Yellow River floods widen toll across Henan and Yangtze fears
The Yellow River flood, fed by heavy rains, covers 10 to 20 miles wide and 90 miles long across Henan, submerging thousands of acres and 2,000 villages with 500,000 people. Japanese forces report thousands of flood casualties and plan use of sacks for breached dikes while cholera adds to China's woes as Yangtze flood fears rise.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Henan
Peiping- Hankow
Hankow
Fukow
Kaifeng
Japan
Chengchow
Tsin River
Tsinyang
Menohsien
Wenhsien
Lunghai
Peiping-Hankow
Yangtze River
Kiukiang
Yangtze
China
Reuters
Simla
India
United Provinces
Alabama Hosiery Mill Joins Premium Ticket List
The Alabama Hosiery Mill athletic association joins premium buyers for the Fort Stephen Decatur dedication on July 1 paying 25 dollars for its ticket. Garner Pride announces tickets on sale at local drug stores and in Huntsville with Ben Giles aiding the sale effort.
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Alabama Hosiery Mill Athletic Association
Fort Stephen Decatur
Garner Pride
Huntsville
Ben Giles
The
Legion
Former Resident Jennie McMillan Dies at 68
Mrs Jennie Norvell McMillan aged 68 died Tuesday morning June 14 at Sewanee hospital after a short illness. She lived in Blair Pond near Winchester Tennessee, moved from Decatur years ago with her husband. Funeral services were held Wednesday at her sister Mrs Roy Allens Estill Springs road conducted by Rev Charles Widney. Burial in Winchester cemetery. Survivors include her husband a daughter Annie of Sewanee her sister several nieces and a nephew.
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Jennie Norvell McMillan
Sewanee Hospital
McMillan
Blair Pond
Winchester
Tenn
Decatur
Roy Allen
Estill Springs
Charles Widney
Sewanee
Winchester Cemetery
Annie
Allen
Lost Division Flees Across the Frontier
Spanish insurgents trap the government forty third division in the Pryennes mountains forcing a retreat into France. Franco orders campaigns nationwide as insurgents press the Cordoba front and threaten Valencia. Over 2000 militia from the lost division flee in ragged condition while planners fear capture of commander Bentran and staff.
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Hendaye
France
Pryeness
Francisco Franco
Pyrenees
Antonio Bentran
Franco
Forty-Third
Continuca
Six Bombers Of Nipponese Down At Canton
Canton China June 16 An official proclamation says six Japanese sudden incident planes trying to raid the Canton area were shot down by Chinese pursuit planes. The report notes 13 Chinese fighters pursued the bombers to Lokghongh sine about 200 miles north near the Kwangtung Hunan border. The defense claimed the Japanese bombing raid on the railway north of Canton was thwarted as Chinese planes machine gunned and downed the bombers. The proclamation mentions French-made fighters sent to Canton to bolster defenses since May 28.
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Canton
China
Lokghonghsine
Kwangtung
Hunan
TVA Probers Pick an Aide for Chief Engineer
Thomas A Panter of Los Angeles selected as chief engineer for the congressional TVA investigation. He will take over July 11 in Knoxville Tennessee to begin work. Panter is 61 born in England and formerly led operations for the Los Angeles power and light bureau. He was a rate adviser to the rural electrification administration and helped develop the Los Angeles aqueduct.
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Washington
Thomas A. Panter
Los Angeles
Congressional Investigation of
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville
Tenn
Panter
Bureau of Power and Light
Rural Electrification Administration
Niagara Power Company
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Boulder Dam
Hague Trial Proceedings Highlight Free Speech Battle
Mayor Frank Hague faces further questioning in the federal free speech trial as CIO and ACLU charges push a broad question of civil liberties in Jersey City. He defended actions to protect lives and property, arguing against surrender to disorder while denying some allegations.
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Hague
Gregory Hewlett
Newark
N. J
Frank Hague
CIO
Jersey City
American Civil Liberties Union
Chamberlain Signals US Disarmament Proposals Move
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said the United States government indicated it would propose definite steps toward world disarmament. He affirmed Britain’s agreement with Cordell Hull’s disarmament stance and said collaboration with other nations would continue.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
United States
Arthur
Henderson
Britain
United Goes
Chamberlain
Arthur Henderson
Cordell Hull
Hull
Nashville, Tenn
Groening
The
Hague
U S Says No Communications With Britain On Disarmament
Washington reports no contact between the United States and Great Britain on disarmament questions. Officials say Chamberlain's Commons remark about U S proposals echoed Secretary Hull's Nashville speech, and no follow up has occurred while the U S remains willing to discuss disarmament.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Hull
Nashville, Tenn
Chamberlain
Leg Breaks After Vehicle Collision on Bee Line Highway
Billy Joe Jackson, a 14 year old Negro boy, suffered a broken leg when struck by a truck driven by Herron Davis of Tanner while crossing the Bee Line highway near the state patrol office. Patrolmen took him to a physician for treatment and the bone was set.
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Billy Joe Jackson
Herron Davis
Tanner
George Brawly
Bee Line
State Highway Patrol
Florida youth sentenced to death for kidnapping Jimmy Cash Jr
Franklin Pierce McCall aged 21 was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the kidnapping of Jimmy Cash Jr. Judge H F Atkinson stated the offense is capital under Florida law and set a date to be fixed by the governor. Defense attorney Jack Kehoe said there would be no appeal as McCall remained unrepentant.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
Jimmy Cash, Jr
H. F. Atkinson
James Bailey Cash Jr
McCall
Florida
Princeton
Jack Kehoe
Truck Stolen. One Arrested in County Larceny Case
A county owned truck was reported missing about 1 p.m. Wednesday. L. C. Fletcher of Decatur Route 3 was arrested near Sixth Avenue by State Highway Patrolman A. Bains after John McCutcheon and E. H. Plack observed him driving the vehicle south of Sixth Avenue. Fletcher claimed he borrowed the truck from his brother.
