Memorial Day Observed In High Point With Veteran Luncheon
Memorial Day will be observed in High Point with a Confederate veterans luncheon on North Main Street hosted by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. After lunch at 12 o'clock, veterans will ride to the cemetery to decorate graves.
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Reption Lodge
High Point
Trench Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
Salisbury
Brand Lodge
Ao Order
IRO
Grand Lodge
Cordon Lodge No. 168
W. B. Straughan
P. 8. Carlton
Odd Fellows
G. ©. Kluttz
Rebekas
Lillian Dale Flora
Rebekah State Assembly
D. H. Tulitt
Grand
North Carolina
Andrew J. Burton
Reidsville
Thos. M. Stephens
Durham
Rebekah
Asheville
Buena Vista Lodge
No 21
Greensboro
Repiion Lodge
Kannapolis
Dee Pollock
North Main Street
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Navy enlistment rules ease for young men
The Navy Department issued new recruiting instructions lowering weight standards for 17 to 21 year olds. The minimum weight is 110 pounds. Boys of 17 may enlist with parental consent.
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Navy Department
Infant saves mother from jail sentence in Danville
In Danville Virginia an infant blocked Mrs Reid Lawhorne from entering a jail cell and serving a thirty day term for liquor law violation. Mrs Lawhorne pleaded guilty but did not appear in court. The mayor suspended the $25 fine and jail sentence due to the infant's protection of the mother.
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Danville
Reid Lawhorne
Pensacola editor assaulted after editorial clash
Grover Baldwin editor of the Pensacola Journal was flogged by State Senator John P. Stokes after a meeting on a chretty. Stokes seeks a relief bill to grant 318,060 for James C Van Pelt former Escambia County sheriff ousted by ex Gov Catts and reinstated by the state senate.
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Pensacola
Pla
Grover Baldwin
Pensaccola Journal
John P. Stokes
Baldwin
Stokes
Fesa
Calory
James C van Pelt
Escambia County
Catts
State Senate
Panis Prices in France Rise Slows Yet Food Costs Stay High
In France the cost of living has decreased slightly since a recent rally, but prices for bread meat and butter remain high. Households report only a marginal drop in overall expenses, with staple items largely unchanged from prior periods.
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France
Panis
Huteiers
Minister of Provisions
Violet Selfridge Wedding and War Era Tales
Miss Violet Selfridge, daughter of H. Gordon Selfridge, married Vicomte Jacques de Sibour in London. The couple seen at Highcliffe Castle as Selfridge’s heir supports a diverse set of wartime exploits, including de Sibour’s service with the Kosciusko squadron, escapes from Bolshevik capture, and later duties in Europe. Ismet Pasha is noted for strategic boldness shaping Turkish national advances and Greece’s weakening position.
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Violet Selfridge
Prince of London
Vicomte Jacque de Sibour
London
H. Gordon Selfridge
Chicago
Highcliffe Castle
Hampshire
Americanace Hero of War Returns to Warsaw After Prison Escape
Captain Mejan C. Cooper commander of the Joselusko squadron, Poland's flying corps, learned the war is over and rejoined his unit in Warsaw after escaping a Bolshevik prison camp near Moscow. He piloted a bombing plane on September 28, 1918, and saved comrade Lt. E. C. Leonard during a crash before both were captured. Armistice negotiations eventually freed him.
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Agat
Kosciusko
Pilsudski
Irua
Lenin
Trotzky
Coop
Cooper
Tie
Riga
Jacksonville
Fila
Warsaw
Europe
Ismet Pasha
Jofire
Marne
Constantinople
Me‘jan
C. Cooper
Joselusko
Poland
Faimful Flying Corps
Moscow
Americanate
Gainer Uly
Comredos
Cooper l Uves
Alsace
E. C. Leonard
Leonard
Germains
From the firing squad Captain Cooper served with relief commission
Captain Cooper served with the Hoover relief commission in Poland and faced execution by firing squad.
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Cooper
Hioover Relief Commission
Poland
Ismet Posha Named Turkish Nationalist Hero After Eski-Shehr Victory
Angora dispatch says Ismet Posha, who routed Greek forces at the valley entrance before Eski-Shehr, rises to national hero status second only to Mustafa Kemal Pasha. The victory rekindles foreign memory of Turkish resilience and reform.
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Angora
Turkey
Ismet P Osha
Eski-Shehr
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
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