North Sea Battle Shocks World in Major Naval Clash
Reports from Washington and Copenhagen recount a colossal North Sea engagement on Wednesday. British battlecruisers Indefatigable Invincible Queen Mary and cruisers Defence Black Prince Warrior were sunk. several destroyers lost. German losses include Pommern and Wiesbaden. The clash, marked by hazy weather and minefield fears, spurred calls for added dreadnoughts amid wartime naval mobilization.
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North Sea
Admiralty
Black Prince
Warrior
Warspite
Wilesbaden
Pommern
Fragen Lod
London
Jutland
Queen Mary
Invincible
Defence
Turbulent
Fortune
Sparrowhawk
Ardent
Warayite
Copenhagen
Politien
Friedrichshaven
Hanstholm
Wilhelmshaven
Jerry i
Washington
Iia
Convict Beating Boss Gets Reduced Sentence On Court Action
In Lenoir County a judge halved the sentences of several men previously ordered to the chain gang. E. W. Mincher received twelve months in the county jail for whipping Janis Potter, a white convict, amid allegations of repeated discipline with a strap. The case has been appealed with Mincher free on $1,500 bail as officials defend the corporal punishment policy.
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Kinston
Lenoir
W. M. Bond
E. W. Mincher
Bond
Janis Potter
Mincher
Bryant Taylor
Mischer
Five to Die in July Executions at State Penitentiary
Five condemned men await execution in July at the state penitentiary. Melvin Nohne Frank Foster and James McCall Lawrence Swenson Thomas Merrick are listed as death row inmates with July dates. Additional inmates Will Binck and Will Black face capital punishment or trial in Greene County and New Hanover cases respectively. Specific July dates include Merrick on July 14 Swenson on July 7 Horne on July 21 and Peeter on July 28.
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Melvin Nohne
Frank Foster
James McCall
Lawrence Swenson
Thomas Merrick
Will Binck
Greene County
Greenecourt
New Hanover
Will Black
Harnett
Fannie Holloman
Melvin Horne
Frank Peeter
Polk
Cost of June Weddings Across Cities Cited
A Wilmington Star piece reports June wedding costs with averages around 250 dollars and lavish ceremonies ranging from 16 000 to 25 000. Cleveland is used as a basis with 1000 licenses issued signaling 250 000 dollars in June weddings in that city.
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Wilmington
Cleveland
Ohio
Tate
America
Jace
Sandigg
British Casualties Higher In May Report
London reports British casualties in May totaled 1 767 officers and 28 740 men across all fields, higher than March and April. German offensives west of the Meuse push French forces back near Cumieres and Chattancourt. Austrians continue advances in the Posina river region west of Arsiero, with Italian positions claimed to remain despite fierce attacks.
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Meuse
Verdun
Cumieres
Chattancourt
Cumires
War Office
Dead Man's Hill
Hill 304
Trgol
Posina
Arsiero
Vienna
Rome
Immense aluminum plant under rapid construction at Badin
Badin North Carolina June 2 rapid progress reported on the immense dam and buildings of the Aluminum Company of America. The electrode factory warehouse and machine shop near completion and steel and concrete construction tops the project. The company reportedly offered a 50000 bonus to finish the dam by December and will switch from Southern Power to its own generation once complete.
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Badin
N. C
Aluminum Company of America
Com Moy
Firet
Union
Nevada
Wyoming
Ipahe
Utah
United States
Federal Reserve bulletin signals peak of current U.S. expansion
The Federal Reserve Board reports that U S business activity may have reached the peak of the current upward cycle with cautious advancement ahead. Mines and oil wells remain highly active while lumber, buildings, seaport commerce, and loan availability stay strong. Regional notes cite varied crop prospects and steady manufacturing demand.
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Washington
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Richmond
Atlanta
Dallas
Georgia
Birmingham
High Point
New Orleans
Texas
Convicts Mutiny Leads to New Rules at County Jail
Convicts refused to work prompting Superintendent Bryant Taylor to resume control. The revolt prompted the board to draft stricter rules including flogging in extreme cases, with 20 attorneys drafting regulations. Convicts later agreed to abide by the new rules after reading them aloud.
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The
Kinston News
Mincher
Bryant Taylor
Taylor
Balavill
J Bond
Board Ofreements
G. ¥. Cowper
Churchill
Fast Train Blown Off Track By Wind Near Saunemin
A tornado toppled the Chicago St Louis fast mail train No 17 on the Wabash near Saunemin Illinois injuring eighteen with one feared fatally The accident occurred in a deep cut which kept the cars from overturning and limited loss of life
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Bloomington
Saunemin
Jealous lover kills wife then suicide in Durham
In Durham on June 3, Don Anderson, 22, shot 20 year old May Flowers after declaring jealousy over her marriage to W. B. Flowers of Lumberton. Anderson then shot himself, dying on the porch as Flowers survived with fatal wounds. Onlookers described a brutal, shocking scene as authorities attended.
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Winston-Salem
Anderson
Damrooch Murie Festival Postponed to Next Year
Asheville June 1. Definite announcement says the Damrooch Murie Festival at Black Mountain will not be held this year due to material delays for the auditorium. Col W G Hinshaw says the postponement is official. a wooden structure planned for this summer is not the festival venue. Singers will continue practicing for a grand opening next year in a mammoth new building expected to seat 21 000.
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Asheville
Black Mountain
W. G. Hinshaw
National Festival Chorus of America
Col
Hinshaw
Sammer
America
Notice of Public Auction of Real Estate Surry County
Pursuant to an order of the Clerk of the Court of Surry County I as commissioner will sell at public auction at the court door in Delmon North Carolina on the first day of July 1916 at 10 o'clock a m the real estate described as a certain tract or parcel and bounded as listed in the order.
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Surry County
George 8. Nichols
Ruth McArthur
B. W. McArthur
Maxmillian McArthur
Delmon
N.C
Nicbala
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House
Senate
Horn Reef
Ing
Badin, N. C
Don Anderson
A. B. Flowers
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