Sharp curtailment of coal use hits households
The nation faces a coal famine with warnings of possible nationwide limits. A regional coal committee order in the south restricts households to one ton of coal per purchase and threatens electricity bans for signs and cinemas if conditions do not improve. Local committees report progress toward a wage and working condition settlement as miners and operators negotiate.
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Atlanta
South
Reginal Coal Committee
Raspberries Grow In High Point In November
G. P. Parker of 225 Lindsey Street reports raspberries ripe in his High Point yard in November after early frosts. He visited the Enterprise office with a sprig bearing several berries and noted the bush has not been killed by frost. He wrapped the berries in paper to preserve them during the cold snap.
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G. PP. Parker
Lindsey Street
Senate action surprises world as peace hopes rise
The unexpected move by the Senate sent shockwaves worldwide, amid renewed hopes for peace and calm in homes long affected by conflict. Officials cautioned that true resolve would take time, but the action signaled a potential turning point for nations and families seeking stability.
Wage talks resume as miners push for 60 percent raise
Negotiations reopen between mine workers and operators with hopes of progress. Operators expected to present a counter proposal while miners maintain a demand for a 60 percent wage increase and a 30 hour work week.
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Washington, Navy
Eye shade fire burns Harold Hunt in Oklahoma incident
In Ponca City Oklahoma on November 20 Harold Hunt a stenographer at the Maryland oil offices attempted to light a cigarette while wearing a celluloid eye shade. The right side of his face was severely burned his eyebrows and eyelashes were singed and his hair damaged. He remains under a doctor's care.
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Ponca City
Okla
Harold Hunt
Stenographic Corps
Maryland Oil
Hunt
Victory Pageant To Be Held Sunday Evening
A victory pageant will be staged in the school auditorium Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Proceeds go to support the First Baptist church part in the 75 million dollar Southern Baptist campaign launching November 30.
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Young People's Societies of
The
First Baptist Church
Baptists of the South
Reformed Churches Team for National Campaign
A large group from the Reformed churches of High Point traveled to Greensboro to attend a conference at the First Reformed Church. The tour marks the start of a nationwide eightieth meeting series aimed at boosting church member commitment for a spring fund drive seeking at least 5 000 000 for benevolent work. The movement aims to expand gospel work at home and abroad. The High Point churches express enthusiasm and a determination to succeed.
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High Point
Greensboro
United States
I.e Church
Revolutionists Beaten by Russian Government Troops
Revolutionary forces tried to take Vladivostok over two days but were defeated by government troops before dawn. General Guida led the revolutionaries, was wounded and captured.
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Vladivostok
Guida
Teachers Warned Against Striking in Atlantic City
Dr. George A. Straver of Columbia University urged 500 South Jersey teachers not to join the AFL, warning that police strike sentiment could bring punishment on teachers as organized labor seeks higher salaries. He said salaries are low but improvements require fair dealings with the public.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
George A. Straver
Columbia University
South Jersey
Boston
A. F. of L
Plans to develop former Mayence fortifications area
Mayence report says apartments private homes and some factories will rise on ground near the old German forts now being dismantled. Work is conducted by Germans under French occupation supervision and will take a year or more to complete.
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Mayence
Meyence
Arguments on constitutionality of war time prohibition act
Washington hearing in the supreme court as arguments on the act’s constitutionality were set as a key business order today. Justice attorneys argued over the wartime prohibition act and its reach in regulation during the period.
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Washington
Order of Business
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Arguments On War Time Prohibition
The Supreme Court heard three cases on the constitutionality of the war time and Volstead acts during appeals testing Congress power to regulate intoxicants. A Kentucky case had ruled the war time act invalid, while two New York cases supported Congress authority to enforce national prohibition. The session drew large crowds as judges prepared to decide with anticipated speedy action.
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Kentucky
New York
Congress
Senate
Kentucky Distillers and Warehouse Companies
Evans
Internal Revenue
Bomb Plots Unearthed in Christmas Terror Warnings
Philadelphia police reveal a radical plot to mail deadly bombs disguised as Christmas presents to national state and city officials. Superintendent James Robinson cautions detectives that the plan aims to kill or maim officials enforcing anti anarchist actions.
