Extra Good Grade Of Tobacco At Local Market Opens
The Burley Tobacco Growers Co operative Association warehouse opened last Thursday with extra good tobacco grade. Manager J P B Gray cites drought for scarcity, notes some farmers misjudged opening date and others placed tobacco on other markets. He expects slightly larger quantities this week.
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Burley Tobacco Growers_.Co-operative Association
J. P B. Gray
Gray
Barley Tobacco Growers Co-operative Association
Sto’ciaton
Burley
Bages
Rapid rise of new Broad Street buildings
Two new Broad Street structures, the Mallis Brothers building and the Roller building, are under rapid construction. Each is two stories, brick exterior, with Mallis featuring a large marble tablet bearing the name. Occupants and tenants are not yet announced, but full-time crews push for early completion.
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Broad Street
Malis. Brothers
Mallis’ Bross
Malis
Attractive Christmas Seals Sold By Parent Teachers Association
Seals sold in the city under the Parent Teachers Association auspices raise funds for the state Anti Tuberculosis Association. Seals cost one cent each and will be available at local drug stores and through school pupils.
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Parent Teachers Association
Carpenter Union to Give Entertainment on Broad Street
The local Carpenter Union number 2278 will hold an entertainment at 7:50 p m next Saturday evening in Nelms Hall on Broad Street. All carpenters and their families of Kingsport are invited, whether union members or not.
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Nelms
Broad Street
Kingsport
Junior Class presents Rollo's Wild Oats on December 15
The Junior class at the high school will stage the comedy drama Rollo's Wild Oats on Tuesday December 15 in the high school building. An excellent cast has been chosen and rehearsals are underway to make it a standout production produced with Samuel French of New York. No court action against spectators is planned despite misread parking tags, but the play promises plenty of excitement.
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Rollo
Samuel French
New York
Collision near Kingsport plant harms four drivers
A late yesterday crash near the Kingsport Prdsa plant involved a Port and Chalmers TM vehicle driven by a man, and a Forts vehicle driven by Warren Reeves. The Chalmers driver sustained the worse injuries while four people were injured in the collision.
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Kingsport
Prdsa
Chalmers
Warren hReeves
Meeting of Officers at Presbyterian Church Postponed
A meeting of church officers was postponed to tomorrow at 7 30 in the evening. The session will be held at the home of J Fred Johnson with details distorted in the notice.
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Presbyterian Church
Hild TongFrow
Byterian
Ian To
Babe
J. Fred Johnson
Connemara Moore and Lacy Walk Home Through Daring Quest
In a weathered nautical romance, Connemara Moore and David Lacy head along a moonless beach to her restored hillside house. They share tense admissions about money, danger, and trust as Bugle the dog disappears and reappears with silent clues.
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Dhore
Long Gland
David Lacy
Lacy Hirself
Bugle
Conemara
Connemara
Connemasra
McTish
Lacy
Filomena
Twaa
Celi Savena
Tina Bean
Polley
Pooch
Lacy Sthad
Alabama Chooses to Consider Roses Tournament Invite
Tuscaloosa Ala Dec 7 AP There is doubt Alabama will accept invitation to play a Western football team in the Tournament of Roses at Pasadena after conference talks. Faculty and players favor the trip while the final word rests with the Pacific Coast Conference and the invitation committee. Washington reportedly declines while Alabama weighs obligations and fairness to students.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Pasadena
Jack Benefit
Benefit
West
Pacific Coast
F. H. C. Howe
Athletic Council
Alabama
University of Washington
Washington
Seattle
Red Grange Signs Movie Contract For 300000
New York AP reports Red Grange signed a movie contract guaranteeing 300000 for his first screen appearance. The deal follows his record gate share from the Chicago Bears versus New York Giants game at the Polo Grounds. Grange’s earnings since leaving college approach 500000, with plans to begin filming around March 3, 1925.
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New York
Bec. 7
Red Grange
Grange
Chicapo ‘Bears
New York Giants
Polo Grounds
C. ©. Pyle
Kmce
Pyle
W. E. Shallenberg
Arrow Pictures Corporation
Grange’s earnings soar as football shows pay spread
New York reports Red Grange appears to be earning large sums in eleven days, with estimates around 470 dollars per yard and about 16 thousand dollars per game. He has aided the Chicago Bears to wins, including a 19 to 7 victory over the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds, and is projected to earn substantial sums in Philadelphia and New York.
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New York
Red Grange
Grange
Chicago Bears
Philadelphia
Polo Grounds
New York Giants
Coolidge backs energetic aid to farmers movement
President Coolidge urged active government support for a cooperative marketing push while warning against government price fixing through direct corporation control. He argued such steps could crush independent farm cooperatives and harm U S agricultural independence, favoring market-based solutions instead. He noted substantial tariffs and import protections benefit farmers but urged self-reliant farming backed by cooperative financing.
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Congress
Anc
Fiesau
Prohibition Pot Boiling in Texas Legislature Debate
Fragmentary report shows discussion of the 18th amendment with Representative Hill leading a push for a constitutional change. The piece mentions a proposed permit framework and possible votes by legislature or convention, highlighting tensions over state versus national enforcement.
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Hill
Maryland
Ile
Hair Bandit Strikes Across Cities In String Of Robberies
A bandit known as the hair bandit operated in multiple cities including Jacksonville and Manhattan. Authorities say the suspect Edward and accomplices took part in over ten robberies, with at least one victim wounded. Investigators describe the pattern as a widening spree with similar methods and motive.
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Manhattan
Jacksonville
Fis
Edward
Jatal Point
Nomination of Now: U.S. Ambassador Proposed by Briand
Paris reports Briand will soon propose a nomination for the United States ambassador role. The move aims to replace the current envoy in Washington, with details about the appointment and successor still forthcoming.
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U. S
Briand
Paris
Briandt
Revenger
Emile Creaent
Washi
Credentials of Nye Given to Committee
Credentials of Gerald P. Nye as senator designate from North Dakota were presented to the committee, with formal notice of appointment and the official designation outlined by the senate. The terse record notes Nye's role and the request for committee consideration.
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Nye
Washington
Theran
Gerald P. Nye
North
Dakote
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