Americans in Nanking Face Brutality and Looting
Reports from Nanking describe wanton destruction and outrages by uniformed Chinese troops against Americans and other foreigners. American homes and mission properties were looted or burned. the consulate's facilities were damaged. Seventy to eighty Americans remain unaccounted for as 120 missionaries evacuated under naval ultimatum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Mar
Nanking
Yangtse
J. E. Williams
Shawnee
Ohio
Northern Presbyterian Mission
Nanking University
Miss Moffet
Anna E. Moffet
Fort Sheridan
Iils
Nanking Theological Seminary
Hillcrest School
Rum runners trail followed from Wilmington to coast
Federal agents, arresting seven men and seizing four cars and 150 cases of whisky at Calkin inlet, say the bootlegging ring may reach the Pacific Coast but likely ends near Atlanta and Baltimore. The cache, buried 17 by 17 by seven feet, was camouflaged with dirt and brush and signaled by flares and rockets for landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Mch
Calkin’s Inlet
Here
Pacific Coast
Atlanta
Baltimore
South Carolina
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Chinese War Lords Move as Nanking Rescue Delays Bombardment
Amid looming naval fire from American and British guns, Chinese warlords prepare for relief of foreigners trapped in Nanking. A planned bombardment of military points in the city has been postponed to tomorrow as more Americans and other nationals evacuate. About 120 Americans in Nanking University may be aboard U S destroyers by nightfall, with others reaching safety nearby. total remaining in Nanking uncertain after several escaped including the American Consul.
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Washington
Nanking
Nanking University
Davis
Americans Await Word On Nanking After Disorder
In Shanghai on March 25 AP reports anxiously awaiting confirmation of the Nanking situation after a day of disorders that left several foreigners dead from Chinese shell fire. The exact culprits remain unclear while the American destroyers Noa and Preston and the British cruiser Emerald quicky returned to sea to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Nanking
Noa
Preston
Emerald
Publishers Will Have Big Meeting in Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount NC March 25 AP publishers from northeastern North Carolina gather tonight for a district North Carolina Press Association meeting. B Arp Lowrance of Charlotte and Miss Beatrice Cobb of Morganton will lead a round table on newspaper problems at the Evening Telegram home which plans a barbecue for attendees. Publishers come from Elizabeth City Goldsboro Zebulon and associate points within a triangular territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mount
Carolina
North Carolina Press Association
B. Arp Lowrance
Charlotte
Beatrice Cobb
Morganton
State Association
Evening Telegram
Elizabeth City
Goldsboro
Zebulon
Local Woman Hurt in Auto Accident Near North Main
Mrs. M. Brown Shiplett was injured just before 10 p.m. when her car collided with a southbound vehicle driven by unidentified Black men at North Main and Roland Park. Both cars were damaged and the Shiplett vehicle overturned. The negro drivers fled. Shiplett was taken home and treated. injuries are minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Brown Shiplett
North Main Street
Roland Park
Shiplett
Roland Park Avenue
Mechanicsville
Hoover Tours Marker Site for Wright Monument Plan
Herbert Hoover visited Elizabeth City on a layover en route to Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk. The secretary of commerce inspected the proposed monument site marking the Wright brothers 1902 flight, traveling with a Washington party aboard the Kilcanny and planning a Roanoke Island visit before returning to Norfolk.
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Kill Devil Hill
Mar
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Kitty Hawk
Elizabeth City
Congress
Hoover
City
Brad Sanders
Washington
Nagshead
Roanoke Island
Old Fort Raleigh
Raleigh
Manteo
Norfolk
State Jewelers Endorse Frazier for National Presidency
North Carolina jewelers urged merchants nationwide to back William G. Frazier of Durham for the National Jewelers Association presidency at the annual state meeting in Sanford. The NC association unanimously endorsed him as national president, with the national convention slated for Milwaukee next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Mar
North Carolina
Bobby Jones Leads Southern Open With 66 at East Lake
Bobby Jones fired a stunning 66, four under par, to move to 138 after 36 holes at East Lake. He broke even on most holes, with 14 pars and four birdies, delivering his best competitive round yet and maintaining a faultless stretch with precise approaches and sharp putting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lake Country Club
Bobby Jones
Jones
Sunnydale
One American Missionary Slain In Nanking
Washington report from American Consul John K. Davis describes the killing of one missionary and attempts on many others in Nanking. Davis and others escaped under fire to the Socony houses above the city wall, aided by naval shells from American and British vessels, while the consulate was looted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Washington
Mar
John K. Davis
Navy Department
Admiral Williams
Mr. Davis
Davis
Standard Oil Hill
J. Hall Paxon
Danville
Wilmington Missionary Group Safe in China Report
Wilmington residents report that the group of missionary workers from the city in Chinese sections are safe. Relatives have learned that most have likely reached Shanghai as the situation grew critical, making Wilmington the city with the most missionaries in China in the south, churchmen say.
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Wilmington
Mch
Shanghai
China
Southern YMCA volleyball championship opens with 12 teams
The southern YMCA volleyball championship tour nament started in Atlanta with 12 teams from seven states. Teams include Chattanooga, Atlanta, Birmingham, Kannapolis, Mobile, New Orleans, Montgomery, Macon, Jacksonville, Selma. Play continues today and tomorrow. Kannapolis defeated Jacksonville 2 to 1.
