World News Digest Highlights From The South
A compilation notes anti Bolshevik fighting in Vladivostok led by General Kappel with four machine guns amid unclear street clashes. It also covers Ireland’s situation, Greece in Asia Minor, Italy’s stance on collective security, and disarmament talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kappel
Vladivostok
Ireland
Pope Benedict
Daniel J. Mannix
Melbourne
Australia
Rome
England
Germany
Reparations Commission
Eski-Shehr
Eski-Sher
Asia Minor
Rolandi Ricci
Rome Tribuna
Washington
Italy
Association of Nations
Harding
Austria
Essen
Dortmund
United States
Baltazar Brun
Uruguay
North America
Montevideo
Greece
Levant
Aegean
Marmara
Smyrna
Washington postwar business outlook shown uncertain by Fed review
A March 31 federal reserve board monthly review reports only modest activity gains across some trades while commerce largely awaits further developments. The war finance corporation calls a Southern bankers conference in Washington on April 4 to discuss financing exports of Southern agricultural products following farmer relief talks. The cabinet's prior discussions hint at possible plans, while labor migration trends and wage concerns draw concern in Europe and the United States. President Harding is linked to ambassador nominations and other swift actions. August Jaedicke of Hanover State Bank pleads guilty to three counts of embezzlement. Two Marine Corps planes depart Washington for a 5,000 mile flight to Charlotte Amalie and back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Women’s World
Russia
Hughes
Reval
Southern Tariff Association
House
Ways and Means Committee
John H. Erby
Association
Arlington
Herbert Hoover
New York
Federal Prohibition
Prohibition Commission
Kramer
Census Bureau
Wilson
Warwick
The
Treasury
Bergdoll
Weeks
Philadelphia
Germany
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
War Finance Corporation
Washington
England
France
United States
Department of Labor
Harding
Senate
White House
August Jaedicke
Hanover State Bank of
Hanover
Kans
Marine Corps
Naval Aviation Station
Charlotte Amalis
Virgin Islands
Memphis chosen as next Southern Unitarian meeting site
The Southern Unitarian conference closed a three day session in New Orleans with Memphis selected as the next meeting place. A review covers civic, religious, and social topics discussed during the gathering.
Hughes Expresses Pleasure Over Allied Stand On German Reparations
Washington reports a State Department release outlining U S policy on German reparations. Dr Walter Simons German foreign minister says Germany aims to pay to the limit of its means and seeks expert examination. Secretary Hughes replies that the United States approves Germanys willingness and remains willing to hold Germany morally responsible to the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
State Department
Loring Diesel
Berlin
Walter Simons
Germany
Hughes
Post Office Robbery in Bisbee Stuns Arizona Town
Douglas Arizona reports L. R. Bailey Bisbee post master found bound and gagged in his office after two masked Mexican robbers forced the vault. They escaped with about $50,000 according to messages received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Ariz
L. R. Bailey
Bisbee, Ariz
Endorsement for Richmond Potter Union Delegate to Moscow Meet
The American Labor Alliance for Trade Relations with Soviet Russia endorsed a Richmond Potters' Union delegate chosen to attend the international industrial convention in Moscow on May 1. The meeting was held in San Francisco to back the delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
American Labor Alliance
Russia
Potters’ Union of
Richmond
Moscow
Secretary Denby Returns From Caribbean Tour
Secretary Denby has returned to Washington aboard the destroyer Pruitt after a two weeks visit to the Atlantic fleet at Guantanamo Cuba and navy and marine corps shore stations in Cuba Haiti and San Domingo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denby
Washington
Pruitt
Guantanamo
Cuba
Navy
Marine Corps
Haiti
San Domingo
Western Union Reports 1920 Income Rise In New York
Western Union Telegraph reports gross operating income of 119,991,825 for 1920, up 17 percent from 1919. Other income brings total to 121,473,685, while operating expenses climb to 106,838,713, a 20 percent increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Growing Concern
New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Stinnes Buys Austrian Press Network
Hugo Stinnes, the German capitalist, is reported to be buying Austrian newspapers on a large scale. He is said to have acquired three Vienna papers, one in Linz, one in Graz, and begun a new paper in Klagenfurt.
