Cramer, Veteran Bureau General Counsel, Ends Own Life
Charles F. Cramer of San Francisco retired last month as general counsel for the veterans bureau amid congressional scrutiny and hospital contract probes. He shot himself in his Washington home after saying goodbye to his wife, leaving no note. The suicide came as a Senate inquiry and new bureau leadership pledged cooperation. Cramer, 45, had earlier faced criticism from the American Legion and Congress.
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Washington
Charles F. Cramer
San Francisco
Veterans’ Bureau
Bureau
Congress
Cramer
President Harding
Senate
California
American Legion
Council of the Legion
Indianapolis
Forbes
John F. O'Ryan
New York
Frank T. Hines
New York University
Court actions mix tobacco co op with railway station dispute
Continued arguments in tobacco cooperative cases probe the funding of subsidiary associations and the salaries of officials while Southern Railway fights a commission ruling to build a Selma station. State power to regulate carriers is challenged and a Washington appeal looms as a national issue. Bond registrations and legal deadlines also press from Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Stacy, Hoke
Adams
Levy
California
North Carolina
Stacey
Hoke
Association
Stacy
Aaron Sapiro
Southern Railway
Supreme Court
Selma
Southern
Coast Line
Corporation Commission
Commission
W. M. Hendren
Winston-Salem
Washington
William H. Taft
Union Station
Escanaba Woman Admits Medical Temperature Hoax
Evelyn Lyons of Escanaba Michigan confessed a hoax after convincing several doctors that her temperature was 115 degrees Fahrenheit. She expressed remorse saying she is sorry for the deception.
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Evelyn Lyons
Escanaba
Mich
Woman in Cook County Makes History With Life Term
Chicago March 14 Mrs Tillie Klimek convicted of poisoning her husband becomes the first woman sentenced to life imprisonment in Cook County courts. Trial revealed a pattern of alleged poisonings among husbands linked to her and cousins with Nellie Koulik awaiting trial.
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Chicago
Tillie Klimekay
Cook County
Wachovia Official Sees State Economic Upturn and Caution
Leopold A. Chambliss of Wachovia Bank reports broad improvements in eastern and western North Carolina, with strong industry in Asheville Raleigh and Brevard. He cites rising real estate values and a shift from debt repayment to financing growth, while warning against overextension and noting a higher rediscount rate signals potential macro risk.
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Leopold A. Chambliss
Department of New Business
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
High Point
The
Wachovia
North Carolina
United States
Asheville
Brevard
Tennessee
Raleigh
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Special Census to Start Next Week for High Point
A special U S census will be conducted in High Point following the city limits extension. City manager R L Pickett announced a government agent will arrive soon to conduct the count, with unofficial figures showing about 20 000 residents.
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High Point
R. L. Pickett
Picket
Holt McPherson Fractures Leg In Porch Swing Accident
Holt McPherson son of Mr and Mrs McPherson 113 Best street fell from a porch swing last night fracturing the large bone in his right leg He was taken to the hospital and returned home today suffering severe pain The swing broke its hook and chain sending him under the heavy frame He is a junior at High Point High School and will be unable to walk for six weeks or longer The Enterprise circulation assistant was among his duties
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McPherson
High Point High School
Physicians
Enterprise
Goerch Buys Paper in Wilson Mirror Acquisition
Carl Goerch former editor of the New Bern Sun Journal has bought an interest in the Wilson Mirror and will take over management next Monday. He previously helped run the Washington News in Washington, North Carolina.
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Goerch
Wilson
N. C
Carl Goerch
New Bern Sun Journal
Wilson Mirror
New Bern
Washington
Japan Rejects China's Twenty One Demands Treaty Proposal
Tokyo March 14 Japan rejected China's proposal to abrogate the 1915 China Japanese treaty. The treaty included the twenty one demands and extended for 50 years the Japanese leases on Kwantung peninsula including Dalai and Port Arthur.
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Associated Press
Japan Today
China
Kwang Tung Peninsula
Dalai
Port Arthur
Interest KFEN Revival Meet at Springfield Friends Church
Interest in the revival service at Springfield Friends church grows with each meeting. Rev Lew McFarland preaches with nightly assistance from Miss Clara Cox. Sermons center on the Holy Spirit's influence in modern Christian life and include congregational gospel singing.
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Springfield
Mystery Deepens In Catholic Priest Case
In Virden Illinois Father John A. Vraniak rector of Sacred Heart Catholic church has been missing nine days. His car found in St. Louis shows six inch paint scratches reading we won and soil on the underbody from field driving. A St Christopher medal was missing and door marks suggest forced opening.
