Democrats to Run for America Race
New York reports Democratic National Committee chair Homer S. Cummings says the campaign will be US focused, not on ethnic bloc interests. He defends the peace treaty and League of Nations as beneficial to small nations, and notes plans to publicize facts amid fundraising criticisms.
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New York
Democratic Party
Homer S. Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Cummings
San Francisco
Mr. Cummings
National Committee
League of Nations
Committee On
Arrangements Committee
George Bass
Chicago
Women’s Bureau
Mary E. Foss
Los Angeles
Washington
Compromised on Treaty Favored by Colleagues
New York voters, in complete referendum returns released tonight, showed a small margin for ratification without amendments. The Lodge reservations led with 49 653 votes, followed by ratification with Lodge reservations at 27 970 and opposition at 13 933.
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New York
National Republicans plan push to win Tennessee women
Washington reports the national party will mount a concerted campaign to win Tennessee women in the upcoming fall election. The Tennessee Republican Executive Committee called a convention in Chattanooga on April 14 and appointed the state's first Woman's State Executive Committee. The note notes Tennessee has a large voting age female population.
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Washington
National Republican Organization
Tennessee
Republican
Tennessee Republican Executive Committee
Chattanooga
Wood urges stronger foreign policy and Americanism
General Leonard Wood in Providence calls for a robust foreign policy to elevate the nation abroad. He links wage, immigration, and production to a higher American ideal, warns against universalism, and argues for one language and a unified national spirit in facing future military needs.
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Providence
R. I
Leonard Wood
Elks Auditorium
Wood
Washington
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Wood backs budget system for nation at Queens dinner
Major General Leonard Wood, courting the Republican nomination, urged a nation with a budget system at the Queens Chamber of Commerce dinner. He called for a square deal for labor and capital, law and order, and opposed government ownership, saying no autocracy for either side and that big enterprises with brains win.
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New York
Leonard Wood
Queen’s Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma Delegates Split at Wood Nomination Rally
Shawnee Oklahoma January 16 Two delegate slates were chosen by the fourth district Republican convention one instructed to vote for Major General Leonard Wood and one uninstructed The credentials committee will decide which set is seated These appear to be the first national convention delegates named in the country for the national party conventions
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Shawnee
Okla
Leonard Wood
Argentina Enters League of Nations Pact
Buenos Aires reports Argentina formally adheres to the League of Nations pac after transmitting its response to Premier Clemenceau. The note states ratification follows the government note of July 18 announcing adherence without reserves and was sent to the league secretary-general.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
League of Nations Pac
Clemenceau
League
Hindenburg Ready To Profit From War Writings
Berlin reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg could become a millionaire from war writings. The Berlin Gazette says he has sold works in America for 12 000 pounds, about 2 000 000 marks by current exchange. The paper notes German army leaders grasp the pound and dollar reckoning better than U boat threats and American might.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
New Berlin Gazette
America
Grammar Pupils Lead In Total And Average Savings
Kingsport Grammar Schools show higher total and per pupil savings than the High School after a survey by Superintendent Eugene N. Crouch. Grammar pupils report 24 savers totaling 2007.15 dollars, high school 20 savers totaling 783.50 dollars.
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Eugene N. Crouch
Grammar School
Kingsport
Supt
Crouch
Fifty Die of Flu in Chicago Health Crisis
Chicago health officials report more than two thousand influenza and pneumonia cases in 48 hours with fifty deaths. nurses from eight dispensaries survey the city to aid relief, while 600 nurses start work tomorrow to augment the effort.
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Chicago
Health Department
Board of Health
John Dill Robertson
Robertson
Evanston
Camp Grant
Rockford
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Sims Must Prove Navy Inefficient
Senate subcommittee to probe Rear Admiral Sims charges that the Navy Department failed to fully cooperate with the Allies during the war. Secretary Daniels says Sims must substantiate criticisms. naval board may review if Senate inquiry ends without proof.
