Six Enter City Aldermanic Race in Kingsport
Six men filed for the two vacant alderman seats in Kingsport as the regular biennial election set for next Saturday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the municipal building. Candidates include H. B. Sloan E. Graves G. G. Keener C. A. Taylor J. P. Tomilson and C. J. Maddux. Moody and Brown do not run.
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Kingsport
Shelbourne Ferguson
B. H. Kinkead
Harry Nevis
C. C. White
W.H. Barnes
J. H. Lyte
Walter F. Moody
Ben H. Brown
Mr. Moody
Mr Brown
H. &. Sloan
Sloan
E. €. Graves
Harris and Graves Fim
W Graves
G. G. Keener
Keener
C. A. Taylor
Taylor
Scott County
J. P. Tomilson
Mead Fibre
Tomison
Baker Confesses Misuse Of Dough In Chicago Court
In Chicago on May 29, George Eales faced Judge Herbert Immelhausen after being accused of bribery. Eales insisted his statements about dough were literal as a baker, claiming the term referred to rising dough. The court ordered a $1 fine plus costs.
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Chicago
E. la Fontaine
Herbert Immelhausen
George Eales
Eales
Immelhausen
Miss Crosson Sets Women Altitude Record in Flight
Miss Crosson of San Diego ascends to 24000 feet to establish a new altitude record for women. The feat, reported from Los Angeles, marks a milestone in airborne achievement.
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Los Angeles
Weather Fair No Change Across Regions
Tennessee shows generally fair and warm conditions with possible local thundershowers in the west. Virginia remains fair and warm with scattered afternoon thundershowers in the extreme north, winds from south and southwest veering to variable. Temperatures yesterday reached 89 in Tennessee and 61 in Virginia, with no rainfall recorded. Readings taken at 6 p.m. by G L Bunn, U S Weather Bureau.
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Tennessee
Virgini
G. L. Bunn
U.S
Mob in Tennessee Hangs Man After Jail Riot
A mob of about 100 men stormed Crockett county jail and hanged Joe Boxley, 19, accused of attacking a justice of the peace’s wife. Boxley was taken from Tren ton jail early morning, after a 2,000-strong crowd surrounded it, and later found on a tree four miles from Alamo with a board reading let this hang here until 4 p.m. Thursday. Sheriff C A Bradshaw and deputies smuggled Boxley out to Alamo. Continuous coverage noted.
Lindberghs vanish after surprise wedding in discovery
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow disappeared with their brides father’s estate in Englewood New Jersey after a surprise ceremony. The blue Falcon plane fueled for a thousand mile flight stood at Schenectady airport with two parachutes aboard as investigators questioned if the trip was a honeymoon flight or a diversion.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Dwight W. Morrow
Englewod
N. J
Schenectady, N. Y
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Schenectady
Upstate
Schene
Senate Tariff Hearings Set for June 10
Senate finance panel will begin hearings on the House tariff bill about June 10. Chairman Smoot said testimony would come from senators and representatives as well as others not before the House Ways and Means panel. He indicated Democratic members may participate in the hearings.
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Washington
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
House Ways and Means
Utah
East Prostrated With Heat Wave and Deaths Across East
Heat wave jolts the east with record highs and prostrations. New York reports 83 degrees with humidity. Boston soars to 90.8 degrees breaking 56 year old records. Drowning and lightning deaths occur in several states as Lindbergh flies to Schenectady.
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New York
New York City
Boston
New England
New Hampshire
Burlington
Providence
Pennsylvania
Central City
Johnson
Kress Gives Approval of Elopement of Daughter
New York история reports Rush H. Kress approves the elopement of his 17 year old daughter Silvia Adelaide Kress to Charles L. Abry Jr a 20 a week broker's clerk. The couple ran away to Bel Air Maryland two weeks ago while Abry was a Washington and Lee University student. Silvia graduation is set for June 4 at Ossing. Abry will room in Brooklyn.
