Hartz Leads 500 Mile Race at Indianapolis as Murphy Trails
At Indianapolis speedway May 30 1920 Harry Hartz of Los Angeles leads the 500 mile race midway with Jimmy Murphy also of Los Angeles in second place and Eddie Hearne third. A fire incident halted Wilfrud de Aleanes car while Murphy maintains early lead and rakes in lap prizes.
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Whltur de'Al Eane
Murphy
Hartz
Duray
Ora Haibe
Eddie Hearne
Peter Detolag
Haibe
Indianapolis Speedway
Barney Oldfield
Jimmy Murphy
Leon Duray
Ralph DePalma
Harry Hartz
Howard Wilcox
Indianapolis
DePalma
Jules Eklinboe
Jules Goux
Great Throng at Lincoln Memorial Dedication on Potomac
Washington May 30 A nation pays homage at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial beside the Potomac. Former presidents and foreign dignitaries attend with Grand Army veterans and Confederate veterans honoring Lincoln’s memory. The monument by Henry Bacon houses a French statue by Daniel Chester French and walls with Gettysburg and second inaugural addresses.
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Washington
Potomac
Abraham Litcoln
Lincoln
Washington Monument
Assas
Grand Army of the Republic
Lincoln Memorial
Abraham Lincoln
Potomac Park
Henry Bacon
New York
Daniel Chester French
Gettysburg
Jules Guerin
Confederate Monument Planned for Gaffney Intersection
A committee on Friday decided to erect a Confederate monument at the intersection of Limestone and Buford streets in Gaffney on the National highway so travelers will see it as they pass.
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Gaffney
Limestone and
Buford Streets
Gafffney
Buford Street
North Carolina Named Healthiest by Birth and Death Rates
Advance figures from the North Carolina bureau of vital statistics show 1921 births exceeded deaths by 59,600. There were 57,000 births and 28,000 deaths, giving a birth rate of 38.6 and a death rate of 11.6, among the highest and lowest in the United States.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Legion Decorates Overseas Graves in Memorial Day Effort
Indianapolis dispatch notes the American Legion decorates over 32 000 overseas graves of U S service members. About 31 000 in France, 488 in England, 146 in Scotland, 40 in Ireland, and others in Spain. Local committees fund flowers and flags. National Commander MacNider asks five cent donations. Memorial Day to be observed broadly.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion Overseas
France
England
Secolland
Ireland
Spain
Legion’s Committee
Paris
Rabot Ward
Scotland
MacNider
Legion
Legion Headquarters
Efird Chain Managers Plan June Sales
Efird store managers met in Charlotte with M F Crooks present to map a month long sale across all 31 stores. President J B Efird expects sales to approach two million dollars from a four million patron base with planned features and a New York office led buying push.
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M. F. Crooks
Efird
Charlotte
Wfird
J. B Efird
Bard
New York
British Troops Stay in Dublin Amid Evacuation Pause
In the House of Commons Winston Churchill said British forces remain in Dublin not at the Irish provisional government’s request but because evacuation has been temporarily suspended.
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Ireland
London
Dublin
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Governor to Speak at College Fennals
Greensboro May 30 Senior class Tree Night begins college commencements at the North Carolina College for Women. Governor Cameron Morrison will address graduates Tuesday after diplomas are awarded. events include alumnae meetings, Park Night pageant, baccalaureate sermon by Rev J B Massey, YWCA sermon by Rev Charles F Myers, Blue and White reunion and class day exercises.
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Greensboro
North Carolina College For Women
Cameron Morrison
J. B. Massey
Hampden-Sidney College
Y. W
Charles F. Myers
First Presbyterian Church
Rate Shop Workers Warn of Strike Vote
Federated Shop Crafts representing 4006,000 railway employees asks the U S railroad labor board for a conference on Thursday to gain immediate jurisdiction over cases alleging board order disobedience. If denied, a nationwide strike vote will be issued to all shop workers.
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Chicago
Railroads of America
United States Railway Labor Board
Federated Shop Crafts
Germans Seek Large Foreign Loan For Reparation Plan
Paris reports the German reply to the reparation commission proposes a foreign loan to sustain paper currency at March levels and comply with commission conditions for a partial moratorium, contingent on aid within a suitable period.
