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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1925
Page
1
Warren Vandervoort, 17, admitted to killing his father Roy R. Vandervoort a Methodist minister in Parkersburg Iowa. He also shot his mother who found him in the doorway and then wounded her. A coroner’s inquest is in progress.
Joe Rodriguez a Portuguese laborer reappeared alive in Walnut Creek after an explosion at the Pacific Cellulose Company plant. Authorities had identified a corpse, later thought to be Charles Henry Schwartz the Berkley chemist, as the victim. Rodriguez said he stayed at an Oakland hotel and returned upon learning he was mentioned in connection with the case. Schwartz held $180,000 life insurance, with payment to his widow delayed pending inquiry.
The Associated Press reports a severe earthquake felt in Chicago at 1 54 this morning, measured by the University of Chicago seismograph. The event is described as intense and occurred about 1840 miles south of Chicago.
Wheat prices surged as September futures rose six and five eighths cents a bushel to a dollar sixty and a half. Indications of large clearances in the grain market here next week contributed to the upturn.
Louisville police seek two youths including Louis Braddereck Jr 419 who was found weeping and dazed near a restaurant. He said he was duped by a stranger after dining, lost $2000 and a gold watch, and was treated at a hospital before leaving. The father said the son had worked in Detroit for a year and had not been in Louisville yesterday.
In Louisville on August 7 cattle numbers around two hundred steady. Hog loads at twelve hundred forty to seventy five lower. eight to thirteen fifty. Sheep around fifteen hundred higher at quarter to six down. Lambs fourteen quarter to half. ewes and wethers fourteen seventy five to fifteen.
A two day international Y M C A event in Warsaw Suchahora drew 70 Polish boys and 70 Szechoslovak youths with Americans present. National flags exchanged then Polish boys visited Camp Orava in Czechoslovakia for four days. Fred W Ramsey of Cleveland led the national Y M C A council and E R Cummings and Walter W Gotham assisted.
Russell Scott, accused of murdering drug clerk Joseph Maurer, was found sane by Judge Joseph B. David after a seven-ballot jury verdict. He faces possible gallows if later deemed insane. he was committed to Chester Asylum for the insane.
Five robbers raided the Harry Bleiweis furrier factory in New York, herded six employees into the basement, rifled sixteen safes, and escaped with furs valued at about $100000.
From Lisbon and Madrid a joint congress for the advancement of the sciences showcased close Franco Belgian and Iberian cooperation. Scientists from both nations attended to share recent investigations though the Portuguese president was sidelined by illness and replaced by the cabinet head.
The Associated Press reports Edward Browning denies Sylvia Millen’s account that he promised to adopt her and that a party with his new adopted daughter occurred. Browning says no party happened and he retired early. the last sighting was in his office.
Destruction of livestock last year attributed to wolves results in a 4 million gold ruble loss. Records indicate 42 000 horses 50 000 cattle and 25 000 other animals were killed.
Governor Austin Peay resumes leadership from Nashville after Battle Creek recovery as fights to uphold the Tennessee anti evolution law. Dr John R Neal files federal petitions in Knoxville and Chattanooga seeking court rulings on the law's constitutionality with Peay and state officials named as defendants.
Walter Hall, 40, farmer from Indiana across the Ohio River, died in Louisville hospital after a sack worn to cover his face caught fire from a bee smoking torch. He was working with bees when the incident occurred yesterday, leading to fatal burns by midnight.
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