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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1925
Page
12
Readers are invited to send social news by postal card or telephone, detailing visits, departures, arrivals, or other social items. Signed names and addresses are requested for verification and publication in the local society column.
Notices say items for the column will be received by The Times Society Editor between 8 30 and 12 A M and 2 30 to 5 P M daily except Sunday. Phone 136.
The feature notes fashion trends for spring including a tourist style coat with braid and hand painted stripes, serge fabric, seal velvet accents, and a matching skirt. It highlights dot patterns, geometric groupings, border decorations, and three suit types two piece three piece and ensemble with ensemble favored for resort wear.
Miss Jess Pyle and LeRoy Sprankle visited Bristol on Sunday while A J Dean and Walker Nelms were listed as ill at home on Watauga and Charlemont streets. Visitors included A J Higgins from Johnson City and W C Pendleton, with Dr G C Earles in Knoxville on business. Additional notes show J B Peetol of Silvicola visiting yesterday and Roy Reece and Robert Brooks from Knoxville on business in the city.
President endorses Ways and Means tax bill in principle and calls for continued vigilance against waste. He outlines foreign policy aims on disarmament and World Court role, plus domestic plans for air navigation, agriculture aid, coal boards, and enforced prohibition with state cooperation.
A flurry of visits and travel notes from Johnson City Bristol and surrounding areas. Residents including Frank Tlannah Ray Walker and Bill Duff were seen on business or en route to homes while others attended events and family gatherings.
We thank neighbors and friends for kind deeds and words of sympathy during illness and death of our wife and mother and for the floral offerings. S. M. Johnson, R. M. Johnson, Mrs. H. L. Southards.
The text discusses how military value of commercial planes and ships may be estimated for air and naval force assessments. It notes the preparatory commission will decide how far regional disarmament can be achieved once regional security is secured, or if disarmament plans fail without broad scope.
Washington officials await the text of a League invitation inviting the United States Russia and Germany to join a special disarmament commission. Congress, while approving the German peace treaty, warned against limiting presidential powers to send delegates abroad, as full understanding of the proposal and its ties to the League and Versailles is needed before action. The invitation’s European focus may exclude Romania and Bulgaria, with Argentina and Chile dropped for now.
The text notes Senator Moses of New Hampshire, Republican and President pro tem of the senate, warning that another disarmament conference would likely conclude with the United States disarming while other nations dictate terms. It states the White House reiterated the president would not respond to the league invitation until official communication is received and studied.
Senator Harris urged the United States to accept an invitation to a potential disarmament conference, noting real world benefits. The administration is expected to reject the invitation despite the possible gains.
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