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Paris
Yen resigns as Chinese foreign minister in move toward Koo
A Reuters dispatch from Peking reports Dr W W Yen resigned as foreign minister on Saturday and departed for Shanghai. The note says Yen makes way for Dr V K Wellington Koo who arrived in Peking on Sunday morning.
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London
Reuter
Peking
W W. Yen
Shanghai
Hickory Boy Bitten by a Vicious Canine
May 30 Hickory report of Rufus Bryan son of Mrs. W Alex Hall bitten by a black water spaniel declared rabid by the State Laboratory of Hygiene. The dog was killed and head sent to Raleigh. Pasteur treatment begun. Town dogs ordered penned with a vaccine promising one year immunity.
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Hickory
Rufus Bryan
Alex Hall
State Laboratory of Hygiene
South Hickory
Lentz
Raleigh
Pasteur
Miss McCormick Cancels Swiss Wedding Trip
Chicago May 30 Miss Mathi de McCormick canceled plans to sail from New York for Switzerland to wed Max Oser. She refused to discuss marriage or future plans and was met at the station by her father H F McCormick president of International Harvester. The return is linked to guardianship issues surrounding her recently appointed guardian father.
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Chicago
Mathide McCormick
New York
Switzerland
Max Oser
Cobb and Two Players Suspended By American League
St Louis May 30 Ty Cobb Heisman and Clark of the Detroit Americans were indefinitely suspended by AL president Han Johnson before today’s holiday doubleheader with the St Louis Browns. Cobb stepped on umpire Wilsons toes in yesterday’s inning and was banished. reason for the others not stated in the message received.
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ST. Louis
Ty Cobb
Heisman
Clark
Detroit Americans
Han Johnson
American League
St. Louis Browns
Cobb
Wilson
Greensboro visitor P A Boone in town to see friends
P A Boone of Greensboro is in the city visiting friends and relatives.
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P. A. Boone
Greensboro
Dover denies recommendation on Sumner and Childs removal
Spokane May 30 Elmer Dover denied he approved or disapproved the removal of Deputy Commissioner A D Sumner and Supervisor C C Childs of the revenue bureau and treasury department officials In Washington he said he wired Mellon his acquiescence to the charges and the Associated Press dispatch was not correct
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Spokane
Wash
A. D. Sumner
C. C. Childs
Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Elmer Dover
Dover
Associated Press
Washington
Mellon
Beggar Roerepery Streets of Berlin
Berlin reports expose a legal ban on public mendicancy yet crowds of beggars flood streets after dusk. A northern suburb hosts a 150 trainee beggars program with six weeks theory and practical work at race meetings and church doors. Average west end districts earn about 3000 marks daily with premiums up to 400 marks. Wealthy Russians are favored patrons, Americans perplex beggars with variable generosity.
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Berlin
Union
Heavy firing on Tyrone Donegal border shocks Irish towns
A Central News dispatch from Strebane reports heavy firing between midnight and 7 am along the Tyrone Donegal border at Strebane and Lifford. Sniping from rooftops continued and casualties are described as heavy.
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London
Tyrone Donegal
Strebane
Lifford
Wilmington Folk Dedicate Monument On Memorial Day
Wilmington observed national Memorial Day with the unveiling of a monument raised by popular subscription in memory of those who died in France. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi delivered a brief address, praising Woodrow Wilson as the greatest statesman, as about a thousand people joined the parade.
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Wilmington
France
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Woodrow Wilson
Harrison
Harding Returns Home From Chesapeake Bay Trip
President and Mrs. Harding return to Washington aboard the Mayflower after a weekend voyage down the Chesapeake Bay. They left Saturday and arrived early today.
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Harding
Washington
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Lincoln Shrine
Potomac River
Vany Jehbut
Prevent Harding
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George Washington
Lincoln’ Memorial
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Linecoln
John May
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Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
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Congress
William H. Taft
Shelby M. Cullum
Ebird Managers
High Point
Slayer
Walter S. Ward
New Rochelle
N. Y
Ward Baking Company
Clarence Peters
Mrs. Ward
Ward
College Fenals
Mr. Morrison
Dr. Yen
Hickory Boy
Dox Pound
Wecormick
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