Global Happenings Report Chronicle Short News
Round about the world notes revolts in Santa Clara Cuba as rebels flee. Belgium Premier Theunis arrives London for talks on Dawes Plan. Red Cross leaders elected in Paris. Britain weighs recognizing Obregon in Mexico. Coolidge extends Memorial Day access to Confederates. Teapot Dome oil scandals deepen with new indictments sought.
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Santa Clara
Havana
Cuba
Russia
Theunis
Hymans
Belgium
London
France
England
Italy
Veterans and Patriots’ Association
Escumania Lumber Company
Quebec
Wih
Escnminac
Brussel
Paris
Washington May Day Amid Global Turmoil Aids US Peace Prospects
The report notes high US industrial peace under Secretary Davis while global disturbances persist. It mentions Minnesota Representative Knutson’s acquittal, McAdoo's lead in the Democratic race contingent on Texas delegates, a soldiers bonus agreement, and Dawes with Young and Robinson earning thanks for a reparations plan. Also details Senate hearings on world court life and storms across the eastern US, plus a probe into underwear shrinkage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Davis
Harold Knutson
Minnesota
Arlington County
Virginia
McAdoo
Texas
House
Senate
Senate Democrats
Charles G. Dawes
President Coolidge
Owen PD. Young
Henry M. Robinson
Various 1920s News Tidbits From Across the Nation
Obituary notes on H. M. Byllesby’s death in Chicago. California Holstein herd driven to a trench and buried after disease. Columbia University’s Nicholas Murray Butler declines debate on prohibition. Democratic leaders hint at Smith nomination. Roosevelt directs Smith campaign. Plant letters threaten heiress Miss Helen Jesmer in a damages case. Iron workers strike in New York area for a closed shop and $12 for 8 hours. German liner Columbus search fails to find draft dodger Bergdoll. Japan immigration exclusion delayed to July. Ohio presidential primary results show Coolidge and Cox leading. Atlanta’s Raleigh Wright released on bond after a burglary probe. SMU expels 34 students after a wild party. Indiana’s ex-governor McCray to prison for ten years. Six men sentenced to hang for a murder in Louisiana. Roosevelt to manage Al Smith campaign. Southeast storms cause heavy damage with many dead or missing. Indiana’s McCray convicted in federal court. Atlanta weather brings damaging hail and tornado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Byllesby
H. M. Byllesby & Company
Chicago
Fred Hartzok
California
Tillie Alcartra
Philip Morgan Plant
Helene Jesmer
Greenwich Village
Columbus
Brooklyn
Bremen
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
United States
Senate
House
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Texas
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
United States District Court
A. B. Anderson
Atlanta
Amite
Dallas Calmes
Independence
Board of Pardons
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cox
al Smith
Doings in the Tar Heel State
Greensboro report notes Robert L. Hinton dies from wounds after a March 19 stabbing by a McMillan assailant. Franklinton shows a new school building nearing completion, valued at 300000 dollars, due by July 1. Charlotte records a fatality after an auto incident on Dowd road, attributed to Raleigh Ervin of Gastonia. Asheville hosts evangelist Billy Sunday next fall under Lions Club auspices. Strawberries and lettuce shipments from Wallace and New Hanover County reach New York markets. Wadesboro shows paving progress for streets, promising first-rate pavement. Raleigh tobacco market drives 750000 dollars in annual activity to Raleigh Tobacco Warehouse Co. Morganton reports a fatal burn incident at a veneer plant. Asheboro notes a fatal neck injury from a car crash near West End. High Point public welfare debates an unenforced curfew for under-16 children. Lenoir confirms Davenport College commencement speaker Bishop McMurry of Louisville for May 27. Elizabeth City committee oversees 375000 dollar Dismal Swamp Canal appropriation. Wilmington reports jail sale and new jail installation contract worth 33504 dollars. Potatoes look favorable in the region with delayed Virginia crop affecting markets. J. R. Wilson, known as Rough Wilson, leaves Lenoir with about 55000 dollars after decades in barber trade. Greensboro reports a $40000 suit against Atlantic and Yadkin and Southern Railway by Laughm deviter of the late Samuel Laughm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Robert L. Hinton
Danville
Franklinton
S. C. Vann
Charlotte
S. H. Nivens
New Hanover County
New York
Wadesboro
Raleigh
Raleigh Tobacco Warehouse Company
Morganton
Mallie Wilson
S. T. Wilson
Burke County
Salem
Morganton Furniture Company
Asheboro
Carl Lassiter
Oscar Lassiter
Hayworth Hospital
West End
Lassier
High Point
Board of Public Welfare
C. C
Lenoir
William Fletcher McMurry
Louisville
Davenport College
Hornaday
Elizabeth City
House of Representatives
M. Leigh Sheep
L. H. Wollers
Pauly Jail Building Company
St. Louis
Court House
Virginia
North Carolina
Howard Smith
Carolina Potato Exchange
J. R. Wilson
Rough Wilson
Newton
Guilford County
Atlantic and Yadkin
Southern Railway
Hon
Laugh 1
Samuel Laughm
Bird Estate
Wade reports on North Carolina fire losses for March
Insurance Commissioner Stacey Wade releases March fire loss figures for North Carolina. Total losses reached 405 366 with $2 717 693 at risk and 1 786 291 insured. 207 fires occurred, including 148 in cities with protection and 45 in smaller towns. Major losses came from two dwellings, Oxford tobacco pri bery, and several commercial buildings across Gibson Clarkson Kinston Marion Belmont Charlotte Wilmington.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Stacey Wade
Wade
Twon
Gibson
Clarkson
Oxford
Kinston
Marion
Belmont
Charlotte
Wilmington
Illinois Cotton Growth Sparks North Carolina Interest
A North Carolina farmer cites University of Illinois Circular 279 on cotton growing in Illinois. He notes southern Illinois saw over 1,000 acres in 1923 yielding more than half a bale per acre and suggests cotton could expand beyond traditional areas despite boll weevil concerns. He references 1840 census figures for Person Rockingham and Surry counties to show historical cotton presence in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Illinois
Illinois
North Carolina
Wheeler
Person County
Rockingham County
Surry County
Yadkin County
Appointments Fill Vacancies on State Exam Boards
Governor Morrison announced new members to fill vacancies on North Carolina boards. Talmage Sence of Raleigh joins the Osteopathic Board for five years. W. T. Martin of Benson fills the Dental Board term to 1926. Eugene A. Cox of Winston-Salem serves on Chiropractic Examiners for three years. F. W. Hancock of Oxford joins the Pharmacy Board. Frank Parker tours state agricultural conditions reporting bi daily observations and noting farmers delayed by rain yet optimistic about cotton and tobacco prospects.
