Grand Jury to Investigate Woman Evangelist's Story
Kingsport readies for a grand parade as decorations go up across the city. Local businesses drape fronts in red white and blue while banners and flags appear along streets for a mass celebration. Private autos join floats in the procession and committees push final preparations for the anticipated event.
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Kingsport
Businss
Welocme
Wingsport
Tor Lae
Hamimaid
Auprlean Legion
All Credit
Tve
Les Hotatins
Fuir
Succes
Fair Weather On Menu For Fourth
Washington dispatch notes typical summer events for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Officials forecast patriotic observations across Independence Day with parades, speeches, and outdoor gatherings planned in major cities and towns nationwide.
Florida banks suspend operations in Miami for suspending reasons
Three Miami banks including Bank of Cavey Grove Bank of Tuenos Viejas and Bank of Litt Tires halted operations amid unspecified suspensions and inability to deliver autolanding funds, with reasons cited as pension-related activity or other financial issues.
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Florida
Miami
Bank of Cavey Grove
Bank of Tuenos Viejas
Bank of Litt Tires
Hye Duweiors
Alvin York Opens Industrial Institute In Tennessee
Sergeant Alvin York, famed for his Argonne valor, sponsors an education project in eastern Tennessee. Ground broken on a 1400 acre Cumberland project aims to train mountaineers in peaceable arts with the Alvin C. York Industrial Institute slated to operate by October 8, marking eight years since York led a daring WWI action. The piece notes his refusal of film stardom to focus on education, with the plan continuing on page six.
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Alvin C. York
Cumberlands
Tennessee
York
Argonne Forest
Congress Reaches End As Unanimous Consent Bills Pass
Both houses push to adjourn sine die after seven months as deficiency appropriation bill clears both chambers in quick order. Senate and House adopt adjournment resolution by 2 pm, signaling the final end of the session. Unanimous consent tactics drive passage of remaining across the chamber measures.
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Washington
Congress
Amd
Senate
House
Vad
Hitlie
Senate seat row over Pennsylvanian primary costs
Washington July 2 agitation grows in the Senate for action before adjournment on resolutions aimed at barring seating of Ware pending an $8,000,000 Pennsylvanian primary dispute. Resolutions set strict campaign cost limits. Ware’s campaign expenditures reportedly far exceed the caps, with Norris noting backing for opponent Wilson who claimed lower spending.
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Washington
Senate
Pennsylvania
Ware
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Neely
West Virginia
Norris
Nebraska
William B. Wilson
Kingsport July Fourth Music Festival Plans
American Legion committee announces a full day of concerts by multiple bands including the Kingsport Municipal Band. The parade, morning concerts, and evening display are set, with performances at the baseball park and a Brick Plant game in the afternoon starting at four.
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Povns
Thig
Kingsport
American Legion Committee
Cehuge
Jtheon Big Warils
Kingsport Municipal Band
Anti-Saloon League Spent No Money In Primary Contest
Wayne B Wheeler testified that the Anti-Saloon League spent no money in the Pennsylvania Republican senatorial primary this year while diverting funds to Oregon Wisconsin and Minnesota. He said two hundred dollars went to Wisconsin and Oregon, 150 to Minnesota, to back dry candidates. The league aims to influence pro prohibition officeholders and has spent over 4.3 million in six years with similar receipts. An appeal seeks 40 thousand dollars for primaries, while 8 thousand six hundred seventy eight dollars is cited for general elections since 1924.
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Washington
Campaign
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti- Saloon League
Pennesylvania
Oregon
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Penns
Teague
Pinchot
Pepper
Ware
Vare
League
Recovg
Wheeler
Minnes
Andrew Wilson
Anti-Saloon League Campaign Committee
Van Sweringen Rail Merger Is Favorable
New York reports indicate the proposed Van Sweringen Brothers railroad merger has won favorable preliminary action from several railroads. Directors did not announce formal decisions, but sources say the plan is moving toward approval. The Nickel Plate, Chesapeake and Ohio, and Rockingham Valley are believed to have acted positively, with the Pere Marquette directors likely voting next week.
