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Newspaper

Kingsport Times

Location

Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1925

Page

9

Social News From Nearby Dunlap Neighborhoods

Miss Roller of Dunlap has been the house guest of her aunt Mrs J P McCully for the past week. Several locals attended court at Blountville this week and Wexler case was delayed due to a missing witness. Mrs Dee Jones improving after River View Hospital operation and home by Tuesday. Community members visit relatives and attend gatherings including K K K celebration and visits to Kingsport and Elizabethton.

Miss Roller Dunlap J.P. McCully J. E. Qwens Dan Hale Clyde McCully Horse Creek Tyler Anderson Ruth Lillian Light R L. Light Minnie Ethy Light Dee Jones Blountville J. P. McCully Roller Margarette Hilbert Jonesboro Robert Depew Kingsport Lee Hunt A. Sells Goldia Wexler River View Hospital Everette Isenburg L. A. Hunt Marcellus Fish Ruby Hunt R. L. Light W. H. Witt Edgewood Brit Witt Witt Teleco S. N. Light Mary Lee Minnie Ethel Elizabethton Guy King George Fish Dock Fish J. E. Owens Debris Conkin Lula Cleo Les Conkin Light W. W. Owens Orville Owens Elmeda Owens P. H. Gaardner Bloomingdale P. H. Gardner

Preaching and visits feature quiet Oak Hill weekend

Rev Lowery from Ervin preached at Oak Hill Saturday night and Sunday morning at this place and Allegheny in the afternoon. Mr and Mrs Jack Hicks and children Goldie and Roby visited Frank Dunn and family Sunday. George White from Kingsport spent Sunday with home folks. Lawrence Kincheloe Carl Baxter and Misses Beulah and Goldie Hays attended Allegheny preaching Sunday afternoon. Mrs Bess Cox and children spent Saturday with her father Will Phillips. Miss Thelma Phillips visited Clara Baskette Sunday. Gerald Staton and wife Opal Baxter and children were Brownlow White and family guests Sunday. Pauline Swaney entertained about seventy five young folks Friday night with games and refreshments of ice cream cake lemonade and watermelon.

Lowery Ervin Oak Hill This Place Allegheny Jack Hicks Goldie Roby Frank Dunn George White Kingsport Lawrence Kincheloe Carl Bexter Beulah Goldie Hays Bess Cox Will Phillips Thelma Phillips Clara Baskette Gerald Staton Opal Baxter Brownlow White Pauline Swaney

Local Notes from Sunrise County Meeting and Neighbors

Sunrise reports several residents attended a Blountville county meeting. Mrs. Luther Ratliff visited her son J. A. Ratliff and wife. Rev. Dunn preached at Horse Creek. Carl Crawford is ill. Onnie Phillips had supper with Joe E. Crawford. Plans form to visit Sulphur Springs. Beulah Chinouth and Ida Hamblen visited Georgia Ratliff. Mrs. Josie Hamblen hosted Mrs. Luther Ratliff. Walter Chinouth and Lara Wilson drove to Jonesboro.

Blountvile Luther Ratliff J. A. Ratliff Rev Dunn Horse Creek Carl Crawford Onnie Phillips Joe E. Crawford Sulpher Springs Beulah Chinouth Ida Hamblen Georgia Ratliff Josie Hamblen Walter Chinouth Lara Wilson Jonesbore

Wall Street backs big plan for commercial air lines

Washington August 14 Only a few months now in major cities daily air service would connect centers. Three big corporations backed by Morgan interests prepare to enter commercial aviation with a transatlantic dirigible system. Plans include a New York Chicago line in twelve hours with ten cent mileage fares and extensions to Boston Pittsburgh Detroit Omaha St Louis and Havana. Masts offered by Omaha and Chicago. Government may lease the Los Angeles for experimental use under navy supervision. Congress must pass air navigation laws before full service.

John T. Lewing Jr Washington John Hall Hammond, Jr Herbert Satterlee New York Clarence B. Edwards Morvan Combine Owen D. Young Los Angeles Chicago Boston Pittsburgh Detroit Omaha St. Louis Havana Hammond Germany United States American Airways, Inc New York Capital National Air Service Henry Ford Stout Hammond-Satterlee Company

Movies eliminating suggestive titles progress shows

Hollywood August 14 The fight against suggestive titles in motion pictures has made definite progress in six months says Will Hays director general of the Association of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors During a semi annual trip to Hollywood film plants he notes only three objectionable titles remain in press books for upcoming releases The open door policy has drawn nationwide letters urging improvement and he praises the industrys business administration predicting a very successful year ahead.

