Panama Seeks Court Ruling on Canal Zone Sovereignty
At Geneva Panama foreign minister Eusebio Morales urged arbitration by a world court over sovereignty in the canal zone. The U S State Department said the U S holds sovereign rights in the zone under current treaty and that the League has no jurisdiction over this matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Panama
League of Nationa Assembly
United States
Canal Zone
Canal Belt
League
League Council
Enrique Villagas
Chile
Busegio Morales
America
Panama Canal Zone
State Department
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Eusebio Morales
Kellogg
Washington
Coolidge Returns to Washington to Push Policy Agenda
President Coolidge resumes work in Washington after a 1900 mile rail trip from South Dakota. He plans fast decisions on a possible special congressional session, ambassador appointments to Mexico and Cuba, and a successor to Leonard Wood in the Philippines. He will seek funds for Mississippi levee repairs and discuss farm relief while weighing the no run in 1928 pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
South Dakota
Congress
Senate
Mexico
Cughba
Leonard Wood
Philippine Islands
Mississippi River
Mississippi
McCarl
Hoover
White House
William M. Butler
Republican National Committee
Butler
Seven Planes Take Last Hop Shippers OF RACING BALLOON IS STILL IN THE AIR
Southern shippers and traffic league officers met in Atlanta for the opening of a railway rate hearing on proposed changes to less than car load shipments. The board of governors of the Southern State Traffic League and the Southern Public Service commissioners also convened to decide their stance ahead of the October 4 hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Shippers and Traffic League
Charles S. Barham
Southern Freight Committee
Southeast
Southern State Traffic League
Charlotte
High Point
Asheville
Savannah
Chattanooga
Nashville
Memphis
Montgomery
Mobile
Charleston
Columbia
New Orleans
Harris T. Moore
Traffic League
League
Board of Governors
Southern Public Service Commissioners
H. F. Lee
Alabama Commission
S. C. Blea
Balloons Still Aloft In Gordon Bennett Race From Detroit
Four of the 15 balloons are unreported four hours after departure from Ford airport. Eleven have landed with the Wallonie, Brussels, and Brandenburg, Sugar Island, among the noted landings. Winds favor a southerly course toward Florida as teams contend for best distance and possible victory for Er. J. Hill’s Detroit entry.
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Detroit
Ford
Carolinas
Norman B. Conger
United States Weather Bureau
Seaboard
Cape Sable
Fla
Landigs
Wallonie
Philipe Quersin
Maurice Theis
Sandersville
Er. J. Hill
United States
Hill
Georgia
Cooper
Lafayette
France
Rex
Italy
Munster
Germany
Barmen
Flight dreams and perils hover as round-the-world planes push on
Reports from Tokyo Omura and New York depict American fliers Edward F. Schlee and William S. Brock edging toward a Japan to Midway to Honolulu leg before facing weather and safety doubts. Other trans Atlantic hopes fade as Old Glory search continues. several crews withdraw or delay as crews assess hazards and await favorable winds.
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Omara
Japan
Edward F. Schlee
William S. Brock
Detroit
Associated Press
Midway Island
Honolulu
San Francisco
Tokyo
Pacific
Omura
Americ
Wayner
Brock
Schlee
Kasumigaura
Nagasaki
Shanghai
China
East China Sea
Bungo Channel
Royal Windsor
Phil Wood
A. C
Duke) Schiller
Harbor Grace
New Foundland
Old Orchard
Rene Fonck
Navy Department
Lawrence Curtin
Stephen Edwards
New York
Transylvania
Carmania
Lapland
Charles Kaidd
Four new firms chartered at Raleigh
Four companies were chartered in Raleigh on Sept 12. Siler City Furniture Co. of Siler City authorized capital 50,000 and subscribed 500 by C. N. Bray E. J. Bray and Junius Wren. Charlotte Equipment Co. of Charlotte with 50,000 authorized and 3,000 subscribed by W. McClelland S. McClelland W. A. Ebert and H. L. Taylor. Brown Remedy Co. Inc. of Warsaw authorized 506,000 capital subscribed 300 by D. Brown W. O. S. Chestnutt and E. H. Chestnutt. Potato Waffles Corp. of North Carolina Inc. of Greensboro authorized 25,008 capital subscribed 12,000 by W. R. Worley T. A. Worley and M. F. Ruffner.
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Raleigh
Siler City Furniture Co
Siler City
C. N. Bray
E. J. Bray
Junius Wren
Charlotte Equipment Co
Charlotte
W., S. McClelland
W. A. Ebert
L. Taylor
Brown Remedy Co. Inc
Warsaw
Sr. D. Brown
W. O. Singletary
E. H. Chestnutt
Potato Waffles Corp. of
North Carolina
Walter R. Worley
Thusta A. Wéorley
Greensboro
M. F. Ruffner
Roanoke
Stone former investment banker pleads guilty in mail fraud
George W. Stone, ex-president of the George W. Stone Co. of Cleveland, pleaded guilty in federal court to using the mails in a defrauding scheme. He was sentenced to three years in the Atlanta penitentiary and fined $1000 plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
George W. Stone
George W. Stone Company
Cleveland Ivestment Brokers
Atlanta
Harriet strike ends as workers return to Harriet Cotton Mills
About 800 textile workers in Henderson end a month long strike by returning to four Harriet Cotton Mills plants. They reject a 12 percent raise and push to restore the 1924 wage scale, with average current pay cited at 9.90 dollars weekly. No village disturbances were reported as Sheriff Jearney plans to demobilize deputy patrols after tonight or tomorrow.
