Mexico Directly Accused In Nicaraguan Affair
Startling testimony in a murder trial as the so-called Pig Woman testifies while lying on a cot. Snow clouds the Middlewest as corn belt temperatures fall and small gales threaten, with warnings posted along the Great Lakes aside from Ontario.
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Mexico
Middlewest
Great Lakes
Ontario
Chicago
Central
Illinois
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
St. Louis
A. Vernon Smith
Nickle Plate Railroad
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Corn Belt
Northwest
Queen Marie Cancelled Tour End Plans After Ill King
Queen Marie cancels remaining official and social functions amid news from Bucharest on King Ferdinand’s condition. The royal party may sail from New York on Berengaria November 24, with routes and visits in Detroit Richmond Washington and Spray, N C in doubt as trains proceed.
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Louisville
Marie
Bucharest
Ferdinand
Indianapolis
Detroit
New York
Baltimore and Ohio
Harper’s Ferry
Richmond
Washington
Spray
N. C
Ira Nelson Morris
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Henry Ford Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
Witnesses reveal lovers' plans in choir tragedy case
Mrs. Elsie Barnhardt testifies that the slain choir singer said she and Dr. Hall planned to go away, possibly to Japan, as defense surprises unfold. Judge Frank L. Cleary sits nearby during the testimony.
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Elsie Barnhardt
Mills
Hall
Japan
Barnhardt
Frank L. Cleary
Love Letters of Carol of Romania in French court case
Paris dispatch notes that Carol of Romania and Zizi Lambrino's letters are used as evidence in a suit over damages and a name for the couple’s son. The dispute traces to Carol’s annulled 1919–1920 marriage to Zizi and later marriages, with allegations of jurisdiction and scandalous conduct raised by Lambrino’s counsel.
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Zizi Lambrino
Romania
Zizi
Paris
Carol of
Hohenzollern
Carol
Helen
Greece
Rumania
Magda Lupescu
Jassy
Mme. Lambrino
Ilarie
Mama
Mme, Lambrino
Madame l Lambrino
Witness identifies Stevens kin in double murder case
In Somerville New Jersey Mrs Jane Gibson testified she saw Henry Stevens and Willie Stevens near the scene of the killings of Rev Edward W Hall and Mrs Zicanor Mills. She described voices shots and screams and identified Henry Stevens in the moment but declined to name the other man.
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Vrs
Gibson
Jersey City
Henry Stevens
Nan
Henry Carpender
Willie Stevens
Testimony Begins In Hall Mills Case With Weak Jane Gibson
Mrs Jane Gibson arrived by ambulance to testify in the Hall Mills trial at 11 23 AM after hospital treatment in Jersey City. Prosecutor Simpson introduced Jane Easton as the witness noting the night of September 16 1920 she was at home and described following a wagon to the scene near New Brunswick where she identified Mrs Hall and Willie Stevens.
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Court House
Somerville
Jane Gibson
Hall- Mills
Jersey City
Jane Easton
Simpson
Jenny
New Brunswick
Mrs. Gibson
Fellowship Meet Held at School Observes World Fellowship Week
The second joint meeting of the Girl Reserves and the Hi Y club at High Point high school took place this morning. Robert Myers presided as Hi Y president. The program featured songs scripture readings talks and a piano solo by Thomas Douglas. City librarian Marianne Martin spoke on The Desert of Waiting while four class presidents assisted.
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High Point High School
Robert Myers
Marianne Martin
Wanda Penny
Thomas Douglas
Competition Seen Calamity for Open Tournaments
New York November 18 The AP reports next year both British and American open tournaments will be impossible. American Open dates are tentatively June 23 to 25 at Oakmont near Pittsburgh, overlapping the British schedule.
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New York
Oakmont
Pittsburgh
Brazil rushes troops to Rio Grande do Sul clashes
Reports from Montevideo say the Brazilian government is sending troops to areas in Rio Grande do Sul after clashes between revolutionary elements and state troops as border advisories describe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Uruguay
Rio Grande Do Sul
Bootleg Queen Captured in Miami Police Nab Ruth Smith
Ruth Adelle Smith aged 25, alias Patricia Henderson, described as the bootleg queen of the Pacific coast, was captured in Miami by police. Authorities say she has been a fugitive since November 1924 and formerly lived in San Francisco.
