Ground Breaking Draws Fifteen Hundred to Kingsport
Fifteen hundred to two thousand people gathered Monday at six thirty to witness the Kingsport cotton mill site groundbreaking. J Fred Johnson read a telegram from Bertram H. Borden president of Borden Mills Inc praising the community and pledging support while local leaders spoke of cooperation and future happiness for Kingsport under the new enterprise.
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Kingsport
J. Fred Johnson
Bertram H. Borden
Borden Mills, Inc
Borden Mills, Incorporated
Wee Ey
Ali Fudtiog
Borden
Kingspart
Mr. Borden
Dobyson
Med
Kingeport
May Bordon
Contests in Two Congressional Districts This Year
The article notes contests in only two of the state's congressional districts for the next session. Incumbents in others faced no opposition within sixty days, with races in the third and seventh districts among Democrats and Republicans. Names include J Will Taylor, Sam D. McReynolds, Cordell Hull, Gordon Browning, Pinis J. Garrett, and Hubert Kishor, among others.
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Supreme Court
Alexander W. Chambury
William J. Cook
Court of Appeals
Robert A. Davis
Arthur Crownover
Ting le
Pony
Congress
Wong
Carrell Revee
K.P. Robinson
W. 4. Jones
W. GC. Salinon
Clarence W. Warnes
Eslick
J. Will Taylor
Lalallotua
Sam D. McReynolds
Churtta«nooga
Cordell Hull
Bonth ‘Alaerict, Hubert ¥. Kishor
Memphis
Firstborn Leads in Mental Deficiency Defense
Fragmented report notes comments by Dr. Mutchinson to a British medical academy claiming many mentally deficient children were burned or harmed in early care, with references to primogeniture and European hereditary claims. Historical dialogue cites Benjamin Kean and early Franklin descendants amid debate on eugenics.
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Robert Mutchinson
Imanarehs Which History Reveals, While the Backers, of Dr. Kutchingan
Benjamin Kean
Yosiah Franklins
Pershing Home Goes to Mat for Defense Day
General John J. Pershing arrived from France aboard the George Washington with members of the American Battle Monuments Commission to mark Defense Day. He urged a shift from a bucket approach to national defense toward a volunteer company and fire engine readiness, comparing World War readiness to fighting a blaze. The party included ex-service members and officials. some complained of cemetery guides while in Europe.
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France
United States
George Washington
Camyisaion
Bryan
Iin
Akeleton
Monument’ Commission
Avhich
Pershing
Hin
R. G. Woodsied
Turkey
Thomas Miller
Fredrick W. Bentley
He Priet
Aeterien
Europe
James Pershing
Edguy ‘Russel
Robert Lee
Bullard
William Weigel
Genorah
Washington
Algo
George Mashingtone
Suzanne. von. Schilling
Germany
Albert von Gontard
St. Louis
Adalplnig Busch
Robert Vane Heimgartner
Vienna
Iso
Monumental Stone Mountain Work Progress Report
Progress on the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial shows full-scale carving with General Lee as the central figure rising toward completion. L. W. Roberts Jr reports the Jackson and Davis heads roughed out, a 70 by 60 foot hollow between them, and a total of 8650 cubic yards of granite moved as the sculptor advances amid authorized supplies and growing labor.
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Lee
Bavis
Jackson
Davis
Roberta-alao
Adtv
Candidates to confront Kingsport voters next Thursday
Kingsport voters face county and state primaries next Thursday with Republican and Democratic nominees for county offices. Prominent races include sheriff and state senate. Democrats Gammon Todd and Furlow seek the senate nomination, while Republicans Peabody and others eye governor and congressional seats. The official Sullivan county ballot lists multiple races and candidates across offices and districts.
