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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1917

Page

8

Two New Enterprises Planned for Warsaw

Warsaw announces two new ventures including a tobacco stemmery to be built by H L Stevens H F Pierce and M K Moore on the Clinton branch spur near the ACL line. The $25 000 to $30 000 plant will boost tobacco handling and provide many jobs. Also H Faison Pierce expands with Victor auto agency serving NC SC and MS and plans to demonstrate B F Morris assisting as carloads arrive.

Warsaw Messrs H. L. Stevens H. F. Pierce M. K. Moore Clinton Branch Atlantic Coast Line H. Faison Pierce Victor Automobile North Carolina South Carolina Missisippi B. F. Morris

Garza Carranza peage proposal gains supporters in Buenos Aires

United Press report from Buenos Ayres on March 5 notes General Carranza proposes neutral nations cut off supplies to belligerents unless peace terms are accepted. Officials doubt German authorship but urge peace with any influence. South American opinion opposes a total victory by either side, fearing trade monopoly and long U.S. readiness to challenge.

United Press Buenos Ayres Carranza South America United United States

What Japan's Gain Through the War

Baron Hayashi, Japan’s minister to Peking, says Japan will seek a large concession at Tsingtao and control of the Shangtung Railway after the war. He notes Japan may establish a Japanese concession at Tsingtau and questions whether other powers will be allowed settlements there.

United Press Tokio Japan China Baron Hayashi Peking Tsingtao Germany

Annual meeting of Cotton Belt Entomologists opens in Florida

Gainesville Florida March 29 The Association of Cotton Belt Entomologists including State entomologists and nursery inspectors opened at the University of Florida and will run through the week. Sessions focus on strategies to evade citrus canker in Gulf States and safeguard agricultural and horticultural industries.

Gainesville Fla Association of Cotton Belt Entomologists University of Florida Gulf States

Central A. A. U. Indoor Track Meet Preview

Chicago hosts the Central A. A. U. indoor track and field championships at the Second Regiment Armory with junior events tomorrow night and senior events on Saturday. Fourteen events are slated including relay races for academies high schools and colleges depending on permit approval.

Central A. A. U Chicago Ill

Amelia E Barr on Fashions and Slang at 87

United Press reports on Amelia E Barr’s 87th birthday views. The Richmond Hill Brooklyn author of more than 75 novels criticizes modern fashion as undressed and ugly, says women overdo slang, and insists golf and tennis are for men. Barr remains outspoken and active.

United Press New York Amelia E. Barr Barr Richmond Hill Brooklyn

Northeastern College marks twenty years with Speare installation

Boston March 29 The Boston Young Men's Christian Association schools celebrate twenty years as Northeastern college with an educational program and the installation of Dr. Frank P. Speare as president. The night schools include liberal arts law commerce and finance engineering and a day school coop engineering. Over forty thousand students have completed programs in twenty years and more than seventeen hundred now study mainly in evenings while working by day.

Boston Mass Boston Young Men's Christian Association Northeastern College Frank P. Speare

Many English Women Smokers Rise In Postwar England

London reports that English women now smoke as freely as men in offices and restaurants. The war loosened restrictions allowing women to smoke during work hours, with current rules banning smoking before 11 a.m. or after 3 p.m. Male clerks had long smoked at work, and women are increasingly taking their place in the habit.

United Press London England

First Robeson County commencement draws large Colored turnout

A special to The Disptuc notes Lumberton North Carolina March 29 report of Robeson county schools first annual commencement. The event drew perhaps the largest colored crowd yet seen in the county with principal exercises including an address by N C Newbold state agent of rural schools and a child parade. About two dozen pupils presented strong industrial exhibits.

Lumberton N. C Heer Robeson County N. C. Newbold

American Practical Hatter offers pressed suits and hat cleaning

G. F. Hunt and W. J. Bradshaw advertise a piano for sale at 135 dollars. Horowitz Pro Proprietor offers hat cleaning services and suit pressing at low prices with phone contact.

I. Horowitz G. F. Hunt W. J. Bradshaw & Co. Inc

Ads and Telegraph Service Contact Details

The notice explains use of Postal Telegraph Cable Company's messengers to handle ads with the same speed as telegrams. For ads information call 176, and for telegraph service refer to Postal Telegraph.

Postal Telegraph Cable Company Postal Telegraph

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