Presbyterians Elect Moderator Amid Historic Debates
The 141st general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States convened in St. Paul with election of a new moderator as a key item. Dr Cleland A. McAfee and Dr Robert Dick Wilson vie for the post, while Josiah Sibley and Frank J. Loesch support McAfee. Talks cover uniting with other denominations and extending relief for pastors under the pension plan.
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General Assembly of Presbyterian Church of the United States
St. Paul
ST. Paul, Minn
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Cleland A. McAfee
Chicago
Robert Dick Wilson
Princeton
N. J
Walker
Josiah Sibley
Pasadena
Calif
McAfee
Frank J. Loesch
National Commission
Hoover
Methodists
Dutch Reformed Church
New Church
Southern furniture dominance in 1927 production figures
The report shows North Carolina and Virginia leading 1927 furniture outputs with NC and VA supplying about 19 to 28 percent of U.S. bed room and dining room production. Dining room lead by NC at 13 percent, VA 6.2 percent, and southern districts expanding railcar shipments to 31.8 percent of U.S. totals by 1928.
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North Carolina
Virginia
United States
Tennessee
Georgia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dethol Mfg. Co. Promotes Pest Killing Mist
A Richmond Virginia advertisement extols Dethol as a room mist that kills flies and other insects. It promises no fuss, a clean odor, and a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Dethol
Dethol Mfg. Co., Inc
Richmond
Hill twins born to Jack Hill and wife Jessie and Mamie
Mr and Mrs Jack Hill announce the birth of twin girls on Thursday May 23. The girls are named Jessie Lorraine and Mamie Maxine. Mrs Hill before marriage was Miss Mamie Tuttie of High Point route three.
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Jack Hill
Jessie Loraine
Mamie Maxine
Mobile Press Funding Ties To $100000 Loan Plan
Testimony before the commission reveals Ethel Chandler planned to invest $20,000 privately with the remainder borrowed. J F McGowin reportedly agreed to loan $100,000 to Chandler, with Stevens not sponsoring the negotiations. Chandler disclosed a backer to the commission, while McGowin claimed the loan in a published letter. The plan included stock subscriptions and trust receipts for Mobile Press Publishing Company, to be exchanged for stock after ten years, with five voting trustees holding power.
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Chandler
Mobile
Robert E. Healy
Commission
Stevens
J. F. McGowin
Mobile Lumberman
McGowin
Alabama Power Company
International Paper Company
International Paper and Power Company
Archibald R. Graustein
Mobile Press Publishing Company
Thompson
Frederick I. Thompson
Mobile Register and News Item
European reparations talks shift after Voegler resignation
Paris May 23 Dr Hjalmar Schacht accompanied by Ludwig Kastle successor to Dr Albert Voegler, who resigned as a leading German reparations expert, met allied delegates to discuss Dawes plan terms through year end and the creditors demand ruling on protected German annuities. Schacht’s staff reviewed the revised report as Germany weighs its decision.
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Dr. Schacht Tail
Paris
Hialmar Schacht
Ludwig Kastle
Albert Voegler
Dawes
Germany
Dr. Schacht
Voegler
Dr. Voegler
Mobile Press Rivalry Behind Proposed Industrial Program
Testimony recounts tensions between Mobile newspaper operators and plans to establish a rival paper. Stevens described repeated friction with Frederick J. Thompson and the Birmingham News connection as talks progressed with R. B. Chandler and Victor Hanson to set up a Mobile publication.
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Martin
Stevens
Mobile
Frederick J. Thompson
Thompson
Victor Hanson
Birmingham News
The
Age Herald
Hanson
R. B. Chandler
Mobile Press
Birmingham
Alabama Power Company
Power Company
Chandler
Entecribe
Press protest over secret senate session and accuracy stance
The Associated Press denounces publishing of a purported senate roll call while defending press accuracy and denying responsibility for misrepresentation. A 3,900 year old queen’s handmill was found at Shaugh England, unearthed recently.
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Associated Press
Senate
United Press
Washington
Shaugh
England
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George Kk. Arthur
Dane
Arthur
China
Aney
Lupe Velez
Estelle Taylor
Vitaphone
Irene Franklin
Bobby Folsom
Priscilla
Octavus Roy Cohen
RITZ
Police Records
Ethel
Kastle
Philippe Et
Gaston
Gaul
Burr
General Electric
Emall
N. E.C
General & All‘steel Refrigerator
High Point Hardware CO
Rexall
Cecil
Johnson
Hinds
SOC Tacky Tiger Hair Tonic
Glovers Mange Remedy
Bsc Mellins
Melody Linen Stationary
Sloans Linament
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