Officers Join Forces In Crossborder Liquor Raid
Officers from Kentucky Virginia and Tennessee conducted a joint liquor raid in Virginia capturing a complete 50 gallon still parts of stills twenty gallons of moonshine whiskey six men arrested and bonded. Matt Ball jailed in Jonesville without bond. extensive liquor and beer seized. a magistrate accompanied the raid to post bonds and speed up arrests.
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Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Bill Ayres
Hubert Standifer
Andy Denny
Ross Brashear
Hol Winten
Matt Ball
Jonesville
Bend
C. M. Yeary
Jim Thompson
Horace Miracle
Jack Greer
Claiborne County
Chas. Reilmond
Lee County
Dicktown
Middlesboro
Bell County
Middlesboror
Family Burn to Death Near Coal Field
Albert Russenex and three children perished in a fire near a coal field last night. The prominent family’s bodies were discovered in ruins. The notice also lists a local basketball triple header and various community events and services scheduled for tonight.
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Knoxville
Ly Associated Press
Enorville
Mar
Albert Russenex
Indicted on Liquor Charge Minutes After Arrest
George Prideware was indicted by the grand jury within ten minutes of being caught selling liquor. He was seen offering a Coca-Cola bottle of whiskey to B. Money behind George Fisher's pool room on Naneteenth Street. Partin, found with whiskey, was arrested and faced the bond issue after prior police court acts. The case will be investigated by the grand jury.
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Ies
George Prideware
B. Money
George Fsher
Naneteenth Street
M. Yeary
Lim
Partin
Trie
H. B. Ball
Simlar
Grand Jury
Former Queen Milena of Montenegro Dies in Antibes
Antibes reports the death of Milena, former queen of Montenegro, at seventy six. She died here after chronic ailments as Prince Nicholas’s family had resided since the 1915 abdication. One of her daughters is described as the mother of the queen of Italy. King Nicholas died here two years earlier.
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Antibes
Mar
Milena
Montenegro
Italy
Nicholas
Tax Valuation In Bell County Increases 1.4 Million
Pineville March 16 The State tax Commission raised Bell County valuation by 1.4 million bringing total to 15. 1 144 715 The increase covers real estate timber and minerals and town lots in Middlesboro and Pineville County assessor Cal Smith notes the 1927 valuation rose to 15 693 055 and last year to 15 744 715 Board of equalization includes Sam VanBeber H W Bowman and Elisha Howard Notices of the increase expected to mail out within two weeks.
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Pineville
Mar
Belk County
Middlesboo
Tough Cal Smith
County Board of Equalization
Sam VanBeber
H. W. Bowman
Middlesboro
Elisha Howard
Egyptian Tomb to Rise in Louisville for Ross Family
A Louisville firm will build a massive Egyptian tomb patterned after King Tutankhamen for the family of William Stoss founder of Ross Seed Company. An order from Charlie D Ross memorializes his father, with construction starting about May 1 and more than a year needed for design data from Egypt.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Tutankhamen
Luxor
Louisviile
William Stoss
Ross Seed Company
Charlie D Ross
Louisville Cepitalist
Moe Than
Egypt
Babe Ruth Sued Over Attack Claim and Paternity
Dolores Nixon files a fifty thousand damage suit against Babe Ruth in New York alleging Ruth attacked her on a motor trip to Long Island and claiming he is the father of her unborn child. The case was filed today in court.
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Associated Press
New York
Dolores Nixon
Babe Ruth
Yankee
Ruth
Long Island
Plea for Forest Conservation At Nashville Meeting
Tom Wallace associate editor of the Courier Journal spoke at the Tennessee Forestry Association meeting in Nashville urging forest conservation in Kentucky and Tennessee. He warned deforestation threatens timber supply and urged reforestation akin to Germany and urged states to become surplus producers to cut shipping costs.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Nca
Tom Wallace
Courier-Journal
Tennessee Forestry Association
Kentucky
Amd
Tennessee
Wallace
Forestry Department
Germany
Europe
Asia
Allare
Burkesville
Cumberland River
Cumberland
Albany
Pittsburg
Louisville
Switzerland
Ming
Alishan
Gulf States
Atlantic States
Timbuktu
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
Mississippi
Montreal
Asheville
Hast Tenn
Fierce Wind Damages Middlesboro Homes and Trees
A severe nighttime storm in Middlesboro caused extensive damage. An East End house was split, a barn overturned in the furnace district, and multiple trees uprooted or broken. Plate glass at Moo man realty office shattered and several other windows broke. scattered feedstuff barrels and debris noted.
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Furnace
J. M. Rowlett
Rowlett’s
William Breightenbaugh
Dalewood Avenue
Mooman Realty
Fury acquits Burton Jones in murder case
After over four hours of deliberation the jury found Burton Jones not guilty of the murder of Jess Bull, occurred December 42. The commonwealth failed to prove a strong circumstantial case linking him to the crime and noted discrepancies in testimony.
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Burton Jones
Jess Bull
Commonwealth
Ammder
Jones
Bandits Rob Missouri Bank in Wellston Heist
Six robbers struck the State Bank of Wellston near St Louis taking 15000 in cash from cashier cages and detaining eight employees and three customers for under five minutes before escaping by automobile. The scene spanned between the Smoky Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau as part of a broader message on regional conservation and tourism.
