Rapid progress on 6lG building for Carolina Exposition
Rapid progress is reported on the 6lG structure for the Made in the Carolinas Exposition in Charlotte with design and space expansion plans to ensure ample room for exhibits and crowds.
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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1921
Page
2
Buy at Home Slogan Drives Exposition Preparations
Construction on the big brick and steel structure for the Carolinas Exposition progresses toward completion by August 20. An air dome will house booths and seating for 2,000, with 25,000 square feet in the main building and 5,000 in the dome for exhibits from September 12 to 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Carolina
Ri. Kent Blair
Committee On Building
Exposition Directorate
Airdome
Doctor Carlisle on Tour to London Conference Delegation
Dr Mark L Carlisle pastor of Washington Street Methodist Church will attend the Methodist conference in London as a delegate for the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The conference begins September 6, but he will travel on the European continent for a few weeks beforehand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Carlisle
Columbia
S. C
Mark L. Carlisle
Washington Street Methodist Church
London
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Carlisle
Europe
Vast gold reserves idle in four eastern banks prompt credit fears
In towns in New York Philadelphia and Cleveland the four eastern reserve banks hold more than 800 million dollars in unused gold. The idle reserves could back as much as ten billion dollars in credit yet demand remains weak in the East. Discount rates have fallen twice in recent weeks amid the surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eastern Reserve
Toston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Naval Stores Output Surges in 1920 Season
Naval stores production rose by more than a quarter in the 1920 season ending March 31, surpassing the prior year, based on data compiled by the Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Stores
Washington
Department of Agriculture
INO Preliminary Gatherings At Exposition Sept 12 29
Washington reports the United States will deal fairly with all invited powers and opposes secret preliminary parleys. President Harding and Secretary Hughes insist on American led, transparent procedures for the disarmament conference with no secret understandings or ententes. Aiming to schedule a conference convenient to all, no hurried fall meeting will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Harding
Hughes
Made-in the Carolinas Exposition to Feature Band Concerts
David Owens announces the Made in the Carolinas Exposition in Charlotte from September 12 to 29 will be a music festival and manufacturing, educational event. Daily band concerts, vocal quartets, and instrumental solos with afternoon and evening concerts led by the New York City official concert band under AH Nussbaum. Two mixed vocal quartets will be formed for the show, with high ranking artists engaged to enhance the program and regional impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
David Owens
Carolinas
Owens
New York City
AH. Nussbaum
Poison Ice Cream Tops New Orleans Anniversary
Nine year old Hmolla Laoritte and sixteen others including men and women are hospitalized in New Orleans after homemade ice cream served at a silver wedding anniversary is believed by physicians to have caused poisoning.
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New Orleans
Hmolla Laoritte
Washington Exports Rise in South America Fall in Europe
Commerce department data show exports to Europe declined about 1.5 billion dollars in the fiscal year ending June 30, while exports to South America rose over 30 million dollars compared with the prior year.
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Washington
Europe
South America
Commerce Department
Paris Chapter U D C Newton Charter Granted
A new United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter has been chartered in Paris named the Major General de Polignac Chapter after Prince Camille de Polignac a Confederate general.
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Paris
U. D. C. Newton
United Daughters of the Confederacy
General de Polignac
Camille de Polignac
Holdings of Leaf Tobacco in Washington on July 1
Leaf tobacco held by manufacturers and dealers in Washington totaled 1 679 pounds on July 1, up from 1 02 pounds a year earlier according to commodity records.
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Leaf Tobacco
Washington
Johnson City Home Called Madhouse by Senate Probe
The Johnson City Tennessee old soldiers' home was described as a madhouse and the Fort Henry Maryland hospital labeled suited only as a sewerage disposal plant by Colonel R Forbes war risk director. He testified before a senate committee seeking broader powers to address hospital needs of World War I veterans.
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Magnouse
Washington
Johnson City
Tenn
Soldiers
Fort Henry
R. Forbes
Senate
United States Demands Release of American Prisoners in Russia
Secretary Hughes formally demanded the release of American prisoners held by Soviet authorities. The appeal was handed to the Soviet representative at Reval via Consul Albrecht on July 25, and remains public only in brief summary. The move marks the first official US representation on the issue as relations with Russia are considered. In Montgomery, Alabama, Conrad W. Austin was dismissed as chief of law enforcement for insubordination after he refused to discharge deputies who raided Mobile citizens’ homes following the governor’s order.
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Washington
Russia
Hughes
State Department
Reval
Albrecht
United States
Nansen
Red Cross
Lenine
Troteky
Montgomery
Ala
Conrad W. Austin
Ermor
Thomas EB. Kithy
Austin
Mobile
China
Vienna
Columbia
S. C
Camp Jackson
Austria
Merce Department
John W
Inj Department
Eral
William H. Gale
Hong Kong
Rock
Raleigh
Bryan Grimes
Lacey
Public Buildings and Grounds Commission
Asheville
Mexican Congress Rejects Extra Powers on Oil Law
In Mexico City the Chamber of Deputies defeated President Obregon’s bid for extraordinary powers to modify article 27, which nationalized oil deposits. The Senate nearly approved the move in parallel action.