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Partment
Senate
Sims
Admiral Sims
Admiral Mayo
Atlantic
Admiral Benson
Naval Operations
Department
Daniels
Naval
Leather Plant Expands to Seven Buildings on 12 Acre Plot
Grant Leather Corporation shifts from four brick structures to seven new brick buildings on its 12 acre site. The plan includes multiple sizes from 30 by 140 feet to 60 by 300 feet with one two story unit. Wurster Construction announces rapid, staged construction with 300 to 400 workers and completion due by August.
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Grant Leather Corporation
Wurster Construction Company
F. H. Wurster
Lawton Murder Case Shifts as Witness Closes In
Walter Tabor repudiates earlier confession blaming his mother Mrs. Sarah Tabor for Maude Tabor Vigors death. Joseph Virgo is released as habeas corpus seeks Walter’s release. Mrs. Tabor faces trial later this month over alleged complicity.
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Lawton
Mich
Sarah Tabor
Walter Tabor
Kalamazoo
Maude Tabor Vigor
Joseph C. Virgo
South Bend
Ind
Tabor
Virgo
Jockey Johnny Loftus Tops Yearly Earnings
New York reports Johnny Loftus, America's top jockey, earned 215 418 dollars in stakes and purses in the year. His stake winnings reached 190 815 dollars with wins on horses such as Sir Barton Billy Kelly Man o War Purchase and Cudgel including Kentucky Derby Preakness Metropolitan Withers Hollis Toboggan and more across major tracks and events.
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New York
America
Johnny Loftus
Sir Barton
Billy Kelly
Purchase
Cudgel
Loftus
Metropolitan
Withers
Hollis
Toboggan
Keene Memorial
Harlem
Belmont
Garden City
Olympic
Stuyvesant
Hudson
Tremont
Empire City
East View
Flash
United States Hotel
Grabbag
Grand Union Hotel
Hopeful
Provincial Nursery
Futurity
Havre de Grace
Maryland
Pimlico
Farmer Runs Amuck Kills Three People in Connecticut
Victor Lipponen, 38, of West Brooklyn, Connecticut, used an axe to kill three, wound two, and cause the death of his four day old baby before hanging himself. His wife escaped by rolling from bed. a neighbor woman died beneath the falling body. He then hauled a bob sled to two neighboring homes, killing a man in view of two children and fatally wounding an 18 year old and possibly her mother.
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Brooklyn
Conn
Victor Lipponen
Powhatan To Return To New York Under Own Steam
The Powhatan, an American transport with 271 passengers, disabled 500 miles east of New York, has been repaired and will proceed toward New York under its own power this afternoon, a wireless message intercepted in Boston reports.
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Boston
United Press
New York
Liquor Aboard Yarmouth Not Subject to Seizure
The disabled steamship Yarmouth of the Black Star line reached port safely after being towed to the Ambrose Channel lightship. Revenue officers said $2,000,000 of whiskey aboard the Yarmouth was not liable to seizure because the vessel cleared port before January 17, allowing cargo transfer to another ship and possible voyage to Cuba under the ship’s clearance.
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New York
United Press
Yarmouth
Black Star Line
Ambrose Channel
Cuba
Bankruptcies Drop as Prices Climb in War Period
Nashville report notes fewer bankruptcies as prices rise. Referee Lee Brook says higher prices allow merchants to charge more and stay afloat. Federal Court clerk records show daily bankruptcies fell from four or five to about one per week, with April 1916 forty-seven cases versus thirteen in April 1919 and January 1918 twenty six to fourteen in May.
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Nashville
Tenn
Lee Brook
Federal Court
Patterson Retained as Christian Church Pastor
The Rev. H. L. Patterson will remain pastor of the Christian Church with a $200 yearly salary increase and full support from his church board and members. His resignation dated January 11 cited lack of active backing. the board and congregation voted to keep him April 1 start.