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Atlanta
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Kannapolis
N. C
Mobile New Orleans
Montgomery
Maccon
Jacksonville
Selma
Five Toombs County Men on Trial for Flogging Baptist Minister
In Lyons Georgia on March 25 the jury received the case against five Toombs county men charged with flogging Rev. J. T. Jones a Baptist preacher. The trial proceeded in Toombs Superior court with the jurors deliberating the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Toombs County
J. T. Jones
Toombs Superior Court
Knight Hits Education In State Again
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh March 25 Dr Edgar W Knight head of the North Carolina Education association reiterates that the state remains educationally at the bottom. He criticizes the legislature for not seeking a longer eight month school term and cites a need for a larger education equalization fund to uplift schools.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Edgar W. Knight
North Carolina Education Association
General Assembly
Association
Knight
Education Equalization
State Educational Commission
A. T. Allen
State HI Y Congress Opens at Raleigh
The annual state HI Y congress convened at the North Carolina state capitol in Raleigh with Stanley Moore of Statesville presiding. Delegates gathered from Wilmington Salisbury Statesville Washington Spencer High Point Durham Greensboro Winston Salem Fayetteville Louisburg and Charlotte under the Y M C A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Stanley Moore
Statesville
State Capitol
North Carolina
Wilmington
Salisbury
Washington
Spencer
High Point
Durham
Greensboro
Winston- Salem
Fayetteville
Louisburg
Charlotte
New State Conservation Department Holds Preliminary Meeting
The newly created state department of conservation, formed by merging the old department and the fisheries department, held a preliminary meeting with Governor McLean. Fishing laws passed in the legislative session take effect April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Department of Conservation
Official Report on Brutality by Chinese Soldiers at Nanking
Washington officials received an official report detailing brutal mistreatment of Americans by Chinese troops in Nanking. Admiral Williams transmitted Rear Admiral Hough's account describing stripped clothing and maltreatment of women, plus a Cantonese officer shooting a French priest. He notes looting of American missions and homes in Nanking.
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Washington
Mar
Nanking
Navy Department
Williams
Hough
Brother told of death of man in Nanking shelling
Dave Williams, coal miner from Shawnee Ohio, learned by telephone that his brother Dr John Elias Williams vice president of Nanking University China, was killed in the shelling of Nanking. He described his brother’s career from Marietta College to a missionary life in China and his latest post as vice president of Nanking University.
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Ohio
John Elias Williams
New Lexington
Dave Williams
Associated Press
Shawnee
University of
Nanking
Fam
Marietta College
Marietta
New York
China
Nanking University
Collett Leads North and South Women’s Championship Qualifying
Pinehurst March 25 The former national women’s champion Miss Glenna Collett led qualifying with a medal score of 39 43 82 as about half the field remained to report in the United North and South championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinehurst
Mar
Glenna Collett
United North and South
Tarahumara runners press 82 mile San Antonio to Austin record
At San Marcos the three Tarahumara Indian runners passed through at 10 50 a m racing with the tempo of thoroughbreds as they push to break the 82 mile distance record from San Antonio to Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marcos
Tex
Mar
San Antonio
Austin
Sapiro Libel Suit Against Ford Moves Forward in Detroit
In Detroit on March 25 AP Cameron testifies Ford chief Henry Ford dismissed Sapiro demand for a retraction of alleged libelous Dearborn Independent articles. The court hears the editorial process and an interlined manuscript shows narrowing remarks to "financial Jews" rather than all Jews.
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Detroit
Aaron Sapiro
Dearborn Independent
William J. Cameron
Sapiro
Henry Ford
Cameron
Ford
Fred L. Black
Henry Fond
Stewart Hanley
Ford Counsel
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
Raymond
Column Counsel for Sapiro Libel Suit Admits Ford Column Authorship
William J Cameron editor of the Dearborn Independent admitted writing Mr Ford’s personal column in Qtat publication and that he and Ford discussed an international banking ring. Plaintiff counsel Gallagher faced sustained objections as he pressed Cameron’s testimony and the judge required Cameron to remain a witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
William J. Cameron
Dearborn Independent
Admissions Today
Mr. Ford
Qtat
William Henry Gallagher
Cameron-Ford
Gallagher
Cameron
Fred M. Raymond
Cotton Mills At Connelly Springs Destroyed By Fire
The Blue Ridge cotton mill at Connelly Springs was completely destroyed by a morning fire of unknown origin. estimated losses run to 150000 dollars. The mill had operated only intermittently in weeks prior and no fire department was notified due to lack of fire fighting equipment in the town. The plant sits near the Southern railroad tracks west of the station. J W Abernethy of Newton is company president, formed in 1919.
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Connelly Springs
Blue Ridge
M. B. Spratt
Hickory
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Nanking Llcl
Prohibition
NEA
Yangtse River
State Jewelers
Frazier
East Lake
New York City
Chinatown
Wilmington Folk
Paner
Ily
Collett
Independent
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