Bonus Bill Faces Senate Fight After House Approval
After weeks of work the House Ways and Means Committee advances a soldiers bonus bill amid criticism and expected Senate amendments. President Harding had urged possible sales tax funding or postponement. Supporters anticipate easy passage in the House unless a strong reaction emerges.
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Washington
March
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Fordney
Senate
Harding
House Committee
Middle West
Kiwanis Spelling Bee Highlights Luncheon Tests Skills
High Point Kiwanis Club members competed in a noon spelling bee at the Smeraton hotel. Dee Pollock led the winning team over Fred Woodruff's squad after fifteen minutes of word work. Keaney Snow won attendance honors. prize donated by Boyd Petty. The program committee for the next meeting will be Dee Pollick with Ralph Parker W. B. Thomas and Charles Hoertel.
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High Point Kiwanis Club
Charles P. Coble
Dee Pollock
Fred Woodruff
Gurney Srigges
Beverly Thurman
C. C. Prince
Y. D. Gilliam
Kiwanis
Noothbrush
Charles Tomlinson
Keaney Snow
Boyd Petty
Arctic Fee and Coal Company
Dee Pollick
Smeraton Hotel
Ralph Parker
W. B. Thomas
Charles Hoertel
Thieves Steal 30 Barrels Whisky in Frederick Raid
In Frederick Maryland a gang overpowering three guards smashed warehouse doors and loaded 3000 gallons of whisky into three trucks and several autos. The value is estimated at $35000 with a truck containing 17 barrels later found abandoned after an accident.
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Frederick
Improvement noted on New York cotton market
The cotton market opened steady in New York as reports of improved British trade conditions supported prices. Local selling of October quickly absorbed, with opening advances of 6 to 16 points and active months rising about 12 to 18 points. Futures: March 18.30 May 18.08 July 17.35 October 16.72 December 16.63.
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New York
Harding Sees Prosperity Returning to the Farmers
President Harding announces in a public letter to Eugene V. Meyer Jr. that progress is being made toward easing agricultural difficulties. He notes growing stability and confidence in farming and supports Meyer’s proposed tour of agrarian regions to assess conditions.
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Harding
Washington
Eugene V. Meyer, Jr
Managng
War Finance Corporation
White House
Shipman Piano Company Organized In High Point
W G Shipman of High Point is elected president of the new Shipman Piano company with 160000 in capital. Thomas G Baker becomes vice president and factory manager, John A Holmes secretary treasurer. First order for 100 pianos is due for July delivery. Baker brings 39 years in piano manufacturing and recent Japan experience with Nishikawa. Board includes prominent High Point business men.
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W. G. Shipman
High Point
Shipman Piano Company
Thomas G. Baker
John A. Holmes
Shipman
Baker
New York
Japan
Nishikawa Music Instrument Manufacturing Company
Chapel Hill Youth Dewey Smith Dies Of Influenza
Dewey Smith a high school student and drug store clerk in Eubanks died Monday after a week with influenza that progressed to pneumonia. He was well known at the university and in town. funeral services were held at Mann's chapel near his former home.
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Chapel Hill
Fire Threatens Sheboygan Town Center In Blazing Inferno
The downtown Sheboygan Michigan area faced complete destruction as a fire of unknown origin swept through two city blocks by nine this morning. Baker Frank J. Hoover died trying to salvage valuables, and two boys were missing. Loss estimated at 400000 dollars.
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Sheboygan
Mich
Frank J. Hoover
Prohibition Officer Dews Forfeits Bond In Tidmore Killing Case
In Birmingham Alabama on March 8 T C Dews Jr a former federal prohibition officer failed to respond when the government case against Dews and three others charged with the killing Curtis Tidmore Lock County farmer was called Judge Grubb ordered the bond of 10000 forfeited and the trial proceeded.
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Birmingham
Ala
T. C. Dews, Jr
Prohibition
Dews
Curtis Tidmore
Lock County
United States District Court
Grubb
Three Killed Nine Injured In Kansas City Tank Explosion
Three men were killed and nine injured when a compressed air tank exploded at the Kansas City Railroad barn on Ninth Street and Brighton Avenue. The blast tore a 20 foot brick wall and derailed nearby streetcars. Mrs Mary Giles who earned 16 a week at the Waldorf Astoria left an estate of 15400 with no will and no known relatives to claim it.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Railroad Company
Ninth Street
Brighton Avenue
Small Fortune
New York
Mary Giles
Waldorf-Astoria
Bowling record set as Lungren leads with 729 in Chicago
Lungren of Chicago broke the American Bowling Congress tournament record in the singles on the third shift in Toledo. He posted games of 234 232 and 263 to total 729 and take first place.
