War Risk Insurance Reinstatement Open to Vets by July 1 1920
Former service men may reinstate their war risk insurance at any time before July 1, 1920, under a new rule of the bureau of war risk insurance. Reinstatement is allowed regardless of discharge length if two monthly premiums are paid and the man is in no worse health than at discharge. Also included are brief notes on recent police actions, executions, and other national items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Polk County
Florida
American Agricultural Chemical Company
Gordon Fawcett Hamby
Brooklyn Bak
Sing Sing Phion
Atlantic to Mississippi Canal debate and Cabinet reshuffles
Report notes a congressional hearing on the Atlantic to Mississippi Canal Association and its publicity drive. It covers Treasury nominees David Houston and Edwin Meredith, a pending cabinet resignation, Dr. Hugh Cummings named surgeon general, and Henry Fletcher resigning as ambassador to Mexico amid U S foreign policy tensions.
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Guies
St. Marys St. Marks Canal
Jet
United States Treasury
Glass
David Franklin Houston
Agriculture
Wilson
Senate
Treasury
Edwin L. Meredith
Des Moines
Iowa
Hugh 8. Cummings
Hampton
Public Health Service
Rupert Blue
Doctor Cummings
Hampton Roads
Europe
Henry P. Fletcher
United States
Mexico
Fletcher
Carranza
Mexico City
Chile
Ford
National Guard
Senate acts on tuition law and military training plan
The senate approved the American tuition bill requiring most youths 16 to 21 to attend school and authorized compulsory artillery training for 18 to 21 year olds. Also discussed were banking decentralization, German liner bids, and naval awards including distinguished service medals and navy crosses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve System
Senate
W. P. G. Harding
McAllen
Texas
BE. F. Davis
G. EB
Fort Brown
Nogales
Ariz
Mexico
Zapata
United States
Shipping Board
Biker
Department
Dring
Wilson
Glass
Congress
Porland
Austria
Armenia
Washington
Tncl
Daniels
Hille
Senate Military Committee
Fading Front Reports World War II Echoes and Siberian Turmoil
Dispatches describe Odessa captured by Ukrainian forces under General Paw ianko, relief efforts improving city provisioning, and Bolshevik advances feared in East Siberia. Danzig to become a free city. Japanese reinforcements to Siberia. a Canadian express collision leaves many dead and injured.
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Odessa
Pawianko
Bola
Siberian
Irkutsk
British War Office
Antichokchevik Goveent
Adural Kolchak
Bolshevism Ay
Red
Holshevik
Denkine
Halifax
Nos
Harbor
Ramdall
Jugo Slavii
Phune
League of Nations
Siberia
Hara
Jtlet
Danzig
Canadian Pacific Express
Vancouver
North Bay
Ontario
Canada
Blunt
United States
Miss Ford
Charette
Red Crows
Kiluchinskaya
Chita
Heralds Review Of North Carolina Capitol Events
A concise chronicle of notable happenings in Raleigh and across North Carolina, detailing political developments, societal shifts, and key public affairs during the period. Highlights include legislative moves, municipal actions, and regional incidents affecting communities statewide.
North Carolina Receives Federal Allotment
A federal allocation is announced directing funds or resources to North Carolina for vocational use. The move outlines program scope and eligible recipients within the state.
Vocational Training Funds and State Allocations Noted
State budgets show North Carolina to receive 7 0 2 0 0 0 for vocational programs this fiscal year with three allocations for agriculture trade and teacher training. South Carolina follows with 46 9 5 0 0 0 including 28 1 5 1 0 2 for agriculture and 14 8 8 2 6 1 for teacher training. Governor Bickett urges letting bygones be bygones in pardons as Roge Pender gains clemency.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina
Uppersorth
Auto Death Toll Plagues North Carolina Last Year
The state reports 106 auto fatalities with weekly deaths from preventable crashes. Mecklenberg led counties with ten deaths, Vorayth twelve, Wake seven, Hincombe six, Guilford five. Health records note no injury totals.
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North Carolina
Vorayth County
Mecklenburg County
Wake
Hincombe County
Guilford
State Department of Health
Bertie County Plans Duocentennial Pageant
Windsor Bertie county organizes a duocentennial for October 2 1922 with a grand pageant tracing county history. Sir Cecil Bertie will attend and deliver the main address. Judge Winston to present a county history manuscript to the commissioners for publication. Mecklenburg County taxes total 9 40 522 589 for 1919 per auditor F M Greaham.
