Contract Awarded for Gate City Road Construction
Walker and Company win the contract to build the water bound macadam road from the Bloomingdale pike to the Scott county line. Sullivan and Scott counties fund their portions with state aid to complete the Appalachian Way link. The 18 foot wide state road will improve Kingsport access to Virginia coal fields and nearby towns, expected to finish by fall.
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Bloomingdale Pike
Scott County
Kingsport
Lee Highway
Walker and Company
East Tennessee
Berin
Sullivan County
Gats City
Appalachia
Virginia
Tennessee
Sullivan
Man shot dead at breakfast near Monticello
Ehner Upchurch aged 28 was shot and killed while eating breakfast at Virgil Crouch's home 20 miles from Monticello Kentucky. The shooting is believed linked to Upchurch's attentions to Crouch's salon. Upchurch leaves a widow and family and was to have faced trial at the next court term.
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Monticello
Ehner Upchurch
Virgil Crouch
Upchurch
Crouch
Market summaries from Louisville livestock report
Louisville markets report cattle one hundred steady unchaanged. Hogs six hundred steady seven to thirteen seventy five. Sheep three thousand steady. Lambs sixteen. Sheep five down.
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Louisville
Shep
Judge delays Whited murder trial in Owensboro
In Owensboro on June 26 Judge Wilson halted the trial of Dr. FH Whited charged with the murder of Edwina Gordon after finding no 12 fair minded jurors could be seated. The cage was ordered continued to October 12 with jurors from a different county to ensure a fair trial.
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Associated Press
Owensboro
FH. F. Whited
Stanhope
Little
Edwina Gordon
Wilson
Miller to Testify in Trial of Scopes
Prof A M Miller head of geology at the University of Kentucky will testify in defense of his former pupil John Scopes in Dayton Tennessee where he is indicted for teaching evolution. Miller said he is unsure what testimony will be required but offers his services if his health permits.
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Associated Prose
Lexington
A.M. Miller
Department of Geology
University of Kentucky
John, Scopes
Dayton, Tenn
Miller
Scopes
Ors
Crowe Defends Self and Court Officers in Shepherd Murder Trial
Chicago crowd packs the court as State's Attorney Crowe closes the Shepherd murder trial. He defends himself Judge Olson and Reichman from defense accusations of a conspiracy to block Shepherd's inheritance of a $1,000,000 estate and denounces the defense for “a new species of murder” while the six week case nears verdict.
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Chicago
Court House
Robert Crowe
William Shepherd
Wm. McClintock
Crowe
Harry Olson
Alexander Reichman
Shepherd
McClintock
Ieully
Tinal
William Darling Shepherd
Thomas
Lynch
William Scott Stewart
J. W. O’brien
Robert E. Crowe
Stewart
Distress Warrants Authorized Overdue Privilege Licenses
Distress warrants will be issued in Kingsport against persons firms or corporations in arrears with privilege licenses. The notice states action will target delinquent entities under city code enforcement.
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Kingsport
Scopes Not Named As County Teacher in Rhea County
Dayton Tenn June 25 More than seventy teachers were elected for the Rhea county schools at a school board meeting. John Thomas Scopes was not elected and his re election was held in abeyance pending his upcoming trial on alleged violation of Tennessee’s anti evolution statute. The science department vacancy will be filled after the trial. News from Chattanooga states Dudley Field Malone a New York defense attorney will continue to Dayton to confer with Dr John R Neal John L Godsey and Mr Scopes. A reception is planned for Malone on arrival. Also reports indicate many license holders have not paid special privilege licenses and may face fines if settlements are not made.
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Drees Dayton
Tenn
Rha
John Thomas Scopes
Scopes
Tennessee
Rhea Central High School
Chattanooga
Dudley-Field Malone
New York
Dayton
John R. Neal
John L. Godsey
Malone
Shanghai Strikes Ease Reopenings Amid Paralyzed Shipping
Shanghai reports a general strike ending with larger stores reopening while shipping remains paralyzed. Crowds stoned streetcars and fought with police as authorities urged cooperation. Separate dispatches note anti foreign agitation in Peking and a Canton shooting incident under investigation.
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Shanghai
Rgners
Fort Tlement
International Settlement
One Killed in Chicago Collision
One man is reported killed and several others injured in a rear end collision in Chicago. The accident occurred as vehicles collided, with other passengers sustaining injuries, details incomplete in the report.
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Chicago
Bodies Are Sought After Theatre Blast
Kansas City June 26 The Gillis Theatre fire and explosion left more than a dozen injured. Fireman John Hogan was the only confirmed casualty as crews search the smoldering ruins for bodies of those believed killed. Witnesses say the audience likely numbered under twenty.
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Perss
Kansas City
Gillis
John Hogan
Woman Sentenced to Sing Sing for Kidnapping
Mrs Mary Jones was convicted of kidnapping Raimondo Maliski last March and sentenced to 20 to 40 years at Sing Sing. The three year old is missing and the judge asked her to reveal the boy's fate but she stayed silent. A fellow inmate quoted her claiming the child was dead. During the trial she alleged the boy’s parents knew his whereabouts.
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Associated Press
New York
Mary Jones
Raimondo Maliski
Sing ‘Sing
Dayton to Hear List of Evolution Witnesses in Scopes Trial
A roster of scientific experts will testify for the defense in the Scopes trial in Dayton Tennessee with all witnesses agreeing to appear. The list includes Henry Fairfield Osborne Edward Grant Conklin Michaeli Pupin Kirkley Mather L F Rettiger Maynard Metcalf Arthur Miller Heny Higgins Lane Edward L Rice J G Lipman Ward J MacNeal and others, all active members of Christian denominations.
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Malone
Scopes
Arthur Miller
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Appalachian Way
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Georgia
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Reichman
Channel Swim
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Lillian Harrison
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English Channel
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Rhea Conty Board
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City Recorder
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Shanghi
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United States
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Mericans Ae
Peking
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State Department
Canton
Douglas Jenkins
Jenkins
Derd
N.S
Arthur H. Whitney
G. O. Pynomineé
New Jersey
Anti-Saloan League
Kot Flux Klan
Sing Sing
John L. Scopes
Dudley Field
Tiwee
Judy
Godsey
John
Neal
Henry Fairfield. Osborne
Columbia University
Bryan
Princeton Maniee
Edward Grant Conkin
Princetm University
Congregational Church
Michaeli Pupin
Kirkley F. Mather
Harvard University
The
Baptist Church
Baptist Sunday
Newton
Massachusetts
L. F P. Rettiger
Yale University
Maynard M. Metcalf
Oberlin College
Ohio
Arthur M. Miller
Ohio Wesleyan University
Darwin
J. G. Lipman
Rutgers College
New
Bruswdick
Ward J. MacNeal
Post Graduate Medical School
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