Birds’ deadly eggs menace Santo Domingo and Haiti
Washington reports from Capt Walter E McCaughtry describe marine aviators pursuing bandits in Santo Domingo and Haiti. A recent engagement near Guaybodulce left six bandits dead, with pilots firing from about 100 feet using a Marlin rifle and Lewis gun. Civilians fear the planes, calling them evil birds and offering ancestral broth as protection.
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Washington
Santo Domingo
Haiti
Marine Corps
Walter E. McCaughtry
First Division
Squadron D
Marine Aviation Force
Santa Do Taingo
McCaughtry
Simmons
44Th Company
Marine Aviation Headquarters
Chicaron
Guaybodulce
Noble
Lieut
Nobile
Rioting in Knoxville as guard open fire on crowd
In Knoxville Tennessee this morning six black men and two white men were killed during riots as Fourth Tennessee National Guard troops used a machine gun on armed crowds. Looting, gun possession, and calls to transfer a suspect to Chattanooga marked the unrest, with whites and blacks clashing at Vine and Central avenues.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee National Guard
Lindsey
Chattanooga
Civic Improvement Association Holds Fall Meeting
The first fall meeting of the Civic Improvement Association will be held next Friday afternoon at five o'clock in the Boy Scouts hall. All members are urged to attend to discuss plans for enlarging the work. Committees should be prepared to give full reports. Mrs. Joe P. Lane, Pres.
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Civic Improvement Association
Boy Scouts’ Hall
Joe P. Lane
Expert Cotton Grading to Aid Farmers in Seven Counties
Clemson College experts announce the use of trained graders in seven counties to balance cotton prices paid by mills and received by farmers. Grading aims to cut differences, save freight costs, and help farmers sell directly to mills. The program, funded by extension, USDA, and counties, begins with existing counties and expands to Laurens, Clarendon, Greenwood, and Anderson.
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Clemson College
Orangeburg
Sumter
Darlington
Laurens
Clarendon
Greenwood
Anderson
D. W. Watkins
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Markets
Bureau
North Carolina
Department
United States’ Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
First Passenger Built Airplane Reaches Chicago
Toledo dispatch reports the first American built commercial passenger airplane arrives in Chicago on the first leg of a Chicago to New York trip. Alfred W. Lawson of Milwaukee designed the craft to carry 26 passengers, with 50 foot length and 90 foot wings, twin 400 horsepower Liberty motors. The flight covered 240 miles in 3 hours 40 minutes against a 50 mph wind, landing at 12:17 PM. The voyage featured a smooth ride and a minor scare when a money wrench dropped from a window sill. The plane will proceed to New York on Tuesday with plans to fly to San Francisco on return.
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Toledo
Ohio
Chicago
New York
Alfred W. Lawson
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Rowland Post Office Robbery Stolen Cadil lac Used to Flee to Fayetteville
Yeggmen blew Rowland post office safe at 2 30 am securing between 2300 and 2500 in currency stamps and bonds. They fled in Leinwand's Cadillac heading toward Fayetteville then disappeared. Sheriff noted a Ford departure and a later big car. details show multiple suspects, with Postmaster Pleasants and several locals reporting losses.
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Robesonian
Rowland
Lewis
Mr. Leinwand
Marlboro Policeman Fires Five Shots At City Dentist
Bennettsville officer M C Sligh was jailed in Columbia after firing five wild shots at Dr Lucius L Toole, a Columbia dentist, as crowds fled from Keith's Theatre. The incident followed a confrontation in which Sligh, reportedly intoxicated, cursed the dentist and fired. Sligh, a former Columbia policeman, faced multiple charges.
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Columbia
M. C
Bennettsville
Marlboro County
Lucius L. Toole
Keith
Main Street
Dr. Toole
Sligh
Columbia Police Force
Great European emigration feared as millions seek new homes
London reports a potential exodus of up to ten million Europeans as transport limits ease. British officials warn the United States may face a flood of refugees while famine and unrest persist across Europe. Diaspora planners expect about 2,000,000 Jews to seek Palestine, with others stranded without ships or relief.
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London
Europe
United States
Britain
Universal Service Today
Conilent
Palestine
Ice Plant Planned for Mullins by Dillon Man
Mullins residents welcomed news of an ice plant to be built near the fertilizer works in West Mullins. I T Wood, operator of ice plants in Dillon and Selma and owner of Wood Grocery Co., bought a site and will erect a 25 to 30 ton capacity factory. The project aims to relieve a summer ice famine and serve a wide surrounding area.
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Mullins
I. T. Wood
Dillon
Selma
Wood Grocery Co
West Mullins
Lost Diamond Recovered in McColl Street Yard
Four years after a diamond setting disappeared from a Mrs. Whitner’s ring, a little daughter of Rev. L. L. Hudson, now living in the Faison house on McColl street, found the gem in the yard. The stone was taken to H. W. Carroll's jewelry store, identified, and returned to Mrs. Whitner with a generous reward.
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America
Jones Dry Goods CO
R. R. Ave
Dillon, South Carolina
Fayetteville
Lumberton
Leinwand
Lumberton Robesonian
Robeson County
Wishart
Amuck
Dillon Man
Boston
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