Ruins Mark Spot Where Fire Snuffed Life of Bill Hatcher
Grim Kingsport fire ends in one death William Lee Hatcher 61 found charred in a Highland Park building. Fire destroyed three businesses and two residences. four firemen injured while battling flames for hours. Surviving family listed with funeral planned in Hillcrest and Elizabethton ceme tery.
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Mark Spot
Bill Hatcher
Highland Park
Kingsport
William Lee Hatcher
Hillcrest
George C. Coldtron
Elizabethton
Tenn
Hatcher
Odd Fellows
Ray Pylant
Frank Camper
Roy Pyle
J. M. Reams
Will Hutchins
George Barger
Barger Distributing Company
Ralph Mosley
Six Freight Cars Derailed on Clinchfield Line Near Pac Tolus
Six freight cars derailed on the Clinchfield railway at Pac Tolus, five miles south of here, Saturday night. Traffic was held up about two hours. Dispatcher J. M. Reams said no crew were injured and the derailment did not affect regular traffic on the division.
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Clinchfield
Pactolus
Here
J. M. Reams
Reams
Playlet Delayed by Local Church
The missionary playlet announced for Wednesday night at the First Baptist church has been postponed for one week. The regular prayer meeting will be held at eight p.m. Wednesday, followed by choir rehearsal.
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First Baptist Church
Second man held in Buchanan slaying case near Smith Ridge
Grady Va June 1 McKinley Honaker of Buchanan county under $2000 bond after hearing by Tazewell grand jury in the fatal shooting of Magistrate J Rufus Smith near his home. Witnesses included Oliver Compton and Squire J Lee McKinney. Compton bailed at $4000. Jurisdiction dispute persisted whether shooting occurred in Buchanan or Tazewell county.
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Atletort
Bre
Ireeva Smith
Smith
Compton
Tazewell
Buchanan
Tazewell County
Reduction in Freight Rates Boosts East Tennessee Industry
Kingsport firms will save about $300,000 yearly in freight costs to and from the city after June 4 due to reduced rates set March 5 by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The East Tennessee Border Traffic Association helped push the change, with Milton Bauman estimating Johnson City saves $100,000 to $150,000 and Elizabethton rayon plants about $35,000, signaling potential industrial expansion in the Kingsport area.
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Kingsport
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
East Tennessee
East Tennessee Border Traffic Association
Milton Bauman
New York
Johnson City
Elizabethton
Bauman
Border Territory
Border Traffic Association
Light Is Accused Snatching Purse
Palmer Eight, 16, of Blaira Gap, held in city jail on purse snatching charge after a long pursuit through the city. Officers Riggs and Seymour pursued the youth from Broad street to Horse Creek road, where he allegedly tossed the purse from a truck six miles south of Kingsport. The purse and contents were recovered and returned to Mrs. E. Smith of Indian Springs.
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Palmer
Blaira Gap
Light
Coy Riggs
T. D. Seymour
Horse Creek
Laight
5. E. Smith
Indian Springs
Cadle Addresses Audience at Wise Cadle Addresses Audience at Wise
E Howard Cadle the famous Indianapolis lecturer spoke to about 2500 people gathered on the Wise county court house lawn in Wise Virginia. The event drew attendees from nearby areas and a bus convoy from Dungannon, Scott county. A Book of Songs was presented to the county’s oldest attendee, 90 year old F A Ashworth of Coeburn.
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Wise
E. Howard Cadle
Indianapolis
Wise County Court House
Dungannon
Scott County
F. A. Ashworth
Coeburs
Wise County
Negro GOP Leader Quits Shelby Post
Nashville June 1 The resignation of Robert KR Church Negro leader of a Shelby county Republican faction as a member of the Republican state executive committee was submitted to the committee meeting to plan the forthcoming primary election. George Klepper Memphis attorney was elected to Churchs name on a committee member from the Ninth district. The reason given was Church could not attend. Rufus Landrum resigned as a committee member from the Eighth district and Arthur Rogers Milan was elected to succeed him.
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Nashville
Robert KR
Bob) Church
Shelby County
Bailey Walsh
Memphis
George Klepper
Walsh
Church
Rufus Landrum
Trentten
Wighth
Arhur Rogers
Milan
Blountville Society Society notices seek readers' news
News for this column will be received until 4 00 pm Friday for publication in Sunday's edition. If you have friends visiting or going away or returning home inform this department. It will be greatly appreciated by the staff.
Luncheon Guests and Social Guests at Local Homes
A long list of hosted luncheons and dinners features Mrs I W Grizzard and Madam Elda Lund among entertained guests. Residents recall visiting family from Bristol Kingsport and Dayton with mentions of Rev Cadle Tabernacle Indianapolis and Mr Bill Arnold Ohio. The piece notes upcoming Blountville cemetery decoration and a sermon by Rev W H McCorkle at Brountville Presbyterian Church.
