Walker and Company to build Kingsport area Appalachian Way road
Contract for the Bloomingdale pike to Scott county line awarded to Walker and Company. Work starts immediately with Sullivan County funding and state aid. Road will be water bound macadam, 18 feet wide, maintained by the state, and expected to be completed by early fall.
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Bloomingdale Pike
Scott County
Kingsport
Lee Highway
Walker and Company
East Tennessee
Sullivan County
Gate City
Appalachia
Virginia
Tennessee
Sullivan
Crowe Climaxes Defense in Murder Trial at Chicago Court
In Chicago on June 25 the Crowe case ends its sixth week as state’s attorney William Crowe closes for the prosecution while defense lawyers claim a conspiracy to block Shepherd’s inheritance of a $1,000,000 McClintock estate. Judges and jurors prepare for verdict by tomorrow afternoon.
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Chicago
Court House
Robert Crowe
William Shepherd
Wm. McClintock
Crowe
Harry Olson
Alexander Reichman
Shepherd
McClintock
William Darling Shepherd
Thomas J. Lynch
William Scott Stewart
J. W. O’brien
Robert E. Crowe
Stewart
Lynch
Monticello Man Shot During Breakfast Break
Elmer Upchurch age 28 was shot and killed while eating breakfast at Virgil Crouch home 20 miles from Monticello Kentucky Officials say motive relates to Upchurch attention to Crouchs daughter He leaves a widow and family and was to be tried in the next term of court
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Monticello
Elmer Upchurch
Virgil Crouch
Upchurch
Crouch
Markets Louisville Cattle Hogs Sheep Prices Steady
Louisville markets report cattle at one hundred steady undamaged hogs six hundred steady seven to thirteen seventy five. Sheep three thousand steady with lambs sixteen ewes withers sixteen fifty. Sheep five down.
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Louisville
Judge in Whited murder trial continues case to October
Owensboro June 26 The Circuit Court pauses the trial of Dr H F Whited charged with the murder of Edwina Gordon as jurors were deemed biased. Judge Wilson orders a continuance to October 12 and vows to pull jurors from a different county to ensure a fair trial.
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Associated Press
Owensboro
H. F. Whited
Stanhope Little
Edwina Gordon
Little
Wilson
Miller to testify in Scopes trial defense
Prof. A. M. Miller head of Kentucky University geology will testify for his former pupil John Scopes in Dayton Tennessee where he is indicted for teaching evolution in defiance of state law. Miller said he is unsure of the specific testimony but offers his services if health permits.
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Associated Press
Lexington
A. M. Miller
University of Kentucky
John Scopes
Dayton, Tenn
Miller
Scopes
Distress Warrants Issued for Delinquent Privilege Licenses
Distress warrants will be issued in Kingsport against persons firms or corporations in arrears on privilege licenses. The notice states the city will pursue action to collect unpaid license fees and penalties.
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Kingsport
Scopes Not Named as County Teacher in Rhea Schools
Dayton Tenn June 25 More than seventy teachers were elected for the Rhea county schools today with John Thomas Scopes not among those elected His re election was held in abeyance pending the outcome of his trial for alleged evolution teaching in public schools A vacancy remains in the science department to be filled after the trial Also Dudley Field Malone arrived from New York to confer with defense lawyers including Dr John R Neal and John L Godsey and with Scopes A reception will greet Malone after arrival Many license holders have not paid special privilege licenses and face fines plus back fees if they do not settle
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Associated Press
Dayton
Chattanooga
Dudley Field Malone
New York
John R. Neal
John L. Godsey
Scopes
Malone
Tenn
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
Henry Fairfield Osborne
Columbia University
Bryan
Princeton
Edward Grant Conkin
Princeton University
Congregational Church
Michaeli Pupin
Kirkley F. Mather
Department of Geology
Harvard University
United States
The
Baptist Church
Baptist Sunday School
Newton
Massachusetts
L. F. Rettiger
Yale University
Maynard M. Metcalf
Oberlin College
Ohio
Arthur M. Miller
University of Kentucky
Miller
Kentucky Institution
Henry Higgins Lane
University of Kansas
Edward L. Rice
Ohio Wesleyan University
Darwin
J. G. Lipman
Rutgers College
New Bruswwick
New Jersey
Ward J. MacNeal
Post Graduate Medical School
New York City
Shanghai Strikes Paralyze Shipping as Stores Reopen
Shanghai reports the general strike ending with larger stores reopening though shipping remains paralyzed. Crowds of strikers attacked streetcars in the international settlement. police dispersed them as officials urged shops to reopen.
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Shanghai
International Settlement
One Killed Several Injured In Collision
One man was killed and a number of passengers injured in a rear end collision near Chicago on June 26. The crash disrupted traffic as emergency crews responded and investigators began work at the scene.
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Chicago
Bodies Sought After Gillis Theatre Blast Fire
Kansas City, June 26. A search of the Gillis Theatre ruins is under way for bodies believed buried after last night’s explosion and fire. The theatre was wrecked, more than a dozen injured. Fireman John Hogan was killed when the fire truck overturned. no other bodies found yet.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Gillis
John Hogan
Woman Sentenced to Sing Sing for Kidnapping Boy
Mary Jones was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in Sing Sing for kidnapping Raimondo Maliski, who remains missing. The judge gave her till today to reveal the boy's fate, but she remains silent. A fellow prisoner said she claimed the child was dead. The verdict followed a March abduction between two elevated trains on the South Side where a fire broke out on one train.
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New York
Mary Jones
Raimondo Maliski
Sing Sing
Dayton List Of Scientific Witnesses In Scopes Trial
A defense list released in Dayton names multiple expert witnesses and advisers to testify on evolution and religion in the Scopes trial. Among them are Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborne of Columbia and Professor Maynard Metcalf of Oberlin, all described as active Christian denominations.
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Arthur Miller
Scopes
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