Flood Death Toll In New England Rises Amid Washout
More than thirty lives are confirmed lost as raging floods sweep northern and western New England. Reports from Montpelier Vermont hint at 137 to 212 deaths with wreckage and ten feet of water. Property damage runs into staggering sums while thousands lose livelihoods as rivers flood into New York and Quebec.
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New England
Montpelier
Vermont
Associated Press
Binghamton, N. Y
Jackson
Hudson, Mass
Barre
Green Mountain
Berkshire
Massachusetts
N. Y
Providence
Quebec
American Red Cross
Church Extension Work Gains Attention at Methodist Protestant Conference
ASHEBORO Nov 5 AP Among issues before the Methodist Protestant church in session here church extension work in the state draws strong support with a plan to raise funds. Dr A G Dixon of Greensboro urges backing while Rev G L Curry leads an offering that adds over 2000 to the conference fund for building new churches and assistance to existing ones.
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Asheboro
Methodist Protestant Church
A. G. Dixon
Greensboro
G. L. Curry
Winston-Salem
Methodist Protestant Herald
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Paul N. Garber
Duke University
Ohio
North Carolina
J. E. Pritchard
Methodist Protestant Church In America
North Carolina Conference
Granville
Guilford
Moriah
Guilford County
Whitakers Chapel
Granville County
Yadkin Institute
Yadkin College
Lexington
Davidson County
George W. Heagie
Logan Seminary
Jamestown
High Point College
America
J. C. Roberts
Kernersville
High Point
Children’s Home
Mr. Pritchard
Tobacco Brings Wealth as North Carolina Markets Set Records
Tobacco farmers in North Carolina see strong returns as seven markets report weekly averages near 29 cents a pound with sales surpassing 150 million pounds. Wilson leads with over 50 million sold and Henderson sets a daily record at 31.51 a hundred, while Greenville, Rocky Mount, Roxboro, Wendell, and Sanford report high prices and multi‑million pound totals.
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Raleigh
Wilson
Henderson
Tarboro
Winston-Salem
Greenville
Rocky Mount
Roxboro
Wendell
Sanford
World’s Greatest Jockey Barred in Maryland
Jockey Earl Sande loses license to ride on Maryland tracks as the Maryland Racing Commission voids his license after stewards suspended him for foul riding in the Pimlico futurity. The ban prevents Sande from riding on any track in the country until lifted.
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Baltimore
Earl Sande
Maryland
Maryland Racing Association
Maryland Jockey Club
Sande
Pimlico
Coolidge Sets Tax Cut at 225 Million Approval Stance
Washington AP reports President Coolidge endorses treasury plan to cap prospective tax reductions at 225 million dollars. House Ways and Means Committee schedules hearings on revenue statutes and nuisance taxes as opposition views persist. Green indicates hearings wrap next weekend with closed-door framing of a tax reduction bill to begin the following week.
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Washington
Coolidge
Treasury
House Ways and Means Committee
White House
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Green
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol
Joint Congressional Committee On Revenue Legislation
Winnipeg killer Earle Nelson found guilty of murder
Earle Nelson, known as the dark strangler, was found guilty of murdering Mrs. Emily Patterson by a Winnipeg jury. A separate indictment charged him with the murder of 14 year old Lolla Cowan.
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Winnipeg
Earle Nelson
Emily Patterson
Lolla Cowan
Building Collapse Kills 135 in Shanghai Labor Gather
In Shanghai on November 5, about 135 women and children died when a building housing textile workers collapsed during a gathering to form a new labor union.
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Shanghai
Methodists Push Drive For Millions
Delegates at the 388th annual western North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South rally to raise the full 10 million fund for superannuated ministers. Bishop Mouton urges religion in public life as Knickerbocker and J A Jones commit support to reach the quota. Several ministers are admitted on trial across Asheville Charlotte Marion Mount Airy Statesville and Winston-Salem districts.
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Asheville
Navy
North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Percy R. Knickerbocker
Knoxville
Tenn
Knickerbocker
J. A. Jones
Charlotte
C. F. Bland
Hendersonville
Finance Board
Edwin D. Mouton
North Carolina Christian Advocate
McD. Plyler
Greensboro
Vere R. Masters
James Chalmers Groce
Marion
Garland Reed Stafford
Mount Airy
Joseph W. Barndon
Salisbury
Robert Lee Bass
Shelby
P. W Townsend
Thomas Stafford
Statesville
Robert Dwight Ware
Winston-Salem
Princess Anne of France Marries Prince Amedeo of Savoy
In Naples Italy on November 5 Princess Anne of France wed Prince Amedeo of Savoy Duke of Apulia. Civil ceremony at the Royal Palace followed by a religious service at San Francesco di Paola. King Victor Emmanuel of Italy and King Alfonso of Spain attended with other royalty from Savoy Bourbon and Orléans houses.