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Windsor
Bertie
Tll
Cecil Bertie
Admiralty of
England
James Bertie
Winston
Charlotte
Meckleburg
F. M. Greaham County
Excommunication and civic notes split 1920s region
Reports from multiple North Carolina towns record excommunication decisions in Bohemian reformist circles, local obituaries, pardons, and race related verdicts. Officials in Asheville report influenza surge while High Point warns of school-system collapse without rapid facility upgrades. Durham highlights top taxpayers, and Robeson County plans to raise fair capital stock and host a colored fair next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumberton
Robeson County
Postmasters Confirmed and War Effort Notes
The Senate confirmed a list of postmasters for multiple towns including Aurora and Melmont. North Carolina reports 1919 cotton ginned at 787,722 bales, up from 768,046 in 1918. UNC president warns the university has reached resource limits and calls for an extended building program including dormitories and classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam L. Rogers
Bureau of Cenans
North Carolina
H. W. Chase
University of North Carolina
Raleigh Nurses Reorganize Into District Six
The Raleigh Graduate Nurses Association dissolved and reorganized as Raleigh District Number 6 of the North Carolina Nurses Association. The district covers Wake Johnson Franklin Vance and Warren counties. Mrs T W Bickett and Miss Blanche Stafford were honored guests at the luncheon at the Women’s Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina Nurse's Association
Women’s Club
Wake
Johnson
Franklin
Vance
Warren
T. W. Bickett
Blanche Stafford
Aviators Negotiate At Laredo Amid Treaty Collapse
Negotiations continue at Laredo Texas as talks on a treaty reach an end. Military authorities at Nuevo Mexico order release while Democrats walk out after failed compromise efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Texas
Aviators Freed from Mexican Detention Return to Laredo
Airmen Grimes and Davis, held by Mexican authorities, were released at Nuevo Laredo and crossed the Rio to Laredo Texas. Lieut Stoner retrieved their airplane after the transfer as Col Feeht announced. The break in treaty talks occurred when Senator Lodge refused Taft's reservation on article ten.
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Grimes
Davis
Lieut. Stoner
Stoner
Laredo
San Rafael Las Tortillas
Guerrero
Davia
Feeht
Lodge
Taft
Washington
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Roosevelt Joins Wood Campaign Committee
Chiodore Roosevelt has accepted a place on the Leonard Wood national campaign committee, announced at Wood headquarters.
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Roosevelt
Wood Campaign Committee
Chiodore Roosevelt
Leonard Wood National Campaign Committee
Wood
Last of Mormon Pioneers Dies at Salt Lake City
William Ay Smoot, last of the pioneer band that reached the Salt Lake Valley with Brigham Young on July 24 1847, died here aged 2.
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William Ay Smoot
Band of Pioneers
Valley
Salt Lake
Brigham Young
Influenza Fatalities Rise in Chicago Epidemic
Chicago reports 1668 deaths and 26888 cases since the January 15 outbreak. The influenza and pneumonia epidemic has surged through the city with widespread illness and fatalities.
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Chicago
Federal control of rails and lines costs $700 million
Washington reports that operation of railroads Pullman lines express companies and waterways under federal control has cost the nation about 700 million dollars since take over two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Britain denies plans for new loans in United States
London dispatch to Secretary Glass states Britain does not seek further loans in the U S but aims to reduce obligations already incurred. The note, transmitted through R Lindsay, clarifies the British stance.
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Washington
United States
London
Glass
Lindsay
Public money depositories to be reduced nationwide
Treasury department plans significant pruning of national banks serving as federal depositories. Fewer than 400 of 1,881 institutions holding government funds on June 30, 1918, are expected to remain after the cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Big Bill Haywood Indicted by Grand Jury in Radical Probe
Indictments against 37 I W W members were returned by a special grand jury. Principal figures named include William D. Big Bill Haywood, former secretary, and Thomas Whitehead who followed him as secretary. The action completes the red grand jury’s work. Washington news notes Democratic leaders seek new path after failure of bipartisan treaty talks. Senator Hitchcock signals a February 10 move to ratify the peace treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Special
Grand Jury
Willam D
Big Bill) Haywood
Liberty
Leavenworth
Thomas Whitehead
Haywood
Red” Grand
Washington
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
Leaf tobacco stocks held by manufacturers rise year over year
Washington reports total leaf tobacco held by manufacturers and exporters at 1 284 884 396 pounds, up from 1 284 884 396 pounds the prior year. Chawing snuff and export types total 992 807 55 pounds versus 819 252 894 last year. Cigar types 285 303 899 pounds up from 254 308 and imported types 72 020 087 pounds vs 67 322 461 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Risk Insurance Renewal Date Set for July
Former service men may reinstate war risk term insurance any time before July 1, 1920 under a new ruling from the Bureau of War Risk Insurance announced by Director Cholmeley Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Herbert Hoover Ballot Petition for Democratic Primary
Michigan petitions to place Herbert Hoover on the Democratic ballot for the presidential preference primary on April 5 were received by the secretary of state. The report notes Hoover’s name appearing on the ballot submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Landing. Mich
Kolchak Escape Reported From Bolshevik Horde
A Tokko dispatch to Nippon Jiji says Admiral Kolchak has escaped Bolshevik forces and is in Ningyn Man- Aynns, according to Honolulu Tokyo cable. The story cites a Japanese paper brief.
