Jealous Lover Fires Hit Woman Then Volunteered Blood Transfusion
Washington reports Grover Gordon, a Wheeling youth, shot Mrs. Florence Robinson over jealousy and two hours later offered to donate blood to save her life. Doctors say outcome uncertain as police call it an extraordinary crime incident in the capital. Gordon is held as Mrs. Robinson fights for survival.
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Washington
Grover Gordon
Florence Robinson
Gordon
Wheeling
W. Va
Mediation Offers from Argentina Chile and Brazil
Regional powers Argentina Chile and Brazil propose mediation. No change in status reported.
Miners May Not Begin Work Monday Amid Fuel Shortage
Across many cities coal shortages threaten Monday starts as rain and snow grip Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma. In Salina Kansas a saw mill will process wood for distribution as temperatures drop and emergency measures spread. State Department seeks early Jenkins release amid possible mediation by Argentina Brazil and Chile, with reports of US citizen Wallace shot by Carranza troops adding to tensions.
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Washington
State Department
Jenkins
W. M. Wallace
Hadeen
Carranza
Obregon
Mexico City
Brazil
Chile
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Salina
Hunger strike at Ellis Island ends as most radicals eat
The Ellis Island hunger strike by 268 radicals ends with all but five eating at breakfast after five days. Ethel Berstine and Dora Lippin, arrested in a raid on a New York Russian HQ, remain with a protest to remove an iron barrier to visitors. In Washington, talks between Pennsylvania Governor Sproul and operators aim to protect miners returning to work, seen as a move to end the strike.
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Ethel Berstine
Dora Lippin
New York
Washington
Pennsylvania
Sproul
Philadelphia
Five Football Victims Reported This Season
Chicago reports show five football deaths during the season spanning Thanksgiving. The toll is the lowest in years, down from 1918 by five and seven compared with two years ago, with 18 lives lost in 1916 and 16 in 1915. Open-style play is credited with reducing fatalities.
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Chicago
Soviet Make Peace Talks With Esthonians
London reports Estonia will start peace negotiations with Soviet Russia on December 2. Soviet delegates are expected to cross the front near Pakov. Bolshevik forces attack along the Marva front but are repulsed with heavy losses, per Estonian statement. Miss Edith Thompson of North Carolina College for Women spent Thanksgiving with her mother on English Street, accompanied by Miss Nell Chester.
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London
Russia
Pakov
Marva
Edith Thompson
North Carolina College For Women
English Street
Nell Chester
Rosie Wilmot
Rosie
Southern Newspaper Publishers Urge Newsprint Cut
The Southern Newspaper Publishers Association in a Birmingham meeting calls for a 10 percent reduction in newsprint use through 1920. It urges eliminating features, shrinking pages, editions, and text to conserve wood pulp amid soaring prices and paper shortages.
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Ublishers’ Association
Birmingham
America
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Association
Wilsons Message to Congress Delayed by Illness
President Wilson drafts his forthcoming address in his sick room and will transmit it Tuesday. Congress opens Monday to appoint committees and plans a joint session Tuesday to receive the message. The session will extend into summer with major bills on treaties and radicalism awaiting action.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
France to receive 10 German submarines under allies plan
Paris reports the supreme council decided to allot ten U boats to France. The rationale notes France could not expand submarine production during the war as plants were devoted to munitions, justifying the reduced share under the postwar division of German naval tonnage.
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Paris
France
Supreme Council
German Niners 10 Go on Strike
Berlin reports that the Bittefel district workers voted 6000 to 4000 to strike while pledging to perform emergency work to keep Berlin supplied with electricity. The move comes via the semi official news agency.
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Berlin
Bittefel
Army Favorite for Today’s Army Navy Game at Polo Grounds
New York November 29 194? Army favored to beat Navy in the annual college football clash at the Polo Grounds with 45000 tickets sold. Light rain made the field heavy and slippery and favored the heavier Army lineup despite unsettled morning weather. Odds favored Army at 5 to 4 and 2 to 1.
