Earthquakes Flash Across North America From Regis College
An intense earthquake was reported on the Regis College seismograph in Denver at 9 a.m. with the disturbance continuing and pins thrown from the instrument as Father Forstal noted the vast tremor may affect the American continent. Separate reports from New York and Cleveland described distant quakes four thousand miles away and a visually intense tremor centered near Central or South America.
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Denver
Regis College
Father Orstall
Father Forstal
Utaye
Pacific
New York
Forham University
Cleveland
Ohio
Father Denback
John Carroll Univerity
Father Odenbach
Sentral
South America
Suit Filed Against High Pointers Over Crash Injuries
L Grucker and wife sue C H Cox and Interstate Construction Co of High Point in superior court for 3000 and 3500 dollars claiming their car collided with a parked unlit truck and road machinery on the Asheboro Greensboro highway injuring them on September 30.
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Grensboro
L. G.rucker
Chamges
C. H. Cox
T. Cox
High Point
Iterstate Construction Company
Asheboro
Greensboro
Brucker
Ruth Elder ends sea voyage, longs to fly again
Ruth Elder on the steamship Lima after finishing a trans Atlantic voyage started by plane says she is tired of life at sea and yearns to fly. She suffered seasickness and a cold during a rainy day at Ponta Delgada Azores and felt good spirits upon reaching Funchal Madeira but longs to fly again.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Ruth Elder
Lima
Miss Elder
Ponta Delgada
Azores
Funchal
Madeira
Belated addition lists two Civil War battle casualties
In Dunn on Oct 24 AP reports two more casualties from Bentonville the last Civil War clash. A shell found by Rev J J Langston exploded at his home injuring his wife Mrs Langston and their young son. the shell had been swept into the fire by Mrs Langston who did not know it was loaded.
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Dunn
Bentonville
J. J. Langston
Prison Life Puts Stamp On Carroll
The New York American prints Earl Carroll's parole memoir on Atlanta prison life describing the 3200 inmates as a silent, leaden marching army. He recalls a grim corridor and deep fear of terror, questioning society’s punishment and the chance for true understanding after release.
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New York
New York American Today
Earl Carroll
Atlanta
Carroll
Bank Control System Held Responsible For Bank Failures
Dan V. Stephens of the Fremont State Bank blamed the deflation era bank failures on the number and supervision of banks. He urged limiting charters and improved supervision, and proposed adopting a credit clearing house approach to state and federal banking agencies.
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Houston
Tex
American Bankers’ Association
Dan V. Stephens
Fremont State Bank
Fremont
Neb
Stephens
Treasury
Comptroller of
Credit Clearing House
Grayson Plans Fresh Try After Dawn Flight Fails
Mrs Frances Grayson commander of the Dawn trans Atlantic expedition determined to retry to Copenhagen in the monoplane Dawn after three previous failures. A left motor problem and a dangerous fuel overload near Sable Island prompted swift fuel release to avert catastrophe as engineers in New York evaluate the craft.
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Oldmachard
Frances Wilson Grayson
Copenhagen
Grayson
Brice Goldsborough
Wilmer Stultz
T. Harold Kinkade
Wright Motor
Ivor Sikorsky
Kinkade
Sikorsky
New York
Goldsborough
Duke Road ReQ Overruled In Piedmont and Northern Case
North Carolina interests urge nine exceptions to Haskell C. Davis report denying Piedmont and Northern railway extension from Charlotte to Winston Salem. They argue extensions would raise $8.5 million in annual gross freight revenue and that existing carriers would not suffer undue losses. Duke interests seek rejection of examiner findings and a full reversal of the report.
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Charlotte
Haskell C. Davis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Piedmont
Northern
Commission
North Carolina
W. S. Creighton
Charlotte Shippers’ and Manufacturer’ Association
P. and N
South Carolina
Spartanburg
S. C
Gastonia
N. C
Winston-Salem
Conmission
Air Losses Heavy As Parachute Accidents Kill Seven
Yesterday multiple aviation incidents across the United States caused seven deaths and injuries to four others. In Japan the N-3 ships burned after a forced sea landing with crew rescued. Fatal crashes occurred near Lincoln Nebraska near Santa Monica California Mount Clemens Michigan and Kansas City with pilots and passengers named or described.
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United States
Japan
Lincoln
Nebru
Carl Carr
Don Ceasel
L. Brengman
M. C. Biting
Santa Monica
Cal
J. A. Cary
Bernard Albright
Detroit
Mount Clemens
Mich
Hollis Woodworth
W. S. Lesseman, Jr
Los Angeles
Kenneth Davis
Kansas City
Clarence Hauger
Sarah Duncan
Hauger
Donegal
Lindbergh Resting After 22,350 Mile Tour Start
Charles A. Lindbergh rested at Mitchell Field after landing the Spirit of St. Louis from Philadelphia. He said he has no plans and will visit Michigan briefly before deciding his next steps, denying political or commerce office ambitions. He praised the plane and announced plans to overhaul the aircraft.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Michigan
Mitchell Field
St. Louis
States of
Union
Harry F. Guggenheim
Guggenheim Fund For the Promotion of Aeronautics
Lindbergh
Philadelphia
Department of Commerce
Congress
San Diego
Calif
Paris
Mr. Guggenheim
William P. McCracken, Jr
Commerce For Aviation
Harry 8. New
Death visits North Carolina legislature again
In Raleigh on October 24 AP reports the 1927 North Carolina General Assembly has seen its third member die since adjournment. Senator Horatio T. Fulton of Cleveland County died at 54 at his King's Mountain home. Earlier deaths included Senator Clarence Call of Wilkes County and Senator Donald A. MacCracken of Columbus County.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
State House
Horatio T. Fulton
Cleveland County
King’s Mountain
Clarence Call
Wilkes County
State Senate
Donald A. MacCracken
Columbus County
Crop Of Suckers Grows As Flourishingly As Ever
At the American Bankers Association convention Harry W. Rienl of the St. Louis Better Business Bureau argues the birth rate of suckers changed little. He cites promoter cards calling targets wealthy prospects lilies and warns bankers to guard depositors against schemes with quoted mottos like once a sucker always a sucker.