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Miami
Fla
Ruth Adelle Smith
Patricia Henderson
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Non Pariel Chapter Meeting Set at Country Club
The Non Pariel chapter of the Delphian society will hold its meeting tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the Country club.
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Non Pariel
The
Delphian Society
Country Club
Queen Marie to Halt American Tour Amid King Ferdinand's Illness
Queen Marie of Romania will cut short her U S tour with stops in Louisville Cincinnati and Detroit as she heads to New York and plans to sail November 24 on the Berengaria. The decision was announced by Marie after receiving discouraging reports from Bucharest regarding King Ferdinand. Colonel John H. Carroll, in charge of the train, was summoned to relay the news.
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King Ferdinand
Louisville
Marie
New York
Jeana
Prince Nicholas
Detroit
Cleveland
Queen Marie
Ferdinan
John H. Carroll
Bucharest
Cincinnatti
Queen Marie Arrives in Louisville Amid Health Concerns
Queen Marie and her party reached Louisville at 4 25 am after an overnight train journey from Indianapolis. She announced the tour’s likely end subject to change and requested rest until 10 am. New schedule shifts include Cincinnati and Detroit visits. she tearfully asked to go home as cable news from Bucharest reported worsening health of her husband.
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Louisville
Queen Marie
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Detroit
John H. Carroll
Bucharest
King Ferdinand's Condition Calm Says Averescu
Premier Averescu told parliament last night that King Ferdinand's ailment causes no anxiety and that while the illness has persisted for a long time the cure will be slow. Doctors diagnose sigmoiditis or inflammation of the large intestine.
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Bucharest
Romania
Ferdinand
Averescu
Georgians Plead Guilty To Murder As Lynchers
Nine members of a mob that removed Dave Wright from the Douglas county jail and lynched him in August pleaded guilty to murder. Sentences ranged from four years to life, marking Georgia’s first full life sentence for mob violence. Brown led the mob and was jailed for life. eight other defendants received four to twenty years.
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Douglas
Dave Wright
Georgia
Major Brown
Wright
Robert Bullard
Harry D. Reed
Brown
Reed
Archie Tenner
George Lott
Paul Cody
Willie Arnold
Willis Tanner
Joe Hutto
Alma Hester
Charlie Adams
Zelphie Rollins
Mrs St John A Lawton Re elected UDC President General
Mrs St John A Lawton of South Carolina was re elected president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The renomination reflects continued leadership for the historic group and its activities nationwide.
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Richmond
St. John A. Lawton
South Carolina
The
United
Purnell's Attorneys Say Case Will Be Carried Higher
In Benton Harbor Michigan on November 18 AP reports Benjamin Purnell leader of the House of David faces extended litigation. Attorneys Dewhirst and Barnard say the defense will be carried to higher courts over charges of individuals and state. bail is set at 120000 and the colony faces disbandment action. The king awaits further court action as he appears aged and pale with a cane.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Benjamin Purnell
Purnell
Michigan
H. T. Dewhirst
California
W. J. Barnard
Paw Paw
Parnell
Dewhirst
Barnard
King Ben
Southern authorities authorize stock issue
Stockholders of the Southern Railway Company authorized a thirty million dollar increase in common capital stock. Ten million dollars will be offered to stockholders at par, one new share for each nineteen held, with subscriptions open to record holders as of November 24, 1926. Payments may be staged through December 28, 1926 and August 1 or November 1, 1927.
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Richmond
Southern Railway Company
Charlotte High to host playoff for western NC title
Charlotte high school will host the playoff game against Asheville for the right to meet the Winston-Salem Greensboro winner in the Western North Carolina championship. Coach Jack Cadwell announced the game at Wearn Field at 2 30 Saturday afternoon. Fans preferred a home ground, and Asheville officials agreed to move the game from Gastonia.
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Charlotte Charlotte
Charlotte
Asheville
North Carolina
Gastonia
Jack Cadwell
Wearn Field
Charlotte High
Committee Agrees on 8 Tax Reduction Plan
Washington Nov 18 AP Senator Simmons of North Carolina and Representative Garner of Texas lead a Democratic tax committee group in backing a plan for a permanent tax cut totaling 8825,000,000. The proposal would lower the corporate income tax to 12 percent or less and repeal excise taxes. Simmons suggested the total reduction could rise to 400,000,000 and proposed slight tobacco tax changes and reduced surtaxes on income between 30,000 and 90,000.
