Campaign to establish a Y M C A in High Point
The Working Corps of about 125 members will organize a drive to raise 250000 for a city Y M C A. J Wilson Smith arrives from New York as national representative and leads executives in a rapid setup, with daily meetings at the chamber of commerce and Commercial Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Christian Association
High Point
J. Wilson Smith
New York
Eetty
Chamber of Commerce
Fred N. Tate
Tate
Smith
Testimony on Dastrop Gases Evidence Before Grand Jury
Attorney General A V Coco presented volume of evidence from Bastrop open hearing into black hooded mob atrocities. State seeks about 50 indictments from assault to murder including Mer rouge kidnapping cases and deportations by Klan. Witnesses include Addie May Hamilton and Mer Rouge officials and citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
A. V. Coco
Moorehouse Parish
Watt Daniel
T. F. Richard
Coco
David Garrett
George S. Guion
Howard Warren
Addie May Hamilton
Merouge
Miss Hamilton
R. L. Dade
Jack Hayden
Lon Braddock
Fred Cobb
Albert Brock
Harding Vacation Begins As Florida Greeting Delights First Lady
President and Mrs. Harding with Chauncey Depew and Dawes leave Weeks in St. Augustine after a Florida greeting. The presidential train nears Ormond for a holiday with golf plans and host Edward B. McLean aboard the houseboat voyage down the Indian and Halifax rivers.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Harding
Ormond
Weeks
Charles G. Dawes
Florida
Chauncey Depew
Edward B. McLean
Washington
McLean
Halifax
Rocky Mount
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Davis
Labor Department
Gavel Falls for Last Time in Capital Session
The session adjourned at noon as the Senate voted 27 to 9 to reject the conference report on the measure opposed by anti Ku Klux group critics.
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Gavel
Capital
Guy
Senate
General Assembly Guests at Boxing Match in Richmond
Members of the General Assembly will be the guests of honor at a boxing entertainment in Richmond staged by the Church Hill Athletic association. The event promotes the repeal of an old ordinance banning prize fighting and features boxers of national renown including Kid Williams Joe Dundee Terry Miller and Max Feldman. Latrobe Cogswell of the Maryland boxing commission will speak on Virginia boxing law administration and its revenue and athletic benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
General Assembly
Church Hill Athletic Association
Virginia
Kid’ Williams
Joe Dundee
Terry Miller
Max Feldman
Latrobe Cogswell
Maryland Boxing Commission
National Boxing Board
Cotton Market Sees Irregular Early Trading
New York reports an unsettled cotton market with July and later deliveries steady on rain in the southwest. Early trading showed 12 point declines to five point advances, then broad selling of five to 23 points as the session progressed.
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New York
Ruhr allies seize Rem sched and Kronberg in Berlin report
Central News dispatch from Berlin says the Ruhr allies have occupied Rem sched and Kronberg, marking a breakthrough in the current campaign.
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London
Berlin
Ruhr
Remsched
Kronberg
Famous 1 and 22 measure meets untimely killing
Raleigh March 6 Among bills dying byMurphy motion was the famous 2 and 22 bill passing through the Senate while Saint was away Its aim to restore through train service on the old North Carolina railroad via High Point and Salisbury was not clear The measure aroused opposition as trains taken off the main line during the war were routed via Winston Salem to serve troop trains and have not been returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Walter Murphy
Senator Woodson
Murphy
Senator Saints
Winston-Salem
Southern
Double Capacity Of Local Plant Doubled Ice Output To Sixty Tons
The W. A. Davis Tee and Coal company in the southeast city near the Asheboro railway crossing has doubled its ice production to 60 tons daily. The plant, opened March 15 last year with 30 tons capacity, now adds a new motor compressor and delivery wagons to meet rising demand and serves patrons with up-to-date electric operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Davis Tee and Coal Company
Asheboro Railway Crossing
Whcen Davis
North Carolina
French Occupation of the Ruhr Draws American Complaints
American business concerns report growing complaints as the French occupation of the Ruhr curbs normal trade. Hoover hopes France and Belgium can regularize administration to ease difficulties while avoiding major US France tensions. If problems persist, more formal representations may follow.
