Winchester Simmons merger linked to Kingsport plants
The Winchester Company of New Haven and the Associated Simmons Hardware Companies of St. Louis combine to form the Winchester Simmons Company with John E. Otterson as executive head. The merger could place Grant Leather Corporation under the new holding and may affect Kingsport’s Grant Leather tannery and extract plant, employing hundreds. Otterson may visit Kingsport soon as the plan unfolds.
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Associated Simmons Hardware Companies
St. Louis
Winchester Company
New Haven
Kingsport
Otterson
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Winchester Co
Winchester
Simmons
Winchester-Simmons
Winchester and Simmons
Denial that Lincoln opposed prohibition surfaces
Chicago reports Rev Duncan Milner, Civil War veteran, refutes claims Abraham Lincoln supported liquor bans. An affidavit by Sam Small, Sam Jones, and Henry W. Grady labels a Georgia 1887 LINCOLN quote a fraud and alleges Col John B. Goodwin authored it to sway Black voters.
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Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Duncan C. Milner
The
Presbyterian Church
Loyal Legion
Lincoln
Milner
Georgia
Sam Small
Sam Jones
Henry W. Grady
John B. Goodwin
Peace in the Balkans Sustained by Little Allies
Belgrade Jugoslavia. Americans in the postwar Balkans say the Little Alliance of Czecho Slovakia Romania and Yugoslavia backed by France helps maintain peace. The aim is to block German influence and settle quarrels with eventual customs and trade ties. Minister Manikovich suggests Serbs and Bulgars might reunite to defeat the Turks as a path to lasting peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Balkans
Czecho-Slovakia
Rumania
Manikovich
Jugoslav
Bulgaria
Sweden to have nationwide electric energy network
Electric energy from water power will be available across Sweden when the government directed program is complete. Four main and many subsidiary lines will serve the Southern Eastern Northern and Western regions. Sweden exports electricity and Denmark has already received Swedish current via submarine cable with plans to send energy to Norway for railroad use.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Irrigation in Egypt Faces Strict Water Limits This Year
The Nile sources for Egypt are running unusually low with Lake Albert and the White Nile delivering less water than usual. The Blue Nile is also low due to late Abyssinian rains, forecasting restricted irrigation in July and potential use of irrigation machines similar to 1914.
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Associated Press
Alexandria
Egypt
Nile
Lake Albert
White Nile
Blue Nile
Mars studies by Lowell Observatory crew noted
Flagstaff observers at Lowell Observatory report Mars conditions matching seasonal changes on Earth. They describe a southern winter with retreating polar snow, a forthcoming southern spring, and an advancing northern autumn with a vast bright canopy and autumn storm as Mars nears Earth.
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Associated Press
Flagstaff
Ariz
Lowell Observatory
Mars
Percival Lowell
Observatory
Venus
Earth
Lowell
Marta
Air Station to Be Built on Thames Near Parliament
The air ministry plans experiments to establish an air station on the Thames near the Houses of Parliament. Test flights will begin soon and the site will reduce London to Croydon travel by an hour, while a Southampton to Cherbourg and Le Havre air service aims to shorten cross Atlantic travel by air to Southampton and rail to London.
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Associated Press
London
Air Ministry
The
Thames
Croydon
Paris
Southampton
Cherbourg
le Havre
Eight Young Lives Blotted Out In Dimmick Street Blast
A deadly explosion on Dimmick street in Watertown killed eight children aged 11 to 16 who were playing croquet near a kept 75 millimeter shell. The shell, a dud from last summer’s Pine Plains artillery practice, detonated after heat expanded the TNT charge, blowing apart the Workman home and surrounding yards.
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Associated Press
Watertown
Dimmick Street
Edward G. Workman
William L. Salisbury
Morris Salisbury
Francis Wiley
Vivian Jones
Olin Brown
Angen Workman
Edna Workman
Sarah Bardon
Donald Th N
Pulaski
N. Y
Mr. Workman
F. W. Jones
Vivian
104Th Field Artillery
Pine Plains Reservation
Workman
G. H. Schumacher
Field Artillery
Madison Barracks
Schumacher
ASK CANDIDATES TO SHOW COLORS
The League of Women Voters in Omaha Nebraska has prepared a comprehensive questionnaire for statewide primary candidates on July 18. It asks Republican Democratic and Progressive senatorial hopefuls about national and international affairs including military reduction and world role.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Nebs
League of Women Voters
Nebraska
Returning Good Times Indicated by Customs
Washington reports brighter business conditions reflected in customs receipts for the fiscal year just ended. Assistant Secretary Elmer Dover announces total receipts of 356,443,387 dollars, up 48,419,285 from last year and the highest in 133 years, exceeding the 1910 peak by nearly 23 million.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Elmer Dover
United States
Customs
Russians Protect Against Contagions This Inoculation Drive
Moscow reports a massive inoculation program under the American Relief Administration aims to immunize ten million Russians against typhoid paratyphoid A paratyphoid B cholera and smallpox. An order for 451000 ampules of neosalvarian is in delivery as relapsing fever measures are applied.
