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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1920
Page
3
Through an association with several American newspapers The Roanoke Rapids Herald covers global scenes with about two hundred photographers. More than one hundred work with armies and navies of warring nations. The page will feature the best and most interesting photos each week for Herald readers.
Miss M. G. Fitzgerald known as Ava Gerald arrived in New York on the Baltic from Big Bend. A chloritara soprano of some fame, she is to tarry and join Clark. The singer, Misa Fitzgerald, is a grandniece of Charles Die.
An ensuing chase centers on Die ie Bet Matoniet a noble with ties to the Heifitz amir and his search in America for Siri. A famed Turkish financier’s heir disappears after a daring abduction, with a $100000000 bounty reportedly offered and a seventeen year old missing.
A death list in half a dozen states could total about sixty persons. Authorities have not released full names or locations, but officials warn the count may rise as investigations continue and more confirmations come in.
A string of tornadoes raked six states causing widespread havoc to railways telegraph and telephone lines. Deaths and injuries mounted with thousands affected as Chicago suburbs and Georgia Alabama areas reported major damage. Fort Wayne Ohio and Wisconsin towns saw fatalities while Georgia Alabama storms caused extensive losses.
Governor Robert A. Cooper calls for straight thinking and moral reform to a South Carolina gathering, asserting the nation looks to the South for salvation from its nativeborn Christian population. The speech occurred at the Imperial Theatre in Charlotte, urging virtuous living and clarity of thought amid national concerns.
In Washington a new appeal challenges the prohibition amendment and enforcement act. Christian Pelgenspan of Newark, a brewer, is the client whose counsel argued before the Supreme Court, alleging constitutional flaws in the laws' enforcement.
Washington reports forty two strikes and forty five controversies have reached the Labor Department for adjustment, signaling a busy period for agency review and mediation.
Washington Chief Justice Arellano of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands cabled his resignation to President Wilson. The resignation takes effect April 1, citing infirmity due to advancing years.
The new International Chamber of Commerce, planned at the Atlantic City trade conference last October, will be formally organized during the week of June 12, 1920 in Washington.
In Washington a point of order by Senator Grenna of North Dakota wiped out a provision for one cent postage within the postal appropriation. In New York harbor five railroads operate "floats" and refuse union workers' demands to ban their use. Deep sea longshoremen for United States Fruit Company are on strike, impacting ship operations.
Intimation has been given Austrian and German entrants in the eighth International 500 mile sweepstakes at Indianapolis on May 41 that it would be well to postpone competition for another year or two. After canvass of public sentiment it was decided not to take Teutonic competition at this time.
The American Museum of Natural History warned that the national bird of the United States faces imminent extinction. Reports indicate that more than half to three quarters of the species may have already been sacrificed, with many birds killed by hunters in Alaska for bounties.
New York report on eight young war brides from Jugoslav regions seeking Secretary Colby permission for landing. Their husbands, living from Ohio to Alaska, failed to have their wives' passports properly visas, prompting the separation appeal.
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