Russia Arrests 28 Near East Relief Workers in Soviet Armenia
Twenty eight American Near East Relief employees in Russian Armenia were arrested by Soviet authorities. Most were teachers in orphanages and schools. Officials offered no reason beyond orders from Moscow, seen as a violation of the mandate under which the relief operates, prompting protests by American officers.
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Constantinople
Russian
Armenia
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Duke interests unveil $25 million power construction plan
Charlotte dispatch reports Duke interests announce a $25 million construction program as part of a larger $100 million electric power development in the Carolinas. The effort, led by W. S. Lee, aims to meet rising demand, with 1928 projects to expand hydroelectric capacity and additional output from High Rock and Oxford Shoals facilities.
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Charlotte
Duke
Two
Carolinas
W. S. Lee
Duke Enterprises
North Carolina
South Carolina
Barstow
Saluda
S. C
Southern Power Company
High Rock
Oxford Shoals
Yadkin River
Albemarle
Tallahassee
Catawba
Southern Rewer Company
Reynolds Dismisses Fuss Over Vacation Trip
In Rome the American Legion welcomed by Mussolini era Italy as Commander Howard P. Savage led 260 members to pay tribute at the tomb of the unknown soldier while Italian officials and troops observed. In St Louis the Reynolds heir mystery ended when private detectives found Richard J. Reynolds dining with a young woman and a man, later identified as Fanshaw Jones, and Reynolds agreed to reveal his whereabouts to collect a promised $3,000. He said he had been on vacation using an assumed name to avoid bother and planned to go to New York.
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Rome
American Legion
Good Will
Howard P. Savage
Italy
Henry P. Fletcher
Savage
Legion
Navy
Air Force
America
The
Mussolini
Romano
ST Louis
Richard J. Reynolds
Reynolds Tobacco
Grand Avenue
Reynolds
Fanshaw Jones
Jones
Hargrave Detective Agency
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Illinois
Florida
Reynolds Airways, Inc
Manville Davis
Fleet
Claridge Hotel
Fairmont
John S. Graham
Winston. Salem
Daniels Says Democrats Must Hit Privilege and Dollar Diplomacy
Washington September 28 AP Josephus Daniels former secretary of the navy urged Democrats to shift from talk of beer and religion to a hostile attack on privilege and dollar diplomacy He charged Morgan Mellon and wage a skewed system dominate diplomacy and taxation The talk included criticism of the Washington and Geneva conferences and a call to build a navy equal to any nation and to embrace a league of nations style naval reductions He faulted naval policy and urged bold actions to reset party spirit.
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Washington
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Wilson
House of Morgan
House of Mellon
Europe
Democratic Party
Daniels
England
United States
North Carolina
Wyoming
Denby
T. R
Hughes
Wilbur
Thomas P. Magruder
Wilbur Rejects Admiral Magruder on Navy Yard Costs
Secretary Wilbur challenges Rear Admiral Magruder’s claim that maintenance costs far exceed repair outlays in navy yards. He cites broader productive work totaling 101 million dollars with 80 million in maintenance, and 84 million production with 35 million maintenance for industrial yards, noting many items Magruder omitted. President Coolidge sees potential value in some ideas but opposes the overstaffing charge.
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Washington
Wilbur
Navy
Naval
Thomas P. Magruder
Navy Department
Navy Yards
Coolidge
Texas Bride Defends Self With Alibi
Rebecca Bradley Rogers is arraigned in Georgetown on arson charges linked to a Round Rock fire in December. The case includes a bank robbery allegation and notes she secretly married classmate Otis Rogers two years ago. six witnesses testified identifying her, while Otis Rogers announced their marriage.
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Georgetown
Texas
University of Texas
Rebecca
Bradley Rogers
Round Rock
Largest Man in South Carolina Joins Baptist Church
Greenville story reports J D Noe former Greenville police chief described as the largest man in the state joins City View Baptist Church after services by Rev E B Crain. Noe, weighing about 3800 pounds, will be baptized next Sunday night with about two dozen members including his wife.
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Greenville
S. C
J. D. Noe
Formmer
South Carolina
City View Baptist Church
E. B. Crain
Noe
United States
Forces Line Up To Fight Booze Issue
Wets and drys mobilize for Congress action on Prohibition in the coming session. Drys hold a vote edge in both houses while anti saloon league leader F Scott McBride prepares to press hearings on stricter enforcement amid a presidential campaign.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Antisaloon League
F. Scott McBride
Wayne B. Wheeler
Wounded men improve in Charlotte hospitals after rural clash
Rural Policeman Henry Mosely and H J Romeo Padgett were reported better at Charlotte hospitals after a battle with bootleggers early Monday. Lacy Fesperman is recovering. Cimarlie Padgett and Red allegedly aided the bootleggers. Frank Jones and his wife remain jailed.
