Kidd to resign as Kingsport city manager for Knoxville post
L. H. Kidd will resign as Kingsport city manager within days to become city engineer of Knoxville and assistant commissioner of streets and public improvements. Friends note his reforms include federal aid push on Sevier Terrace road, school construction savings, Five Points safety, road improvements, lights, reduced garbage costs, staff cuts, and plans to move the incinerator. He calls Kingsport stay enjoyable but accepts the advancement.
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L. H. Kidd
Kingsport
Knoxville
Kidd
Magic City
Sevier Terrace
Bristol
Horse Creek
Conciliatory Attitude of Shopmen and Labor Board Buoys Talks
The threat of a rail shopmen strike expansion to 12000 signalmen was stalled as the Labor Board secured promises to maintain the status quo pending further talks. Shopmen leader Jewell said settlements could come through an authoritative body and noted some workers had returned to work. Hooper urged cooperation as the strike entered its sixth day with limited violence.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
D. W. Helt
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Maintenance of Way
Ben W. Hooper
W. L. McMenimen
B. M. Jewell
Jewell
J. F. Valentine
Cincinnati
International Moulders’ Union
Hooper
Labor Board
Mexicans Claim Abduction Charge Against Bielaski in Cuernavaca
Reports from Mexico City claim a Cuernavaca court issued or was about to issue an arrest order for A. Bruce Bielaski on a charge of self abduction. The US embassy has not received notice of any arrest, and Bielaski remained at large as authorities pursue the case with Cuernavaca officials.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
el Universal Grafica
Bruce Bielaski
Cuernavaca
el Mundo
United States
Bielaski
Sex Education Movement Urged for College Students
Dr. M. J. Exner of the American Social Hygiene Association urged colleges to include sex education as part of broad subjects not as a separate course. He cited a study of 948 college men showing early, unwholesome impressions shape attitudes and hinder achievement, calling for natural, constructive integration to normalize understanding and social life.
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Boston
M. J. Exner
Department of Educational Activities
American Social Hygiene Association
New York City
National Council of Education
Dr. Exner
Three Suspects Held in Million Dollar Heist
Three men accused of the two million dollar mail truck robbery on lower Broadway in October and linked to a seventy thousand dollar Buffalo theft were held on $125000 bail each by Commissioner Hitchcock. Frank Havyernak identified the trio as the men who robbed him. detectives in Gramercy Park area recovered $400000 of the stolen securities.
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Associated Press
New York
Lower Broadway
American Express Company
Buffalo
Hitchcock
Frank Havyernak
Grammercy Park
Florida employers arrested on federal peonage charge
Three Dixie county naval stores operators, Austin Brown Moses L. Brown and W H Mathin, were arraigned in Gainesville before U S Commissioner A J Acosta on peonage charges linked to the use of enslaved labor on their property. Proceedings did not conclude and the men were released in the deputy marshal's custody as officials withheld details pending later testimony.
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Associated Press
Gainesville
Fla
Dixie County
United States
A. J. Acosta
Austin Brown
Moses L. Brown
W. H. Mathin
Legion to lead census for disabled and schooling needs
Boston reports Alvin M. Owsley of Texas told delegates that the American Legion will conduct a national educational census to map the needs of the blind, insane, sick, and wounded and to push for compulsory schooling and unified citizenship with one flag and one language, English.
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Boston
Mass
American Legion
Alvin M. Owsley
Texas
National Americanism Commission
National Educational Association
Legion
Mr. Owsley
Ee Ae
Cnsus
America
Republic
Freight cars wreck on Southern railway near Durmid VA
Lynchburg Va twelve freight cars on a northbound Southern Railway train wrecked near Durmid station outskirts of the city Wednesday afternoon when a southbound passenger train sideswiped the freight. No one was hurt.
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Associated Press
Lynchburg
Southern Railway
Durmid Station
Helicopter Use Questioned by Artillery Colonel
London report argues Brennan helicopter will not aid warfare. An artillery colonel says modern anti aircraft guns easily target aircraft at 10,000 feet and that even quiet aircraft could be plastered with high explosive shells from AA fire. He warns helicopters are vulnerable despite new tech.
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Associated Press
London
Graphic
Byrns of Tennessee Defends Weeks on Congressional Record
Representative Byrns of Tennessee argues Secretary Weeks spoke truth about Congress in a Congressional Record extension. He blasts Mondell for opportunism and cites wartime profiteer prosecutions and the Woodruff Johnson push for inquiry as administrations failures.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Democrats
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Congress
Representative Byrns
Tennessee
Appropriations Committee
Congressional Record
Weeks
Burns
House
Senate
Mondell
United States Senate
Byrnes
Mr. Burns
United States
Woodruff and Johnson
Department of Justice
Woodruff-Johnson
Harding writes own editorial in Marion Star
President Warren G. Harding returns to his former role as editor for the Marion Star editing the Wednesday edition. The two column piece titled The Essentials to Success argues honesty simplicity industry capacity and determination are the chief essentials available to all who aspire.
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Associated Press
Marion
Harding
Marion Star
Warren G. Harding
Sheriff Seizes 10 Gallons of Blockum On Train
Deputy Sheriff Pat Smithers found a large pasteboard box under a seat on a train near Walnut Cove. Inside were two five-gallon cans of liquor. The whiskey was turned over to Sheriff Flint, who invites the owner to claim the property.
