White House Dinner Weighs Export Revival and Europe Aid
President Harding hosted a quiet White House dinner with Secretary Mellon Hoover and financiers led by J P Morgan and Paul Warburg to discuss reviving export trade and aiding Europe’s finances. The talks focused on private capital loans abroad and government business collaboration to restore normal conditions. Schwab was expected to be consulted on the topic.
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Washington
White House
Mellon
Hoover
J. P. Morgan
Paul Warburg
Harding
Europe
United States
Charles M. Schwab
Detective Work Nets High Point Driver in Eskimo Dog Death
Desk Sergeant Ed Mungo of the local police arrested Clyde Payne of Wallburg after he confessed to recklessly driving a car that struck and killed R. B. Terry's white Eskimo dog in Ro land Park Sunday night. Police traced the suspect on Winston-Salem road and Twin City road after the fatal hit and run. Payne admitted guilt and was brought to High Point for questioning.
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Ed Mungo
Clyde Payne
Wallburg
R. B. Terry
Roland Park
Terry
High Point
Payne
Mungo
Twin City
Federal aid urged for national highways by two associations
At the annual meetings in Greensboro North Carolina the United States Good Roads association and Bankhead National Highway association endorse federal aid and a system of national highways. A 36 state representation will send a committee to Washington to meet Senator Townsend and petition Congress. Director General J A Rountree leads preparations and will join in Washington with Bennehan Cameron to implement the Bankhead transcontinental military convoy recommendation.
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Birmingham
Ala
United States Good Roads Association
Bankhead National Highway Association
Greensboro
N. C
United States Congress
United States
Washington
Committee On
Post Office and Post Roads
Charles E. Townsend
Michigan
Townsend
J. A. Rountree
Rountree
Bennehan, Cameron
Bankhead
Supreme Court Upheld Prohibition Laws and Death Penalty
North Carolina Supreme Court sustains Buncombe County rulings upholding state prohibition laws despite the federal amendment. Westmoreland is sentenced to die in the electric chair for first degree murder of J. H. Nance after hiring him to drive, robbing him, and discarding the body in a well. State cases on municipal finance act and Polk county sheriff election appeal also heard, with ongoing executive clemency and tax-levy questions.
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North Carolina Supreme Court
Buncombe County
Henry Pearson
James Todd
Frank Parrig
Henderson County
William Thomas
W. Y. Westmoreland
Iredell County
J. H. Nance
Supreme Court
Ivey Sims
Westmoreland
Nance
Troutman
Statesville
Sims
Morrison
Raleigh
Eity of
John Hindsale
W. B. Snow
Max S. C. Chambers
Durham
Polk County
Ase
W. C. Robertson
Jackson
North Carolina
John B. van Metts
Adjutant General
L. M. Shipman
Federal Employment Bureau
Washington
Commissioner of Labor
Boston Golfer Last to Be Eliminated
Frederick J. Wright of Boston was the last American golfer left in the British amateur championship. He fell to Bernard Darwin of Woking on the 19th green in a dramatic finish as Darwin's victory sparked cheering among about 2,000 spectators.
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Hoylake
Eng
Associated Press
United States
Frederick J. Wright
Boston
Bernard Darwin
Woking
Darwin
Swimming Pool to be Erected Here in High Point
W. W. Raper announced today that excavating work for a modern outdoor pool has begun on the Thomasville road, about ten minutes from the English street car line. The facility will offer teaching for non-swimmers, a bath house with quality bathing suits, and attractive grounds with swings for spectators.
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High Point
W. W. Raper
Thomasville Road
Raper
Judge Waddell Named to Succeed Prichard in Fourth Circuit
Judge Edmond Waddell Jr of the Eastern District of Virginia was nominated by President Harding to succeed the late Jeter C. Pritchard of Asheville as United States judge for the fourth circuit. D Lawrence Ironna of Norfolk was named to the district bench to fill Waddell's current seat.
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Washington
Edmond Waddell, Jr
Eastern
Virginia
United States District Court
Harding
Jeter C. Pritchard
Asheville
United States
Fourth Judicial Circuit
D. Lawrence Ironna
Norfolk
Waddell
U.S. Ammunition Captured in Dublin District
Sir Hamar Greenwood announced in the House of Commons that 16 388 rounds of American ammunition have been captured in the Dublin district since March 26.
