Public domain. Wood disclaims any rights to this copy, and researched its copyright status. No claim of copyright was made in the newspaper when it was published. No renewal of any possible copyright held by the Nashville Banner or any individual author was made by the time such copyright would have expired in the 1960s. No entity is known to claim copyright to material published in the Banner as early as 1930, and any copyrights held by the Banner have been transferred to the Public Library of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County upon the donation of the Banner's archives to the library.
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Nashville Banner announcement of Russell's promotion to sports editor, 21 September 1930. Copied by E. Thomas Wood from microfilm; Wood disclaims any rights in this copy. Copyright status researched by E. Thomas Wood: 1) No claim of copyright was made on
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Announcement of Fred Russell's promotion to sports editor in the Nashville Banner newspaper (September 21, 1930)