Governor Delivers Notable Commencement Address at Greensboro College
The Greensboro College for Women held its commencement with Governor of North Carolina delivering the main address on "The Woman Beautiful." The program included the presentation of Dr. Charles F. Deems portraits, multiple degree and diploma awards, and a closing concert by the Music Department. Alumni Association officers for the coming year were elected at the annual meeting.
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Charles F. Deems
Allied purchasing board planned for wartime needs
Washington May 23 plans for an allied purchasing board would handle about 3.5 billion dollars of army navy needs in the first year of war. A single commission would direct a ten billion dollar annual purchasing power with an appointed head and an army of experts. The program aims to buy arms equipment munitions and all war materials under navy and war department guidance with allies including Japan. Legislation may grant the commission new powers to operate beyond existing law.
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Washington
Allied Purchasing Board
Navy
Army
War Departments
Japan
Cutting Wheat Begun in Texas Near Iowa Park
The first Texas wheat harvest began yesterday near Iowa Park. Binders started in a 100 acre field with expected yields averaging six to eight bushels per acre. The crop will not be marketed for several days.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Iowa Park
Woman Delivers Historic Address at State College Gathering
Greensboro May 23 Mrs Walter McNab Miller native of Missouri and vice president of the American Women’s Suffrage Association gave the first literary address by a woman at the State Normal and Industrial College on “The Elimination of Waste As a National Service.” Judge J. D. Murphy awarded diplomas across multiple fields to numerous graduates from Mecklenburg Durham Guilford and other counties.
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Dispatch
Greensboro
Walter McNab Miller
Washington City
Missouri
American Women’ S Suffrage Association
State Normal and Industrial College
Miller
J. D. Murphy
Ethel Ardrey
Mecklenburg County
Ruth Elizabeth Blythe
Isabel Carter Bouldin
Guilford County
Leafy May Brown
Iredell County
Lois._Campbell
Rowan County
Grace Crumpler
Sampson County
Annie Rodgers Daniel
Estelle Dillon
Craven County
Elizabeth Evans
Davidson County
Mary Elizabeth Fisher
Cabarrus County
Susan Mary Fountain
Edgecombe County
Alice Neagle Hall
Gaston County
Mary Flossie Harris
Sadie Lee Holden
Nash County
Laura Elizabeth Holt
Durham County
Julia May Johnson
Pender County
Naomi Joplin
Ernestine Kennette
Orange County
Madge Kennette
Ruth Ashmore Kernodle
Washington, D. C
Hallie Belk Legette
Cora Mabel Lippard
Grace Amelia Lucas
Wilson County
Josie McCullers
Dorothy Penn Hunt
Granville County
Minnie B. Long
Alamance County
Bess L. Whitson
Buncombe County
Alice Warden Williams
Warren County
Nanecy Sidney Dowty
Pamlico County
Sadie Young Fristoe
Baltimore
British steamer defeats U-boat off African coast
Sailors aboard a British freighter report a night duel with a German submarine off North Africa. The steamer fired volleys from small guns as shells lit the darkness, the U-boat fired about 63 shells and a torpedo that narrowly missed. The U-boat fled and the freighter escaped without damage.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Africa
Lumber for Camps on Profit Basis
Washington May 23. The lumber needed to build cantonments for the war army will be supplied under a cost plus contract scheme with the defense council at 3 to 5 dollars per thousand below market prices. Firms may be chosen freely by the government. Twelve million board feet are required per cantonment unit of 25 000 men.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lumber Industry
Defense Council
Italian Mission Arrives In Washington Led By Prince Udine
The Italian official mission arrived in Washington at noon headed by Prince Udine. High American government officials welcomed them and cavalry escorted the visitors to Joseph Leiter House, their temporary home. Crowds greeted them enthusiastically at the railway station and on the streets.
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Associated Press
Washington
Prince Udine
Joseph Leiter
Mexico Protests Submarine Campaign in Berlin Note
Berlin dispatch says the Mexican minister to Germany handed a note to the German government protesting the submarine campaign after a prolonged conference with Foreign Secretary Zimmermann. Mexico City reports indicate officials and the United States will not pressure Mexico to take sides in the war.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph Company
Germany
Zimmermann
Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Farris Bakery Promotes Quick Supper Rolls and Honey Bread
Farris' Bakery advertises Hot Supper Rolls that “Save Hours in the Kitchen” along with Honey Bread described as the staff of life. Phone contact 626. Dated 4-19.
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Farris
Life
Farris’ Bakery
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Chas. F. Deems
N. C
Greensboro College For Women
North Carolina
Thomas W. Bickett
Temperance Aycock
Sara Ruth Barden
Letha Rae Brock
Sarah Lee Brock
Myrtle May Bruton
Anna Gaynelle Callaway
Sallie Ruth Chappell
Lillian Cozart
Frances Elizabeth Farrell
Louise Franklin
la Bertha Harrell
Eleanor Horton
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Edelweiss King
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Rena Graham Perry
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Mignon Smith
Marguerite Theresa Tuthill
Grace Madeline Wallace
We Tsung Zung
Velma Masters Canfield
Mary Emma Pillow
Eva Allen Stainback
Lola Vivian Waltz
Lola Vivian Woltz
Elizabeth Odell Andrews
Lilian Cozart
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Grace Walalce
Ella Bolten Andrews
Inez Frances Billings
Mildred Commander
Janie Field
Ella Glasbrenner
Grace Smith
Ruth Vernon
Carrie Ann Wilkinson
Alumnae Association
Helen Sparger
Mount Airy
W. C. Tucker
Pleasant Garden
W. &. Odell
Concord
Vera Idol
High Point
Nannie Lee Smith
J. M. Stone
E. L. Sides
Linnie Ward
Gene Byrnes
Lan
Shelton
S. C
Crescent Candy CO
Wilmington
Fair Shoe Shop
Fourth Street
Rapid Shoe Repair Co
N. Front
Modern Shoe Repair Co
Castle Street
Motte
Eon L. Motte
South Fifth Street
Gordon’s
Foltz & Kendrick
Ivor Johnson
Queen City Cycle Co
Market Street
Harriss
Harriss Rewriting and Advertising Company
Little P. K
Royal Theatre Building
National Press Bureau
Buffalo
N. Y
California
Bear Produce & Merchandise Co
Sterling Furniture Co
South Front Street
H. H. Sneed
H. J. McCartney
Front St
Dixie
Liberty
Globe Baking Company
Carolina
L. Mazer
S. 5Th St
Messenger Service
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Postal Telegraph
England
Europe
Murghison
Lumina
the Tide Water Power Co
L. Dickinson
Princesse Building
R. B. Moore
3Rd and
Castle Streets
J. D. Bender
Davis-Moore Paint Co
Call
P. Wildeboer
East Wilmington
Constance
Care Dispatch
Charles Finkelstein
South 5Th
E. B. Haar
Care Peoples’ Supply Co
Mid-Day Express
Cromwell & Co
North Fourth Street
Bath
Vador
W. B. Cooper & Co
Winnington
W. B. Thorpe & CO
Water and Ann Streets
Ottumwa
Cape Fear
Atlanta
Payne Drug Company
Phone
5Th and
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Chadbourn Clinton
Fayetteville
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Confederate Veterans Reunion
Atlantic Coast Line
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