Good Roads Chief Tops Regular Kiwanis Luncheon
A large Kiwanis crowd at the Inn heard J. A. Summers of Johnson City discuss the Ashforth Natural Tunnel Ashville Highway and Lakes to Ocean route. He urged cross country connections to Kingsport and Johnson City, calling Kingsport the Industrial Queen and stressing road links to attract tourism and industry.
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Inn Today
J. A. Summers
Johnson City
Ashville
Kin
Summers
East Tennessee
Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
Kentuck
Tennessee
Kingsport
Erwin
South Carolina
San Francisco
Washington County
Sullivan
E. W. Tipton
United States
A. T. Howard
Eddie Drummond
Bill Lord
5. A. Dorsett
James R. Worley
Steve Stevenson
William Holyoke
William Roller
M. W. Doggett
Three Year Program of Eclipses by U S Naval Scientists
The United States Naval Observatory outlines its three year eclipse program under Captain W S Eichelberger. Eclipses include an annular sun eclipse in July 2021 not visible in the U S, several lunar and solar eclipses across 1925 to 1928, and a 1927 Mercury transit visible in the Pacific, Asia, Honolulu, and S Susan.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Naval Observatory
W. S. Eichelberger
United States
Pacific
Africa
Indian Ocean
Naval Observatory
Sumatra
Central Pacific Ocean
Australia
Asia
Mexico
Southern Pacific
Thetlantic Occean
North America
South American
Pacific Ocean
Europe
Nome
Alasak
Honolulu
Manila
Susun
Eichelberger
South America
North
Kenmore to be dedicated in Fredericksburg tribute to Washington
Fredericksburg Virginia May 8 with Kenmore the Washington home area set for colonial pageantry to honor George Washington and his sister Betty. Chauncey Depew will give the main address as schoolchildren parade in pre revolutionary costumes and visitors tour national shrines including Mary Washington's house and Rising Sun Tavern.
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Associated Press
Fredericksburg
George Washington
Kenmore
Betty
Chauncey M. Depew
United States
New York
Virginia
Northern Neck
Mary Washington
George
Rising Sun
Charles Washington
George Weedon
John Paul Jones
America
Market Square
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lafayette
Ove the Rising Sun
Washington
Yorktown
Questions of High Tariffs Soon To Agitate Germany
In Dusseldorf a German tariff debate pits heavy industry against manufacturing sectors as Germany weighs high tariffs versus customs unions. Proponents fear post reparations costs and dumping, while union advocates push for freer trade to reach foreign markets, with outcomes to follow the presidential election.
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Germany
Dusseldorf
Berlin
Ruhr Valey
Saxony
Thuringia
Eto
Alace-Lorraine
Upper Silesia
Saar
Memel
Slayer of Grand Duke Dies in Soviet Air Crash
Riga reports Bolshevist official Miasnikof killed in an airplane accident while allegedly carrying out a royal assassination plot. He had attempted to abduct Grand Duke Michael and his English secretary Harry Johnston, but the plan failed and the abduction ended in murder.
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Riga
Miasnikof
Michael
Leningrad
Miasnikffo
Perm
Manaaed
Siberia
England
Harry Johnston
Miashkoff
Grand Duke
Colonial artisans shine in historic interior art relics
Colonials selected skilled artisans who carried out stucco and mural work that the author says he inspired. The decorations endure as quaint and interesting remnants of colonial interior arts.
Nestos to Speak at Redpath Chautauqua
Hon R A Nestos former governor of North Dakota will lecture on The Responsibilities of Leadership at the Redpath Chautauqua. Born in Norway he learned English, became a lawyer, served as Ward County state attorney and as governor for two terms earning a national reputation for integrity. He now tours Chautauqua lecturing on vital contemporary problems.
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R. A. Nestos
North Dakota
Nestos
Norway
University of
Wis
Consin
University of North Dakota
Ward County
Redpath Bureau
Rio Tourists Seek Semi precious Stones in Brazil
In Rio de Janeiro travelers often take home a Brazilian souvenir, with aquamarines selling to about 385 Americans on a recent tourist steamer for near $20,000. Large Mospho butterfly wings and green beetles are also sold mounted as keepsakes, sourced from interior poor communities.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
German Educators Reture Insistence Upon Classics
Berlin May 7 Nine years of Latin and six years of Greek will again be required for all boys completing the German gymnasium course. Prewar amounts of Greek and Latin are restored after wartime reductions. Emphasis shifts for girls preparing for universities toward German history and culture with less foreign language study.
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Berlin
Germany
Rotarians Pray for Rain as Colorado Rainfall Arrives
Denver May 5 Rotary club members stood for two minutes in silent prayer for rain. Weather bureau reported rain fell last night in nearly every Colorado section signaling relief for farmers and communities statewide.
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Associated Press
Denver
Gol
Rotary Club
Colorado
Weather Bureau
Markets Louisville May 8 Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Louisvilles markets show cattle at one hundred steady others unchanged hogs up eight hundred thirty five higher seven to twelve thirty five sheep at one hundred steady unchanged.
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Louisville
Bootblacks Out Cruisers Sparks Street Clash
Havana reports the Association of Shoe Claimers moving to form a solid front on bootbrick abuses in Mansa. The group aims to curb street corner bargaining and prevent peam ers from solisi as part of a broader push to regulate bootbrick activity.
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Havana
Mansa
Solisi
Europe Plans to Ease Motor Touring for Americans
Geneva reports promoters of European tourism push to ease car travel for Americans. An international road traffic conference in Paris next fall will discuss issuing double certificates for driver and car, 12 month driving permits, standard road signs, and safer interstate travel to encourage American visitors with their cars and money.
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Geneva
Europe
Paris
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