Motorcade planned from Kingsport to Ashland for highway opening
A Kingsport motorcade with Johnson City and Erwin delegates will depart 8 10 a m from Kingsport Inn to Ashland Kentucky to publicize the July 17 opening of U S highway 23. About 30 from Johnson City and a Hunmiker from Erwin will join, with Virginia officers and a service truck along. The group will stop in Gate City Wise Big Stone Appalachia Norton Wise Ashland for 30 minute intervals and return by 6 45 p m Thursday July 9.
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Erwin
Ashland
Astland
Kingsport Inn
A. D. Brockman
Jammson City
Quade
John Sevier
Ftd
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E. PB. Snipes
Jack Cummings
Tennessee Highway Patrol
State Line
Virginia Highway Patrol
Cummings
Virginia
Gate City
Big Stone
Wise
el Stone Gap
Appalachia
Norton
Kentucky
Louise
Louisa
Paintsville
Prestonburg
Pikeville
Jenkins
Mes
Weather Rain No Change Across Regions Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee forecast shows partly cloudy skies with local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight and east portion tonight or Wednesday with little temperature change. Virginia expect partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with probable local thundershowers and light northwest winds. Readings note yesterday’s high and low, with rainfall of .08 inches yesterday and comparisons to one year ago, taken at 6:00 p.m. by T. C. Harris, U.S.W.O.
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East
Virginia
T. C. Harris
U.S.W
London Leads In Population Race
London tops the world in metropolitan population at 8,202,318, with New York City close behind at 6,981,915 for the city proper. Berlin, Chicago, and Paris follow, while metropolitan areas show rapid growth beyond city walls. Chicago suburbs surge. New York’s five-borough metro reaches 4,887,404.
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London
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Paris
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Brooklyn
Canadian film combine charged in Ottawa inquiry
A government inquiry report accuses a US dominated Canadian film combine of controlling 95 percent of film discharges. Named principals include Famous Players Canadian Corporation and Paramount Publix, with 13 American distributing firms. Prosecutions recommended. theatres threatened, supply withheld, and leverage of Famous Players buying power cited.
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United States
Canada
Peter White
K. C
Gideon D. Robertson
Famous Players Canadian Corporation, Ltd
Paramount Publix Corporation
Famous Players Organization
Famous Players Canadian Corporation
Motion Picture Distributors and Exhibitors of
Will Hays
Combine
Famous Players
Farm youth confesses to killing man over five dollar loan
Dawson W. Crowson 18, a farm youth in Monroe La, confessed to police that he shot Ira Castles 60, a merchant, after Castles refused to send him $5 for candy for his sweetheart. He started a fire at Castles store and fled, later surrendering. He claimed illness and remorse.
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Monroe
Dawson W. Crowson
Ira Castles
Castles
Crowson
Charges Dropped Possible Retrial in Pantages Case
San Diego district attorney said charges of conspiracy and morals against Alexander Pantages theater magnate and three others might be dropped. Retrial is scheduled to open next Monday after the first trial ended in a deadlock.
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San Diego
Calif
Tom Whelson
Alexander Pantages
Prison Feud Turns Violent as Inmates Stabbed to Death
In Ossining a second inmate died after a stabbing at Sing Prison. John De Lucea, 24, of Brooklyn, died in the prison hospital after being wounded at the motion picture show. Warden Lawes suspended shows and ordered a cell to cell weapons search as the feud prompts an inquiry. John Mulvaney, also from Brooklyn, is blamed for De Lucea’s killing, while another prisoner Frank Doyle died earlier in the week.
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Sing
Lewis E. Lawes
John de Lucea
Brooklyn
Lawes
de Lucea
John Mulvaney
de Lucca
Frank Doyle
Mulvaney
William Hook
Troops Sent To Scene Of Riots In Tokyo
AP dispatches report Japanese troops moved to clash sites in Tokyo and Seoul after two days of deadly riots between Chinese and Koreans, with 82 killed and hundreds injured. Rioting continued as Chinese refugees fled, and government promised compensation for victims. Hoover plans to attend baseball games in Washington today.
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War Office Today
Rengo
Seoul
Xanking
China
Foreign Ministry
Korea
Grace Moore to marry Spaniard Parara in Cannes
Grace Moore the opera and film star is set to wed Valentin Parara, a wealthy Spaniard, on July 15 in Cannes after reportedly signing new contracts with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the Metropolitan Opera. Her father confirmed the engagement despite earlier plans delaying marriage.