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U.S
Ireland
London
Dublin
Hamar Greenwood
House of Commons
North Carolina white population grows 18.9 percent in decade
The 1940 census shows North Carolina with 2,559,123 people, 1,783,779 white and 763,407 negroes, 11,824 Indian, 113 other races. White population rose 18.9 percent over the decade, while the negro population increased 9.4 percent.
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North Carolina
Washington
Census Bureau
High Point Methodists Launch Christian Education Drive
High Point pastors and lay leaders plan a two hour canvass Sunday afternoon to raise several thousand dollars for a regional Christian education campaign. A banquet for canvassing captains was held at Wesley Memorial church as three local Methodist churches prepare to launch the drive with hopes of Wesley Memorial leading the effort.
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High Point Methodists
Wesley Memorial Church
Wesley Church
Southland
High Point
Wesley Memorial
South Main
East End
German Officer Sent Up For Cruelty
Sergt. Heine was sentenced to ten months in prison by the high court at Lipsig for ill treating British prisoners at Herne Westphalia. He is the first German officer tried for cruelty to Allied prisoners. the attorney general sought two years. The next case is Capt. Mueller accused of mistreating British prisoners at Karlsruhe.
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Lifpsig
Germany
Sergt
Heine
Herne
Westphalia
Mueller
Karlsruhe
Mrs Nott Trial Begins for Killer Gambler Husband
Mrs Ethel Hutchins Nott sits with her children and mother as jurors are selected in her murder trial in Bridgeport. On the first day five of the twelve jurors are chosen after a lengthy voir dire amid many rejects.
Crippled Woman Fights Ram After Camera Incident
Mrs. T. J. Stahl of Waukegan, a Chicago suburb, was charged by a 300-pound ram that broke her right leg. She defended herself with a high heel slipper as children fled. Neighbors arrived to help as she remained semi conscious.
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Chicago
T. J. Stahl
Waukegan
To Face Jury in Slaying of Boy
Mrs. Sarah Lewen, 58, is held for trial without bail on a charge of killing six year old Max Ernets who was kidnapped and strangled. In court yesterday testimony by Mrs. Louise Patrick was suggested to figure prominently as she claimed to see Mrs. Leven with the boy near the place where the body was found three days later.
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Detroit
Sarah Lewen
Max Ernets
Louise Patrick
Harmon seeks treatment in Kansas City for six weeks
E. T. Harmon travels to Kansas City Missouri for a course of treatments under Dr. O A Johnson a prominent specialist He expects to be away six weeks or longer for the medical work and recovery.
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E. T. Harmon
Kansas City
Missouri
O. A. Johnson
Mr. Harmon
Dublin Custom House Burning Kills and Burns
Historic Dublin Custom House burned by civilians. By noon the building smoldered with flames lighting the ruins while British guards watched. Fifty suspects in custody after a night of clashes. casualties exceed a dozen with many reported dead and some wounded.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Crown
British Amateur Championship Narrowed to Three Americans
At Hoylake England May 25 three Americans remained in the British amateur golf championship. Frederick J. Wright of Boston Dr Paul Hunter of Los Angeles and J H Douglas of Owentsia Chicago survived to 2 30 pm. Bobby Jones of Atlanta was eliminated in the fourth round 6 up and 6 to play by Alan Graham of Royal Liverpool. The American “big three” Ouimet and Evans had fallen the day before.
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Hoylake
Eng
Associated Press
Frederick J. Wright
Boston
Paul Hunter
Los Angeles
Calif
J. H. Douglas
Owentsia
Chicago
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Alan Graham
Royal Liverpool
Francis Ouimet
Chick Evans
King Boris Near Bomb That Killed Eighteen
Sofia May 26 King Boris stood on the royal palace balcony as a bomb exploded before the crowd during a celebration of St Cyril defeat. Eighteen people were killed and several communists were arrested on charges of complicity.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Boris
Royal Palace
St. Cyril
Public Service Rules Restores Phone Service After Abuse Incident
Jefferson City Missouri May 26 The state public service commission ruled that telephone subscribers have a right to use abusive language at least once to operators when connections fail The Carlow Telephone company was ordered to restore service after an altercation with an operator The commission said a single abuse for poor service does not justify discontinuing service
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Jefferson City
State Public Service Commission
Carlow Telephone Company
Slayer Seeks Naked Death at Sing Sing
Paul LeGondice of Rochester is to be executed next week at Sing Sing and demands to go nude to the death house. He has torn up many garments and shown signs of insanity, following his 1919 murder conviction of Mrs. Sophia Fichera in Rochester.
