Allied Troops Occupy German Territory Under Foch Plan
British French and Belgian forces move into Rhineland towns including Düsseldorf Duisburg and Ruhrort under Marshal Foch orders. General Degoutte says occupation aims to enforce reparations, not hostilities, pledges to protect economic life and aid workers in manufacturing.
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Foch
Mayengce
Gemsmany
March
Associated Press
Dusseldorff
Duisberg
Ruhrdorf
Ruhr
Degoutte
Rhine
Nuese
Dusseldorf
Allied Forces Enter Dusseldorf and Duisberg
Mayence reports British Belgian and French troops entered Dusseldorf this morning with Belgian forces occupying Duisberg by noon. Rhine flotilla claimed Rubhrdorf as Belgians crossed the Rhine by the bridge while Anglo French advance along the riverbank towards Dusseldorf. Berlin notes President Ebert and Frederick Ebert proclaim Germany cannot oppose further occupation yet protests the open breach of Versailles.
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Mayence, Marck
Dusseldorf
Duisberg
Rubhrdorf
Rhine
Cologne
Berlin
Frederick Kert
Germany
Ebert
Wage Decreases In Packing Plants Across U S
A wage reduction of about 7 2 percent affects more than 100000 packing industry workers nationwide. The new scale takes effect March 14 with revised hours including time and a half after ten hours daily or 54 hours weekly. Double time applies on Sundays and holidays.
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Chicago
United States
Former Charlotte Mayor Speaks to High Point Community
Frank R. McNinch, former Charlotte mayor, spoke at High Point High School auditorium about community service and organized play. Frederic A. Cummings, national organizer, urged building High Point’s program. audience sang, watched a film Keep Em Smiling, and praised Miss Emma Howe's recreation leadership. J J Farriss of the chamber of commerce chaired the gathering.
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Frank R. McNinch
Charlotte
Hien Point
Frederic A. Cummings
High Point
McNinch
D. A. Stanton
Arty City
Queen City
Emma Howe
J. J. Farriss
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Name Change Chooses The Sheraton For High Point Hotel
Stockholders at the Commercial Club meeting voted to rename the new High Point hotel The Sheraton after considering Altapont. Frank Wineskie presided as chairman as directors were re elected and Dr W H McCain added to the board. The decision follows popular support and ties the hotel to furniture design history.
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Sheraton
Altapoat
High Point
Commercial Club
W. H. McCain
Altapont
Frank Wineskie
Thomas Sheraton
Chippendale
O. Henry
Greensboro
Railroad Labor Refuses Wage Cut in New York Conference
New York Central officials and labor representatives failed to agree on pay cuts for unskilled workers. The railroad offered reducing wages from 30 to 20 cents per hour. Labor reps declined and will discuss with the men, with another conference set for March 22.
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New York
New York Central
Woman Charged After Cure-All Scheme Near New York
In New York on March 8 a man accused a woman of pretended witchcraft to cure his illness without pills. The scheme involved charging $50 and ended with the woman jailed after he protested to the court as he remained frail.
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New York
G. Pernie
Patient Chaos in Greensburg Love Web
In Greensburg Indiana on March 8 Samuel Murray faces a tangled family saga after marrying his wife’s mother while freed by a judge. The situation creates a complex kinship question about his relation to his first wife.
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Greensburg
Ind
Samuel Murray
Third Half Wins Laugh in Portsmouth Hoop Game
Chillicothe lost to Portsmouth in a basketball game. An energetic sleuth uncovered four home boys suspended after they confessed to the truth, ending the contest with the scandalous outcome.
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Portsmouth
Chillicothe
Pranksters Whipped Over Auto Theft in Shelbyville
In Shelbyville Indiana two youths charged with stealing cars were not sentenced to prison. The mayor ordered the youths whipped in the basement, delivering a harsh local punishment for the crime.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Hizzoner
Teacher Lester Semple Faces Court Over Book Toss
March 8 report from Martin SFerry O. states Lester Semple, a teacher, faced court on charges of roughness with a pupil who had made a tart retort. He allegedly hurled a text book at the pupil, a grievance cited in the case.
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Martin Sferry
Lester Semple
Insurgent Move Gains in Moscow Amid Shelling
Russian bolsheviki cavalry are being rushed from the south to Moscow to crush insurgents said to be gaining power in the capital. Chinese soldiers support Soviet leaders as leaders of the insurgent movement reach Warsaw. Reports claim Poland-Poland talks break dead, official word says exaggerated. In Moscow a bombardment by artillery from a hill kills hundreds and wounds many as 100,000 workers strike demanding the dissolution of the constitutional assembly.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Russia
Mosvegw
Petrograd
Poland
Lenin
Trotsky
London
Moscow
Thecity
Helsingfors
Constitutional Assembly
G O P Invasion of South Postponed
The Republican sub committee’s planned southern trip to study party representation has been postponed for several weeks. Chairman Slemp of Virginia said the journey will likely occur in late April starting in San Antonio and covering southern states, delayed by time before Congress’s extra session.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
South
Slemp
Virginia
San Antonio
Congress
Stamey Announces Mayoral Candidacy in High Point
W L Stamey local jeweler and editor of The Review announces he will run for mayor in the next High Point election on May 3. He has served on the city council for two years and says friends urged his entry. The primary would be April 5 if needed and all candidates must announce by March 26.
