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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1925
Page
7
In Atlanta on May 6 six firemen were killed and four injured when the building housing a fire on the upper floor collapsed. A avalanche of cotton bales buried the men. rescue crews dug through debris to recover bodies after firefighters extinguished the blaze.
In Oran Algeria on May 6 disorder flared with cavalry patrols and sporadic gunfire. Women led street demonstrations with men following. several arrests and a few injuries were reported as government troops and reinforcements moved in to restore order.
At Nashville on May 5 the women's department of the Board of Missions and Misses Esther Case and Mabel K Howell presented figures. Fourteen new missionaries will be sent this summer along with twenty contract teachers and 615 native women teaching in schools. Eleven social centers and 27 boarding schools serve 12 451 students with 234 568 dollars in native school support.
Governor Austin Peay appointed Ernest R. Taylor of Morgantown as chancellor of the thirteenth chancery division. He succeeds N. H. Gamble of Maryville, who resigned from the post.
The Associated Press reports pardons granted by Governor Peay including Marvin Benson of Shelby County for voluntary manslaughter with a two year sentence, Claude Hankey of Davidson County for liquor violations, and others in Davidson and Cumberland counties. Charters granted to Cherokee Coal Corp of Chattanooga and Oakwood Cemetery Assoc of Dyersburg, with amendments to Graham-Merrin Co of Memphis. A requisition to Illinois for Zabe Gooch, and notices of additional justices including Judge DeWitt and Judge Snodgrass among changes to the nine-member civil appeals bench.
Great Falls Montana May 6 Gordon Campbell Sunburst oil field man was found guilty by a federal court on charges of fraudulent oil promotions using the mails to defraud. The jury returned a sealed verdict after 29 hours deliberation and Campbell faces a two year prison term plus a $1000 fine while another indictment in Washington DC alleges conspiracy with Senator Wheeler and E S Booth.
Charters were issued to Morristown Club House Inc Morristown under general welfare clause J C Black Printing and Publishing Co Chattanooga capital 25000 The Commercial Bank and Trust Co of Knoxville amended its charter to reduce capital stock from 500000 to 325000 The Southern Construction Co of Harriman surrendered its charter.
Sixty four armed coast guard boats and 13 seaplanes form the largest dry armada in history patrolling the Atlantic coast in a second day of combat against rum row pirates. Clifton Bay joins 21 vessels opened yesterday as Boston and New England ports add ships under coded Washington directives from the Mojave.
Claude Williams says the state game and fish laws are being enforced with full force. Two Wilson county convictions for dynamiting are reported. Charley Jones and G. B. Cawthon of Mt. Juliet were sentenced to one year and a day each. Other similar cases are pending in several counties.
Coroner's jury finds William D. Shepherd indicted for murder in the death of William N. McClintock and votes that Mrs Shepherd be held as an accessory. It also accuses Mrs McClintock in the earlier death and implicates Dr. Olson's case with unclear cause. The panel urges further grand jury action and notes $100,000 offered for poisoning.
Paris reports unconfirmed army notes indicate four French officers and 46 men killed or wounded in a recent engagement with Riffians. Official counts also claim 100 French wounded while Rif fian casualties ran much higher in the clash.
In Kentucky, Robert Conway 22 son of Cynthiana Mayor died when the car he drove crashed into a pole four miles from Lexington. James Reno Jr. 22 of Cynthiana was injured and a Cynthiana girl sustained non serious injuries. Reno said bright lights blinded him causing loss of control. Conway died after pitching head first through the windshield.
The stabilization of money in Germany has spurred inflation of life as marriages rise since the 1924 rentenmark. Furniture prices are up but couples see stable value and are willing to marry, reversing postwar uncertainty.
From Rabat and Fez reports detail fierce combat as French forces repel counter attacks and claim many Rifian dead with prisoners taken. Fez notes 920000 Rif tribesmen massed for a breakthrough on the French zone. 5000 on the border making incursions into tribes previously neutral between French and Spanish zones.
Dr A T Schofield, a London nerve specialist, told Cowes readers that thousands of English girls wish to marry but a shortage of men prevents many from finding partners. He claimed no other place shows such a state and noted London families often have several eligible daughters unable to marry due to lack of opportunity.
Berlin April 16 Dr Riebensohn a Berlin Technical College professor says no European workers can match American labor speed and intensity. He attributes American superiority to devotion to sport and notes workers maintain a brisk pace even without supervision. He says American sports give men a disposition to work with delight buoyancy and rhythm.
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