Three Arrested in Club Raid Will Get Hearing
Kingsport authorities raid on Club Belvedere Saturday night yields 150 pints of liquor three slot machines and a gambling table. Nineteen suspects were taken into custody as officers encircled the scene and later secured warrants for three alleged operators slated for preliminary hearings.
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Kingsport
Club Belvedere
George Frazier
Bo Pyle
Tennessee Eastman
Claude Jones
Charlie Ruskins
Sullivan
George M. Frazier
Timber operation starts on Wise county tract in Virginia
Special to The Times reports McCorkle Lumber Company began laying a five mile rail line from Interstate Road Rocky Switch to the Guests River timber tract of over five thousand acres. The project, supervised by Blain McCorkle, will employ about sixty five men with a $5,000 monthly payroll and take six years to complete. Estimated lumber yield ranges from 15 to 60 million feet, with two foot cuts above ground. Timber bound for Stohega mill.
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Big Laurel
Wise County
McCorkle Lumber Company
Rocky Switch
Guests River
Blain McCorkle
Powell's River
McCorkle
Stohega
Horn Brench
Fronmye Virriet
Tram Chal & Coke Company
Tennessee Supreme Court Allows Distress Warrants in Gas Tax Case
New developments in the Tennessee gas tax evasion case include the surrender of C. Taylor of Gladewater Texas to the Davidson County jail, bail set at 10000 dollars, and a Tennessee Supreme Court ruling permitting distress warrants against Hammett Oil Dixie Oil and Erle Hudson. The court said the tax collector cannot be biased by underlings and must determine and collect taxes, allowing seizure of involved properties while allowing protest and suit for recovery. A nationwide manhunt continues for J H Campbell, accused ring leader who fled after arrest in Houston.
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Tennessee
C. Taylor
Gladewater
Texas
Carlton Loser
Nashville
Davidson County
Tennessee Supreme Court
Hammett Oil Company
Dixie Oil Company
Erle Hudson
Dancey Fort
J. H. Campbell
Houston
Rhododendron Festival Band Practice Planned at Doyns-Bennett
Beginners and advanced band classes will meet at 8 30 a m on Monday Wednesday and Friday at Doyns Bennet high school under Prof S T Witt. The regular high school band also practices 6 30 p m on the same days on the football field in preparation for the Rhododendron Festival at Asheville North Carolina June 15 to 18. The local band departs June 16.
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Doyns-Bennett High School
S. T. Witt
Asheville N.C
Officials Named in Embezzling Count
Nineteen officials and employees of the Ukrantak council of labor unions face trial for embezzling 5,000,000 rubles ($1,000,000) in state funds meant for tubercular children and orphans. Defendants also accused of stealing free passes to sanatoriums and selling them. Among those named are R. Kravenenko, chief of social insurance, and K. Dubrovsky, head of the financial section.
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Kiky
Ukrantak Council of Labor Unions
R. Kravenenko
Council
Social Insurance Bureau
K. Dubrovsky
Officers puzzled by child's disappearance in Illinois
Police search for Dorothy Blumenshine, 14, after a May 30 party near Mackinaw ended with her missing. More than 500 gathered, notes at school suggested running away to avoid punishment. Bloodhounds traced her scent to US Highway 24 but lead ended there.
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Perkin
Dorothy Blumenshine
Sherig Ralph Goar
Tazewell County
Nathan Kliig
Dorothy
Mackinaw
Washington, Sr
Blumenshine
U. S. Highway 24
Graduates to Get Diplomas In Wise County
Wise Virginia June 8 eight high schools will hold graduation exercises mid June after a meningitis delay. A total of 249 pupils will receive diplomas with Appalachia leading at 61 graduates Norton 40 Coeburn 37 Big Stone Gap 31 Wise 28 East Stone Gap 20 St Paul 17 Christopher Gist Pound 15. Many coaches expect rebuilding of football and basketball squads as players graduate.
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Times
Wise
Wise County
Appalachia
Norton
Coeburn
Big Stone Gap
East Stone Gap
St. Paul
Christopher Gist
Pound
New Man Awakened Robbed and Tied by Roadside
In Chicago a man awoke in the rear seat of his car to find a stranger driving off with the vehicle. He protested, was forced to disrobe at gunpoint, robbed of $4 and a watch, then tied up and left by the roadside with a sack for shelter from the cold wind.
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Chicago
Thomas Newman
Newman
Thief Uses New Gambler Trick on Roscoe Slot Machines
Police hunt a thief or thieves who broke into the Robiunxonty Transfer Company early yesterday. They pried open the front door to access an upstairs storage room and smashed Roscoe slot machines to steal from the “jack pot.” The owner’s name is reported as mot iearnish.
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Robiunxonty Transfer Company
Mot Iearnish
University of Tennessee President Warns of Disaster
Knoxville June 8 President James D Hoskins warned in a commencement address that the university stands on the brink of disaster due to state legislative cuts in the bi annual appropriation from 1 million to 459 thousand. He urged a minimum 300 thousand increase to 750 thousand noting it would cost only ten cents per state resident.
