Scherer Seeks Kingsport City Manager Post
Lieut. David R. Scherer former War Department representative for the American Wood Reduction plant asks the Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen for permission to file his application for City Manager to succeed William R. Ponder who resigned. The board granted permission and his experience includes sewer water works street construction and private company general management.
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Kingsport
William R
Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Ponder
Dale Street
W. E. Carmack
William Roller
Commerce Street
Lightning Kills Mrs. Felts in Carnegie doorway
Mrs. S. L. Felts, 24, was killed Tuesday afternoon when lightning struck a grate in the room she stood in at her Carnegie home. She died about ten minutes later and is survived by her husband and a small son.
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Carnegie
Quillen Held for Grand Jury on Assault Charge
Ervin Quillen sixteen was held for the grand jury after a hearing before E D Smith on a charge of attempted assault Wednesday on a young girl in Gibsontown.
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Ervin Quillen
E. D. Smith
Gibsontown
Coatless sermons planned at Kingsport Baptist Church
Kingsport Baptist Church announces a summer plan for comfort with the preacher preaching without a coat and the congregation urged to attend in shirt sleeves. Dr John H Clifford of the Kingsport Y M C A will deliver two sermons Sunday morning and evening titled The Man With a Lisp and Religion in a Hot Place. Bible classes meet at 9 45 with everyone encouraged to dress casually and stay for the service.
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Kingsport
The
Baptist
John H. Clifford
Electric Iron Ignites Dining Room Fire in Francis Home
Mrs J A Francis left an electric iron on the dining room table and forgot to switch it off. Hours later smoke seeped from doors and windows prompting a fire alarm. Firemen found only a table cloth damaged by heat. the rest of the room remained intact.
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J. A. Francis
Charlemont Street
Shot in Atlanta Room Believed Fatal Wound
Former Lieutenant Dayton Barnes Martin of Princeton Kentucky was found in his Atlanta hotel room with a bullet wound near the heart. He said he was shot while asleep and police search for an unidentified female roommate.
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Atlanta
Dayton Barnes Martin
Princeton
Martin
Repeal of Daylight Saving Bill Targets Agriculture Appropriations
Washington July 18 The repeal daylight saving plan was again attacked as a rider to the agricultural appropriations bill by the House committee. This action came despite the President's veto and the House sustaining it. Administration officials intend to push it through again.
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Washington
House
Tody
Wilson seeks permanent general rank for Pershing and March
Washington July 18 President Wilson asked Congress to confer permanent general rank on John J Pershing commander of the American Expeditionary Forces and on March former chief of staff now a member of the American Peace Delegation He also asked for permanent admiral rank for William S Sims and William Benson
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United Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Pershing
March
Sims
Benson
Germany seeks American war credits to meet treaty obligations
Berlin reports that Director Wasserman of Deutsches Bank announced Germany desires war credits or loans from the United States. He said access to food and materials is essential for Germany to fulfill treaty obligations and attain stable status in world society.
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Berlin
Germany
America
World Society
American Troops Cross Border Twelve Times This Fall
Senator Fall of New Mexico told the Senate that American troops crossed the border twelve times in recent months. He said Mexicans killed in nearly all cases wore Carranza uniforms.
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Washington
Senator Fall
New Mexico
Senate
Don’t Permit State Witness To Marry
Hazel Steadman eighteen, key witness in the Jasper Trimble murder case, was stopped en route to a wedding to Lee Lyons and brought back to Kingsport. She testified Trimble shot Special Officer Carmack and remains determined to testify. Lyons allegedly boasted of the marriage to shield her from testifying. Bond set at 250 dollars with state-imposed restraint until after the trial.
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J. M. Carmack
Blountville
Akron
Miss Steadman
Lee Lyons
Jasper Trimble
Trimble
Carmack
Japp Trimble
Mollie Steadman
Bristol
Kingsport
U.S. Mail Service to Germany Resumed
Postmaster General Burleson rescinded the prior suspension of mail to Germany and announced immediate resumption at the same European rates. Mail will be routed via Holland and Denmark due to no direct German steamship line. The move aligns with reopening trade in most commodities except chemicals, potash, and dyes.
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Washington
Burleson
United States
Germany
Holland
Denmark
Geopolis proposed as wartime memorial city in Belgium
The inter allied committee in Brussels plans a permanent monument and recommends founding an international city named Geopolis in Belgium. It would occupy a sector of the war front, be neutralized, and serve as the permanent seat of the League of Nations.
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Brussels
Inter-Allied Committee
Belgium
Geopolis
League of Nations
Melon theft sparks fatal affray in Denmark South Carolina
In Denmark South Carolina two Black men were fatally shot and three white men injured after a dispute over a water melon. An incident followed a court hearing where a white man and a Black man were charged with stealing a melon from Brown's patch but released by the magistrate. Brown and another Black man were reportedly wounded as they left the courtroom. No arrests announced.
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Denmark
S. C
Jay
Agent Brown
Brown
Man sells home to move family for Kingsport schools
W E Christopher sold his Wanda street home through Stephenson Harris and Graves to Roan Brannon of Fall Branch. Brannon plans to move here so his children can attend Kingsport schools. Christopher will relocate to Texas.
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W. E. Christopher
Wanda Street
Stephenson, Harris and Graves
Roan Brannon
Fall Branch
Brannon
Kingsport
Christopher
Texas
Kingsport Postoffice to Cost Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars
A $75,000 Kingsport postoffice is planned once the omnibus bill passes and Treasury action follows. The appropriation, merged into the omnibus bill, authorizes the Treasury Secretary to acquire a site and build a central post office with fire proof vaults and climate controls to house other government employees.
