High Point Hotel Company reorganizes to build new nine story hotel
Officers and board of directors are named for the High Point Hotel Company as stockholders plan to dispose of remaining 156000 to 200000 dollars to finance construction on the Zimri Burns property on North Main Street. The nine story hotel would offer 130 plus sleeping rooms with a 29 year lease and strong investment prospects.
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Hotel Corporation
Commercial Club
High Point
Frank Wineskie
Frank Wineskie, Head of the Special Hotel Committee
Choven
Fred N. Tate
F. M. Pickett
J. Edward Millis
W. C Jones
Charles F. Tomlinson
Randall RB Terry
J. Edward Kirkman
O. E. Kearns
Robert R. Ragan
H. Tom
Wineksie
Wineskie
A. E B. Tate
S. H. Tomlinson
R. B. Terry
R. R. Ragan
High Point Hotel Company
Zimri Burns
North Main Street
Wesley Memorial Church
Brock
North Main
Jordan Streets
Whreskie
Main Street
Stoddard
New York
Baptist Pastors Receive Large Salary Increases
Green Street Baptist Church members approve a substantial salary raise for Rev. J E Lanier after his work since November in High Point, noting new members and church improvements. West End Baptist Church also plans improvements, paints the building, and votes a substantial salary increase for Rev. James W Rose with cash-only funding expectations.
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Green Street
J. E. Lanier
High Point
Heartitz Lew. Lanier
Green Street Church
West End
West End Street
James W. Rose
West End Church
Versailles Treaty Returned to Wilson After Ratification Failure
The Versailles treaty was returned to President Wilson by the Senate after failing to be ratified. White House officials plan to bury the document in the State Department archives with no public comment. The scene involved George A. Sanderson and Rudolph Forster as messengers and briefed by Secretary Tumulty. A House resolution proposed peace with Germany, granting rights US could have under the treaty and authorizing trade restrictions if Germany balks.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Whitehouse
State Department
White House
George A. Sanderson
Rudolph Forster
Forster
Tumulty
Tumultys
House
Tinkham
United States
Germany
Rebels, Trials and Berlin Turmoil Rattle Europe
Postwar unrest spans Europe as a U S jury verdict convicts 16 of 84 defendants in a conspiracy case. Berlin faces street fighting with 2 000 lives lost and railings by Spartacists while Essen and Cologne report extremist takeovers and uneasy allied powers consider further moves.
Reverend Brown to Preach Purity Sermon Here
Rev P D Brown pastor of the Lutheran church announced the sermon topic for tomorrow morning as Purity. He will discuss the question of pure living in his address to the congregation.
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Rev. Brown
P.D. Brown
Lutheran Church
Trinity Woman Visits Brother in City
Merede R. Jordan of Trinity spent last evening in the city as a guest of her brother R. L. Welborn.
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Merede R. Jordan
Trinity
R. L. Welborn
New Fountain at Rings Pill Shop
William Clay Ring unveils a new soda fountain at Ring Drug, with plumbers finishing work after hours. A tile floor will be installed behind the bar and a promised foot rail remains unfurnished, but the fountain enhances the store’s appearance.
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William Clay Ring
Ring Drug Company
Ring
Census figures show 1919 U S cotton crop and costs
Washington reports the 1919 cotton crop totaled 11 329 755 equivalent 500 pound bales. States show ginnings in ranges with North Carolina and South Carolina among the listed volumes. Picking and ginning cost about 32 73 dollars per bale according to census estimates.
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Washington
Census Bureau
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Baokt
Porter Says It Is Frame Up
Augustus Drum Porter, third deputy police commissioner, suspended after indictment for neglect of duty, says detectives found him in a raided residence and was removed by Commissioner Enright. Porter calls the move a frame-up and an attack on an official amid a power struggle with an assistant attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Augustus Drum Porter
Enright
Porter
Osborne to Serve as Prisoner in Portsmouth
Portsmouth March 20 Lieu tenant Commander Thomas Mott Osborne who has resigned as commandant of the naval prison here will spend his last days in Portsmouth as a volunteer prisoner. He registered as Tom Brown and will remain confined until he relinquishes command Tuesday as a final test of his welfare system. Before taking command three years ago he served a voluntary sentence cutting ice and coaling ships with prisoners.
