26 Mar 1930
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1930
Page
1
Berlin March 26 AP reports rumors in the Reichstag that the cabinet may resign today as coalition parties fail to agree on the financial program of Dr. Paul Moldenhauer, the finance minister.
Major General Clarence C. Williams told the House Military Affairs Committee that national security would not be affected if large portions of the Muscle Shoals plant were destroyed. He declined to suggest the best disposal method, stating his position on national defense remained unchanged.
Washington dispatch reports E. S. Chapman deputy prohibition administrator for northern Mississippi will be suspended immediately after the shooting of lumberman and planter J. L. Doggett. Prohibition Commissioner Doran announced the action.
Chairman Jouett Shouse of the Democratic National Committee hailed the Kansas City mayoralty win as proof the anti Republican swing is evident in the west as in the east. The Mar 26 AP report notes his optimistic assessment from the national party leadership.
Ben H Taylor III of Johnson City Tennessee son of former Governor A A Taylor, a prominent Democrat, remained ill after a restless night as his pneumonia worsened at his home on March 26.
The Navy Department announced a contract for six two seater training planes to Fleet Aircraft, Inc. of Buffalo New York at a total price of 35337 dollars. The six planes will be used at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola Florida.
F Scott McBride, head of the Anti Saloon League, told the house judiciary committee that wets failed to prove three key points for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. He said the proposals that the amendment had failed, public demand for repeal, and a constructive plan to solve the drink problem were not demonstrated by wets.
Several hundred Tennessee Baptist women attended the state Woman's Missionary Union convention at First Baptist church in Dyersburg. Miss Mary Northington state secretary and Miss Ruth Waldren led program sessions with speakers including Dr J T Warren of Carson Newman College and Mrs R L Harris state president. Mrs Austin Peay of Clarksville edited the Baptist Reflector and addressed the gathering.
Tennessee forecast calls for fair skies and continued cold with freezing temperatures tonight and Thursday as clouds increase and temperatures rise slowly. Virginia sees partly cloudy to night and Thursday with possible snow flurries in the extreme west, colder tonight with coastal freezing temperatures and strong southwest and west winds. Yesterday’s high 65, low 38. same date last year 89 and 33. Readings taken at 6:30 p m by C L Bunn U S W O.
In St. Louis on March 21 AP reports federal prohibition agents raided Norris Products Company after evidence showed Jamaica ginger sold by a local firm reached southern communities linked to paralysis cases. Proprietor John C. Norris, 70, was ordered to court to face dry law charges. Halley said Norris admitted shipments to rural south areas though he claimed only distribution. Chemical tests found about 65 percent alcohol and lacking certain government approved ginger extracts. Boston manufacturer named in probe.
Providence opinion cites Albert Fenner analysis showing Jamaica ginger paralysis stems from 5.32 percent residue in the extract. The residue, comprising resins and oils, remains after alcohol is removed and allegedly poisons stomach walls and adheres to intestines, producing neuritis. A 20 cent sample contained 79.70 percent alcohol.
The Georgia board of health announced reports of three new partial paralysis cases in Canton and two in Crawfordsville, increasing the total to 25 across affected individuals. The item notes continued coverage on page six.
London March 26 AP the naval conference again focused on a possible five power security pact to ease the Franco Italian deadlock. British move to offer assurances and Briand's swift return to London sparked questions while the United States maintained its unchanged stance on the issue.
Memphis attorney L. E. Gwinn announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination to challenge Governor Henry H. Horton in the August 7 primary. Gwinn vows specific plans for reform and economy and says his administration will make clear who governs the state.
Snow and sleet crippled Midwest travel and hampered lines from Chicago to Detroit. A deadly 17 inch March storm devastated Chicago with five deaths and severe traffic tieups. Detroit cleared streets slowly as 1,600 workers mobilized. Ohio faced sleet in Toledo and blizzards inland while Milwaukee eyed renewed shipping.
Former Ontario premier E C Drury told the house judiciary committee prohibition hearings that most Canadian provinces lack any real government control of liquor. He asserted that in many provinces there is not even a pretense of government control in liquor affairs.
Prohibition advocates in the House judiciary committee push against a U S plan for government liquor dispensaries. They cite Genada store operations and call witnesses including E C Drury and J J Lentz along with temperance leaders F Scott McBride Irving Fisher and Clarence True Wilson. The committee adjourns with a plan for executive session and continued rebuttal testimony as hearings continue.
Bright color forms the keynote of spring fashions for dogs at London dog show. New canine jackets feature pockets for tiny handkerchiefs bearing each pup's initials. Youngest flapper puppies wear bows rarely. Terriers show a military note with scarlet and blue jackets and gold braid.
Governor Horton proclaims April 14 to May 10 as a Save-a-Life Campaign in Tennessee. The program, sponsored by the state highway patrol, offers free inspections of brakes lights horns steering windshield wipers and mirrors through cooperating auto industry garages and service stations. The governor urges vehicle owners to use the service and fix any defects promptly, asking city authorities and chambers to promote the effort.
Henry D. Moore 87 financier tobacco magnate and banker died at his Haddonfield New Jersey home. He once led the largest snuff trust in the country and helped form the American Snuff Company with James B. Duke. He founded several South Jersey banks and built a 160 mile rail line through the Rockies connecting Harlowton and Lombard.
Snow flurries and near freezing temperatures unsettled the southern states from Virginia to Arkansas. Brixton? No. Overcoats returned to daily wear as growers worried about crops with temperatures dipping into the upper twenties and low thirties. Snow briefly lay in Bristol Memphis and Birmingham while Atlanta reported flakes that melted quickly.
Evanston reports Harry Gordon known as Wise Cracker, a long time practical joker, was jailed by his wife Mrs Gordon after a dramatic prank involving a girlhood chum. The tale recounts prior jokes about wooden nickels, salt for sugar, sprayed water, and exploding cigars as background. The incident ended with Gordon being taken into custody by his wife.
Eight miners were killed and three more believed dead after a blast at the Crown Coal mine in Arnettsville West Virginia. Rescue crews from the United States Bureau of Mines and state teams searched for the missing men while six bodies were later identified at a temporary morgue near the mine mouth.
Twelve miners were killed today in an explosion at the Yukon mine of Crown Coal Company in Arnette s ville West Virginia. Seven men escaped as the blast damaged a small section of the workings.
The Navy Department announced the purchase of 72 model R-1820 hair cooled engines from Wright Aeronautical Corporation for a total of $527,940. The contract covers delivery to support ongoing aviation programs and strengthens naval air power.
Washington representatives and lawmakers report a large bootlegging problem with 2 000 to 3 000 bootleggers operating in the district and only 38 policemen assigned to cope with them. The comment was made during a District of Columbia committee session chaired by Representative Gibson of Vermont.
A dialectical note questions whether illiteracy means inability to write in English only or in any language. It clarifies that illiterate should mean the inability to write at all, across any language, as understood by census enumerators.
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