American Legion Meets in South Elects Edwards for Nashville
Hammond Post No. 3 selects C. P. Edwards Jr. to represent at a March 31 Nashville meeting with national and state Legion officers. The post reports five disabled World War I veterans seeking compensation and forms a relief committee led by Elizabeth Drysdale Emily Carson and George A. Caldwell.
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Hammond
American Legion
Nashville
Legion
South
Edwards
Hammond Post No
Elizabeth Drysdale
Emily Carson
George A. Caldwell
Thomas, Drysdale
Carson
Miss Drysdale
Hammond Post
Legion Auxiliary
R. Thomas Beaty
Jake Heerens
City Judge Smith Learns It Was a Very Busy Day
City Judge E. D. Smith fined thirteen alleged lawbreakers totaling 143.30 dollars. Gambling fines hit seven youths split into two groups with totals of 25.50 and 60 dollars. Speeding yielded three fines of 8.50 dollars each. J. T. Sanders faced 13.50 for drunkenness, Charles Hoosier 10.30 for assault and battery, and William Crane 8.50 for beating his board bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Smith
Curtis Mann
Earl Mann
Carson Brewer
Enos Flack
Wesley Shoman
Ernest Whittenberg
Jim Saple
Bruce Dunn
D. W. Harkleroad
H. B. Johnson
Tapers’ Union
Charles Hoosier
William Crane
Mouth Hygiene Unit to Visit Kingsport for Clean-Up Week
The United States Public Health Service mouth hygiene unit, led by Major Butler and Miss Thornhill, will arrive in Kingsport on April 4 for a week of school visits and demonstrations. They will examine 40 plus pupil rooms to identify top and bottom averages, lecture to the Parent-Teachers Association, show the two-reel Come Clean, and coordinate with Red Cross film presentations during clean-up week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Public Health Service
Kingsport
A. G. Buckner
B. Yancey
Bristol
Major Butler
Miss Thornhill
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Red Cross
Strand
Yancey
Pershing attacks foreign-born agitators at Madison Square Garden
Gen John J Pershing spoke to a packed Madison Square Garden denouncing foreign birth groups spreading political and warlike propaganda that could weaken US ties with Allies. He warned against dual citizenship and urged loyalty to America while praising foreign-born veterans. The rally protested French colonial troops in occupied Germany and drew 14 000 attendees.
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New York
John J. Pershing
Madison Square Garden
United States
American Legion
Germany
Rhine
Frank Galbraith
Pershing
Philippines
Mexico
France
America
Belgium
Schools to Pay Honor To Great Educator
Kingsport public schools plan observances for the 329th birth anniversary of Johann Amos Comenius on Monday March 28 Supt E M Crouch announces Prof D S Burleson will be chief speaker at East Tennessee State Normal Teachers will study Comenius life and education era using listed history books and a bulletin will be issued Horace Mann 125th anniversary events noted for May 4 in the same context
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Johann Amos Comenius
Kingsport
E. M. Crouch
D. S. Burleson
East Tennessee State Normal
Supt. Crouch
Comenius
Monroe
Parker
Kemp
Blountville Forms Baseball Team and Park Near Town
Blountville organizes a baseball club with an extensive schedule for the coming season. Brady Hendrickson, an experienced ball man, elected manager. Over thirty candidates reported at the first practice. A fine new park west of town has just been completed.
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Blountville
Brady Hendrickson
Baby Clinic Set to Open Friday Afternoon
A baby clinic will open at the health center on Main street this Friday from 2 to 5 PM. City health officer Dr. T B Yancey will be assisted by Elizabeth Drysdale and Emily Carson.
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Main Street
T. B. Yancey
Elizabeth Drysdale
Emily Carson
Interstate Trust and Savings Bank Opens in Kingsport
The Interstate Trust and Savings Bank opened to the public with 109 active accounts and deposits totaling 17 651 58. Over 1 000 visitors including 400 ladies received carnations. top deposits were 3 167 by new cashier L R Warri ner and 759 91 by Cooper Brothers. Prizes went to S D Brandon for nearest opening day guess and to young depositors, with several others winning smaller amounts. C A Hires of Walterboro arrives to serve as assistant cashier. Kingsport now has four strong banks.
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Bank
L. R. Warriner
Cooper Brothers
S. D. Brandon
J. M. Cooper, Jr
Ella Arthur Black
Miss Black
G. D. Black
B. Pritchard
Mary Haws
Wade Cornett
C. A. Hires
Walterboro
City
Kingsport
Work on baseball park is started in town
Ground broke yesterday for a local baseball park with grading infields underway and outfield stumps to be removed. It will take about 20 to 30 days to complete details as crews work weather permitting. Contracts were mailed to players including Ropshaw Coveleskie and Hilton. responses expected this week. A Rooters Club is forming under T C Warrick as practice starts at Central High with several standout candidates.
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Irelan
Times
Ropshaw
Coveleskie
Hilton
T. C. Warrick
Central High School
McGill
Snow
Henry
Fine
Leeper
Keegan
Rutherford
Shipley
Pendleton
Hale
Yoakley
Shipp
Brown
Cox
Capt. H. R. Groat
Johnson City
Kingsport Band Concert Gala Aids Uniform Fund
The Kingsport Concert Band staged a high class program at Central High School under Rev H Grady Davis. Selections by Sousa Bau man Skaggs Miller Stanbaugh and more thrilled a small yet appreciative audience. The 17 piece group included 4 cornets 4 clarinets 3 altos 2 trombones 1 bari tone 2 basses and drums. The event aimed to raise funds for new uniforms.
