Slemp Nominated by Republicans in Ninth District
Congress man C B Slemp accepted the Republican nomination for another term after district supporters moved to renominate him by acclamation. The convention at Bristol praised Slemp, condemned the Democratic administration and the League of Nations, endorsed Harding and Slemp, and celebrated the new women voters while supporting suffrage.
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Congress
Slemp
Scott County
J. M. Dougherty
Commonwealth Avenue
Billy Sunday
Ninth District
L. P. Summers
League of Nations
Harding
Virginia
David F. Bailey
L. C. Hassinger
Col. Bailey
Tobacco Warehouse
Republican Party
Col
Campbell Slemp
Assistants of Palmer Testify on Convention Trips
Washington reporters note assistants to Attorney General Palmer asked a Senate committee to permit explanations of their San Francisco convention trips. Vouchers for expenses were shown at the hearing. R. P. Stewart testified he traveled to Chicago and Seattle in June to consult with department agents and charged no government costs for the convention.
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Washington
United Press
Palmer
Senate
San Francisco
R. P. Stewart
Chicago
Seattle
Loc
Department
Clothing Relief Drives Aid for Local Poor
Home Service Auxiliary reports several parcels of clothing received this week under Mrs. John H. Clifford who leads the effort. She says the gifts bring joy to children and ease to parents. Police note more begging and urge referring applicants to the Home Service secretary. the auxiliary will aid truly needy cases.
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Home Service Auxiliary
John H. Clifford
Colby Denies Anti-Suffrage Pressure from Tennessee Delegation
Secretary Colby accused the Tennessee anti suffrage delegation of seeking a state department statement to cast doubt on Tennessee ratification. He called the plan improper and said issuing any such statement would amount to anti suffrage electioneering. He rejected the delegation's claim of influence on Connecticut and Maryland votes.
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Washington
Colby
Tennessee
Connecticut
Maryland
State Department
New York
Capitol Hill
Leygues Named Premier and Foreign Minister of France
Georges Leygues former marine minister has accepted the French premiership and will serve as foreign minister. The appointment surprised observers who expected Briand to be chosen by the new president.
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Georges Leygues
France
Paris
United Press
Marine
Briand
Evidence of crookedness in organized baseball found
Cook county grand jury foreman H. H. Brigham says convincing evidence of crookedness exists in baseball. He notes it is not widespread and blames an unscrupulous gang of professional gamblers. indictments would be returned if warranted.
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Chicago
United Press
Cook County
H. H. Brigham
Brigham
George W Simmons to Speak at Central High Monday Evening
George W Simmons of St. Louis and Grant Leather Corp will address Central High School auditorium at 7 45 Monday night on his wartime Red Cross mission in Bolshevist Russia. Attendance is free and open to residents of Kingsport and surrounding county with Simmons leaving Kingsport Tuesday.
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George W. Simmons
Simmons Hardware Company
St. Louis
Central High School Auditorum
Bolshevist
Russia
American Red Cross
Simmons
Grant Leather Corporation
Kingsport
Mr. Simmons
Soviet Russia
U.S. Still Holding German Property
Washington reports about 400 million dollars in German and Austrian owned assets seized at war start remain under Alien Property Custodian Garvan. Roughly 300 million dollars have been returned under a trading with the enemy act amendment. remaining holdings generate profits invested in Liberty bonds.
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Washington
United Press
United States
Congress
Treasury Department
Germany
France
Great Britain
Italy
Harding Attacks Treaty in Marion Front Porch Speech
Senator Harding criticizes the Versailles peace treaty citing China and Shantung as broken faith and opposes League Covenant. He supports international association based on conscience, not force, while Lillian Russell campaigns for Republicans. Harding also responds to Franklin Roosevelt over misquotation claims in a telegram.
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Marion
Harding Tody
Wilson
Versailles
China
Shantung Province
Japan
America
Paris
Order of the Golden Heart
League
United States
Association of Nations
Lillian Russell
League of Nations
Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hayti
Sinn Fein bulletin reports MacSwiney bad night in prison
London dispatch says Sinn Fein bulletin reports that Patrick Pearse MacSwiney spent a troubled night. Relatives accuse newspapers of garbling reports and withholding correct information about his condition.
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London
United Press
Sinn Fein
Macswiney
Murder Mystery Confronts Police in Denton Case
Los Angeles police search for the slayers of Jacob Charles Denton, a capitalist found buried in a sealed room beneath his home after four months missing. The gag order followed by the former wife and daughter’s suspensions. a wheelbarrow led to the hidden chamber. Denver, Mrs. Peet offers help but says she knows little of the death.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United Press
Bluebeard
Harry New
Jacob Charles Denton
Denver
R. C. Peet
J. S. Denton
Denton
White Sox Manager Says Team Aims to Win Pennant
Cleveland, Sept 24. Kid Gleason, manager of the White Sox, defended the club against charges of fearing blackmail by gamblers. He stated they are trying to win the pennant, despite reports to the contrary, citing Cleveland's decisive defeat yesterday as proof.
