World Briefs from The News of the South
The piece notes the wedding of Princess Helene of Greece to Prince Carol of Roumania in Athens, ongoing league of nations diplomacy with President Harding, a Russian resistance collapse, and European reparations talks. It mentions a British Commons push on league decisions, a US delegation plan led by Elihu Root, and Allied interest in a peace-focused European settlement. Also cited: Hong Moh wreck with 800 Chinese drowned near Swatow, a Royal Irish constabulary letter on wartime pay, and support appeals for anti-Dolshevik Kronstdal and Petrograd.
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Helene
Greece
Carol of
Roumania
Athens
Ti Ie
Paris
Washington
United States State Department
Harding
Russia
Trotzky
House of Commons
Supreme Council
League of Nations
America
Elihu Root
Europe
Speace
Hong Moh
Lamoek Island
Swatow
Kwangtung Province
Royal Irish Constabulary
Scotland
Herbert Hoover
Kronstdal
Petrograd
Washington Panama notes stir peace talks and White House notes
Washington reports Panama refuses to accept the White award as a basis for peace with Costa Rica. The note, public by the state department, responds to a demand for cessation of hostilities and confirms Panama will keep civil and police authorities in Coto. Also notes reforms and diplomatic moves across the Americas and U.S. political developments.
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Panama
Costa Rica
United States
State Department
Coto
C. B. Sawyer
Marion
Ohio
Harding
Senate
Francia H. French
Walter Reed Military Hospital
Hardifig
Washington
Foreign Office
League of Nations
Denby
Navy Department
Navy
National Press Club
Italy
Rolando Riel
Henry P. Fletcher
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
George Washington
Republican Committee
South
San Antonio
Seaatward
Roosevelt, Jr
Stand ard Oil Plant Fire and Political Notices
A Brooklyn Stand ard Oil plant in Greenpoint suffered a major fire with four tanks exploding as police rushed from five stations. The unrest includes impeachment moves against Judge John Wade and a Newark indictment for Mann white slave act. Federal actions span wage injunctions, packer labor disputes, and railroad wage changes with a Chicago hearing looming. Nearby crime and death inquiries unfold in Asheville and Buffalo wrecks, while unions prepare strategies ahead of May conventions.
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Standard Oil Company
Greenpoint
Brooklyn
John Wade
Cornelius Densel
Netherlands Reformed Church
Paasale
N. J
United States District Court
Newark
Chicago
Buffalo
N. Y
Russell W. Metcalf
Asheville
N. C
Wall Street
United States Labor Board
Crom
Railroad Labor Board
General Executive Board
Amalgamated Textile Workers of America
Lawrence
Mass
New York
Easter in Jerusalem: Holy Light and Gate of the Friend
The article chronicles Easter in Jerusalem with focus on Holy Light in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Garden of Gethsemane, and the Jaffa Gate. It notes crowds from many nations, the procession routes, and the historic role of Allenby and the Turkish police, describing rituals, locations, and the city’s cosmopolitan Easter atmosphere.
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Jerusalem
Allenby
Tom
Miles
Gordon
Camancie Gate
Orient
Jaffa Gate
Wilhelm Hohengellern
Bal el Kalil
Jaffa Street
David Street
Bethlehem
Bal el Kall
Bal el Kuli
Atte Stow
Amended movie bill passes senate amid tax and reform debates
The North Carolina Senate approved a motion picture censorship bill and passed amendments on a state tax limit and debt rule. It also advanced a negro reformatory plan, condemned land for land purchases, and refused to concur in a House crop statistics amendment. Executive nominations were confirmed and pay, pension, and power contracts measures faced votes.
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Senate
House
Raleigh
North Carolina
Sams
Delaney
State College
Department of Agriculture
Legislative Mill
John A. Small
C. C. Smoot
Board of Geological Survey
Matalera
General Assembly
J. van Metts
Mourne
Tex
Corporstick
Lycrett
Durham
Th Corporation Commission
Corporation Commission
Everett
Hiss
Allen J. Maxwell
Morrison
Grant
Doughton
One Sorrow Removed and the Jewsharp Origin Debated
The article recounts Henry Paget marquis of Anglesea beating his wife and a maid witness, with his brutal temper noted. It then discusses the unclear origin of the jewsharp, listing various proposed etymologies and noting its ancient roots and lack of consensus on its name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Paget
Anglesea
Sleeping Berth Rate Lower by Corporation Order
The Corporation Commission ordered lower berth rates between Raleigh and Wilmington and intermediate points via Southern Railway starting March 19, deeming current rates discriminatory. The action was ex parte, initiated by the Commission itself.
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Corporation Commission
Pullman Company
Raleigh
Wilmington
Southern Railway
Bud
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