Rockwell Killed in Aerial Battle with German Aircraft
Kiffen Yates Rockwell dies in an Alsace air duel while serving in the French aero corps. Born 1892 in Morristown, raised in Asheville, he earlier earned a war cross and military medal from General Joffre after downing four German planes. His brother Paul Rockwell served as a war correspondent in Atlanta.
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Asheville
Kiffen Yates Rockwell
J. C. Rockwell
Morristown
Tenn
Kiffen
Mr. Rockwell
Whiteville
N. C
Lula Ayers Rockwell
Paul Rockwell
Agnes Rockwell
Lula Rockwell
Winston-Salem
Keen Rockwell
Europe
Massingale Advertising Company
Atlanta
Paul
France
Foreign Legion
Nifs
Young Rockwell Falls While Winning Glory
Paris reports Sergeant Kitten Rockwell, of Asheville and Atlanta, mortally wounded in an aerial fight over Thann while serving with the Franco American flying corps on the Verdun front. He fell in reconquered Alsace near the site where he shot down his first adversary five months ago. A few hours prior he had earned distinction in combat.
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Leutenant
Hartmans Weilerkopf
Verdun
Rockwell
Foreign Legion
Arras
Flying Corps
Paris
Kitten Rockwell
Asheville
Atlanta
Thann
Cdy
Alsance
Seaboard Train Crash Injures Dozens at Bowers Hill
A Seaboard Air Line passenger train No. 12 collided with a coal train at Bowers Hill near Portsmouth injuring score or more. Conductor W P Clement engineer W A Steele and fireman W Durham among the seriously hurt. Mrs Samuel Solomon and Mary Dardena among other passengers. All taken to King's Daughters hospital. officials cite switch tampering as cause. railroad detectives probing.
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Norfolk
Seaboard Air Line
Bowers Hill
Portsmouth
W. P. Clement
W. A. Steele
William Durham
Samuel Solomon
Mary Dardena Negro
King’s Daughters Hospital
Fourth Week of Conference in New London
New London Conn Sept 25 Mexican American joint commission enters the fourth week of talks with officials expressing satisfaction at progress. American members plan to extend inquiries into social economic and military issues in northern Mexico to ensure any border control agreement matches intended internal reforms.
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New London
Conn
President Wilson Defends Eight Hour Law in New Jersey Speech
In Long Branch on September 25, President Wilson opened his re election campaign with a Shadow Lawn speech defending the eight hour day and rejecting Republican criticism of his railroad settlement. He warned that labor and capital must cooperate to prevent disruptions to commerce and life, praising federal measures aiding business while stressing the need to avoid workplace hostility. He noted bipartisan support for the eight hour law and thanked business leaders and officials present, including W P Runyon, Mrs. Witton, and officials like Gregory Burleson Morgenthau Schiff.
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Mr. Wilson
Charles F. Hughes
House of Representatives
Senate
Wilson
America
Shadow Lawn
W. P. Runyon
Perth Amboy
N. J
Covutry
Witton
Gregory
Burleson
FE. M. House
Lienry Morgenthau
Purkey
Jacob Schiff
War May Bring Back Wayside Shrines in Britain
London reports that war may revive wayside shrines and roadside prayer as soldiers pray before them in France. Churchmen call for road shrines, noting the old Russian custom once common in England.
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London
France
Russia
Standard Underwear Elects Its Officers
The Standand Underwear Mills of High Point elected its officers including Jarney Nearns as president and Kearns as secretary. Board of directors includes H. H. C. Kearns Jr, J. W. Harris, A. M. Rankin, and G. H. Kearns. The company plans to start work by October 1.
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Standard Underwear
J. W. Harris
A. M. Rankin
Kearns
G. H. Kearns
Board of Directors
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Wiffon Yates Rockwell
Lanta
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Tle Front
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Newport
Tema
North Carolina
Lala Ayres
South Carolina
Young Rockwell
Washington and Lee University
Virginia Military Institute
Atlinta Constitution
Seaboard
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Presi
Dent Wilson
Busi
Ness
New Jersey
The
Commercial National Bank
Savings Department
High Point, N.C
J. Elwood Cox
C. M. Hauser
V.-Pres
V.A
Standand Underwear Mills
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High Point
Jarney Nearns
Chichester S
Chichester
Piamond
Fadline
Senator Overman
Overman
Charlotte Observer
Greensboro Record
Springfield
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