High Point Moves to Enforce Roof Ordinance After Fires
Fire Chief Horney cites three fires caused by sparks on shingle roofs in 35 days. Condemned buildings must be remodeled or face prosecution as new inspections begin November 15. The ordinance sets approved roof coverings and requires full replacement within 12 years for combustible roofs.
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High Point
Horney
Chief Horney
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc
Chicago
Illi
Suitor's Banter and Mother's Proud Talents Highlighted
A London Passing Show quip features a mother praising her daughter who sings, plays the harp, and studies botany zoology and bacteriology while speaking Hindustani Portuguese and Cingalese. The suitor replies he could wash a dog or cook a chop in an emergency.
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London
Brick Wall Collapses. One Killed in Greensboro Construction
Goose Gains brick mason Goins is crushed to death as a two story wall collapses at the Burber Furniture Co project on East Green Street. Four others are injured, including white workers Horner Nance Owens and colored Bert Hill. Authorities blame faulty cement mix with excess sand for structural failure.
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Goose” Gains
J. L. Horner
Greensboro
Clarence Nance
White Oak
Charlies Owens
Bert Hill
High Point
Burber Furniture Company
East Green Street
Goins
Sechrest
Owens
Soviet envoy Kollontay barred from U S travel by Wilson order
Washington reports the state department has again invoked President Wilson's ban on advocates of anarchy to prevent Madame Alexandra Kollontay, Soviet Russia's sole woman diplomat, from passing through the United States on her way to become minister to Mexico. Previously the measure blocked the Hungarian Count and Countess Karolyi and British MP Shapur Saklatvala.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
United States
State Department
Soviet Russia
Alexandra Kollantay
Mexico
Kellogg
Karolyi
Hungary
Shapuri Saklatvala
Former Soviet Minister Kollantay Denied US Visa in Berlin
Madame Kollantay former Soviet minister to Norway visited Berlin and applied to the American consul general for a passport visa to visit the United States. The request was denied.
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United States
Kollantay
Norway
Berlin
Managua Earthquake Kills Several and Widespread Damage
An earthquake in Nicaragua on November 5 killed several people and caused severe property damage across the country. The tremors lasted about 50 seconds and were felt nationwide, marking Nicaragua's worst quake since April 1898.
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Managua. Nic
Nicaragua
Gynecologist Dr Fothergill Dies After Banquet Speech
Dr. W. BE. Fothergill, renowned gynecologist, collapsed and died last night in Manchester after delivering a humorous University banquet address. Collision of events noted by AP with no other details on cause.
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Fothergill
Manchester
Eng
W. BE. Fothergill
Michigan cherry growers send 40 pound pie to President Coolidge
A cherry pie weighing 40 pounds and spanning a yard was sent to President Coolidge by Michigan cherry growers as a symbolic gift.
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President Coolidge
Michigan Cherry Growsers
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