High Point Wins Denominational College Bid
The North Carolina board of education unanimously selected High Point to host the Methodist Protestant college, dismissing bids from Burlington and Greensboro. A fund drive begins June 5 with a site on the Greensboro turnpike and a 60 acre campus plus a $100,000 donation. High Point officials and citizens showcased strong local support during inspections, speeches, and a church basement reception before voting.
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Methodist Protestant College
Furniture City
North Carolina Board of Education
O. Henry
Greensboro
Burlington
Wesley Memorial Church
North Carolina
High Point Growth and New Education Drive
Chicago May 21 A Chicago wife of a wealthy broker Mrs Joseph S Heil confessed robbing wealthy homes posing as a maid after a car crash that left her ill and pregnant Twelve million Protestant youth not in Sunday school cited by Dr Harold McA Robinson Winona Lake Ind May 21 board reports 12 000 000 youths need religious instruction and aims for family religious education North Carolina High Point growth spurred by new college and major school bonds vote revealing a progressive civic spirit and planned modern facilities
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Chicago
North Shore
Winona Lake
Ind
United States
Presbyterian Board of Publication
Harold McA. Robinson
General Assembly
South
Northfield
Minnesota
High Point
Methodist Protestant College
North Carolina
Furniture City
High
Jie
Piedmont
Guilford County
Russell Street
Buiilding
North Hampton County
North Hampton
Mission Workers Rise to 109 in Presbyterian Home Missions
The Presbyterian Church United States South em reports 109 home mission workers with 1921 spending over half a million dollars. Nationalities served include Mexicans Cubans French Italians Bohemians Hungarians Poles Syrians Chinese and Indians, with 31 ordained ministers among negro churches. A $500000 building fund was endorsed for larger churches and better foreign mission edifices.
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Home Mission Division
Presbyterian Church In the
America
Presbyterian
Home Missions Society
Baltimore
Presbyterian Church
Assembly Home Missions
Federalize guard companies in state militia aims
North Carolina moves to replace reserve militia with federalized national guard units as home guards are demobilized. Nine reserve companies plus sixteen already demobilized, about 25 total, with ten more to go as regular guards are organized at local points. Courts consider municipal finance act validity. Governor Morrison tabulates 18 visiting eye ear nose and throat specialists for state hospital. Wheat output for May 1 projected at 6.441 million bushels, down about 2.03 million from last year, with May wheat at 1.51 dollars.
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Home Guards
Adjutant General
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National Guard
Home Guard
Asheville
Concord
Shelby
Marion
Asheboro
Salisbury
Trenton
Brevard
Bryson City
George Connor
Raleigh
Senate Journal
Municipal Officers’ Association of
Connor
Louisburg
Franklin County
Supreme Court
Morrison
State Hospital For the
W. B. McNider
Chapel Hill
Hubert Haywood, Jr
T. C. Johnson
Lumberton
W. W. Green
Tarboro
E. J. Wood
Wilmington
C. QO. H. Laughinghouse
Greenville
8. P. McPherson
Durham
Louis West
John B. Wright
R. S. Beam
James M. Parrott
Kinston
J. G. Murphy
Frank Parker
United States
Former Governor Catts Arrested in Georgia
Sidney J. Catts former Florida governor was arrested in Albany Georgia on a federal peonage warrant. Bond set at 2000 he waited at the terminal station for a Jacksonville train and offered no comment beyond blaming political enemies for the prosecutions.
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Albany
Sidney J. Catts
Florida
O. S. Carver
W T. Lockett
United States
George White
Terminal Station
Jacksonville
Bandits Loot Freight Train Near Towanda in $70,000 Haul
Twenty masked bandits halted a New York Central Lineborn branch freight train near North Towanda in Buffalo at dawn. They held the crew and detectives for about half an hour while half the gang loaded silks shoes clothing tires and other goods into six motor trucks. The loot headed toward Buffalo.
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Buffalo
New York
Lineborn
New York Central Railroad
North Towanda
Pope Benedict Appeals for Peace on Irish Question
Pope Benedict writes Cardinal Logue urging English and Irish to abandon violence and backs a population broad settlement body for Ireland. He sent Cardinal Logue two million lyre for the Irish white cross funds.
