Iron Furnace May Start Up Here In Next Few Months
The Middlesboro Virginia Coal and Coke Co furnace near Middlesboro may resume after repairs. A Roanoke main office letter asks what repairs are needed to clean stack No 1 blown in January 1921 and estimated costs. If restarted, the plant could run in five weeks and employ 200 to 300 men, with iron and steel demand rising.
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Lee
Virginia Coal and Coke Co
Roanoke
Virginia
Middlesboro
Oddlesboro
Michigan
Central and Eastern Kentucky form Good Roads Association
A movement to form the Central and Eastern Kentucky Good Roads Association was announced by Col. Jim Maret. The first meeting will be in Lexington with headquarters there and all regional road groups invited to join. The association will promote road improvements, mountain highways, and push for a state bond issue for roads.
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Associated Press
Lexington
Central
Eastern Kentucky
Good Roads Association
Jim Maret
Kryva Scout
Kentucky
Nb Association
Col. Maret
Encampment and Lions Meet for Evening Shows
Encampment No. 80 1.0. C. F. meets 7 30 p m. Royal Order of Lions hosts Douglas MacLean and Madge Bell in The Hottentot at Manning Theatre with 7 30 and 9 p m performances in Middlesboro tonight.
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C. F
Royal Order of Lions
Douglas MacLean
Madge Bellamy
Interest in Golf Grows as Warm Weather Returns
F P Seales notes rising golf interest with warm weather. Tournaments will be weekly from now on with a 10 member limit per event. Quaikenbush, course manager and expert, stays available to teach, earning praise for effectiveness. Membership at the country club near capacity, drawing players from Mid Melboro Pineville and beyond.
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F. P. Seales
Quaikenbush
Country Clubiig
Scales
Mid- Melboro
Pineville
Indictment for Whisky Robbery Ties to Enoderer in Kentucky
Henry Enoderer a special clerk in Louisville Sinking Fund office telephoned U S Commissioner Charles Wiard he would bond within days on indictments charging participation in the Bonds Bros Distillery whisky robbery in Anderson county last summer when 980 plus barrels were taken. Cassie Thomas a warehouse raiser was found dead nearby. Stella Mae Davis eight months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Davis died last night with funeral planned for Friday. Interment in Ferndale cemetery.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Mar
Henry Enoderer
Louisville
Stela Mae Davis
Roy Davis
Alex Johnson
Ferndale Cemetery
Salvation Army Head Reports Low Drug Use in Middlesboro
Salvation Army commander C Guthbert reports Middlesboro has perhaps a dozen habitual drug users. He notes Volstead Act reduced drinking and drug use separately, with one local druggist supplying addicts from outside sources. Conditions are described as excellent for a town of its size.
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Middlesboro
Savation Army
Salvation Army
National Prohibitiors
Cuthlert
First British Debt Payment Made Today in New York
Washington March 15 The British government will make the first payment under its debt refunding agreement today at the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
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Associated Press
Washington
New York Federal Reserve Bank
First Estimates On Income Taxes
Washington March 18 The first installment of income and profits taxes covering last year was estimated by Treasury officials as high as four hundred million. These figures were subject to great uncertainty owing to changes in revenue laws.
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Associated Press
Washington, Mar
Treasury
Test flight Army planes reach Hayts from San Antonio
The first of six United States Army airplanes on a test flight from San Antonio to Porto Rico arrived here shortly before noon today.
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Hayts
Associated Press
Port AY Princh Hay
United States Army
San Antonio
Texas
Porto Rivo
Claiborne County Officials Raid Whisky Distillery Outputs
Ta Zeweil March 16 Sheriff A J Greer and deputies raided local distilleries uncovering nineteen half gallon jars of booze on Tacket creek near Clearfield and two fifty gallon mash barrels later in Powell Valley. No still found.
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Tazewell
Sherif
A. J.greer
Chas, Davis
Andy Wilburn
George BM. Hall
Speedville
Calvin Yoakum
John Opf
Ben Greer
A J. i Green
Tacket Creek
Clearfield
Tennessee Passes Cooperative Marketing Act
Lexington dispatch reports Tennessee lawmakers unanimously approved the cooperative marketing act urged by dark tobacco growers and farm groups. The bill, backed by Barney growers, awaits gubernatorial signature likely to be signed.
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Tennessee
Exington
Burley Tobacco Grower Cooperative Association
Dark Tobacco Growers’ Cooperative Association
Barney Growers
Jira
Jurors Visit Murder Scene in Burton Jones Trial
Trial for Burton Jones on December 12 murder of Jess Bull dominated courtroom activity with jurors, officers, and prosecutors touring the crime scene. Jones testified claiming alibi at home while witnesses pressed rifle evidence and shell indentations. Relatives testified, court crowded, arguments expected later today.
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Burton Jones
Jess Bull
Commonwealth
George van Beber
Aven Guinn
Henry Jones
The
French Sentries Kill 3 Germans at Rocklinghausen
French sentries shot and killed three Germans who ignored halt commands while trying to breach a warehouse at Rocklinghausen near Düsseldorf. The incident occurred today as the German party attempted the break in under tense wartime conditions.
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Associated Press
Duesseldory
Rocklinghausen
J Will Taylor Endorses Park in Tennessee District
Congressman J Will Taylor of the Second Tennessee District publicly endorsed the National Park proposition for Middlesboro and Cumberland Gap. He stated the measure would boost regional development, including East Tennessee, and noted ongoing Washington opposition from rival factions. He was in Middlesboro for business and to visit his sister Mrs Dan Robinson before continuing to Knoxville.