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L. C. Fletcher Decatur
Sixth Avenue
A. 8. Bains
State Highway Patrol
John McCutcheon
Morgan County Board of Revenue
E. H. Plack
McCutcheon
Flack
Fletcher
Bains
1939 Automobile Tags Arrive at Probate Office
New 1939 automobile tags arrive at the probate office and will go on sale October 1. The plates feature a silver background with black lettering and will be visible at a greater distance than the 1938 blue and red tag.
Solons Seek Recall Of Wire-Tap Bill In House Session
A group of House members protested a wire-tapping bill they say was slipped through. Their bid for unanimous consent to vacate the proceedings failed after Rep. Pearson called the measure a salutary bill.
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Washington
House
Pearson
D-Tenn
Lathon Is Sentenced 17 Years For Murder
Mrs Maude Ruby Lathon was convicted of second degree murder for the April night killing of her husband Louis Lathon Runnebaum and sentenced to 17 years in prison after a trial that began Wednesday afternoon. The case featured claims of self defense and accidental shooting, with neighbors describing a row and a brick thrown during the dispute. The defense presented testimony denying intent, and the jury deliberated about an hour before verdict.
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Maude Ruby Lathon
Maudie Ruby Lathon
Laula Lathon
Irs
George Runnebaum
West Point
Tenn
Lathon
Louis Lathon Runnebaum
J. ¥. Hamil
Young
McAfee and Funeral Company
Ho le
Ruby
George Riddle
Lathons
Scottsboro Case Death Sentences Upheld by Alabama Supreme Court
The Alabama supreme court affirmed Clarence Norris's death sentence in the Scottsboro case and scheduled the electrocution date for August 19. Three other defendantsJim Orr Jim Brown and Willie Whitfieldwere condemned to die the same night, with additional sentences for Heywood Paterson and Ozie Powell. The decision maintains Norris without federal question grounds.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Clarence
Scottsboro
Jim Orr
Morgan
Jimmie Brown
Birmingham
Jefferson County
Willie James Whitfield
Supreme Court
Norris
Samuel Leibowitz
New York
United States Supreme Court
U. S. Court
Alabama
Thomas Eft
U. S. Supreme Court
Andy Wright
Charlie Weems
Heywood Paterson
Ozie Powell
Decatur
Limestone County and Morgan County Election Totals
Limestone County tabulation completed at noon shows Harrison 1518, Huestess 1068, Martin F. Whitt 1601, J W Johnston 1374 for county board of revenue district 1 Mason Freeman 592 John D. Morris 449 district 3 Claude Marks 578 Thomas E Ezelle 490. Morgan County results at 1 20 pm list Harrison 2691 Huestess 1860 for sheriff Sandlin 2450 Willoughby 3212 for county solicitor Crow 2650 Powell 2997.
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Limestone County
Harrison
Huestess
Martin F. Whitt
J. W. Johnston
County Board of Revenue
Mason Freeman
John D. Morris
Claude Marks
Thomas E. Ezelle
Morgan
Heustess
Sandlin
Willoughby
Crow
Powell
Lewis Dramatic Fight Linked to 1936 37 Labor Strife
Labor experts trace John L. Lewis dramatic push to strengthen the Walsh Healey bill to the 1936 37 industrial wars and CIO campaigns. He targeted firms with government contracts over two thousand dollars to enforce wage hour standards and NLBR decisions, threatening blacklists. Speaker Bankhead blocked a floor vote as Lewis returned to Capitol Hill amid sharp exchanges with Congress members.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Bankhead
House Rules Committee
Capitol Hill
Cox
Rules Committee
Lee Pressman
C. S O
Lenis Steel
Congress Overrides Veto On Low Interest Farm Loans
A joint conference committee timed adjournment tonight after agreeing on a $290 million bill. The House and Senate overridden President Roosevelt’s veto to extend low interest rates on federal farm loans through June 30, 1940, with votes 244 to 87 in the House and 57 to in the Senate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Gillette
Biermann
Iowa
Senators Bankhead and Hill Vote to Override Roosevelt Veto
Washington report notes Senators Bankhead and Hill of Alabama joined the majority to override Roosevelt's veto on the ee interest bill with a vote of 8 to 18.
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Washington
Bankhead and
Hill
Alabama
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Vetoes Bill On Land Bank Loans Cost
President Roosevelt vetoes the land bank loans bill stating the proposal could cost about 208.7 million dollars. The measure aimed to authorize certain land bank loans and set four percent rates through land commissioners.
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Roosevelt
Adjournment Delayed by Late Spending Bill Debates
Washington June 16 Last minute disagreements over the spending lending bill and an emergency appropriation delayed Congress windup. Members, tired after several false starts toward adjournment, labored to end the five and a half month session before nightfall. Optimistic lawmakers who expected to quit last night had to unpack suitcases for the final meeting. They urged limited speechmaking as details of the spending lending bill surfaced, providing 3 753 000 000 for relief and public furnishings the principal controversy.
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Washington
Congress
Congress moves to guarantee farmers 75 percent fair return
Washington reports Congress approves a 21 million dollar fund in a spending bill to aid farm benefits, adding to 500 million for soil conservation. The plan seeks a 75 percent fair return based on 1909 14 price levels with cotton and wheat cited as current shortfalls.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
White House
Weather Summary for Tennessee River Region
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 20 feet with a maximum temperature of 9 degrees and a minimum of 69. No rainfall occurred in the past 24 hours.
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Tennessee
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