Underwood Praises Pacific Pact as Real Treaty of Peace
Senator Os the Underwood of Alabama argues the four power Pacific treaty is a real peace accord akin to Versailles and the League of Nations. He says ratification should proceed in the spirit of international understanding rather than force and notes it requires unanimous consent at a forthcoming conference.
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Washington
Pace
Underwood
Alabama
Senate
League of Nations
United States
Nator
President Harding Plays Golf at Ormond Beach
President Harding arrived by houseboat at Ormond Beach Florida and played 18 holes of golf on the Ormond course with gagette Gillett Under Secretary Fletcher and E B McLean in his group. The weather cleared and crowds gathered at the Sea Breeze course while he instead played at Ormond and then departed down the coast from St Augustine without incident.
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Ormond Beach
Fla
Associated Press
Harding
Ormond Course
Gillett
Fleecher
E. B. McLean
Sea Breeze
Ormond
St. Augustine
No Epidemic in Highland and Pickett Mills
City physician Dr. W. J. McAnally says no epidemic is present in the Highland and Pickett cotton mill villages. Investigation shows Pickett mill residents similar to the city in health, while Highland village reports more illness but not alarming. Overall influenza strains exist city wide, yet no epidemic is developing.
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Highland
Pickett
W. J. Anally
Pickett Mill
High Point
Highland Village
Dr. McAnally
Occasional Rains Forecast For Week Begin March
Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday shared by Washington forecast offices. South Atlantic states may see considerable cloud cover and occasional rains with normal temperatures.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Two Men Drowned In Car Plunging Through Draw Bridge
In St Augustine Florida early today a small closed car plunged through an open draw bridge into about thirty feet of water. The bodies of Jeffrey Foster a local cigar manufacturer and Joseph Ortagus a local merchant are believed to be in the car. The two men were alone in the machine when it left the beach.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
J0ffrey Foster
Joseph Ortagus
Mrs Owen killed by falling tree near Salisbury
Mrs. R E Owen was killed when a felled tree struck their buggy and seriously injured her husband as they rode to Salisbury. The incident occurred about 10 AM six miles from Salisbury on the Lenwood road. The worker fled after delivering the news. the couple were Lenwood residents.
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Salisbury
R. E. Owen
Owen
City Police Chief asserts vice at Soldan high school
Vic tory J. Miller president of the board of police commissioners prepared to testify at a special school board meeting in St. Louis Missouri to prove charges that vice thrives at Soldan high school. He alleges girls form a secret organization requiring members to break moral codes and says a boys organization existed as well. He says additional messages support his claim and that his earlier statement was not strong enough.
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ST. Louis
Victory J. Miller
Board of Police Commissioners
Board of Education
Soldan High School
West End
Miller
Postpone Inquest Into Knight Death in Suffolk
The coroner's inquest for Peter P. Knight who was shot and his new wife wounded Saturday morning was postponed indefinitely. Courtney Griffin, son of the wounded woman, remains jailed on murder charges against his stepfather. Mrs. Knight recovers in the hospital.
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Suffolk
Peter P. Knight
Courtney, Griffin
Fire threatens cotton row in Augusta loss total $2000
A March 11 fire in Augusta, Georgia, started a general alarm and was brought under control with damage totaling about $2000. The Luke and Fleming cotton firm sample room and office was gutted while Frank Calhoun's office suffered substantial damage.
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Augusta
Luke and Fleming
Frank Calhoun
Crady asks continuance in murder case
Edgar Crady Chicago automobile dealer under indictment for the murder of his wife last month filed a motion in circuit court for a continuance. If granted by Judge Branning the case would not go to trial at the present term of court.
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Vrady
Miami
Fla
Edgar Crady
Chicago
Branning
Pardons Board Recommends Commutation for Tom Lambert
The Alabama board of pardons recommended to Governor Wilby that the death sentence for Tom Lambert, who killed his sweetheart Martha Gilliland in Jefferson County, be commuted to life imprisonment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Board of Pardons
Wilby
Tom Lambert
Martha Gilliland
Jefferson County
Jail Life Is Nerve Tonic Sentenced Man Requests Stay
William Koifenstein aged 50 from Cincinnati began a 20 day self imposed sentence in Binghamton jail after a ten day intoxication term. He reported nerves improved by rest and asked to extend the stay to a full month, which was granted.
