German Boxing Night Draws Americans and Locals
Berlin reports boxing fever as American matinee style bouts draw crowds at two shows. Samson, linked to Jack Dempsey, defeats Hugo Podzuhn with rapid knockdowns. A Dutch substitute shocks the audience in the main event, while Kreienstaeter challenges the American winner. Separately, the Boy Scouts plan four national training centers near New York and across the country to boost scout executive training and Eagle badge attainment.
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Berlin
Germany
Hans Kreienstaeter
Samson
Jack Dempsey
Tom Gibbons
Norfolk
Hugo Podzuhn
Breitenstraeter
Rom
Spalla
Miness
Hollanger
Germen
Nim
Teri
Ne. Jusk. x
Boy Scouts of America
New York
Middle West
Far West
Mortimer L. Schiff
National Council
Boy Scouts
Daughters Aid Lee Chapel Remodel Fight at Washington and Lee
At Birmingham Alabama on November 16 the United Daughters of the Confederacy opened the third day of their convention to discuss Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University Virginia delegates oppose changes arguing the chapel should remain as built. Trustees seek UDC assistance for a remodeling costing over 1.5 million dollars.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lee
Washington and Lee University
United Daughters of the Confederate
Virginia
Local mill to expand capacity with new brick addition
Announcement states High Point Hosiery Mills will double its capacity by adding a modern two story brick building adjoining the current plant on English street. Plans are complete and construction will begin soon. the new facility will measure 150 by 200 feet.
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High Point Hosiery Mills
English Street
Young Men Bound Over to Higher Court for Larceny
Probable cause was found in three High Point men Turner Lewell Clyde Leonard and Oscar Mitchell charged with stealing tobacco from the Prookall farm. They appeared before Squire F. S. Bouldin at Trinity and bonds of 100 each were set as they were bound over to Randolph superior court.
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Turner Lewell
Clyde Leonard
Oscar Mitchell
High Point
Prookall Farm
Squire
Cancer Death Toll in U S Rises in 1921
The Census Bureau estimates 93,000 cancer deaths in 1921, up from 39,000 in 1920, based on 34 states and DC data. The report notes higher mortality in northern states and a nationwide push to lower cancer deaths.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Bureau
District of Columbia
Demand Release of Captives by Thi Bandits
Nov 16. Measures for the immediate release of foreign missionaries kidnapped by the Thi bandits were demanded today by the government and ministers who acted on behalf of the people.
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Associated Press
Tenchi
First Negro Convicted for Attack in New Hanover County
Wilmington report states the first Black man convicted in New Hanover County Superior Court for an attack on a woman of his own race. The verdict and sentence followed a trial held in the county courthouse, marking a historic outcome in local race crime cases.
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Wilmington
New Hanover County
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Atlanta
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Livingston Medicine Company
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Matton Drug CO
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North Carolina Public Service Co
Hartschaffner & Marx
N. H. Silver Company
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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