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Washington
Ruhr
Commerce Department
State Department
Hoover
France
United States
Harry New Becomes 49th U S Postmaster General Today
Harry S New longtime Indiana senator took the oath as the 49th postmaster general, succeeding Hubert Work who was named secretary of the interior. Work witnessed the swearing in and then assumed the interior post as the 28th secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. New
United States
Indiana
Hubert Work
Colorado
Harding
President Signs Order on Alien Property Act Powers
President Harding signed an executive order vesting in the alien property custodian all power and authority to implement the alien property act. The act provides for the return of seized properties valued at ten thousand dollars or less to former enemy aliens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Saludes Case to Jury in Martel Murder Trial
New York March 6. The case of Mrs Paulette Saludes charged with the murder of broker Oscar Martel is expected to go to the jury today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saludes
New York
Paulette Saludes
Oscar Martelliere
Nine Year Courtship Ends In New York Marriage
After a nine year pursuit James Jolley a London civil engineer and actor wed Miss Jeannette Sherwin star of a Broadway play in New York. Jolley traveled 35000 miles to pursue her and proposed in England South Africa India and Delhi during tours. The couple met in 1914 and reconciled after war time separations.
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New York
James Jolley
London
Jeannette Sherwin
Jolley
Cedric
England
Miss Sherwin
Mme
Amy Sherwin
South Africa
Johannesburg
India
Delhi
China
Japan
R. D. MacFarland Takes Charge at Sheraton Hotel
R. D. MacFarland arrived from Ohio to direct the Sheraton desk under the new manager. He is joined by his wife and baby. An experienced New York chef and crew were installed in the kitchen, part of recent improvements at the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. MacFarland
Ohio
Sheraton Hotel
MacFarland
Sheraton
New York City
Miss Gloria Morgan to Wed Vanderbilt Today
Miss Gloria Morgan daughter of Harry Hays Morgan consul general to Brussels and Mrs Morgan will wed Reginald C Vanderbilt youngest son of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt. The ceremony is at the Park Avenue home of Mr and Mrs Glenn Stewart with about fifty relatives and friends in attendance. The couple will depart for Newport Rhode Island to stay at Sand Point on Vanderbilt estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gloria Morgan
Harry Hays Morgan
Brussels
Morgan
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Park Avenue
Glenn Stewart
Newport
R. 1
Mr. Vanderbilt
Sand Point
Anderson admits cash payments to wet newspaper workers
New York March 6 W H Anderson state superintendent of the anti saloon league admits paying cash to employees of wet newspapers in a 24700 dollar report to league directors. Acting District Attorney Pecora says the payments were confidential to avoid embarrassment to supporters and to protect reporters involved. Pecora expects W M Potter to testify before the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anti-Caloon League
W. H. Anderson
Anti-Saloon League
Pecora
League
Anderson
W. M. Potter
McAllen
Texas
Human Fly Death After Hotel Martinique Stunt
In New York on March 6 Harry Young known as the human fly died after falling from the Hotel Martinique front wall while attempting a stunt in slippery air. He was contracted to receive no more than 100 dollars and likely earned only 50, his widow says he needed money and was practicing an upside down tight rope walk for a possible Niagara Falls act.
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New York
Harry Young
Martinique
Young
Niagara Falls
Builder falls eight stories at Fifth and Broadway tragedy
E Goss and A Lolski, building cleaners, tumbled eight stories to the pavement on Fifth Street and Broadway in Los Angeles. Goss escaped serious injury while Polishk, likely Pol ski, died. Goss claimed five prior falls with four deaths among coworkers and had renewed life insurance two days earlier.
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Los Angeles
E. Goss
A. Lolski
Fifth Street
Broadway
Goss
Polski
Lebanon Lodge 655 Is Suspended by Georgia Masons
Atlanta March 6 Lebanon on lodge number 655 is suspended from fellowship with the Grand Lodge of Georgia and barred from visiting other bodies. The action stems from its members seeking a pardon for W L Payne, a former city detective convicted of bribery in the Bunco ring case of 1921. Payne was acquitted at a lodge trial, prompting renewed disciplinary measures awaiting Macon action at the October annual communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Lebanon Lodge
Masons
International Organization
Joe P. Bowdoin
Georgia
State
W. L. Payne
Freemasonry
Grand Lodge of Georgia
Macon
Payne
Lodge
Harp Singers Bring Italian Mirth to Lyceum Program
The Lyceum bureau presents four Chicago artists in a Wednesday night 8:15 concert of Italy themed songs readings and instrumentals. Margaret Dudley Catherine Bore Marie Williamson and Pauline Teeter perform as soprano harp cello violin and piano with scenic costumes and readings.
