President Coolidge Meets Ambassador Sheffield in Campaign Talks
President Coolidge conferred with James R. Sheffield American ambassador to Mexico on foreign and domestic issues amid Mexico policy hints for the fall campaign. Mrs. Sheffield plans a New York City event for Senator Wadsworth while other ambassadors may join state efforts.
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Paul Smith
Coolidge
James R. Sheffield
Ameri
Mexico
New York State
Sheffield
New York City
Wadsworth
Houghton and Schurman
London
Berlin
White Pine Camp
Saranac Inn
Here
White House
Confesses to Killing Couple Four Years Ago
Henry Nelson, 35, convicted at Statesville, confesses aiding in the 1922 New Brunswick New Jersey double slaying. He says he drove the car and was paid 300 dollars. he did not fire the shots. Nelson has been in prison since 1925 on burglary charges and has a long arrest history.
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Illinois Penientiary
New Brunswick
N. J
San Quentin
Calif
Chicago Bureau of Identification
Nelson
California
Chicago
Alcatraz Island
Milwaukee
Wis
Baptist Pastor Returns From Hills on Vacation
Reverend Samuel T. Hensley, pastor of West End Baptist Church, has returned from a mountain vacation and will preach today. He plans revival services starting late September or early October, with nightly sermons including A Quarette Of Fools, drawing a large crowd.
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Samuel T. Hensley
West End
Mussolini Escapes Bomb Attack as Italy Demands France Restraint
In Rome a bomb thrown at Mussolini failed to injure him but heightened tensions with Republican France. Mussolini vowed to end such plots, warning responsible governments to curb anti Italian disturbances. An assailant, Ermete Giovannini, was captured as the premier lauded strong measures including capital punishment.
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Rome
Mussolini
France
Italy
Black Shirts
Fascism
Il Duce
Colonna’ Square
Alps
Villa Tortolonia
Chigi Palace
Ermete Giovannini
Giovannini
Europe
High Point Chamber Pushes 27 000 Goal for World Adverts
Chamber plans continue this week with 100 campaigners to reach absent citizens and close the 27 000 target for advertising High Point. Frank Sizemore notes many residents abroad, but expects strong support as national magazines and papers highlight North Carolina prospects and piedmont dairying and manufacturing.
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Chamber of Commerce
Frank Sizemore
Chamber
Sizemore
High Point
Wisconsin
Piedmont
North Carolina
City schools set to open as 7000 students enroll
High Point youths prepare for a new term as 7000 plus students register for the 1926-27 season. Teachers arrived and plan meetings as openings are scheduled for tomorrow. Many students depart for colleges including the largest NC University delegation, Duke, Wake Forest, Davidson, Guilford, Elon, and others. High Point College opens with record enrollment and a first senior class.
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High Point
North Carolina University
Chapel Hill
Duke University
Wake Forest
Davidson
Guilford College
Elon College
High Point College
Navy pilot wins free-for-all pursuit race at air meet
Lieutenant Cuddihy wins the 120 mile national air race meet event on a 12 mile triangular course in Philadelphia. He averaged 180.495 miles per hour and is said to have set a world record for standard pursuit ships.
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Philadelphia
C. T. Cuddihy
Navy
Suddihy
Large buildings completed near city limits signal growth
In High Point two major facilities have opened: a furniture refinishing plant on Thomasville road costing 10000 and owned by E. E. Sensenbach, offering auto painting by the Mimax method, plus across the street a Gulf Refining company plant valued at 50000 with an advanced oil station. The Gulf plant expansion reflects rising business, and officials claim it is among the state’s best equipped.
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High Point
Thomasville
Gulf Refining Company
E. E. Sensenbach
H. A. Moffitt
South
North Carolina
Fred N. Tate
Continental Furniture Company
Firing Reports Confirmed Against US Destroyers in Chinese Waters
Naval dispatch confirms firing on the destroyers Stewart and Pope in Chinese waters on September 5 with surface wounds to two crewmen. The Sling was bombarded the day prior. ships did not return fire as the source remained unseen five miles below Hankow on the Yangtze.
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Washington
Stewart
Pope
Navy Department
Clarence S. Williams
Asiatic Fleet
Yangtsee River
Hankow
Admiral Williams
Baptist Girl's Auxiliary Meeting at Green Street Church
The Girl's Auxiliary of Green Street Baptist church met at Miss Ruth Stallings home 800 Commerce Street. They discussed enlisting new members and heard an interesting program. The next session will be at Miss Margaret Dorsett's on Willowbrook Street September 27.