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Charlotte
Henry Mosely
H. J
Romeo” Padgett
Lacy Fesperman
Cimarlie Padgett
Romeo
Concord Man Killed in Auto Accident
W F Moose 62 a prominent resident of No 8 township and manager of Union Supply in Concord was killed when his car hit a bridge near Mt Pleasant Cabarrus county. Eyewitnesses said he looked away briefly and failed to steer, causing a fatal crash.
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Concord
W. F. Moose
No. 8 Township
Union Supply Company
Mt. Pleasant
Cabarrus County
Moose
Better Textile Business Predicted By McLaurin Of Manufacturers
W M McLaurin of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association predicted better textile business as mills operate on preexisting orders. He noted buyers await the October 18 government crop report for a clear index, while current stock is low and profits are thin despite high volumes.
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Charlotte
W. M. McLaurin
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Beach Left State Will Be Returned
Willis Beach a poultry farmer sought on a warrant for aiding in the murder of Dr Alvin William Lilliedahl near Hammon ton on Sept 15. Beach fled before troopers arrived and Edison Hedgen said he would not surrender him but would bring him before a court or grand jury.
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Hammonton
N.J
Willis Beach
William Lilliedahl
Here
Edison Hedgen
Atlantic City
South Vineland
Grand Jury
Beach
Trenton
Elizabethtown
Raymond Beach
Lilliendahl
British official says seaplane to Nassau for piracy trial
L. A. Gates the British vice consul in Miami confirms reports that colonial authorities in the Bahamas ordered a seaplane from Miami to transport American citizen C. H. Nesle from Bimini to Nassau for piracy trial on the Bahamas.
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Miami
Fla
L. A. Gates
Bahamas
C. H. Nesle
Bimini
Nassau
North Carolina Auto Sales Dip From 1926 Levels
Greensboro report shows new car titles totaling 3132 in September, down from 7371 a year earlier. The Carolina Motor club vice president C W Roberts announced the drop and noted only 152 Ford sales in the month.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
C. W. Roberts
Carolina Motor Club
Ford
German reaches Bagdad in safety
Lieut Otto Koennecke the German aviator flying from Cologne to America via the eastern route has arrived at Bagdad Iraq. The Germania carried backers Count George Cedric Solms Lauback and radio operator Johannes Hermann. After a first hop of 1875 miles to Angora the flight continued toward Basra with no immediate news of Basra arrival.
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London
Otto Koennecke
Cologne
Germany
America
Bagdad
Iraq
Koennecke
Germania
Angora
Turkey
Basra
Persian Gulf
Angola
Count George
Cedric Solms-Lauback
Johannes Hermann
Basha
Spokane Portland class B air derby begins at 8 15 a m
Spokane Washington air derby entrants started flights to Portland at 8 15 a m with seven minute intervals. Contestants left the field at Spokane for the long race in the class B event organized under AP coverage.
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Spokane
Wash
Portland
Medieval attitude of anti evolutionists outgrown says Faunce
Providence R I Sept 28 AP Brown University president Dr William H P Faunce condemned southern states for anti evolution laws calling them medieval. He cited Tennessee and Mississippi where public teaching of evolution is curtailed and other states have erased references to evolution from textbooks.
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Providence
R. I
William H. P. Faunce
Brown University
America
Faunce
Tennessee
Mississippi
Man Shot to Death in Auto on West 117th Street
A gunman killed a man whose still-warm body was found slumped over the steering wheel of a parked car on West 117th Street New York. A patrolman found the car near a school as children passed nearby, suggesting the victim was shot locally or left dead after driving there.
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New York
West 117Th Street
North Carolina Wife of Ontario Man Held for Murder
In Ontario, Mrs Emmet Talley is arraigned on murder charges in her husband Talley a Virginia native and tobacco grower. A coroner jury found poisoning but could not name a culprit. Witnesses recall quarrels as Mrs Talley remains ill and under one weeks summons.
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N. Carolina
Ontario
Sincoe
Emmet Talley
Talley
Coner
Virginia
North Carolina
L. V. Tilletson
Leamington
Here
Henry Mauthe
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