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Kingsport
Bil
Secretary of the Treasury
Prohibition Battle Rages in House Over Enforcement Bill
Washington July 17 Prohibition forces blocked attempts to ease harsh provisions of the general enforcement bill in a crowded House session. A tense roll call settled a key vote 78 to 76 on a jury trial amendment as absentees swung the outcome. The constitutional prohibition enforcement bill faced further defeats, with a 71 to 35 ruling on a separate amendment defining intoxicants.
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Washington
Prohibition
Representative Reavis
Nebraska
Judiciary Committee
Volstead
Gard
Ohio
Clark
House
Missouri
Southern States to furnish about one third of national guard strength
Washington reports plan to assign roughly 17 infantry regiments and 5 battalions to Southern States east of the Mississippi and Texas Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas under Baker approved reorganization. Basis uses 800 men per senator or representative giving about 440000, but appropriations limit to about 106000 in 1920. Texas leads with six cavalry and four infantry regiments, while North Carolina and Georgia follow.
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Washington
Missisippi River
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Baker
Jesse Mel. Carter
Bureau of Military Affairs
Atlantic Coast
Coast Artillery Branch
National Guard
North Carolina
Georgia
Comeback Solicitors Denounced as Impostors
City Manager Ponder orders police to watch for impostors wearing U S Army uniforms soliciting for Comeback a weekly for wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital. War Department confirms Sergeant Childress and William Martin were not authorized to solicit. City requires a $50 bond from subscription solicitors to guard residents.
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Ponder
U.S. Army
War Department
Sergeant Childress
William Martin
Walter Reid Hospital
U. S. Army
Roumanian King Seeks Bride for Crown Prince
Vienna reports King Ferdinand of Roumania is seeking a European princess as wife for Crown Prince Charles. Yolanda, oldest daughter of the Italian king, is among those considered. The prince wed Miss Zyzie Lambrino last September without royal sanction and faced discipline for the morganatic marriage.
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Vienna
Ferdinand of
Roumania
Charles
Yolanda
Italy
Zyzie Lambrino
Nelms Renominated for Postmaster Here
Postmaster J. E. Nelms was renominated yesterday by President Wilson for Kingsport postmaster for a four year term. He has served since last October on a recess appointment after Senate confirmation stalled by a filibuster. A Kingsport native, he previously ran a Fall Branch business before returning to live in the area.
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C. W. LaSeur
Roanstreet
LaSeur
Watauga
Board of Mayor
Sinking Fund Commission
L. D. Gump
M. W. Dickey
J. E. Crouch
E. A. Long
Harry Whitehouse
Whitehouse Drug Company
Nashville
State Pharmaceutical Association
J. E. Nelms
Wilson
Kingsport
Mr. Nelms
Senate
Fall Branch
Crouch Assists in Sullivan County Teachers Exams
Eugene M. Crouch, superintendent of Kingsport Public Schools, has been appointed to assist County Superintendent Akard in conducting the Sullivan County teachers examinations at Blountville. The examinations will be finished this afternoon.
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Eugene M. Crouch
Kingsport
Akard
Sullivan County
Blountville
Shields forecast Worley as U S marshal for Eastern Tenn
Knoxville July 17 Senator John K Shields said J Parks Worley of Bluff City would be confirmed as United States marshal for the Eastern Division of Tennessee and begin duties in Knoxville. He indicated other Tennessee federal post selections by Shields and McKellar would also occur, with Vernon Sharp favored for Middle Tennessee.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Washington
John K. Shields
J. Parks Worley
Bluff City
Tennese
National
Worley
Shields
Tennessee
McKellar
D. C
Col
Jack Thompson
Rhea County
Senator Shields
Clinchdale
Grainger County
Farragut
Equalization Board Meet at Blountville
Sullivan County officials J J White T D Pemberton and John son Bachman work on tax books at Blountville Tennessee. A county teachers examination is conducted under County Supt J C Akard with many teachers present.
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Equalization Board
Blountville
Tenn
J. J. White
T. D. Pemberton
Johnson Bachman
Sullivan County
J. C. Akard
Wilson Explains Shantung Article To Senators
Washington observers note President Wilson pressed four Republican Senators Kellog Kenyon Capper and McNary for support of the League of Nations inviting them to the White House to discuss Shantung and other treaty points Senator Colt indicated doubts over some provisions were eased while McCumber and Nelson offered cautious remarks Secretary Lansing and General Bliss related letters were sought in a Senate debate over Shantung one information request aimed at whether Chinese delegates faced intimidation by Japan
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White House
Kellog
Minnesota
Kenyon
Iowa
Capper
Kansas
McNary
Oregon
Washington
Wilson
Colt
Rhode Island
McCumber
North Dakota
Nelson
League of Nations
Senate
Shantung
Kellogg
League
Lodge
Congressional Committee
Borah
Idaho
Bliss
Lansing
Henry White
Moody Named to Kingsport Police Force Again
Walter F. Moody, formerly with the Union Dye and Chemical Company guard, is appointed to the Kingsport Police force. This marks his second tenure on the force, after resigning once to take a prior position.
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Walter F. Moody
Union Dye and Chemical Company
Kingsport
Mr. Moody
Brown Appointed Engineer of Kingsport Fire Department
W. H. Brown former Holston Garage man is named engineer of the Kingsport Fire Department succeeding the late J. M. Carmack. Brown and his family will move into the bungalow beside the fire department once Mrs. Carmack relocates to her Sevier street property.
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W. H. Brown
Holston
Kingsport
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Margaret Anderson
Miss Myers
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J. B. Nall
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Johnson City
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J. B. Anderson
Beulah
Stella Long
J. Ernest Long
Alice Pearson
Arthur Doggett
S. L. Browning
Washington College
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