Youths in Quest of City of Gold
Two young Colombian engineers, Ramon Franky and Guillermon Werrara, recovered age old documents and a map in Colombia’s jungles. They traced Toro Viejo to 1573 and found armor, mining tools, bullets, cooking implements, gold nuggets, and traces of platinum and oil near the lost city of gold.
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Washington
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Colombia
America
Ramon Franky
Guillermon Werrara
Toro Viejo
Don Francisco de Larraga
Andres Venero de Leiva
New
Capt. Kidd
War's Who on the Shanghai Front
Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor leads the Asiatic fleet to Shanghai to take command of the international settlement defense aboard the Houston. Read Admiral Yancey B. Williams commands the Yangtse patrol with a Navy Cross for World War service.
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Shanghai
Montgomery M. Taylor
Asiatic Fleet
Manila Bay
Dewey
U. S&. S&s. Houston
International Settlement
Yancey
Williams
Colonel Richard S Hooker Leads 4th Marine Regiment
Colonel Richard S Hooker, a 54-year-old Californian, commands the 4th Marine Regiment and bears a long record with the Devil Dogs. He has served in the Philippines, Panama, Porto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, Santo Domingo, and the Virgin Islands, earning decorations from Haiti and earning a fighting name at Vera Cruz.
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Richard S. Hooker
4Th Marine Regiment
Devil Dogs
Philippines
Panama
Porto Rico
Cuba
Mexico
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Virgin Islands
Vera Cruz
Colonel Lorenzo Gasser Named Senior Shore Officer for Shanghai
Colonel Lorenzo Gasser of Swist infantry will become senior shore officer when his detachment arrives in Shanghai. A native of Tiffin Ohio he has a distinguished career on the general staff in France and recently left a key post in the war department. He saw action in the Spanish American War as a captain with the second Ohio infantry.
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Lorenzo Gasser
Swist Infantry
Shanghai
Tiffin
Ohio
Gasser
France
War Department
Second
Ohio Infantry
Erwin Mill Resumes Full Time Operations
COOLEEMEE N C The Erwin Mill at Mill Works has resumed full time operation restoring steady production and employment at the plant after a period of reduced hours.
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Cooleemee
N. C
Erwin
Pharr Named Campaign Manager for Fountain in Tennessee Race
Edgar W. Pharr of Charlotte has been appointed tenth district campaign manager for R. T. Fountain, candidate for governor. The move positions Pharr to organize support and operations in the district as Fountain seeks the nomination.
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Edgar W. Pharr
R. T. Fountain
North Carolina College Women Elect Student Body Officers
Misa Mildred Brunt of Winston Salem was elected president. Other officers include Misa Ernestine Halyburton of Waterford Connecticut as vice president, Miss Johanna Lichtenfels of Asheville as secretary, and Miss Barbara Graves of Geneva New York as treasurer. Corporate details reference the college student body governance.
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Greensboro
N. C
Misa Mildred Brunt
Winston- Salem
North Carolina College For Women
Misa Ernestine Halyburton
Waterford
Youthful suicide in Sylva ends with shotgun tragedy
In Sylva North Carolina a 17 year old, Wilson of Easley South Carolina, killed himself with a shotgun after officers found his body near town. The incident followed an investigation into his death.
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Sylva
N. C
Wilson
Easley
Legion employment drive nets 7350 NC jobs in 30 days
Raleigh report shows 7,350 positions found in North Carolina since the American Legion employment campaign began thirty days ago. Major Mitchell A. Perry, director of the drive, announced the tally.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
American Legion
Mitchell A. Perry
Aged Man Kills Self in Camden Home
John R. Sawyer 68 former Camden county treasurer committed suicide at his home in Camden North Carolina. The report notes the death occurred in Camden and identifies the deceased by full name and former official role.
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Camden
N. C
John R. Sawyer
Camden County
Auto Accident Injures Southern Pines Engineer
Angus R. Kelly an assistant engineer at the Southern Pines waterworks suffered serious injuries when struck by a car driven by William B Currie of Pinehurst. The incident occurred in Southern Pines.
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Southern Pines
N. C
Angus R. Kelly
Southern Pines Waterworks
William 8. Currie
Pinehurst
Dynamite Blast Kills Dr. E. F. Bell in North Carolina
Dr. E F Bell aged 65 of Spartanburg South Carolina was killed when dynamite he carried exploded at a mountain orchard near Tryon North Carolina Workmen said he had left to fetch the dynamite for a road project He was a former drug and automobile business proprietor in Spartanburg retired and is survived by his widow a stepdaughter Mrs Frank Moore of Tryon and a brother Fred Bell Bil 86
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N. C
E. F. Bell
Spartanburg
S. C
Frank Moore
Fred Belli Mee Bil
Dry Laws Dragnet Arrests in Statesville Area
Fourteen were arrested in this federal roundup of alleged liquor law violators in the Statesville region.
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Dry Laws Dragnet
Statesville
N. C
Philadelphia Celebrates Lindbergh Baby Return Signal
Philadelphia marks the Lindbergh baby case with factory whistles and sirens after a locomotive whistle caused premature celebration. The noisy alert was misinterpreted as news of the baby's recovery.
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