One Arm Wolfe in custody as Anderson hunted in Indiana
An Indiana man nicknamed One Arm Wolfe is held while George Dutch Anderson, named by informant Ben Hance, remains at large after a double murder tied to Gerald Chapman. Hance’s dying accusation implicates Wolfe and Anderson. police probe alibis and hunt the pair across Yorktown and nearby farms.
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Presa Ind
Ben Hance
Gerald Chapman
George “Dutch” Anderson
Hance
Charles
Wolfe
Muncie
Yorktown
Cay
Pras Munese
Ind. Au
Indiana
George
Anderson
Connecticut
Charlies
Chapman
Apiance
Ind
Karl Randolph
Y .Anderson
Eaton
Hartford
Armees
Mance
Hance Breks
Theoleys
Charles Cromer
Standard Highway Markers to Be Placed Statewide
Tennessee will adopt the standardized highway marking system chosen by the Joint Board of Interstate Highways. State Highway Commissioner J. G. Creveling Jr. says traffic speeds have risen 12 to 15 percent due to road improvements. The signs will indicate danger, caution, direction and information to aid travelers, with curves, railroad crossings and dangerous spots clearly marked. Distances to towns and county lines will be posted, rivers identified, and the system aims for full statewide completion by year end.
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Prean
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Joint
Board of Inter-State Highways
J. G. Creveling, Jr
Creveling
Ttig
Officials Hope Belgium Debt Settlement Near
Officials in Washington remain hopeful that talks with Belgium will end the debt impasse. The American and Belgian debt commission have hit an impasse but expect a productive meeting with President Coolidge in Plymouth on Monday. Mellon and Smoot will attend, then aim for a joint session Tuesday to push negotiations forward.
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Washington
Mellon
Smoot
Coolidge
Plymouth
Governor Peay flooded with letters on evolution case
Nashville August 15 Praise and ridicule fill letters to Tennessee Governor Austin Peay about the evolution case. The governor opened to the Associated Press a mass of unread communications. He said, I want the country to know what kind of people are in it. Most letters commend his actions. many attack Tennessee and the South.
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Nashville
Austin A. Peay
Tennessee
U. S
Associated Press
Peay
Toeyinessee
South
Negro man seriously injured by freight train in South Carolina
Thomas Poole colored of Union county South Carolina was seriously injured by a freight train near Greenland on the Clinchfield Road last night about 9 30 o clock He had been in the coal fields in Kentucky and was en route home He got off a Southern train and was told he could flag a passenger train on Clinchfield He believed the freight was a passenger and attempted to flag it falling under the train His condition is critical with vertebrae dislocation and he is paralyzed from the waist down Poole is married and his wife is with her mother in Asheville
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Thomas Poole
Union County
South Carolin
Greenland
Clinchfield
Riverview
Kentucky
Clinchfield Road
Poole
Asheville
Bees Cut Tree Slices Man Tung Senseful Lino Hammonton
In Hammonton near Lumberton a man named Shade was attacked as he attempted to defend a tree cut by bees. He ran toward his home in pain, fell unconscious at the doorway, and was carried inside. Dr. Andrew M. Smith reported that Shade’s condition is serious but he should recover.
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Hammonton
Lumberton
Joseph ‘Shade
Andrew M. Smith
Shade
Roller’s Hearing Not Yet Restored
Scott Roller, deafened by an explosion at Kingsport Coal and Ice Company, shows improvement but cannot hear in either ear. Doctors find no internal eye injury and expect recovery of hearing soon.
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Scott Roller
Kingsport Coal and Ice Company
Mr. Roller
Louisville Man Is Champ at Southern Tennis
Ed Pfefer of Louisville captured the southern singles title in Asheville by defeating Frank C. Owens of Atlanta in straight sets 6 2, 6 0, 6 3. Pfefer played a steady, conservative game and forced Owens to the offense throughout the final.
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Asheville
N. C
Ed Pfefer
Louisville
Frank C. Owens
Atlanta
Pfeffer
Owens
Low voter registration seen in county efforts
A county registration period shows unusually low turnout at City Hall with registrars reporting dull business. Books stay open late this week and next for two year eligibility, urging all eligible residents to register now to vote in the county election.
Prohibition Heads to Meet Tuesday
Washington August 15 Assistant Secretary Andrews of the treasury issued a call for a general prohibition conference here next Tuesday. The meeting aims to plan the reorganization of the illicit dry forces effective September 1. Seven of the 19 chiefs of divisions and 22 state directors are expected to participate as administrators and assistants.
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Washington
Andrews
The
Treasury
Idry Forces
Lincoln’s press agent Walker aided Union finance in Europe
Chicago lectures recount Robert J. Walker’s role for Lincoln in 1863. He financed Union loans, rode a royal balloon in London, and spread pamphlets to cast doubt on Confederate debts. He gathered funds in Holland and Frankfurt, helped secure $250,000,000 from Jewish bankers, then returned to poverty and obscurity after political fallout.
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Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Robert J. Walker
Europe
England
Proaganda
London
Walker
W.K. ‘Dodd
University of
United States
Wilson
Great Britain
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
London Times
Lincoln
Holland
Frankfort
Germany
Gettysburg
America
Dodd
Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Congress
Alaska
Southampton Attracts Line To Reopen Port Services
The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company plans to use Southampton again for almost all its services after abandoning the port half a century ago due to lack of accommodation. Authorities view this as recognition of efforts to make Southampton the chief passenger port of the United Kingdom.
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Southampton
Peningular and Oriental Steamship Company
United Kingdom
Kingsport Hosts Massive Ku Klux Klan Fireworks Parade
Thousands gathered in Kingsport for a large Klan celebration organized by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. A military band from Appalachia, Virginia performed, a cross was burned at the ballpark, and naturalization services preceded a grand parade through Broad Street and West Main. The day drew attendees from Sullivan County and neighboring areas, marking the city’s first such event and prompting hopes for a second edition soon.
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Kingsport
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Order of the
Klan
Ruianner
Hall Park
Appalachia
Broad Street
West Main
Naturalization Service
National
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Wooven
Wife
Belgium
Associateds Press
Poland
League of Nations
Ellis Island
Schneidermuhl
Coun
Charles Poole
Man Tung
Roller
Youmg Man
Ed Pfeffer
City Hall
Prohibition
Aacelated Press
University of Chicago
the Associated
Ball'Park
Sullivan “County
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