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Kingsport Times

Location

Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1927

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Sir John Carling Plane May Be Lost At Sea

Reports from Croydon London and Belfast say the Imperial Airways plane Sir John Carling may be lost en route from Harbor Grace to London with officials uncertain of its fate. Authorities say fuel suggests it could be in the air longer, while Irish and English watchers report poor visibility and no word since yesterday.

Sir John Carling Atlantic Croydon England Sir John Gariing Imperial Airways Sir John Darling Dallas Eskell Imperial Aimways Ulky Eskell Belfast Ireland Civic Suard Police Harbor Grace New Foundland London Cobh Queenstown Croydon Field O. K

Weather summary for Virginia and Tennessee

Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday with cooler readings in the north and central regions and shifting northeast or east winds. Tennessee sees partly cloudy skies with possible local thundershowers Friday in the east and north, with little temperature change.

Virginia Tennessee

Anxiety grows over missing John Carling flight

London editors report mounting unease as no sightings or reports come in about the air plane John Carling en route from London Ontario to London Pigland. No word from Croydon or Irish coast sightings fuels widespread worry about the plane's fate.

Woman Rodeo Rider Interurban Wreck Details Emerge

Miss Trickey, a noted rodeo rider, is questioned after the Harris murder in a highway scene near Lakeview. The Interurban crash at Evansville kills three and injures at least 50 as a switch failure and high speed trigger a line of freight-car impact. coroner investigates while Otto Lloyd admits switch error.

Evansville Sept Dade Walker Hospital Max Lowe Otto Lloyd

Loew Funeral Held in New York Today

Glen Cove New York September 8 funeral services were held today for Loew head of Mitro-Gallwyn-Mayor Motion Picture Corp. Many theatres closed until 2 o clock and plays stood at half mast from coast to coast. Pallbearers included Warfield Schenk Bernstein Zuker Golden Sutwab and Golden. Burial followed at Forest Hill.

Glen Cove N. Y Loew Anton Eiselman Loew Family David Warfield Nicholas ML Schenk It Bertstein Adolph Zuker Jdseph Mi 3 John Golden Shuber Ch ML. Sutwab Edward A. Schi Will OH Hays Aaron Donés Arthur Trisbane BE. F. Boe J. Robert Rubin Forest Hill

Germany Assured of Seat in the League

Geneva reports that Germany will gain a seat on the League of Nations council expanding from nine to ten members. The move is seen as a first step toward restoring control over former colonies lost after the war. The German member will be appointed shortly, marking a shift in interwar diplomacy.

Geneva Switzeland Germany League of Nations Gerun

Prohibition violator held after capias arrest

Ben H. Ricker, a prohibition law violator, remained jailed after arrest on a capias issued by Hastings Judge Kirk Mathews. He had been freed last Saturday by Judge John H. Hart of Roanoke who ruled a $2,500 peace bond order void. Ricker’s attorney prepared a writ of habeas corpus to be presented to the supreme court at Stanton next week.

Richmond Sept. S. Ye Percy C. Smith Ben H. Ricker Ned Kirk Mathews Hastings Court Ricker John H. Hart Roanoka Nathans Supreme Court Stanton

Old Glory ocean plane overdue in Bordeaux France

New York editor Philip A. Payne aboard the monoplane Old Glory is missing after being sighted 850 miles east of St John s Newfoundland on Tuesday night. Lloyd Bertaud James Hill and Payne are presumed aboard as searchers report no news 24 hours later. The plane owned by W R Hearst left Old Orchard Maine for Rome with an estimated 2500 mile flight.

New York Old Orchard Maine Rome Lloyd Bertaud James TD. Hill Philip A. Payne New York Daily Mirror Old Glory Bordeaux France St. Johns N. 2 Ben WRHP New Foundland Vast WHRP W. R. Hearst Atlantic

Miners Decline Wage Cut Basis in Tie Up Talks

Chicago September 8. Union leader H A Ishwick insists no wage reduction will be used to settle the central competitive district mine tie up. He warns the lockout hurts miners and families but miners remain determined to seek other arrangements. Rice Miller for the Slindy Coal Operators Association hopes for a settlement as conferees chosen yesterday meet to weigh possible plans to end the yearlong dispute.