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Ossining
Merrill Urges Service First Policy From Capitalists
The Rev. Dr. William Pierson Merrill of New York city urged at a Boston Unitarian Laymen's league meeting that capitalists lead in adopting a service first policy to solve modern commercial and industrial problems, replacing self-advantage as the motive.
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Boston
William Pierson Merrill
Brick Presbyterian Church
New York City
Unitarian Laymen’s League
Merrill
Jury selection blocks eight women in murder trial
Objections by defense yesterday kept eight women off the jury for the trial of Cologere Brocelieri charged with murdering Mrs. Jennie Miller in Lawrence township on November 30, 1919. The defense may argue temporary insanity and a claimed bigamous marriage to Brocelieri.
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Trenton
Cologere Brocelieri
Jennie Miller
Lawrence Township
Brocecclieri
Hatfield Makes Bail After Matewan Arrest
Sid Hatfield chief of police of Matewan and feud leader under murder indictment arrives in Williamson to answer a theft charge accusing him of assaulting P. J. Smith, Stone Mountain Coal supervisor. He posts a new bail bond and returns home after saying the town is peaceful. Adjutant General Davis and state police greet him at the station.
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Matewan
Smith
Pinson
How
Hatfield
Davis
Brockus and Norton
State Police
Two Killings After Police Stop Shootout at Tug River
In Williamson West Virginia May 26 George Crum was wounded and later died after a clash near Nolan between five Kentucky militiamen and West Virginia police. Private Kackley was killed and Private Vaughn also died as troops pursued four armed men captured nearby.
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Kentucky
Norton
Lieut
Lee
Tug River
George Crum
Mackley
Vaughn
Government War Dept Purchases Major Real Estate
The War Department authorizes purchases totaling over 4 million dollars for a national military supply base. The districts include Norfolk Virginia 190000 Charleston South Carolina 159000 Newport News 233670 and a hospital at Azalia North Carolina 58000 with tracts requisitioned before July 1919.
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Washington
War Department
Norfolk
Charleston
S. C
Newport News
Azalia
North Carolina
New piano arrives at Russell Street School
The new piano purchased for Rus sell street school arrived today and was placed in the building. Funds came from a recent donations drive and a box sale plus an ice cream supper held at the school.
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Russell Street School
Crew Afloat for 48 Hours After Ship Fire off Nantucket
Capt. Patrick F. Reardon and two crewmen from the auxiliary sloop John Finn Haddie were treated at Newport Hospital for exposure after spending 44 hours in a dory following a fire near Great Round shoal, 40 miles from Nantucket. All men are from Boston and were found thirty five miles from Block Island after losing food and water.
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Newport
R. I
Patrick F. Reardon
John Finn Haddie
Newport Hospital
Dory
Great Round Shoal
Nantucket
Boston
Block Island
Cats Cause Housing Suit in Atlantic City
Joseph Thistlewaite, owner of an apartment house on South Texas avenue, files suit against former Magistrate William F. Boyle, a tenant, alleging two cats kept since March 1 harm the building's reputation and seeking eviction.
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Atlantic City
Joseph Thistlewaite
South Texas Avenue
William F. Boyle
Thistlewaite
Boyle
Varket Irregular On Opening Today
The cotton market opened steady in New York with futures wobbling as traders factored weekend profit taking and favorable weather. Active months fell 2 to 3 points from last night’s close as selling scattered after the morning bell. July futures stood around 12.92 with October 13.68 and December 14.12.
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New York
Rickenbacker Heads for Record Flight to Washington
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, famed American ace, leaves Redwood California at 8 32 AM aiming for a record breaking trip to Washington. He plans to reach Omaha by tonight and Washington by Friday night in support of the American Legion. A fog halted his first attempt this morning.
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Redwood
Cal
Eddie Rickenbacker
Washington
Omaha
Neb
American Legion
Rickenbacker
Senate to Probe Tug River Warfare
Senate committee on education and labor voted to investigate recent disorders in the coal mining region along the Kentucky West Virginia border. A sub committee will likely begin hearings in Williamson West Virginia next week.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Kentucky-West Virginia
Williamson
West Va
Navy District Commander Augustus Feehtler Dies at Norfolk
Hear Admiral Augustus Feehtler, commandant of the Sixth naval district, died at Norfolk navy yard early today according to navy department reports. He had served for several months.
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Washington
Augustus Feehtler
Sth -Naval District
Norfolk Navy Yard
Navy Department
Feehtler
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