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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1926
Page
1
President Coolidge urged executives to pursue constructive economy during a budget meeting, stressing efficiency and dollar accountability. Director Lord announced a One Per Cent club to cut 1% from federal expenditures, aiming to save about 38 million dollars, while focusing on essential agencies and global leadership via World Court alignment.
Philadelphia January 80 21 An thracite miners and operators are adjourned until next Tuesday with talks still in a knot. The two latest plans from both sides were voted down before weekend adjournment. The six month strike involves 158,000 workers and paralyzes eastern Pennsylvania business as gloom falls on both camps.
Cleveland Ohio January 30 Josiah Kirby former president of the defunct Cleveland Discount Company was found guilty on all fourteen counts of using the mails to defraud by a federal jury It was Kirby s first conviction in six trials Judge Killits said the sentence would be nearer the minimum than maximum and Kirby would be jailed until next Thursday pending grand jury investigation into alleged jury tampering
New York reports a week long gale from the Atlantic has battered nine additional ships. A sailing vessel was towed to port, several others foundered or drifted, and crews were rescued or left in lifeboats. The storm remains ferocious as ships like Cunarder Aquitania and France face the storm area again.
Richmond dispatch reports Governor-elect Harry Flood Byrd arriving from Winchester to take the oath of office Monday afternoon. Plans for the inaugural exercises are set, with the oath to be administered at 12 30 on the Capitol south portico by Judge Robert R. Prentis. Byrd will reside in the Jefferson Hotel suite serving as temporary executive mansion during mansion remodeling.
Washington January 30 The tax reduction bill faced about a dozen new amendments during a four hour Senate session as debate focused on controversial sections. No rate changes were finalized as Senator Couzens pressed to restore inheritance and gift taxes while opponents pledged further fights over vital rate reductions ahead of a February 10 deadline for a March 16 installment.
Altadena California motion picture actress Barbara La Marr died at her home this afternoon from complications after a nervous breakdown. Her father Wy Woy Watson announced the death, which followed a rapid decline after a July breakdown while she was finishing films in New York.
A severe Atlantic gale battered the Florida coast near Palm Beach and Boca Raton Friday night, sinking the four-masted schooner Tifton with the probable loss of two crew. Seaman Charlie Smith drowned, first mate Madison missing, but the captain with his wife and others escaped in lifeboats. The Norwegian steamship America assisted survivors from the Tifton and the tug Endurance wrecked six miles offshore.
In New York on January 1, Augustus O. Branley, former Kentucky governor, warned that federal power risks eroding the Bill of Rights. He cited recent centralization attempts as evidence and urged vigilance against overreach. Senator Stanley, recalling the Valehead Act era, criticized modern legislators for lacking constitutional fundamentals.
Virginia expects rain Sunday and Sunday night with rising temperatures then sunny and colder Monday. Tennessee shows rain Sunday, colder central and western portions, with Monday fair and colder.
Papers from the Confederate Navy and Mooring Corps, likely brought from Richmond in 1865, were found in two aged chests. Stored for years in the attic of the State War and Navy Building, they contain financial accounts and travel and pay orders for Navy supplies. The documents are being filed in Navy archives for study.
Birmingham Alabama January 30 a Shelby county mining camp will on the Sabbath pay final tribute to 27 men who lost their lives in the coal digging industry yesterday as the day ended. Burials will replace church services in the isolated town with fresh mounds marking the graves. Seventeen of the 44 men in the pit escaped alive and unhurt after reclaimed bodies were recovered at daybreak.
In Bristol Virginia, Ana Marie Thomas, 16, a Sparger Mill stenographer, died by suicide in her Ford on Peters Street after leaving a torn note for Robert H. McKee, Bristol Herald Courier managing editor. The note hinted at a romance, and authorities say the affair influenced her actions.
Springfield Missouri police fired volleys from revolvers and rifles into the barricaded Hollingsworth home after a youth shot and killed at least two people and wounded several others. Patrolman Al Franklin and Joe Hargand were killed, as city reserves and citizens surrounded the home. Three ambulance drivers removing bodies were seriously wounded.
Radio listeners heard President Coolidge address the budget bureau and Peru's Augusto B. Leguia sending greetings as the final international broadcasting tests concluded. Stations in Canada United States Mexico and Central America took turns for 15 minute segments while a posttest review will tally overseas reception and prize results totaling $10,000.
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