Local clubs endorse boys work plan and fund drive
The Kiwanis unanimous endorsement at the Sheraton Hotel backs a $6,500 fund for boys work. Of this, $4,900 funds Community Service efforts and $2,500 builds a Boy Scout camp. J P Mahaffey leads Community Service. A E Tate credits him and urges cross group cooperation with the Community Service for High Point youths.
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Rotarians
Kiwanians
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scout Connec
Kiwanis Club
Sheraton Hotel
High Point
Tip Community Service
J. P. Mahaffey
Community Service
A. E. Tate
Mahaffey
Tate
Kiwanis
W. M. Marr
Boy Scouts
Sam Pavis
Commencement Week at Local High School Ends 1921-22 Year
The High Point area prepares for final weeks of the 1921-1922 school year with a commencement sermon by Rev Roy C Leinbach of Carlisle Pa in the high school auditorium and special music by city choirs. An essay and oratorical contest follows with preliminaries then the final on June 2 when W A Blair of Winston-Salem will give the commencement address and diplomas are awarded. Apache Army post to be abandoned.
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Roy C. Leinbach
Carlisle
Leinbach
First Reformed Church of
High Point
W. A. Blair
Winston-Salem
Oldest Cities Include Damascus Benares and Constantinople
Damascus Benares and Constantinople rank among the world's oldest cities. The statement highlights ancient urban centers and their enduring historic status.
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Damascus
Benares
Constantinople
Russia Pioneers Wood Paving For Urban Streets
The article notes Russia becoming the first nation to use wood paving on its streets. It highlights the novelty of wooden blocks as a paving material and discusses early municipal adoption and implications for urban traffic and maintenance.
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Russia
Lady Astor Urges Teamwork for American Women
New York May 24 Women have won the vote and entered the house of commons and house of representatives but need men's political advice not a separate party. Lady Nancy Astor sails home aboard Aquitania with Viscount Astor voicing support for teamwork. The couple praise American women and defend the flapper as a product of home life while urging cooperation rather than division.
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New York
House of Commons
House of Representatives
Nancy Astor
Aquitania
Viscount Astor
M. P
Lord Astor
International News Service
America
Cripple Beats Off Thieves With Crutches
Joseph Rehill a crippled shipworker fought off three robbers near his home in Germantown using his crutches as a club. His right arm was broken in the struggle as the thieves fled with $3, while attempting to steal a $250 diamond ring from his finger. He stood on one leg and swung his crutches to protect the ring.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Rehill
Germantown
Rehill
Dynamiting rocks coal operator's home at Masontown
State police and county detectives probe a dynamiting at the home of Emmett Diamond near Uniontown. Diamond runs a coal mine that resumed operation on a non union basis. The blast wrecked the Diamond home and damaged six nearby houses. the Diamond family of four was shaken but uninjured as bloodhounds aid the trail of the dynamiters.
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Uniontown
Emmett Diamond
Masontown
Shelby School Head Resigns to Take Kings Mountain Post
Shelby May 24 Superintendent J Y Irvin resigned as Cleveland County Superintendent to accept the grade school superintendency at Kings Mountain and will leave at the next county board of education meeting with resignation effective the first Monday in September. Irvin cites a more attractive salary and love of school work as his reasons.
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Shelby
J. Y. Irvin
Kings Mountain
Punty
County Board of Education
Irvin
Cleveland
B. T. Falls
Robertson Voices Sunday Celebrations Critique
Oklahoma Congresswoman Alice Robertson says public functions on Sundays clash with religious beliefs and criticizes National Woman's Party events in Washington. She attended a Lord and Lady Astor dinner and praised shared views on women in politics and bipartisan cooperation.
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New York
Alice Robertson
Oklahoma
Congress
International News Service
National Woman's Party
National
Miss Robertson
Washington
Lord
Lady Astor
Miss—Robertson
England
Nancy Astor
Nancy
Comon
Negro Youth Proved To Be Wrong Man
Salisbury May 24 James Caldwell a negro youth held for assaulting a young white woman by seizing her some days ago was turned loose in county jail after the charges were found unsupported by evidence
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Salisbury
James Caldwell
Wrong man freed after mistaken identity in assault case
The court admission shows Caldwell was the wrong suspect in the assault. A young woman identified him days later and Sheriff Krider removed him from town to avoid violence. He was released without trial after the mistake was admitted.
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Caldwell
Krider
Vaudeville Actress Molly Fuller Is Hopelessly Blind
Chicago May 24 Molly Fuller once the toast of vaudeville is now hopelessly blind after glaucoma surgery failed. The actress known for Evangelina Adonis and the Twentieth Century Girl, was married to Frederick Allen who died two years ago and they performed together in vaudeville.
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Chicago
Molly Fuller
Molly Putter
Evangelina
Adonis
Frederick Allen
Vauceville
Dick Torres Catches 134 Games but Still Benchlisted
Dick Torres has appeared in 134 complete games in right or left field for the Griffmen yet has not appeared in the box score. The veteran outfielder continues to play for Griffmen teams and remains unrecorded in official stat lines.
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Dick Torres
Griffmen
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Weeman
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Squinty Moore
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Orpheum
George B. Gardner
William Fox
Abe
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Grand Canyon
Tom Mix
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Sure Relief
Barry
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