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Lyceum Bureau
Italy
Chicago
Margaret Dudley
Catherine Bore
Marie Williamson
Ontralto
Coal Mining Industry In Alabama To Be Discussed
Three members of the United States coal commission will begin a comprehensive inquiry into Alabama coal mining tomorrow in Birmingham. Chairman John Hays Hammond, former Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, and Clark Howell of the Atlanta Constitution will lead the inquiry arriving in the city tonight.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
United States Coal Commission
John Hays Hammond
Thomas R. Marshall
Clark Howell
The
Atlanta Constitution
President says no delay in railway strike settlement
President Harding informs railway shop craft officials there is no adequate point to delay settlement across districts from last summer’s strike. He states a majority of involved interests are largely responsible for interrupted coal deliveries and unsatisfactory railway conditions in parts of the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Florida
White House
Middleton Goes On Trial Today For 1922 Bank Holdup
In Stuart Virginia E Middleton faces trial for a May 12 1922 bank robbery in which 13314 was taken by three men. Mobley and Matthews remain at large after escaping a Broward county jail on December 14. A separate piracy warrant may be served on Mobley tied to a stolen boat used in Bahamas trips.
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Mobley
Sherif R. C. Baker
Field Marshal
West End
Bahama Islands
Bahamas
William H. Albury
Nassau
Gun Key
Edgecombe
North Carolina Adjourns As Senate Rejects Masking Bill
The North Carolina 63rd General Assembly adjourned sine die at noon after ratifying bills from last night and this morning. The Senate rejected the Milliken measure to require secret order membership registration and masking limits, while the House had earlier added it as an amendment. Senate appointments and limited local bills marked the final actions before adjournment amid cheers and goodbyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Associated Press
General Assembly of
North Carolina
Senate
Conference Committee
House
Harris
Wake
Giles
McDowell
Land Commission
General Assembly
Dawson
Burgwyn
Cox
Gwyn
Wilson
Caswell
Tapp
Lenoir
Connor
Murphy
Coffey
Boards of Commissioners
Three Named Witnesses As Participants In the Riot
Three defendants in the second Herrin riot trial are named witnesses for the prosecution. Survivor William Cairns identified the defendants as participants in the mob slaying of Joe Shoemaker at the strip mine. He recalled Fontanetta allegedly killing Shoemaker as he lay wounded under a barbed wire fence.
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Marion
Philip Fontanetta
Dendant
Shoemaker
Cairns
Fairview School Patrons Meet Tonight
The Fairview School Patrons Association meets at 7 30 in the auditorium of the new Fairview street school for negroes. President N Bell will discuss library funds and further business. Members urged to attend to support school life through parental and teacher cooperation.
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Fairview ‘Street
N. Bell
Fairview School
England to Clash With United States Tonight
The United States and Great Britain renew their sporting rivalry in an indoor match first between nations. They begin competition for the John R. Townsend cup, with the cup awarded to the team that wins three games to hold it for a defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Great Britain
John R. Townsend
Drastic Chicago Police Order Targets Disorderly Houses
Chicago headlines the most drastic police directive to curb vice as Chief Charles C. Firemorris orders uniformed patrols at front and back doors of every known disorderly house. About 3,000 of 4,575 patrolmen will be stationed eight hours each to enforce the measure, with reformers counting more than 600 such places operating in the city. The chief says the order speaks for itself and claim that Chicago remains orderly yet wary of overextending police actions.
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Chicago
Charlies C. Firemorris Cheif
Fitzmorris
Anderson County Citizens Pail To Find Negro Slayer
Anderson county officials and hundreds of citizens searched all night for George Allen a 5 year old negro wanted in the slaying of Cecil Hall a young white farmer. Sheriff Marlette telegraphed authorities across the region offering a 150 dollar reward and suspected the fugitive fled the county possibly toward Georgia or North Carolina.
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Anderson
S. C
Anderson County
George Allen
Cecil Hall
Georgia
North Carolina
Marlette
Stock Market Opens Firmer. Equipment and Steel Lead
New York March 6 prices opened with a firmer tone. Demand was strongest in equipment and steel shares and an improved tone was noted in automotive stocks.
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New York
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Tiorney General Coco
Morehouse Parish
Savannah
Florida East Coast
W. A. Davis Lee and Coal Company
Iee
Harry New
Vanderbilt
Lyceum
Middleton
Stuart
Milliken
Nderson County
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