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Kingsport
Sullivan County
Pril Naries
Lukasgelder
W. A
Furlow
Supreme Court
Myblisa
Art
Rownover
Avis
Prof
Highways of
J. A. Anderson
John R. Snow
Harry Smith
Tax Rogers
C. ©. Hicks
Soviet Navy Baltic Cruise Expands Allegedly
Surprise in press over Baltic Sea cruise of the Soviet fleet with two dreadnoughts six submarines five light cruisers ten destroyers ten torpedo boats and rev pair shops. Ships in good repair. sighted near Sathonian coast but not in Finnish waters. Officials aim to demonstrate reorganized navy and may extend to Danish and German waters.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Finland
Sathonian
Monumental sculpture project speeds toward finish
Progress shows the central group can be completed within three years from September 1923. Planning prioritizes top down quarrying and carving with excavation areas 9 10 11 12 18 and 14 first. Heads of General Jackson General Lee and President Davis span about 30 feet square each, while Davis horse head reaches 50 feet from ear to nostril.
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Davis
La Follette Club to circulate anti Wheeler petitions
Cincinnati reports petitions to place Robert M. La Follette and Burton Wheeler on the Ohio ballot as independent candidates for president and vice president. The La Follette for President Club will distribute petitions tonight to seek signatures for the ticket.
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Cincinnati
Robert M. la Follette
Burton Wheeler
Ohio
la Follette
Ambassador Warren Resigns As Mexico Envoy
Washington reports President Coolidge accepted the formal resignation of Charles B. Warren from his post as ambassador to Mexico. The announcement ends Warren's term and triggers possible replacement plans by the administration. Warren, a longtime legal figure in government service, had faced scrutiny during his tenure.
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Washington
Coolidge
Charles B. Warren
Mexico
Labor Neutral Stance on National Defense Day Declared
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor announced a strict neutral attitude toward the national observance of Defense Day. The union would not involve itself in the controversy, signaling a nonpartisan position amid militaristic and pacifist tensions.
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Atlantic City
Villagers Battle Wolves at Village Church Doorstep
In Sanvite villagers fought a pitched battle with a pack of wolves as worshippers filled the village church. The wolves charged the doorway and were beaten back with available weapons. The pack retreated after one wolf was clubbed to death by the villagers.
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Naples
Judy
Sanvite
Girl Killed in Auto Wreck in Louisville
Miss Mary Breachee aged 21 died of a fractured skull after being caught between a car door and the body as the vehicle, driven by W. G. Salesman, tried to turn in a narrow lane. The car plunged ten feet down an embankment before she could shut the door.
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Louisville
Mary Breachee
Miss Breachee
W. G
World fliers in Iceland reach Reykjavik on lap of trip
Lieutenant Lowell Smith and Lieutenant Eric Nelson arrived in Reykjavik Iceland today completing a leg of their round the world flight The pair traveled from Hofn Hornafjord across Iceland to continue the across Iceland segment of the journey on schedule
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Lowell Smith
Eric Nelson
Hoefn Hornafjord
Dr Healy Testifies In Leopold Loeb Trial
Dr William Healy of Boston testified that Leopold and Loeb entered a compact to practice perversion. He said some may see it as worse than it is and noted private examination would continue. Healy said neither youth told him who delivered the fatal blow and the session included courtroom sparring over insanity claims.
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Chicago
Nathan L Leopold
Richard Loeb
William Healy
Boston
Dr. Herdy
Caverly
Healy
Franks
Vic
Branded with K on Forehead by Hooded Klansmen
R L L Lucien Souci, a reporter for a French newspaper, said hooded Klansmen burned the letter K on his forehead and left arm with a heated iron last night. He was found hiding in the grass near a Klansmen meeting in Woonsocket.
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Woonsocket
R. L
Lucien Souci
Macdonald opposes British troops staying beyond necessary terms
In the House of Commons London Prime Minister Macdonald stated he opposed any British soldier remaining in Cologne or the bridgehead area longer than required to meet Britain’s obligations under the Treaty of Versailles. He spoke during questions on the international reparations conference and stressed restraint in military presence.
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London
Macdonald
House of Commons
Cologne
Great Britain
Versailley
Fugitives Held Up in Palisade Mine Tunnels
Three fugitives hidden in abandoned Palisade mine tunnels since Saturday after a post office robbery attempted to break through a ring of officers at the entrance today.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Palisade
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