Enid Oil Well In Garber Covington Produces Record Flow
The Sinclair Hartley well number 27 in Garber Covington field flowed at over 1000 barrels per hour, one of the largest in the United States. More than 100 men filled earthen basins to collect oil after sand at 4215 feet, drilling continued to 4550 feet with tools left in the hole to limit output.
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Enid
Okla
Sinclair-Hartley
Garber-Covington
Oil Company
Oklahoma
Mexico
Hartley
Furniture Man of Birmingham Dies
Robert F. Hall a prominent Birmingham furniture salesman died yesterday at his home aged about 45. He leaves a widow and several children. The funeral will be held in Birmingham Sunday afternoon. Hall sold High Point furniture lines and was a frequent exhibitor at local shows.
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Robert F. Hall
Fred N. Tate
Hall
Birmingham
Tarrant Shot In Back Say Physicians Who Are Attending Wounded Man
Charlotte March 37 AP Reports from the sanitorium where A A Tarrant 25 was moved after being shot on the Salisbury highway Thursday night say physicians indicate the wound was from a shot in the back. Detectives testified they fired in self defense when stopping Tarrant, a suspected rum runner, and two gallons of whisky were found in his car. Mrs Tarrant said her husband had a gun but left it with her.
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Charlotte
A. A. Tarrant
Salisbury
Ferguson
Tarrants
Tarrant
Two Bids Enter Air Mail Chicago to Atlanta Route
Washington March 27 AP Two bids were received for the Chicago Atlanta air mail route. National Airways System of Lomax Illinois offered 61 1/2 percent of air mail revenue. Federal Aircraft Company of Newark New Jersey bid 80 percent but came without bond and was not considered.
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Air Mail
Washington
Chicago-Atlanta
National Airways System
Lomax, Ills
Federal Aircraft Company
Newark
N. J
Virginian Railway Rejects Wage Hike for Conductors
In Chicago on March 27 the Virginian Railway rejected the proposed wage increase for conductors and trainmen and today submitted an ex parte argument to the railroad labor board seeking a revision of working rules.
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Chicago
API
The
Virginian Railway
Railroad Labor Board
Sheffield Urges Swift Punishment of Bandits in Mexico
AP dispatch reports Ambassador Sheffield delivering a note to the Mexican government pressing expeditious action to arrest and punish bandits who abducted and robbed American mining engineers near Asarco in Durango. State Department officials, awaiting fuller reports, assume he acted to spur capture in this incident amid a string of attacks on Americans in Mexico.
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Washington
Sheffield
Asarco
Durango
State Department
Department
Mexico
High Point youths to face murder charges in fatal crash
Charles Denny and Hugh Arrington, High Point youths, will be tried for murder after a grand jury found indictments. The February 14 crash on the High Point Winston-Salem highway killed F. J. Baynes of Winston-Salem and injured others. A special June term is expected for trial.
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Charles Denny
Hugh Arrington
High Point
F. J. Baynes
Winston-Salem
Twin City
Baynes
Union Cross
Edwards Blocks the Strike Investigation
Senator Edwards of New Jersey blocked a senate inquiry into the Passaic Textile strike, moving to defer the matter for at least a week. The manufacturers committee voted 6 to 2 to delay until Edwards can personally survey Passaic, with a report due next Saturday and Secretary David of the labor department to be invited.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Passaic
Edwards
New Jersey
Senate Manufacturers Committee
David
Labor Department
Education Is Better Than Law, He Claims
Representative Linthicum of Maryland told the House that prohibition enforcement costs 33 million dollars next year and has drawn 53 million dollars investment, arguing education against alcohol would do more good. He said the law has spurred distribution and consumption of poison liquor.
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Washington
Representative Linthicum
Maryland
House
Coolidge Asked to Pardon McCray After Mail Misuse Conviction
An Indiana delegation led by Senator Watson urged President Coolidge to grant executive clemency to former Governor McCray, imprisoned in Atlanta for misusing the mails. After a White House meeting citing ill health, Watson said no indication of the president's plans existed.