Irish Republican Army Units Reported in Five Counties
Flying columns of the Irish republican army are officially reported to operate in Fermanagh, Armagh, Tyrone, Kildare and Queens counties with extensive destruction of roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Irish Republican Army
Fermanagh
Armagh
Tyrone
Kildare
Queens
Greek Prince Andreas Killed by Turks Near Brusa
London dispatch says Prince Andreas of Greece brother of King Constantine died of wounds from fighting near Brusa. The report from Constantinople notes his death in the ongoing conflict with Turkish forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Andreas
Greece
Constantine
Brusa
Constantinople
American Radical Deported From Mexico City
Linn A. E. Gale, an American radical arrested in Mexico City, has been deported via Vera Cruz. Local newspapers report the departure as official and note the political exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Linn
A. E. Gale
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Allies refuse Greece transport through Constantinople
The allies deny the Greek request to move troops in Thrace to Asia Minor via Constantinople or use the Ismid railway. A second item reports a massive powder explosion in Fredericksburg Virginia injuring two and destroying freight cars, halting R.F. & P. railroad traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Constantinople
Thrace
Asia Minor
Ismid
Frederickburg
Three Year Egg Contest Opens in Murphysboro Illinois
Four hundred hens have been entered to date in a three year national egg laying contest starting here November 1. The race is regarded in Illinois as the first of its sort ever held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Illinois
Former deputy sheriff shoots self in Miami home
B C Williams a former Dade County deputy sheriff and jailer killed himself at his Miami residence with his daughter watching from the doorway. The tragedy occurred as his daughter witnessed the self inflicted shooting, ending his troubled tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami, Fla
B. C. Williams
Dade County
Union Road Electorate Resigns En Masse in Monroe
The entire Union county road electorate except W E Lemmond of Vance township resigns and a joint resignation is filed to take effect Saturday April 16. Debt rises as claims go unpaid and road politics stir debate over governance and future bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Union County
W. E. Lemmond
Vance Township
Tatef
Board of County Commissioners
North Carolina YMCA delegates digest state school pay law
About 100 delegates met at the North Carolina Y M C A convention in Charlotte. J M Matthews outlined how salaries will be funded under a new state plan with splits between state county and local taxes and funding for principals and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
J. M. Matthews
County Board of School Commissioners
Matthews
Gathering at Rocky Mount for 51st Missionary Union Session
The Woman's Missionary Union of North Corona auxiliary to the Baptist State convention met at the First Baptist church in Rocky Mount for its 51st annual session with record attendance. Trainloads of Baptist ladies arrived from Murphy to Manteo and over 700 have applied for local entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mount
J. F. Love
Foreign Mission Board
Richmond
Woman's Missionary Union Convention
Woman's Missionary Union of
North Corona
Baptist State Convention
First Baptist Church
Murphy
Manteo
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the News OF the South
Southland
Memphis
Southern Unitarian Conference
New Orleans
Singer and Schaffer
Chicago
Little Italy
Jack Culpepper
Andrew Culpepper
Martin’s Station
Ala
George Hawxhurst
Cold Harbor
N. Y
Hawxhurst
Matthew Curley
Will Reed Dunroy
Lansing
Mich
Henry Ford
Edsel B. Ford
Ford Motor Company
Nathan L. Miller
Governor
Point Wilson
Seattle
Wash
West Hartland
Edith Kelly Gould
Frank Jay Gould
Supreme Court of New York
Union Road
Oui
Hamlet
H. P. Austin
Grand Lodge of Masons of
North Carolina
Austin
Lenoir
Joy
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Town Commissioners
Lincolnton
Florence R. Witin
Martha Creighton
Raleigh
Greensboro
Edward N. McNelty
Charleston
Darlington
S. C
Garford Motor Truck Company
Lima
Ohio
Burlington
Ernest Newton King
Minnie King
Hoboken
King
119Th Infantry
W. D. Howards
Wake County
George Moore
Wake Forest
J. A. Rountree
Thomas Heflin
Alabama
United States Good Roads Association
Smithfield
H. Lee Lazenby
Salisbury
Johnson County
Legion
Hickory
American Legion
Carolina Park
R. H. Shuford
Maj
Geo. L. Lyerly
City Health Department
McPhaul
Health Department
County OF Mecklenburg
North Carolina Y. M. C. A
Spencer
Farmington- Davie County
Farmington
Augusta
W. M. Allen
N. C
H. W. Parker
Jacksonville
Fla
J. O. Clarke
Southeastern Food and Drug Association
Winston-Salem
E. D. Johnson
Ing
Rexall Store
C Greene
W. F. Clegg Cigar Company
Greensboro, N. C
Matton Drug CO
Eastman Kodaki
Matton Drug Company
North Main
Ood
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