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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
3
A court hearing on a Bell Telephone Company petition for a twenty percent rate raise has been postponed. The case centers on the company's request for higher charges and the impact on customers remains under review as the postponement order is issued.
Audit of the Raleigh North Carolina telephone company's books was requested with a hearing set for January 27. An agreement limited further postponement and noted any rate increase would be retroactive to January 1, 1921, as argued by opponents and the company. Representative Claude Kitchen of North Carolina plans to study war on public utilities in Washington.
A General Education Board survey shows North Carolina students lag in seventh grade compared with peers in other states, with rural seventh graders two years older than expected. The state commission calls for better schools, more teachers, higher salaries, and broader progress to match state prosperity.
Democratic factions in North Carolina erupt over former Senator Marion Butler of Sampson county receiving an endorsement for secretary of commerce in the President-elect Hiro cabinet. The outcome divided the party as supporters and critics clash during state visits to the capital.
North Carolina reports rising job applications as the Federal Commerce Commission studies interstate work rules. News notes rising state efforts to recruit labor, recent wage and travel policy debates, and local actions including a $400 reward offer and a proposed state railway policy change. The item also mentions university salary aid, fair associations, and new corporate charters in Ayden High Point Wilton and Norfolk Wilson.
Official reports from the Insurance department show October had only four fires in the $50,000 class. Across five major cities there were 40 fires led by Wilmington with 12. total damage stood at 12,804 dollars despite strong fire department efforts. Sidelights on U D C: Asheville hosted the 27th annual convention with 625 delegates from 640 chapters in 24 states and a total membership around 64,000. The organization emphasizes educational work over other patriotic bodies.
Geneva reports that the League of Nations delegates hope Wilson may mediate Armenia but expect no U S action. France likely to respond to mediation, while Britain dislikes intervention by powers with rival interests. Committee six endorses a French view: disarmament only with due regard for each state's security.
The Washington Rivers and Harbors Bill calls for 78 2 665 dollars for 1921 to fund harbor and water works improvements under Major General Lansing H. Beach. In the Carolinas districts, Wilmington and Neuse river projects receive 16 500 and 9 1000 respectively, Charleston area rivers 52 500, and major Charleston harbor projects totaling 23 .
Lieut Mosley piloted an American Verville Packard plane to win the Pulitzer trophy aeronautical race at Mineola New York. He covered about 182 miles in 44 minutes 2057 seconds for an average speed near 178 miles per hour.
Exports during October rose by nearly 150 million while imports fell about 1 million, Department of Commerce figures show. Exports reached 752,100,000 compared with 605,000,000 in September, with imports valued at 362,000,000.
Washington dispatch reports Russian soviet authorities estimate five million unemployed in the U S by year end and two Third International representatives to organize soviets here to unite the revolutionary movement into one fighting body for an armed uprising. December arrival expected to form trade soviets with the communist party.
An article notes wheat values shrinking as Rome France and England consider intervention in Greece. It states Greece’s self determination level near $1.50, urging aloof policy to preserve peace. The piece references the Messagero and mentions price movements around $1.60 a bushel. A separate item describes Wilson watching a pageant in Greenville along the South Carolina UDC convention recalling the Confederacy.
A compressed digest notes plans for a U S living wage proposal tied to social welfare, plus emergency immigration curbs to bar tens of millions of Europe born aliens, with Paris and London reporting on Greece Constantine’s fate, Ukrainian forces disarmed in Poland, and Eastern women’s mobilization. Military and political shifts cross Europe and America as housing, labor, and tariff concerns ripple through 1920s discourse.
Work to connect the South American cable near Miami was interrupted weeks ago by orders from Washington. A force of armed sailors from the subchaser 164 boarded a barge in Biscayne Bay where unused cable lay. They detained Western Union workers and nine Black sailors as tensions rise over the long dispute.
A report to Professor Jean A. Jeancon of the U S Bureau of Ethnology notes prehistoric two clan dwelling settlements in a canyon near the junction of the Yamut and Green rivers in a remote northwestern Colorado region. Premier Fuss advocates lifting the Russian blockade, allowing French traders to resume business with Russia.
A Sinn Fein arson spree in Liverpool and Bootle ignited seven fires in Bootle and eleven in the city, threatening warehouses in the dock area. Police, aided by other brigades, challenged two suspects near Parliament Street. a youth named Dantel Ward who warned police was shot and died.
Angry housewives jeered Herr Hermes, the food minister, as he was being married in a church, venting indignation at the ceremony amid public scorn.
Official sources say the week in Ireland saw more than 60 deaths and 720 arrests across the country. The figures reflect a period of violent incidents prompting a broad law enforcement response.
The chamber of deputies approved the Rapallo treaty by a 221 to 12 vote with 42 abstentions, marking a decisive step in addressing the Adriatic problem.
Government inspectors served Morris & Co Chicago packers in New Orleans with notice to clean up and sanitary their stock yards or close them.
Washington reports Britain may deny the American commission investigating Irish conditions permission to travel to Ireland. Officials in Britain voiced this stance, suggesting the investigation could be blocked despite American requests.
The Berlet Silk Yarns Company of Patterson files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy listing assets of 500000 dollars and liabilities of 110 dollars. Creditors are mainly silk firms in the region.
Arthur Griffith and Sinn Fein MP J. Duggan have been taken to Mount Joy prison along with Sinn Fein associate Dupin. The move marks a crackdown on Irish political figures amid ongoing tensions.
Argentina shipped 202,008 bales of wool in 1919 20 season amid cold weather. The total equates to about 37,979,748 kilograms with an average price near 74 cents per kilogram in US dollars. A Geneva note says the League of Nations plenary session will be held between December and the 10th.
Grandmother of the Russian Revolution, Catherine Breshkovskaya, reported assisting the American Red Cross in Ruthenia under Vienna’s theater deficit scene. The state opera and theater, once subsidized, face a 26 million crown shortfall prompting substantial price hikes noted alongside U.S. price declines.
Government orders mobilization across Dublin and Treland as all army units and arms are called in. Possession of such articles becomes a criminal offense, with penalties for any person found in unlawful possession regardless of intent.
The Associated Press correspondent who visited the famine area reports long lines of men with small bags of clothing leaving their homes to seek new ones. The scene reflects widespread hardship as families try to relocate in search of relief and stability amid shortages.
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