Harding plans return trip amid cabinet change talk
Ancon Panama Canal Zone November 26 Senator Harding spent the final day of his Pacific coast visit golfing and meeting officials. He plans to sail Sunday from Christobal back to the United States aboard a ship bound for Norfolk. He weighs how to shape relations with Panama and how to expand the canal zone military force to a full division.
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Ancon
Canal Zone
Associated Press
Harding
Pacific
Panama Canal
Christobal
U. S
Norfolk
Republic of Wanaima
McCormick Proposes Major Reorganization Bill
Senator McCormick of Illinois drafts a plan to abolish the interior department and create two new departments the department of public works and the department of public welfare plus a broad government reorganization. The proposal includes transfers of key agencies such as the woman's bureau the public health service the bureau of war risk insurance and the vocational training board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of the Interior
Department of Public Works
Department of Public Welfare
McCormick
Illinois
Congress
Harding
Europe
Woman's Bureau
Public Health Service
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Vocational Training Board
Second Victim of Auto Races in Beverly Hills
Eddie O'Donnell, racing driver, died after a Beverly Hills speedway accident that also involved Gaston Chevrolet and Lyle Jolle. Chevrolet, 1920 national champion, was injured while O'Donnell did not regain consciousness. Chevrolet’s body to be buried in Indianapolis. Mrs. Chevrolet advises direct travel for funeral arrangements.
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Los Angeles
Navy
Eddie O'Donnell
Beverly Hills Speedway
Gaston Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Lyle Jolle
O'Donnell
Indianapolis
Judge Landis on trail of hooch
Federal Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis issued restraining orders against 72 saloon keepers to prevent violations of federal prohibition laws. Illinois Attorney General Brundage filed suit last Wednesday and asked that the saloons be closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Brundage
Illinois
Italian Emigration Syndicate Formed in Rome
A Rome syndicate with a capital of 3.5 million lire was organized to promote emigration and aid Italian emigrants abroad. It will study foreign opportunities and protect emigrants seeking new homes and livelihoods, with members including major Italian banks steamship lines and workers' representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
California Growing Immigrant Stream to California
Chicago November 26 large numbers of European immigrants are moving to California says W J Black passenger traffic manager of the Santa Fe system. He notes most are aliens returning to fight for their native countries and that California bound migrants are mainly French Italians and Greeks who are skilled agriculturalists drawn to vineyards and orchards in California.
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California
Chicago
Europe
W. J. Black
Santa Fe
Ile
Mr. Black
Wilson Receives League Appeal for Mediation
President Wilson accepted the League of Nations appeal to mediate the Armenian crisis. The message from Geneva arrived at the White House and was delivered as he contemplates boundary demarcation, with no public details on mediation ideas.
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Washington
Associated Press
Wilson
League of Nations
White House
Geneva
Armenia
League of Nations delegates hope for Wilson mediation
Geneva delegates show hopeful but guarded sentiment toward the League appeal for President Wilson to mediate the Armenian crisis. They expect little chance of the United States taking on the role, leaving Europe to handle the issue.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Associated Press
Assembly of the League of Nations
League
Wilson
United States
Europe
Reed Urges Global Union of Negroes for Soviet Cause
John Reed’s Moscow speech text cites urging union of American Negroes with international racial elements to advance world sovietism. He notes Negroes face “terrible” conditions and sees dual potential for a race based and proletarian movement. Louis Frania advocates coordinating radical labor across the Americas.
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Washington
Moscow
Communist Internationale
Lenine
Trotzky
John Reed
Russia
United States
Reed
North America
South America
Louis Frania
Communist Party of America
Messafie States
May wash hands of Greece soon
Athens report states France and Great Britain may permit Constantine to return to the throne but fear they will wash their hands of Greece. Possible separate Turkish deals or using General Wrangel's army could lead to a spring campaign from Lemnos against the Turks. Financial abandonment of Greece is feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Associated Press
France
Great Britain
Constantine
Wrangel
Lemkos
Greece
English bishop faces high living costs in stippend strain
London November 26 High dignitaries of the English church struggle to meet living costs. Bishop Winnington Ingram of London has leased his St James Square town mansion and is ready to give up Fulham Palace. His stipend is £10 000 yearly. He says he is worse off than as a curate despite simple habits.