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Mexican Congress
Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Obregon
Senate
Japan to participate in Washington talks on disarmament and auto licensing
A Tokio communication indicating formal acceptance by Japan of President Harding's invitation to Washington discussions. The note seeks to clear disputes over auto ownership and Eastern questions, outlining cooperation on disarmament and a federal license usable in any state. It aims to reduce interstate motorist complaints and ease tensions.
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Washington
Tokio
Japan
Harding
MoHt
State Department
Premiers Reach Agreement on Pacific Conference Matters
London reports the dominion premiers have agreed on issues affecting the Pacific conference after earlier differences. The Daily Mail notes a breakthrough easing tensions and aligning positions for forthcoming discussions.
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London
The
Daily Mail
President of Baptist Assembly figures in derailed train incident
The report notes Dr BW Spillman of South Bend Indiana and Dr L Flynn of Elke Nashville Tennessee were elected president at the Baptist assembly while a locomotive derailed after striking a heavy automobile near New Carlisle Indiana. The incident led to fatalities among crew members and disrupted proceedings at Ridgecrest.
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Baptist Assembly
Asheville
BW. Spillman
South Bend
Ind
L. Flynn
Elke
Nashville
Tenn
Presi
Farm and Rail Relief Bonds Sought in War Finance Plan
Washington officials say regular War Finance Corporation short term bonds may start soon if Congress broadens the board powers to aid agriculture and railroads. Financing could follow treasury practice with $2 to $3 billion in obligations and an initial issue of $50 to $100 million maturing in six to twelve months, at interest possibly as low as five and a half percent.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
Congress
Treasury
German Colonists Seek Mississippi Delta Settlement
Negotiations proceed with ten German farmers and their families who plan to migrate this fall to a clover timberland tract in the Mississippi Delta for a new settlement in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
United States
Mississippi Delta
Ex-Champ Comes Back At Local Revolver Club
West Palm Beach Florida lieutenant W Milton Farrow 72 once world champion rifle shot returned to form by hitting ten straight bulls eyes a perfect 50 at 300 yards before the local rite land revolver club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Fla
W. Milton Farrow
Rite Land Revolver Club
Decline in Cotton Crop Forecast Cuts Production
Washington reports July drought reduced cotton crop forecasts by 230000 bales, with total value estimated at 0000 dollars. The Department of Agriculture notes significant yield pressure affecting national supply and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Home for Retired Clergy in Florida
Jacksonville reports the Retired Ministers Episcopal Church has completed negotiations to purchase a hotel in Eustis to serve as a home for retired clergymen. The move aims to provide shelter and support for clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
In- Episcopal Church
Eustis
Bolsheviks Deny Mobilization Near Russian Border
Riga Leon Trotsky, the Bolshevik war minister, told Rosta in Moscow that reports of mobilization against states bordering Russia are false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riga
Leon Trosky
Rosta
Moscow
Russia
Men Harnessed to Plows in Morelos State
Travelers report men harnessed to plows aiding steady cultivation in the Morelos region as beasts of burden grow scarce. Lightning Strikes Launch Off Perry Fla Kills One Injures Several Drowns Near Gulf Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Morelos
Perry
Fla
Gulf Coast
Hungary, Soviet Russia sign repatriation agreement at Riga
An agreement for repatriation of Hungarian prisoners in Russia was signed July 24 at Riga, Hungary and Soviet Russia announced. China Honors Goucher in Peking. A presidential mandate confers the third grade of the China Ho decoration on Rev. John Goucher, president of Goucher’s Women's College, Baltimore.
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Budapest
Hungary
Soviet Russia
Russia
Riga
China
Goucher
Peking
John Goucher
National banks total 8178 after gains
In Washington the Comptroller of Currency Creasinger reports 8178 national banks in operation as of June 30, a net increase of 82 for the final year. In New York a chain store cuts candy prices about 50 percent amid prices protests. Paris reports a League of Nations order closes a Dansig munitions factory. Retail food prices rise in nine of ten large cities from June 16 to July 15. Philadelphia invites former Army division members to a reunion with a Be There or Be There warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Washington
James
New York
Mond F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Thomas Jefferson
Provident
Charlottesville
Jefferson
Pellagra M. Levy
South
Creasinger
Paris
Havas
Dansig
Armé
Council of the League of Nations
Department of Labor
Philadelphia
Lamberton
Made in the Carolinas Exposition heads to Charlotte
Fourteen hundred local and regional manufacturers plan exhibits at the Made In-The Carolinas Exposition in Charlotte from September 12 to 14. Officials say the event will showcase nearly all Carolina products across diverse industries as a boost to regional trade and awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Carolinas
Patton
Carolina
Endowment funds to aid Virginia North Carolina orphanages
A large endowment of more than 1 000 000 will benefit Virginia and North Carolina institutions. About 11 000 for Episcopal extension in North Carolina and 15 000 annually to the Church Educational Society of Virginia for ministerial training are planned. Two or three orphanages will receive 2 000 yearly, with 400 yearly to each Darling church. Chapel Hill Episcopal Church gains 2 000 annually. rest of funds distributed broadly. Asheville plans a 12-year-old prodigy Helen Pugh at the festival.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Durham
Laurence 8. Holt
Washington
Church Educational Society of Virginia
Darling On
Episcopal Church
Chapel Hill
Ashevillé
Asheville Music Festival Association
Helen Pugh
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