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Washington
Senator Simmons
North Carolina
Representative Garner
Texas
Congressional Committee
Simmons
Successor Not Yet Named by Baptists
Wilmington Nov 18 Action on a resolution protesting what is described as persecution of Baptist missionaries in Queen Marie s country was to be taken at the afternoon session of the North Carolina Baptist convention in Wilmington Delegates said the resolution would be adopted and the denomination would continue efforts for religious freedom in Romania.
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Richmond
Raines
United Daughters of the Confederacy
John H. Anderson
North Carolina
Florida
Virginia
Alabama
John Woodbury
Jeanne Fox Weinman
Townes Randolph Leigh
Orrin Randolph Smith
Children of the Confederacy
Decca Lamar West
Texas
Rose Loving
Texa Bowen Williams
California
Wilmington
Marie
North Carolina Baptist Convention
Rumania
Wake Forest President Poteat resigns amid convention actions
Wilmington delegates to the state Baptist convention hear of Dr. William L. Poteat's resignation and election of a president emeritus. The body adopts a plan to elect trustees for Baptist institutions, names Campbell College, and lists possible successors and speakers for 1927. Durham chosen as next convention site.
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Wilmington
State Baptist Convention
Wake Forest College
William L. Poteat
Durham
Zeno Wall
Shelby
Poteat
Buie’s Creek Academy
Campbell College
J. A. Campbell
Convention Hall
John L. Hill
The
Baptist Sunday School Board
Gilbert T. Stephenson
Raleigh
John E. White
Anderson College
A. A. Murphree
University of Florida
W. J. McGlothtin
Furman University
J. B. Weatherspoon
Highland Baptist Church
Louisville
Governor and Notables Attend Hyde Road Celebration
In Swan Quarter Hyde county marked its greatest celebration led by the governor Highway Commissioner Frank Page and other notables. The event celebrated the completion of the hard surfaced highway route linking the county with the state and drew the largest crowd ever seen at the port on the Pamlico Sound’s upper edge.
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Swan Quarter
N. C
Frank Page
Hyde County
Pamlico Sound
Radio set stunt ends in two deaths in Greenville
George W. Mace aged 22 and William Stafford aged 10 were electro cuted in Greenville South Carolina when a copper wire they were lifting for a radio set touched a high voltage line. The accident occurred in the back yard of Mace's home on Green Avenue Extension as the wire crossed the power line last night.
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Greenville
George W. Mace
William Stafford
Green Avenue
Mexico Nicaragua Tension Deepens Over Gun Running Allegations
The Nicaraguan president Adolfo Diaz formally presented to U S authorities a charge that Mexico invaded Nicaragua’s sovereignty. Diaz sought Washington’s aid as gun running between Mexican shores and Nicaraguan revolutionary camps raised a delicate cross border dispute amid strained relations with the United States.
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Washington
Mexico
Nicaragua
Adolfo Diaz
United States
U S Eyeing Mexican Role in Central American Turmoil
Washington grows alarm over Bolshevist activity from Mexico influencing Nicaragua and Guatemala. President Diaz seeks intervention and amnesty as five gun-running ships depart Mexican ports for Central American coasts. Officials fear Mexican connivance and possible U S naval action to curb arms shipments.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Panama Canal
Nicaragua
Adolfo Diaz
Diaz
State Department
Kellogg
Central America
Guatemala
Moravians End Three Day Moravian Synod Session
The Triennial session of the Southern Moravian Synod at Old Home Church in Winston-Salem concluded with election of officers and adoption of reports. Reports show continued growth, new charges, and plans for more churches. J K McConnell of Leaksville was ordained deacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Moravian Synod of
Southern Moravian Church
Old Home Church
J. K. McConnell
Leaksvile
Moravian Church
Duke Will Meet Navy For 1927 Football Clash
Duke University or Naval Academy schedule a 1927 game to be played October 22 at Annapolis. The Duke slate also lists a contest with Columbia University of New York at Durham.
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DUKE
Durham
Duke University
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Columbia University of York
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Ueen Marie
U. S
Hyde Road
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