27 Mar 1923
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1923
Page
1
Rescue workers continued to drag Reedy Creek above Lovedale for Henry Parks a 12 year old black boy swept away Sunday while crossing on driftwood. Divers boat crews and dynamite attempts failed to raise the body before the dam and Holston River.
The American Legion Tennessee department launches an ins urance campaign to reinstate or convert WWII era government life policies. A Fifth District Veterans Bureau squad will tour Tennessee from Chattanooga starting April 2 for two months, making 29 stops to explain policy advantages and eligibility to ex service members and disabled veterans with non total permanent disabilities.
Dr. R B Moore of the United States Bureau of Mines told the Associated Press that rain making and fog dispersal are a scientific possibility. He discussed a process invented by Dr. L Francis Warren and suggested further development of apparatus could prove its feasibility.
Americans who visited the palace describe King George as a lonely disconsolate young man. The Greek army’s collapse, the Smyrna catastrophe, and the vast misery of hundreds of thousands of refugees reflect Greece’s deep turmoil and internal convulsions.
Luxor in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt, awakens to a modern town life around the tomb of Tutankhamun. Tourists and professionals crowd Luxor seeking ideas, with embalmers and undertakers drawn to the mummy chamber. Ancient embalming prized for three months of work costing $1500, once a luxury of the rich. American archaeologists uncover skeletons of humble peasants near the tomb.
All France mourns the loss of beloved actress Sarah Bernhardt. Paris is stunned, rivaling the grief felt after Victor Hugo’s death. Bernhardt lies in her bed amid flowers with candles lit, a crucifix and holy water nearby. The family is too overwhelmed to discuss funeral plans, likely to be held Thursday or Friday.
Prohibition agents seized five hundred cases of bonded whiskey and imported wines at the Lawrenceburg home of Mrs. M M Dowling. Her daughter Miss Ida and sons John and Emmett faced warrants for violating the national prohibition act, bond set at 5000 each for federal court in Frankfort next September. An automobile tied to the Dowling home yielded whiskey in transit. occupants Charles Shelton and Emmett Martin of Leaston were arrested, each bond 5000.
Richmond Kentucky reports that William H. Shanks, a Democrat on the 1919 “black” ticket for lieutenant governor, has formally announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for auditor of public accounts.
New York reports a peculiar incident as young Mr. Daugherty becomes the focus of a bee related disturbance. Authorities investigate an apparent accidental attack affecting bystanders and the subject.
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