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Portsmouth
Thomas Mott Osborne
Naval Prison
Tom Brown
Furniture Demand in Great Demand Across Midwest Trip
Percy V. Kirkman returned to the city after a business trip to Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville. He reports strong demand for better class furniture and expects the coming year to be more prosperous than the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy V. Kirkman
Chicago
Cincinnati
Louisville
Mr. Kirkman
German general strike called off in Berlin accord
Berlin advices report the German government has accepted workers demands including far reaching concessions ending the general strike. The March 20 dispatch notes the move follows negotiations and marks a major settlement between authorities and labor groups in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Berlin
War Declared On Senator Hitchcock By Prohibition League
The Facet League announces it has declared war on Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska over his support for a beer and wine amendment. Wayne Wheeler, league general counsel, says the amendment would undermine law enforcement and destroy prohibition, threatening Hitchcock’s Democratic convention prospects and senate leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asttington
Facet League
Senator Hitchcock
Nebraska
Wayne B. Wheeler
Argentine Women Hear U S Liberty Claims
Dr Alicia Moreau a prominent South American social worker returning from Washington told Argentinian women that U S women enjoy the greatest liberty and have led a national revolution through work and propaganda. She urged lessons from North America as they wake from lethargy and strive for greater independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Alicia Moreau
South America
Washington
United States
North America
Pa Members 10 Meet Here Monday
Post D Travelers Protective Association will hold a meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in the Elks club. Officers for the year and delegates to the Salisbury state convention will be chosen. A B Parker is president EK Wilson is secretary. Local post has 156 members. state total 3300.
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Post D
Travelers Protective Association
Elks Club
Salisbury
Parker
EK. Wilson
New York Cotton Opens Steady After Census Ginning News
New York March cotton futures opened steady with March at 40.39 and May 27.80 while the census report showing total ginning at 11,258,117 bales for 1919 edged the market higher early by 9 to 19 points. Closing bids ranged modestly lower with March at 40.355 and December at 31.33.
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New York
Deceimber
Senate seat safe after Newberry conviction ruling
Republican leaders said Newberry may keep his senate seat until the chamber acts on charges filed by Henry Ford. A subcommittee led by Senator Watson awaits talks with Newberry and Ford's counsel on investigation procedures, and whether Newberry should continue his duties is up to him.
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Washington
Newberry
Grand Rapids
Senate
Henry Ford
Elections Committee
Watson
Maryland launches world’s largest battleship at Newport News
The battleship Maryland was successfully launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company shortly after 9 AM. Mrs. FE Brooke Lee, wife of Maryland's comptroller, sponsored the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Maryland
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
FE. Brooke Lee
Jess Willard Row on the Big Road in Lawrence
A warrant was sworn out in Lawrence Kansas for the arrest of former heavyweight champion Jess Willard for disturbance of the peace. Fred Logan a black policeman said Willard blocked a wagon with a motor car and called him names before challenging to fight. Logan refused and took the matter to a justice of the peace.
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Lawrence
Kans
Jess Willard
Fred Logan
Logan
Willard
Justice of the Peace
Yaqui Indians Surrender to Mexican Government in Sonora
The key Yaqui rebel group in Mexico has surrendered to federal authorities in Sonora, according to an official dispatch received in El Paso from Mexican consul A Ruiz Sandoval. The surrender marks a significant step in the crackdown on Yaqui resistance.
