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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1929
Page
12
Taylor may challenge Maddux election citing Maddux in arrears on a corporate tax. The paper notes legal complexities and questions voting qualification and citizenship. It suggests avoiding costly contest and urges reconsideration of the move to contest.
At the Kingsport Retail Merchants Association monthly meeting held in the city court room, merchants urged residents to settle open accounts before leaving on summer vacations. Delaying payments to fund vacations creates a chain of slow-pay behavior, tightening money and dampening summer business.
The author argues there is no valid reason to delay bill payments for vacation. If funds exist, borrow to settle debts first, enabling a clear conscience and a better local business climate. Those who can’t afford both should skip or shorten the trip.
A Washington Post opinion notes Mrs Willebrandt's impending June 15 departure from the Volstead act enforcement post and argues President Hoover should appoint a competent male attorney to head the division. The writer claims women lack suitability for handling hijackers and bootleggers and urges a male successor with strong legal training.
The Charlottesville Daily Progress lauds Owen D Young for guiding the reparations commission to a compromise with Germany. The Young plan shifts from Dawes, sets annuities over fifty nine years, with payments phased from 37 years 492 million, 21 years 408 million, final year 216 million. The plan allows a quicker transition and signals possible broad acceptance despite remaining creditor hesitancy.
Coast guard officials fear Col. Lindbergh’s boat, its name hidden by canvas, could signal more rum runners and an inflow of contraband along the Massachusetts coastline as authorities monitor the unusual vessel.
The article recalls the Holmes and Brandeis partnership as the oldest on the Supreme Court, notes their frequent dissents and clear style, and highlights pivotal cases including free thought, labor rights, home protection, and wire tapping. It details dissents in 1921 on mail privileges and picketing, and cites the O Fallon rate case with Brandeis’ dissent joined by Holmes and Stone. The piece previews a commercial debt restructuring program and bond refinancing across governments.
A committee report describes the handling of German reparations and annuities, dividing payments into postponable and non postponable portions. It notes 37 unconditional annuities totaling 660 million gold marks, discusses commercialization potential, and outlines France’s large share. It also accounts for the US ten percent reduction on occupation costs and sets timelines for mixed claims.
Thomas H. Robinson, 22, confessed to using fake warrants to break into the homes of C. C. Wagoner and W. S. Lamb on March 12 and steal about 9,000 dollars in jewelry. He later claimed dual personality. Mrs. Wagoner identified him and led detectives to recover all the jewelry. Robinson was jailed on larceny charges.
Memphis police wired Nashville authorities for a photo of 22 year old Thomas H. Robinson Jr. who allegedly confessed to entering two Nashville homes with fake search warrants and stealing $9,000 in jewelry. The photo will be shown to Mrs. Russell Hennessey, robbed three weeks ago in Memphis of $4,000 in jewels by a robber posing as a friend of her husband Dr. Hennessey.
The Mouette with Col Charles A Lindbergh and Anne Morrow aboard was seen sailing east along the Maine coast toward North Haven and Mrs Lindberghs fathers summer home. The cruiser stopped briefly at York harbor for supplies before heading to Cape Porpoise anchorage. Local inquiries drew brief responses from Lindbergh.
Chicago reports show mixed potato receipts with new stock trading fairly steady. Alabama sacks Bliss Triumphs 43.25 to 4.09, North Carolina barrel Irish Cobblers 4.00 to 5.00, Wisconsin Round Whites 95 to 1.10, Idaho russets 1.70 to 2.10, reflecting quality and condition.
Washington June 7 James J Davis secretary of labor refused to confirm or deny a report that he would resign to become president of a merger of radio tube manufacturers.
A poultry market listing shows alive stock steady with receipts of one car. Fowls range 28 to 29 cents, broilers 36 to 40 cents, roosters 20, turkeys 22 to 30, ducks 18 to 23, spring ducks 28, geese 15, spring geese.
A reproduction prompts readers to answer ten trivia items. Questions cover Brooklyn Bridge engineering, Verne’s submarine, Confederate capital, Margaret Sanger’s work, Senator Caraway’s state, Sing Sing location, Hope Diamond owner, southern U S city, California's country affiliation, and Peru’s native inhabitants discovered by Spaniards.
National Aeronautic Association announced Lieutenant Apollo Soucek of the Navy established a new world seaplane altitude record after barograph verification by the Bureau of Standards. He surpassed the 37,995 foot mark set by Lieutenant C. C. Champion in the Wright Apache two years earlier by 560 feet.
London observers split on Sir Esme Howard the British ambassador in Washington renouncing ambassadorial liquor importation privileges. Newspapers carried long stories outlining his stance. editors differ on propriety and note the action is not binding on successors.
A bomb wrecked the front of Joseph Cohen's fish store on South Ashland Avenue early today. Police suggested labor racketeers may be responsible, but Cohen, in business 20 years, doubted the theory and said he belongs to every fish dealer's association in existence.
Moscow report says Alexis Rykoff president of the council of peoples' commissars of the Soviet Union will take a vacation as advised by physicians. The move comes as he pauses from official duties to recover health.
A public service notice invites readers to write to Frederick M. Kirby for factual answers at the Kingsport Times Bureau in Washington DC. It specifies two cents postage, excludes medical and legal advice, and requires signed, confidential letters for a personal reply.
A compendium of short Q A items covering horned toads diet and habitat in the United States the maximum weights of rainbow and speckled trout the earth gravity question limits to weightlessness distance 215000 miles and 23900 miles notes about the Larkin Tower Building height and status the Sherman Army occupation date September 2 1864 a note on Cecile Chaminade a remark on the proverb dead men tell no tales the Lincoln penny value Mayo Brothers Rochester Minnesota a pitch back wheel and the singular or plural use of measles mumps and pox
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