idol and others. A motion to suspend July meetings and hold only two was carried.
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High Point Rotary Club
Commercial Club
Ed Millis
Rotarians
Rotary
A.S. Caldwell
Ottis Mendenhall
Robert Ragan
Arthur Lyon
Chase Idol
Houston B. Hiatt
Weaver Marr
W. A. J. Idol
8. H. Tomlinson
Dynamite Car Explodes After Train Collision
A dynamite car exploded when two freight trains on the St. Louis and San Francisco line collided near New Albany Mississippi. One man was killed and several injured as fourteen cars of perishable freight were destroyed.
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New Albany
Miss
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Here
Eastern Star Elects Officers at 16th North Carolina Session
North Carolina Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star closes its 16th annual session in High Point after installing officers led by Miss Clem Buckner of Asheville. Asheville selected as next year’s meeting site. retiring officers Mary Louise Allen and C. W. Fowler honored with jewels.
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Asheville
Grand Chapter
North Carolina
Order of Eastern Star
High Point
Clem Buckner
Worthy
Elsie Vincannon
Salisbury
J. S. Wood
Spencer
Mary C. Weatherly
Randleman
Emma B. Siler
Siler City
Louise Fowler
Greensboro
Elspeth Setzer
Charlotte
F. W. E. Cullingford
Maude
Hester
Wendell
Grand Marshall
Joyce Finlater
Winston-Salem
Burgman
Grand Ahad
Sallie Daniels
Grand Ruth
M. D. Meacham
Grand Esther
Edna Smith
Rocky Mount
Nellie Whitener
Maudescott Mebane
H. H. Pool
Sentinel
Carolina Cities Urge Special Session
Representatives from thirty five North Carolina municipalities met in Raleigh to draft resolutions calling for a special legislative session. They urged Governor Morrison to reconvene the legislature to fix the flaw that invalidated the 1921 municipal finance act. The conference with the governor was expected to last two hours.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Morrison
North Carolina Municipal Association
Cotton futures rally after steady market signals
In New York on June 16 the cotton market opened steady after yesterday's decline. Rallies followed due to firm cables and favorable UK trade reports with buying interest absorbing much of the supplying. July and October futures showed gains with early quotes around 12.07 and 12.89 respectively.
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New York
Brewers Await Beer Regulations As Congress Delays
Washington June 16 Officials said the Internal Revenue Bureau will await congressional action on the Volstead beer bill before issuing final beer regulations. Brewers indicated no desire to begin medical beer production or spend on setup without clear action, unless Congress delays for an extended period.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Congress
New York Clearing Houses Break Lottery Scheme
New York clearing houses adopt St Louis style daily clearances in round figures to disrupt a lottery tied to daily clearings. Prizes reportedly offered for holders of a set matching the last three digits. From now on exact amounts withheld and figures will end with three digits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Louis
Priest Confesses to Conspiracy in Big Bond Theft
Anthony Gorek a priest of a New Chicago Indiana Polish parish testifies in a United States district court trial about his role in a $1 million post office theft. He says he was drawn into the plot by Wanda Urbaytis and that he spent the money on candles for his church and parish needs while burying most of the bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Anthony Gorek
New Chicago
Ind
Germany
Central Post Office
United States District Court
Wanda Urbaytis
Father Gorek
Wanda
Mrs. Vanderbilt to Attend High Point Exhibition
Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt, president of the North Carolina State Fair association, will visit High Point for the furniture exposition on June 30. She aims to view exhibits and meet local manufacturers to arrange a fall state fair exhibit. J Elwood Cox urged High Point furniture makers to meet her at the Commercial Club building at 8 30 AM.
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High Point
George W. Vanderbilt
North Carolina
Vanderbilt
Commercial Club
Local Boy Drowns In Lumber River
Woodie Currie a 14 year old from High Point drowned in Lumber River near Lumberton while fishing with two companions. He swam and became exhausted. his body was recovered two hours later. Relatives in High Point could not be located.
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Woodie Currie
Willie Currie
High Point
Lumber River
Lumberton
Harriett Barnes
North Lumberton
Governor Commutes Billings Murder Sentence to Life
Raleigh June 16 Governor Morrison commuted Tal Madge Billings of Wilkes County from the electric chair to life imprisonment for first degree murder sentenced in March 1921. The 6-6 jury verdict prompted the clemency recommendation from Judge Thomas J. Shaw the solicitor and others.