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Binghamton
N. Y
William Koifenstein
Cincinnati
Koifenstein
Mexicans Donate Grain Sent to Russia Grain Shortage
Five ship loads of grain from the people of Mexico are en route to famine regions in Russia. The Russian Red Cross said it had been informed by telegram from President Obregon that the shipment is the first of the five consignments.
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New York
Mexico
Russia
Russian Red Cross
Obregon
Shrine planning meeting in High Point for Oasis Temple ceremony
High Point Shrine members plan tonight's Sheraton ball room gathering to organize a local club and prepare for the Oasis Temple spring ceremonial on May 25. Speakers include T. J. Gold Ed Wickman and Sam Davis as plans for a large turnout and tented Arab style celebration are outlined.
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High Point
Oasis Temple
Sheraton
Harry Raymond
T. J. Gold
Ed Wickman
Sam Davis
Asheville
Charles VV. York
Raleigh
Charles F. Long
Aguinaldo Proposes Photo Ballot Aid in Philippines
Gen Emilio Aguinaldo, before the senate privileges and elections committee in Manila, suggested replacing written candidate names on ballots with printed photographs. He argued voters who cannot read could simply select by the image to avoid manipulation.
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Manila
P. 1
Emil’o Aguinaldo
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Moore Book Store to be Sold Shortly
Heirs of Benjamin E. Moore announce the Moore Book Store will be sold next week after his death. The 22 year old business on Main Street, once Whitten’s, offered text books and literature goods, with Mack Allred assisting in the sale period.
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Benjamin E. Moore
Moore Book Store
Moore
Whitten’s
Moore's
Speed Typing Demonstration At Edwards College
A 15 year old youth will demonstrate rapid typing on Underwood machines at Edwards College Monday at 3 pm. The event targets students stenographers and businessmen and is organized by Prof. C C Edwards. The boy writes over 1000 words a minute with notable accuracy, described as a compelling sight for attendees.
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Edwards Sgusinessollege
Underwood
Tiis
C. C. Edwards
Slight advance in New York cotton market opened steady
New York March 11 The cotton market opened steady with a 3 to 5 point advance due to rains in the eastern belt Liverpool buying and some covering. Early reviews of domestic goods trade showed bearish tone with prices easing a shade from last night’s close. Futures began steady with March 18.30 May 18.18 July 17.42 October 16.80 December 16.62.
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New York
Liverpool
Gandhi threatens reaction if arrested in India
Bombay March 11. Followers of Mohandas K Gandhi, leader of the non cooperation movement, recalled his call for a whole constructive program carried out with clocklike regularity and speed should he be arrested, as reported in his paper.
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Bombay
India
Associated Press
Mohandis K. Gandhi
Punjab Express
Hughes Defends Four Power Pact As Open And Honest
Secretary of State Hughes writes to Senator Underwood defending the four power pact from secret-plot claims. He says negotiations were confidential but not harmful, and full disclosure would show no deviation from traditional American policy. He adds the pact itself requires no interpretation beyond its clear language and denies secret notes or understandings.
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Washington
Adh
Hughes
Underwood
Senate
City Flower to Be Chosen by People
The civic department of the women’s club runs a city flower election in the chamber of commerce for adults and at schools for children. The process supports the City Beautiful campaign and aims to designate a High Point emblem flower like state flowers. Local factories plan to plant grass and shrubs. several furniture firms and North Carolina Public Service Co pledge beautification of grounds and nearby offices.
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The
Woman's Club
Chamber of Commerce
Southern Chair Company
Continental Furniture Company
Marsh Furniture Company
Amos Furniture Manufacturing Company
North Carolina Public Service Company
South Media Street
High Point
Immigration vital to Australia’s safety
Sydney March 11 John McWhae newly named agent general for Victoria in London says immigration of English men is vital to Australia’s safety. He warned that Europe and Asia threaten Australia and that America remains closed to Slavs and others. He predicted the next twenty years will decide if Australia stays a white country or becomes a mongrel race.
