Rail official cites worries on taxes and rates in South expansion drive
James B. Min, president of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, told the ninth annual convention of the National Association of Railroad Officials that public desire to cut transportation rates and rising taxes are the main burdens. He warned that high costs from government laws and wage demands, plus the need to attract capital for growth in the South, threaten railway expansion and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
James B. Min
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Stoem
South
President Hill
Medical Society backs legal whiskey sale on prescription
In Bristol Tennessee January 28 the Sullivan Washington and Carter County Medical Society adopted a resolution urging their Nashville delegations to introduce a bill amending prohibition laws to legalize whiskey sales on physicians prescriptions for medicinal use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Tenn
Sullivan, Washington and
Carter County Medical Society
General Assembly
Nashville
Senior college fading from American education system
New Orleans Jan 28 The senior college gradually is passing out of the American educational system says Dr Peyton Jacob dean of Mercer University Macon Ga The survey points to four year colleges giving way high schools expanding into junior colleges apportioning years and professional schools absorbing the last two He outlines a six year elementary program with six years of schooling and junior high introducing culture and exploration D B Campbell of Conway Ark discusses junior college aims and uniting secondary education to offer semi professional general and semi work continues on page 3
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Peyton Jacob
Mercer University
Macon
Southern Baptist Education Association
Jacob
Schoal
D. &. Campbell
Conway, Ark
Emergency Marine Forces Increased at San Diego
Washington says the emergency marine battalion at San Diego was increased to 1,183 men for possible service in China. The force, stationed at the California port for use anywhere needed, was augmented by 500 men from the guard, marines for Mae Island, and a detachment from Puget Sound.
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Washington
San Diego
China
Navy
California
Man Guard
Mae Island
Pueet Sound
Wisconsin man leads police to grave of slain wife
Yi Willan Coffey, handcuffed, guided officers to a remote burial site for Mrs. Hattie Hates after confessing to dismembering her body. The case unfolds with Coffey’s evolving account of the murder at a camp near the Mississippi, amid blizzard and search efforts across Grant County and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Manston
Colley
Hell
Lacrossy
Loonie
Bug R. M. Orchard
Grant County
Lyright
Coffay
Tam
Coffey
Tennessee Senate debates anti trust bill and Sunday sale repeal
Tennessee lawmakers consider a McKnight Jerrold anti trust bill to bar price cutting by firms and strip charters of violators, aiming to curb oil company wars. The senate also weighs a constitutional change to tax bank income and farm property, with a statewide referendum discussed for adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Senate of Tennessee
General Assembly
al D. McKnight
Rutherford
W. R. Jer
Lauderdale
McKnight-Miller
Commonwealth
Tennessee
A. J. Graves
Knox
Senate
Judiciary Committee
S. R. Bratton
Obion
John Brown
Shelby
Bratton
Interest in China shifts to Britain amid peace overtures
Washington reports say as Peking and Canton factions consider US peace overtures Britain prepares to offer generous terms to China to restore order. London press awaits official proposals including possible surrender of extraterritorial rights. Britain faces lack of a single Chinese governing body to enforce guarantees, noted by Secretary Kellogg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Peking
Great Britain
China
Orde
London News
Kelloze
Moody Secures City Permit to Sell Its Bonds
In Tennessee Senate action Moody bills include Senate 184 authorizing Kingsport to issue bonds. Other measures cross a broad range from hospital funding to county licenses, with several titles passing on first or third reading and Bristol and Nashville items noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MOODY
State
Senate
Walter F. Moody
Kingsport
Bristol
Nashville
Tenn
R. Bratton
Obion
Nashville Chamber of Commerce and
Legal Theatre
Graves
Remine
Atkins
Hill
Albright
Harris
Rhea County
Miller
McKnight
Senate Bi
Horston
Fitzhugh, Brown
Fitzhugh
Overton
Brown
Shelby
Shelby County
Maryville
Kemmer
Rnent County
Davis
Fox
Gaitesboro
Fayette County
Henry
Judiciary Committee
Holland
Dyer
Dyer County
House
Hallberg
Hamilton County
Bedford
Shelbyville
Bratton
Union
Layne
Marion County
Butler
Macon
LaFayette
King Ferdinand Improves After Serious Operation
Bucharest reports King Ferdinand’s condition is eminently satisfactory after a serious operation. He reportedly gained ten pounds in the past month and works daily with his ministers as recovery continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand
Bucharest
Romania
Weather forecast for Tennessee and Virginia
Cloudy with light rain tonight and in east Tennessee. Saturday will be warmer, except in extreme west tonight, and warmer in the east Saturday. Virginia may see occasional rain and warmer tonight and Saturday. Readings taken at 6 p m by the local weather bureau station show yesterday's high and last year's figures with no rainfall on the dates, though the text is partially garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Virginia
U. S. Weather Bureau
Co. L. Bunn
