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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1921

Page

3

Navy row Overshadows Mexico Pact and Irish Talks

Secretary of the Navy and Admiral Sims spark a dispute over quotes on Americans in Britain while Washington presses Mexico for a recognition treaty protecting American property. The week sees Ireland's new Northern Parliament convene in Belfast as British policy eases into Ulster self rule amid unrest and a Sinn Fein telegraph blackout attempt hits London and Liverpool.

Mexico Pueblo Northern Ireland Secretary Hughes United States Obregon Ays Mr. Hughes Ulster Belfast Hugh O'Neill Emerald Isle Ireland London Liverpool

World News Briefs Highlighting Europe and Americas

London propaganda about an Ireland Russia treaty raises tensions while Dublin encounters street violence after a bomb attack. A general’s jail execution and a cross mark signal anti government danger. Liberia pact limits on wives and a new women’s rights stance emerge amid global diplomacy and crime reports.

London Russia Ireland Britain France Upper Silesia Dublin Fernando Viscainy Great Britoin Liberia Cologne Nvar Aubernach Council of Ambassadors Briand Kate O'Connor Hoboken Cedar Grove N. J

Memorial and political notes from Washington to Tennessee

Memorial services at Arlington for Confederate dead and the Unknown Soldier and Gen Joe Wheeler's grave. marine Lieut W J Brown killed or drowned in Maryland. Senate probes into marine strike and foreign influence on shipping. Weeks to investigate Army Air Service and Gen Mitchell tensions. Senate orders inquiry into Irish speech by Admiral Sims. Hoover declines Buenos Aires talk until fall. Plus court and tax actions, corporate antitrust, and local crime notes across the country.

Arlington Cemetery Joe Wheeler Augusta W. J. Brown Boise Idaho Marine Corps Colonial Beach Maryland Washington Potomac River Senate Commerce Committee LaFollette Senate Army Air Service Ma. T. Menohor Ser Foo Wiliam Mitchell Weeks London William S. Sins Harding White House Columbus Ohio Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Herbert Hoover United Stat Chamber of Commerce Buenos Aire Argentina Hoover Henry Ford-Newberry Donal O'Callaghan Cork Department of Labor Kenyon of Iown

Lenin Between Two Fires

Riga reports suggest early tensions as Lenin pursues new trade freedoms while keeping Communist power intact. Moscow papers discuss reform efforts and growing radical critiques of free trade, with conflicting editorials on peasant cooperation and political control.

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Modern Methods Diminish Fired Hearts in Sympathy

The fragment suggests a scene where modern methods reduce or alter sympathy linked to a fire event. No clear people, places, or dates are readable to specify entities or outcomes.

North Carolina Reviewing School Plans and Summer Conditions

Insurance officials and the state education department are reviewing school building plans for fire safety after the adoption of the double tower stairway. Fire prevention expert Sherwood Brockwell and school building director John Mair collaborate to ensure plans meet insurance standards. Summer weather brings varied crops progress with rains in western counties and good harvest activity in oats, hay, and wheat, while cotton and tobacco struggle. New regulations for teacher certificates take effect after summer schools. renewals and new credentials may be pursued now under existing or new rules.

Raleigh, J Wade State Department of Aintree Sherwood Brockwell Insurance Department Vief John Mair State Department of Public State Department of Insurance Hrock Tobcco North Carolina State Board of Education E. C. Brooks

Conference to Discuss Race Relations in North Carolina

Governor Morrison convenes a Raleigh meeting on June 28 to improve race relations in the state with letters sent to prominent citizens. A separate incident reports a fire at the State Sanatorium destroying a four room frame building used as living quarters for colored servants, with swift response preventing spread to adjacent structures. Senators Simmons and Brinson urge the navy secretary to provide a submarine chaser for Moorehead City Independence Day celebration, pending availability. The State highway commission plans two rock crushing plants at about two hundred thousand dollars after adjourning a five day session.

Morrison Raleigh State Sanatorium Washington Senator Simmons Brinson Secretary of the Navy Moorehend City Moorehead City State Highway Commission Frank Page Businesor Steel Charlottonville-by- Davidson

Examinations for Greensboro Postmaster Under New Harding Plan

The post office department asks the civil service commission to set a date for Greensboro postmaster examinations and for several North Carolina towns Bake Jeroville Henson Mount Olive and Pinehurst. The new executive order changes certifying the draft eligible and requires the three highest eligibles to be certified for selection. The War Department explains headstone aid details to relatives of soldiers killed abroad and directs requests to the cemetery branch of the Quartermaster General for applications.

Washington Post Office Department Civil Service Commission Greensboro Kmllar North Carolina Jeroville Henson Mount Olive Pinehurst Tar Harding Uint Wilson Greansc Hot T. J. Ray Newland War Department Simons Quartertanter General’s Office

Southern Textile Workers Association Annual Meeting Planned

The Social Workers Association invites teachers in mill schools ministers in mill villages and mill workers to the Southern Textile Workers Association convention at Conyers College Spartanburg June 8 14 and 17. Delegates from North and South Carolina Georgia and Virginia attended last summer at Winthrop College and plans expect wider participation. Miss Katherine Dosler of Gainesville Ga is president and can provide more information.

Social Workers Association Southern Textile Workers Association Conyers College Spartanburg Y. MC. A Winthrop College North South Carolina Georgia Virginia Converse College Katherine Dosler Gainesville S.T. SW. A

Governor Morrison Takes Rest In Asheville

Governor Cameron Morrison left Raleigh for Asheville for a short rest amid state duties. He declined to comment on the Supreme Court ruling invalidating the municipal finance act and would not discuss a possible special session. North Carolina textile employment shows a slight decline while orders improve. Merchants plan Greensboro convention June 21 at the Henry Hotel. The North Carolina College for Women held its commencement with a class chosen campus beech tree. Sunday school development marks 25th anniversary with talks by Drs. Watts and colleagues. The Supreme Court voided the 1921 municipal finance act and upheld Harris’s conviction. dissenting opinions noted. Draft boards report 6 percent active tuberculosis among young men, corroborated by clinic findings in Catawba County.

Safford Knoxville St. Louis American Medical Association Seasion Botton Mass Whit Seay Florence Ali Hamp Sydney College Cor Hampden Sydney Jamey Roscoe Day Syracuse University Capitol Building Nashville Congress Navy Department B. H. Sulzer Brooklyn Miami Fla TEC Cameron Morrison Raleigh Asheville North Carolina Supreme Court Gillatin’ Roberts First Baptist Tabernacle Baptist Catawba County

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