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Moscow
Russia
Medical Division
American Relief Administration
Relief Food Aid Brings New Lease of Life to Famine Doctors
In Olga valley famine districts overworked physicians stayed at their posts through harsh winter resisting disease and hunger. American Relief Administration food packages funded by the joint distribution committee after Herbert Hoover’s plea provide renewed support to these dedicated medical workers.
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Olga Valley
American Relief Administration
Joint Distribution Committee
Herbert Hoover
Relief administrators report Russia peasants plant long days
American Relief Administration workers returning from Rybinsk and Jaroslav on the upper Volga report peasants in the valley using extended daylight to plant seed grain. With sunset near ten, planting is rapid and stands are good, weather and rain favorable for growth.
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American Relief Administration
Rybinsk
Jaroslav
Volga River
Questions Stir Campaigns as Women Voters Focus Attention
A long set of queries covering foreign policy civil rights and election procedures was presented to candidates. With many contenders and an active third party, the women’s league and independent voters draw strong campaign focus on the feminine vote.
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Congress
Women’s League
Independent Women Voters
Mere Advice on Presenting Self to Seize Opportunity
A concise exhortation urges individuals to cultivate a confident, polished front to attract opportunities. It emphasizes self-presentation as a practical step toward favorable responses and doors opening in response to visible readiness.
Stationery Engineers, Firemen Set Nationwide Rail Strike
Timothy Healy, international president, issued a strike call to about 8 000 stationers engineers, firemen and oilers on U S railroads. The walkout follows a wage cut of two cents an hour ordered by the labor board on July 1.
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Chicago
Timothy Healy
International
Labor Board
Assassin Mistakes Police Chief for Premier
An anarchist fired three shots at the prefect of police believing him to be Premier Millerand. Police say none of the shots took effect.
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Millerand
President and Cabinet Meet Over Rail and Coal Strikes
President Harding and his advisers held a cabinet session to review reports on the nationwide rail and coal disturbances. Several cabinet officials presented details of the two industrial disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Paducah Woolen Mills Employes Strike
Fifteen hundred workers at Mayfield Woolen Mills halted work in Paducah Kentucky over wage differences. The walkout involved a large portion of the mill’s labor force and was reported locally.
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Paducah
Mine Workers Set to Reject Government Arbitration Plan
John L. Lewis and national UMW leaders prepare to urge members to reject the Harding administration arbitration proposal. The move follows ongoing negotiations with the government and signals a firm stand by the union amid the dispute.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Harding
Stolen arms and ammunition recovered in Harlan theft
The Kentucky State armory at Harlan was entered with 200 guns and 1200 rounds of ammunition stolen. A portion of the stolen property was recovered. Investigations continue. no arrests yet. Kentucky national guard HQ reports no information on the theft.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Appalachiaa Coal Operators’ Association
Kentucky State Armory
Harlan
Kentucky National Guard
May restrain section men from striking
Chicago railway union leader said maintenance of way laborers would be kept in check and a general walkout prevented. About 400,000 shop and track workers had threatened to join the strike among shop craftsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
S Today
Wey
Miner killed as train hits dynamite trap in West Virginia
In Whiteville West Virginia one miner died and ten were injured when a mine train carrying workers to the pit struck a dynamite trap and was destroyed. The Mor due Collieries Company mine has been under a federal injunction since June 1.
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Whiteville
W. Va
Mordue Collieries Company
Russian obstinacy stalls Hague conference progress
The Hague conference on Russian affairs will not hold further joint meetings with Soviet representatives until the Russians express willingness to submit new proposals. Non Russian delegates will continue meetings and plan a plenary session to adjourn next Wednesday.
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Hague
Texas Militia Head Investigating Denison Strike
Adjutant General Thomas Barton of Texas travels to Denison to assess the shopmen's strike situation and report findings to the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
Thomas Barton
Denison
Aviators Offer to Carry U.S. Mail
The Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce offered Postmaster General Work a thousand commercial aircraft for nationwide mail delivery today. The proposal aims to expand mail transport using existing civilian planes and pilots nationwide.
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U.S
New York
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Jewell says railroads "are in a hole" in strike note
Chicago report quotes B. M. Jewell shop crafts leader saying strikers have the railroads in a hole. He adds that the workers gain a strategic position as industrial and business conditions across the country are picking up strongly.
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Jewell
Chicago
B. M. Jewell
Cfafts
Body of Private Connie Lambert Arrives Tonight
The body of Private Connie Lambert of Company B Seventh Machine Gun Battalion will arrive in Kingsport tonight on the 7 o clock train from Johnson City. Lambert died in France October 30 1918 and is survived by his widow and one child. Funeral arrangements are set for 10 o clock tomorrow morning at the home with Rev. Robert King officiating and interment to follow. Legion members are urged to attend and car owners to notify Adjutant Bennett.
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Connie Lambert
France
Kingsport
Johnson City
New York
Gate City Road
Carter Valley
Lambert
Hammond Post
No. 3
American Legion
Robert King
First Presbyterian Church
Legion
Bennett
Legionnaires
Bennett & Edwards
Broad Street
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New
Winchester-Simmons Company
J. E. Otterson
Herd of New
London’s River Thames
Mexico
Haiti
China
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