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Washington
Mar
Coolidge
McCray
Indiana
Atlanta
Watson
White House
Prohibition Poll Offer Aims To Gauge Voter Sentiment
The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment proposes paying for polls of all registered voters in selected House districts to learn true prohibition sentiment. Stayton says reformers want high-caliber reps to vote as constituents want, and counters would be named by the congress member. The plan accompanies ongoing senate hearings on modification bills as enforcement debates heat up.
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Washington
Congress
Association Against the Prohibition
William H. Stayton
Association
House of Representatives
Slayton
Senate Committee
Edge
New Jersey
Senate
Elmer Ritchie
Third Federal District
Alaska
Senate Judiciary Committee
Enforcement
House
Ritchie
Representative Weller
New York
Treasury
J H Clifton Jr Dies After Short Illness
John A Clifton Jr 46 died at his home 7111 2 South Main after a few hours illness Doctors cited high blood pressure as cause He came from Conway South Carolina a year ago worked at Tomlinson Manufacturing Co He was born in Washington County and attended Phillips Christian church He is survived by his wife one child Virginia Dare five brothers and three sisters Funeral plans pending arrival of relatives
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John A. Clifton, Jr
South Main Street
Mr. Clifton
Conway
S. C
Tomlinson Manufacturing Co
Washington County
Christian Church
Phillips Christian Church
Clifton
Virginia Dare
Henderson
Harrison
Lorraine
Charles
Cresswell
N. C
Felton
Osborne
D. C
Opening Stock Market Faces Erratic Fluctuations
Wall Street opened with erratic price movement as weakness emerged in food and merchandising shares. Ward Baking, Loose-Wiles Biscuit, Cushman and Sons, and Gotham Silk Hosiery fell one to two points while American Tobacco and International Combustion slid. White Motors and Chesapeake and Ohio gained about a point.
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Wall Street
New York
Ward Baking
Cushman and Sons
Gotham
American Tobacco
International Combustion
White Motors
Chesapeake and Ohio Common
Woman and Husband Held For Large Swindle In Stock Deal
Mrs Grace Bange and her husband a $40 a week clerk were under arrest charged with swindling friends and relatives out of nearly $450000 in fictitious stock transactions. Police say she posed as NY Telephone employee able to buy stock at par and issued bogus receipts while spending dividends on luxury living for three years. The heaviest loss suspect is H A Denniston an Exxon executive, husband’s employer. Detective Mayer cites 15 victims and calls it a Ponzi scheme.
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New York
Grace Bange
H. A. Denniston
Standard Oil Company
Charles W. Bange
Denniston
August Mayer
William J. Clark
Clark
Music for Dancers Only Proposed by Prof Low
London March 27 AP Dancing music heard only by dancers is proposed by Prof A M Low of the Wireless League. He plans to test at the Automobile Club dances April 23 by giving dancers head phones for inductive transmission. The music would be played in another room and unseen by spectators.
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London
A. M. Low
Wireless League
League
Automobile Club
Low
Weather Yor Week Delivers Showers and Cool Spell
Weather outlook for the week begins Monday across the South Atlantic and East Gulf region. Expect a period of showers in both the first and second halves with temperatures mostly near normal and a cold spell after midweek.
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Washington
South Atlantic
East Gulf
Three Victims of Shooting Affray in Detrow Store
Detroit March 27. A street car conductor LeRoy Coble was fatally shot by two robbers while resisting a cigar store hold up. Leo White aged 30 was fatally shot by a plainclothes policeman during a cigar store robbery. Officer Boyd Bedore found in a gambling house stairs after being shot three times. believed to die.
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Detroit
Leo White
Solr
LeRoy Coble
Boyd Bedore
Chicago Grain Market Slips on Profit Taking
Chicago opening prices were largely unchanged to 1-2 cents lower before a pronounced nationwide decline. Corn fell about 18 cents as selling persisted, marking a moderate general sag in early dealings and signaling renewed weakness in grain prices.
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Chicago
Prison Board Hearings on Pardons Trafficking Accusations
Raleigh March 27 AP The state prison board recessed after a day of investigating charges by member B E Everett that there was trafficking in pardons. Accused were George Ross Poll superintendent and H Hoyle Sink pardon commissioner, with Rev W S Shacklette as the accuser.