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Morrison
Talmage T. Sence
Raleigh
State Board of Osteopathic Examination and Registration
W. T. Martin
Benson
State Board of Dental Examiners
C. A. Thompson
Eugene A. Cox
Winston-Salem
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
F. W. Hancock
Oxford
State Board of Pharmacy
Mother and two daughters die in St. Louis fire
In a three story six family apartment fire in St Louis a mother and her daughters Mrs Hattie Harty 50 Beryl Harty 15 and Thelma Harty 14 died eight others injured and several residents jumped to safety from the second floor of the building. The dead occupants were identified and treated at city hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Hattie Harty
Beryl Harty
Thelma Harty
Southeast storms kill and injure dozens across states
Storms across the southeast kill 86 people and injure more than 400 as the system spreads through North Carolina South Carolina Alabama Georgia and Louisiana. Early estimates put property damage near 10 million dollars with hundreds left homeless and many missing or fatally hurt.
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Atlanta
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Destructive South Carolina Winds Strikes Across State
Tornadoes tore through southeastern U S states with 61 known dead in South Carolina and many injured. Homes destroyed, property losses expected to exceed a million dollars as darkness, hail and heavy rain accompanied the deadly winds across multiple counties.
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Columbia
S. C
Jast
South Carolina
Tornadoes Kill Sixteen at Horrell Hill Near Columbia
Twin tornadoes near Horrell Hill about 12 miles from Columbia devastate the area. A schoolhouse collapsed trapping 75 children and 16 people died including six year old Charles Koon and six year old Willie Sloan.
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Horrell Hill
Columbia
S. C
Charles Koon
J. W. Koon
Willie Ray Sloan
E. R. Sloan
English Hopkins
Sumter Road
Tornado Slams Anderson South Carolina Killing Eight
A fierce tornado swept through southeastern Anderson injuring over twenty, killing eight people including five children, leaving hundreds homeless and causing about 780,000 dollars in damage. Homes along Riverside Mill Road were razed and many structures were wiped out.
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Anderson
S. C
Methodists Back Prohibition Enforcement and World Court
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church endorse stronger enforcement of prohibition and immigration controls. They call for restricting amusements, addressing divorce, and opposing war as the United States joins the world court, urging the church to actively combat warlike policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Union of Nations
Union
Methodist Churches of America
Methodist Episcopal Church
Joseph F. Berry
Philadelphia
Jesus Christ
United Church of Christ
Steel Industry Falls Back But Earnings Impress Market
New York markets show little reaction to steel sector news. The Allied Steel Company reports record first quarter earnings with eight hour day. March results praised. Gary cites declining new business but expects revival by fall as industry activity eases from March peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Steel Corporation
Federal Reserve Banks of
Coolidge Vetoes Pension Bill in Major Veto First
President Coolidge vetoed the Bursum-Fuller Pension Bill despite overwhelming congressional majorities. He called the measure unwarranted expenditure and foreshadowed opposition to the World War I Bonus Bill. He aligned with Harding’s stance, arguing the advantage of a class cannot exceed national welfare.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Harding
Senate
Air Mail Service to Open Between New York and San Francisco
Postmaster General announces daily air mail service from New York to San Francisco starting July 1 with 35 hour deliveries and delivery from morning to evening. Transit time expected to drop to 24 hours within months. Special air mail rates set at 8 16 and 24 cents.
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United Confederate Veterans
Arlington
Britten
Ilinois
House Naval Committee
Admiral Coontz
Celler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Teapot Dome
Pittsburg
Weather Bureau
Frederick L. Martin
United States Army
Globe
Chignik
Alaska
John L. Phillips
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Standards and Makers of
Cailor
Ohio
James M. Cox
Raleigh W. Wright
Burslar
Dan Conklin
Conklin
Liberty
Indianapolis
Marion County
United States Marshal’s Office
Tar Heel
Frank Parker
State Agricultural Statistician
Gary
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