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Henderson
Harriet Cotton Mills
Jearney
Vance County
Cook seeks Supreme Court review of probation authority
Dr Frederick A Cook the Arctic explorer petitions the Supreme Court to decide if the northern Texas federal district court had power to place him on probation for mail fraud after his 1923 conviction and Leavenworth sentence. The district court granted probation despite government opposition. The Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits diverge on such probation rulings.
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Washington
Frederick A. Cook
Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Texas
Leavenworth
Cook
District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Dr. Cook
Circuit Courts
Sixth
Sixth District Court of Appeals
Glenn Murra
Nebraska
High Point Expects Big Department Store Soon
Frank Sizemore of the chamber of commerce says chances of a first class department store in High Point have doubled in a week. He is talking with several parties and believes a store could open shortly. Merchants see benefit, noting locals shop out of town for items, and a store here could keep shoppers local and draw customers from nearby areas. He cites improved business due to reduced Greensboro trading in recent weeks and expects further details soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Frank Sizemore
The
Chamber of Commerce
Sizemore
Greensboro
Tunney Hired Social Secretary At $15 000 Says This Complaint
Chicago August 12 AP Judge Otto Kerner refused to stop the Dempsey Tunney bout while he denied an injunction to restrain Dempsey from boxing until he carried out an alleged contract with the Coliseum club for Chicago to fight Harry Wills. Thomas M McHale Tunney’s social secretary last year filed suit for $15 000 alleging breach of contract and claiming he acted as business secretary and adviser until Tunney engaged Eddie Eagan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Otto Kerner
City Schools Open For 1927 28 Term In Town
Thousands of pupils returned to eleven public schools as the new term began. The highlight was the opening day at the new high school on Jones street with townspeople viewing the modern equipment and auditorium during brief exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New High School
Jones Street
Guinusa
Younts Authorized to Represent North Carolina Abroad
Governor McLean wired Paul Younts the retiring North Carolina American Legion commander in Antwerp authorizing him to represent the state on all formal occasions during the Legion’s visit to foreign countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
McLean
Paul Younts
North Carolina Department of the American Legion
Antwerp
Belgium
Younts
Legion
Cotton declines as liquidation, weather trim bale value
New Orleans September 12 AP heavy liquidation and better weather pushed cotton prices down by more than four dollars per bale. December contracts rallied to within seven points of the government report level issued last Tuesday, though some of the gains faded in later trading.
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New Orleans
Balloon race narrows to Hispania Dux contest for trophy
Detroit September report notes five entries outdistanced and seven others unreported as the James Gordon-Bennett balloon race narrows to a duel among the Spanish Hisapnia, the Italian Dux, and one unknown balloon.
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Detroit
Mrs Elder And Co Pilot Haldeman Fly To Wheeling From Tampa
Mrs Ruth Elder and co pilot George Haldeman launched from Tampa at 7 11 am aiming for Wheeling West Virginia Their route covers Lakeland Jacksonville Columbia Newton and Richmond en route to Roosevelt Field and a future New York Paris hop Ed Cornell of Winter Haven and T H McArdle of Lakeland rode as passengers with plans to reach Wheeling then Roosevelt Field for Atlantic crossing efforts
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Tampa
Fla
George Haldeman
Ruth Elder
Wheeling
W. Virginia
Haldeman
Miss Elder
Ed Cornell
Winter Haven
Thomas H. MceCardle
Lakeland
New York
Paris
Roosevelt Field
Atlantic
Elder
West Virginia
Jacksonville
Columbia
S. C
Newton
N. C
Richmond
E. F E. Cornell
T. H. McArdie
Incendiary Fire Fails at Hickory Paper Box Plant
A second alleged arson attempt targeted the Hickory Paper Box company plant last night between 9 and 10 o'clock. A pile of rubbish kindled at the rear was put out by passersby, prompting police notification and an investigation with no motive yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
Hickory Paper Box Company
State Collections Exceed Expenses In August 1927
The North Carolina general fund ended August 31 1927 with a credit balance of 2 198 557 17 dollars and the state collected about half a million more than it disbursed during August. The month began with a credit balance of 1 593 6117 dollars and the biennium started July 1 with 1 493 582 dollars.
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Raleigh
State of North Carolina General Fund
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Dr. E. Morales
Eeeeee Coolidge
D.C
Southeastern States
Blackwood Flying Field
Tenn
105Th Observation Squadron
South Carolina
Earth
Frances W. Grayson
Long Island
Aviatrix
Europe
Rith Elder
MacIntosh
Dublin
Anthony Wreford
Paul Tarascon
Charles A. Levine
Frank T. Courtney
Westminster Gazette
Courtney
Corunna
Spain
Hinchcliffe
Levine
Karachi
India
Doc Cook
Tunney
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