Post Office Project Breaks Ground October Sixth
Beaman Coleman Construction Company confirms ground breaking for Kingsport federal post office at Broad and New streets on October 6. J E Miller, local postmaster, received the contractor letter detailing start date and projected completion by late 1931. Beaman plans arrival to oversee the site next week as materials are assembled for a yearlong build.
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Art
Federal Post Office
Beaman- Coleman Constructing Company
J. E. Miller
J. E. Beaman
Washington
Miller
Beaman
Kingsport
Broad and
New Streets
William H. McMurry Dies Bank President in Dickson
William Henry McMurry aged 63, president of Citizens National Bank in Dickson Tennessee, died after a two weeks illness. He settled in Dickson about 30 years ago and led the bank for 12 years.
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Dickson
Tenn
William Henry McMurry
Citizens National Bank
Citizens Bank
Hoffman Convicted Rioter Plans Tour of Strike Scene
Alfred Hoffman, laborer, convicted of rioting during a textile strike in North Carolina last fall, received a 30 day jail sentence and outlined plans to visit the Danville Virginia strike scene. He led fiber workers in two local mills and, with three co‑strikers, allegedly threw stones at officers. Hoffman said he would travel to Asheville for a few days before Danville.
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N. C
Alfred Hoffman
Duta
Danville
Hoffman
United Textile Fkers of America
American Federation Offor
Ashville
Belief 20 Feared Dead After Dam Burst near Belgrade
Twenty people are feared dead after a dam connected to a mine at Alexinatch in Jugoslavia burst. Details from the scene remain scarce as authorities assess the disaster.
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Alexinatch
Jugoslavia
Novelists William Pett Ridge Dies in England
English novelist William Pett Ridge died in England at age not stated. He authored titles including A Clever Wife Madame Prince The Amazing Years and Affectionate Regards.
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Chrissehurst
Eng
William Pett Ridge
Madame Prince
Robbers Hold Up Chicago Typographical Union Offices
Two gunmen robbed the Chicago Typographical Union offices securing about $3000 and locked secretary Francis J in a vault before escaping.
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Chicago
Chicago Typographical Union
Francis J
Wilbur called charge of favoritism toward oil firms nonsense
Secretary Wilbur dismissed Ralph S. Kelley’s accusation of bias in favor of large oil companies as nonsense. Kelley, resigning as head of the General Land Office field division, alleged pressures from major oil interests influenced land titles in Colorado’s oil reserves valued at over forty billion dollars. He warned the publics’ rights could be jeopardized by organized industry pressure.
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Wilbur
Ralphs
Kelley
General Land Office
Denver
Interior
Hoover
Colorado
Albert B. Fall
Harry Sinclair
Police arrest wives of top Chicago gangsters
Chicago readers learn detectives ordered the arrest of the wives and kin of the 26 most notorious city gangsters to hold as hostages until the men surrender. Four arrests have been reported, including Terry Druggan, who is in hospital. The probe also notes a separate labor racketeering crackdown and a theft of a police memorandum listing targets.
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Chicago
Norton
Terry Druggan
Beer Baroney
Druggan and Lake
University Hospital
Bridewell Prison Hospital
Treasuries
Col
A.A. Sprague
Charles J. Mueller
Equalization Fee Issue Returns in Senate Debate
Washington dispatch reports Senator Nye backs reviving the equalization fee as part of a new farm marketing act amid party splits over the export debenture plan. Idaho's Borah opposes the fee as unconstitutional, while Reed of Missouri supports the debenture. the issue looms as farm relief again shapes postwar politics.
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Washington
Nye
North Dakota
Congress
Calvin Coolidge
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Hoover
James A. Reed
Missouri
Middle West
Coolidge
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Cloudy cooler tonight with partly cloudy skies in Tennessee and slightly cooler conditions. In Virginia fairing north and mostly cloudy in the south with continued cool, moderate northeast winds. High yesterday 82, low 46, no rain. Readings taken at 6:30 p.m. daily by C. L. Bunn, U. S. Weather Office.
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Virginia
C. L. Bunn
Link Between Republican Fund Donors and Tax Refunds
A congressional claim ties large Republican fundraising to $100 million in tax refunds over four years. Representative Garner points to 17 donors who gave $10,000 each and 12 who gave $5,000, all linked to refunds via the Treasury. Names include Guggenheim, Rockefellers, Timken, Firestone, Baker, and Teagle among others.
