City slashes education costs in Kingsport budget
Kingsport officials announce monthly savings of 3489.08, with $2899.37 monthly cuts in the education department beginning September 1. A 20 percent across city salaries is imposed, eliminating twelve teachers while nine months of school funding totals 26094.21. Further reductions to supplies and equipment are noted.
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Kingsport
Department of Question
Board of Education
Department of Education
Board of Mayor
Work for Jobless Knoxville
Part of Knoxville's unemployed are put to work on rock piles as the county highway commission pays the city 74 cents per cubic yard for crushed rock. About 1,000 yards weekly are processed with free quarry rock supplied to the unemployed men who crush it by hand.
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Knoxville
County Highway Commission
UT Studies Budget At Tennessee Board Meeting
Knoxville July 16 The University of Tennessee board of trustees will meet on Tuesday July 19 to discuss the coming year’s budget plans. The session will focus on allocations for academic programs, campus operations, and potential funding priorities as UT charts its financial path.
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U. T. Studies
Knoxville
University of Tennessee Board of Trustees
First Heat Wave Beats Retreat Across Nation
The first heat wave of summer eased from most areas on Saturday though heat and crop damage lingered and a return with higher temperatures was forecast. Forecaster G C Donnell predicted Chicago and surrounding regions would be mostly fair and warmer Sunday with a likely rise in heat.
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Associated Press
GC. A. Donnell
Paverne Wink
Chicana
Chicago
Police and Army Clash at White House Barricades
Warlington July 16 AP Police cleared sidewalks before the executive mansion after veterans backing the bonus march attempted to set pickets there. Urhan Ledoux a leader was among those arrested. General Glassford ordered Lafayette Park cleared and guards placed behind iron gates. Earlier the army charged the capitol, broke a police line, and fought with authorities before Waters was arrested.
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Warlington
Executive Mansion
Urhan Ledoux
Bera
Avenue
Pelham 1
Glassford
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Concentratinn
W. W. Waters
Waters
Pelham D. Glassford
Washington Police
Gassford
White House
Lafayette Park
Home Loan Banking Board
Howell
Politics Heat Up In Congress Amid Campaign Clash
Washington July 16 AP says congressional adjournment delay heightens political temperature. Dry forces craft a campaign plan favoring prohibition candidates while awaiting Hoover's acceptance speech. Roosevelt, Garner, Borah figures anchor ongoing clash over Democratic and Republican lines.
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Washington
Congress
Drys
Hoover
Borah
Garner
Capitol
Roosevelt
New England
Republic
Elaine
Prohibition Probe Sifts Alexandria Bay Disturbances
Alexandria Bay residents clashed with day agents during searches linked to prohibition enforcement. State Administrator Andrew McCampbell cleared agents of fault, noting residents attacked investigators after warrants were served. A follow up inquiry is planned as officials pledge a fuller report.
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Alexandria Bay
N.Y
Thesurt Village
Prohibition
Andrew McCampbell
Woodcock
Washington
G. J. Savage
Chamber of Commerce
McCampbell
Savage
Treasury
Mills
Ellsworth
Bormemann
Syracuse
United States
Oliver D. Burden
End of Era for 72nd Congress No Shirker of Work
The 72nd Congress closes after seven months of peacetime legislation, delivering a sweeping emergency program for relief domestic and international amid world economic unrest. A bipartisan push, led by President Hoover, enacted major acts despite a split between Republicans and Democrats.
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Washington
Ruady
Herbert Hoover
House
Senate
Farley to Guide Roosevelt Drive in Campaign
New York July 16 Farley is seen as the guiding force of the Roosevelt_Garner campaign regardless of Democratic organization plans. The tall ro bust national chairman is expected to remain the active helmsman even as a complex interlocking of bureaus and committees is contemplated.
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New York
Jin’ Farley
Mike O Egurehead
Democras
Roosevelt
Ael Tive
Ton
Congress Adjourns as Relief Bill Passes in Form Hoover OKd
The 72nd Congress adjourned after a long session with disputes over the relief bill and the Glass-Borah proposal. The $2,122,000,000 relief measure moved past Senate House stalemates, and the Glass-Borah currency expansion faced last‑minute hurdles. President Hoover was expected to sign, while Speaker Garner headed home to Texas. Protests by bonus veterans and White House demonstrations punctuated the adjournment, as prohibition debate and McNary Haugen plans also lingered.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Reconstruction Corporation
Roosevelt Trip Promotes Action in New England
Governor Franklin D Roosevelt neared the end of a weeklong yachting cruise along the New England shore as Democratic leaders launched plans to translate the visible enthusiasm into presidential action. The week featured numerous gatherings and discussions with a Portsmouth reception expected to peak the effort.
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Boston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New England
Tno
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
N. H L
American aviator survives 19 days in Mexican jungle
Clarence McElroy, an American aviator, was lost for 19 days after a crash near Vera Cruz. He crawled through dense jungle on berries and rainwater, survived by patching a wounded leg, and was found near San Jeronimo. He is now being flown to Mexico City to recover with limited strength and food.
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Mexico City
Clarence McElroy
San Geronimo
McElroy
Roy Gordon
Tegucigala
Honduras
Vera Cruz
Gordon
Bea
Weslroy
San Jeronimo
Weather Snapshot from Local Station
Daily readings show high of 93 and low of 65 at 6 00 pm. Yesterday’s high trails last year’s 98 by five degrees while rainfall remained absent. Data recorded by T C Harris for the past 24 hours.
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Cate
T. C. Harris
U.S.W
Garner Leaves Congress for Rest as Vice Presidential Hopeful
Washington July 1 AP Jack Garner of Texas speaker of the House and Democratic vice presidential candidate left Congress amid adjournment wrangles. His departure time was 6:01 p m and 6:00 p m body cheered as John McDuffie passed the gavel to him and Mrs Garner awaited with bags. Garner said the election is over and he will return in December as speaker or as a defeated candidate, heading to Texas for rest before the long political fall ahead.
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Washington
Jack Garner
Texas
Congress
John McDuffie
Alabama
Gaimer
Garner
Jolly
House
Senate
Walter Newton
Hoover
Jack
George Washington
St. Louia
Uvaldex
Senate Repeal Effort Advances In Congress Debate
Washington July 26 The Senate voted to consider Senator Glasss resolution proposing a substitute for the eighteenth amendment. The plan would bar liquor and place control in the states. The tally was 38 in favor, 21 against, short of the two thirds needed. Debate tied to presidential politics and party platforms.
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Washington
Senate
Glass
Farmer-Laborite
Henricratic
Sheppard
Texas
Wets
Repubiicans
Bingham
Tydings
Alsa
Norris
Neb
Judiciary Committee
Fatal shooting at Cox filling station spurs murder charge
At a John son City highway filling station near Kingsport Guy Bevington Jr. 23 is dead and Fred Thompson 19 critically wounded with a gun attack by Glen Potter 19 and others. Bevington died at Marsh Gimic Hospital with a head wound. Potter and Thompson were seriously injured. Deputy Sheriff E M Cox is sought on a murder warrant as details unfold.
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Glen Potter
Fray
Cox Filling Station
J. C. Highway
Guy Bevington, Jr
Fred Thompson
Glen “Red” Potter
E. M. Cox
John ‘Son City
Kingsport
Bevington
Marsh Gimic
Cox
Cryle Bevington
Potter
Bulls Gap
E. M.cox
Clyle Bevington
Red
Guy Bevington
T. T. McNeer
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Rency
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Uvable
Tennessee
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Thas
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