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W. L. Stamey
the Review
High Point
Stamey
Benefit Picture for Charity Shown Tonight
A benefit film titled The Highest Law a thrilling motion picture will screen tonight at 7 30 in the high school auditorium under the Associated Charities. The story follows the career of a Civil War veteran and stars Ralph Ince as Abraham Lincoln. Proceeds from tonight and tomorrow go to the Associated Charities of High Point with admission set at 25 cents.
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Associated Charities
Lewis Allen Browne
Grant
Ralph Ince
Abraham Lincoln
High Point
Senate Abolishes Offices As Session Ends Tonight
Raleigh March 8 The North Carolina Senate adopts Governor Morrison’s plan to abolish the state building commission the state architect the purchasing agent and the asylum boards. The House buries a moving pictures censorship bill by tabling it amid rapid roll calls. The Gosney hotel charges bill passes second reading. Five more trustees are added to the North Carolina College for Women. adjournment sine die expected tonight or Wednesday morning.
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Senate
State Building Commission
House
Pharr
Mecklenburg
Murphy
Rowan
Ccalendar
North Carolina College
Womer
Greensboro
Austin
Guilford
United States Troops In Germany May Be Ordered Home
Eight hundred Chinese feared drowned when the seamer Hong Mohr sank off Lamont Island near Swanto on March 3. The British vessel of 3,900 tons carried 1,100 Chinese. 248 rescued.
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United States
Germany
Hong Kong
Associated Press
Hong Mohr
Lamont Island
Swanto
Singapore
Splendid Address by Lexington Man Finishes Meeting
Dr. J. C. Leonard of Lexington gave a retrospective address at the conclusion of the twentieth anniversary observance of the First Reformed Church in High Point. Charter members, Sunday school superintendent J. W. Hedrick, consistory members, and Rev. L. A. Peeler spoke as refreshments followed and the gathering ended with singing.
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J. C. Leonard
Lexington
First Reformed Church
High Point
Leonard
L. A. Peeler
Kannapolis
New Bern Boy Dies of Small Pox
Constantinople March 8 Small pox has been added to contagious diseases now prevalent in this city. Tom Cox of New Bern North Carolina a sailor on the U S destroyer Overton died of small pox and was buried here today. The Overton cruising Turkish waters has been isolated in the Sea of Memora.
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Constantinople
Tom Cox
New Bern
North Carolina
U. S
Overton
Sea of Memora
Mrs. Packer and Child Fall Ill at North Main
Mrs. J. H. Packer and her young child are seriously ill at their Redding apartment home. J. H. Packer, a local photographer with a North Main street studio above Home Banking, closes the studio during the illness.
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J. H. Packer
Redding
Packer
Mr. Packer
North Main Street
Cables Influence Early Cotton Market Decline
London trading opened with weak cables and unsettled European conditions combined with American selling to push cotton futures down. March, May and July contracts fell. March at 10.90, May 11.50, July 11.92, with other months showing similar pressure as futures opened steady later in the day.
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London
March
Liverpool
Night riders frighten rural Alabama communities
A posse led by ten state law enforcement deputies searched Scottsboro and surrounding areas for bands of night riders reported active in several counties. Authorities say rural residents live in panic after whippings carried out by the riders in multiple localities.
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Scottsboro. Ala
Marek
Yeggs Threaten Gas Station on Scare Tactics
In Huntington West Virginia on March 6 two yeggmen robbed a gas station owner J J West taking 369 dollars after warning him not to move as they claimed they were frightened and might shoot by accident.
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Huntington
W. Va
Marche
J. J. West
Vagrant Told to Sentence Himself in New York Court
In New York on March 5 a magistrate urged a vagrant found lying in the street to sentence himself as a judge noted it should be warm by April. The exchange highlighted the stark need for lawful confinement or care.
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New? York
Kochendorfer
Tman
Cabinet Discusses Withdrawing Army From Rhine
President Harding chairs the first cabinet meeting with Vice President Coolidge present. Withdrawal of American occupation troops on the Rhine is seen as a possible policy, with domestic and foreign questions including the Panama Costa Rica dispute and the Underwood tariff under consideration.
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Washington
Rhine
Harding
Senate
Germany
Panama
Cummins
Iowa
Coolidge
Favorable Action on Governor's Bills Passed in North Carolina
The North Carolina House approved three Morrison administration bills to abolish the state building commission the state architect office and the purchasing boards of state asylums by a 66 to 21 vote. In joint session the senate named Cary J Hunter and Mrs. W F Woodard to the class board of charities. A bill making it a felony to assault an election officer passed both houses with Republican opposition. The senate completed measures to limit debt and provide a tax levy.
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Raleigh
March
Senate
Morrison
State Building Commission
State Architecct
Cary J. Hunter
Wake County
W. F. Woodard
Wilson County
Class Board of Charities
Local Auto Deal Sparks Gum Wrap Offer in Bellaire
In Bellaire a car sale rumor circulates about an auto for 20000 chewing gum wrappers. A neighbor allegedly advised the buyer to swap wrappers for the vehicle, prompting questions about legitimacy and the deal's closure.
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Lagal Tender
Bellaire
Mareh Woolies McCroba
Theweght Te
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Elimi
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Consolidated Boards
Yeggs
Lower House
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