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State Prison Board
B. E. Everett
Everett
George Ross Poll
H. Hoyle Sink
W.S. Shacklette
J. W. Bailey
Pou
Sink
Shacklette
Link
W. W. Green
Negro A. and
T. College
Greensboro
McLean
William Stephens to Address Y M C A Meeting
William Stephens will address the Sunday afternoon meeting at the Young Men's Christian Association tomorrow at 2 30 o clock. He has spent two weeks in Greensboro laying plans for their big meeting starting April 11 and will share his Florida trip and notes on priorities beyond real estate. All members of the Gang the Men's Evangelistic club and High Point men are urged to attend.
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William Stephens
Young Men’s Christian Association
Stephens
Greensboro
Florida
Men’s Evangelistic Club
High Point
Former magistrate sues for false imprisonment in Memphis
W. W. Thompson, ex magistrate, files $25,000 suit against Sheriff Knight claiming arrest for violating the Sunday closing law and four hours detention at the county jail without warrant or court process. He says he was held without bail and released without prosecution.
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Memphis
W. W. Thompson
Will S. Knight
Thompson
New York Cotton Opens Higher on Weather Reports
The cotton market opened unchanged to 4 points higher on reports of unfavorable weather in the best districts and firm Liverpool cables. Selling grew on expectations of small end March exports and goods trade complaints, but offerings stayed light as May rose to 17.77 and October to 17.68 in the first hour. Shipping backlog at week’s end was an estimated 97,327 bales, down from 147,553 last year. Private cables blamed the advance on trade calls and continental buying with modest demand for cloths and yarns.
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New York
Liverpool
House leaders plan impeachment move in Illinois judge case
Washington dispatch reports House leaders will call up next Tuesday the judiciary committee report recommending impeachment of Federal Judge English of Illinois. The item highlights ongoing efforts in Congress to address alleged judicial misconduct.
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Washington
IAP
House
Judiciary Committee
English
Illinois
Russian Wives Strike for Better Husbandry Treatment
In Verteyavka Briansk, wives led by Axenya Karaseva march on the village school to demand kinder conduct from husbands. The pledge is signed by all men, promising to stop beating and insulting their wives, marking a complete village victory.
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Orel
Russia
Verteyavka
Briansk
Axenya Karaseva
Madame Karaseva
Monument unveiled honoring Huguenots founders at Charles Fort
Beaufort South Carolina March 27 The nation honors the 1562 founding of the first white settlement in what became Port Royal harbor. A monument on the old Charles Fort site is unveiled with French and American officials present. Congress funded the marker through the Huguenot Society of South Carolina.
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Jean Ribaut
Charles Fort
Paris Sland
Congress
Port Royal Harbor
France
America
Huguenot Society of
South Carolina
Curtis D. Wilbur
Navy
John A. Lejeune
United States Marine Corps
Jules Henry
Washington
Thomas G. McLeod
W. C. Miller
G. H. Osterhout
Marine Corps
Albert Simons
Huguenot Society
Fort Charles
Port Royal
Ribaut
Gaspard Decoligny
Menedez
St. Augustine
Fla
Spain
Dupont
Federal
Department of the South
Senator Lodze
Massachusetts
Shacklette Levels Claims of Pardons Sale In State Prison
Raleigh dispatch reports six hour inquiry into charges by prison chaplain W S Shacklette that pardons and paroles were bought in Davidson county case involving W W Green. He accuses Supt Poll and Commissioner Sink, contends Governor McLean acted, and seeks attorney presence as hearing resumes next week.
Good Hand Writers Are Those of Low Mentality
Dr. William T. Root of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education argued that persons labeled scribblers or scrawlers tend to have low mentality. He said intelligent people think faster than they can write, so their handwriting lags behind brain activity, while a person with lower mentality focuses on forming letters. He cautioned that poor penmanship does not determine intelligence.
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Pittsbrgh
Wm. T. Root
University of Pittsburgh School of Education
Dr. Root
Cambridge Wins Inter-Varsity Eight Oared Race
Cambridge won the inter university eight in Putney by six lengths in 18 minutes 29 1 2 seconds. The Oxford crew could hardly finish.
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Cambridge
Putney
Eng
Oxford
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