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I. W. Grizzard
Elda Lund
N.V. Geyer
Kingsport
C. J. Long
Dan H. Graham
E. Howard Cadle
Kirt Davis
The
Cadle Tabernacle
Indianapolis
Ind
Bill Arnold
Dayton
Ohio
F. L. Harkrader
Margaret Harkrader
Bristol
Willie Harpe
Reece Slaughter
Buifalo
Tenn
Jas. L Barger
Ralph Doggett
Mabel
Margaret Dorgett
Robert Smith
Princeton
W. Va
E. B. McCullen
James McCullen
Franklin
N. C
J. A. Hawley
Tom Anderson
Gordon Anderson
Erwin
Janesboro
John B
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Rev Jim Doran Set to Preach at Wilson Crossroads Bethel
News from nearby communities notes Rev Jim Doran will preach the first Sunday morning in June at 10 30 at Wilson Crossroads seat Bethel. All invited. Several social visits are listed including Mrs Artie Isenberg and grand daughter of Fordtown with Mrs 5 N Mc Culley, and others visiting or hosting in Fall Creek Chestnut Ridge Greenville and Baileyton.
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Jim Doran
Wilson Crossroads
Bethel
Artie Isenberg
Fordtown
N. McCulley
Denver Ford
Hatter Robinson
John C. Wilson
Billie Robertson
Ed Graham
Fall Creek
Cass Bowery
L L. Nave
Kingsport
Lizzie Ford
Wahoo
S. N. McCuHey
Hugh Arnold
Allen Good
Henry Roller
Henry Tate
Chestnut Ridge
Coy Wilson
Highland
Dinner Guests Share Sunday at Hanzel Click Home
Rock Springs visit described as Mr. ¢irl Mrs. John Holt and daughter Mrs. Sam Pick-Ins, Mrs. Martha Bell, Mrs. Mattie, Kate Gray and son John Keener joining Mr. and Mrs. Hanzel Click for a Sunday dinner.
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George Trivette
Arthur Carroll
Mary Addie Carrall
Mary Frances
Marietta Hite
Fred Carroll
Martha Morrison
Baileyton
Claude Chase
J. W.“. Self
Little Gene
Raymond Hite
Marshe Lynn
Kenneth
Louise Painter
Bill King
Paul Cox
Miles Booker
Fred Hood
George Hite
George Trivette, Sr
Isaac Hite
Warner Hite
Carrol Skeen
Nancy
J. W. Self
Little Son
Woodrow
Irl
John Holt
Sam Pick- Ins
Martha Bell
Mattie
Kate Gray
John Keener
Hanzel Click
Salles Says War Threatens World In Chamber Speech
Paris report shows Antonine Salles warning colleagues that peace is precarious as nations rush to arm. He cites Europe’s unrest, factory noise, and jobless crowds amid preparations of deadly weaponry. Former Premier Edouard Mer-
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Paris
France
Antonine
Salles
Europe
Edoual Mer
To Die in Chair and Salles Debate Suffrage Banner
The scene centers on To Die in Chair as he dons a presidential candidacy within the chamber, which would bar a future cabinet role. After Salles finished his opening, suffragist leaders in the gallery unfurled long banners reading Women Must Vote displayed amid the proceedings.
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Salles
Youth Confesses Matricide Crime in Garage Shootout
Pittsburgh June 1. Fifteen-year-old John S. Hanna Jr. confessed to shooting his mother, Mrs. Tresse Hanna, 42, in the doorway of the garage after she barred him from using the family car. He fled to Pittsburgh to tell his brother, earlier saying the shooting was accidental. Detectives note the family farm near Pittsburgh and the strawberries his mother prepared for dinner. The father said both appeared in the best of spirits.
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Pittsburgh
P — County
Frank Ritz
John S. Hanna, Jr
Tresse Hanna
Ritz
Horton Conducts Musical Program at Saint James Church
Calvin Horton a Douglass high class of 1935 graduate led a combined musical program and lecture for Saint James church to raise funds for painting the structure. The event left church members grateful and Horton plans to pursue college next fall after missing the previous year.
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Saint James Church
Calvin Horton
Douglass High
Young Horton
Some
Judge Wounded in Raleigh Shooting. Suspect Held
In Mendena hl Miss on June 1 Frank Bruce a 60 year old farmer was jailed for shooting Circuit Judge Edgar M Lane and wounding him last Friday in Raleigh Bruce said his two sons had been killed and he too wounded in the past year Sheriff J M Martin said Bruce admitted the shooting and promised the full story would come out in court One of Bruce s sons Otho Bruce is mentioned in the report
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Mendenhall
Miss
Frank Bruce
Raleigh
Edgar M. Lanes
Bruce
Lane
J. M. Martin
Otho Bruce
Judge Lane Kinship Fight Tangles Fatal Allegation
Local report details a deadly confrontation linked to Judge Lane and his brother W C Lane amid an election shooting that killed Bondy Bruce. Bruce described threats from the judge while Bruce denied threats, claiming the elder Bruce could not run the court.
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Lane
W. C. Lane
Bondy Bruce
Bruce
Wntinia
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