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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1921
Page
3
A clearer financial outlook is announced as gloom and forebodings recede. The report highlights improved conditions and renewed confidence in the economic situation under Harding's policies.
Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve argues not-yet-completed readjustment amid improving banking conditions. He warns that agriculture and crop marketing affect outlook and urges stronger merchant and banker cooperation to expand foreign trade and long-term credit abroad, noting cotton price gains reflect supply and demand.
In San Francisco a preliminary hearing on the murder charge against Roscoe Arbuckle featured testimony from physicians who said only external force could have killed Virginia Rappe. Arbuckle sat with his wife Miss Minta Dutfee as witnesses identified the body photo. The defense faced damaging medical testimony amid the courtroom struggle. The report also notes Miss Alexa Stirling’s win in Ottawa and other regional items.
San Francisco grand jury continues weighing testimony from seven witnesses in the Patty Arbuckle affair. US Attorney General J P McCormack says all federal departments have completed investigations and will present to the grand jury immediately.
Four law officers and a citizen posse member are jailed in Elmore County on murder charges. Sheriff Strength reports the case stems from a fight near Electric, Alabama, where Lee Paunton was killed and Oliver Dewitt wounded. Both victims are white.
Walter Yarrow of the OU Workers' union boasted no bloodshed would occur in oil field takeovers but clashes were avoided as no one remained to clash. The district spans hundreds of square miles and was taken over legally by strikers. An official telegram from Tetum notes a Spanish success at Tirisa against Moors and quiet in Melilla zones.
After the Southern Railway system exhibit at the seventh national exposition of chemical industries in New York, prospects brighten for locating several key industries in the South. Manager J. Williams of the Southern's development service issued the statement.
Treasury officials say a public health service hospital for exclusive use of Negro service men is likely to be built. Sites offered include Tuskegee Institute grounds or the town of Tuskegee at about a million dollars. Dr. Robert Moton urged locating the facility on institute grounds.
Senator Borah objects to delaying the treaty, calling the stance irreconcilables. He heads the opposition as lawmakers begin review of the new pact amid debate and dissent within the party.
Washington steers debate over Harding’s treaty with Germany fearing entanglements in Europe. Senator Borah warns approval may impose moral obligations to maintain troops in Germany and to staff reparations bodies, unless Congress withholds consent. Senator Lodge proposes a Lodge reservation to block presidential appointments to international bodies without Senate consent.
Inspection of two million sacks and four hundred thousand pouches sent to offices for storage or distribution has been ordered. Postmaster General Hays directs careful emptying of all sacks and pouches and holds rural postmasters responsible for compliance. Ku Klux Debate Forces Religious Intolerance Mention in Senate Beer Bill Discussion.
National Milliners To Hold Convention in Atlanta starting November 2 for a four day session. The meeting will address major millinery trade matters not acted upon in years and will take place during the fall convention season.
The U S Senate opens the post vacation session amid a jam of business. Key items include the revenue bill led by Senator Penrose, the anti beer bill pushed by Senator Sterling, the Panama canal tolls repeal to be voted October 16, and immediate ratification of peace treaties with Germany Austria and Hungary. Absences threaten quorum and leaders consider night sessions to push treaties while excluding other measures.
Oliver Lee McKay, 20, grand secretary recorder of Mississippi Masonic bodies, president of the Meridian board of trade and Meridian cotton exchange, vice president of the chamber of commerce and past grand master of the Mississippi grand lodge of Odd Fellows, died here after a brief illness. He was identified with numerous public enterprises and served as executive general agent of the Mobile and Ohio and Southern railways in Mississippi.
Police probe a brutal household murder in Dowagrue Michigan after a blood stained club and fingerprints surface. William Monroe his wife and their 17 year old daughter were found beaten in their home. Ardith Monroe a young daughter was found unconscious in a safe room after a savage attack. A child suffered severe injuries and blindness from the blows.
Joyful welcome greets General John J Pershing in Havre where a large civilian crowd and military reception unfold. Pershing is introduced to the world war by General Frances Desperey in a moment captured as a landmark reception.
A summary of international items notes Alexa Stirling ousting Mrs. Gavin in a Camatlay Indies golf event, Russian diamond layoffs in the Dutch and Holstein markets, and Salvation Army head General Tooth touring Swiss towns. Oppau disaster rescue efforts and 1500 death toll projections follow, with 500 bodies recovered near Ludwigshafen. Balkans tension prompts League of Nations intervention, Albania and Jugoslavia dispute causing splits. Also covers Britain’s critique of US Prohibition, and Charles Warren’s arrival in Yokohama with family aboard the Golden State.
President Harding negotiates peace terms with Germany to avoid entanglement in European affairs while Senate debates anti trust and anticlear measures. The Justice Department weighing federal action against the Ku Klux Klan. American worker Carl R. Tabb killed near Tampico in oil fields. China’s dual government raises questions for the Washington conference. The Ku Klux Klan and religious intolerance surface in the beer bill debate. Southern Railway exhibition boosts proposed industrial sites in the South. Census notes 36,617,584 cotton spindles at the start of the cotton year. Immediate inspection of 2,000,000
Recommendations on Eugene V. Dabs pardon may be sent to President Harding soon as Attorney General Daugherty notes Alabama location for a public health service hospital for negro veterans is likely. Final decision expected soon amid other political updates including tax revision timing and Senate actions.
A collection of brief items notes shifting liquor costs after prohibition, a New York Republican convention keynote, a Lee Highway convention in Chattanooga, damages awarded in a Salisbury civil suit, Arbuckle testimony, golf rivalry remarks, millinery trade meeting plans in Atlanta, banking concerns, a slave auction compromise, a Mississippi Masonic death, Georgia tax cuts, a Kentucky train wreck, honors for ZR-2 crew, a Zaneville windstorm, and widespread flood damage from McMahon cloudburst.
Lord Randolph Churchill in Dundees Scotland warned of a grave crisis in the Leh peace situation while Dublin reports communication from England signaling important developments. Winston Churchill in Dundee expressed that the Irish position remains uncertain and a republic would bring civil war, urging allegiance to the King.
New York reports Douglas Fairbanks in a white hat and blue suit with white spats, sailing to Europe on the Hner Olympic. He travels with his wife Mary Pickford Fairbanks, adding a high profile film star presence to the voyage on the ocean liner.
Secretary of Labor Davis says revival of the United States employment service is imperative to aid millions of unemployed men in finding work.
Oklahoma City report states Lieut Arthur Emerson was killed while attempting a change from one airplane to another at the state fair grounds. The accident occurred during a display event, with Emerson losing his life in the line of duty.
Hobide Catholic and Protestant mobs clashed throughout the day before Helfast Crown forces gained control of the situation shortly before nightfall, ending the rioting and restoring order.
Sixty nine cases of infantile paralysis were reported here during the week, the largest number since the 1916 epidemic. In Morocco a ten day battle leaves forty four thousand Spaniards and Moorish tribesmen dead or wounded.
Chicago Police Chief Charles Fitzmorris declares half of the force implicated in legal transportation and sale of liquor. The startling claim highlights widespread involvement across the department and raises questions about graft and enforcement integrity in the city.
Eight men drowned when their sail boat capsized in a Lake Superior squall about 20 miles from Sault Ste Marie Michigan. The tragedy adds to a string of maritime accidents reported from the region.
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