Public Mines Safety Stations Authorized Statewide
The state mine inspector O P Pyle states under 1915 act Chapter 28 the state may maintain six safety stations at mines. The Clakoelictie Coal and Iron Company is involved and Rockwood hosts the only other such Tennessee station. The bureau will cooperate with the U S Bureau of Mines at Birmingham and the state id.
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Larelet
Darity
Clakoelictie Coal and Iron Company
O. P. Pyle
Tate
Tennessee
Rockwood
Tited States Bureau of Mines
Birmingham
Governor Peay Pardons Gene Anderson From Smith County Case
Governor Peay issued a pardon for Gene Anderson of Smith County who was serving a term and heavily fined on charges of assault pistol and drunkenness. He received $125 fines in each case and has been at the penitentiary since March 15 last.
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Peay
Gene Anderson
Smith County
War material distribution reaches Clarksville and Humboldt
One large consignment of captured war materiel is being sent to Clarksville Tennessee the home of Governor Peay and another to Humboldt home of Judge J D Senter a member of the court of appeals in Tennessee.
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Tennessee
Governor Peay
Clarksville
J. D. Senter
Humboldt
Senter
Court of Appeals
State officials plan holiday leave away from Nashville homes
Officials living away from Nashville plan to spend the holidays at their homes with likely weeklong leave and travel. Non resident lawmakers will also be away during the period, signaling a pause in state operations and a quiet circuit of government activity.
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Nashville
State Game Warden Seeks Judicial Aid on Game Laws
George R. Calhoun, state game warden, writes to judges and attorneys general urging cooperation. He asks judges to charge juries on the necessity of obeying game and fish laws to stress justice in upcoming violations cases.
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George R. Calhoun
State urges public education on new game laws
A court-quoted speaker extols Texas state pride and urges informing residents about new game and fish laws. The remark underscores the need for public education on legal changes and enforcement expectations.
Forest fires blamed on carelessness in new U S booklet
The U S Agriculture Department warns that more than eighty per cent of forest fires in the United States are caused by carelessness or inattention. The department released a new booklet detailing risks and prevention measures.
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U. S. Agriculture Department
Governor Pardons J. B. Hill Before Father's Funeral
Nashville Tenn December 24 AP Governor Peay grants clemency to J B Hill of Davidson county pardoning a one year sentence and thirty days jail for felony wife desertion and carrying a pistol. Pardoned on condition of future good conduct as a law abiding citizen. Hill had pleaded guilty October 5 1925 and his wife has divorced him and supported the pardon effort.
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Tenn
Peay
J. B. Hill
Davidson County
Hill
State Penitentiary
State Geologist Hugh D Miser to Visit Washington and New Haven
Hugh D Miser state geologist will depart on the 24th to meet Federation officials in Washington for cooperative work of the state survey in the coming year. He will then proceed to New Haven Conn to attend the annual meeting of state geologists. Mrs Miser plans to visit relatives in Arkansas during Christmas Day.
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Hugh D. Miser
Washington
Federation
State Survey
New Haven
Conn
Mrs. Miser
Arkansas
Memphis Governor and Family to Visit Clarksville Weekend
Governor Austin Peay and Mrs. Peay with children Austin Jr and Mrs. Percy Armstrong of Memphis plan to depart on the 23rd for Clarksville to spend the holiday weekend, officials announce.
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Austin Peay
Christmas at Nashville Prison Brings Feasts and Gifts
The state capitol closes for Christmas allowing all officials to go home. Salvation Army plans to aid about 1,000 prisoners' families, and 1409 inmates will be cared for with a major 1900 pound pork feast. Warden McCorkle will ensure a special meal for Charles Barr, the death row inmate. Yuletide events include an American Legion entertainment for 237 former service members in confinement and potential pardons for 30 to 40 inmates by Christmas Day.
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Nashville
Salvation Army
A. A. McCorkle
Charles Barr
Memphis
Negro
Barris
American Legion
Paroled Inmate Ethel Richey Conditional Release
Ethel Richey a Shelby County prisoner has been paroled from the state penitentiary by the Governor and sent to Memphis to work as a cook under conditional terms of future good conduct. She faced a sentence of two to five years for a charge of voluntary manslaughter.
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Ethel Richey
Shelby
Memphis
Ethel
State Department Receives Festive Gifts from Foreign Guests
Washington hosts a delegation from foreign countries who sent a variety of festivens to the State Department of Health as a Christmas embrance. The visit highlights cultural exchange and ongoing health diplomacy with international partners concluding in Washington, D C.
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State Department of Public
Nicing
Washington, D. C
State Department of Health
Eni Eibrance
Governor Peays Christmas pardon rush delays other duties
Nashville dispatch reports Governor Peay and secretary Jeff D Talley discussing Christmas cigars as Talley is to receive a gift box. The governor then turns to compiling a pardon list for Christmas facing many applications from robbing women and relatives, delaying other official duties.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jeff
Photographer preserves Confederate sharpshooter Henry Green
Austin P. Foster, assistant state librarian and archivist, received for preservation a framed photograph of Henry Green from Harriman Tennessee. Green, a Confederate sharpshooter, is credited with singlehandedly delaying a Federal company during the Tennessee invasion and was regarded as among the crack shots of the Confederacy.
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Austin P. Foster
Henry Green
Harriman
Tenn
Tennessee
Columbia University Rep Surveys Tennessee Banks
R. W. Rby of Columbia University attends a Tennessee banking department gathering data on state and national banks. The aim is to compile information from all states and disseminate it nationwide.
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R. W. Rby
Columbia University
State Department of Banking
Tennessee
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