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New York
New York American
Rush H. Kress
Charles L. Abry, Jr
Bel Air
Abry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Ramsay N. J
Silvia Adelaide Kress
Ossing
Arby
Brooklyn
Mr. Kress
H. Kress Inc
President Hoover to name Willebrandt successor later
Hoover likely defers choosing a new assistant attorney general to replace Mabel Walker Willebrandt until around her June 15 departure. Administration circles expect a male appointee. In other news, Barney Zimmerly of Marshall Missouri, at age 24, set a world altitude record for light airplanes at 600 feet.
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Washington
Hoover
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
East ST. Louis, II
Barney Zimmerly
Marshall, Mo
Wisconsin repeals day law as governor signs bill
Governor Kohler signs the repeal of Wisconsin enforcement of prohibition laws citing a spring referendum showing near 150000 votes for repeal. The move leaves enforcement to federal agents and asserts the 18th Amendment grants concurrent federal power, optional for states to use.
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Kohler
Wisconsin
Congress
Typhoon Death Toll in Leyte Rises to 112
Reports from MINILA confirm 112 dead after last Friday's typhoon in southern Leyte as communications return. Early figures listed ten deaths with many towns still isolated. The Philippine Red Cross aids relief as provincial officials authorize 1000 pesos for victims. Heaviest loss centered near Sogod and Antigu.
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Minila
Leyte
Phillippine Red Cross
Sogod
Antigu
McRae Improves Slightly as Prescott Health Update Given
Prescott Arkansas May 29 former Governor Thomas C McRae remains in critical condition but has shown slight improvement doctors say He had a good day and night and is holding up remarkably well though recovery remains uncertain with a slim chance of improvement noted by high physician Dr S J Hestely
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McRae
Prescott
Ark
Thomas C. McRae
S. J. Hestely
Slayings and Editor In Critical Condition Reported
In Burkesville Kentucky Barney McIntyre was arrested for the slaying of Robert Anderson at a local Adair county church. Clarence Staley faces accessory charges in Columbia. In Richmond Virginia Dr Douglas S Freeman editor of the Richmond News Leader remains in critical condition after an emergency operation with slight improvement noted overnight.
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Burkesville
Barney McIntyre
Robert Anderson
Adair County
McIntyre
Tennessee
Anderson
Clarence Staley
Columbia
Richmond
Douglas S. Freeman
Richmond News Leader
Freeman
Green Flash And Yellow Bird Postpone Atlantic Start
Old Orchard Maine May 29 AP The Green Flash bound for Rome and Yellow Bird bound for Paris suffered takeoff mishaps delaying their Atlantic launch. Williams and Yancey piloted Green Flash while Lefevre Assolant and Lotti flew Yellow Bird.
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Yellow Bird
Old Orchard
Maine
Green Flash
Roger Q. Williams
The
Atlantic
Rome
Paris
Lewis A. Yancey
Rene Lefevre
Jean Assolant
Armeno Lotti
Women Organize to Seek Temperance Not Prohibition
A nationwide women’s group seeking temperance but opposing prohibition forms under Mrs. Charles H. Sabin of New York. Members from 36 states discussed plans, with temporary HQ to open in New York and campaigns under way. The move signals opposition to the Prohibition stance of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
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Chicago
Charles H. Sabin
New York
Republican National
Law Commission on Threshold of Tremendous Task
The Hoover commissioned law panel convened to study public disobedience and enforceability of federal law, insisting prohibition is only one aspect. Chairman George W. Wickersham said the panel will not avoid any issue and may report laws that cannot be enforced. The 11-member group plans a week of sessions, aiming to survey reports, appoint task groups, and use a $250000 fund for investigations.
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Wickersham
Washington
Hoover
National Law Enforcement Commission
George W. Wickersham
Commission
Three Convicted In Pine Bluff Bank Robbery Case
In Pine Bluff Arkansas on May 29 three men George Terry Charles Young and Bobbie Robbins were convicted by a circuit court jury of robbery in the daylight heist of the People's Bank and Trust Company on April 22 about 20 000 was stolen and the bank later closed due to the incident Ralph R Reed city attorney is named as an accessory among eight other arrested in connection with the robbery.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
People's Bank and Trust ‘Company
George ‘Terry
Charles Young
Bobbie Robbins
Chicago
Terry
New Orleans
Ralph R. Reed
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