Robinson dies after home pistol scuffle with sister
Conley E. Robinson, young local attorney, dies at Presbyterian hospital after a pistol discharges during a scuffle at the Robinson home. Katherine Robinson claimed the shooting was accidental as a confrontation over alcohol led to a weapon being fired during the struggle. Police report a trail of blood noted the extended fight, with Katherine later granted bond awaiting further questions.
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Presbyterian Hospital
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Katherine
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Mrs. Robinson
C. M. Robinson
Catawba
Cecil Robinson
Conley Robinson
J. C. Caldwell
Tariff War With France Is Settled
Paris reports an agreement in principle with the United States on the French tariff question. The deal suspends recently imposed high rates and aims toward a permanent commercial treaty. Talks between American chargé d affaires Sheldon Whitehouse and French commerce minister Maurice Bokanowski continue amid adjustments.
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United States
Sheldon Whitehouse
Maurice Bokanowski
Belgium
Switzerland
Bokanowski
Germany
Testimony on $90,000 in Fall bonds linked to Teapot Dome lease
In Washington on October 27, government evidence showed $90,000 in liberty bonds were deposited to a safety box under Albert B. Fall after the Teapot Dome lease to Harry F. Sinclair. Z. T. Rule testified Everhart placed the bonds May 29, 1922, for Fall, with bonds later attributed to Tres Ritos Land Company. The trial also notes Fall and Everhart’s stock and related transactions as the case progresses.
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Albert B. Fall
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
Fall
Sinclair
Z. T. Rule
First National Bank of Pueblo
Colo
M. T. Everhart
Senate
Roberts
Cheyenne
James G. Darden
Darden
Teapot’ Dome
B. Safford
Firt National Bank of Pueblo
A. B. Fall
Rule
Tres Ritos Land Company
Everhart
Tres Rites Company
Merle Thompson
Carol Faces Government Push Against Monarchist Return
Paris dispatch reports Romania's martial law and arrests as the government vows to block Crown Prince Carol's restoration. Manoilescu awaits trial for plotting, letters from Carol found, and Carol at St Malo asserts the regime suppresses discussion.
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Carol
Belgrade
Bucharest
M. Manoilescu
Averescu
Manoilescu
Magda Lupescu
St. Malo
French
Ferdinand
Bratiano
Lexington Man Kills Himself After Car Crash
Walter F. Lopp, 49, Lexington merchant, died from a self inflicted gunshot after a car crash on South Main Street. A coroner's jury ruled suicide. He had borrowed the car and pistol minutes before the tragedy and bought six cartridges to leave the gun with his wife. He had a nervous episode earlier in the week but was improving. He served as a trustee of the Lutheran Orphanage Home in Salem Virginia. Funeral set for 11 a.m. Saturday.
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Walter F. Lopp
Lopp
Gudger Chosen to Head the Realtors
B. Frank Gudger of Asheville was elected president at the North Carolina Realtors association annual convention in Raleigh. C. C. Knight, also of Asheville, named secretary. Board members include A. K. Moore Greensboro H. P. Spaugh Winston-Salem R. E. Snow High Point Ross Sigman Salisbury William Coleman Asheville Wm. Struthers Jr. Wilmington J. H. Carson Charlotte. The group plans to meet next year in Winston-Salem after selecting Asheville as host city.
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Winston- Salem
Asheville
B. Frank Gudger
C. C. Knight
A. K. Moore
Greensboro
H. P. Spaugh
Winton-Salem
R. E. Snow
High Point
Ross Sigman
Salisbury
William Coleman
Wm. Struthers, Jr
Wilmington
J. H. Carson
Charlotte
Blind musician Easley to give piano recital in Erlanger hall
Lexington October 27 Blind musician H G Easley of Burlington formerly president of the North Carolina association of workers for the blind will present a concert at Erlanger hall tomorrow night at 730 under the Erlanger M E church Men's class auspices. The program will feature a piano recital and vocal solos by Easley who is described as a talented pianist and singer.
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H. G. Easley
Burlington
North Carolina Association of Workers For the Blind
Erlanger Hall
Erlanger M. E. Church
Easley
New Treatment May Save Tarkington's Sight
Mrs. Tarkington reports Booth Tarkington received a new serum treatment by Dr. John Ray Newcomb of Indianapolis. The novelist has partial sight in the left eye after years of trouble and potential restoration hope for the right eye following the trial.
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Booth Tarkington
John Ray Newcomb
Indianapolis
Rescue Ships Rush To Mafalda Sinking Region Off Bahia
Rescue vessels speed toward the area off Bahia where the Italian liner Principessa Mafalda sank after an explosion. About 600 miles north of Janiero, 68 of 98 passengers and 240 crew are unaccounted for, with survivors recounting dramatic escapes and SOS calls.
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Principessa Mafalda
Brazil
Porto Segura
Here
South America
Rio
Mafalda
SOS
Reynolds heir on prolonged vacation amid business ventures
Richard J. Reynolds, 21, heir to the Reynolds tobacco fortune, is described by attorney G. W. Orr as taking a personal rest while directing Reynolds Airways and his stake in Reynolds Tobacco. The will awards a two dollar bonus for every dollar earned in legitimate business, plus a $50,000 annual income until age 28 and a vast future fortune. He reportedly bought Curtiss flying field at Mineola for a large down payment, signaling significant aviation growth.
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Richard J. Reynolds
Reynolds Tobacco
St. Louis
G. W. Orr
Winston-Salem
N. C
Reynolds
Reynolds Airways, Inc
Reynolds Tobacco Company
Curtiss
Mineola
Publix theatres indicted over Dempsey Tunney fight films
The Publix Theatre Corporation and two Charlotte operators were indicted by a federal grand jury in Statesville for transporting prize fight films after showing the Dempsey Tunney bouts in Charlotte. Judge E Y Webb ruled the exhibition legal as bonds of 5000 were posted and the films remained shown through the week.
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Publix Theatre Corporation of
New York
Publix Theatres
Charlotte
Federal Grand Jury
Imperial
Alhambra
E. Y. Webb
Publix Theatre Corporation
Young rum runner Arnold Williams jailed for deadly hit
Arnold Williams 19 received a 3 to 5 year prison sentence after confessing to running down and killing C. E. Kirkpatrick’s 18 month old child in Greensboro on October 3. The incident occurred at night and Williams admitted his involvement in court.
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Greensboro
Arnold Williams
C. E. Kirkpatrick
Bebe Daniels Confined With Influenza
Beverly Hills report says actress Bebe Daniels is confined to bed with influenza. Doctor notes the illness is not serious and she is under medical care.
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Bebe
Beverly Hills
Cal
Bebe Daniels
High Point History Shows No Licensed Barrooms
The town's charter prohibited a licensed barroom since incorporation. The closest thing was a small wooden building on East Commerce Street built in the 1860s by a man who went to fetch whiskey and returned to find his structure torn down with a door notice reading move on.
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High Point
Commerce Street
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