American World Fliers Off Schedule by 16 Days to Paris
The American world flyers, who reached Paris Monday, run 16 days behind the War Department approved plan after covering 18 000 miles in just over 100 days. They expect to reach Washington by late August, with a remaining leg through Hull Kirkwall Thorshavn Hornafjord Angmagssalik Ivgtut Cartwright Harbor Hawkes Bay Pictou Harbor Boston Mitchell Field and final miles to Washington.
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Poor tobacco crop threatens Bright Belt in Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount July 15 heavy rains damage local tobacco with expectations of 60 to 76 percent of normal yield. Traders call it the poorest crop seen as harvest rushes. acreage already down ten percent, curing widespread, color reported satisfactory but volume low. Authorities warn further rainless heat could worsen losses.
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Ford posts over one million sales in first half of 1924
Ford Motor Co reports 1,036,978 retail sales in the US for January through June 1924 across 34 branches. The figure, up 133,095 from 1923 and averaging 22,182 per month, shows broad nationwide strength with June at 170,747, about 10,000 higher than a year earlier.
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Babe Ruth Leads A L Batting Race With Homers Surging
Babe Ruth now tops the American League batting race with a .384 average as of midweek, ahead of Bib Falk. Ruth has 108 hits this season and 26 homers after collecting 17 hits in his last nine games, including four homers.
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Coolidge Party Sails South After Son’s Death
Washington reports President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge aboard the Mayflower for a Chesapeake Bay cruise to Sunday and return Monday. The party includes Colonel John C. Coolidge, John Coolidge, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns, and Mrs. Arthur Capper. Mrs. Coolidge replaces black mourning attire with simple white. the President wears a mourning band.
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Kansas
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Mrs. Davis Shines as Democratic Nominee’s Wife
Mrs. John W. Davis, wife of the Democratic presidential nominee, is praised as a beauty and social favorite. She stood out in Washington and London society, expressing pride and happiness at her husband’s nomination with a remark about shared feelings for any wife in that situation.
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Raleigh Woman Leader Returns From National Conventions
Mrs. Palmer Jerman of Raleigh president of the State Federation of Woman's clubs returns from the Democratic national convention in New York after attending the General Federation of Woman's clubs biennial in Los Angeles. She describes seven weeks of convention travel, a trip through the Canadian Rockies, and Lake Louise. She praises the Democratic ticket and says both nominees are men of the highest type the country may be proud to support.
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State Federation of Woman's Clubs
New York
Los Angeles
General Federation of Woman's Clubs
Davis Attends Sunday Service in Locust Valley
John W. Davis Democratic nominee for president spent Sunday at his country home in Locust Valley and attended morning services at St. John's Episcopal Church after a quiet morning ride. He with his wife greeted friends at the church door, while the rector offered no political remarks. Senator Walsh of Montana was noted as hopeful about Midwest support amid La Follette’s candidacy.
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Charles W. Hinton
Major McLeary Murdered Near Canton Then Ditch Scene Revealed
A sworn confession by Mortimer H. King ties Major Samuel J. McLeary missing since July 2 to a murder in the Thickety area near Canton. King, a deserter, says he and an unknown accomplice shot the officer for robbery, stripped valuables, ditched the car, and buried clothing and gear while King kept a shirt identified later. Authorities released details as they hunted the second suspect and expanded searches statewide.
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Mortimer H. King
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King
Harrell
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Man Ready For Niagara Trip Inside a Giant Rubber Ball
Niagara Falla N Y July 19 Bobby Leach plans a second trip over Niagara Falls in a seven foot four inch rubber ball shaped like a rugby ball weighing 784 pounds. He bets 50 000 for motion picture rights and has arranged a drop from an airplane with a race against time to be picked up within 12 minutes. Leach vows to outwit authorities and critics while pursuing his risky feat as his family warns of consequences.
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Continued Lime Use Urged For Soils By Expert
A. W. Blair of the New Jersey College of Agriculture stresses avoiding stopping lime application. He recommends one to two tons of pulverized limestone per acre every four to five years for average soils, noting lime cannot be replaced by fertilizers and is key to growing clover and alfalfa.
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New Jersey College of Agriculture
New Brunswick
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Two Bazemore Brothers Killed by Georgia Officer
In Screven county Georgia on July 14 County Policeman J V Dolan shot and killed brothers Joe and Herman Bazemore prominent local farmers. He stopped their car about four miles from Sylvania with two of their children aboard to search for liquor, firing as the men allegedly drew revolvers. The children survived uninjured.
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