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Washington
Representative Garner
Texas
Treasury
Republican Chest
Garner
Robert H. Lucas
Internal Revenue
Republican National Committee
Lucas
United States Steel Corporation
New York City
Cleveland
Canton
Ohio
Theodore Gary
Missouri
Harry F. Guggenheim
Jeremiah Milbank
John N. Willis
George A. Martin
N. R. Hanna
Cyrus S. Eaton
W. R. Timken
O. P
M. J. van Sweringen
H. M. Timken
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Herbert N. Straus
William Nelson Cromwell
Business survey finds some gains while many lines lag
A Julius H. Barnes report on U S and foreign conditions up to mid September notes improvements in highly organized industries while many sectors lag. It reports cheap money for short and long term credit, raised foreign loans and municipal borrowing, rising savings, and mixed signals in construction and transport sectors.
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Washington
United States
Julius H. Barnes
Hoover
Barnes
Great Britain
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Norway
Japan
Canada
Hoover Returns to Washington After Rapidan Visit
President Hoover came back to the capital from his Rapidan camp early today to continue work on speeches for October. Mrs. Hoover, Adolph C. Miller, and Captain Joel T. Boone returned with him while Herbert Hoover Jr. stayed at the camp to recover from a mild tubercular infection.
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Washington
Hoover
Capital
Rapidan
Boston
King’s Mountain
Adolph C. Miller
Federal Reserve Board
Joel T. Boone
White House
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Careless Drivers Hit Trains at Calumet Crossing
Hammond police report motorists repeatedly colliding with trains at the Calumet avenue crossing. Charles Pohlit was arrested after driving into a Baltimore and Ohio train. no injuries were reported. Railroads filed a formal complaint seeking to curb the danger.
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Hammond
Ind
Chicago Terminal
Calumet Avenue
Charles Pohlit
Pohlit
Guggenheim dies of heart disease at 74
Daniel Guggenheim prominent mining magnate and aero science patron dies at Hempstead house age 74 after returning from Europe on September 15. Family members including Mrs. Guggenheim and son Harry Guggenheim present. brothers and officials expected. He funded the Daniel Guggenheim fund for aviation.
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Port Washington
N. Y
Daniel Guggenheim
Guggenheim
Hempstead House
Europe
Harry F. Guggenheim
Cuba
Robert W. Straus
Robert M. Guggenheim
Washington
Simon Guggenheim
Isle de France
S. R. Guggenheim
Yegg Pries Eleven Safes On Speer Boulevard
In Denver the optimistic thief forced entry into eleven safes along Speer boulevard. He netted a total of $1 including two Canadian quarters as his reward for the night’s work.
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Denver
Colo
Speer Boulevard
Roosevelt Bears Down on Tammany
New York dispatch reports Governor Roosevelt demands city employees waive immunity before a special grand jury probing corrup tion in magistrate appointments. He cites 17 Tammany leaders who refused subpoenas and urges voluntary cooperation. Mayor Walker backs the move. The case involves ex magistrate George F. Ewald and others with a $10,000 payoff claim. Charles H. Tuttle calls Roosevelt to break Tammany silence.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Walker
Tammany
John F. Curry
Gas Burns Fatal Nashville Man Dies From Lantern Fire
Clyde Sensing a 22 year old resident of Charlotte Tennessee died from burns after an early model oil lantern used to gauge gasoline in a car tank ignited fumes and caused an explosion. He had been hospitalized in Nashville after the Saturday night accident and died yesterday.
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Nashville
Tenn
Clyde Sensing
Charlotte
Sensing
Cyanamid renews year long option on 2100 acres near Kingsport
American Cyanamid company renews a one year option on 2100 acres of the D and W Roller Home farm in Sullivan County near Kingsport. The land south of the Holston river could host a manufacturing plant and three Holston river dam sites.
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Cyanamid Co
Kingsport
Sullivan County
D. and W. Roller
Blountville
M. M. Mullenix
Register of Deeds
Roller Estates, Incorporated
William Roller
American Cyanamids Company
Holston River
American Cyanamid Company
Roller Estates, Inc
Bachman, Whetsell and Others
Churchwell
City of
Cyanamid Company
Old Kingsport
Six Die in Sinking of Fruit Packet Near St Joseph
The St Joseph incident reports six fatalities from the sinking of a fruit packet. In Washington, Lieutenant Colonel Creecy, a marine officer, wounded his wife and then killed himself.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Washington
Creecy
Self
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R. S. Kelley
Land Office
Interior Department
Police Department
al Capone
Tennessee
Republican Fund
Arthur Sutton
Inset
Dolly Douthitt
Enid
Okla
H. Z. Wedgwood
U. S
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Meyer Guggenheim
M. Guggenheim and Sons
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Guggenheim Copper
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