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London
Winnington Ingram
St. James Square
Fulham Palace
Russian refugee Evodokia Gorelkina held at Ellis Island
Evodokia Gorelkina a 12 year old Russian refugee is held at Ellis Island after immigration authorities refused her admittance to the United States the fate of her life buffets and the war threats she fled Tomsk with aristocratic parents and traveled with Red Cross aid to Vladivostok aboard the Yomei Maru with 700 other refugee children.
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New York
United States
Evodokia Gorelkina
Ellis Island
Tomsk
Evodokia
Red Cross
Vladivostok
Splendid M P Conference Held at Enfield
The 95th session of the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Protestant church convened at Enfield church with Rev. R M Andrews re elected president. The meeting opened with devotions and reports stressing more ministers and rural church study along with goals such as 10 percent membership rise and 1000 new family altars. Several officers were re elected and the 96th session set for 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Way
Infield
North Carolina
Dent
T. M. Johnson
Asheville
J. H. Stowe
Cleveland County
George R. Brown
First Methodist Protestant Church
High Point
G. W. Holmes
Graham
D. A. Highfill
Liberty
J. H. Moton
Fallston
J. A. Burgess
Burlington
F. T. Fage
Baltimore
Conference
the Methodist Protestant Church of North Carolina
R. M. Andrews
D. D
Co. W. Bates
Henderson
S. W. Taylor
J. W. Gerringer
Ashboro
C. 3. Way
A. M. Rankin
R. S Troxler
N. G. Bethea
Brinkleyville
W. F
Barge Line to Operate 19 Barges and Four Tow Boats
Nineteen 2000 ton steel barges and four tow boats will be in operation on the Mississippi between St Louis and St Paul by next spring. Illinois coal is expected to move north with Minnesota shipments on southbound trips. Twelve barges were released by builders in Stillwater Minnesota and Dubuque Iowa and one tow boat has been launched.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Illinois
Minnesota
Stillwater
Minn
Dubuque
Canadian Wheat Board Declares 18 Cent Dividend
Winnipeg Manitoba November 26 final dividend of 18 cents a bushel will be paid to farmers by the Canadian Wheat Board. The payment applies to participation certificates used by the government to return to farmers the 1919 wheat profit above the guaranteed price after an audit of the board’s books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadian Wheat Board
Ghost terrorizes Selby children in Worcestershire countryside
Police baffled by a ghost seen by numerous local children along the countryside near Selby England. A large white figure has provoked fear as officers chase the elusive phantom. One witness claimed to seize the specter and said it wore a railway conductor's uniform.
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Selby
Eng
Rankin Assists At Conference Session in Enfield
A. M. Rankin of High Point was elected by stationing committee members to work with the church conference president during its 95th annual session at Enfield. Rankin will help appoint ministers and preachers for next year. Rev. George R. Brown led the opening Lord's Supper and Rev. R. M. Andrews of Greensboro presides as the conference meets for several days.
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A. M. Rankin
High Point
Church Conference
Enfield
Rankin
George R. Brown
R. M. Andrews
DD. D
Greensboro
Cotton Prices Drop Again Amid Nervous Market
New York November 26 The cotton market opened weak with nerves high and Liverpool weakness abroad. First prices fell 30 to 70 points, with Dec futures at 16.25, Jan 15.85, Mar 15.75, May 16.66, and July 16.65 as of opening.
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New York
Liverpool
Ty Cobb Booed From Ball Yard in San Jose
Ty Cobb was booed by fans in San Jose after quitting the game at the end of the sixth inning following an argument over an empty ball. The umpire and the San Jose team kept the ball in play as Cobb refused to bat and left the park. Cobb’s All Stars lost 7 to 2.