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Toledo
Ohio
N, Lungren
Chicago
Lungren
Greensboro visitor reports stay in High Pot yesterday
Z. S. Boone of Greensboro was listed as a business visitor in High Pot yesterday, illustrating regional travel activity.
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Z. S. Boone
Greensboro
Ford Offer Backed by Southern Congress Members
Southern members led by Alabama delegation urged quick acceptance of Henry Ford's plan to purchase and lease Muscle Shoals government property. Memorials from Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas cited unity in supporting Ford and opposition to Alabama Power as a foreign owned monopoly.
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Washington
Congress
Alabama
House Military Committee
Oliver Bankhead
Almon
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Oliver
Tennessee
Arkansas
T Xag
Ford
Alabama Power Company
Man Awarded Damages for Loss of Arm
Elizabeth City reports Georg J. Lacey awarded 7131.66 damages by a Superior Court jury on February 18 in a suit against Ideal Hosiery for losing an arm. He later lost a big toe in a Norfolk incident Saturday night when a pistol he held by Berkeley Bridge discharged. Lacey, a former cotton mill worker and World War I veteran, has endured a string of misfortunes.
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Elizabeth City
March
Georg J. Lacey
Ideal Hosiery Company
Norfolk
Lacey
Berkeley Bridge
Hindenburg
Bank Robbers Fail But Wound Police Chief in Arlington
Arlington Chief of Police A. R. Wiggins was shot in the abdomen during an early morning bank robbery at the Bank of Arlington. He confronted one robber outside the bank and four shots were fired, with the chief gravely wounded. The robbers fled as the vault was being opened.
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Albany
A. R. Wiggins
Arlington
Bank of
Storm Leaves Two Hundred Homeless in the Carolinas
Augusta Ga March 8 Undertakers in Granitesville prepared funerals for five yesterday as storm winds and rain in the Horse Creek valley South Carolina left nearly 200 homeless. Mill authorities and the Red Cross at Warrensville and Stifle town assisted the injured and displaced overnight while shelters were set up for those left without homes.
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Augusta
Granitesville
Horse Creek
South Carolina
Red Cross
Warrensville
Stifletown
Maintenance Contract Shifts at Western Maryland Railway
The Western Maryland railway announced that Dickson Construction and Repair of Youngstown Ohio will take over maintenance of way work on the entire system at midnight. The contract firm plans to keep the current labor force but cut wages from 39 1 2 cents to 25 cents per hour.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland Railway
Dickson Construction and Repair Company
Youngstown
Ohio
Involuntary Bankruptcy Filed Against Clarkson & Co
An involuntary petition was filed in federal court against Charles H. Clarkson & Co stock brokers at 66 Broadway. Creditors claim liabilities of about 145000 with assets estimated at 70000.
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New York
Charles H. Clarkson & Co
Broadway
Tornado Hits Evansdale Killing Teacher and Damaging Property
A tornado struck Evansdale early yesterday injuring nearly a score of people and destroying homes and barns along a two to three mile path near the Norfolk Southern tracks. One teacher was killed and the Batts family suffered serious injuries as funds are raised for relief.
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Wilson
Mareh S
Kevansdale
Here
Frank Batts
Batts
Evansdale
Norfolk Southern
Guilford County Taxpayers Create Inquiry Committee
Guilford County taxpayers met in Greensboro to form a committee of inquiry led by John W. King and five others to probe county government finances and report findings in a April 1 meeting. They oppose a NC text book commission proposal aiming to change many public school books and increase parent costs.
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Guilford County
Greensboro
John W. King
H. W. Lambeth
C. F. Neely
T. J. Penn
S. E. Coltrane
Monroe Christman
W. H. Dunbar
State Text Book Commission
North Carolina
State Board of Education
R. W. H. Stone
The
North Carolina Farmers’ Union
Governor signs bill abating billion dollar anti-trust suit
Jackson Mississippi March 8 Governor Russell signed the Stone bill abating the billion dollar anti trust suit filed in Covington county chancery court by District Attorney A J Browning against life casualty and indemnity insurance companies doing business in the state.
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Jackson, Miss
Russell
Chancery Court
Covington County
A. J. Browning
Life, Casualty and Indemnity
Judges Not Subject To State Income Tax Ruling
North Carolina superior and supreme court judges are protected from state income tax on their salaries by the constitutional provision that salaries shall not be decreased during their term. The decision follows Judge Ben F. Long of Statesville asking whether Commissioner of Revenue Watts' ruling requiring tax payment applied to judicial officers.
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Raleigh, March
Superior
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Ben F. Long
Statesville
Commissioner of Revenue
Watts
Cohen freed after Sing Sing death row ordeal
New York march 8 Joseph Cohen once condemned to die recounts life on and off death row at Sing Sing. He describes the electric chair's buzz, solitary confinement, and the moment of his reprieve and eventual release on bail after a new trial. He vows to start anew.
