Campaign exposes brutality of North Carolina chain gangs
Raleigh March 12. Mrs Kate Burr Johnson state welfare commissioner leads an investigation into convicts forced to work on roads under camp supervisors. Reports detail beatings including a supervisor hanging a man by the heels and dragging a prisoner behind a tractor. Indictments and reform efforts follow across Stanly Rocky Mount and Rockingham counties as the chain gang system is challenged.
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North Carolina
Liberia
Congo
Kate Burr Johnson
State Commissionee of Charities and Public Welfare
N. C. Crawford
Uncle Bill
Cranford
Wooten
Crawford
Stanly County
Wake County
Bickett
Equitable Life reports record gains in year’s finances
Walter L. Hargett, local agent, states Equitable Life Assurance Society’s assets rose to 792,405,000 at end of 1925, a 66,793,000 increase. New insurance paid reached 825,000,000, including 67,000,000 in group insurance, the year’s largest business. Mortgage loans totaled 10,860 with 90,475,556 invested across dwellings, farm, and business properties.
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Walter L. Hargett
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
Alos
Bertha Landes Elected Mayor of Seattle Becomes National Symbol
New York reports Doris Stevens highlighting Bertha Landes as the first woman elected mayor who has not used a broom or cookbook. The National Woman's Party sends congratulations to Landes, signaling a milestone for women in leadership.
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New York
Doris Stevens
National Woman's Party
Bertha Kk
Landes
Beattic
Coolidge to Attend Sixteenth Boy Scout National Council Meeting
The sixteenth annual National Council of the Boy Scouts of America meets in Washington D C on April 30 and May 1 1926 with headquarters at the New Willard hotel President Coolidge honorary president will participate along with Sir Robert Baden Powell founder of the movement Departures after the meeting include visits to Louisville Kansas City Chicago Detroit and New York City James E West praises the chance for leaders and scoutmasters to hear Baden Powell The Uwharrie council plans to send at least two delegates
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National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Washington
D. C
New Willard Hotel
Coolidge
Robert Baden-Powell
Scout Movement
Great Britain
Baden-Powell
Louisville
Kansas City
Chicago
Ill
Detroit
Mich
New York City
James E. West
United States
Sir Robert
Uwharrie Council
National Council
High Point High School to stage Polished Pebbles operetta
The second annual High Point high school operetta Polished Pebbles will be presented at the American theater on March 25 and 26 under the direction of Lewis L. Stookey. Last year's Isle of Chance impressed audiences with student performance and this year promises even finer scenery and costumes.
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High Point High
American Theater
Iise of Chance
Lewis L. Stookey
Polished Pebbles to Stage Ambitious Amateur Show
In a citywide effort the largest chorus yet assembled will join an amateur production titled Polished Pebbles to be staged at the American theater, promising an unusually grand community performance.
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American Theater
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