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Knoxville
James D. Hoskins
University of Tennessee
Hoskins
Polifiea
Tennessee
Tetanus Fatal For Bristol Man Funeral Rites Conducted
Funeral services for William Martin Billy Wood 22 of Bristol were held at his home then at Glenwood cemetery after he died from a tetanus infection from stepping on a rusty nail. He had recent tetanus shots but became ill during a camping trip near Pressman's Home. Survived by widow Gladys Beaver Wood their daughter Janice Kay and his mother siblings. Interment at Glenwood cemetery with pallbearers named.
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the Times
Bristol
Wiliam Martin
Billy’ Wood
Solar Street
Marion
W. H. Hendricks
G. A. Wilson
Young Wood
Kingsport
Pressman
Wood
Royal Oak Presbyterian Church
Gladys Beaver Wood
Janice Kay
W. MM. Wood
Owen Wood
A. K. Arrosage
M. A. Jacobsen
Long Island
New York
Eugene Felty
Glenwood Cemetery
Jay Jarrett
Carter Crumble
Harry Lee Senter
Tom Wade
Bill Nickels
Wood Nickels
Charles J. Harkrader, Jr
Public education under fire in Tennessee speech
The speaker argued that democracy requires educated citizens and warned that public hysteria and misperceptions about education have damaged Tennessee public schools and the state university. He blamed accidental beliefs and taxed groups opposing funding, not open foes.
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Tennessee
State University
Tennessee farmers hope for soaking rains after heat wave
Tennessee farmers report only scattered showers with hopes for sustained relief. In Knoxville and surrounding counties rain varied, while Jefferson City saw a church gathering interrupted as rain fell and a storm toppled a tree on autos. Chattanooga area received relief from heat as western regions saw limited showers with damage from strong winds.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Nature
Middle
West Tennessee
Knoxville
Jefferson City
Chattanooga
Middle Tennessee
Springfield
McMinnville
Shelbyville
Obituary list of honorary pallbearers name many individuals
Billy Aronhime and Charles Ha gar Jr. are honored as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers include Gordon Aronhime Hugh Hagan Eugene Armitage Bill Donnelly Ross McClure Fred Renning James Mahoney D D Query Dr Stuart Staley Doug Coffey Sam Faust Bill Stone Bill Tiliey Dad Leftwich Gib Harrell Chap Goodwyn Leonard Hall Dr L B Snapp Dr Harry Bachman C Carter and L R Peters.
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Billy Aronhime
Charles Hagar, Jr
Gordon Aronhime
Hugh Hagan
Eugene Armitage
Bill Donnelly
Ross McClure
Fred Renning
James Mahoney
D. D. Query
Stuart Staley
Doug Coffey
Sam Faust
Bill Stone
Bill Tiliey
Dad Leftwich
Gib Harrell
Chap Goodwyn
Leonard Hall
L. B. Snapp
Harry Bachman
C. §. Carter
L. R. Peters
Nellie Granger Returns as First Lady of the Air
Nellie Granger resumes work after the Uniontown Pa airliner crash tragedy. She boards a transcontinental flight from Pittsburgh to Kansas City to serve as hostess, earning the informal title first lady of the air amid post accident recovery efforts.
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Nellie Granger
Uniontown
Nellie
Pittsburgh
Kansas City
Central
Prese
Crazy rain pattern hits drought battered south
Atlanta reports a bizarre rain pattern across the south as scattered showers touched areas from Louisiana to Virginia. The weekend storms caused injuries and damage while farmers grapple with drought and rising feed prices. Officials warned no lasting relief for pastures and crops, noting only limited, uneven rain.
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Atlanta
Nature
South
Louisiana
Virginia
Wise towns to name city rulers in joint elections
Coeburn and Norton plan municipal elections with multiple candidates for mayor and council. Coeburn fields fourteen aspirants for two mayoral seats and five councilmen, Norton competes for five council seats. Nine total council candidates in Norton. Democratic delegates mobilize for state convention, Norfolk date uncertain. Election officers certified for Coeburn and Norton. Negative voting remains in effect due to voting law timing.
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Coeburn
Way
Norton
Coeurn
Norfolk
County Election Board
Coburn
T. Litton
L. O. Carpenter
W. E. Desmond
Fanning
R. Carrico
Harry BF. Steel
C. T. Braswell
R. L. Coldiron
A. F. Snodgrass
Clarence Holcomb
B. M. Gray
Erratic Rainfall Spoils Crop Hope Across Regions
The region saw uneven showers with many areas getting little rain while others received up to an inch. Farmers hoped persistent cloudiness would bring moisture after the weekend as forecasts warned more showers. A fatal windstorm near Atlanta left a black man dead and damaged small buildings. three people were injured near Lepanto as winds toppled structures. A Virginia church was destroyed by lightning. Atlanta and other southern cities reported varied rainfall, prompting prayers for rain and Governor Talmadge’s witnesses to showers in several counties.
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Likue
Necro
Atlanta
Lepanto
Shenandoah County
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Asheville
N. CS
Roanoke
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