Special Court Term Opens in Raleigh With Large Docket
The federal court for east North Carolina convened with the era’s largest docket. About 200 cases on the docket include 175 illicit distilling charges and multiple counts of retailing or possessing whiskey. Vice President Marshall to address social unrest and speak at a Moose banquet.
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Raleigh
Navy
Federal Court For
East North Carolina
Thomas R. Marshall
Raleigh Lodge
Royal Order of Moose
High Point Plans New 100 Room Hotel On North Main Street
A High Point hotel committee approved a 100 room plus assembly hall hotel to be built on North Main Street adjoining Wesley Memorial church. Site cost 24000 with 8090 donated by nearby property owners. The project aims to be one of North Carolina’s finest, with rapid construction after plans, and a 40 foot street cut to serve the site.
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Jenkins Gases
High Point
Commercial Club
North Main Street
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
North Carolina
F. M. Pickett
Mein
Jordan
High Point Hotel Company
Frank Wineskie
Fred Tate
3. H. Tomlinson
W. C. Jones
School Board Plans New Park Street School to Relieve Crowding
The High Point city council and school board plan a modern 15 room Park Street school to ease next year's crowding as 17,500 pupils are expected. They discuss funding, bonds, and increased teacher salaries amid talk of a township high school.
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Park Street
South Main Street
High Point
D. A. Stanton
C. F. Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Enthusiastic Ball Fans Meet Over Piedmont League Berth
A large crowd at the Commercial club meeting subscribed over 1000 dollars to support the local club now in the Piedmont league. Committees were formed to manage financing as Dick Miller reports new signings for next spring with potential High Point uniforms. President George Lyon led the session and Walter Peacock was elected secretary of the High Point association.
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Dick Miller
George Lyon
High Point Association
Walter Peacock
German delegate Simson resigns delaying Versailles talks
Paris November 25. Surprise at the departure of Dr. Simson head of Germany's plenipotentiaries for the armistice protocol noted by the supreme council. If Versailles is not in force by December 1, Germany bears responsibility as Simson's exit delays further conferences. Von Larsner is asked to state government intentions.
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Paris
Dr. Simson
Germany
Kurt von Larsner
Supreme Council
Simon
von Leisner
Adriatic Crisis Deepens as D Annunzio Raids Stir Europe
Geneva dispatches confirm a critical Adriatic situation. The Jugo-Slav government has urged ministers in Paris London and Washington to alert these governments to the danger from D Annunzio's raids.
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Paris
Geneva
Adriatic
Jugo-Slav Bureau
London
D. Annunzio
Mrs Shaw in Serious Condition After Greensboro Crash
Mrs J H Shaw of this city remains in serious condition after being injured in Greensboro last week. She sustained internal injuries and facial and side bruises when her foot struck the tongue of an express truck at the Southern passenger station, and was thrown against a pullman car.
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J. H. Shaw
Greensboro
Shaw
Southern
War Is Certain Over Poets Rains
Telegrams from Belgrade to the Serbian bureau report that only prompt allied interference can avert war over the Adriatic as Jugo Slavs lose patience. A Belgrade paper says Italians persecute Serbs and that peacekeeping is praised for restraint.
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Adriatic
Rumanians Granted One More Chance on Peace Treaty
Paris Nov 25 The supreme council offers Romania one more window to sign the Austrian peace treaty with a limited period to attach her signature. Serbia is also allowed to sign. A protocol opens November 27 to permit Romania to sign with Bulgaria within days and to sign the St Germain treaty with Austria.
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Paris
Rumania
Serbia
Supreme Council
Bulgaria
Plan to postpone wartime interest payments discussed
London reports a British and American plan under which interest on Allied war loans and U S advances to Britain would be postponed for three years. The plan was announced in the house of commons.
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Tondon
United States
Great Britain
House of Commons
Special Service Planned for David A. Latham Heroism
Arrangements are under way for a school auditorium service honoring David A. Latham High Pointer cited for extraordinary heroism in France. The citation notes his actions near Septsarges on October 24, 1918 when he helped avert large ammunition destruction by removing flammable materials and controlling a fire.
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David A. Latham
High Pointer
France
J. J. Farriss
Chamber of Commerce
Farriss
David A. Latham, Wagoner
5Th Ammrunition Train
Septsarges
Contol
Government FAS Hands Off Policy Outlined
Washington Nov 25. Federal prohibition commissioner John F Kramer outlined a hands off policy stating that enforcement will rest with state and municipal authorities and federal intervention will occur only if local officials become seriously deficient. This is Kramer's first policy statement since taking office a week ago.
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Washington
Board of Temperance of
The
Methodist Church
John F. Kramer
Kramer
Hoey Wins Democratic Nomination in Ninth District
In a showcases results Clyde Hoey of Shelby leads J. D. McCall of Charlotte by just over 5000 votes in the Ninth district Democratic primary. Hoey advances to face John M. Morehead in the December 16 general election to select a successor to Federal Judge Webb, with Mecklenburg voting McCall.
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Charlotte
Clyde Hoey
Shelby
J. D. McCall
Mecklenburg
Hoey
John M. Morehead
Webb
Cabinet to Decide Today on Coal Wage Prices
President Wilson's cabinet planned to decide today on the wage dispute between coal miners and operators. If operators profits figures cited by McAdoo are correct, Fuel Administrator Garfield is unlikely to permit higher coal prices, with any wage rise coming from operators' profits.
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Washington
Wilson
Palmer
Garfield
R. V. Norris
The
Fuel Administration
Memorial services set by High Point Elks
The High Point lodge Elks No. 1155 plans Sunday memorial services at 3 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Asheville lawyer Melintey Pritchard will deliver the address, honoring war service and the lodge’s contribution to the war effort. The program also includes a Lodge of Sorrow and a musical segment.
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Whitelend
Klutz
Phi
Cooke
J. A. Clarke
Dred Peacock
Cameron Morrison
Locke Craig
Gov. T. W. Bickett
Coal Lodge
Elks
The
High Point Lodge
Robert White
Pritchard
High Point Lodge No. 1155
More Factories Close As Supply Diminishes
Chicago reports opportunistic closures of additional midwest plants amid fuel rationing and reduced output. The coal strike looms with miners awaiting operator talks, while Wyoming miners end a one day strike and Oklahoma faces potential mine cessation on state prison land. Indiana industry and utilities operate under drastic conservation measures as soft coal supplies tighten.
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Wyoming
Oklahoma
Robertson
Indiana
Anti Trial Strike Among Bolsheviks Reported at Ellis Island
An anti trial strike by 66 alleged radicals awaiting deportation hearings at Ellis Island remained in force. Officials could not predict when trials would resume as the acting commissioner said no method was found to identify the prisoners scheduled for hearing.
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Ellis Islands
Chicago Grime Wave Nets Dozens in Police Sweep
About 150 people were arrested in Chicago over three days of holdups auto thefts and safe blowings. Fifteen suspects were jailed on charges connected to murders pool rooms and street hold ups and 150 burglaries. Police said the band confessed to more than 250 crimes as nightly robberies declined slightly. Street lighting remained on despite coal shortages blamed for the surge.
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Chicago
Florida War Hero Appointed Prohibition Commissioner
Senator Fletcher of Florida was officially notified that Lt. Oscar Filburn of Tampa, who received six wounds in service over two years in the war, has been appointed prohibition commissioner of Florida.
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Washington
Senattor Fietcher
Florida
Prohibition
Oscar Filburn
Tampa
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