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Philadelphia
Navy
James Robinson
Loop Radio to Guide Planes Through Fog at Postal Fields
Otto Prager announces Loop Radio will be installed at air mail landing fields in College Park Newark and Bellefonte to guide aircraft through fog darkness or storms. The device aims to reach all postal fields and aircraft. A non magnetic non gyro compass also developed for air mail use.
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Washington
Otto Prager
College Park
Newark
Bellefonte
Fir
Petersburg Police Placed Under Bribe and Robbery Charges
In Petersburg on November 20, grand jury charges accuse police officers of taking bribes and aiding robberies. The report says officers sometimes knew of planned crimes and watched robberies, even leaving with thieves. Twenty four more arrests anticipated today.
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Petersburg
Coast Guard prepares to aid steamer Roman in rough seas
New York Nov 20. The steamer Roman bound from New York to Marseilles reported to a coast guard officer that it was about 350 miles east of Sandy Hook with steering gear broken. Rough seas and northerly winds troubled the ship as the coast guard planned to dispatch a cutter if closer vessels did not respond.
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New York
Russia
Sandy Hook
Coast Guard
Sherrod Buys One Half Interest in Peacock-Sherrod Building
A. Sherrod bought the half interest of Dr. Dred Peacock in the Peacock Sherrod building on South Main Street near the post office. The building is brick two stories with two store rooms on the first floor, housing Hart Drug Co. and W. C. Beavans, and offices on the second floor. Frontage is 48 feet with significant depth. no change in construction or tenants is planned.
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A. Sherrod
South Main Street
Sherrod
Real estate transfers recorded in High Point
The High Point county courthouse in Greensboro lists transfers including W S Hayworth and wife to Martha L Vuncannon and A Vuncannon for a Redding street lot valued at 100 dollars, E H C Feld and wife with J C Bouldin to C A Vincannon and wife for another Redding street lot at 125 dollars, and High Point Savings and Trust Company trustee to Ray Henderson for a Northpark lot at 160 dollars.
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High Point
Greensboro
W. S. Hayworth
Martha L. Vuncannon
A. Vuncannon
Redding Street
E. H. C. Feld
J. C. Bouldin
C. A. Vincannon
Consid
High Point Savings and Trust Company
Ray Henderson
Northpark
Woman Charged in Gretna Murder Case Dies in Train Incident
Chatham Virginia November 20. In the Barrett case the defense confirmed Mrs. Luda Barrett was killed by a train on Monday at Dry Fork while en route to court. She and her husband faced joint murder charges in the death of Chesley Neal, the suitor of their 14 year old daughter.
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Chatham
Luda Barrett
Gretna
Chesley Neal
Cotton futures drift after Senate peace treaty vote
The sessional action on the peace treaty unsettled markets as Liverpool weakened and selling mounted. Early spot weakness led to broad declines with active months dropping about 47 to 62 points, while December futures held around 35.90 and nearby months slid from 34.00 for January to 21.05 for May and 80.35 for July.
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New York
Senate
Liverpool
Wilson names a new industrial conference
President Wilson today appoints a 17 member industrial conference to meet December 1. Members include government officials businessmen and former cabinet members and former state governors.
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Washington
Wilson
Man Who Robbed Girl Of $2 Leaves $65,000 Bequest
Osage Iowa reports a girl who was robbed of $2 in 1912 by a tramp entering her uncle's home now inherits $65,090 from John Brunavik, a stranger who died last year in Minnesota. The bequest arrives years after the incident.
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Osage
Iowa
John Brunavik
Minnesota
Sunday School Teachers Meeting at Mrs Carter Dalton
The Presbyterian church Sunday school teachers join Mrs Carter Dalton tonight at 7 30 at her Johnson street home for a planning gathering.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Carter Dalton
Johnson Street
Fire Department Calls Friday Meeting at Southside Station
It was announced there will be a called meeting of the fire department on Friday night at the Southside station. The purpose is unspecified but Several important matters are expected to be discussed and om Horney urges that a department member attend.
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Paris
Senate
Congress
State Department
Germany
Wilson
Hitchcock and
Underwood
White House
Bire
Fire Department
Southside
Om Horney
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