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New York
van Sweringen
Chesapeake and Ohio
Rocking Valley
Weather Outlook for Virginia and Tennessee
Partly cloudy tonight with Sunday showers possible in Virginia as temperatures ease or rise slightly. Tennessee shows fair tonight, Saturday partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in northern parts and warmer temperatures later.
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Virginia
Tennessee
North Parkion
Nye Leads in North Dakota Senate Race Against Hanna
Senator Gerald Nye, non partisan incumbent, builds early lead over L. B. Hanna for the Republican senatorial nomination as rural returns stack up. Nye totals show a substantial edge. Hanna maintains administration support and brand as the Coolidge candidate amid a shifting party landscape. Sorlie is renominated for governor with a similar independent wave, while Hanley trails in the gubernatorial race.
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Fargo
N. 1
Feral P. Nye
Asana
New
Nee
Tanna
Warnney
Ladd
Nye
Hanna
Haugen
Coolidge
Republican Party
Sorlie
A. G. Sorlie
J. M. Han
Active warfare under way in West Peking
Peking July 2 Allied forces under Marshal Chang Tso Lin and Marshal Wu Pei Fu begin a general advance against national armies in the northwest and west regions. Wu Pei Fu directs operations as the campaign aims to wipe out enemies forced to retreat from the capital.
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Peking
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Wu Pei-Fu
Central Province
Mayshul Wu
Reception for Aimee McPherson at home hometown
Tampa July 2. Aimee McPherson will receive a different reception on return from Arizona to her home town. Four killed in a rooming house near four a.m. after axe blows. Victims include Rowell and his 90 year old mother. Keene held as witness. Seventeen witnesses before coroner's jury.
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Aimee Mpherson
Arizona
Tampa
Fla
E. $. Keene
B. R. Rowell
Act City
C. L. Rodgers
Rowell
Keene
Tuscon
Ariz
Ennest Boubion
Agua Prieta
Stay Here
Aimee Semple McPherson
Boubion
Bobby Jones Welcomed Home In New York Parade
New York July 2 Bobby Jones arrived on the Aquitania to a grand welcome with honors for the golfing star. The city hosted dignitaries including Secretary Mellon and invited a large Atlanta delegation led by his wife mother and child. The celebration included a Broadway procession and a plan to join fellow golfers Walter Hagen Al Watrous Jim Barnes Watts Gunn in the festivities.
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New York
Bobby Jones
York
Aquitania
Marshal Fech
Gustavus Adolphus
Atlanta
Bobby
Walter Hager
al Watrous
Jim Barnes
Watts Gunn
Onte
Woman Fails 70 Prevent Singing of National Anthem in New York
In New York a Port Society meeting sparked a dispute over singing the Star Spangled Banner. Organizer Thomas A. Tuite pressed for the hymn to be sung, despite objections from Mrs. Chas. St. Scarborough, who argued the tune was impolite to Britain. A trumpeter opened the piece as the audience joined in, and directors ordered the anthem sung, with Rev. A. Lincoln Moore announcing the order.
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New York
New York Port Society
York
Star Spangled Banner Association of America
Thomas A. Tuite
Great Britain
Scarborough
Tuite
A. Lincoln Moore
Mariners Church
Port Society
Grand jury to probe Aimee Semple McPherson case
Los Angeles July 2 A county grand jury opened a broad inquiry into the Aimee Semple McPherson disappearance and alleged ransom plot. Post office inspectors disclosed a tampered letter containing a lock of hair and ransom demand to her mother Minnie Kennedy. Federal interest increases as the letter’s use of mails to defraud is noted.
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Caleb
County Grand Jury
Herman Cline
Los Angeles
Joe Ryan
Asa Keyes
Wm. ST. Carter
T.edvin Simpson
United States
McPherson Cage
Federal Grand Jury
Simpson
Post Office
Minnie Keneady
Agua Prieta
Mexico
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Fe Buteau
Gernoeal
Thease Dings
Altough
Sealleond
Alvin York
Norton and Drum and Bugles Corps of
Chattanooga
Minn
van Sweringen Rail
Gerald Nye
L.B. Hanna
World Court
West Peking
Jones
America
Mellon
Preacher
Thoro
Evangelist
Mrs. McPherson
Averek
Aime Semple McPherson
Douglas
Jeacr
Angelus Temple
Ocean Park
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