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Girl’s Auxiliary
Green Street Baptist Church
Ruth Stallings
Commerce Street
Margaret Dorsett
Willowbrook Street
Tate Buys Five Acre Emerywood Estate Near Country Club
Fred N. Tate, president of Continental Furniture, buys five acres near the country club in Emerywood from Sunset Park and Stephen C. Clark for more than 50000 dollars for a private estate. He plans a mansion and expects family homes on the tract as development begins soon.
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Fred N. Tate
Continental Furniture Company
Country Club
Emerywood
Sunset Park Company, Incorporated
Stephen C. Clark
Tate
Hillcrest
High Point
Tate Estate
Spain Withdraws from League of Nations
Spain announces withdrawal from the League of Nations stating it acts in obedience to imperative duty. The resignation is dated September 8 from San Sebastian and signed by Foreign Minister Yang Zuai, delivered to Sir Eric Drummond in Geneva.
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Geneva
Spain
League of Nations
League
San Sebastian
Yang Zuai
Eric Drummond
Associated Press
Rally Day at First M P Church Services
High Point college students will attend morning services at First M P Church observed as Rally Day. The 9 45 oclock service invites the public to join in the observance.
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High Point College
Trial of Long and Gibson as Lesson to Girls
The case involving Doc Long Theodore Gibson and two young girls drew three Justices of the Peace who urged girls to avoid rides with unknown boys. They ordered the two boys held for Superior Court on $2000 bonds, urging caution and seriousness in such situations. Continued on Page Four.
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Doc’ Long
Theodore Gibson
High Point
C. C. Muse
R. E. Andrews
Justice Brown
Andrews
Simmons Says Half Billion Tax Cut Will Be Demanded
Senator Simmons of North Carolina declared that Democrats will push a half billion dollar tax reduction at the next Congress session. He accused Republicans of delaying relief to aid presidential ambitions and urged immediate use of a $562,000,000 treasury surplus for rate cuts and program acceleration.
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Simmons
Congress
Washington
North Carolina
Senate Finance Committee
Democratic National Committee
Treasury
United States
Faith healer given court approval to continue services
In Charlotte a Portuguese faith healer known as the Right Reverend Bishop was granted court authority to continue religious services despite a city ban. An injunction prevents city officials from stopping his public services while a Sept 18 hearing decides permanence. A baptism and tent services are planned amid protests from local negro ministers over alleged insincere healings and a baptismal ceremony for 600 revealed at $3 per head.
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Charlotte
Grace
Michael Schenck
Buster Rawley Home From Oak Ridge School
Albert Buster Rawley son of Mr and Mrs J P Rawley is home for the weekend from Oak Ridge where he attends school this term. He is in the Reserve Officers Training corps and enjoys Oak Ridge but prefers High Point and plans to visit often. He was in town for the circus yesterday.
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Albert
Buster) Rawley
J. P. Rawley
Oak Ridge
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Buster
High Point
Mrs. Alice Gooch Dies in Oxford Hospital
Mrs. Alice Gooch mother of Miss Lizzie Gooch of this city died in an Oxford hospital Saturday afternoon after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are not complete but burial is expected tomorrow afternoon.
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Alice Gooch
Lizzie Gooch
Oxford
Gooch
Anarchist Giovannini Confesses Motive Against Mussolini
Ermete Giovannini, born 1900 in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, describes himself as an individualist anarchist who planned the Mussolini assassination. He says anti Fascist forces in France financed the plot, though he insists he acted alone. He used inherited wartime bombs and carried a dumdum pistol. police doubt his solo claim.
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Rome
Ermete Giovannini
Mussolini
Castelnovo di Garfagnana
Italy
France
Nice
Marseilles
Paris
Pia
South Carolina to Hold Run off Next Tuesday
South Carolina's fall campaign nears end as candidates for the U S Senate governor and one congressional district rally in a whirlwind Democratic run off to be decided next Tuesday. The Democratic nomination in South Carolina is effectively the election.
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South Carolina
Columbia
D. C
United States Senate
Mabry, Raleigh Drug Store Owner, Dies Suddenly
Raleigh obituary reports William A. Mabry aged 52, proprietor of Capitol Drug Store, died after a heart attack struck during a telephone conversation with a customer. He lived about ten minutes after the collapse.
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Raleigh
William A. Mabry
Capitol
Presiding Elder Humble Dies At 52
The Rev. Hillary A. Humble, 52, presiding elder of the Wilmington district of the Methodist church, died at 9:50 p m at his home 519 Grace Street after two years of illness. His condition worsened Friday and he sank gradually until death. The body will be buried in Fayetteville with funeral arrangements to be announced Sunday.
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Wilmington
Hillary A. Humble
The
Methodist Church
Grace Street
Fayetteville
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Hills
Elsil Rowe
Baptist Girl's Auxiliary Meets
Long
Gibson
Buster” Rawley
Oak Ridge School
W. A. Mabry
Raleigh IS
Humble
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