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Virden
Iil
John A. Vraniak
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
St. Louis
Adolph M. Vranisk
Chicago
St. Christopher
107 031 Gallons Booze Destroyed In State
Prohibition agents in North Carolina seized 133 illicit distilleries and 107 031 gallons of liquor and malt liquors in February. Ten automobiles were seized worth 2895 dollars. Total property seized and destroyed valued at 36838 25 dollars. One hundred forty six prosecutions were recommended and 54 arrests were made.
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Salisbury
North Carolina
A. B. Coltrane
Debaters Outline Question of Christian Work at Night
Four local speakers will argue for and against greater U S church activity at home versus abroad in a Friends church debate tonight at 7:30. Joseph Cox and Horace Hawworth support the affirmative while Ralph Parker and E Mendenthal present the negative. Each speaker has 15 minutes plus rebuttals.
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Friends Church
Joseph Bb. Cox
Horace Hayworth
United States
Ralph Parker
E. Mendenhall
America
Mountain Man Held in Murder Case for Jury
Green Buchanan charged with complicity in the March 1921 killing of Blaize L. Harsell, a New York clubman. Grady and Fonz Buchanan released after a preliminary hearing. witness Gus Miller linked Rainwater to the crime and suggested Shipley may be the victim.
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Green Buchanan Ts
New York
Bakersvil
John L. Morgan
Green Buchanan
Blaize L. Harsell
Grady Buchanan
Fonz Buchanan
Gus Miller
Pigeon Roost
Unaka Mountains
Tennessee Line
Bill” Rainwater
Miller
Rainwater
Harry Shipley
Shipley
Harsell
West
J. B. Craigniles
Morgan
Irish Plot Story Printed In London
The Daily Sketch prints a sensational tale alleging an Irish Republican plot to murder British ministers and trigger outrages. It links the plan to recently arrested Irish men and names Prime Minister Bonar Law David Lloyd George and Sir Hamar Greenwood as targets. Women in the group allegedly worked in victims’ households to relay movement details.
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London
Daily Sketch
Bonar Law
David Lloyd George
Hamar Greenwood
Sketch
Faculty Dinner For Library Fund At Elm Street School
Teachers at the Elm Street institution will host a dinner in the school cafeteria Thursday from 6 to 8 pm to raise funds for the library. Tickets are available to the public. The St Patrick’s dinner is the second fundraising event by the Elm Street PTA following an early week charity picture sale.
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Em Street
St. Patrick's
Elm Street
Parent-Teachers Association
Five American warplanes land at Guantanamo naval base
A telegram to La Prensa reported five American army airplanes landing at the Guantanamo naval station. No further details were provided.
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Havana
Cuba
Guantanamo
la Prensa
Naval Station
Cleanup drives in Pinson after Tennessee tornado
Survivors from Pinson and Deanburg join Atlanta Red Cross official Carter Taylor and local workers in a Jackson area cleanup after the weekend tornado killed 17 and left hundreds homeless. Camille Akers aids relief coordination as a rehabilitation plan is outlined and a tribute fund for Henry Kline is started by Jackson citizens.
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Jackson
Tenn
Associated Press
Pinson
Deanburg
Carter Taylor
Atlanta
Southern
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Taylor
Camille Akers
Memphis
Henry Kline
Rotary Luncheon at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Rotarians gather for their regular Thursday luncheon at 12 15 in the Wesley Memorial Methodist dining room. A brief program is planned and a full announcement will cover the Rotary conference next week in Charleston South Carolina.
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Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Charleston
8. C
German Flostages Ride Locomotives In Occupied Area
Essen March 11 The Ruhr district strike by sixteen thousand coal miners protests the seizure of the state coke plant near Westerholt by engineers with French infantry. German hostages ride on trains run by French and Belgian crews to deter sabotage. a track section at Steele was destroyed overnight.
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Essen
Associated Press
Recklinghausen
Ruhr
Westerhold
Steele
British Labor to Probe Ruhr Situation
The British Labour Party will dispatch an official deputation to the Ruhr and other German areas to assess conditions. Four Scottish Labour MPs who visited the Ruhr acted independently, with officials noting they spoke only for themselves. In the Commons a Liberal motion to reopen Ruhr policy discussion was defeated 249 to 298 as the government reaffirmed its stance.
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London
Associated Press
British Labor Party
Ruhr
Germany
Daily Telegraph
House of Commons
Roland McNeill
John Simon
Asquith
Hoppe Edges Schaefer In Final 500 Point Billiards Clash
In New York on March 14 Willie Hoppe gained the edge over challenger Jake Schaefer in the final 500 point block of their world billiards title match. The road to triumph was hard as Hoppe navigated tough back shots to stay ahead and prepare for tonight’s table showdown.
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Schaefer
New York
Willie Hoppe
Jake Schaefer
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Holt McPherson
Mrs. McPherson
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