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San Jose
Cal
Ty Cobb
Ball Park
Cobb
All Stars
Swedish Minister to U S is Dead in Washington
W A F Ekengren Swedish minister to the United States died in Washington after a brief illness. He was appointed minister in 1912 after six years as secretary and councillor at the legation. He was married to Laura Wolcott Jackson who survives.
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Washington
W. A. F. Ekengren
United States
Legation
Laura Wolcott Jackson
Restocking Louvain Library With German and American Volumes
In Louvain Belgium on November 26 German savant libraries are being bought to restock the Louvain Library. German professors face heavy taxation and high living costs, bringing rare volumes to market. M Louis Stainier, head of the Library Restoration committee, notes American donors have supplied 35000 volumes from England and a modern collection that lacks a true university character. Books are stored wherever space is found as no building exists to house the influx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louvain
Belgium
M. Louis Stainier
Library Restoration Committee
London Daily News
England
Austria's Fiscal Crisis Deepens in Postwar Era
Vienna reports worsening finances with an estimated deficit of 13 to 20 billion crowns for the year. Allied investigators and some papers contest the figure, while total indebtedness nears 1.0 trillion crowns. Banknote circulation has quadrupled since April, and 33 percent of Austro-Hungarian bank notes are now in the republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Republic
Hamon Dies After Wounding in Ardmore Hotel
Jacob J. Hamon a Republican committeeman from Oklahoma who was wounded in a Ardmore hotel room last Sunday night died this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamon
Ardmore
Okla
Oklahoma
Head of Sinn Fein Movement Is Arrested
Dublin report says Arthur Griffith founder of Sinn Fein Prof John MacNeill Sinn Fein MP for Londonderry town and others including MacNeill’s son were arrested by the auxiliary police. Griffith, active Irish freedom spokesman, alleged reprisals policy by England began over a year ago and started with the Cork lord mayor assassination last March.
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Sinn Fein
Dublin
Associated Press
Arthur Grifth
John MacNeill
Londonderry Town
MacNeill
Auxiliany
America
Eamon de Valeria
Irish Republic
Arthur Griffith
Ireland
England
Cork
Irish leader Arthur Griffith arrested in Dublin
The Irish office announced at noon that Arthur Griffith was arrested in Dublin at 2 o'clock this morning and that no formal charge had yet been preferred against him.
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London
Arthur Griffith
Dublin
Fire safety push urges new double tower stairways
The North Carolina insurance department led by Commissioner James R Young calls for removing interior stairways to prevent panic during fires. They advocate double tower stairways in schools dormitories and charitable institutions as safer exits. Data on life and property protection from fires is available on request.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Insurance Department
James R. Young
Insurance Commissioner
Curfew on Dutch Workmen Insurance Sparks Rural Resistance
In APPLEDORN Holland on November 26 a rural resistance grows to the state insurance law requiring all workmen to accept death or disability coverage. In this town alone 48 cases were brought to the court for prejudice against any insurance, seen as betting against fate.
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Appledorn
Holland
Tax Collectors Soar in Turkey Oversight Pressures
A New York dispatch reports Turkish tax agents levy heavy levies on sugar at 10 cents per pound and demand $229 tax on a $595 car, sparing schoolbooks. The Near East Relief protests this rate as officials in Samsoun Armenia relay details from Constantinople area.
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New York
United States
Near East Relief
Samsoun
Armenia
Constantinople
Local Court Bustled With Assault and Disorder Cases
Judge O Arthur Kirkman presided over a busy municipal session. Chris Bambalis, owner of a local case, was convicted of assault and fined ten dollars plus costs. L W Post, described as white, guilty of language likely to breach the peace, fined ten dollars and costs. Ed Ingram, identified as negro, convicted of assault on his wife, paid ten dollars and costs. Boston Hill convicted of cruelty to animals, fined ten dollars and costs.