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Sydney
Australia
John McWhae
Victoria
London
Europe
Asia
America
Rival Irish Armies Agree to Withdraw from Limerick
Belfast dispatch reports a settlement between rival Irish republican army forces in Limerick. Both sides will evacuate the city, with small maintenance units of official forces to occupy local barracks. British troops reportedly still present may be among those leaving, and by 11 o clock this morning large bodies of troops were departing.
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Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Limerick
Free State
Bandits Rob Payroll From Pittsburgh Paymasters
Four armed men robbed J. W. Bishops and R. E. Ma Malone paymasters for Bernard Gloekler company in Pittsburgh. They escaped with a company payroll totaling $10,000.
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Pittsburgt
J. W. Bishops
R. E. MaMalone
Bernard Gloekler
Chamber of Commerce Urges Broad Participation in High Point
In High Point, Fred N. Tate urges every business and professional to join the Chamber, pledging 100 percent representation. A strong, active board is on duty as the membership drive opens next Tuesday with a target of at least 600 members and typical firms asked to sponsor multiple memberships.
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Tate
Chamber of Commerce
High Point
Chamber
Fred Ni Tate
Mr. Tate
Greensboro
Protest set against revival of joint conference in coal fields
Late bulletins report Secretary Davis proposing a meeting with G. Web Shillingboard of the Central Coal association and Central Pennsylvania coal operators to discuss reviving a joint conference in the central coal fields. In Brownsville Pa a payroll theft worth about 30000 was pulled from W J Ragisy and company by six bandits three miles from Allison. In New York wireless amateurs face potential pay demands as Actors Equity rules that radiophone performers must be compensated for work amid competition with theater.
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Altoona
Central Coal Fields
Davis
G. Web Shillingboard
Theentral Coal Association of
Central
Brownsville
Albert Flemming
W. J. Ragisy and Company Stor
Allison
C . Evans
New York
Actors’ Equity Association
President Harding backs cabinet stay. Hoover declines Philadelphia post
Secretary Hoover informed Mayor J Hampton Moore that he cannot accept the director generalship of the 1926 Philadelphia centennial. Hoover confirmed the President desires him to remain in the cabinet.
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Washington
Harding
Hoover
J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
Philaelphia
Rioting in South Africa Leaves Dozens Dead and Wounded
Reports from Johannesburg say 32 killed and 57 wounded by 9 pm as miners clash with police. Nineteen of the dead are police. By 11 pm streets were deserted and the public barred from streets. A workers hall was struck by a bomb from an airplane. The heaviest casualties were in the far east.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Miners Strike Seen as Revolution in Johannesburg
London dispatch notes miners leaders strike in Johannesburg has become a revolutionary movement with revolutionary tactics eclipsing the issue. Correspon dents cite a bolshevist plot and a red guard at Fordsburg as fighting rages across the Rand, especially in the east.
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London
Johannesburg
Cape Town
Daily Telegram
Times
Fordsburg
Rand
North Carolina Baptists Exceed Campaign Totals With Gifts
The Baptist 75 million campaign shows North Carolina Baptists contributing 2 211 741 50 in cash to date. Regular contributions fund foreign and home missions, Christian education, hospitals, and more, with substantial sums allocated to Wake Forest, Meredith, Chowan, and other institutions. A statewide drive led by Dr C F Maddry aims to raise payments to peak by May 1.
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Raleigh
Baptists of
North Carolina
Southern Baptist Convention, Foreign Missions
Home Missions
State Missions
Southern Baptists
North Carolina Baptists
New Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Thomasville Baptist Orphanage
Baptist Educational
Wake Forest College
Wake Forest
Meredith College
Chowan College
Murfreesboro
Buies Creek Academy
Buies Creek
Boiling Springs High School
Boiling Springs
Wingate High School
Wingate
Liberty Piedmont Institute
Wallurg
Dell Academy
Daliway
Mars Hill College
Mars Hill
South
C. F. Maddry
Southern Baptist Convention
Rebels Drive Out Italian Garrison in Tripoli Action
A dispatch reports a revolution in Tripoli with rebels cutting rail lines and attacking the Italian garrison. Italian forces evacuated the towns of ter and Zavia on the coast about 125 miles east of Tripoli as fighting rages in the area.
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Associated Press
Tripoli
Mondo
Zavia
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