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Naples
Italy
Anne of France
Amedeo of Savory
Apulia
Duke of Guise
France
Duke of Costa
San Francisco di Paola
Victor Emmanuel
Alfonso
Spain
Savoy
Bourbon
Orelans
Mary
Duke of York
Great Britain
Ruth Elder and George Haldeman Leave Paris by Train
Ruth Elder and Captain George Haldeman depart Paris by train for Cherbourg after arriving by plane last week. They will sail on the Aquitania to New York, amid cheering crowds and hopeful adieux, with Ruth crying goodbye and au revoir.
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Paris
Ruth Elder
George Haldeman
New York
Cherbourg
Ruth
Balloonist dies after record attempt in Tennessee
Captain Hawthorne C. Gray perished during a free balloon ascent near Sparta. His body was found in the wreckage, with his log recovered, as officials investigate the cause amid plans to challenge the 42,470 foot record set earlier. The flight carried Gray from Scott Field toward Kentucky with escort planes tracking the drift.
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Scott Field
Hawthorne C. Gray
Sparta
Tenn
Gray
Washington
Illinois
Kentucky
Ohio River Valley
Belleville
Ills
Weapons Used By State Police At Colorado Coal Fields
State police and company guards clashed with 400 to 500 strikers at the Berwind Canon mines of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company. Officers used pickhandles pistol butts and fists while attempting to separate miners from mine property. The effort failed to hold a mass meeting but kept this entry from forming.
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Wallenburg
Colorado
Berwind Canon
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Weather outlook for week in South Atlantic coast
Forecast shows moderate temperatures with above normal cloudiness across the South Atlantic region. A period of showers is possible after midweek as conditions shift, totaling several unsettled days with cooler nights and patchy sun breaks.
Mayor of Wake Forest Dies From Injuries
Funeral services for Dr. J. A. Yarborough longtime mayor of Wake Forest will be Sunday afternoon in Cary. The 38 year old native North Carolinian and UNC 1911 graduate died after his car crashed through a bridge onto railroad tracks. He was a 32nd degree Mason and survived by his widow and two children.
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Raleigh
J. A. Yarborough
Wake Forest
Cary
Yarborough
University of North Carolina
Atlanta Dental College
Wake Forest Lodge
German appoints new ambassador to United States
Berlin announces Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm Von Prittwitz-Gaffron as Germanys ambassador to the United States filling the post after six weeks since the death of Baron Ago Von Maltzan in a plane crash.
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Berlin
Washington
Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz- Gaffron
United States
Germany
Baron Ago von Maltzan
Realty Loan Services Incorporated Formed in Winston-Salem
Realty Loan Services Incorporated of Winston-Salem North Carolina is formed to trade mortgages leases and real estate with authorized capital of 100000 and subscribed stock of 400. Founders include Frank D. Elliott R K Mendenhall and Erma M. Mendenhall.
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Raleigh
Realty Loan Services, Incorporated
Winston-Salem
N. J
Frank D. Elliott
R K. Mendenhall
Erma M. Mendenhall
WN. C
Condition of Banks Shows Decrease in Excess Reserves
New York November 5 actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows an excess reserve of 7,532,640 dollars. This marks a drop of 22,028,820 dollars from the prior week when excess reserves were 29,561,460 dollars.
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New York
Richmond man sentenced to hang after prison escape attempt
Benjamin F. Spraggins of Richmond Va was condemned to be hanged for murdering guard Alfred Walker during a July escape attempt at the state penitentiary. Judge Grayson ordered the death sentence amid courtroom tension with restrained women present. Carey a lifer faces trial November 15 following their forged pass scheme.
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Towson
Benjamin F. Spraggins
Richmond
State Penitentiary
C. Gus Grayson
Spraggins
Charles P
Carey
Alfred Walker
Three Persons Lost Off Coast Near Ocracoke
A motorboat bearing the number 20212 sank about a mile north of the Ocra coke coast guard station at Ocracoke North Carolina. Three unidentified persons believed from New York were aboard. one body has been recovered and coast guardsmen searched for the two missing. Shipping men think the boat was from New York.
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Norfolk
New York
Coast Guard
Ocracoke
N. C
Norfolk Coast Guard
Coast
Fall Remains Very Weak at Hotel in Washington
Former Secretary Albert B. Fall, age 66, ill with congestion of the lungs, remained very weak at a Washington hotel. He slept fitfully, could not talk, and was cared for by wife and two daughters. Doctor Kilroy said nourishment was hard to take, but noted a slight temperature drop and expressed cautious optimism.
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Washington
Dome
Court House
Gordon
Charles G. Ruddy
Burns Agency
Talesmen
Ruddy
Harry F. Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Teapot Dome
Grand
Henry Mason Day
Sinclair Exploitation Company
Day
William J. Burns
W. Sherman Burns
Sheldon Clark
Sinclair
Fall
New Mexico
J. J. Kilroy
Huge Match Merger Revealed In France Swedens Buyout
Paris reports the French government will retire its entire issue of eight per cent bonds in the United States by selling a new issue of 75,000,600 French government 50 year five per cent bonds to the Swedish match company and the International Match Corporation, an American firm.
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New York
International Match Corporation
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