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Kingsport
Central High School
H. Grady Davis
Sousa
J. Bauman
W. L. Skaggs
H. C. Miller
Fillmore
S. B. Stanbaugh
R. Thomas Beaty
Paul Slaughter
al Hayes
Overnight Hikes Planned by Kingsport Boy Scouts
Minutes from Troop No 1 at the Y M C A show planned overnight hikes for Friday and Saturday March 25 26 weather permitting. The group will use trail signs and games, extending spring activities and hoping for new members.
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Association
Boy Scouts of
Kingsport
Dryden
Mr. Lindsay
Fred Wright
Pierce Memorial Property Donated for New Pastorum
E L Roller and wife of Plano Texas deed Pierce Memorial church property to First Baptist church for a new pastoorium. The church will sell the current pastorium on Watauga Street and the Pierce Memorial church and lot at public auction at 2 PM next Monday, first Pierce Memorial then the Watauga street property.
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Pierce Memorial
Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
E. L. Roller
Plano
Texas
Watauga Street
Pierce Memorial Church
Week at the Community Y Events Schedule
Tuesday Ladies day. Wednesday White City bowling tournament. Thursday Family day bowling two events between high school and Alumni Association. Friday bowling Hosiery Mill vs Kingsport Times. Boy Scouts depart Y at 4. Saturday kite tournament with three prizes. Monday Easter egg hunt with yearly Y membership prize for the largest egg find.
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White City
Kingsport
Freight Service Expanded Across A B A System
Atlanta readers learn the A B & A railroad will extend freight service to all system points except Waycross starting Monday. Training workers continues as the labor situation improves. Attention turns to Chicago where the U S labor board will rule on the strike and wage cuts.
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Atlanta
W. W. Croxton
Chicago
United States Labor Board
B. L. Bugg
Defendants In Matewan Gunfight Case Found Not Guilty
Williamson Court acquits defendants in the Matewan gunfight case after trial. The article notes the case and outcome, with no further details on proceedings.
Appeal for Easter sacrifice to aid Near East relief
General Leonard Wood signs a letter urging Easter subscriptions to the Near East Relief fund. The appeal, circulated in Kingsport and Sullivan County, emphasizes American generosity and urges ongoing contributions without quotas, asserting the effort as an American duty and spirit of sacrifice.
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Near East
Leonard Wood
John D. Kelso
Kingsport
Sullivan County
Gen. Wood
Mead Fibre Beats Corning Glass In Bowling Match
Mead Fibre lost the first game badly scoring 26 to Corning Glass 152. In the second game Mead won by 9 pins, leaving Corning 107 ahead for the two games. McNaughton led with 195 pins and Entwisle had 172, as Entwisle set a local men record with 236 on the Y alleys.
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Mead Fibre Company
Dark Horse
Corning Glass
Mead
Corning
McNaughton
Entwisle
White City League
High School
Hosiery Mill
Kingsport Times
Matewan Gunfight Defendants Cleared In Sixteen Indictments
In Williamson West Virginia on March 21 sixteen defendants tried for the Matewan gunfight death of Albert C Felts were found not guilty by a Mingo county jury. They were discharged but remanded to jail for bond on six other indictments tied to the deaths of six private detectives. The trial lasted 46 days and sparked miner cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strod
Williamson
Mingo County
United Mine Workers’ Union
Stone Mountain Coal Corporation
Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency
Felts
Matewan
Albert C. Felts
C. C. Testerman
Testerman
Baldwin-Felts
Community Y Kite Tournament Amid Rainy Day Fun
About fifteen boys joined a kite contest at the Community Y despite rain. Pat Wilson won distance with a kite that landed on Reedy Creek but was retrieved and flew again for first prize. Van Dorsey won best designed kite inspired by navy signaling kites. Next Saturday a second tournament will be held open to all boys.
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Henry Sams
Pat Wilson
Reedy Creek
van Dorsey
Navy
Willie Porter
Jack Dorsett
Purchase of 180-foot Watauga Street frontage by local buyers
A 180-foot frontage on Charlemont street opposite the Kingsport Tea and Coffee House was bought last week by J. B. Nall, Walker Nelms and I. M. Fuller. They plan to subdivide into 20-foot business lots for sale or lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlemont Street
Kingsport Tea and Coffee House
J. B. Nall
Walker Nelms
I. M. Fuller
Colored people to start anti-fly campaign in Kingsport
Lillian White, colored home demonstration agent for East Tennessee, will visit Kingsport on Friday March 25 to lead an intensive fly campaign among the city's colored residents. The campaign will run through March 31.
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Lillian White
East Tennessee
Kingsport
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General Pershing
U.S
Burleson
Horace Mann
New Bank
Interstate Trust and Savings Bank
The
Interstate Trust and Savings
Boy
Farmers’ Bank of Sul
Livan County
Jackie Hickam
Holston Institute
Kitty Muldoon Bright
Arcadia School
Fleetie Roller
Bristol Public Schools
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