House Votes to Allow Sunday Gasoline Shops in Tennessee
In Nashville on January 28 the Tennessee House approved a bill 58 to 28 to repeal the blue law, allowing sale of gasoline and operation of auto accessory shops on Sundays. An exemption amendment failed. Authors were Representatives Claud Bushart of Henry County and William McClanahan of Tipton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
House of Representatives
Tennessee
Claud Bushart
Henry’ County
William McClanahan
Tipton
Allen
Anderson
Knox
Putman
Avery
Barton
Bean
Beck
Bell
Blevins
Boyd
Bushart
Carney
Clark
Davidson
McMinn
Cook
Cowley
Cox
Daniel
Driver
Finch
Foster
Franks
Fulgate
Gallimore
Gillum
Hale
Hickey
Haynes Holland
Hughes
Hutchings
Tetton
Johnson
Jones
Kemmer
Lancaster
Larsen
Linscomb
Lumpkins
Luther
McClanahan
Craig
Galbreath
Davis
Eubanks
Pax
Frazier
Hall
Holland
Keaton
Key
Love
McCleish
Ma‘lone
Mantooth
Mitchell
Moose
Petryjohn
Sloan
Trotter
Wallace
Wilkerson
Arnold
Garon
Gleaves
Gordon
Hames
Hamilton
Potter
Prince
Riley
Roach
Spiceland
White
Speaker Maiden
House
Stockton
Springfield
Fox
Jackson County
Tellico Plains
Pratt
Henderson County
Eubank
Houes
Shelby
Shelby County
Savage
Five Day Work Week Opposed by Contractors
Asheville January 28 Associated General Contractors of America reject Henry Pord's five day working week as impractical due to weather disruptions and economically unsound for workers who shingle houses nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
XN. C
Henry Pord
Associated General Contractors of America
Britain Hopes to Avert War with China
London reports the British government offers generous terms for settlement with China and will not seek war or intrude in China’s internal affairs. Secretary L C Amery says rejection would be due only to Bolshevik influence, while Labour plans Feb 6 demonstrations in support of a peaceful settlement and Chinese independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
China
Amery
London
Colonial Department
L. C. Amery
Labor Party
Body of Ed Grove Enroute to Tenn
Edwin W. Grove died in Asheville and his body was being sent to Paris Tennessee for burial at his boyhood home. He was the son of a Tennessee farmer and owner of a well known medicine manufacturing concern with headquarters in St. Louis. Grove had lived in Asheville for many years and held substantial property interests in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. G
Edwin
W. Gove
Paris
Tenn
Tennessee
Mr. Grove
St. Louis
Browning Aims to Produce Wife's Ex-Lovers in Testimony
Edward W. Browning seeks to reopen his separation suit in White Plains with twelve former boy friends of his wife Peaches Heenan among 100 witnesses ready to testify Browning again denies cruelty charges and says reconciliation is impossible He also vows to keep their adopted daughter Dorothy Sunshine out of the case and plans a counter campaign against Peaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward W. Browning
Peaches Heenan
White Plains
Browning
Peaches
Dorothy Sunshine
Reward Offered For Negro Killer In Tennessee
Governor Austin Peay announced a state reward of 250 dollars for the capture or apprehension of Henry Walker, a Negro, who last Sunday shot and killed W. Leech, a Lake county farmer near Tiptonville. Lake county citizens add 400 dollars, making total rewards available tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
J. & Riley
Lake County
Austin Peay
Henry Walker
Leech
Tiptonville
Michigan Student Die Dies By Poison In Anxious Study Decline
Henry R. Kasson, a University of Michigan junior in Ann Arbor, is believed to have killed himself with poison yesterday amid exams and chronic nervousness. Friends say academic stress contributed as authorities search for Kasson’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
Henry R. Kasson
University of Michigan
Kasson
Friendly Assistance for the Farmers Very Vital
Nicholas H. Basker vice president of the National Bank of Kentucky told the farm and home convention in Lexington that friendly assistance from other industries and wholehearted cooperation from farmers will help them work out their own salvation. He urged cooperation and cooperative organizations over complex laws to improve farmers finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Nicholas H. Basker
National Bank of Kentucky
Louisville
Farm and Home
Mr. Bosker
Ballots Seized in Pittsburgh Allegheny County Vote
Washington January 28 The Senate campaign funds committee ordered seizure of the ballots cast in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County in the Cox Wilson senatorial election last November. Governor General Wood underwent a hernia operation in Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Cox-Wilson
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Bernard Shaw in Debate on Idle Women at Kingsway Hall
George Bernard Shaw chaired a debate on the menace of the leisured woman with Gilbert Chesterton and Lady Rhondda. Shaw joked about dancing Charleston while noting shifts from home leisure to flats and hotels. Rhondda warned the leisured class imperils civilization, while Chesterton defended the home as liberty and individuality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George Bernard Shaw
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Rhonddz
Kingsway Hall
Shaw
Mr. Chesterton
Rhondda
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James B. Hill
Chattanooga and St. Louis
Medical Society
Sullivan
Louisiana
Britain
State House
Bond
William McClannahan
Haywood County
ED Grove
Medicine Concern
Asheville, N
Peaches _ Heenan
Wood
Manila
Geo. Bernard Shaw
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