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New York
Sing Sing
Joseph Cohen
Washington
King Joe
Cohen
Rosenthal
R-Oor
Bronx
Cohen Way
Central Virginia Mired In the Mud Report
Reports from rural central Virginia indicate widespread mud caused by frequent rains and snows since January 1. Sections report business stagnation, merchants cut off from rail shipments, and physicians unable to reach patients, even by horseback, amid severe travel disruption.
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Richmond
Virginia
Lee Overman Dies At Home In High Point
Lee Overman 28 died at his Parkway home after a two week illness. He moved from Concord to High Point two years ago and worked in the electrical department of the High Point Machine Works. Survived by widow, mother Annie Overman, one child, sisters Missey Ruth and Susan Overman, brothers W. T. Overman of Aberdeen and J. J. Overman of Salisbury. Body to Concord tomorrow. funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. Oakwood cemetery interment. Member of Numa FEF Reid lodge Masons.
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Lee Overman
Annie Overman
Salisbury
Overman
High Point
Concord
High Point Machne
Missey Ruth
Susan Overman
W. T. Overman
Aberdeen
J. J. Overman
Oakwood Cemetery
Numa Fef. Reid Lodge of
Masons
Rail line appeal in fatal 1919 freight yard case goes to US Supreme Court
A $5,000 damage verdict for Evelyn Lee over her husband H. S. Lee’s death at Pomona freight yards in 1919 moves from Guilford County to North Carolina’s Supreme Court, then to the United States Supreme Court next month. The Noth Carolina railway contests liability arguing Southern Railway, its lessee and federal controlled, caused the death.
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Greensboro
Guilford
The
Railroads Company
Southern Railway
GOP Committee Meets in Raleigh for State Convention Date
In Raleigh on March 8 about seventy Republican executive committee members gathered to decide the date of North Carolina’s state convention. National Committeeman John H. Morehead spoke in the morning as cities urged to host the event. An executive session was planned for the afternoon.
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Raleigh
Republican Executive Committee
John H. Morehead
Lodge argues four power Pacific treaty aims to lead world to peace
Senator Lodge outlines the four power Pacific pact as a peace driven experiment with no entangling commitments. He warns the Anglo Japanese alliance is the most dangerous element in Far East relations and says its abrogation could threaten naval limits and the conference's success.
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Washington
Marek S
Pacific
Senate Today
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Lodge
Far East
United States
Judges to Meet in Raleigh March 16
In Greensboro dated March 1 1921 three federal judges will convene in Raleigh on March 16 to restrain A D Watts NC tax commissioner from collecting taxes from Southern Railway Atlantic Coast Line Seaboard Norfolk Southern and Atlantic and Yadkin on the 1921 assessment. Watts agreed not to press higher valuations than railroads admit and seeks full state corporation income and corporate taxes while the roads seek tax relief claiming discrimination.
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Greensbor
James E. Boyd
H. G. Connor
Edmund Waddill, Jr
A. D. Watts
North Carolina
Southern Railway
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard
Norfolk Southern
Atlantic and Yadkin
Three Juris
Connor
Raleigh
Watts
Play Night Held in Mechanicsville With Community Service
Neighborhood Play Night drew a large turnout in Mechanicsville as residents gathered at the school, marched along North Main street for over a mile despite the dark, singing popular songs. A drum corps led the procession and several yells rang out before a few participants dropped off.
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Mechanicsville
High Point Community Service
North Main Street
Canatzer Arrested by Danville Police in Embezzlement Case
Officer W G Kriddle of the High Point police escorted D L Canatzer, a white man, from train No 36 to Danville to return him to this city on embezzlement charges. Local authorities say he faces multiple charges, with embezzlement of funds from a local enterprise as the chief offense. Canatzer previously forfeited a bond after missing a Greensboro city court trial.
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W. G. Kriddle
High Point
Danville
D. L. Canatzer
Canatzer
Greensboro
Quiet Day for City Police Also Jail Stands Empty
Police say a quiet day with no arrests or municipal court cases as officers complete rounds. The jail sits empty for the first time in a long while, and a large policeman proclaims the city the most orderly in the United States.
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United States
American Citizen Killed in Mexico
Washington reports that Alexander Matherne, an American citizen, was murdered near Lon Naranjua in Vera Cruz on March 5. Vice Consul Hickerson at Tampico advised the State Department that the assailants were known.
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Washington
Alexander Matherne
Lon Naranjua
State of Vera Cruz
State Department
Hickerson
Tampico
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Milwaukee
Sing Sing Death House
Central
Sutpes
U. S. Supreme Court
G. O. P. Committee
U.S
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