Bays Mountain vista offers beauty above Kingsport Tennessee
The Bays Mountain area eight miles from Kingsport in upper East Tennessee presents a scenic outlook from the reservoir to the Summit. A winding CCC built road climbs 1900 feet to the butt of the mountain offering views of Kingsport Hawkins County Holston River and the surrounding ridges. The top features a U S Forest Service fire tower and lookout with expansive panoramas including the Gate City highway and Rotherwood Bridge.
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Bays Mountain
Kingsport
Unger
Tennessee
CCC
River
Johnson City
Bristol
River Mountain
Gate City
Holston River
Rotherwood Bridge
Hawkins County
Upper East Tennessee
Sugarcane boards touted as stronger insulation substitute
Sugarcane fiber sheathing tested by Columbia University engineers proves 28 percent stronger than diagonal wood and 325 percent stronger than horizontal wood. City of New York building department approves it as wood substitute for frame construction. Cheaper, resists termites and moisture, and aims to speed mass production for housing.
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Department of Civil Engineering
Colubbia University
Columbia Laboratory
Building Department
City of
New York
New
Tropics
Samoa
Columbus
Wood as Indispensable Material in US Economy
Analyzes wood usage in pulp and paper, noting 90 percent of US paper from wood and rising Southern production. Warns of potential pine scarcity as Southern mills grow, relates forest supply to historical railroad expansion and cites 1929 rail tie purchases totaling over 95 million.
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United States
Tablolly
Canada
Joe Snow Named Sullivan Officer
Memphis August 28 Abe Waldener chairman of the state election commission announced today the appointment of his election commission members in 23 counties Included were Chester H P Smith Henderson Decatur H D Peavyhouse Destert erville Greene Joe Fashee Greeneville Hamblen Good Harmon Morristown Haywood W Taylor Brownsville Henry Rd Bomar Paris Madison Lee Ware Jackson Sullivan Joe D Snow Brownsville Unicoi Pred Boughman Erwin
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Memphis
Abe Waldener
State Election Commission
Election Commission
Chester
H. P. Smith
Henderson
Decatur
H. D. Peavyhouse
Deesterville
Greene
Joe Fashee
Greeneville
Hamblen
Good Harmon
Morristown
Haywood
W. ‘Taylor
Brownsville
Henry
Rd Bomar
Paris
Madison
Lee Ware
Jackson
Sullivan
Joe D
Snow
Unicoi
Pred Boughman
Erwin
Tennessean Wins Tri State Golf Championship
Hugh Marshall of Morristown defeats Howard Rains 3 and 2 to win the tri state golf title. Marshall beat Gerrard Rawlings in 19 holes to reach the final, with his brother Floyd claiming the tri state tennis crown recently.
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Middlesboro
Hugh Marshall
Morristown
Howard Rains
Rains
J. A. Jarnigan
Knoxville
Arthur Nutting
Louisville
Barshall
Gerrard Rawlings
Harlan
Marshall
Floyd
Trolley Kills Man in Covington Fatal Streetcar Crash
Al Grout, 63, was killed when he stepped from a street car’s path into another approaching from the rear in Covington. Commissioner Ray Solivato, 53, longtime state railroad audit official and ex Broadway figure, died after a long illness in Glendale.
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Covington
al Grout
George Lengley
Glendale
Calif
Ray Solivato
State Railroad Commission
Baeba Crawford Solivato
Angel
Broadway
Wood and ties in early 20th century rail and roads
The text notes peak tie production in 1907 at 153,703,000 ties and an expected renewal rate of 51,000,000 ties annually by 1920. It observes fuel wood as a major forest utility and projects wood's continued role with efficient stoves, estimating annual fuel wood cut at 61,000,000 cords.
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America
Big Gain Shown In Construction Business
Atlanta reports show southeastern contracts for manufacturing and business construction up nearly 400 percent in the first half of 1937 versus 1936. The F W Dodge Corporation notes manufacturing and business building leads the surge across six southeastern states with 24,525,400 in first-half contracts compared to 4,551,900 a year earlier. Total building for the period reached 196,576,30 versus 114,765,500 in 1936, with North Carolina totaling 30,393,600 and eastern central Tennessee 14,399,800.
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Atlanta
South
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Dodge Corporation
North Carolina
Tennessee
Knoxville Youth Drowns After Rope Swing Fall
In Knoxville Tennessee Carl Moore ten year old boy unable to swim fell from a rope swing into the Tennessee river and drowned. The incident occurred today with ambulance transport noted in Cincinnati where William Atkinson thirty six died en route from Carrollton Kentucky after being stricken while swimming at Butler state park lake.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Carl Moore
Tennessee River
Cincinnati
William Atkinson
Carrollton
John Booth
Cerrollton Fre Company
Atkinson
Butler State Park
Typewriter Pioneer Wilbert S Smith Dies at 83
Wilbert Lewis Smith aged 83, longtime leader in the Syracuse typewriter industry and former president of the board of L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriters, Inc., died at his home in Syracuse.
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Syracuse
Wilbert Lewis Smith
L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriters, Inc
Firemen to Meet At Springfield in Tennessee Convention
NASHVILLE Aug 28 Firefighters plan the seventh annual Tennessee Firemen's Association convention Sept 7-8 in Springfield with Capt B S Mattingly of Nashville as president and invitations extended to Governor Gordon Browning and cabinet members. Authorities report a separate murder case in Athens Texas where Mrs Guydel Beckham surrendered, stating she is not guilty.
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Nashville
Tennessee Firemen's Association
Springfield
B. S. Mattingly
Gordon Browning
Athens
Tex
Guydel Beckham
Munner
Tom
Mrs Margaret Bluege Dies in Washington at 36
Mrs Margaret Bluege 36 wife of Ossie Bluege veteran infielder for Washington dies after a month as a hospital patient. Funeral plans not announced.
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Blayer
Washington
Margaret Bluege
Ossie Bluege
Court Bill Taken To People Belief Of Senator Burke
Senator Burke of Nebraska says if President Roosevelt campaigns for the court bill it signals a purge of Democrats unwilling to back any version of the proposal. He asserts rumors of a national push and vows to expose what he calls an outrageous proposition if leaders defend the plan in Nebraska.
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Senator Burke
Washington
Burke
D.-Neb
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
James A. Farley
Guffey
D.-Pa
Farley
Nebraska
Indication of purge intends to line up for President
The remark notes an intention to purge all who were unwilling to align with the President’s wishes as stated by Mr Farley. It suggests a coercive pressure to conform to a political line. No further context provided in the fragment.
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Farley
Jurist Bench Names Four Candidates for New Ohio Court
Senator Bulkley of Ohio sent to the Justice Department the four nominees for a new federal court in the southern Ohio district.Thomas H. Morrow of Cincinnati is backed by Vic Donahey, with others Jean Druffel Chas. G. White and N Crate McBride also on the list. The department will assess qualifications.
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Washington
Robert 3. Burkley
Ohio
Department of Justice
Burkley
Vic Donahey
Thomas H. Morrow
Cincinnati
Bulkley
Morrow
Justice Department
Jean Druffel
Chas. G. White
Batavia
N. Crate McBride
Hillsboro
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Caretaker & L. Feagins
Morse Creek
Sugarcane Board
Amercan
Kelley Springfield
Kelly
A. Allen Chevrolet, Inc
Rokee Street
Peoples Service Station
Dale St
Bristol Hwy
Joe Snow
Tennessean
Tri-State
Reigh Neddermen
Frank B. Coppock
Norwood
Jurist Bench
Philco
Auto Electric Company
Shelby
Phon
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