Bargain Wednesday to Launch Weekly Event in Kingsport
Kingsport merchants plan a weekly Bargain Wednesday to draw crowds. Stores will display large Bargain Wednesday signs and feature special values from hair pins to other items. The event aims to surpass all prior efforts and will be publicized in The Times. Also, on May 27, Glenn Curtis will pilot a modern airliner along the Albany to New York route to mark the 20th anniversary of his box kite flight.
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Albany
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Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Meat Permitted on Memorial and Independence Day in Chicago
Catholics of the Chicago archdiocese, with Cardinal Mundelein's dispensation, may eat meat on Memorial Day and Independence Day. The chancellor, Rev. M S Maguire, says the unique permission avoids hardship for holiday picnickers.
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Chicago
George Cardinal Mundelein
M.S. Maguire
America
Frank B. Warner Named Secretary of Hotel Ass'n
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. May 27 Pi-Folsom Taylor of the John Sevier Hotel Johnson City was elected president of the Tennessee Hotel Association at its convention here today. He succeeds Howard E. Baughman Nashville. Chattanooga was selected as the next meeting place of the convention. Other officers elected were Charles Cartwright Memphis first vice president Leon Waite Knoxville second vice president Frank Davis Nashville third vice president Frank Warner Kingsport secretary treasurer.
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Tenn
Pi—Folsom Taylor
John Sevier
Johnson City
Tennessee Hotel Association
Howard E. Baughman
Nashville
Chattanooga
Charles Cartwright
Memphis
Leon Waite
Frank Davis
Nashvill
Frank Warner
Kingsport
Weather Fair and Warmer Across Regions
Weather summary notes fair tonight and Wednesday with slightly warmer readings in east and north portions of Tennessee and Virginia. Winds diminish to gentle and variable, with no rain reported on the previous two dates. Readings taken at 6:20 p.m. by C. L. Bunn, U. & W. &.
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Virginia
C. L Bunn
Tariff bill put to debate test in senate crucible
The Smoot Hawley tariff bill faced a final senate debate with Democrats and Independent Republicans opposing the flexible provisions that would let the tariff commission propose emergency rate changes after sixty days unless blocked by the president. Protest centers on alleged delegation of taxing power and higher rates in conference figures amid scheduled votes expected to last over a week.
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Smoot
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Tariff Commission
House
Reece Plan Debated For Muscle Shoals Sale And Operation
Washington May 27. House debates on the Reece plan for private operation or government control of Muscle Shoals. Chairman Snell says vote decides between private lease and Norris government operation. Reece confident, Hill warns Democrats oppose plan, Quin aims to defeat it.
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Tennessee
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Alabama
Boulder Canyon Dam
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Mississippi
House Military Committee
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Hoover
Congress
Secretary defends church board amid lobbying charges
Deets Pickett research secretary of the Methodist Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals testified before the senate lobby committee denying any funds were spent on lobbying. He said total receipts are apportioned by a church wide ratio and designated only for approved projects. No contributions have ever funded political lobbying and no such project has been approved by church organizations or commissions.
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Public Morals
Senate Lobby Committee
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Pickett
Tinkham
Massachusetts
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World Service Comission
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Board of Temperance
World Service Commision
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Church
King George Wile not attend court due to illness
London May 27 officials announce King George will miss tonight's third court of the season at Buckingham Palace with inflammation of the right hip. The Prince of Wales deputized previously. six hundred debutantes and matrons are to be presented tonight, with more tomorrow as the king hopes to fulfill engagements later in the week.
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Prince of Wales
Buckinghan Palace
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Britain
Miss Laura Ingalls Sets Woman Flight Loop Record
Miss Laura Ingalls, 25, of New York, loops 980 consecutive inside loops at Hatbox Municipal airport Muskogee Oklahoma. Her feat surpasses the women’s record of 344 set May 3 at Lambert Field. A national aeronautical association committee counted the loops from a hangar as she flew 3 hours 40 minutes aloft. She earned $1,086 in prizes and said she would try again if anyone else beats her mark.
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St. Louis
Charles
Speed) Holman
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Miss Ingalls
National Aeronautical Association
F. P. Lahm
Rabbi Resigns Over Dancing and Jazz Music
Hammond Indiana May 27 Rabbi Louis Kruppin of the wealthy Beth El Temple resigns claiming dancing and jazz music are inappropriate during religious services. His wife says the younger congregation demanded a production titled Beth El scandals and the rabbi’s decision is irrevocable.
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Hammond
Ind
Louis Kruppin
Five North West prohibition officers indicted in Seattle
Five men prominent in prohibition enforcement in the northwest including Roy C G Lyle administrator for Washington Oregon and Alaska face federal charges of bribery and conspiracy to violate national prohibition. Indictments name Lyle Whitney Corwin Fryant and McKinney with details pending.
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Wash
Northwest
Roy CG. Lyle
Washington
Oregon
Alaska
Lyle
William W. Whitney
Earl Corwin
Richard L. Fryant
C. T. McKinney
United States
Corwin
Northwest Prohibition Office
Honolulu
Leley L. Jones
Whitney
Girl Flyer Killed in Colorado Springs Plane Crash
Margaret Ferguson a 17 year old Colorado Springs high school student and one of the youngest female pilots in the United States was killed today when her plane crashed east of the city limits authorities reported.
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Colorado Springs
Golo
Margaret Ferguson
United States
Veenie
Riots in Rangoon Cause 60 Deaths in Two Days
Rioting between Burmese coolies and Hindus in Rangoon, linked to a dock strike, left 60 dead and 740 injured. Hospitals overflowed as police fired on crowds and military forces guarded the city. Reports note Moslems involved and widespread terror with requisitioned nurses aiding at overflowed hospitals.
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