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O. Arthur Kirkman
Chris Bambalis
Kirkman
Bambalis
L. W. Post
White
Ed Ingram
Boston Hill
Graves Pleads Guilty in Raleigh Mail Theft Case
Graves, former Henderson post office clerk, pleads guilty in federal court to robbing U S mails of about 19000 dollars. Most funds were recovered by post office inspectors at arrest. Judge Connor postpones sentence until Graves’ father arrives from St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Ees Graves
Henderson
Wheat futures shrink to below 150 per bushel
Wheat values fell below 1.50 per bushel for the first time since peace conditions returned. The decline was blamed on bank failures weakness in foreign exchange and a fresh cotton price drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
German pacifist professor backs world court in league
Berlin dispatch reports Professor Walter Schuecking a leading German pacifist and Reichstag member endorses Elihu Root's idea that the league of nations should secure international justice through a world court. He says the United States should join rather than stay away to help build the league as a holy alliance of nations.
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Berlin
Walter Schuecking
Reichstag
Elihu Root
League of Nations
Schuencking
Scandinavian States
Nobel Institute
Associated Press
United States
League
Holy Alliance of Nations
Taxes Hit Vienna Hotels Hard as New Charges Take Effect
Vienna taxes push hotel rates up with a 20 percent rent tax and a 10 percent municipal charge on dining, plus a 50 crown daily heat levy. The restau rant tax mainly targets major hotels and outlets popular with foreigners, creating a tariff like spike in lodging bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Song and Dance Revue at Popular Place of Amusement
Milt Frank Ford presents Song and Dance Revue today and tomorrow in an entire change of program. The talented company has drawn large crowds with each bill and promises another success. Also shown will be the tenth episode of The Woman in Grey starring Arline Pretty and Henry Q. Sell, offering comedy singing and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milt Frankford
Woman In Grey
Arline Pretty
North Carolina General Assembly Set After 1931 Vote
The 1931 assembly will have 130 Democrats and 40 Republicans with 11 Republicans and 39 Democrats in the Senate and 91 Democrats against 29 Republicans in the House. Republicans gain three seats overall, Buncombe’s Miss Exam Clement becomes the first woman member. Complete elect list with districts and lawmakers follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
General Assembly
Senate
H. M. London
Mr. Londons
W. N. Long
Halifax
J. L. DeLaney
Mecklenburg
W. A. Reinhardt
Catawba
Watauga
Alleghany
Ashe
Orange
Polk
Caldwel
Jackson
Stanly
Transylvania
Yancey
Doughton
Butt
Matthews
Bertie
Young
Lucker
Johnson
Crisp
Fountain
Cox
Gatling
Wright
Darden
Taylor
Grier
Grady
Dawson
Neal
Pharr
Brown
Everett Shaw
Swain
Propst
Pass
Spence
McGuire
Bryant
Buncombe County
Exam Clement
Asheville
Window Shade Prices Fall After Cotton Slump
New York November 26 price reductions of about 34 1 4 percent on window shades were announced by the Columbia mills the nation’s largest shade maker. The cuts bring prices near prewar levels as cheaper cotton enables the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia Mills
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Geensboro
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Walsh
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Ames
Pennsylvania
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House
Man Abernethy
Kenneth O. Burgwin
Wilmington
E. F. McCulloch, Jr
Elizabethtown
L. R. Varser
Lumberton
Dr. J. Vance McGougan
Fayetteville
James Raynor
Benson
W. P. Byrd
Lillington
Leon
Brassfield
R. S. McCain
L. M. Carl‘on
Roxboro
Khighteenth
Beneban Cameron
Stagville
J. Elmer Long
Wm. R. Walker
Spray
Concord
Charlotte
Walter HH. Woodson
Salisbury
A. F. Sams
Winston-Salem
C. MM. Jones
Walnut Cove
L. Baume
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