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New York
Army
Navy
Polo Grounds
Annapolis
Man Eats Rat Poison To End His Life In Charleston
N Grodsky a young Jew is in the sanitorium recovering from rat biscuit poisoning eaten yesterday in a suicide attempt. He was found by two women near Mechanicsville after a late trolley car incident. Dr Claude Reitzel removed poison from his stomach and Grodsky said he sought death due to financial troubles. He had traveled from Charleston to visit relatives who promised a business setup.
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N. Grodsky
Mechanicsville
Claude Reitzel
Carlton Kirkman Wins Scholarly Delegation Honor
Carlton Kirkman son of P V Kirkman and Trinity College Durham student has won a scholarship and been elected one of four delegates to represent Trinity at the national convention of college students in Des Moines Iowa from December 31 to January 4.
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Carlton Kirkman
P. V. Kirkman
Trinity College
Durham
Des Moines
Iowa
Plans for new railroad from Brevard to Seneca
Brevard announces a meeting of interested parties that approved plans for a railroad line from Brevard to Seneca South Carolina. A preliminary survey will begin immediately. In St Louis Madame Powell the violinist recovered from a gastric attack during a recital and is reported out of danger.
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Brevard
Seneca
U S. C
ST. Louis
Madame Powell
Injured in Greensboro High Point Jitney Wreck
Several people were slightly injured when a Greensboro High Point jitney overturned two miles past Greensboro. The vehicle skidded on asphalt and veered into a roadside ditch before rescuers brought passengers to High Point for medical care. A traveling salesman suffered a fractured arm and was the only serious injury.
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Greensboro
Greens
High Point
Alabama Miners to Renew Strike at Midnight
Alabama coal miners will renew the strike at midnight and reject a 14 percent wage increase. A mass meeting of miners is set for tomorrow to coordinate further action.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Young Man Severely Injured in Cotton Gin Accident
Ora Anthony, a young farmer near Caps, was badly injured this afternoon while operating a cotton gin on his father’s farm. His aunt was caught in the machinery during the incident and Ora may lose his right arm. He was taken to a local hospital for examination at 3 o clock by physicians.
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Ora Anthony
Gardner Here To See Friends In North Carolina Town
Thon. O. Max Gardner, lieutenant governor of North Carolina and potential gubernatorial candidate to succeed Bickett, is in High Point. He will depart tonight for Winston-Salem to deliver an address tomorrow.
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O. Man Gardner
Thon. O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Bickett
Winston- Salem
Automatic telephone system eyed for High Point
Roy Owens of Automatic Electric Company Chicago meets High Point officials to plan an automatic dialing system to replace current service. He says many cities have such systems and Chicago recently got one. Over half the dials in High Point already have green installed and the rest will follow soon. Materials are being manufactured and should ship soon. Completion is expected in February or March.
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Roy Owens
The
Automatic Electric Company
Chicago
High Point
Mrr
Owens
Lynching of Sam Moseley Reported Near Lake City Florida
A mob hanged Sam Moseley near Lake City after an alleged insult to a young white woman. Passersby discovered his body hanging from a tree by the roadside, ending hours of fear and tension in the area.
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Lake City
Sam Moseley
Volunteers Ready to Begin Digging Coal
Topeka reports preparations to resume coal mining under state receivership with Governor Allen predicting 10,000 tons daily by mid next week if work starts promptly. About 4,000 volunteers have offered as coal diggers.
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Topeka
Allen
Immediate wage talks with coal miners show mixed outlook
Chicago report says early results from the 14 percent wage grant will not appear today. Operators expect some men to return to work Monday while miners doubt a broad restart, especially in Ohio Illinois Indiana and western Pennsylvania. Mild weather eases low temperatures across many towns.
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Chicago
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Weather forecast for week in South Atlantic states
Weather predictions issued today for the week begining Monday call for fair conditions in the South Atlantic states with temperatures below normal in the first half and nearly normal in the second half.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Enterprise Office Extends Old Rate Subscriptions
The Enterprise office on North Main Street stays open tonight to allow subscribers to renew at the old rate of BD a year. Tomorrow the price rises to $64 yearly, but subscribers can extend at the old rate today.
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North Main Street
Welock
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