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Middlesboro
Cumberland Gap
Washington
J. Will ‘Taylor
Second
Tennessee
Diddlesboro
East Tennessee
Taylor
TesaldDusiness
Dan Robinson
Knoxville
Ireland Faces Great Problems Ahead For Free State
Milton Bronner reports from Dublin on the Irish Free State’s post rebellion challenges. Finance shows a near ten million collected since last year, though a 30,000-man army sustains a deficit likely to be met by internal loan. Unemployment soars with 938,007 jobless, major cities numbered. strikes and wage disputes rise, with farm depredations and property burnings totaling hundreds of millions.
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Milton Bronner
Dublin
Goonds
Albuer
Free State
Cork
Limerick
Waterford
Wexford
England
Dail Riveann
Dail
All Ireland
Total U S Export Rose in February Trade Figures
The United States total exports rose by six million to three hundred ten million dollars in February. Gold imports fell to eight million three hundred thousand, with gold exports at one million three hundred thousand. Officials attributed declines in gold shipments to a gradual international trade balance. Arthur L. Stern, clothing manufacturer, dies. Mortality reported in Rochester, N Y as Thur L Stern is noted as prominent in clothing circles.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mar
United States
Lame Negro in Role of Tailor Apparently Insane
A reportedly insane black man, found with a tailoring sample book and new crutches, was captured by Tennessee officers at Mingo and jailed in Middlesboro for safekeeping. He will be moved to Claiborne county when authorities can collect him. The sample book at the jail shows latest spring patterns. He appears lame but uses two crutches. he denies insanity, saying he is tired and sleepy.
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Mingo
Tennessee
Middlesboro
Claiborne County
Recruiting Officers Seek Soldiers for the U S Army
Recruiting stations are listed with canvass ser in charge who will explain the advantages of service in the United States Army and will furnish transportation to all accepted applicants to Fort Thomas Kentucky for final examination. Locations include Cincinnati and Dayton Ohio Portsmouth Ohio Hamilton Ohio Ironton Ohio Campbellsville Ohio Jackson Kentucky Lexington Kentucky Pikeville Kentucky Stanford Kentucky Ashland Kentucky Hazard Kentucky Middlesboro Kentucky.
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United States Army
Fort Thomas
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dayton
S ‘Portsmouth
Hamilton Ohio
Ironton
Campbellsville
Jackson, Ky
Lexington
Pikeville
Stanford
Ashland
Hazard
Middiesboro
Eky
Public Schools Prize Winners for Team Just Past
Middlesboro public schools celebrate punctuality for the first six weeks of the second semester ending March 9 with no tardies in several classes. Palmer Pennant winners include Dalton, Hoe, Weinstein, Walker, McClure, and Lewis across grades three through eight. repeated champions Miss Walker and Miss Bisceglia in fifth and sixth grades did not compete.
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Middlesboro
Miss Ballard
Jsunction School
Miss Dalton
Central Seoul
Miss Bisceglia
Central School
Miss Gilmer
Palmer
Hoe
Aless Weinstein
Mrs. Walker
Miss McClure
Lewis
Miss Walker
Infants Now Eligible for Insurance Amid New York Law
Infants only a few days old may now be insured as per J St Estep Metropolitan office. New York legislation lowers age limit from one year, a move that alarms some insurers though justified by high infant mortality. The change has stirred activity in the insurance field as firms reassess risk.
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J. St. Estep
New York
Nine Die As Allegheny County Alms House Burns
Angelica March 15 seven women and two men perish when the Allegheny County alms house burns after a basement gas explosion. Charles Sanders, stable man, dies rescuing bedridden inmates. fireman killed in blast. Six women cremated, another dies leaping from a window. Loss set at $100,000. Building is two stories, 55 years old.
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Associated Press
Angelica
Allegheny County Alms House
Charles Sanders
Rum Market Booms Off Jersey Coast With Fleet Expansion
Great activity today in the floating rum market off the Jersey three mile limit. Fifteen vessels sail in while two New York tugs visit the fleet. A former New York yacht, seen leaving the Bahamas with cargo, has rejoined the rum fleet.
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Associated Press
Highlands
N. J
Jersey
New York
Bahamas
Detour Kentucky Report Shapes Traveler Warning
Tourists have taken seriously the warning to detour Kentucky as newspapers urged caution. Middlesboro auto club asked for road condition data between Pineville and Corbin, suggesting horses for mudholes. The radar of publicity could hurt the state briefly but may spur action to improve roads.
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Kentucky
Florida
Middesboro
Middlesboro
Enosville
Injunction Halts Pineville Bond Issue
Judge Charles H Moorman barred Pineville from issuing 35000 dollars in school bonds after finding irregularities in the election shielding the vote The injunction was sought by taxpayer B W Davis Pineville The decision was concurred by Chief Justice Sampson and Judges Thomas and Clarke as stated in Frankfort on March 15
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Mar
Board of Education
City of
Pineville
Charles H. Moorman
B. W. Davis
Sampson
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Kennucky
Jess
Say
Ito
J. Will Taylor
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Ireland
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Arthur L. Stern
Rimore Lovell
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Public Schools Prize
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Pineville Bonds
Ninn Spa
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