Germany Alone Is Voted Membership in League Council
Telegraphic dispatch from Geneva reports Germany alone awarded a seat on the League of Nations council with equal status among great powers. The Spanish request for a similar position was rejected, while Primo de Rivera vows to persist in abstention as Tangier and broader League matters loom.
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Spain Maintains Attitude Toward Seat in League Council
In Geneva Spain's Prime Minister Primo de Rivera declares Spain will persist in a dignified abstention from League assembly and council activities. He replies to a joint Franco-British urging to participate, saying his personal wish would be to sit in the council were it his duty to mount guard.
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New Era In School History Dawning In Kingsport
London report questions origins of Yankee Doodle and God Save the King while Kingsport prepares for Dobyns Bennett High School opening. Construction wraps as first classes gather amid modern facilities, with minor details finalizing next week and school officials optimistic about progress.
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Crops Damaged Across Midwest by Storms and Floods
Severe weather swept seven midwestern states causing widespread crop damage, flooding of about 800 homes in Hannibal Missouri, a factory closure affecting 1,300 workers, and three fatalities. Illinois Iowa Ohio Minnesota Kansas Indiana Missouri reported corn losses from rain, tornadoes, and washouts.
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Black Cat and Boa Constrictors Break Into News
New York reports a black cat crossing a Brooklyn street triggers a crash injuring two and a third person among two others. A blind sea lion named Buster dies at Battery Park Aquarium after a long, noted career and is buried at sea. Two boa constrictors are en route to Miss Helen Cashdollar in Pittsburgh as she keeps them as house pets for two months before university custody. An expedition by J Pearson returns from South America with numerous insects and reptiles.
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Dual killings halt Theosophist gathering in progress
Federal officers failed to locate an $112,000 box and narcotics rumored to be hidden in a local bank as Hazel McMahan and her mother Mary Litchliter were found slain in Loulaville Kentucky. Authorities pursue W. R. Phillips’ bankruptcy links while Theosophists’ leaders disperse after the fortieth annual convention.
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National Air Race Opens With Thrills In Philadelphia
The 1926 National air races opened in Philadelphia with two keen civilian races and an air circuit drawing a large crowd. Mayor Kendrick and Gloria Swanson fired the opening gun delaying the first race. Bazil Rowe won the low powered motors event at 109.59 mph. Casey Jones won the Independence Hall trophy at 136.11 mph in a clipped-wing Oriole with dramatic turns and precise handling.
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Weather outlook for Virginia and Tennessee showers weekend
Weather brief reports show showers in Virginia on Sunday and Monday with temperatures rising later Sunday and in southern Tennessee Monday. Tennessee also reports showers Sunday and Monday with a warmup starting Sunday.
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Grand Jury May Hear Case Of Virginia Priest Kidnapping
A special grand jury is expected to be convened by Judge B D White in Princess Anne County Virginia to investigate the Wednesday kidnapping of Reverend Vincent D Warren a Norfolk Catholic priest by hooded white men. Sheriff Litchfield and three deputies search for clues while the ACLU offers legal resources to aid Warren.
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Inspectors Cite City of Rome S-51 Collision Cause
Boston inspectors of the United States Steamboat Inspection Service ruled the navigation of both the steamer City of Rome and the submarine S-51 contributed to the 1925 collision near Block Island that sank the submarine and killed 83. Captain John H. Diehl and third mate Timothy L. Dreyer had their licenses suspended for nine months starting September 15. The 3000 word decision reviews the case and notes actions likely under the service were warranted.
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Physician charged with death of his wife in last July
Nashville report states Dr Paul Moore, a prominent physician from Sequam Washington, was arrested at his brother's Nashville home after arriving from Calhoun Kentucky. He claims his wife fell ill July 4 and died July 20 of abscess of the liver. He traveled east to visit relatives and denied prior trouble with his wife. Authorities issued warrants charging him with murder and fugitive from justice.
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Senator McKinley in relapse at Martinsville
Senator William B. McKinley aged almost seventy and veteran Illinois senator has grown worse with a relapse in Martinsville Indiana. Doctors report rising pulse to 118 temperature 102 and respiration 40 with left lung involvement. He had been operated on in Baltimore and brought here to recuperate but has remained seriously ill for days.
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Handkerchief Found Near Hall-Mills Murder Spotlighted
Somerville New Jersey September 5 a bloody handkerchief bearing the tale was found four years after the Hall Mills murders near where Rev Edward Wheeler Hall and singer Mrs Eleanor Mills were shot. Thomas A Lyons of New Brunswick said he heard an argument, saw an automobile speed by, and later found the handkerchief at the Middlesex county vocational school site. Investigators will probe alibi of Henry Stevens as witnesses give tentative support.
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