Happ Jack Caves Nears End of 99000 Mile Wheelbarrow Trek
Norwegian born explorer Happ Jack Caves, 65 next month, travels with a 230 pound wheelbarrow from Boston to complete a 99 986 mile journey by land and sea. He arrived in Kingsport from Rogersville after April 1919 start, has visited 21 languages and 15 fellow contestants dropped. He expects to finish by April next year with World Medical Association sponsorship and will finish after reaching Bristol then Virginia.
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Boston
Mass
World Medical’ Association
Johns Hawkins University
Jack
South
Central America
G. D. Black
City Recorder
Kingsport
Caves
Laplander
Happy Jack
America
United States
Tennessee
Alabama
Isea
Dixon
Virginia
Maryland
Bristol
World Medical Association
Texas
Marion
Ohio
A. C. Anderson
Portland Clinchfield Cement Corporation
Anderson
Kingyport Citu2en
Kingsport Primary Schools Week Receives Chapel Talk and Christmas Programs
Supt Robinson spoke on The Real Boy and The Real Girl at Kingsport’s Jackson School chapel. Students, teachers, and visitors participated in Christmas program rehearsals, room exams, and class projects, as renovations continue and new rooms prepare for the term.
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Supt. Robinson
Messrs. Borden
J. Fred Johnson
Howard Lang
Keenar
Mrs. Smith
Blizzard
Miss Hull
Sisyers
Miss Deatas
Gladys Patrick
Edt Sherfey
Edna Hawkinds
Florence Duncan
Christmas Tree Turns Out for Local Children
Children gathered for a Christmas tree event while Bob Mathews attended despite illness and Maude Lae Thompson could not attend due to not feeling well.
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Bob Mathews
Maude Lae Thompson
Christmas Saga of a Father and a Fisherwoman's Daughter
A winning Junior High essay by Janet Mc Nauginton portrays Katherine Rand and her mother eking out a living by fishing after the seafaring father is lost in a storm. Christmas approaches as rumors of Santa Claus rise. a dramatic shipwreck rescue leads to the sailor/husband’s tale of survival on a cannibal island and a return home, ending with Katherine declaring the reunion a wonderful Christmas gift.
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Janet McNauginton
Ben
Wae
Katherine
Mrs. Rand
Santa Claus
Happel
Bnable
Mny Loncar
Sleen
Mr. Rand
Rand
Robinson
Dramatic Race With Death Ends in Tragic Loss
Roberto Gonzales of Nicaragua, Columbia University Medical School graduate and son of Dr Pedro Gonzales, died here today after a perilous journey by rail and sea. Delayed by storms and mosquitoes, he arrived too late to meet his father who had died an hour earlier in Washington. Gonzales and his sister planned to sail at month’s end.
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Roberto Gonzales
Nicaragua
Columbia, University Medical School
Pedro Gonzales l
Columbia University Medical School
Gonzales
Ebbades
New Orleans
Washington
Search for missing aviator sparks Massachusetts hunt
In Pittsfield Massachusetts a party of newspaper men led by Eugene Chagal begins a search for Captain Mansel R James Canadian aviator missing since a flight from Boston to Atlantic City. They plan to ride 18 to 20 miles into the hills then hike to locate wreckage reportedly found by Warren Campbell Brooklyn hunter last week.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Eugene Chagal
Woodsman
Massachusetts
Mansel R. James
Coot
Warren Campbell
Brooklyn
Hunter
Campbell
James
Boston
Atlantic City
Tryingham
Wealthy Merchant Sentenced to Pen
London December 17. Heley Morris, a wealthy British merchant and land owner, was sentenced to three years imprisonment with two years hard labor for offenses against young servant girls at his country home. His wife received nine months hard labor for conspiring with him.
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London
Heley Morris
Governor Len Small Seeks Rehearing and Court Review
Springfield Illinois Governor Len Small will seek a rehearing and asks the supreme court to reconsider his finding that charged he deposited state funds in fictitious banks at 2 percent interest and later split profits from reloans at 5 to 6 percent. Attorney General Os car E Carlstrom will decide on action but would not indicate.
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Springfield
Tris
Len Small
Iman Supreme Course
E. Carlstrom
Noted Publisher Claimed By Death
Bolling Arthur Johnson, 62, editor and publisher of the Lumber-World Review, died in Chicago after his wife’s death in New Orleans. A leader in the Southern Pine and Southwestern Lumberman's Association, he was born in Fayette County, Ohio.
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Chicago
Bolling
Arther Johnson
The
Dumber
World
Review
New Orleans
Lumber - World
Mx Johnson
Southern
Pine
Southwestern Lumberman’s Association
Fayette County
Ohio
Reichstag Sees No New Cabinet Before Holidays
Berlin reports uncertainty as factions argue over a new cabinet. Officials indicate a full lineup is unlikely before Christmas, with formation delays affecting policy plans and parliamentary scheduling. Party leaders caution patience as negotiations continue.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Youths Drowned In Old Reservoir Scene in Petersburg
Petersburg officials report two youths, ages ten and younger, drowned after entering a reservoir area on December date in an incident near Petersburg Virginia. The event details are sparse but involve local authorities and the waterfront location.
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Old Reservoir
Catillion Club Dance Draws Guests To Hotel Borden
The Catillion Club dance at Hotel Borden featured the Lope Orchestra of Bristol providing music. Guests from Greeneville and nearby towns mingled in the lobby and dining room where Christmas decorations and a prize guessing test were part of the evening. Ruth Todd won a prize as the event ran from 3:30 until late Friday night.
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Catillion Club
Kingsport
Catillion
Hotel Borden
Bristol
Greeneville
Ruth Todd
Délors
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Gaynell Jennings
Ruth
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Oliva’ Johnson
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Maffitt
Yuther Cox
Kotron
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Ruth Stevenson
Tha Reeson
Margaret Bowers
Sammy Newell
Ralph Smith
Prezale Quillen
Miss Low
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Margaret Deck
Janus Devault
Charlie Lane
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Chiess Crigger
William Grills
Maude Richards
Clarensa Cow
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