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Gundelk
Ireland
Pope Benedict
Cardinal Logue
Florida Sheriff Offers Reward for Missing Moonshine Pig Shine
In Jacksonville Florida Deputy Sheriff Sam Arnold offers 25 dollars for the return of Shine his trained pig that helped locate moonshine stills in Duval county for over a year. Shine is missing after days and the deputy suspects moonshiners may have taken him.
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Shine
Final Tribute to Late Chief Justice Edward White
Edward Douglas White, chief justice of the United States, was buried at Oak Hill cemetery in Washington after a simple ceremony. Flags were lowered, government doors closed, and a funeral salute rang from Fort Myer as President Harding and officials mourned with a small gathering at St Matthews church.
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Edward Douglas White
United States
Oak Hill Cemetery
Fort Myer
Potomac
St. Matthews’ Church
Harding
Congress
High Department
March
Army
Admiral Koontz
Navy
Cotton Market Quiet as Opening Day Signals Mixed
The New York cotton market opened quiet with scattered buying and liquidation. July futures moved between 12.75 and 12.81 early, while May and subsequent contracts opened steadier and closed with modest changes.
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New York
New Orleans
Americans sweep first rounds in British amateur trials
Hoy Lake England May 21 The American golf team contesting for the British amateur championships on Monday swept the foursomes in preliminary matches against British players. All four pairs won and Americans captured five of eight singles. The result stood nine victories for the Americans to three for Britain.
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Hoy Lake
England
Riots Follow Car Strike In Albany
Albany May 21 trolley service resumed after a second night of disorder from the United Traction strike begun nearly four months ago. At least ten people were injured, two seriously, as trolleys were wrecked and police came under attack from missiles. Police reports say shots were fired from rooftops on Broadway as traction authorities tried to move motor buses through crowded streets.
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Albany
New York
United Traction Company
Broadway
Choir Practice at St Marys Episcopal Tonight
Choir rehearsal at St Marys Episcopal Church is scheduled for tonight at o clock with R F J Johnson directing. All choir members must attend and be on time for practice.
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St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
R. F. J. Johnson
Four Convicted of Juggling in Tobacco
In Wilson on May 21 Judge Calvert reduced sentences for R L Fenner from three years to two and a half and J R Rucker from eighteen months to twelve months. Fenner Rucker W T Estes and Frank Barnes pleaded nota contendere to conspiracy in alleged fraudulent tobacco sales. Barnes was fined 1000 dollars. Fenner and Rucker had their punishment cut after further review.
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Fenner
Rucker
Mine Owners Plan Settlement to End Strike
British mine owners propose a settlement plan on the first day of the miners strike. The plan ties wages to the cost of living and is supported by MP George Roberts who accuses miners’ leaders of cowardice for withholding the truth. He says workers would return in a fortnight if talks were held.
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London
George Roberts
Tire and Battery House Opens Here in Furniture City
The High Point Tire and Battery company opens in the Redding building on College Street as the city's latest automotive supply house. Marshall Thacker and George Bryant establish the store offering Keystone tires and automotive batteries with plans to add more lines. The management promises a cut rate store with big values.
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High Point Tire and Battery Company
Furniture City
Redding
College Street
Marshall Thacker
George Bryant
Keystone
Aged Woman Jumps From Bridge in Tragic Death
In Statesville May 21 Rebecca Stewart about 80 from near Long Island Catawba county leaped from Buffalo Shoals bridge into the Catawba river this morning, a distance of about thirty feet. Her body was recovered about 300 yards downstream. She was the mother of John Stewart and had been demented. admission to a state institution was being sought.
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Statesville
Rebecca Stewart
Long Island
Catawba County
Buffalo Shoals
Catawba River
John Stewart
Stewart
German Officials Struggle As Mark Sinks and Costs Soar
Berlin reports that rising living costs and a devalued mark push government employees into debt. Officials earning 2000 marks monthly say clothes, meals, and basic needs have become unaffordable, with some borrowing against future salaries and asking foreign acquaintances to save old garments.
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Berlin
Printing Houses to Work as Open Shops in Buffalo
Fifty printing plants in Buffalo representing ninety percent of city output announced they would maintain open shops and operate on a 48 hour week. The firms signed pledges not to enter labor agreements on hours wages or conditions, while union printers have been on strike since May 1 demanding a 44 hour week.
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Buffalo
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