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Houston
Tex
American Bankers’ Association
Harry W. Rienl
Better Business Bureau of St
Morrow Arrival Seen as Hopeful in Mexico Ties
Mexico City editorials hail Dwight W. Morrow as ambassador, urging he can heal strains between the U S and Mexico. Excelsior calls him a banker statesman and a trusted choice while El Universal sees him as a key North American figure to ease economic tensions.
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Mexico City
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
Excelsior
Morrow
Coolidge
el Universal
United States
Mr. Morrow
Washington
Inquiry Launched Into Mayo Island Stand Collapse
Mayor J Fulmer Bright ordered a vigorous inquiry into the Mayo Island park stands collapse that injured nearly a hundred people on Saturday. The probe will consider weathering faulty construction or overloading, with city officials to testify as needed and plans to reinforce stands for upcoming games. The incident prompts talk of a concrete stadium as the current banked stands often flood and dampen timbers.
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Richmond
Mayo Island Park
J. Fulmer Bright
Bright
R. Henry Beck
James E. Cannon
University of Richmond
Roanoke College
Richmond News-Leader
James River
Mayo Island Corporation
Richmond Ballclub
Helmet May Hint at Redfern Fate From Georgetown Find
The state department received by mail a waterproof American made helmet from the Georgetown Georgetown consulate in British Guiana. The helmet may provide a clue to the fate of Paul Redfern the missing Brunswick Georgia Brazil aviator.
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Washington
State Department
Georgetown
British Guiana
Paul Redfern
Brunswick
Brazil
Healing by Faith Prayer Claims Instant Cure at Calvary
Dr. Straton led a service at Calvary Baptist Church praying over 30 attendees for healing through laying on of hands. He stated that one woman with neuralgia was cured instantly and anointing with oil followed prayers in a room off the main service.
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New York
John Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
Straton
Strat
Mistrial Not Allowed In Crime Case
Fayetteville Tennessee October 24 AP Henry Mitchell a wealthy Pea Ridge area farmer was acquitted of murdering a man believed to be his half brother Grover Howard who had escaped from the South Carolina asylum in 1921 The jury found insufficient evidence to convict but did not return a not guilty verdict Judge R W Smartt noted the jurors minds were set against declaring guilt and that a not guilty verdict would be appropriate The state claimed a $15000 life insur ance benefit and the deceased was found December 17 with a chain around his foot attached to a mare The defense questioned the credibility of the states key witness who had threatened the man at his home
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Fayetteville
Tenn
Henry Mitchell
Pea Ridge
Grover Howard
South Carolina
Columbia
R. W. Smartt
Smartt
Mitchell
Bandit Leader Daniel Cruz Killed by Federal Troops
Dispatches from Mazatlan report Daniel Cruz, bandit leader blamed for a train attack near Acaponeta in Nayarit and for fatally wounding American school teacher Florence Anderson, has been killed by federal troops.
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Mexico City
Mazatlin
Daniel Cruz
Acaponeta
FallTestimony Details Teapot Dome Claims and Quiet by Payment
Government evidence shows Albert B Fall knew interior department claims to Teapot Dome were invalid before pressuring Harry F Sinclair to settle with more than one million dollars. Pay W Tallman testified Fall sought caution and feared unscrupulous parties seizing the claims. Tallman and interior geologist Herbert W MacFerran prepared two reports in 1921 denouncing all five Teapot Dome claims.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Interior Department
Teapot Dome Naval Reserve
Harry F. Sinclair
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Fall
W. Tallman
General Land Office
Interior Secretary
Tallman
Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Wyoming Naval Reserve
MacFarran
Cheyenne
Admission decision in Sinclair Fall contempt trial stalled
Justice Siddons of the District of Columbia Supreme Court postponed ruling on admitting Sinclair and Fall testimony from the Senate oil committee. He sought further evidence on whether Sinclair was subpoenaed and the legality of his appearance, with emphasis on a December 24, 1922 statement about going to Three Rivers, New Mexico in 1921 to discuss leasing the Navy Teapot Dome reserve.
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Washington
Senate Oil Committee
Harry F. Sinclair
Albert F. Fall
Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Sinclair
Senate
Three Rivers
N. M
Navy
Teapot Dome
Interior
Committee
Eleven Die From Violence In North Carolina Over Weekend
North Carolina records eleven deaths from violence in the past weekend. Seven due to automobile accidents and one from self-inflicted causes. Names include Marvin Strickland of Goldsboro and Elizabeth Wallace of Wilmington, among others across Wilmington Winston-Salem Burlington Lumber Bridge Sylva Lagrange Vandemere Rockingham Rosemary.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Marvin Strickland
Goldsboro
Horace Blanding
Wilmington
W. P. Southern
Winston-Salem
Robert Askew
Burlington
Elizabeth Wallace
Willie Sutton
Sylva
Colin Moore
Rev
R. T. Rightsell
Lagrange
Earl Harris
Vandemere
Johnson Baynes
Rockingham
High Point Church Census Reveals 10345 Members in May 1925
The May 1925 religious census in High Point counted 10 345 church members with 7 000 active workers. The Young People's societies organized the effort led by chairman ae L Tibball. 331 workers conducted the survey over two Sundays.
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High Point
Young People’s Societies
Ae L. Tibball
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Rosemary
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