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Cleveland
United Press
Kid Gleason
White Sox
Ban Johnson
McKellar to Speak at Central High Tuesday Night
Senator Kenneth D. McKellar, junior United States senator from Tennessee, will address the Central High School auditorium Tuesday night. He travels from Johnson City Tuesday afternoon and will tour Sullivan and Washington counties, speaking in Bristol Blountville and other nearby locales before arriving in Kingsport.
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Kenneth D. McKellar
United States
Tennessee
Central High School
Johnson City
Senator McKellar
Sullivan
Washington
Bristol
Washington City
New Court House
Blountville
Kingsport
San Francisco
Cox
Dayton
Ford halves prices to pre war level in Detroit
Henry Ford announced price reductions across all Ford Motor Company products to pre war levels with no wage cuts at plants. He urged restoring normal business conditions to stabilize the economy and end profiteering as the nation recovers from wartime effects. The cuts range from 14 to 31 percent and take effect immediately.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
No Accident Week Planned in Kingsport Mills
Plans are underway in Kingsport for No Accident Week from October 4 to 9. C A Ransom of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company leads an educational campaign this week to reduce plant accidents, with schools and foremen cooperating and notices to be posted in plants.
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Kingsport
C. A. Ransom
Industrial Service Bureau
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York
Ransom
E. M. Crouch
Interesting Program by B Y P U Delights Sunday
An attractive program arranged by the local B Y P U for Sunday evening starts at 7 30. The lineup includes devotion led by Miss Summersman and talks on State Missions by Mrs Hillman and Mrs King, a quartet, and remarks by Gordon Clifford and the president.
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Miss Simmerman
Mission Board
O. S. Hillman
Mission Bord
Herman King
Hunter
Miss Troxler
Gordon Clifford
W E Ellis Closes Out 28-Year Tennessee General Store
After 28 years in business, W. E. Ellis of seven miles north of Church Hill Tennessee announces closing out his entire stock of general merchandise.
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W. E. Ellis
Church Hill, Tenn
Dairy Barn to Be Completed Soon in Kingsport
Kingsport prepares a sanitary dairy near Old Kingsport with a 100 by 36 foot barn for 70 tons hay and a 45 by 14 foot silo. Built by W. J. Sowder and H. E. Carroll, the plant costs 50 000 to 55 000 dollars and will start operations December 1 with 44 Holstein and Guernsey cows, electric milker, sterilizer, cooler, bottle filler, and modern milk house. An improved road from the Rotherwood pike will be opened to the plant.
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Kingsport
Old Kingsport
W. J. Sowder
H. E. Carroll
Rotherwood Pike
Ruth Drives Fifty-First Home Run in Early Season Game
In the first inning of today’s double header against Washington Babe Ruth belted his fiftieth home run of the season marking a remarkable power display for New York. The milestone comes as Ruth continues to dominate the Yankees offense in the early going of the campaign.
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New York
United Press
Washington
Babe Ruth
Directors of New Kingsport Construction Corporation Meet
The first directors of Kingsport Construction Corporation met at the Bank of Kingsport to organize a $100,000 company. Sundberg President Egan Secretary Treasurer. ground to break on twelve houses, with 25 percent stock subscribed and plans to expand housing rapidly to ease Kingsport’s housing shortage.
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F. T. Egan
Hicks Block
Community Hospital
D. R. Pierce
Meade Fibre Company
E. W. Tipton
T. R. Bandy
A. A. Owen, Jr
Bank of Kingsport
W. H. Reed
A. Sundberg
O. S. Hauk
T. H. Pratt
Kingsport Times
Sundberg
Egan
Kingsport
New York Investigators Probe New Mystery in Dynamite Case
In Brooklyn a loaded dynamite package found at Reid Avenue elevat or station is examined after a strike detail officer soaked it. Two nitrate soaked pipe cleaners are cited as possible fuses though no caps are found. A Wall Street blast tag traced to Reid Ice Cream Co is linked to a horse. Chief Flynn cautions that the clue may backfire.
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New York
Wall Street
Reid Avenue
Brooklyn
Fulton Street
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Manhattan
Santelli
Health Department
Reid Ice Cream Company
William J. Flynn
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
British Miners Postpone Nationwide Strike One Week
London on September 24 United Press reports British miners agreed to delay their nation wide strike planned for Monday for a period of one week after a deadlocked first night session.
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London
United Press
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George Simmons
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U.S
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Lord Mayor Macswiney
Sen. K. D. M’kellar
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