Legion Posts Gather for District Conference at Camp Hammond
The first district American Legion conference opens at Camp Hammond Saturday evening with host Hammond Post No. 8 Kingsport. Delegations from across the district expect hundreds of Legionnaires. Entertainment includes an eight round boxing match and a 30 minute wrestling event by promoter John Donaghy, plus a negro jug band from Gate City. Commander G T Hamlet urges all Legionnaires to attend. A stag party follows the conference.
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American Legion Posts
Camp Hammond
Hammond
Kingsport
John Donaghy
Donnelly
Gate City
G. T. Hamlet
Post
Legionnaires
Tennessee appoints new state relief commission
June 2 Nashville Governor McAlister announced Tennessee’s new commission to administer federal relief and unemployment funds. Members include W C Wimill Nashville Hy Brad McGinness Quarthae Les Ware Jackson Al Prichard Memphis K W Horner Johnson City I W Ogden Knoxville with DP Rowland from Washington aiding. The group met in Nashville to plan, directing county fund administration and ensuring efficient use of potentially reduced next-year allocations. The governor emphasized central control per Washington and urged citizen cooperation.
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Nashville
Tennessee
McAlister
W. C. Wimill
Hy Brad McGinness
Qarthae
Les Ware
Jackson
al Prichard
Memphis
K. W. Horner
Johnson City
I. W. Ogden
Knoxville
DP. T. Rowland
Washington
Met
United States
Nashvill Tocday
Key
Valley Jobs for Workers in Basin Area Policy Statement
The Tennessee Valley Authority issued a warning that the basin development is not a reservoir for unemployed workers from elsewhere. Board member David E. Lileenthal said the agency seeks to hire locally and avoid attracting job seekers to Muscle Shoals or Guve Creek. He noted ample unemployed local labor but limited project demand.
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Washington
Tennessee River
Teennessee Valley Authority
David E. Lileinthal
Muscle Shoals
Guve Creek
Freed of Murder in Asheville Slaying Case
Newport Tennessee June 29 Clyde Rice and Ed McHone of Asheville were acquitted by a circuit court jury of slaying A Monday of the same city. Monday's body was found on railroad tracks near here and reportedly cut in two by a train. The defense said Monday and two others boated to Newport for liquor and planned to transport it back on a train, with Monday later killed. The trial began Monday and the jury had been out since 10:30 a.m. yesterday.
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Newport
Tenn
Clyde Rice
Ed McHone
Asheville
Here
Jas
D.L. Holt
George Shepherd
Asherville
Frank
Hines
Veterans’. Bureau
Ashaviila
Group of States May Print Books in Unified Effort
Delegates including legislators laymen and officials from Florida and South Carolina push to lower prices of school books for disabled veterans in a move toward state printing plants. The conference, aiming to end “book trust” charges, runs through Saturday as officials seek uniformity and cost reduction nationwide.
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Hines
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Florida
South’ Carolina
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