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H. L. Patterson
The
Christian Church
Patterson
Kingsport Pulp Plant Sold to Meade Interests
The Kingsport Pulp Corporation has been sold to G. H. Meade and Company of Dayton Ohio. The firm plans expansions boosting capacity by about sixty percent and may rename the plant. Meade associates include Meade Pulp and Paper Company of Chillicothe and the Management Engineering and Development Company of Dayton.
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Kingsport Pulp Corporation
G. H. Meade and Company
Dayton
R. B. Embree
Thickens
Meade Company
Kingsport
Meade Pulp and Paper Company
Chilicothe, C
Management Engineering and Development Company
Kingsport Five to Play Bristol Friday
Kingsport High basketball, 6-0 this season, meets Bristol High at Bristol Va. Friday night. Kingsport beat Erwin 35 to 5. girls team beat Erwin 10 to 3. Traveling players: Gustwick, Leeper, Keegan, Flora, Barge, Smallwood, Cox, Hale.
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Kingsport High
Bristol
Erwin High
Erwin
Gustwick
Leeper
Keegan
Flora
Barge
Smallwood
Cox
Hale
Industry Crippled By Continued Coal Shortage
Washington reports that despite higher coal mining, American industries struggle to recover from a strike. Some steel mills have closed for fuel shortages while the Geological Survey warns the deficit may persist for weeks. Railroads say car supply is normalizing as union miners push production.
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Washington, D. C
United Press
Geological Survey
Plans to Begin 3 Grammar Schools This Year
The Board of Aldermen and School Board will discuss three new grammar schools estimated at 150000 in cost and a 1920 21 school appropriation may rise from 44000 to 50000 due to expected enrollment growth Two larger two story twelve room buildings for white children and a bungalow for colored children are proposed with a new bond needed to finance the project Occupancy hoped by September as two new factories may boost population
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J. A. Bradley
Bradley
Hoover Boom Rumor in Texas After E M House Visit
In Austin on January 10 the talk of a Hoover presidency grows as Col E M House arrives in Texas. Democrats recently meeting House socially express increased support for Hoover, though direct backing by House remains unconfirmed.
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Col. House
Austin
Texas
Herbert Hoover
E. M. House
Colonel House
Hoover
Mrs. Mary Catherine Wills Dies at Eden’s Ridge
Mrs. Mary Catherine Wills widow of Confederate soldier Henry Wills died January 9 at Eden's Ridge. She was born in 1855 near Church Hill, Hawkins County, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ragle and had lived 25 years at the John G. Preston place.
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Mary Catherine Wills
Henry Wills
John G. Preston Place
Eden’s Ridge
Wills
Henry Ragle
Church Hill
Hawkins County
Rev Hendricks Attends Mission Board Meeting
The Rev W S Hendricks, vice president and executive committee member, travels to Chattanooga for the Midyear Meeting of the Holston Conference Board of Missions. He also chairs the Centenary Evangelism setup for the conference, which serves East Tennessee Southwest Virginia and part of West Virginia with about 82 000 members.
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W. S. Hendricks
Chattanooga
Board of Missions
Holston
Hendricks
Holston Conference
East Tennessee
Southwest Virginia
West Virginia
Carey financially sound after legal claim and loan dispute
Harvey Carey maintains financial stability after Sheriff Flora collects $67 on a claim and Carey recovers $74 from Edna Penley Cox who borrowed the money and later married another man. He denies lending all his money and refutes a quoted remark about lending to other men’s wives.
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Harvey Carey
Flora
Carey
Edna Penley Cox
Edna Penley
Times
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New York Letter
Oklahoma
Hindenburg
Kingsport Grammar
Naval Committee
John R. Ratham
Providence, R. I
Naval Board
Butler
House Naval Committee
Portland
Maine
Navy Department
Naval Secretary
U. S
Powhatan
Meade Interests
Kingsport Factory
Eden’s
Rev. Hendricks
Mission Board
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