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EL Paso
Texas
Sonora
Mexico
A. Ruiz Sandoval
Syracuse Population Grows 25 Percent in 1920 Census
Census Bureau data show Syracuse New York rising to 171 647 residents in 1920, up 34 398 from 1913 a 25 1 percent gain. Mason City Iowa also climbs to 20 065 with an 8 835 increase or 78 7 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Syracuse
N. Y
Mason City
Iowa
Murder of Lord Mayor MacGuin Declared Sensational
Cork reports the sensational murder of Lord Mayor MacGuin, not yet solved. It is known he received two days earlier a threatening letter he treated as a joke, telling him to prepare for death as he had been doomed.
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Cork
MacGuinn
Sermon on Faith and Works at St Marys Episcopal Church
Rev Isaac Wayne Hughes of Henderson preached at St Marys Episcopal Church on Faith without Works Is Dead. He quoted James 2 17 and urged active service as proof of faith linking dedication to city and community advancement. The message stressed obedience to God and aiding others as Christian life foundations.
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St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Isaac Wayne Hughes
Henderson
St. James
Rev
Hughes
Wideawake
Delaware Democrats Urged to Push Suffrage Ratification
Wilmington March 20 The Wilson administration intervenes in Delaware ratification fight. Secretaries Baker Daniels and Houston with Attorney General Palmer urge Democratic leaders to push speedy ratification as Republicans also back rapid action.
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Wilmington
Del
Wilson
Delaware
Baker
Daniels
Houston
Palmer
Toll in German upheaval rises as fighting rages
Berlin reports two thousand people killed to date in the revolution movement. Dispatches from Cologne and Amsterdam indicate Allied forces may push into Germany if unrest continues. Ebert government troops bombed public buildings in Leipzig as workers clash, with hundreds dead or wounded in Berlin.
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London
Berlin
Cologne
Strassbourg
Metz
Exchange Telegraph
Iat Amsterdam
Ebert
Leipsie
Spartacan forces seize Sissen and Düsseldorf in Rhine advance
Advices from Aix la Chapelle report a Spartacan army of about 100 000 with 77 guns and armored cars captured Sissen and proclaimed a soviet. Overnight Düsseldorf on the Rhine fell to Spartacan troops as government forces evacuated without resistance.
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Germany
Berlin
Rhineland
Essen
Krupp
Dusseldorf
Elberfeld
Spartacans
Cologne
Rhine
Leipsic
Ebert
Kiel
Hamburg
National Assembly
Stuttgart
Brussels
Sissen
Aix la Chapelle
Geerrean cruisers join revolt in Hamburg
Government troops in Hamburg were disarmed today without bloodshed as sailors raised the white flag on the cruisers Schwarzburg Regen sburg and Wittelsbach. The Wittelsbach captain shot himself in the aftermath.
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Hamburg
Schwarzburg
Regensburg
Wittlesbach
Ruhr District Ablaze As Bolshevism Reported in Ruhr
March 19. Ruhr district aflame with bolshevism official reports say Essen fallen to a red army General von Watters forces awaiting reinforcements Stuttgart dispatches note local troops mobilizing amid unrest and invasion fears in the Ruhr.
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Ruhr
Stuttgart
Essen
von Watters
Ebert Government to Return to Berlin from Stuttgart
The entire Ebert government including Defense Minister Noske will depart Stuttgart for Berlin tonight. General von Seeckt in command at Berlin reports the city is quiet as the government moves back to the capital.
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Stuttgart
Ebert
Defense Noske
Berlin
von Seecht
Noske to Remain Defenc e Minister After Confidence Vote
In Paris on March 29 Gustav Noske, who resigned as minister of defence, decided to stay in office after social democrats and democratic members expressed confidence in him.
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Paris
Havaa Agency
Gustav Noske
Defence
Social Democrats
General Strike Ends in Berlin
The general strike in Berlin has ended. Officials announced the cessation of the broader labor action and residents regain normal routine after days of disruption.
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B. Prank Tinery
Harry O. ‘Turner
Detroit
K. Y. Chilson
National Republican
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Menominee
Milton Oakman
William J. Michael
Oshkosh
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James II. Macauregor
Fred Henry
Flint
George Wadd
Osborne
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