Allies Present Ultimatum Demands on German Reparations
London May 2 The Allied Supreme Council backs an ultimatum drafted by Belgium’s Minister Jasper requiring Germany to answer yes or no to reparations by May 12 or face military and naval measures. Britain warns of a North Sea naval demonstration if Germany refuses, while Paris notes French troops may move toward Ruhr occupation. About 150,000 men of the 1919 class may be called up.
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London
Associated Press
Allied Supreme Council
Council of Foreign Ministers
Jasper
Belgium
Germany
Supreme Council
North Sea
M. Jusserand
United States
Hughes
America
Ruhr Valley
Paris
Ruhr
Senator Dial's Bill Aims at Judge Landis Favorably Reported
Washington May 2 The bill by Senator Dial of South Carolina to bar federal judges from taking employment beyond official duties was favorably reported by the senate judiciary committee. The measure follows Judge Landis accepting a post as commissioner of organized baseball.
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Washington
Dial
South Carolina
Senate Judiciary Committee
Landis
Foreign trade council to meet in Cleveland May 4 to 7
The National Foreign Trade council will hold its annual convention in Cleveland from May 4 to 7. Top topics include a proposed tariff law with an elastic bargaining clause, foreign financing, and double taxation of foreign investments. Noted attendees include E A G Clarke of Consolidated Steel, Edward N Hurley, P A S Franklin, H D Williams, James W Hook, W S Horner, Wm C Redfield and others.
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Cleveland
America
National Foreign Trade Council
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
And
E. A. G. Clarke
Consolidated Steel Corporation
New York
Edward N. Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Wheaton, Ill
P. A. S. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine
H. D. Williams
Carnegie Steel Co
Pittsburgh
James W. Hook
Allied Machine Co. of America
W. 8. H. Horner
National Association Sheet and Tin Plate Manufacturers
Wm. C. Redfield
American Manufacturers’ Export Association
National Hospital Day observance set for May 12
Forty states and four Canadian provinces organize for National Hospital Day on May 12. Surgeon General Cummins and President Harding endorse open house events at five government hospitals for 26 000 disabled veterans to visit and learn about patient care and services. Florence Nightingale's birthday marks the day of observance with open house programs and nurse graduating exercises nationwide.
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Chicago
Matthew O. Foley
Hugh S. Cumming
United States Public Health Service
Harding
Florence Nightingale
Cotton market quiet as traders await labor and reparations news
New York May 2 The cotton market opened steady with subdued activity as traders awaited developments on British labor troubles and war reparations. Prices for July futures ranged near 12.65 to 12.71 cents, with May at 12.12 and other contracts from 12.85 to 13.81 cents.
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New York
Liverpool
Woman Governs an Island in Torres Strait
Mrs. Zaher, a small framed yet energetic leader, serves as governor teacher and religious head of Badu Island in the Torres Strait nine years after taking the post under the aboriginal protection act. Her reforms include liquor prohibition and landing bans which have boosted island work and raised the community’s level.
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Sydney
S. W
Zaher
Badu
Torres Straits
Australia
New Zealand
Organ Music For Community In Greenville
Community twilight organ recitals are growing in Greenville with a regular future schedule. Held in various churches at dusk on weekdays, admission is free to all, drawing many attendees as part of city community service efforts.
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Greenville
8. C
Printing trades affected today by wage walkouts
Between 150 and 200 printers, pressmen and book binders refused to report for work in Raleigh after six commercial printing companies failed to grant a 44 hour week. All but one small plant stayed closed as workers pressed for the reduced schedule.
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Raleigh
Nationwide 44 hour week strike closes many print shops
About one thousand printers in 131 shops in Pittsburgh struck for a 44 hour week while Chicago employers largely agreed to the shorter schedule. Reports say 256 locals have 44 hour contracts and local press strikes spread to New Orleans St Louis and other cities with Canada and Newfoundland affected.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
International Typographical Union
Iit
New Orleans
St. Louis
Canada
St.Johns
Newfoundland
Chambersburg
Lancaster
Butler
Glenn Falls
New York
Printers Win 44Hour Week for 15000 Workers in New York
The New York printers in book and job shops gain a 44 hour week effective in the fiscal week after May 1. The agreement has union approval from Typographical Union No. 6, with no expected trouble over the work week though wage cut questions remain unsettled.
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New York
New York City
Typographical Union No. 6
Big Six
America not at the Vatican says Washington
White House announced no plan to appoint an American diplomatic representative to the Vatican. The statement said Congress would have to pass a law for such a move and no such proposal has been made to Congress.
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Washington
Vatican
White House
Congress
Funeral for Mrs Dolly Walden Held at Local Church
Funeral services for Mrs Dolly Walden who died Thursday at her home 118 Randolph Street were held yesterday at 4 PM with Rev A L Lucas of East End Methodist Church officiating. A second service is set for tomorrow at noon at Union Cross Church in Yadkin County conducted by Rev Wade Adams. Interment will be in the church graveyard.
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Dolly Walden
Randolph Street
Revill A. L. Lucas
East End Methodist Church
Union Cross Church
Yadkin County
Wade Adams
Quiet May Day Observance Signals Return to Normalcy
In Columbus on May 2 Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty said the quiet May Day observance across the United States, despite agitation attempts via literature, provides assurance of normal conditions returning in America.