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Honolulu
T. 1
Admiral Kolchaks
Olsheviki
Ning
Man- Aynns
Toklo
Nippt Jijt Hore
Jamaica Eyes State Control of Liquor Trade
Kingston Jamaica reports the government is weighing a proposal to place the liquor traffic under state control amid a visit surge from American tourists blamed partly on Prohibition in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government OF
Jamaica
Kingston
United States
Italian Soldiers Clash With Slav and German Sailors
Rome reports Italian soldiers clashed with Slav and German sailors aboard the steamer Africa on the Trieste Lieut Mne route, at Songapjore, after a sailor shouted Down with Italy. The Meesaigiero note records the incident.
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Rome
Africa
Trieste
Songapjore
Italy
Meesaigiero
Yorks Lecture Tour Cut Short by Illness
Sergeant Alvin C. York, celebrated World War I hero touring the United States for the Alvin C. York foundation to fund a mountain school, was forced to cancel four indefinitely due to an illness described as splendfettis in Worcester Massachusetts.
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York
Worcester
Masor
Alvin C. York
United States
Italian Marriage Annulled for Childlessness in Milan
Milan reports the annulment of a marriage on the sole ground that it was childless. The decision is expected to prompt many similar applications, as Italy currently tolerates no divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Italy
United States Sends Third Largest Force to War
London reports the United States contributed about 2,000,000 men, ranking third behind France and Great Britain in total fighting forces. Armistice day strength in France is cited at 1,924,000 from army stocks.
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London
United States
France
Columbia wins bid for 1921 Cattlemen's Convention
Montgomery Alabama reports the Southern Cattlemen's Association adopted resolutions condemning the Kendrick Kenyon bill regulating the packing industry. The 1921 convention will be held in Columbia South Carolina after defeating Savannah in the selection vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Southern Cattlemen's Association
Columbia
S. C
Savannah
Committee to Investigate Speculation in Raw Silk
A U S commission of leading American silk manufacturers will sail from San Francisco on February 21 for Japan and China to seek a remedy for excessive silk speculation. The article notes the current price of raw silk at 18 502 per pound, an unprecedented rise from 3 86 per pound.
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New York
San Francisco
Japan
China
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J. J. Shevlin
Prohibition
Charleston
W. Va
Nitra
W. WI
West Palm Beach
Fla
Dispaten
Hodman Wantamaker
Philadelphia
Palm Beach
David H. McCulloch
NCS
Herald’s Review of
Capitol
Herald
Vocational Training Board
Good Roads
T. W. Mekett
Appalachian Good Roads Association
Asheville
A. P. Lindsey
Gastonia
William Brad
Huntersville
Eugene Branson
Virta
Betnehan Cameron
iMon Hutier
Southern Pines
Hemarle
B. B. Mills
Statesville
A. Patterson
Bryson
KE. T. Lindsay
Tryon
R. @. Menzies
Hickory
Hoover
Greensboro
South
North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs
Lee S. Overman
War Department
Braley
Regu Trs
Camp Taylor
Stnfield
Camp Jackson
5Th Cavalry
Bankhead National Highway
Benehan Camron
Stagville
Richmond
United States Good Roads Association
FM. Register
State Board of Health
Graham
Atlanta
Navy
Daniela
Pierce School
French Broad
Weaver
Brevard
Lord Bertie
Holy Ave
Hawking
Rolelph
Vatican
Hawkins
Lexington
H. A. Hartley
Davidson County
Tryo
Goldsboro
Jasper Farmer
Sylvester Mathis
George Hopewell
Martha Outlaw
High Point
C. F. Tomlinson
Durham
Liggett and Myers Tobbacco Company
American Tobacco Company
George W. Watts
Gurricon
North Charlotte
George R. Upchurch
Norwood
George N. Taylor
Roanoke’ Rapids
Cyril L. Walker
Roper
Henry G. Marly
Rose Hill
William Watson
Sian Quarter
Wiliam
Tabor
Jacob B. Brown
Vanceboro
Nannie M. Moore
Warrenton
Lula EB
Parker
West Reigh
Millard FL
Baumgardner
Wilkesboro
Nuevo
Monterey
Britain
Big Bill Haywood
Ichcock
Kolchak
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