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Jellico
Tenn
Opera
Talking Pictures
Knoxville Journal
Rb.l. Moore
Valentine Parara
Cannes
France
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Irving Berlin
Paris
Berlin
Lawrence Tibbett
Life Story of Wiley Post Globe Galloper
Life story of Wiley Post details his rise as chief test pilot at Lockhend Airplane in Burbank California after losing sight in one eye. It notes his unique license despite the accident and a special waiver that has continued, shaping his careful approach and reputation among friends as a highly capable pilot.
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Wiley Post
Lockhend
Burbank
Calif
Itiay
Forney
Department of Commerce
Post
Women urged to join men voters at Virginia convention
Judge Camille Kelley of Memphis told a breakfast during the Old Dominion convention that women bear a higher moral responsibility as mothers and urged women to join men in voting. She noted women have gained rights but not equal voting participation and praised progress in professions while calling for fuller suffrage. Governor Pollard to welcome the 2500 delegates at the Capitol.
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Richmond
Camille Kelley
Memphis
National Federation of Business and Professional Club
Old Dominion
National Federation
Kelly
Kelley
Virginia
John Garland Pollard
Capitol
Federation
New Fishing and Hunting Licenses Issued in Tennessee
Nashville July 7 AP The division of game and fish plans to issue the new combined hunting and fishing licenses within 30 days at $2 each. Licenses cover both fishing and hunting and are required for fishermen and trappers. they expire May 31 each year. Quail and rabbit seasons end November 25 to February 1, and the state warden Howell Buntin said the law removes the alibi of bird hunters chasing rabbits. Funds will finance more hatcheries and game farms.
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Nashville
Division of Game and Fish
Howell Buntin
Buntin
Jas Avill
Church Pastor to Stand Trial At Church Meeting
MEMPHIS July 7. Church members and a produce dealer challenged Rev. Ben Cox to stand trial at a church business meeting on August 5 for alleged unchristian conduct. Deacons who first demanded Cox’s resignation last September note unity now, while Cox expresses regret at ongoing attacks on the church.
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Tom
The
Central Baptist Church
Ben Cox
Cox
Debt Accord Is Attained
Washington reports Andrew W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury, secured a debt accord amid intense Paris negotiations. Mellon, who has handled vast sums in private and public finance, faced mounting strain and late-night discussions with the British government as World markets reacted to every development. Reports from Paris cited admiration for his stamina under pressure.
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Washington
Iworks
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Paris
Ln Mars
Melton
America
Mellon
Business Better, Stock Prices Up Across Markets
Paris stock prices rose at the open on July 7 buoyed by the Franco American debt accord and broad buying. gains faded as profit taking set in though closes were higher than the prior day. Berlin stocks advanced early on news of an international debt holiday, then steadied with prices 1 to 5 points above yesterday's close. Washington noted improved business sentiment tied to moratorium prospects, with European and Asian outlooks brighter per the Commerce Department's weekly world conditions review.
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Berlin
Washington
Commerce Department Today
South America
Asia
Europe
France
United States
London
Rome
Hoover
State Department
New York
Cer mak appoints proxy to wield baton of ceremony
Chicago July 7 P Now that Mayor Anton Cermak has rounded out his cabinet with an official greeter Chicagoans may answer how's your new mayor getting along Carmak the Democrat has been still three months His first act was to discharge 3000 city hall employees Economy was to be the watchword for a city plagued with uncollected taxes and unpaid bills His latest act was to appoint a municipal glad hander of the Grover Whalen type George D Gaw will ride the boulevards with visitors in a white automobile escorted by two white motorcycles Thus Cermak passes the baton of Scrgemony to a proxy borrows time to study the civic budget and set his household in order"}
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Chicago
Anton Cermak
Grover Whalen
William Hala Thompson
Cermak
George D. Gaw
William Hale Thomp
France U S Agree on One Year War Debt Moratorium
Paris reports indicate negotiations underway for a Paris conference of experts to implement Hoover’s one year moratorium on intergovernmental war debts. France and the United States signed a protocol after eleven days of talks, with Britain and Rome signaling willingness to participate, while Germany urges savings to aid recovery.
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Vrorld Prise
Gerlrany
Hoover
Germany
Lajsa
Ministry of the Interior
of the Treasury
Andres
W. Mellon
Walter J. Edge
Pierre Laval
Aristide Briand
Pierre Flandin
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