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Associated Press
Winston-Salem
N. C
Pat Smithers
Walnut Cove
Flint
Willingham Warehouse Vice President Indicted for Embezzlement
Macon Ga Robert H Sissons vice president of the Willingham Warehouse before its 1920 failure was indicted by Bibb county grand jury on a charge of embezzling 32517 64 from the company Sissons posted 10000 bond and was closely tied to Richard F Willingham whose case a new trial motion is set for July 28 and Willingham has already been sentenced to twelve months imprisonment
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Associated Press
Macon
Robert H._Sissons
Willingham
Bibb County Grand Jury
Sissons
Richard F. Willingham
Movie actors may now go to school
The Famous Players-Lasky corporation opens a motion picture school for Paramount actors in Los Angeles. Pupils must maintain 75 percent in classes and conduct or face dismissal. The pamphlet outlines rules on temperance, conduct, and associations to protect the profession.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Paramount Company
Indicted Governor Delays Arraignment Amid Primary Push
Oklahoma Governor Robertson and thirteen Okmulgee banking defendants saw arraignment postponed to August 28 as counsel requested delay until after the August 1 primary election. The governor faces bribery allegations tied to allowing Guaranty State Bank of Okmulgee to operate while insolvent.
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Associated Press
Okmulgee
Okla
Oklahoma
Robertson
Okmulgee County
Bozarth
Guaranty State Bank of
Thousands of Actors Out of Employment in England
Thousands of actors and actresses in England are out of work due to the summer heat and the closure of six London playhouses plus fewer theatergoers. Some take film roles for $15 a week while a cooperative company to aid jobless performers is considered after East Lynne failed to break even.
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Associated Press
London
England
East Lynne
De Valera Rebels Suppressed in Dublin Surrender
Dublin reports say about 700 irregulars were captured by the national army after a week of fighting. The Sackville Street area saw the final surrender, and Cathal Brugha, a lieutenant of De Valera, died from wounds today.
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DE Valera
Dublin
National Army
Sackville Street
Cathal Brugha
Wisconsin tobacco pool decision looms for growers
Wisconsin tobacco growers face a choice on cooperative marketing via a Northern Wisconsin pool or selling individually at current prices. The state department of markets convenes to decide the pool plan. Pool requires contracts covering 75 percent of about 50 000 acres to operate.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Markets
Proposed law to extend coast guard search waters
Senator Sterling of South Dakota proposes an amendment to the tariff bill allowing enforcement officers to board and search vessels within six marine leagues eighteen miles off U.S. coasts. The measure comes from the judiciary committee as part of ongoing prohibition enforcement efforts.
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Washington
United States
Sterling
South Dakota
Judiciary Committee
Company guards denied sheriffs badges in Kentucky
Guards at the Louisville and Nashville Railroad shops in Williamsburg were refused deputies commissions. The railroad sought 31 men to be sworn in as deputies for special police duty at the Corbin shops.
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Williamsburg
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Corbin
No Efforts To Interrupt Mail Service
Washington officials say no further reports of mail movement interference by strikers have been received since alleged attempts to hinder trains at Louisiana Missouri Wednesday. Disturbances at Chaffee and Slater Missouri have been stopped. President Kern of the St Louis and San Francisco railroad has appealed to Missouri's governor to prevent further trouble.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Louisiana, Mo
Chaffee
Slater
Kern
St. Louis
San Francisco
Illinois Militia Mobilized as Precaution
Springfield reports Illinois state troops were mobilized last night as a precaution against threatened violence at the Wabash shops in Decatur. The forces are under arms today and ready to move on short notice.
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Illinois
Springfield
Decatur
Few Strikers Return to Work in Cincinnati
Only a few striking workers returned to their jobs in Cincinnati today to preserve their seniority and pension rights.
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Cincinnati
Missouri Guard Ordered to Armories as Precaution
Jefferson City Mo two companies of troops were ordered to their armories as a precaution Governor Hyde announced.
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Missouri Guard
Jefferson City
Hyde
President Harding Heads to Washington in Auto Convoy
President Harding and his party left Columbus this morning en route to the capital resuming their automobile trip to Washington as the nation awaits their arrival.
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Harding
Capital
Columbus
Washington
Women In Strike Violence Hit Burnside Homes
Disorder flared as the first week of the shopmen strike ended. Federal injunctions barred shop picketing in East St. Louis and Shreveport. A mob, including women, tried to torch homes of Illinois Central workers at Burnside. one wife defended her home with a revolver.
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Chicago
East St. Louis
Shreveport
Illinois Central
Burnside
Federal raid nets twenty nine stills with no arrests
Louisville authorities report that twenty six federal agents raided nine stills on Thursday. No arrests were made and the operation recovered evidence and equipment related to illicit distilling.
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Louisville
Distillery Seized Over Whiskey Receipt Ties to Slaying
Federal agents seized Bond Brothers distillery near Lawrenceburg. Detectives found a $10,000 whiskey receipt believed linked to the killing of John Thomas whose body was found near the distillery last week.
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Louisville
Bond Brothers
Lawrenceburg
John Thomas
Kansas Industrial Court authorizes Topeka union warrants
Warrants for the president and secretary of the Topeka Kansas local union of Santa Fe shops were issued under industrial court orders today. This marks the first legal action against the strike aside from scattered arrests nationwide.
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Kansas
Chicago
Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe
Move to Enforce Gag Rule in Senate Fails
Washington report shows Republicans fail to enforce cloture on an administration tariff bill with a 45 to 39 vote, short of the two thirds needed. The setback highlights partisan divide over the measure and speech limits in the Senate.
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Senate
Washington
Rural mail carrier kills fellow worker in Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro Tennessee rural mail carrier W L Mullens shot and killed Substitute Rural Carrier Frank Brown near the post office after a quarrel. Mullens is charged with murder. The men were formerly brothers in law.
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Murfreesboro, Tenn
W. L. Mullens
Frank Brown
Mullins
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