Civitan head keys High Point club banquet
The International Civitan president O B Andrews of Chattanooga Tenn spoke at the Sheraton hotel banquet. Civitan endorsed establishing a city Y M C A and named a two member committee to attend the December 15 central meeting to plan the drive. The American Legion educational week was also endorsed with speakers including T J Gold J T Mann J J Farris R G C Haberkern and Dr John W Tankersey.
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High Point Civitans
O. B. Andrews
Chattanooga
Tenn
Sheraton
Civitan
Civitans
High Point
American Legion
Andrews
T. J. Gold
Pr. J. T. Mann
J. J. Farris
R. G C. Haberkern
Winston-Salem
John W. Tankersey
Greensboro
Klan Pastor Oscar Haywood Faces Church Probe
Rev. Oscar Haywood of the Cavalry Baptists faces church board inquiry after defying Mayor Moylan's ban on Klux Klan activity. Deacons will examine whether he violated church principles or impaired his usefulness as a Klan organizer. Date of appearance not set.
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New York
Oscar Haywood
Cavalry Baptists Church
Moylan
S. Raymond Estey
Haywood
Detroit Mayor James Couzens Named U S Senator
Detroit Mayor James A. Couzens was appointed by Governor Groesbeck to fill the unexpired term of former Senator Truman H. Newberry. Couzens accepted the appointment, the governor announced.
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Lansing
M.c
James A. Couzens
Detroit
Groesbeck
United States
Michigan
Truman H. Newberry
Couzens
Juniors to Hear Special Sermon at First Reformed Church
Rev Milton Whitener will preach a Thanksgiving sermon to High Point Juni or Order United American Mechanics in First Reformed Church A 7 30 p m Sunday meeting in Guilford council hall precedes the service with four lodges attending.
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Milton Whitener
High Point
United American Mechanics
First Reformed Church
Hall of Guilford Council
Salvation Army Drive Under Way in Gastonia
A financial campaign began Monday at 9 a m to raise 5000 for the Salvation Army post in Gastonia. Most funds stay in Gastonia with a portion for the divisional hospital in Greenville South Carolina where six Gastonia girls and infants were sent last year.
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Salvation Army
Gastonia
Greenville
S. C
Free State Executes Three Rebels in Dublin
Dublin November 30 The free state government continued executing rebels captured bearing arms. Three men were put to death today one for carrying a revolver and two for carrying bombs under the ongoing policy.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Morgan Denies Loan to Chilean Rail Fusion
J P Morgan and Co denied reports from Santiago that it offered a loan of 500000 pounds sterling to Chile's government for the fusion of the Chile Argentine Transludanean railway.
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Morgan
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Santiago
Sloan
High Point mirror maker F Ecker builds fame in Furniture City
Fer dinand Ecker, a leading south mirror manufacturer and High Point booster, came from Hartsville Lorraine in 1879. He lived 24 years in New York learning the trade before establishing a sole mirror factory in 1891. His High Point business grew as local furniture makers became customers. Continued on page four.
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Ferdinand Ecker
South
High Point
America
Hartsville
Lorraine
New York City
New York
Ecker
Mrs Shields Granted Liberty After Slaying Case
Deeland Florida November 30 Mrs Alice E Shields released from county jail after Feb detention in connection with the slaying of her husband William A Shields formerly of Illinois The district attorney did not press the charge of murder in the first degree due to the principal witness being out of state The prosecution had planned a trial this week.
London Reopens Nightlife as Licenses Rush In
London moves to renew licenses for night cafes music and dance halls amid a surge of demand. Churches and welfare groups protest claiming London has endured seven years without these venues and that reopening is unnecessary at this time.
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London
Governor Robertson to stand trial for bribery in December
Ada Oklahoma November 80 Governor J B A Robertson will go on trial in district court December 12 on a bribery charge. Special Judge Thomas A Edwards overruled a demurrer to the indictment and defense lawyers pressed for an immediate trial.
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Ada
Okla
J. B. A. Robertson
Oklahoma
Thomas A. Edwards
Harding to have fresh strawberries at Thanksgiving
In Kissimmee Florida President Harding is expected to enjoy fresh strawberries with his Thanksgiving Day dinner. Plant City growers sent selected berries by express in a specially constructed container to the White House yesterday.
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Kissimee
Fla
Harding
Plant City
Professor Johnson Visits Canal During Panama Transit
Professor Emery R. Johnson of the University of Pennsylvania, whose tolls system guided Panama Canal policy, travelled through the canal on Tuesday aboard the Santa Elisa and met Governor Morrow.
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Panama
Emery R. Johnson
University of Pennsylvania
Morrow
North Carolina Employment Bureaus Place 446 Workers
Four hundred forty six job seekers registered with the U S Department of Labor employment bureaus in North Carolina last week and were placed in positions. Federal Director M L Shipman released the regular report detailing the placements.
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Raleigh
United States Department of Labor
North Carolina
M. L. Shipman
Honey bee profits rise in North Carolina apiaries
NC honey bees yield high returns in a season says C L Sams of the agricultural extension service. About 200000 colonies exist in the state with many beekeepers reporting strong profits from careful management in the mountains Piedmont and coastal plain. One apiary with 60 colonies earned 750 cash in six working days. A 50 colony unit in another mountain county brought 600 cash.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
C. L. Sams
Agricultural Extension Service
Mountain
Piedmont
Coastal Plain
Auction sale of 15 automobiles seized under liquor law
Nearly a thousand people attended the Danville auction of 15 cars seized under the state liquor law. Cars varied in model and condition, with Edward Richardson winning a touring car for 11 dollars and Mrs Landon Campbell purchasing a durable car for 245 dollars.