Chicago H.a.ishwick Illinois United Mine Workers Rice Miller

International Demand to Stop Long Distance Stunts

Global aviation authorities and press in several nations urged curbs on long distance stunt flights after a year marked by 18 missing trans Oceanic flyers and seven deaths in overseas preparations. Reactions from the Guggenheim fund, Hearst, and other backers urged public restraint while praising genuine progress and cautioning against foolhardy ventures.

New York Italy England Germany North Atlantic Guggenheim Fund For William Randolph Hearst Golden Eagle A. M. Brock Edward Sekler Harry Guggenheim Guggenheim Fund Lindbergh Eugene Casagrande America Europe Berlin

Father of Harry Hill Fails to Affirm Son Innocence

SEATTLE Sept 8 Dr H C Hill of Streator Ills today declined to say whether he believes his son Harry Hill innocent of matricide the 22 year old now held in Seattle jail after arrest for killing his mother Defense lawyers plan habeas corpus hearings to challenge extradition while Governor Hartley weighs an exradition hearing Honeycutt a casual pool room companion also in Seattle was questioned and registered at a local hotel August 12 with Hill the same day){

Seattle Washington H. C. Hill Harry Hill Harry King County Superior Court Streator Ill Robert L. Honveycutt Huls Mother Young Hill Russell Hanson Honeycutt Chicago Hill Hanson Grand Jury

Hearst Offers Reward For Rescue of Flyers

Hearst, publisher and backer of the Old Glory flight, offers a $25,000 reward to the captain and crew of the search ship that finds the missing occupants. He states the sum as gratitude, while noting no reward is necessary to stimulate the search.

New York William Randolph Hearst

Accused physician on witness stand in second trial

Dr George Reavis Goochland physician faces a second trial for the March 2 killing of Gilbert Lacey as he prepares to testify in his own defense He claims he fired to frighten drunk men threatening his home and says Lacey was a friend present among the crowd The case was moved for a new jury after the first verdict of manslaughter was set aside for incompetent testimony Coroner Dr L K Leake testified that Reavis told him the shooting was to avoid serious harm and would not have fired if Lacey had been identified as part of the group

Orange George Reavis Goochland Gilbert Lacey Reavis Lacey Commonwealth Dr. Reavis L. K. Leake Goochland County Jon Leake Stuart Robertson

Closing arguments in Willis murder trial amid heat

In Greenville D C on September 8 closing arguments were heard for Mrs Ethel Willis 31 year old widow and Henry S Townsend ex deputy sheriff accused of killing her husband Sheriff Sam D Willis. Final defense attorney James H Price spoke for thirty minutes while Mendel L Smith state attorney had two hours to urge guilty verdict. The courtroom was packed with spectators mostly women who sat in silence amid periodic sobs as testimony was presented.

Greenville D. C Ethel Willis Henry S. Townsend Sherif Sam D. Willis James H. Price Mendel L. Smith Townsend

Second Panel Sought For Novelist Murder Trial

In Rockville Conn on Sept 3 and Sept 5 a second jury panel was called to try novelist and playwright Leonard Gline on a murder charge. Four of six jurors selected so far are farmers. Earlier 66 talesmen were examined with many excused for aversion to the death penalty. Mrs. Cline did not attend. Also notes about hazardous flights for prizes and discouraging passenger risks appeared in London and Berlin papers.

Rockville J.gonn Tolland County Superior Conn Leonard Glin Hilfred P. Irwin Mansfield Talesmen Talesman Cline

Man Fined for Joking with Juror in Orange Court

In Orange, O. Halsey was fined $50 and severely reprimanded for telling a juror, If you don't acquit that man you ought to be shot, just before the court began. Judge Browning ruled the remark highly improper and discreditable as the trial had moved from Goochland to Orange to prevent such incidents. Mrs. Reavis testified next, appearing pale and nervous.

Orange Sept R. O. Halsey George Reavis Todas Halsey Browning Halsey Goochland County Reavis

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