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Associated Press
Louis
Mar
State Bank of
Wellston
Smoky Mountains
Cumberlands
Shenandoah
Hudson
England
France
Tim Healy Predicts Smooth Seas For Irish Free State
In Dublin March 46 Irish Free State Governor General Tim Healy says the storm is clearing under President Cosgrave and ministers. Healy cites peace with England, Ireland's potential prosperity, and a hopeful outlook for more months of fair weather despite current squalls. He notes pride in Irish governance and the flag changing at the viceregal lodge.
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Milton Bronner
Dublin
Irish Free State
Cosgrave
Timothy Healy
Genral
Tim” Healy
Ireland
Viceral
Tim
Healy
England
Denmark
Viceregal
Tia Healy
St. Patrick's Day
Mother Drowns Rescuing Child in Kentucky Creek
Mrs. H.1 Berns, 37, and daughter Myxtie, q, swept to death in Jessamine Creek near Jessamine County Kentucky. The incident occurred when a partially blind girl possibly fell from a bridge and the mother jumped in to save her. The mother's body was recovered but the child remained missing.
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Associated Press
Louisville
H.1 Berns
Myxtie
Jessamine Creek
Upside Down World Belief Found in Daghestan Village
Dr F A Golder of the Hoover Foundation reports a mountain village in Daghestan holds a primitive belief that Americans live at the bottom of the world in darkness and walk upside down. The villagers imagine the world as a table and themselves on top and greet the explorer as from a world below arriving via a ground hole and ladder.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Daghestan
F. A. Golder
Hoover Foundation
Golder
Funeral Today for Miner Shot by Another in Crystal
The funeral of Bill White, a miner, was held at 2 PM in Crystal after he was accidentally shot and killed by Ered Wright last Saturday. Interment followed in Colson Cemetery.
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Bill White
Ered Wright
Crystal
Colson
Tragic Killing Stuns Bell Jellico Area
Charlie Wilson, 82, was shot near the Bell Jellico commissary and died at Continental hospital. Sheriff Green and deputies searched Greasy Creek area for General May, a miner who vanished after the murder. no arrests have been made. Wilson is survived by his widow, four children, his father, five sisters, and four brothers. Funeral services were held in Pineville with burial at the LO cemetery.
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Charlie Wilson
General May
Greasy Creek
Wilson
Bayless Wilson
Berea
Bell Jellico Commissary
Pineville
Martin Green
Dec Green
Red” Stewart
Rufus Wilson
Mississippi Storm Toll Eight Dead Near Fifty Hurt
Dispatches from Memphis report eight killed and fifty or more injured by a storm that wrecked Savage in Tate County Mississippi and swept through parts of Panola and Quitman counties. A Savage merchant John Kerr died when his store collapsed. a man named Chambers his wife and son were drowned after being blown into the river. Four African Americans were killed on a plantation near Lambert.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Mar
Savage
Tate County
Mississippi
Lafe
Panola
Quitman
John Kerr
Chambers
Lambert
Noted Republicans Visit Middlesboro Area Next Week
Attorney General Charles I. Dawson and Chief Justice Flem D. Sampson, both from Frankfort, plan a two day visit in Mia and Wesboro on Friday and Saturday March 23 and 24. A southeastern Kentucky Republican banquet will be held at the Hotel Cumberland Saturday night with several events in their honor. Dawson, once a Middlesboro resident and later in Pineville, is tipped as the likely Kentucky GOP gubernatorial nominee next year. Sampson, formerly of Boxborough, is well known to Middlesboro residents.
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Charles I. Dawson
Flem D. Sampson
Frankfort
Mia
Wesboro
Southeastern Kentucky
Hotel Cumberland
Dawson
Middlesboro
Pineville
Kentucky
Sampson
Boxbourville
Suzanne Lenglén Defeats Mallory In Straight Sets
In Nice France on March 26 Suzanne Lenglén defeated her longtime rival Molla Bjurdstedt Mallory six nothing six nothing in a tennis match. The American champion showed little resistance as Lenglén dominated from start to finish. Mallory managed only eight points.
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Associated Press
Nice
France
Suzanne Lenglén
Molla Bjurdstedt
Mallory
Last Basketball Games of Season Set for This Week
The season ends with championship games tonight and tomorrow night at Booneway. H. S Bearcats face the Cubs, Senior Soph girls meet Junior Freshmen girls, and Seventh grade boys play Eighth grade boys tonight. Tomorrow at 7 30 the Senior Soph and Junior Freshmen winners meet the faculty while the Seventh and Eighth grade winners clash with the H. S S Midgets.
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Bearcats
Pinnacle Lodge
Masonic Hall
Hottentot
Manning
St. Mary's Episcopal Churea
Booneway Sum
H. S Cubs
Scnior-Soph
H. S&s
The
Fair Sex
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Forestry Association
Sesh
Fury
Missouri Bank
Free State
Taffeta
Jessamine
America
Miss
Quinlan
C. L Dawson
Suzanne
Mrs. " Mallory
Booneway Gymnasium
Nin
Wspa
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