North Carolina to Boost Sheep Farming Through State and Federal Support
The North Carolina experiment station and state agriculture department announce a renewed push to revive sheep production led by George Evans, former animal industry chief, now sheep field man. The program includes pure bred ram selection, breeding stock guidance, care and housing, dog protection, worm control, and formation of sheep and wool associations across counties with extension service outreach. Details available from R. S. Curtis in West Raleigh.
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North Carolina
Animal Industry
George Evans
West Raleigh
Mr. Evans
England
Henry Wardell
New York State
Mr. Wardell
Virginia
Agricultural Extension — Service
Evans
R. S. Curtis
Office of Beef Cattle and Sheep Investigations
Algonquin Captain Arrives in New York After Torpedoing
Captain A Norberg of the steamship Algonquin recounts the attack by a U boat that fired without warning and spammed shells from a deck gun as the crew fled in lifeboats. He says twenty shots were fired during the incident.
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A. Norberg
New York
Norberg
Funeral for Mrs. Lucinda Davis Held in High Point
The funeral for Mrs. Lucinda Davis 65 who died Saturday at 3 30 PM at her home 219 South Main Street was held yesterday at 4 PM at First Presbyterian Church Rev C P Cobl officiating. The family list included sons Samuel L James C John R W H A Davis and J Harvey Davis as pallbearers Dr W A Hayes W E Herndon W T Norment J T Bennett W E Snow C Kh Kearns J Ed Kirkman and J M Hedrick. Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Lucinda Davis
High Point
South Main Street
First Presbyterian Church
C. P. Cobl
Ashboro
Samuel L. Davis
James C. Davis
John R. Davis
W. HA. Davis
Crawford
C. L. Crawford
Fred Taylor
Red Springs
Birmingham
Ala
W. A. Hayes
W. EE. Herndon
W. T. Norment
J. T. Bennett
W. E. Snow
C. Kh. Kearns
J. Ed. Kirkman
J. M Hedrick
Oakwood Cametery
Calendar of Sports for Week From Various Clubs
Week long sports slate includes Metropolitan Jockey Club spring meeting at Jamaica New York and Trans Mississippi Golf at St Joseph Missouri. Tennis events in Greenville Philadelphia Hartford Lewiston and New Rochelle. Abbreviated schedules for trapshooting boxing and boat races. Italian women working.
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Metropolitan Jockey Club
Jamaica
N. Y
Trans-Mississippi Golf Association
St. Joseph
United States Golf Association
Philadelphia
Lewiston
Idaho
Hartford
Conn
Jackson
Tenn
Nate Jackson
Roy Moore
Tulsa
Okla
Westchester Kennel Club
White Plains
Cincinnati Speedway
Cincinnati
Connaught Park Jockey Club
Ottawa
New York
Black Island
Quaker Ride
New Rochelle
Falls City
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Italian Women Seek Greater Freedom in Postwar Italy
Rome June 18 Italian women work to gain more freedom before the war ends. While attempts to pass divorce laws have failed a bill is now in parliament to grant women legal rights to control and dispose of their own property.
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Rome
Italy
Secret of Eve at Rose theatre stars Mme Petrova
The Metro-Popular Plays and Players production The Secret of Eve arrives at the Rose theatre tomorrow with star Mme Petrova and director Perry Vekroff. Aaron Hoffman wrote the five part Metro wonderplay about seeking selfish happiness across history. The drama promises vital, absorbing photoplay with spiritual uplift.
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Eve
Rose Theatre
Mme. Petrova
Perry Vekroff
Metro
Aaron Hoffman
Eve Brandon
Central Passport Devised to Prevent Spying
Rome reports a central passport board among ally embassies to cut travel and curb spying. The approval takes twelve days and allows travel only for an uninterrupted trip to the destination.
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Rome
Taly
Missouri Ends Capital Punishment
Missouri abolishes the death penalty effective June 18 in Jefferson City. Convicted murderers or other criminals may not be sentenced to death under the new law, making Missouri the eleventh state to end capital punishment. States where life imprisonment is the maximum include Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee and Washington.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Union
Kansas
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
North Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Washington
Boston Bunker Hill Day Parade Opens 142nd Anniversary
Boston observes the 142nd anniversary of the battle that began the American war of independence with a large military and naval parade in Charleston. Though not a legal holiday, nearly all city activity paused for the patriotic celebration marking the event.
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Boston
Mass
Charleston
Wage Conference at Atlantic City
Representatives of the Independent Sheet and Tinplate Manufacturers association and the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers met in Atlantic City for their annual wage conference. The bar iron conference will follow next week. Wage schedules for all manufacturing concerns under Amalgamated wage contracts will be fixed for the coming year.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Independent Sheet and Tinplate Manufacturers’ Association
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Bar Iron Conference
Amalgamated
London Woman Fined 350 for Wasted Bread Under New Rules
Evidence of strict food wastage enforcement in London surfaced when a Bromley Kent police court convicted a woman and fined 350 after a dustman reported substantial bread discarded in a dustbin. The case underscores new rules aimed at reducing food waste in June.
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London
Bromley
Kent
Shoes cost police get extra weekly allowance
London reports 20,000 metropolitan police receive twelve cents more per week for shoe repairs, bringing their weekly shoe allowance to 24 cents. Officers continue to buy their own footwear.
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London
Simplified Class Day at Brown University
Brown University in Providence Rhode Island held a simplified class day as many students are in military service. The traditional line of fraternity stands and social dances were canceled with a flag raising and patriotic campus demonstration replacing the senior supper.
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Providence
R. I
Brown University
Red Cross Week kicks off nationwide drive for relief funds
A national Red Cross campaign begins with a goal of one hundred million dollars, split to aid soldiers and families at home. President Wilson proclaims Red Cross Week to rally patriotic giving, supporting hospital care, equipment for European and American needs, and war relief partnerships. In Des Moines a training camp opens to prepare 1,250 men for negro regiments with 250 NCOs from Ninth and Tenth Cavalry and Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Infantry. The rest come from negro National Guard units and civilians.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
United States
American Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Uncle Sam
Europe
America
Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
Central Department of the Army
Plattsburg
Regular Army
Ninth
Tenth Cavalry
Negro National Guard
Athletics Seek Clash Ready Pitching and Punch at Bat
The Athletics plan to bolster the roster with one or two dependable pitchers and several strong hitters. Executive moves aim to boost mound depth and lineup depth for a more competitive season.
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Athletics
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