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Danville
Edward Richardson
Landon Campbell
Governor grants 60 day respite for Willie Hardison
RALEIGH Nov 29 Willie Hardison a Black man scheduled for execution at the state prison received a 60 day respite from Governor Morrison. The scheduled electrocution was deferred Monday after a request by Solicitor J A Powers of Onslow county.
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Raleigh
Willie Hardison
Morrison
J. A. Powers
Onslow County
Owsley Outlines Legion Policy In Radio Address
National commander Alvin Owsley used government radio to define American Legion policy on disabled care immigration labor national defense and wartime compensation. He urged gratitude for veterans and called for vigilance to protect the constitution and Supreme Court while stressing illiteracy education and future citizen training.
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Washington
Alvin Owsley
The
American Legion
Rocky Mountains
Legion
Supreme Court
Owsley
America
Russia
United States
Birth Announcement for John Wilson
Mr and Mrs Joe Presnell of Vail Street announce the birth of a son John Wilson on November 28.
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Joe Presnell
Vail Street
John Wilson
Greek Cabinet Members Face Execution With Odd Bravery
Six former Greek cabinet ministers executed near Athens faced death with unusual calm. Theoktis Baltaantzis and General Hadjanestis appeared in their mantles, Gouvaris kept hands in pockets, Stratratos lit a cigarette and handed his case to an officer, while Tokas and Battantzis spoke cheerfully with Gounaris.
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Athens
Associated Press
Theotokis
Baltaantzis
Hadjanestis
Gounaris
Stratratos
Thatokas
Battantzis
Prototatanakis
Police hunt fourth bandit after Columbus shooting
Police in Columbus Ohio search for the fourth member of a bandit party that killed Patrolman Koehler and wounded Corporal Friddle. Two members were captured near Little Chapel, twenty miles west, after Friddle shot and killed one of them. Authorities believe the last man died from exhaustion or escaped by hopping a freight car.
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Columbus
Koehler
Friddle
Little Chapel
Here
Pen
French
Senator May Be Rail Manager
Detroit may name a United States senator as head of the city transport system next Monday Mayor James Couzens appointed yesterday to fill the unexpired term of Senator Newberry has indicated he will stay on as railway manager after reporting to Washington Acting Mayor John C Lodge and the street railway commission support the proposal
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Detroit
United States
James Coucens
Newberry
Washington
John C. Lodge
Street Railway Commission
Australian Railroad to Open Central Continent Rail Line
Adelaide reports a new Ooonadattan railway will run into the center of Australia and through the richest mineral and pastoral regions. The minister announces it as the first step toward grafting railways across deserts to boost commerce and serve as a defensive coastal barrier.
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Adelaide
South Australia
Lockout Averted in Metropolitan Building Trade
The Lockwood Legislative committee on Tuesday averted a threatened work stoppage in New York Metropolitan area by negotiating a truce between building employers and union workers, preventing idleness among about 100 000 laborers.
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New York
Navy
Lockwood Legislative Committee
Trinity coeds name Rowena Adams prettiest at college
Durham notes the Trinity College Chanticleer honor poll names Rowena Adams of Statesville as the prettiest among coeds. Other awards include Most striking Hunter Holloway, Most stately Hermennia Haynes, Most athletic Mamie Johnson, Most charming Helen Cantrell, Most original Nora Chaffin, and more from North Carolina and Missouri entrants.
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Durham
Helen
Mary Lickford
Trinity College
Rowena Adams
Statesville
Elizabeth Newcomb
Henderson
N. C
Ethel Merritt
Rowland
Aura Holton
Flora Meredith
Hagerstown
Florence Harris
Washington
Sal Agnes Judd
Varina
Family killed by stove blamed in Lan caster
State chemists concluded that Irving Jm Henderson his wife Florence and their four children died from carbon monoxide produced by a defective stove not from poison. The bodies were found in their Lancaster home on November 29.
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Columbus, O
Irving Jm. Henderson
Florence
Lancaster
Henderson
Kiwanis Back Move for High Point Y M C A
Kiwanis club endorses establishing a Y M C A in High Point and forms a two member per organization committee to work with other groups. Fred N. Tate urges a December 15 central meeting with Wilson Smith expected to discuss Y M C A plans and city impact.
Local highs win first cage game
High Point highs opened the 1922 basketball season by defeating the Greensboro highs in High Point last night by 14 to 12. The game was close throughout with a small margin for the victors as Ingram Irvin etc. played in the lineup and substitutions were made for Fuqua Ragan Perdue Hedrick and others.
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High Point Highs
Greensboro
High Point Cagers
High Point Pos
Ingram L
Irvin
Ragan
RF Williams
Fuqua
Carl Johnson
Roy Perdue
R.G
Fred
Ruth
Perdue
Hedrick
Ingram
Villa Declines Memoirs to Be Rancher and Benefactor
Pancho Villa in Durango declines to write his memoirs despite a reported offer of 50 000 dollars from an American publisher. He says he has no wish to perpetuate his adventures and prefers his small children hear of their father's exploits as a rancher and benefactor.
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Villa
Mexico City
Pancho Villa
Durango
Buckingham Palace to Replace The Mews with Garage
London November 13 The royal stables at Buckingham Palace known as The Mews will be demolished to make way for a modern garage able to accommodate the royal family's growing fleet of automobiles.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Regal Familly
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Fred N. Tate
Chamber of Comaneree
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C. Clark
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