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Raleigh
Morrison
Talmadge Billings
Wilkes
Seity
Billings
Thomas J. Shaw
Four Killed as Train 606 Wrecks in Nebraska
Four people die and thirty four are injured when Chicago and Northwestern Train No 606 from Lander Wyoming to Omaha crashes after a bridge over Big Cottonwood Creek near Whitney Nebraska collapses following a cloudburst. The engine clears the sagging structure but three cars pile at the creek bank in the late night wreck.
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Omaha
Neb
Chicago and Northwestern
Lander
Wyo
Cottonwood Creek
Whitney
United States to Decline League of Nations Participation
The United States will not sit in the League of Nations council at Geneva. The decision follows protests over mandate allocations and a suggestion that the U S be represented after objections to certain mandate awards.
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United States
Washington
Council of the
League of Nations
Geneva
Council
Inter-City Kiwanis Meet Draws Four Cities to Greensboro
High Point Kiwanis Club members attend the first annual inter-city Kiwanis gathering at Central Carolina fair grounds in Greensboro with participants from Greensboro Winston-Salem Burlington and High Point. Prizes included a silk flag for the largest attendance and various humorous awards.
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Greensboro
Kiwanis
High Point Club
High Point
Henry Ford
Ford
Burlington
Methodist Protestant College
Winston-Salem
Sanford
Winston- Salem Club
Harry Froeber
Hugh McCain
H. E. Cartland
D. E. Norton
W. A. Sellers
Sellers
Eliza Harrison
North Carolina Building and Loan League Forms Five Districts
At Wrightsville Beach the NC Building and Loan league elected H F Wilder of Winston-Salem as president and H L Allen of Lenoir as vice president. The group abolished second and third vice presidents, creating five district presidents. Districts named include Elizabeth City Raleigh Thomasville Gastonia Morganton. They plan to ask the 1923 Portland meeting to hold in Charlotte.
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Elizabeth City
Wrightsville Beach
North Carolina Building and Loan League
Winston-Salem
Albemarle
Statesville
H. F. Wilder
H. L. Allen
Lenoir
W. Ben Goodwin
J. C. Allison
Raleigh
A. H Ragan
Thomasville
K. G McLard
Gastonia
E. B. Clearwell
Morganton
League
United States League
Portland
Charlotte
Chamber of Commerce
Stillman Springs Trial Reveals Canadian Connections
In Poughkeepsie on June 16, counsel for James A. Stillman focused on testimony about Mrs. Stillman and Fred Beauvius, a part Indian guide named as corespondent. Four witnesses from Canada, three women, were produced to testify about alleged relations at the Stillman camp near Three Rivers, Quebec, to be heard later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
James A. Stillman
Ten Cent Car Fare Approved for Concord Line
State officials report no general fare hike. the North Carolina Corporation Commission grants a 10 cent fare for the Salisbury and Spencer Railway line in Concord to prevent track removal. The move aims to keep service while ensuring fair returns, with broader public impact limited to this unusual case.
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Corporation Commission
Concord
Former Illinois Senator W. B. Mason Dies at 71
Washington, June 16. Representative W B Mason of Illinois died here early today from heart trouble. He had suffered a heart attack for several days, showed improvement yesterday, then relapsed and died suddenly. Mason was 71 and formerly served in the Senate from Illinois.
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Washington
W. B. Mason
Illinois
Mason
Angel
West End Church Buys Two Lots on Redding Street
The West End Baptist Church purchased two valuable lots on Redding Street adjoining the church building. The sale was from Sire J. C. Charles and the exact consideration was not disclosed.
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West End Church
Redding Street
Weat Rod
Sire
J. C. Charles
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Kentucky
Legion
High Point Rotarians
Land OF Sky
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Priest
Nebraska
York
Broad Street
Curb Brokers’ Association
Wilmington
Building and Loan
Stillman Springs
Canada
General Assembly
Father
State Department of Insurance
Stacey Wade
Insurance Commissioner
State Insurance Department
State Corporation Commission
City of
Salisbury and Spencer Railway Company
Don Scott
Graham
Robert G. Cherry
North Carolina National Guard
Scott
Cherry
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