Hollywood Calif Will H. Hays Association of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Hays

German publisher dies in claque fraud ruling

Vienna judge says organized applause deceives the public and claquers cannot claim remuneration. The dispute rose from Dr Stefan the composer of a comic opera Agri and Burg theater claque leader. Judge found claque activity fraud and immoral, ruling against the claque chief.

Vienna Stefan Burgtheater

Times Wants on the RESULTS Read The Times Want Ads

The Times presents a compact notice about results in the want ads section. Readers are invited to review the latest listings and outcomes across classified categories.

Times

Lifer Jesse Pomeroy Fights for World Outside Prison Walls

Boston reports on Jesse Pomeroy, the long serving lifer at Charles Town State Prison, who at 67 continues to fight for parole and to see the modern world. He has studied law, languages, chemistry, and history, writes poetry for the prison magazine, and seeks damages in a libel suit over a claim he skinned a kitten.

Boston Charlestown Jesse Pomeroy America Powmercy Jesse Pomeroy Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

Chivalry Not Dead as Husband Delivers Jail Cell Aid

In Cedar Rapids Iowa Mrs Mary Brazakas arrested for bootlegging, unable to post bail. A man appeared offering to take her place. He was revealed to be her husband and he was charged with moonshining, sharing a cell with his wife.

Cedar Rapids Iowa Mary Brazakas Brazakas

Nurse Rescues Arctic Expedition After Ice Floe Eruption

Mrs. G. O. Brady government nurse returns to Kotzebue sound after an expedition of mercy to native villages and schools. Departing March 27 with Superintendent Chance, a blizzard forced refuge in a native cabin for 14 hours at 30 below zero. A later return toward Point Hope was perilous as high winds hurled ice floes seaward. Old timers call the Trail from Point Hope the northlands' most dangerous.

Nootak River Point Hope Kotzebue Sound

Homicide Rates in 1924 Rise Across Major Cities

New York recorded 387 homicide deaths in 1924, 6.4 per 100,000, up from 5.2 in 1923, among 77 cities surveyed. National average was 9.9 per 100,000. Jacksonville led with 58.8, while Concord, Malden, New ton, and Lawrence posted no homicides. New York state and New Jersey cities show varied changes with several towns posting increases and decreases.

New York Frederick L. Hoffman Prudential Insurance Company of America The Spectator Philadelphia Chicago Boston Pittsburgh Newark St. Louis Cincinnati San Francisco Los Angeles Jacksonville Fla Concord N. H Malden Mass Newton Lawrence New York State Auburn Rochester Syracuse New Jersey Bayonne Camden Elizabeth Jersey City Passaic Paterson Somerville

Birth Hoax Admitted To Please Husband in New York

New York clothier Nat Bass admitted nine months of pride as father was a sham. His wife, Mrs. Bass, told Assistant District Attorney Pecora she bought a baby from a home for 75 dollars and passed it as their son to satisfy her husband while investigations into the Geisen- Volk infantorium, where 44 children died since 1918, drew public attention. The confession followed her fear of being questioned in the probe.

New York Nat Bass Bass Pecora Helen Geisen-Volk Geisen-Volk Stork Ty Guild

Impromptu Bathhouse Towed to Police Station

A Brooklyn pair and their friends were involved in a Coney Island incident after parking a sedan with drawn shades for their wives to change. Police towed the car to the station, charging all four with disorderly conduct. bail posted for morning hearing. Also reported: thousands at Coney Island, plus multiple injuries and Governor Smith visiting Seagate. A bank executive discusses women investors, urging financial literacy and independent handling of funds.

New York N. Y Richard Kantor Josephine First Place Brooklyn Lukius Maizner Mary West 190Th Street Coney Island Dreamland Joseph Bonara Bonara Mary V Julius Richard Coney Kantors Mainers Thomas *Longnecker Meeker Avenue Shelburne Brighton

Women of Today discussion by Miss Follansbee

Miss Bess B. Follansbee, manager of the women's department at Title Guarantee and Trust Co in Brooklyn, declares that there are still many helpless, protected women worldwide, offering her views in the segment written by Mrs. Lillian Campbell.

Lillian Campbell Bess B. Follansbee The Title Guarantee and Trust Co Brooklyn N. Y

Times Want Ads Bring Returns

Classified item noting advantages of placing Times Want Ads for effective returns. Highlights small businesses and individuals benefit from quick exposure and targeted reach through the Times publication. Emphasizes value, contact details, and booking instructions.

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