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Columbus
Ohio
United States
America
Harry M. Daugherty
North Carolina to sue counties over six month school rule
Raleigh headline reports legal action against county commissioners who cut valuations and taxes, risking six month school terms as mandated by the state constitution. The attorney general and state superintendent insist on six months of operation and sufficient funding, with plans to pursue actions across counties. Also noted is a major road program starting in nine districts with a ten million dollar first-year budget under state highway engineer Clifford Older.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
James S. Manning
E. C. Brooks
New York
South
State Highway Commission
Clifford Older
Illinois
Currituck
Camden
Pasquotank
Perquimans
Gates
Hertford
Chowan
Bertie
Northampton
Halifax
Nash
Edgecomb
Mar
Forty One Men Given Sentences In Express Robberies
In Macon Georgia on May 2 the Federal court sentenced thirteen convicts to one year and a day in prison for conspiring to rob the American Railway Express company of goods valued over 1 million dollars. Twenty eight others received fines from 9 to 3000 dollars. Captain N Smith of Macon was fined 3000 dollars, the largest penalty.
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Charlie Hunter WE. Brurer
A. G. Johnson
J.L. Johnson
F. J. Morris
Lee Dix
King Hardy
W. G. Mixon
O. L. Smith
N. Smith
Macon
Supreme Court overturns Newberry conviction over primaries power
The Supreme Court reversed U S Senator Truman Newberry's federal conspiracy conviction and sixteen co defendants in a case challenging the corrupt practices act. Justices split over Congress power to regulate primaries with Justice McReynolds authoring the majority and Chief Justice White dissenting on certain points.
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Washington
U. S
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
The
Supreme
Congress
McReynolds
McKeana
White
Nct
Justice McReynolds
Newberry
Senate
Underwood
Alabama
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Lawyer Kills Bride Then Ends His Life in Lynchburg
Lucius J. Holland, 45, a Bluefield West Virginia lawyer, shot his stenographer wife Virginia Siver, 32, and then slashed his own throat at a Lynchburg hotel on a Friday afternoon. Mrs. Holland died within forty minutes. he perished instantly after the self inflicted wound. Holland, a First National Bank director and church elder, had earlier suffered a nervous breakdown and spent time in a sanatorium.
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Lynchburg
Lucius J. Holland
Bluefield
West Va
Virginia Siver
Holland
First National Bank of
Business and Professional Women's Club Social
The jubilee meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club will be held tonight at the YWCA hut starting at 8 o clock. All members are urged to attend for a social evening with light refreshments.
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Business and Professional Women's Club
Marine and Building Trades Hit by Widespread Walkouts
On May 2 union leaders warned of a shipping delay as 125 000 marine workers began a strike to protest a 15 percent wage cut. In Cleveland 25 000 to 30 000 building trades workers walked off to demand higher wages, with a 20 percent cut imposed. Philadelphia saw 40 000 to 60 000 builders strike over a 24 percent wage reduction.
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New York
Cleveland,c
Building Trades
Cleveland Building Trades Employers
Philadelphia
Methodist educators urge education campaign support
Dr W J Crawford of Trinity College spoke at Wesley Memorial Church on a Methodist Episcopal education drive. He called education the development of human life and emphasized public and Sunday schools as key sources. He urged funding of 33 000 for the program, noting potential large returns if citizens value education.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
W. J. Cranford
Trinity College
Wesley Memorial Church
Crawford
Durham
South
Millikin
Trinity
Philatheas To Meet For Monthly Conference
The Philathea class of the First Baptist church meets tonight at 7 20 with Mrs G A Aus band 428 South Main street for a regular monthly business meeting. Delegates to the state Baraca-Philathea convention will report, making the session especially interesting. All members are urged to attend.
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Philatheas
First Baptist Church
G. A. Ausband
South Main Street
Baraca-Philathea Convention
High Point Voters Decide Mayor Race and School Bonds
High Point voters head to the polls on election day to choose the next mayor Fred N. Tate and John W. Hedrick battle for a close race. Council seats in four wards will be contested as candidates like A. L. Caldwell Dr. C. S. Grayson Charles L. Amos W. A. Davis E. K. Ingram N. E. Russell F. P. Conrad and S. F. Brown vie for seats. A $175000 bond issue funds a new Russell Street school building a new segregated school in the eastern section and improvements to South Main and Elm Street schools. Proponents say passage is essential for educational progress.
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High Point
Fred N. Tate
John W. Hedrick
A. L. Caldwell
Dr. C. 8. Grayson
Charles L. Amos
South Main
Elm Street
Attorney General Rules Poll Tax Not Required to Vote in High Point Election
The attorney general's telegram to City Manager R L Pickett announces that voters who have not paid poll taxes may cast ballots in High Point's municipal election tomorrow. The ruling allows any qualified resident to vote regardless of past tax payments, clarifying circulation of earlier reports that poll tax payments were mandatory.
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High Point
R.L. Pickett
The Widow Monkey Captivates Visitors at Tariff Talk
In Washington on May 2 a red haired monkey nicknamed The Widow entertains capital visitors more than tariff debates. A year after its birth a baby died, and the monkey drifts between groups in the cage. She tries to snatch a baby monkey, but mothers thwart her efforts.
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Washington
DuBuue's Shortest Rail Line Connects City Sides
Dubuque Louisiana reports the city has the nation’s shortest railway system a double track cable road threeHideka long linking the residential area with the business district below the line pays dividends for the town and its residents.
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Dubuue, LA
Hideka
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